What is taking so long.....

I know I haven't done the best of jobs of blogging but here is the update starting from Christmas until now.

Well for Christmas this year we got to go home to California. We left on Friday and didn't tell mom and dad that we were leaving. I so super sick the whole way down. I had the flu and it was not so much fun. But we were so glad that we made it safe and without any bad weather or car problems. While we were at home we got to go to the beach and drive the quad around. I forgot how much fun it is to be at home. We also got to go out and pick oranges off the tree just about everyday that we were there. I have a huge problem of buying oranges becuase of the fact that I can go out and pick them off the tree. So while I am in Idaho I usually don't have any unless someone else gets them. For Christmas this year I got a pretty sweet sewing machine that I am so excited to you use and James got the new Tony Hawk Wii game. We both had such a wonderful Christmas and we wouldnt trade it for anything.

So the Sunday after Christmas James, Dan and I jumped into the Civic and headed out to The Bobbi's. We got to spend New Years down there with the family so it was so much fun. It was the first time in 2 years that the whole family got together without having a wedding. I love when the family gets together and can share such great times together. While we were down there we had a ugly sweater contest that Becky Hoopes won because of her sweet dance moves. We also rode on a blow up ball. So you fill it up and climb inside at the top of a hill and roll on down. It was so much fun and it was great when someone would get out of the ball and couldn't walk straight with me being one of the them. We hated to leave at the end of the trip but both James and I had to get back to work.

I turned the big 26 this year and it was a ton of fun. James took me out to a really nice restaurant and when we got home he surprised me with having all of our friends over with cake and balloons. When I walked in after dinner the Hymas' and the Wyatts jumped up from behind the counter and scared me so bad. I am so super lucky to have friends that can come over and play. James got me a gift card to go get my nails done and super cute coat. He is so good at picking things out for me I just love him so much. Just a few days ago I decided to do the Teton Dam 10k. I am pretty excited and have started my training. I need to pick it up because June is going to get here before I know it. Other then getting ready for my 10k I am just working and trying to keep the house clean.

James has been doing homework like crazy and is doing really well in school. He is working and we have been talking about to do after we are all done with school and as of right now we are looking into Vegas but we will let you know what happens next.

Christmas is in the air............

I am a big fan of this time of year. It means I get to see my family and go home to the warm state of California. I am so sick of walking outside and feeling my nose hairs freeze but in just two short weeks I get to go home. I am so excited even James gets super excited when we talk about it. We both love Christmas becuase we get to spoil each other beyond belief. I know we are bad but hey it is just the two of us so we can. haha.

James asked me the other day if Christmas is my favorite time of the year and I said no, from October to March is my favorite time of the year becuase it is just jammed packed with fun things for us. From Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, My Birthday, Valentines, and our Anniversary we are just super busy but love it.

For those that are in California and Arizona we cant wait to see you and everyone else we will be back.

The pictures....

Good-bye to the old.....


Hello to the new!


My wonderful Frisbee team the Hurricanes that took second I couldn't have been more proud.
See I told you I was an over packer.

I know I know.......

I haven't blogged in forever and it is so bad. We have had a few things going on so I guess you could say I have been busy...hahaha.

We do have some fun news...... as many may already know we got a new car. It was a fun and scary at the same time. I say scary becuase it is a big money burden and I was just worried. We downsized from a 2002 blazer to a 2008 Honda civic. I must say we love our new car but adjusting to the size will take some time. I am a huge over packer and I will have to cut back. Our new car is super nice we feel way spoiled in it. It has a super nice navigation system and a moon-roof/sun-roof. (I am not sure what the difference is so yeah) But it was so much fun to go car shopping but by the end James was so done. I am window shopper so I enjoyed the looking but when we found the car that James feel in love with it was hard to look at anything else.

I started a second job working with a little girl at the school I already work for. She is as sweet as can be sometimes but others not so much. I start my day with her at 10:15 and go till school gets out. It has been a lot of fun and a huge learning experience for me to say the least. I learn something new everyday from her and I just hope she is learning from me. She has a learning disability and whatever she learns is from me and her other aide. It is such a fun feeling knowing that I am helping someone learn. She really makes me happy. I can feel myself becoming happier everyday even after we have hard days. So besides the new job I have been crafting and I must say I love it. It helps me relax and I think it is so much fun. I am not doing bows so much and more I have started to make little people and I am trying to make some dammit dolls. I will let you know how those go after I try it.

James is still working for the same company but in Jan. he will start a writing position there and he is super excited. He loves writing and correcting papers which i think is crazy but he just loves it. I think he should start charging people to correct their papers but we will see. He starts back up in school again in the winter and he is excited to get back in the classroom.

So besides work and a new car not much has been going on for us. We had a super fun Halloween party with the ward and I am pretty excited for Black Friday even though I don't think I have anyone to go with me. It makes me miss my sisters and my mom when I have no one to go shopping with. James has said he will go with me but it is just not the same as when you go with the girls but I will take him none the less.

The weather hasn't been to bad but today after church it just has been falling like crazy. I like coming into a warm house and having my space heater going and staying warm. I am not a fan of being cold in fact I hate being cold. That is why I am super excited to go home for Christmas and be in the warm sun.

I will have a post to follow with pictures and I hope that it wont take me forever to have another post. hehe

James turns 24!

So as poor college kids we didn't do much for James' birthday. I decorated his door so when we woke up got a little surprise. I made him his favorite cake and went to Grandma's house for dinner. I am not very good at making round cakes and every time I make an other one I learn something new. So don't judge if it looks a little off I tried. We also took some friends with us to Grandma's house to enjoy a yummy BBQ so thanks for coming Tatton, Kirsten and Brookey. Since I didn't want his birthday to go by with no gifts I got him a brand new golf towel. It is black and clean unlike his white(well now brown) nasty one.

Hanging with Mom and Dad

I love with my mom and dad come into town to play. Since I don't get to see them much because I live forever and a day away I always enjoy when they come up. I also love when they are here becuase Dad has the best stories of growing up here. I love just hearing him share what he did or where he has been. We got to go fishing in the Teton River which was fun for mom and I becuase we got to read and watch the boys. I know the boys had fun even though only one fish couldn't escape their flies.







We also went to James' grandmas house to visit her and show dad some of the farm equipment. As you can see some of the toys grandmas has brought dad back to when he was a little boy. We had a lot of fun while they were here and want them to come back again. We miss you guys.

Its been awile

So it has been over a month and I was going to let an other one go by but I thought I better not. So here I am blogging away. Tons have gone on I just have been to lazy to write about it. Now I could lie and say I have been busy but the truth is I am lazy.

Where to start..................

Ok I will start with my sweet trip to Az. I love going down there and visiting my sisters and brothers.
While I was down there we went to this way cool place where you got jump and slide on all these cool blow up things. It was fun to be with the kids and watch and also join in the fun. I got to eat at my favorite places while I was there like Panda express. It doesn't take much to make me a happy girl and being with my sisters and eating panda is one of the many ways to bring a smile to my face. Poor James had to stay at home in Rexburg and work and also go to school. We missed each other tons and have decided to not do long trips alone again, it is not just as much fun.

James and I would both love to end up down in Az some day but right now we just have to wait for school to get over with. We should be done by next summer so lets all keep our fingers crossed and pray that is when we will be done. I love being up here in Idaho but I am ready for something new. I know once we are gone we will miss it but James has family up here and so do I so visiting is always an option.