Griffith fam

September

2011-12-15T14:29:00.000-08:00

Gotta love this cute face!

And now to catch up with a little of September!

To start, this is what happened when we went to visit Tyler at work one day. When we were leaving he buckled Sophie in and apparently handed her 3 chocolate covered pretzels. When I got home and went to get her out, I seriously thought this was blood! Luckily it wasnt but she was a huge mess! Look how tan our little blondey gets though. She must have Tyler's skin coloring and my hair!
This dog is not ours. (Thank goodness!) But one night we went for a family walk and this cute little dog followed us home. Sophie was soooo loving it! It ALMOST made me tempted to get a dog, but not quite. Anyways, the dog followed us from one of the neighborhoods above ours and would not got home! It finally came in our garage and was running around and Sophie was chasing it all over the place thinking we got a new dog or something. She was squealing and so excited. So, when I went to get the camera it full on ran into our house as fast as it could! It actually scared me to death. Long story short, Tyler eventually drove it back to the area where we found it that night. It was fun having a dog for an evening though, that is definitely long enough for me!
Also in September, it was our friend Mark's wedding. He has been our friend from college and he is also Tyler's brother Justin's friend so Justin and Mega and their daughter Mia came to Utah from Texas for the wedding. We were excited to see them! One night we went to Olive Garden and there was a really long wait. It was a really nice night though so were just waiting outside talking, and Mia and Sophie started marching around in a big circle (Sophie copying Mia) then grandpa started in and they were all marching around. It was pretty funny. I wish more of Sophie's cousins lived closer cause she loves to play with kids!

September in Utah was perfect weather this year! Mark's wedding night was gorgeous and it was nice to be outside. Todd and Kimiko came from Logan and we had a fun weekend with everyone! Here's all of us outside the reception. Me with my tan sister in laws!
So I forgot to mention that 'brother, Todd lived with us this summer while he worked with Tyler. By the end of the summer Sophie sure loved her Uncle Todd! He is so nice to her and between him and Tyler she has been so spoiled with attention! For about 3 months after he moved out she still thought our spare bedroom was "Todds room." We actually really have missed having him here! I love this picture of them!

August!

2011-12-15T13:08:00.000-08:00

I know I know.. Everytime I blog again I say I am going to be better and I get too overwhelmed because now I am so behind! I still cant decide if I should just give it up or try to move forward full force! Anyone anyone?
Well lately I have been feeling like my baby isn't a baby at all anymore! She is getting way too big. I definitely have never felt like time has gone by this fast before! It seems like its speeding up or something. In 4 days, Sophie is 20 months old. Crazy. She gets more and more fun every day and I wish she'd just stop growing! We have been loving how things are with her lately. She sleeps in until about 9 30 every morning (which means so do I) and usually takes about a 3 hour nap from 2-5. Its a pretty awesome schedule. Its been hard for us to take the leap of trying again when we love her so much and are content with just having us 3! Lately I've been saying to Sophie "We're best friends hu?" and She says "beffriends!" We couldn't love her more!

Anyway I have decided to just go back to a few of the main things that have happened since the summer post I last did. First of all, in the end of July, Ashley had her baby, Cooper! I was probably the most excited person there was (besides MAYBE my mom). Leading up to the birth though one of my favorite things was Ashley coming over to our pool very pregnant and laying out with me and Sophie. The day she had Cooper she looked more like an indian than a white person. It was so fun though to have those memories with her out there reading our magazines, floating on our floaties, and playing with Sophie on her "step". I wish I had a picture of that!

After he was born we couldn't get enough of him. Sophie even was always saying "Coopa Coopa". On his blessing day, in the middle of his blessing, Sophie was really worried where he went and she was saying "Where's Coop?!" Cooper is the cutest little boy ever and we love having a new nephew!
A few weeks after Ashley had Cooper, Josh got to come to Idaho for a visit (it had been WAY too long!) and he even brought his wife and kids with him. We hadn't seen him in so long, but Emily and Abby hadn't seen him for 4 years! 4 years since we had all been together. So, of course we had to get family pictures. Some of them turned out okay, but I love this one so much with me and my cute siblings! Its wierd how out family goes brown blonde brown blonde brown, hu?
We had a lot of fun things planned for when he came out and we tried to be in Idaho as long as we could to be with them. Sophie loved playing with Henry and Lala (Olivia) and they were so cute to her.
One night we rented a movie projector and watched a movie on the trampoline and chairs. We were all laid out on my moms whole backyard with pillows and blankets and watched the movie on the back of her house. Even though the people on the tramp always move to the middle and half the people fell asleep it was one of my favorite nights there! We also played night games at the park by my moms house one night. Walking to the park it reminded me of the good old days of having all my siblings together again! I wish it happened more often.

Another one of my favorite things we did was go camping and floating the river at Warm River. We reserved a spot and camped out all night. That night I was lucky enough to have Henry and Olivia both fall asleep on my lap! I love them so much. Isn't it weird how much you love nieces and nephews?! Even if you don't ever get to see them! I love those kids.

I also just loved seeing Josh love spending time with his kids! Henry was like his little buddy that didn't want to leave his side. I wish he got to see them more! It really does make us all so sad. Oh, the hard thing about divorces! Isn't this the cutest picture of them?
Sophie was loving all the kids around at Warm River! All my little cousins were there and they all loved to play with her. While we were there though somehow she managed to fill up her little toy cups with river water and started chugging the water down! I was so worried about her because she had major diarrhea for almost two weeks after. She is so fast at everything too, that it was almost impossible to prevent, (she eventually was fine though). Also, Josh brought his dog to the campsite and Henry accidentally stepped in its poop and didn't know it, and climbed on Monica's lap. There was poop everywhere! Kids really bring excitement to things.

Now, Josh is living in Germany! There are so many things I have loved about the Army, but I do NOT love how he has to live so far away! We are all hoping we can save some money to go see him while he is over there. It was a fun week with them here though and it will have to last for a few years til we see him again.

The next weekend my Grandma and Grandpa Allen came to Utah from AZ. They barely ever come out here because their health is getting alot worse and it was so nice to be able to see them since we hardly ever do! They are so nice to each other and have had such a good marriage their whole lives. My grandma was a little out of it, but my grandpa told us some stories and bore his testimony to us. It was really cool to hear, but sad because he told us that this would be his last time to Idaho and Utah and that they had come to terms with things being "the last time" for them. They are such good people and I will never forget hearing his testimony. I was so glad we got to see them and Sophie could meet them! One of my favorite memories of them is when they would come stay with us in Idaho, how much my grandma loved it when I played the piano. I would sit there forever and play song after song, and later she I would hear her humming some of my songs to herself.

Last but not least, in August Tyler took me to a Tim McGraw concert. It was for my birthday present and it was one of my favorite presents I've ever gotten! It was really one of my favorite nights I can remember with him! The concert was outside and the weather was perrrfecct. I LOVE Utah's summer nights!
We had a babysitter and went out to dinner for Wings before the concert, but made sure to get there with plenty of time before it started. Tim was with Luke Bryan and the Band Perry who both did awesome too. Alot of really lucky things happened that night, for one Tim opened his part of the concert in the middle section where we were and and I immediately weaved my way down to the front of the section and right when I did, he walked by to walk up to the stage. So (obviously) I stuck my hand out and acted like a total idiot! But at least I got to touch his hand! haha. I was so excited its a little embarrassing to admit. The other lucky thing was right before it was Tim's turn, this girl came up to us and said "hey we are leaving do you want a wrist band for the front general admission?" Of course we did, so we took turns going up to the front and that's when I pushed my way to the very front again and touched him again (apparently I am pretty good at that). Afterwards we went to Village Inn and ate (yes again), and then went and picked up Sophie. It was such a good night with my best bud.

Actually 9 years ago for my 16th birthday, my friends surprised me and took me to a Tim McGraw concert at that same place! I have the best friends. We all made shirts and drove down to Utah, it was one of my other favorite birthday presents! Isn't this picture so good of him!

Lovin Summer!

2011-07-12T12:33:00.000-07:00

A few months ago there was a groupon deal for cheap Seven Peaks passes... My friend Jenna lives right by it and had been trying to get me to buy one for a while, so I caved in and tried to talk a few more people into too! It has been pretty fun to have, especially when there are people there that can take turns watching Sophie so I can slide it up too! A few weeks ago we went with my dad and his wife and a few of their kids, and AShley, and Abby. Ashley as you can tell is pregnant and couldnt go on rides but she sure is a tan little prego girl! I love that picture of them both touching their chubby bellys!

This is one of the times that I can actually get Sophie to eat/drink! She wears herself out at the pool, and always falls asleep on the way home. The funny thing is all I have to do is bring a few of her favorite water toys and she will sit in the shallow part and entertain herself forevvver. I'm pretty sure she thinks she owns that shallow step at our clubhouse pool. I'm not complaining though, its nice for me!
Jenna brought her little girl over to play in the pool one day too. I love the picture below because they are both so cute in their swimsuits. It is funny to watch them play together. Charlotte is definitely the "cool" one, and Sophie is kinda the crazy one. She follows her everywhere though and they always want the same toys, of course.

A few weeks ago we took Sophie to the zoo for the first time. She loves animals, a little too much. She is not even scared of them to come up and get in her face. I think it will only take once for her to get hurt and that will all be over! Anyways, at the zoo she would just point at everything and say "whatsat? Whatsat?" We couldnt even get her to look over at the camera once for a pic.

She loves weekends when we get to hang out with daddy. Its actually really sad because Monday mornings are definitely the hardest for her. She cries and cries when he leaves. Lately she has been glaring at me when I try to take her from him when she can tell he is about to walk out. We stand in the doorway and wave bye to him and blow kisses every morning.

We have been lucky to have Abby in Utah alot this summer! She would seriously stand on her head for an hour to get Sophie to laugh. The night Abby rode the shuttle to Utah, me and Sophie went to pick her up late because Tyler had softball games. Sophie was so tired and I was worried she was going to be really cranky, it was like 9 pm. After about five minutes of Abby being in the car in the backseat with her, she had Sophie laughing and laughing so hard. They are little buddys and I think next to me and Tyler, Abby is one of the people that loves Sophie the very most! Sophie loves her "Abbum."

One thing that is really funn is for some reason Sophie loves baby things. For a while we could NOT get her to go to the day care (for an hour) at the gym. She would cry and cry. Finally one day I was shocked that they didnt come get me from my class... I walked down and looked in the big glass windows to see what Sophie could possibly be doing and she was sitting in a baby cuddle swing rocking back and forth with the biggest smile on her face. I swear she was over the weight limit even. She looked so big and it was really one of the funniest things to see. Its not just swings either, at church she sees baby car seats and tries to go sit in them with the baby. Well the other day I got this swing out to let Ashley borrow it for her new baby, (coming soon!!) and Sophie wanted to climb in it so bad. So I let her and turned out the music and she was so happy for a few minutes just being a baby again.

My favorite stage!

2011-07-11T12:08:00.000-07:00

I have been LOVING the stage Sophie is in right now and don't want her to get any bigger! She is getting to be so much fun. I need to be better about writing down all the fun stuff she does. I love to see her frankenstein walk around the house and hearing her little feet smacking the kitchen floor to come find me. I love watching her walk in circles around the living room chair acting like she has a serious purpose. I love to hear her jibberish in the backseat while Im driving. I love to show her new things and have her actually take it in and repeat them! In the last few weeks she has added alot of new words to her vocabulary. A few of my favorites are "Whereditgo?", Apple, shoe, Ippo (her pillow pet hippo), bird, Emma, and Abba. My all time favorite thing she does right now is walk over to me and grab my legs and buries her head in me to give me hugs.

A few of her favorite things right now are balloons, any and all animals, Toy Story, Yo Gabba Gabba, swimming, babies, and books.

We went to Rexburg for the 4th of July this year. It is one of my favorite holidays! A year ago from the 4th we actually blessed our sweet new baby! It will forever remind me of that special day and how much we love(d) her. There really are some things that Idaho is just more fun for, and one of them is the 4th! You would think that a baby would be really upset in the 3 1/2 hour car ride but somehow we can get Sophie laughing her head off at the most random things. This is one of my favorite things about her. She laughs and laugh so hard that she can barely breathe sometimes. I really have never seen a baby that can laugh as hard as her.

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Saturday morning we went boating with my friend Jenna and her family. My mom and Abby gladly watched Sophie which made it a pretty relaxing day! Unfortunately the boat had some problems about half way through, so we didnt get to stay out as long as we wanted, but it was still better than nothing!

Jenna's little girl Charlotte is a few months older than Sophie and she is hilarious! She had this life jacket on and was making the funniest faces. I dont think she could figure out why all the sudden she was so top heavy and kept falling over. She is such a good girl though, she didnt even complain once!

Sunday afternoon my mom made a nice bbq dinner and then we decided to take a drive to Warm River to see the fish and Mesa Falls. They are pretty cool to see, but Sophie was a little freaked out by the falls. She looked so worried with her eyebrows furrowed the whole time trying to figure out what was going on.

Sunday night my sister was driving through town and noticed that people had already put their chairs out for the parade so we figured, why shouldnt we? Me, my mom, and Abby (everyone else was too busy playing Call of Duty!) went and put our chairs on main street at midnight and came the next morning to find out perfect reserved spot still waiting for us! It worked out so good. Sophie loved the horses and the little girls dancing the most. She actually was really paying attention to everything almost the whole time. It was so cute.

That afternoon we had a picnic at the Sugar park with my moms whole family. We set up to play water kickball which turned out really fun! The kids- including Tyler, all loved it. It was also fun for Sophie because they had swings and lots of little cousins that like to play with her!

That night we went to the best fireworks show we've seen! If you havent been to the Idaho Falls fireworks, they are worth the drive!! They spent 13 million dollars on them this year and they were awesome! My mom stayed home with Sophie and it was fun to go out to them and walk around the shops and booths set up there. The fireworks are right above the river in front of the IF temple. It was a perfect night!

On our way home Tuesday we stopped at a Wendys that had no one there and we let Sophie walk around for a while in the parking lot. Thats where I took this cute picture! It actually makes me kinda sad cause she is looking more like a little girl than a baby now. She is getting alot skinnier now too since she has been walking and we cant get her to eat almost any regular foods! :(

This barely ever happens but I love when Sophie will just relax and fall asleep on me. Lately she has been cuddling with us alot more though and we are loving it! I think this was after church one day, I know my hair looks a little crazy but I just think she looks sooo sweet in this. Its times like these that I wish would last forever!

Tylers brother, Todd has been staying with us this summer because he is working with Tyler. Some reason Sophie is fascinated with his bedroom (our guest room). If the door is ever left open she walks in there and tries to look around or get on his bed. One day I was doing laundry and looked down the hall and she had found these shoes of his and was trying to put them on and walk around in them. She has an obsession with shoes and gets really concentrated trying to get them on. She will try to put her own shoes on her babies or dog. It looks so funny that she will laugh when I make her dog walk with her shoes on!

Last but not least, the grossest thing with her yet happened the other day! So we went to the pool in the morning and we came home and she was really tired so I put her in bed with just a diaper on. When I went in about an hour into her nap to check on her she had somehow taken her diaper off, but I still thought it looked pretty cute with her little bum up in the air. Well when I heard her awake I went into get her and she was standing there with what looked like light clay rubbing it all over the bed. Then I looked at her blankets and bedding and their were little poo balls all over them. It was sooo gross! It was even smudged all over her face and in her fingernails. I was screaming. I basically put everything straight in the wash and put her straight in the tub. About ten minutes after she was all clean and dressed again I was sitting by her on the couch and noticed a smear of poo still on her face. I was trying not to be grossed out by her but it was all just too much to handle!

Cabin fever!

2011-02-06T19:24:00.000-08:00

For the past five or six months since I quit working part time I have LOVED it, but I will admit that January and a little bit of February are giving me some cabin fever! I just want the sun to come out so me and Sophie can go on walks and go out to the pool every single day!! I really cannot wait. But since we have been cooped up inside I have had to lean on my friends and some family to keep me sane!

Me and Sophie met up with my friend Brittany and her little boy Desmond. He was so funny and cute with her. He loves kisses and could not get enough of her! Sophie is pretty funny with little boys. At church she likes to find them and smile at them sitting around us. If any walk out to the bathroom or something she stares at them and smiles. Its so cute, but a little scary! I think we are going to have our hands full.

Sophie had fun playing with these other two babies at my friend Michelle's house. We wanted to get together and try out that Dance Central game and get out of the house! She is getting alot more mobile and likes to stand up now, but she still can't move forward and crawl. She looks like she is so close and then won't move her hands! We have decided to not push it anymore or worry about it so we have moved on to standing with her and letting her do her own thing. It's funny to watch her with other babies because she likes them alot until they get in her 'bubble.' She gets scared I think because they can crawl up to her and she can't move! Its pretty funny to watch.

Michelle and her little boy were so cute playing this boxing game. He was hilarious to watch play the Kinect. He was trying to play this racing one and he was just standing there and jumping up and down and waving his arms. He is so cute!

My poor little Soph has gotten a little cold and a cough mixed with teething off and on in the past week. The cough never seems very bad during the day but in the night its hard to hear her up coughing and not be able to do anything about it. It seems like its never going to go away! I have been trying not to take her out in the cold very much and I have been putting Baby Vicks Vaporub on her before she goes to bed but I dont think it really helps with her nose at all. This picture she looks a little bit sad and sick feeling.. :(

Here is a picture of all her teeth! She is nine months old and is growing in her 7th tooth! She has so many they are so cute. She has four on top and in the process of three on bottom. Its pretty funny though she can eat like saltine crackers and just hold them and bite them right off with her teeth.

Grandma Moore gave her this cute purple little lamb dress. She looks so cute in it I had to take a picture of her before church yesterday! It is SO hard to stay the whole three hours at church with her. Actually it is almost impossible because her nap time is at 10, and our church is at nine. Unfortunately she has passed the stage of falling asleep in her carseat at all. I dont know how people do it with a bunch of little kids! Right after sacrament is over she starts going crazy because she wants to be in bed. We usually end up trading off on who takes her home and who stays for the other two hours because if not one of us just sits in the hall fighting her. Yesterday was Tyler's day to bring her home and when I got home I found these two on our bed asleep watching Baby Einsteins. She almost NEVER falls asleep with us because she likes to be in her crib but apparently she was realllly tired and couldnt fight it.

Her little face looks so round and chunky in this pic. I love this! There is nothing Tyler loves more than cuddling with Soph. This weekend Sophie was so attached to Tyler for some reason. I think she just misses him so much during the week while hes gone. It's hard because he gets home at almost 7 and Sophie goes to bed at 8-8:30 usually so he only sees her for an hour in the evenings. She loves when he gets home, when she hears the garage opening she stares at the door to see if he's coming in. Its kind of sad but I can't really say the word "dada"during the day with her here because she gets excited and thinks he's home and then is let down. At church yesterday she wouldnt even sit with me! She would cry if I tried to take her from him, and when I was sitting in the hall with her he came out and she started screaming when he walked away! Normally I would've felt bad about it for myself, but I just thought it was cute. And its kinda nice to have a break. More and more I have started realizing why people would say its hard to have kids! I look around now and think how do they this with twins?! Or how do they have 4 kids under 4?! Being a Mom is really rewarding but also takes alot of patience!

I miss my bro!

2011-02-03T17:00:00.000-08:00

Lately I have been starting to really wish that my brother Josh lived closer. He has missed out on so many things since he has been in Iraq and Afghanistan, and when he was here he lived clear in Texas! Living so far away from him makes me realize that I never ever want to move really far away from the rest of our family members because its too hard and expensive to see each other. He has never met Sophie and we never get to see his cute little kids either! I love them so much and have only seen them like 3 times. He is one of the funniest people I know and I just really wish we lived closer! It was his birthday recently so I have been thinking alot about him and all the fun times growing up together. It was so funny how hard he tried to annoy my parents. His one set job growing up was to water the trees in our yard, we had moved into a new house and the trees were all tiny at first and needed watering in the summer/fall. You would think this would be a fairly easy job but actually the trees outlined our whole huge yard and it was hard to drag that hose all the way around the house. I can still picture him out there trying to figure out ways to make the watering easier/faster while dressed in sweats and a hoodie in the summer time, and of course shorts and a tshirt in the colder fall weather. I am cracking up here thinking about how he dug and dug for hours out there trying to dig a canal to every tree so that if he watered in one spot it would magically drain through the canal to every tree in the yard. Sadly, that did not work!

I loved riding with him to school in the mornings. He has the worst road rage and in high school was super mean to people that got in our way. People that dont know him probably think this sounds really mean but since it was him it was so funny to watch how mad he got. My favorite year was the year we got to drop Ashley off at the Junior High. Ashley was always in the back seat with us and some reason he loved to pick on her on the way to school! Some mornings when we were rushed my mom would make us nutrimeal shakes to take with us and on our way to school Josh slammed on his brakes and Ashleys went flying all over her outfit. She wanted to go home but Josh wouldnt so we dropped her off at school with chocolate all over her outfit! Poor ASh had some bad experiences in that old white neon.

These are his cute kids! Olivia and Henry. She is a few years older than him but he weighs the same since she is the tiniest cutest little girl ever! I wish they could play with Sophie and she could get to know her first two cousins!

No one else better move away from me! It seems like so many of my friends and family members are leaving and I just want everyone to stay here!!

Ringing in 2011!

2011-01-23T19:51:00.000-08:00

So while I am in the blogging mood I'm going to keep going and post some pictures from this month (Jan 2011). We rang in the new year by going to my Dads house in Lehi with my step siblings and Sophies cousins. Abby and Ashley were there too so it was a party! We went to their church house and played some basketball with everyone. Yes, even me. You know you're bad when Abby kept saying to me, "Jaim are you SURE you want to play? I just didnt think you would want to..." I DID play in city league back in the day, how bad could I be?

Sophie and Beckam having some fun playing with some toys! They are all so cute together! Beckam and Kazeden think Sophie's bows are pretty fun to try to grab off her head and it scares her to death. They are both all over the place and she mostly just sits there watching them!

This picture was taken a little before Christmas of these three. Beckam on the left is the oldest and then Sophie and then Kazeden (who is the biggest one!) They are all about a month apart from each other though. They are all so adorable.

Tyler's Mom (Susan) also came to visit last week and stayed with us for a few days. It was fun having her here over Martin Luther King Day because Tyler was off work and his brothers were off school and were down from Logan. We got to go to lunch and the movie "Country Strong", while Todd and Kimiko watched Soph. We played games with all of them until 1 30 in the morning! It was a really good weekend. We didnt really get any pictures, but Susan did make this cute hat for Sophie! Its so cute!

January is also Tyler's birthday. He turned 28 on Friday!! Yes I did marry an older man. ;) For his birthday he wanted to go to Chilis for lunch, come home and take a nap, and relax the whole night. His favorite dinner he wanted me to make is Chicken Divan. It turned out to be such a good day. Our nap worked out perfectly with Sophie's and we slept for two hours. It was a relaxing romantical night. I love that he just wanted to stay home with us. I kept asking him "are you sure you dont want me to invite some people to dinner or we could go out without Soph..." He just loves being home with his girls! He is a homebody.

Then on Saturday we went to the Canyons snowboarding. We havent been boarding in over two years because I was pregnant last year and couldn't go. It is the best feeling to be outside flying down the mountain! I wish it wasnt SO expensive to go or we would probably go more, but its fun to do a few times a year.

This picture is priceless. I had to go to a relief society meeting and left Sophie home with Tyler. Right before I left I made tacos and when I got home an hour later Tyler had barely eaten. Sophie had this reallly gross blow out all the way up her back and Tyler took this picture of it. He had to give her a bath and wash all the poopy stuff. I love her face in it though like she knows she did something wrong but she didnt mean to.

And last, but DEFINITELY not least for January... We got a new car!! We sold my beloved Jetta to someone off KSL and got a new 2011 black Rav. We love it! The guy that sold it to us takes pictures of all his sales with their new car and he took this one of us. I will admit I was sad to see that Jetta drive out of our garage for the last time though. I had alot of good memories in there and have had it for almost 8 years! If it didnt only have three doors I might have considered keeping it for longer but getting that backseat with a carseat was the biggest pain!

December in a nutshell. continued!

2011-01-23T19:18:00.001-08:00

Christmas morning Sophie woke up so happy and excited like she knew something was up. She sleeps in my Moms laundry room with the fan on in her little packnplay because its so dark and quiet in there (and the hottest room in the house!) It works out nicely.

Santa put all the kids stuff in piles and even left Soph her own pile. She got some dolls, a few clothes, and a toy dog that sings to her and says her name. She mostly just liked the bows and wrapping paper though!

That day we went and visited my great grandma, which is Sophie's great great grandma! I still can't believe she has a great great grandma. We dont get to see her very much, but she still remembers our names and is pretty much all there in the mind! She was so so happy we came to see her on Christmas.

After that we went up to my grandparents house in Ashton. They live on a big farm surrounded by alot of empty farmland. It's perfect for snowmachining! They have a few and we brought our sleds and snow gear and headed out. We even took Sophie out cause it wasn't too cold and we had a snow suit for her. She basically couldn't move in this outfit, it was so funny. She was just a chubby little butterball.

It is so pretty up there and it was so nice out! We had so much fun.

I seriously have so much fun when I get to spend time with my sisters. I wish we got to hang out more! I am so lucky to have them and love them so much.

I love this little Christmas dress we got for Sophie. She looked like a Christmas doll!

And finally.. Christmas 2010 is done! Thanks for hanging in there! :)

December in a nutshell.

2011-01-23T16:01:00.000-08:00

I decided I am really bad at blogging! I feel like nothing I write is really interesting enough so I dont know if its worth it to keep up with it... But I think it is a really good idea to print them out after a year or two and to have little details of Sophie's life because I'm also really bad at writing in a journal! I just dont want to forget little things about Soph as time goes on. So here we go again!

Since I have so many things to catch up on I am just going to skip to the month of December. We had such a fun and busy month of December! Thinking about all the changes we have had from last Christmas to this one is crazy. We now have our fun little Sophie and we have a house. It was so nice for us to be in our house for the holidays after all the years of apartment renting and moving around, and this cold season we have realllly enjoyed our fireplace and hot tub!

We really wanted to do a Christmas card this year to send out to alot of Tylers clients, so we had my sister Ashley take some pictures of us at Sugarhouse park. Here are a few of the best ones...

We had some issues with the lighting because it was really sunny when we took them. So they are either all really bright or had to be in black and white! But they still turned out pretty good.

i love Sophies little body in this one. Good thing it is from behind cause I'm pretty sure she was screaming during this pic.

This was about the only one we could get of Sophie looking at the camera and not tring to grab everything!

One Friday afternoon we went to the mall to go Christmas shopping and some reason it was a day where they gave away alot free stuff. We got really lucky and got a free 25$ gift card to Victorias Secret and a 25$ American Express card to use anywhere! We were pretty happy about it. Sophie loved riding Tylers back around the mall. Pretty much us going shopping means I shop while these two play around. Me and my two little kids I guess.

We made gingerbread houses one night with our friend Mark and his girlfriend Nerissa. She is really cute and they are a fun couple to hang out with! Me and Tyler did a house together and it looked like a 7 year old made it. Somehow there's were perfect! Apparently we lack in the artistic department.

Sophie has mastered sitting. She is nine months and still can't crawl but she can and will sit for hours! haha. She is a little big high maitenance and likes to have everything handed to her. I am not really sure if she will ever crawl. She gets really mad when we make her try because she scoots backwards and gets further and further away from her toys that shes trying to get to. Poor little girl just cant figure out how to go forwards!

After we got home from taking pictures with Ashley I took a bunch of pictures of Soph just sitting in our house and she was so smiley. Of course she wouldnt smile when we really needed her to though! I love that her little ear escaped on this picture. They are just too cute!

i love this face!

Sophies grandpa Kev gave her this cute little fur vest. It is so funny she looks like she belongs in Park City.

I have the best friends in the world! We are all really close and I love them! We all got together (minus a few) for Kaelis baby shower. It was a circus with all the kids but it was so fun to see everyone and all their mini me's. We definitely could not get a picture with EVERYONE looking so this is the best we got!

Tylers brother Ryan and his wife Ali had their baby, Sadie. Her and Sophie are 8 months apart and its her first little cousin on Tylers side. She was such a tiny little thing, Sophie seemed HUGE next to her! We are excited for them to be little friends as they get older.

It was lucky but somehow we got tickets to both the First Presidency Christmas Devotional and the David Archuleta Christmas concert with the Mormon tabernacle choir. We had Tylers brothers and wives over for a dinner and then went to the Christmas thing, but unfortunately didnt get any pictures! The David Archuleta concert was sooo good. He has the best voice! It really got us into the Christmas spirit as well. I am going to try to get us tickets every year for that concert!

For our Christmas vacation it was our turn to go to my Mom's in Rexburg which is always fun (and really cold!) Some reason Sophie was really into making this face alot, so I had to put it up.

Here we are Christmas eve in our new pjs. Sophie was defintely ready for bed. We were trying to keep her up to wait for Emily but then we just had to get on with it!

Christmas Eve dinner. My mom makes the best broccoli and cheese soup in bread bowls! It was so good! We had a musical Christmas program and then even had a visit from Santa Claus himself. Sophie was already in bed by the time Santa came but I'm pretty sure she would've been terrified of him anyways since she is scared of her own shadow.

I put up this picture to show how much hair she has at 8 months old! She is alot like I was when I was a baby . I had barely any hair either, and actually my mom says mine came in even whiter than hers!

My moms friend let us borrow this jumper toy for Sophie to play in. She LOVED it. She went crazy the first night in that thing we thought she might fly right out of it she was jumping so high. It was the cutest thing! I wish I had one of these!

Halloween Partayy

2010-11-03T15:42:00.000-07:00

We love Halloween! The last three years we have had a little Halloween party, and just cause we have Sophie now didnt stop us this year. Since we were having the party Saturday we really wanted to dress Sophie up on Friday night too to show her off in her costume.

Todd and Kimiko came from Logan and we all went to Olive Garden with Sophie dressed up as a little ladybug. She got alot of compliments because she was the cutest little ladybug ever! I also took her to Tylers flag football game dressed up in her costume. Since she cant trick or treat yet there was only so much we could do!

We had alot of good costumes at the party! I think Todd probably took the spot as best costume as the Mad Hatter. He looked creepy! I will have to say Tyler looked pretty creepy himself and Shawn and Ashley looked hilarious as white trash!

Once again... Tyler looked pretty funny! I think Sophie was a little bit scared of him. Some reason she wasnt really scared of me with black hair! Maybe I should dye it.

I love this picture of these two! Sophie is making a funny face and Tyler just looks cute. She looks alot like her daddy!

It was Sophies 6 (and a half) months appointment today. She had to get 5 shots and of course I HATE that part!! I feel so bad for her because shes always so happy before the Dr comes in and then in two seconds she is screaming like a banshee. I have never heard her cry as hard as she does when she gets her shots! Here she is hanging out in the Drs office before the shots... she obviously doesnt know whats about to happen!

She looks so chunky but she is only in the 30th percentile for her weight, and the 50th for her height!

I love her cheeks!

She is trying to master the art of sitting up. Sometimes she does really good and others its like she has a weight in the back of her head that makes her fall backwards. She also officially has a TOOTH! It is crazy how fast time flies.

Happy October!

Good Morning!

2010-10-28T07:40:00.000-07:00

I absolutely hate getting up in the mornings. I am not a morning person and never have been! Unfortunately having a baby kind of puts a damper on sleeping in. When Sophie was younger she would usually go back to bed with me and Tyler until about 9 if we wanted her to, but lately she is up at 7 and will NOT go back to sleep! Although it can be very annoying I love hanging out with her in the mornings because she is so smiley and happy. I cant resist this little face!

I love fall!

2010-10-26T16:42:00.000-07:00

A few weekends ago we went to Idaho for my Aunts bridal shower that me and Ashley threw. My Aunt Lori has always been more like the older sister I never had, than an Aunt! She has been through so much in her life and somehow still stays positive and happy through it all. She is getting married next weekend and I cant wait! I am so glad she has found someone that treats her good and that she can spend her life with.

I love this picture with Ashley and Abby squished into the back and Sophies little pink bowing showing over her carseat!

We always love going to my grandmas house when we are in Idaho. She lives in a cute little red house in the middle of the country, surrounded by mountains and lots of fields. It is so pretty there in the fall. We were excited to go fourwheeling and enjoy the scenery and the weather!

Justin and his wife Mega and their little girl Mia came from Texas to visit that weekend also. She is so cute! Sophie is her first cousin so she was really excited to help with EVERYTHING Sophie needed to do during the day. Here she is singing her to sleep...

Pretty much all day me and Kimiko were in the kitchen making treats! My friend Kenzie introduced me to Bakerella, so here was my first attempt! I actually didnt do most of the work, Kimiko helped with pretty much all of it! They are little wedding cakes on a stick that I took to the bridal shower. ( the colors of the shower was purple...)

This last week I met up with some of my favorite friends at the park again since it was so nice outside. It is so fun to see them and their cute little kids! We decided to take some fall pictures of the kids but couldnt get them all to look at once except this picture. I dont know how photographers do it! I think at this point we were all pretty much standing on our heads. Could these kids be any cuter though?

Me and Soph.. She does look alot like Tyler but I think she is starting to look a little more like me! She does have some white hairs coming in! I think once she is walking around with a full head of white hair she will look alot more like me. She may be two years old by the time she gets a full head of hair though! :)

One day last week we went to Ashley's and walked to Sugarhouse park. She lives right across the street from it! Since it was so nice out there were a million people there but it was fun to show Sophie the ducks and walk around. We pretended like we were throwing food in the water so they all circled around us. She was a little scared but mostly just stared at them!

I have been loving this weather and am not looking forward to the snow!!

Life as Mommy...

2010-09-30T22:40:00.000-07:00

So lately I have been wondering if I should just delete my blog or get back into the blogging world! So I started at looking at everyones cute blogs and all my friends cute little kids and babies and decided that I need to keep up with mine so we can all keep in touch better and I wont miss out on staying connected with my favorite people! Plus I feel like I have such a cute little baby here, I need to show her off somehow!

Life as a mom has definitely been a new experience! There are definitely ups and downs and times when I could pull my own hair out. It has taught me alot of patience and also shown me how much I could love and care for another little person! It is a wierd feeling to feel so bad when they are upset and to be so happy when they are smiley and happy. Lately though I have felt like me and Sophie are becoming best little friends and I wouldnt want it any other way! She is finally in a really good routine and rarely has a reason to throw a tantrum. She really thinks I'm so funny and all I have to do is say hi to her for her to give me a big cheesy smile. She is already over five months old and I cant believe how fast time has flown by. We have gotten really lucky with how good she has slept all along, but it has been nice to have her go to bed around 8:30 to get a little peace and quiet at night now!

One of my favorite times with Sophie is when I rock her to sleep. Lately I have been the biggest baby and cry over just about anything (even an episode of Modern Family which is supposed to be a comedy!) But all I can think about is how time is flying by way too fast and my little baby is getting so big. Her favorite thing for us to do is either tickle her hand or massage her chubby little thigh while she goes to sleep. I could stare at her forever! After she wakes up in the mornings to eat I take her back to bed to Tyler to cuddle with her. When they are curled up sleeping next to each other they look so much alike! It is so cute. I have loved watching Tyler be a good dad and take care of Sophie. He actually gets really protective of her and was begging me to stop working even part time because he hated the thought of Sophie not getting all the attention and love that she deserved! So, I put in my two weeks about three weeks ago and have been loving the extra time together and starting my own projects here and there.

It is so funny to us how much she loves TV and movies. If she is ever fussy or bored we turn on a Baby Einstein and she gets so excited and watches the whole thing (twice sometimes!) It is pretty funny to watch her watch the tv and crack up at all the dumb jokes. They are about the dumbest things to watch but I cant complain because it gives me time to get ready or cook dinner.

She is a little poser. Sometimes I feel like she is already a teenager trapped in a baby body. Other people that have taken care of her for a while say the same thing.. she is a little diva already! She can already make some bratty faces and looks at other kids like "what the heck are you doing with that toy? or why are you making those crazy sounds?" Instead of being down with all the playing babies she prefers to sit back and watch them from far away. She thinks other kids are pretty funny though. We went to visit my step sister and her little boy and he was just playing and throwing his hands in the air and Sophie was laughing so hard. She thought it was so funny that he was going crazy!

This picture was taken last week and is the most recent out of the group. She can sit up on her own now and roll over and be more interactive!

Besides Sophie, nothing too interesting is going on with us right now!! I quit my job and Tyler is still working hard at Farmers Insurance. We were so busy all summer and it seems like we have alot of stuff going on this fall and winter coming up too! Sophie will be getting her first cousin on the Griffith side around Christmas, and will get to meet her uncle Josh and her two cousins on my side for the first time this November! We are so excited to see Josh again!

Grown up Sophie

2010-07-27T22:12:00.001-07:00

Apparently Tyler has alot of free time at work...

Sophie's Blessing & July

2010-07-27T21:06:00.000-07:00

July has been way too busy! Since the 2nd of July we have either had company or been out of town. It has been fun but when we finally were home and it was just us three again it was the best feeling! I have been really bad about updating because I always put pictures up on facebook, but I know alot of my friends from home dont have it so I need to update on here too.

One of my very favorite times of Sophies life so far was her baby blessing! I had been looking forward to hearing Tyler bless her since before she was even born. He did such a good job with everything he said and afterwards he held her up really high and she was wide awake! She is such a sweet little baby and I couldnt love her more! Her blessing dress was so adorable and when I bought it on the display they had a little colored sash around it so we put a hot pink ribbon around hers.
Also in July was me birthday. I actually dont really care about my birthday that much and this year I was just excited because we got on a trip to Island Park with my family and relax!! Ashley got me this cute apron and my grandma got me that hot pink plant and stand since we had no flowers on our porch! My mom gave me the Zumba DVDs that I had been wanting and a cute recipe box because all of my recipes were on random papers all over my kitchen! All weekend we played games, jetskiied, slept, and ate way too much good food! It is so much fun to just be with my sisters and momma. Abby is the best little babysitter. I can't believe how good she is with Soph for being only 12 years old!

I thought this swimsuit and sunglasses were too cute to pass up! She had a few wardrobe malfunctions where a couple times her swimsuit top rode up and something (s) would hang out the bottom. She actually hates being outside and we didnt have her out there too much. She is definitely like her parents and is a hot little furnace that hates being overheated!

I cannot believe she is already over three months old! Time flies so fast. She has definitely been more awake and can look at people and knows who her parents are! Actually having such a crazy month made her a little clingy to me and Tyler and it started getting a little difficult. She learned how to throw a pretty big fit and definitely freaked us out a few times with some major fits! Tyler figured out "the Happy Dance" with her that is one of the only things that calms her down. One night in Idaho we went into West Yellowstone and left Soph with my mom and she threw a huge fit! My mom could not calm her down, and then Tyler walked in and did the happy dance with her and she immediately stopped crying! He has the magic touch. She has been alot better since we have been home, I think she is just a homebody.

We must think alike! All of us wore hot pink this day so we had to take a picture. Emily didnt end up coming which was disapointing but we do get to add Soph as one of the girls now!

Having a baby has definitely changed our day to day lives! It is really hard to get alone time with me and Tyler where we can actually pay attention to each other and hang out. The other night Ashley babysat Soph and we went to the drive in til 3 in the morning by ourselves. It made me realize how much I have missed him and we need to make sure we have time with each other too!

Soph has started smiling like crazy and I've caught quite a few of them on camera. I think she is a little camera shy though because alot of times she wont smile until I put the camera back down. She sometimes seems a little shy with people too, she will smile big and then bury her face into my shirt. My favorite time of the day is getting her out of bed in the mornings when she is so smiley and happy. I love having my little girlfriend to hang out with me all day and take naps with me!

Home sweet home!

2010-05-13T21:12:00.001-07:00

I love going home! We went to Idaho for Mothers Day weekend and it was one of the best trips home we've had in a long time. My grandma, aunts, and sister Emily were so excited to meet Sophie! She was so spoiled by people holding her nonstop the whole trip.

Abby had a volleyball tournament we went to. We were so surprised how good she is. She was one of the best ones on her team! I know she could already beat me in a match, which really wouldnt be too hard I guess.

We went to visit my great grandma in the Nursing Home in Ashton. We had to get a picture because not many people have 5 generations alive at once! Sophie has a great great grandma. My great grandma could not keep her eyes off Sophie long enough to get a good picture.

Sunday was her first time in a dress! She looked sooo cute. Her tights were the smallest ones I could find and they were still so baggy on her skinny little legs. She is still so tiny its hard to find clothes to fit her! She is already such a girly girl.
My favorite two people in the whole wide world! They are pretty dang cute. How can you not love these two?
My friend Jenna came over with her little girl Charlotte. Charlotte is about two months older than Sophie which seems like alot right now but I think later on they will be pretty good playmates. It was pretty funny seeing them together. Sophie was throwing a little fit for the pictures and Charlotte was just looking at her like she was crazy, then they both started crying. I always think Sophie is getting bigger until I put her next to other babies and realize she is still so tiny!

Sophie with two of her cute uncles!

Newborn pics!

2010-05-10T09:34:00.000-07:00

We got Sophies newborn pictures done and they turned out so cute even though she was awake mostly the whole time! Some reason it is taking forevvver to put them up so here is just a few of them until I can get more on later!

Two weeks!

2010-05-04T19:37:00.000-07:00

Sophie turned two weeks old yesterday and to me she is already looking bigger than when she was born. She has been so much fun and I think she is a pretty good baby. I take at least two or three pictures a day because she does the cutest and funniest things. She had her two week checkup yesterday and she had gained a 1/2 pound. That doesnt seem like much but when your only 6 1/2 lbs to begin with then its alot!

She hates taking baths or being naked. We got her newborn pictures done and she threw the biggest fit when we undressed her and went to the bathroom all over the photographers props and blankets. It was a little embarassing!! The photographer kept waiting for her to give up and fall asleep but she wouldnt do it. It took about three hours and she was pretty much awake the whole time! By the end of the day we were all exhausted, and as soon as we got to the car she fell right to sleep.

She loves to have her hands right by her face always. We always have mittens on her hands because she would claw herself but they are always up. Sometimes she seems annoyed when we are trying to wake her up and she puts them over her eyes to cover them up. We always have to pry her hands down for pictures or they would all be of two little mittens.

She loves Tyler. After I feed her in the early mornings I bring her in to daddy and he puts her to sleep for the last time. She sleeps in her crib all the other times at night but in the mornings she will sleep in our bed. She usually curls right up to him and they fall asleep together. It is so cute I love seeing them together. His back has been hurting him lately because sometimes when he falls asleep with her in a wierd position he doesnt want to move or smash her!

My sister in law let me borrow this little bunny outfit and I didnt really think I would use it since its May, but we have put it to good use already. Sometimes when we go out and its windy I put Sophie in it and its so cozy and she looks so cute!

One of my favorite things is when she is full and happy and half asleep. She is so tiny she is just sitting on my lap right here and her little legs are just curled up.

I love my girl!

baby Sophie's here!

2010-04-24T14:50:00.000-07:00

This last week has been completely crazy, but one of the best weeks of my life. Sophie Grace was born Monday, April 19th at 1:12 pm, weighed 6 lbs 8 oz and is absolutely perfect! Sunday morning I woke up with some contractions and had the feeling she would be coming within the next few days. Tyler and I had just gone to a birthing class and tour at our hospital on Saturday, and then Sunday night we were back in to have our baby! When we went in on Sunday they actually sent us home even though I was dialated to a 3 and having contractions about 4-5 minutes apart. Little did I know that those contractions were nothing compared to the ones that came later! I woke up at about 4 in the morning to some really bad contractions and we decided to head back to the hospital! Getting all the stuff ready to go to the hospital is pretty crazy. It is such a wierd feeling to realize when you come back home we would have a baby with us.

After getting the epidural everything went really fast and the whole thing wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Tyler was so supportive and talked me through the whole thing. He described Sophie's head coming out as a "giant purple brain", which kind of worried me a little bit but she did turn normal colored. She is so sweet and tiny and I want her to stay tiny forever! We were both so in love with her right away.

The whole labor process is really a miracle. It was so special for me when my baby came out and they handed her to me to look down and see such a perfect little human being. Right away I was bawling (and pretty much havent been able to control my crying ever since) and I looked at Tyler and he was crying and it really was just one of my favorite moments. I am so grateful that everything worked out so good and that she is healthy and we have a little family now.

First family picture together

One thing I will never forget is the second night at the hospital I was really overwhelmed, exhausted, sore, and getting frustrated with the nursing situation. I started feeling like I couldnt do it all by myself when I remembered that I dont have to I have Tyler to help me with everything. Tyler decided he would try to squish onto the hospital bed with me to make me feel better and so we could be by each other. It made me feel so much better and I love him so much. It was pretty funny the next morning when the nurse came into introduce herself and Tyler was crammed onto the little bed with me! I have the best husband.

Me with my little sophie

By Wednesday morning we were so ready to bring her home. It felt so good to come home after being at the hospital and having a nurse or doctor come in about every hour. She slept so much better here and seemed happier all around. Being at the hospital stressed me out not having any privacy and having so many things thrown at you at once. She looked so tiny in her carseat!

Tylers mom got this perfect picture of Sophie with her hands folded. Somehow she got her little fingers folded together all by herself! This picture is precious.

Tyler is such a cute dad. He comes home from work and heads for baby right away. Somehow he always seems like he can calm her down. She already loves her daddy.

We have taken so many pictures the past few days I had to just put my very favorites. I love this one with her eyes open. She is so fun when she is wide awake just looking at us.

I am so grateful to have such good friends and family that have helped us and came to visit! We love you all!

Easter weekend!

2010-04-04T18:28:00.000-07:00

I cant believe its already April! I love that Easter and conference were the same weekend this year. We had such a relaxing weekend and I am so excited the weather is getting somewhat nicer! And April is baby month (hopefully) so thats even more to look forward to! Lately I have been thinking of what a cute dad Tyler is going to be. He is sooo excited for this baby to come. Although I pretend I dont like it when he rubs my belly three times "for good luck", I really think its so cute how much he thinks about her and talks to her.

For Easter we went to Kevins in Provo and Kimiko made us dinner. It was delicious! Todd had a track meet in Provo on Friday so they were down here all weekend and the guys got to go to priesthood together. I stayed home and washed all of our baby clothes and blankets and bedding. Her outfits are so tiny and cute and I am so excited for when she can finally wear them! I am sick of imagining what she will look like and would like her to come already!

Just a random shot of our crazy family! Apparently I was the only one that didnt really get what was going on. When Tyler and his brothers get together there is never a dull moment. Growing up with mostly all sisters is alot different than the beating each other up and chest bumping these guys do but it is definitely entertaining.

This is the only easter egg we decorated this year. We really didnt get into easter much but I did get this shirt that happened to make my belly look like a giant easter egg! This is me with three and a half weeks to go! A little scary...

Last weekend we went to Las Vegas with Ashley and Shawn. We took Monday off of work and went for a long weekend. We stayed at the Luxor and luckily the weather cooperated with us and we got to lay out for a few days. That was what I wanted to do very most! Unfortunately we came home to a big snow storm here but it was fun while it lasted. As much as I know many of you would like for me to have put up a picture of me in a maternity swimsuit 8 months pregnant... not gonna happen! haha.
Tyler and Shawn were pretty funny when it came to gambling. We really dont get into it but its fun to play a few games when we are in Vegas! Me and Ashley went shopping for a while and I got a phone call from Tyler wondering if I had taken the 1 dollar bill that had been on the dresser. I guess I hadn't realized that they were searching the room up and down for one more dollar to try to double it to make up for their last lost dollar! Then after a long night of walking around the strip and eating at Margaritaville, we thought we were all going to bed and look over and Shawn is lacing up his shoes to go back down to try to win a couple more bucks. Shawn actually was pretty lucky but unfortunately Tyler is very unlucky so we evened out.

Shower Power

2010-03-23T19:48:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Susan and Hannah came to visit when we had the baby shower here in Utah. Tylers Aunt Karen and Ali (my sister in law) threw it for me in the clubhouse where we live. It turned out so cute and I really appreciated all the work that Ali and Karen put into it, and all the family and friends that drove out to it even though most of you got lost!

I got alot of cute clothes, blankets, shoes, onesies, a diaper bag and other fun things for the baby! A few of my favorites were this blanket that Ali made me and the light pink blanket Susan crocheted me! I love the colors on this blanket and the red and white polka dot on the back side. I cant even sew a button onto a shirt so I was pretty impressed!

Some of Tylers family at the shower...

A few girls from my work that came! Who knew "Sizzling Platter" could have so many fun girls to work with? I spend more time at work then I feel like I do at home so I'm happy I have them!

I can't believe how close we are getting to having our baby! Only about five weeks left and counting. We are getting so excited to meet her and see what she looks like. We always wonder if she will be bald, blonde, or somehow have alot of brown hair? We still dont have a name picked out but are narrowing down the list!

I wanted to see if any of you have any advice of things we do need or dont need to buy before she comes! There are so many things I've heard we should get... boppy, bouncer, bumbo, etc. Any other ideas? Any secrets to help the first few months be a little easier? Any information you can give is helpful! :)

Sisters...

2010-03-18T21:16:00.000-07:00

Last weekend me and Ashley drove the exciting drive to Rexburg. We met up with my mom and sisters in Idaho Falls to go to dinner and Alice in Wonderland (requested by Abby). I think every girl needs a sister! Although we have our share of fights I couldnt love my sisters more. It seems like I have tripled my sister count in the last two years! I have three sisters, four sister in laws, and three step sisters. (not to mention all of Tylers step sisters which would be my step sister in laws!) I cant believe how grown up Abby is seeming now. It actually makes me a little sad to see her starting to act so "cool." She has now moved her signature name from Abba.loo to Mz.Abigail... Dont ask!

I dont know how I got so lucky to have Ashley in my life. We are so close and I talk to her every single day. She thinks its pretty funny because even when she works i still try to call her on my way to work. You never know, maybe she could answer... This week she had a bunch of days off in a row and I have been really busy so last night she came over to take care of me. She brought us homemade muffins and helped me clean our house really good! It helped me out so much and I dont think she realizes how much I love her!

Saturday was my shower and I got some really cute things for little no name baby! It made me so excited. Two of my friends made me a big diaper cake and the diapers are so tiny I cant believe a human would actually fit into them. I got alot of cute outfits and my mom gave us a pack and play/ basinett thing so we have no excuses not to come home! I came right home and put all the cute blankets in her room and hung up all her tiny outfits.

(these pics are from the shower.... )and yes my belly is reallly poking out there now! I feel like i have a giant basketball in my shirt all the time. You know your belly is big when its pretty much resting in my lap when I sit down. I dont know if she is just starting to get lower but i feel like it weighs about 30 lbs itself.

We also had a nice surprise when we got back from the weekend. Nikki (my step sister) had her baby about 10 days early!! Her delivery was quick and easy and her baby, Beckham, is soo cute. I am only hoping my delivery goes half as good as hers went!

Update!

2010-03-07T19:10:00.000-08:00

Last weekend Tylers brother Justin was here from Texas so we went out to Olive Garden with his dad and his brothers and their wifeys. It is always fun to get together with all of them because we are all so close in age and the brothers are pretty funny when they are all together.

Also my friend Jenna finally had her baby (ten days late!) She was so ready by the end of it. They named their little girl Charlotte Emma Thomason and she is sooo cute! She had tons of dark hair and was perfect in every way. When we went to visit the baby opened her eyes and was looking right at Chase. It was pretty cute! I am so excited for them.

I am going home this weekend for my first baby shower! I am so excited to see all my friends and family. I havent been home since Thanksgiving and it is just going to be a girls trip. Tyler is going to St George with some guys from his work to golf all weekend!

We are getting down to only a little over 7 weeks left and think about her every day. We have been working on the nursery alot and walk by it all the time just picturing our little baby in there!

House pics!

2010-02-14T17:45:00.000-08:00

We've lived in our house for about two months now and I still havent put up any pictures, so I thought I would take some last night to post. This is the front of our cute house!

This is the main living room/ dining room area. My mom actually came down and helped me with the curtains and blinds after we moved in, she is always a big help with decorating!

The kitchen! I really have loved being in the kitchen alot more since we moved. It makes a difference being in a kitchen that I actually care about keeping clean too!

Another shot of the living room...
Our bedroom... It pretty much looks the same as before. The part I did leave out is our master bathroom! One of my favorite parts of the house is the giant tub. I take baths at least 4 times a week.

This is the view from our bedroom window. It is pretty cool because we can see the whole valley, including three temples (Susan's favorite part :)

This is the start of our baby room. Tyler put up the crib and changing table yesterday and it was so fun putting on the bedding and curtains! We keep walking by it looking at how cute it is going to be to actually have a little baby in there. I am so excited! It is even cuter in real life.

For Valentines we went to dinner Saturday at Carvers Steak house and relaxed! Being lazy is our favorite thing to do on the weekends. We feel so old when we realize we are in bed at 11 on Friday nights! I love my sleep. I am really hoping baby becomes a good sleeper!

This is the heart shaped fruit pizza I attempted to make tonight.
Happy Valentines day!

Babies and Babies

2010-02-05T09:52:00.000-08:00

5 weird things about being pregnant:

5- Noticing people look at my belly first and then look at my face. Or mid conversation with someone their eyes drop right down to it and then they awkwardly try to look back at me. It almost feels like someone is checking you out, but the opposite!
4- Knowing I could eat 3 super value meals for lunch and no one would be able to tell the difference. There’s always room for a food baby in there!
3- Trying really hard not to drop any thing on the floor because it can be painful to bend over! It’s hard just to pull myself up off the couch, roll over in bed, or bend over to tie my shoes.
2- Not caring at all if tennis shoes or comfy shoes look ridiculous with my dress pants, or if my maternity “mom” pants are super frumpy looking
1- Falling sleep before Tyler! That has never happened before now. I used to lie there and talk his ear off until I heard snoring!
I am really bad about writing things down as they happen so I decided when I post I will try to write a few things about being pregnant!

This weekend I got to go to my step sister Nikki's baby shower for her little boy due next month. It was so cute with tons of good food! She got some really cute stuff for her baby, Beckam, and it made me really excited for my shower!

I also stopped by to see one of my best friends, Jenna, and take her a baby present. She is due in two weeks! I am so excited the next time I see her she will have her baby (girl). We have been friends forever and its crazy we are both going to have a baby so soon!

I'm excited for all the babies the next few months!

El Paso!

2010-01-31T10:43:00.000-08:00

Last week my mom, Ashley, and I got to take a trip to El Paso to go see my long lost brother and his two little kids. We hadnt seen Josh or Olivia in over a year and a half, and I had never even met little Henry! They are the cutest kids. Its wierd how much I love them for only having met them a few times!

We would take at least 3 pictures to get one where the kids were looking at the camera or to get us to look at the camera. This is one of the best we could get..

One afternoon Josh took us to Fort Bliss where he was working while Monica babysat for us. It was so fun to be with us three again, it had been way too long! Josh is only 18 months older than me and Ash is 14 months younger so we were all really close growing up! We got to see all the places Josh has worked and lived in the last 3 years. He is moving to Austin to a different base in two weeks because he is leaving for Afghanistan in March.

This is Henry. He loves food! Whenever food was around he'd have as much as possible stuffed in his hands and even more stuffed in his mouth. When we first got there he was crying alot and would only go to Josh but by the end of the first night he warmed up to all of us. It made me so excited for my little baby!

Josh bought Henry and Olivia these little outfits for Olivias birthday party. It was princess themed because she loves princesses. They both looked sooo cute. There was a giant princess pinata that they bought for the kids to hit but at first Olivia didnt like the idea of bashing in her lifesize princess. It was pretty funny when it actually started happening we thought she would start bawling but she actually was okay with it until a little boy at the party put the princess face on like a mask and ran around the house with it.

Olivia is the typical girly girl. She is so prissy and proper. Anytime you talk to her she talks in a whisper but she is so sweet! She loved grandma and for the first day thought I was grandma for some reason. We didnt know if it was because of my white hair or I was the first person she saw off the plane but by then end she realized who her grandma really was!

It was a really good trip but it made me miss them even more!

26 weeks!

2010-01-20T20:18:00.000-08:00

So I went to my 26 week Drs Appointment yesterday and was feeling good on the way in... Apparently I was not being careful what I was doing and I tripped on something and fell flat on the ground! Luckily my purse was kind of between my belly and the cement but it still scared me soo bad! I was so worried something would have happened to the baby but the Doctor told me everything is still going really good so all is well. I am so excited because I finally ordered the baby's bedding and its supposed to get here tomorrow so we are going to get the nursery started.

I'm going to have to alot to blog about soon because tomorrow is Tyler's birthday and then this weekend I am going with my mom and sister to El Paso to visit my brother Josh and see my neice and nephew. I cant wait to see them!

One of the many reasons I love Tyler

2010-01-07T12:23:00.000-08:00

One afternoon over Christmas break we had a day outside in the snow. We all had to basically find whatever we could around the house so I was actually surprised we all had enough snow clothes (some of the outfits were really interesting!) Anyway, Susan was trying to get a picture of us all jumping in the air at the same time and as you can see we had some difficulties with timing. Apparently Tyler thought we were supposed to be doing something way different… I’m scared to see what kind of things our little girl is going to do with parents like us!

Happy new year!

2010-01-01T21:31:00.000-08:00

Apparently I'm dislexic or its the year 2001, but either way we hope everyone has a good new year! We have been busy with the holidays and moving but hopefully I'll be able to update more soon!

Bump it!

2009-12-06T18:06:00.000-08:00

So last night I decided to finally give in and take a picture of my little bump. It was seeming a little large and in charge. I still havent felt the baby kick but at night when I am laying there me and Tyler can feel where she's at. She is a little wanderer. I love to picture her just rollypollying around. Sometimes she'll be on the right side and we will start feeling her and then she will move to the left side. It is wierd how much we already love her!

Twenty and a half weeks

Thanksgiving!

2009-12-03T17:15:00.000-08:00

I am so glad the holidays are here! We got to take a break from work and go to Rexburg for Thanksgiving to see my family. We are so blessed and have so much to be thankful for! We crammed the weekend with lots of fun stuff. We went shopping on Black Friday, had lots of food and treats, and went to a movie, had family pictures, and played games. My mom had decorated for Christmas already and her house looked so cute. I love going home!

Abby also got a new dog, Bentley. Yes, they are once again attempting to have a dog. Although we have been called the "Pet Cemetary" for years now, this dog does live inside (which is a first!) and I think will live a little longer than the pets in the past. And he is SOOO cute. And thats coming from me who is not a huge animal lover. As much as animal droppings and hair gross me out, I love seeing Tylers face when he sees a dog. In a way its like he sees me but in dog form. He loves them so much that I may have to give in..

It was quite an ordeal but Tyler and Shawn did finally get up the icicle lights! It only took almost all day and night on Saturday night but they sure did a good job. They also got brownie points for standing in line at WalMart at 4 am for us in Rexburg while we hit the shops in Idaho Falls. They got everything on their list! I have the best husband. It is so nice having Shawn around so Tyler doesnt go girl crazy.

Friday night we went out to Olive Garden and the movie The Blind Side with Sandra Bullock. It was a good movie for anyone who hasnt seen it!
We also got some cute family pics that I will have to post when we get them.
I think my sisters were a little dispointed in my little belly but they are so excited and will be the best aunts. Abby had been texting me for days.. I cant wait to see your belly! Unfortunately it wasnt too big yet but it seems to be growing about an inch every day now it feels like. People are actually starting to notice it poking out so im hoping to be getting out of the awkward just looking like a chubby belly stage. I cant believe tomorrow I will be on week 20! It is going by pretty fast. I cant believe I'm half way there. The other day Susan (Tylers Mom) actually sent us our first little girl outfit!! It was so wierd it just hit us, wow we are actually having a little girl. It is the cutest tiniest outfit. Thanks Susan!

I need to jump back a few weeks and put a few pics from our trip to Colorado. Eric and Hannah were in the Wizard of Oz play so we drove down to see it. It was so good! I was impressed with how good they both were. Eric was the cowardly lion and Hannah was a singing tree and a munchkin.

We are so glad we have such good families and friends to hang out with! I am also sooo grateful for my cute husband. We really are best friends and everyday I love him more and more.

We are going to be packing up this weekend and the plan is to be moving on Tuesday! I am so excited and will post some pictures once we get settled in. Hopefully we will be able to get internet soon!

Mav's a GIRL!

2009-11-29T19:58:00.000-08:00

After weeks and weeks of thinking we were going to have a little Mav boy we found out we are having a GIRL! When we found out I was way surprised but REALLY excited! Actually when we first got to our appointment that we were looking so forward to, our doctor rushed in and said he got called on a delivery and had to run so we would have to reschedule for two weeks! I dont think he realized how much I had set my mind on knowing right then what it was. We sadly walked out to the parking lot where I of course started the water works (I blame it on the pregancy!) Tyler was trying to tell me it was okay and calm me down when the Doctors assistant ran out and told us they could actually do it after all because the baby was already delivered. I was pretty embarassed he had seen how big of a baby I am but at least we got to find out! Tyler seemed really shocked and a little sad about having to rename our baby from Mav but he has gotten used to it now and cant wait to have a little girl! Now we can start buying her clothes and thinking of names and decorating a nursery. We are so blessed and cant wait to meet her!

HallowsEve and fall stuff!

2009-11-01T15:15:00.000-08:00

Friday night we had a Halloween party combined with my sister and her husband at their apartment. We decked it out with lights and tons of food! We had some really fun people there with great costumes!

All the girls when we were playing girls vs boys pictionary. We had a gothic ballerina, Hermione, a fairy, a ninja turtle, nurse, minnie mouse, and a garbage bag!

By the end of the night I was pretty sick from all the junk we ate. Ashley made some cute white chocolate covered strawberry ghosts and Ali made the really cute bug eyed spider cupcakes. We also had some delicious chili cheese dip and pizza and wings... too much food!

Tyler looked so trashy, I loved it! We went to Olive Garden on Halloween night dressed up like this thinking we'd see a bunch of people dressed up.... it was pretty much just us and 2 little kids.

My dark side...

This is the pumpkin I carved with some of our favorite friends Mark and Moody. They made us dinner and had us over to their new apartment to carve pumpkins. The finished products were pretty good. Of course I chose the easy level 1 pumpkin and somehow Tyler ended up with the level 5 (the hardest one) It took him forever but I was immpressed how good it turned out!

Tylers mom Susan came to stay with us and help us look for a house two weeks ago. Every night pretty much after work we would go looking for houses. I really appreciated all her help and advice! We did get to do a few fun things while she was here though. We went to Gardner Village with Tylers step brother Glen and Kendi and their kids. We had to find like 20 witches all over the place. This is us with the lonely witch on a bench.

And the purple witch.

Well we are sad Halloween is over. Its Tylers favorite holiday so we pretty much try to do as much as we can for it! But on the upside we find out if we are having a boy or girl in a 10 DAYS so I will keep this updated! We are SOOO excited to find out! What's all your guesses?

A Pea in the Pod

2009-10-11T17:54:00.000-07:00

After almost being married three years Tyler and I finally have a little pea in the pod, a bun in the oven, or in other words I'm pregnant! We are sooo excited. Our little IT is going to be born at the end of April. I am a week away from being down with my first trimester already! It has gone by pretty fast. I actually have been really lucky not to get morning sickness or alot of the other symptoms that come along with being pregnant. Sometimes I feel like more should be wrong with me after hearing lots of horror stories so I am going to keep my fingers crossed that everything continues to go good! We don't know what the sex is still but I think we will find out in about 5 weeks so I will have to keep my blog updated alot better than I have been lately! I dont know why it has been so hard for me to keep things updated on here the past little while.
In other news we just found a house we really like and just went under contract with, and I think we are going to get if everything goes smoothly! It is in Riverton, (utah) and we really like it! When I think of everything going on over the next little while I get a little overwhelmed thinking about working, the baby, and the house but we feel like we have been really blessed lately and more than anything are excited about starting a little family. For now, Tyler has nicknamed the baby "Mav" from the name Maverick and I think he is secretly hoping the name will grow on me by the time it comes out but I dont see that happening anytime soon. It is going to be so different having a little baby around and not just having it be me and my best buddy! Tyler is going to be the cutest little dad and is already claiming Mav tells him things that I can't hear. All I know is the little guy looks like a little peanut and loves some fast food!
Well, thanks everyone that has commented on my stuff even though I never really make comments on alot of other blogs. I promise I will turn over a new leaf in the blogger world if it kills me!

Ashleys Wedding!!

2009-08-09T19:24:00.001-07:00

It was my cute little sister Ashley's wedding on Friday. Up until we walked into the temple everything was super hectic and stressful and then everything ended up perfect. Between Shawn and Ashley locking their keys in their car on the morning of the wedding, and Ashley forgetting to buy a wedding ring for Shawn, the day was anything but boring!! We were also worried that it was going to rain, but the weather ended up great for pictures because it wasnt too sunny and it didn't rain at all! She looked soooo pretty.

They got married in the Salt Lake temple and then the dinner/ reception was at the Lion House right on temple square. Her colors were light blue and red and they turned out really cute! I loved her colors.

Me and Tyler on our way over to the lion house. He ended up being one of Shawn's groomsmen. They have become such good friends and have really similar personalities, so it will be so fun living by them (they moved in just a couple miles away from us) and being close with them. Tyler is also glad to finally have another guy in the family. We really love Shawn! He is so good for Ash.

All the bridesmaids and groomsmen. Me and my sisters and my aunt Lori and AShleys friend Callie were the bridesmaids, and then Shawn's brother, two brother in laws, and Tyler were the groomsmen. Shawns family was really friendly and nice. The two families really hit it off!
The whole gang!

Me and my sisters Emily and Abby, and my Aunt Lori who is pretty much like our fourth sister

She had one of the best photographers do her pictures. They turned out gorgeous. They are kind of hard to see in these pictures, but I will try to post some later when we have her cd. They tried to do them like Pearl Harbor, and they were at a train station. The one in the gold frame looked just like a model picture!
Overall, the night turned out perfect. I cant believe my little sister is actually married! I am so excited for them though and I'm so glad she is so happy.

One wedding down, one more to go this week!

MExico and My bday!

2009-08-09T18:56:00.000-07:00

In July, we got to go to Mexico with my Dad and his wife and her kids, and my sisters. It was so much fun! This summer has been so busy but we are glad we got to go on a relaxing trip and spend time with friends and family!

There was so much stuff to do there! One of my favorite parts was the banana tube pulled behind the boat. I am such a baby on things like this but it ended up being one of my favorite things we did.

Me and AShla

Tyler was the only one that could talk Spanish to these little Mexican kids selling things. This cute little girl and her brother and sisters kept coming by us so we gave them so money. They loved that Tyler could talk to them! Later on we saw them again buying dinner with the money we gave them. Its sad to see how poor people are there!

There was also a huge open dirt/sand area for fourwheeling. The only problem was it was 100 degrees and we were all wearing helmets. We put a cooler of drinks and the car right in the middle so we had to keep making pit stops to cool off. The guys found a place with a bunch of jumps and stayed at pretty much for two straight hours. Tyler was lovin it!

I love the beach so much! Some reason this trip though alot of us got stung by jelly fish, including me! It didnt hurt as bad as I had thought it would but it scared me to death. My step sister Courtney got stung really bad though and the stinger was stuck in her finger. We almost had to take her to the hospital in Mexico but then they scrubbed it out.

Here is us with the newest member of the fam. Shawn! We love him. Tyler, Tony, Shawn and my dad had fun golfing at our resort. The golf course was right outside our back door.

Here we are just playin at the pool. There were a couple pools at our resort and not enough people to fill them. We pretty much always had the pool to ourselves.

Right before the trip was my birthday! I am now 23. When I got home from work (yes I had to work :( ) Tyler had decorated our whole apartment including the door going in. Then we went to my favorite restaurant the cheesecake factory!! I really dont think we have ever eaten so much. We were really sick afterwards. We could barely walk out to our car. Since eating is one of my favorite things to do it turned out to be a really good birthday!

Engaged!

2009-05-31T17:47:00.001-07:00

This summer we have TWO big weddings coming up, and only one week apart. I am so so excited because my cute little sis Ashley is engaged. We are really close and I am so excited for her I am going a little over the top with wedding plans! Shawn, who is she is marrying, is from Arizona and his last name is Allen as well... kinda wierd she won't even have to change her last name. (we are pretty sure we are not related...) He is really fun and we love him!

Also getting married is Tyler's little brother Todd. This girl he is marrying is named Kimiko and they met running track together at Utah State. They are really cute together and we are really excited for them as well!

Oh, I love weddings.

Memorial Day weekend!

2009-05-27T18:25:00.000-07:00

I am SO happy that summer is finally here. I think I love summer more than anyone. Its really not quite the same when working full time, but I still love it! This Memorial Day weekend was so nice. Tyler had it in his mind that he really wanted to go camping but we were kind of worried it would rain on us or it would be too packed everywhere we went. So we went to Cherry Hill, which is an older water park/campground.

It was pretty nice on Saturday, but did end up raining on us a little bit when we were camping out. We were worried cause our tent was really cheap and we thought it would leak but it didnt. We watched a half of a movie (til the laptop died), played cards, and went out for ice cream. I dont know if that is even considered camping but it was fun!

Tyler is obsessed with barbecuing. He wanted to BBQ on Friday night when we bought the grill, Saturday night, and Monday night! Luckily we only had it twice but it was delicious. This is totally him in his element.. I love this pic of him!

On Monday we went up to Spanish Fork lake with my Dad and step family. It was actually really hot and nice to lay out on our tubes. We ended up drifting clear out and luckily we had Garrett there to paddle us across the whole thing. I dont think more than five drops of water splashed on me the whole time, which was exactly how i wanted it.

Afterwards, another BBQ... we were all pretty fried! Yay for skin cancer.

On a side note, Nikki my step sister, does hair and nails. She did my cute glitter gel toes and they are super cute!! My foot looks a little disfigured in this picture but they are a knockout! Oh how i love them.

Last but not least, I had to put this picture up. Tyler makes everything a competition (yes usually with himself) but he wanted to see if he could jump from the swing over the chips to the grass. It was pretty far and I didnt think he could do it until he was swinging so high the swingset almost popped out of the ground and then he flew and almost hit his face on the cement. He did make it though, and this is him mid air. Hes even got the form down!

Mothers Day weekend

2009-05-11T21:40:00.000-07:00

This Mothers Day weekend we got to go home to Rexburg. We hadn't visited since Christmas so it was really fun to get away and see everyone again. I love when all my sisters are together, its like a constant girls weekend plus Tyler who is my favorite person in the world. It doesnt get any better than that!!

On Saturday me and Ashley went with my mom and her sisters and my grandma to the Home Show in IDaho Falls. It is their tradition to all go to that and go to lunch on Mothers day and I'm happy I can finally join them! While we were gone Abby and Tyler went our for Pizza and went to the arcades for a few hours. I think Tyler gets as into it as Abby because he kept puting in quarters until they had landed on the "jackpot" four times and ended up with hundreds of tickets. Abby was in heaven!

When I got home we played tag outside for a while. All we had to work with was a razor, a pair of rollerblades, a rip stick, and Abby's wheelie shoes. I think it was the highlight of our trip though. Emily was a little monster on the razor!

Saturday night was Emily's prom. Emily looked SO pretty (even prettier than the picture.) We all got to rush around helping her get ready and making her date feel awkward with us taking a bunch of pictures.

On Saturday morning we woke up and went to Abby's last volleyball tournament. She is the littlest one on her team, but she is actually pretty good! I was surprised she could serve overhand over the net which is way better than me by now. She is so cute and fun I wish we could see her so much more. (Nice touch to the picture with the Mens bathroom sign...)

Since it was Mothers Day I think I should say that I really do have the best Mom in the world! She works so hard, some days I have no idea how she does it. She really has been such a good example to me of being a good mom. She would sacrifice anything for us kids. Love ya mom!

On our way home on Sunday we went to see Tylers grandma Griff who was feeling really sick. When we got there we were really sad and surprised to see that she was really not doing too well. A couple hours after we got there, Grandma Griff passed away. She was laying in her bed in her house, with most of her kids and grandkids there. We know she is happy to be with her husband now. She was the cutest little lady and lived a wonderful life!

Britneys back

2009-04-15T20:40:00.001-07:00

Britney Spears circus tour (with the Pussycat dolls) came to Salt Lake last week and I realllly wanted to go to it. Tyler and I listened to 97.1 radio station for like two weeks straight because every day they gave away a few pairs of tickets. After texting the word Britney a million times each, somehow we still didnt win! I was really disapointed but I had looked online and all the tickets left were really expensive. I decided to look on Craigs list and call a few people on there trying to get rid of their tickets and no one seemed desperate enough. Then at 7:30 (the concert was at 8) a girl called me back and said what are you willing to pay? and gave me them for a really good deal! We jumped in the car and barely made it in time.

This is the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, they actually did really good. She sings that new JI HO song on the radio from Slum dog millionaire and it was Tylers favorite song of the night.

Britney Spears concert was huge though! It really was like a circus. If you click on the picture below you can see how many acrobats and dancers and performers there were around her. THey had a big circus tent in the middle that was a video the whole way around it. It was like being a t a concert and a circus! In between some of her songs when she was changing costumes they would have different people performing like people on stilts, rings of fire, and other cool things.

We had really good seats. We were at the center of the ring and the second row of the upper bowl. I knew Tyler wasn't overly excited to come with me to it but he knew I really wanted to go and so he agreed to come with me. He didnt even have time to go home from work and change first because he had a late appointment so he really was such a good sport. I was glad that there were alot of other acts and dancers that he really liked. I guess I did go to Snoop Dog so maybe we're even?!

It was raining the whole night and we had to run in the rain afterwards. When we were running through a parking lot we saw Britney Spears tour bus there. It was huge and pink with a big picture of her.

Catching up!

2009-04-15T18:18:00.000-07:00

We have been really busy the past couple weeks and I havent had time to update at all! We have been workin hard but we have also had some fun with family and friends. We got to go out with our friends Mark and Moody before Mark left for the summer. He just got engaged and will be moving to California permanently. We are sad but happy for him!

Easter weekend we went to my step sister Nikki and her husband's sealing. It was so cool to be able to go in with them and be there for that day they will never forget! AFterwards we all went out to the Olive Garden for lunch. It was a great day!

Easter sunday we went to Tylers grandma's house downtown with Tyler's dad and brothers andtheir girls. I wish we had remembered to take some pictures because they all looked so cute! We went to church with her and then Kevin made a big dinner for us. It is always fun to go with them because we are all so close in age. After we left me and Tyler decided to go to Temple square and get some pictures. Right when we found the spot we wanted the sun went behind the temple and it all the sudden got freezing and dark. I tried to lighten it up but this was the best I got!

the Lone Ranger

2009-03-22T20:15:00.000-07:00

So this week is going to be a rough one. Tyler actually left this morning to go to "The University of Farmers". And no he is not going back to school I guess it is just a week long training school in Los Angeles that he had to go to. As for me I'm left to hang out by myself! I actually should be a little better at this but this is the first time we have been apart since we've been married for more than two days. So sad so sad. I know I will be okay once I get working and stay really busy. I am also so happy Ive got the best little sister in the world who might come stay with me a night or two!
As long as the DVR doesnt break down or anything I should be fine. :) If anyone has any good chick flick recommendations I would appreciate it!

ABC's of ME!

2009-03-18T08:21:00.000-07:00

This was a really fun tag!

A-Attached or Single: Attached !
B-Best Friends: love them all
C-Cake or pie: chocolate chip cake
D-Day of choice: Saturdays! I love getting to relax and get caught up and SLEEP!
E-Essential item(s): toothbrush, tyler, and sleep haha ( I love sleep if you cant tell yet)
F-Favorite color: red
G-Gummy worms or bears: worms
H-Hometown: Rexburg Idiho
I-Indulgence(s): Dr. Pepper, brownies, cookies, sweets!
J-January or July: July- my birthday and I love Summer so much
K-Kids: Someday!
L-Life is incomplete without: family and friends
M-Marriage date: 12/29/06
N-Number of Siblings: 4 of the bestest siblings Ashley Emily Abby and my brother Josh
O-Oranges or Apples: apples and peanut butter
P-Phobias or fears: the ocean, sharks, spides, and as Tyler says I’m scared of my own shadow.
Q-Quotes: When life gets too hard to stand, Kneel! Good one kenz.
R-Reason to smile: I have the best hubby in the world
S-Season: SUMMER!!!
T-Tag Friends: Nikki, Jenna, Jordan, KEndi and Kayday
U-Unknown fact about me: I sometimes get myself confused with Taylor Swift when I sing really loud in the car.
V-Very Favorite Store: Tai pan, Ross, the buckle
W-Worst Habit: I bite my nails and I pick at my food alot
X-X-ray, ultrasound or mammogram: a mammogram sounds like fun 
Y-Your favorite food: lasagna pizza nachos and fish
Z-Zodiac: cancer

Are you REALLY in good hands?

2009-03-17T18:21:00.000-07:00

I sure do love David Palmer. As much as I believe he would be the best president that America could ever have, I really have wondered if Allstate is the best insurance company. I will give it to them they have the best marketing for insurance (he definitely catches ones eye over the farmers logo below) but now I realize that the spokesman isnt everything.

Okay I could be a little swayed towards Farmers now that Tyler is an agent for them but I really think they are a good company and I am SO SO glad and relieved Tyler is really loving his job. We are so lucky to have found good jobs with the economy being so bad.

Just thought I would throw it out there that if anyone wants an insurance quote on anything I know a reallly attractive, nice, and helpful insurance agent that could be of service! :)

a leprechaun siting!

2009-03-10T07:55:00.000-07:00

Looks like there was a leprechaun siting in Alabama. These people seem like they really know what they're talking about!

Sleepless in Salt Lake

2009-02-20T19:36:00.000-08:00

I have decided I have sleeping A.d.d. Some reason most nights when we get into bed my heart starts racing and then I panic because I think I am not going to be able to sleep. It creates a real problem. To help ease the anxiety a little bit I end up talking Tylers ear off for a long time. It is pretty funny when he finally says "hey not too be rude or anything but... I am falling asleep." I dont know whats worse though hearing that or when some snoring starts up mid conversation!

Does anyone have any solutions ? I have taken sleeping pills a couple times but then I dont want to get hooked so I stop.

By the way I reallly enjoyed everyones comments on the Bachelor! It was so fun to hear all the opinions. Looks like pretty much everyone is on the MElissa bandwagon but well have to tune in to see.

Livin through the tube

2009-02-18T07:34:00.000-08:00

As sad as it is I will admit that at times I live vicariously through the tv. Mondays are the worst days at work and thinking about all the shows I get to come home to on the DVR is what gets me through the days! I love the Bachelor this season so much! I hope all of you are watching. Even though Tyler wont admit it I know he enjoys it as well.. though not as much as me. I want to know who everyone thinks he will pick..?

Happy Heart day

2009-02-15T19:21:00.000-08:00

When we finally woke up on Valentines it was to a knock on the door with a flower delivery for these cute flowers. Tyler did a really good job this time compared to the cactus he accidentally got me before :) They are really pretty and im loving how they smell up our apartment! Our Valentines morning consisted of cleaning out apartment and cleaning out our cars. I cant say that was Tylers favorite part of the day but we were glad when it was all done! I feel like during the weeks we are so busy and dont get much down on the aparment and it was nice to get so much help.

Tyler made us early dinner reservations at BeniHanas. We really wanted to go somewhere we'd never been and it was really cool to go where the cook all the food in front of you. We didnt realize we would be sharing a table with a family with four little kids though... haha. I guess it made it fun though to see how excited the kids got. The food there is so good we were completely sick we were so full when we left.

My favorite part of the day was just coming home and hanging out all night with my bestest friend. I love my little buddy.

Boarding USA

2009-02-15T19:10:00.001-08:00

We finally got to go boarding (yes we only made it ONCE this whole year) but it was so much fun! We went up to the Canyons using this really good couples deal they had going on. We live so close to all the resorts now we really need to start taking advantage of it more often! We went with Ashley and Shawn, Nikki and Tony, and then my dad and Tonys brother were a couple for the day.

We all look like nerds in the pictures- it is prett obvious we arent hard core boarders! I was proud of the girls though, we kept up pretty good!

My dad is the only one that skiied. I was a little worried he wouldnt be able to keep up but he was the one waiting on all of us!

Here is the guys table at lunch. We could not find one table inside to eat lunch at so we had to sit outside in the snow to eat. They look so cute though dont they :)

We made it to the top top of the mountains. It was a pretty cool view so we had to get a pic. It was a perfect day and it made us wish we could go more often!

Thanks for letting me steal your pictures nikki!

Tylers Birthday week!

2009-01-24T18:02:00.000-08:00

Tylers birthday was Wednesday but it was like we celebrated it three times! We missed out on going to Colorado for Thanksgiving and we really wanted to go so we took work off on Friday and left Thursday night to go for the weekend. It was so nice to get away and even better the weather was so perfect!

We got to ride bikes and play outside at the park and have a steak bbq (which is Tylers favorite!) His mom and Mike spoiled him by making him all his favorite meals and taking us to Buffalo Wild Wings which is one of his favorites too. His best friend from high school, Tyler Albert, came and hung out with us pretty much the whole time too. AFter going there we were definitely wishing for better weather when we got back but no such luck! Anyone thats here knows how depressing and FOGGY this place has been!!

On Wednesday night we went to RUby River Steakhouse (which is SOO good!) and I made Tyler this birthday cake (i will admit I was pretty proud of). The cake was so good but there are only two of us eating it and we are both getting so sick from it! I decided maybe we will take it to our primary class tomorrow because otherwise it will last for the whole month! It was kinda wierd doing the cake thing and singing happy birthday by myself. haha. We need some kids to keep us company or something!

This cute pic is Tyler with pretty much all of his new stuff on. I got him alot of clothes he can wear to work because he can always use more. The outfit doesnt not all match together (as much as Tyler insists) but the things individually were very cute. My personal favorite was the vest.

I havent had much time to post alot on here but I did miss our Anniversary posting. Our two year Anniversary was December 29th as well. We had so much fun and I keep realizing more and more how lucky I am to have found and married Tyler. He is the best! I love every chance I get to see him and spend time with him. Happy birthday buddy!

Christmas in Idi ho

2009-01-04T18:50:00.000-08:00

We had a very snowy Christmas in Idaho this year. It snowed the entire time we were there! Christmas Eve afternoon me and Tyler drove up to Rexburg right before the storm hit. I was excited to see my moms new house all finished and it looked really cute! We had a great Christmas and were sad to leave. We played alot of cards, hide and go seek (in the dark of course), board games, and Mario Kart on the Wii.

This was all of us in our new pajamas on Christmas eve night.

Here we are lined up on Christmas morning to see what santa had brought. Tyler looks like a giant compared to all of us midgets. I love the pictures of him with all of us girls. They are all big fans of Tyler and he just seems like one of us now!

My mom gave us matching sweats from Victorias Secret. They are so soft and warm! They were one of our favorite presents.

I love Christmas and am really sad that its over. At work on Friday they were talking about how our next vacation isnt until May!! How is that possible!? Someone needs to make up more vacations!

Tis the Season

2008-12-20T17:23:00.001-08:00

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!

2008-12-18T19:52:00.000-08:00

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

2008-12-07T16:30:00.000-08:00

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

2008-11-20T16:50:00.000-08:00

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...

2008-11-17T16:47:00.000-08:00

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

2008-11-02T16:31:00.001-08:00

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!

2008-10-23T16:56:00.000-07:00

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

2008-10-11T22:17:00.000-07:00

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

2008-10-11T22:09:00.000-07:00

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

2008-10-11T22:00:00.000-07:00

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!

2008-10-11T21:38:00.000-07:00

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

2008-09-14T17:35:00.000-07:00

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....

2008-09-11T17:27:00.001-07:00

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!!

2008-09-10T12:49:00.000-07:00

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!

2008-09-10T12:26:00.000-07:00

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!!

2008-07-28T17:57:00.000-07:00

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!

office party!

2008-07-18T17:36:00.000-07:00

For an office incentive, Tyler and Matt threw a bunch of coins in the pool (silver dollars and quarters) and the guys got to dive in for the coins, depending on how many sales they got on Saturday and the order they got them in. Matt was nice enough to get Subways for everyone as a little birthday celebration for me as well so it made it extra fun. This is the whole group before they jumped in for the coins. The guys were all so excited you'd think there had been a million dollars in the pool. They even had goggles and took it all serious. Tyler had been practicing holding his breath forever (which he can do!)
Its hard to tell but the person in the water is Tyler about to take one of his big dives. He's getting all prepared with his goggles and concentration....It ended up being pretty evenly spread out although Tyler did come out on top. It was really fun and afterwards the guys got a little crazy playing 500 in the pool and beating each other up.

a NEW camera!! yahoo!

2008-07-18T16:57:00.000-07:00

I got a new camera!!! I am so excited that I have been going a little camera crazy. Tyler gave it to me on Sunday because we kind of celebrated my birthday on Sunday because Tuesday Tyler had to work. These are some of the first pictures I took...

The camera is so cool because you can pick a color that it will highlight only. I tried to do it with his shirt but it was too light I think. Its pretty cool though- although I may be getting in on this technology a little late, I love it!
Sunday after church we went to the beach and played around, then we had a bbq with some of our friends out here. We love bbq's! Tyler made us steaks and it was soo good!
It was a fun day! Sundays are my favorite out here because it means we get to RELAX!

the FOURTH and the weekend...

2008-07-10T19:01:00.001-07:00

For the fourth of July weekend our friends Morgan and Britton came out to visit from Logan. We love them! It was so much fun and we were sad to see them leave.

On the fourth we went to the beach alll day long. Newport Beach was packed and crazy with people, but we managed to find a parking spot miles away and Tyler long boarded back forth to it for us. He sure does come in handy! We had a big group with us and it was perfect weather for some beach volleyball and playing in the waves.

Tyler and Britton also rented boogie boards and were surfing on them all day. Some reason it cut tylers chest up pretty bad and he still has little scars! I was glad not to be a part of it since my last boogie boarding experience (on our honeymoon) I almost died! If our kids get any sports/coordination talents at all it will definitely be from him.

That evening we went to the fireworks show in Downtown Disneyland. The fireworks were good but they shut them off early because of the wind. It was still fun to be able to walk around downtown disneyland though and then we went to eat at my favorite restaurant, The Cheesecake Factory. I had alot and fun and we were completely worn out by the end of the night. I love the fourth!

Snoop Doggy Dogg

2008-06-30T14:58:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday night we got tickets for the one and only snoop dogg(/311 concert.) Random! I never thought I would really enjoy a snoop concert, but it actually ended up being really fun! Of course we were probably the only handful of people in the whole place that were actually in a normal state of mind, but I think we enjoyed it just as much as anyone! :)

I was pretty surprised at how many songs I actually knew, which was probably from my when my brother went through his gangster rapper stage. You'd never guess so many gangsters could come from Rexburg Idaho but looks like they can!

After the concert we had to make a stop at Yogurtland. Which is just like pink berry but you put as many toppings as you LIKE! Which in my terms means smother the thing. It was a good weekend and nice to have some free time from work!

Ashley's visit out here!

2008-06-28T11:44:00.001-07:00

A couple weeks ago my little sister Ashley came out to visit for a few days...
Or so I thought! Those who know her would know that only SHE would be able to mix up the day she flies out by 2 DAYS! She was going on a trip to Tonga with her nursing program and planned it so she could come hang out with me on the way before she left. She told me all along she was leaving Saturday, luckily she called her friend THURSDAY (yes she got here Wednesday) to ask about something else and her friend told her they were coming that night! She's funny. But I will admit the two days I did get to spend with her were well worth it!

This picture is of us riding the beach cruisers around. It was such a nice day and we had alot of fun with everyone. These pictures are kinda blurry but better than nothin right!

Two sets of sisters! Bet ya can't tell which one is mine.... The other two are Amanda and Jessica, who work in the office out here with me. We have alot of fun but its a pretty uneven match when I play volleyball or basketball with them I have to admit.

The day she got here we went to Hollywood and some of the sites there. I had never been there before and was pretty excited to say the least. When I saw the red carpets and photographers out in front of the chinese theater, me and Ash wouldve waited there all night to see what was going on. Then this lady came up to us and asked if we had some dressier clothes to put on so we could go to the premier of Adam Sandlers new movie the "Zohan." Luckily for us Ashley had her whole suitcase in my car so we could change. I guess they needed seat fillers in our age group so they asked us if we wanted to! She said "do you want to walk the red carpet with the stars?" is actually exactly what she said. The night didnt quite turn out like that but it was fun. The story is probably better if I leave the rest for your imaginations.

This little spidey in Hollywood was very wierd and smelly but sure did get into character good. I thought this picture was pretty funny. I love when people take their jobs so seriously!

Overall it was so fun to get some time to hang out with her. I miss my sisters!

I've been Tagged! (by Jessica)

2008-06-16T18:54:00.000-07:00

JOYS: 1. Just cuddling up with my best buddy 2. Family and friends 3.Summertime!! (specifically July) 4. Eating a delicious meal 5. Birthdays and BBq's! 6. Dance Parties 7. sleeping in

FEARS: 1. being home alone at night :) (I agree with you Jess! I am such a wimp!) 2. Whats underneath me when Im in water freaks me out. I am always waiting for something to come nip at my legs and feet. 3. car accidents

GOALS: 1. Be happy wherever I am in life 2. I wanna be in shape! Forever and always. haha good luck with that. 3. Have a grrreat marriage

CURRENT OBSESSIONS: 1. playing in the pool 2. The Bachelorette and So you think you can dance (I get a little bored at my job...) 3. The beach! 4. a nice cold Dr. PEPPER hmmmm!

I TAG: Kenzie, Susan, Morgan, and Lindsi Wardle

Summer time!

2008-06-06T17:19:00.000-07:00

The past couple weeks out here have flown by so fast. We have definitely been working hard and playing hard! Its tough to work hard though when you are about 7 minutes from the beach and you have a nice big pool outside your back door, but what can ya do? Tyler has been working so hard out here I have been so proud of him. This year has been a little tough for our office for some reason, but we are slowly starting to pick it up!

It has been so fun being able to hang out with all of Tylers family and his cousins and their little families! It was Tyler's moms big 50th birthday last weekend and her sister threw her a really fun party! Since I am having camera issues, I got these pictures from someone else but they were taken at her party. Me and Tyler made this candy bar poster, I think it turned out really cute!

After dinner and the best desserts EVER at the party, there was a little dance session. We were doing all kinds of dances- no matter what age you are in this family you are never too old or young to do the Solja Boy or get in a little Thriller action.

Also on Memorial day we had a family get together with everyone here at our apts in Irvine. We had a big bbq and then some of the guys played basketball and we went out to the pool.

This picture on the right is me with some of Tylers cousins and his sister, Hannah on my left and his mom on the right. They are so much fun! It was really nice to have a break from working and take the day off.

CalifornIA

2008-05-22T15:50:00.000-07:00

We have made it to California and we are loving the area we are in. It is so close to the beach and our apartments are really nice. I forgot to bring my camera cord with mE so we wont be able to put up our own new pictures from the summer but i will try to get some from friends. Since we have been here we have done some fun things. One morning a friend in the office invited us to ride beach bikes along the huntington beach coast. It was something I have never done and it was really fun to see all the shops and beach houses right off the shore. It was a really nice day and we stopped and had lunch on the way back.

We also went to the baseball game at the Anaheim Angels stadium. Our manager invited everyone in our office and we ended up with quite a crazy group! The game was pretty good but I really just went to get a chili dog. Who knew that stadium doesnt even offer those!? I was pretty upset but ended up content with a hot dog and a PINKBERRY which is our new favorite place to go out here. For those who havent tried it you are missing out on a little piece of heaven.

We are so excited to be out here and have some more good times! Tylers family is coming up this next week so we are looking forward to that. I will keep trying to put up some more blogs so we can keep everyone updated!

Visit to Rexburg!

2008-04-09T15:18:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we went to Rexburg (where I am from) to visit my family. My brother had been in Iraq and recently returned home and we hadnt seen him for a while. Him and his wife brought there CUTE little girl Olivia with them and we had a lot of fun. She is one year old and has a funny little attitude. She was forced to sit in the back with me and tyler on a car ride and screamed if we ever tried to lift the top of her car seat up so we could see her. We finally snuck the top up without her noticing but if we made eye contact she would scream. She was perfectly fine staring at us though. It was so funny! Im gonna be honest, I could tell Tyler was wishing we had a little kid.. Who knows?

This picture below is when we all went bowling. I did horrible as usual, and Tyler did pretty good but still lost to my GRANDMA! I dont know how he felt about that....

Then we went up to my grandmas house to go snow machining (yes snow in the middle of APril) Might as well get some good from it! We also got together with alot of me and my brothers good friends from high school with their spouses and watched the guys play basketball.

It was a good weekend! We will miss everyone when we leave for the summer!

Fun!

2008-03-28T11:49:00.000-07:00

Besides school and work we have a few other things we like to do.

Guitar Hero! We could play Guitar Hero for hours on end. In fact it has become a little embarassing showing people how good we have gotten. When Tyler had to get up at 5 30 for his work he would go to bed early and I could stay down there for hours trying to pass off new songs. We could have so much fun or get so frustrated that we'd have to turn it off. Its addicting!

Working out- Tyler has always been a gym rat but it hasnt been til recently that I have gotten just as addicted as him. This picture of us to the right does not do us justice. Some reason they also cut off our faces too.

We also like to hang out with our families. It is fun getting to know Tylers family and him getting to know mine. We recently went to Green River, UT for Tylers grandpa's funeral. It was a sad time for their family but it was fun to be able to meet and get to know all of his relatives. They are the reason we started a blog finally- now maybe we will reallly fit into the family.

Tyler graduated!

2008-03-28T11:28:00.000-07:00

Yahoo! for those who didnt know Tyler graduated in December in Business- Enterpreunership. He was so excited to be done and got a job right away at a place called Fastenol. He worked there for a few months but then decided to get a head start on his sales for this summer. We will be in Huntington Beach this summer doing sales for Stone Security. The next big news is I graduate in May in Accounting. We are not sure where we will be going after the summer but are looking for jobs wherever the wind takes us. Anyone anyone? This has gotta be a good networking tool.......

Our Wedding

2008-03-28T11:17:00.000-07:00

We got married in the Idaho Falls temple on December 29, 2006! Its hard to believe that its already been that long ago. We met at Utah State my freshman year. We were actually in the same Biology class and Tyler had just gotten off his mission. Being stuck in his missionary mode he was going to bed and waking up early ready for class and I was staying up late and sleeping through it. He admits now that it was annoying when I'd fall asleep in class while he paid attention and then I would ask for his notes after.

We went on our honeymoon to Hawaii and then had an open house at Tylers cute house in Colorado (that is the picture below). Our honeymoon was so much fun! Besides me almost drowning to death when we tried to boogie board out by the experienced surfers, we had the best time!

Tyler did a little buzz job to his hair in HAwaii. We both have the problem with ALWAYs being hot! Tylers lucky he can just buzz his hair right off I dont think that would work as well for me...