Random, Kinda Recent Happenings

Once again, I've been gettin complaints about never updating my blog! ha..imagine that. Well, it's not that we haven't been doing anything, it's just that I never take pictures! Halloween was pretty fun. Jodie, my mother-in-law, threw a great party the week before. Lots of yummy food, scary decorations, and fun costumes! She made costumes for the whole family:) We were all a different holiday. We had a father time (new-years), father christmas, cupid (Derk..ha so funny), lepruchan, a witch, uncle sam, a pilgrim, and an easter bunny. They all turned out really well..sorry i didn't get pictures. On Halloween we went over to Beau and Steph's place for another party. It was super fun too! Again, lots of good food and good company!

Last week, Kasey had her beautiful baby girl, Kailyn. I was able to go and visit her in the hospital, so that was a great experience. Kasey looked beautiful as well, and made it seem like giving birth was no problem! I'm so happy for their little family:)

Ok, so here are a few things that I have taken pictures of in the last few months that may be of interest!

So Ammon sometimes likes to pee on his tail and it makes him rather stinky. Nick loves it. He has lotsa fun watchin Ammon struggle and meow all weird while he washes his tail off.

His tail smelled fruity fresh afterward:)

This was what I woke up to find on my birthday! Nicholas decided to decorate the whole kitchen and got me a gorgeous bouquet! I especially liked how he taped the balloons in random places on the cabinets and tv;)

Nick got himself a deer on the hunt this year..I's so proud of my lil guy;)

Most recently, a few of us got together and went to a Jazz game up in salt lake. Nick's cousin does a lot of the marketing or advertising for the Jazz so he gets tix all the time. He gave us 4 in the lower bowl, so it was pretty cool! I could actually see the players faces without lookin on the big screen!

Preston just had to wear the wig...apparently he wanted to get put on the big screen, but sadly it didn't draw enough attention.

Graduation!!

My announcements: courtesy of wonderful elizabeth:)

My amazing husband. Man, I just love him!

Ok, so i don't actually graduate until december...but I walked early. And it felt like I was really graduating! Until I started school again this semester..haha. Anyways, it was nice. My mom and dad came in town. Katie,natalie, kasey and her hubby, and nick were all there for me as well so it was good times:) We had a big BBQ/pool party afterward at our place. Casey came for that, along with a lot of nick's family! It turned out wonderful and the food was delicious! (Thanks daddy!)

Me and the Kaseys (missed you Elizabeth:( )

Most of the fam

Ha..funny story behind this picture. Summary: Katie got pissed at Natalie during graduation, and Natalie of course kept harrassing her about it afterward-hence katie burning a hole in nat's head and mom trying to make natalie stop sayin junk. haah..man

Crazy Kitty

First of all, let me tell you...I freaking love my cat. He is the fluffiest, cutest lil thing and he provides Nick and I with so much entertainment! Nick hates cats, and is slightly allergic. But our fuzzy, loving, sheds-like-crazy, bear-of-a-cat, Ammon has seemingly warmed his heart and now, Nick is pretty much his biggest fan;) It's actually somewhat annoying how much nick plays around with Ammon (also called Buddah b/c of the way he sits). He spoils him like crazy..came home with a cat bed he bought for him one day,lets him cuddle up on his favorite blanket, and always makes sure the blinds on the sliding door are open in the morning before he leaves for work so that Ammon can sit there and look outside (because apparently according to nick, that is something that ammon loves to do). So Anyways, here are a few funny situations we have caught this unique animal in recently.

We could not find him anywhere one day...looked all under the beds, in closets,etc. Finally we pull down the blanket we keep over the guest bed so that he doesnt shed all over the nice comforter...and this is what we see. He had crawled under the blanket and then under the pillow and fell asleep there. ha..we couldn't stop laughing.

View from the top of the pillow..

A few days before, we caught him snuggled on the same bed, yet again under the top blanket. Had his little head resting on the pillow and the blanket pulled up to his chin.

I caught nicholas the other day spoon feeding ammon the rest of his clam chowder. He freaking loved it!

Haha..it just cracks me up to see some of the things i catch nick doin for the lil guy;)

Also, he always likes to lay in the sun when it's coming through the windows. He gets all nice and warm with his black fur absorbing all the heat.

Fourth of July Weekend!!

We had a really fun Fourth weekend! We drove down to Richfield Friday and went boating Saturday day with parts of the Henrie family and Nick's sisters. Was a beautiful day to go. AFter, we went to a BBQ, spent some time with the Brown clan, and watched fireworks put on by the city...which were actually pretty impressive. The next day Nick and I joined his family for an EARLY morning fishing trip up at Blind Lake. It was a great hike up there and we caught 8 fishies!! I must admit I was a little grossed out when, unlike I'm used to, we kept the fish and Nick's dad cleaned and gutted 'em right on the spot. Ugh...what a stinky mess. I do not understand what people find appealing about the smell of fish cooking, much less the taste! ha. Anyways, it was good times. Afterward, his family took me over to see Capitol Reef which was pretty awesome. We hiked a little up around there and took some fun pictures. The views were amaaaazzing!! I'd like to go back there sometime and hike some more when it's not so scorching hot.haha.

My first fish i caught! I didn't wanna hold it...so nick did the honors;)

On the way to the lake.we were sooo tired that early in the morning..obviously!

Blind Lake. The whole shoreline was rocky like this..kinda weird

On the hike back..nice view!

Capitol Reef. Nick is really good at acting..can't you tell?

Ha..oh ya, we got a flat tire on his dad's truck on the drive back. The road up to the lake was INCREDIBLY rocky and bumpy. But yes. luckily we had 2 big strong men there to yank off that flat tire and throw on the new one. They was pros let me tell ya!

Lake Powell Pictures

So here's some of the pictures from Powell. Sadly, most of the wakeboarding pictures and junk are on other people's cameras. I didn't take very many b/c my camera kinda sucks..but i'll have to see if i can get the pictures from someone:)

Our campsite..and nick. NOTE: So little did we know, as we were taking down the tents, Dunker found a baby rattle snake underneath the side of one! Talk about scary..that coulda been a pretty bad situation. So of course, Dunker went and put on some gloves, came back and tried to pick up the snake and play w/him. We all kept yelling at him to leave it alone. After a while he did..and fortunately has no injuries to show for it.

Nick and Preston, debating whether to jump or not....they did. In the car on the way. Me, nick, Maddi, and Hallie

The other half of our campsite

One of the canyons we drove through on the boat. It's so pretty!

Lately...

So life since the honeymoon has been pretty good..I mean, it's no honeymoon, but its good.haha. It's difficult a lot of the time just because I feel like we don't get to see each other nearly as much as I thought we would. I'm going to school, doing my internship at elevate fitness (still), and working. Nick works FULL time. Although he usually is supposed to go into work at about 9 and get off around 5, he often goes in around 8:30 or 9 and gets home around 9:30 (on a good day). Other times he has stayed at work till almost 11pm. Needless to say, I get a tad upset on those days. I know i shouldn't..but it's difficult. I'm sure he likes it less than i do, so I really have no room to complain:) The time we do get to spend together is wonderful though. We try to have at least one date night a week...which more often than not, includes Chili's!! Even though we've only been married 3 months (the 21st), it feels as if we've been together much longer! I feel like an old married couple a lot of times..haha, it's fun. I think it's just that we know each other so well so it feels like that. It's great to know that we still have our whole lives and lots of good times in front of us though:)



So this last weekend (Thurs-sun) I had my only 3 days off school for the summer. We took advantage of that and got a group of people together and headed off to Lake Powell. Preston, Dunker, Maddi, Hallie, Riley, Nick and I spent a few days campin on the beach, wake-boarding, tubing, and driving the boat through the huge gorgeous canals and cliffs of lake Powell. Nick and Preston went cliff jumping..the rest of us were too wimpy.ha Yikes. I did take a few pictures and will add them shortly. But it was a great get-away.



We are both back to work now and i've started the summer semester at school. Just taking 2 classes though, so not too heavy a load for the summer term. Graduation is soo soon!! August 13th and 14th I think. I'm so excited for that. I'll actually graduate in december b/c i have fall semester still. Nick is still doing well at Brent BRown Chev. He is successful in whatever he does:) Although car sales is slow for him, finance and accessories are picking up the slack for the most part. He's gettin really antsy though...he wants to move into a house so so badly. I love our condo (besides the paper thin walls and the constant barking of the freaking dog downstairs). And i really don't want to move somewhere in Ut valley if we're gonna move. When we do, I want to go to St. George b/c Nick will never ever move outta Ut and St. G is the only place i would want to live in Ut if i have to for the rest of my life! ha.

Honeymoon!

Our honeymoon was so perfect! A cruise,for me, turned out to be my ideal vacation. Nick agreed. We went on a 5 day carnival cruise in the Eastern Caribbean-the Bahamas. Our ship stopped in Nassau, Half-moon Cay, and Grand Turk. We thought it was so great because you can be completely lazy and have a total blast with all the millions of things there are to do. Room service any time of day or night,people not only making your bed, but turning down the sheets and everything at night too! No cleaning up the dishes or food after you eat. Its just wonderful. Anyways, the best parts though were off the ship. We went snorkeling, jet skiing, on some weird pirate tour (nick's choice), swam in the crystal clear beautiful water, and laid out in the sun on the silky white sand beaches. The food was our only dissappointment. Unfortunately, the food on our carnival cruise left a lot to be desired. Sure they served some good stuff for dinner, but it all seemed really bland and plain. Not to mention I had some really rancid choc milk...It was weird. Nick and I ended up eatin at the pizza bar pretty much everyday for lunch.ha. But even that wasn't fantastic. Oh well, hopefully the next cruise (oh yes! there will def. be a next!!) the food won't suck. Anyways, here are some of the many pictures we took. The ones from our favorite island (half moon cay) aren't developed yet, so i'll prob add some more later. But here's some fun ones anyway!

The pretty part of Nassau(i think)

Yes, we took down a pirate. This was the climactic end of our walk through the pirate museum.

We took a tour of the island in a VW van. It was crazy..i swear they have no traffic laws in Nassau! You can see Atlantis Resort in the background. Its so cool!

This was from our balcony(which i'm so so glad we got upgraded to!) just leavin the miami port.

Nicholas...officially on vacation. Kickin back with a cold one. Little did we know, every can of coke we drank from our room costed $2!!

Snorkeling in Grand Turk

I dont' know why, but i had a really hard time stayin under the water...

Stingray!

Cute Nickely:)

Of course, nick had to get a picture. Such a cute frog i make...

THey left lovely towel animals on our bed every night.And chocolates..which i always ate. Here's a seal. Nick...he's such an animal lover;)