A Perfect Day

Way. More. Fun. Than. Expected.

Theme Park Goers-
the other couple is pregnant and opted out of the roller coasters

A look of sheer terror
NOT loving the 20 foot Woodstock ride- we watched and laughed our butts off.

Little girl in the center was my favorite. She had THE biggest frown I've ever seen!

Camp Snoopy

The wind seeker- I. was. terrified.
Nauseating swings up 300 and some odd feet in the air.
Not my favorite.

After riding EVERY roller coaster in the park, we headed to the beach.

LOVED it! 

Love HIM.

The day after finals..I can't believe that was almost a month ago...we drove to California with some of our best friends from law school. At the beginning of the trip we all decided due to our lack of preparation it would either be awesome or so awful that it would make a hilarious story one day. I am happy to report it was the first option. It was PERFECT, everything I had hoped for- for a bunch of indecisive and totally lax people we pulled it off amazingly well. 


We started the trip at the greatest Hawaiian restaurant- complete with live ukelele music. Perfect. Then all 6 of us stayed in a hotel room with 2 queens- we were prepared to sleep on the floor, but actually had a fold out couch as well. Perfect. After a continental breakfast we hopped on a shuttle to the theme park, which was honestly about 2 blocks down the street from us. Perfect. We were within walking distance. So, we got there before the park even opened, along with at least 8 different groups of student groups- really missed the boat on the matching t-shirt dress code. But got to run with the mass of kids through the gates when the park opened and ride the longest, most intense roller coaster I have ever ridden on the front row! Perfect.


I was like a giddy school girl at the theme park, I loved every minute. I had forgotten how much I love roller coasters- even and especially the old wooden ones. It was perma-grin central for me. AND headache central for Ryan :) After literally riding every roller coaster in the park and having a corn dog (AKA perfect teem park lunch.) we went to the beach- freezing and windy but still made the day that much better to see it! We ended the day with Thai food- our favorite. The perfect ending to the hardest school year of our lives!




We are now second year law students! And looking forward to summer of school, work, and playing the sun. Next destination- Lake Powell...after a lot of summer school...

Bursting the bubble

I hate to burst everyone's bubble because there are a LOT of people that think they have the greatest husband in the world. but. they are wrong. It's me. I have the best husband in the whole world.

He is:

my best friend

my biggest fan

always in my corner

my dream guy

my greatest support

my shoulder to cry on

my best date

my advice giver

my pep talk giver

my planner

my fun guy

my perfect balance

my life coach

my motivation

my love of a lifetime

my favorite cuddlier

my everything

and

the only reason I am here right now, becoming more than I ever dreamed for myself. 

He is seriously the best.

Happy 25th Birthday Ry!

i love you

more than i could ever tell you.

P.S. Sorry your birthday consisted of 12 hours in the library...but I am so happy we are in this together.

Happy Valen-birth-sary!!!

February has been a month of celebration.

We celebrated our anniversary on Superbowl Sunday by having a weekend date night at PF Chang's on Friday and Macaroni Grill on Saturday....my husband knows me and knows that I LOVE food!

We also went to Hoover Dam, which he thought was THE coolest! We even threw pennies off the dam for good luck. AND Sunday we, of course, went to a Super Bowl party at a friend's here in Vegas...it was quite the weekend and I loved every minute of it!

(Thanks Mom and Dad for all the gift cards- this weekend could not have happened to the extent it did without you!)

We also were lucky enough to have family visit. Nate, Kayla, baby Lexi and Mom and Dad came down for a weekend. It was so much fun to see them!

Then, we celebrated Valentine's by what else..getting food! This time at Carrabba's Italian grill.

And for the big finale, we went to Utah for President's day weekend to help my mom celebrate turning the big 5-0! And she doesn't look a day over 29 ;) We had a fabulous weekend which included seeing my mom's side of the family and the Parade of Homes in St. George ( loved it! and I may or may not have found my dream house..), eating the most delicious Thai food (I do NOT wonder where I get my love of food) and went up north to see Grandma Raelene and Bill and celebrate Mom's REAL birthday at home with 200+ balloons craftily fashioned into an arch by Christy Marie. Ry also got to spend some real quality time with the second love of his life...his truck, which is primed and ready for paint!

Thanks for the good times Utah!

See you in March for Spring Break! :)

2 years later...

We celebrated 2 years together as of SuperBowl Sunday!

I can't believe how life has changed in 2 short years- some things we've done:

• received our bachelor's degrees from Utah State...hey aggies all the way!
• I got my first full-time job, he kept working 2-3 jobs at a time while in school
• studied our brains out and took that stupid LSAT 3 times
• got accepted to law school at the Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas
• moved for the 3rd time since we were married to Las Vegas, NV...hopefully to stay awhile
• sent 2 brothers on missions- one in Korea, one in Preu
• welcomed one new niece to the family..with another niece and nephew on the way!
• survived our first semester of law school with pretty impressive grades..if I do say so myself
• went on unforgettable trips to Hawaii, Lake Powell, and cruisin' Mexico
• LOVED being together and looking forward to all that life may bring us

We have been so blessed- we love being in law school together and I would NOT be here without my man! He is the best husband a girl could ask for! He cleans, cooks and worries about me constantly, he is considerate and patient, understanding and loving- he tries to make me happy EVERY day. And it works. I love him more every single second.

Yep, I think I'll keep him.

Happy Anniversary Honey, I love you.

Resolved.

Can't believe it's time for New Year's Resolutions 2012!

And yes I have all have all the same generic resolutions...budget, exercise, scripture study, family night, be a better friend, don't procrastinate, and STUDY my butt off.

But, along with those hopes and goals, I am resolved to be more positive- to find real joy in my journey of law school. Over our lengthy Christmas break I read the Hunger game series which was great and "Left to Tell" which was seriously LIFE CHANGING. My favorite quote was "God is the source of all positive energy, and prayer is the best way to tap in to His power." Amen. So basically living that quote is my new year's resolution.

Once again, I have no pictures to show how wonderful our holidays were, but they were great. We were spoiled. And now have entire new wardrobes thanks to our family. We loved being home in Utah and are so very blessed. Bring on the new year!

We.Are.Alive

We have survived our first semester of law school. It's a holiday miracle!!!

And this is what I REALLY learned...

You know you're in finals week of law school when:

You have lost any and all sense of time, seriously it's like living in a time warp, it was literally study, sleep, eat, study, eat, sleep, repeat for two weeks.

Gained a minimum of 2 pounds a day by mere lack of a life.

The only thing that seemed relevant was how many hours were left until the next exam-AND there were never enough.

Having chinese delivered to the library seemed like a good idea...never again.

EVERY dish we owned was dirty and somehow washing them never got on the priority list.

Brains can actually turn to mush

AND

We can do hard things.

It was brutal, but we made it. Unfortunately we will not find out how we actually did for another month, but count your blessings at least our scores can't ruin our Christmas, but fingers crossed it will be good news. In any case, it is a BIG relief to be done- one down, five to go. Utah here we come! Please have snow and mistletoe....

Viva Las Vegas

I have neglected my poor blog...surprise, surprise. But after a whirlwind summer of going on every vacation we could possibly squeeze in to the 15 weeks of summer--this included 3 trips to Lake Powell. Our heaven on earth. A few trips up to Bear Lake and minimal amounts of working. It was awesome, I have never been so tan in my life, and we expected nothing less from our last summer as "kids." We have now started law school and will be growing up any minute now.

We moved to Vegas three days after we returned from our last Lake Powell trip and two days before school started. I was not kidding when I said we squeezed those vacations in.

School started and all we do is READ. We are taking Torts, Property law, Criminal Law, Lawyering Process and Civil Procedure. It is a lot of work but we both really enjoy class...at least when we're not getting called on-neither of us are very big fans of this socratic method thing. But I am honestly pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoy classes and being back in school. Plus we have the added bonus of being together 23/7...we only have one class not together. It is the greatest thing ever! I haven't got to be around my husband this much since we got married.

The only thing I am sad about is that I will miss driving through Sardine canyon when the leaves change in a month or so. I absolutely love fall. But we will not be getting snow so I won't complain. We are loving Vegas so far and we're lucky enough to have some visitors already!

Jarom, Kristin and of course Jaxson came to town and after inviting ourselves to hang out with them a few nights we decided to head back to Utah for the labor day weekend and let them enjoy their vacation. But it was great to see Jax, the kid is as cute as they come. I swear I'm going to start taking pictures one of these days so we can look back on the great memories we're making.