Letter to My Family

So my plan was to send all of you a personal note of thanks sometime soon after the wedding but I just never got around to it and since I want to make sure it gets done I will just do it all at once on the blog. There has been some big events in my life the past 6 months that would have been largely impossible without your help and support, I I have really come to appreciate how great you all are how much fun it is to be around you. Of course Kristy and I want to say thanks for the BBQ you all chipped in for, we have loved it and been able to use it several times already.

Cole: Thanks for all of the nieces and nephew, I love being able to have fun with them and, of course, give them a hard time. And thanks for pretending it's funny when I do my impression of mom or Kristy on the phone since I know it hasn't actually been funny for at least 12 month's (if it ever was).

Tiger: Thanks for being someone I admire and strive to be like. I also love being able to make fun of the fact that mom likes you more than all of the other kids. "Only Ty"

Matt: Thanks for coming all the way across the pond to attend mine & Kristy's wedding. I was happy to see you and I was so happy that Amy was able to come and hang out. I had so much fun with you guys here and it wouldn't have been the same without you. Also your kids and home are better than Nicholle's

Toad: I'm glad that we have the same sense of humor and that I have someone to share my adventures in the bathroom with. It has been great seeing you this Christmas and I'm glad that you will be the butt of all family jokes for at least the next 18 months.

Parents: Thank you for the unwavering support throughout the years and for all that you continue to do for me, and now Kristy. Without your advice and help ($$$) it would have been next to impossible for us to purchase our home. I'm gad that I enjoy coming over to your house and that I can just relax while mom asks if she can take me out to lunch or tries to give me money from her purse. And dad, thanks for all of your advice and patience and mostly thanks for putting off retirement a few more years so that mom can continue spending money on all of your kids and grandkids.

Our First Christmas Together

We had a great Christmas this year. I was so surprised on Christmas morning when I opened my present from Josh and his parents and saw an ipod touch! First because I was not expecting it at all, and second because Josh cannot keep secrets and he actually kept that a secret from me for a long time and that must have been very hard for him. So thank you for that wonderful surprise on Christmas! This is really the only picture I got this Christmas of Josh with the Bubba Clause santa hat that my mom got at a gas station in Tennessee. And I know it is hard to see because of the camo but if you look really close you can spot it on his head.


And this is our new chair that we got for a Christmas/Wedding gift from my mom. So now we can actually have people over and they will have somewhere to sit! I love it and I am so excited to finally have more than just a couch in my front room! And Mao hates anything new so he refuses to sit in the new chair, but that is ok with me because then he wont stink it up. I am sad Christmas is over already, it is definitely the best time of the year, but now I can start planning for next year!

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!