So, it's been so long since I've posted. Sadly, Tom has been the one really wanting me to update this, so I'm working on it. Anyways, I didn't write about Christmas or New Year's or our cross-country road trip at all. Let's start with Christmas.
We spent Christmas with my family in Gilbert and had a blast. We spent Christmas Eve with my Mom's extended family eating and opening presents to one another. I didn't get to see some of my cousins, but we still had fun. Then on Christmas we opened presents and enjoyed following Krew around because he's the cutest member of our family. We also spent time with our dog Titan who we miss.
Right after Christmas, my family was invited to join the Palmer-Holyoak family at their cabin and go snowboarding. I went with my family and Thomas stayed in Gilbert and spent time with his friend John. I missed him, but our snowboarding was great. Unfortunately, basically all the pictures I have from our vacation were taking on our snowboarding trip (thanks to Blaze for bringing a camera).
Here is a picture of half of the snowboarding group (my siblings- except sis-in-law Ashli because she's pregnant; Dallin's friend Eric; Ashley's friends Blaze, Ryan and Mike).
Here is our snowboarding family minus Ashli, Krew and my Mom. I can't wait to see Krew on the slopes someday!
This is my favorite picture from our trip. It's my sister Ashley and I on the lift!
After Christmas and miserably packing back up our car-again- we left Arizona for Florida. We drove through Arizona, New Mexico and half of Texas in one day. Then we stayed with our friend Tucker at his home in Mississippi (thanks Tucker!). After that, we made it all the way down to Miami and arrived at about 9p.m. New Year's Eve. It was great to see Tom's parents again who we'll be staying with while we are doing our internship. Now, Thomas and I are working at WLRN; it's the Public Television and Radio station for South Florida. Since we are both studying Communications at BYU-Idaho, we were able to get two positions at the same company for our internship. We work together and are having a lot of fun.
So far, we've been involved with giveaways and promotions of their Facebook Fan Page and Twitter account. We also helped with the broadcast of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade in Liberty City. We helped gather information about each organization in the parade. During the event, we helped the hosts get the information so they knew what to say about each group. Despite the rain, it was a lot of fun. We're excited to be doing our internships and are lucky to be in beautiful, warm Miami right now.