Wednesday, November 24, 2010

THANKSGIVING #1...

So Saturday was Thanksgiving dinner at my house. I do have to say that I out did myself! It was surprisingly a fantastic time with my family there! I made so much food that I forgot to make the stuffing and didn't even notice til I was cleaning up! I gave out our family pictures that we did, they were so cute!
My computer is completely dead so I can't get the pictures off of it and I still haven't found my camera....sniff...sniff.
Tomorrow we are going over to the Stevens for Thanksgiving dinner...yum! I am in charge of pies and vegetable tray. Done and Done. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Friday, November 19, 2010

WOW ITS BEEN OVER A MONTH...

It has been over a month since my last post! Since then, Tony went on his first hunt and didn’t get anything. He was a bit bummed about it. But there will be next year. I am thinking about hunting next year as well. It would be awesome if we both got our bucks! There were four people in our group that got their buck on the first day of the opening! One of them was a twelve year old. He was so excited!

Halloween was super fun! We went over to Kole and Cindy’s. I dressed up at a baseball player and Tony was a lumber jack man. I decided to play vodka pong (cause I don’t drink beer) that was very interesting! I lost my camera so I have no pictures. Ugh! Fun time with friends though!

My birthday was very relaxing! I stayed in bed until noon and then tony made me brunch. We watched a little of the Utah game. Then Tony, Cody and Aaleeya took me to dinner at Market Street Grill. It was so very yummy! I then got to open my present! Celine Dion tickets in April! I am so very excited for it. We then watched Iron Man 2 and I feel asleep. It was a very good birthday!

Aaleeya’s birthday was next. She turned two. How time fly’s by! When she was born Tony and I were in Mexico getting engaged, and here we are two years later already! Her parents had a birthday party at McDonalds. She had fun running around and opening her presents. Granted the presents that were clothes got thrown. Little does she know when she gets older she will love clothes!

How I love diamonds!! They tend to not like me so much. When we went to Jamaica I lost one of my earrings that Tony gave me on our wedding day. So yesterday we went and picked the new one up, paying half of what he bought them for! This is after a month of trying to get it in the store! Nothing but drama. As we were waiting I had them clean my wedding rings, and as the jeweler is giving them back to me he shows me that two diamonds feel out of my wedding band! This is the third time that has happened. I am not very happy at this point. Now I have to wait a month for them to get it inspected. We also looked at upgrading my ring half of a carat to equal 2 carats. Whoa! That would be huge (in a good way of course.) I have also lost a tennis bracelet that tony gave me for my birthday two years ago. I just put it somewhere that I wouldn’t lose it and forgot where that place is, so I am certain that one day I will remember. Well this morning I was getting ready and I went to get my diamond necklace that Tony gave me on our wedding day and I couldn’t find it! He was not very happy. Then I remembered that I had put it on a hanger with my dresses on it (so I wouldn’t lose it). Hopefully he doesn’t stop buying me diamonds cause they are my favorite! So I have a new goal…DON’T LOOSE THEM!

My thanksgiving dinner is tomorrow. We are going to go grocery shopping tomorrow. I sent out my invitations on Tuesday. I will see if I can get a picture of them on here. I am so excited about it. I do love to cook, plan and decorate!

I moved into a new position at work. I went from Receptionist to Administrative Assistant and I am loving it! It comes with good perks and new adventures. I have a ton more work to do so I have been staying very busy. Starting Monday my work is going to be doing a weight loss challenge. It ends January 9th. I don’t want to gain the ‘holiday weight’ this year. So it will be fun to do this friendly competition.

Well I will try to keep updates coming. A month is way too long!

Thursday, October 14, 2010

UPDATE...

Having my brother with us includes visits with my cute niece! She came for a visit last weekend and she is getting so big! When she says my name it totally melts my heart! She will be two next month on the tenth. Nilkah finally warmed up to Aaleeya and they are cute friends now! "PUPPY MERE!" is now a common phrase in my house. I give her these "gummies" in the morning. They are gummy vitamins. Threw out the day she will ask "gummy?" I just smile and say tomorrow, "tomorrow" or "k" is her reply. Simple little joys in life!

I love having Cody live with us! He says that he loves it up here and that he understands why I moved to Salt Lake and why I choose the drama free life I do. I am glad that we get a chance to get to know each other as adults. It has been way to long since we have had a honest relationship. I missed him so much! I also like that him and Tony can form some kind of relationship too.

Tony is getting ready for his very first deer hunt next weekend! I am so excited for him. He will be hunting with my family. There is a few that didn't put in for the hunt this year but they are coming (from out of town) just to support him. This means so much to the both of us! I will only be with him for the weekend. So I do hope that he gets his deer over the weekend! I will keep you updated on how he does!

I am going to be starting to audit some classes from where I went to massage school, starting Tuesday. I am finally going to get my Massage License. I am excited to be back into some form of class! I am still working out a schedule to start getting trained to certify in Pilate's. Hopefully that will start soon (by the first of the year at the latest) so that I can be finished with both certifications at the same time.

I am still waiting for my "second job" to start. There were delays on building the restaurants. So I am hoping November. I do love to stay busy! And the extra income will be nice for the holidays!

I have already started planning my second Thanksgiving! I want to put a little more time in on the decorations. Last year I made a full turkey meal and it was perfect! I actually made WAY to much! I am inviting a few more people this year so it will be a little bigger. Last year we also went down town and saw the lights at the temple as a family. It was so much fun! I will try to keep that as a tradition as well. I decided to do this so that we can have a full day with each family! So I am making dinner for my family the Saturday before Thanksgiving and then on Thanksgiving we will be with Tony's family. I can't stand the bustle of the holidays, with going between families! It takes away the joy and fun! So I am excited...I love love love planning things!

Tony is staying so busy! He plays his final baseball game or games on Saturday. Its double elimination so we will see how that goes! Good luck Cardinals!
He is also busy at work! They have been picking up so much business lately that they stay swamped! I am just waiting for his dad to have some kind of panic attack! Better staying busy then out of work right?

Well this is everything that is going on in our lives right now! I need to get a new cord for my camera to be able to upload some more pictures! So soon I hope!

Monday, October 11, 2010

HOUSE PROJECT...

So Tony was walking out onto our back deck with Nilkah and it collapsed in the middle! They are both okay! Tony was able to back up into the house before anything happened. So now Tony was able to put his skills to work and built us this new deck. It is so handy to have a handy man! I helped with clean up and holding things in place. And Cody helped out with getting the stairs in place. Go team work!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY...

September 21st was Tony's 28th birthday! We took our newest little family member to the pond to see how she would do in the water. She swam like a champ...didn't even not like it one bit! We then had a BBQ at our house with some friends! I personally had so much fun! I made my first 'better then sex cake', and it turned out pretty yummy! Nilkah did okay with all of the new people. But she was still very skittish and clung to mom! It was a pretty good night! Happy Birthday my love!

Monday, September 20, 2010

NILKAH...

We welcome Nilkah Stevens to the family!!! She is a Min Pin. Just over 13 weeks old. She is so freaking adorable! As of now kids frighten her, and is not fond of guys. This makes me sad because she is Tony's birthday present. I sure do hope that she warms up to him though. She is constantly by my side and wont go anywhere unless I am going with her. In due time I suppose. She loves, loves, loves to snuggle and to be completely covered in the blanket. Mini bones are yummy to her. A tug rope is fun for her...she hops around after it right before she decides to pounce on it. She will also run after her pink tennis ball if it is rolled on the ground.She is a good passenger in the car and loves to sun bathe! She does not like her leash. She will just stop and stand there. I cant wait til she enjoys it so we can go for walks. Only after a few days I do have to say that I am very attached to this cute little puppy!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

NEW HOUSE GUEST...

So my little brother Cody moved in with us yesterday! He is working at the bakery as well. I am so very excited about this change for him! I can see so many goals that he can accomplish if he just sticks with it! I am also excited for rebuilding our relationship! It has been along time!
oh...how I do love him!!!