Christmas Time is Here

I absolutely love Christmas. I love the smells, the decoration, the spirit, Santa Clause....I just love everything about it. Byron bought us tickets to go to The Forgotten Carols production that was at Gammage two weeks ago. The Forgotten Carols is the BEST thing I have ever seen. I have read the book along with listening to the wonderful music, and fell in love with it. So, I told Byron how much I loved it. He had been to the production about 5 years ago and  of course loved it. So, thank you Byron for  buying tickets! I thought I was in the Christmas spirit before, but boy was I wrong. I know that Christmas is a time where we get to celebrate the birth of our Savior. But I am only human... I LOVE PRESENTS! And I had been focusing a lot of time on what to get who this year. I am so glad I had the opportunity to see The Forgotten Carols with Byron. What an incredible way to be reminded why we celebrate this special time of year. We loved it so much we wanted to share the experience. We bought my parents tickets to see it in Utah! We are so excited for them to go. And I might add, they are so excited as well! We vowed that going to this production will become a family tradition! Thank you Michael McLean for sharing your talents, what joy you brought to into our lives. We can not stop talking about it.
Here is link to one of my favorite Forgotten Carols  :
Mary Let Me Hold Her Baby

Need to Catch Up...But First a TRUE Story.

A lot has happened in the last couple of months, but I feel like I need to share a story before I update!

Last night Byron took me to the last Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn Part 2. We got to the movie pretty early to guarantee a good seat.  We were all ready go with our popcorn, drink, and Sour Patch Kids. Of course we finished all our food before the movie started. The theater started to fill up, and people (girls) began to sit around us. The movie finally started.  It was pretty good and about half way through I whip my head in  Byron's direction. No one else had heard the  little squeak of "air" coming from Bryon's "cheeks".  Byron and I exchanged looks and a couple of quiet giggles. So, lets fast forward a bit. We near the end of the movie, the battle scene, which is loudest 5 minutes of the whole movie. Immediately following the end of the battle scene just happens to be the most intense, and shall I mention DEAD QUIET part of the movie. For some odd reason (which I will never know) Byron decides that NOW, the quietest part all night , is the time to "release some pressure"...If you know what I mean. Me, and all the girls around us were, I'm guessing, a bit frightened to hear 3 thunderclaps coming from my man's...you know!! I look at Byron with wide eyes and he looks at me with a mischievous grin. He then says, " BaaAAAABBBbbbEEEeee!!"  In the kind of tone that leads people to believe it wasn't him, and it was me!!!! Now, at this point we a watching everyone around us laugh, giggle, and whisper. This laughing, giggling, and whispering includes Byron and me. Honestly, tears were coming from my eyes, not from the toxicity (thank goodness it did not smell) of gas passed... just so you know. The last 15 minutes of the movie and after we left were spent laughing. I am surprised I don't have a six-pack of abs, because I really should. Anyway, I informed Byron I will never forget this incident.... I have now made it my mission to gain revenge.
Isn't Byron so lucky to have found a girl like me!

Movin' It

Well, looks like we are moving. We applied for jobs in Utah and down in the Valley. I would have loved Utah and being with my family. However, no call backs. BUT the Valley called and Byron now  has a job! He starts August 20th. I am so excited to have a husband that will be home instead of gone 2 weeks at time.

 In one year I have moved a total of 7 times. To Utah, to college, to Utah, to Hannah's, to the Wahl's, to our house now, and now to the Valley. I think I am about worn out with this whole moving thing. Every place I go I don't want to unpack because I know I'll moving again. Hopefully with this move, and Byron's really awesome job he got, I can unpack all the way! I get more and more excited to move every day!....Some one please come pack for me!

Hairy Scary Day

The other day I came home from grocery shopping with Shelly. By the way, we totally scored! That is not the point though. I walked around the counter a couple of times in bare feet I might add before I noticed a dark spot on the kitchen floor. I thought it was a piece of brownie that Byron might have dropped earlier that morning. BUT it wasn't, it was a HUGE wolf spider. It was hairy and grey. Let me tell you right now, I do not, let me repeat, do not like any bugs of any sort. It was dying thank goodness because the Bug Guy came and sprayed my favorite bug killing poison. Now was the time I had to be brave and throw the spider away. I couldn't do it. I was terrified. I extra hate when Byron is gone because he is the designated bug killer. My body was shaking while I stood there for about 10 minutes contemplating how to get rid of it. I decided broom and dust pan. The moment I touched the spider with broom it started crawling away. That freaked me out even more seeing it's one and one half inch legs! My survival instinct kicked in and I beat it to death with the broom and swept it up. In the trash it went. That was enough for one day......only it wasn't. I was at Nic and Shelly's that night just chillin. It was getting pretty late so I headed home and I needed to call Byron. I was just about at my front door and Byron had just answered his phone when I saw a freaking snake! The snake was about a quarter of the way up my door! I went screaming profanities back to Shelly's. She woke up Nic and he went over with a shovel and flashlight and eventually he killed it! He said it was about three and half feet long. EWW! I hate snakes...and spiders! Could the night get any scarier?? We didn't want to chance it, and Nic and Shelly were nice enough to let me sleep at their house! Thank you!! That was my Hairy Scary Day. I hope it never happens again.

Potential Father's Day

I went to my sister's for Father's Day. She made her husband delicious ribs. So, I thought I could make Byron a late ( the Sunday after Father's Day) Potential Father's Day dinner. Ribs were on the mind because they were so freaking good at my sister's. I decided, whether Byron wanted them or not, that ribs was what he was going to eat. I made ribs, garlic parmesan pasta and a plain ol' salad. I hope he liked it and wasn't lying to spare my sensitive girl feelings. Happy Late Potential Father's Day Byron!

This was also the first dinner I have made him since we have been married.....ya.

Happy Birthday To ME!

Yes it was my birthday. My favorite day of the year. June 23! Byron was soooo good to me. He bought me a new camera. I absolutely love it. It is a Nikon D5100. I LOVE it. Thank you Byron. He also bought us some movies to make our movie selection grow a little bit more.

This is the Grasshopper Pie I made for myself. So yummy. It is late and I look super tired.

 The Oreo crust made my teeth look nasty. But it tastes so gooooooooood!

 We were lighting the candles and I accidently blew all the other candles out except this one. So instead of re-lighting all of them again I just blew out one candle.

 Making waffles in our favorite kitchen appliance that Holly Nelson got me for my bridal shower. She even wrote on a card specifically that this waffle maker was so Byron could make me breakfast in bed! Well, Byron finally followed her instructions!

 Byron's attempt at a Breakfast Smiley Face......you can kind of see it if you look really hard :)

 Mmmmm! Juice, bacon, eggs and waffles. Perfect.

I had such a great Birthday! We just relaxed and watched movies all day. It was just what I wanted. Thanks Byron for a perfect, fun, delicious birthday!!! Love YOU!

Home Sweet Home!

This past week Byron and I have moved into a home! We are renting of course because our lives are still pretty up in the air. Last Monday Byron was at work so I signed the papers and BAM the place is ours! The lady who lived here before left it pretty crusty. She didn't even vacuum. We had our work cut our for us. Thank you so much to our wonderful neighbors and family Nic and Shelly! They are so good to us and were so good to me last week helping me move in. Shelly cleaned the carpets, Nic called to find the best propane company and SO much more. We also got our couches for free! Thank you Mrs. Patterson! We love them so much!  They went above and beyond helping me. I can't thank them enough! It is so nice to have a place of our own. Byron loved it when he came home from work. He also loved spending his hard earned money on a couple "little" things for our house! Thank you Byron for our new bed ( I LOVE IT), our kitchen table and thanks for putting it together, and our TV and alllllllll the other little things you bought us! I love you!
 We were living at my in-laws. They are great! I couldn't ask for better. They were so kind to let us live there while we got a place of our own. Home Sweet Home!!! Pictures will be coming!
                                              The couches we love!

                                                My friend Jenna helped make it more home-y.

Birthday Girl!

I absolutely love my birthday. I love it almost as much as Christmas. I don't care about getting presents (even though I do love getting them) or decorations or anything like that... I just love the fact that it is MY BIRTHDAY! It is coming up and I can hardly stand it. I love that I have a Summer birthday. It is hot outside and you can eat snow cones and go swimming! It is the absolute best! Happy Birthday To Me in a couple more weeks!!!! I told Byron I would like to go visit my family/get a nice camera for my birthday! When he first asked me what I wanted for my birthday I said, "Oh nothing. I am fine." A couple days later he asked and I rattled off quite the Birthday List! Poor Byron. He shouldn't have asked again and just stuck with "Oh nothing, I am fine." I love him! We did talk about going to Hawaii, but my family has a family reunion coming up right after my special day and I would rather go to that (crazy, I never thought I would say that). So, maybe Hawaii or whatever will be some other time later down the road...I sure hope!

So, yes I did the juice cleanse....for four days. I know I am weak. BUT I lost 4 pounds and I felt so so so so so amazing! It was incredible that just those couple days made a noticeable amount of difference. I just have no self control. I LOVE to eat. It is just comforting to me have food in my mouth I guess. I need to work on that.

Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead

Everyone needs to watch the documentary Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. It's about a guy that travels and challenges people to do a juice cleanse. It's neat to see the complete body change. It is just really really good. I had watched it a while ago and decided that I was going to do it! Krystin Wahl and I are juicing partners this week! I am really excited to be doing this and to have someone to do it with. We just started today and the rolls on the counter are calling my name. AHH! I WILL be strong. I want to do this. I have a really hard time with self control  when it comes to eating. I love to eat. So this is a major test. But this cleanse will be good for my body....it definitely needs a cleanse. I weighed myself today. We will see the results in a couple of days!

Overload!

My sister, Jessica and brother-in-law, Dave have been getting on my case about my blog. So I am going to try hard to be a faithful blogger.
A lot has happened. I'm not sure where to start so I'll start here- I finished my first semester at BYU-Idaho. In December 2011  my life-time love and I decided we were going to get married! Seriously I have loved Byron for EVER! It definitely is a fairy tale. Someone should make a movie out of our lives. Anyway, Byron came up the day after Christmas and we picked out a ring. Oh ya, my parents moved to Utah.

 I LOVE THIS RING! We really scored. BUT, I didn't actually get this ring on my finger until a month later. I might also add that I am not a patient person. Ya, it was hard to wait for this bling to be on my anxious finger. After I got the bling I moved back to Arizona to be with Byron...even though he was gone all time working (to pay for me haha). It was a good move though. I lived with my best friend, Hannah Isaacson's parents! They took good care of me. Thank you Ken and Marian. Byron and I set the date for June 8. It wasn't too long after we set that date that we changed it to April 21. We called the Snowflake, Arizona Temple and got everything scheduled! We had 3 months to get ready, which was actually more than enough time. We started with engagement pictures and announcements. Thank you Krystin Wahl, my sister-in-law, for taking pictures for us!

Here was the final wedding announcement. OH WAIT! I got all caught up in wedding that I forgot to mention...my niece was born! February 2,2012. My little Ground Hog baby! ( Now I will always remember when Ground Hog Day is.)Jess and Dave named her Milana Kaye. She was a whopping 10 1/2 pounds. My sister, Jessica, had her all natural. Ouch! She is the cutest freaking baby! I have been waiting for her ever since Jessica turned 18 and moved out. Mila, Mila Monster, or Poppy is about 2 months and 14 pounds in this picture. Gotta love the eyebrow! She is adorable. She has auburn hair and blue eyes! Such a pretty girl.

Back to the wedding.... we worked on getting stuff all ready for the reception. The Isaacson's threw me the perfect Bridal Shower! It was SO full of laughs. Marian made my favorite foods- Tangy Tomatoe Wraps with Chicken Picante and her Freaking Delish Brownies!YUM! Since my mom lives in Utah, Krystin Wahl and Shelly Finch took me dress shopping! We took a trip to Bridal Fair and picked out lots and lots of beautiful dresses. The third dress I tried on turned out to be THE dress! I was so excited. The idea of getting married seemed more real than ever now that I had the dress. In the midst of all this I think  I discovered a new little addiction I seem to have.... Holly Nelson, my  Young Women's leader and friend, is certified to do eyelash extensions. How could I resist when she offered to do my lashes. All I can say is I LOVE them! There is nothing better beautiful lashes right out of the shower and NO mascara! Thanks Holly! Hmm... and I guess before I knew it it was the week of the wedding. Things were all ready to go. My family came down a couple days before which was really fun. We had our reception Friday night and got married Saturday morning. The reception was perfect! We had a cookie bar because we both love cookies. It turned out better than I ever hoped. Thank you to everyone who helped with that. Our wedding was beautiful! We had so many people there that we love. It was incredible. The sealer, Brother Johnson, said so many great things. He was just a great man. He really fit our personalities, we had laughs and seriousness. He did say one thing to Byron and me that I love. He said, "I can see that you two are best friends, and that's the way it is supposed to be." I love that. We then had the luncheon which Deanne Wahl, my sister-in-law, (can you see I have married into a wonderful family?) got all organized! We had Cafe Rio Burritos which are one of my other favorite things to eat. Byron and I ate yummy food, and visited with family and friends then we were off to our Honeymoon. Destination-Las Vegas, Nevada! Whoo Hoo!

 What a blast that was. We got a steal of a deal at the Trump Hotel. They had the best room service. They have these fries that are to die for amazing. We ordered them more than we probably should have. Jess, Dave, and Davi (my sister)  made us this poster ( don't read if offended easily) which was very creative and funny! This is our family's sense of humor... it made me laugh a lot.

 They also bought us a Cirque Du Soleil show, Mystere. It was fantastic! We loved Mystere. We were just blown away by the music and talent of the people performing. We went to Wax Museum. It was really neat..and a little creepy how some figures looked so real. Like Angelina, for example, looked real. Byron wanted to kiss her. SMOOCH!

 We weren't ready to go home after four days, and Jess and Dave were kind enough to let us stay with them and save some $$$. Byron wanted to go see the Criss Angel show. He loved it...I'm a sketpic. But it was still entertaining. It was time to go home. It was weird to realize that real life had to start again.
So......... now we are all caught up and ready for life and the adventures to begin!