The Long Lost Blogger

Yep. That would be me, the girl who fell off the face of the earth. Anyone who once did follow this blog has probably mourned my blogger death and long since moved on (as if people actually cared whether or not I blogged..ha, who am I kidding, lets face it...I'm my own biggest fan). Anywho if anyone has not yet moved on and deleted me from their blog lists...I AM BACK. I am hoping I actually stay back too. 2013 was a totally awesome year. It started off fabulous with my new job and seemed to only get more fabulous as the year went on. Just to catch everyone up...here are our 2013 highlights.

• My new job--which by the way I still love, in case anyone is wondering!
• Trip to Arizona to watch the Braves play the Diamondbacks...I loved everything about this trip! We stayed at a great resort and I got to enjoy my most favorite thing, the sun. We also got to spend some time with my family that lives down there. We even taught primary there. This is what happens when your uncle is Branch president in a Spanish branch, his wife is the Primary president and they have lots of callings to fill but no one to fill them, so we got to teach even though we can't even understand or speak the language their meetings are in. It was a unique experience.
• We found out we were having a baby!!!!!!!!!!! This was the highlight of our year for sure.
• I went on a girls trip to St George with my mom and sister to celebrate my mom's 50th birthday.
• We did some good old summertime boating!
• Tyler got 2 internships
• We found out we were having a BOY!
• We had a little family reunion with the Hunsaker's at the Heber Valley Girls Camp. It was so much fun and we can't wait to do it again. 
• We enjoyed one more fun year of BYU football...it was not my favorite season, being pregnant and all, but still a good one.
• We went on another trip to St. George with some of the Hunsaker's...the original plan was to go to Lake Powell but the government shut down sort of ruined that...thanks a lot government!
• Tyler went with his dad and brothers to Notre Dame to watch BYU play. They froze their tooshies off but had lots of fun doing it.
• Tyler graduated with his bachelors!!! And me, I got my associates...Wahoo! Only a year to go...which probably means like 5 because I'm practically doing my school in slow motion! Slow and steady wins the race though right?
• I FINALLY surprised Tyler with a great Christmas gift...this is a really big deal because he is impossible to buy for and even more hard to surprise. Thank you GO PRO! And Tyler made all my dreams come true by getting me a snazzy camera with all the bells & whistles!
• We celebrated our 3rd anniversary with some shopping & a night in Salt Lake.
• I successfully finished my 2013 New Year resolution, one year with no soda...it felt great!

 Here is a few photos of these great events...

On our way back from Arizona..don't judge Tyler's hair..it was a travel day...he had a good excuse.

Tyler completely thrilled to finally be able to watch his team play. He's been a fan since childhood, but this was his first time seeing them in person!

 Our first ultrasound pictures at our first doctor's appointment. I was 11 weeks and it just so happened my appointment was on Tyler's birthday, it was fun to start the morning off getting an ultrasound and hearing our baby's heart beat the first time. Excuse the cheesy look on my face, I wanted to document the day but felt really silly getting it taken.

 We used onesies to tell our family.

I had lots of fun with Bubba's...its kind of been a joke that he's clueless when it comes to babies, because he's never so much as held a baby...let alone a child of any size so we knew he'd get a kick out of the onesie we made for him.

We recorded everyone's reactions which was really fun except we failed to record my Nana's and hers was by far the best, she gasped and started jumping up and down. I don't think I've ever seen her jump so it was the best!

 ...and how we told the rest of the world!

oh, and Chelsey is seriously the best photographer!

Funny story: Tyler spelt February wrong on this onesie and accidentally put 2013 for the year instead of 2014 which is funny in and of itself, but the funniest part was that I didn't notice, Chelsey didn't notice, and Chelsey's husband Mitch didn't notice. I noticed AFTER we got the pictures back from her that the year was wrong...and it wasn't til I pulled the onesie out of the closet a few months ago that I realized that the spelling was wrong. This is saying something about pregnant brain, because I am consider myself to be a spelling queen. Oh well though, what is life without a little imperfection and a story?

We took some fun ones with pink and blue so everyone could guess what we were having. When I got the balloons a lady asked if I was throwing a shower for someone with twins. I told her no, but should have just said yes, because when I tried to explain what I was doing to her she just stared at me like I was nuts.

Guess away folks! Guess away?

 Oh ya know...trying to push my stomach out to look pregnant at 13 or 14ish weeks?

 DRUM ROLL PLEASE....

....and its a boy! Such great news!

 

Celebrating on New Years Eve 35 weeks pregnant! 

...and this brings us to 2014.

Post all about welcoming our little man in our lives up next!

Here is a little sneak peak of his cuteness!

Don't you love him?

Day 2: DISNEYLAND!!!

The fun began Wednesday when we woke up bright and early and rushed to Cars Land to see what all the hype was about. We were in the park 15 minutes before opening and couldn't believe the crowd. They had it gated off so you couldn't get to Cars Land until 8, so we waited in a mass of people and then as soon as it opened we took off to the Radiator Springs Raceway. We didn't really have an actual wait, but it took 10 minutes or so just to walk through the line (tells you how crazy packed it gets). It was a very fun ride, and its crazy how well Disney pays attention to detail. Its no wonder kids believe its all real...it practically is!

I was pretty annoyed that Disneyland doesn't make Suburban size race cars...I mean lets get realistic Disneyland...lots of Mormons visit Disneyland. The least you can do is make sure there is a car to fit the whole family so the parentals don't get kicked to the curb.

Waiting in the line at Luigi's Flying Tires

Our tire group, we were smart at let the skinny little guy come with us. It worked to our benefit. These things are NOT meant to seat 3 people, and yet they do anyway. It was a definite squeeze!

These poor kids got stuck, after waiting 50 minutes in line for this less than exciting line...for us, this made the ride worth it...but for them probably not so much. They were leaning every which way (thats how you move these so called bumper cars)  and it got them absolutely nowhere, but don't worry we made sure to make it there way and point, laugh, and snap pictures.

For those of you who know my Dad, know he hates Disneyland. Then again, his ideal vacation is going to a ranch in the middle of know where... preferably in Montana. Anywho, Soaring Over California is what apparently keeps his Disneyland sanity, although this picture clearly says otherwise...

In all honesty, the crowds really weren't bad at all, but our iphones sure helped the time pass by.

Day 1: Long Beach

I finally got around to getting our pictures from our trip uploaded and so I'm back folks...only a month late.

Day 1 was pretty uneventful, we left on Tuesday evening and flew into Long Beach.

None of us had ever flown into Long Beach before and it was definitely a new experience.

Such a tiny airport, but it was actually pretty nice in the fact that we had our luggage within minutes of landing and only had to walk across the street to pick up our rental cars.

Tyler and my Dad were are designated drivers and with good reason.

They both are a little crazy and were able to keep up with each other well.

I think Nat and Nate were a little nervous with a few of the crazy things Tyler did to stay behind my dad, including but not limited to almost getting run over by a bus.

By the time we were checked in and settled we were all starved so we went out and got some food.

When our car got back, it was a while after and my dad and his car load still wasn't back so we decided that it would be funny to close our door (we had adjacent rooms) and turn out the lights and make it look like we were gone too and we hid Nate in their closet so he could jump out and scare them. Well the plan backfired on Nate. He had to wait 20+ minutes in the closet and then when they got in, he realized he got himself stuck and so jumping out wasn't exactly possible so he decided he'd wait for one of them to open the closet and he'd scare them even more then. Once again, it didn't work as planned. My mom opened the closet, didn't see him, and ended up throwing her shoes at him. Ha...guess the joke was on him. 

 Anxiously waiting for our plane

 Tyler was really stoked about the trip.

Nate texting all SIX of his girlfriends :)

...oh the places we will go.

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???

oooh life.

The Family is here....

And I am here...

 

Sometimes life is sooooo not fair!

Some Days.

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?

Start with the Bad.

This is going to make me look like a cranky, whiney, negative vacationer. But it will make everyone feel better that they didn't go. Haha. And my next post shall be more positive.

So this is what I didn't like about HAWAII:

FLYING

Because sitting for 6 hours isn't very fun. Airplanes/Airports make feel gross and dirty. I can't wait to shower after being in them. Between the smell & the confined spaces & all the people I feel disgusting by the time I get off the plane. I also get horrible headaches when landing. Oh and last and most importantly red eye flights stink! I went to New York when I was 16 and it was the worst flight of my life. I said I would never take one ever ever again. But I did...and it stunk too this time, but luckily not quite as bad as that one. Plus, if this all isn't bad enough we almost missed our flight going home! (better going then coming though right?)

THE HUMIDITY

My hair held up pretty well, but the ends of it sure liked to go wavy. I was prepared for the worst though, because Hawaii's humidity is NOTHING compared to the East Coast. I'm still glad I live in Utah though, where it is nice & dry!

CRAB ENCOUNTERS

He might look like just a little guy now, but when your buried up in the sand and you turn your head and look over your shoulder and see him practically on your shoulder and now in your face...he's HUGE & SCARY! Luckily I lept out of the sand and booked to the ocean before he had time to attack ;] I may have lost my life to this guy.

THE WIND

Everytime we went to take a picture our hair was in our face! The Ocean Breeze feels nice but isn't so awesome on the hair. Good thing it wasn't always as bad as this pic makes it out to be.

Oh and worst of all...

COMING HOME! :[

Hawaii

I'm baaack! But have no idea what to write/where to start!  

So I will just say this for now: I LOVED IT.

Landed & Lovin' it.

It's been one crazy & long day travelin' but we're here and the weather is perfect. Couldn't be any better. Haven't done much yet. We arrived at 2:10 Hawaii time...waited forever for our rental, got some dinner & walked the beach. 

Ready for take off.

 

View coming out of the airport.

 View of the pool from our room.

Its only 8pm here but I think I'm out for the night. haha. 

Peace Out from Hawaii!!!

Busy July

I think July is going faster than any month this year...
Probably because it has been the most fun month this year in my opinion.
I've been so busy I haven't blogged much about it.

So here is a little of what I have been up to...

Stadium of Fire.

BBQ's in the canyon.

Boating

Celebrating with the Fam.

Celebrating Tyler's Birthday

 

& the BEST stuff is yet to come.

Hawaii bound in just a few hours!

Wahoo.