Merry Christmas 2010

Merry Christmas!!!

Since we haven't had too much snow lately, Jeff and I decided to go to temple square to see the lights and get in the Christmas spirit.

A few weeks ago, this is what it looked like outside of our balcony....the fog was so thick we couldn't see the building across from us!

I thought I would put a picture of the snowboard bench Jeff made when we first got married. Even though it isn't too comfortable to sit on, it is neat to have.

Also, I finally finished my second internship!!! YAY! I can't believe that I am halfway done with my year of free labor! The SNF wasn't as bad as I thought...it was actually pleasant and not too hard, plus the hours were great! Now, I have a month break to relax, catch up on school work, and then back to the grind with 2 more interns, then graduation in May.

Jeff will be finishing his classes tonight! I am proud of him for working hard all day and then going to school late at night! Hopefully next semester won't be too bad...he will be taking 2 classes and then graduation for him in May!

Hopefully we can go somewhere fun to celebrate all of our hard work over the past few years. We are still deciding what the next step in life should be...do we stay in an apartment and save some money or get a house once we graduate? Decisions, Decisions.....

Happy Thanksgiving and Black Friday Madness

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Jeff and I have had a busy, but fun-filled year with lots to be thanksful for. Here are some things we have been especially thankful for recently:

-Living back in Utah so that we can spend time with our families

-Being healthy despite a few colds and flu here and there

-Both of us getting multiple scholarships for school and for almost being done with it

-Having work and enjoying it

-A warm apartment to live in

-An eternal marriage

-Living close to the temple

-Our cute little kittens who are such troublemakers but we still love them

BLACK FRIDAY MADNESS:

This year we really wanted to get a new laptop so that we could use it for all of our music. Walmart had a great deal ($198) on one and so we decided to brave the crowds of the black friday mess and wait for it. Our adventure began Thanksgiving night at 7 pm where we waited in the frozen food isle for 10 hours to get the laptop. Lets just say it was a long cold night, and the first night in my life that I stayed up, but we were able to get everything we wanted and saved over $600! I know we may be crazy, but both Jeff and I love the rush of saving a lot of money.

The holidays are here!

I am halfway done with my second internship and surprisingly enjoying being at a skilled nursing center. There are many days I come home with interesting stories....getting pooped on, dealing with schizophreics, grumpy old people, and lots of paperwork. I especially love the short work days...8-3 or 4 pm is wonderful!

Jeff is still working hard at passing his classes and working at the cabinet shop. His boss has asked him to transfer to the main shop, Fetzers, for the next month or so to help out. He is not too happy because that shop is by Usana and that means he has to wake up at 4:45 am. I am greatful that at least he has work during the winter and am happy that he gets to do something he enjoys!

I know its early, but I am tired of looking at fall decorations, so we decided to put our Christmas stuff up. I love Christmas and am happy to be home this year.

In other news, my Grandma Pearson, began her Chemotherapy for the breast cancer that she was recently diagnosed with. She is such an amazing grandma and has taught me so many things in my life, especially about having a good attitude when life gets difficult. Good luck Grandma in the tough months to come!!! Jeff's dad also underwent bilateral TKA's last week and is doing great and planning on returning home soon. Best of luck to him as well.

I forgot to post the cd covers we had signed from Senses Fail and our concert tickets.

Halloween and Senses Fail Concert

Happy Halloween!!! This year we planned on dressing up as dawg the bounty hunter and his wife Beth, but we opted to go see Senses Fail play at In the Venue on Halloween night. I did have to dress up for work on Friday and so I wore my pirate costume from last year. As you can see Jeff's redneck costume is lovely....words just can not explain this....


Lately, all we have felt like doing is this (see below) because we have been super busy! We also had our first snowfall this past week and I don't feel ready for winter yet, especially without my Jeep.We were lucky enough to find a great deal on KSL for some snow tires for the car, which I am happy about because I dread driving in the snow.
Jeff is so funny when he sleeps. This is what he looks like every night, but usually its just his nose sticking out from ALL of the pillows. HE HE HE

We also attempted our first caramel apples this year. We first melted caramel and then dipped them in fudge and rolled it in crushed snickers. YUM! They worked well until the fudge slipped off!

We also carved our pumpkins on Friday night. My favorite part about Halloween is eating pumpkin seeds! The pics are blurry but it gives you an idea.
Mine:

Jeffs:

The Senses Fail/Bayside Concert was awesome! Senses always put on such an energetic show. I was even able to be in the second row of the mosh pit and survived!! Although my body feels like I took a pretty good beating today. I was lucky enough to get behind a girl that was less than 5 ft tall so I could actually see and breathe and the secret to not loosing my spot was keeping my hand on the front hand rail during the whole show. I also enjoyed elbowing the guys next to me during the entire show cause they were trying to push me. They played a ton of our favorite songs. Before the show they were having a meet and greet at Graywhale in SLC so we stopped by and got their signatures on their cd covers. It was a great night, but sad cause concert season is over :(

Blurry pic, but the lead singer of Bayside

(The pics look so blurry because of the fog machine)

Sound check for the drummer

Buddy, the lead singer is in the green and black checkered shirt. It was kinda difficult taking pictures while getting smashed in the pit, thats why there isn't very many.

Internship #1 down...3 more to go!

Just a quick update on what we have been up to:

-I finished my first internship and am starting my next one on Monday at St. Joes Rehab Center in SLC. I am actually nervous for this one since I have never worked in a rehab center before. I am trying to stay positive about working with the elderly....maybe I will love it who knows?

-Jeff is still working hard at the cabinet shop and enjoying working with his hands. He is also doing well at school and got approved to graduate with his AAS in May if he passes all his classes! I am so proud of him for getting through it!

We are both excited to see our favorite band, Senses Fail, in a few weeks!

3 Years!!!

On Monday October 11th we celebrated our 3rd anniversary!!! It is crazy how fast time goes.....Jeff and I met back in November of 2004 and therefore have known eachother for 6 years! We celebrated by going out to the Cheesecake Factory and buying some clothes for eachother. We look forward to many more years and memories to come!

This picture was taken when we first started dating at Snow College.

Me and my bridesmaids (Katie, Staci, and Jill)

Herriman Fire

Last Sunday we had a scare here in Herriman. We went to church that morning and could smell a fire somewhere, but didn't see any smoke. Its not uncommon to smell smoke out here in farm country....because its usually just a farmer burning weeds. So we didn't think much of it until a few hours later when we noticed a ton of smoke in Rose Crest canyon. Apparently a machine gun at Camp Williams started a fire on their property and it wasn't being controlled and as the wind picked up that afternoon, it spread towards Herriman. The winds were 50mph and the smoke got so intense you could hardly breathe or see anything. The firemen were trying to protect all of the houses on the hill, but unfortunatly the fire got to a few of them. It was quite scary because most of Herriman city was getting evacuated, so I got some stuff together just in case we had to take off quick. Luckily Sunday night, the winds went down and by this last weekend, it was finally contained. What a scare!!! It really makes you think what you would grab in a situation like that!

KISS concert and Deer Creek

Last week my dad got free tickets to the KISS concert at the Real Stadium so he invited us to go. We had pretty good seats ($85 a ticket!) so we were happy. It was a crazy entertaining night and lots of fun. Jeff and I ended up leaving before they played a lot of the songs we knew because I had to teach a class early the next morning.

Shannon, Jeff, and Stevie (shan's friend)

The giant KISS banner before they came out

Still rockin' the outfits....I don't know how they perform in those shoes

They were very entertaining from the outfits, fireworks coming out of their guitars, floating stages with smoke, glittery guitars, blood on Gene Simmons face, and playing their guitars on their backs

Oh and did I mention....FIRE and lots of it

This one is hard to see....but he had blood all down his face...kinda gross

Deer Creek for Sterling's birthday party. The weather couldn't have been nicer and there was nobody on the Lake....too bad it was ice cold.

Ster enjoying the glassy water

Ster and Jeff tubing....I went too but the pics are on my mom's camera

Dew Tour 2010

Yesterday was full of fun, dirt, action, sweat, sunburns, loosing our hearing in our left ears, too many people, standing in lines all day, and best of all ....tons of professional athletes from BMX, Skate, and FMX as well as a pro. snowboarder sighting Mark Frank Montoya. It was a fun day at the Dew Tour this year which was held at the Energy Solutions outside. It is a 4 day event with all sorts of extreme sports and athletes with amazing skills. We were even on TV for the BMX dirt finals. If you look close enough in the picture below, you can see Jeff in a black hat and I in a black shirt next to the side railing in front of the national guard banner a few rows back.

Ryan Nyquist (one of my favorite riders) throwing an "x-up"
You can kinda see us in this one too (Jeff is taking a picture)

It was amazing to actually see how huge these jumps were....20-45 feet high...plus the riders were getting huge air on top of that!

Mark Frank Montoya sat right below us during the BMX finals.

Ryan Nyquist after taking a run

I was amazed at how much the sport has evolved and the tricks are insane now...double back flips, 360 tail whips just to name a few

We stood in line for over an hour trying to get into the Skate Park finals with athletes like Ryan Sheckler and Paul Rodreguez, but since we had only bought the cheaper tickets our seats were not guarnteed so we got screwed out of seeing skating so we got in line for the amature BMX dirt finals...which we ended up waiting 1.5 hours for and luckily barely got seats...everyone else had standing room only

FMX guys including Jeremy "Twitch" Steinberg and Ronnie Faist (from the Metal Mulisha) and many other good riders.

Once again, I was amazed at how a few years ago the 'Backflip' was a huge deal and now everyone was throwing it like it was nothing.

A sample of all the free loot we got at the 'Village'. Jeff voluntered to be in a tug of war to win dickies pants and Won!!! We got lots of posters, bandanas, sunglasses, bags, and of course free mountain dew.