The Clark Clan

January

2012-01-29T20:31:00.000-08:00

Well here it is the end of January and I haven't posted. Well...that other one doesn't really count...

Morgan had his 27th birthday on the 24th.

It was a fun Sunday night at his parents house with the boys. I made one of his favorites, pistachio pie. I'm really not a huge fan of pistachio, but this pie is to die for! I got the recipe from my mother-in-law...who is the most amazing cook!! So glad she shared this recipe with me.

Wiley, Pat and little Charlie also came. It was defiantly a boys night!

After dinner we watched a few old home movies of Morgan when he was little. He is FOR SURE the older child, if you know what I mean. But he was a cute kid.

These are the "scott smiles"

The day of his birthday we had a lunch date and I gave him is first present, which was a "backpack" for his GoPro. That night I had my workout class...(oh ya I don't think I've mentioned, but I'm trying to get rid of a few extra LBs from after we got married), and then we went to dinner. After dinner I gave him two framed pictures I picked up from a local surf spot in Ventura. One is of a sunset and one is of Jalama, a beach up north. Think I did pretty well :) He can't stop talking about them. Yea for extra wife points.

This weekend has been pretty productive. We stayed around the house most of the weekend, this NEVER happens! And got some stuff done that we have been talking about doing.

I picked some kale that we grew in the backyard...and when I say "we" I mean Morgan and Wiley. Good job boys! Morgan also worked on building his fence to keep the dogs out. Yes dog(s). He has play dates in the backyard.

Oh and we went to Idaho earlier this month too. Flew out with our friends Dan and Brittany. That was a blast! Didn't take too many photos, but that place has changed SO MUCH! It was nice to drive around the town and look at all the new buildings and reminisce about the old days at school. It's a pretty awesome place for the two of us because that's where we fell in love. Mushy, I know. But true.

We drove to Sun Valley to go boarding one day, long drive, good snow.

Even got to spend some time with Chelsea!!

This ended up being a pretty productive month so far for both of us. I'm all about being productive this year...it's kinda my resolution for this year.

2011 in Review...Wheeeewwww!

2012-01-08T21:05:00.000-08:00

I know that this a little late because we are already in the swing of January, but I wanted to take some time and look back on the past year. I feel like we did quite a bit last year, and I just hope that we can get close to what we accomplished this year. I think 2012 is going to be MY year! Well and that it has my favorite number in it, so IT MUST BE!

Well to start out, last year we celebrated Valentines Day/My Birthday with a surprise trip to Disneyland. JUST what I needed!

Right after that, we got approved to start looking for houses to buy. We quickly found a house and went into escrow. It was supposed to be a quick 40 day escrow. Well for those that have bought houses know, that usually these things don't always go as planned.

On our 1 year anniversary our agent let us borrow the keys so we could have a picnic in what would have been our first house. It was romantic and all....the power was turned off, until we walked through the house to find that the addition off the back had flooded in the recent rains. After 4 emotional months after that, we decided to drop that house and find a new realtor.

We then ran a half marathon in May with my brother-in-law James. Lets just say the next time I do one of these, I WILL be training a WHole lot more!

In May we went on a week long trip to Costa Rica with our good friends The Cooks and The Andreasons. AMAZING PLACE!! We are so going back again soon.

All I have to say is that God really answers our prayers. Within 1 day of dropping the first house in June, we found what is now our home. And 30 days later it was ours.

We spent one night alone until we got this little guy. We named him 'Con (Rincon) and he has been such a great dog and companion. He is our little kid and we take him almost everywhere with us. Morgan does most of the training with him, I'm just a sucker and like to spoil him.

We have been working on updating and doing many projects around the house. Very HGTV style.

Two of my best friends got married this summer.

Chelsea Nash (George)

Taylor Voorhis (Henderson)

We had our first Thanksgiving at our house. Made the big 22 pound turkey and had 13 for dinner.

And we had our first Christmas here in our first house. I could not have asked for a better ending to our year. Sitting by our Christmas tree, with our pup, opening our Christmas presents together.

And to end the year in relaxing manner, we took a good long trip to the cabin in Mammoth, not a lot of snow :(.

Some exciting news for 2012 came to us in October, I'm going to be an Aunt again in June!

2012 bring it on!

Christmas Crispy Wreaths

2011-12-18T14:30:00.000-08:00

These are yummalicious!

Ashley and I made these crispy wreaths for our girls at church last night. I was a little nervous about making them because I havn't made them in years. But I snuck one today after the lesson and MMMMM we made some yummy treats. Go us!

So here is the recipe. Try not to eat them all...gives you a tummy ache.

Post Turkey Day

2011-11-25T18:24:00.000-08:00

Well today's the day after the largest party I have ever put on at my house...so far. Yup 13 for dinner for Thanksgiving and I think it went pretty swell if I do say so myself! (Almost had a small fire...leftover almonds at the bottom of the oven. Should have been more careful) My parents, sister and her fam came early to help make the turkey and fixns, and we took some Christmas photos too.

Dinner was supposed to be at 5, but really, when do things ever start on time? We took the bird out of the refrigerator and it was still frozen inside...and when I say frozen, I mean like literally 32 degrees in the center. I almost had a heart attack on kitchen floor. How was I supposed to serve a half frozen turkey for 13!! Thoughts started running through my head like "Ok plan B, I have some chicken in the refrigerator, or I can run and get tri-tip" But luckily my parents came to the rescue and soaked the chicken the old fashion way in the sink with warm water. Then after 5 hours of cooking the bird was finally done at 6:00.

I stole some recipes from this website for the cranberry punch and the cinnamon almonds that turned out AWESOME!! Highly recommend the recipes for both!

Now bare with me for a boat load of photos.

Awesome, cinnamon toasted almonds. Our house smelled like Christmas! I'm in love

Seriously, this punch is the best!

I put the almonds on the table as turkey day favors

Con got some lovn on Thanksgiving too

This is a preview to our Christmas cards

Name tags with stamps...so easy

My awesomely talented parents

Morgan preparing the half frozen turkey

Dad was teaching me how to properly cut the turkey

While the women cooked, the men built a work bench for Morgan's garage...

It came out lookn legit and golden!

Our table scape. Loved all the fresh fruit my mom brought.

Sissy and Carter

Con found the best spot in the house for some scraps, I think he got quite a bit.

I feel so truly blessed and loved this Thanksgiving. I have an unbelievable supportive family and such great friends. A Heavily Father that loves me and knows me so well. I truly love this time of the year that makes us reflect on what really matters.

Turkey Day

2011-11-22T22:18:00.000-08:00

Well its this week!!! I'm kinda nervous about it because we are hosting Thanksgiving at our house this year for 15 people. AHHHHH can we say "Dont mess up!"

So I have done the first thing...and that was to buy a big bird at the store. He's been hanging out in our freezer and now refrigerator. Hope he's comfy in there because he has a lot of people to show off too on Thursday.

I have delegated most of the other ontreas out to people coming, so we just have to focus on the bird and mashed potatoes (my specialty). My Mom's even coming early to help get things together. I just hope we dont have a fire or a burnt bird.

Anyone have any ideas on how we should cook it? Morgan's been hearing different things from women in his offices like to BBQ it, or cook it up-side-down...Any ideas?

I hope mine looks like this one!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving this week! I'm so thankful for my family and close friends. For a jobs that pay all our bills and for the home that we have been able to buy this year. For our little Con that we love like our own child...Morgan will deny that, but he really does.
It still feels so surreal sometimes to think how blessed Morgan and I have been this past year and we have so much to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving.

OH Christmas is coming!

2011-11-08T20:48:00.000-08:00

I love how where ever I go, I see something that has to do with Christmas. Trees, ornaments, wreaths, packages, shopping lists.
I'm just thinking to myself, "get me through Thanksgiving first!" We are hosting our first Thanksgiving at our house this year for 15. Nervous? Mmm a little. But we have made assignments to family members to bring a little something, I love delegating.

Back to Christmas.

So I got the Anthropologie catalog today in the mail and I think squealed a little out loud when I saw it. I know most of those things are never in my price range, but hey its always nice to dream right? Here are some of the things I saw that may or may not be seen on my Christmas list this year.

Wow trend in black going on here.

ok that's better.

How AMAZING is this bed?! I want/NEED it!

It's nice to dream sometimes isn't it?!

OK. So if Morgan asks you what I would like, just point him in this direction please. Thanks.

What are you dreaming of for Christmas? Anything fun?

But on a more serious note.

We have been getting news of family members getting diagnosed with cancer a lot recently. So sad to think that a thing like cancer can have such an effect on people and families.

Please cherish your families this Christmas and Thanksgiving season.

Sick Days

2011-11-03T14:16:00.000-07:00

Well today's a sick day. It's not a cold. It's not the flu. It's not the sniffles. It's my back.

I woke up yesterday with a bad kink in my back. Went to my chiropractor last night, thought it would fix it. But I woke up this morning and it wasn't gone. It was still there, pinching my back. Ug. So I called it in as a sick day. I'm going in for a nice massage in an hour, so hopefully this is the ticket to getting better.

This looks amazing!! I'm excited.

Maybe I'll buy a package deal...

Oh Saturdays

2011-10-22T22:49:00.000-07:00

How we do cherish our Saturdays around here. We cleaned we played, we ate and we had a great day today.

We headed to the beach for lunch, bodacious BBQ of course, and brought Con with us. You would think that being part lab, he would love the water. But not so much. However today Morgan changed all that. He had him jumping head first in...after a stick. Con was in love and came home a sopping wet and sandy mess and a wagging tail.

For dinner we went out to Ojai and had a great dinner with Wiley, very romantic. Then headed over to a surfing movie premiere, since its the Ojai film festival. It was awesome and inspiring. Makes me what to take up body boarding. If only the waters in Ventura were the warm waters of Tahiti.

What's everyone else doing for the weekend? Hopefully relaxing and fun.

Some people...

2011-10-14T14:21:00.000-07:00

Ok story time...

Yesterday, being the biggest day of my career so far because it was our grand opening, turned out to be the longest day of my life! I have been working my tail end off at work planning our big grand opening of our largest practice in Santa Barbara. I swear, it was my 2 wedding. So anyway, I didnt sleep at all the night before because we got a sudden heat wave and my mind was racing all night long. "Did I forget to grab that? Did I confirm with so and so? What if people dont like the appatizers I picked out. What if on the mike I stumble and say a bad word?! People need to make sure not to bring food into the operatiories on the tours!"

Sooo I had a lot to think about.

So next thing I know, Morgan's alarm is going off at 5:50 AM so he could go surfing. So he leaves and I finally fall asleep. Next thing I know I'm getting a phone call from a random number. Of course I let it go into voice mail because who at work is calling at 7:30?! (ok, it does actaully happen.) So a few minutes later I listen to the voice message and its Morgan. He says, "My car was broken into at the beach and the guys stole my keys, my phone and my radar detector." I JUMP out of bed and run and put some clothes on and the next thing I know I'm racing like a maniac on the 101.

So here is what happened.
Morgan got to the beach, hid his keys and went surfing. He came back and hour and half later and a person broke into his car, stole his stuff, and thought that he should have a smoke in it to top it all off. Well MR! I DONT LIKE YOU!

So Morgan had to file a police report, tow his car (that was our only key), rekey his car, rekey the house, and we just went and got him a new Iphone4S....and we were trying to save money this month! ya right!

So by the time I got to Santa Barbara for work, I was already drained. But the event went really well. Everyone loved it and my parents, Morgan, my best friend, and mother-in-law came up. This is a photo of our staff from last night. We had a ribbon cutting, tours of the office, appetizers, gave away 2 dental makeovers, and had a spanish guitarist. I got home at 9:45 and thought I was going to fall over and pass out on the living room floor.

God works in mysterious ways sometimes. I don't really understand why this all happened, but I hope whoever stole our stuff, needed it more than we did.

Take the time

2011-10-02T20:20:00.000-07:00

I love this soo much.

Today after dinner was over and cleaned up, I was sitting on the couch looking at the backyard watching our dog enjoy his toy, while listening to Morgan play the piano. Then I looked around at this house that we are able to live in. I really just had this feeling of peace. I havn't felt that in a long time. But in that moment, things were perfect. I didn't think about work, the bills, family news, or the fact that we need to go to the store more than ever to buy food. I just felt like things were just so prefect and I needed to enjoy things like this more often.

Last weekend listening to Elder Uchtdorf's talk, I really related and have been thinking about it a lot. I've never really been like that about a church talk. I know that we are supposto listen to all the talks and be engaged, but sometimes I just can't. But this talk just spoke to me. You can read it here.

Take time to smell the flowers and enjoy whats around you.

Happy Birthday Madre

2011-09-25T14:32:00.000-07:00

Today the 25 of September, is my mom's _ _ birthday! Well she is out celebrating in Palm Desert with my Dad, and I really wish I could be there to celebrate with her...for multiple reasons, but I can't. But I can blog about it.

For all those that have met my mom or know my mom, know that she is the most giving and caring person. She is always up for a good laugh, or a good scare (just kidding...she hates being scared), and is the only person I have ever known to love Halloween like it is Christmas...but BIGGER. I love that about her. The house looks like a halloween bomb went off. Its awesome.

She is a great example of someone who works every day to make others happy, she serves willingly, she is a great friend, she is the best shopping companion, she is very supportive, she is always available at any hour for a phone call to make you feel better, and she and my dad are the best examples to show what a great marriage should be like.

Wish I could there there mom, but for now, I'll just dedicate this blog post to you.

Happy Birthday! I love you.

My Shadow

2011-08-30T20:03:00.000-07:00

I know that we don't have kids, but I really feel like Con is ours and was meant for us. We waited a really long time to get a dog and I know that he was waiting for us to rescue him.

He has been so much fun to have around the house. He follows us around everywhere, and is such a good puppy. Last Friday we had to get him "fixed." Poor guy was NOT very happy with us when we had to pick him up. He wouldn't event look at Morgan when he came to get him. But things are looking up for him.

How cute is this little face!

He's back to normal. Fun, quirky and he's learning new tricks so fast.

Its nice to come home from a long day at work to a wagging tail and little licks all over your ankles. (I love Morgan, but I dont think he'd be into that.) And when we wake up, he's there ready to be played with and loved.

I really wish he's stay this little forever. They all say he's going to be huge. I guess he'll just turn into a very cuddly pillow.

Feeling a trip coming on...

2011-08-21T14:00:00.000-07:00

Well, I think it's time to start planning another trip. Thinking a cruise.

Does anyone have any ideas of a great tropical cruise? Morgan just has to have waves. I have to have culture and sunshine.

Now to find the perfect cruise...

hmmm this one looks good!

Summer projects

2011-08-07T14:11:00.000-07:00

I cant believe it is already August! This summer is flying by! The house is coming along very nicely...with the help of my Dad and all our other family members. Yesterday we spent all day putting up crown molding in the living room. Then started on the dining room, putting up bead board next to our new Pottery Barn table. We got this one...with the help from my mom (thanks Mom).

I LOVE MY NEW TABLE! Now to find some good chairs.

I'm not an interior decorator at all, but I've had a lot of fun trying to put together our house. I still can't get use to saying "my house." Maybe when we get our first months bills it will.

But for now I'm enjoying spending my work nights getting ideas on the computer and HGTV, and weekends actually getting to do them. What a way to spend our summer! I think Morgan's over it though. More projects for his "honey do list".

If you told me 2 months ago that we would be living here and owning a supper cute puppy, I would have told you to SHUT UP. Crazy how things really work out for the best.

We are feeling sooo blessed lately. Thank you, thank you to everyone who has helped us and our Heavenly Father. He really does answer our prayers.

And We're IN...with an addition!!

2011-07-24T21:36:00.000-07:00

Well it finally happened!! We got our first house! I'm currently sitting in the living room loving my new view. It is so open and bright with light that I cant help but think how blessed we are to be here.

We actually got the house last Monday and then all the mayhem began. We scraped the ceilings and took off all the popcorn. We then had to stay up every night after that and paint over the new ceilings with primer, then paint. WOW that was tiring. But both of our families came and helped out, as well as Morgan's friends. They are all soooo wonderful! The house is really starting to take shape, and I love it!

I just wish the process of getting into a house was a bit easier. WAY too many people are involved and it really has been the most stressful time of my whole life so far. Especially since we had to do this with two houses. But now it is all worth it. And I can say meet me at "my house." :)

I tried to take photos along the way. And let me tell you we are soo far from being done with it all but here are some sneak peaks of the befores.

Before-dining room (I'll put up afters once we are done)

My grandparents

Pat freaking me out on the ladder

My Dad and brother in-law working on the molding

The backyard

Before-master bedroom

Before-living room

We had a little BBQ after all the work on Friday

One of the guest bathrooms

And...

We picked up this little guy last night.

His name is Rincon, but "Con" for short. I cant get enough of him. He is part Lab part Pit. This morning when I was getting ready for church, I heard him barking and I run into my closet to see him barking at himself in the mirror. It was hilarious. He was found along with all of his other siblings in a pig pen in LA. So sad. But he is ours now and we love love him.

So that's whats happening in the Clark household these days...weeheww I'm so happy to be in this home with my new pup and Morg. This summer has been one I will never forget.

One of those days...

2011-07-14T14:58:00.000-07:00

You know those days where you can just feel that the day is not going to work out in your favor? You wake up and can sense that this day is going to be a little more challenging than usual?

Well today I'm feeling that. What do you do to cheer yourself up? A diet coke? A cookie? OK...well I've already had two of each so far.

So for now, I've left the office and decided to park it on the couch and work from home for the rest of the afternoon, because I can't really be around anyone right now. Maybe I'm PMSing. I think I really need to take up yoga. Maybe that's what I'll do. Be lean and stress free, and flexible. A win, win.

Well for now, it is me, my computer, a list full of things to do, and a date with the hubs tonight to the temple. Well that will be exciting. I just hope this all ends soon before I loose myself in diet coke and cookies.

My Best Friends Wedding

2011-06-29T20:35:00.000-07:00

So the last few days have been INSAIN! Had a wedding shower last Thursday, then left Friday for work and the rehearsal and dinner for my best friend Taylor's wedding. The wedding was Saturday, which started early because of hair and makeup, then the wedding. I can not tell you how amazing this wedding was. Soo country chic! She did an amazing job on this wedding. Every little touch was beautiful. Her Uncle and Aunt own a winey so she literally got married in a vineyard. We partied all night, then I had to say goodbye to her Sunday. She moved to Hawaii. It was so bitter sweet for me. It was always me leaving to go to school and get married and move to Ventura. Now she was the one moving to, what seems like a different continent. Then Sunday afternoon I flew to Montana for work and got 3 hours of sleep, worked all day Monday and flew back yesterday. So time has flown by and today was the first day I've had to look back on last weekend. I already miss her. BUT I do have some awesome photos of the wedding. Enjoy!

Congrats Mrs. Taylor Henderson!!

Happy Father's Day

2011-06-21T21:37:00.000-07:00

Ok I know that I am a few days late...but I just wanted to post about my wonderful Dad. Guy. Yes that's his name and a great one. My Dad is so caring, giving and funny. I really look up to his worth ethic and his example. Thanks Dad for being such a great father and grandpa to Cater man. You are great!

Summer hues!

2011-06-11T15:03:00.000-07:00

Well today I feel a ton better. And this is the first Saturday in a long time that we have been able to do whatever we want. AHHH forgot what this feels like.

So we went and made a trip to Costco. OH. MY. GOODNESS. CRAZY. I don't think Saturday is the best day to go shopping. There were people all over the place. Ridiculous. BUT. I found these beauties!!!! They are my absolute favorite flower...sunflowers come really close in second. But they just really remind me that summer is here! Even though we are defiantly in June glume over here. So I put them in our big blue vase and they now sit on my counter in the kitchen reminding me that the sunshine is on its way.

Peonies!!! I really wished they were in season when we got married....

Also this morning Morgan went to a surfboard foam sale. He's going to make a "fish" board with my Dad. He's so giddy about it it's cute.

For now, it sits in our living room...we need a house

It's all catching up with me...

2011-06-10T18:03:00.000-07:00

Well I'm sick.
Boo. I think this is my bodies way of telling me to slow down. I feel like for the last 5 months every weekend we have something planned, have to travel somewhere or have some kind of event to go to. Not to mention stress. My body just got too tired and decided to let a cold come in. I dont blame it.

It all started Wednesday morning when I woke up with a big lump in my throat. It felt like I had strep throat. But as the day went on, it slowly went away. But then came the sneezing. THAT was embarrassing. We had our big staff meeting in Santa Barbara and there's me in the corner, sneezing my head off. I started to get looks from my co-workers like "I fell bad for you". Ya. Me too.
Then on Thursday I had to meet up with an advertiser for lunch and then I peaced out for the rest of the day. I of course just told her it was allergies. But I knew. I had a cold. I then spend the rest of the afternoon on my couch with a box of kleenex.

So today I staid home from work. Honestly it has been the most boring day EVER! I think I have watched every show on TV. And Morgan's been gone all day at an event in LA and I probably wont see him until 10pm tonight.
So, if anyone has any good ideas of things to keep me busy, it would be much appreciated.

this looks sooo good!!

Costa Rica!!

2011-06-04T22:10:00.000-07:00

So we got back from Costa Rica last Sunday. Sorry its taken me so long to post...trying to get back into the swing of using technology again. We didn't take cell phones, didnt have watches, or the internet. At first it was a bit hard not checking in constantly to see what was going on. But after awhile I really liked being out of touch.

We left on Saturday morning. Headed to LAX and we were all so excited! Megan brought a little bubbly for the car ride down. It was great. The flight was a bit long but once we got there we were all so jazzed. However Perry was missing his bag. Somehow someone had taken his bag, and Perry was left with a bag full of another guys business clothes. Unfortunately we didn't get his bag back until day 3 when all the boys had to drive back to the airport from the beach house (3 hours away). But it all worked out. Speaking of the beach house...we got to stay in this incredible beach house right on the black sands of a little town called Parrita. It was all ours.
We stayed here for 5 days. This place was paradise! I can't say enough good things about this location, house, beach and house managers. Their names were Marcos and Maritza. Such wonderful people who really looked after us. The boys would surf in the mornings and then we would go out for the day and explore. Let me just say that if you plan on going here, make sure you get a car with 4 wheel drive and someone who can read spanish. The roads are horrible over there!!

We got some food at a local market and it was wonderful to make our own food, we got to save some money too. Mostly beans, rice, meat (they call it "typical" food). It was everywhere. And every morning we would cut up a pineapple and eat it for breakfast. I think I got a few canker soars just from that.

This was our vacation to just let loose and have the most fun in the 9 days we had. And that we did! After the beach house we then drove to a little town called La Fortuna right by the Arenal volcano. This place was spectacular! Our hotel room had a porch that looked out to the volcano. I just kept thinking, if this this erupts we are so screwed!!

I dont want to write everything that happened, but I have so many photos of everything we did. So I just want to share those and express how blessed we were to do this kind of trip. God really knew what he was doing when Costa Rica was created!

It rained every afternoon. We got to see some amazing lightning and thunder every afternoon.

The beach in Manual Antonio National Park

We hiked to this HUGE waterfall in La Fortuna

I love us

we went waterfall repelling

So fun and thrilling

We went on a tram to go zip lining!!

BEST thing I have ever done!

I was a bit excited to be there!

Until next time Costa Rica! We already miss you.

We are coming!!!

2011-05-19T09:03:00.000-07:00

Saturday is the day we have been looking forward to and have been planning for months and months!!

We are headed to Central America, Cost Rica to be exact. This week has been dragging. Every day is a struggle at work trying to focus and get through the day, just to get to Saturday. I have been packed since Sunday night :) Morgan is a last minute packer, so he will probably pack the night before we leave.

Hopefully after we get back we will have some stories and adventures to tell. And maybe some photos like this...

Ahhh I hear it calling my name...I'm coming!!

New set of wheels!

2011-05-11T21:39:00.000-07:00

Well I did it! I bought my first set of wheels! Well out of my own pocket. The other cars that I have had in my life were gifts from my wonderful parents. But this car was out of my own sweat, tears and pocket. We are pretty excited about it. Better gas milage too!! Which in this day in age...we all can use!

His name is Charlie and he's a 2004 Acura TSX :0)

A Royal Affair!

2011-04-28T20:44:00.000-07:00

I think this whole "Royal Wedding" is fantastic. Finally something good is going on in this sad world. I think they look, act and will be perfect for each other. And you better believe every day I come home from work and watch TLC to get a glimpse of their really lives. How they met, what they are like. I think Kate and I could be good friends...I'm sure everyone says that.

Kinda wish I was over there getting a small glimpse of the royal couple in person. Oh well.

Not sure Morgan is as thrilled as I am about getting up early and watching it on TV.
Finally a girl becoming the people's princess. YEEE so excited. I should be a Brit. I'll work on my accent.

Money tree?

2011-04-22T23:51:00.000-07:00

Well I sold my car, tear. No but really I'm pretty sad about it. I loved that 4runner. We had some good times. But with gas prices about to reach over 5 bucks...I just cant afford it anymore. So we are on the hunt for a new car. I have test driven many many cars and I think we may have found a winner. We shall see.
However my wallet is going to kill me soon. A car AND a house...Shoot me.

Where is my money tree???

Trying to be domestic...

2011-03-31T21:27:00.000-07:00

Just to put it out there...I dont cook.
So I got off work a bit early today and came home to a hot empty apartment. So...what do I do? (Well...I should have gone to the beach, but I didn't. Dumb me) I turned on the TV and relaxed. Nothing was on, except the Food Network. Then I got an idea to open up some of the cook books that have been sitting on my fridge collecting dust over the past year from our wedding.

Can I just tell you, that it was sooo relaxing sitting alone, watching people cook and reading a cookbook...and when I say read...I mean look at the photos. (I am sooo Marge Ewen's daughter). So then I thought, I should at least try and make something in one of them since I didn't have anything planned tonight.

Morgan had to work late tonight. So by the time he got home, I had a recipe picked and a grocery list ready. Geeze I'm so proud of myself.

I was so proud that I took pics from the start to the finish. Weird I know.

I don't think my kitchen has been used this much in a long time!

Does it look like the recipe?

And the best part, the recipe book was from my mom. She got it from hotel we staid at our first night married. :)

Not what we expected...

2011-03-27T21:29:00.000-07:00

Well sad news....we lost the house. I think it was more of a blessing than anything, just hard remembering that.

Last weekend, during the torrential downpour of rain we went to the house to see if the rain was getting in. And. Well...we were right. The addition off the back of the house flooded. Then the next day we finally found out that there wasn't a permit for the addition. Kinda a bummer. But I really think us finding this all out, was an answer to our prayers, whether this was the right house or not. Guess it's not. So the hunt continues for a house.

Oh and we found this all out on our 1 year anniversary. Lame.

I think it's about time we went on a fast vaca. Hawaii sounds nice. How about another honeymoon.

Well...someday I guess I can invite you all to stay with us in Ventura...I'll let you know when that will be hopefully soon!!!

1 Year!!

2011-03-20T17:30:00.000-07:00

Well today is our one year wedding anniversary! I can't believe that it has only been one year...not in a bad way...just that I feel like we have been doing this "marriage thing" much longer. We have learned so much, done so much, and still have so much to do. Being Mrs. Clark has been so great.

We have so much planned this year and so much to do. Some of you already know, but we are in escrow for a new house here in Ventura. It's a bit premature because we are still in the paperwork stages of it all...which sucks, but hopefully in less than a month we will be in our new house, if all goes well. We are very excited, but a bit nervous.

We feel so blessed to be in this situation at all. One year of marriage and we are already buying a house!! God has blessed us so much this past year, it has been amazing. Health, jobs, wonderful family and each other. Pretty awesome!

Happy Anniversary Morgan. I'm proud to be your wife! xoxox

Spring is practically HERE!

2011-03-13T21:04:00.000-07:00

I can't tell you how excited I am about this...

Don't get me wrong or anything I like the fall, but something about staying up later because it's lighter out just gets me so excited.

Tonight after dinner we went on a walk around the neighborhood and it was so nice out.

The smell of flowers.

The laughter from kids playing in the street.

And the thought that spring was finally here! Ahhh.

So. With that. Sorry to get all sappy on you. But I get excited about these things.

May is right around the corner.

Which means...running a half marathon and then COSTA RICA!

But the DELEMA...I have no clothes to wear!

Any ideas on some cool threads to wear in Central America? I finally got my Tom shoes, but that's about it! I need a shopping intervention!

AND THEN...

2011-03-04T16:12:00.001-08:00

So much has been going on over the last few weeks. I'll come back and let you know soon. :)

I LOVE my husband

2011-02-15T22:13:00.000-08:00

the past few months have been pretty stressful for me in my job. things are a bit more chaotic with events and seminars that i have been completely exhausted. this year for my birthday i didnt have anything planned since it fell on a monday. just another day at work. i didnt really ask for anything since i got what i really wanted to christmas....my camera. so valentines day was just going to be another day for morgan and i.
saturday i had our free dental day and morgan got called in to work a booth in LA. so we were both a little bummed that we were both working on a saturday. but we were able to be at my parents saturday night for a little birthday party for me, my dad and my grandma. we kinda dominate the month of february. well that night morgan says, "im an idiot, i forgot my laptop at the hotel in LA. we'll have to run back sunday night for it. while were down there we can have dinner with dan and brittany." so me...trying not to make a big deal says OK fine.

so we left my parents, made a pit stop at his parents for a birthday gift from his parents and we were on our way to LA. so on our way dan calls and says we were going to meet them at his cousins. so we keep heading down, hit the 5 and come to a dead stop in traffic. i was getting a little irritated, and said i wished i brought some jeans since we were going to have dinner with dans cousins (i was in pjs) and morgan says "well thats not a problem i have them, i actually have all your clothes" to my surprise i started asking a million questions. he then says "and we are not going to dinner, and we are not going home tonight. we're going to DISNEYLAND tomorrow. we are staying in a hotel tonight and i took the day off for you tomorrow." i started crying i was so happy and shocked.

you must know that i find out everything. i even knew that morgan was purposing last year. i figure these things out. but THIS was something i NEVER saw coming.

our trip was AWESOME. we got a suite at the Marriott and perry and ashley were even down there. so yesterday, for my birthday, i got to spend it in the happiest place on earth with my wonderfully amazing hubby. it was exactly what i needed.

thank you morgan for making this birthday the best yet! you are one amazing guy. xoxox

Happy Valentines Day

I LOVE Diet Coke

2011-02-11T08:38:00.000-08:00

OK so one year ago I gave up diet coke for a whole year. Probably the hardest thing of my life. Now I dont take my diet coke for granted.
Just the first sip of the tingling carbonation....gets me every time. AHHH bliss.

I LOVE my new HAIR!

2011-02-10T21:35:00.000-08:00

OK so I have been going back and forth as to whether I was going to dye my hair brown for the last 2 years...yes years. I have always been a blond, so this is BIG.

Well I said I'd do it before I turned 24...well that's Monday.

So I did it!!

(Pardon the car photo. I usually hate these but it's the only one I had.)

I LOVE my new camera!

2011-02-06T21:06:00.000-08:00

For Christmas morgan...being so great...bought me the camera I had been dreaming about. Ever since then, I try to take it everywhere with me. I think you could say its my new buddy...I think that's what Ill call it. Buddy.

I love new toys you have to figure out.

Love month

2011-02-04T17:38:00.000-08:00

Well it is the month of February. Lots going on. trips. work events....mostly for me....and birthdays...lots of birthdays. valentines day. eh.
I've never been a fan of the so called holiday. mostly because I share my birthday with everyone getting chocolate and flowers...call me bitter. maybe. but this year I decided to LOVE the month of love.
So as much as I can I will blog what I love.

LOVE the beach. and the sunshine we have been receiving...sorry for all living with snow right now.

xoxox

It is a Happy Day!!

2011-01-24T21:46:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Morgan!

Well today is Morgan's 26 birthday! Not sure if he was super excited about it, but I sure was. I love other people’s birthdays…not so much mine. Anyways, the best part was that today turned out to not only be his birthday, but also Jeremy Phipps BIRTHday this morning too! What a great surprise to get today. Congrats Mat and Kate!

This morning he opened one present for work….some ties and nice work socks…boring I know.

Then today on my lunch break I went and picked up some of these beauties from a road-side stand in Ventura.

(Wish I had my camera with me to take a photo of it)

Then I raced home to wrap his other biggie gift.

(A side note: if anyone knows Morgan, knows he is obsessed with snowboarding. Dreams about it, probably would marry it if he could.)

I got him a snowboarding trick practice block by Aratik USA. Sounds riveting I know, but he liked it…I guess I did good. He was pretty excited about it.

(I love his face here)

Then we went to dinner at Wood Ranch with some of his closest friends. Needless to say he got the tri-tip. Surprise, surprise. But what the birthday boy wants, the birthday boy gets.

This post is dedicated to you Morg. I know you read the blog in your spare time when I’m not around. I love you and hope you have had a great day. Can’t wait to spend more and more birthdays together the older we get. No matter how wrinkled I get, or how crazy you get about your snowboarding, I know the future will be full of adventures together. And I can’t wait to spend them with you. xoxo

A fresh start to 2011

2011-01-16T21:08:00.001-08:00

So the past weekend has been pretty nice to just relax. This year is already starting to fly by! I can't believe that it is already mid January.

We got massage gift cards for Christmas and what better way to spend a Saturday morning, then to get massages. Ohhhhh it was so relaxing!

We have also been on pretty strict diets the past 2 weeks, no carbs no sugar on week days. Its been pretty hard for me. Lots of fruits and veggies. YUM (sarcasm)

So after our massages we went to Bodacious BBQ. I think I ate my weight in tri tip, but it was oh so tasty. We also went to Trader Joes and got Mochi!

Ice cream is in the middle of a dough outside. (We got mango too, but that was gone by the time we got home)

Morgan was in heaven.

The day was so nice out! The weather lately has reminded me of the long lost days of summer. We decided to walk down to the pier to watch the sunset.

We then went to BJs for dinner with our friends Megan and Eric. Had some great food and laughs. I love the weekends so very much. I hope this weather stays around for awhile. Maybe I can bribe Mother Nature with Mochi....

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

2010-12-29T22:33:00.000-08:00

Christmas was so relaxing and so fun. Morgan and I got to spend time with family and I even got a day off of work...amazing!

Lots of food, family, fun and CHRISTMAS!

Morgan and I were able to spend time with Morgan's whole family Christmas night. All 32 of them. Made for one crazy white elephant party!

Christmas morning we opened gifts together just the two of us. Pretty awesome if you ask me!

I got one of these beauties!!

A Cannon Rebel 2TI. I didn't have a camera for a few months because my smaller cannon died. i have always wanted a nice camera, and I guess I was a good girl this year. My Dad also bought me a smaller Cannon power shot that we can take on vacations too. So blessed.

Expect many photos to come!-probably good and bad.

And I got Morgan this...

I can't get over how beautiful this temple photo is. Now where to put it...

If anyone is looking for a personalized temple photo or any other church vintage photo, go to www.adressyoccation.com

Then we got to spend some time with my family in the Valley Christmas day. My nephew Carter was so stinkn cute in his little Christmas sweater. He is almost ready to walk. Still likes to hold on to fingers, but he is just about there. Crazy how fast they grow up and how you see Christmas in a totally different light through their eyes.

After all the gifts were open, he had so much fun playing with a plastic bag. A plastic bag. Just goes to show that the littlest things can bring so much joy.

This weekend we are going to Mammoth. Morgan's pretty stoked on life. I think he likes snowboarding just as much as me. This is not an exaggeration either. He is like a little kid on Christmas waiting to open gifts. But I guess if he were ever to spend more time with a woman other than me, I'd rather it be with a white fluffy mountain.

I guess Mammoth just got totally dumped on over the last few days. We'll see how this goes...I may have some stories when we get back...and some pictures. :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR! May 2011 be just as great as 2010...better yet, even better!

A Clark Christmas

2010-12-17T14:06:00.000-08:00

This is my FAVORITE time of the year. The smells, the cheer, the food, the shopping.

And to add to the list we have a new tradition. Making 1500 pumpkin chocolate chip cupcakes. Yes 1500! Our nights for the past 2 weeks have consisted of baking until the late hours of the night. The reason you may ask for sooo many?! Morgan takes them to all of his dentists. So if you do the math, thats about 80 dentists we bake for. Its fun and all but I feel myself getting fat just eating the "bad" ones. New Years resolution-work out more, eat less!!

We also got a TREE!! John and Kaitlan came with us to find a tree. And it was an adventure...But we did get a beautiful one that smells amazing in our living room. We had fun decorating it with our new ornaments. Puts me right in the Christmas mood every night when we turn it on.

I cant wait to get some time off and get to see friends and family next weekend for Christmas. Can't believe a year ago we were graduating and getting ready to get married. How time really flies.

Merry Christmas!

What to ask for...

2010-11-29T21:29:00.000-08:00

Well with Thanksgiving...both of them, it’s time to sit back think about what is next...CHRISTMAS!

I can’t tell you how excited I am to have our first Christmas, in our first place, with our first tree. Growing up I had asthma really bad so we never got a real tree. Well I’m older now and WE ARE GETTING A TREE!! Nothing too huge, but something that can fit in our living room. Lights, ornaments, (we already have a small collection) and an angel to top it all off.

The only problem...not sure what I want. I don’t have a list. Is this bad? There are large items like a Cannon Rebel T1I, a Range Rover, or just some new car, and a house. Maybe the camera doesn’t sound too bad after all.

I guess I have a few weeks to figure out this small dilemma. I’m just excited about the TREE and LIGHTS!

Disneyland!!

2010-11-20T21:43:00.000-08:00

So a few weeks ago Morgan convinced me to get three geckos. Me, being from a family of all girls, was not supper excited about having creepy crawlers in the house. I can't even kill spiders I have to have him do it. This is how much I can’t deal with them. Now having THREE creepy crawlers living in our house. Lets just say I was not supper happy.

Sooo I told Morgan that he could keep the geckos if he took me to Disneyland. (I can’t ever get enough of that place.) So he took the deal.

However we wanted to wait until they put up the Christmas decorations first, (which were amazing). So the weekend we were going to go, we held off. So today, on our 8 month anniversary and a year ago yesterday we got engaged, we went to Disneyland. Rain and all. Doesn’t sound too exciting going in the rain. But it was actually the best because it scared a lot of people away, so we got to go on every ride we wanted without a wait. My mom told me to get ponchos. Which turned out to be the best idea EVER! Also Morgan’s cousin Hillary told us about these guys on Craigslist who sell cheap park hopper tickets for around 60 bucks. It was a bit sketchy but SOOO worth it! We saved so much money.

To top off the night we went to ESPN zone for dinner. USC was playing so we thought we needed to at least see part of the game to show our support.

All in all. Awesome day. Soo tired (oh we went to see the premier of Harry Potter Thursday and didn’t get home til 3am, so still recovering). Such an awesome weekend so far. Thanks Morgan for supporting my obsession with Disneyland.

I would like to live at Disneyland someday….just saying.

Carter’s 1 Birthday!!!

2010-10-17T21:24:00.000-07:00

Carter had his very first birthday last Saturday! I can’t believe he is already one year old. It’s amazing how fast time flies, and how much they grow! He is almost, just about there, walking. He is getting his first tooffie in, which is actually a good thing that it’s coming in late because they will be stronger and healthier.

So back to this party...

My sister went all out for his birthday. Complete with caramel apples, cupcakes, balloons, carter’s own cake, cookies, carter’s very own banner and a pumpkin outside greeting the guests with a “1” cut out of it. DANG cute if you ask me! It was good to see the family get together and wish this little one a happy birthday. He may not remember the party, but we all sure will.

Leslie came over the night before and we make some cupcakes...from scratch.

OKkk all of those who know me well, know that I truly SUCK at cooking. Well, we attempted to make pumpkin spice cupcakes from scratch. I’m all about opening a box, throwing in some extras and then tossing it in the oven.

NO.

For these we make from flower, baking soda, spice, the whole shabang. The most exciting part was decorating them oh and watching Hocus Pocus was an added extra and a MUST at this time of year.

I absolutely LOVE this time of year! decorations, tons of food, an family. Soon enough Christmas will be here!

Palm Desert...YES PLEASE!

2010-09-22T20:29:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we went to Palm Desert with my family for a few days of fun. And it was so relaxing and it was the perfect weekend get-a-way...ok well at least that's what I thought. Morgan's not a super big fan of the heat, but fortunately for him, it was only 100 degrees. Last year it was 115!

Ahhh I wish I could have taken off the whole week to stay with my mom and sister, but I had to come back and go to work...ehhhh. But spending time with my nephew and my fam was great.

The tan I got wasn't too bad either.

OH and crazy but Morgan and I just celebrated 6 months of being married. WEIRD how time flies! Soon we will be celebrating 10, then 20...ok I'll stop. I cant think of getting that old yet.

He got me these beauties.

Weekend Vaca? Yes please!

2010-09-06T22:02:00.000-07:00

SAAANN DIIEAAAGGGOOO!

Well last weekend we headed down to San Diego with two other couples, perry & ashley and megan & eric. What a weekend! We headed down Friday night after everyone got off work, through the traffic and all. Stopped off at a restaurant in Long Beach...eric got brisket and did not like the way it tasted so he made sure to tell everyone in the place. Pretty funny.

Then we got to the hotel, which we thought was going to be delightful. WRONG. Carpet coming up, stains on the ceiling, we got the handicap room, perry and ashley's room was haunted, ours looked like it was broken in to. The list goes on. But all in all it became an adventure.

We spent the first day out at the beach riding bikes. It was a bit over cast so we decided to make the best out of it by riding up the beach and reaching a Mexican restaurant. Stuffing our faces then headed back. That night we went down town to watch the fight. Got hungry after so ordered pizza in and ate in our hotel room.

Sunday we got up and went back down to the beach. The boys and megan rode on the wave at the Wave House for a while and we hung out for a few hours, this day ended up being beautiful. Go figure. Then on our way back we stopped off at Dave and Busters for some grub and some video games. We were all pretty pooped out by the time we got home. Hit the pillow and was out till Monday morning...then work.

All in all, a great weekend away from work and responsibilities. Had a ton of food, many many laughs and got to hang with some pretty awesome people. Having good friends is such a blessing. Cant wait for many more weekends with them. Here are some pics from our adventure...

Palm Springs in 2 weeks with the fam! So stoked!

2010-08-02T19:40:00.000-07:00

Dear Summer,

How I do love thee

Summer has just flown right by. I can't believe it's already August!! Where does the time go these days?

The last couple weekends we have been having some fun with our families! We went to Bishop earlier last month with the Clarks, such a blast. Tried to attempt some fishing time, I mostly had fun taking some pictures of the scenery. However Scott got a fotter rainbow trout.

How beautiful it was!! Reminded me of Idaho.

We also had a beach house for a week in Ventura and both families got to hang out together. It turned out to be a beautiful day at the beach! The sun came out to play too with the boys as they played!

My Momma and cute little Carter man

So Jeff caught this really ugly fishie,,, Katherine thought it was fun to play with.

I LOVED this piano and vase... ok or the whole place was just this cute. We had a blast on our vacation home away from home.

The 4th

2010-07-07T22:44:00.000-07:00

This year for the 4 of July, Morgan and I went up to my house for the long weekend. It was such a blast to see my friends and throw a bon fire at our locals spot on the beach. All weekend it was sunshine and friends and family. Oh and some FUN. I love the 4 of July, and its always fun when you get to spend it with the most important people in your life. See...I havn't been home for this holiday for 5 years. The 4 of July for me was a big holiday and to be 1100 miles away from the closest people in my life was so hard for 5 years. So being home this weekend to see all those important people really made me happy. Here are some photos. And this year I got to add another important person, Morgan. Sappy I know, but true

We have added another to our group, Danielle (soon to be) BECKER! So excited for David and Danielle

My two amazing best friends. Taylor and Leslie.

My Momma and I hangn at the pool

Carter made it on to grampas shoulders already at 8 months. What a cute nephew I have...

Soo happy to have been home this past weekend. This weekend we are headed to Bishop with Morgan’s family for some relaxation and some fishn at the cabin.

I love summers

RAINBOWS

2010-06-22T18:35:00.000-07:00

With summer here and working mon-fri, I love the weekends (as you can tell from my other blogs) but for the reason that I get to wear my most prized possession: my rainbow sandals.

I have had these sandals for over 5 years now. They have been everywhere with me. Mexico, Hawaii, and everywhere in between. Im just so happy that I get to come home from work, take off my work shoes, and put on these beauties. :)

Morgan loves his too. But I'm not sure if it's as much as I do.

I love to see the temple

2010-06-11T22:34:00.001-07:00

Well tonight I was playing around and I came across all my pictures from weddings.

Man how I love the temple so much.

LA is still my favorite. I wonder why...

Workn for the weekend!

2010-06-10T20:19:00.000-07:00

Where to start. Well Morgan and I are both work'n our tail feathers off. I guess it's a blessing and not a curse to have a job right now. But when the sun is shining outside and the temp starts to go up, it's hard not to want to leave and go to the beach. This is our first summer with jobs. At school, we could go to school in the morning and then leave and go to the lake or the

river, man we got tan.

With summer approaching it seems like every weekend we have so much planned. Beach house, Palm Springs, San Francisco, Bishop. We are LIVING for the weekends. Work hard, play hard I guess.This past weekend we went to our friend Rachel and Tim's wedding up in Oakland. So beautiful. Here are some pictures of our trip and some other happenings.

The night before the big day! We all went put putting.

I'll put up more once Rachel does.

And Morgan got a surf in at Emmawood

And Carter had his first swim. What a cutie.

The end...until next weekend.

2010-05-16T22:00:00.001-07:00

Well tonight Morgan got home from the CDA. He was gone since last Thursday. I planned on making him a nice dinner and getting everything all set up for him at our place. BUT half an hour before he got home, I got a huge migraine, even so bad as to make me want to throw up. Stupid.

So being the wonderful guy he is he came home and nursed me back.

We made dinner together, which was probably better then me doing it alone, and went down to the beach after. O how we really love the beach! We love it so much our whole place is decorated from the beach. Once we got to the beach we were dressed in normal clothes, (jeans, jackets, me in uggs) and were going to walk along the beach, but we looked over in front of one of the houses and saw two aderondike chairs sitting all alone. The house lights were all turned off so we thought, "don't mind if we do!"

It was so nice to just sit on the beach and chat and really feel blessed for living in such a wonderful place. It was so quiet down there, just the two of us sitting talking. No cars. No other people. No rowdy surfers. Just the two of us sitting in our "borrowed" chairs. When we left we made sure to thank the house for letting us borrow their chairs.

AH the beach. How amazing you are. I can't wait to get to know you more in the next few months of summer.

Wedding Fotos!

2010-05-13T20:54:00.001-07:00

Well we got our wedding pictures back. I can't tell you how much I LOVE them. They captured the day so well. Our photographer Ashley Swapp was so awesome and I would recommend her to anyone! Here are some of my favorites.

There are so many more I could post, but I don't want to bore you. I'm just so happy we got them back. I relive the day every time I look at these. THANK YOU ASHLEY!

Breakfast in Bed

2010-05-09T22:29:00.000-07:00

Well last week Morgan had a hard week. Had to work late, go to LA three nights and was kinda starting to really feel the effects of driving all over. His back started to really bother him with all the driving he has been doing. So on Saturday, his day to sleep in, I wanted to do a little something special for him. So I got up early and made him some pancakes.

(Just to fill you in, pancakes are kinda our thing. At school I would make Morgan breakfast when I got stressed out...I.E. all the time. When I get stressed I either clean or I bake...I should probably be 500 pounds by now.)

I think he liked it...no pancakes we left 5 minutes after I took this picture. HAPPY WEEKEND!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISSY!

2010-04-25T00:12:00.000-07:00

Well we just celebrated my sister's 25 birthday today. I just wanted to dedicate a blog to her because she is SO amazing. And I'm not just saying that because she is my sister, but I'm saying that because she is my best friend.

Here are some facts about my sister that some people may/may not know about her.

She is the most wonderful Mom to Carter

She loves stargazers

She wants another dog and already has a name picked out, but James says...NO MORE!

She is amazing at numbers

She has a knack for making people smile

She has the kindest heart out of anyone I know

She is a VERY hard worker

She was my maid of honor

She may/may not have twins someday

She loves mexican food

She can be shy, but she can definitely make you laugh!

She has always held up her side of any bargain

She will do anything for the ones she loves, anything!

Ok I could honestly go on and on about her, she is just so wonderful. I'm just so happy to be her sister.

Happy Birthday Sissy. I love you.

Dani I hope you had a great birthday today because you deserve it more then anyone!

My Mom and I were feeling domestic today and baked up a storm. These cupcakes made it to the party too!

Live'n the Dream

2010-04-11T20:30:00.000-07:00

Well let me just start off and say how amazing it feels to be married. I know that so many people say that to you...especially when you get engaged, but its so much more then I ever thought. Being able to go to your best friend to talk about anything and they will listen and comfort and love you no matter what...now THAT is the best feeling. Not only that, but my husband will always make me laugh and make me feel special. Now THAT is awesome.

Our little place is slowly coming together. It's not so much a room by room thing, but just one piece at a time. Yesterday I went shopping with a girlfriend and I purchased these at Pottery Barn

We got the ones with the stars. I think I'm in love with them. And Morgan likes them too, yea! Once we put them up Ill take some pics.

Having a little place of our own is so much fun. I can decorate the way I want to, but the only part that sucks is paying for it. Pottery Barn has some amazing things that go sooo perfectly in our place. Using some of our gift cards from the wedding has been so much fun, I'm just worried that they will run out sooner then I think...bummer.

OK so here are some other ideas that I LOVE from there...I just need to get a part time job there, too bad the closest one is in Thousand Oaks.

Well for now, it's just wishful thinking I guess.

March 20...Our new anniversary!

2010-03-30T22:19:00.000-07:00

Because we got married!!!!!

Yup it was the best day of my life! The weather worked out perfectly, I could not have asked for a better day!

It all started at 5:15 am Saturday morning with the primping. My best friend Taylor spent the night so the next morning we woke up and got right to work. My family took the motorhome down to the temple...my Dad drove it on the 405, and my sister and Taylor did my hair on the way down. That was a mirracle in itself that no one got burned!

And we arrived on time and rushed on into the temple. We were sealed at 10:30 am. And then the party began! When we came out our families and closest friends were outside...we didn't get out until 12:30, dang other brides. So we took some pics on the temple grounds then headed back to Santa Barbara BUT we stopped for lunch at IN-AND-OUT. And YES we took pics outside. :)

Once we got back to Santa Barbara, we got into our hotel room at the Canary and I quickly jumped back into my wedding dress and headed to the beach with our amazing photographer and her husband and shot some beach pics. Then we raced back to the hotel to help with the last minute details for the reception. Looking back on it now, that was probably the fastest day of my life! It all seems like a blur.

The reception was perfect. Our families raced around and put things together, my Dad and his amazing lights, and set up the wonderful Canary rooftop. We had a little dancing, and little cake and chocolate, a little bubbly and the of course some Dancing! What more could I ask for! The day/night turned out to be a success and I could not have asked for anything more. Here are a few pics, in case you have not seen them already on facebook. I'll put up more when I get them from our photographer.

The next day we headed to Kauai, Hawaii...a surprise to me and had a wonderful honeymoon for a week. Went on a really neat tour of the Na Poli coast, Morgan showed off his moves on the rope swing, we got a sweet convertible to drive, went to a Luau, and got sunburned. All in a weeks trip!

1 WEEK!

2010-03-15T11:53:00.001-07:00

Sooo this is the last week before we tie the knot! So much planning and it is finally almost here! We are getting married in the LA temple. We got to go this past week with both of our families and it was an amazing experience. All those times we sang, I love to see the temple, I'm going there someday, and I finally got to go. So now the next time I go I get to get hitched to my best friend! We have been praying for nice weather because the last few weeks have been pouring rain, but next Saturday weather man says, sunny and 70!! YEA!
People have been asking me if I have been nervous yet, and to be honest I havn't been. I don't know if it will hit me later this week, but I'm just so excited to be marring my best friend. Someone that makes me laugh, makes me smile, will always have my back and someone to I cant wait to grow old with :)
YEA FOR SATURDAY MARCH 20, 2010

IT'S MARCH!

2010-03-01T12:08:00.000-08:00

HOLY GUACAMOLE! it's already March! We are getting married this month! Morgan and I have started moving in our stuff into our new townhouse this past weekend...in the rain. It was a task let me tell you. But I absolutely love it. Morgan will be living there until we get married and I will be moving my stuff down little by little until the big day!

As far as the wedding goes, all the little things are left. We got the venue, the cake, the flowers, the outfits...let me tell you those were hard, and the invites are sent out. Wow I never thought that a wedding was so much work! But its almost over. I can't believe people do this for over a year! AH!

Ok off the wedding topic, I'm loving my job. I love the people that I get to work with. They truly want to help people and I absolutely love that I get to market them. And to be able to have this kind of job in this recession I have been sooo incredibly blessed. Not a lot of people get a job that they go to college for right out of college.

Well March Madness is now in full effect. I can't wait to see how it all goes. PRAY for no rain!!

Life is SWEEEET

2010-02-10T00:01:00.000-08:00

Well tonight sitting on the couch I was flipping through the channels and I came across the food network. To be honest some of the shows on there put me to sleep...hence why it is 12:10 am, but tonight it caught my eye. It was about lemon-lime flavored foods. I started thinking hmmm I really like candy...not sure if it was portion on lemon drops, but I was thinking of how much I really have a sweeet tooth! Here are some of my favorite candies, whether it be at the movies or just at my house in the "candy drawer"...yes my parents have a candy drawer devoted to candy. For all those that havn't been to my house It is stalked at all times of the year with all kinds of candy. Ok now my mouth is watering a bit.

Ok maybe I just really liked these because they remind me of summer...oh how I miss thee

Oh and with Valentines Day right around the corner I can't forget to add my favorite. Morgan got me a dozen red roses and dipped strawberries and made a huge boquet last year for Valentines Day...it's my Birthday too...he did GOOD!
OK I think I need to have a mid night raid of the candy drawer about now. My mouth is watering.

NEW PLACE!

2010-02-03T10:16:00.000-08:00

Well in between the work, the wedding plans, Morgan and I finally got a place of our own! We found out today that we get to move into our town house on February 20!! THATS THIS MONTH! Yea! It is a 2 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom and its two stories. I'm so happy that everything is finally coming together. The wedding plans are consuming my life, but I know it will pay off. I got my dress last week and it is just hanging in my room waiting...
My job has been great so far. I love the people I get to work with and my hours. I'm working part time right now but as soon as we get married I'm going full time. I'm totally fine by that!!
Well for now things are going great! Hopefully we stay on this route forever!!

Doin some shoppn!!

2010-01-18T21:16:00.000-08:00

So the past few days have been so overwhelming looking at prices of everything from apartments, to getting a family phone plan, to looking at getting a bed...blah! So much money to be spent on so many things! So blessed that Morgan and I both have jobs, BUT that doesn't mean that we arn't both choking over how much growing up costs!! But today we made a purchase that I think we are both happy about!
We bought a bedspread! After looking for over 2 months for bedspreads, we finally found one we both like, and that it was ON SALE! We found it at Pottery Barn online and I absolutely LOVE the store! I think it will match our place very well since the theme will be the ocean. AH I'm so excited about decorating! I have so many ideas for our place and I think it will help that we will be so close to the ocean...free decorations. All I'm thinking about these days are dollar signs. :)

My bedspread at home is from Pottery Barn and it is similar to this but more "girly," I didn't think Morgan would want that one...plus I can't take my bed from home. Its a rule. And the Pottery Barn can be expensive, but they are defiantly worth it! I would recommend the Pottery Barn to anyone.

Oh if only money grew on trees...

Engagement photos

2010-01-13T17:54:00.000-08:00

On Saturday we took pictures with Rebecca Nuss at the beach and it was fabulous. It finally hit me that this is really happening. WE ARE GETTING MARRIED!!... and soon!
We went to the beach that we got engaged on, and the beach we hang out at all the time. It just made sense to take our picures there too . Here are some of the pics!
So much is going on I don't even know where to start. Morgan is busy working in Ventura and my job is keeping me busy. The wedding plans are consuming our nights and Saturdays since it's the only time we can meet with the vendors. Our families have been so supportive in all of the planning. We are so lucky that we only live one hour apart! I could not imagine planning this being away from Morgan and from my Mom. I definitely owe my Mom and Dad a big hug after all of this. But it is fun planning and I'm looking forward to what's coming after this whole wedding is over...but I know that it will defiantly be a day to remember! :)

And life goes on!

2009-12-28T20:23:00.000-08:00

Well Christmas is now over. It was a blast. I got to spend Christmas Eve with Morgan and his hilarious family, then Christmas day with my family. I think baby Carter made out very well with his presents, but Morgan and I did pretty well also with a new washer and dryer! So excited to start getting things together for our new place. Morgan also got me a new 50in tv!! Wow I was surprised! As well as my new favorite movie UP.
It was so nice to come home and be with family and friends and to be out of the SNOW! Just now time to un pack...
In the mean time the wedding planning will soon be in full effect. With the cake and the flowers and the invitations, and engagement pictures, and not to mention the apartment...I think we still have a lot to get done in the next three months!...maybe an understatement.

I'm so excited to see what happens in the next three months. I also have an exciting interview tomorrow with a dental company doing their marketing. I hope it all turns out well. Morgan is busy with his job doing dental sales. All I have to say is that our kids will have amazing teeth!

Hope everyone had a great Christmas! And have a fun safe new year. We are headed to Mammoth for the New Year...YEA for more snow...NOT. :)

WE DID IT!!

2009-12-21T23:50:00.000-08:00

Morgan and I finally GRADUATED! Both of our families were able to fly up for the graduation. It was such a nice weekend...well other then the fact that it was 30 degrees. Now we are back in California and we will never have to go back to Idaho...unless for a vacation...but I don't think that will happen any time soon. Here are some pics from the weekend...

Christmas is almost here. I don't know where the year went! Soon it will be New Years and then the wedding! How time flies. We looked for apartments today...wow. That was weird to think that its all starting to come together. The next few months are going to be intense, but I'm so excited!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

How time flies!

2009-12-08T14:57:00.000-08:00

It is now the second week in December...I can't believe it! I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! One more presentation for this week and my capstone business test and then I'm DONE!

This past weekend Morgan flew into Salt Lake and Kate, Mat and I drove down and picked him up. We went to Heber, which is right outside Park City and stayed with Mat's cousin Ashley and her husband in their beautiful cabin. We are actually going to have our wedding pictures taken by Ashley. Check her out www.ashleyswapp.blogspot.com. Shes amazing. I'm so excited!

We also went wedding dress shopping and I got my wedding dress! I LOVE it! It's so me! I felt bad for the boys who had to wait for us to do all of the trying on and then the adjustments. I didn't get to take it home since it had to altered, but I'm picking it up next weekend on our way home. Don't worry, Morgan will not see it! It's so hard keeping a secret from him. But I know he will love it! :) I have pictures, but Im not going to post anything on here, especially because I know Morgan looks on here :)

We also changed our wedding colors and the theme of our wedding. Im going to keep it a secret on what it is exactly but here is a hint...and a really cool picture!

Graduation is next week! My parents as well as Morgan and his family are all flying in next week for the big event. I picked up our, (as in Morgan and I are both graduating together!) cap and gowns last week and they are both hanging in my room getting aired out. It finally has hit me that this is it. No more college. No more crazy roommates, late nights of homework, no more SNOW. But I'm so excited to get a permanent roommate and one that I know I won't have to worry about them steeling my clothes or food. It's kind of a bitter sweet moment. Here are a few pictures Kate took for graduation.

I was talking with my best friend today and she said, " I guess were growing up." Weird to think in a few months I will be living in Ventura, married and hopefully with a job, supporting ourselves. But I'm excited to see what next adventure I'm in for. But until then I have some work and packing to do!

Soon enough it will be Christmas...oh shopping!

GOING TO THE CHAPPEL AND WERE GOING TO GET MARRRIEEDDD!!

2009-11-30T14:38:00.001-08:00

Morgan and I are ENGAGED!! I flew home the week before Thanksgiving and Morgan surprised me and picked me up from the airport. We then started the drive back to my house in the Valley and he turned and asked me,
"Where is Tahigus beach?"
I said "Its back behind us, whhyyy???"
"Well I made something for you"
At this point I knew that something was up.

(Morgan and I had been talking about getting married but I didn't know when he was going to pop the big question.)

So we turned around and headed back towards the beach. We parked and I noticed that we were the only ones that were there except for the bright moon. So we started down towards the beach, my heart about to jump out of my chest, I think Morgan's too. As we walked I looked down towards the ocean and saw a heart in the sand made from candles. I could tell that Morgan was getting a bit more nervous. He started talking about something, not sure if I was the one that was not focused, or he was mumbling, but as we got closer to the sand I saw what looked like a million red rose petals in the sand with candles that were in the shape of a heart.

When we got to it Morgan said,
"Come with me into the circle of trust"
I almost started laughing.
So we got into the heart and he started his speech. I started to get teary eyed.
He asked me to marry him and I said
SHUT UP....or I mean YES YES!

From then on I have had a perma grin on my face because I have been so excited.

We went to Disneyland the next day with two of my best friends and had a BLAST!

Thanksgiving break was exactly what I needed! Family, friends, and a new fiance!

We spent most of the break doing wedding stuff, registering, getting all the paperwork signed for the reception site....soo amazing, looking for a place to live in Ventura, and of course the dress!!!

This weekend Morgan is flying to Salt Lake and Mat, Kate and I are going to meet up with him. Kate and I are going dress shopping, while Mat and Morgan go snowboarding...bonding time I guess.

I'm so excited to be marrying my best friend. He knows me more then I even know myself. The big day is MARCH 20! Until then, CHAOS!

Buuuut, I have to graduate first. 3 weeks!!! I pick up my cap and gown tomorrow, I can do it!!

Senioritis

2009-11-09T16:07:00.000-08:00

Definition of Senioritis:
A senior being lazy, not wanting to go to class, not caring about homework, meetings, or even going to school. Thinking only of the day in which they can walk towards a teacher in cap and gown only yearning for that diploma. Not wanting to do or see another email, the library, or test for the rest of their life!

Well this is a little...ok alot, how I feel right now. While spending the weekend with Morgan and Matt and Kate I did not think of school ONCE the entire weekend...that's kinda big for me! Getting back into the swing of things today was a bit hard for me. The next two weeks are going to be grueling, but after Thanksgiving, I'm just about home free, just two presentations then I'm DONE! I actually figured out that I'm done a week early...not sure how that worked, but hey, I'm not complaining!

Tomorrow Kate and I are taking pictures for graduation announcements, what to wear what to wear? I ordered my graduation announcements last week, man was that WEIRD or what?! It showed a preview of what they are going to look like and I about feel out of my chair!

On a lighter note!
Morgan came to play this weekend, sickness and all. I felt so bad for him. He was coughing, sweating, sniveling and the whole bit. But we managed to have a great time. (I ate about 20 vitamin C drops!) We got to go bowling with Matt and Kate and then went on a date just the two of us to my favorite Idaho restaurant Brownstone. It was soo good; the food and the company. But it was all over so fast. I'll be home in a week and a half for ten days of CA sun, good food and family.

Just getting there will be the problem...

trick OR treat!

2009-11-02T21:02:00.001-08:00

Halloween this year was not the same as last year when I got spend the weekend in Park City with Morgan and my family, but it was still fun. I wasn't able to get my witches costume ready in time but I ended up being a pirate. Kate, Matt and I, (it's always the 3 of us now a days) went and bought costumes one night at Kmart...half off! I wasn't sure if my costume was going to fit but I just bought it anyways. It ended up being perfect. Modest and all. We carved pumpkins last week and watched a few scary movies, with the help from Taylor and Kim.

I just can't believe that it is already November, THANKSGIVING! But getting there is going to be a long journey. School has been kicking my butt lately, but I was able to pull off a 4.0 for mid terms...don't ask how that happened.
I'm defiantly busy which makes doing long distance a little bit easier, but it still sucks. I don't recommend it at all. But somehow we have made it work. We have been able to see each other every other week thankfully. Morgan is coming up this weekend to visit. I could not be more excited. Happy November!

So much going on!!

2009-10-26T19:57:00.000-07:00

Wow there is so much that just happened! So my sister had her baby!!! His name is Carter Dean and he was 9 pounds 7 ounces and he has so much hair, even frosted tips! I know that everyone says this but really HE IS THE CUTEST BABY EVER!! I got to fly home right after she had him and see them in the hospital and stay the weekend with my family. Morgan came up too so we got to see each other too. It was a goood weekend. Of course I was the one who he had his first "blow out" on. Love that kid even though I only got to see him for a couple days. Here are a few cute pics!
In the middle of mid terms I got to go to Arizona this past weekend with Kate and stay at her parents house and see our friend Sarah get married! It was so nice to get out of the cold and eat some In-and-Out, I kinda felt like I was cheating on California by going, but it just tasted so good I didn't care. We stayed at Kate's parents house and picked up Morgan Friday night. Saturday we drove to the Mesa temple and took pictures with the happy couple and went to a lunch in after that was catered by the one and only Olive Garden. Later than night we went to a reception at Sarah's house. It was GORGEOUS! So many white lights and Sarah and Greg looked so happy together!

Ah such a good weekend. I did NOT want to come back to Idaho. Our flight was 45 minutes late so we didn't get back to Rexburg until 11ish. Tomorrow snow is expected in the forecast so well see how we survive this week.
It's crazy how long time flys, I can't believe its already the end of October. Reminds me, I need to carve my pumpkin for Halloween next week, funny, scary...hmm ideas?? Graduation is right around the corner...so crazy to think that school is finally coming to an end. YEA!! Then Ill get to see my little Carter whenever I want.

HAPPY OCTOBER!

2009-10-08T15:21:00.000-07:00

The Halloween Sprit is alive!!
Well the snow has come and gone. YUCK! At least it didn't stay I guess.
I'm trying to take a positive approach on life out here, trying. School is so hectic that I can't contain my excitement for when I get to go home for my sister to have her baby. "He" is due (I say He because they don't have a name yet) on next Thursday the 15. I think Danielle is soo ready for the little one to be out as much as I am.
After she has the baby, I'm flying to Arizona for my good friend Sarah's wedding on the 24th. It will be a good reunion to see everyone again. Plane tickets this semester have been a pretty penny...to say the least. I wish I lived closer to Idaho rather than three states over!
Speaking of school my job have been fun and yesterday we got our clients for our business capstone class. My client is INL (Idaho National Laboratories). We get to do FREE consulting for them, so thrilled, NOT. Between meetings for State Farm and the Marketing Society, I get to talk to Morgan on the phone and see Kate and Matt. We have created movie night...it's pretty much every night.
Last night we watched Hocus Pocus, one of my all time favs!! It gave me the idea to be Sarah, one of the Sanderson sisters, for Halloween! So excited. I'm going to attempt to create a costume.

Well see...

Speaking of Halloween, I'm so excited this year. My Mom has already had the house decorated for a few weeks now. I think she passed the love for a Halloween on to me!! I'm excited to carve pumpkins and eat lots of goodies while being dressed up. O joy!!

SUPPRISE, HOME!

2009-09-29T19:29:00.000-07:00

Well this past weekend was such a blast. At first I thought that Morgan was coming to Rexburg and I was trying not to say anything because I didn't want to be disappointed if he didn't show up. But instead on Wednesday night he sent me and email and made me skype him while opening it up. It was a flight itinerary but I had no idea what it was for. He told me to look at the name on it, Nicole Ewen.
At first I was VERY lost, but then I realized that he was not flying to Rexburg, he was flying me home! It was our one year anniversary on Friday and it was also my mom's birthday, the special one. So I flew in late on Friday night to LAX right after Morgan flew in from Minnesota and we drove up to the valley along with everyone else on the 4o5. Ended up that I didn't get to my house until 11:30 and Mom was already in bed. I snuck in next to her and woke her up and she almost fell out of bed. She was so confused and happy at the same time. It didn't really hit her until the morning when she was awake.
Morgan and I stayed up late exchanging gifts, he got me an ipod and I gave him a picture of the Tetons that our friend Kate took. I think he won in the gifting this anniversary!
Saturday we went to my sisters baby shower in Santa Maria for an hour with my sister and Mom and my sister's mother in-law. Morgan and I left early and decided to take my dog Skyler to the beach for the rest of the day. She was so afraid of the water it was funny. Morgan kept running with her into the waves but she out smarted him several times. ha! Then Morgan came home with a ton of tar on his feet from the beach. Here are some pics...
That night we all went out to dinner at one of my favorite restaurants Dos Carlitos and had a great dinner all together.
Sunday we went to sacrament then left for LA, but stopping at Morgan's Aunts house in Camarillo to say hi to the family. They were so shocked to see us there it was awesome.
By the time we got to LAX I was hungry again so we went to In-and-Out Burger :)

It was one of the best weekends ever. I have such an amazing family and boyfriend. I could not ask for anything more. Sometimes I try to think how my life could be better and I can't think of a single thing to change...except maybe a diploma. I truly am so blessed with such a great life.
I did NOT want to come back to school after a weekend like that, but I'm going to suck it up for 2 1/2 more months and then I'm DONE. Can't wait for that day!!!
Kate, I think we both will be jumping for joy with our diplomas soon!!

It's supposto rain tomorrow and maybe snow. This is when depression sets in. Hope time runs by fast. At least I have the baby and Halloween to look forward to!
I might be home sooner then I think. My sister is about ready to pop!! The little one should be on his way pretty fast. She is due on October 15, but my guess is the 8th which is one week earlier, but I guess we'll see. I'm just making sure my laundry is done and I can just run to airport and go to the hospital. So exciting!!

Things Things Things

2009-09-22T15:15:00.000-07:00

Ahh the joys of living in Idaho. EKKKK. In the last few days the weather has changed, the weather people lie! It's already freezing in the morning and it finally starts to get hot around noon, only to get cold again at night. The signs of snow are on their way for sure! But in the mean time I found this picture that makes me laugh.
School is moving along. I'm busy TAing for four marketing classes, which always keeps me on my computer since I get to grade from home. The business capstone is hard but I'm learning a lot as well as the advertising capstone. Weightlifting always gets me out of bed on Moday's and Wednesday's because I love the class and my teachers is hilarious! "My wife tells me I need to loose about 80 pounds, but I'm thinking Ill be good around 60."
This past weekend I spent three days in a row down in Idaho Falls at the mall, bored much? Kate and Matt are so gracious, they let me come over and veg on their couch whenever I want, which is kinda alot.
I'm now also serving in the Relief Society Presidency too. Which means I get to spend a lot of early time at church on Sunday's and with Leslie, the Prez. But I just keep telling myself, BLESSINGS.
This Friday is two very big days, my mom's birthday and mine and Morgan's one year. GEESH how time fly's when your having fun. He is still in Minnisota training but looking forward to coming home this weekend. There are a few stories that I'm sure a few of you have heard, needless to say he is learning a lot being out there. And my Mom, who is the best Mom ever, is having a special birthday this year, I just wish I could be home for it.
The "little squirt" is due in a matter of a few short weeks and I'm so excited to come home and be there for it all. I think a lot of people are going to be there for the birth of this little one. I think the name is the only thing they are not sure on. I guess we'll see when he gets here.

School begins again, one last time.

2009-09-13T14:34:00.000-07:00

Well this is it! My last semester of being up in Idaho for college. Tomorrow will be my first official week of school and I absolutely LOVE my schedule. I only had to take 6 real credits this semester, both capstones for advertising and business, and for fun a weight lifting class.
On the first day of school I volunteered myself for the Account Executive for our client who is State Farm Insurance. For those that don't know what an AE is, they are the person who makes sure that all departments of an ad campaign are working and are staying on task to get the campaign done on time. We are competing against another group in our class as well. So if the campaign flops...it lands on me...no big deal.
I'm also working as a TA for my favorite teacher Brother Eager who works in the marketing department and will be serving as the Vice President for the Marketing Society. So even though I'm only taking 7 credits, I think I will be more busy then I originally thought this semester.
My best friend Taylor made the long trek out to Idaho with me and we had a blast! Today is her Birthday so HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAYLOR. She loves Idaho and we went out on her last night to Jackson Hole, WY and went to a bar called the Cowboy Bar. We of course got shirley temples, but the main reason why we wanted to go was to sit on the really cool saddle stools at the bar, getting in for free helped too. Man that was a night I will NEVER forget. We got hit on by both men and women there. I think we were the youngest people there by twenty years. We all danced with a 75 year old man, who was a very good dancer. We got offered a free round, and a lady named Judy from Michigan told us that we all needed to go to school and plan events for a living. So that is just a small gist of our fun night. Here are a few pictures from our adventure. This last picture is what I saw when I came back to my appartment. I have left out that Morgan is not here this semester so he sent me these flowers to made up for his absence. Not sure who Im going to do all my business homework with but thank goodness for cell phones and skype!! We got to skype last night for the first time and it was a bit bitter sweet. He is boarding a plane at the moment for Minnesota for 2 weeks of training. I think it will be a very busy semester for the both of us. Hopefully it will make the time fly by faster.

Sissys Baby Shower!

2009-09-01T23:01:00.000-07:00

So tonight was my sister's baby shower at our friends the Johnsons. I couldn't believe how many people showed up! She was unwrapping presents for more then an hour and half. Maybe over 50 people there. So glad that so many people came out so support this fun time in our family. With close family and friends it was amazing to look around and see how many people care.
My mom made her a baby blanket that took her hours and hours to make. It really turned out beautiful and everyone loved it. That was just one of the homemade blankets that she got.
Things are changing so fast. Time is flying by! So many weddings, and kids being born I feel like time is just flying.
Leaving next Monday to go back to school might be a little harder then I anticipated...next time Im home will be for the squirts birth! sooo excited!

Summer is here!

2009-08-20T22:27:00.000-07:00

Well I'm still trying to figure this blogging thing out. What is going on...hm...well it's deffinatly summer here in California. I got home a few weeks ago from Idaho and have been having a bawl with friends, family and the sun! Morgan got a full time job working as a dental sales rep here in California so he won't be coming back to finish out college with me. A little bitter sweet but I know it will all work out in the end.

I can't believe it's going to be a year next month! That's unheard of in the Mormon world! But hey I think we are a little different anyway. That's what I like about us. :0)

I will being going back to Idaho in early September to finish out school and graduate in December!!! SO excited to be over Idaho and over school and everything that comes with it! geeeesh. But for now I'm living it up at home and loving it. Here is a little of what I have been doing:

-laying out by the pool/and the beach

-went to palm springs for a week with the family

-working for my mom around the house

-read the first book of Harry Potter...finally!

and hanging out with friends

I'm so happy and so ready to move on with my life!

A little new

2009-04-15T20:43:00.000-07:00

So I'm finally getting a blog. Kinda slow on getting one since I'm on facebook but on here I can let yall know what's really going on with me.

Well tomorrow I'm off to LA for one last day in California before I go back to Idaho for my last year. Very excited I might add. I graduate in December and could not be more freaked out and excited at the same time!

Some new and exciting news is that my sister is preggers! I could not be a more thrilled to be an Aunt! She has a few more weeks until we find out what it is yet. October 15 is the big day. I will for sure have a flight home for that one!!

Last week my good friends Kaitlan and John got married in the San Diego temple. It was so gorgeous and it was about time. 6 months in the making. Congrats!