Paul

Monday, July 22, 2013

San Francisco/Six Flags/Lake Tahoe

Chris and I needed a vacation from Utah, decided on a whim, to take a trip to San Francisco. We stopped at Lake Tahoe on the way back and rented some jet skis for a couple of hours on Lake Tahoe. The water was so blue; it was like the ocean. We were both amazed. We went to Six Flags on Saturday in Vallejo. This was the Six Flags Discovery with animals and shows. There was a short Cirque de Solei type program. And I was completely impressed. However, it was so hot! I had forgotten what it was like to play in weather with humidity. Once it hit about 3:00, it was more tolerable. On Friday, we drove around San Francisco, and stopped at Stanford University and looked up the "Full House" house. Chris took some pictures, but I don't have any. It was a lot of fun. I'm always hesitant to spend the money to take these really quick vacations, but it was much needed and well worth it. We watched quite a few movies on the way there and back...6 to be exact. :)

Lake Tahoe

1-Year Anniversary

Though this post is a bit overdue....Chris and I celebrated our first anniversary on May 5. He got me these gorgeous roses. One rose for every month we have been married. We didn't really do much. I found a groupon and we went to dinner Carvers the day after since our anniversary was on a Sunday. I got Chris a new fossil watch and we just played together. In our first year of marriage, Chris started his MBA program (one year left!), we moved to Draper into a home, and Chris started working for Zion's. Since then, however, he has found a better job with OnStep Financial in Sandy. We feel very blessed to have a temple marriage and look forward to starting a new chapter in our lives!

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Home Sweet Home

Chris and I found a house to lease to own in Draper in the middle of February. Our lease on our townhome was up in March so we jumped at the opportunity. We moved EVERYTHING ourselves. I'm a buff woman. Needless to say, I could not walk the next day and we will not be moving by ourselves ever again. We plan to eventually buy this home and have no plans to move into something else in the near future. I love this house! At first I was a little skeptical and scared because it was a little more than our townhome, but it has so much! All of our utilities are included except gas and power, the landscaping is contracted out, and we don't have to pay for Internet either. It has been completely worth it. I have added a little time to my commute, but I think it's worth it. Something for us to grow into with the little ones :)

Our first home!

Rylee's Room

Master Bedroom...It's huge!

Master Bath

Office

Upstairs Bath

Living room View from Upstairs

Living Room

Family Room

Laundry room...I've got front loaders!

Main Level Half Bath

Backyard...used to be a lot more snow

Craft Room :)

Downstairs Bath

Basement Living Room

Guest Room

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

Talk about a huge snowstorm for us. Ok, so not that big, but we didn't get a storm like this at all last year. It started snowing Friday morning around 8am and has stopped snowing for maybe a couple of hours. Right now it is snowing quite hard outside. I went out and cleaning off my car this morning because I didn't want to have to clean 8 inches of snow off my car Monday morning. When I went out this morning around 11, there was about 5 inches of snow on my car. I can't believe how much it is already snowing and it is only November. If these is a preview of what is to come, it is going to be a long winter. It makes me seriously just want to have a fireplace and cuddle up with a book. But unfortunately, I don't have a fireplace, so sweats and a blanket do just the trick!

My poor car. Not fun to clean off.

This is what it looks like outside right now.

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree

As a surprise last weekend, Chris bought me a Christmas tree. Pre lit and 7 feet tall. We decided to put it up last weekend with Rylee since we had just bought it. It fits right in the corner of our living room. I was afraid we wouldn't be able to get one because our living room is so small. But have no fear; it fits! It was a wonderful surprise. I'm quite excited to decorate it. Now where's the money???

Not the best picture, but here it is.

Halloween

I spent Halloween with Lily, Ryan, Mom, Jeremy and Ashley and Chris went and spent it with Rylee and Logan. Chris won best costume at his work for dressing up as Mitt Romney, and Rylee was a witch. Lily was a little elephant. Seriously, trick-or-treating is so much fun with the little ones. Every time she got a piece of candy, she would attempt to run down to my mom or Ryan and show what she got. Everyone loved her little outfit. We got a few videos of her since Alicia wasn't able to go, and it was one of the best Halloweens I have had. I can't wait to be able to do it with my own children.