Wow, it's weird to realize that it's already been a year since we started the marriage process. Christmas came too fast this year, between getting gifts and having parties at our house and doing things with family I wish I was like my sisters and would of had it done already.
We went on a fun date down to City Creek and to temple square with our friends Carli and Dan.. We do a lot with them, they recently got married! We ate at kneaders, man they have great eclairs. (Those are my favorite) we went inside a few stores, I got some pants and socks at H&M that were on sale!
Kelly wasn't very helpful with gifts and what he wanted, we decided that we would do something in our house either paint the kitchen and living room or do something to the hot tub. A few days before Christmas I decided to do the kitchen. Kelly and me had priced it at Lowe's and Home Depot, it came out to be quite a chunk of change, we ended up getting a deal from Chris (Kelly's brother in law) he was finishing his basement, and has a friend at a lumber store we ended up getting crown moulding for our bedroom and base boards for the kitchen and living room for half of what it would of been at either store. The only downfall is we have to paint all of it now. We bought a couple samples to test for our kitchen and living room, still not so sure about ripping everything out and doing this overall but, I can't wait to get rid of the tan walls! Eventually we want to change our cabinets as well! Kelly told me in the summer it would be a while before we would do any more painting...I wonder what he will say after 2 rooms and a hallway is painted and installed new base boards?
Well, I bought Kelly a remote controlled helicopter and he plays with it all the time. My dad, Landon and Kelly got one as well. I got Kelly his favorite drink IBC Root Beer, and some chocolate and the new Batman movie. My mom got him some circus peanuts!
I got spoiled with a fruit ninja card game, candy from one of our favorite stores on our honeymoon in grand cayman called Its Sugar.. I also got a zebra/tiger dress from Victoria secret and yes it's modest and long sleeved.. It's actually too modest for them to sale! I also got some cool cards my sister Marci made me, my mom just gave me a bag full of early diabetes. Kelsey gave us a iTunes gift card which will be nice.
Kelly's parents gave us an early present a years worth of food storage, it's six months for each of us. The boxes came one day and Kelly wasn't home I ended up moving them by myself it was 600 lbs. it is really nice and came with a cookbook, they spent a lot of money on it. They had said we were just getting cash not just 1500 dollars of food storage. Kelly was bummed because he thought Christmas was cooler, but then he realized he would have never bought that cool of food storage ever!!!
We got some honey from my principal at work, he is a honeybee keeper, it's probably 4 lbs of straight honey! We also got a couple lbs of semi chocolate chips from his grandma. We were spoiled again. My dance girls got us candy and lotion and tons of pop. I think I got enough lotion and soap from bath and body works to last for a whole year.
All of Kelly's family went in on a iPad for his grandma. She was so cute when she opened it up and the first thing that happened was her great grandson Zane asked if he could play with it. Those kids love iPads! Probably because the school has so many and we can take them home with us. In fact I have one that I can take from the school! :)
It was a fun Christmas and we had a lot of places to go and were so spoiled by my parents, Kelly's parents and grandma, my grandparents and siblings.
It was an awesome first Christmas!
Friday, December 28, 2012
Work, work, work and more WORK!
Fall was great, we had a lot of fun times!
Although, we have both been working a lot.. I love my jobs! The school is a lot fun and the kids get funnier and sweeter everyday even though sometimes it seems like they aren't improving its still a rewarding job. I love working with Kelly's mom. She is a hoot and I love getting into her big bag of M&M's! I sometimes get to work with her kids, they are a lot harder to work with but they are still funny kids. We do have problems with one kid who suffers from F.S.A (fetal alcohol syndrome) he gets rough and the cops come in quite frequently to take him home because he punches, kicks, bites and swears. He's only in 6th grade. We have problems with the dad being abusive as well! We know if he had a better home life we wouldn't have so many breakdowns and such! But overall it's really an entertaining job! Everyday is different.
Dance is fun too. It's awesome to see the girls learn and become better! Although, this year i have been left with a lot of things to do. I have taught a couple nights all by myself and choreographed a few dances. It is fun to be able to teach and be part of dance in a coaching way. The girls are the sweetest and I feel so spoiled to teach such awesome girls. Although the hours are long sometimes and it's one of those jobs you consistently think about! I know sometimes Kelly doesn't appreciate me being gone till 8 or later at night. But he is very supportive and thank goodness he is okay with bagel bites, burritos and sandwiches for dinner. I am looking forward to the competition season, we still have a lot to teach but I love watching them perform and spending all day at a competition. I also am teaching a few solos those aren't my exact favorite things to teach but they are nice to watch once they are done. I am doing the Alumni class this year, the jazz dance was easy for me to learn but, the tap has been rough! I haven't done tap classes for 7 years and I can totally tell!
Kelly, has worked pretty dang hard. Although he is relived now that he won't have another promotion for 2 years. He worked super hard to be able to have his one this year and he passed it! Woot!
Nala is now a year old she is just as playful and she isn't really a normal sized boxer! She is a runt but I like it because she can stay inside! She can jump high and has several tricks. Sit, lay and shake. All a dog needs to know. We got her fixed in November finally she is starting to chunk out a little bit but that's okay! Kelly wishes she was bigger, but he loves her and has changed his mind about being okay with her being inside!
Although, we have both been working a lot.. I love my jobs! The school is a lot fun and the kids get funnier and sweeter everyday even though sometimes it seems like they aren't improving its still a rewarding job. I love working with Kelly's mom. She is a hoot and I love getting into her big bag of M&M's! I sometimes get to work with her kids, they are a lot harder to work with but they are still funny kids. We do have problems with one kid who suffers from F.S.A (fetal alcohol syndrome) he gets rough and the cops come in quite frequently to take him home because he punches, kicks, bites and swears. He's only in 6th grade. We have problems with the dad being abusive as well! We know if he had a better home life we wouldn't have so many breakdowns and such! But overall it's really an entertaining job! Everyday is different.
Dance is fun too. It's awesome to see the girls learn and become better! Although, this year i have been left with a lot of things to do. I have taught a couple nights all by myself and choreographed a few dances. It is fun to be able to teach and be part of dance in a coaching way. The girls are the sweetest and I feel so spoiled to teach such awesome girls. Although the hours are long sometimes and it's one of those jobs you consistently think about! I know sometimes Kelly doesn't appreciate me being gone till 8 or later at night. But he is very supportive and thank goodness he is okay with bagel bites, burritos and sandwiches for dinner. I am looking forward to the competition season, we still have a lot to teach but I love watching them perform and spending all day at a competition. I also am teaching a few solos those aren't my exact favorite things to teach but they are nice to watch once they are done. I am doing the Alumni class this year, the jazz dance was easy for me to learn but, the tap has been rough! I haven't done tap classes for 7 years and I can totally tell!
Kelly, has worked pretty dang hard. Although he is relived now that he won't have another promotion for 2 years. He worked super hard to be able to have his one this year and he passed it! Woot!
Nala is now a year old she is just as playful and she isn't really a normal sized boxer! She is a runt but I like it because she can stay inside! She can jump high and has several tricks. Sit, lay and shake. All a dog needs to know. We got her fixed in November finally she is starting to chunk out a little bit but that's okay! Kelly wishes she was bigger, but he loves her and has changed his mind about being okay with her being inside!
House owners!
After a lot of paper work and some stress for everything getting done we became house owners on November 6th! :) yes, the day of election! We are excited about this, it's nuts that I am so young and own a house! My sisters thought it was strange! The good thing is that our payment isn't a whole lot more than our rent was. Now, we can start improving the home and have something to call ours! :) a big thanks to Kelly's parents who gave us the home and was so helpful throughout the process!
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