From the Window...to the Blog! (To the blog)

Here's a quick review of some of our bidness in the last few months.
Prepare for a picture overload with no apparent rhyme or reason.

Max and Ashlee pull the same face when they're excited.

Donna Jo's Birthday

Mini Golf Date Night

Quality Time with Keeks (She's still alive!!!)

Shooting. Obviously.

Nielsen, Sainsbury, and Sainsbury Weddings
(Hope you weren't looking for pictures of the brides and grooms because this guy is way better)

Learning to be brave despite difficult circumstances

 
 

March of Dimes with the Botts, Grandma & Grandpa Hansen, and Ya Ya

Build a Bear courtesy of Ya Ya

Ya Ya also bought the boys these Pimp hats

But here they just look like old men holding hands in the mall

Junie Potter turned 9 this year! And also here's Grandma...Dumbledore?
(I don't know why Blogger won't let me make this picture smaller.)

Winnie Lovegood

Tukker...Longbottom???

Dobby the Klive Elf
(Blogger won't let me make this picture smaller either. Good thing he's so cute.)

A ride on the Rosenbaums' new RZR

A return to where Andrew proposed to me two years ago June 4th
(Try not to cry because we're so cute!)

A 5k for Charity, I mean A charity, not like a girl named Charity

Time with the Krambules

"When you're the best of friends..."

My BFF supporting me when I spoke at Stake Conference

Girls Trip to Midway!

This is the perfect picture to end this post on: my beautiful companion for more than a decade, Lizzie

 

Really, there is nothing else to say except that as usual, we are living the dream!

Oops We Did It Again

Yup. We accidentally went to Disneyland again. 

And we regret it...NOT! We're addicts! 

I blame this lady:

This was her fourth trip to Disneyland in the last 13 months. Plus she has tentative plans to go back in October and to go to Disneyworld in October of 2014. She's crazy! (It doesn't help that she's married to the Silver Fox next to her!)

Andrew and I left as soon as he got home from work and we drove all the way to Primm, Nevada. 

We stayed at Whiskey Pete's, where everyone in the casino looked at us like they wished we were dead. It was a very cheerful place.

The next day we drove the rest of the way to California, but that's not important.

The important thing came the following morning when we finally made it to Disneyland! 

We went on quite a few rides but it wasn't long until our first snack time (which lead to a full day of bingeing on junk food and loving it.)

My parents also flew in to California that morning, quickly dropped off all their luggage, and came straight to the park just in time to go on Space Mountain with us.

Splash Mountain of course:

Ya Ya & The Babe didn't really want to get wet.

Notice how crazy Ya Ya is in the middle there.

We both learned very important lessons at Disneyland. First, Disneyland is full of Zoobies. People were waving to Andrew and cheering things like, "Gooooo Cougars" and "Cougars rule!" at him ALL day! One guy even shook his hand. Andrew vowed never to wear a BYU shirt to Disneyland again.

And I learned that my sunglasses kind of make me look like a blind person.

Day 2 was spent at California Adventure.

 Girrrrl, dem blue pants make yo butt look biiiig.

 Screamin California, of which The Babe clearly disdains.

Andrew? Ya Ya?

Midway Mania!

We literally got to go to the front of the line for this one because Grizzly
Rapids shut down while we were on it!

And the very best and most terrifying ride: Tower of Terror! 

Oh so spooky (unless you're in a Dramamine stupor)!

We spent the last leg of our trip in St. George with these cool dudes:

And this awesome guy!

Oh...and Ash & Scott. You'll just have to imagine them I guess since I don't have any pictures...

Well, that's it. I hope we don't fall off the wagon and accidentally get convinced by Ya Ya to go to Disneyland again really soon. That would be heartbreaking...

There's Snow Way...

In case you hadn't noticed, it snowed like crazy last night! 

Because we live on a mountain, we had to ditch the car last night at a gas station in the town at the bottom of the hill and have my father-in-law come rescue us in his 4WD truck. (Is 4WD the correct jargon?) We would have made it home without a problem if people realized that stopping on a snowy hill is stupid. Luckily there were good Samaritans out who would block the entire road to ask the stranded vehicles if they were okay. Did they care that their generous inquiries ruined our chances of making it home? Highly unlikely.

Anyways...this is what I found at 6:30 this morning when I was trying to leave for work:

What the? Where'd it go?!

This black part is my car seat.

It's hard to see, but the snow is exactly equal with the bottom of my car. Crazy.

Needless to say, we did not leave the house today. At all. Hence the blogging.

We did get the chance to take a few photos. Too bad the sun still wasn't up as we had just spent a half hour trying to get my car out of the snow so I could go to work...

Avalanche warning in the entry to our house!

Standing. Not kneeling.                                                                                     Andrew???

Simply magical!

The Courage of Andrew

So...it looks like the last time I posted was in September. Um...I don't really remember what happened during the month of October...

Except for my favorite mother-in-law's birthday!

She finally hit the big 30!

Oh...and I found out if I drive when I'm not wearing glasses I'm breaking the law. 

So forward to November!

First, a short story. A few months ago, Andrew's company had a work party (which we of course did not attend). After the party, Andrew received a phone call from his company informing him that he had won a drawing. The prize? A barbecue! (Like the appliance, not a party.) 

Anyways, Andrew brought home his prize from work and... it was not a barbecue at all. It was... a turkey fryer? What in the world are we supposed to do with a turkey fryer? The obvious solution was to take it to RedNeck Central out in G Town and have us a fried turkey to celebrate Thanksgiving. Awww yeah!

(That's fried turkey neck)

Don't ask me how it happened, but Andrew actually managed to get Thanksgiving off! So we got to have a feast at the Rosenbaums, which is always a party. Then, we got to celebrate Andrew's favorite holiday ever: Black Friday. 

I know it may be hard to understand, but Black Friday with the Rosenbaums is one of the most fun days of the entire year! We started at 4 am and hit Big 5, Shop Ko, Target, Harbor Freight, JC Penney, Game Stop, Pretzel Maker (seriously), Gap, and finished with breakfast at Amber's. 

The two best deals of the day consisted of two zero degree sleeping bags for $30 each and three XBox games for $30. Take a look at our loot!

Now here's a fun fact for you. Andrew and I were born nine days apart in the same hospital. We actually have pictures of us holding hands while in our cribs in the nursery at the hospital. So adorable.

(This is not the aforementioned evidence)





Anyways, we celebrated our birthdays in style this year. 

I spent months coordinating the purchase of an XBox 360 with two paddles and Call of Duty all with the help of our parents and brother-in-law. You would not believe how many texts and e-mails I deleted just to keep Andrew in the dark. As you can see, mission accomplished. That's genuine surprise.

Then I had the best birthday ever because Andrew rules.

We went to the "Big City," ate dinner at Rodizio Grill, slept in a covered wagon (WHAT?!), and went shopping at City Creek. It was AWESOME!

I think that's everything!

Oh...and I finished my college education. I'm officially a genius. Someone hire me.