Snowboarding!

Several months ago my dad purchased a condo located in Beaver, UT. Beaver?!?! Everyone always asks "why Beaver?" Well it turns out the condo is located in the dead center of a ski resort. Above our condo is the bunny hill side and down from our condo is the Black Diamonds. (The real tough stuff).

For Christmas my dad gave Ryan and Me snowboard lessons and rentals. So for President's Day we all ran down to Beaver and signed up. We spent the morning with two wonderful teachers Kevin, and Brett who showed us all the ins and outs of snowboarding. We made it down the mountain several times without falling. Sunday I was so sore I could barely move but I can now snowboard!

This is Kela my cousin. This is the outfit she deemed fit to ski in! HA! I love her. 

It was a wonderful weekend to have with my husband and my dad. We watched some James Bond and  played a couple games. I have come to love Beaver! The mountains are so beautiful. I wish I could've taken more pictures but I left my camera's SD card home. 

We did it! We have successfully moved into our apartment in Wymount Provo. Ryan got a bucketload of friends to help and that made the move go so smoothly. We loaded everything up in West Jordan and then made our way down. I stopped by Little Ceasers for yummy-yum pizza. By the time I arrived at our abode everything was unloaded and upstairs for us. After a very full weekend of organizing and meeting our neighbors we are finished!
Take a quick picture tour of our new apartment at Wymount, then call us up and come visit the real deal!

Our Cute Living Room. With a Husband as well!

Our Wonderful Teeny-Tiny Bathroom

The Kitchen of Wonderfulness

The Craft Room.

The Bedroom

Our wonderful walk-in closet

What a wonderful Husband I have, he got my chocolate covered strawberries from Edible Arrangements.

moving?!? Um YES!

Yes, shocker Ryan and I are moving again making the total 3 moves in 1 year and 1 month. Are we crazy? I think we are just looking to finally find our spot in the world. I have felt like everywhere we have tried to live we aren't really on our own. We are piggy-backing on others who are in different situations and times in their lives.
We have been looking for a couple months now and were planning on definitely moving this summer but then we found the perfect apartment and we decided to jump on it. We are in a 2 bedroom apartment at Wymount, BYU Married Housing. We are looking to move one more time into a smaller Wymount Apartment, but those are nearly impossible to get so we needed to get our foot in the door with this apartment. Thus Ryan and I are once again Provo-ites.
I will be completely honest I was so nervous Saturday when we put down the money and made the commitment to Wymount. Sunday it stuck a bit deeper and I started getting excited. Today we got the keys and the first car-full in the door. I love our little apartment. (Actually its not as little as I thought it would be) We are on the third floor and it is so lovely to have windows that look out not up. I am also in love with my tiny bathroom solely because it has a tub and everyone needs a little tub time now and again. The walls are cinder block and it does feel completely like a dorm but its our little dorm.
I will probably find lots of things to hate about it but really I feel like I've come home (for the next little while before we jump states)
I'd post pictures but honestly its all ugly white and so you wouldn't be able to see much. I'll post some once we are a bit more settled.

Are Mormons Christian?

Today in school the epic church topic came up. I had a table start to discuss religion. It went like this. (names have been changed)
Stacy: I go to church every Sunday. (said in a very proud voice)
Harold: Are you Mormon? I am!
Stacy: No, I'm Christian.
Harold: Mormons are Christian too! (I was very impressed with Harold at this point)
Stacy: No they aren't, they are Mormon. I'm Christian.
Harold: No Mormons are Christian too, we believe in Jesus Christ.
Stacy: But I am Christian.

The conversation then led into the classic "raise your hand on the table if you....go to church every Sunday" "raise your hand on the table if you....."
I was very impressed with my little Harold. He usually isn't one to stay true to what he says, he always doubts his answers. He'll raise his hand in class but then as soon as I call on him he'll quickly forget what he was going to say.
It boosts my Spirit when I hear these little conversations happen. It helps me see their potential. I can totally see Harold on his mission declaring boldly the Gospel he knows to be true.

I love my job.

1 year of WonderfullNESS!!!!

Ryan and I have found the most amazing game ever. It is called Disney HedBandz. For those of us who can't afford to go to Disneyland this is a blessing. Once you put the Mickey Ears on you are instantly transported the All-Things-Disney!

Plus you look silly and thus laugh!

This past month was our 1 year anniversary. We celebrated by going to the Aquarium and then to Cheesecake Factory.

Ryan had never been to the Aquarium so he loved every minute of it.

This is Ryan touching the Sting Rays!



My favorite part was the new River Otter exhibit.
 

They were like children. They run, run, run, play, play, play and then suddenly crash! We could only get a picture once they crashed because then all the children lost interest and moved on to another exhibit. (I can't wait till I have my own child to use as an excuse to butt my way up to the front of the display)

After the fun at the Aquarium we headed off to the Cheesecake Factory at Fashion Place Mall. After waiting an hour we finally got our seat. The food was delicious! 

 Here is us with our trusty Buzzer.

For our Anniversary I got Ryan tickets to the Jazz vs. Jimmer game Jazz vs. Kings game. ;) He was so excited! We found out our friends Emily and Stu were headed up to the game as well so we carpooled with them. 









Ryan won a t-shirt they threw out!

Ryan found Jimmer right away!

Here we are in our seats. Can you tell Ryan is excited? ;)

Jimmer himself!

Happy Anniversary!

Oh how I love this man! A year ago this month we were sealed for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple. What a blessing!
I can't imagine my life without him. This past year has been so wonderful. I have loved every second of it.
My favorite thing about being married is waking up next to my favorite person every single day. (Morning breath and all) It is so nice to go through life with your best friend by your side.
I love you Ryan!

Bienvenidos 2012

What an amazing year Ryan and I have had. Let's recap the year 2011....
1. We got married!
2. We went to Disneyland on our Honeymoon, can life get any better?
3. We went to New York City.
4. We had a wonderful summer, Cutco, Jackson, Lake Powell, Tuacahan to watch Little Mermaid, and moved to West Jordan.
5. Ryan finished his semesters successfully!
6. I started my 3rd year of teaching.
7. We saw pretty much every movie worth seeing.
8. Had a very successful Christmas.
9. Learned about the best game ever Just Dance 3!
10. Only had one case of sickness, too bad it hit Ryan at 11:00pm Dec. 31.

                   What a wonderful year we've had.

For New Year's Eve we spent the day with the Woodbury Family playing cards, and other fun games.
After a day full of fun we made the trek to Grandma Davidson's Casa for a night of fast moving feet and pizza. My Aunt brought over her family's WII game system and the game Just Dance 3. We set it up downstairs in the Rec Room on the projector. We had everyone dancing like fools! It was so gosh darn fun!
After wearing ourselves out we moved upstairs for a quiet game of "Would You Rather" except all the childrens decided to come up and play too, whether they understood the rules or not.
Around 11:00pm Ryan was hit by a wave of sickness. He was exhausted, dizzy and achy all over. So we drove home making it just in time for the clock to strike 12. Ryan quickly took a shot of NyQuil, gave me my midnight kiss and then fell into a deep slumber until Monday.
All in all a wonderful night.

 Shot of NyQuil!

Oh I did get my face painted that night by the wonderful Lexie!