Greg's First Day

Greg's first day at Goldman Sachs was monday!!

It is nice to gradually be getting back into a schedule and making money again. We are loving being back in Utah...the mountains, the weather, family and friends we missed....

 I'm still completely jobless. I actually have quite a few things that could occupy my time and its hard for me to just stay at home and look for a job, one of my pet peeves I decided.  I should just be a stay at home wife...haha jk I think I would go crazy after a while.

100th Post

When we first got married I remember by good friend Jolee telling me I should start a blog now cause that is what married people do :). It is so true, holy cow. Its like a whole different world you don't find out about until you get married. I love the blog world!!! There are so many women out there to learn from and be inspired by and the blog world makes that all possible. And of course its a great way to stay in touch with friends and family. Over the past two years I have found a few blogs that I never miss a post. They inspire me to be a great mom one day, to be able to see my trials as blessings, cute outfit ideas :), fun ideas to do with my future children, photographers that inspire me to reach my goals.....the list goes on and on. Here are the blogs I look at the most...

Rockstar Diaries

Nie Nie Dialogues

Ashley Ann Photography

Which blogs are your favorite?

So as you can tell I have gotten a little obsessed with blogging. I hope to soon share a photography blog I have been working on so watch out for that.

Thanks everyone for all the comments, love and inspiration!!

Should I...

cut my hair like these beautiful girls? I am getting so sick of my hair, but don't want to cut it short. So I think I might cut my bangs. These girls look super cute with bangs, but I have a fear that I might look ridiculous.

What do you think?

Draper Temple

Yesterday we had the chance to go clean the temple after hours. It was such a neat experience.We were there until twelve and the housekeeper said he stays there until five thirty and I sat there thinking what does he do. The temple was already immaculate. There were things though that were cleaned that you never even thought about, such as the scriptures ( if your scriptures ever get dirty, clean them with carpet cleaner it works like a charm on the leather).  For most of the time I ended up cleaning a section by myself and I felt like I was in the temple all by myself. It was so nice to have a moment with no distractions and complete silence being in the house of the lord.  

Thunder Storm

Sunday was such a great day because...

I got to go to relief society and it was wonderful.It has been forever since I was able to go and it was better then I remember.

Greg winked at me while he was up on the stand... I loved it. It made me all giddy.

And we had the most amazing thunder storm! It is so hard to get pictures of lightning I decided, takes a lot of patience, but I succeeded at getting  a couple...

The Graduate

She did it!!

Wednesday we had fun going to Kels graduation... it was the last one for Gregs family. Once we move out :) they will be empty nesters....crazy. I can't believe how fast time flys.

 I always get goosebumps and feel all inspired when I go to graduations and other similar things. It was so fun to remember my high school graduation and how I felt.... I can't believe it has been five years.

Congratulations Kelsey we ruv rwo!

Memorial Day

The Sunday before memorial day we did something I have never done before... we actually celebrated memorial day. We went and visited Greg's grandparents graves. It was a fun ( weird to say...but it was). We sat around and talked about their lives and the good memories everyone has of them. Greg always tells me good things about his Grandpa Jay, I wish I could have met him. He passed away right after Greg graduated from High School.

The boys played a little catch....

It was so cool to see all the flowers on the graves, it was a touching and fun experience.

On Monday we had a little redneck experience cooking foil dinners in the in-laws backyard. We figured the canyon would be packed with people so we resorted to the backyard and had tons of fun.

The handsome men who helped make our delicious dinner....

Hope you had a good Memorial weekend as well!

Happy Birthday Sis!

Gosh isn't my sister Gorgeous!!!

My sister Lauren turns 16 today and I can't believe it. I feel like I have missed out on so much of her growing up. I wish we could live closer, so we could have more girls nights and laugh so hard we pee our pants.

I'm so proud you bub.... the smart, artistic, fun loving young woman you have become.I wish I could see you everyday.

Happy Birthday bub I love you tons!!

Goodbye Arizona :(

Gosh everything happened so fast. We arrived in Utah on Saturday for good. Although it feels like we are just up here for a holiday weekend. I don't think it has set in yet that we aren't going back :(.  We miss you Arizona!
Sorry if we didn't make it to say goodbye, but we will miss everyone. You are all more than welcome to come up and stay with us once we don't live with the in-laws to go skiing, go to conference, come hang with us while its over 100 degrees there, we would love to see you!

Thanks Escobar's and Wither's for your hospitality and for all the strong men that helped us move.We have been so blessed to make such great friends that make it so hard to leave.

We Love Alexandra Noel Withers!!

Greg is so cute before she comes over he always says, "I get to hold her first. No battle!"

We want one!! We want to eat her up in little bites.

Tim and Mal Pal let us babysit her Sunday and we had lots of fun. She makes the cutest faces I can't believe how fast she is growing up. It makes me sad to think we are moving and are going to miss so much.

One Box Down A Million More To Go

Its official we are moving next weekend . Yesterday we packed our first box.

Sad...

to be leaving such great people behind that we are going to miss tons!! ---- no more easy access to a swimming pool ---- we don't get to sleep in our comfortable bed for a few months ---- i never got to see my garden grow completely ---- no more qdoba ---- we didn't get to experience all of Arizona ---- no more flying benefits

Excited...

Greg's new job ---- old Friends ---- photography job ----spring weather again ---- close Family ---- snow ---- don't have to suffer in Arizona heat ---- buying a house ---- in n out so I don't have to miss my animal style cheeseburgers ---- mountains

Cameron and Marissa Got Hitched

Cam and Rissa got married on Wednesday in the Manti Temple. It was a very windy and rainy day, as you can tell from the picture above, but they had smiles on their face the entire time. They are such a cute couple... I'm so excited to have another sister in law.
The Manti Temple was gorgeous!!
 

 

Guess Who We Saw...

Last night Greg and I flew to Utah for his brothers wedding. Flying benefits are great but sometimes not so great. Our flight, that appeared wide open, was overbooked. So we had to try another flight or start driving. Luckily Greg got us a flight on Southwest and Stephanie Nielson was on our flight!!!

He is actually the one that pointed her out... he said " don't you read that girls blog" haha. I got to say hi to her she is so sweet and she and her husband are the cutest. I kind of felt stalkerish for knowing all about her life.

If you don't already read her blog I recommend you take a look at it here. She is an amazing example of the kind of person I want to be.

Salt Lake City Here We Come

Greg accepted the job with Goldman Sachs so... we are moving to Utah the beginning of June!! I'm super excited, but sad at the same time. We have grown so much closer to my dads side of the family  and we have made some life long friends we really are going to miss.

We are excited though that we don't have to suffer through the 120 degree summer.

We plan  on Greg starting with Gold some time towards the beginning of June, buying a house, I'm going to work towards getting my SLPA license and taking a few photography classes.

We are excited for our new adventure.

Two Years That's It?

{our first date}

Yesterday was our two year anniversary!! Although it feels like we have been together forever. I feel like such a lucky girl to have him as my husband.

Apple Chips

We went to Costco on Saturday and I discovered one of my new favorite things...Bare Fruit Granny Smith Apple Chips. They are amazing... and not only that, but they are healthy! I was snacking on them all day. They were a little pricey so I looked up a recipe and I'm determined to make them. So I'll keep you posted. If any one has a good recipe please let me know otherwise here is the recipe I'm going to try out....

2 Tbsp sugar

1 Tbsp cinnamon

4 apples (Granny Smith, Fuji, Winesap --choose your favorite), cored

 

Preheat oven to 250. Slice apples as thinly and evenly as possible, using a mandolin or sharp knife. In a large bowl, combine the cinnamon and sugar. Add the apples to the bowl and toss until all the slices have some sugar and cinnamon on them. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper and cover with apples, in a single layer. Bake about two hours, until browned and just crisp. Let cool (they will be crispier after cooling.)

Store in a covered container or Ziploc-style bags up to one week.

Two Weeks Notice

Yesterday Greg put in his two weeks notice at US Airways. I'm definitely going to miss the flying benefits, but I'm more exicted for our new adventure.

In two weeks or so he will either start working at Vensure...with me or we will be moving to Salt Lake for him to work with Goldman Sachs.

Looking Forward To...

Our two year anniversay ...

Cameron & Marissa's wedding ...

A week in Alaska with my mom, sister and aunts....

Becoming an uncle & auntie....

Sedona

Saturday we went to Sedona, AZ with our good friends Mal & Tim. It was gorgeous!! We have decided to start a tradition of going somewhere new in Arizona each month.

We had fun playing car games on the long drive there :), walking around all the cute little shops. We ate cactus fries which I actually thought were delicious, but no one else liked them. Got ice cream and headed over to see Montezuma's Castle....

I actually thought it would be a little hike, but you pretty much just drove up to it. It was really cool. Mallory and I really wanted to sneak up there and go exploring.

On the way home we went shopping at the outlet malls and to end the great day Greg got pulled over....

Luckily he is amazing at getting out of tickets and only got a warning :). We are excited for our next adventure.

I Got Mail :)

This beautiful package came in the mail last week and made my day.Thanks my dearest mother for thinking of me and sending my favorite girl scout cookies ever!! If Greg hadn't seen them I would have eaten the whole box myself without any shame :)

I love getting packages and letters. Don't you? I think we should all go back to writing letters with quill pens and sealing them with wax stamps. Lets face it emails and text messages just aren't as exciting or romantic :)

Is it Growing?

Our little deformed strawberry turned red!!

I don't know what it is though but all of my other plants either look like they aren't growing at all or they look like they are dying. What am I doing wrong? Maybe I'm just impatient :)

Happy Birthday Ryan!!

Happy birthday to you.. happy birthday dear ryan, happy birthday to you!! Saturday we got to celebrate Ryan's last days of being 29 :) We had tons of fun...along with celebrating his birthday the bride and groom opened all their presents and we had a long overdue easter egg hunt.

Mariana's Soccer Game

Saturday we were able to go to one of my sisters soccer games. It was so cute to watch her. I love this action shot... she is the one stealing the ball.

She's A Married Women

Cortney & Chad got married today and everything turned out beautiful. They are a gorgeous couple and we couldn't be more happy for them. The night was perfect and we all had so much fun.
It was my first time going to a sealing since our sealing and it was so touching. It made me want to start a tradition and go do sealings with Greg on our anniversary. Since I recently got my camera I was able to practice some new skills and I think this was my favorite picture of the day....

I wish I had more time to practice figuring out my camera before their wedding cause alot of my pictures didn't turn out, but it was fun to get some practice in. Cort's photographers took me under their wing when they had down time, they were so sweet.

Day Dreaming

Isn't this gorgeous ahhh I want to go to Italy so bad. I have this picture as my screen saver at work and sometimes catch my self day dreaming about being there.....one day :)

Our Little Deformed Strawberry

So since we have started our garden not much action has occurred...except this beauty. It is a little deformed,but I couldn't love it more. It gives me hope that I am doing something right.