Love Is In The Air!

So I made this last year, but never had anywhere to put it, and it wasn't really finished. So since Valentines Day is coming up and I don't really have any decorations, I decided to finish it and put it out!! I LOVE it!! It's not just a Valentines decoration though, I am going to keep it up all year!

Texas Road House!

Every Friday after training we go out to dinner with our friends! Last night we went to Texas Road House... which happens to be my favorite!! Michelle made this beautiful, yummy, delicious cake!! Her birthday was 10 days earlier than mine, so we celebrated hers too! Didn't she do such a good job?! I love it! Thanks Michelle!

It's Time For a Change...

My Birthday is going great so far! I just got back from lunch at Crackers with my mom, Ashley, Aunt Nancy, Aunt Trudy and Lucy. It was so yummy! I love that place! I also got a much needed pedicure this morning... It felt so good!
So the BIG news that I have been waiting to post...

(I was waiting for a cute picture!)
Before

After

When all was said and done I ended up cutting off between 13 and 14 inches! I know it's crazy! I like change though! I was inspired by Katie Holmes... I really love her hair! And I love how my hair turned out! It only took me a day or so to get use to it. The only thing is I wish I had more bangs. I talked to my sister today and she said that she just got her bangs cut like Katie. She loves them too! I'm a tad jealous, so when I go up there in February I am going to get my bangs cut a little more! Happy Birthday to me!!

One year older and wiser too...

...Happy Birthday to me! Today is my Birthday... I love Birthdays!! This past year has been unbelievable! I am very excited to start this next year of my life! It's only 8:45am right now and my day is already going Fabulous! I woke up this morning to this...

I got stringed! I was so suprised! If you look closely you will notice the confetti on the ground.
By the way, we left at 6am, and we don't have street lights by our house so it is pitch black outside.

So Chris and I are trying to make our way to the car. Chris decided to go around and I decided to go through the maze! We both get stuck and our dogs are just running around every where because they can fit under it all!! It took us like 10 minutes to get to our car! It was really funny! I guess you had to be there!

Thanks Darrian and Marci you guys are the BEST!! I love you guys!!

iPod for Christmas!!

I have the best husband in the world! Here's the story... I asked for an iPod last year for Christmas and I am sad to say that I didn't get it. Chris told me that if I waited for next year they would probably come out with a newer version. Well, he was right! So this year for Christmas I asked for a iPod again. I was very sad again because I didn't get one. So Chris being the best husband in the whole world gave me his Chrismas money and said that I could buy one!! I love him so much, and I love my new iPod so much too!! Thanks Chris, you're the best!!

Christmas Traditions

I can not believe that tomorrow is Christmas... so crazy! This year has gone by so fast. I just wanted to share some of our traditions growing up and the ones that we have now. This tradition started when we first moved to Arizona in 1990. On Christmas Eve we went to the Landmark in Mesa for dinner. My sister April arranged it and made sure that there was an extra seat for Christ. We were out to celebrate his birthday! Then we would go home and open one present. Usually from Nana and Papa (my dad's parents). The would always send us pajamas wich were nice to go to bed in that night! In the morning all of us kids would wake up early!! We were allowed to open our stockings but we had to wait for our parents to wake up before opening anything else. And we weren't allowed to wake them up. That afternoon we would go to the movies and when we got home we would have a Christmas feast!!! We always had ham and sparkling cider! Now that Chris and I are married we have to split the holiday between our families. On Christmas Eve we have a family party at his Grandma Sherry's house. All of his extended family (on the McCleve side) comes over. The last couple of years we had mexican food, but this year we had pizza. Chris' Great Grandma June always finds some clever way to hide money in something and we have to figure out how to get it out! Grandma Sherry also gives us money on something cute, and his grandpa hands out $20 bills to everyone. Gotta love the grandparetns!! I think this year was the best party yet. As Chris' sisters get older we build better relationships! It's fun to get to know them better! Anyways, it was really nice tonight, and I had a good time! On Christmas morning we wake up and do our stockings and gifts and then we go to his parents house and do gifts with them! Because there are 6 kids plus me we draw names (so we don't have to buy for everyone). We always get something for his parents. I love See's Candy, so we usually give both our parents gift certificates there plus a GC to a resturaunt. After visiting with the Fallbecks we go over to my parent's house and do presents with them. That afternoon we still go to the movies! Tomorrow we are going to see National Treasurer 2. I am really excited!! And tomorrow night we are going to have Christmas Dinner with ham! Yum!! And that's it! Sorry that was a forever long story! I love Christmas!! I can't wait to have a family of our own to carry on these traditions!

Christmas Party!

Like I said before, last night was our office Christmas Party! It was really fun, and the food was great! After we ate and had our Christmas program we played the White Elephant Gift exchange! I forgot to get 2 gifts, so we ended up bringing "brownies in a jar". We had a whole bag of rolls leftover from the potluck, so I found some newspaper and wrapped them up!! It was really funny! I ended up with a hour massage (lucky me!!) and Chris got chocolate covered pretzels and cookie cutters! I guess I got the best of both ends!! I love our friends, we have such a good time with them!!

I love to scrapbook!

Last night we had our semi-annual awards at the office and I made the partnership awards!! I think they turned out really cute! This one ended up being ours!! This is what it says...

Partnership means

that we share a common ideal

and embrace a common goal.

Regardless of our differences,

we strive shoulder to shoulder,

confident in one another's faith,

trust and commitment.

In the end,

partnership can be summed up

in five short words...

"we believe in each other."

ASU Graduate!

Chris's sister Danielle graduated from ASU yesterday with a Bachelors Degree in Family and Human Development. Congratulations Danielle! We are so excited for you and everything life will bring to you!

This is Chris and I durring the ceremony! Great Grandma June is behind me and Kim (Chris' mom) is behind him with the camera! Smile!

Finally!!

It's about time I post a picture of our house! We have had our lights up for almost 2 weeks, so I finally got pictures! I love our Christmas lights! It's kind of funny because I have to buy the red strands at Target and the green refill bulbs at Walmart. You think they would sell the same kind at the same place, but they don't. I make it work! Anyways... I love living in our new house!! It's so nice to have our own space!