First Post of 2008

Well I guess since the "dead blogs" have been resurrected, I may as well put up my first post of the new year. :)

My holiday season was okay. A little depressing at times, since I didn't get to see Bella for most of them. I had her with me the week before Christmas and then she and Krissy moved the weekend before Christmas and with work and everything I couldn't find time to get up there to see her for New Year's. I did get to talk with her a lot. She's been calling me almost everyday, which I love. I'm glad that I will be getting her this weekend for a few days. I took Sunday and next Thursday off work so I would have some more time with her. I'm spending the whole time with her and we are going to plant the seeds in the "Garden Girlz" set. Every time we talk on the phone she mentions them so we are going to plant them and then I am going to send her pictures of the plants once they start growing. :) It will be fun. It's been kinda weird not having her here with me every week. :(

Well I hope everyone's new year is going well. Glad to see that the "biggest losers" in the family are making some progress towards their goals. :) Keep up the awesome work you guys.

Much Love,
Chad

Happy Holidays

Figured it was a good time to put up another post. I have had an awesome week this past week. I got to see lots of family, friends and I even turned 30. I gotta say....not as bad as some people make it out to be. :)

It all started last Wed. (Dec. 12th), Brandy took me out to dinner and we went to see The Golden Compass. Pretty good show (don't worry, God doesn't die in the first movie). We went to dinner at a place called The Gun Barrel. Kind of a "hick" motif but they had some mighty fine steaks. Then I had to work on Thu., but my awesome girlfriend came up to Cedar and surprised me and took me out to lunch (I'm avoiding the part of the story where I was about as bright as a 1-watt lightbulb). Skip to Sat. where Brandy and I went to "Ejna's" B-day party and got to hang with most the family. Then we went to Iggy's for dinner, where Anje (sneaky little niece that she is) got the wait staff to sing to me. After Iggy's, Brandy and I headed over to her work party and we talked with a few of her coworkers and we got to play pool, foosball, and air hockey. It was a fun night all around and for those who are curious...I got an "A+" from Brandy's workforce. So, apparently I DO make a good bit of eye candy. lol

Yesterday, Brandy and I went to I Am Legend. It was really good. Brandy was about jumping out of her seat for most the movie.

On to news of Bella (the most important news, that is)....as of tomorrow morning (Fri. Dec. 21st) she will be living up in Ogden. They were busy packing the truck today and will be leaving tomorrow morning to finish the move. I will miss being able to see her so much, but I will make every effort to see her when I can. She is a sweetheart and I love her more than ever.

We also got to celebrate Christmas a little early this year (because of the move). I let Bella open her gifts while I had her up this way. I gave her a VTech digital camera (which she has been loving), some "Kitty In My Pocket" stuff, and this cool "Mega Fort" that took up most of her bedroom. She also got a cool magic wand laptop from Papa Strong and Grandma Pam. Grandma Dawn gave her a Garden Girlz playset (which we will grow the next time she is down). She loved all her gifts this year and sends her thanks to everyone.

Much Love,
Chad & Bella

Updated Monopoly List

**Finalized List for 2007**

Chad's Monopoly Boards

Monopoly Brand Games
*Deluxe Edition
*Disney Edition
*LOTR Edition
*Millenium Edition
*Original Edition
*Scooby-Doo Edition
*Star Wars Edition (Ltd Collector's)
*The .com Edition
*Simpsons
*The Fantastic Four Edition
*Nintendo Edition
*007 James Bond Edition
*Here & Now Edition


Misc. Games
*Monopoly Express - Dice game
*Monopoly Party - Nintendo Gamecube


Monopoly Jr. Games
*Toy Story Edition


Games By "Late For The Sky"
*Whoville-opoly
*Make-Your-Own-opoly
*America in a Box

Happy Holidays

Well it's been a month since my last post, so I figure I may as well alert anyone to the new stuff going on in my life. There isn't any. j/k

Bella and I went up to my mom's house on the Tues. before Thanksgiving and I helped her set up her new 42" LCD flat panel tv(About time she upgraded...sheesh). The picture didn't really look overwhelmingly different, but that is mainly due to the source of her signal...her 10,000 yr old DirecTV receiver. Once she upgrades to the HD receiver then her picture will look great in all its 720p glory. The next day Tonya and Anissa arrived with their respective clans, thus overloading mom's house to the breaking point. It was good that Bella got to see all her "southern" cousins again before she makes the move up North.

Thanksgiving day was hectic, to say the least. This was the first Thanksgiving in 3 years that I was able to take the time off and actually get to spend the whole day with the family, instead of only a couple of hours. It was really nice to get to see "the cousins" and all their families. Also, Brandy and her kids, Nicail and William, came to the celebration as well. They seemed to survive the onslaught. William spent most of his time outside playing with Shaylie and the kitten that was found. I believe it got named "Ginger" by someone. William really wanted to take it home, but Brandy refuses to get another cat, seeing as they already have two cats (and a REALLY annoying dog, and I can't leave out the two pet mice) at home. Nicail and Anje got along pretty good as far as I could tell. I kept seeing them together and that is usually a good sign.

Brandy had a blast playing PIT with Anissa and myself. She'd never played it before and she really likes it. Brandy had to head home that night since she had to work the next day. But it was really nice to be able to spend time with her and her kids AS WELL as my family.

Oh and for those of you who don't know, Krissy and Bella are moving up to Ogden around the 21st of Dec. Aaron (Krissy's fiance) got a really good job offer up there, so they are making the move. I will miss my Bella a lot, but will make every effort I can to get to see her. :) May involve getting a new car. lol

I'm in the middle of trying to figure out what to buy everyone for Christmas. This is not EVER an enjoyable feat for me. I never seem to be able to pinpoint what people want as gifts. (Mike and Erin any clues would be greatly appreciated).

In related news, the updated "Monopoly List" will be posted soon. So keep your eyes peeled. I believe I got a record (for me) 4 versions of Monopoly last year. Haven't played a single one either. :(

That should just about do it for this post. Hope I didn't put too many readers to sleep with this one.

Much Love,
Chad & Bella

New Info. Update

Well, since Mom decided to bug me about getting some new info on here...here ya go.

I know pretty much everyone in the family knows about my current situation, but I have a wonderful new girlfriend named Brandy (pictured with my ugly mug..lol). I've never been happier than I am now. :) I met Brandy on an online dating site back in early September. We went on our first actual date in early October and after a few other successful dates we decided to date exclusively. :) She has two awesome kids: Nicail, 10 and William, 8. I've had a great time playing video games and other games with all of them. (For the record, I won at MarioKart). haha

In other news, Bella is doing great. She has met Brandy and thought she was really nice and liked spending the day with her. I won't be seeing Bella for the next couple of weeks, I am letting Krissy keep her so Papa Scott can get some time with her while he is here visiting. I will, however, get to see her this Saturday for the photoshoot. Bella is growing up way too fast, but I love seeing her grow into such a great human being. :) I really did luck out with her. Bella is also loving her new baby sister, Sophie. She makes a good big sister.

Well that's about all the new news I have for this week...so hope you enjoyed. :)

Much love,
Chad & Bella