Picture Blog

I don't feel like writing much so here are some pictures to describe our recent happenings, enjoy!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas we sure did!

Will post again after we return from our MEXICAN CRUISE!!!!!

Bday Bash

So it was my birthday this past weekend and this is the first birthday that Jared and I have been able to spend together that has not been on finals week where Jared used to have 4 finals he had to take on my birthday. The past 3 birthdays I have spent either with my girlfriends or on the couch watching movies. So needless to say I was so so so so so happy that my birthday was on a Saturday and that Jared has graduated from school and had NO finals to take so we could spend the WHOLE day together!

I thought it would be fun to spend the day getting all the freebies that food place and entertainment places give to you on your birthday. Several places I had to sign up for email notifications but still it was awesome, I got so excited about it that I had a schedule and folder with all the certificates in it. I like to be organized so it was fun for me to make our daily schedule.
 Here is how the wonderful day went.

-Pedicures and manicures
-Dropped the car off to be deatiled inside and out/oil changed- This is about the time I realized I left my phone at the mani/pedi place- I was pretty much dying without it the whole day- you never realize how much you depend on it , even trying to find Jared in a store I had to go searching.
-Shopped at Kohls- which just so happened to be having a power hour sale and we got a ton of clothes for really good prices. The lady at checkout said that if we said that she was my friend she would give us 20% off our whole purchase! haha it was awesome! I also had $10 Kohls cash and a $5 off coupon. I was able to get 4 new shirts, and 2 cute fashion belts, and Jared got 4 new pairs of jeans with 4 belts.
-Picked the car up (which looked FABULOUS after being detailed) and headed to Walmart and Target to do some last minute Christmas shopping and errands! We are finally done shopping for Christmas! Yeah!
- Ate appetizers at BJ's Restaurant and got my FREE gluten-free Pizookie dessert
- Shopped at Ross where I purchased 2 more shirts and a pair of trouser jeans which look so proffessional and cute and I also bought my very first pairs of SKINNY JEANS!!! Weird I know, I bought them for the sole purpose of wearing these cute knee high boots that I bought on amazon( which have yet to come I might mention), I just can't get used to the fact of wearing them on my short stubby legs by themselves. But I got them for $13 bucks each. I LOVE ROSS!
- We then went to a few other stores- Steinmart, Famous Footwear, etc.
- DSW- have you ever been to DSW shoes? Oh my I wish I had never known it existed because I will be going there all the time now because I love their shoes. So so so so so many cute high heels, flats, boots, slippers, its a girl candy store! Jared bought me two shoes there last week and we went back on my bday and I tried on all sorts of shoes but I couldn't find one that fit what I was looking for exactly. I found all sorts of others that I wanted but I was on a mission for a certain type of shoe. I bought slippers instead ;) Jared found some he liked though.
- We then met my fmaily at Red Robin and had my free bday burger and ice cream sundae- although by the time the ice cream sundae came I was so sick of food I couldn't even look at it let alone take a bite.
- We then headed to the movies with my little brother and his girlfriend where I got my free movie ticket ( w/entertainment book coupon) we saw Tower Heist. It was good, but not buy worthy.
We did however have more coupons mostly for free food but like I said our stomachs could only handle so much. We paid for it on Sunday the next day by staying home sick all day.

My wonderful wonderful husband who is the best at gift giving! Bought me the most beautiful Jewelry box ever! Picture below with all the features- I can't get a picture of it opened up but it is so wonderful I go to bed at night and fall asleep staring at it because I love it so much!

Jewelry Box:

top lid with mirror lifts open to 10 compartments


2 front doors open to necklace hooks and pouches


9 small drawers


one big flip-down drawer with ring rolls and earring cards


ivory lining


our lining is tarnish-free and keeps your jewelry from being tarnished by the lining


solid wood and fiberboard


antique walnut finish


12-7/8x6-5/8x16-1/2"H


Here are a few pictures from the days events. Thank you for all who wished me a happy birthday it was a great day that I got to spend with my best friend!

Thanksgiving on the Beach

This year we rented a beach house in Santa Cruz for Thanksgiving with my side of the family. It has been so nice relaxing, sleeping in, playing volleyball on the beach, and building sand castles. We took some family pictures- here are my favorites.

 This picture below i didn't know was being taken but is really funny because these beams are located under a railroad track which also serves as a bridge. We had to climb up to the beams and then it dropped off into a gully type of area. for some reason as soon as I got up and had to walk across a skinny beam i was really nervous and scared. there was  a rusted knob that I was holding onto and wouldn't let go of. haha I was a baby, i just wanted to take the pictures and get down. I think this picture displays my emotions well.

 

We were trying to spell "love" can you see it? with a heart on the end too.

 this on was just for fun

We are having  blast and will be hitting up the boardwalk tomorrow. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I know I sure have a lot to be grateful for in my life and it is all thanks to my Heavenly Father.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

Softball Team

yes we are alive and yes we suck at blogging... Time is so jammed with everything and anything ahhh. here are a few pictures till i have some time to really blog

Jared working hard... this is what i usually see when i look over at him. ha!

 We went to our family's cabin over conference weekend- here is my brother Cole about to jump into the freezing water. the high for the day for 59 degrees. No thank you!

 We are on our work softball team- Jared Pitches I play 3rd base. the sprinklers came on last game and caused 3 game delays... we have won 1 of our 7 games. ;) I can't get the picture to rotate sry.

Bye for now!

Pioneer Trek 2011

Jared and I had the wonderful opportunity to be Ma and Pa's on a Stake Pioneer Trek  this past month. We walked about 20 miles ate about 1 lb of dirt, slept with insects and sweated all our body away. It was so much fun! We had 8 teenagers that were part of our family and we loved all of them. We were the youngest ma and pa which helped with relating to our family.  When talking with others who have done a Trek before they were saying how awesome and wonderful it was, but once we got out there all I could like about is how HARD it was. Literally  hard, sometimes it was hard to stay positive and to keep pushing... Let me tell you i have gained a much deeper appreciation  and respect for our early ancestors the pioneers. They were amazing! 

I have a hard time being dirty, I do not like dirty things, a house, a car, clothes. I take at least 1 shower a day and am constantly washing my hands, my face, my feet blah blah blah. By all means I love to have a good mud fight  or food fight , if I can shower right after. It was VERY hard for me to go all day soaking my clothes in sweat and dirt then to sleep in those clothes to do it again the next day tromping through dirt and mud and water to sleep in those clothes again and then the next day hike the last few miles home. I went through a whole pack of baby wipes trying to keep at least my hands and face clean. I ended up changing into some shorts and shirt on the 2nd night because i couldn't handle the dirtiness... haha I can be such a baby.  We had porta-potties so I was thankful. I didn't sleep very well because we had to keep our heads in our sleeping bags otherwise the mosquitoes would attack your face no matter how much repellent you put on. I even brought dryer sheets and set it right above my head and they didn't care. I think they were just so excited to have so much food to choose from with all of us there sleeping.

Anyways the food was great and the overall experience was awesome. To be able to gain a deeper testimony and appreciation of this gospel made every minute so worth it and so much fun. We were given a baby to care for and we named her Molly Mae. 

I will let the pictures do the rest of the talking...