Tis the Season

We decorated our little apartment for Christmas and I think it finally has the holiday spirit. This is the first time we actually are going to be here for so much of the holidays because of work and everything so I tried to make it feel a little more like home.


Tyler has all these little snowman ornaments from when he was growing up so we made this his little tree for all of those. It is pretty cute, but a little bit squished.

I know everyone is leaving and going places for the break so we just wanted to say Merry Christmas! I hope everyone gets everything they ever wanted for Christmas and that santa finds you all...

my new Nephew!

My older brother Josh just had a new little baby boy named Henry. He is SO cute! They live in New York so I havent even seen him yet but I am already in love with him.


This cute little girl is Olivia my niece. She is the funniest little girl and she looks just like my brother! I thought since they are in little christmas outfits I would put these up for the holidays...

Catching up

I have been really busy with work lately and haven't had much time to catch up with our Thanksgiving and the other stuff we've been doing. It seems like time is flying by so fast now that I'm working and I am scared that Christmas will come and go as fast as Thanksgiving. I was so excited to put up our Christmas stuff and I am so excited for christmas!! ( this picture really shows how excited we are... haha)

This past weekend we got to hang out with some of Tylers brothers and their wife/girlfriend. We went to dinner and the lights at temple square and then they spent the night and we watched the Grinch. Of course we missed the real lights at temple square because they turned off right when we got there ( I think that happens to me every year) but we still got to see alot of lights right around there.

We are so lucky to have such fun brothers and sisters so close to our age. We had alot of fun with them!
We also met up with Nikki and Tony and Jenna and Chase and went to the movie FOur Christmases. I really wanted to see it because me and Tyler together also have FOUR families to visit! It is almost impossible to do. It was a pretty funny movie and fun to see them again too.


For Thanksgiving me and Tyler went to Arizona with my dad, his wife, and my step sister. My grandparents and some of my aunts live down there and my grandpa has been a little under the weather. It was really good to see everyone and introduce Tyler to more of my family!
(Me and Katelyn with the camels)

Besides the driving it took to get down there it turned out to be pretty fun. We stayed at a really fun hotel and it was nice enough to lay out and swim in the pool (which was one of my favorite parts!) We also went shopping alot, went to the lighting of the Mesa Arizona temple (with Brooke White), went to visit one of Tylers cousins and his family and Tyler got to go golfing.

This picture was at the Mesa temple with my cousins Douglas and Jared who we hadnt seen forever! Tyler had alot of fun with them golfing. It was so fun to see them and meet their wives.

the Ebay Experience

Ali tagged me to do this photo thing. Here is how you do it.

The rules are:
1. Go to your pictures
2. Upload 4th picture of 4th folder
3. post and explain the picture

I was nervous to see what picture ended up being the 4th one in the 4th folder and when I saw it I just started laughing. This folder of pictures was actually called "ebay"


This little set here of Italian man dishes were a gift from our wedding. Not that we didnt love the set but we realized a year and a half after we had been married that the box hadn't been open and was taking up too much storage space. At the time I didnt have a job and so I decided to help Tyler our with the income a little and start selling things on ebay. I had never done it before but its harder than it looks. I put some of my school books on there for about 40 bucks and this set of dishes for 30 and a few other things. I checked all the time but never got one bid on anything. I took tons of pictures and posted everything but no one ever bid because I guess you have to sell everything for like 2 dollars! When Tyler told me that I decided it wasnt worth it and havent been a fan ever since.

I guess the moral of the story is that we still have this wonderful set of dishes. If anyone wants to buy them I could cut you a pretty good deal!

A sad goodbye...

After many years of living in the country of Burton Idaho my mom decided to sell our house and move into a smaller house closer to her work and town. I remember when we moved to Idaho and built that house and how excited we all were to finally move in. I have to admit I was pretty sad when we had to leave knowing it was my last time there!

Me and Tyler went down to help move and clean things out this weekend. I hadn't even seen the new house they are moving into. Its alot smaller, but it is just Abby and Emily left at home and it is a perfect size for them. I am excited to see what it looks like all finished because they are getting all new carpet and paint so it will be really cute.

While we were there we also got to go to one of Emily's basketball games. She starts on Varsity and she is really good! who knew someone so athletic could come from our family? It was really fun to go see her play and we wish we lived closer so we could go to more of them.


If anyone up in the Rexburg area feels like helping on Saturday I'm sure they would love some help! :)

Nerd Alert

This Halloween me and Tyler hosted our first party together. I was a little nervous about doing it but it ended up being so much fun! We really looked like the biggest nerds ever!

Tyler really pulled off the classic nerd look. I kept looking at him all night and laughing because he looked so funny!

This picture doesn't really do the decorations justice but I was real proud of how the dry ice did its job. I never knew how cool dry ice was! I made those Halloween cupcakes and the gummy worm dirt treat and then Tyler wanted to get wings so we had a big platter of wings. Then we had everyone bring some kind of a game and a treat. There was tons of food!


Our group had some funny costumes! We had Adam and Eve, pirates, hot dog on a stick workers, a thug with a white trash cowboy, amd a pair of babies.

Chase ended up bringing two costumes and was weed man for the second half of the night. He looked so funny in his green tights!

We ended up playing games all night long. Some of the games I had never played before and turned out to be the best ones. Ashley and Shawn and Nikki and Tony ended up staying the night and we watched The Grudge. I would have to say it was one of our most fun Halloweens and hopefully we will do it again. Thanks for everyone who came!
Tyler had no clue I was taking this. He just looks so nerdy!

Me and Ash

Nikki and Tony

hooray!

For anyone who didnt know Tyler is getting into insurance and there are a few tests he had to pass. These tests are pretty hard and alot of people dont pass them on their first try.. Well after many many hours of studying and test taking Tyler is now finished and is officially selling insurance. We went out to dinner for a little celebration and he sure was relieved! He has been working really hard ever since. Good job little panawan!
Does anyone out there need insurance?? :)


This is a little group of USU official alumni. I think the word is alumni but if not then I probably should not have graduated college. Well a couple weekends ago we met up with some of Tyler and I's friends from Utah STate. I told Tyler he needed to blog about it but I guess hes not too into blogging... Anyway these guys are the first group of guys I met at Utah State and I was good friends with them ever since. Justin and Mark are who introduced me to Tyler so I should be thanking them! I decided not to be in the pic cause these boys are so cute without me in it. Its crazy that its been over four years since I met all of them!

Halloween spirit

Tyler and I both love Halloween so much. We have our house decorated with Halloween stuff and all through October we watch scary movies and get in the Halloween spirit. This weekend we went on a group date with my step sister Nikki and her husband Tony, and my sister Ashley and Sean. We went to Nightmare on Thirteenth and then we came home and watched The RING. It was scary but so much fun! I am the biggest scaredy cat but I love to see boys get scared especially Tyler cause it seems like he barely ever is. We have had so much fun getting to know Nikki and Tony and were so glad to have them live so close!

A night with Abby

My little sister Abby, who is the nicest little girl you will ever meet, came up to stay with my dad last weekend for a few days and we got lucky enough to have her stay with us for a night. It was a night I know we will never forget! Tyler went to priesthood when she got here so me and my sister AShley took Abby to Chuckey Cheese. We were the luckiest people in their because we hit the jackpot three times! It actually got a little embarrassing because me and AShley were also so exited and all the little kids around us were sad we had a million tickets and they didnt.


After we got home and Tyler got back we took her out to the hot tub and played "volleyball" which is pretty much just hitting the ball back and forth with her. Then we said well should we just watch and movie now its kinda late? and she said no and all she wanted to do was PLAY. So we played and played until two thirty in the morning. We played Yaahtzee, Scene it, Guitar Hero, Sardines, Hide and Seek in the dark, and every other game you can think of. Tyler was such a good sport because we were both tired and kind of wanted to relax but he made it so much fun for her. He even offered her his spot in the bed so she could sleep with me!

trip to Logan

A couple weekends ago Tylers mom, Susan, came up and we all went up to Logan and hung out there. I had to steal these pictures off her blog but it was alot of fun and a little bittersweet to be back up there and be graduated and moved away! Its just so weird to drive by our old apt we lived at forever and think of how much fun me and Tyler had there. I will always like Utah State mostly because that is where I met Tyler and we have alot of good memories there.

It was Todd's birthday so we all went over to Ryan and Ali's to have cake. Here is one of the whole gang!

SAturday afternoon we went to the park and played some Ultimate frisbee and I mean Ultimate. I just saw this picture and had to put it on here because I think our faces pretty much say it all. Not that I have ever been to good at frisbee but it was really fun and it was such a nice day it was good to be outside.



That night me and Ali and Susan all went to the relief society broadcast together. It was fun to go as just girls and the boys always have fun together. Its always a good time when their family gets together!

So you think You can Dance!

A couple of weeks ago we went with our friends Jenna and Chase to the tour of So You Think You can Dance. It is my absolute FAVORITE show and we got to go to it this summer during the finale taping. In the show they did all their best dances throughout the season.

Chase was probably more into it than the rest of us. He was yelling their names and watching each dance really intensely. It was so funny!


Tyler and Chase pretty much wore the same outfit that night so I took this picture of them they looked so cute...


These two guys were my favorites the whole show. IF you have never seen the show I highly recommend. Tyler even likes it sometimes!

This clip is one of my favorite dances in the season because all of them performed and I liked their costumes and the song. I am already counting down the days until next season to watch!


Hit play if you want to watch it but make sure to turn off our other music. Enjoy!

Family fun

Today we got to go visit Tylers grandma Griffith who lives in downtown Salt Lake. AFter being in California for whole summer we hadn't seen her in quite a while and really felt like it was time for a visit. She is the cutest little lady and still seems completely all there at age 92! She looked so cute I decided to take a picture of her and Tyler.

Two weeks ago we took the trip to Idaho after not seeing my family for a while either. It was so fun to see them and see my cute house in the summer. Everytime I go there I wonder if it will be one of the last times because it is for sale, but I will be so sad when they move! While we there we went and floated the Saint Anthony river to the Sand Bar. It was fun but FREEZing cold! I was picturing this nice relaxing float but it was anything but that. My mom wanted me to share a tube with Abby because we werent sure how deep it was. At times it was a struggle to paddle with two people on but it was a pretty day and turned out being really fun. I have missed them so much!



I had to put this picture of Tyler and Abby up. First of all I like it because Tyler was wearing someone's pink slippers he found laying around. Sometimes I feel bad for him because its always just girls at our house and I would think it'd get kind of annoying. LUCKY for him, he has always got little Abba attached to his side. Abby is on cloud nine when she gets to be by Tyler. They started playing this game on the wii and wouldve played all night long if she was able to. At church on Sunday she sat down on the end on the other side of Tyler and had this huge smile on her face the whole time. She loves having Tyler in the family!!

I never thought I'd say this....

I miss school. I miss having two classes a day and sleeping in and staying up and having a fun social life! It is wierd to be done and working an 8-5 job. Not that I am lazy but I've got a real adjustment ahead of me!

Lets just say after my first day of work I feel like Dupree on "You me and Dupree" in his interview. My new boss was going through vacation days and I was thinking well what about Valentines? What about the Chinese new year? ahh... and thinking "Could I come at 9 or maybe 10?" I was looking around me wondering how people looked so happy in the mornings. I have never understood the whole getting up bright and early while still being full of energy. I felt like I was the only one walking around half asleep and yawning throughout the day. I only hope it gets easier!!


I havent even said where I work yet. It is calling Sizzling Platter and its in Salt Lake, it is accounting for Little Caesars, Sizzler and Red Robin's. I went in for the interview Tuesday and already started today! It is a pretty good job and it is good experience for my Accounting degree. I think I will like it once I know what Im doing... My first day I already got some coupons from little caesars so I cant complain!

Boating!!

We had barely found an apartment and just moved in when Tylers' Aunt Karen asked us if we wanted to go boating with them on Saturday. Of course with all the other stuff going on we still could not say no! We met up with Ryan and Ali and Justin, as well as Karen and Ron at Utah Lake for a great day on the lake.

I could not imagine how sore we were going to be after but it was well worth it. Thanks Karen and Ron for taking us!

Vegas!

We left California (it was sad to leave) last week and were not looking forward to the drive back to Utah, so we decided to take a much needed break in Vegas on the way back. It was so nice to relax and take our mind of things. (We were also just trying to delay going back to normal life as much as possible.) Tyler was pretty stressed out at the end of the summer from his job so I made my goal of the trip to have it be stress free! We stayed at the Circus Circus one night and at the MGM Grand on the other night.

For the most part we just hung out at the pool and relaxed but one night we did go to the Stratosphere and ride the ride on the very top. I dont know why but the past couple years I have become a huge chicken and I seem to be scared of everything! I almost didnt go but I didnt want Tyler to have to ride it alone. It pushed you out over the edge and spun you around so you thought you would fly off.

We had so much fun and really didnt want to leave! (This is us on top of the Stratosphere. )
Sorry I havent updated our blog in so long but we have been getting settled. The lonng process of moving and setting everything up, and the internet guy just finally came today. So we should be able to keep up with things alot better! We moved into an apartment in West Jordan and hope to see all our friends and family soon!

The Price is Right!!

Last Monday we went to the Price is Right! Unfortunately I did not come home with a brand new car like I was planning, but we still had a lot of fun. We made matching shirts that said "Drew make our dreams come true" and had a group of 20 excited people. A member of our group did get called down though (Justin's girlfriend Rachael) and actually made it up on the show. She almost won a new hot tub but the game was a tough one. Luckily she walked away with something... two new digital cameras. I have to admit I was a little disappointed me or Tyler didn't get on but if you would have seen me in the interview process you could definitely see why I didn't! For those who haven't done it, they have a group interview process to see who is fun, outgoing, or crazy enough to be a contestant. I was so nervous I acted like an idiot and probably didn't seem like any of those things.

The best part of the whole thing was that we had the best seats in the house. We were right in the center a few rows up higher up than everyone so we could see really good. And right before they started they had music playing really loud and everyone had a dance party. So by the time we started we were all sweating bullets and ready to be on camera. We aren't sure yet when our episode will be shown, but it won't be until next season. I will try to find out and post it on here, but if your are randomly watching and see me and Tyler sweatin it up on there, give me a call!!

Also on Saturday night we went to Patton Oswald doing stand up comedy. He is the guy who plays the mouse's voice in Ratatouille, but we know him as Spence from King of Queens which is one of our favorite shows to watch. It was at this Improv place right here in Irvine and it was really fun to go to and something new.

He is funnier on the King of Queens but we still had a lot of fun!