Shakin' Me Crazy

Vacation Time Again!

2010-04-29T16:57:00.000-07:00

Yes, we are having a GIRL! I finished the entire nursery in two weeks, with the exception of putting up pictures (still need to do that). For our vacation this year me and Chewy went home to Washington and spent a weekend in Leavenworth, WA just the two of us. Leavenworth is this little German town in the mountains. Chewy served his mission in Germany (for those who didn't know) so he LOVED the town. But I personally just loved being home. It was a long winter semester of being sick and pretty much home ridden. I love going home to beautiful Washington and just being with family. We did some shopping, laughed, hung out, went on walks, saw my Dad's work, Debby sewed--a lot, it was great.

While at home my mom, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law Tiffany threw me the greatest baby shower. It was so fun. I can't thank them enough for doing that. It really made me feel special and everyone that came was so generous! I'm still working on thank you cards! Needless to say it was hard to leave. I might shed a tear or two while driving away at 5 am to go back to Rexburg (what can I say I am pregnant, I was tired, and it was 5am!) But it was fun to get back and get ready for summer semester. Now I am just anxioulsy waiting for our little girl to get here. She is INSANE! She never stops moving, NEVER. Chewy thinks it is great, but seriously she is getting stronger some of those upper cuts and round kicks are starting to get vicous. Three more months!!!!!!

T.V. or No T.V.

2010-03-22T10:33:00.000-07:00

As of now, and the past two months, I have not been going to school or working. Yes, my days are spent in the apartment doing what I do best--television watching. In the last two months I have managed to memorize show times from 10am to 8pm, watch all of the seasons of Friends, become obsessed with Big Cat Diary, and learn all the laws in Miami, Philadelphia, and Phoenix of animal cruelty. I have become an expert in the daytime shows.

While I was sick this was of course expected but since late February I have been feeling MUCH better and I knew there needed to be a change. So I started to cut my hours down of television watching to just about 4 (two in the morning and two at night) and it is amazing how much you can get done! Along with just myself cutting down my hours me and Chewy also decided to try something new as well....no television, video games, or media stuff on Sundays!

This all came about one Sunday Morning when I told Chewy that growing up in my family the rule was no t.v. on Sunday before church, after church it was fair game. For some reason he did not get this and said "We either get to watch television all day Sunday or not all, your rule doesn't make any sense." "okay", I said "Then we won't watch any t.v. on Sunday, or video games, or Internet t.v." hahaha I think he was a little surprised about that, but we tried it. Our first Sunday it was a little hard, but since it has actually been quite nice. We have begun doing all the important things we have been neglecting lately. I highly recommend that you try it at least once and see if you like it. If you are wondering about what to do, don't worry I have plenty of ideas....starting with...

1. Scripture Study- alone and together. Especially with cutting down my t.v. hours during the week

2. Prayers- Seriously, it takes 2 minutes yet we had to cut out the boob tube just to get it done

3. Journal writing- I managed to find all my old journals (5 in all) starting from when I was 7 all the way up until now. I never knew that I kept so many. Really if you need something to do go find your old journals and read them-- so entertaining.

4.Conference Talks- If you have the Ensign from last November it should have all the conference talks from last general conference. Every morning I pick one and read it. This is probably one of my favorites!

5.. Cleaning- Mostly this is for me during the week. I had no excuse for not cleaning, our apartment is small and it really takes about 20 min.

6. Book Reading- Besides reading church stuff Chewy gets tons more homework done and I get to read more books too. Lately I have been reading the book my Dad wrote "Onward Christian Road Warrior", and it is great! Back when he wrote it I didn't really understand it and didn't know how to apply it to my life, but now it is a great read, a great manual for someone to add to their life. Go look it up!

7.. Games- Now this is something me and Chewy do together a lot. Our favorite game thus far is "Guess What I'm Thinking", and yes that is exactly right; you guess what the other person is thinking. Usually we play with movies, one person thinks of a movie and the other person has to guess what movie they are thinking of. This can be played with songs (we usually hum the song) or animals, anything really. One game we really enjoy is "How Well Do You Know Me?". We each ask the other questions about ourselves like; "What was my favorite television show growing up?" or "How many of my pets died?" stuff like that.

I think that I will go with the no television. Besides it just being a distraction and mostly stupid shows anyways we both agreed that it gave us more time together and you just get more done. Of course there are some 8:00pm shows we will probably continue to watch (who am I kidding of course we will) but for the majority it is out. If you try this and think of anything else fun to do let me know!

Moms...My Mom

2010-02-02T09:53:00.000-08:00

Isn't she just SO cute?

There is nothing like a good Mom; especially when you are sick. Don't get me wrong husbands are wonderful, but a Mom just has the touch. My Mom has been here in Rexburg since Friday; and I can already tell you that I have gained one pound (chewy has gained 5), I have taken a shower, and our apartment has never looked cleaner. Chewy really has done a great job at taking care of me, the house, working, and of course going to school and all of his homework. But having my mom here and has really allowed us to relax and allow Chewy to focus more on his school work and me to focus on eating and keeping it down.

This is just one example of how wonderful my mom is. She has given up a whole week of her life to come to freezing cold snowy Rexburg and just sit with me. My Mom has been a blessing in my life and I'm so grateful for everything she does and is doing right now (right now she is making banana muffins). So this is a little shout out to all the moms, including my mom, a huge THANK YOU Moms for being so wonderful and of course so dang cute!

My Dad isn't that bad looking either

Girl's Trip to the beach

She always looks good in blue

General Conference 09'

Trips, Vacations, Holidays--I love them all!

2010-01-28T09:44:00.001-08:00

So, the pregnancy has not quite gone as I had expected. Nausea turned into morning sickness, morning sickness turned into all day sickness, and all day sickness turned into 24 hour sickness. Needless to say I ended up quiting my job and deferring the semester. Now I spend my days in our apartment trying to drink (sometimes eat) and doing what I do best...looking up vacations.

I am in my 14th week now so I am hoping to see some improvements soon, but meanwhile I will keep trying to plan future vacations for me and Chewy. In case you didn't know me well enough I LOVE vacations, trips, holidays, weekend getaways, love it all. This is probably because growing up my parents made a point to always take our family on a vacation every year. Sometimes it was big vacations to Hawaii or Florida. Other times it was a short fun trip to Wyoming or the Oregon coast. Either way these were some of my favorite memories; our vacations.

It is only natural now that we carry this tradition on in our own family. Me and Chewy have decided that our family will go on a vacation every year, and of course one little trip just the two of us :). Our first Vacation was our honeymoon. An excellent cruise from LA to Ensenada Mexico. Our next vacation was last April and we went too Disneyland. This was an absolutely fabulous trip, and I can't wait to go back. Now that I am pretty much on bed rest and locked in our apartment I have made a point to look up future vacations ever morning. I have gone from Las Vegas, Florida (Disney World), Hawaii, Canada, Cruises, New York, North Carolina, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, San Diego, etc. Chewy thinks that this would be depressing for me, but I enjoy every minute of it.

I would (and have done it) give up a year of shopping, going out to eat, going out to the movies, and other fun activities to save up for a vacation. This year we are taking things a little slower and going to Leavenworth, WA for a weekend in April. Chewy served his mission in Germany so hopefully this will be a home away from home. So for now it is up to me to plan our vacation for next year. I'm pulling for Disney World. Anyone have any GREAT vacation ideas?

Our first vacation...Honeymoon Aug, 2008!

Second trip DISNEYLAND April 2009

Third little trip--1st Anniversary Day to Lagoon!

This was just a mother daughter trip..sorry Chewy. Lincoln City, Oregon Aug, 2009

Fourth trip home to WA, mariners game, wicked, Rachael's wedding September 2009

Like I said, I love vacations, trips, holidays, new places, new sights, hotels, free breakfast, etc. I can't wait for our next one!

Pregnant or Not Pregnant?!

2010-01-11T16:40:00.000-08:00

The answer is.....

YES!

I am about 11 weeks along and...surviving. I have been wanting to call a lot of people to tell in person, but it has been hard enough just getting up in the morning. It was definitely hard to keep this a secret since my family is VERY good at spilling the beans. Mostly it was by accident, my mother however just went crazy and told anyone who would listen (don't worry I still love you mom). Anyways here are some answers to the many questions that everyone probably has.

Q: How far along are you?
A: I already said 11 weeks

Q: When is your due date?
A: August 2nd, 2010

Q: How have you been feeling?
A: Well, If I wasn't pregnant and have lost 10lbs great, but don't worry I have my drugs and I am still alive

Q: Was this planned?
A: YES, it is actually quite a blessing that we finally did get pregnant

Q: Are you still going to school?
A: As of now, yes. And plan on graduating in July

Q: Do you know the sex?
A: Nope still too early. Probably find out in February or March

Q: Are you hoping for a certain sex?
A: We will be happy with either boy or girl. But we recently got tons of cute girl clothes from a very special friend...so having a girl could save on money.

Q: Is your family excited?
A: YES! I never thought my parents would be so excited to be called Grandma and Grandpa. Debby will for sure have a fight to hold this one. (haha just kidding)

Q: Have you had an ultrasound yet?
A: Yup! We had our first one before going home for Christmas. We got to see the little bean and just today we heard the heartbeat for the first time.

I can't express how grateful, excited, nervous, anxious, and ready we are for this little person to be here (well inside me). As hard and sometimes outright awful it has been we count it as a blessing everyday. Hopefully the sickness will end soon and then I can enjoy getting fat and showing off my baby belly! Thank you for all the prayers and phone calls. I truly do have the best family and friends anyone could ask for.

DISNEYLAND

2009-05-19T05:19:00.000-07:00

Who doesn't love a good vacation? Well let me just say... I LOVE vacations. Ever since my wonderful parents sent on us a cruise for our honeymoon we have been hooked. However, since we can't quite afford just luxurious vacations anymore we had to think small, so we thought DISNEYLAND! It actually worked great. We saved up all our gift cards from the wedding so we didn't have to spend a dime on food. We found this great hotel with free breakfast and a free shuttle to Disneyland. We brought a cooler and sandwich stuff with us and brought a lunch with us everywhere we could go.

It was the perfect break from a long winter of school and work. Chewy has never been to Disneyland (he claims Tokyo Disney, I disagree), so it was the perfect place for both of us. The weather was outstanding, the drive was wonderful, and even though every one says the park is insane we loved it. The lines were not bad at all. I guess when there is only two of any line would go by fast! Our hotel room was bigger than apartment, sad I know, and it was one of the cheapest we found! We really got lucky. Now I can't help but think about our next big adventure, which won't be for a while :(

Ever family vacation I ever went on my Dad ALWAYS made a little calendar of events. I had to keep the tradition going, so I made one too.

Our first day there. We went down to the lobby and got our DISNEYLAND tickets

chewy...very excited

After we bought our tickets it was to Huntington Beach. It was Easter Sunday, so we just laid back and relaxed. And yes, we did get burnt

stud

The beginning of getting burnt

Attempting to make a sand castle

Disneyland day! We were at the park for 10 HOURS!!! The weather was perfect, not too hot, not too cold, and it didn't rain. It was amazing.

We are about to enter the park...

Just a few of the rides we went on. Peter Pan was my Favorite, Chewy loved Indiana Jones.

It's A Small World! Fastest moving line, longest ride.

They don't allow to bring food in the park. This where they get you, the food prices. Stupid Disney

They had a petting farm?!

No, we did not get the sword out of the stone.

We stayed for the firework show, which was amazing, and we decided that we needed to get at least one souvenir. What did we get...a cupcake. And it wasn't that good.

We were getting pretty tired by the end.

Bye, Bye Disneyland

Day 3: We made another trip this beautiful beach called Sunset Beach. It was so amazing, and hardly anyone was there. Hmmm..probably because there was this massive windstorm and the sand had become like daggers. So we sat in the car, looked at the beach, and ate our homemade sandwich's. This day stank just a little bit.

Oh the wind

Chewy was mad

Our last day. We did not want to leave, but it was a blast! Can't wait for our next!!!!

It was a GREAT vacation. I highly recommend taking a little trip to Disneyland if you have never been, but I promised myself that I would NEVER take any child of mine that couldn't walk yet. Some of those parents looked miserable at the happiest place on earth!!! Take my advice, wait till they are older.

Easter Comes Early

2009-04-08T07:07:00.001-07:00

We decided to celebrate Easter a little early. We were just too excited and could not wait... Actually, we are going to DISNEYLAND this Saturday and realized that we would not be able to celebrate Easter in California so we did it one week before. We couldn't afford to go all out, you know ham, company's potatoes, delicious salad, rolls, and of course the amazing Easter basket my mom always made us kids. So we kept it simple, waffles and eggs! And you can't have an Easter without an Easter egg hunt. We bought a package of 12 eggs. So we each got six eggs to hide for the other person. Then we each picked out one of favorite candies. Of course I picked something chocolate (snickers) and chewy picked Starburst Jelly Beans, not the best, but a good choice. Then we got one "special treat". hahaha Cadbury egg all the way for me, Reese's for him.
So I went first and hid his six eggs somewhere in our tiny apartment. It was so much fun. I have to say that we got pretty creative at our hiding spots.

hmmm too bad they are all almost gone now.

Looking for my eggs. I did a better job at hiding them than Chewy.

Right before he started looking. He looks so.....happy

Attempting to find the eggs I hid so well. Nope, keep looking.

And he DID IT!!!!! Dang candy is expensive. It was like 3 bucks for a tiny bag of bite size snickers. Rip Off

Cookin' Cupcakes

2009-04-05T20:30:00.000-07:00

This past semester me and Chewy were called onto the activities committee, and we have loved it! We were charge of this last activity and the bishopric wanted a cook-off. We decided to mix it up a little bit and do a "priesthood cook-off" dessert style. It was a blast watching all the guys get into it. They actually made some pretty tasty treats. Chewy made one of my favorites, red velvet cake and cream cheese frosting.

hmmmmm.....SO GOOD!

Icing away

He worked so hard, and didn't even win. Maybe next year.

Ties, Ties, Ties

2009-04-05T20:16:00.000-07:00

Is it ever possible for a man to have too many ties? For missionaries it is their only variety to clothing, so it would seem that they can never have enough ties. But what about just a normal guy, say like Chewy, who only wears a suit and tie once a week to church. Can he have too many ties? Answer...YES!!!! He has two hangers dedicated to nothing but holding up his many ties, and they always seem to fall, slip, and slide off. So one day we decided to take a minute and truly count how many ties he has. The verdict--54 ties! Can anyone beat that one? Chewy has enough ties that he would never have to wear the same tie twice to church for a whole year. It also seems that each tie has a special sentimental value from his mission, so they all must stay. Some
pictures as proof.

Date Night

2009-04-03T08:27:00.000-07:00

January, February, March, and most of April bring nothing but cold and snow here in Rexburg. This means entertainment and activities are slim to none. The school made a new addition of an outside ice skating rink! At a pretty affordable price. So we thought we would save up for a little date night and go ice skating out in the snow--how romantic right? WRONG!!! For starters, who ever said that it is fun to ice skate in the freezing cold is an idiot. You can wear as many layers as you want and yet the Rexburg wind can still find it's way through to skin. The skate rink was tiny. You would think with the university having 15,000 students plus they would make one big enough...wrong again. And on top of that the only ice skates they had were terrible hockey ones that no one can skate on. Our feet hurt, our hands were numb, our faces were frozen, and we left after 5 minutes on the ice. What a waste of six bucks. Luckily we snapped a few shots before leaving.

Stupid ice skates

After our terrible idea date we headed to the happiest place in Rexburg. My sister Michelle calls it the "Cupcake Factory", and it truly is. The Coco Bean. Making delicious cupcakes everyday. It just so happened that that night was Coco Bean's birthday. They had a little game where a select few would get a birthday hat. Then they would each sing their own version of Happy Birthday and the winners would get FREE CUPCAKES. Guess who sang....ME! Yes, I sang out loud, in front of a huge group of people I have never before. And to make it sure, I did not win. Oh well, I got a delicious cupcake anyways.

Chewy...Gaining Weight?

2009-04-03T08:14:00.000-07:00

I don't know what happened after Christmas, but I think everything just got a little bit busier. Chewy started school again, and I got a part time job. As what you may ask... but of course, a nanny! It has been a crazy semester and we are both ready for a little break. But a here is a little update of the happenings since we returned from Washington. Chewy's first stop when we got home was of course the bathroom. If you had not already seen on the blog he got pretty sick during vacation and you would have thought he would have lost a whole of bunch weight. Quite the opposite. He BROKE the toilet seat!!! Right in half. We had a laugh about this one.

He looks so confused

There it is. Proof. The crack went all the way through!

Christmas in the Snow!

2009-01-31T20:37:00.000-08:00

After Jenna's wedding we finally hit the road home to Washington! We left at 5 am and didn't get home until midnight! It was a twenty one hour drive!!!!!! Oh my gosh, yah it was NOT fun. It was snowing almost the entire time, and we almost did not make it through all the passes! Luckily they opened up and we made it home safely.

Here's Chewy attempting to restart their car.

Michael and Chewy at work.

Once we finally got home Chewy got so sick. He did not get to enjoy one single day at home. He ended up getting strep throat and almost had to go to the hospital. Poor kid. He missed out on almost everything, cheesecake factory, movies, New Years...he spent most of his time in bed. We used my mom's heating pad...I think it looks pretty good on him.

Monica is the best boss in whole wide world. With the cutest kids in the whole world as well. Look how amazing she looks!!!

And here they are--Bronson and Emory. Icing some cookies on Christmas Eve.

Making funny faces with Chewy

Christmas Eve with Michael and Chewy. We joke that Michael looks like the little brother in this picture. We all got matching pajamas, it is a tradition.

It is also a tradition for some Christmas music playing. So we all played some Christmas carols on the piano and guitar.

Jenna's Reception

2009-01-22T13:22:00.000-08:00

Jenna had the most beautiful reception. It was in the Joseph Smith building on the highest floor. Her cake was beautiful, her dress was beautiful, and it was so fun just being with friends and family.

Mimi and Mikey

Mom and Pops

Me and my Dad waiting for the party to start!

Jenna's Wedding

2009-01-22T13:14:00.001-08:00

Before we made it home to Washington for Christmas we made a little stop in Utah for Jenna Dunns wedding. She is a good friend of the family and one of Michelle's best friends. We got to go to the bridal shower, sealing, and reception. Each event was so fun and she looked absolutely beautiful! Here is Michael and Michelle at my parents hotel in Salt Lake. This one of the biggest gingerbread houses I have ever seen. And people were actually eating candy off of it...disgusting!

Leaving the grandparents house to the temple. Michael and Michelle's car wouldn't start...again! Poor little boys working in the cold while we stayed nice and warm inside!

This is at Jenna's bridal shower. It was so fun seeing everyone again. Here the sisters (Michelle, Jenna, Lindsay, and ME)

Me and the Bride to be

Two of most beautiful girls in the world, and closest friends. Mallory Leale and Lindsay Evans. These girls are so hilarious and fun. I can't wait to see them again.

A WeeK Before Christmas With Nothing To Do!!!!

2009-01-22T12:59:00.000-08:00

After fall semester ended we had almost a whole week of NOTHING!!! No, homework, tests, quizzes, finals, work, projects, presentations...it was so nice, and then kind of boring. So we decided it was time to pull out our fondue set we got at our wedding! As you can see we are REALLY excited. We decided to make cheese fondue and dip in bread and sausage! Something must have gone wrong because we only had a couple of bites and the rest went in the garbage. We thought we followed the directions, but it was chunky and just tasted weird. I will be sticking with chocolate from now on!

Getting ready to cut up some delicious cheese!

Look how good Chewy cut up the bread and meat! He is about to take the first bite...

Yah, that was pretty much our faces once we tried it. At least the bread was good!

Thanksgiving

2008-12-17T08:50:00.001-08:00

We are so lucky to live close enough to home that we get to go there almost every holiday!!! It has been really nice with all the semester changes that we now get almost a whole week and half off for Thanksgiving. It makes the 14 hour drive worth it! We took our car this trip and drove with Michael, Michelle, and their dog Lucy! I left my camera out a lot and never took any pictures so there are only a couple, oh well...there is always Christmas.

Lucy had the best seat in the car. That little dog just laid where ever she wanted!

Obviously car trips are not the best for taking pictures, but here is michelle and mikey.

These little girls are so fun. They are all dressed up because they threw a little Chinese dinner for craig and debby's anniversary! Helpful little servers.

Hanging out with their uncle!

hahahaha

22 BABY!!!

2008-12-17T08:36:00.000-08:00

Chewy's birthday was on November 19th, I know I know, I'm almost a month late but these late 4 four weeks have insane. Anyways, here is the first picture of the day. I made him breakfast in bed hmmmm....bagel, sausage, omelet, and orange juice. We never buy orange juice so this was a extra special treat for him!!! He looks like he is on drugs in the morning!

First present he opened in bed....ooo what is it??

His crazy hot chocolate. Every time we would go to Wal-Mart we always go to the Christmas food aisle and he would stare at this hot chocolate packet!

He last two gifts, Labyrinth (hate it) and chocolates (love it). I felt a little bad giving him food for his birthday, but I kept it all, most of it, in the budget and he liked it!

Michelle and Michael had us over to birthday cake and ice cream later that night. Michelle made funfetti cake, my favorite and I think Chewy's too, it was a lot of fun!

Chewy Cooking

2008-11-17T13:51:00.000-08:00

What happens when you ask your husband to help make brownies when he has never really cooked before.....? This happens!!!! hahahah!!!! Actually, I was making brownies. I asked Chewy to get an egg out of the fridge. He gets it out, puts it on the counter, it rolls off and breaks. So, I tell him that he has to clean up. He looks me and ask how!? hahaha ooo Chewy. I tell him to first pick up the shell and throw it into the garbage, use yous hand I said. I then turn around and hear him saying "gross, oh gross", and he was attempting to pick up the entire mashed egg with his fingers, yolk and everything!!!! I must have forgotten to tell him to use a paper towel to pick up the rest of the egg. Then again--he should have known that! Oh, I love Chewy!

Mesa Falls

2008-11-17T13:29:00.000-08:00

The weather has been incredible. I said this almost a month ago, and we have yet to see snow and ice. Not only is it not snowing, but it is sunny and warm! We decided to take advantage of the great weather and show Chewy some of the cites of Idaho while we still can. Once we hit the sand dunes I told him we had to go to Mesa Falls. It is the last untouched waterfall in Idaho!!! First stop on the way...Big Juds. It is a hamburger place on the way up to Ashton Idaho (45 minute drive). They have the best burgers. You can see that chewy is quite excited we made it. Too bad his burger was burnt, hahaha, he did not enjoy it very much. I however loved mine!

So excited...so sad that he didn't even like it. But it makes me laugh

Once we got to Mesa Falls there are a bunch of stairs you have to take to get down to the water fall. The roads were completely clear, but we got a little surprise once we got to Mesa Falls, and the stairs. Ice EVERYWHERE....luckily, no one fell.

Here's the falls. They look a lot better in person. We have decided that we need an extra person to always come along with us, just so we can have decent pictures of the two of us.

It was sunny, but still freezing. That is all ice behind me. Covering the side of the mountain.

On the way home from Mesa Falls we stopped at this cool trail on the side of road. We did not realize how muddy it was going to be. Also, I might have forgot to mention to Chewy there was a little scary tunnel at the end...muhahaha

Luckily for him it was closed down that day. But I did make him walk a little into. This him looking back. Tears of fright in his eyes.

Waving goodbye!!!!

The DUNES...

2008-11-16T18:25:00.000-08:00

In Rexburg (a little outside of Rexburg) there are huge sand dunes. Me and my roommates would always go out there and have big bonfires. People bring their four wheelers and go all around. Well, Chewy has never even seem them. So two nights ago we decided to take a little trip up there. Since we are poor, starving college students we didn't want to buy fire wood. So we took blankets and dressed warm-- too bad that didn't work-- it was FREEZING!!! Oh well, it was free (except for gas) and fun.

Chewy- with his flash light. He didn't want to get scared of the dark (hehe)

Our little place on top of one of the dunes. Coats, sweatshirt, and blankets did not cut it. We should have made a fire. However, we did get a pretty good view of all the stars.

The cold made us CRAZY!!! There was also this loud noise. It sounded like there was a pack of wolves waiting to attack. Chewy made us leave early...well, that might have been me.

Came home, put on our matching/opposite sweats and drank hot chocolate

Wreath Making

2008-11-16T18:10:00.000-08:00

Since we have decorated for Christmas I have been wanting a wreathe to put on my door, but they are so expensive. It was $40.00 for some, and they weren't even that cute. So, we went to Porters (the best craft store in the world) and I made myself a wreathe. Best part...it was $10.00 for all the supplies, including the wreathe itself!!!!!

Halloween straight to Christmas

2008-11-02T20:14:00.000-08:00

We woke up the day after Halloween (November 1st) in case anyone didn't know, and we got so excited for Christmas. We sat on our couch and planned out all the decorations for our apartment. We tore down the Halloween decorations and went straight to wal-mart, (pretty much the only place to shop in Rexburg) and went Christmas crazy! Yup, that was our Saturday,making Christmas happen, the first of November!

If you look carefully you can see that chewy is holding up Christmas decorations, along with his back pack. He was suppose to go the library, but he couldn't help but want to come home and help me decorate. He is so bad!

These have to be the funniest stalkings. Wal-Mart..YAH!!!!

Our Christmas Tree!!! So small, but so cute...

NOT...now this is our Christmas tree...just the perfect size for our place. Our neighbors probably think we are crazy for putting up Christmas so early...just wait till we do the outside!~

Our REAL first Halloween

2008-11-02T19:56:00.000-08:00

What do you do when you are married, no kids, and it is Halloween night? Well, the answer is...not much! Just kidding. We passed out candy to the tick-or-treaters that actually came to our apartment. There were some cute little kids. We made halloween sugar cookies, which made us sick, and then went bowling. I know, just the two of us, it was--kind of fun! I reccommend bowling with more than just two people. It was a fun, scare free, night.

Yes, we made home-made sugar cookies. It took forever, and our kitchen was just too small!!! I felt like a little slave rolling dough all night.

But they turned pretty good, if I do say so myself. We made pumpkins, cats, witches, and ghosts.

Chewy was in charge of icing the witches. He went all out. Green faces, black hair and cape, and a white broom stick, he is so talented.

Happy Halloween

2008-10-29T20:31:00.000-07:00

Our first Halloween together...ahh. We got the best looking pumpkin ever! You can tell Chewy is just begging for a little baby. I must tell him no, everyday! You would be amazed how wonderful the weathering has been here. By now everything in Rexburg should be covered in snow and ice. But there is not a snowflake insight. We were wearing t-shirts the other day. It is insane!!! It has been a great fall.

Carving our pumpkin. He got to do the dirty part.

And I got the fun part. The important part

We got called to the activity committee for our ward. Our first activity was the Halloween Party. It was a BLAST, but a lot of work. We only have fifty families in our ward (which usually consist of two people). I can't imagine planning an activity for my home ward...like 900 members or something! We got pretty creative with our costumes. Seeing as money is a little tight, we went as white trash--literally. White trash bags (free) and trash (also free). Ok, no it is not actually trash, just lots of newspapers crumbled up. It was a hit.

These are neighbors and good friends Kaile and Cambria. They are hilarious, they went as nerds!!! I think they played the part pretty well...and so did we...white trash!

One of the activities we were in charge of was a pie eating contest. Yes, I made all the pies, all 15 of them. ok ok they were just pudding pies, but still, a lot of work. Of course me and chewy participated, and of course he ate the pie.

And of course it got all over his face

And of course it got all over my face as well.

Michelle's birthday was on the 26th. We made Monica's home made pizza and had dinner together! It was a lot of fun. Oh and Michelle turned 24...wo!

Instead of a cake Michael got her cupcakes from the cupcake factory. They were SO good. Ate one to many I think?!

I Had A Little Turtle

2008-10-24T17:18:00.000-07:00

Everyone Loves Emory!

HONEYMOON

2008-10-23T13:34:00.000-07:00

My parents sent us on a cruise for our Honeymoon. It was the best vacation we have ever had! We left out of LA and went down to San Diego, Catalina Island, and Ensenada Mexico. Chewy and me decided that cruising is our new hobby. If only we could afford to do it...

This is a view from our second hotel room in California, the day before our cruise left. We thought the ship behind us was our ship...we were mistaken.

Now this our room on the cruise ship! It was tiny, but had a great view, and it prepared us for our future apartment!

The muster drill was quite some fun. I just learned that it is not the "mustard" drill, but muster, that could have been embarrassing! Luckily, we never had to wear those crazy life vests again.

On the boat, beautiful view!!!

This is me cracking open a clam in San Diego, and there was a pearl in it, woo-hoo. The shuttle from the ship took us to only one place, this store called Hilo Hattie...boo!!!! But hey, I got a pearl from it.

Every night after we came back from our delicious dinners, there was always some animal on our bed. Tonight it was a elephant. One night our room guy made a sloth out of our towels.

hmmm! Every night we ate like we were seriously millionaires, and it was FREE!!! You could have as many appetizers, entrees, and desserts as you wanted. Steak, potatoes, salad, chocolate cake, pasta....probably the best part....the food!

Catalina Islands was our favorite port. We were right on the ocean and it was beautiful. We went snorkeling, and the little town had so many cute shops. Don't we look tan!?!??

Notice anything about this picture? This is a sign naming all the churches in the town...see ours!?

That's our ship behind us! We miss it!

Yup, this was embarrassing. Another amazing part of the cruise was room service 24 HOURS!! So, we finally decided to order some, and we got a lot. I'm chilling in our cubicle waiting for my warm chocolate chip cookies, in my onesie (aka pajamas)...as you can see, when the guy finally comes. Instead of Chewy just taking the plate from the guy, he invites him in to place it on our chair, and I'm just hanging out-- a grown woman in a leopard onesie!!! At least the food was good.

Oh my gosh, this would be a CHOCOLATE BUFFET, for the whole ship, and it was at midnight!!!!! Ya, that tiger back there is made out of nothing but chocolate. wonderful!

Chewy brought his plate back to the room! I couldn't help myself, I just kept eating through out the buffet, then got sick. I think he made himself sick too...too much chocolate

Boo...the cruise is over! Waiting for our airplane to go home...Can't wait to go again.

The Bride & Groom

2008-10-23T09:44:00.000-07:00

These are just a few of our favorite pictures. The photographer was amazing! We loved every single shot she took. I couldn't have asked for a better or more special wedding day. Everything was perfect!!!!

This one is taken up at the McComb's house! This is where we had our reception...one of my favorites! Isn't it cool looking?

Love it!

After the honeymoon we came home and had a bridal session wtih the same photographer! Once again she did AMAZING! I just want to put them all up...but I won't :)

Chewy is just so handsome...

This is probably our favorite candid picture...perfect!

Wedding Party

2008-10-23T09:21:00.000-07:00

The wedding party/bridal party, were so much fun! Thanks for everyone who made the sacrifice to come and be apart of our special day. It meant a lot.

Oh yeah--this one cracks up everytime. Shawn, michael, and Jeremiah are our favorites.

My family

For some reason, my bridesmaids just could not hold me up. Weak, they are weak.

All the ladies

Chewy's family

Cutest neices ever. Well, the only neices ever

The inlaws

There were so many people who came to our sealing. I just want to go back and do it all over again!

Chewy absolutley LOVES this picture! Probably becuase he is getting kissed by the cutest girl in the world! (I got to be her nanny)

Yup, I'm convinced these are the cutest kids in the world. I got to be there nanny for a very long time and they are just perfect!!!