The Orvins

Circus Time

2012-01-26T09:02:00.000-08:00

We went to the Circus for family night, Luke was sooo excited to see the Elephants, so we decided to take him on a ride. He loved it the whole time clear up until he sat on its back and it lifted its huge head, bring on the tears and screaming.... the whole ride. I couldn't help but laugh watching him. but as soon as he got off he couldn't stop talking about it

next came the pony ride, a completely different story than the elephant, he laughed the whole time and cried when he had to get off, sweet little kid, loves his "zeses" ( horses) .

We had a blast, but I couldnt help but think of it as a huge crime ring... I dont think i have ever seen a circus movie that didnt depict it as a black hole of immorality, murder, thievery , and scum of the earth ring leaders. so the whole time the ring leader was announcing things I couldnt help but just glare at him, thinking he was mistreating his young performers, and torturing the animals to perform. Is it just me or does anyone else see the circus painted in a different light? anyways although it was EXTREMELY over priced Luke loved it and still talks about it and wants to look at the pictures.

Sunny Day

2012-01-07T14:14:00.000-08:00

Me and Luke went to the park yesterday with our good friends, the weather was beautiful and we were ready to get out and play!

This is Lukes friend Evie, we went with some other kids but Evie is the only one that would stop and look at the camera... she is a natural:)

SOOO BIG!! This is how big Luke is, he loved going down this slide, I have never seen a park with such steep slides I was temped to talk luke out of going down them, but he was such a dare devil.

Flyin High

2012-01-07T13:08:00.000-08:00

Chris got a kite for christmas this year... and he loves it, someone did a great job !( wink wink) unfortunatly he had to wait till monday to fly it but he was so patient. there wasnt much wind but he was able to get it in the air for a while. Long enough to get a hang of it at least. when there is wind the kite will actually carry him in the air for a bit if he jumps, but of coarse there has been hardly any wind since then.

Josh cought on quickly as well, but he got the end of the wind so he wasnt able to fly for long. but he and kensi came with us to play while me and Kensi tested out our new cameras.

We enjoyed some of our nieces and nephews. They were great assistants at getting the kite into the air, and who doesnt love being surrounded by family!

LOVE the string of spit!

Luke tried finding his own kite because everyone kept moving him out of the way of the kite strings. I think he is very inovative, look how happy he is about flying a piece of plastic.

We had a blast! And I loved actually having a camera to take pictures, next step is photo shop so I can learn how to make the pictures look awesome!

All I want for christmas.... is one of these please!

2011-12-26T08:58:00.000-08:00

We had an amazing christmas this year! We were so busy running from one parents house to another, we had so many fun family get togethers and yummy food. My favorite was definitely watching luke. I didn't think he would catch on this year... but boy did he, he would yell santa pause and get so excited to rip the paper off presents and was actually excited at what was in the box not just the wrappings.

He would tear a peace of paper off then clap his hands and say yay!

One of his cousins got a fur real pet and luke loved walking around with the box on his head, it was super cute I would buy one of these in a heart beat if I saw it on the shelf! another blog to come on the rest of our christmas festivities.

year end summary

2011-12-21T08:31:00.000-08:00

This has been one amazing year!! I honestly cant believe how much we have been blessed. Because I only have one child I feel like I should be able to keep up with journaling his life right? obviously we all know the answer to that is NO, which leads to my new years resolution... I am going to make an honest effort to document our life with pictures and blogging, I dont think anyone is worse than me at taking pictures... I vow to be better! with that being said here is a quick summary of the things we did this year.

The year started out very slowly in january, we worked and recruited for alarm sales like crazy... by we I mean Chris of course, He was so busy in january and february. At the first of march we took a trip to Hawaii without Luke... you would think I would be excited to take off to the tropical island of hawaii right? Nope, poor chris had to deal with me for the month prior complaining about leaving my baby, I balled the night we left I don't know why, we left him with my beyond capable parents and aunts and friends. Luckily I got totally over it after the first phone call that he didn't even notice I was gone, and completely loved the get away with chris. such a good way to recharge the batteries after the shock of having our first baby.

2 weeks later we celebrated Lukes 1st birthday, the week later he completely gave up crawling and walked like a pro.

We made the decision to rent out our house until we were done with summer sales, so we finished the back yard and moved into my grandparents town home. I know I know what a bummer to leave as soon as we finish the back yard but at least it will be done for when we move back.

Middle of April we packed up the car and Luke and headed on the treturous 31 hour drive to chicago, Luke did amazing and we moved into our apartment 2 days later. I absolutely loved Chicago. Chris was so busy this year with running the office for the first time by himself, he did such a good job, I am always amazed at how drivin he is to get things done and how hard he works. he lead the office in sales as well as everything that comes with managing, which goes to show that he never does anything half way! needless to say I am very impressed at how good he is at his job... which is probably why we are going on our 5th year of doing it:)

Luke and I made a trip to Ohio to stay with bree and tyler for a week. Luke loved having kids around at all hours of the day, he definitely made bree grateful for not having kids as extremely busy and constantly moving as our little ball of fire , ( although as Natalie is getting older I think she should have knocked on wood). We helped them move to another house... and by helped, I mean sat with the kids and watched them... man they worked hard. we had yummy bbq's, and tyler watched luke several times while me and bree got a breather (something I had not done all summer) so thanks a billion TyTy. on the drive back to chicago and chris, Luke puked all over the car from crying so hard, just thought id throw that one in.

Chris played hooky one day, at the end of june and we went down town into the city, we had a ball in the beautiful city, we took a boat taxi and walked all around, me and Luke loved having Chris with us for the day.

first of july we moved to indianapolis and into a hotel. Luke got so so sick the worst I have ever seen anyone. he had 30 kankers in his mouth so many that by the third day they expanded until it looked like his mouth and tongue was covered in one single blister, he couldnt close his mouth, eat, drink, or sleep. so Chris Flew me home to have my parents help take care of him. the plane ride was not the greatest he cried and I was sick ( for those of you who know me I get motion sick on planes during take off and landing) so if you can just picture what a sight we were on the ride. my parents gathered us up at the airport and we made it home! luke got better within the week and LOVED being with his grandma and cousins!! he was Like a new kid after only having me to entertain him during the day all summer. He literally learned 2o new things while we were there, basically he is like his mom and thrives around family. While we were there we made it to the family reunion for the first time in 3 years. and we threw Kensi a baby shower and it turned out AWESOME !! after 2 1/2 weeks mom was ready to be back with dad and Luke cried when we left grandma and grandpa at the airport. they did such a good job of taking care of us. I have the best parents ever!! while we were gone chris moved to dayton Ohio. we got back and he took us to kings island the theme park, we had a blast!! and Luke was so happy to see dad but who wouldnt be, he has the best dad ever!

We lived the rest of the summer in a hotel room, which comes with its own trials but I am glad we have that adventure to look back on in our lives, but only to look back on.... never again... knock on wood.

end of august we made the drive home.... such a long drive!! we came back with the hopes of starting a cupcake store, we had everything ready but we couldnt get the city of st george to work with us, such a "who you know" kind of city, so that has been put on the shelf for a while.

we settled back into our townhome, and spent sep, oct and nov enjoying dads time off... man we love this time of year when we have chris all to ourselves all day long.

I got called to the nursery, and Chris knows just how good my attitude wasn't about being called the week luke turned 18 months, but now I love Love it! I love seeing luke play with all the kids and all the excitement in the nursery.

Chris got called into deacons quorum and he couldnt have been more excited about it!

Now we are looking forward to Christmas and the time with family.

Chris was offered a new job and after many interviews we excepted it! he is now the national sales manager for a company in pennsylvania. which means he now gets salary along with his sales commissions, insurance and gas. after this year he wont have to go out and sale just recruit and manage the offices that do go out, I am beyond excited!

I know this is the longest post ever but I am just going to add one more thing, an update of what Luke is doing now.

Luke is 20 months and can talk like crazy, we call him our echo, he literally repeats everything we say and is getting so good at communicating what he wants. right now he Loves his best friend Mason, even though he is like 4 years older than him luke adores him!

He teases me and chris a lot now, and I am constantly laughing so hard at what he does. I love the stage he is in now, i wish he could stay at this age. he loves thomas the train! I hope he grows out of it soon. and he Loves saying prayers, he folds his arms and scowls because evidently that is what our faces look like while trying to peek at what he is doing. he gives the best kisses, it melts my heart whenever he spontaneously stops what he is doing to come give me a kiss.

On the note of children, ( no this isn't an announcement) we hope to get pregnant in 2012 and add to our little family, I thought for a while I would never be ready to go through pregnancy again, but it happened i finally put it behind me and am ready again. so stay tuned.

All in all I think the summary is that we have been extremly blessed this year. And I cant wait to see what next year brings.

Luke at 16 months

2011-08-10T12:07:00.000-07:00

Lately luke has been trying to talk so much and it is so cute. For the amusement of future me reading this, here is a list of words that Luke says.

Dat (dad, he used to say both D's but now he slurs it)

cookie, emphasis on the c and k

bed (bird)

dog usually repeated over and over.

outhide (outside) also repeated over and over, this time 2 inches from your face with really wide eyes.

mum (mom)

pees (please)

baba (grandma)

baba (grandpa)

mmm ( whenever he puts a bite in his mouth )

sot (soft) said in a soft voice as he touches or lays his head on soft things.

I just love listening to him, he is trying to copy everything I say even though alot of it comes out as garble... his favorite garble word is booga booga BOOGA!

he loves putting things on his head, playing in the toilet (I try to keep the bathroom door shut), going outside, eating eggs and waffles, laying his face on soft things, being tickled, talking, he plays by himself quite a bit, loves books, can turn on and unlock the ipad, likes word world, right now he does this really loud fake laugh that is hilarious, he has a super happy personality now i hardly see him cry unless he gets hurt. Im sure theres so many other things that I cant think of right now but he is so fun and I completly love this stage... he is so hilarious! Chris and I just love this little kid.

living out of a suitcase.... literaly

2011-08-01T17:15:00.000-07:00

Chris Luke and I , left for indianapolis about a month ago. we arrived safely and stayed in a hotel for a week and a half. sadly though, Luke was very sick, it was called herpes simplex virus.... basically it is the first outbreak of a cold sore ( I am ashamed to admit that he inherited this from me) for children under 5 the first outbreak is horrible. He had about 35 cankers in his mouth the biggest one was an INCH!! needless to say he could not eat or drink and it made me so sad, finally me and Luke flew to utah for Mckensi's baby shower and within 2 days he was all better ! the biggest relief ever.

The trip to utah was fabulous, we stayed at my parents and Luke was absolutly in LOVE with my mom, nothing I did would make him happy it had to be from grandma. Which I must say was a welcome break after 3 months of being his number one and only one ( Chris works really long hours in the summer, but he does the majority of the caregiving when he is home) thank you mom for the help I really feel like I just got back from a long relaxing vacation, totally recharged my batteries.

While we were in stg we had a baby shower for kensi that was super fun and loved seeing everyone. after the shower we had a girls night with all 9 of us sisters and we had a blast! It was a first for us since we are not in the same state very often at the same time, but it was LONG overdue.

after 4 years I finally made it to a Borrowman family reunion. Janae and Kerri planned it and it was super fun. that being said I missed my husband very much and would have enjoyed it alot more had he been there. we did all kinds of things, parade, water park, yummy food, fun games and movies. but the best part was just being around family.

While I was gone Chris moved to Ohio and did great at selling. now im back and we still live in a hotel... at first I didnt have the best attitude about it since we will be living here for 6 more weeks, but then I read my dear cousin Miki's blog and I realized I need to make this into a fun adventure that we will look back on and have no regrets. I am loving being back with Chris, 2 weeks is a long time apart , and now I feel like myself again now that im with him :)

Downtown Chicago

2011-07-02T23:02:00.000-07:00

Me chris and luke went to downtown Chicago the other day and it was AMAZING! I wish I would have taken more pictures but our battery died. It is by far the most amazing city we have sold in, and rivals, but doesnt pass up london and madrid. I love the way the skyscrapers are built along the river. we had to take water taxies because it was faster than the traffic. I mean how cool is it to live in a city that a water taxi is even an option. all I can say is the architechs for these buildings were gifted.

We went to see transformers a couple nights ago...(very stupid, I definitely do not recommend it) anyways the whole movie was shot in downtown Chicago and I kept leaning in to chris and saying things like.. "we walked up those stairs" or " the willis tower is the sears tower just renamed" not kidding... the whole movie. It probably would have bugged him if it had been a better movie.

Now we are moving to INDIANAPOLIS in the morning and I am sad to leave this beautiful city, it is by far my favorite from summer sales. but it will be best for the office. on the plus side we are going back to the city that luke was conceived in... now I can imagine this may be a uncomfortable statement. The only reason I say it is because we had been trying for 7 months ( which is not a long time for most people) but all my sisters got pregnant so fast, that after 3 months of negatives I was discouraged. when we saw those two lines in that teeny apartment in Indi I was soo happy. now im excited to go back because I feel like it is a lucky city for us and we will see what happens.

Ghetto

2011-07-02T22:59:00.001-07:00

So Chris has been selling in the Ghetto and he ran into this little boy and he was like, " come and see my dads car, its so dope. you can take a picture if you want ill be in it." He was so proud of his dads car. but we just laugh because of how rediculous it looks.

yep this is his favorite seat.

2011-07-02T22:56:00.000-07:00

Luke discovered he could pull out the drawer and sit in it to watch movies. Me and Chris both thought it was hilarious.

another owie

2011-07-02T22:46:00.000-07:00

Luke is a very steady walker but in 1 week he had his two biggest accidents. the first one he tripped when he was running to me and hit his chin on the brick firplace. his injuries included a completly skinned chin, and he bit through his tongue. I was terrified when I saw all the blood, but it wasnt too bad once all the blood was gone. the next one is the one in the pictures, he tripped again but me and chris dont know what he hit because i was in the kitchen and chris came in the room right after he hit. both accidents happened a month ago and neither scar has gone away. hopefully people dont think we beat him.

Easter eggs

2011-07-02T22:41:00.000-07:00

As you can tell this is a little late, but I wanted to catch up on a couple things before I kept blogging. this Easter we spent in Chicago, and we died easter eggs... i know so cliche but I love it so much, and so did luke. he carried them around everywhere and the stickers on his face came from the egg die kit.

Shave and a hair cut, minus the shave

2011-05-05T17:00:00.000-07:00

Kensi was brave enough to cut Lukes hair ( his first hair cut) he was such a mover! notice in the pictures all the things we used to try and distract him.... including him sitting in the wagon. the kid is hilarious, always moving like he has an agenda or something. it turned out amazing. we did this about two months ago, I was reminded to post about it because I had to give him another one today and I felt Kensi's pain. he is lucky there was no blood and he still has both ears. I felt like I was sheering him because there was sooo much hair. but it turned out beautiful and I am very proud of it.

Little Cruiser

2011-04-24T21:08:00.000-07:00

so luke has been walking off and on for 2 months now, but only the last 2 weeks has he REALLY gotten it dow. He is a pro now and goes anywhere. this is at church in his very handsome new easter shirt.
He was hilarious in church today ! there was a family sitting behind us... youngest child was 16, and they were in LOVE with Luke, he was quite the entertainer. He would sit there and do his awesome new laugh which is very hard to explain... he just lets it roll out of his throat and it is one continuous sound... anyways so they would laugh at him, which made him want more so he would duck down and explode back into view and grab his cookies and give them to his friends behind us, he would grab any object and slash it back and forth in the air while doing his victory yell, he would get his cookies .. smile at them then quickly shove them into my mouth like it was all a performance. anyways it went on all through sacrament and we all had tears coming out our eyes from laughing so hard... silently! He is getting the taste for positive attention and LOVES it!! I love his sense of humor.

home sweet bare essentials home

2011-04-21T10:17:00.000-07:00

Here is a little sneak peek into our new temporary home here in the windy city. if you notice in each picture you will see that yes I am living in a house with NO decor and nothing to please the eyes... however I am perfectly content so long as I am with my family. Chris is working very hard to get the office running like a well oiled machine, and I have to say this may be our best year yet! the office is very promising and Chris made a comment last night that he has not been this excited about area in a long time. so I will keep you posted on the goings on of the Orvins.

lukes 1 year pictures + family pictures

2011-04-20T08:53:00.000-07:00

THanks to Lexi for taking these pictures, we absolutely love them. I just think luke looks so dang adorable in all of these and there are so many more I don't have time to upload. but I am very excited to finally have gotten them done, and I wont wait as long to do the next ones.

Lukes 1st birthday

2011-04-02T20:28:00.001-07:00

This was Lukes 1st birthday and we had so much fun. the night before me and Chris stayed up blowing up 140 balloons and hanging streamers. when He woke up the next morning he absolutely LOVED it! the balloons were his favorite until he had his cake later that night..... and Oh my word the kid LOVES cake!

he was a little shy at first but then he dug in full board with both hands. He tried sharing with the people next to him watching by shoving his cake covered fists at their mouths. haha we loved the whole day and cannot believe he is already 1 year old! time fly's when you are busy taking care of the cutest busiest boy in the world.

O the face, how can it be so cute?

2011-03-28T10:53:00.000-07:00

we went to samurai 21 with Kensi and Josh last week and this is us waiting outside for our seats at the hibachi grill! Luke Loved the fire and thought it was awesome. but mostly I just love this picture of luke.

Aloha

2011-03-28T09:46:00.000-07:00

we went to the temple and it was so beautiful! both me and chris forgot sunday clothes and had to come up with semi looking sunday best, mines not great, but man o man do I love chris's purple tie we got at walmart, haha luckily we both look great in almost everything :) we ran into some people at the temple that were the parents of people in our ward... its crazy how small the world is when your a member of the church.

I forgot the name of this guy and the story behind him but we thought we should defiantly have a picture with him.

This was the amazing fruit stand we went to almost everyday at north shore! I am absolutely obsessed with mangoes right now and im wondering if it will ever go away.

this is the first day we got to Hawaii me and chris were very excited to have a break but very nervous to leave luke, luckily we had amazing people who helped us, and my awesome parents who stayed at our house all week and took care of him after he got back from his babysitters during the day.

this was at the polynesian cultural center, this guy was Hilarious and crazy buff. we had a blast at the pcc and want to go again when we have more time during the day to enjoy everything it has to offer.
We forgot our camera so we didn't get many pictures but we had a blast! we went kayaking snorkeling , body surfing and a atone of fun things. our goal while we were there was to find amazing food places that were more local... and we were defiantly successful because I seriously gained like 5 lbs. oh well it was worth it and super fun.

one big OWIE

2011-03-15T16:22:00.000-07:00

Poor Luke was crawling on the sidewalk and decided he wanted to crawl off the curb, which he has done many times and been succesful. This day his arm buckled and he face planted it into the gutter, his face looks so sad. I couldnt help but think every stranger who saw us secretly thought I had beat him.

Buffalo Wings

2011-03-15T12:15:00.000-07:00

luke got to go on a date with Mom and Dad and we went to wingers.... where you eat Buffalo Wings right? well we had to let luke have some because what else would he eat there? haha he loved it he chomped on that thing the whole time we were there and picked it clean

Carson and Evie went with us, and we had a ton of fun even thoughit was a super stressful night for us because we had to decide what city we were going to for the summer and we still hadnt decided but we were glad we got to meet carsons "friend" and that they were able to ease the stress by inviting us on a fun date.

shower with dad

2011-03-15T12:08:00.000-07:00

The other day Luke took a shower with chris ... ( he always ends up in the shower with him because as soon as he hears the water runing he b lines it to the shower and crawls right in fully clothed so chris just showers him anyways) and all of the suden the string that holds the loofa together in the middle broke and the loofa fell in this heap of long netting. Chris gets this awesome idea to put it on his head and luke thought it was pretty funny so he put it on his head too. I just love my boys.

2011-03-15T12:00:00.000-07:00

Luke loves his neighborhood friends and little Evie is so good to take him on rides on her 4 wheeler. luke is in love with this thing. he trys to push the button and ends up just jumping forward in little bursts cause he cant hold it down steadily. but it is so cute that he trys.

10 months old

2011-01-31T13:34:00.000-08:00

here is a funny conversation me and luke and chris had the other day while driving to ivins... keep in mind the conversation lasted the WHOLE drive.

luke* babab dadada DADADA BUBUBU tsss tsss
dad* wow luke I never would have guessed
Luke* DUH DUh DUh dadada UH !!! ( this word is said as if it is being forced out of the belly in a very deep tone)
Mom* hahaha OH my gosh
Dad* did he say he loves mom more?
luke* DADADADA ( top volume and getinng progressivly higher in pitch) DADADADA, (kicking feet super speedy )
mom* I think that is what he said
dad* well luke it makes me a little sad but I understand... she is very loveable.

In case you didnt get the point luke is talking nonstop... seriously he just babbles and babbbles and kicks and squeels without any encouragement from me or chris. He has gotten very self entertaining. and very funny.

THINGS LUKE CAN DO AT 10 MONTHS
take 3-4 steps
eats a pb&j everyday.
drinks very effectivly from a sippy cup
spitting up has slowed considerably
hair is thickening up nicely
smacks his lips alot while eating
has a real sense of humor... he does things anticipating the outcome to make me react.
sits in a big boy car seat and no longer crys during car rides.
loves to be layed down for a nap
still bites.... only now he does it cause he thinks my response is funny... note to self try not to scream when he trys to take a chunk out of my arm and maybe he wont think its so funny.
does not like boys with hats and facial hair. ( sometimes its a bit awkward)

we are having so much fun with him at this age. he is such a happy kid, and might I add so stinkin cute.

Good bye 2010! Hello 2011!

2011-01-04T14:04:00.000-08:00

arent these two sooo cute

ok so I read bre's blog and decided I wanted to see what I had done this year since there were alot of milestones I decided I would write them all down.

* entered into my last months of pregnany
* started life with a new puppy layla
* chris went to washington to help his mom move some stuff
* Went through the excitement of labor ( oddly enough my favorite part of pregnancy)
* Welcomed sweet little luke into the world by way of cesarian section
* went through many sleepless nights
* sold our beloved truck, life will never be the same without Megatron.
* Me and luke put my parents house up for rent while they were in Nauvoo and chris was in minnesota. ( evidently it was a hot item because we were showing it all day every day and had a list of offers to choose from.)
* VERY tearfully said goodbye to our home to move to minneapolis. ( baby hormones)
* drove 21 hours to bree and tylers in missouri with a newborn baby. we love visiting them cause they make us feel so loved.
*Tearfully left bree and tylers and continued on to minneapolis.
* moved into our new strictly no dog apartment with a very hyper dog.
* survived and loved Lukes crying stage! ( by loved I mean he is so cute)
* worked out most of the kinks of being new parents.
* gratefully excepted lukes 12 hour sleep schedule for the night.
*Tyson,lori,emma, and mason came out to visit us. we went to a twins game and the mall of america and the zoo. we had the funnest time having them come visit us. ( VERY welcome visit )
* packed up and moved to nashville midsummer
* had my first anxiety attack (I always thought they were in peoples heads) (or maybe I was just going crazy)
* got to nashville and moved into our sweet dog friendly apartments! ( I was getting sick of hostile neighbors every time they saw me walking layla)
* made great relationships with friends who worked with us.
* Said Goodbye to my dear Grandpa.
* luke went on his first airplane @ 4 months old to go to the funeral.
* gladly drove 27 hours to move back home to good ol st george ut.
*Luke immediatly fell in love with Grandma.
* switched from Pinnacle to AMP and are very excited for the change.
* celebrated our 3 year anniversary by getting a babysitter and spending the night in vegas and seeing a mystere.
* celebrated the holidays and made my first Turkey stuffing and gravy.
*lukes first christmas.

We are so excited for the new year and to see what it brings us.

6 months!! 3 months ago

2010-12-21T11:04:00.000-08:00

Mckensi took these pictures when me and Luke went up to visit her in parawon. she is so talented they all look so cute and they were just snap shots! anyways I think luke is just such a cute kid. here is a little update as to what he is doing
5 months he started sitting up
6 months he started army crawling, starts saying mamama
7 months. crawls very well on hands and knees. he started puling himself into a standing position and walking along everything, stops saying mamama completly and now he says dadadadada not to be confused with dad.
8 months starts blowing raspberrys on everything...( arms hands legs leather chairs) climbs the stairs at an alarming speed. holds his own bottle, crys when dad mom or grandma and grandpa leaves the room. has a little stranger anxiety. kicks legs super fast and attacks his blanket when you hand it to him hugging it to his face and chest. (if that makes sense). walks behind his toys that have wheels. crawls with his head down when he wants to go faster. is all over the place moving constantly. if he is awake he is moving... church is one of the most tiring activities of the week.
9 months. well he just turned nine months yesterday and has not acquired any knew skills. but we just love everything he does. he is so sweet and has the funniest personality he knows he is not supposed to climb the stairs so when he hears me coming after him he just squeels and climbs faster. I love being a mom to such a cute happy little boy.

3 Years!!

2010-10-05T21:10:00.000-07:00

I honestly cannot believe we have been married 3 years today! time has honestly just flown by it seems like just yesterday we were counting down the days till our wedding. I am so in love with chris, I seriously thought that on the day I married chris I could not feel any stronger about him, but I do and I cant wait for all of the years to come. with how fast these 3 years have gone by it makes me so grateful we have eternity together. I love you chris and am so happy I married you. your the best husband ever and I love being with you!

A new first!

2010-09-25T19:45:00.000-07:00

So me and Luke were just sitting there this one morning last week and he is just looking at me all sweet like and then out of no where he strikes with surprising speed and attacks my hand... I was expecting it to be just like every other thousandth time he does this when all of a sudden I feel this little sharp thing in his mouth. so i stick my finger in and lo and behold its a tooth! he started laughing so hard when he saw my surprised face, like he was so proud of it and he had been waiting for me to notice. he is gfrowing up so fast and is just so stinkin cute.

Parowan

2010-09-15T12:12:00.000-07:00

Kensi was so sweet to whip out her camera while we were up plaing in her yard in parowan. dont they look like they were professionally done? we just love how talented kensi is. oh and thanks for letting us come hang out and feeding us it was super fun.

Luke is sooo talented

2010-09-15T12:00:00.000-07:00

a couple of new things for our blog followers. first is about a month ago luke learned to sit up by himself he likes it alot but when he goes to reach for things in front of him he still face plants it. also he only 2 days ago learned to crawl!!! I know he is just sooo Smart... although he will only crawl if he is extremly motivated by something in front of him otherwise he wont. also I think layla looks like a retatrded dog in this picture and I laughed my head off when I saw her in the background.

1 subway+ us = very sore bodies

2010-09-15T11:47:00.000-07:00

last week me and Chris decided we wanted to go hike the subway... ok so chris decided he wanted to... i was a bit unsure about being able to finish it after a year of 0 activity. but after alot of reassurance from chris and three very awesome babysitters, my mom kensi and jaylee. ( yes we needed 3 babysitters because it was a 8 hour hike) we finally went! it was BEAUTIFUL!! I loved it. we got to repell and had to hike and swim through freezing water and I just cant say how awesome the firtst 5 hours were... they just flew by. then came the last 4 hours which were hiking out of the subway, it was miserable my toenails felt like they were gonna fall off so every step I wanted to cry. Chris had to carry this huge rope the whole hike so he was dead from the extra weight. needles to say when we finally made it back to the car we were exhausted! and the next 3 days we couldnt move, we would do rock paper scisors to see who would go up the stairs to get luke from his nap and such... very humurous but very painful. anyways we had a ton of fun and missed luke very much.

4th of july in our backyard

2010-07-29T12:51:00.000-07:00

we had a fun 4th of july in nashville... it was on sunday so we didnt do alot of the usual 4th activities but we had a yummy bbq, and the city fire works were done in the open field rite ouside our back patio. luke slept through the whole thing even though it sounded like bombs were going off.... as for layla, she was terrified she hid in the closet and her kennel all night which kind of a big deal cause she hates her kennel and also hates not being tight next to us especially if we are outside. she was shaking for a day afterwords.

Nauvoo and Carthage

2010-07-29T12:47:00.000-07:00

I have always wanted to see the room that Joseph was last in, ive seen all the pictures and couldnt wait to go in!.... dun dun dun luke did not want to! so half way through the tour me and chris had to leave with a screaming luke, I some times think he does these things on purpose! alas the building was beautiful but the room will have to be saved for another time... perhaps when my kids are grown.

bath time

2010-07-29T12:44:00.000-07:00

soooo I just think that this looks so relaxing. and also a month ago! yes he is even bigger than these pictures show. luke loves the bath and always has, plus he smells soo good after I love it.

rice cereal

2010-07-29T12:42:00.001-07:00

this was luke a month ago when he first tried eating rice cereal... we decided to stop and wait another month cause he just couldnt quite figure it out:)

2010-06-17T11:43:00.000-07:00

So im not sure if you can see what that first picture is... so ill explain, we have a laundry closet just outside our bedroom door. this closet has to doors one that opens in the hall and one that opens in our room. with that explained I have luke sleep on my bed for his afternoon naps cause its super quiet in there. but I do have one problem.... layla.... shse is obsessed with trying to sleep by luke which is one of the reasons i moved him into my room from the couch. whenever I would leave the room even for a sec and come back in layla would be up cuddled next to luke looking at me with her ears back cause she knows she isnt supposed to and will get in trouble... yet she wont quit, its like a couple sec next to luke is worth getting smacked. anyways when i moved luke into my room i would leave the door open so I could hear him, but I could not keep layla out (she usually doesnt like our room cause thats where her kennel is) she is so loud with everything she does that i started shutting the door. she did not like this. unfortunatly she figured out that she can go through the luandry closet and push open the accordian door. now the only way to get her out while he's sleeping since i cant yell or make any noise to get her out, I have to lur her out with this ball she loves it. I think inspite of its annoyingness its super funny.

These rolls are my favorite and there carb free!

2010-06-14T11:13:00.000-07:00

Luke just loves being naked so he usually is for nap time because we are between jammies and normal clothes for the day so I hold out the naked time as long as possible cause I just love seeing his little rolls.

TWINS

2010-06-12T08:33:00.001-07:00

Tyson lori emma and mason came to visit yesterday, we had the funnest day. first we went to the zoo and had a picnic lunch, we even tried minnesotas famous cheese curds ( maybe not so famous but everyone here eats them), basically they are deep fried chunks of cheesse.... surprisingly really good. the animals were all really active not just laying in some corner of there cage asleep. we got to ezperience the orangatangs cleaning each others behinds, Emma was super concerned about this, as were we all. mason ran back and forth all day and never sseemed to get tired it was hilarious.

after the zoo we went to the mall of america and got tickets to the largest indoor theme park in the world, it really was super crazy being inside and going on all of the rollercoasters... well me and lori didnt go on them but tyson chris emma and mason did. after that we went into the 2 story american girl doll store and emma was so in love with the dolls she kept saying " I just want one girl mom" I guess it seemed reasonable to her since there was so many, lori appeased her by getting her a catalog to circle what she wanted, every time would would even semi stop walking to see were to go she would plop right down in the middle of the floor and start circling away. She even borrowed a pen from the lady next to us on the metro to continue circling on the way to the target stadium to watch the twins versus braves. needless to say practivally the whole book was circled by the time we got there.

the twins game was super fun, luke was a trooper the whole day but by 8 o clock it was past his bedtime and he started crying during the game, and then was out like a light from his busy day and didnt even wake up when the crowd would erupt with cheers, I was so impressed with him. we had stadium hot dogs for dinner cause what else would you eat at a major league baseball game? we all wore twins jerseys which made it even more fun, Emma was so into the game she would stand up and yell and cheer and shout frustrations at the players it was so funny because i didnt even think she would know what was going on. Mason was just wired the whole time it was hilarious. when the game was over we were in line for the metro and he was just running everywhere. then he stops and sees those big spotlights in the sky and says" umm.. those might be big fireflys!" then keeps on wizzing back and forth. we got back on the metro and 3 min later me anad chris look back and they are passed out across tyson and loris laps. big day but super fun. I loved evry minute of having them out here, and chris really enjoyed having the day off of work.

Spotlight

2010-06-09T12:12:00.000-07:00

I decided I would just do an update of what everyone in my little family is doing right now, just for those who cant stand not being with us, maybe this will help in some small way.

CHRIS-
Is currently saleing for pinnacle in minneapolis and is on track to hit his goal by the end of the summer, just learned how to play farkle, and really enjoyed it. he is managing again this year and is doing really well, his guys are very motivated. and he is getting pretty far on the "impossible game" on his Iphone.

LUKE-
is getting super chubby and is always smiling now. whenever he wakes up from the night or just a nap he will just lay there and smile at me, he is also experimenting with his voice he loves the ooh and ahh sounds and is getting quite good at making them. he sleeps from 730 t0 6 in the morning and takes several naps during the day one of which is a 3 hour one. he loves his food and he can be perfectly happy but when he sees me getting his bottle ready he thinks he has to have now and will scream until the moment it touches his mouth and then silence. he doesnt like the car unless I sit back there with him. and he loves his baby bjourn.

JESSICA-
can now button up my pants ( previously could not because it hurt my insision from the c section), my hair can deffinatly be described as long now. my favorite time of day is now 745 because I realize I have made it through another day of taking care of luke without any major mistakes... its like someone removes a huge load from my shoulders at 745. I no longer like rainy days. I have started running. im doing some research, every runner I talk to I say I cant run more than 1 mile and they're like " neither could I last month and now I run 12" so im seeing if my body can be trained to run more than a mile without shutting down.

LAYLA-
still has not learned how to walk on a leash, im wondering if she ever will. has become even more clingy since we came to Minneapolis. growls everytime she hears someone walking in the apartment above us ( which is all day). and is totally obsesesd with Chris, when he comes home she does not leave his side. and she is slowly but surely getting bigger.

2010-05-25T15:54:00.000-07:00

Well I guess you could say my husband loves me:) As i was wandering about the city in traffic with luke and layla in the car, it came to my realization that minneapolis has more bycicle riders on the street than they do cars, how did i come to this realization do you ask, layla happens to love them and is facinated by them, which results in her darting from one end of the car to the next trying to get them, I became frazzled with her barking and trying to get her to stop freaking out, luke crying from her loud bark and trying to still pay attention to city traffic and follow the gps at the same time. Finally i got home hauling lukes carseat and trying to stop layla from tripping me with her leash, up to the third floor. needless to say i was beat and had it not been for these roses waiting for my at my doorstep I may have had a mental breakdown. I just love my husband not only does he work hard but he takes time to make me feel special. I have the best husband ever.

Rub a dub dub

2010-05-24T20:34:00.000-07:00

Luke absolutely loves bath time! every night at 7 I start getting him ready for bath and its like he knows whats coming, if he was crying and i lay him on his towel by the sink to undress him he becomes instantly happy. he could stay in all day if i let him, nevertheless bedtime routine must continue after bath so it enevitably always ends.

who's face?

2010-04-13T21:24:00.000-07:00

So everyone keeps asking us which one of us he looks like, and i can honestly say i dont know! I guess we will have to wait till he gets older and settles in to his features. for now we can also say that he has the sweetest face and we cant seem to get enough of him.

this post is mainly for chris cause he had to leave last minute to minnesota for work till saturday, so im posting a pic of luke so he can get his fill. Me and luke love you chris and cant wait till you come home we miss you a ton and hope everything goes well for work! xoxoxoxoxo

LUKE'S BLESSING

2010-04-13T21:11:00.000-07:00

Last sunday april 11th luke was blessed, his name is Luke Christopher Orvin and his dad was able to bless him, it was a beautiful blessing and i just love the 2 men in my life. I was so happy to look up there and see my husband bless our sweet little boy, if i could have had a glimpse into my life when i was younger and seen this moment i probably would'nt be able to believe how perfect my life would be.

I love this picture cause luke is missing one sock, which just captures how he is all the time cause his fast moving little feet can never seem to keep his socks on.

Chris's Birthday

2010-04-02T10:02:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to publicly wish Chris a happy birthday, and just say how dang much I love this man!! he is absolutley perfect for me, I cant get enough of him and luckily he doesnt mind me being completly obsessed with him. I am so excited to have such a wonderful husband to raise our children with and to grow old with. I am so excited for the rest of eternity with him and just love him so much. I have to blog a funny story about him when luke was born so i will remeber it! the first night we went to bed and luke went to the nursery. at about 3 in the morning they brought him into nurse and in comes walking Chris. he had been in the nursery all night holding luke cause he was to excited to sleep. I just love how much he loves me and luke.

oh and this picture is him with his dog layla that i got him for christmas, she absolutly loves him and this is where she thinks she has to be when we are in the car.

lukes birthday

2010-04-02T09:40:00.001-07:00

So Luke is finally here, it all started thursday the 18th when i started having bad contractions every 6 min apart. it lasted all day, so that night we went into the hospital and they said i hadnt changed any and sent me home. the next day they got worse and lasted all day long, so after doing some stuff at my moms to relieve some of the pain we decided to go back to the hospital because it wasnt working, they told me i hadnt changed but that they would check me again in an hour before they sent me home. i went from a 2 to a 2+ so they admitted me at 3 o clock saturday morning. i was so relieved to get the epidural, and i went to sleep for the rest of the night. when i woke up the nurse told me that the babys heart rate kept dropping, and that i had stopped dialating at a 7, he was posteriur, and then dr. lunt came in and told me he thought i needed to do a cesarian because they couldnt get me to go any further and they didnt know even if i did get to a 10 if he would make it through. so after a prayer and feeling it was the right thing to do me and chris were both prepped for a c section. 5 min later little luke came into the world. at 1:19 pm he weighed 7pounds 15 ounces and was 20 inches long. Dr. lunt was awesome, the surgery went great, just a slow recovery. we are so greatful to have such a beautiful perfect little baby, we have been blessed so much i cant believe how much the lord has given to me and chris, I will always be so greatful for my little family.

the last 4 months in short.

2009-11-11T09:37:00.000-08:00

Haha remember that time when i didnt blog in a really long time? It is in fact due in part to my overwhelming thought that my next post needed to be a picture of my growing belly, (because who wouldnt want to see perhaps the one not good thing about pregnancy) (who am i kidding there isnt much good about pregnancy, basically there is just the one good thing..... to have a baby at the end) so needless to say everytime i thought about taking a picture i became very bored with blogging, resulting in a minnie boycott of my own inner turmoils. Alas i will not post a picture, instead i will do a quick recap of what we have been up to since august. well we came home from indi early because of my extreme flu like symptoms... aka morning/24 hour sickness. we made the decision to leave in about 1 hour, so chris got home at 10 at night from a long work day packed the house loaded it into our car and about 1 in the morning we fled from indi. Chris drove all night so i could sleep in the car since everything made me puke at the time, 6 in the morning we got to bree and tylers in missouri and they were gracious enough to fill me full of bree's left over zofran let me rest a couple days, all the while feeding me and babying me. i just love them! then was our 24 hour drive home, which chris did without stopping to sleep and without any company from me because i slept the whole way, i just love him! so thats what brought us home, the next couple months goes as follows.... Jessica- august sept october, morning sickness, zofran,sleep, felt the baby for the first time, cheated and went up north to find out what we were having early, had our 2 year anniversary at the anniversary inn in salt lake, went to the SL temple for the first time, learned how to bottle peaches, pears, and apples (lots of them), began preparing for luke to come, and all the while am super excited for kense to get married this weekend.
Chris- everything from above, plus went to Alaska for 2 weeks for work, hung and built everything for lukes nursery while i just sit and watch, is a primary teacher without me, took very good care of me, and was VERY patient, started hunting in the mornings while im sleeping,and helped move my parents store.
needless to say we have been very busy, and im sure there is plenty i forgot to tell, but who cares, I get to see stacie and bree today!

I LOVE FAMILY! AND WERE HAVING A BABY!

2009-08-05T14:47:00.000-07:00

Ok so where exactly do I start? 2 weeks ago me and chris found out that after 5 months of trying to have a baby, and finally deciding to take a month off of "trying" we are pregnant! I guess that my body doesnt like us trying to figure out whats going on with it so it waited till i stopped charting and calculating everything to be concieved? haha we were so excited about 2 weeks before we found out i started feeling funny and then finally the night before we took a test i was sick!!! nothing looked good to eat, i was super tired and i wanted to puke, sooooo when we woke up the next day we took a test and were expecting to wait the 3 minutes like we had on all our other tests, but before we could set it down to wait there was our answer in a matter of 3 seconds (refer to the picture above) we both were quite for a minute and slowly climbed back into bed with shocked excited smiles on our faces and just layed there, we didnt know how to react it was so fun! 2 hours later we called our parents and told them not to tell anyone that we were going to wait till we got home in october, that night we called everyone cause we couldnt hold it in!! Chris has been such an angel these last 2 weeks because i have been either in bed, at the toilet or at the table trying to gag down some food, morning sickness is very decieving in the fact that it makes you think it is gone by the afternoon. big fat NOPE!!! all day baby, clear till 10 o clock at night! oh well I hear its worth it! he is so eager to go get me rollaides or orange juice at 1 in the morning and makes me swear I wont do the dishes because he wants to do them for me when he gets home at night, I love my husband!!

So this morning in the midst of my depressing sickness chris walks in with a package from nick and megan!!! I loved it, it made me so happy to have a cute little baby outfit by me as i layed in bed. they sent us baby pjs and 2 books one for me and one for chris, all about pregnancy. chris took his with him to work since they have a long drive. I just wanted to say how grateful I am for family, everyone has been so excited for us and so supportive, my mom had an afghan started the day we told her and and went shopping for a girl and boy outfit with my sisters to send out to us. I love my family they are the best i could ever ask for and I cant wait to see everyone in a month or so.

SUPER FUN 4TH

2009-07-22T19:07:00.000-07:00

So we had a really fun 4thh of july out here, me and Chris got matching patriotic shirts that were very flattering on the both of us ? anyway we loved them so much we wear them every day... almost every day... ok almost never now! anyways the fireworks out here are rediculous, we bought all these ones you light yourself and they were just like the ones at vernon worthen park only it was a personal viewing and we got the best seats:) we had bottle rocket wars that were super fun and hilarious we just ran around the park shooting them at each other... good times! it was raining the whole time so as you can imagine my hair was very unflattering. chris of course looked gorgious the whole time, amazing how that works I come home looking like a drowned rat and he comes home looking like a gq model in a rain photo shoot, haha chris is gonna kill me when he reads this. we also had a very yummy bbq with hamburgers chicken potatoe salad, cold spaghetti salad and a ton of super yummy things, i was sick by the end of the night because i had to try everything. nonetheless we had a fun 4th even though we werent home and able to go to the reunion (ps. I am very dissapointed that not one person has posted a single picture of it im starting to think it didnt happen)

Kings Island

2009-06-17T19:32:00.000-07:00

We went to a theme park in cincinnati yesterday with the whole office, we won it as an incentive and it was super fun. the roller coasters were super awesome ( so i hear,I cant go on them or i will puke) but Chris loved them! they also had half of it as a water park with awesomely huge water slide that were soooo fun they were my favorite part! it was sprinkling almost the whole time but it was a warm rain so it was just beautiful, afterwards at about 11 at night we went to the waffle house cause it was the only thing open and we were all pretty hungry, it was super ghetto but yummy and we had a really mean witress that yelled at us everytime we wanted more water ( she never actually yelled but she might as well have) anyways we had a ton of fun and it was an awesome break from the usual!

Our cute little sunday drive

2009-06-17T15:18:00.000-07:00

So sunday after church me and chris went on a sunday drive, and we found this awesome little trail next to a river, we are going to come back to it and go for walks and have picnics, oh and by the waay we have really cool lightning bugs here and i have never seen them before. we are having so much fun out here and are loving every minute we have together. indianapolis is so beautiful every where is this green, and its very humid but its a fun change.

On The Border

2009-06-03T07:48:00.000-07:00

Last night we went to a really yummy mexican restaurant (cause chris is 1/4 mexica)
we went with the guys and the Durhams, as you can see we had alot of fun, and we had a feminine guy waiter which was super entertaining! I heart mexican food now that im an 8th mexican!

Louisville Temple

2009-06-03T07:42:00.000-07:00

We drove down to louisville this last week and it was so beautiful! the city was huge and all around it was so thick with trees and greenery it reminded me of an island! we went and did a temple session and it was so nice to go after a couple months of being away from it.

COMPANY BBQ

2009-06-03T07:35:00.000-07:00

We had a fun bbq with the office and Chris did such an amazing job at the grill, he is so talented!...and strong;) ph and plus some of the other guys were bbqing and they did a good job as well. we had the bbq on the pier over our lake and it was super fun!

2009-06-03T07:25:00.000-07:00

So this is our super fun office, as you can see we have alot of girls in our group which is super fun, we are at Journeys which is a sushi buffet... PS i dont like sushi (I think its all a big fad and that no one really likes it but its the cool thing to do, because our whole office loves it and what are the odds that many people like something so horrible) PS again I dont think I was supposed to put that long of a sentance in parenthesis! anyways we go every thursday!

SO THIS IS LOVE

2009-05-22T19:30:00.001-07:00

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I found this on our friends the holts blog I was laughing so hard so I made one for us, I just feel like it is a good description of mine and chris's relationship, and we are both really good singers

OH JANAE THE BEAUTIFUL!

2009-05-14T17:22:00.000-07:00

Ok so here is were i totally write a poem to Janae that kicks Kensi's poems behind! because as few of you know I actually taught her how to write poems and I shall now reclaim my throne!

Oh Janae so pretty and sweet
you make all the birds go chirpity tweet
not only those creatures so high up above
our hearts as well you make soar like a dove.
Janae,.. we all whisper as we sigh with delight
shes one in a trillion oh ya, yep thats right!

she is really crafty more so than a duck
should you chance to meet her, how great is your luck?
she'll chatter away till the end of the day
and we all shout hip hip hooray!!
cause "she is our sibling" we call to the friar
he tells us she's Groovy for he is no liar!
we love you we love you dear sister of ours
have a happy birthday and go smell some flowers!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST DAD IN THE WORLD!

2009-04-27T17:52:00.000-07:00

I have the best dad in the world! I cannot think of a more generous, loving person. so I want to write down my ten most favorite things about him.
1- He is an amazing cook and is constantly feeding me and my husband because we want to have as many of his home cooked meals as possible before we have to big of a family for him to feed every night!
2- He is so friendly and knows everyone I have never met anyone who doesnt think he has the best personality ever!
3- He always takes time to tell me everything he loves about me and that he loves me alot, no matter how busy or stressed he is.
4- I love that he has such a strong testimony, I know that his testimony is so strong because the Lord has Molded him through trials and hardships in his life to be the solid foundation and patriarch of our family! he is the high bar I compared everyone to when looking for my husband!
5- I love his sense of humor, and when he gets laughing really hard! it just makes me happy when he is happy
6- I love the way he loves my mom!
7- I love that he loves food so much, ive never seen anyone come back from a vacation and only talk about the food!
8- I love that he welcomes everyone into our family no matter who they are and wether they want to be, no one can resist his ability to love everyone. they have to come back for more!
9- I love seeing him in the temple with his white suit, I purposely go to the temple on the days he works because it gives me such a comforting feeling just to see him there!
10- I love that when I think of how I want to raise my family and children, there is nothing i would change about the way I was raised and if i could duplicate what he and my mom are as parents and members of the gospel I would give anything to do it
!

ZION

2009-04-14T10:21:00.000-07:00

so before we left me and chris decided we wanted to start hiking! and our first hike was..dun dun dun... ANGELS LANDIN!! I didnt even think twice about it when we decided to go, and ya the first part was hard but still way fun... and then we got to the part where you have to hold onto a chain and climb for a half mile with a 2000 foot drop on either side of you, I never knew i was scared of hights and that i hypervenalate when i only have a one foot strip to walk on with sheer drops on either side of me... nonetheless thats what i did. but chris promised me if i finished it he would get me a puppy... so i kept going, balling the whole way! and we made it!!! I will never do it again but it was beautiful! we went on several other hikes that i liked alot more the next couple days... all in all we love zion!

We are alive!!

2009-04-11T16:17:00.000-07:00

So we made it to Indianapolis safely! We love it here its so beautiful and our apartment is nice too. I will post pictures of it later! so our journey started out tearfully (again) leaving our new home and family, we had a birthday party for chris the night before so we got to see almost everyone before we left which was so nice. and we started off on our 22 hour drive to kirksville missouri, Chris drove the whole way ( hes such an awesome husband ) he let me sleep alot but at 12 midnight he woke me up by yelling happy birthday to me, and proceeding to yell it every 15 minutes the remaining 8 hours of the drive (yes, we drove all through the day and night without stopping) we stopped at a whole in the wall little diner at 3 in the morning and had a birthday breakfast 4 me. 22 hours later we pulled up to bree and tylers house and had so much fun with them and there cute little family!we went to nauvoo and it was so amazing, bree and tyler are such good hosts they kept us entertained the whole time and we had so much fun! here is a funny converstion me and chris still laugh about
hallie- throwing a tantrum on the drive back fromo nauvoo!
bree- hallie stopo or you will go right to bed when wee get home.
hallie- continues tantrum
bree- 1....2....3..
hallie- tantrum
bree- ok your going to bed when we get home
hallie- no i dont want to go to bed
annie- mom STOP that makes hallie sad, hallie you can stay up tonight!

we are still laughing
anyways we stayed a week there and finally left (Jessica trying not to cry cause thats what she does when she leaves people) and 6 hours later arrived at the beautiful indianapollis. ill blog more later i am in a hurry and ill put pictures, and update on fun events we did a while ago!

I Love My Husband

2009-02-06T11:25:00.000-08:00

so as man of you know my dear sweet husband had to fly to florida wed, to train some of his recruits on selling pinnacle security. he is going to be gone for two weeks which means he would be gone for valentines! i was getting more and more sad about him leaving so the day before he left he was out working and told me he would be gone till 6 or 630! he said he wanted to take me out to a nice dinner for valentines when he got home, so he told me to go to the gym with kensi then hurry and come home and get ready so we could leave when he got home. so i got home at 6 and hurried and showered and got ready (all cute in a dress and everything) right as i was getting finished the doorbell rang! so i hurried downstairs to answer it.... I opened the door and there stood my dear handsome husband dresses to the T in church clothes( i love the way he looks all dressed up) holding 48 red roses... i wanted to cry i was so excited but i couldnt stop smiling long enough to! so he said we had to hurry cause we had reservations and couldnt be late but he wouldnt tell me were! i finally found out as we pulled up to the cosmopolitan restaurant.... IT WAS AMAZING!!! the best food we have ever had and so romantic! I feel like the luckiest girl in the world to have a husband who loves me so much and is so sweet to me! now he has been gone for 2 days and i honestly feel like i am not myself and my heart hurts! but he will be home in 12 days so i guess i can manage!

Our New Home

2009-01-29T15:00:00.000-08:00

this is mine and chris's new house we had so much fun building it and love living in it together,we are so grateful to have such a beautiful home we have been so blessed. sorry it took so long to post this for certain family members that dont live by us... uh it was terribly mean of us, but we do not have a computer or internet for the time being and it is difficult to remember when we are places that have them!

Darcy and Jessie's wedding

2009-01-29T14:45:00.000-08:00

So Chris's sister got married last month and it turned out so beautiful!

ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!

2008-12-10T11:35:00.000-08:00

Me and Chris had our one year anniversary a couple months ago in spain and had a blast!! and I just wanted to make a quick list of my favorite things about being married to chris this last year!
- having someone always with me that i never get sick of!
- finding out how much fun it is to make chris happy.
- waking up to chris every morning
- waking up nearly everynight to hear or see what chris is dreaming about (he sleep walks and talks)
- planning our future
- going to spain, albequerque, tucson, idaho, cancun, and many of our other last minute adventures together.
- buying a home together.
- living in our cute first apartment together.
- doing our buisness adventures
- having someone be completely in love with me and being happier than i could ever imagine.

2008-10-24T12:28:00.000-07:00

so i know it has been a while since i have been back from spain but i have tried many times to post and then i get frustrated with kensi's computer and quit! hopefully i will make it through it this time! so here are just a few of the pictures from spain. we had so much fun we went to toledo segovia valencia madrid, and azuqueqa, we spent alot of time in the cute little cities just shopping around and touring the castles and what not, we also spent alot of time with the awesome members over there! we had a dinner appointment every night after we got done touring and almost every family that chris had gotten to know on his mission fed us an amazing dinner. everyone over there was so fun and i loved having the chance to see chris's mission and the people that were a part of his life! one of my favorite things was the beach, it was beautiful and felt so good! we were able to go to the temple over there to do baptisms and to go through a session, and also to go see general conference! well her battery is dying so im going to have to put more pics up later and tell a little more about what we did!

MY NEGLECT IS UNEXCUSEABLE!

2008-09-16T12:59:00.000-07:00

I first of all wanted to say I am so sorry to all my devote readers who have a hard time figuring out what to do with there lives when there is not a post from moui! and secondly i am going to give you an update of the lives of me and chris!
well since my last post in albuguerque I moved back to st george aug 20th a full week before chris came home !!!! and can i just say that i completley regret it! it was misery being away from my husband, and i was in complete joy when he came home to me a week later! But the reason I came home was because Me and Chris are building a home and I had to go home to get things in order! and yes you heard me correct we are building a home! I know it seems a little abrupt considering we havent even reached our first year anniversary but we got such a good deal we couldnt help but do it as an investment. they will start building as soon as the mortgage people will approve our loan ( you would think they would want our money instead of making it a living heck for us)anyways besides the whole dealing with the bank I am so excited about it, poor chris has to deal with my excitement and after many of our conversations ending in me telling chris how im going to decorate our house and him not really caring i decided to tone it down a little so i dont kill this experience for him and make him never want to build again! but lets just say i decorate in my head for nearly 80% of my time. so thats whats going on with the house, as for what me and chris are doing now a days since he is finished selling, we baseically plan our trip to spain and run around doing erronds to prepare for our trip to spain next week. I am so excited and will blog all about it when we get back!

THE ALBUQUERQUE TEMPLE

2008-08-05T10:04:00.000-07:00

so we went to the temple here and it was beautiful! we went with logan & whitney watcott(im not quite sure if thats how its spelled) and kevin & audrey fuller it was fun and we have enjoyed being out here with all of the fun couples we have met. after the temple we went to IHOP for breakfast and that was a different kind of good :) all in all we had a good time! and cant wait to go back to the st george temple and see how different it is to be in a full, large temple!

A 3D MOVIE, WAHOO!!

2008-07-11T14:48:00.000-07:00

Last night we went to journey to the center of the earth in 3D with brady and kaden. we had alot of fun especially chris, he loved the glasses and couldnt help but walk around with his pants up to his chest, the world will never know why! I liked the movie but would never see it again, i just liked that it was 3D i thought they only had those at disneyland! afterwards chris saw some rabbits in the movie parking lot and wanted to catch one( keep in mind that he still has not removed his glasses) I was amazed at how fast he was but unfortunately the rabbits were faster and we decided to go home to bed since it was really late.

A DAY TOGETHER

2008-07-11T14:16:00.000-07:00

With chris working all day and getting home late at night, I started to feel home sick for him and of course with that comes self pitty, wallowing, and quick temper with everyone! so Chris being the mind reader he is decided to take all of tuesday off and take me on a date. IT WAS AMAZING!!! We went on the Sandia peak tram. which happens to be the longest tram in the world,we rose 7,000 feet in elevation in a matter of 15 minutes... plus it was a gorgeous day, it was pouring rain on our way to the tram and then it stopped raining whwen we got on and it was perfect weather the whole time. unfortunately when we got to the top they told us all the trails were closed due to fire danger ( on a really rainy day while it was still overcast)
alas we were only bummed for a little bit because we snuck past the gate while no one was looking and went on a gorgeous hike, it looked like a rain forest and i was in love with the whole mountain, it was the prettiest place i have ever seen! and Chris loved it to he couldn't quite saying how amazing it was while we were hiking!
after the tram ride we went home and made dinner then we hauled our mattress into the family room to watch a movie,(our couch isn't very comfortable and it felt more like a slumber party this way) alal in all it was an awesome date and im so glad Chris took the time off to be with just me!

THE DIAPER CAKE!!!

2008-07-07T19:51:00.000-07:00

Ok so I had a baby shower to go to last weekend for another one of the wives who is going to have a baby in a couple weeks, and it was so much fun. Me Whitney and kelsey decided we would make a diaper cake for our gift and it was so much fun to do, we were laughing the whole time while we were trying to wrap the diapers around each other. And in the end it turned out so cute.... needless to say I was really proud of it so I decided to post a picture of it, and im sure everyone will think it is as neat as I did!

ROAD TRIP TO NEW MEXICO!

2008-07-01T11:32:00.000-07:00

Ok so when we left Thursday from tucson we stopped and stayed the night in phoenix and went to the Mesa temple in the morning. I loved it! the temple was so beatiful inside and out, and it just felt good to be there. I have made it my goal to go to as many temples as i can because the mesa was so different inside than the st george and now realize that they are all beautiful in their own way and I must see them all! I am so grateful for temples and to be able to attend them, its an amazing thing and I cant wait to go to the Albuquerque one this week!
so the rest of the road trip was fun we went to buffalo exchange which is a clothes store that has designer clothes for way cheep, it was way fun! our next stop was at the petrafied forest! i know it soundsd cool but really we just got to see where they keep the post cards cause the park was closed! but by thte looks of the post cards I think i got the same experience just by seeing it on cardstock. we arrived in albuquerque after a very long drive and many sunflower seed, and were pleasantly surprised that we would now be on the same time zone as utah!!! we got to our apartment ans we love it! it is huge and nice and it has a new washer and dryer. I will post pictures next time of it cause its really cool! anyways I love it here it is a beatiful city and we live in the foothils which makes it even more pretty, and to top it off Chris is doing really well here, abd he is still dangerously handsome, he keeps mase in his pocket to keep all the womene away that are home when he is selling! poor guy, cant help it he was born like that!

LAST DAY IN TUCSON!!!!

2008-06-30T11:15:00.000-07:00

This was our last day in tucson last Thursday and it was the first monsoon of the season, so I guess you could say we got out of there just in time.... although we all know i love rain and thunder.... Im just saying Chris cant work in those weather conditions so it is for the better that we left. And now that we are gone and I dont have to try and be positive I am going to say WAHOOOOO!!! I Truely think tucson is the dumbest place in the world... and needless to say I am so glad to be in Albuquerque New Mexico.

FIVE REASONS WHY KENSI SHOULD COME OUT AND VISIT ME!

2008-05-27T15:30:00.000-07:00

1- BECAUSE ROUND TRIP TO FLY IS ONLY $130 AND THE FLIGHT IS LIKE AN HOUR!( AKA CHEAPER THAN GAS)
2- BECAUSE MOM SAID SHE WOULD GIVE HER THE TIME OFF WORK!( I ASKED HER)
3-IF SHE DOES IT SOON SHE CAN RIDE TO VEGAS WITH WHITTNEY!
4- JOSH WOULD TOTALLY MISS HER AND PROPOSE WHEN SHE GOT BACK!
5- WE WOULD HAVE SO MUCH FUN LAYING OUT ALL DAY, GETTING TAN, SHOPPING AT THE AWESOMLY HUGE MALL, WE CAN MAKE DINNER EVERY NIGHT AND I WOULD TOTALLY TEACH HER ALL THE RECIPES SHE HAS BEEN WANTING TO LEARN, WE CAN WATCH CHICK FLICKS DURING THE DAY, AND WE WOULD TAKE PICTURES, AND SHE COULD MAKE IT ONTO MY BLOG AGAIN!

OK SO THERE WERE MORE THAN 5 SO I FIT ALL THE LAST ONES ON THE NUMBER FIVE SLOT! BUT SERIOUSLY KENS YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT, IT WOULD BE SUPER SUPER FUN!

2008-05-23T13:44:00.000-07:00

All About Me -- Alphabetically

I was tagged by Michelle

A-Attached or Single. attached, and sort of obsessed with Chris
B-Best Friend. Chris, and my sisters, and parents
C-Cake or Pie. deffinately pie espescially fruit pies mmmm..
D-Day of Choice. now it is saturday nights cause chris gets off at 6 so we can go on a date, and sundays cause i have all day with him.
E-Essential Items. I thought my sewing machine would be essential to live out here but turns out it isnt. so my new essential items are perfume( my clothes even when clean smell like my apartment aka mold) and my phone so i can keep texting chris to know if he is still safe:)
F-Favorite Colors.im gonna choose red, cause i got new red jelly shoes for 2.50
G-Gummy Bears or Worms? they both make me car sick!
H-Hometown. good ole st george... where the fields of cotton beckon to me( its a song)
I-Indulgence. busy b's bakery they have amazing apple turn overs but i dont want to eat there every day so that i dont get sick of it... aka fat!
J-January of July. ill have to say July cause thats when me and chris got engaged, and had an amazing summer so now i think i will always love the summer!
K-Kids? none but hopefully we will be expecting soon... thats not an announcmenet though, just thinking!
L-Life isn't complete without? The Gospel, Chris, my family, and yummy smells.
M-Marriage Date. October 5, 2007
N-Number of Brothers and Sisters. 5 sisters and 5 sisters in law. 3 brothers and 5 brothers in law and hopefully one on the way:)
O-Oranges or Apples. oranges if they are cold.
P-Phobias or Fears. lately my fears due to many disturbing dreams have had to do with chris, and him not being... how do i say this.... alive? and spiders!
Q-Quote. when obedience ceases to be an irratent, and becomes our quest, in that moment god will endow us with power!
R-Reason to Smile. I have an amazing life!
S-Superman or Wonder Woman. eww neither i dont eat humans!
T-Tag four people. I tag kensi, bree, lori, janae, stacie, megan, kelsey, and, chris:)
U-Unknown fact about me. one time i had a dream who the next bishop was going to be( because it was time for a new one) and it came true... aka i sometimes have visions!
V-Vegetables? true?
W-Worst habit. i cant help but take a loud sharp intake of breath when i think we are going to get into a car accident but turns out im always just paranoid and it never happens so i look like an idiot for freaking out!
X-X-Ray or Ultrasound? Ultrasound? yes thats it, to see my belly!
Y-Your favorite food. potatoes! and lately pancakes
Z-Zodiac Sign . . . yield!

ooooohhh that was fun!

DRESSED AND READY FOR WORK

2008-05-14T19:30:00.000-07:00

This is Chris' work uniform that I think he looks super super good in, unfortunately for you guys I did not include a view from behind... ( for my eyes only... and any one elses who walks behind him i guess)anyways its no wonder why everyone lets him in there houses to sale them security systems wouldnt you if he was standing on your door step :) haha we are having alot of fun and are enjoying it out here and chris is really getting into the swing of things and doing well.

im just updating for the last couple days and didnt want to do it all in one post, so now im up to date with everything and will now be more at ease... and now Kensi will have something to read at work... and by the way kens I resent that whole studer typing thing.

FUNNY THING ABOUT COOKING!

2008-05-14T19:16:00.000-07:00

so the other day I thought I would be food planning smart and use up all of our leftovers so we didnt waste anything, turns out putting everything together in one pot is not such a good idea... everything turned grey and let out this absolutely digusting smell and made me want to puke anad im not exxagerating! It was disgusting, thus the following picture of the pot soaking, seriously the smell finally came out of the pot but only after days of saoking.

so before hris got home i didnt have time to make anything else... thank goodness for Dominoes, and free cinna sticks monday.. I only found out it was cinna stick monday when they handed it to me with my order, and boy was i excited. I almost felt like I had royally screwed up and burnt dinner for a greater reason and that this was were I was ment to be monday night!

RAINY DAYS.... WAHOO!!

2008-05-14T19:01:00.000-07:00

so, it rained yesterday, and I thought to myself... it is raining... I need a book. cause everyone knows you have to read a book on a rainy day. so I went to target to get myself a book, (I knew exactly what I wanted) da da da da THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA!!! so i finished the first one yesterday and plan on finishing at least up to the prince caspian one before the movie comes out this weekend... YEA! Im so excited to see it. oh and in case you didnt notice this is a picture of our apartment complex as it was raining.. poor Chris had to go out in it and came home freezing, Im so lucky to have such an awesome hard working husband who can handle anything that is thrown at him.... especially having to deal with me adjusting to a new city.. no one should have to deal with that and the stress of a new job. thanks Chris your awesome!

SOOO... LESSON NOT LEARNED!

2008-05-10T17:39:00.000-07:00

Ok so remember how tuesday I fried the front of my legs? well today was the first day i was able to go back to the pool and I thought to myself I have a funny line on my legs... the front has color and the back doesn't! so I decided I would tan the back of my legs.. but I wasnt going gto be stupid anad tan them for an hour and let them fry. so I contemplated the time i would lay there and 15-21 mins sounded good, and after that time had passed i got in the pool for a bit, and then went and watched a movie with Michelle and Melissa and there 2 darling babies. after the movie i stood up and felt the back of my legs sting a little, and i though OH NO!! so I get home, shed the clothing and look at the back of my legs... dundundun... they looked like a lobster! and felt like a lobster being cooked... so ... thats something isnt it? evedently since between tuesday and saturday the sun became more efficient and did what it did to me tues, in a quarter of the time.... YEAH SUN! not!

MY ADVENTUROUS DAY.

2008-05-08T17:16:00.000-07:00

So here are some pictures of the apartment. next pictures I post will have humans in them I promise. today has been quite the adventure, first i spent nearly 2 whole hours trying to figure out how to change my blog background. then i decided i would wander around tuscon in my car of course. for those of you who dont know tuscon I will tell you its pretty big. and I wanted to find the mall. well we live on the outskirts of town anad I as of yet have not gone past it. so i got into my car thinking to myself that it probably wasnt a good idea to venture into the city for the first time by myself... but i ignored myself and went on. I knew deep down in my belly that i would probably never find the mall but that I could look for cool places along the way. after about 10 min of driving around taking wierd turns that usually led me nowhere i came around a big turn and there it was.... the mall, it was huge and i couldnt decide which entrance to go into. needless to say i entertained myself there for a long while, and then went home which was a chore seeing as i had taken so many weird turns to get there. but now I am home safe after a long and exciting adventure. and now i wait for chris... for another 3 hours:(

NOTE TO SELF:

2008-05-07T11:23:00.000-07:00

Ok so yesterday I was sitting inside around 10:30 in the morning wondering what I should do, and I decided i would go out and get a nice little tan by the pool... I proceeded to do so and after about 40 min i decided I was probably good for the day because I didnt want to get burned the first time I was out in the sun for the summer. so I start to pack everything up to go inside and all the other wives and there babies come in. so of course me being eager to talk to another human being sit by the pool and chat with them not noticing the time going by, about 1:30 my stomache starts to growel so I say my goodbuys and head in for lunch. when I entered my apartment i felt a slight pain in my legs and looked down only to see a smoldering red glaring at me. I knew this was a bad sign because it usually takes about a half a day for my burns to show up, but within 5 min I was totally full blown royally fried! so I layed to to take a nap and 2 hours later (the sun takes alot out of you) I woke up got dressed and went in search of a grocery store. to my relief I found one quickly, went in made my purchase and hurried back to the car where I immediately busted that baby out of the bag and slathered aloe vera all over my legs.... note to self stay away from the sun.

Chris got home around 8:30 at night and I had a poor mans meal of hamburger patties smothered with suated onions and garlic, and mashed potatoes and butter ready for us. after which we went to the movies with brady and logan to see Iron Man which was way good.... I was ready to be out of the house! any ways Chris had a good selling day yesterday he sold 3 but one backed out last min because he was upset the installer was an hour and a half late, which was just a mis comunication. anyways he is doing really well and I am getting more used to the idea of not being at home:)

ARIZONA

2008-05-06T09:36:00.000-07:00

Ok so we finally moved to Arizona, after a long tearfull goodbuy ( sorry fam, I couldnt control my emotions:) but i did try) turns out the weather in tuscon is alot like the weather in St. George, except it hits the high temp earlier. so we got to our apartment last night, and were surprised to find out that there is a pool and spa... YEAH!!!! our apartment is very very very small but cute, not in the way that our aprtment at home is cute, more in the way that if I dont say it is then I wont think it is:) it has brand new furniture, and Chris so I like it! so I took a bunch of pictures to post but when I went to upload them I realized I dont have the stuff to conect our camera to the computer AHHH what will i do! sorry Tyler no pics! just a few interesting facts about our apartment that I just came to know.
1- when i sneeze it echoes off the walls like under the paint there is some type of metal!
2- we have a surprisingly lot of storage space in our bathroom, and I cant figure out how, or where the space comes from.
3- they now make vinal that looks shockingly like tile.
4- the AC is really loud when your the only one home.
I thought those might be somewhat interesting for everyone to know. last night we also went to walmart to get stuff for our new house, and turns out it is very disguraging having to restock your apartment with the basic, nessesary foods, when we just had our last apartment perfect, so as a result we got top ramen and stuff instead of yummy homecooked things, because we dont want to have to pack it all again in a month or 2 when we move to new mexico.
I cant wait to go to church and see what our ward is like, I figure that will feel more like home than anything since the gospel is the same everywhere :) So all in all It was a good move the drive went well and we got here safely... aka side note, while we were driving we could see this eagle flying up ahaid of us and it was huge the wing span was as big as our car, then all of the sudden it came right at us and we nearly hit it, it was so cool I was yellin DID YOU SEE THAT! to chris and obviously he couldnt help but see it since it blocked the windshield and its feathers were seriously touching the car, it was amazing to see a bird like that so close. anyways im sure thats enough of an update for today, ill blog again tommorrow, unfortunately not with pictures though:( oh and a shout out to everyone to keep updated so I can see whats going on, it will help alot thanks :)

NEW CAR !!!!!

2008-04-22T08:10:00.001-07:00

OK, so it all started out as a little dilema. me and Chris had A mazda 3 and were content and happy. then one day we realized that Chris is tall! not only is he tall but the mazda 3 was little. this was all well and good until we started thinking about children... in the future of course, and we were shocked to see that a car seat wouldnt fit since chris' chair goes all the way to the back seat. well thats fine right? I mean we still had a while before we needed to deal with it. and then another factor hit us! we have a HORRIBLE interest rate on the mazda and if we wait any longer to get rid of it we would be upside down on the selling price due to our car not holding its value well. so we set out on our journey to buy a bigger vehicle. I say vehicle because we were originally going to get a small suv, the mazda cx7 to be exact, and we test drove it and were disapointed to see that inside it was the same size as our little car, only with a bigger space in the back were the trunk would be. naturally we didnt want to jump to a full size suv for our little family... then I got a brilliant idea, "lets get a bigger car, its less gas, and better insurance and cheaper all around. so after looking at the nissan maxima ( and almost getting it) we saw this camry and really liked it, plus it was cheaper and just as nice ( i liked it better than the maxima) so now our payments per month will be considerably smaller and our interest rate has been cut in just over half! so good buy to my cute little mazda it will be missed... sometimes.

GOODBYE TO AN OLD FRIEND!

2008-03-27T09:57:00.000-07:00

Well it's official, I no longer have long hair... sniff sniff, it has been ten and a half years since I have cut my hair and I really feel like im missing something... like a long time part of me... anywho its the new me and I really like it. But the best part is that chris likes it too... I was way relieved. I didnt want to add to his horrible day because he has had the flu all day yesterday and has been in bed misserable with nothing to do... so the flu + p90x soreness + chris did not make for a happy day, so imagine my nervousness when I know chris likes long hair and that he has been sick.... fortunately he liked it and got a good nights sleep last night and is starting to feel better. Unfortunately for the both of us the soreness from p90X is not going away and I walk like a prenant lady from it.

2008-03-19T08:53:00.001-07:00

Ok the reason for the puffy cheeks is that I just got my wisdom teeth out, and now my cheeks are perminately puffy.
the next pictures are of the stupid model things I have to draw in my drawing class... you would think that they would pick something that maybe people would enjoy drawing instead of trying to push them away from the art world with dull assignments like these. alas i go on, and truely dislike my class... anyways I guess I will attempt to describe why I have not posted in such a long time.... my camera was dead and Tyler has instilled in me a deep fear of blogging without pics.
so the last couple weeks at our house have been really busy, with Chris's moms wedding and then spring break having fun everyday... it gets tiring:) we whent camping a little to prematurely with only a sleeping bag for each of us. and it was freezing... I didnt sleep. oh and I didnt get my wisdom teeth out.

Hair dilemma

2008-02-20T13:26:00.000-08:00

HELP!!! I don't know what to do with my hair, I want a change but I don't know how daring I want to be. So i thought I would try and get everyones opinion. Kensi wants me to cut my hair off and go really blond. Chris likes long hair but thinks i should try a dark color. dark scares me and so does short hair.... which is my problem in the first place, I want a change but don't dare do anything. So we were thinking we would just put a lot more blond in it for the summer, so their was hardly any red, and just trim it a little. please let me know what every one thinks cause I am of course blind to what would look good cause its my own hair.

Our excursion to idaho

2008-02-19T08:41:00.001-08:00

This Weekend we Flew to Idaho for Chris' work... I know looks like painful work doesnt it! we had a ton of fun up at the cabin it was huge and had heated floors.... needless to say i was amazed. We whent snowmobiling and as you can see i got stuck with the childs snowmobile.... well by stuck I mean i chose too stay on it and putter around everywhere, it was super fun. chris loved the big ones and had a ton of fun going too fast and scareing me... fortunately we are both ok .

After looking at these pictures i have come to the conclusion that chris should be a model for snowmobiles... just an idea let me know what you all think of it :) after the whole trip was over it was good to get back to our home and settle back down. and just a quick little FYI Im sure the only ones who will really apreciate this are Kensi and Miki.... I think I am completly over my whole plane sickness thing... as long as i go to sleep before take off and landing, Yay!

UPDATE 4 YOU.

2008-02-12T13:57:00.000-08:00

OK so I think we are sure that we are going to be leaving for our summer escapades May 6, and are driving down to Tuscon Arizona for the first month, and then driving back to St George for a day, and flying from Vegas to Honolulu until August. We will be living in our own apartment, but in the same complex as all our friends that are coming with us, which will be fun cause several of them are married so their wifes will be there to keep me company :) And fortunately I know some of the girls and am way excited to make new friends that will hang out with me even though im married... cause they are too, YAY :) Our daily schedule will go as follows: 9 AM wake up and go tour and have fun at the beach, 1 o clock Chris will go to work till 9 at night and I will go to my little day job, and then at 6, get home and wait for chris :) ill pick up another hobbie for those last 3 hours. any ways I am super excited to go. Chris has been doing a little of the work now while he has free time and is doing really well at it, this weekend the company is flying us up to Idaho to stay at their cabin and go snowmobiling which will be super fun. anyways I know that was a way boring blog but just thought I would keep you updated.

10 Things I love about Chris

2008-02-05T09:32:00.000-08:00

I know Valentines isn't for another week but I figured I should do this before Chris has time to even think about anything, and by so doing proving that I do in fact love him more... (sorry Chris its true.) I could go on and on for ever but here are some of the things that came to my mind first.

1- he talks in his sleep, and walks sometimes too.
2- he likes my cooking... even when some things turn out not so great.
3- he really really wants some kids... especially one like mason, to eat with him.
4- he likes to surprise me, AKA i cant give him suggestions for birthdays or christmas because then he knows its on my mind and it wont be a surprise.
5- at least 2 -3 times during the night he will subconsciously give me a big hug and say I love you. ( also included in #1 with the sleep talking)
6- he is very motivated, especially for 6 am workouts that if it were up to me to be in charge of the alarm i would turn it off and hope he didnt hear it, thus saving me having to go.
7- he likes ketchup on all breakfast foods, and dinner foods, and breakfast for dinner foods.
8- I love his eyes and hope our kids get them
9- he is so strong... and hard working... and likes to work, AKA never has unfinished projects sitting around.
10- he doesnt like me to sing to him early saturday mornings when he is sleeping.
11- he thinks he loves me more
12- he has a great knowledge of the gospel, and is a strong priesthood holder for our home, and he gives me someone to try to be more like.
13- he always takes our garbage out.
14- he has to have every light out before watching a movie.
15- he doesn't wake me up when I fall asleep during his action movies... he just carries me to bed... he's so strong :)
16- hes the best husband ever!!!

17- he always makes me laugh.

18- he likes my feet but no one elses... in fact he has a phobia of other peoples feet.
19- he loves life and has to take every opportunity he can so he doesn't miss anything.
20- he likes to grocery shop with me.

ALOHA!!! Hawaii here we come!

2008-02-01T15:45:00.000-08:00

It is basically official. Me and Chris will be going to live in Hawaii this summer, while he sales security systems.... I know what you are probably all thinking... but the company is an honest and good one, and all the managers and stuff are really good people and returned missionaries, and it is well run. we are basically doing for a vacation and make money too. they pay are travel expenses, rent and food.. and car. we are super excited, are group we are going with is all way fun so far the people we know that are in it is: carson Goodwin, Logan Whatcott, Brady Hiatt possibly a couple of Chris' mission companions, and some other good people. we basically cant lose on this because they have gotten me a job at the office and i will get paid more than i make now, so we are covered if no one wants to buy the product... which they say you have to be an idiot not to make money. anyways ill keep you updated if there are any changes, we will leave the day after school gets out probably.

PASTA MAKER

2008-01-29T08:30:00.000-08:00

Yeah!! i was finally able to make pasta on our new pasta maker we got for our wedding. it was so yummy. homemade noodles is my new favorite thing to eat... not that i eat them alot though cause i have only made them this once... but i have plans of never buying spagetti or fettacinni noodles ever again, Yeah for kitchen aid!

Our darling apartment.

2008-01-29T08:18:00.000-08:00

This is our humble home, the kitchen is slightly messy but you get the idea. Me and Chris have had so much fun painting and making everything into our home. these are just the main rooms, i left out bathrooms and spare bedrooms so as not to bore anyone.

A Review of 2007

2008-01-21T08:58:00.000-08:00

1.what did you do in 2007that you'd never done before? met, fell in love, and married my husband.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? i do not recall having made any resolutions, so i dont know if i met them, and i think im going to make som new ones today.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? my sister stacie.
4. Did anyone close to you die? my grandma Goodwin
5. What countries did you visit? Mexico
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007? More discipline.
7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory and why? oct 5, my wedding, because it was so special. the day we started to move into our apartment. and my grandmas last day with us.
8. What was your biggest personal achievement of the year? I started a new hobbie that i love, which is painting.
9. What was your biggest failure? not having a physical phytness routine, and eating... alot.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? nothing besides the normal flu or cold.
11. What was the best thing you bought? I guess my car.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?my parents and aunts and uncles, for all of there dedication and honor to there parents, and also my husband's for everything he does for me when he doesnt have to.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? i dont want to say.
14. Where did most of your money go? my car and starting a new home with chris.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?dating chris and finding out he liked me too, and then that he loved me, and then getting married, and finding the perfect dress etc.
16. What song will always remind you of 2007? hey there delilah. plain white t's
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: a)happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer? so so so happy, haha fatter, but not for long. much richer in blessings.
18. What do you wish you'd done less of? eat holiday food, sleep,
19. Did you fall in love in 2007? why yes i did, and every day since.
20. What was your favorite TV program? gilmore girls
21. Do you hate anyhone now that you didn't hate this time last year? no.
22. What was the best book you read?the last harry potter
23. What was your greatest musical discovery? myself as always.
24. What did you want and not get? oh i passed up alot of very cute clothes in order to budget myself
25. What was your favorite film of this year? national treasure... chris will know why.
26. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you? i watched general conference and i turned 19.
27. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Nothing I had a great year
28. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007? amazing as always of course.
29. What kept you sane? i was never insane or close to it.
30. When you think about 2007 what sticks out in your mind? chris
31. Best moment of 2007? going to the temple with chris.

Dear Mr. Blogger

2008-01-14T12:24:00.000-08:00

What is a blog? Why are we here? How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootie pop? These are questions of the soul. If we could only begin to understand our full potential as family bloggers! Then and only then we could unlock the true happiness that they talk about in Lion King. Akuna-ma-tata my fellow bloggers. Well all is well at the Orvin' s house oh and jess is pregnant , well i think, The Lord has pretty good at answering my fasts and prays thus far. :) well i hope you all have a wonderful day!!

jessica.. and chris chinese and black

2008-01-14T12:18:00.000-08:00

2008-01-10T09:52:00.001-08:00

This is mine and Chris's first time back to the temple since our wedding, so we decided to take pictures and document it.... granted this was several months ago andwe didnt have a blog so we are documenting them now. and these are the only pictures we have taken since then and tyler would flip if we didnt post pictures. so you get to hear about our date. it was super fun we whent and did seelings, and then had dinner. to the left you can see chris' face when he is trying to do a candid picture.... isnt he sweet?

here you can see part of our house before we painted it from the ugly white...... oh ya and you can also see chris with his head on backwards (thats what he tried to tell me but we all know its just his clothes on backwards.) now that i have shown all of you a semi before picture of our house i am going to go home and take pictures so that everyone can see our cool new paint job... now that kensi has given me her old camera.. what a sweetheart.

The Beginning

2008-01-07T08:36:00.000-08:00

And we are called Chris and jessica Orvin, our post will be updated by the rights of man and for the rights of man, pictures are great and desireable but not necesarie. we will follow the laws of the blog. we will exercise our enalienable rights to take over and dominate the blog, and the right to persue a happy blog. await further information on.... US.