We Made It

We are here. Already had some yummy snowcones, a few shopping sprees, great pedicures, and great waves, we have made it to Hawaii. More posts with pictures to come.

J-O-Y

Pure fun is the only words to explain our last outing with Clint, Stef, Jeff and "Chika".

Our fun consisted of Devan trying to break a crate with flip-flops:

Clint with an ax...
Devan still trying to break a crate with flip-flops :
And as always... FOODIES :
Jeff and his darling girlfriend Brittney:And of course, us still eating. It's amazing devan was able to catch us all pretty normal in a picture...

As Promised

Here are pictures from our Cruise. Since camping pictures are on a costco cd (Mamma McGuire's favorite), I can't quite figure out how to put them to my blog and Devan isn't home so Whoa is me, they will come. Just want to give a shout out to the McGuire's and Stiles' for such wonderful family vacations. BLAST. Anyways, enjoy!

Even though I have held a respectable position in my company for over 2 years, been married for over 1 year, and been out of school for over 3 years, I still had to have a hole punch in my card because I wasn't 21. I got teased (and only by my one true love) the ENTIRE time.
We stopped in Vegas along the way... Still not 21.Our first stop was Sand Diego - to the beautiful temple and the awesome Coronado Island to hit up the beach.
Catilina Island. So beautiful! (2nd Stop)Gettin ready to go 'schwimmin'!
Our boat, The Monarch of the Seas
On our way to Catilina Island. Segways, here we come!
Welcom to the Segway crew, I hope you have a Segway too.Ensanada (sp?) Mexico. Full of life, love, and stink. Not many pictures necessary...
The one and only. I forget how awesome Disneyland is. A few of the family favorites: Indiana Jones, Screamin' California, Soarin' over California, Space Mountain and of course the Buzz Lightyear where you get to shoot targets.
Grizzley Rapids... Mom Stiles got a pancho, Dad Stiles lovin' it, Lauren Stiles not really understanding and dear Kerry Stiles who the rapids had a nasty grudge against.

Viente Uno

Yes folks, the day has come. Happy happy 21. We just got back from our wonderful vacations with the McGuire's and Stiles' families. Great pics to come!

So long, No Post

Thank you Sierra for the tag. I am now alive. See, since I have been 'single' if you will, I have cut the blogging/friends/family/contacts out of my life, stuck myself in my house, in the darkest room I could find, put on all my jammies (which happens to consist of all Jazz gear) and pigged out on Oreo's and Cream puffs. Not really, but interestingly enough, I have been busier now than every before which certainly has it's pros and cons. Pros - the day goes by quick. Cons - Nobody can read my delightful posts because I havent posted (not). Anyways Sierra, a big shout-out to you and the Ry-Guy for waking me out of my deep slomber and tagging me with something so fun. Now if you would just come watch SYTYCD with me.........


What I was doing ten years ago....

*Playing with my little birdie Sparky, teaching him to whistle at me so I felt cute, also watching/drooling over NSYNC, playing tennis, and fighting with my little bro.

What I was doing five years ago...

*Googling over boys, wishing I could drive because I was the youngest almost-Junior on the planet, and struggling with the accident with my mom-learning to be an adult and care for my family which I would never ever take back.

What I was doing one Year Ago.....

*Being a super-googlie few months newly-wed with a husband that cut his finger off and being the boss of 15 girls... whew

What I was doing Yesterday...

*Working, painting my end tables, preparing for Devan's visit, working out with my best workout buddy (mckae) and watching Las Vegas.

Five Favorite Snacks...

*M & M's (I'm on a plain kick)
SNOWIES!!! YUMMMM
Garlic Bread - Totally addicted
Dr. Pepper - so bad, so good
Gum - The Orbit Sweet Mint, that is some good stuff

Five Favorite Books....

1- Twilight 2- Eclipse 3-Harry Potter -all 4-BOM 5-The Great Gatsby

Five Places to Run Away...

* 1.Hawaii (August :-) ) 2.St. George (a McGuire favorite) 3.Cal-i-forn-i-a (fam-bam) 4.Italy and 5.Jamica

Five Pet Peeves...

* 1. People who don't think Mini's are the best car ever. 2. Bad/Mean drivers. 3. Rude people requesting Medical Records. 4. When Smith's runs out of Garlic Bread. 5. When people try to talk over eachother.

Five things I enjoy....

*1. Going out to eat. 2. Watching TV. 3. Being with Family. 4. DOGS-or any animal in general ( I am SUCH an animal lover) . 5. Deban!

Five favorite TV shows...

* 1. LOST 2. Las Vegas 3. So You Think You Can Dance 4. America's Best Dance Crew 5. Prison Break - the list goes on and on :-)

FriendsFive famous people I would like to meet...

* Besides the prophet of course - 1. Ronnie Price (kinda already did) 2. Carlos Boozer/Deron Williams/ Paul Millsap, oh shoot, lets just say the entire Jazz crew. 3. James Caan 4. Jack Sparrow 5. The Treo - K.G., R.A., and P.P



Five people to tag...1. Magurn 2. Collin 3. Garrett (he loves this stuff) 4. Jen 5. Allet

24 hours

Less than 24 hours have gone by and already, I am an array of emotions. I sure do miss this guy:
Money has already been spent, parents/friends visited and caught up on a lot of TiVo'd shows. I guess I have to make the next move and take either one of two options. Excersise or clean the house... Suggestions anyone?

I am K9 Friendly

So for the past while (oh i'd say 3 or 4 months), I have been driving Devan crazy about getting one of these:
Unfourtnetly, Devan doesn't want a "horse-dog". :-( But in lew of recent events that have taken place in my home, I think Devan would be greatful to have one of these bad boys around for me to keep me safe while he is gone. Alas, our apartment does not allow us to be the proud owners of this guy (do you blame em'?), so I guess our new dead bolt will have to protect me until then. :-) I think for the next year, I might go a little crazy due to the need/want/would kill for a dog attitude that I have had as late, especially that I will be alone for a little bit. I would love to have "mans best friend" by my side. This is my ode to all you dog-wanters out there, the time will come my friends when we will join the rankings.

What Happens in a Year:

This post is more for my own selfish reasons. See I am the worst journal writer in the world, but recently someone described blogging as an 'on-line journal' and I offically justified that. These are my journal entries for our little family!

I'm sure everyone thinks back and ponders what has happened to them within the past year of their marriage. Here is how it worked for Devan and myself (in chronological order)

-Provoscooter
-Lacerated Tendon
-Had reconstructive surgery on tendon
-Weeks of Physical therapy
-Went bankrupt because of Tendon
-Added a niece
-Bought a new car
-Great trip to Texas :-)
-Appendectamey
-Went double bankrupt because of Appendectamey
-Great trip to California :-)
-Winter blues/Turned off our heat (why)?
-Writers Strike... Boo
-Added a sister-in-law
-Diagonosed with Hypothryoidism
-Are pretty sure we will go bankrupt a 3rd time...
-Heart-broken by the Jazz... Again
-Put together our house
-Getting ready for Devan to leave for Montanna
-Getting ready for Mac to come and live with Lauren while Dev in Montanna
-Can't wait for what the next year brings!

Happy Anniversary to you Dev! I sure do love you and have loved every minute of this year together! Looking forward to the many, many more to come! :-)

Zions

Last weekend Dev, Me, Clint and Stefani all went to Zions and then up to Clint's ranch in Joes Valley to do some campin'. AWESOME. We had a blast hiking through Zions, eating like King's, playing cards, not showering, potty in the woods (the boys were kind enough to build us little toilets out there in dem' woods), black boogers, bugs, massive fires (I think everyone burned themselves in one way or another) sleeping in our sweet tent, doing some bike riding, and a whole lotta smores. This is us in our sweet tent. Almost the whole top is open, so we could see some major stars!

BEFORE our hike through Zion's.

*More pictures are to come. We have an after shot of our hike through Zion's... along with a few other pristine pictures, you will all be pleased to see!

A tRiBuTe:

Dear Gruesome Twosome-

We will miss your laughs, tears, jokes and whatever other emotions you had up your sleeve. Here is a tribute of one my personal favorite moments from the 'couple' known as Rob & Big: (Make sure you pump up the volume and rock-it with Rob...)

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