Merry Christmas!!!

We just want to wish you all a Merry Christmas!!!

Last Sunday we decided to go down to the Music and the Spoken word and it did not dissapoint...The music was wonderful, I just love this time of year!

Been a While....

It has been a long time since I updated. Life has been crazy and it is slowly calming down. Here is what we have been up to:

-Ward Party we had an excellent dinner, great entertainment, and Santa came and Mandy and I just had to get our picture with him...he wanted us to sit on his lap we didn't feel so comfortable doing that so we posed instead!


- My little sister Katy is in Madrigals and has done almost 50 performances since December 1st...this one was at our old elementary school...she is in the red snowman pajamas kneeling on the floor....it has been a lot of fun watching her perform this month!

- Decorating for Christmas...this is before we were totally done but we went and bought a real tree this year and it smells so good but it leaves a mess!

-Babysitting my cute little niece Jocelyn every Tues and Thurs afternoon til her mom is done teaching school. She is so enthraled with our ceiling fan she could watch it for hours on end....we can't believe how big she is getting she is almost 2 1/2 months....

-This week is finals and we cannot wait to be done and then after next Tuesday we are both done with work and school til the 5th we are excited to see each other for more then an hour a day!

Girls Night Out!!!

Last Weekend my friend Bobbi was in town from San Diego for the Utah game and so Friday we did GNO with a few friends from high school! We went to the Utah Women's Show which was fun and we got a ton of free stuff and some stuff that wasn't! Then we went to Pei Wei for dinner and just talked. It was a lot of fun!

Bobbi, Michelle, and I. We used to be roomates at UVSC!

Nat being Herself

This is Bobbi's baby Jackson! Andrew and I babysat him on Thursday while they went to the Utah game. He is so cute!!

Jocelyn's Blessing Day!

Jocelyn was given a name and a blessing today! She was a perfect angel, she didn't even fuss or cry until many hours after she was so content. Jared gave her a beautiful blessing and after we had family over for a nice brunch.

Jared and Jocelyn

Just Hangin Out

Heather and Jocelyn

Andrew, Heather, and Jocelyn

My parents with Jocelyn

Hannah and Jocelyn. Hannah wanted to eat her and hug her. She is my cousin Andrea's baby and she is six months old!

After all the comotion ended!

Viva Las Vegas!!!

Last Weekend we had an opportunity to go down to Las Vegas with our good friends and neighbors Dan and Mandy Moore! It was a super quick little getaway and cheaper then ever. We were able to get plane tickets for $29 each way! We flew down on Thurdsay and walked along the strip that night. Friday the boys made us breakfast and then they swam for a bit and the rest of the day we walked along the strip and saw the sights. Saturday we swam some more then drove out to Primm on the California/Nevada border to shop at the outlets! We also stopped by Fry's Electronics for the boys. Then we flew home that night! We had a blast and can't wait to plan our next adventure!

At the Bellagio Fountains

Inside the Bellagio

Dan and Andrew trying out the gear at FAO Swartz! Those were actually backpacks they had on!

At M&M World

Heather, Dan, and Mandy

Dan and Andrew

The Strip


This is a video of the last 20 sec of the show that is all our camera will do at a time!

You just never know....

So I was talking to my mom the other day and she mentioned something I hadn't heard she went on to tell about this .....

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This Bills guy used to be Andrew's Home Teaching Companion in our last ward. He never would give him his right phone number. It just goes to show you never know who could be invovled in what! Sad thing is he will probably spend the majority of his life in prison now, his poor three year old!

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So this last week was Fall Break and was much needed for Andrew more then me. Andrew found out about a month ago his boss wanted to send him to California for a seminar for his department and it just happened to be this last week so we bought our plane tickets and were on our way last Tuesday afternoon. We got there and went to dinner with my cousin Brent and his wife Emily at Lala's! It was super good and we all tried the Empanadas thanks to Costco paying for it! Emily and I also went to a baby shower for my cousin's wife, other side of my family from my cousin Brent. My cousins wife Ammie is deaf but so full of life and energy, she just glows and will be such a great mom, they actually live in Provo so it was pretty funny when Emily said that it just happened to be that night. Brent and Emily live in her parents ward, it was a pretty good shower she made out with a load of stuff.
Wednesday and Thursday Andrew had his seminar all day from 8 to 5 with a few breaks in between. He was there with his supervisor Rich and another coworker Janae. We all went out to dinner Wednesday at Islands and we went all out we all ate way to much. Thursday we went to dinner again and ate way to much.

Newport Beach

Newport Beach

Haunted Mansion

The Pier in California Adventure
Honey I Shrunk the Audience

Disneyland is doing the year of a million dreams and we won but nothing big or special just these Mickey Ears, hey something is better then nothing right!






Andrew, Rich, and Janae

Brent and Emily and Myself
Outside Islands
Me, Rich, and Janae at the Pier
Santa Monica Beach
Hollywood Blvd

Friday and Saturday we went to Disneyland and had loads of fun. We took it easy and didn't rush ourselves. It was so nice both days not to hot. Andrew loves the Haunted Mansion especially at Halloween and his new favorite is also the new Toy Story ride. We ate to much food, but it was worth it and had too much fun which was needed. On Sunday we got up way late and went out to Newport Beach and walked along the Beach and went to Balboa Island which was a zoo. We then went to this mall looking for my favorite candle store and it was the nicest mall the type with all the stores you can't afford anything at! All in all it was a lot of fun and the best part was Costco paying for our hotel and food the first three days and Andrew's plane ticket. It was a nice getaway and now we are back into the daily routine with only 7 weeks left of classes! Who's counting right?!?

P.S. Andrew had two of his interviews at Memphis and New York and they went great. He was invited to three more at Indiana, Boston, and Pacific in Portland. He is going to the one in Pacific and the others he is still deciding. Our decision should be final in the next month so stay tuned!!!

Sunday Dinner with Jocelyn

Jocelyn came over to my mom's house today for Sunday dinner! She is now 4 days old and just a doll, we all fight over her and we are learning to take turns to hold her!