New Year Adventures

With February nearly over, I wanted to share a few pictures of the girls from the last couple months.
The girls enjoyed Christmas, they still like to play Christmas music despite Chad's objections.
We Three Kings being Brooke's favorite.
The Picture below is of the girls holding a ballerina Christmas ornament from Grandma Carolyn, and they are wearing Christmas dresses from Grandma Bunn.

 

 

 

 

This year in Hailey's Christmas Program, she got to play the part of the Angel in the Nativity Scene.

She was so happy, last year she was a Wiseman and had hoped to be Mary or the Angel this year.

 

In January, We went on a Business trip to Boise, and the girls enjoyed swimming in the Hotel pool and playing at the city park. 

 

 

Donna enjoyed the park and sunshine too!

 

 

On Valentines, Chad gave the girls and I beautiful flowers, candy, and balloons. He definitely spoils us!

 

 

 

 

So far the year is going great, and we are looking forward to a fun Spring. We are going to spend the weekend in Boise for the state boys basketball tournament in early March. 

Hope all is well with you and yours!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kindle unlimited

Another author I found on kindle unlimited is Whitney G. I read "Sincerely, Carter", It was really good, if you like coming of age novels, you will Love this book! For 18 or older due to content, the main characters Arizona and Carter have been best friends since 4th grade, their story is what happens after high school when you realize your more than friends. Happy Reading :) Read my 5-star review of Sincerely, Carter by Whitney G. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2286152754

Kindle Unlimited

My Brother gave me an amazing Christmas present this year, The gift of books! He bought me a year subscription to Kindle Unlimited. Now it doesn't offer the newest Nora Roberts novel but it has hundreds of great romance novels. One author I found through it was Jennifer Armentrout. Check her our if you like coming of age novels, All her books I have read so far are really good. The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

AMAZING...so good, could not put it down. This author never disappoints, and The Problem with Forever has all the feels, angst, tingles...sigh, so so good!

View all my reviews Happy Reading

I Just finished reading an Advanced copy of "Surrender" by Joan Johnston. It was so good! I love her Bittercreek series. The story starts off with a plane about to crash and the pilot a woman and a male smoke jumper having to jump together with one parachute into a burning inferno in Yellowstone National Park. This book hooks you from the start, and is full of angst and romance. You can read a book description and my review at this link Surrender by Joan Johnston
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Joan Johnston delivers again with another heart stopping, sexy, suspenseful, action packed read. I love all the Bitter Creek novels. Surrender has a sexy alpha male, and a kick ass heroine. All the tension and build up of repressed feelings between Taylor and Brian literally made me ache and not be able to put the book down! A must read, No Cliffhanger, Thanks Joan Johnston for another soul infusing read :)

View all my reviews Happy Reading!!

Brooke Afton Bunn

My baby girl is almost 3 weeks old now, she was born July 24th at 5:22 pm. she was 21 inches long, and weighed 6lbs 8 oz. My labor was induced and only lasted about 8 1/2 hrs, so not too bad. She is so beautiful and wonderful, and I still can't believe we created such a unique amazing little girl. We are so blessed and happy :)

baby girl will be here soon

Due date for baby Brooke is June 28th, I will be 37 weeks Tuesday, so she could come at any time, very anxious and excited to meet her, here is a ultrasound picture of her at 36 weeks, so cute!

Winter Wonderland

I love the snow and hope it stays around for a white Christmas. The Christmas tree is up and my shopping is almost done. Work is a circus, but that is retail and Christmas time. I posted some pics I took in front of the tree December 1st. Logan is like a little brother to me and he has left for a mission in Peru. We are very proud of him, and will miss him everyday. Chad and I are both doing well and have had a very happy and blessed year. I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season!!

Christmas in September

I'm coming up on a busy time at work. The 6 weeks after Thanksgiving are huge. The pain is getting everything set and ready before November. And the crazy thing is it all started in August! It's lots of work, but fun also. I'm excited for fall, Chad and I will be celebrating our 5th anniversary at Yellowstone. I can't wait! Hope everyone's lives are well.

I'm on Vacation!

Well, I am half way through my vacation and I am just starting to relax. I am really looking forward to the weekend. We are leaving for mccall tomorrow. Chad wants to golf 27 holes. I have done 18 before, but not 27! I'm pretty excited. Then we are all staying at a house we rented in Donnelly. It should be a great weekend. Hopefully when I get back to work things go smooth. I have a new boss. I was pretty used to my old boss since I worked for him for 5 years. But he is moving on to a bigger store. I'm excited and anxious for the coming change. Hope everyone is having a great summer!!

Best series I have ever read, and I have read alot!

I have read 5 books in 2 weeks. My friend Katie gave me a book to read called Virgin River, by Robyn Carr. Her mom gave it to her to read and she had been putting it off, because she doesn't like to read romance novels. She finally read it one week when she was home sick. She loved it and gave it to me to read. I didn't want to read it because we rarely agree on books. It sat around the house for a week, the cover wasn't all that exciting and the synopisis on the back was just ok.
Well, all it took was one chapter and I was hooked. So far there are 5 books in the series with the sixth one to come out in April. Virgin River is the first one, then the order goes "Shelter Mountain", "Whispering Rock", Second Chance Pass, and Temptation Ridge. Paradise Valley is number 6 and it will be out soon.

These books are so wonderful. First one is about a widow trying to re build her life, second one is about a girl who is on the run from her abusive husband, the third is about a DA lawyer who lost a high profile serial rape case and becomes a victim, the fourth is a girl who's huband is killed in iraq, and the last one I read is about a girl who is trying to overcome watching her mom die by her beside for 5 year. Sounds a little depressing but they are not. They are so moving, and the Romance is FANTASTIC. They all fall in love with a group of retired marines. And these guys are wonderful. The town Virgin River has many side stories going on and I promise if you read this series you will be so happy. It made me laugh, cry, get goosebumps down my arms and just ache for more. So when you get to a point in your life that you need a good book. Try Virgin River and I guarantee you will want to read the rest of the series. Happy Reading.

Check out her website and read some excerpts. www.robyncarr.com If anyone does read these books let me know what you think!! I feel like I won't ever find another series this great!!!

movie

Twilight comes out in March. I can't wait to buy it. I'm glad this is a short month. I haven't written much lately. I am going through a reading craze. I keep reading when I should be cleaning or exercising. I am addicted to a couple authors write now. Susan Elizabeth Phillips and JR Ward. I have to work at 3 today and all I want to do is read until work. I'm going to have to limit my self to one book a week. I'm off to do laundry.

My niece is here!!

Lydia Joy was born at 6:20am. Not sure about the weight or height or if I am spelling her name right but she is here!!!!

Baby Hill is on the way

Last I heard Rhonda was having contractions around 8:00AM this morning. It's 5:00 now, but no baby yet. I'll post again when I hear more. Hopefully the baby will be born soon!

AND.HERE.WE.GO.

Well here we are, another year gone by. 2008 was pretty good. I hope 2009 is even better. I got a laptop for Christmas! I never thought I would own one. I was definitely surprised to see one under the tree Christmas morning. I love it, and can't wait to write my first book on it. I love to write, and never seem to get time. So this year, I want to write as much as I can. Here's wishing me good luck and as every year has gone by in the past I have inwardly sighed and said "And. Here. We. Go. Happy New Year Everyone. Oh and on a side note, Emily this year is our 10 year High School Reunion....not sure how I feel about that. Or whether I even want to go...

Merry Christmas Everyone

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful and blessed Holiday. I am so thankful to be with family this time of year, and have great friends like you! Best Wishes to All! Alison & Chad

Ready for the Holidays

This is the first year that I have made it to Thanksgiving without putting up my tree. I probaly won't get it up until December and that is unheard of for me! I finished updating my page and making it look all festive for Christmas. Chad and I want to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving!! Oh and on a side note, Jake and I can finally play a Rock Band song on Expert!! We are so proud!

Twilight

I saw the new Twilight movie today and I LOVED IT!!! It had some cheesy moments but it didn't matter, I loved every minute of it, and they actually got real highschoolers to play Bella's friends instead of actors who are in their 20's. They were all very believable and dorky like high schoolers are, sooooo if you love the twilight series defenitely go see the movie, it's great, I came home and had to re read my favorite parts in the series because I forgot how much I love those books. I could be bias though, The movie would have had to been horrible for me to not like it, Oh and the previews before the movie were great also, some good movies coming out including Harry Potter!!

I lost

Chad beat me by 1 point in Fantasy Football. Is is really that hard for just one of my players to get 1 extra point. So now I am in 4th place and I was in 2nd. This just sucks. Oh well, on a happy note we do have Egg Nog at the store. Kudos to Becky for mentioning it, because I had never tried an eggnog steamer and when I did. Well lets just say "TO DIE FOR" Yummy! I now have a new favorite holiday drink! Hope everything is going great with everyone!!

Fantasy Football

This week Chad and I play against each other in our Fantasy Football League. We are both tied with 8-2 records for the season. I really want to win! I do feel bad for Chad because he already benched 2 players that got him 60 points. However I am happy that I now have a better chance at winning. Yesterdays game was amazing. Favre played awesome. I love #4 and Now the Jets lead the AFC confrence!! Go Jets!! Oh and we did end up buying furniture. By next week we should have 2 new recliners! I can't wait they are soooooo comfy!

Colton's Birthday

Along with Veteran's Day it is also Colton's Birthday. He is 5 Today!! Happy Birthday!!!