HaPpY NeW YeAr!!!

I know I haven't posted anything for awhile, but it has been a busy month! Where to even begin? Jade and I finished school the second week of December. We both did really well this semester so we are proud of ourselves. Before heading home for Christmas Jade's family made the trip to St. George to be here for a special day for Jade and I. I was baptized on December 20th. I know that many people have not yet heard the news, but I just want everyone to know that this is something I have been thinking about for years and it finally felt like the right thing for me to do. Jade and I are enjoying our ward and we feel like we are on the right path to a happy life together. We spent the week of Christmas mostly with Jade's family since we spent Thanksgiving with my parents. We had such a great time being with all our family and we love them all so much! Jade and I were spoiled this year, we got a blue ray player, a video camera, and money which turned into buying a Wii! We have really enjoyed all of our new toys. I am now preparing myself for another semester of school. The crazy thing is, is that I am finally a Senior in College! I can't believe I am almost done! I will post some Christmas pictures later, but for now Happy New Year!!

Update

Jade and I went home for Thanksgiving. It was so nice to be with family for

 a few days. We stayed with my parents most of the time and played cards

and board games like crazy. The last day we were there we stayed with Jade's

parents. His dad got a Wii for Christmas but Jade talked him into "testing" it 

out early, so we played it all day long! It was so much fun. I got a 245 on the 

bowling game! It was so cold there that we were happy to come back to 

St. George. I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving 

and I can't wait until Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Ok, so I know it is way too early to be putting up a 

Christmas tree, but I just couldn't help myself. 

Now that I am finally married and we have our

own place I just couldn't wait any longer. I made

Jade go to Tai Pan with me today and we got 

everything we needed for our new tree. It is 

so beautiful, I love it! 

Happy Halloween!

Jade and I entered a pumpkin carving contest at our 

apartments and we won 3rd place. We got a gift card to

 Hollywood Video! We think that  our pumpkins are pretty cool!

Fun with the nieces and nephews

Last week my sister in law Ashlee and her two boys came 

to visit us and my other sister in law Brook. This is Jade

and I with Grady, isn't he just too cute!

 This is me and my adorable nephew Gavin making Halloween cupcakes!

Here we are with Grady and Brook's two girls, 

Halle and Lauryn. We love them all so much!

It was such a great week spending time with family :)

Trip to Zion

My parents came to visit this weekend. We saw Big River at Tuacahn on 

Friday and then went to Zion on Saturday. Zion was beautiful, it is a

perfect time of year to go visit the park. We spent the rest of our time

shopping around St. George and playing cards. It was great to see my

parents, it seems that time always goes by too fast when family is visiting. 

 

One of those weeks!

Jade received a call from his boss last Thursday 

telling him that he was going to be let go 

from work. He has worked at GreenValley 

for three years, but because of the terrible 

economy there is just no more work. At the time

we were both disappointed, but we are being optimistic 

and hoping that he will be able to go back soon once

the economy starts to improve. In the mean time 

Jade is looking for something else until he can go back to

Green Valley or find another decent job. My wonderful

sister in-law Ashlee is here visiting this week and she

went to Wal-Mart and bought us some food! We are

so thankful for such an amazing family. I don't know

what we would do without them!

Kendrick

Since we live somewhere that won't let us have a dog

we had to get a hamster instead. His name is Kendrick

and he will be a year old in December. He can be loud at

night seeing how Hamsters are nocturnal. (We didn't

know that until we got him home, haha!) We love

him anyways!

Our Honeymoon!

Jade and I went to California for our honeymoon in August.

We went to Newport Beach a couple times while we were there 

and rented bodyboards. Believe it or not I did it!

It was a lot of fun until I got taken out by some big waves.

I spent the rest of the time lying on the beach while Jade

toughed out the waves. 

This is me standing on the balcony of our hotel room.

We had a great view of the pool!

One night we ate at Joe's Crab Shack, mmmm crab!!!

This was Jades favorite part! The Yankees and Angels game.

We arrived quite early to watch batting practice and Jade

caught two home run balls from Jason Giambi and Johnny

Damon. He was so excited!!

Our Wedding Day

My Best Friend

My Beautiful Dress!!!

The Perfect Day

Me and My wonderful husband