Nothin' but Net

A few weeks ago I set up an appointment with a representative from the Channel 4 News show, "Good Things Utah", a few of you may be familiar with it, but Four Chairs is going to be on in a few weeks! You'll all have to watch it and see how cute Lindy, the owner is and how awesome our store is. As a thank you they invited us to come sit in their box for the Jazz vs. Nets. Yes, the NJ Nets are the worst team in the NBA. And, yes, the Jazz beat them 30 points. But we had so much fun. Andy, the store owner, and his daughter Taylor also came to cheer on the Jazz and enjoy the cozy box seats. We helped ourselves to sandwiches, drinks, nachos and ice cream. We love the Jazz. What a fun night.

Roomies Babies

Baby girl and baby boy on their way for two of my freshman roommates, so fun. They were engaged on the same day, married a few weeks apart, and both found out they were pregnant only a few weeks from one another as well! Heidi is due on Feb. 2 with a little girl, and Janie is due on Feb. 25 with a baby boy! They are both going to be the best little mommies. Heidi had her baby shower last weekend, but I was so so sick with the worst cold ever, so I wasn't able to make it. But luckily Heidi hasn't gone in to labor yet and so she was at Janie's shower this morning. Since their presents were the same thing I made them open them at the same time, and aren't these little blankets just the cutest!? I'm pretty proud of my work. They turned out so stinkin' cute. It was so fun to see my old roomies! Love these girls!

Alena has been married for almost 18 months and got a job with Dow Chemical and is as beautiful as ever. And Jessie just returned from Madrid, where she served her mission with my parents, small world eh? We missed Steph who is in D.C. for the semester. But it was so fun to see them all. I can't believe it's been 4 years since we were staying up till late hours talking about boys, eating brownies and jammin' to music. Love you girlies!

Love my family

Quelfed and Smurfed

About a year ago Brittany Perdue and I realized that her missionary brother and my younger single younger sister would be a perfect match. So we anxiously waited until Brady came home and we put our match making skills to the test. The Perdues, Brady & Jen, and Ry & me all went to Cafe Rio, which was delicious as usual, then we played some awesome games and had way too much fun.

So you're probably wondering what Quelf and Smurf mean, it was the name of the games we played and they're just as crazy as they sound. It was so funny. All of these pictures were during the game Quelf, if you've ever played it, it definitely gets you out of your comfort zone and breaks all the ice. It's great with a bunch of crazy people too. We love our buddies and we're so glad that we can act like idiots in front of them. Ha.

I had to stand as a human X until my next turn (8 minutes at least - awesome shoulder work out), Ry had to have "Quelf" on his forehead as well as tap dancing while reciting his most embarassing moment, Jen had to keep her hands on her head for way too long, Britt did "Lil' Teapot" and every time we made eye contact she said "I have you now", Brady was a great mumy, and Tristan had to stare off in the distance and not speak to anyone for the whole round. Like I said, a bit crazy, and so funny.

Workin' Hard

Busy days + too tired + having too much fun = lack of blogging. Ry and I are both working like crazy and loving it. I love love love my job. Seriously, if you live and Utah and you haven't been to Four Chairs Furniture, you need to come, you'll never want to go to another furniture store ever again :) Everyday there is something new, the store is always changing, the customers are so nice and fun, and the furniture is just so awesome.

Most of you already know, but I actually am the new store manager. So I'm working a whole lot more, but I'm loving it more and more each day. It can be exhausting being on my feet, moving furniture around, making people happy, fulfilling orders, but it's awesome.

We have some fun plans coming up these next few months, it's so fun to have things to look forward to. We also absolutely love our new place. We have the best neighbors and things just couldn't be any better.

Three Years!

Believe it or not, but we've already been married for 3 years! We've definitely passed the "newlywed" stage, but we're not quite veterans yet because we don't have any kids, but we do have a dog and a house, so I think that counts for something. We were married on December 29, 2006, and I can see that in years to come it is going to be easily over looked because of Christmas, New Years, family in town and everything, so I was so grateful that Ry planned something!

First of all, I started working at Four Chairs Furniture about 2 months ago, and from the day I started there I've been talking about this print of the Timpanogos Temple (where we got married) constantly! I just absolutely love it so so much! So for our anniversary he surprised me and bought it! He was probably tired of me always talking about it :) I'm not sure how he did it since I'm usually at work, but he did, I was completely surprised and I was so happy :) Don't you love it?!

We drove up to SLC, we FINALLY saw New Moon, I have been wanting to see it forever, and we finally got to it. Loved it, so much better than the first, plus I'm totally Team Jacob all the way. Then we shopped around at the Gatway, went to dinner at California Pizza Kitchen, and then stayed the night at the Little America. It was such a fabulous anniversary! Ry did such a good job with surprising me with everything, how did I get so lucky! I love love love him! I have loved these three years and I can't wait for the many many more to come.

Christmas Bells are RInging

Ding, dong, ding, dong, Christmas bells are ringing...that song was stuck in our heads ALL day long Christmas day - ask any Jackson and they'll attest. We had a fabulous Christmas. Jackson tradition is to have everyone wake up, shower, get ready, have a nice big breakfast, take a big family picture on the stair - youngest to oldest - then see what Santa brought. We did as tradition required, and no matter how old we seem to get Christmas morning is always just as fun. We must've been good this year because Santa was so nice to us! Ry got some awesome new shoes, a great sweatshirt, and a couple other fun things, and he had a Jazz Christmas (just like he did when he was 10!). Then, I got a Cricut! If you're not familiar with this wonderful new invention, you should be. It's a 'personal electronic cutter', and I can't wait to see what it can do! I've already made a handfull of cards and other fun cut-outs. Love love it. We had a wonderful turkey dinner, played with our new toys, played a little ping-pong, guitar hero, and enjoyed the Christmas afternoon with the fam.







Then it was down to the Farnsworth's for a second Christmas! We first stopped to visit my grandparents, which are adorable and I love to death. Then we had yummy Chicken Cordon Bleu for dinner, yummers. Then present time! All of the kids got my parents a new bed set, and then Ry and I got some awesome new pillows, zebra blankets, diploma frames, and awesome books and we're so grateful for it all! I love it. Such thoughtful gifts. Then we had an older Farnsworth tradition, rice pudding. We haven't had it in years, but I love it. It was a very long Christmas day, but it was so wonderful. We got to spend the whole day with everyone that we love so much. Thank you thank, Bob, Sue, mom and dad for everything!! We love you!