Brian and Mary Richardson

Where are you Brooklyn?!?!

2012-01-21T17:51:00.008-07:00

Well, my due date was 2 days ago and still no Brooklyn to hold in my arms! :( Brooklyn, you can come out now! We really want to hold and love you and cuddle with you! I just feel absolutely normal preggo. I don't feel like I've really had any contractions yet, so I really hope it starts soon! I think that I will be induced a week after my due date, so Thursday should be the latest day she comes I hope! Which is my Grandma Cupp's and my sister Rachel's birthdays so that would be fun! I'll keep you guys posted! :) Here are some baby bump pictures for you :/

33 weeks

37 weeks...it's grown a lot!!

40 weeks! Ready to pop!

And here is a sneak peak of the nursery. I was going to do a color scheme that is completely different, but I got all this free bedding from someone and it was really cute, so I couldn't pass it up. You can't pass up free! So I had to rethink everything, but I like the way it turned out. It's not completely done. I might have a few more things to add here and there, but this will give you a good idea of what it looks like

That dresser was an old, beat up dresser we got from Brian's parents, but with some sanding and a couple coats of spray paint, it looks like new!

Here is a close up of a few of the letters I made. I didn't want to spend a ton of money buying the big letters at a craft store, so I printed them off on my computer in a font I really liked and made them out of cardboard, poster board and hot glue. Then I covered them with different things like yarn, tissue paper, and scrapbook paper, etc. It was pretty time consuming but I LOVE them! It probably only cost me about $5 for all eight of them decorated and all. If I would have bought letters at Hobby Lobby, they are like $10 each for just the letter. Yikes!

Yay for Pinterest for giving me lots of good ideas! :)

Having Withdrawals...

2012-01-21T17:22:00.006-07:00

I started my maternity leave on January 14 and although it's been very nice, it has been so BORING!!! I don't know what to do with myself all day! I need a baby to take care of and then I would have plenty to do all day! :) Brian and I are very lucky because we have probably spent about 97% of our time together the last 6 months or so because we work together. The only time we are ever apart is when he plays ball a couple times a week and if I go shopping for a couple hours on our days off. It has been pretty interesting. I don't think a lot of people could stand being with their spouse that much, but I love it and I think we've handled it well. Yes, I think we can get on each others nerves a little here and there, but overall it's great! Anyway, it's very weird for me to not be with him now and I just miss him so much all day! Tender! :)

Who wouldn't want to hang out with this cutie all the time? We have so much fun together! :)

But we sit by each other at work and listen to the radio together and I have become quite the sports expert because of it. We listen to all the sports AM radio shows and I have really come to love the NFL and NBA and a few of the funny sports shows. My favorite show is the Dan Patrick show. He is really funny and I am seriously having withdrawals not listening to him everyday! :) It plays on TV too, so I have found myself occasionally turning it on the past couple days to have it on in the background to stay sane! Weird, I know!

Who wouldn't want to listen to this handsome face everyday haha

Anyway, yeah, I can't wait for my baby to get here!!!!! Then I will have time to watch lots of girly shows and movies and get away from the sports stuff! When is she going to get here?!!

Lately....

2012-01-21T17:01:00.003-07:00

A lot has happened lately and I have some more catching up to do! I have the most amazing sisters and sisters-in-law! I had two baby showers a couple months ago and they were both so cute! Brian's sister Tammy threw me a shower for my Utah family and friends and it was so adorable! Unfortunately, my camera is horrible and the pictures didn't turn out so I don't have any right now. I'll have her email me some and I'll have to post them when I get them because it was seriously so cute! And then the next week my dear sisters threw me a shower in Rupert and it was so stinking cute too! Here are some pictures to prove it! :) They are all so talented! I wish I was more crafty and creative like them!

My sister Rachel made me the CUTEST blanket! I love it so much!

Brian's mom is truly one of the sweetest people I know! She is such an amazing woman! She just had shoulder surgery at the end of October and could barely lift her arm so she asked me to help her put up her tree this year. I wasn't going to put up my own tree because I was just so stressed with everything I needed to do for the baby and I didn't really want to think about putting it up and taking it down. Plus, my tree has all Jazz decorations and at that time the NBA was not going to happen this year, so I didn't want to make Brian sad everytime he looked at it! :) Anyway, one night I came home from work and she had snuck over to my house and put up a tree for me! I was supposed to put up hers and she put up mine! She is so sweet! And it was so cute too because it had cute pink ornaments, little baby carriages, and even spelled out her name! That meant so much to me and really taught me a very valuable lesson about service. I will never forget this Christmas tree and hope to be able to do something that nice for her someday!

And some other really great news is that the Jazz are playing this year! Wahoo! I'm honestly very excited! I have grown to become quite a passionate Jazz fan! :) Brian and I went to one of the preseason games after work one night! It was very fun, but not very comfortable being squished into those little chairs when you are very pregnant! :)

A much needed update :)

2011-10-26T21:23:00.018-06:00

Alright well as you all know it has been a while since I have posted :) My bad! So I guess you could say I have a little catching up to do. This seems so intimidating because I don't even know where to start or what to post about, I think that is the reason it has taken me so long. Obviously so much has happened, it just seems almost overwhelming to write about it all, so I'm not going to :) I'll just post a few of the pictures that I have in my phone to give at least give a little somethin somethin and maybe someday I'll fill in some holes.

The most important/cool thing that has happened in the last year has been that Brian graduated from school! Yay! He graduated this summer from UVU and it is SO incredibly wonderful to be able to spend more time with him before the babe comes :) Brian and I work together at the post office and honestly, I love it! I think some people would get sick of being together all the time, but we have so much fun together and just make each other laugh constantly so we have a good time! :) We have the most chill job ever typing addresses and listening to books, the radio, or the iPod. I've even gotten him to listen the the Harry Potter books with me. Oh ya! HP for life! :) But it's funny because since we spend literally 99% of our time together, he will always tell me to go shopping for a few hours on our days off so we can have some time alone and he'll just play Madden or something. Don't mind if I do! I take full advantage of being given permission to shop for a few hours no questions asked :)

Anyway, we have had a really fun year and are both SO excited for our baby to come in January! Here are a few REALLY random pictures from the summer and stuff...

We love playing tennis together! I am not very good but am getting a lot better so it's pretty fun.

But this time I was 12 weeks pregnant and so I was trying to be a little more careful and not chase down every ball :)

This was at this burger place in Salt Lake called Big H's. Highly recommend it! Delicious! :)

Just drinking some sort of virgin Pina Colada at Red Lobster on our anniversary. Love that place!

By far the saddest thing we did was make the decision to give our amazing, adorable dog to Brian's aunt. It was seriously the HARDEST thing I think I've ever had to do. We were just never home, and don't have a back yard for him to play in so he was cooped up in our house all day and hardly got to play at all. He was so full of energy and loved to play, so we just thought he would have such a better life with Brian's aunt. She has 3 other dogs and LOVES them like her children. He is spoiled rotten now and can play and run around outside ALL day. We love and miss him so much!!!!

Here is one of my favorite pictures of him from when he was a puppy

On the way taking him to Aunt Debbie's :(

Gosh I'm crying right now looking at those pictures! Saddest thing ever! But he's so so happy now, so it's all good. :)

Ok and here you go people. Here are the only 2 pictures I've taken of the bump so far. I never really think about taking pictures of myself so this is all you get. Maybe I'll be a little better in these last few weeks

23 weeks

28 weeks

I'm sorry I know the quality in all these pictures is horrible but oh well. Anywho, I really do want to get better at posting and I'm sure I will once I have the baby and actually have pictures and stuff to post. But I love you all! And now you don't have to see my worst post "Christmas Tunes" on your screens anymore! Wahoo! :)

Christmas Tunes

2010-12-07T18:57:00.005-07:00

So I absolutely love getting to listen to Christmas music for a whole month of the year. I love Christmas music and it seems like I have a huge range of what and who I listen to this time of year, so I thought I'd share some of the music that I probably should be embarrassed to admit that I listen to it, but I'm not and I love it :)

We'll start out with Wham, "Last Christmas". Love this song! Wham is kind of a funny group. The song I think of most when I think of them is that song from Zoolander, "Wake me up before you Go-go". I love that song it makes me laugh. Anyway, Brian HATES this Wham Christmas song, so I have to make sure to sing it loud and proud to him every year! :)

Next up we have the N'SYNC Christmas album. And my absolute favorite song on the cd is their accapella version of "Oh Holy Night". It is so great! I have loved N'SYNC since sixth grade and always will! :)

Another favorite is in the Jim Carey movie "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and the song is called "Christmas of Love". It is such a great song, you guys have got to listen to it if you haven't heard it already.

And last but not least, the song that never fails to bring a tear to my eye and not because it's a particulary touching song, but because I miss this couple so incredibly much is the one and only Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey singing "Baby it's Cold Outside". I miss those two so bad! I wish they would get remarried, but they're both now engaged to other people. And I'm curious to find out if she is really pregnant. Time will tell!

Favorite Hollywood couple ever! Tear! :(

Anyway, I love Christmas! I'm so excited for it this year! I have lots of fun things planned to do with Brian to make it a really memorable Christmas so I will post more later!

I think you guys should share what your favorite Christmas song is if you comment. You could even tell you favorite song that might be a little embarrassing to admit to :)

Sharks and Beaches

2010-07-17T19:29:00.003-06:00

A few days ago I made cupcakes with my nieces it was so fun, they are such little cuties! We made shark and beach cupcakes....As well as some barbeque ones. Here we have some hot dogs, kabobs, and steaks on the gril :)

They were excited to show off our masterpieces!

I heart bear lake!

2010-07-10T18:50:00.015-06:00

So Michelle and Adam were kind enough to invite us to go camping with them by Bear Lake. It was so much fun! I had to hurry and post this before Michelle because we have a lot of the same pics so HAHA MICHELLE! I beat you! :) But I really do LOVE bear lake! It is so pretty! I don't know how that water is so blue!

What a ridiculously good-looking foursome we are!

This was one of my favorite things! Michelle bought this little raft so we just floated and laid out on it together, it was a hoot!

Some pretty springs by our campsite

And here are a couple pics from the Grand Canyon. We took like 100, but don't worry, I'll spare you and only post like 5 :)

A precious father/son moment

I know this next picture kind of looks like I was photoshopped into it, but no, I wasn't and no, I also wasn't aware that I was making a face like a granny holding her dentures in haha, but look at that view eh?

And finally, another exciting event this week was that Brian's little sister Natalie got her mission call to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Spanish speaking so that's way awesome! Now in his immediate family, 6 out of the 8 adults have gone on missions, which is pretty crazy and cool!

We're still alive!

2010-06-24T17:58:00.007-06:00

Yes it is true. The Richardsons are still kickin. But maybe some of you have felt the way I feel right now sometimes when it's been so long since I've posted that I feel like my post better be good to make up for it. And I also have felt lately that we just have a boring life or something because nothing we've done lately has seemed really all that post worthy. But we did this weekend! :) We went down to St. George with Brian's family and it was so much fun! The unfortunate thing is that I didn't bring my digital camera. A couple years ago we got these disposable cameras and I found one so I figured I'd use that up, but sadly, it somehow got lost while we were boating. Maybe one of my nieces threw it in the water or something I don't know. Anyway, like I said, the first day we got to go boating! Boating is seriously one of my favorite things EVER! And I haven't been for two whole years so I was so excited to go. We went to this beautiful new lake called Sand Hollow that's near St. George and it was so pretty with all that red rock around it. But it was really windy so the water was way choppy so we just went tubing and of course I had to try wakeboarding again. I wouldn't have cared if there was like tsunami size waves I would have tried it. I did get up and had a blast so that was so much fun. Here is a pic of the lake since my camera is probably in it now:(The next day we got to go to the Grand Canyon. It was only like 2 1/2 hours from St. George and his dad was nice enough to take us. It was SOOO pretty and breathtaking! I had no idea it was so huge! Here is a pretty pic of it and I'll get on and post a couple pictures his dad took of us later.

Other than that we just hung out with his parents, ate out at yummy restaurants and had a lot of laughs. I love St. George so much! I swear I want to live there someday. I love the weather and it's so pretty!

But other than that we've been having a good summer. Just got done watching the Finals and of course Brian hated it because the Lakers won. I am sad about the Jazz losing, I was way into this season.

We've had a lot of visits from my family which is always fun. John and Meagan came a few weeks ago when she was flying out to Michigan. So John stayed to rest of the weekend and played Xbox with Brian literally like the whole weekend. Guys are weird--I have no idea why they think that is so fun but whatev. We had fun seeing them and their adorable little girl! And I got to see my sister Stacy and her two boys a couple weeks ago when she was on her way out to Idaho. It's always fun to see her since it's usually only a once a year kind of thing.

I am still working nights at the post office working from 10:30-7:00am. It's a pretty ridiculous schedule but you do what you gotta do. Brian is going to school and he is going to start working with me in about a month. Life is good. I'll try to post some pictures of us but I figured I needed to throw out something today

Random funny thoughts

2010-02-23T13:14:00.000-07:00

I got this forward the other day and was laughing so hard as these! Hope this makes your day!

o I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

o More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can’t wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that’s not only better, but also more directly involves me.

o Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

o I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

o Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.

o Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the heck was going on when I first saw it.

o I think everyone has a movie that they love so much; it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.

o How the heck are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

o I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

o I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

o The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.

o Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.

o How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?

o While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.

o MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

o Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

o Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!

o Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from; this shouldn't be a problem....

o You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren’t doing anything productive for the rest of the day.

o Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.

o There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

o I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

o "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.

o I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren’t watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'

o While watching the Olympics, I find myself cheering equally for China and USA. No, I am not of Chinese descent, but I am fairly certain that when Chinese athletes don’t win, they are executed.
o I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Darnit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

o I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

o When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.

o I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

o Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...

o As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.

o Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

o Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I’d bet my a$$ everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...

o I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.

o I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

o The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimate d that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large order.

One of many dumb cooking mishaps...

2010-02-20T16:23:00.002-07:00

So last night I was gonna make spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. They are these really good chicken meatballs that I made once when we lived in Jersey, and we both remember them being SO good so I was excited to make them. Well, of course I had to make something on the side and I'm obsessed with having all the dishes finish at the exact same time so it's all hot and ready to go at the same time. So I had to get some sauteed mushrooms and onions going, butter and get my garlic bread ready to go in the oven, while I was geting the meatballs going. Well, I finished my meatballs, and had them simmering in the spaghetti sauce, yada yada yada, everything was looking and smelling great. Well, everything did finish at the same time (I gave a little fist pump!) and we started eating. And the meatballs were like so disgusting! And I was like What the heck??!?! And then I started busted up laughing and told Brian that there were a total of six ingredients and I forgot to put in three of them! (and of course the three that give them all the flavor haha!) He couldn't believe it! He was like--come on Mare, almost every meal you forget one or two, but THREE!?! To defend myself, I was trying to explain to him the science and art of having everything finish at the same time and how even though the recipe was RIGHT in front of my face the entire time, it gets a little stressful when you have to much going on at one time! And of course me being me I was like--Forget you! You can make your own freakin food! Yes, I will admit I can get a little defensive when I put this much love and effort into a dish for my boo! Anywho, I actually can make a decent meal every once in a while, and rather than letting this get me down, I'm just gonna move on and attempt to successfully make fajitas tonight! So let me give a HOLLA to all the housewive's out there trying to put good meals on the table everynight! I hope you are more successful than I am :)

Nelly-Air Force Ones

2010-01-04T12:25:00.003-07:00

So this year for Christmas Brian's family decided that it would be fun to have a video contest and see who could make the best video. Well, Brian and I went all out and our video ROCKED! We totally won not only because it rocked, but also sadly because no one else ended up doing it but us, but let's just say it blew them away! It ended up being like 20 minutes long and it was really funny--we did a part of a song for each person in the family so it ranged from Elton John to Michael Jackson to Hanson, etc. But our favorite one we did was Nelly-Air Force Ones. We both put black paint on our faces and I did corn rows and we got all thugged out and made a music video for it. We had a really fun time doing it so I hope you enjoy it! :)

WAAAAYYYY past due happenings!

2010-01-03T20:52:00.000-07:00

"OH my goodness, am I dreaming? This can't be real! There's no way I'm looking at a new post from Mary!" Well ladies, you are not dreaming, this is the real deal! I'm finally getting around to blogging and let's just say I've got some catching up to do since July whatever it was! This might be a little long, so don't worry about reading it! But here are a few of the exciting things that have happened lately...

Meeting the Mailman Karl Malone!

I work at the Home Depot and back in August a friend that I worked with was telling me that his daughter is the receptionist at Karl Malone's dealership in Sandy and that he was having a birthday party that night and told me that we should go. Well, knowing that Brian is the biggest Jazz freak in the universe and that Karl Malone and John Stockton are his two favorite players ever, I figured this might be pretty fun! So we went and let's just say it was obvious that we really probably shouldn't have been there. It was only his family and very closest friends that were at the party....and us :) It was kind of funny! But when we first got there we were looking around everywhere for him, and finally we saw him come out of a room, walk right past us and into the bathroom. Yes that's right, I heard Karl Malone pee haha! My heart was beating so fast, I was so excited! I had actually seen Karl Malone just like a foot away from me, and let me tell you, he was HUUUUUUGE! Then, we tried to just go hang out in the lobby for a bit and see if he'd come out so we could talk to him and possible get a picture with him. A few minutes later, he did come out and shook our hands and talked to us for a bit, it was so cool and it was so cute because Brian seriously looked like a giddy little school boy! Probably because he was haha. Anyway, unfortunately we didn't get a picture because it really was just an intimate little party for his family and good friends so we didn't want to spoil his birthday night by being annoying fans. But we definitely snatched a green balloon in memory of that night and I got a few pics of his cool memorabilia. It was a super fun night! Especially for the hubby, I'm pretty sure I just crossed something off his bucket list. Yay for hookups at the Home Depot! Woot Woot!

Getting our Golf on

One time we went golfing together this summer, but since I'm like the world's worst golfer, I just followed and watched him and hit a couple here and there. The funny thing was, we weren't going to go because it was supposed to rain, but we went and tried to hurry. Well, on the second to last hole, it started POURING! And I mean seriously poring! So Brian just told me to run back to the car and he'd finish and come back. So I sprinted and probably looked like a huge fool and I didn't get too wet but when he came back, he was seriously drenched all the way threw but of course told me it was well worth it because he had an amazing shot on the last hole. So the last picture just shows how wet he was, if you can even tell.

Weddings!

Well this summer by best friend from high school Jessica Mitchell got married. So I was able to go to her luncheon after the wedding and it was so beautiful! Everyone in their family is so talented. And of course she was just GORGEOUS in her dress! And it was especially fun because I got to see my other two best friends from my senior year, Cara VanTassell and Brianna Hansen. This was the first time we've all been together since graduation so I miss them so much!

This is Jess and me at her shower in Taylorsville

And then our good friends Ryan and Erika Huff got married. We just love those two, they are so much fun! They got a house out in Syracuse, which is pretty far from where we live so we don't get to see them very much :(

a COMPLETE 180!

2009-07-21T09:55:00.003-06:00

Well one thing that you will learn about Brian and I today is that we love change. We are always up for trying new things, even if it is a little scary. For some people a big change is getting a funky new haircut, or moving the couch to a different spot in the room, but not for us. For us a change is planning on being in Texas the whole summer and moving back after two weeks with no jobs to come home to, Brian getting a new job/potential career, me going back to the Home Depot, but this time in the Paint Department, getting and trying to potty train a cute new puppy, training for a half marathon, and looking to buy a house. It's been a CRAZY two months, but it is all very exciting at the same time! So now since I have so much catching up to do I think I'll go into depth a little about some of these things...

Running

2009-07-21T09:26:00.004-06:00

So when Brian and I were engaged, we kind of got into this competition to get fit for our wedding where we saw who could run the most miles per week and the loser had to choose what we did on our dates that weekend, or something stupid like that. I started running like 4 or 5 miles per day, which was amazing because I had NO idea my body could do that! But that sparked a new passion of mine, which is running. I now LOVE to run and my goal is to run like 10 marathons in my life--I think that would be so cool! But, I've got to start somewhere, so I'm going to be running in the Spanish Fork half marathon in September--I'm so excited! So I've been busy training for that big boy and have really enjoyed getting up and running in the mornings.

Buying a home

2009-07-21T09:20:00.003-06:00

So looking for a home is absolutely nuts! It is a way time-consuming process, but it will be so worth it to finally be out on our own and in our own place. So after TONS of searching, we found some that we think would be awesome. One of which is actually in Saratoga Springs, which is a little bit far, but we really love it out there. It has awesome view of the big mountains and Utah Lake, so it is beautiful! Here is a picture of what it looks like on the outside, and hopefully it could be ours soon and I will be able to show you the inside! :)

Boris the Brave

2009-07-19T23:47:00.010-06:00

Here are a couple of pictures of Boris, our new puppy. I won't post too many because I don't want to bore you, but he's been a ton of fun! He's a pain to try and potty train, but I think we're finally maybe getting somewhere!

This was the first night we got him. My nieces love him!

He sure is a little guy!

These next two pictures just kind of show how much he's grown in just a couple weeks. As you can tell in the second picture, he's gotten quite a bit hairier and his cute little ears stick up now

Of course I had to get him a cute outfit! It's a little green hoodie :) And Brian won't admit it but he thinks it's cute, even though he gave me so much crap for buying a dog an outfit
We love Boris--he is such a cute, fun dog!

I'm getting a Yorkie!!!!!

2009-05-14T09:21:00.004-06:00

I'm so excited to announce that I'm getting a Yorkie in like 2 weeks! I've always loved Yorkies and Brian finally told me a couple days ago that I could get a puppy since I have so much time this summer to train it and stuff. So the search was on the minute after he told me this. I became obsessed and was checking ksl and craig's list every like 30 minutes! We really really both want an English Bulldog, but they are WAY too expensive for us right now, so that'll probably be our next dog, which will be fun. But I finally came across some Yorkies for a good price on KSL and when I clicked on it, the lady was actually from Burley, so that works out nice. My dad and sister Stacy will be bringing him out in just over two weeks and it can't come soon enough! I'm so excited for my new puppy! Here's a picture of him--he's the smaller one...

TEXAS!

2009-05-03T15:27:00.002-06:00

Well, we made it! And we now officially live in Amarillo, Texas! I definitely NEVER thought that I'd ever say those words but I'm actually pretty excited about it. I'll post pictures from the ride down and stuff and I have SO much catching up to do with what we've been up to in the past month or so (I'm seriously the worst blogger-I love to look at other people's blogs but struggle to post on mine!) But I'm going to have tons of time to be good this summer because while Brian is out selling everyday, I'll either be at home chillin' with nothing to do, or being the office girl, and still probably not have too much to do :) Anyway, last night we went out to dinner at Outback with some couples in the office and I seriously could not believe what thick accents they have here...I absolutely did not think it was possible to say Ya'll that many times but it absolutely is! I was laughing because I think we went to areas with completely opposite accents, last year being New Jersey and this year Texas and then there is me with my neutral little Snake River Dialect one, which is obviously the best! Hope everyone is having a good week!

First Anniversary! Wahoo!

2009-03-31T17:54:00.018-06:00

So I know it's taken forever to post this but I wanted to tell a little about our first anniversary date. I was the one in charge of it and I really wanted it to be fun. I kept trying to think of creative things to do and I finally decided it would be fun to reinact our first date, and it sure was! So it's kind of funny because Brian and I started hanging out a couple weeks before our first date just giggling and flirting and what not, and he finally asked me out. Then like the day before that he called and said he forgot it was his sister's birthday and so he had to cancel. And I was like-what kind of fool forgets his sister's birthday? haha, so I was like--whatev, he doesn't want to go out with me anymore. But he called and rescheduled for this date and I was way giddy! So first, we went to this place called the Happy Factory and made cars for poor kids in Africa that can't afford toys. Well, Brian took 2 of them (shame on him!) for a little momento. We've always said that we should paint our cars randomly one night but we never did so we did this first. I made this all a surprise and just typed in the GPS where we were gonna go and made him go there. We went to this park first and got out all our stuff, but then there were too many dang bums staring weirdly at us so we went to another park. We painted the cars and he still didn't get what I was up to until I busted out a green Irish hat and started doing a jig to represent the second part of our date, which was a bagpipe concert. That was really cool to go to. So we did a little dance, got a couple pics and then headed off to dinner. Here are some pics and videos to show our fun evening together!...

I just wanted to show how perfect I am in everything I do! This is after I painted the black wheels without any touch ups...

This is after Brian painted the wheels--SUCKA!

The finished products...oh ya, you know you'd choose the Barbie van on racing day!

My Irish jig!

And the last part of the date was dinner where we went the first time which is at a wonderful Italian restaurant downtown called Buca di Beppo. It was delicious!

This was posted right outside. I was like-Are ya kidding me?! Haha!

There were pictures like these and one's with cleavage galore all throughout the restaurant it was kind of weird! I guess Italian women just aren't afraid to show their bodies! :S

It was such a fun night! I'm so happy to be married to Brian! This has truly been the best year of my life and I'm so blessed to have such an awesome husband! Love your buns Schmoopsie! :)

St. George Weekend! Wahoo!

2009-03-09T20:49:00.017-06:00

Well Brian and I had a really good time in St. George a couple weekends ago and I'm finally getting around to posting it. We were originally going to go to our friend Lauren's wedding in Southern California, which would have rocked, but it ended up costing more than we thought it would, so since I had already taken like a week off of work, we decided to head down to St. George. It was absolute Bliss! The weather was a perfect 70 degrees-ish the whole time, which was absolutely amazing! So we played a little tennis, did a little bowling, golfed a little golf, did freaking sweet miniature glow-in-the-dark putt-putt, looked at lots of mansions, went running and called and had the husband come pick me up because of big, scary, barking dogs, ate a TON, laughed at all the old people there, and had a BLAST! We love going to St. George every opportunity we get!

Gettin my golf on!

The view was so Pretty!

We HEART Jimmy John's!! It is like the best Sandwich place ever!

I couldn't decide which picture was weirder, so I posted them both! I'm kind of a Kook!

i love jumping pictures and I think this one is hilarious! You have to click on the picture to zoom in so you can see his face haha!

We've been trying to find a yummy Mexican restaraunt in St. George that we LOVE, but this was definitely a no-go! The food was very bland, nasty, and WAY overpriced :( Two thumbs down for PAULA'S!

Here is the really GHETTO buy way fun bowling alley with TONS of old people! :) If there's one thing you'll learn about me here if you didn't already know this is that I LOVE old men! Brian get's sick of me checking out men all the time...that is OLD men, the older the cuter! When we got to the bowling alley there were SO many old people there doing their leagues. But I just couldn't get enough of the old guys. My two favorites were Bernie and Clyde, I just love their names! So this next pic is me giving a sexy bowling pose for good ol' Bern! :)

We had such a fun time together! Yay for marriage and getting away from life for a bit!

Yay for friends in high places!

2009-02-03T17:04:00.003-07:00

Last night Brian got a phone call from his boss at APX to see if we wanted to go to the Jazz game in the BOX SUITES! Of course Brian, being the Jazz freak fan that he is, gladly accepted! It was such a fun night!

A little pre-game show action. This was my first game to see where they turn the lights out and have this big light show. They didn't use to do it, then D-will made a big deal out of it, so now they do it. What a Pimp!

We had a pretty good view, it was fun!

This is the calmest I've ever seen him during a Jazz game! Maybe we'll have to go more often!

I wanted to rush down right before the game got over and see the team leave, perhaps get a snapshot or two up close...but unfortunately, we didn't make it down to see the whole team! However, I was able to get this close to Ronnie Price, who was the starting point guard since D-Will was hurt--he had a great game! Anyway, then we ran over to the tunnel and tried to give him a high five but the old people that work there are mean and wouldn't let us get close, but Brian did get a word in, and a smile back from Ronnie--I was proud! This is the closest I've ever been to a celebrity of any kind! Too bad it wasn't Lebron! :)

Taken

2009-01-31T23:57:00.003-07:00

Brian and I just saw Taken and it is SO GOOD! I've been looking forward to seeing it for a long time because it looked so good and it was even better than I hoped for! It's pretty darn violent, probably pretty comparable to the Bourne movies, but definitely a must-see!

Just another random post...

2009-01-22T13:41:00.005-07:00

We got to hang out with some of our friends from Provo that we haven't seen in a while it was so fun! We went to Brick Oven and we got to hang out with Lauren, who is getting married in a little bit, Huffy, and Mike and Nicole, who just got back from Cancun! We don't get to see those guys much anymore so we had a hoot!

I was really sick the night of New Year's Eve and had to work, but we had to make it up to temple square since this was when and where he proposed to me a last year on New Year's, so it was way cute! I'm pretty sure I have THE cutest proposal story ever!

This is me saying it's been one year since he proposed! That's so crazy I can't believe it! And don't I look so lovely and pale? :)

This is just an adorable picture of my nephew Brenner. He is going to be such a pimp gangster as my husband would say! I have the cutest nieces and nephews! Speaking of which, I now have neices whose names are Kayla, Kylie, and Kaylee, try keeping that straight!

La Frontera!!! Ole!

2009-01-22T13:08:00.010-07:00

So I definitely know it's been a while, I would love to say my excuse has been that I've been too busy, but let's face it, I've had a little bit of time I could have done it here and there. But whatev, I've got a little catching up to do and this is the one post that Brian wanted me to put up for sure, which made me laugh...So you know those moments where you don't want to make dinner and you and your husband are talking back and forth trying to figure out where to eat? Well, our go-to place is always this mexican restaurant called La Frontera. It is soooo good! Brian and I have been on an extreme Mexican food kick lately so I can't stop making enough tacos, enchiladas, etc. But this place has the most amazing, hottest salsa ever that is so addicting and keeps you coming back for more! Yay for spicy food!

Brian loves this place! He used to eat here almost every single day in high school and swears he's eaten here over 500 times! Take it easy there turbo!

This is what we like to call the smothered burrito my friends...and yes, that is a ton of cheese! They're really amazing, but I'm not gonna lie to you, there is some kind of mystery meat thing going on in there, we don't really know if it's chicken, beef, or pork, but we try not to think about it too much! :S

He insisted I put an after picture to show how he finished that bad boy! Brian really doesn't eat as much as most boys I know, but the place I can take him where I know he'll throw it down is here! Good job Bribud! :)

Me thanking Señor Frontera for the excellent meal! What a stud!

RUPERT FOR LIFE!!!!!

2008-11-24T20:46:00.008-07:00

All I can say is I'm so freaking excited to go to Rupert for Thanksgiving!!! I miss little Ruperto so so so much! I have been having major withdrawals even though I have only been gone for a couple months! I love Thanksgiving, and my mother is an EXCELLENT cook so I'm so excited to eat some good home cookin! Brian is really really sick though, so hopefully he gets better before we go so he can really have a good time.

I'm also really dying to see my new neice Kaylee!!! Everyone is telling me how gorgeous she is and I want to see her soooo bad! I'm so excited forJohn and Meagan and their new baby I cannot WAIT to see her! Another funny thing about Kaylee is that my other two nieces on Brian's side are named Kayla and Kylee and that was confusing enough! Now I have a Kaylee, Kylee, and Kayla so that will be a hoot! I'm also so stoked because today was my last day of work for a while, I don't have school until next Tuesday so I have a couple days to just RELAX! Wahoo! Unfortunately Brian has class tomorrow, but I get to stay home and decorate the Christmas tree! :) I'm so excited for our first Christmas together, it will be way fun! Anyway, have a happy Thanksgiving everyone!

And I swear I can't make a blog without adding some pictures, so when I googled it, here are so great pics of this great place...

The famous Flamingo Lodge, which is a place you MUST stay if you come to visit! I love how they say "clean rooms"--that must say something if they have to say that :S

One of the great places on the square--one of the few restaraunts in Rupert! Gotta love the fireworks shows they put on all the time! What a great place

And one of my favorite things is the sunsets there, they are absolutely gorgeous! Brian and I always get in little tiffs about which state has prettier sunsets and I think this pictures proves is because we have these like everyday! Ok, this seriously shows how bored I am if I'm finding pics of Rupert on the internet...pathetic I know! :S Sorry if I bored you I just can't contain my excitement!

2008-11-04T20:17:00.002-07:00

As you can tell from the name of our blog we love the Jazz. I guess I should say that Brian LOVES the Jazz and he is working on converting me, but it's working! He is so excited that the season is starting up again and so I made him get all dressed up in all his gear and I was laughing so hard when he put this all on I think it's so cute! We have a fun time watching the games together and I can't wait to get to go to some this year--that's a good time!

gettin our game faces on!
GO JAZZ!

HaLLowEeN!!!

2008-11-01T21:22:00.011-06:00

Halloween was so much fun! We were busy all day and had hardly any time to figure out our costumes and get ready for the family party we had. Brian decided to be a Chilean soccer player and I was an 80's rockstar, it was super fun! Tammy and Kirk and their girls came and Kayla was all pink, Kylee was all purple, Tammy was all black, and Kirk was all white, it was pretty sweet.

Our sweet last minute costumes--80's rockstar and soccer player--yeeeah!

Weirdness!

Ooooo baby do you know what that's worth? Ooooo heaven is a place on earth! (remember this song Kels? :)

Tammy and Kirk

Kayla and Kylee playing with Playdough

HALLOWEEN ROCKED! :)

Tagged!!!!

2008-10-29T21:37:00.003-06:00

Tagged
I was tagged by Kelsie so here we go......
5 things I was doing 10 years ago
1. Being a nerd and reading after school for hours everyday! :)
2. Mrs. Clause for our fifth grade play
3. Being a teacher's pet in Mrs. Vogt's class--can you tell I was a nerd yet? haha
4. City league volleyball and basketball
5. Hanging out with Jessica Mitchell and Kristy West at school

5 things on my to do list today
1. Make pumpkin bread! mmmm!
2. Watch the first Jazz game with Brian
3. Get Brian's Halloween surprise
4. Nutrition assignment
5. Get some sleep

5 snacks I enjoy
1. Cookie dough ice cream
2. Kettle Corn
3. Reese's (ok let's be honest here....anything chocolate!)
4. String Cheese
5. Applesauce with cottage cheese--weird combo, but good!

5 things I'd do if I were a millionare
1. Buy a sweet house and make it look amazing
2. Go to Europe and on lots of cruises!
3. HUGE shopping spree!
4. Buy Brian and I season Jazz tickets
5. Buy a treadmill and other sweet equipment for a sweet gym at my house

5 places I've lived
1. Rupert, Idaho
2. Provo, Utah
3. Long Branch, New Jersey!
4. Sandy, Utah
5. Thats all

5 jobs I've had (I've had a lot more than five :S)
1. Front desk clerk at Best Western
2. Progrexion (phone job)
3. Hollister
4. Atlas Marketing (phone job)
5. BYU industrial hygiene assistant
6. JCPenney
7. Victoria's Secret
8. Home Depot (woot woot!)

5 people I tag
1. Michelle Gooch
2. Rachel Gillette
3. Meagan Fennell
4. Laura Hepworth
5. Emily Goodsell

Rules: Each player answers the question themselves. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment letting them know that they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person that tagged you know when you’ve answered the questions on your blog.

A long year!

2008-10-14T10:57:00.005-06:00

So Sunday night we had a big dinner at Brian's house with his whole family to celebrate his mom's and Natalie's birthdays and I got to cook the meal--I was pretty nervous! But that night we were all talking about how we wanted to eat right and we were sick of being fat-so Tammy and Kirk got the crazy idea that we would go for a whole year without eating cookies, cakes, pretty much any dessert, crackers, white bread, etc. And if you do eat one of these things, you have to pay $25 to our little fund and then on October 13th of next year, we will divide all the money all up-and if you want to quit, there is a $100 cancellation fee. At first I was kind of laughing and nonchalantly said I'd do it. Then they busted out the contract and I realized what I was really getting myself into. Everybody in the family signed but Brian haha, but he'll eat good too because he'll probably eat what I eat, he just doesn't want to pay $25 if he wants a Coke every once in a while. He's probably the only smart one! But that night I stuffed myself with German Chocolate cake, cookies, and chocolate knowing I can't have them for a whole year! This is going to be crazy because I love chocolate but I know I'll look and feel so much better! I'm also making a goal to run a 5k, 10k, and half marathon over the next year too, which I think Brian Kirk are going to do to! But it's been pretty crazy the last couple days but it will be worth it (I hope)! So everyone wish me good luck and don't tempt me and eat that stuff around me!