Welcome December

Ever since I got married, I have been been such a home body.

All I ever want to do is cuddle up to my sweet husband in front of the television while watching our favorite shows [this is definitely not a bad thing].

So, after one year of marriage, we are finally starting to make some weekend plans!

As of know, December looks like:

.Forgotten Carols practices and performance with our beloved family.

.Game nights with friends and their children.

.Date nights with my hubby that actually involve going out.

.Picnics at the park with friends and their families.

.Kickball at the park.

.Reunions with amazing high school girl friends who have always been so supportive of me.

.Dinner dates with good friends who also just had babies.

.Temple lights with loving family.

.And as always, Sunday dinners with both sides of the family.

I am not even mentioning the Christmas Traditions with family. That will be another post... :]

December sure looks like the most wonderful time of the year!

We love the Christmas Season.

Baby Shower!

I am so lucky to have such a wonderful mom and sister who put on the most amazing baby shower for me!

Anyone who came could attest to how much work was put into this special day!

There was plenty of food, games, friends, and fun!

The day was fantastic!

As you can see from the pictures, every detail was perfectly thought-out and planned to-the-t!

Also, I am so grateful to have such wonderful friends who came and supported me!

My family is always there for me!

I am so lucky to have them.

 [My Mom, Kristell, Me, Kristel, and Kelly]

 [My Sister-in-laws: Audrie, Kellie, Jessie, Natalee, and Kristie]

 [My Mother-in-law!]

 [The cute girlies in my family!]

And last, but not least...

The two women who put this whole thing together and who I am so grateful for...

 [My most amazing mom!]

[My beautiful sister, Kristel!]

Thank You!

And thank you to everyone who came to spend the day celebrating our cute baby-to-be!

UTAH

Austin and I were fortunate enough to take a weekend off [sort of] and drive to UTAH! 
It was so much fun driving with my Sweetheart! 
We talked, laughed, sang to our favorite songs, talked some more, stopped at the Grand Canyon, and even worked on some homework.

Life with Austin is always so exciting!

He is constantly making me laugh with his jokes! I love being with him!

We arrived early Friday morning… 3:00 am to be exact, and stayed at my Grandparent’s home in Bountiful! Later that morning we headed down to Provo to visit my old stompin’ grounds at BYU!! I showed Austin all around campus and we met up with some of my friends and old roommates.It was great to be back there again for a visit!

That night was Austin’s mission reunion at the beautiful Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City. Austin served in the Singapore Mission and loved every second of it. There he learned Malai; and also picked up on bits of Chinese, Mandarin, Iban, Tagalog! That night was so fun and I was excited to meet his mission president and all of his old companions. They all had such wonderful and interesting stories to tell!

The rest of the weekend was so amazing and uplifting. It was General Conference and we were fortunate enough to watch the sessions with part of my dad’s family, my parents, and my sister and her husband! General Conference is always so inspiring and Austin and I really enjoyed watching it together for the first time!

My LOVE!

[Please ignore my tired look... but do look at how HANDSOME Austin is!]

Loving Our Busy Lives!

Hello, and YAY for entry number two! These last few weeks have been crazy due to the fact that…

*We are planning a wedding!

*We are trying to spend as much time together before summer is gone!

*Austin is working in the wee hours of the morning at UPS.

*Austin is starting a new season of coaching club volleyball for Molten.

*Austin is beginning a new job as a runner at a law firm.

*& I’m working my last days at In-N-Out in addition to starting my new job at True Imaging!

The Wedding!

We have decided a few things for our special day! First and foremost, our colors come from nothing but a...

PILLOW that my mom found at Target! I LOVE these colors! We are going to add black to this of course and put a touch of silver here and there in picture frames and such! Luckily we are almost set on our photographer, invitations, decorators, and my dress! Also, our address list is coming along great! My amazing AUSTIN spends hours upon hours typing up addresses! He is so wonderful! If you don't think we have your address, leave it for us and we will send you an invitation!

Summer days are almost over!

Here are some of the things that we have been up to...!

We attended one of Austin's family friend's wedding reception!

We went out to dinner with my sister and brother-in-law at Buca di Beppo!

My sweet Austin took me ice skating! We had a blast!

Our FAVORITE place to eat is the Thai House. We are weekly visitors!

We attended Katrina and Devin Cammack’s open house here in Phoenix!

We love being together!! :-)

[[By the way, Austin wanted me to point out that it is MY hand under his chin in this picture!]]

Austin’s Busy Work Life

So yes, Austin will be working three jobs now and will have a beyond crazy schedule! He works the EARLY morning shift at UPS and just added two more jobs; plus he is going to school full-time! He is kicking off the club volleyball season coaching the 18 year olds. I got the privilege of going and watching him pick his team at tryouts! I also snapped a few pictures of my man… :-)

His other new job will be as a runner at Maxwell and Morgan Law Firm! He will be assisting the lawyers in anything that they need him to do! I am so proud of Austin! He is such a hard worker!

Bye Bye In-N-Out Burger

So yes... to all my fellow In-N-Out workers out there, this is my last week at store 218! I am now working full-time at an imaging center where they do CT scans, ultrasounds, MRIs, mammograms, xrays etc. I do the paperwork. I love my new job, but will definitely miss working at my favorite fast food restaurant! I will definitely come back to visit!

So here is our life in a nutshell! We hope you all enjoy our blog! :-)