The Antique Store

We are kind of weird but we love to go to antique stores because they have the craziest things. We hope to one day find something cool to decorate our house and we finally found something at this store but when we asked how much it was the owner said that was the only thing not for sale...of course. Here is the store from the outside, it used to be an old flour mill and now it is a creepy antique store.



This is Josh going down into the basement where it would not have suprised me to find a torture chamber or something weird like that.

Mao's Halloween Costume

Since we don't have kids yet... we have to dress someone up for halloween, and that is what Mao is for. So here is Mao in his cute little halloween bandana that Josh bought for him even though he told me he refused to dress Mao up cause he is a dog. It glows in the dark but as you can tell by the look on Mao's face he dosen't really like to wear it so we were lucky to get this picture of him wearing his cute little costume.

Happy Birthday Kristy!

We celebrated Kristy's 23rd birthday yesterday, we ate her favorite meal (Olive Garden salad), went to a couple of stores she wanted to visit, and then went to the movie "Paranormal Activity"

During our travels yesterday we drove by a real life DeLorean in American Fork! Craziest thing about the scene was that he was being followed by some suspicous looking Libyan guys in a VW bus.

Happy Birthday Kristy, I love you!

Mao's Surgery

Mao had minor surgery today to remove what has become a pretty rotten looking tumor on the back of his neck. Fortunately it was not cancerous so the cut didn't have to be too deep.
He passed out immediately after I got him home so I covered him up to keep warm.

His eyes have been glazed over all night and his walking has been a little shaky but he is doing jut fine. He is such a good little dog, we can't wait until we can scratch his neck again!

Our Fun-Filled Crazy Life

Sorry that I don't blog very often, we just don't have a very exciting life. But finally we got out of the house and we have done things over that past two weekends so here is a two-for-one special and you better enjoy it! First we were able to go to conference. It is always such a great experience to be there with all the wonderful leaders of the church, and to be able to listen to them speak. It was a little rainy and this is us out side the conference center with our xango umbrella (of course) about to go in.

Now I did almost get us kicked out twice while we were there (not actually kicked out, but in trouble). First I took my keys and completely forgot that I have a small thing of mace on my key chain, and while security was going through my purse they found the mace and they had to call the main security guy over to talk to us and tell us that we are not allowed to take my keys out of my purse at all for any reason while we were in the conference center. And I felt really bad cause I just forgot that I had that on my keys.

Then I decided to take this picture of us in the conference center, before it started of course, and I did turn the flash off but the usher guy still came down and told us that we were not allowed to take pictures even though all around us people were taking pictures with their super bright flashes blinding everyone. Luckily we didn't get kicked out and we were able to have a great experience at conference. Then yesterday we decided to go up to the aquarium in Salt Lake. Now I am used to the huge aquarium that we visit every time we are in Tennessee so I was a little disappointed because we got through this one in about thirty minutes walking as slowly as possible, but it was pretty good and we still had fun. So this is Josh outside just super excited to go in!

This is me on a giant frog because you have to have at least one picture of yourself on a giant frog! It was kind of awkward to sit on that is why it looks a little weird, and it also looks a little weird cause I am sitting on a giant frog.

This is Josh petting a sting ray it is a little blurry and I tried to get another one but Josh refused to put his hand in and pet another one, so sorry!

These are just spotted little sting rays that I thought looked cool.

And these are Pirannahs and I thought they were cool cause I have never seen them before and they are supposed to be able to eat like a whole person but they just look like normal fish.

So that is what we have been doing. I know you are all so jealous cause we have such a fun-filled crazy life ,but we are just lucky like that!

New Phone

Yesterday I went into the Verizon store to buy a new phone, and when the salesman walked up I told him that I wanted a new phone because my blackberry was too expensive. I got it so I could be on my moms family plan and only pay the $10 per month, but because it was a blackberry I had to have the data plan and that cost $30 extra dollars per month. I never used any of the things like e-mails and other things. I just wanted a cheaper phone every month. Right after I got done telling the salesman how I wanted a different phone he said "Well I just got a new blackberry and it is a great phone it lets me get e-mails and I can download my pictures right from my phone to my facebook, it is such a great phone and I love my blackberry" he was trying to sell me a blackberry even though I told him I already have one and I came in to get a DIFFERENT phone. So it was a frustrating day at the Verizon store:) Sorry I didn't get a picture of the salesman so there are no pictures for this post:)

Ok so this is going to be a longer story than normal, but trust me you will want to read it cause it is pretty good. So we used to live in Provo, and we had some very white trash neighbors. You know the kind that park their abnormally large truck on the front lawn, leave their mattress on the back lawn, and get mad when our dog poops on the grass, but are totally fine throwing their cigarette butts all over. (seriously they did all of that) And we used to have this super cheap vacuum that did the opposite of vacuuming, it actually spit dirt and things back out on the carpet instead of sucking it up. So we decided to throw the vacuum away cause it was doing more harm than good. We just put it in our garbage can to be picked up with the rest of our trash. Well the next day we noticed it was not in the garbae can anymore, but the trash had not been picked up yet. We figured someone had taken it, and said jokingly that we would probably see it in someone elses trash in a couple days when they figured out it didnt work. Well a couple nights later I was coming home from work and I saw the handle sticking out from the neighbors trash. So they had gone in our trash pulled out the vacuum, used it, saw it didnt work and threw it away in their trash can which was always right next to ours. I don't know if they thought we wouldn't notice but the handle was sticking all the way out, and it is on the end of our driveway where we always drive by. So lesson learned if you don't want your trash stolen, don't live by white trash people who have no shame!!!

That is the handle sticking out of their trash, and that is our trash right next to it.

A visit to the post office

Kristy & I came across this van while visiting the post office and we were a little shocked. We assume he was probably picking up some discreetly labeled material from his PO Box.

The Honeymoon

Hey everyone sorry it has been so long since the last post. I lost the camera connector in the move. I thought it got thrown away since Josh is a throw-awayer (I don't think that is a word but I am gonna use it anyways) But lucky for all of you I found it a couple of days ago. Well as most of you know we got married 3 weeks ago and we took an amazing honeymoon to Hawaii. Here are some pics of all the fun!!



This is Josh at the airport in Hawaii

This is the view from our hotel room and after a little rain we got this beautiful rainbow.

This is a picture of a fish I got while we were snorkeling, I got an underwater camera case but I still couldn't see what I was taking a picture of so it is cut off a little sorry.

This is us at Hanauma Bay which is where we went snorkeling.

And that is Josh in the bottom right corner it was dark so you cant see his face but he was very happy cause we found the cheeseburger factory where he could get a burger with just cheese and ketchup...even in Hawaii!!! We had such a good time and it is so great in Hawaii that we didn't want to come home (seriously we wanted to move there) but since we couldn't find any jobs we came home. We are still happily married (for now) and saving up for our next trip to visit Matt, Jenny and the Family in England!!!

The Olive Bistro

Kristy, her mom, and I found ourselves up in SLC this morning around 11:00am and decided to get a bite to eat. We found a little place across the street from the Capitol Theater called The Olive Bistro that served a selection of sandwiches, coffee's, & deserts and decided to give it a whirl. I ordered a three cheese panini sandwich which was out of this world and both Kristy and her mom agreed that the food was excellent. This little gem has only been around a couple of months and I would highly recommend to anyone in the downtown area to give it a shot, you won't be dissapointed. The picture above is actually a meal from the Olive Bistro not just some random picture of food.

The Olive Bistro
57 W. 200 South
801-364-1401
Hours: Mon. - Fri., 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. - 10 p.m.; Sat. 5 - 10 p.m.

Our condo

Here are a few pics of the new place. The specs are: 870 sq ft, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, and a deck.

This is the spare bedroom, I don't know why I focused on this corner in particular but oh well.

Here is the other corner of the spare bedroom.
Bathroom picture with the tub.Double vanity which is very nice!


View of the bathroom from the hall doorway.


Hall doorway in front room.
Toad doing some heavy lifting (wisely using small jerking motions with his back) in the front room.

Front room view from the kitchen.

Kitchen appliances.
View of the kitchen from the front room.
Laundry room and back door that leads to deck through the kitchen. The washer, dryer and all of the other appliances were included which was very convenient.
Back door on the deck which goes into the kitchen. It's a big glass door that lets in tons of sunlight.

This is the deck, it's really quite large which will be great if we ever have enough money for a grill and table. I wish Jenny were living nearby so we could purchase a custom outdoor table.

New purchase

I'm sure you have all been dying for those pictures of the new place but unfortunately I just haven't had the time to upload the pictures (maybe I could hire Toad to run my blog since his schedule is pretty much clear for the next couple of months). While we're all waiting for those house pics I thought I would post a picture of the sweet new bed I bought from Ikea. Its from the Malm series and it's super low to the ground which is great for my geriatric dog plus it looks really cool. I also got the nightstands to go with it and of course Toad had the time to pretty much assemble the whole thing for me.

Thanks Toad for your help, it's gonna suck when you go back to school and I become the loser of the family again.

Home Owner

So I bought a house (actually a condo) and it is awesome! I am very excited and after the kinks get worked out and I move in I'll post some pictures. The condo is slightly smaller then the above home.

Finally

I've never really finished anything in my life; School- Dropped out, Seminary- dropped out, Church- Stopped attending, Work- I either quit or got fired. But I finally acted like an adult and stuck it out until the end, yes I just made the final payment on my car loan! After 5 years of uninterrupted monthly payments I am now the proud owner of a near mint 2004 Honda Civic LX sedan. I guess this is what accomplishment feels like and it feels great. I also started to get hair in wierd places and my voice sounds a little bit deeper but that is a blog for another day.

Mao's Haircut

After

Mao got a hair cut about a week ago and I just noticed how he looks like a completely different dog after a hair cut. He has got so much cute curly hair that I love but,we had to cut it for the hot summer months that are coming up. So these are mao's before and after pictures. I tried to put the before on top but I don't really know how to do everyting on this blog so the after is on top...sorry.

Before

Happy Birthday Josh!

So Yesterday Was Josh's Birthday! This is his new picture and he looks so Great! Happy birthday Josh!! Also We had a little party for Josh and as you can see Mao partied himself out!!!

The Boys Just Napping

So I have realized I am going to be one of those horrible moms that wants to take a picture of everything, like "oh honey your sick well tilt your face this way when you puke so I can get a good picture of it" because 90% of my camera is mao, but it's because he is just so cute! Anyways here is mao napping by Josh with his body literally half way off the couch, but he is somehow still sleeping! Well he must have gotten that talent from Josh.

Happy, Happy Birthday

This is Josh last year at his birthday, which will be one week from yesterday. We have decided to take a picture like this on our birthdays every year, and wach ourselves grow old. (Although Josh is pretty old already) just kidding! Happy birthday Josh!!!

Welcome to the new blog

Welcome to the newest, and probaly best blog you will ever read. I was pressured to make a blog since Josh and I will be getting married on 7/18/09. YAY!! This will be a funny, witty, and just all around awesome blog that you will want to read all day everyday! So sit back, relax, and enjoy!!!

P.S. So I typed in "awesome pictures" into google and this is what popped up so......