Christmas Recap

Well, this Christmas week was great! I love Christmas time, like I had said before, hanging out with family, seeing friends and all the snow we got! On Monday night Jay and I went to my friend Marie's house for a get together with her, her husband some other friends of ours. We had a soup party. I really had a great time. It was so good to see her the others and meet their spouses and kids. Christmas Eve I had to work so not a whole lot happened that day. However, my way cool team lead let me have Christmas Day off (I was supposed to work that day as well). So I was able to sleep in with the hubby, go see the family and just relax the whole day. It was so nice. When we wake up we usually take Emma out to the restroom first thing, however this morning she found her stocking (yes, my dog has a stocking) with her new stuffed frog hanging out. She sniffed it for a second then pulled it out and just went crazy. She had then decided that the restroom could wait till the afternoon because the frog was much more important. We also got her a nice backpack so when we go hiking she can now carry her own 1st aid and water. She seems to like that too.

Jay got a kayak helmet and drytop, so now on our family trips or any other rafting trips he wont have to borrow someone else's gear that doesn't fit quite right. He also got a pair of UGG boots, a dvd some tools and lots of cookies. From his work Jay received a nice video recorder. I think it's called a flip, anyway its very small and you can download straight to the computer without cords. I'm excited to use it :) Jay got me a nice triathlon watch some cool sweats and a hoodie some perfume which I just smelt for the first time on Sat. (I had a stuffy nose Christmas morning) and an hour massage gift card. Oh I am so excited to use that! Jay almost made me tear up too, he bought Ava a present and when I opened it there was a small bracelet in there for when she is born. It is so cute! Later that day we went to my sisters house for a family party and to open our gifts from each other. Laura drew my name and she got me this beautiful bracelet with Ava's name on it. (Thank you again Laura!) We then watched all the kids open their gifts. It is such a funny thing to watch. Open a gift... get really excited, toss it aside and ask for another. Repeat. We finished off the night with some food and some Wii time. We played the Olympic and outdoor game. They were both fun. Not to brag but I won the Olympic game, preggo and all (I was playing against Tyce, Cade and Scott) Oh such a fun thing to brag about!

Well, I hope you all had a great Christmas time and have a Happy New Year!

Christmas Time!

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas and New Years time.

I have been trying to live it up for the most part. For the Holidays my family and I get together for a tradition of making gingerbread houses. This year Jay and I made a rainbow looking gingerbread house and Jay made Emma a dog house on the side. I love having this tradition. It's so fun to watch all the neices and nephews build their houses and decorate with as much candy as they can possibly put on without colapsing the houses. My brother-in-law, as usual, complained how boring this tradition is and, as usual, was into it as much as all the kids. This year he made a gingerbread monster truck.

Last week mom came over and we spent 5 hours making chocolate covered pretzels. We made over 4 lbs of pretzels. Man, it was a long time but very fun hanging out with mom for the day.

I have finished (for the most part) unpacking my house and put up some Christmas decorations. I decided this year to not put up all decorations because after the unpack I really didn't want to do a whole lot more. Jay and I did get a fresh cut tree (which is always a must) and I decorated it that day. Jay took a nap :)

It has been snowing in Morgan the last few days and I am so excited! I love when it snows. So does Emma. She is so funny in the snow. I have realized that she can find more things barried in the snow then just sitting on the grass. It's amazing. She had lost a stick during the non-snow days and the other day she was running around and stopped mid run, dug, and found her stick. She then pranced around for about 10 min with the stick in her mouth and ripped it to peices. She also plows her face in the snow and just sits there. Anyway, I love this time of year, the white shinning snow, christmas lights, (i'm not sure if it's me but) people seem happier. I love being with the family my friends, cozing up with hot choco and my husband and having Emma there to pet.

Everyone have a Very Merry Christmas!

Tag

Ok here comes the tag...

1. Where did you meet your husband? St. George. He did my first transaction at AFCU and later pulled me into a conference room to flirt. I totally fell for it! ;)
2. How long did you date before you got married? Oh man, it was quick. We started dating in March of 2004 and were married in September of 2004. So 6 months. I guess if you know, then you know.
3. How long have you been married?4 years
4. What does he do that surprises you? It used to surprise me how he would act with some of his friends, but now I think I am too used to it. (nothing bad). But now, not a whole lot.
5. What is your favorite feature of his? I love his lips and smile! I know that sounds cheesy. I also love his biceps. He has natural softball sized biceps.
6. What is his best quality? He is so kind to everyone (especially me!) and is very easy going.
7. Does he have a nickname for you? Hon or Honey
8. What is his favorite food? He loves bacon cheese burgers and probably could have them for every meal.
9. What is his favorite sport? Football (to watch) and Basketball (to play)
10. When and where did you first kiss? Jay's apartment. He literally made my knees weak!
11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? We like to sit by the camp fire and just hang out.
12. Do you have any children? We have a golden retriever who might as well be. We have a girl on the way in Feb.
13. Does he have any hidden talents? He can make the sound of water dropping (I know its nothing big, but I can't do it)
14. How old is he? 31 years.
15. Who said 'I love you' first? He did
16. What is his favorite music? He likes Rock, Jack Johnson, country. I think it just depends on his mood.
17. What do you admire most about him? He is so smart with money. He has a heart of Gold, always willing to help. He can just start a conversation out of nothing (I'm way to shy) He is my human calculator and he calls himself a human GPS (which most of the time he really is) I could go on.
18. What is his favorite color? Black
19. Will he read this? He might
20. Who do you tag? Teisha, Laura, Melanie, Kylee and whomever else wants to

What a great week!

Well, I guess it's time again for an update on what's been going on with Jay and I. Sorry this post is a long one, there was a lot of exciting things going on. We will start with last thursday the 20th of November. (That's when all the fun started.) Not a whole lot happened because I had to work at night, but I got to go to lunch with my best friend from college, Ashley! I hadn't seen her for a few months so it was so nice to just sit at Macaroni Grill and talk and talk. Man I miss her. I'm still trying to convince her and her husband (well, she and I are trying to convince her husband really) that they need to move to Morgan and live by us. Ashley and I have a lot of weird things in common and it would be nice to have some one to talk to about Chaco addictions and such. Anyway, it was so good to see her again. Friday morning started off ok but stunk after a while. I had to wait at our new house for the Dish guy to come and hook up everything. They gave us the whole "we will be there between 8 and 12" spill and when he finally showed up at 1:45! I was ready to scream. And to make matters even more fun, I had a doc. appt at 4:15 and when I was leaving at 4 he still wasn't done. What the crap? So my mom had to come and hang out with the guy. After that, the day got much better. I met up with a group of girl friends and went to see Twilight! I really liked it. Of course it wasn't as good as the book, but show me a movie that was. I heard they are starting the production of the second book and can not wait! Next was Sat. In the morning I got a pedicure, much needed and loved it so much. The girl doing my nails also gave me a hot stone massage, full leg scrub massage, and a very nice foot massage. Oh man was it nice. After that Jay and I went to a huge

BYU U of U football party. And I mean Huge! Everyone that went was in either a U or Y shirt to support their team. Jay wore the Y's shirt and I wore the U's. It just goes to show you that you can have peace between the two teams. So can't we all just get along? Although I don't follow Collage Football too much it was a really fun game to watch and man was there ever a lot of food. Sunday and Monday not a lot happened, just working on the house and getting things ready for final inspection. Tuesday, I got off work to start packing the Ogden house all up and Jay, Frank, Scottie, Scott L. and Cade moved everything out. My sister, Stacey came to help me pack everything up thankfully. I think I had a small nervous breakdown when I realized how much I really needed to pack. I couldn't have gotten it done without her. So Tues night was our first night in our new home. The boys were moving everything til about 10:30 that night. Man were they amazing! Thanks to all of you who helped, we truly could not have done it without you! There are still a lot of boxes to unload but I really and enjoying the house so far. Wed. I went to work and while I was there one of Jays co-workers gave us tickets to the Jazz game. So right after work we headed over and sat in the 26th row. I really like going to the Jazz games the fans are so fun and loud. It really makes me want to cheer again. Anyway, the Jazz won and the game was great. Thursday was Thanksgiving and I didn't have to work. That is one thing to be thankful for. In the morning was the annual turkey shoot, which Jay and I had to miss because we needed to unpack more things. I was kind of sad about that, I had practiced my shooting in September and was ready to go. Oh well, maybe next year. After my family and I headed to my sisters house for a great Thanksgiving dinner. Then we just hung out for the rest of the night. It was great. On Friday, mom and I decided to do the unthinkable and went shopping. I'm not sure what I was thinking. We headed to Joan's first, the fabric store. We walked in and turned around and walked right out. There was a line just to purchase that went to the back of the store, with only 4 registers! We were not about to go insane for some fabric. The other stores were not as bad. We hit Target, Mervyn's, Bed Bath and Beyond, and Michaels. They actually had short lines and we were in and out fast. I was so done by the end of the day my feet felt like I had been standing on rocks bear foot for many days. I guess that's what happens when your preggo. Sat, today my mom, the angel, she is came over and helped me unpack all our food and put it in the pantry. It was one thing I was completely dreading and really couldn't pull myself to do it. She was so nice and put it all away for me. I am so thankful for that I can't even describe in words. Now I am hanging out at work, which is where reality comes back in. I hope everyone is having a great holiday season so far. As for me, I am enjoying life!

Just a quickie...

I have to join in with many of the ladies here, if your not one of them then bare with me. I am so excited to see the Twilight movie! Some of the girls and I have pre-bought our tickets and we are good to go. I think Jay is getting a little annoyed with me though. First off when I was reading the books, which are amazing, I would tune him and everything else out. No joke! Jay would always laugh at me because sometimes we would be in a conversation and I would not even realize it. So, since the previews have been showing and I keep telling Jay how excited I am, I am banned from saying that phrase. Now I say "Go Utes, Go BYU!" because of the game on Sat. which I think he is excited to watch. Which means, "Oh man, am I ever excited to see the movie Twilight!"


Ok, now I have to vent. Why, why, why, do people play Christmas music so darn early!? Don't get me wrong, when Christmas comes around I turn into a Griswald to the max. But really, playing Christmas music already, before Thanksgiving? And what's with decorating for Christmas before Halloween is even over with? Last time I checked it went, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas. Will someone please tell me what the deal is, I can't figure it out.

Thanks for listening. :)

Just another week...

Well, not a lot has been going on. Just work and working on the house. There have been some of you asking for photos of our house so this blog is dedicated to the house. I am so excited about our house. Today, Tues. 11, the carpet guy is at our house putting all the carpet in and at the end of the week the marble guy will have our counter tops in in the kitchen. Then the electrician, plumber, and A/C guy come and finish up and we move in!!!!  We figure we will be moving in next week (week before Thanksgiving). Here is a walk through of our house...

This is our Entry (not stained yet)

To the right of our entry is the Master Bedroom

and Master Bath

from the Entry you can see the Fireplace, one of my favorite things. We found a really good rock guy who gave us a great deal on real rock for the fireplace.

This is the Dining area next to the Great Room with our fridge in it

next to those is our Kitchen, another of my favorite areas.

Behind our Kitchen is the Mud Room. I love the wall color, it's a very pale yellow.

Next to the Dining Area is the Office, I stained the walls to give it that "old world" feel.            

Here is our main bath, so when you come over this is where you will spend some of your time. The toilet will be there :)

And last but not least, this is the nursery.  

Welcome to our home!

Happy Halloween!

I can't believe it's November already. This year has gone by so fast to me. Well Halloween was fun Jay took me on a haunted tour of Ogden where we heard stories of all the ghosts and crazy things that went on way back when. They also told us of the murders and deaths that happened mostly in the early 1900's when S. Ogden was just getting started. It was pretty fun. I liked hearing about all the legends and not so talked about history of that area. The tour recommended taking photos of everything to see if you could capture "orbs" or anything else. So here are some of my photos. P.S. if your not a believer that's cool. It was Halloween and time to let your imagination run. So go along with it.

Jay and I cheesing it up

Jay and myself on our "Haunted Tour"

In this picture there is only one reflective "orb"

Same spot, same shot only now there are tons of "orbs" Please explain.

This picture has the reflection from the street sign at the cemetery... But that was the only thing out there that had a reflection (believe me I checked) so what is that bright glowing "orb"?

In this shot on 25 th street it looks like there is a smudge on my camera in the upper section. However, the rest of my pics don't have the "smudge" showing anywhere. (Ghost?)

This is another shot at the cemetery. Where you see an "orb" in the left side of the picture.

For work LDS had a pumpkin carving contest for the different departments. So I got to carve a pumpkin for my job on Wed with one of my co-workers Cammy. (tough day!) We had a cool plan laid out for our pumpkin but then decided to go a different rout in the spirit of people being afraid of us (the "vampires") and of getting their blood drawn. I also got to decorate our lab with spiders, ghosts and I even made origami bats. If you can't tell what it is don't laugh it was done free hand with little tools. I'll explain it to you... First off you have an arm with a tourniquet on and a name band of "Death 13". Good name I know. Then you have a monster needle (since everyone thinks needles are huge) with blood all over and blood draining down the victims arm. Next in the corner (you cant see it too well) are vampire teeth with blood dripping off (in dedication to all those out there who call us vampires) and the origami bats flying overhead ready for their "drink".  Haa Haa Haaa!!! (Just go with it) It does look a bit better in real life and I never got to see it lit up because the contest was on Friday (my day off).

Now, who is the spoiled one?

Wed. night we are getting ready for bed and I swear I was washing my face and getting ready for no more than 5 min. and I come back in the room to find this... Jay is already asleep and Emma is cuddling with him in my spot! I mean really. (Isn't it so cute!)