A Family that Loves to Party!

Ahhh, the day after Christmas... The sales, the wrapping paper collage on the floor, and the new 5 lbs. added to the scale bringing us that much closer to Santa Clause. For most families this would be a time to relax and regenerate after all the parties and last minute gift purchases, but not my family! Party on!!!


The day after Christmas is my cousin Amy's husband Aaron's birthday. We took advantage of this opportunity for yet another fun get together. We met at Typhoon, a Thia restaurant at the Gateway Mall in Salt Lake City. All fourteen attendees shared their plates for the ultimate Thai buffet! The popular favorite was the Indian Princess with chicken, mmmhh, so good!


This party was extra special as we were also bidding farewell to my Uncle Pat's nephew Dave Houy. He is off to serve a 60-90 day assignment for the United States Air force this Sunday. He is a Master Sargent, which means he's only 2 steps from the top! Staying on base in Iraq, Dave is an electrical mechanic who leads work on F16's. He also served in 2003 during the war and in 2005 for 4 months and in addition volunteered at the hospital in his spare time in the surgical unit. His wife Jana works full time at the Layton post office and will probably spend a lot of time hanging out with her family in Draper while he is away. Although they are not directly related to us we are so grateful to have them in our lives and think of them as nothing less than family. We are so grateful for David's service and he will be in our prayers as we hope for his quick return.


After saying our goodbyes we were walking to our car when I totally slipped on the ice in one of those horizontal falls but was luckily caught by Brady. Unfortunately I was caught slamming against the car and sustained a royal bruise on my back! Laughing and hoping nobody else had seen me we were off to meet up with Brandon and his girlfriend Danielle to watch a couple episodes of "Arrested Development".


December 26th is also Danielle's birthday and Brandon hooked her up with a new set of head phones which she loved. They seem so happy and are such a cute couple! Danielle has only one semester until she completes her undergraduate degree at Utah State in Interior Design. She is very artistically talented and showed some of her skills in Brandon's Christmas gift. Reminiscent of Andy Warhol, Danielle painted him some colorful sneaker portraits. I don't think I've seen Brandon so excited over a gift. Ahhh, puppy love!