Conference Weekend

As a kid I'm ashamed to admit, the only thing I liked about conference weekend was it meant we didn't have to go to church! That is definitely not the case anymore. I get so excited as conference weekend approaches. I wish it happened more frequently than twice a year. I'm so grateful for living prophets and the direction they give us!

Saturday night during priesthood session I had girls night out with the Clyde girls. As always it was lots of fun. We went to dinner at the Thanksgiving Point Deli and went and saw the movie Mirror, Mirror. I wasn't sure if I would like the movie, but I loved it. Julia Roberts was fantastic as always. In fact, it may just be my favorite role for her. Above all though, the company was the best! (We missed you Rach and Amanda!) I love my family!

Dance Day.

Yesterday was such a fun day. I spent most of the day with the Hunsaker girls and Schaefer girls. I was lucky and got to go watch the So You Think You Can Dance auditions in Salt Lake with some of the Hunsaker girls and then that night go with my mom and sister to the Cougarette concert. It was a very fun day. It was fun to see how exactly the process of the show and auditions went and also fun to see the judges and Kat Deely in person. It was particularly fun to see Kat, because we got to see her pretty close up. She was walking around and walked right behind where we were sitting several times. She isn't as tall as she looks on tv, but every bit as pretty. My sister-in-law Sara and her sister, Erin, almost ran into her at one point and got a "hi" from her.

The Cougarette concert was fun too. I've gone the last 4 years or so and always enjoy it. Last year I even took Tyler and he enjoyed it (even though he won't admit it now). Natalie and my mom have never been so they came with me this year. It was lots of fun. I love going to dance performances...I always leave feeling really pumped about dance and it makes me miss it lots. 

Please excuse the poor photo quality.

Gardner Village

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 :)

My Blogging Skills Sometimes Suck.

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 & 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 & I loved the movie!!!

Girls Night with the Hunsaker's.

Tyler's mom had all the girls over for a girls night while all of the boys went to priesthood session.

We gave ourselves pedicures & had lots of fun doing it!

I’ma Sucka for Corn Rows and Manicured Toes.

 
Ok...I'm not really a sucker for corn rows & toes don't exactly get manicures...I just felt like stealing that line from Nelly. I am, however, a sucker for Pedicures!

Yesterday me, my co-worker Leslie, & Chelsey went and got pedicures after work.
See some pics & details on Chels's blog here.

I love getting pedicures, so it was great to go get them with 2 of my favorite people. Especially nice to get my feet nice & soft, because I start dancing again next Wednesday and that means my feet will be callused very shortly!!! I will enjoy my soft feet & cute polish while I can!

Fishing=Success

Last Thursday we took a "Girls Only" fishing trip.

It was short, but so much fun. And definitely different than our normal activities.

I caught me a fish within the first couple minutes of being there.

I had no idea what I was doing and it was sorta funny. Good thing Hope was around.

It was just a little thing but I had to get a picture! 

Poor fish: I dropped it twice on the rocks trying to keep the little thing in my hands.

Hence why I'm using 2 hands. 1 wasn't working out at all!

I had lots of fun but definitely need to work on my fishing skills!

December in a Nut Shell

I'm Baaaack! I left the blog world pretty much all of December, but I'm back & fully ready to catch up! I find it funny that when I actually have something blog worthy I'm too busy to blog about it, because I'm too busy living it, but here I am. Ready to post.

This is what I experienced while away...

1. I experienced a miracle! What miracle you ask? I survived finals...and it gets even better than this, I got all A's this semester. Don't think I even did that in high school.

2. I saw my cute sister dance at the UVU drill competition (December 12). Aren't they cute?

These girls did awesome! Placed well in all of their routines and were so fun to watch.

3. I spent time with family. We had two Clyde Christmas Parties this year!

Party One (December 13): Our "traditional" Christmas Eve had to come early this year and in a new location, I had a great time with our more extended Clyde fam.

Uncle Jeff playin the accordian for us.

My siblings with Grandma Pinkie

Grandma Pinkie entertaining us all!!!

Party Two (December 20): The typical party at Nana's. Full of fun, nativity, and exchanging cousin gifts! Thanks Mckay for my great gift...although I must admit I was slightly disappointed you didn't give me those Star Wars legos, like your Mom said you were going to give me! :(

Nate made a great donkey this year, I think he enjoyed it more than any other part he has played.

The Single One's

4. My Best Friend & Roomie got hitched (December 19)! It was fun to be a part of it and see her so happy. Congrats Jaynee and Cameron.

Since Jaynee doesn't believe in sleep we had a crazy night with the girls the night before the big day.  It was full of laughter, memories, jokes, and a 1 am run to In N Out. At 2 am, we finally called it quits even though the bride didn't want to. Little did we know, she would stay up an additional hour and then wake up at 6am to go to the gym to run. Crazy girl!

She might not look it here, but she was happy as ever. Jaynee & Cameron are perfect for each other and so cute together. Love them both.

Jaynee dancing with her Dad.

Isn't she gorgeous?

 

The girls.

Just me & the bride.

5. Natalie turned 16 (December 16)! Woot. Woot. She is still thrilled...and dying to go get her license!

We celebrated Texas Roadhouse Style w/ a Giddy Up and all.

I was too busy w/life to give her a birthday post so this will have to do!

Happy Birthday Sis!

6. Had a very wonderful Christmas! Santa spoiled me and my whole family! He surprised us with a Wii. I never thought I'd use it, because I hate video games, but I'm actually kind of liking it!

 

Nate got a Austin Collie jersey which was his favorite gift! It got a bigger reaction than the Wii.

Natalie is a little accessory queen and loaded up on jewelry, purses, scarves, and a new wallet.

 

Boots, Jeans, School Tuition, Jewelry...Santa definitely loves me. I was spoiled rotten. Ty really spoiled me this year too. He bought me a new camera, a case for it and a new memory card (yes, I lost my last memory card. Some creep at UVU probably found it and now has all my pictures.) He also got me a BYU jersey, a movie, and a clock...which is awesome...I have to make it myself, but it's going to be an activity for us both! He has one himself, too. I'm shocked he's volunteered to do a craft. haha. My grandparents also gave me great gifts that I love! Thank you Pinkie, Nana, Grumpy, and Grandpa Schaefer. I appreciate how generous you all are. Love you! I'm a very lucky girl.

Page & Kevin were the most spoiled of all.  They got a new tv and my parents bought them a blu ray player. Page surprised Kevin with a Wii and he surprised her with a Cricut. Santa brought them Guitar Hero for their new Wii.

We got my mom this super cute shelf! She was pretty happy about it. She'll probably kill me for putting this picture on the internet, since she has no makeup on, hates her picture being taken, and is in her pajama's, oh well. (sorry Mom, everyone else made the blog so you had to as well.)

 

Dad and Grandpa Schaefer

It's become a fun tradition to have him come see us Christmas morning!

We Love You Grandpa!

7. Shianne & CJ got engaged (December 5)! Pretty exciting stuff! He got home of his mission and within only a few weeks there was a ring on her finger.

I'm so excited for them!

...and props to Stephanie Cheney. She did a great job taking these.

8. My awesome brother got an intership at Channel 2 (December 22). Maybe if he's lucky, they'll like him enough to hire him and he won't have to move out of state come spring! If any could pull it off, it would be him. Nobody can talk sports like he does. He also got another gig at BYU. Good Job Kevin!

9. I finally made it to Temple Square to see the lights (December 27). Tyler and I doubled with our friend Jeff, and his date, Kelley Anne. We had a lot of fun. I didn't get the many pictures and didn't even go where I wanted to take them, but we were freezing so we made it a short trip!

I do love this one! Turned out pretty great. I'm loving the new camera!

Love this one as well.

Tyler and I

Kelley Anne and Jeff

10. This is a soon-to-be happening (January 9), but I'm sharing because I'm excited. My cousin, Melissa is getting married so I will soon be heading to Arizona for her wedding. I am so anxious to get out of this bitter cold Utah weather. I'm excited to see all of my family down there, including my cousin Mia who I have yet to meet. She was born in October and is VERY cute!

They're definitely not in order, I realized I did this kind of dumb, but oh well.

Weekend Bliss

This weekend was pretty great. I was at first bummed, because Tyler's been working grave yard shifts, so all last week I didn't really see him, except for Thursday at school. We had made plans for Friday, to go watch the And 1 Streetball Team play at the Above the Rim game, but he found out he had to work on Friday too. Lucky for me, Chelsey was husbandless for the night, because he went with all his friends to the same game. We had a VERY fun girls night. We decided to do some type of craft and went several places before knowing what we wanted to do, but we finally decided on chalkboards. VERY cute chalk boards. It was our very first experience with spray paint, and I have to admit, we probably were very funny doing it, but we got the hang of it, once we actually dared to start spraying. Unfortunately they aren't completely finished yet, so I'll have to be sure to post a picture of the final product, but here is mine in the process of being made...Thank you Chels, for all the fun! Love you!

After my girls night, Tyler texted me sayin he was going to be off early (midnight) and wanted to watch a movie, boyfriend and best friend all in the same night. What more could a girl ask for? Maybe some sleep? Our movie ended way late and I had to work on Saturday. It was a sad day for the Cougars on Saturday, but the game was still fun, aside from the fact that my feet were soaked. We left early, which we never do, and in the words of our Macey's cashier, "we went home and ate our feelings!" lol. ok, we didn't really but we did go get ice cream cones after the game, and as always Tyler loaded up on candy and ice cream, none of which he ate that night though. yay, for a great weekend. miss it already.

Monday is here and its back to reality!

Oh, and does anyone have any good ideas as to what I can be for Halloween?
I can't use my costume from the Clyde party, because pretty much no one allows masks!

Girls Night.

THIS ONE'S FOR THE GIRLS

So I was up VERY late on Friday night...and got several early morning phone calls (coughdavecough) and texts on Saturday morning. Not a great way to start the day...I went shopping and to lunch with my mom and sister for wedding clothes. I FINALLY found a skirt...well still need to exchange it at the store for a better size, but hey...at least I got one. haha. By the time I got home I was beyond exhausted and did not really feel like going out. Its pretty rare for me to be home on the weekends and in all honesty, VERY STRANGE feeling. I had a great night though, Natalie and I spent the night chatting on my very comfy bed and we also watched Bride Wars. Such a fun movie. We did leave the house shortly though, to go get Roxberry Smoothies, because no girls night is complete without smoothies. We had fun...and I even am gonna go to bed at a somewhat reasonable hour! What a day...and completely boyless :)

My Bestie!

FR FOREVER

So I had a girls night out with my bestie, Chels! I love her to death, I am who I am, because of her, I don't feel like a person can truly know me til they know her, since, everything I have gone through, I have gone through with her right there with me...she's gettin married SUPER SOON and I'm WAY excited for her, but its caused me to reflect a lot lately about everything we've done together and so I've started a list...it could go on forever but here is just a few...

Memories with Chelsey include:
1. Matching Outfits
2. Summers in Price
3. Identical Dollhouses
4. Barbies!!!
5. Birthday Parties
6. Trips to McDonalds (for Barbies and Beanie Babies of Course)
7. Slip N Slide in our little bikinis
8. Sleepovers
9. Biting each other (we only did this cuz we loved each other of course! haha)
10. Playing beauty shop
11. Darth Mal Makeup (Don't Ask)
12. Taking Baths Together
13. Trips to St. George
14. Moses built the Ark
15. Building Forts
16. Arizona Trip with Nana and Grumpy
17. Walks around the Orem Block
18. Christmas Eve Parties
19. Dressing up for Halloween ( with Brett too! I love you too bud!)
20. Working together at Century 21
21. Girls Nights
22. Pictures at Kiddie Kandids
23. Being Pen Pals
24. Visits to Hurricane
25. Making up Dances
26. Trick or Treating in my neighborhood on Roller Blades
27. Shopping Trips
28. Build A Bear
29. Texting and "Venting" (Our famous words!)
30. Writing our tribute to our great grandma
31. Sharing hours and hours of stories
32. Being there for each others trials
33. Wedding Dress Shopping!
34. Sharing Secrets
35. Playing with Leeches.

...So this is just a few! Haha I love you Chels. Glad we went out tonight! You're the best!

One of our many matching Halloween Costumes
Halloween 2007

Christmas Eve Party
Last One with Chels as a Single Gal
...and I must say it was great!
Santa was pretty excited to have us on his lap.

Our grandparents that we get to share!

If it wasn't for them neither of us would be around.