OUR FIRST YEAR

We can't believe be have been married for over a year already. Man does time fly! We wanted to highlight some of the things that have happened throughout the year. So hear ya go... ENJOY!

November 26, 2008-The big day!






DECEMBER 2008-
David got promoted at his job! He got promoted to full-time as a supervisor over a team of phone agents at Nu Skin.
Christmas-We enjoyed our first Christmas together. We spent the holiday with the Foster family in Orem. Fun times!

FEBRUARY-
Grandma Foster celebrated her 90th birthday! David loves making crazy gifts for good ole Grandma and Grandpa Foster! David surprised Grandma with a goofy version of her "will". Here is a small portion of it! David's gift was a hit! Grandma (and everyone else) loved it!



Some of our most exciting moments from the year 2009 happened in the summer! We went on some fun trips and attended David's family reunion in Spring City. Here are some pictures...

JULY- In July we went to Monterey, California to visit Scott, Anna, and Jason McGrew! We had so much fun!









Also in July, I was able to go on a trip to Texas with my family for my niece, Sydney's baptism! What a fun trip! Here are some highlights from the trip...

Shelly and Johnny on the drive there.



TEXAS RANGERS GAME!!





We did lots of swimming in Jeff and Suzi's pool! So fun!


Sydney's Baptism... One crazy family (Fosters and Dodsons)


AUGUST-

David's family reunion in Spring City, Utah. (Lyman family reunion) I got in a four wheeling accident right before we took off at the end of the big shindig! Thank goodness Gracie and I were ok! Just some bumps, bruises, minor whiplash, and a sore tailbone...

Me before the accident-




VEGAS! I took a trip with my cousin Tam to Vegas in August! We had lots of fun shopping, seeing the sites, and hanging out with my best friend Lisa and her family!







SEPTEMBER-
I started my final semester at BYU! Student Teaching!! First, kindergarten! Then Second Grade!! That pretty much consumed my life from September to December 14th! David was such a great support for me during this stressful semester!

OCTOBER-
David has really developed some of his talents this year. One of his favorite past-times is making clay figurines. He LOVES it!! Well, David decided to make a Foster Family chess set for my Dad. He started and gave the first few pieces to him for his birthday on Oct. 4th. Here are pictures of some of the figurines he has completed so far...


NOVEMBER-
Thanksgiving Day we celebrated our 1st Anniversary!!! Yay! We decided to take a trip to California to celebrate Thanksgiving and our anniversary. We brought my brother, Spencer, with us! We had so much fun!!!! First, we went to San Francisco! We had lots of walking through China Town and taking craaazzy pics! Check out us crazy people...






We then went down to Seaside to stay with Scott, Anna, and Jason. We had a yummy Thanksgiving dinner! We had fun at the beach, Fisherman's Wharf, and playing lots of Wii! Such a fun trip!!





DECEMBER-
I just graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelors in Early Childhood Education!!!! Official graduation date- December 18th! I am so thrilled to be done!

2009 has been a great year!! We have made some great memories! 2010 will bring some new and exciting adventures. David and I both plan on looking for jobs that may take us to new places... maybe across the world! (Hong Kong)

WE WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

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