WhAts GoInG oN???

   Alright, I know its been foreeeeeever long since I have blogged! I have been putting it off way too long and things just keep happening and I just don't have the willingness or patience to sit down and type everything. But today my husband is watching football and then after the games are over he is playing football on xbox. So since i'm not interested in any of that I will blog. I just promised myself that if I do this I wouldn't write long detailed posts about everything and only write about the big important things so that it doesn't take two days and a half to do it haha.
   So my last post was us still living in Albuquerque, NM. Well at the end of August I left NM for good and went back to Utah with my 2 dogs and stayed with my mom and sis for a few weeks while Jay stayed and finished out the summer. While I was at home in Utah my Best Friend of 15 years, Kendra Gille (now Kendra Fromm) got MARRIED! Im so happy for them! Im telling you it was the most beautiful wedding i've been to! She had it outside in our neighbors beautiful backyard. I cant explain how beautiful it was in words so i'll just show you in pictures!

   I packed up all my clothes and moved to Arizona the beginning of Sept. Jay had been there for a few days working and trying to find us a place to live. We found a cute 2 bedroom 2 bath condo in Mesa. Its the perfect area to live in. There is literally every store and food place I could ever want within a 10 min drive. I love it! The only problem is.... we didn't have one piece of furniture to go in it. We bought an air mattress to sleep on and had 2 t.v.'s and that was it! All of our furniture was still in Utah and we were going to go get it in 3 weeks. It felt like we were homeless except we had a roof over our head haha. Pretty ghetto. But it actually was really fun and humbling and a funny experience we can look back at years down the road. Here is what our life was like for about a month...

   The end of every summer Jay's work does a company cruise. So we got to go cruisin around Mexico! It was such a blast!! We spent 2 days in Cabo San Lucas, and 1 day in Puerto Vallarta. Cabo was our favorite by far! It was so clean and we felt safe there. We did a lot of snorkeling and playing in the warm ocean, a lot of walking around the shops and eating authentic mexican food. Once we got to Puerto Vallarta the weather was soooo hot and humid and the only thing to do was to pay money for an excursion so we got off the boat and then right back on haha. We spent that day in the pool and just relaxing on the boat. We got to know more of the people that work for Now Communications and became good friends with a lot of them. We had such a blast! And we also got to celebrate our 6 month anniversary while in Mexico so that was cool! We had taken a cruise for our honeymoon too, so I think we should keep it a tradition and go on a cruise to celebrate every 6 months of our marriage ;) 

Right after our cruise we headed to Utah for about a week. I stayed and hung out with family and friends while Jay, his brother, and 2 friends went on a fishing trip to Oregon. I got to go to a movie with my dad (we saw Real Steel and it was actually a really great show), I got to babysit my nieces and nephew, have a good family dinner at my brothers house, go to lunch with Atty Adams and her handsome boy Easton, and packed up as much of our furniture and stuff as I possibly could fit in a small trailer. It feels so nice to Finally have a couch and table and a dresser and a place that actually looks like a home :).

   Halloween just came and gone and this year it was more of a simple laid back year. Im sad we weren't in Utah to see all our nieces and nephews costumes and to go trick or treating with them. We had plans to go to our friend's house for a Halloween party but the day before Jay and our friend both got the flu and were to sick to leave the house. So instead it was just a night for me and the hubby to spend time together. I was getting a little bored while he played xbox so I decided to get creative and build us a fort. He thinks i'm the weirdest person but I think I just have a good imagination haha. It wasn't the coolest looking fort but it was pretty fun to just sit in our 80's workout costumes (which were really comfy, Jay even kept his tights on the whole night lol) eating Halloween candy and watching movies. Well... that was our night, I know, pretty sad and boring but hey we enjoyed it!

   Thats pretty much everything thats been going on. We have been having a good time living in Arizona and we are definitely enjoying the 100 degree weather. Its starting to cool down though and it is absolutely perfect! Somewhere between mid 70s and 80s just getting chilly enough to start wearing boots and sweaters! My favorite! And NO SNOW makes it 100 times better!    HAVE A FABULOUS DAY!

:HeLqUiSt Family CaMpOut:

    A couple weekends ago Jay and I traveled to Monticello and Blanding for a camping trip with his family! It was great to get away and see his sister and brother and their families because we haven't seen them since we got married! Jay said its been 12 years since his family went on a camping trip together! So we packed up our camping gear and took our New Nissan Frontier and our cute dogs on Road Trip! Once we got into town the party began. The guys went golfing while the girls and kids went to the pool! We spent many hours soaking up the sun and splashing around. We met the guys at the camp site and while everyone was setting up tents, trailers and campfires me, Jay and the 2 dogs snuck away to a little reservoir close by to fish. We ended the day just sitting by the fire chit chatting and Jay singing and playing the guitar for us. Oh how I have missed hearing him sing and play!! It was beautiful. 

    Day 2 started out by Me making French Toast for the whole Crew! I'd have to say I did a pretty good job dipping and flipping all that bread fast for 15 starving people! Our bellies were full and we were off for some site seeing and family pictures around town. We went to Bluff to have lunch at the Bluff Fort and my father-in-law had some fun games planned for the kids... but me and Jay joined in haha. Jay was so proud he won the sack race (against 3 to 7 year olds ha). Then we headed on over to do some more fishing. Jay caught 5 so we took them on home gutted them and Chelsea, my sis-in-law, cooked them in the fire wrapped in tinfoil with onions and lemons and lemon pepper. Now I Hate fish but the way she cooked them it didn't even taste like fish it was so delicious. We sat around the fire eating smores and stargazing and talked till we were sleepy.

    Day 3 we packed up camp and said our goodbyes and then went golfing one last time before heading home. Winnie was so pooped and tired every time I held her in the car or on the cart golfing she would fall asleep. We wore her right out. And then we listened on the Ipod to The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown all the way home. It was such a great weekend. I love his family so much and i'm so glad I get to be apart of them forever.

:FoUrTh Of JuLy WeEkEnD:

   For the 4th of July Jay and I met up with his Parents in Bluff, Ut. We also spent time in Blanding and Monticello. I Love the small town feel where everyone knows everyone. We didn't get phone service the whole time and it was soooo great! I love not having a phone and just enjoying the people around me. It was fun spending time with his parents and his aunt and uncle. 

Golf Day with our Golf Twinners.... Yes they did plan it on purpose haha

Love those Sexy Legs

Had some history lessons about Bluff and where Jay's familly came from

Moon Flower. So beautiful, they only bloom once at 9 oclock at night and are wilted by morning. So amazing to watch

Fourth of July. Parade, Small Town, Yummy Food, Fishing, Golf, Site Seeing, Family, Fireworks. Palin was scared out of her mind from the fireworks :(

                                    

Palin was Pooped and slept the whole way Home

:CoUnTrY JaM 2011:

   For the last 5 years my mom, sister and I have made a tradition of going to Country Jam in Grand Junction, CO. It's something I look forward to doing every summer. We have such a blast every time we go we never want it to end! We already made a pact we are going to go every year until we are old grandmas and cant walk haha. Every year we invite new people to come with us. This year we had my mom's friend Bobby and her two daughters Ashley and Atalie. They had so much fun with us they are already planning on coming next year! It was such a fun Girls get away weekend!! We saw about 21 Singers and Bands! Here are some of the well known ones.

Lady Antebellum, Joe Nichols, LoCash Cowboys, Western Underground

Rodney Atkins, Alan Jackson, Thompson Square, Little Big Town

Alan Jackson Concert

Us with Charley Jenkins

:U t A h:

   I had a great time going back to Utah for a few days! It was just the right amount of time to see my family and friends. I wasn't looking forward to the cold because i'm used to 80 degree weather here everyday, but it turned out to be such great warm weather!

   My mom and sister came and picked me up at the airport and we met Zack, Deanna's friend, for lunch at this place my sister just raves about! Its called Moochie's and its sooooo good! I've never heard of it before but I will definitely be going back! Their Philly Sandwiches and Onion Rings are Amazing and you put their homemade Jalapeno sauce on them and its to DIE for!!! Go try it out if ever your in Salt Lake!

   Later that night I had a girls night with my close friends from hair school and all their cute little ones. Its always so fun to get together and just talk about everything under the sun. We get together once every month but since i've been gone I haven't been able to go, so it was so nice to see all of them. Im so blessed to have such good friends and that we will always keep in touch. They are all so beautiful and fun to hangout with, i'm sad I wont see them as often anymore.

Finnley, Hudson, Kannon, Brinkley, and Zelle

   Saturday was my Nephew Presley's Baptism. I was so happy I was there to experience it. He did such a good job. He is such an amazing young man, i'm very grateful to be his Aunt. He even asked me if i would lead the songs for the program. I was nervous to do it because I have never done that before, but I would do anything for him. He's such a great example to everyone in our family.

Then we went back to my brother's house for some refreshments and yummy homemade Crepes! 

My Niece Kennedy had a dance recital that night we went to. Her group of girls did a Little Red Riding Hood dance. She did such a great job!

Deanna and Zack rode his Motorcycle up to the recital

My last few days were spent being lazy, playing the in the backyard with my dogs, and doing a little hiking and site seeing with Kendra. 

No Makeup

Bear

Old Fart, Lucky

   Yeah, dont ask what we were thinking with some of those pics. Thats just what we do. Random things all the time. Oh how i've miss her. We just sat up there on that mountain for 45 min and laughed the whole time. When we get together anything can happen. We have been Best Friends for 15 years. Im sad we don't live close anymore. Im so happy for her though because she is getting married in Sept and I have never seen her so happy. It was so nice to see her even for a little bit.