Better Late Than Never!

Its only been a month or so...haha, but I'm finally going to post a little about my trip with my family to St. George. My mom took Nattie and Nate at the beginning of the week but I had school so I waited and went down with my dad on a Wednesday. It was fun just to have several hours of driving and one on one time with him. Funniest moment with him was definitely when we stopped to fill up his truck in Cedar City. He was getting kind of hungry and thirsty so he sent me in to get us some snacks and drinks. I came out a couple minutes later and hopped back in the truck, but I guess he didn't see me or hear me (it was windy and raining). I played on my phone as I waited for him to finish up, but after another 5 minutes or so, I glanced out to see what was taking so long, because it doesn't take 10 minutes to fill up. He was gone. I figured maybe he had gone in to use the restroom or something but then I realized the truck doors were locked and I hadn't locked them when I got in. Made me wonder if he really was aware that I had come back? After a couple more minutes I decided I'd better go back inside. Well, in my attempt I set the truck alarm off! Oops! Since he'd locked it from the outside and I attempted to get out without unlocking all the doors first I triggered the alarm. I had everyone around starring at me,  it was kind of embarrassing and I even considered waving to everyone....haha. I decided though, that alarm would send the message to my dad if he wasn't sure where I was. So I stayed in the truck. Only to have the alarm go off 3 more times before he came out. Even funnier, he came out with another drink. He thought I was in the bathroom and hadn't bought any of the stuff yet. Needless to say, we had a good laugh.

The weather in St. George wasn't the greatest so we didn't get to do all the normal outside stuff and didn't lay out or anything which was a bummer, but we made up for it in shopping and eating! I seriously think I ate more food in those 5 days than I do in a month. I was stuffed 24/7.  We also did something we've never done down there before which was 4-wheeling! My mom and Nathan didn't want to go so it was just my dad, Natalie, and me. We took 2 machines down with us, but one of them totally died 10 minutes in, so we didn't stay as long as planned and had to take turns going out, but it was still way fun and now we know where to go and what trails are fun for next time and I got my first towing experience in :)

Here are a bunch of random pictures from the trip

Courtesy of Instagram of course!

It was a really great little trip! I'm so happy I got to go and spend some time having fun with some of my family before I had to come back to reality and start working again.

I already can't wait for the next trip!

23.

 I had a really great birthday this year. I spent the entire day with my mom. We did lots of shopping and went to lunch. Then, once Tyler and my dad were off work we went to dinner at Outback.

Did I mention I got spoiled?

Yes. I do like Pink just a little bit.

Lately.

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

A Winning Weekend

BYU won on Saturday which means it was automatically a great weekend in Tyler's opinion. That is all that is important! The game was VERY fun even though the first half was extremely hot--it was worth it, it feels great to be back in the stadium cheering on our favorite team again!!!

We saw this on the way to the game...I thought it was pretty funny!

  

Labor Day was really fun too. We had hopes of going boating, but since it was in like the 60's we decided it was not such a great idea. Instead we went up to the outlets in Park City. We both found some great buys, so it was a very successful shopping day, but the holiday couldn't end there--there had to be more football of course!!! We had a fun little party at Misty & Russ's and watched the Boise State vs. Virginia Tech Game.

The Sister Adventure

Friday Natalie and I decided we wanted to spend Saturday doing something super fun.

I came up with a great idea, since the weather HAS been so nice, it would be fun to go shopping up at Gateway. Yeah, HAS is the key word. Saturday was yucky, but we decided to go up anyway.

We didn't get quite the adventure we wanted, but we still had fun.

Even if our hair got ruined the second we bought our TRAX tickets.

Rain, Snow, and Hail didn't stop our fun.

TRAX was fun, because it was fun to relax and talk and not have to drive. Plus, we got some great entertainment from two cute little girls who were all dressed up in their princess dresses on their way to Disney on Ice.

We ate lunch at California Pizza Kitchen, which was kind of a disappointment.

I usually love the place, but we decided to try some pizza's we've never had before.

One of which, was really gross. And the second one, being just ok.

We couldn't pass up photo opp's at Forever XXI

It was pretty much an awesome day!

Rough Week

I'm so thrilled that the weekend is here! I am sooo sick of school...and I hate finals. I should be spending the entire time doing homework, but I can tell you right now I won't be. I will probably procrastinate til Sunday and at that point I will be hating life, but oh well. Mid December just needs to get here!!! I can't wait to have a few weeks that are school free!

Instead of homework my weekend will be filled with:

• Spending time with Tyler
• Christmas Shopping
• Dining
• Movies
• Setting up my Christmas Tree
• BYU basketball game @ Energy Solutions!
• Sunday dinner with my 'rents & sibling, plus grandpa, the Ballantynes, and Em!

...and maybe, sometime late Sunday night I will get around to that dreaded homework that makes me want to pull my hair out! The good news is I'm just about done with my dance class after Monday it will be stress free. And by Thursday I will have everything done for my English class and I will be done with English forever. **Knock on Wood.**

And for anyone who plans to be around me in the next couple weeks: Beware, because I might just look like this...

this week.

This week was...

Late Nights.

Happy.

Hot Tubbing.

Tears.
Fun.

Tyler.

Work.

Candy.

Crazy.

Shopping.
Car Wash.

Boredom.

Parties.

Tyler.

Food.Bolt.

Stressful.

Talking.

Roxberry.

Teeth Cleaned.
Failure.

Girlfriends.

Smiles.

Dr. Pepper.
Church.

Shoes.

Fear.

Cooking.

Chelsey & Mitchell.

Relaxing.

Tyler.

cleaning.

Sizzler.

Pay Day.Hot Curlers.

Laughing.

Love Sac.

Movies.
Exciting.

Tyler.

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 :)

One Fantabulous Weekend

This past weekend was great. For one, I can actually get blogging again. Our router was having problems and we couldn't get it to work and w/o my laptop blogging simply does not happen because I am way too lazy to use our home computer. Turns out our router had overheated so we went out and bought a new one...oh happy day! Back to my laptop :)

Friday: Tyler and I doubled with my friend, Shantel (who also happens to be Tyler's cousin) and her boyfriend Brandon. We went to the drive in with them and saw Wolverine. I'm NOT an a fan of Xmen, but the movie was surprisingly good I thought and it was so fun to go with Shantel and Brandon. It was our first time doubling with them and we will have to do it again.

Saturday: I unfortunately had to go to work on Saturday morning but was done by noon so it wasn't too bad. I went Mother's Day shopping and then met Tyler at the mall for some shopping. I scored myself to new purses which I am still excited about. I have a big fettish when it comes to purses and bags and I haven't bought any since October, which is in all time record for me. I don't think I will ever go that long again. Tyler didn't buy anything but still managed to drool over some watches, which is his fettish. 45+ Nixons and still wanting more.... After the mall we went and grabbed some ice cream before heading to his mom's dance recital. She owns her own studio and teaches lots of little girls. Her recital was so much fun, I was excited to go and was fun to see. Props to Kim! :) Also props to his cute little niece McCall who danced in the show and his sister Kristin, who did a solo. After the concert we went to Salt Lake and stopped at Nordstrom Rack for more shopping and then headed to The Pie Pizzeria and had some tasty food. We ended the night by watching The Notebook at Ty's house.

Sunday: I got to sleep in! Wahoo for 1 o'clock church. I went to church with my Mom for Mother's Day and went to her Primary class with her. Her class is cute and was entertained by all the Primary kids. She has an autistic boy in her class who spent most of sunday school making shapes with a pipe cleaner and asking her to make a triangle. The rest of the class was making their own Gold Plates, but were a little upset when they realized their plates weren't REAL gold. They discovered they were only cardboard wrapped in gold paper. What a let down...poor little 6 year olds. Such high hopes. In sharing time the bishop came in and talked about baptism. Their answers were very interesting. One kid announced that when you get baptised you go under the water and are NOT allowed to come out. After church we got to give my mom her Mother's Day gifts....I like pictures in case you can't tell.

I love this board, I think its so neat how easy it is to just slide the pictures right in. It makes it so easy to change them. I want one of my own!!!

Sunday we also went and visited my Grandpa Schaefer and my Grandma & Grandpa Clyde for mothers day! I don't see them enough, so it was very fun. After my visit, I went and watched 7 Pounds with the Hunsaker's. I really enjoyed the movie. I love Will Smith! It was sad to see this great weekend end :(