I am so excited !!!!
I can't wait until June!
If you have any advice for me (what to do, where to eat, what to see) I would greatly appreciate it.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
New York here we come!
This will be my first visit to NYC!
I am so excited !!!!
I can't wait until June!
If you have any advice for me (what to do, where to eat, what to see) I would greatly appreciate it.
I am so excited !!!!
I can't wait until June!
If you have any advice for me (what to do, where to eat, what to see) I would greatly appreciate it.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
2 year anniversary
Luke and I celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary on Dec 20. We decided to keep it low key so we just went to dinner at The Iron Gate Grill (I highly recommend, it was so yummy) and then went up the (snowy) canyon to watch a movie. It was a really enjoyable night. I am so lucky to be married to Luke, he is such a sweetheart. He even sent flowers to my work, which was shocking because he typically doesn't do things like that.
I am so blessed that I was able to marry my best friend. I love you Luke!
I am so blessed that I was able to marry my best friend. I love you Luke!
Christmas
I love Christmas, it is my favorite time of year! I love decorating the tree, and looking at Christmas lights, I love spending time with family, I love shopping, and I love Christmas music. We went to Salt Lake to celebrate Christmas with both our families. It can be extremely tough to have both families within a mile of each other because they both expect you to do everything with them. We have had spread ourselves thin in order to go to both sides of the families' Christmas parties. We have a lot of fun, but sometimes it can get really stressful.
Luke's brother and sister-in-law left for New Zealand Dec 21 so we celebrated the holiday with his family a little early. It was nice to get together with them.
We were able to spend a lot of time with each family this year, which was really nice. I had a very good time. Luke spoiled me for Christmas! I feel that he made me look bad ha ha. We got a Wii (it has been a ton of fun to play), he gave me a diamond bracelet, among lots of other things. It was a nice Christmas.
I hope everyone else had a great Christmas too!
Luke's brother and sister-in-law left for New Zealand Dec 21 so we celebrated the holiday with his family a little early. It was nice to get together with them.
We were able to spend a lot of time with each family this year, which was really nice. I had a very good time. Luke spoiled me for Christmas! I feel that he made me look bad ha ha. We got a Wii (it has been a ton of fun to play), he gave me a diamond bracelet, among lots of other things. It was a nice Christmas.
I hope everyone else had a great Christmas too!
Disneyland and Thanksgiving
This is a little late, but better then never I guess. Luke and I celebrated Thanksgiving in Parowon along with his parents and his dad's side of the family. I've only seen that side of Luke's family once or twice so I didn't know a lot of them. Fortunately, the group was pretty small so I was able to get to know them a little better. The funny thing is we ate Thanksgiving dinner at the only hotel in Parowan (it's the biggest gathering place in Parowan as well). Thanksgiving day we stuffed ourselves and then decided to go to a movie. We drove into Cedar City, a 15 mile drive, to watch Blindside, but by the time we got there all the showings were sold out. I was kind of bummed because I really wanted to see it.
On the Friday after Thanksgiving we drove down to St. George and saw Blindside at the theater there (it is a must see), went to the Pizza Factory for lunch, visited some of Luke's cousins on his mom's side, and then met up with my family to go to Tuachan to see the Nativity. While we were there we stayed at Luke's aunt's house, which was really nice of her.
Saturday we started our long caravan (Luke, Tristan and myself in one car and then my parents and Jantzsen in another) to Sunny California. We looked at buying plane tickets, but it ended up being a lot cheaper to drive, so we chose the frugal route. When we got to CA Saturday afternoon we went to Laguna Beach. I can't even explain how much I loved it there. I love the beach, and I love the sand, and I love the water. It was relaxing to just hang out at the beach, and we got a lot of good pictures (which I will post later). Did I say that I LOVE the beach?? ;)
My cousin lives in Southern CA so we met up with him on Sunday and went sightseeing in LA. It was pretty cool, but not as great as I thought it was going to be. Now that I have seen LA once I don't think I need to go back. There were way too many people for my taste. It's a good thing we met up with my cousin because he was able to show us around the town. He also showed us the LA temple which is beautiful.
Monday and Tuesday we went to California Adventures and Disneyland. They were a lot of fun and I am really glad we went, but I can wait another 15 years before I go again. I was surprised how many people there had young kids in strollers. I would never want to have a stroller at Disneyland with that many people around. It just seems to inconvenient.
Well, we took our pictures with Mickey, Mr. Incredible and a few other characters and we rode all of the rides. Unfortunately, we had to wait in quite a few lines. Last time my family went to Disneyland we didn't wait any lines, so I was expecting that because we went at the exact same time of year last time. Oh well, we had fun
On Wednesday we went to Knott's Berry Farm, which was awesome. The rides are geared more for adults, and there were no lines at all. We were able to get on rides as soon as we walked up to them. It was awesome! I think that was Luke's favorite part about the trip.
On Thursday we left CA for Las Vegas where we stayed at the Stratosphere. The room was nice and cheap, but if you want to walk the strip I would recommend getting a hotel that is centrally on the Strip. We walked the length of the Strip from the Stratosphere and we figured we had walked 8 miles. I was tired be the time we got back to the hotel room. While we were there I even played a couple slots (for the first time) I only gambled $1, but I lost that dollar. Gambling sucks ;) We only spent one night in Vegas so I think it would be fun to go back and spend a couple days and maybe go to a show. We'll see.
On Friday we drove all the way back to Salt Lake City. It only took us 6 hours, but it took my parents 8 because they took a little detour and then ran out of gas ha ha. Thankfully, they got back home just fine.
Overall our vacation was a lot of fun, and I can't wait to go on another one!
On the Friday after Thanksgiving we drove down to St. George and saw Blindside at the theater there (it is a must see), went to the Pizza Factory for lunch, visited some of Luke's cousins on his mom's side, and then met up with my family to go to Tuachan to see the Nativity. While we were there we stayed at Luke's aunt's house, which was really nice of her.
Saturday we started our long caravan (Luke, Tristan and myself in one car and then my parents and Jantzsen in another) to Sunny California. We looked at buying plane tickets, but it ended up being a lot cheaper to drive, so we chose the frugal route. When we got to CA Saturday afternoon we went to Laguna Beach. I can't even explain how much I loved it there. I love the beach, and I love the sand, and I love the water. It was relaxing to just hang out at the beach, and we got a lot of good pictures (which I will post later). Did I say that I LOVE the beach?? ;)
My cousin lives in Southern CA so we met up with him on Sunday and went sightseeing in LA. It was pretty cool, but not as great as I thought it was going to be. Now that I have seen LA once I don't think I need to go back. There were way too many people for my taste. It's a good thing we met up with my cousin because he was able to show us around the town. He also showed us the LA temple which is beautiful.
Monday and Tuesday we went to California Adventures and Disneyland. They were a lot of fun and I am really glad we went, but I can wait another 15 years before I go again. I was surprised how many people there had young kids in strollers. I would never want to have a stroller at Disneyland with that many people around. It just seems to inconvenient.
Well, we took our pictures with Mickey, Mr. Incredible and a few other characters and we rode all of the rides. Unfortunately, we had to wait in quite a few lines. Last time my family went to Disneyland we didn't wait any lines, so I was expecting that because we went at the exact same time of year last time. Oh well, we had fun
On Wednesday we went to Knott's Berry Farm, which was awesome. The rides are geared more for adults, and there were no lines at all. We were able to get on rides as soon as we walked up to them. It was awesome! I think that was Luke's favorite part about the trip.
On Thursday we left CA for Las Vegas where we stayed at the Stratosphere. The room was nice and cheap, but if you want to walk the strip I would recommend getting a hotel that is centrally on the Strip. We walked the length of the Strip from the Stratosphere and we figured we had walked 8 miles. I was tired be the time we got back to the hotel room. While we were there I even played a couple slots (for the first time) I only gambled $1, but I lost that dollar. Gambling sucks ;) We only spent one night in Vegas so I think it would be fun to go back and spend a couple days and maybe go to a show. We'll see.
On Friday we drove all the way back to Salt Lake City. It only took us 6 hours, but it took my parents 8 because they took a little detour and then ran out of gas ha ha. Thankfully, they got back home just fine.
Overall our vacation was a lot of fun, and I can't wait to go on another one!
Here are some pictures:
I have a ton more, but it takes forever to upload so maybe I'll put more up later
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Halloween
I love Halloween!!!!
There are also pictures of us playing chubby bunny and trying to eat donuts off a string, but it was taking too long to upload so I will try again later.
4-wheeling
A couple weekends ago we decided to go 4-wheeling with my parents, which was a lot of fun. Unfortunately, we went during hunting season so we had to wear bright orange sweaters, and there were a lot of places we couldn't ride because of all the hunters. Next year we will NOT go during hunting season! 
Monday, October 12, 2009
Conference and Park City
I love Conference weekend! It is always nice to hear the talks and feel the spirit. Usually Luke and I go to Salt Lake on weekends, but we decided it would be nice to hang out in Logan, relax, and listen to conference. I have never really explored Cache Valley, so on Sunday we decided to take a drive and listen to conference. We drove south past Hyrum and ended up at Porcupine Dam. I never even knew that anything in that area of the valley existed, but I am glad we ended up there. The leaves were changing colors and there was some snow on the ground so it made the view breath taking. I took some pictures, but they don't give t
he view justice. We drove to the end of the road at Porcupine Dam and then turned around and drove south some more. The road turned into dirt and it was raining really bad, so I am glad our little Nissan made the journey. We followed the dirt road south for quite a while until we ended up in North Ogden. Our drive took us about 3 hours to get to Ogden and then 45 min to get back, but it was well worth it. The view was amazing and we found a lot of neat places to camp and ride 4-wheelers so we will be back. 
he view justice. We drove to the end of the road at Porcupine Dam and then turned around and drove south some more. The road turned into dirt and it was raining really bad, so I am glad our little Nissan made the journey. We followed the dirt road south for quite a while until we ended up in North Ogden. Our drive took us about 3 hours to get to Ogden and then 45 min to get back, but it was well worth it. The view was amazing and we found a lot of neat places to camp and ride 4-wheelers so we will be back. 
This past weekend we went to spend time with my family in Park City. My family has a timeshare there so we go every year. I love going to Park City, and I love spending time with my family. We took family pictures, which was a lot of fun (I'll post as soon as my mom sends them to me), we went shopping, we went to dinner, and we just hung out and relaxed. The only bad part of the weekend is I got sick, and I am still sick (that is why I am updating my blog). Its not fun. I am proud of myself though, I have been saving money to go shopping, and I only spent $25. That is a record for me when I am in Park City. Overall it was an awesome weekend and I can't wait to go back next year.
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