Hone Family Bonco Party 2008

So since my grandparents passed away, my mom and her siblings have been trying to keep up the tradition of getting together for our christmas party. A few years back they introduced Bonco at our Hone Family Christmas Party. We play a dice game for about an hour and a half and then the person with the most naturals (it can either be a roll of 3 6's or counting up to 21 by your self) will win the pot of money ($5.00 each of who plays). Then we do a present exchange starting with the person with the least amount of points. The present can be stolen 3 times and when it gets to the person who has the most points they can choose any present even if it was stolen.

This year everyone got together except for Brett Hone's family, maybe next year, but the funniest part was seeing my two cousins, who are from Phoenix, wanting to go hookibobbing through the snow.

Ashley & Brittany getting reading to go tubing.

Brittany all bundled up.

Ashley, Lacey, Brittany and Jesica ready to go tubing in the snow.

Christmas Day

I always wonder if we will have a white christmas. This year it proved me right. We woke up to our power being out and a blizzard taking place in our neighborhood.

We had breakfast at Jeremy's Parents house. Waffles, Bacon, Ham, and enjoying family. we then headed to my moms house for lunch/dinner. We had Crab, Prim Rib, Salad, Rolls, and ofcoarse Cream of Broccoli Soup (the main course). After doing dishes and cleaning up we then sat around an opened presents.

Most of the presents that we get to open. Fun for Me!

Riley got a bike and I made him his hat.

Here is Zach in his cool hat that I also made for him.

And mom with her bling bling. Logan gave her a pearl braclet and necklace.

Jeremy got a NEW suit with some shirts and ties to go along with it. He also got new slippers and BB King tickets.

I got workout stuff - Free wights, 6 lb Medicine Ball, 65 cm stay ball, a seater, and daisy frames. Oh, and I better not forget the website that Landon bought for me for my nails. www.larkynsnails.godaddy.com

Landon, when are we going to get together and build this?

Happy Holidays Everyone!

New Sister in Law!!

Congratulations

Logan and Brooke

They officially became engaged Friday night (Dec 19, 2008)

I am so excited to see my little brother get married.

Brooke, Welcome to the Family!!

What Movie is Your Christmas Most Like?

Your Christmas is Most Like: The Muppet Christmas Carol

You tend to reflect on Christmas past, present, and future... And you also do a little singing.

What Movie Is Your Christmas Most Like?

Robbed!

So I am sure some of you out there watch the news. And if you watched the news last night on Fox 13 you probably saw the branch that I work at. No one was hurt, and I left early to go to an appointment with Joyce, but our branch was robbed. I feel so bad that I wasn't there, not to experience the robbery but to know what my staff is going through.

At 5:59 a man dressed from head to toe came in yelling "This is a robbery, everyone stay calm!" In the mean time he waved around a gun to everyone that was in the branch. He went to one of our tellers and demanded the money from his drawer. Having a robbery training that morning the teller that was doing what the robber told him was very calm and did exactly what he asked. After giving the robber what was in his drawer which was under $3000.00 the robber wanted him to move to the next drawer. Since no one was working that station, no drawer was to be found. The robber then said to the teller, "This is all I get?" and walked out of the building.

Due to our ecomony, the christmas season, please be aware of your surroundings and be cautious where you go. You never know what will happen.

Vegas

Laurie, Ryan, Lauren, Jon, Jeremy and I all decided to get away for a quick weekend and head to Vegas. We left Friday 12/12/08 and came back on Sunday 12/14/08 just before the big storm hit Utah. It was a fun trip. I was hoping to get more pictures, but the day we went out I forgot my camera at our condo. Maybe next time I will try and get more pictures.

This is a picture of our Time Share at Tahiti Village.

This is the master bedroom.

And Lauren doing a ballet move for the picture.

We did find Lindsie's (Jon's daughter) camera in their car. I will have to get those pictures from Lauren.

Happy Birthday Mom!

December 7 years ago my mom was born to George and Merle Hone. She is a crazy, funny lady and I am very glad to have her as my mom. When I was growing up we had our few rough patches, which I am sure she didn't think she would make through them, however today we have a really good relationship and I love her.

We celebrated her birthday on her big day over at Landon and Cristy's house since they just remodled their kitchen.

Mom, Landon, Cristy and Riley in Landon and Cristy's NEW kitchen.

Logan and Brooke, aren't they a CUTE couple!! Hint, Hint.

Zac and me, we are matching today.

In the end mom got a huge gody ring, a shredder, shopvac, and pasta dishes.

Happy Birthday Mom, I love You!

Christmas in Lights

After Thanksgiving the year tends to fly by.

Tis the season for busy shopping days, hoping to get done before the big day comes. Pulling out santa, snowmen and Nutcrackers galore in hope to bring the christmas spirit to your door. Buying a new or pulling out the old a green tall bush standing in your family room. Putting on lights or glad it was prelit helps you get into the christmas mood. Pulling out the ornaments one by one, checking them twice to see of any of them are broken. But the best part of all of this christmas season is checking all the lights through out the neighborhood or running down to temple square to bring christmas cheer.

 

This is our Christmas tree. I guess I need to get on the ball and get some presents under that tree.
Jared, Aspen, Jason and Tawnie all decided to head to Temple Square and see the lights, so they allowed us to tag along. As cold as it was it was really fun.

This is my Niece Sadie, isn't she a character?

Madison is the oldest niece.

Kylie is the second niece, what a nerd.


Isn't the Temple pretty.

Anyway it was really packed that we could barely keep track of each other. I do recommend going to the temple and seeing the lights, just either go on a Sunday evening or a week night. Because it can be a zoo.

A South Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving turned out to be a crazy one. Jeremy and I were planning on having Thanksgiving at my mom's house. However since it was going to be pretty small (Jeremy, Mom and Me) we decided to have Thanksgiving at our house. So my mom and I pretty much cooked Wednesday Night and then Thursday (Turkey Day) and then Jeremy being the sweet husband he is ended up washing the dishes while my mom and I took a nap while watching Walle.

We had a really nice dinner with George, Joyce and Jennifer, My Mom, Aspen, Sadie, and Brynlie, our Neighbors Kelly, John, and River Fitzgerald and then Jeremy and I. It was a really good turn out along with really good food.

Here are a few pictures of the table and how beautiful it looked.

 

For Dinner we had, Cider Brined & Glazed Turkey, Sausage Dressing, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Sage Gravy, Sweet Potatoes, Cranberries, Fruit Salad, Sweet and Sour Green Beans, and Cheesy Rolls.

Dessert: Pumpkin Cheescake, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Pie, Banana and Coconut Cream Pie.

Thank You everyone who brought food for the great dinner.

Twilight

So I wasn't quite sure if I should go see the MOVIE, however I figured what the heck. On November 22 I took a friend of mine Annette to see the movie. As I had suspected teeny boppers were there and of coarse as the movie started all the young girls screamed for Edward. Then when Edward appeared on the screen they all screamed for him. After all it was a pretty good movie, I enjoyed it, of coarse there were a few cheesy scenes, but most of all it was good. I am excited for New Moon to come out 2010.

2008 Family Pictures

Every year, I have decided to get family pictures done. This year my brothers and I decided to get pictures of us kids done for our Parents Christmas Present.

Going Private

In this crazy world, sick people like to ruin good things. As it has been brought to my attention on the news and people around me, I have decided to make my blog Private. I am going to try and protect my family without letting people harm my family. Starting December 1 I will make my blog private. Please email me if you would like to have access to my blog.

Please email me at either lsouth@macu.com or gerbersouth@yahoo.com.

High School Tag

1. DID YOU DATE SOMEONE FROM YOUR SCHOOL? No, someone from another High School.
2.WHAT KIND OF CAR DID YOU DRIVE? 1987 Nissan Pulsar.
3. DID YOU PASS YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE TEST YOUR FIRST TRY? Heck Yes I did!
4. WHERE YOU A PARTY ANIMAL? Somewhat
5. WERE YOU CONSIDERED A FLIRT? Yes
6. WERE YOU IN BAND, ORCHESTRA, OR CHOIR? Heck No!
7. WERE YOU A NERD? I don't think so.
8. WERE YOU ON ANY VARSITY TEAMS? No
9. DID YOU EVER GET SUSPENDED/EXPELLED? No
10. CAN YOU STILL SING THE FIGHT SONG? Yes - Brighton Begals fight until the end on us you can depend, we show honor truth and loyalty we will bring our team to victory ra, ra , ra with our colors orange and blue and white...
11. WHO WERE YOUR FAVORITE TEACHERS? I don't remember
12. WHERE DID YOU SIT FOR LUNCH? Either in the hall with Friends or went out to lunch
13. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S FULL NAME? Brighton High School
14. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S MASCOT AND COLORS? Bengal, Orange, Blue and White
15. DID YOU GO TO HOMECOMING AND WITH WHO? Yes, however I went to West Jordan's Homecoming with Brian Child it was fun.
16. IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN WOULD YOU? Heck yes I would, it was fun. No worries.
17. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER MOST ABOUT GRADUATION?That the Jazz were playing against the Bulls and that everyone was trying to find out what the score was.
18. WHERE DID YOU GO SENIOR SKIP DAY? I don't remember.
19. WERE YOU IN ANY CLUBS? No
20. HAVE YOU GAINED SOME WEIGHT SINCE THEN? As sad as it is... Yes
21. WHO WAS YOUR PROM DATE? I went to West Jordan with Brian Child
22. ARE YOU PLANNING ON GOING TO YOUR 10 YEAR REUNION? It came and went and I was too cheap so I didn't go, Maybe for the 20th.
23. DID YOU HAVE A JOB IN HIGH SCHOOL? Yes, Chili's

What about YOU!!

Halloween

So Jeremy and I are really not the Trick or Treating kind of people, however we still hand out candy and love to look at all of the kids and see what they have decided to be for Halloween.

Jeremy and I decided that since this year and the day of Halloween since it was so nice and warm we would sit outside and hand out candy.

When Jeremy was in the Primary he would take candy to class and each kid that wanted a piece of candy would have to pass off an Article of Faith.

As we were sitting outside one of the kids that Jeremy used to teach came over to Trick or Treat. As Jeremy and I were sitting there Jeremy asked him "What do you say" He sat there for a minute, tilted his head back, thought some more, then Jeremy finally said "Trick or Treat" the kid said "Oh yeah, I thought you were wanting me to tell you an article of faith."

Later on a group of kids came and as we were sitting outside I told the kids that they could pick one piece of candy so each of the chose what they wanted. This kid sat there with his pillow sheet open waiting for a piece of candy. I asked him "Did you get a piece of candy?" He just sat there and didn't say anything, so I asked him again, he didn't say anything, finally another kid in the group turned to him and said "She is my Primary Teacher and she will know if you already took a piece of candy." The kid than ran off with the other kids.

I think Halloween is fun, and especially now that we have gotten to know a lot of the kids in our neighborhood, it makes it much funner.

Last of all a kid came to trick or treat and he was wearing clothes but on top of his clothes and around his waist was a pool waist floating device so Jeremy and I asked him, "who are you supposed to be?" he said, "Michael Phelps!"

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween.

2007 Glamour Shots

Since our dogs are our children in September of 2007 we decided to get our family pictures done and in the mean time we decided to get our dogs their glamour shots.

Daisy

Daisy is the youngest, she is also our PITA. We decided to get a third dog due to the fact that when Sparky passes, we didn't want Hally to be lonely. So when we went to pick Daisy up out of all of the puppies she was the only one that came up to Jeremy. When I got there she did the same thing, she is our baby.

Hally

Hally is our middle child. She is 5 years old. We thought she was going to turn out to be a full bred boxer, however she started growing long legs. So she is our boxer/greyhound mix.

Sparky

Sparky is our oldest child. She is 13. I got her for my 16th birthday. Although she is old her and Daisy still have thier fun every once in a while.

Family

I never knew how important family can be. I can't wait until we add children to our family. Let's hope that 2009 will be our year!

My Girl

I have known Laurie Kershisnik Robison for 14 years. We met our sophomore year at Brighton High School and we have been best friends ever since. She was a bridesmaid in my wedding eight years ago and I was a bridesmaid in her wedding two years ago. We have been through ups and downs and I don't know what I would do without her being in my life. She has married a great guy Ryan.

A few weeks ago he called me wanting me and all of her other friends to help him with her Suprise Birthday Party. Well it was a huge success.

Lots of her family friends and close friends made it to her parents house in Riverton to celebrate her 30th Birthday. She was completely suprised and pretty much grounded everyone there.

It was mainly funny when I had emailed her earlier in the day to wish her a happy birthday. Asking her what she was going to do for her birthday and so on. She reponded by going out to dinner with her family and then maybe seeing a movie, which she then invited Jeremy and I.

As we were on our way to her parents house, she called to let me know what movie and time her dad had bought tickets to. I told her that I would talk to Jeremy and that we will probably see her there.

I guess we will have to do the movie another night.

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY Laurie, I Love You!

Country Dancing

For the last 4 year Jennifer (Jeremy's Sister) has been bugging me to go country dancing and each time I put her off. I don't know why I keep pushing her off because I loved country dancing.

The summer before my sophmore year the classic gang would go almost every night to a place in West Jordan called the "Country Dance Factory" (it no longer exists, but it was really fun). They would teach you line dancing for the first coupld of hours then you would just dance the rest of the time. Its a great workout and a lot of fun.

However nowadays its funny the dances and how they have changed over the years along with Swing dancing being more popular. Well 9/26/08 Jennifer finaly talked Aspen, Tawnie, and I to join her for a night of country dancing. We went to Club 600 downtown. Youw ould like that it would be a ok club, but it is actually nice and fun. We had a lot of fun, especially trying to follow Jennifer with all of the line dancing.

I think us girls need to go more often so we can be as good as Jennifer. SO keep bugging us!

My Car

So finally September 19, 2008 Jeremy and I went up to Ogden, Ut to get my NEW Car. 2008 Honda CRV EX - Tango Red Pearl

I spent the last two weeks dealing with dealers and trying to get the best price I could get. So after dealing with Ken Garff in Ogden they gave me the best customer service along with giving us the best price.

We went up there around 9 to get there by 10. As we got there we got to see my car but just for a few minutes because it was getting pretty. So we finished the paperwork and got everything figured out. However since my car wasn't going to be done until late afternoon we called Jacob and Mindy and headed over to their house to hang out with them, since we don't see them that often. We got to see Kayla and we both were shocked at how big she is. Although she is 7 months old she acts like a 1 year old.

 

Mindy and Jake also did our hand impressions, so that will be cool when we get it. After spending time with them we were starving so Mindy, Kayla, Windy, Landon, Jeremy and Me we went to a burger joint and had lunch. It ended up being around 4:00 pm when we got my car from the dealer.

Anyway I love my new car and Jeremy laughs at me because my smile won't leave my face.

My Wish List...

So most of you know that Jeremy and I have been married for 8years. That we have been trying for 6 years to start a family. That so far in the last 6 years we haven't been so lucky, especially when you look at Jason & Tawnie, Jared & Aspen, Jacob & Mindy and Landon & Cristy. They have all been lucky to start their family early and end up having beautiful children. However I wonder when will it be our turn? Yes I know we call our dogs our children and yes they are kids who fight who love and who are just crazy at times, but its not the same.

When will I get to join the mommy club? Why do Jeremy and I have to wait this long? There are so many questions that go through my mind and the funny thing is is there are more people out there having the same issues as Jeremy and I are.

Don't get me wrong I enjoy being ask to watch my nieces and nephews, to hang out with them to have crazy sleep overs, etc but sometimes I wonder if these special times will be the closest we will get to having our own children.

Have any of you read, listened or watched The Secret, although I haven't I have been given some good suggestions from Mindy & Windy and so I am taking them up on their suggestions.

• One although its hard I try not to think of the negative of our situation.
• Two I am seeing a new Fertility doctor and things tend to be looking more on the positive side.
• Three I was at Roberts and they had their 8X8 Magnet boards on sale for $5.00 a piece, so I decided to buy three. Why three you might ask, well one for the J L South Family, one for Abigail (when we have a little girl) and one for Jack (when we have a little boy).

I decided I needed to think in the present and future so this is what I did. This last weekend I painted our family wish, hope, etc board. I painted it red like our kitchen. I now have to find lettering and paint them black and we will have our wish board.
In the mean time I found things to represent our wishes THAT WILL COME TRUE someday. I made a little page that I can look at at work and so I decided to blog what things are on our wish board.

When we have our children, Jeremy and I plan on naming our little boy Jack and our little girl Abigail - so no one better get any ideas! Just Kidding.

However it would be cool to have twins, then we would have our two and be done with it.

Finally here is my car that I may be getting this month (September) beside we will need a new car once our children arrive so might as well get it now before we become completely poor.

I just want to thank you for all of the love and support everyone has given Jeremy and I. We are so lucky to have everyone that is close to us in our lives. Thank you Jason & Tawnie, Jared & Aspen, Jacob & mindy, Landon & Cristy, for being able to have beautiful children that I can try and entertain as well for them to entertain me.

So You Think You Can Dance

I admit that I watch TV more often than I probably should. However when you work eight hours a day I just want to come home and veg out. Well I kind of watch American Idol evey now and again, but the only good episodes are the first few weeks when they show all of the horrible auditions.

Well the producer of American Idol created a new show that has had four seasons called "So You Think You Can Dance". I really like this show because you get to see so many people and different variations of dance.

Well this year there were four kids from Salt Lake City. Two of them got booted off before the top ten. One of them his name is Thayne.

Well Lauren and I went out to dinner last friday and we decided to go to the Cheesecake Factory. As we were waiting for our table to be available this kid comes walking through the door and I knew I knew him. As I started to ponder where I knew this kid from it finally dawned on me that he is Thayne off of so you think you can dance. I was really bumbed that he got kicked off just before the top ten because he is a really good dancer.

Anyway I think its just cool and funny how you see people on TV or where ever and you never know when you will run into them in real life.

Babysitting

You know when you get to that age of 12 or 13 you know that you will start making money and that you are now more responsible than you ever have been. You are able to watch the neighbors kids and be in charge.

I remember those days when I was the babysitter for a lot of families in my ward in Sandy. There were families that I loved to babysit and other families that well it was okay. However being older in a family and especially when you don't have kids of your own, you are excited to be asked to spend time with your nieces and nephews.

Tawnie asked Jeremy and I to babysit her kids for her and Jason's 9th Wedding Anniversary. So Madison, Little Jason and Tyler came over. We had fun. For dinner we had cereal - because that is the breakfast of champions, then we decided to go outside and enjoy the front yard. While all of the other kids were riding their bikes - Jason and Madie wanted to ride theirs. I guess next time we will have to make sure that we have some of their outdoor things that they can ride or play with. Anyway, since we don't have a lot for the kids to play with, Jeremy was cleaning out the garage and breaking down boxes - So Jason and Madie decided to play with those.

So once they were done playing with the boxes they decided to play in our huge sand box park strip. Jeremy tore out our park strip to do a desert landscape (save on water) we plan on putting pavers down but they are expensive so we are doing it on row at a time. As for right now we have sand and gravel in our park strip just waiting for the pavers to go in. So for right now all of the neighborhood kids love to play in our sand park strip.

In the mean time since they were having fun, I was watching them but hanging out with the new kid in the family - Tyler. He is such a happy baby and just likes to try to go every where.

I love having my nieces and nephews around and I can't wait until Jeremy and I have a little one of our own - just so we can pawn them off on everyone who has asked us to watch their kids. Watch out Tawnie. Just kidding.