sinking

one of the presenters at the UDA convention used this commercial in her presentation. i thought it was pretty good.



:)

year in review

...for the chinese new year, that is. i've seen a lot of people do this at the end/beginning of the year, so i decided to be different and wait until the chinese new year. (and that's basically code for "i didn't get around to it in january, so i'm going to do it now.")

FEBRUARY
i was studying like mad for the many tests i had to take to become an RDH. this is what all of the studying did to me.
tyler was receiving law school acceptances left and right...and we decided BYU was the place for us.

we also went to st. george/zions/vegas (which i forgot until i looked at our pictures from the last year). greg came with us...which i'm sure was so fun for him. there's nothing quite like being the third wheel to a married couple. :)


MARCH
i took my written national boards. one test down, two to go.

tyler dealt with me taking my tests.

my dad got a motorcyle. (these are the only pictures i have from march.)
APRIL
i took my anesthesia test (and passed). i also found out that i passed my written national boards. phew! one test to go.
tyler graduated!!
we went to st. george again for conference/easter.

blake joined us.
MAY
i took my last test. i also graduated!
tyler was happy i finished school.

i went on a cruise. tyler didn't. :)

my sister got married, so we went out to california for a reception/vacation.the house i grew up in (if you're looking for a house to buy in california, this one's for sale!)big trees. love these kids.
JUNE
our car broke down in lovelock, nevada. car break #1 in the last 12 months.

i started temping as a RDH. learned a lot!

tyler worked.

JULY
ward campout, fourth of july!
we also celebrated our two-year anniversary. aw.

katelynn joined us.
AUGUST
i got my first real career-type job as a RDH in orem. i got my second job as a RDH in payson.

i turned 24. scary.

tyler started law school. 1L.
we went to lake powell.

SEPTEMBER
school. work. eat. sleep.

OCTOBER
more school. work. eat. sleep.

NOVEMBER
we enjoyed thanksgiving with my family. my aunt lisanne and her family came out to visit us.

we went to fish lake to get a christmas tree.
DECEMBER
christmas! i love christmas! the great thing about this christmas is that we got to spend it in cancun.
i <3ed our room.
my sister and her husband came out for christmas. that was fun, too.

camille joined us. (i'm sorry, i don't have a picture!)

JANUARY
back to work and school after two weeks off. boo.

tyler turned 26. he's an old fart.

car break #2. (car break #3 occurred this month - in february).

...and that's our year in review. after looking through all our pictures, we're ready to go on another trip!

just fyi...

we are still alive. It might not seem like it, considering the state of our blog, but we are.

We hope you're okay too.

:)

oh, christmas...

how i'll miss you.


(i spent a good hour decorating our calendar for the month of december. <3)

until we meet again...in july.

;)

nucnac

...is Cancun spelled backwards. I was going to post about our trip to Cancun over Christmas break, but Tyler did a pretty good job on his own. I may still post some about it in the future, but for now, check out his!

what's yours?

my friend's facebook status currently asks, "what's your favorite christmas song?" i quickly commented: "baby it's cold outside." i LOVE this song! and i have to admit, i think this is the first year i've ever heard it, although it's been around for a very long time.

the original (i believe...)


and who doesn't love elf? i love zooey's voice.


so...what's your favorite?

:)

christmas cheer

i went a little crazy at walmart and bought a lot of ribbion...
the finished tree...

the letter blocks i "bought" at the jeffs' family service auction, compliments of andi...
i'm absolutely loving the season, and i hope you are too!

:)