2003

Dear Family and Friends,

Sorry this letter is a little late. Our New Year's Resolution was to not procrastinate, so obviously we are doing really well on that one. Here is our year in a nutshell.

January- We moved into a house in Mesa, two weeks later it sold and we had to pack everything up and put it in storage. School started , Greg was at ASU Main and I was at Chandler Gilbert Community College.

February- We then moved into my parents house until we could find a house to buy. I got a job at Automart Superstore where I get paid to do my homework and study. It is a very good job to have while going to school.

March- We celebrated our second anniversary! We are officially not "Honeymooners" anymore. (Or maybe that title is lost when you have a kid?) I also turned 21 and can legally buy dry ice.

April- We continued the house hunting in vain and quickly discovered that we are very picky about what we want. School is still school. Greg was still working with his key chains. We also went to Country Thunder, and big concert out in the boonies.

May- School is done for the semester. YEAH! We were very blessed to find a house that is perfect for us and we decide to move the week of finals. Do we plan things to be this difficult? Greg sold his big gas guzzling truck and got a little economical one.

June- I decided to be a psycho for a month and take a Physics course in summer school, and an online Spanish course. That turned out to be a really bad month and made for a very grumpy Cambria. Greg was very patient and retreated to Mexico to get some stuff done down there. We also spent a weekend with Cambria's family in Show Low, AZ. Greg is still trying to figure out a way to move there.

July- We both breathed a sigh of relief that summer school is over and gear up for the upcoming semester. I painted our kitchen bright red (with the helpof Lowe's and my Mom) and Greg decides that "It looks too much like a catalog."

August- I started at ASU Main in the Speech Therapy program and Greg is at ASU East in the Agrobusiness program. I was wishing I could go back to EAC, or CGCC, ASU is way too big!

September- Wake up, go to school, come home, eat, go to work, come home, eat, go to bed. Obviously this was a very exciting month.

October- I had a surprise birthday party for Greg. It was very fun, but don't ever plan a surprise birthday party for someone you live with. I had to be way too sneaky! The only thing that Greg said kind of gave it away was that the house was too clean! We had a good time and it was fun to see all the friends and family who came.

November- We painted our bedroom ( this time with the help of Lowe's and Greg) and turned it into our "cowboy" room, it now has a bit of a western theme to it. Greg was slammed with work for the upcoming season. Lots of keychains were made in November. We spent Thanksgiving in Mexico with the Memmott clan.

December- We were both very relieved that the semester was over. My semester was very hard and I am not quite sure what I have gotten myself into. Greg is also relieved when the keychain orders slow a bit and he can get some sleep at night. We spent a few weeks in Mexico for Christmas and the Nuevo Ano.

This was a very big year of change for us and we are grateful for all the support and help we were given. We are grateful for all the wonderful friends and family that we are continually blessed with! Hope you all have a wonderful year!

Love - Greg and Cambria Memmott

Feliz Navidad! 2002

This is our first Christmas letter for our first year or Marriage! We are excited for the holiday season and fun times with family and friends! We were married on the 9th of March and then spent a week in Kino Bay, Mexico for our honeymoon. It was a lot of fun and we enjoyed the beach and the sun. We then returned to Thatcher to finish spring semester at Eastern Arizona College. We also got a calling at chirch and have been working in Primary with the CTR fives. They are so cute and so fun and we really enjoy teaching them. During the summer we spent a lot of time in Mexico so Greg could get some stuff done with his business. It was fun to be with his family and accomplish a lot of work! We also went on a road trip to Logan, Bountiful, Weston, Idaho and also to my Grandparents cabin up in the mountains. It was so much fun and Greg and Grandpa chopped down a whole bunch of Aspen tress which Greg later made into a very cool (and very big) bed frame for us! It was a fun trip and all went well until we drove home on the hottest day of the year and the air conditioning went out in hte truck a half hour into the trip. Needless to say we did not smell good by the time we got home and we had eaten a lot of ice that day. (Did I mention that we managed to take the longest possible route home?!)

Fall semester has been good. We both worked at the school and I made cinnamon rolls three times a week and sold them at the college to all of the secretaries (Greg did help once in a while). I was quickly dubbed the Cinnamon Roll Girl and they would see me coming with my basket filled with rolls. Greg kept busy with his key chains and made a few trips to Mexico every once in a while. I took an upholstery class where I covered a $5.00 yard sale couch with denim and it is now a lot cuter than when I bought it. I also took sewing, computers, Sociology of Marriage and Family (with Greg- we are now supposed to now know hot to "effectively communicate") and Spanish where I am learning how to ask "Donde esta el bano?" y "Cuanto questan los burritos?" Greg took Public Speaking, Chemistry, Marriage and Family and Psychology, he now knows what is wrong with him.

We have loved being here in Thatcher and are grateful for all the experiences (and cheap rent) we have had here. This Spring we will start classes at ASU, and be living in Mesa. We will be living at 3909 E. Baywood, which is on Val Vista and Broadway, if you ever want to stop by. We are excited to be getting on with our education and have some new experiences.

Thank you to all of our family and friends that have helped us so much this year and for everyone that helped so much with the wedding. We have had a wonderful first few months and are looking forward to the coming ones! We hope you have a wonderful Christmas and an even better coming year!

Feliz Navidad!

Greg and Cambria Memmott