Date Night

January, February, March, and most of April bring nothing but cold and snow here in Rexburg. This means entertainment and activities are slim to none. The school made a new addition of an outside ice skating rink! At a pretty affordable price. So we thought we would save up for a little date night and go ice skating out in the snow--how romantic right? WRONG!!! For starters, who ever said that it is fun to ice skate in the freezing cold is an idiot. You can wear as many layers as you want and yet the Rexburg wind can still find it's way through to skin. The skate rink was tiny. You would think with the university having 15,000 students plus they would make one big enough...wrong again. And on top of that the only ice skates they had were terrible hockey ones that no one can skate on. Our feet hurt, our hands were numb, our faces were frozen, and we left after 5 minutes on the ice. What a waste of six bucks. Luckily we snapped a few shots before leaving.








Stupid ice skates


After our terrible idea date we headed to the happiest place in Rexburg. My sister Michelle calls it the "Cupcake Factory", and it truly is. The Coco Bean. Making delicious cupcakes everyday. It just so happened that that night was Coco Bean's birthday. They had a little game where a select few would get a birthday hat. Then they would each sing their own version of Happy Birthday and the winners would get FREE CUPCAKES. Guess who sang....ME! Yes, I sang out loud, in front of a huge group of people I have never before. And to make it sure, I did not win. Oh well, I got a delicious cupcake anyways.

Chewy...Gaining Weight?

I don't know what happened after Christmas, but I think everything just got a little bit busier. Chewy started school again, and I got a part time job. As what you may ask... but of course, a nanny! It has been a crazy semester and we are both ready for a little break. But a here is a little update of the happenings since we returned from Washington. Chewy's first stop when we got home was of course the bathroom. If you had not already seen on the blog he got pretty sick during vacation and you would have thought he would have lost a whole of bunch weight. Quite the opposite. He BROKE the toilet seat!!! Right in half. We had a laugh about this one.


He looks so confused


There it is. Proof. The crack went all the way through!

Christmas in the Snow!

After Jenna's wedding we finally hit the road home to Washington! We left at 5 am and didn't get home until midnight! It was a twenty one hour drive!!!!!! Oh my gosh, yah it was NOT fun. It was snowing almost the entire time, and we almost did not make it through all the passes! Luckily they opened up and we made it home safely.


Here's Chewy attempting to restart their car.


Michael and Chewy at work.


Once we finally got home Chewy got so sick. He did not get to enjoy one single day at home. He ended up getting strep throat and almost had to go to the hospital. Poor kid. He missed out on almost everything, cheesecake factory, movies, New Years...he spent most of his time in bed. We used my mom's heating pad...I think it looks pretty good on him.

Monica is the best boss in whole wide world. With the cutest kids in the whole world as well. Look how amazing she looks!!!

And here they are--Bronson and Emory. Icing some cookies on Christmas Eve.

Making funny faces with Chewy

Christmas Eve with Michael and Chewy. We joke that Michael looks like the little brother in this picture. We all got matching pajamas, it is a tradition.

It is also a tradition for some Christmas music playing. So we all played some Christmas carols on the piano and guitar.

Jenna's Reception

Jenna had the most beautiful reception. It was in the Joseph Smith building on the highest floor. Her cake was beautiful, her dress was beautiful, and it was so fun just being with friends and family.


Mimi and Mikey


Mom and Pops


Me and my Dad waiting for the party to start!

Jenna's Wedding

Before we made it home to Washington for Christmas we made a little stop in Utah for Jenna Dunns wedding. She is a good friend of the family and one of Michelle's best friends. We got to go to the bridal shower, sealing, and reception. Each event was so fun and she looked absolutely beautiful! Here is Michael and Michelle at my parents hotel in Salt Lake. This one of the biggest gingerbread houses I have ever seen. And people were actually eating candy off of it...disgusting!




Leaving the grandparents house to the temple. Michael and Michelle's car wouldn't start...again! Poor little boys working in the cold while we stayed nice and warm inside!


This is at Jenna's bridal shower. It was so fun seeing everyone again. Here the sisters (Michelle, Jenna, Lindsay, and ME)

Me and the Bride to be

Two of most beautiful girls in the world, and closest friends. Mallory Leale and Lindsay Evans. These girls are so hilarious and fun. I can't wait to see them again.

A WeeK Before Christmas With Nothing To Do!!!!

After fall semester ended we had almost a whole week of NOTHING!!! No, homework, tests, quizzes, finals, work, projects, presentations...it was so nice, and then kind of boring. So we decided it was time to pull out our fondue set we got at our wedding! As you can see we are REALLY excited. We decided to make cheese fondue and dip in bread and sausage! Something must have gone wrong because we only had a couple of bites and the rest went in the garbage. We thought we followed the directions, but it was chunky and just tasted weird. I will be sticking with chocolate from now on!


Getting ready to cut up some delicious cheese!


Look how good Chewy cut up the bread and meat! He is about to take the first bite...

Yah, that was pretty much our faces once we tried it. At least the bread was good!

Thanksgiving

We are so lucky to live close enough to home that we get to go there almost every holiday!!! It has been really nice with all the semester changes that we now get almost a whole week and half off for Thanksgiving. It makes the 14 hour drive worth it! We took our car this trip and drove with Michael, Michelle, and their dog Lucy! I left my camera out a lot and never took any pictures so there are only a couple, oh well...there is always Christmas.


Lucy had the best seat in the car. That little dog just laid where ever she wanted!


Obviously car trips are not the best for taking pictures, but here is michelle and mikey.


These little girls are so fun. They are all dressed up because they threw a little Chinese dinner for craig and debby's anniversary! Helpful little servers.

Hanging out with their uncle!

hahahaha