A Word from the Hunsaker's

50. fifty. 50.

2012-01-26T11:57:00.000-07:00

Its Papa Schaef's 50th birthday!

And guess what?

He is alive.

If any of you know Papa Schaef for years he has said that he is going to die by 50.

Guess he was wrong and hopefully he stays wrong for a very long time.

Like at least 50 more years of wrongness.

(...and yes I'm fairly certain wrongness is not a word but I'm using it anyway)

He also is pretty good at getting out of parties, because he is at a convention and is almost every single year for his birthday. Lame right?

Here is some fun moments of him from the last 50 or so years...

And if I must say...he's aged very well!
Still no gray hair on his head!

I couldn't ask for a better dad! He is the greatest!!!

Sundance Film Festival

2012-01-25T11:52:00.001-07:00

Saturday night we ventured up to Park City for the Sundance Film Festival. We didn't plan on getting tickets for any of the shows, we just wanted to enjoy the fun atmosphere. For years Chelsey and I said we were going to go and never did. So we decided it was long overdue. It was sooo snowy and well, being "Park" City and all, it was of course nearly impossible to find a parking spot, but after lots of trying we finally found one. The snow was gorgeous and there was LOTS of it! The atmosphere was great and so was our dinner at Main Street Pizza and Noodle. It was Tyler's first time eating there and he liked it so guess we will be going back. The only negative part of the night was how wet it was. Both Chelsey and I wore our Uggs, because well, why wouldn't we? I hadn't worn them earlier in the day because it was soo rainy in Utah County and the care instructions specifically say not to wear them when its really wet, but snow is okay. I figured since it was Park City, it would be fine. Little did I know that everything would be covered in snow...including the sidewalks and with all the people there for the festival that snow would turn into really really wet messy slush...and massive puddles. The cool thing about it was, the first few puddles I stepped in...and well, slipped into I didn't get wet at all. The water instantly wicked away, unfortunately it didn't stay that way. A few times my feet and boots got soaked, but they dried out really fast which I thought was cool. What I didn't find cool is the salt lines all over them after the fact :( I have been trying and trying to get it off...so much for that protectant I sprayed on them right? I'm going to buy the official cleaning kit for them and will cross my fingers they aren't ruined for good! Next year I will be sporting actual snow boots...its about time I use them anyway...its probably been 4+ years since I put them on!

Cafe Rio.

2012-01-18T12:06:00.000-07:00

It seems like my last post caused everyone to crave Cafe Rio and I don't blame them. If someone even says Cafe Rio I start craving it. I recently decided that I was going to start counting my calories and be more conscious of the decisions I was making. I don't really believe in dieting, because I think diets wear off and I'm not really looking to lose weight although I wouldn't be sad if a few pounds came off. I just wanted to be more aware of the decisions I was making. Ironically I'm taking a nutrition class this semester and have to do it for an assigment too. I knew that Cafe Rio's food had a lot of calories but I didn't realize how much until Chels texted me on Saturday (she has been calorie counting too) and told me how many calories were in a pork salad. I was shocked, but didn't hestitate to still go to dinner there that night. Her just bringing it up made me want it and then when Tyler suggested it, I was all for it. I did go a little healthier and did chicken, but it still had tons of calories. I ate it and enjoyed every single calorie, but because of my awareness when I go there next I will still be aware and probably make really good food choices the rest of the day so I don't have to feel so guilty! I also think that calories aren't always bad...as long you aren't overduing it and that you use them on stuff that has nutritional value. I definitely won't be cutting Cafe Rio completely out of my diet, because I love it and it does have nutrients in it. So its not all bad for me and it definitely beats processed fast food (even if its lower calories).

Want to know what you're eating? Probably not, but I'm going to tell you.

Pork Salad w/Dressing... 1210 Calories
Grilled Steak Salad w/Dressing...1130 Calories
Chicken Salad w/Dressing...960 Calories

...if you take off the dressing (but who would ever want to do that) it saves you a 130 calories for every 1.5oz. Taking

Burritos are a little lower in calories by a land slide but not by much!

LONG WEEKEND

2012-01-16T21:23:00.000-07:00

This weekend was pretty fun and enjoyable...here are some iphone pics to show what I did.

1. A "Just Because" picture

2. Cafe Rio Salad

3. Nathan and McKay at the bowling alley

4. Me & Nattie at the bowling alley

5. Me & Nattie's bowling ball "babies"

6. Natalie enjoying her cookie zookie

7. Me & Mama Schaef at Wingers.

Not pictured: fun dinner at Goodwood with the Ballantyne's, Bullocks, and Bodily's, school (but that wouldn't have been worth posting anyway) Primary PJ party, Tyler working on his car, and a Sunday cuddled up on the couch.

Thank you Martin Luther King for the long weekend...much appreciated.

Ambitious

2012-01-10T15:48:00.000-07:00

I wouldn't consider myself a very ambitious person at all. That word, just doesn't describe me...except for on the first week of school. Something about the first week always makes me feel super motivated and ambitious about not only school, but everything else in life. Like if you asked me this week if I could conquer the world, I'd tell you yes and I'd probably even believe it. By week 2 I always ask myself why on earth I felt that way, but it continues to happen over and over again. This year I've made a goal with myself to be a bigger picture taker and better blogger than I was last year. I'm hoping my new iphone that showed up in the mail for me yesterday will help me in fulfilling my goals! And as if those 2 weren't enough, I randomly today decided that I am going to take on a second blog. Yep, thats right. Except number 2 isn't so much about me, its more about my fam. I set the blog up ohhhh 3 years ago for my mom and she's never ever used it. Soooo today I was thinking that I should just take it on myself, since I know what happens in there life anyway right? We'll see how it goes. If you'd like to follow or check it out you may go here to do so. We'll see if my ambitiousness stays with me long enough to post there for more than a week...

Double the Pleasure. Double the Fun.

2012-01-09T23:59:00.000-07:00

January 8th is a busy day in my family, but always a good one. It is both my Grandma's birthday as well as my little brother's. We celebrated the double birthday at my parents house.

Nathan is the baby of the family so its crazy and hard to believe he's 14! This year Tyler & I got him an LSU Jersey...he loves LSU but the Jersey is an adult size and they don't make them smaller, so we were a little worried about giving it to him since its not one he can actually wear, but we had no reason to be worried. I figured it could go one of two ways. He'd be excited about it or he'd like it but show no enthusiasm. I didn't know there was a third option. He opened it and at first there was no reaction....and then he pulled it out and went nuts. It was really funny and I'm glad he loved it! Nana seemed to love her presents too. Just not enough to jump up and down screaming. Maybe next year?

This picture turned out super yellow. I keep telling my mom she needs to paint because the lighting and paint color make for awful lighting! This is it AFTER I attempted to edit.

Sooo this is Nathan's reaction to his jersey.

It was a lot funnier initially but I wasn't videotaping so this was actually round 2 of his excitement. Really its not worth watching after the first 20 seconds.

Winner. Winner.

2012-01-07T09:38:00.001-07:00

Yesterday wasn't all bad news.
I won a free photo shoot from Josie Fox Photography!
You can see the proof here.
I am pretty excited about it.
Now I just have to decide how I want to use it.
Yay for winning!
Thanks everyone who helped me win! Your help was much appreciated!

My Awesome Car Luck.

2012-01-06T14:15:00.000-07:00

I thought we were maybe going to luck out and kiss all our car problems goodbye with 2011, but that is not going to be the case. Our "great" car wasn't as great as I thought. Yesterday when I was leaving work I turned on my car and instantly heard a very loud noise coming from the car. It was so loud it made me jump, as I backed out of the parking lot it kind of quieted so I thought it was just a fluke, but once back in drive I could totally here it again and as I accelerated it got even louder. If I hadn't known that something was wrong I probably would have laughed because the noise it was making was kind of funny. It kind of sounded like a toy race car maybe winding up? That's the best way I know how to describe it. The more I accelerated the more I could here it. I had errands to run but decided against it, because I didn't know how safe it was being in my race car and all. Plus, just in the short drive home I caught the attention of plenty and I didn't care to draw anymore attention to myself.

That night I told Tyler about it and since we had to go to the store, he decided to drive it. As soon as he started it he said "What did you do to it?!" ....yes, typical male. Blame the woman.

Today it was still making the sound but it wasn't nearly as loud. We'd decided I better take it in to the mechanic ASAP but I found myself questioning if I should do so, because it wasn't nearly as bad as it was and I almost convinced myself it wasn't doing it anymore and I was just hearing things. I took it in anyway...of course hoping that they'd look at me funny and tell me it was in my head. Unfortunately not the case, it's in the shop getting a new alternator. Guess the good news is I'm not just a looney that's hearing noises? I just hope that the first week of 2012 will be the one and only week in 2012 that we have to pay for car repairs.

New Years!

2012-01-04T15:11:00.003-07:00

Our new year is already off to a great start...

We partied it up with some family on New Years Eve and had lots of fun. We ate food...unfortunately it wasn't very good food...thanks to my nacho cheese disaster. Note to Self: Try out the recipe before deciding to make it for company. We enjoyed some way overdue sparklers! (We bought them with Misty & Russ on the 4th of July, because we were dying to do them and then ended up waiting 5 months to actually use them.) And yes, as you can see, we struggle. Our logic was that we could just do normal 2's and then flip the picture...didn't think about the fact that when they flip, they say 2102. We enjoyed playing/watching the kids play Just Dance on the Wii. By eleven our place was quiet and empty but I insisted that Tyler had to stay up and wasn't allowed to go to bed before midnight. We watched the ball drop and drank us some bubbly! No pictures (besides the firework ones taken by Misty) because I thought I had lost my SD card for my camera :( turns out it was where I had it all along.

On new years day we went to church and it was our first week as Sunbeam teachers. We got to move up with some of our nursery kids to primary. It was a fun new experience for us and they're super cute. In sharing time we had learned about choices and consequences...one of the examples of a good choice was cleaning their room...so when we got to class that was definitely engraved in their minds, because when we asked them what they liked to do for fun they said things like clean their room and pick up their toys...haha. Guess their parents will be pleased? Hopefully they will learn something from us...at the end of class Tyler asked them if they remembered what they had just learned and they all shook their heads no. Looks like we're going to have to step up our game. For dinner we had fondue, which is a Schaefer family New Years tradition...one of my favorites!!! Only now at our house, we do it better without any gross shrimp!

On Monday Tyler had to go back to work, but I had the day off so I went to a movie with my family. We went and saw War Horse because my dad has been dying to see it. I loved it! I expected that I would, but didn't expect it to be quite as good as it was. I know a bunch of people who thought it looked so boring (including my husband) but its far from that. Its a pretty long movie and I hate long movies...even if I'm enjoying them I usually get super anxious for them to be over but I didn't feel that way at all in War Horse. I didn't cry, but it definitely gets to your emotions. After the movie I was thinking about it and decided that it was the best movie I'd seen all year. And then I realized the year had just started so that wasn't saying much, haha. So I guess we'll see if any movies can beat it this year. After that we went to dinner with the family and then called it a night! Spending time with family is always great!

As you can see...Nate really loves pictures.

Next week we will start school up again, which I dread but am also really excited for. Last year at this time we weren't in school because life was just too crazy, so I'm excited we will be going this semester because it means we're one step closer to being done...unfortunately we still have lots of steps to go but progress is always good! Tyler finally has a major and is all done with his generals so that has made things a little more exciting!

I told Chelsey a few weeks ago that I feel like 2012 is going to be a year of change. I honestly have no clue what is going to change, I'm not even sure why I think it, but for some reason I just do, so I guess we will see!!! It is 2012 so who knows, maybe the world will end ;)

Christmas 2011

2012-01-02T13:17:00.000-07:00

I'm a little slow at posting this, but better late than never.

We had a great Christmas this year and were so lucky to spend it with our families. We were also happy and grateful that we were able to attend church on Christmas Day and remember the real meaning of Christmas. We went to church with my parents and opened gifts and had breakfast with them. Some of the highlights of the morning were the look of surprise on Natalie's face when she opened her ticket to Wicked. She was shocked. Kevin also was also very excited to get a PS3. Not too many surprises for me this year. That's what I get for picking out my own Christmas! I did get a ticket to Wicked though too. We were all spoiled!

And yes, my dad INTENTIONALLY made that face.

We then headed to Santaquin to spend time with the Hunsaker's. We ate lots of good food, opened presents, and had lots of fun messing around with Tyler's mom's new toy! She got a Xbox Kinect for Christmas and it kept the whole family entertained. ...and if I must say so myself, my hubby has got moves...and so does the rest of the fam!

We were so busy with our families that it wasn't until 9 or 10 at night that we finally opened our presents from each other. Tyler really spoiled me. I got a new Nixon watch, Ugg boots (I was sooo shocked. Biggest surprise I think I've had ever!), perfume and some clothes. He got some BYU & Oregon apparel, movies, and a few other small gifts.

He was really stoked about that hat so he HAD to cheese it.

We really had an amazing Christmas and felt so blessed!

The best part of all was just being with those that we love.

A Year In Review.

2011-12-31T23:43:00.000-07:00

2011 has been a great year. One of the best in fact. We got to start off the year as newly weds. We had only been married 3 days before the new year. Marriage has made this year very fun and quite the adventure.

In March we went to Maui and had a blast seeing the island, hanging at the beach and driving around in a 2011 Chevy Camaro. The only disappointment was that there is no where in Maui to let a car like that lose!

Right after Hawaii we took off to Vegas for the basketball tournament.

Immediately after getting home from Vegas, Tyler was off to Denver to cheer on the Cougs some more. You may have seen him on tv a time or two.

Our summer was filled with rodeos, family reunions, boating, 7 peaks, baseball games and a quick trip to Arizona. We also celebrated Tyler's 25th birthday!

In September we went on a trip with my family to St. George and went to Tuacahn and saw the little mermaid.

Fall was full of lots and lots of football!

For Halloween we had a blast in our old school cheer outfits.

We had an excellent Thanksgiving. I think its safe for me to speak for both of us based on Tyler's face?

Natalie turned 18 in December. We celebrated at overnight at the Little America and went to see the lights. (T had to miss out, thank you bronchitis.)

We had a great Christmas and even had two Christmas trees. Tyler had the flu for Christmas but we managed to make it enjoyable anyway. Sadly I didn't get a picture of us together. I've been awful at pics this year. 2012 I'm going to improve, I promise!

We celebrated our first anniversary on the 29th and it was a great way to end the year!

And again, I stink I didn't get a picture of us to document the day. I told Tyler so many times that I needed to before the day was over and even told him to help me remember and it came and went and I forgot. More pictures...definitely going on the new years resolutions.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Hope 2012 is everything you hope it to be!

Sooo spoiled.

2011-12-29T12:36:00.001-07:00

What's better than flowers on an anniversary?

Shoes of course.

A girl can never have too many shoes!

I got to wear these beauties to work today.

Tyler gave them to me for our anniversary and I love them.

I'm pretty impressed.

I hadn't shown him these beforehand, but I guess he knows me well.

Note to self: Next year when Tyler tells you, you aren't allowed to buy him a gift, don't listen to him.

Anniversary Post

2011-12-29T06:51:00.000-07:00

I can hardly believe it, but its already been a year since our wedding day! In some ways, it feels like it has been way more than a year, but at other times I feel like it was last week! Everyone told us that the first year would require a lot of adjustments, but I really don't feel like it has and Tyler will agree. Maybe there is something wrong with us, but it has been nothing like what were told it would be like. When people have asked us how we like married life or other questions about being married, somehow its always come out that we found it to be an easy adjustment and that once we were married it just felt like we'd been married the whole 2 1/2 years we'd been dating too. Everything just sort of started to blend right together and its almost weird to think that we weren't husband and wife back then. Last year, not long after the wedding I started to write down everything I could about the day and I just couldn't do it. I couldn't get it quite right and write it the way I wanted to so I never posted it, but I realized even if it isn't perfect, I want to remember it the best that I can and so writing it or posting it somewhere is better than not at all. Sooo here it is...

December 29, 2010

I never imagined I would get married in the winter let alone in December, but now I can't imagine having it any other way, because the day was simply just like a fairy tale and completely perfect.

I woke up VERY early that morning. It was about 3:45am and sadly I woke up to a large amount of snow. I had prayed and prayed there wouldn't be any. I am not a winter person and hoped it would be sunny and as warm as it possibly could be given that it was December, so I won't lie, seeing the snow got me a little down and a little worried, because I had refused to buy any kind of shawl or jacket to wear over my dress. I had figured I hadn't picked out my dress simply to cover it up and that yes (mom), I would rather freeze and show it off than be warm...so I was hoping I wasn't completely crazy and wouldn't totally freeze.

Joelle showed up just after 4am to do my hair and make up...around 6am I was all ready to go. Tyler arrived shortly after to head up to the temple. Once we were in the car, it finally set in. I was getting MARRIED. It was really happening. I was very excited! Once we had passed the point of the point of the Mountain the snow had eased up and we were able to increase our speed. As we approached Salt Lake, I began to get very very nervous. This was the only point I ever had cold feet. I began talking...without breathing inbetween...just nonstop talking. Tyler asked me if I was oay, and it wasn't until then that I realized how much I had been talking. I confessed that I was nervous and continued to talk nonstop until we arrived. Thankfully, there was no snow on the ground as we walked across the street from the parking garage to the temple, but it was very windy so I was very worried for my hair.

Once we got into the temple all my nerves were gone and instead I felt very very calm (this word basically describes the way I felt the rest of the day) and I knew everything was okay. We were very lucky to be the only 9 o'clock wedding and I got the brides room all to myself. After I had changed and was all ready Tyler and I were able to sit in the Celestial Room for almost an hour before the ceremony. I loved every minute of it. Our ceremony was beautiful and simply felt surreal. We were the first people to come out of the temple that day and it was amazing to have the Temple grounds all to ourselves, being that that is sooo rare at the Salt Lake Temple I felt especially lucky. Not only that, but the winds had pretty well calmed and we could not have asked for better weather.

It was so amazing having so many family and friends there to greet us and celebrate with us. It was almost overwhelming and afterwards I realized how many were there that I failed to take pictures with. I of course had wanted to and planned on it, but in the moment my mind was somewhere else I guess and I just flat out spaced it. To be honest, I probably would have forgotten more if it hadn't been for my photographers suggestions (Sorry if you were one of those I left out! I really was so glad to have you there and am so sad that I didn't take pictures with you!)

The entire time we took pictures on the temple grounds I just felt funny. I felt like it was all not real and I wasn't really taking my wedding pictures and it couldn't possibly be my wedding day. Everything just felt like a blur.

Thankfully, The only thing that ever got cold was my nose and my hands...the rest of me was just fine and was very grateful that the weather was as good as it was.

We really lucked out and got some amazing pictures and as we were finishing it began to get very very windy. Had we been married even an hour later we would not have the great pictures that we do, so I remember feeling so lucky and so grateful for them!

We left the temple and headed down to Orem for our luncheon and the roads were so yucky and snowy, so again I felt soo lucky that the temple had gone so well.

Our luncheon was great and gave us a chance to talk a little more to family and friends. We had just enough time to go home to change quick before we had to be off again and head over to the Bungalow. Once on our way, I remember thinking that the snow had kind of cleared up and the roads weren't nearly as bad. I even mentioned it to Tyler and said that it would sure make it nicer for people who would be coming to the reception. Little did I know it was the calm before the storm.

We literally pulled up to the Bungalow and I called my mom to see where she was at with my dress. In the 2 minutes I was on the phone, over and inch of snow had come down. And from there on out, it hit pretty fast. My mom ended up being late, because she had to turn around and go back home because of how fast the snow was coming down, so they traded in her van for my dad's truck. Thankfully they made it there okay. Because of how bad the snow was that evening a lot of people weren't able to make it to our reception. We missed them, but the night was still pretty perfect. We were able to get a lot of cool snowy pictures so I feel like I got a little of everything, a morning of great weather and clear skies and a night of freshly fallen snow!

The day was amazing and pefect and if I could, I would definitely love to go back and relive it! And since I can't I'm so glad I have my pictures and video to help me remember!!! Special thanks to my photographer Stephanie Sunderland and videographer Brandon Orton. They made the day even better for me!

To watch our wedding video you can CLICK HERE

Today, December 29, 2011 I am very grateful for Tyler! Our first year has been awesome and I owe that to him! I couldn't ask for a better husband! I can't wait for all the many more great years to come!

Here are some more wedding pics just for kicks and giggles...

Happy Anniversary to my awesome Hubby!

Perfect Way to Start Christmas.

2011-12-24T01:17:00.000-07:00

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO START OFF CHRISTMAS EVE?

Checking your grades and finding out you have a 4.0 GPA!!! Wooot. Woot.

My computer applications class felt like the death of me and I was to the point that I could care less what my grade was, I just wanted to pass. Sooo happy that I did more than just pass. Guess those countless hours were worth it!

It is going to be a very merry Christmas. Yay!

Happiness Is...

2011-12-19T11:51:00.000-07:00

Finals being over! (I did a "freedom dance" after I turned in my last project)

A New Car!

A New Washing Machine! (for free of course, the benefit of renting!)

Overnight party in Salt Lake to Celebrate Nattie's bday!

Sherlock Holmes with Chelsea and Jake!

Seeing Jaynee for the first time in 4 months! Yay for coming home for the holidays!

Looking forward to more family parties, Christmas shopping, and Christmas!

Happy Holidays Everyone!!!

Crayon Art.

2011-12-12T13:05:00.000-07:00

Look what Tyler made!

He spent some time on Pinterest Saturday checking out all yummy food and some good arts & crafts too. He'd seen this before and decided it was time to make one for himself.

Oh and did I mention he sluffed church to do it?

Go Tyler!

Ok, just kidding.

Well, he really did sluff church to do it, but I was in full support, don't worry!

He was sick so it was good that he stayed home and got some rest (and did crafts of course too!)

But really, it was necessary since we are in Nursery and there is already plenty of germs there, we didn't need to bring in his too! Especially since he's rather popular among certain Nursery children and they climb all over him!

And in his defense, all he did on Sunday was pick up his heat gun and melted away, because Saturday he did all the hard work!

Thank you pinterest for keeping this sicky entertained while I was gone!
Much appreciated.

Progress.

2011-12-07T16:36:00.001-07:00

This is what progress looks like.

Pretty depressing huh?

2 days and many hours later and this sad thing is considered progress.

Did I mention I have 3 more projects to do AFTER this one?

Deadline: December 16th

He meant December of next year right???

Monday Night.

2011-12-05T23:08:00.001-07:00

This is a taste of what my Monday night looked like.

I'm definitely an amateur and this project is FAR from finished {sigh}
But I must say, I'm very proud of my Angel Moroni.

7 hours and a few redo's later I'm pretty pleased with my progress.

If only you could have seen how bad it looked Sunday.

Now bring on Tuesday...I know what I'll be doing.

Christmas Time.

2011-12-05T11:34:00.001-07:00

Whoever decided that Christmas time and finals should go together was an awful person. I mean, I guess its better that they end just before Christmas than right after, but seriously, I would like to enjoy my holiday and all the shopping and activities that come with it without having to worry about finals! It causes way too much stress. I'll admit, I've been a little negative about this time of year lately so I'm trying to change my attitude a bit and focus on all the great things about it...such as Christmas cards, I love them! Love getting them and excited to send them! I also LOVE buying for other people. Its definitely the highlight of Christmas, nothing better than seeing someone else happy about what they got! What do you love about Christmas time?

Thanksgiving

2011-11-28T11:13:00.001-07:00

This year I was overwhelmed by all the things Tyler and I had to be grateful for. We have been so lucky this year considering we are both students and also newlyweds. We have had an amazing year and been so blessed. Here are just a few of the many things I thought of.

1. A new job (for me)
2. A great tax return (not that it went to anything fun, just school!)
3. An almost free trip to Hawaii
4. 2 Amazing Families who have been incredibly supportive of us.
5. The gospel, being lucky enough to have been in two great wards this year, and also for our callings that we have enjoyed/still enjoying.
6. Being able to go to school (sometimes it doesn't feel like such a blessing)
7. Great friends, anytime I get together with any of our friends I realize how great they are and how lucky we are to have them as our friends!
8. An affordable and great place to live.
9. Good health...I've joked a little bit that we have insurance, but have hardly got any use out of it and its almost not worth it to be paying for it (especially because I'm still being covered on my dad's too), but we are very glad we've both been pretty healthy and also thankful that we do have insurance.
10. Each other, I can't speak too much for Tyler but I will say for myself that Tyler is definitely my rock and lifesaver. So glad I have him :)

This year we celebrated Thanksgiving with the Clyde Family. We started the day out with an early morning Turkey bowl and then dinner later in the afternoon at my Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Jeff's house. A week before Thanksgiving Tyler started asking me how a Clyde Thanksgiving goes and if its like all the other parties we have? He also had a big concern about if there would be enough food for him since there would be a large crowd and he did not want to run out of food on Thanksgiving and said he wanted to be able to eat as much Turkey as he wanted. I think the thought of running out of food even stressed him out a little. He also asked if we cut the Turkey, because he likes it left uncut? Of course we cut it? Are we not supposed to? Well, Thanksgiving came and we didn't even come close to running out of food so I think he was pretty satisfied. It was great too to be surrounded by all 40 people in attendance. This year everyone in the family was able to make it except for my cousin Rachel and her family, who live in Ohio. We definitely missed them!

...PICTURES TO COME SOON ...

Goodbye Football.

2011-11-21T11:46:00.001-07:00

Saturday was the last football game of the season. It was a cold one, but I didn't think it was as cold as last week's game. We had lots of fun this season and are more than ready for basketball. And I guess that's a good thing since the season has already started!

I'll Keep it Simple.

2011-11-17T12:51:00.001-07:00

Dear Cars,

You really suck!

Sincerly,

Nicole

Dad's are Lifesavers!

2011-11-16T10:28:00.001-07:00

Yesterday I was in Lehi and I got a call from Tyler saying that the Honda broke down. I kind of assumed it had just done what it has done a few times before where it just decides not to start and then as soon as I get there, it starts right up--I guess it thinks its funny. It hasn't done it though in 6 or 7 months, so in my head I'm thinking that yeah, its probably overdue to tease us again. I asked him where he was at, thinking he was still at his job site or at the park-n-ride, depending on what city they were working in. To my surprise it wasn't in those places at all, he informed me it broke down on the freeway. Awesome. Thankfully, with all the construction going on it happened in an ok spot where there was plenty of room for him to safely pull off to the side of the road instead of in the middle of traffic. I was at my parents house, so instantly I went to my dad and he was on board for the rescue mission. Because of the construction and where he was at it took us a while to get to him, but we did and my dad towed it for us! Don't know what we would have done without him!

Thanks Dad!!!

Christmas

2011-11-14T15:14:00.001-07:00

I know its not even Thanksgiving yet, but I'm already stressed out about what to get my husband for Christmas! What do you get for the boy who WANTS nothing? Seriously, my husband is the hardest person I have ever shopped for. The last 3 years Christmases I have stressed buying for him because it has been the same story. He doesn't want ANYTHING! This year I decided to start to try to pull ideas out of him early. He didn't want to give me any but he agreed to a Q and A. It didn't really help. I know what he DOESN'T want now, but I don't have a clue what he actually wants. He doesn't want clothes, movies, BYU stuff (I know, CRAZY right? He did say he'd take it if it was really cool, but how am I supposed to know?), nothing to do with sports, no games, books, shoes, hats (but ironically 2 days after asking he bought himself another one!), tools, car stuff, and he's not a big fan of gift cards because they aren't personal and I don't blame him for that one...I could go on, but you get the idea. What he does want is a new job. Anyone want to sell me one of those???

Another W for the Cougs

2011-11-14T12:33:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday Chels!

2011-11-12T13:48:00.001-07:00

We look seriously awesome don't we?

Today is Chelsey's birthday and there is a lot I could say about her, but I'm going to keep it simple.

She is the BEST!

BEST COUSIN, BEST FRIEND, BEST SHRINK, BEST PARTNER IN CRIME!

Love her lots!

Happy Birthday Chels!!!

Can you believe it?

2011-11-08T12:42:00.000-07:00

A year ago today, Tyler & I got engaged.

Time really does fly!!!

If you want you can read our engagement story here.

The Definition of A Good Uncle

2011-11-07T11:16:00.001-07:00

While visiting our neices and nephew they decided to do Uncle Tyler's hair. They first blow dryed, combed, brushed, and "pretended" to straighten his hair and then got the bright idea to put bows in it! He was a sport and let them have their fun.

Chaston decided afterward that it looked like fun, so he put them in his own hair!

Grumpy Who?

2011-11-03T10:12:00.000-06:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE VERY BEST GRANDPA AROUND!!!

We call him Grumpy, but I think the name better fits me in this pic?

SO GLAD THAT HE'S MY GRANDPA! I AM VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL GUY IN MY LIFE!

LOVE YOU GRUMPY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

H.A.L.L.O.W.E.E.N

2011-11-02T19:59:00.000-06:00

This year I really struggled at getting good pictures of everyone's costumes, between my camera acting a little funny and taking pictures for other people with their camera's I failed to get my own.

I love the Clyde Halloween party, its lots of fun and always great to see what creative costumes people come up with each year.

This year didn't disappoint!

Tyler and I went as BYU cheerleaders!

We found these awesomely funny costumes and couldn't resist! Tyler's pants sold me!

In the words of Chels, "Who wears tight pants...Tyler wears tight pants!"

In the words of Tyler, "This is so gay. I look soooo gay. I'm going to split my pants."

I was very impressed by my mom's awesome sewing skills! She made Natalie and Nate's costumes and did a wonderful job...and by make, I mean she literally made Natalie's shirt from nothing. I don't think I'll ever be attempting to make anything of the sort! And again, I feel bad I didn't get pictures of all the other costumes! Click here and here if you would like to see additional pictures of our fabulous party!

Fall Pictures.

2011-10-24T10:55:00.000-06:00

Yesterday evening we had a photoshoot up the canyon with Chelsey...less than 24 hours later, I have them back. They turned out great...I love them so I thought I'd share a few...you can go check out Chelsey's blog too! She does an awesome job!

As you can see we had plenty of fun taking them! In the few photoshoots I've had with Tyler, I've learned that the camera turns him goofy. Just about every shot we took he was goofing off or trying to get me to laugh!

I'm soooo excited.

2011-10-17T12:07:00.001-06:00

I love Halloween and am sooo excited for it this year! The Clyde family gets pretty into Halloween and likes to go all out. Every year we have a party that could easily be the highlight of the year. This is saying a lot because we get together lots. Tyler and I bought our costumes this year back in August...yes, August. Now that Halloween is fast approaching I'm getting very anxious to dress up! Our ward is having a party on Saturday and I'm really thinking I'm not going to be able to wait for the Clyde party...my costume might just get busted out then ( I will wait to post pictures of course)! Anyone else LOVE Halloween???

Pop Princess.

2011-10-14T09:41:00.000-06:00

This little girl is hilarious and also AMAZING.

These 2 videos just might make your day so I thought I'd share.

Gardner Village

2011-10-03T11:56:00.000-06:00

Since Saturday night was Priesthood session of conference we had ourselves a girl night out!

We went to Blue Lemon for dinner and then headed up to Gardner Village.

We had fun walking in the shops and chattin' it up with girls.

And of course--taking LOTS of pictures.

These are just a few of my favs...see Chelsey's blog for lots more :)

Cougs vs. Aggies

2011-10-02T22:11:00.001-06:00

BYU earned themselves a W on Friday night and we were sure happy!

A BYU WIN=FANTASTIC WEEKEND.

P.S. Tyler would also like to mention that we DID NOT rush the field! Because a win over Utah State is by no means a miracle, no matter how crazy the last 2 minutes of the game were.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

2011-09-30T11:11:00.000-06:00

I found this really yummy chocolate chip recipe on pinterest...surprise. surprise. (If you haven't check out their website click here and sign up now. I love it. Its awesome!) Anyway, I decided to give them a try and they were super yummy! So worth it, even though I am not a fan of making things from scratch. Sadly this is the first time since being married that I have made cookies that didn't come in pre-made and just needed to be heated up. Tyler rated them an 8 or 9, which is as good as it will ever get because he doesn't believe in giving out 10's!

Ingredients:

3/4 c. unsalted butter, softened

3/4 c. brown sugar

1/4 c. granulated sugar

1 egg

2 tsp. vanilla extract

2 c. all purpose flour

2 tsp. cornstarch

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 c. bittersweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugars until fluffy and light in color. Add egg and vanilla and blend in.

3. Mix in flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. Stir in chocolate chips.

4. Using a standard-sized cookie scoop or tablespoon, drop dough onto a prepared baking sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes, until barely golden brown around the edges. (The tops will not brown, but do NOT cook longer than ten minutes.)

5. Let cool, on the sheet, on a wire rack for five minutes. Remove from baking sheet and let cool completely. Try not to eat them all.

THINGS I LEARNED: If you do not have a mixer, do not attempt to use a hand mixer...yes I'm an idiot and attempted it. I kind of new going into it, it wouldn't turn out too well. But, I was lazy and didn't feel like handmixing it. In about .25 seconds sugar was everywhere. So don't be as dumb as me...hand mix it! Also, I was really hesitant about the 8-10 minutes. At 8 minutes the edges were a little brown but the middles looked completely doughy so I left them in 2-3 min. longer and they were a little overdone...still yummy, but not as pretty looking. So I'd highly reccommend taking them out at 8 minutes even if you aren't sure if they're cooked. They will be :) And last but not least I learned how much I love my cookie scoop. It was my first time using it and it was super awesome. It has officially made the list of products I love!

The Cougar Life.

2011-09-28T09:26:00.000-06:00

At our house, fall only means one thing: BYU FOOTBALL. We love it!!!

The Utah game was pretty sad, but we got over it...and 2 good things still came of it!

Jeff came up to go to the game!!! It was great to see him!!!

And Russ and Misty had a great announcement for us! They're having a baby and this is how they told us!

We took a short mid-week break from Football & went to the Jimmer All-Star game, because who can resist watching Jimmer???

...and then it was back to Football again.

The Central Florida game went much better than Utah and we were sure glad :)

And of course we're super excited for the rest of the season!!!

BRING ON MORE FOOTBALL!!!

Happy Birthday Jaynee!!!

2011-09-28T07:29:00.000-06:00

Over the years I couldn't have asked for a better friend than Jaynee.

We've gone thru lots together and experienced a lot of different things!

Dance Co, Drill Team, Boyfriends (and all the drama that came with them!), Dances, College, Sending off missionaries, Road Trips, Roomies, Writing off missionaries, More boyfriends of course, Watching each other get MARRIED...and the list goes on! All I know, is I am sure glad she was there with me thru it all. Who else would have been as willing an excited to do the "Dr. Pepper Dance" with me?!

Happy Birthday Jayners!

Hope Texas treats you well on your special day!!!

Love you lots!

Hello Fall.

2011-09-20T12:37:00.003-06:00

I'm always very sad to see summer go. Its my FAVORITE season no doubt.

However, I am sure glad there are good things about all seasons.

I do love Halloween, in fact, Tyler and I were on the ball this year and got our costumes last month. We're super excited to show them off, but for now they will remain a secret!

...and of course, I love football season (maybe not as much after the massacre on Saturday).

Pinterest is sure helping me love fall even more. I have a bazillion different decor items I want or want to make! Craft night anyone?

Thought of the Day.

2011-09-14T21:25:00.002-06:00

Weekend Getaway.

2011-09-13T00:06:00.001-06:00

Thursday evening my family (with the exception of Nat) all headed down to St. George. Tyler and I both had class Thursday night and could have left later, but decided it wasn't worth the expense of the hotel since we'd be getting in so late. We decided to go down to Tyler's parent's house in Santaquin and stay that night and knock off 45 min. off the drive. Friday morning we hit the road a little after 7 and after only a few minutes we got pulled over. Tyler has horrible luck when it comes to cops.
He wasn't speeding (for once), instead was pulled for the tint on our car. It's not legal, although it really doesn't look dark at all during the day...but since the sun wasn't yet up it looked darker than it was. Thankfully we got off with just a warning. This doesn't happen often for Tyler either so we thought we were pretty lucky.

Friday we spent the day shopping and that night we saw the Little Mermaid at Tuacahn.

Saturday consisted of more shopping & laying out at the pool. Tyler spent the majority of the day watching football...I of course joined him for the BYU game.

Sunday we visited the temple and took a few pics before heading home!

10 Years Ago.

2011-09-11T22:15:00.000-06:00

10 years ago today I was 12 years old.
I got up early and got ready for school, as always.
I was almost ready to go and my parents had the tv on in their bedroom.
I went in there and my parents were watching the news.
I saw tower 2 on fire...I didn't even know what the world trade center was.
I watched as the 2nd plane hit into tower 1.
I remember my dad shaking his head and saying it was an act of terrorism.
He was pretty angry.
I didn't even know what a terrorist was.
I went to school where most kids didn't even know about it yet.
I sat in my 7th grade Art Class and we did nothing but watch the news.
We watched as both towers fell...we watched it over and over.
We went to the rest of our classes and watched it again and again.
We watched the coverage at the Pentagon.
I knew it was bad, but I couldn't really comprehend.
I really didn't understand how many people were inside or how disasterous the event was.
I remember after school my mom asking me if I was scared.
I wasn't sure what I was feeling, but it wasn't fear.
That evening my dad took Kevin and I to a medical study we were asked to participate in.
Several of the nurses and people there were from New York City.
I remember them talking about how long it took before they heard from their family.
One woman had just barely heard from her brother and how relieved she felt.
I remember the days after...just being a daze...watching as much of the news as I possibly could.
Hearing the death counts. Becoming obsessed with the information.
Still not knowing how to feel.
I remember feeling anger and being glad when we went to war.
I remember 4 years later, going past ground zero and wishing I felt even a portion of what people who were there felt. Just so I could understand how it was for them.

...that's how I Remember 9/11.

Today, I find myself again obsessed with the story...I've spent every minute I can watching the History Channel and any other program I can about that day. I keep thinking how I will be sure to tell my children about it and make them understand how horrific it was. At least as much as I can--I know I will never comprehend how awful that day was at ground zero. But I believe that history should never be forgotten.

3 years of tradition.

2011-09-10T18:33:00.000-06:00

One Lucky Guy :)

2011-09-08T07:30:00.000-06:00

This guy:

Met

This girl:

How LUCKY is he???

Thought of the Day.

2011-09-07T16:45:00.000-06:00

Sometimes we leave church for this...

2011-09-06T21:59:00.000-06:00

Tyler is the most unflexible person I know. He can't even sit up straight, because his hamstrings are so tight they won't let his back straighten fully while sitting. The only thing he can really do for himself is try to stretch them but they seriously hardly move. Sunday in the middle of sacrament meeting Tyler started complaining that he was dying and couldn't sit--his back was in so much pain. We couldn't leave because I had to be there to say the closing prayer so I told him go walk around for a bit and see if it helped. He came back after about 10 minutes in just as much pain...you should have seen him get up to leave. He looked like he was a 90 year old man and took about 10 steps before he could stand up completely straight. Basically, he looked like a limping hunchback. Anyway, there was no way he was going to be able to sit through 2 more hours of church so we drove home. I planned on going back for Relief Society but ended up doing this instead....

I know this doesn't even look like somebody stretching but this is HARD work for Tyler, it took a little while before he could even get his legs to go up this far. And he couldn't do this by himself, I had to lift them up while he complained about how much it hurt. The chair is not even an inch higher than the step ladder but it was a big achievement for Tyler...poor guy.

My Game Day Get Up.

2011-09-04T10:51:00.001-06:00

Friday Photos.

2011-09-02T20:04:00.000-06:00

This is what happens to a poor girl when her husband finds the TCU game more amusing than his wife.

Picture 1: This is my face when I see Tyler wear this hat when it doesn't match.
Picture 2: This is me practicing my excited face for when BYU scores tomorrow.

Bottom line: I'm not very good very at finding "normal" ways to entertain myself...but I am sure thankful for photo booth.

His and Hers.

2011-09-01T23:06:00.000-06:00

This is how we do things in this house.
We meet in the middle, LITERALLY.

I've been known to pick out the chocolate chips in chocolate chip cookies/bars...so one day I got smart and quit putting them in.

PERFECTION.

oh, and that pan is perfection too! i love it.
(thank you Frandsen's!)

Guess Who's A Birthday Boy?

2011-08-31T19:25:00.002-06:00

(yes, i could really use some pictures with our parents besides our wedding ones!)
Happy Birthday Papa Hunsaker!

We love you!!!

My Blogging Skills Sometimes Suck.

2011-08-23T21:03:00.003-06:00

Yep, I said it cuz its true. Again, so much to say because I don't do this too often.

What's new in the world of Tyler &amp; Nicole world you ask?

Oh...ya know...just that yes, we're going back to school! Hooray for school! I can't wait to be done...so I'm glad we're actually going to go this semester!

Tyler started an ebay business...he's no ebay rookie and has already done plenty of buying and selling, but this stuff is more official and consistent. He's pretty excited that he's making more every day on ebay than he makes all day at work!

We had a fun slumber party last weekend with Mccall, Chaston, and Brinley...they are some of our cute nieces and nephews! We had lots of fun eating popcorn, watching "Up", and playing beauty parlor. I don't think my hair has ever had so much attention...3 stylists all at once and probably 8 or more new do's! I wish I would have taken pictures!!!

WE BOUGHT A HOUSE! ...okay, maybe not, but I can dream. Working in real estate will really do that to a girl...that and having a boss who is constantly harassing you (in a good way of course) about why you haven't bought one yet, because its such a good time to!!! Unfortunately, I'm not so sure its the right time for us just yet.

All summer we've been enjoying going to Owlz games. My family finally joined us for one 2 weeks ago. We had a great time!!!

I also went and saw The Help with all the girls! It was lots of fun &amp; I loved the movie!!!

So long, farewell.

2011-08-16T11:11:00.006-06:00

These cute kids moved yesterday.

Jaynee and I have been friends for years. She has seriously been a better friend to me than I could have ever asked for. Her and Cameron got married a year and a half ago...and part of the deal marrying him would be that she would eventually have to move far away from good old Lehi. I am going to miss her lots but am excited for all the adventures they have ahead of them!

They moved to Texas of all places--its the place to go when you not only marry a Texan, but you marry one who majors in Petrology of all things.

Good Luck Jaynee and Cam!

Can't wait to visit ya soon!

...oh the places we will go.

2011-08-11T15:37:00.005-06:00

Tyler and I both really like to travel and I look forward to seeing the world with him...obviously being a young (and poor) married couple we haven't been too many places yet but I think we're off to a good start!

Maui March 2011

So far (together) we've been to...

Colorado

Arizona

Nevada

Wyoming

Maui

Utah (I know...cool right?)

I'm constantly planning trips in my head...even ones we can't go on yet. Hopefully we can add a few more to this list before the end of the year! Texas anyone???

Boating.

2011-08-07T20:16:00.004-06:00

This year we've gone boating more than we have in years past. Last Saturday we went with Russ & Misty to Mona Reservoir. The water out there is like glass, because there aren't many boats out there at all. In fact, the whole time we were there, there was only one other boat on the water. Tyler had the best day on the wakeboard I've ever seen him have.

Tyler....

Russ...

Us...

The End of a Chapter.

2011-08-07T19:28:00.001-06:00

Last week we sold my Grandma and Grandpa Schaefer's home. My mom and sister were in Orem the night before so I went and met up with them to take a few photos before it closed. I didn't expect to be sad over it, but on my way to meet them and found myself crying and wasn't sure why. It was totally unexpected. I realized I have probably just as many memories in this home as I do in my own...its been in my life longer than any other house I've lived in, I even lived in it myself for a while. I realized it is also the last big part of my grandparents here, so it definitely felt like a close to their chapter.

Here are a few of the pictures we took:

Some more Adventures.

2011-07-26T22:22:00.000-06:00

We haven't been with all the Taylor family (my Grandma's family) in years! It was so fun to finally get together and see everyone!

July Adventures.

2011-07-25T21:14:00.003-06:00

This month I have felt like it was completely impossible to find time to blog, but here I finally am.

The business really all started the last week of June. So busy in fact, my mother didn't even get a birthday blog post (sooo sorry Mom.) We did start the week off though, by celebrating with her at Olive Garden.

Then of course their was the 4th of July weekend...Friday we had my grandma and grandpa's annual 4th of July BBQ.

Saturday we spent the day on the lake with Tyler's parents and Misty & Russ. We went to Mona Reservoir since its so close to Hunsaker's home. It was fun and much less crowded than Utah Lake! Saturday night we went and watched fireworks with Chelsey, Mitch, Russ, and Misty.

There aren't any docks so Tyler had to walk out to the boat...he was freaking out because the water was so cold.

Tyler showing off his wake boarding skills. I will be able to do this...one day!

The group on the boat...minus Kirk and Kim.

Russ and Misty watching the fireworks.

Tyler and I enjoying the show!

Me & Misty.

(I realized later that I didn't get any of Chelsey and Mitch! My bad!)

This was one of the funniest moments of the night. Tyler was sitting in a camp chair and suddenly we all heard him say whoooa whooa...and ended up on the ground in a bunch of weeds.

Sunday we had a going away party for Jeff since he moved back to Vegas to live with him mom. So sad Tyler and I didn't get a picture with him before he left. We were planning on taking one and then forgot :( but I did manage to get one with Jaynee and Cameron who are also moving away very soon!

Monday we woke up nice and early and went to the 4th of July parade, hit up 7peaks, then a movie, then a Neighborhood BBQ followed by fireworks! It was a Busy and VERY FUN 4th.

The 2nd week of July we went to Arizona for my cousin Emilee's Wedding. We were sooo glad we could be there for her and as always, it was great seeing family! Tyler's not sure he ever wants to go back to the crazy heat though!!! He was happy to come home!

On the plane on the way down.

In the car on the way to the temple!

Us at the Mesa Temple. I was planning on getting a picture where you can actually see that its the temple but after walking to the car to get the camera I decided I was done with the heat and it wasn't worth going back out in the shade, so we just snapped one in the shade.

Me & the Pops at the airport ready to come home!

Our plane got delayed several hours so we all showed how thrilled we were. We were even more thrilled at 2am when we finally got home! ...should have seen our faces then!

The 3rd week of July was full of lots of fun too. We went to an owls game for FHE with Russ and Misty. Then on Saturday we went to Wyoming for the Hunsaker Family Reunion. It was fun to get to meet Tyler's Grandma Hunsaker for the first time! Saturday night we decided to camp overnight and had lots of fun doing it.

We played minute to win it and Russ got to do the Rump Shaker.

Jack was super cute eating this popsicle & he loved it!!!

Our family with Grandma Isabelle.

Sunday was Tyler's BIRTHDAY and we spent half of it in the car driving home. We did go by his Grandma's barn before we headed home. It was a pretty low key day, once we were home he opened his presents and had his favorite Magelby's chocolate cake! Well...he had cake, I just watched him blow out all 25 candles!

Tyler has been looking at this forever...so I bought I gave it to him!

....This post really could go on forever, but since I already feel like this post was overkill I think it will save some fore next time! Needless to say, we've been busy!

New Posts...Coming Soon!

2011-07-25T10:39:00.003-06:00

We've gone on lots of fun adventures lately...so my next post is a rather large one and has taken me a while to put together and since I feel guilty for not blogging more frequently, I decided I'd share a little preview of whats to come! (...Lisa you can stop complaining now. haha)

Birthday Boy.

2011-07-17T16:32:00.003-06:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYLER!!!

BIG 25 TODAY!

Love you!!!

Six Months.

2011-06-29T08:37:00.001-06:00

Today marks 6 wonderful months of being married to Tyler!

Happy 6 months T!

Love you!

...another birthday :)

2011-06-25T08:07:00.004-06:00

oooh life.

2011-06-24T12:47:00.001-06:00

The Family is here....

And I am here...

Sometimes life is sooooo not fair!

Some Days.

2011-06-21T15:42:00.001-06:00

On days like today I really just wish I was back on the beach or laying out in Hawaii.

Or... I'd happily wish myself onto the vacation my family is on right now without me.

I'd gladly be anywhere right now, but work.

Anyone else with me?

Strawberry Days.

2011-06-20T09:22:00.000-06:00

Saturday Day Night we doubled with two of our favorite peeps...

And during, we enjoyed us some Strawberries 'n' Cream.

We had a fabulous night and enjoyed each other's company too!!!

Father's Day.

2011-06-19T14:06:00.000-06:00

Happy Father's Day to these wonderful men....

My Dad.

My father-in-law.

...my Grandpa.

...and Tyler's Grandpa.

WE LOVE YOU ALL AND THE GREAT FATHER'S AND EXAMPLES YOU ARE!

4 The Love of Grease.

2011-06-07T19:44:00.001-06:00

Last week I was in the mood for French Fries so I decided to make some homemade ones!

I share my mothers weakness and love for French Fries, especially homemade ones.

Tyler has never had them before, so it was a first for him.

And of course, I had to document them.

This was a first of many more times to come.

Just don't remind me how unhealthy they are :(

About Us.

2011-06-03T11:22:00.000-06:00

So I decided that I should share a little about me and Tyler.

{Tyler}: 24 years old, but will be turning 25 is just a little over a month (he's getting so old!) He was born and raised in Orem, and hasn't ventured far from there at all. We currently live just a hop and a skip away from where he grew up. He has 2 brothers and 2 sisters. He is number 4 of the 5. Tyler played sports all growing up and played football in high school. He's still got some serious Tiger pride. He served a mission in Colorado Springs and came home to go to school at UVU. He has been working for Vancon construction for last 3 or 4 years. His ~~obsessions~~ hobbies are BYU, BYU, BYU and did I mention BYU? I haven't asked him, but I'm fairly certain that fall is his favorite time of year because its FOOTBALL SEASON. The second the season ends he starts talking about and looking forward to the next season. Surprisingly he actually has time for some other interests too. He loves sports of every kind -minus soccer, but I'm working on him. He also loves to boat and work on "pimping our ride", buy and sell anything and everything on ebay, and of course, spend time with his amazing wife.

{Nicole} : 22 years old, born in Provo...lived in Orem for a few years...then moved to Lehi, where I was basically raised, then moved back to Orem for a few months while my parents built a new house in Lehi of course, so we moved back to Lehi...and then...I moved to Orem to be closer to school, and then moved back home and haha...have now found myself back in Orem. Notice a pattern? I grew up dancing and in high school was on Drill Team and Dance Company and will always be proud to be a Pioneer, because Pioneer's are sooo much better than Tigers. After high school I went to work at Century 21 and then went to work for Geneva Rock in their Credit Department. I was layed off and decided it was a perfect time for me to go to school. In high school I was very apposed to going to UVU, but sure enough...I ended up there and am pretty glad I did. I currently work at Affiliated Realty Group as an Assistant to an agent who specializes in REO properties. My hobbies include dancing, crafts of any kind, laying in the sun, blogging of course, shopping, sewing, and spending time with Tyler and our families. ...oh and yes, I'm a BYU fan too...just not as FANATICAL as my husband.

{US}: We started dating in September of 2008, 2 break ups + 2 years and 2 months later, we finally got engaged and were married just shy of 2 months later, on December 29, 2010 in the Salt Lake Temple. Together we love to eat out, travel, watch movies or tv series', and go to as many sporting events as is humanly possible. Our best trip so far was our trip to Maui back in March. We can't wait to go on many more fun ones together. As mentioned before we are living in Orem in the same complex as Tyler's brother and his wife. We love having family as neighbors and really like where we live.

Memorial Day

2011-05-31T21:33:00.003-06:00

I love memorial day because .....

I love remembering my amazing grandparents who have passed on. I was lucky enough to have known all my grandparents and all but one of my great-grandparents...so visiting cemetery's on Memorial Day has become a favorite family tradition.

After our cemetery visit we had fun going to lunch with my family and grandparents and then spent several hours shopping...followed by our first babysitting experience since being married. Our cute niece came over and played with us while her family went to see Rio. We had lots of fun entertaining her, although our apartment isn't exactly equipped for kids...thank goodness for electronics...

Macbooks are pretty much the greatest toy ever...fun for ALL ages!

The Taco Amigo Virgin.

2011-04-14T12:30:00.001-06:00

I grew up completely loving food from Taco Amigo and ate it VERY frequently...after all, back in the day, where else could you eat when you were in Pleasant Grove? I love it to this day and still go there way too frequently. I go there so frequently that I'm pretty sure I could safely know what to order for all immediate family as well as several of my cousins and my aunt. My husband however, has NEVER joined me. #1- He doesn't like anything with beans so it's not like I'm going to suggest us eat there. #2- He told me that he doesn't like it. Well, last night we had to go to Lehi and Tyler was starving so before going home, we decided to grab food...strangely, and shockingly, this is where he decided we should eat. As we pull up he tells me he has NEVER had their food. I was completely shocked and upset. I couldn't believe it. I have known him for how long and he's never had Taco Amigo. I told him he was a liar, because he had told me that he didn't like it, but he really couldn't say that if he'd never tried it. Turns out he has had a caramel oreo shake from there and said that it was pretty good, but never did eat their food. I'm still pretty upset that I went all this time not knowing he hadn't had a REAL Taco Amigo experience, but I am glad he finally had one. Obviously he didn't get anything with beans but did approve of their burgers and shut down there Chicken Burrito, but good news is he did say, he would be willing to eat there again. I'm so glad he finally tried it and is no longer a Taco Amigo virgin.

Words from Tyler.

2011-04-13T12:14:00.002-06:00

One of the VERY BEST things about Tyler is how funny he is.
I know I have shared this fact many times before, but I am sharing it again, just with a new reason :)

One of things that makes Tyler so darn funny is all the funny words he makes up or the funny things he renames. Last Saturday we went out to dinner and to a movie with Jaynee and Cam. We went to the Water Gardens theater and they have sucker dispensers with Chupa Chups, only come to find out, in Tyler's world they are Chalula's. I think I will stick to his name, it's so much better especially since Chupa Chups just means suck sucks...or something along those lines.

And then there is my favorite of all...if I asked majority of people what these ---->
are, they would say Croutons. But they'd be wrong, because turns out they are called Newtons. Yes, NEWTONS! Random, I know. The best part was how I found out Tyler's lovely name for these. I don't remember why they were even brought up, but he kept talking about Newton's...me, I was maybe thinking he was referring to Fig Newton's? I dunno. So I finally asked him what in the world he was talking about and what the heck a Newton was and he said, "you know those hard bread crumb things you put on salads." Silly me, didn't know what a Newton was, but I sure do now! Thank goodness I have a fantastic husband to teach me all these things!

...and yes, these are just 2 of MANY Tyler words...maybe I will share more soon!

Conference Weekend.

2011-04-08T20:10:00.001-06:00

Every Conference weekend Tyler's mom has us all come down to their house for Girls Night while the boys head off to Priesthood Session...it's always fun to spend time with the Hunsaker girls! They are lots of fun to be around!

(Height-wise I think I would have blended better in the Men's picture)

Nicole the Fool.

2011-04-07T21:19:00.000-06:00

In the past I really haven't been into April Fools Day, but I am wise enough not to fall for anything and for as long as I can remember, no one has fooled me until this year. For those of you who don't know, Tyler works construction and so he leaves for work pretty early in the morning. I usually wake up when he does but don't get out of bed and then fall back to sleep once he leaves. Needless to say, that early in the morning the fact that it was April Fools was so not on my mind. So when the husband sent me a text saying, "Bad news.... They are doing layoffs today and rumor has it I could be gone..." I instantly fell for it. Not only was I half asleep, but this very well could be a possibility, since all week he had been complaining how awful work was and how slow it had been and he hadn't had anything to do. Sooo yes, I will admit...I was the FOOL and started stressing out and I will even admit there was a few tears shed, before my husband sent the April Fools message! I would have LOVED to get him back and had a few ideas up my sleep, unfortunately though, it was a very busy day for us and we went straight from work to Tyler's mission reunion so I didn't get the opportunity...but on the bright side I have an entire year to plan my revenge!

This One's For Lisa.

2011-04-06T11:42:00.002-06:00

My Aunt recently complained that I never blog anymore...
I informed her of the reason, which is, I have nothing to write about.
There are so many days where I log in to blogger and stare at the screen figuring out what I could possibly blog about. I have had this feeling continually since being married. I really have turned into a boring married person. Not only that, but I am not currently in school, so I don't even have that to ~~complain~~ write about. I am going to try and do better to find super awesome things to blog about. Ironically my conversation with Lisa occurred at our family Easter Egg Hunt, so she told me I now had something to blog about...which is very true! Last weekend was nice and eventful between April Fools Day (yes, my husband got me good!), General Conference, Tyler's mission reunion, and the Easter Party....so good news! I can blog again. My plan was to post it all now, but I figure...why not drag it out? So for today this is all, look forward to many EXCITING posts to come. I am determined to spice up our lives and have more good stuff to share!

MIA.

2011-03-16T22:26:00.003-06:00

I've been gone from the blog for a while....but part of it has been because we've been so busy.

First with my birthday.....

My parents took me to Ruby River, birthdays don't get much better than celebrating with a yummy steak.

And then Hawaii...where we had LOTS of fun!

We had a fun at the beach. We didn't get to go as much as I would have liked thanks to the rainy weather, but the time we did spend there was great!

It was really rainy while we were there so sadly I wasn't my normal picture taking self and didn't get my camera out as much as I should have, because I was too busy avoiding the rain or too embarrassed to take pictures with my awful rain-ruined hair. Luckily I did get some though. We went hiking on one of the days and were hoping to get to swim below some waterfalls, but it had been so rainy that they were overflooded and not swimmable. We missed out on seeing some too, because they had closed off a section of our hike because of all the water, but it was still really fun and BEAUTIFUL. It was probably the most gorgeous hike and drive I have ever been on.

I think Tyler's favorite part of the trip was this:

We got to drive around the island in this beautiful car. A 2011 Chevy Camaro...it was so new we were the first ones to rent it. It was lots of fun although we never really got to let it loose, because of slow speed limits and lots of traffic...it was pretty fun to peel out in though!

And then Vegas...

Leave it to us to have a random picture with a San Diego State fan. Kawai Leonard's Aunt to be exact. Even though we lost we stayed after the game and watched the trophy be presented to San Diego State and watched them cut down the net. Out of the corner of my eye I saw this lady taking candid pictures of us. I looked over at her and she just started laughing and said, "ooooh yes!" Next thing we knew it she was headed up to talk to us. As soon as she realized Nate was related to Jackson Emery she was buddied right up and wanted a picture with the boys. She told us that she is fine with losing to anyone, but BYU. It kills her to lose to BYU so I guess it was a good thing for her they won.

We had a fun day on the strip and shockingly I didn't spend a dime. I learned though not to let the husband gamble...he comes home with empty pockets!

And Denver....

Sadly my husband is on his way to Denver to watch the Cougars play right now and I didn't get to go :( Its not really easy to pick up and leave your job again after being gone a week and half! Hopefully they play hard and win so it makes me missing my husband worth it! He deserves to see a good few games!

Conflicted.

2011-02-11T13:21:00.000-07:00

My favorite holiday of the year just so happens to be VALENTINES DAY!

It just so happens that the husband's least favorite holiday of the year is VALENTINES DAY!

I have a feeling Valentines Day is going to get interesting.

I'm Getting Old.

2011-02-08T16:07:00.002-07:00

So I realized this morning that I am definitely getting old.

My birthday is only a week away and I just BARELY realized this.
This is a SURE sign of my old age.

I love my birthday.

It is the best part of the year.

So good in fact that I usually countdown to it WAY in advance.

But this year I haven't.

In fact, I don't even think I am excited for it.

I'm turning 22... and there is absolutely nothing special about 22.

January.

2011-02-06T19:43:00.002-07:00

January has been a fairly uneventful month...but we've kept it fun by enjoying BYU basketball.

I love watching basketball and this has been a very very fun season.

Best game so far was beating San Diego State!

My throat and ears hurt the entire next day, but it was completely worth it.

...and my sweet husband bought me a Jimmer jersey at the game.

We were very excited that they won & even ran out on the court after. Not so much because of the excitement, but because if we hadn't we probably would have been trampled by everyone behind us running down to the court.

We waited around after so Tyler could get his own Jimmer jersey signed by Jimmer himself!

...and guess what? He's selling it..imagine that.

Jimmer is pretty great & has sure made BYU basketball lots of fun this year, but I'm still NOT naming my child after him.

Birthday Boy

2011-01-27T12:53:00.001-07:00

Yesterday was this guy's birthday.

For those of you who don't know this guy is my dad!

He is the best dad any girl could ask for.

I didn't get around to blogging, because I was too busy having fun.

My parents were so nice and came to Orem just so I could join them on my break for a birthday lunch.

After work, I went straight to the BYU game where he was too!

I didn't sit by him, but I know he enjoyed the game.

It was definitely a fun one--and the COUGARS won!

He sent Tyler & I a text before the game saying since it was his 49th birthday, it would be great if Jimmer could get 49 points! So throughout the entire game the 3 of us were hoping for 49 on his 49th, Jimmer didn't quite make it to 49, but he got close enough!!!

Happy Birthday Dad! Hope you enjoyed your day!

Lately.

2011-01-14T17:48:00.003-07:00

What have we been up to lately you ask?

A little cookin...YES! I CAN cook. Tyler liked to tell EVERYONE before we got married that I couldn't. Not sure why he said this, because I CAN cook and have for him before, but because he gave me such a hard time before I had to rise to the challenge. He will tell you, he was IMPRESSED. I'll admit, its been more of a challenge than I thought it would be. Not because I can't cook...but because I simply haven't had the time to cook. Most nights I have a meal plan, but Tyler has already fed himself before I even get home from work & I can't blame him for not waiting, because after a 10 hour day working construction, I would be starving too!

A little ONE TREE HILL...I own most the seasons and LOVE it. I have been begging Tyler to give it a chance, and this past week he finally agreed to it. And I got him hooked on both the show & Sophia Bush! Ok, maybe not hooked on Sophia Bush, because duh...he's hooked on me ;) but I'm pretty sure he has developed a small crush on her, whether he admit it or not, he's definitely a fan of her character, Brooke, on the show. He always sides with Brooke when there is drama on the show. And he doesn't mind the way she looks either.

A ~~little~~ LOT of Shopping...Thankfully for our bank account, we haven't been doing a whole lot of buying! But that has also been frustrating, at least for me, I feel very unorganized, because I still don't feel at all settled in our apartment. We need a dresser and have yet to find one, we've made a few small yet successful purchases that have helped us settle, but are still working on some big ones! I am crossing my fingers and prayin' we'll have some good luck this weekend!

...AND Lots of Working...I recently got a new job and so I have been working BOTH jobs basically since we got married, feels like all I do is work. I will be happy next week when I am just working one of them! Tyler has put in lots of hours too. Last week he worked around 50 hours (which is normal for him) and this week, he was lucky and got to have a little time off, which was a nice break for him.

What do we look forward to most you ask?

OUR WEEKENDS! We love getting to sleep in on Saturdays, we love not having to go into work, and most of all we love having time to spend together! ...TGIF

Jimmer.

2011-01-12T14:26:00.007-07:00

Of all the names I have ever thought I may or may not name my future children, Jimmer never went through my head. And let me first CLARIFY, that I am not pregnant, nor am I planning to be a mom anytime soon. However, Tyler has been on a really big kick recently that we are naming our first child Jimmer. At our house, Jimmer is pretty much a hero. Tyler aned I both really like him, because he is AMAZING. However, as amazing as he might be I don't think his amazingness is deserving enough for me to name my child after him. But I have a feeling that one day there might be a big debate about it, because Tyler can't think of anything better to name our kid after than such a talented BYU player! But seriously, no offense to Jimmer, but I don't find his name cute at all and really don't think it goes with the last name Hunsaker...

......and when I see the picture below, it is not followed by...WOW! I ought to name my child after you! So if someone could please convince Tyler differently I would much appreciate it :)

I ~~will~~ won't take time to talk about how awesome Jimmer is, and talk about how amazed I was by him last night against Utah, simply because that would not help my case with the husband, it would only give him more reasons why we should name our child after him...so instead I am just going to say this:

GO COUGS way to beat them UTES!

..and to my favorite cousin Brett: please name your child Jimmer so I don't have to. And in return--I will forever owe your wife! Unless of course she is a big fan of the name, and then we will have a win-win situation! And I will happily owe her nothing.

The fun of curtains.

2011-01-11T10:14:00.001-07:00

Last night I had a sudden urge to go buy curtains. Well...maybe it wasn't so sudden, Tyler and I have been saying we've wanted to for several days, we've just never picked a time to do it. I guess it was sudden, because I was laying on the couch watching The Office in my pajamas no less, Tyler was at his brothers, and almost instantly I just wanted to go. I texted Tyler just to see what he would say. I was shocked when he said he would go (he was watching sports). He was home in minutes and off to Target we went, we had just pulled out, and I realized we didn't measure the window, Tyler assured me it was fine and we could figure it out. I picked out the ones that I wanted and Tyler looked at them and told me the size I got was WAY too small, he insisted we get different ones. Ones to cover like 8 ft. of window. I thought it would be more than enough curtain, but didn't question his belief that the ones I originally had picked up were too small. I trusted his opinion, especially because measurements and any sort of math is NOT my forte. We got home and Tyler ran back out the door to go watch the rest of the game, leaving me alone with the curtains.

I walked into the bedroom and laughed so hard I cried. I knew our window was not very big, but what I didn't know was how SMALL it really is. Let's just say if we cut the new curtains in half, we will still have extra! Needless to say, our curtains will be going back. Which last night, as funny as the whole thing was, was very disappointing. The reason we have been so anxious to get them is because our room is so bright at night. We have blinds, but all of the street lamps in our apt. complex shine right through them and straight into my face. I cannot wait for the day, when we have some that fit our window and help me get a better night's sleep! However, I am so so thankful for a funny husband who keeps me laughin, and is as clueless as me, when it comes to guessing the size of our window!

Yesterday.

2011-01-09T23:05:00.006-07:00

Yesterday was a pretty eventful day....

We went to the BYU vs. Airforce Basketball game.

And of course BYU won :)

Then we had dinner with two VERY special people.

It was my Nana's Birthday!

...and it was Nate's birthday too!

We celebrated with both of them at P.F. Changs!

And then back to my Nana's for cake & presents.

The cake sort of fell out of the freezer.

It was really funny.

My dad doesn't find the humor in this sort of thing so we had this big plan of how to hide the damage from him (My Mom, Me, and Natalie). My mom was still getting candles on the cake, but Natalie and I went back into the living room where everyone was. A few minutes later we heard a thud in the kitchen. Thinking of the cake again, Natalie and I kind of just looked at each other and laughed. Of course, my dad, being how he is...instantly said, "What was that?" Which made us laugh harder...thinking he was funny and COMPLETELY kidding says, "Oh, it was the birthday cake!" So of course Natalie and I are laughing hysterically and even funnier, I was sitting on the arm of a chair, and because of my laughter I fall off the and continue to laugh EVEN harder til I am laughing so hard, it hurts. At this point my dad and Tyler wouldn't leave us alone, trying to figure out what was so hysterical and why we can't stop laughing--which in turn, just kept us thinking about it, so we continued to laugh. And of course, we couldn't just tell them a ruin the nice cake surprise! Needless to say it made the night much more entertaining and memorable.

Happy Birthday Nana & Nate!
Hope you had fabulous days!
Love you Both!

Officially A Hunsaker.

2011-01-06T10:28:00.002-07:00

Everyone keeps asking me what I like about married life, and believe me there are lots of things...

So I decided to share one of them.

One great thing about being married to Tyler is getting to officially be a Hunsaker!

They are seriously, such a GREAT family to be apart of. They are so loving, welcoming, and not to mention lots of fun! I feel so lucky to not only be a part of one great family, but now I get to be a part of two!

Tabernacle.

2011-01-05T15:14:00.003-07:00

So I have been DYING to share my bridals that were taken at the Provo Tabernacle just days before the fire! (I couldn't til now since Tyler wasn't allowed to see me in my dress til the wedding). I feel SO lucky to have them. When I heard the sad news I couldn't believe it! So glad I took some of my pictures there!

Pictures were taken by Stephanie Cheney Photography.

...and I will warn you, I couldn't just pick a few to post so its kind of picture overload!

Mr. & Mrs. Hunsaker

2011-01-03T07:31:00.000-07:00

Married Life is absolutely fabulous!

Wedding Day=Perfect

(minus the blizzard that hit just minutes after I arrived at the Bungalow)

Thank you all who came to the wedding, or because of the weather planned on coming and weren't able.

Single Digits Start Tomorrow.

2010-12-19T20:33:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow starts the SINGLE digits until the wedding.

It has come super fast & we're very glad.

These are our cheesiest smiles to show how excited we are!

Personally I don't know if his is cheesy enough. ha.

Either way though, we're thrilled!!!

10 days & counting!

Cold Feet.

2010-12-17T09:56:00.002-07:00

Scene set up: Tyler is leaving my house after Natalie's birthday party. I walk outside with him, bare footed.

Tyler: don't you need shoes?
Nicole: shoes are overrated.

More scene set up: We put our dishes from my grandma, which FINALLY arrived into Tyler's car to take to our apartment.

Nicole: guess what? only 12 more days!!
Tyler: my dad asked if you're getting cold feet yet.
Nicole: (laughs...looks down at her feet, then back up at Tyler.) yep, i am.

Hopefully those will be the only kind of cold feet I will be getting!!!

I can't wait for December 29th!

SEVENTEEN.

2010-12-16T22:43:00.004-07:00

"...17 only comes once in a lifetime, don't it just fly by wild & free..."

This goofy gal turned 17 today!

I can't believe how old she is getting.

I feel like I should still be 17--can't believe its been 5 years already!

I still remember that birthday like it was yesterday.

Although I love the age and the time I am in, I can't help feel a little jealous of her.

17 really was my favorite age. I had sooo much fun.

It baffles me that next year my baby sis will be an adult.

Hopefully she savors and appreciates her last year of childhood!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATTIE!

.So Much To Be Thankful For.

2010-11-25T23:00:00.002-07:00

I am ESPECIALLY thankful for this guy!

I can't wait to marry him.

He is amazing & has been so incredibly helpful these last weeks w/ all the crazy wedding planning.

I am so thankful for an amazing supportive family who are ALWAYS there for me.

I am thankful to be marrying in to such a great family as well, I couldn't ask for a better family to join.

I am so so grateful for the gospel and all the happiness it provides me in my life.

I am so grateful for good friends who are supportive of me and so much fun to be around.

I love this time of year, because it reminds me to reflect and allows me to see how LUCKY I really am and how many big and little things I have to be thankful for. I am truly blessed!

No Words Needed.

2010-11-18T20:47:00.001-07:00

There isn't a need for words but I will share a few anyway...

My Official Ring

i love it.

Wedding Update.

2010-11-16T15:31:00.001-07:00

So for those of you who don't know when the big day is yet, it is on Dec. 29th! Plans are coming along quite nicely. I found my dress on Friday, and lucky for me it was the second one I tried on. I tried on about 10 or so after, but none of them were it and I couldn't get the one that is now "mine "out of my head. Chelsey took our engagements on Saturday and they turned out great. I'm DYING to post them, but told myself I didn't want to. I am keeping them a surprise til invites go out. I think its way more fun that way. I don't want to send out my invites and have the pictures be old news. The few of you who have seen them--you should feel lucky! :) Now I need to find a photographer for my bridals & the big day! If anyone has anyone they'd recommend please let me know!

He Put A Ring On It.

2010-11-12T09:09:00.002-07:00

I'm ENGAGED!!!

Tyler & I finally decided it was time to get married!

We are soo excited & happy.

As for the engagement story...

So...Tyler and I have been talking about this for a while and we actually started planning things out several weeks before we got engaged. He got permission from my dad and then a week went by. Meanwhile, I was getting kind of upset, because there is only so much planning you can do before you make it official and announce it. I started bugging him about what he was waiting for and that he needed to get on it, but he wanted to catch me off guard I guess so he took his sweet time and definitely caught me off guard. All week long I had been dressing up--even changing out of my sweats on the days I had dance (this I never do w/o a good reason) Monday rolled around and it was no different. I got all cute and went to school. The problem was when I left my house the weather wasn't too bad. I left in a t-shirt and shrug...definitely not rain gear. By the time I got to school, it was pouring rain. Luckily I had a light jacket in my car I was able to throw on, but by the time I got to my first class...My hair was no longer straight thanks to lots and lots of rain...and my feet were soaked along with the bottom of my jeans. Everything that could have gone wrong this day, did. By the time the evening rolled around I had had it with the day and broke down in tears. So, there goes my makeup. Tyler wanted to go to Santaquin and was acting so funny, because he was trying to sell his car and had forgotten a guy was supposed to come and see it--meaning we would have to wait to go down to his parents. He tried canceling on the guy and I kept telling him we could go down another night that it was important to show the guy the car since he was driving down from Salt Lake. He tried rescheduling and the guy got really pushy and made it clear how interested he was. I thought Tyler was crazy for trying to blow him off, but in the end he decided to stick around and show the car. What I didn't know was that we were supposed to be going to dinner before heading out to Santaquin, but that wasn't possible since he had to show the car. Anyway, we went down to Santaquin...me makeup less...and wearing the biggest warmest hoodie I could find of Tyler's in his closet. We got to the house and I was upstairs with his mom, and him and his dad went downstairs, little did I know, they went downstairs and outside. They came back up a while later and sat back down with us for a bit. Tyler went to the window and mentioned that it had stopped snowing. His dad immediately was like--you should go look at the lights! (you can see a lot of the valley from their deck.) I thought it was sorta weird though, because it was foggy out. Then Tyler said I should come with him, at this point, I completely knew something was up. My suspisions were correct. He took me outside & we talked for a minute and then he walked me to the edge of the deck and had me look down...he spelt Marry Me? with glow sticks in the snow. Lucky for him, he had his dad's help who corrected it after Tyler started to spell merry instead of marry...haha. Then he got down on one knee and well...you can probably figure out the rest. :)

So for a long time Tyler has always joked that he was going to propose with a watch with diamonds rather than a ring...so when we began talking about getting married he asked me if he could propose with a Nixon Player because it has a real diamond in it. I told him no way, but that I would settle for the Nixon Chalet even though it's diamonds weren't real. So since it has always been our joke, he got me my watch too!!!

A Birthday Post.

2010-11-12T08:57:00.000-07:00

It's this girl's birthday today!

YAY for being 21.

I told her she could come with me to the liquor store, but strangely she seemed uninterested.

I could not have asked for a better friend than Chelsey.

We have been through everything together...that in and of itself sums up how great she is.

She has got the cutest sense of humor, she can always say something to make ya laugh. She is very quick witted.

She knows what to say to make you feel better on a bad day.

She has plenty of blonde moments which make knowing her all the more fun!

(Chels, I'm never gonna let you live down Moses & the Arc. And most recently that test you took.)

I can't count the fun moments we had growing up.

We were always brewing up ideas & occasionally getting into mischief.

I Love You & Our Amazing Friendship!

I hope you have the best birthday ever!

It's That Time Again

2010-10-28T10:37:00.002-06:00

It is officially the time of the year that really truly feels like football season, yep, rain, snow, and freezing cold.

It was pouring rain at the BYU game last Saturday, luckily it stopped not long after the game started, but I sort of enjoyed it. Something about cold weather just makes football better!

...so mom, in case you're wondering, & I KNOW you are, you did miss out by sitting up in that fancy suite.

President Monson

2010-10-18T16:11:00.001-06:00

I wasn't with Joseph, but I believe him. My faith did not come to me through science, and I will not permit so-called science to destroy it. -Thomas S. Monson

Tyler is officially certain that there must be sports in heaven, because the Prophet attends Jazz Games! My cousin's husband, Mitch, was two suites down from the prophet and sent us a text telling us so. We couldn't see him from where we were sitting, but then LUCKY us. On our way out we walked right past President Monson getting into the elevator. It was so neat to see him even if it was literally only for a second or two.

I told Tyler later that the Jazz game was fun, but what really made it worth it was seeing the prophet!

With all that is going on in the world today, its so great to have an amazing prophet to help direct our lives and be such a great example of faith. I love listening to him speak, because he always has great advice and he always has a great story to share. He's also such a cheerful person. When he first became prophet I went to the conference center for conference. I was fairly close to the front making it so much easier to see his smiley face as he greeted all the apostles on his way in. After the session was over he walked down into the congregation and started greeting people. It was so neat to see him do that. He was instantly swarmed with people, so I didn't bother to try to shake his hand, but still cool to see how personable and loving he was with everyone.

In addition to seeing the prophet, we had a great time at the game seeing the Jazz beat the Suns.

Tyler also attempted to win us tickets to the next game by doing a bunch of pull-ups for the Marines, but he didn't do enough for the tickets. He did do lots though and his biceps looked big doing them, so I was still very proud! haha.

Fall Break.

2010-10-17T20:35:00.002-06:00

Our fall break was super fun...

We went to the Jazz game.

Carved pumpkins with Tyler's work friend, Scott, and his cute wife Sharlyn.

Left to right: Scott's pumpkin, Sharlyn's pumpkin, my pumpkin, and well, its BYU, do I have to say who would have carved that one?

We went to Pumpkin Land with Chelsey and Mitch just to re-live our childhood.
Notice who finally shaved off his nasty mustache :]

Our break was fabulous until Saturday afternoon rolled around when Tyler got some really Bad News! Saturday morning we dropped Tyler's car off to be looked at because it had been making a funny little thumping noise since Wednesday night. When we went back to pick it up I new something was wrong, because I dropped him off and waited in my car. I waited and waited and finally after he had been gone 45 minutes he came out and told me that LOTS of stuff is wrong with it and its going to take $4,000 to fix it! Needless to say, if we find a cheaper bid than the pricey dealership one, Tyler might be trading it for something else. And of course, his warranty is no longer good, because he hit 90,000 miles this week! All I know is cars suck.

It is really too bad this happened, because we both really love his car :( We will miss it if it goes!

My Dream Home

2010-10-15T10:58:00.000-06:00

I believe I jinxed myself by posting about crickets and how one was once on my bed. Well shortly after I was sitting on my bed doing some good old homework and out of the corner of my eye, I saw something black moving. I sometimes see things that I think are bugs...I'm sorta paranoid like that. So I didn't panick at first, but then it moved more into my line of vision and I freaked out. Luckily I had a quilt laying on my bed and it was on the quilt, not my actual bed. So after I calmed down a little bit, I knocked the quilt onto the floor which meant I no longer knew where in it the cricket was. I begged my little brother to come downstairs to find it and kill it for me, but he wouldn't. Thankfully hours later my mother came to the rescue--the cricket was still hiding int the blanket. The next morning I woke up to find a spider on my floor in almost the exact spot the cricket was. Eww. I hate bugs. They are one of the few reasons I don't like fall.

In case you don't believe me, I managed to get proof.

I decided I need to live somewhere bug free!

...do you remember this guy?

...or this movie?

It's pretty much official, I want my own Bio-Dome, but mine will have absolutely NO bugs in it.

Thank you Pauly Shore for the great idea.

Oh Happy Day.

2010-10-13T17:23:00.003-06:00

It's fall break and I am HAPPY!

minus the fact that i found a cricket on my bed this afternoon. eww

Its been a stressful busy last few weeks so this break feels amazing.

I am excited to have no homework and actually have time to breath!

Two thumbs up doesn't do my excitement any justice, so instead I went for 8 thumbs!

Props to my MacBook for making this possible.

Yay for Fall Break.

My sympathies go out to all you BYU students who won't be celebrating these next few days with me.

~~Guess you should have thought of that before you decided to go there :)~~.

How to Get a Win:

2010-10-12T16:26:00.002-06:00

If you want your team to win, just bet AGAINST them!

We are VERY loyal to our Cougs!

Tyler is extremely loyal to the team, but after the recent losing streak our faith was diminishing.

So much in fact, Tyler chose San Diego state on his pick 'ems last Saturday!

And what did they do?

They pulled out a Big W.

Needless to say, Tyler's pick 'em lost, but he was still a way happy camper!

Our cougs looked like a different team out there so we hope they keep up the good work.

GO BYU!!!

We were both in a great mood for the rest night so we celebrated like this.
Yay for winning weekends!

They're Baack!

2010-10-11T16:33:00.001-06:00

I had NEVER ever heard of people getting crickets in their houses until they started showing up in MY house. 3 falls ago, I started noticing them in our basement. And not just occasionally, they would show up DAILY! Several new ones everyday, then I noticed, they were practically waiting for me. They love to chill at the bottom of our stairs. They REALLY crossed the line when one showed up IN my bed. I'm a complete bug wimp, so let's just say I didn't sleep in my own room for a week, I stayed in Kev's old room. I was very glad it was there for me. Luckily that year was the worst of them, last year there were way too many but none in my bed thank goodness. But this year, I'm getting concerned. I spotted 4 this weekend. One of them was HUGE. It looked like it was on steroids. I tried to catch it to kill it but it got away and hid before I could get to it. I hate that they can do that, and worst of all...I hate that sometimes I will kill them and think they are dead. Then I will go to get a vacuum to suck them up with and I will come back and they will be gone. I really don't understand why of all bugs, we have crickets in our basement, but we do. And I've mentioned them to other people in our neighborhood who have said they've had them too, but is this really a common thing elsewhere? Anyone else ever had them? I think it's disgusting. One reason that I hate fall.

Would you be ok sharing your house with something as disgusting as this little guy?