Snow Day!

So the snow day was a little while ago, but I've been busy trying to finish making Christmas gifts. Sorry it's a little late, but here's our pics from that day.

Jon got up really early and made us two snowmen. And when he was done, he woke me up and we went and "decorated" them. It was so cute. We used red and blue Christmas lights for the eyes, a twix candy bar for the noses and rocks for the mouth, oh and metal sticks that Jon had laying around in the garage, for the arms. They only lasted 1 day though, cuz some stupid kid came and ran over them...it was so sad.

Mine on the left and Jon's on the right. :)






I have no idea what he's doing, but then again, that's Jon
for ya. haha, gotta love him

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Christmas Letter 2008

I've seen a couple people post their christmas letter on their blog, and I think it's a really good idea, so here's mine...
Well first off let me say, Merry Christmas! I’ve never written a Christmas letter before, but I figure it’s a tradition I can start now that I’m starting my own family. So I guess I’ll start where our story begins.
Earlier this year my dad went to an emotional growth seminar through Turning Leaf. After it was over he couldn’t stop ranting and raving about how great it was and how much it helped him. So a couple months later my sisters and I went to the same class. Well, Jon’s mom was working with Turning Leaf and both his parents had previously attended the seminar and had been trying to get Jon to go for quite some time. Needless to say we met at the seminar and quickly became friends. After dating for 4 short months we got engaged, and were married 6 weeks after that on November 7, 2008.
We’re enjoying married life and can’t wait to be sealed in the St George Temple in 2009. We’re looking forward to kids in our future, maybe in the near future :) but for now Jon’s Great Dane, Aja, is keeping us plenty busy.
Jon just started working at Deseret Labs in their warehouse as a pharmacy tech. He was working with a decorative concrete company but since construction has almost come to a complete stop, he had to find a job elsewhere. He wants to go to school in the near future and get a degree in Psychology so he can work with troubled youth as a drug and alcohol counselor.
I’m still working at SouthWest Federal Credit Union, as a Consumer Loan Processor. I enjoy it, but would also like to go back to school and get my degree in Behavioral Science with an emphasis in Social Work or Psychology. Unfortunately, we’d have to move to go to a bigger University and for now, we’d really like to stay in Southern Utah.
Well I think that about sums up what’s going on in our lives. We hope all is going well with you. Merry Christmas and we wish you all a happy and prosperous new year, and we’d love to see you all at our sealing.

Love
Jonathan and Kristina Evertsen

Honeymoon, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and new niece all in one

So it's been a while since I've updated on the things going on, so this one's gonna be a little longer that usual. First things first, here's some pics from our honeymoon in Park City, which was awesome.

What a beautiful place!

Our snowman Billy :)

Me making a snow angel

Us laying in the snow, after we made our snowman.

Jon had never been to a Zoo so we decided to go to Hogle Zoo for his first zoo experience.

We both loved it.

Jon's first time seeing an elephant in real life.

Jon and I with the Giraffes.

Downtown Park City on walking strip.

Jon loves sunflower seeds, so my goal was to atleast fill one water bottle up with seeds.

And I did it. One is mine and the other is only one of Jons. He's a little better at it than I am :)



Here's what the truck looked like.

Next on my list was Thanksgiving. We went up north and spent the day with Jon's extended family. I got to meet a lot of new people. But the bad thing was I had to work both Wednesday and Friday. So we drove up Wednesday night and came back home Thursday evening. But we still enjoyed ourselves and the food.

Heres me and Jon with his niece Avaree.

Jon and Avaree. Isn't she just so cute.

My birthday! The big 22. Well we didn't do a whole lot that day because we were attending a 3 day emotional growth seminar thru Turning Leaf (yup, the same one we met at, except this one was Level 3). But the people in the group found it was my birthday, and sure enough this is what happened...

It was quite embarassing, but it was still fun.


After seminar that day, we went to wal mart, and we found a little red wagon. Well I got in and Jon gave me a little ride around the store, until a grumpy old employee saw me and said "I think you're too big for that!" So I had to get out. But it was fun while it lasted.

Christmas time is finally here! It took me a little while to get all my house decorations up. But I finally did it. This is my very first Christmas tree, and I must say I'm pretty proudof it :) Here's my family with the tree.

My Christmas Tree

This year we went through all my moms old Christmas decorations, and split them up between us 5 girls. Well my mom had a pretty large village collection going. So we each got a couple peices of it to start our own. So here's mine...

And last but not least... my sister finally had her baby. But it's not Stephanies this time, it's Kristel. Her and the baby are doing great. 9 lbs 4 oz 21 1/2 inches long. She's a pretty big baby, but so cute. No name yet, but are choosing between a few, Evelyn or Autumn to name a few. I'll let you know when they pick one.

Me with Baby Girl Lamb

Baby Girl Lamb, just hours old.

Oh and this is totally random, but I came across this picture while i was posting, and decided I'll show you guys my favorite picture of Jon. It's from before I knew him, but I still love it. He's one sexy stud :)