25 month anniversary

So Bryce and I celebrate each month anniversary to give us an excuse to go out. Normally we go out to eat, but we just went out Thursday. So yesterday Bryce came home and surprised me with a bouquet of oriental lillies....I LOVE LILLIES! They are beautiful. I have the sweetest husband in the world...I couldn't have said that a year ago, but he's definitely learning! :) He's a sweetie. Then, we watched con-air on T.V....and during one of the commercials we ran to A&W because he was craving a root beer float. He totally got ripped off...there was only like 1 scoop of ice cream in there! Lame! AND we missed part of our movie, but made it back by the next commercial! :) lol. I love my life! Bryce never ceases to amaze me. He's icnredible!! I'm a lucky girl!

Stephanie Myers

So...as most of you know I'm a huge fan of the twilight series. I never read until that book came out and I read the first 2 in like 1 month! Bryce was shocked.... I think he was starting to think I didn't know how to read!! :) I'm not quite into it as my sister in law, Becki...and haven't read the 4th yet, but am reading "the Host." It's another one of Stephanie Myers books. It took me about 100 pages into to really get caught, but now I LOVE IT!!! Last night when Bryce went to sleep at 8:45 p.m....(poor guy's so exhausted at the end of the week) I read 150 pages and couldn't put it down. So if you like twilight, i highly suggest the host. It's more sci-fi than fantasy, but it's still an adventurous love story with tons of crazy turns!

FRUSTRATED!!!

So i just received a letter from the STATE OF COLORADO....the people who will send me my license. I get all excited thinking I can start work tomorrow and end this boredom but NO!! Instead i find that the letter is letting me know that they need license verification from Idaho before they can give me my license here in Colorado. Now the frustrating part....I SENT THE $10 AND THE REQUEST TO GET AN ORIGINAL OF MY IDAHO LICENSE SENT TO COLORADO 2 WEEKS AGO!!!! Freak! How long does it take to print out a paper and SEND IT! I even gave them the address! Holy cow. So until IDAHO can figure out how to send a letter I'm stuck here cleaning all day wishing I had somewhere to be. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

THIS IS HOW I FEEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We want kids!!

Me Kinsey, Bryce and Gabbie!

So we were never in a hurry to have kids until we met he Merrifields! They have 2 twin girls and a new little baby....we fell in love with their kids so quick! They're always so happy. We loved babysitting them and already miss them! Bryce has a picture of Gabbie (his favorite) on his phone and the other day he was looking at it. He said "give me two little girls just like that!" I'll do my best!

WE MISS YOU GUYS!!! Hope things are going great!

Random

Mixing the frosting withe the red velvet cake mix....kinda fun...(oh and my new shirt...cute huh?)

ONE load of laundry...this picture doesn't do it justice...it was amazing...love our new stuff!

Our last visit with Brian, Becky and Crystal...before we departed from Rexburg...we miss them!

Me and my good buddy Morgan...We don't miss Rexburg, but man...we do miss our friends....NY burrito, Bajios, Goldolfo's, my clients, and.....well that's it!! :)

Well I have all these pictures but no specific category...so I guess random works.

Testimony builder: about 3 weeks ago right when we arrived in Colorado...on Bryce's first day of work the car wouldn't start. We freaked cuz it's a Mercedes and work on those things are EXPENSIVE....We looked into getting it towed and all sorts of stuff. Bryce was supposed to be to work at 7:00 a.m....not a good first impression (not showing up.) So we thought long and hard and contacted the roadside assistance guy (Bryce is a genius.) He showed up in 1 1/2 hours and Fixed it...plus gave us a new battery for our car! ALL FOR FREE!!! Now the amazing part....the tithing ammount we paid last before this incident was exactly $140 and when we asked how much the battery was goign to cost (before he decided to just give it to us) he said $140....amazing hugh? I know $140 doesn't seem like too much but after moving....$20 is hard to come up with! So cool how the Lord works!

Church Callings: I was called to be YW 2nd counselor and the sports girl...where i just put sporting events together for the YW and YM. I'm so excited...I feel like I sitll belong in YW...our new ward is a lot like the ward I grew up in back home....lots of old people!!! Me and Bryce are by far the youngest couple!
Bryce got called to be YM 2nd couselor...crazy hugh? So we'll be gone the same night (tuesday) working wiht the youngsters...oh and he has to talk on Sunday! HA HA...sorry Bryce! We're excited but the relief society is going to be UPSET! No one plays the piano so the week i got htere they put me to work. I was sure that was goign to be my calling...but am glad it's not!

new dessert: We spent like 6 hours on this new dessert i found online...they looked good...red velvet cake mix made and crumbled/mixed with cream cheese frosting, rolled into balls, and then coated wiht white chocoalte and cooled....messy (as you can see) and I thought they were disgsuting...what a waste of a day!

Golf: Bryce got 2 birdies yesterday when we golfed....I'm glad he did well becuase I sure did suck it up yesterday! Man GOLF IS STRESSFUL!!!

I got a job at Beauty Brands but now I need my license to get here...which takes about 4- 6 weeks...it's only been 2! I hope it gets here early! I'm BORED OUT OF MY MIND and have no friends....sad huh? Oh well...My mom and Dad are coming to visit on the 6th-9th of October for my birthday...I can't wait to see them....I get so homesick when I'm bored all the time and have no friends! :(

I'm getting old...

So, Bryce and I have been playing racquetball and tennis since we met. I taught him racquetball and he caught on quickly like all guys. Why is it they're all such quick learners? Anyways...after 2 years of him getting smoked at racquetball....he beat me yesterday...I guess there's a first for everything! I never thought of myself as a competitive person but I think it's because I only play things that I always win at! :) On top of getting beat at racquetball, he beat me at hockey on x box too...another game he's NEVER beat me at....I must be getting old! :)

our big purhcase!

So...yesterday i spent like 5 hours (literally) on craigslist looking for a washer and dryer...none of them jumped out at me and I didn't wanna buy a piece of crap that was just going to break in the next few years. So Bryce and i talked for awhile and decided to go look at appliance stores. Normally I'm way cheap and budget WAY TOO MUCH! But, we went to appliance world and looked around for 2 hours. Our salesman (Chris) was awesome....the first salesman i actually liked and didn't feel like he was pushing anything on us. He knew eveyrthing about EVERYTHING! I quizzed him on everything and he never even hesitated! ANyways....after looking at all he options we decided to splurge. Now i'm not going to tell you how much we splurged, but we're pretty excited. They're brand new GE frontloaders....the dryer even has a "sensor dry" that senses if the clothes are dry, if they're not it dries them until they are and if they're dry before the end of the cycle they it stops...and saves energy (and money.) They're sweet. Oh and they have a dewrinkle setting where you put your clothes in that you want ironed out and set it to dewrinkle and it just cradles the clothes and 5 minutes later they're done...no ironing needed...SWEET! They also can fit 18 bath towels in them....theyr'e HUGE and beautiful! Theyr'e quiet and quick and water/energy efficient and we can't wait for them to arrive on Saturday! Wiht he pay plan we got we'll have them paid off in 2 months no problem....totally worth it I think! WOO HOO!!!
Aren't they BEAUTIFUL!!!????

golfing

So the other day we went golfing with my new clubs. Unfortunately it wasn't just my clubs....but I did alright for like 6 of the holes! Not bad!! :) I did do something pretty amazing....I'm STILL shocked! On hole #5 i was 54 yards away from the hole and I got out my pitching wedge and whacked the ball as best I could....it bounced on the green rolled slowly and disappeared...INTO THE HOLE!! Crazy hugh? I should have just stopped after that and ended it well! :) I'm pretty excited about it! :) Here are some pictures....Byrce did amazing as usual. He's incredible....and doesn't that course look beautiful....their irrigation technician is amazing....and pretty cute too! :)






this is hole number 5....wish i could make arros...doesn't look like much on here, but there's a hill on theo therside where i chipped it up onto the green and swish!!! I made it!

Me celebrating wiht my pitching wedge.....

isn't it BEAUTIFUL!!!!

early birthday!

So Bryce and I are TERRIBLE and saving our presents for each other until the actual day of the event. My birthday is on October 15th and 2 days ago he did my birthday shopping. My skin's been terrible lately to the point of me wanting to cry and so he bought me this little vibrating face wash thing...LOVE IT....and then at night we were bored and so he's like...."wanna go get your NEXT birthday present?" We were already pretty close to the store it was at and knowing what it was I was getting, I said "heck yeah!" So we were off to Dick's sporting goods. He got me a new set of golf clubs, women ones. Right now I'm using his old ones and it's hard cuz I have to choke up cuz they're too big for me. And i guess they are really old and suck (I never really knew the difference cuz they're all i've ever used.) Well anyways...they're beautiful...baby blue, wiht a case and everything. They had a place at the store where you can practice swing and stuff....you just hit into a huge net. I did it and man did i do good. Bryce is a little nervous I'll beat him now. We're going today after he gets off of work. I'm so excited! Well that's all.....sorry no pictures yet...I'll get some on here soon...I'm just too lazy! :)

church calling/ Job

So...second week at church went great. We like our ward a lot, but everyone's SO OLD! We're by far the youngest couple. All my single friend there are like 23 and it's really weird being 20 and married for 2 years! :) So last week (week #1) they asked me to play the piano...of course I did...and then this week they gave me a key to the building so i could practice whenever I want and I'm sure I'll get the calling officially soon. I guess NO women in the ward play except for the RS president, who's busy enough! So there you have it....how I got a calling the first week of church! :)
So I applied at about 4 salons....3 called back, interviewed and gave me the job, and 1 actually took. It looks like a good place to work. It's called Beauty Brands. They require you're getting an education, and they pay you for going to the hair classses, it's 1 mile away, pays pretty good, and the boss and managers seem great! I'm pretty excited...I'm just waiting for my license to be switched from Idaho to Colorado now! Hopefully it won't be more than 3 weeks from now!

funny boy....

Bryce is full of funny things....I wish i remembered to write them all down. He cracks me up everyday with something he says or does. Last Sunday at church DURING sacrament...I took a piece of bread (much larger than I had expected) and right afterwards he said "How was your sandwich?" So right there in the middle of sacrament I bust up laughing....of all times....thanks Bryce! So much for being reverent!!

This last picture has a funny memory attached....kinda gross, but as most of you know I have TERRIBLE skin....always have, anyways, every night Bryce pops the noticible blacheads and zits (whether I want him to or not.) So finally, Byrce had a zit and it was my turn...revenge....It was huge and in the middle of his face....it looked like he got shot in the head, so of course we died laughing and took a picture! :)

job interview #2

So, my interview at beauty brands went great. I think i got the job, but if i didn't I'm going to be really embarrassed that I put that on here for the world to see! :) In the Beauty industry, you have 2 interviews...lame hugh? 1st to see if your qualified and if they like you, and the 2nd to make sure you can do hair. I have my 2nd tomorrow at 3:30....I have to hi light and cut someone's hair IN FRONT OF MY POSSIBLE FUTURE BOSS!! scary hugh? I'm excited though.
The place is cool....if i work 32 hours a week i get insurance. I get 45% commission or $7.02 an hour, depending on what's more that week! We also HAVE to take classes on product, cuts, colors etc...which is great. THey offer them and pay you for going. Doesn't get much better than that. I love improving so it'll be great learning new techniques and stuff. OH! And i wouldn't have to work Sundays and I'd only have to work 1 night....sweet hugh? I'm crossing my fingers. Wish me luck!

job interviews

So....I have 2 job interviews today...1 I already had....tell me what you think. They said i could work there, if i wanted....It was at classic cuts. The boss seemed nice enough, but I'd have to work every other Sunday (after sacrament) and he'd need me at nights....problem cuz the only time Bryce and I have together are nights. There are benefits....insurance...$500 just handed to you, just for working there, 12$ an hour for the first 3 weeks and then $9 an hour after that or 50% commission, whatever is more. So it's good minus the Sundays and nights thingy. It's close too...only like 5 blocks away. I've applied at like 10 places. The interview i have at 2:00 today is at beauty brands. It's like 1 mile away and I could take a bus there....sweet hugh? On the phone they seemed really nice and it looks like I'd only HAVE to work 1 night a week. It's commission, not sure how much yet. i'll update you as soon as I know.
So funny story. I was just applying at EVERY salon close and one was called knockouts....ever heard of it? I hope not. It's pathetic. They call it "hooterfied hairstylist." Can you believe it? girls dressed in tight shirts and short shorts and boxing clothes. LAME! I applied before i knew what it was and THEN I looked up their website...www.knockouts.net....disgusting! I can't believe it. They called me back and wanted me to work there, I turned them down REAL FAST! man oh man...what is the world coming to? :) lol. Well wish me luck!

our 2 year anniversary!!

So....we've been married 2 years as of August 26th, 2008! can you believe that? I can't....it gets better every day. I woke up bright and early to make Bryce a nice breakfast and Bryce surprised me with these beautiful crazy colored daisies and we went out to dinner at Pita Pit....we love that place. It was great. I'm so lucky to have such an amazing husband who takes care of me and loves me through all my moods. We have so much fun together. I'm so glad I'm married to my best friend!

Me and my beautiful daisies...Bryce has good taste!! :)

Me with my beautiful husband!! :)
Before we moved we had some last time stops we had to make...this one was to Arby's...where we had our first date...we got what we always get...2 medium curly fries, 2 Arby melts, and a medium coke! This is even the same place we sat on our first date...and the only place we've EVER sat at arby's! Luckily, we have one here in CO!

At Melia's wedding reception...

just a cute picture...I love kisses on the cheek and forehead...so sweet!!

Our New Home!!

Well, we made it. I Drove the 17' Uhaul and left a 4 a.m....getting me here at 4:00 Tuesday. 2 men from the ward helped me move everything in.....it was a LONG day. Bryce took his GRE test and scored 1100....anything over 1000 is pretty good. He took the car and after his test in Pocatello he drove the long drag through Wyoming and met me at our new place at 1:00 a.m....Wednesday. We're really happy here. We have an indoor and outdoor pool, a racquetball court, tennis court, sauna, jacuzzi...it's wonderful. Bryce started his new job at Colorado Golf Club on Thursday....he loves it. we went out for dinner with one of his co-workers (Brian) and his girlfriend (erica) and had a lot of fun. We're definitely not in Rexburg anymore. I've never heard anyone say swear words so much and so loud in my life.
So...story time.....on Thursday Bryce woke up at 6:00 so he could leave at 6:30 for his first day of work. It's about a 20 minute drive and he's supposed to be there by 7:00. So, after he says good bye and I hear the door close i dose back into sleep and all of a sudden he's back....the car won't start. This happened recently, but started after awhile, so we just kept trying. Eventually the engine wouldn't even turn over. So, we had a guy from the ward come and jump us, but still nothing. Right before we were going to get it towed, we called road side assistance from mercedes benz. You get it for free for the life of you car.....something that'll be great to know! A guy came (Juan) and was amazing. He gave us a battery.....normally they cost 140$ and taught us all sorts of cool tricks about our car that we didn't even know about. He was great. I was almost in tears. We were so nervous because moving isn't cheap and we didn't know how we were going to afford to get it fixed...but thankfully it was just the battery! now the crazy part....guess how much we paid in tithing last time????? $140...EXACTLY The same ammount a new battery is. It's amazing how God works. I love having testimony builders!!
Well I'm going job hunting today...wish me luck. And here is a video of our new home...we LOVE IT!!!!