February

In February we celebrate 3 events Valentines Day, our Anniversary, and Ryan's Birthday! Busy right... lol

Lets start with Valentines Day
*It was our Valentines Day being married
*Ryan is a sweetheart and did a special gift for me every day for the week of Valentines. He got me work out clothes, chocolate covered strawberries, roses, and a picture of the temple we want to be sealed in. I'm a very lucky lady to have him. His a wonderful husband and I couldn't be happier.
* I got Ryan a Fruit Arrangement. Sounds lame to everything he did for me... but lucky I have our anniversary and his birthday to make up for it.
*Ryan also worked out of town the weekend of Valentines but we are celebrating both Valentines and our anniversary the following weekend in Salt Lake.

Anniversary:
A Glimpse at our First Year
*States We Set Foot In-
  Utah, California, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho
*Shows We Have Watched-
  The Voice, Modern Family, The Celebrity Apprentice, Dexter, Blacklist, Pawn Stars, Gas Monkeys
*Restaurants We Love
   Buffalo Wild Wings, Kneaders, Red Iguana, Cafe Rio, Texas Roadhouse, China Chef, Steve's         Steakhouse

*Movies We Saw

   Grudge Match, Lone Survivor, Hunger Games, Iron Man 3, Fast & Furious 6, Despicable Me 2, Now You See Me

*Things We Did
     Honeymooned, boating, camping, took mountain trails with our jeep, Jazz games, dinner with friends, Shooting guns

* Dinner "WE" Have Made
     Steak, Salad, and Grilled Pineapple
     Lasagna
     Jalapeno & Water chestnut Poppers
     Potatoes & Eggs

Celebrating our 1 year anniversary we spent the weekend in Salt Lake City at the Hilton. Our weekend consisted of sleeping in, eating at the Melting Pot, swimming, and just relaxing. It was a much needed mini vacation. So happy for the best year of my life and grateful I can share it with my sweet spouse... ryan!

During our anniversary week we celebrated by eating our one year wedding cake. Lucky my mom stored it a tight container and it was surprisingly delicious. Tasted just like it did on our wedding day:)

Ryans's 24th Birthday!  
In our house we have the tradition to have a birthday week. One day is just not long enough to celebrate the joy of being alive! Ryan's week consisted of home cooked meals every night, mini gifts each day, and getting pampered by a mini massage at night before he went to bed or having me grab something for him while he relaxed. For Ryan's birthday he received money from family. I gave him oil for his truck.  We had a wonderful dinner at Ryan's mom's house on his birthday. Overall Ryan had a wonderful birthday and we are so lucky to have friends and family to share it with.

   Ryan's making birthday wishes. For his birthday cake he wanted me to make him a fruit pizza which is always delicious!  Happy birthday Ryan... I hope you had a wonderful day.
   

January 2014

Bringing in the year 2014
May each day of coming year be vibrant and new bringing
along many reasons for celebration and rejoices... Wishing you a Happy New Year!!  

2013 has been a wonderful year for us!
Some of our accomplishments:
*Ryan & I got married on February 16, 2013 (best day ever)
*Bought our first house
*Remolded our house
*Both of us have stable jobs
   - Ryan is working for Canyon River Electric and I'm working for The Retreat Full Service Salon
*Got our first cat... named Kringle... sadly enough she got ran over:(
*Got our first dog...named Patsy... yes she is still alive!
*Ryan is going to electric school online
*Bought a Jeep Wrangler LG
*Bought a Dodge Ram truck
*Had our first Christmas together with a real Christmas tree
*Moved into a new church ward

Goals, Hopes, & Dreams for 2014
*Being sealed for time & all eternity
*Start a family
*Ryan finishing school
*More improvements on our house
*Check more off our bucket list
*Eat Clean & Healthy
*Take care of our bodies... we need to exercise!
*Work hard... play even harder
*Being a better friend
*Loving ourselves & our spouses more
*Travel more
*Have a positive attitude
* Just enjoy being alive

December

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

I love the season of Christmas and the spirit it brings. Since it was our first year of celebrating Christmas together I wanted to start it off right and maybe with a few new traditions.
* I did the 12 days of Christmas for Ryan. Not only did he love it but I enjoyed giving him a surprise everyday. Some of the items he received were slippers, movie, CD, Pez, Dr. Pepper, chapstick, and socks. 
* Along with the Christmas Eve Pajamas I wanted to start putting in a  Christmas movie to watch on Christmas Eve. This year the movie I put in with Ryan's PJ's was A Christmas Story. 
*We went up Monroe and cut down our first Christmas Tree. I hope every year to always have a real Christmas tree. 
*We were able to go to Temple Square with my family this year. I love looking at Christmas lights, even if its driving around in the car. We also drove to the festival of lights in Spanish Fork. 
* We also sent out Christmas cards to all of our close friends & family. I always want to keep this tradition going. 

While getting our Christmas tree Patsy seemed to love the snow at first but within less than 20 feet she realized her paws became frozen haha I love this picture of her. It shows exactly how miserable she really was. 

               Our tree all decorated. Miss Patsy loved her new drinking bowel of fresh pine tree water. 

Our good friend Chevia Nelson gave these cute PJ's to Patsy. On the her little bum they say Santa's Helper. I may be pathetic dressing her up but come one look at her cute little face. If it makes me laugh or smile I think It's worth dressing the cute little dog. 

The year of hats. Gifts from Grandma Joy and Grandpa Nolan . Don't they all look like studs. 

What we got for Christmas:
Ryan received clothes, work boots, money, a gun from our families. I bought him a clear bra for his truck. I have been saving my tip money from work for a couple of months so I was very excited to give him his gift. A while back he told me he did not want any electronics. So I thought I would be very clever and put his gift certificate for his clear bra in a iphone 4 case. Needless to say he was much more excited about getting his clear bra on his truck than he was for the pretend iphone. We also got sonicare toothbrushes. 

I received lots of clothes from family and cooking appliances. Ryan spoiled me by finally getting us a king size mattress. He also got me a Ninja blender. I am so excited to start making healthy smoothies. 

We had a wonderful Christmas. We were able to celebrate it with family & friends. Christmas of 2013 was filled with laughter, snow, lights, carols, presents, love, and celebrating our Saviors birth. Thank you to everyone who made this a wonderful season.