Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Where to begin?

Considering the last post I did on here was about Christmas and I now find myself in March I am a little overwhelmed at the thought of trying to fill in all the blanks. I think I will just do twenty posts and try to catch up but first here is a little preview of what has been happening!

New Year's-We celebrated in style...by ourselves...Just kidding we were with friends but didn't get any pictures with them cause we were too busy playing Snorta and eating chicken wings. haha.


Baby shower for best friend Cami, a "Books and Bows" theme, more read about it on The Apron Gal. Other best friend Stephanie and I hosted at her place, it was a blast!


Best friend Cami has baby (pictured above in belly), Jason and Kasee play Mommy & Daddy to her daughter while she is in the hospital. Jason and Kasee think Amelia is awesome! And new baby Maya isn't so bad either!

 Played Mommy for Amelia. soooo fun!

Jason loves Baby Maya.

New camera- We finally got a DSLR camera for my food blogging! Kasee's food blog, The Apron Gal, also joins Foodbuzz advertising network :)


We go bowling with our friends, The Smiths, because they are awesome. Discover our new favorite bowling alley with couches and food and no kids! Very fun. Did I mention they have brownie sundaes and lots of TV screens with sports, too?


My grandfather, Paw Paw, passes away. He has been sick for some time and although I will miss him dearly I know he is with His father in Heaven and at peace. Although a sad occasion to go home, it was wonderful to see family even for a short time. 

 We love you Paw Paw. 

I got a job! I am now the full time Database Coordinator for the Austin Humane Society. I love it! I get to do nonprofit work and get to not only help cute dogs and cats every day but sometimes they even hang out with me in my office. It was an answer to prayer and a perfect fit for me. 


For Valentine's Day we went to see Wicked with Juan and Cami and we loved it! We went to an amazing dinner beforehand and Jason and I loved the thought provoking storyline of Wicked.


Not pictured:
  • Weekly Bachelor watching parties with friends
  • Jason's first rotation at Dell ending this week: That means we have been in Texas for 6 months!
  • Jason and I have been married for over 2.5 years...woah!
  • Andrea and I took a photography class together and it was very helpful!
  • Jason's sister just had twin babies: Quinn & John. So beautiful and so happy for them!
  • Kasee is Young Women Secretary and loving it. 
  • Jason just had his program's Global Conference last week so that was fun for him. 
  • Julie Beck came to speak to the Austin Stake Relief Society and Young Women, which was very cool to hear from her so close up and in Texas!
  • Just living life, both working and trying to stay on top of things and still have enough time to play with friends.
Overall we are busy but happy and just enjoying the ride! 
More details and photos to come on all of these events but 
I wanted to write them down before I forgot! 

Monday, January 9, 2012

Utah Christmas

I  had an awesome trip in Utah since I got to arrive a few days before Jason! The best welcome I could ever get was these girls picking me up at the airport.


 Having hot chocolate!
 Silly girls!
 Love this lady :)
 This is why we are friends. I love y'all!
 Fabulous dinner with Jess at Guru's-our favorite!
 Don't judge my 2 plates...one of them is salad
 Hanging out with Caroline
Lunch at Zupa's with Caroline and Aaron. 

IT was so nice to be home with my family, just hanging out and enjoying the view.
Even if there was barely any snow while we were there!


I was also lucky enough to have my movie star brother record my first cooking video for The Apron Gal. He was awesome and we had so much fun shooting my Coconut Macaron recipe! Look for it on my blog in coming weeks. 

Christmas was great! Lots of clothes for Jason and kitchen stuff for me! But mainly it was wonderful to be with family and just hang around. We love you guys!

 Don
 Mom
 Brother Jay
 Uncle John

 Jeff!

 I didn't take nearly enough pictures as you can see but I did snag a cute one of me and my big brother! 

Merry Christmas family, We love you!

Monday, January 2, 2012

Thomas Family Christmas

We had such wonderful Christmases with families this year. First we saw the Thomas family in Utah for a mini Christmas and then again for a week after Christmas. 

Here are some pictures from our "mini Christmas":


 Our 14 month old niece, Shayla. Could she be cuter?
 She loved the bow but wasn't so interested in this present.
 She did like her bear that we got her, though!
 And this little apron to keep her clean. From her auntie, The Apron Gal. hehe
 Karen enjoyed opening presents....I think?
 Shay enjoyed climbing on presents for sure! haha
 With Uncle Jason
 Got Jedd and Karen some Texas attire! Represent!
 We love our new Bose already. We listen to music and read books.
We are very sophisticated despite what our awkward thumbs up may display to the contrary! Thanks K and J! [the originals not us]
 Shay enjoying the Christmas aftermath. lol
Reading scriptures with Daddy before bed. precious. 

Then after Christmas we spent a week in Idaho. We went shopping, saw Mission Impossible, visited Idaho Falls and ate some delicious Olive Garden, watched lots of football and basketball and just relaxed. A lot. It was wonderful, so wonderful that we didn't take one picture until our final night with the cousins. 

 Cousins Brit and Addie

Silly boys


Love these ladies! Addie and Aunt Jan

Anyways, I am so lucky to have such a great family of in-laws. I lucked out to not have 2 great families of my own but now a 3rd great one too! 
Next time we will be better at taking pictures I promise!

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas 2011!


We feel so blessed with so many wonderful friends and family!
 We love y'all and hope you all have a Merry Christmas!

Monday, December 19, 2011

A Very Merry Christmas

It is only December 19 and we have already had 3 great Christmases! We are blessed to have so many families all over!


First we had a Christmas party with our friends. It was a blast and we consider our Texas friends practically family now!


We had lots of food, white elephant exchange and Christmas charades! You learn so much about people while watching them perform charades. It was very entertaining!


 Cami, Juan and Amelia wore their awesome headpieces! We love their Christmas spirit! 




 Landen and Adam with their white elephant gift! lol
 Matt, Andrea and Addy under the mistletoe!
Intensely discussing charades rules. 


 Juan makes us laugh. We love him. 


 Merry Christmas from the Thomases!
 James and Alison
 Lindsey and Blakely!
Cam and Steph

We had a fabulous party and it was so fun to hang with our friends!
 We are so blessed to have so many wonderful friends in Round Rock. We couldn't ask for better ones!

Then Jason and I had our Christmas together. We always do our gifts to each other in our own home so we can establish traditions and do fun things! This year we read scriptures, drank Martinelli's and opened presents-it was perfect!

 Our beautiful tree! We love it!
 Luke 2: The Nativity

 I got Jason a Nike sweatshirt, movies, and lots of other little things. 

 Jason got me a creme brulee torch! I love it! I can't wait to torch stuff....

We had a great Christmas just the 2 of us! 
Merry Christmas boo, I love you!