Whahoo!!

It finally snowed yesterday. I am so happy. The last time it snowed in Salt Lake I had the day off and it didn't snow here in Tooele so I missed out. I have always loved snow and it really never seems like Christmas without it. So hopefully the Snow is here until then. Here is a picture, it isn't very good because I took it with my phone and it was taken through the drive-thru window at work

Anyway, these past few weeks have actually been pretty busy for us. We hardly ever do anything other than go to work, eat and sleep so we were really excited to have stuff to do. This year we spent Thanksgiving with my family. Every year my family goes up to my grandparents house for dinner on Thanksgiving and I love it. My grandmother is an amazing cook especially around the holidays. My favorite part of the whole meal is the dessert. Yes, I know that is not a good thing, but I absolutely love pumpkin pie and it was yummy. My grandma also makes her special fudge for thanksgiving which is to die for. So all in all Thanksgiving was great, we got to eat really good food and spent a lot of time with my family.

After Thanksgiving we got to relax for the weekend, well Sol did, I had to go back to work on Friday. Then we had another very eventful week. On Monday we went to a concert thing for my brother, Danny. Danny is a senior this year (which is so weird) and he is in a singing group called Madrigals ( I was in this group when I was a senior and it was the greatest). The Madrigals put together a Christmas program every year, which they perform all through December at various places. There first performance is always for their families so that is why we were there. It was so much fun to see him singing and dancing around. He has always been a shy kid so it was great to see him being out there. I'm not sure if Sol enjoyed it, but I did!!

Danny is the one with the snowflake on his shirt.

At the end of the week we went to my works Christmas party at Buca di Beppo. It is an italian restaurtant that serves all the food family style. So each entree feeds at least two people or up to six if you get a large. It was so much fun tasting all the different dishes and just to be able to talk to my coworkers outside of work. I am horrible at taking my camera with me so I don't have any pictures. We also went to my parents ward party on Saturday which was so fun for me. I love going back to the home ward and seeing all the wonderful people that I grew up with. Sol had fun this weekend too because he got to have two free meals and if there is free food somewhere, Sol is sure to want to go.

These past few weeks were really fun and busy and even though we are now back to our same old same old stuff, it is kind of nice not to have to worry about anything for a little bit.

Halloween!!

I know it has been a few weeks since Halloween, but I haven't had a lot of time to post and well I actually kind of forgot that I had pictures to post.

This is a pic of me and all my fun co-workers. We were supposed to be in 80's workout clothes!!!

And this is me acting like a goof ball!!

An Update On Life

We have been living with Sol’s family for about 3 months now and it has been a very interesting but fun experience. It really has been so nice to be able to save money for when Sol is done with school and they are so great at making it as comfortable as possible for us. It has been quite a big adjustment though. I am not really used to having young kids around me all the time and Hannah and Sam are very energetic all the time. They are a really great family though and I do love them. We have learned a lot living there and we are so appreciative towards his family.

Sol is doing really well in school this semester. He is trying his best and studying a lot, which doesn’t leave a lot of time for us to do things, but we know in the end it will be worth the sacrifices. This past month Sol was awarded the Smart grant from the University of Utah, which now means we have enough money from all the grants Sol received to pay for the rest of his schooling. I am so grateful that there is a way for those that don’t have a lot of money to go to school without having to get loans. As this is Sol’s last year he is starting to get a little antsy. He really wants to graduate and start working. He really hates the fact that I am the one supporting us right now. He would much rather it be him that is working. I think that when he is done he will do a great job at whatever job he gets.

We also received a new calling in our ward. Sol and I are now the Webelos leaders for the cub scouts. I was not really expecting a calling like this, but I think it will be a good thing for both of us. We only have two boys that are Webelos and one of them is Sol’s little brother Sam. The other boy is extremely shy. So that will be an adventure trying to get him comfortable enough to actually talk to us. I think it will be fun to get to know the boys and it will be good practice for when we have a boy and have to help him with scouts.

Fall

I am so glad that fall is finally here. I really think this is my favorite time of the year. Everything outside is so pretty. I just love driving through the moutains and see how everything has changed colors. I know that many people hate that it is getting cold, but I love it. I would rather curl up in a blanket by the fire with a cup of hot chocolate than do anything else. Everything around this time of year is so fun. First comes Halloween where you get to dress up and spend time pretending you are something or someone else. Seriously who doesn't love the fact that Halloween gives you the excuse do those silly things. Next comes Thanksgiving, which of course means you get to stuff yourself silly with so much amazing food that you don't care if it makes your stomach hurt. Fall also brings about one of my favorite things; spending a ton of time with family and friends. I love the feeling you get when you go outside and the wonderful smells in every store and house you go to. I just love pretty much everything about it, especially the fact that when fall comes around, you know that just around the corner is CHRISTMAS!!! I hope you all enjoy the Fall Season!!

So Much Fun!

Okay, I know what you guys are thinking. Your thinking we must be some very weird people, but I have to say I love this picture. This picture makes me really grateful for the blessings that I have. I am a weirdo sometimes and well I'm not about to change that and I am so glad that I have a husband that will be goofy with me. Times like these are really some of the greatest times we have had in our marriage. Seriously I think it is very important to be able to goof off and laugh with your significant other. He is the best person I have ever known and I am so glad that we can both be ourselves when we are together. So I hope you all enjoy the wonderful faces we are making, I know I do.

Moving!

This past weekend has been so draining. Sol and I had to move out of our house in Lehi over the weekend so for the past few weeks we have been packing up all of our stuff. I couldn't believe how much stuff we have accumulated in just one year of marriage. It just seemed like packing was a never ending job, but we finally finished and moved on Saturday. We will now be living with Sol's parents because we decided it would probably be best to just stay with them and save up money for when Sol is done with school. We are planning to be able to move out next summer and find our own place. It will be interesting living with his family, but I think it will be fun to get closer to them. I just hope that next summer will be the last move we will have to make for many many years. Moving is just no fun!!!

Girls Camp

I had a very interesting experience last week. I got to go to Girls Camp with the girls in my ward. I have to say that I completely and fully appreciate all the leaders I had growing up in young womens because when you are a leader you work very hard. I cannot even begin to explain how much work it was, but I can now say that it was all worth it. It was one of the greatest things I think that I have done in a very long time. The girls in my ward are so amazing and full of the spirit I was so surprised. We planned many fun activities of course, but the few very spiritual activities we had seemed to be the girls favorites. They helped with everything that we asked them to and they seemed to love everything we had for them to do. I love the girls in my ward with all my heart and though Sol and I are having to move, I will never forget it. I can truly testify now that God gives you callings for a reason. He gives them for experiences that will help you grow and gain a greater testimony.

Our First Anniversary

June 20th was our first year anniversary and we were stoked. We both had gotten the weekend off and we had decided that we were just going to stay at home rest awhile and then go to the Zoo and a movie. The night before our anniversary Sol told me that he didn't feel well. I of course did everything I could to make him feel better so that our anniversary wouldn't be ruined by him being sick. The next morning we woke up and we both felt horrible. I was so mad I couldn't believe that of all days to be sick it had to be on our anniversary. We still got up and showered and decided that we were going to try and still make the most of the day. So we went to the Zoo and well only stayed an hour. I have to say that day was horrible and that is why we have no pictures of that memorable day, but the year was great.

I can't believe how fast our first year of marriage flew by. It has been a blast. We love each other more and more everyday and we work so well together. This year has been one of the best and the hardest of my life. I will tell you, life is not all fine and dandy when you get married. You have disagreements with your spouse and sometimes you just want to strangle them, other times you don't know if your going to make it and you just want to curl up in his arms and cry. I am so grateful to be married to Sol. He makes me stronger each and everyday I am with him. He knows what he wants to do in life and he will stop at nothing to get it. He cares more about me and our future family then I even thought possible. No matter how hard life gets we can look at each other and know that it will all be okay. That is best thing about marriage. You have someone for life and in our case all eternity! I know now that I could never live without his love for one minute. Our first year was great and I know that the many years we have to come will be even better.

Learning To Forgive

I am so proud of my dad. He is doing so well since the incident with Skool Lunch and he has forgiven his parents. So I have decided that I need to do the same thing. If my dad can forgive them then I know I should. They are still family and no matter what happens they always will be. Now that Skool Lunch will no longer be in our lives hopefully this will just make things better and maybe we can mend the relationship the business ruined. I just hope that my dad can find a good job that will help him start over. I just can't imagine being in his position after so long and having to start all over again would be the hardest thing. I know for a fact now that no matter what happens my dad will be better off and happier. I am so grateful for the trials that god has us endure. It teachs us all great lessons.

Tagged By Holli

The rules for the fact tag are:~ Each person has to list 6 facts about them~ List at the end of your posting who you have tagged.

1. I am the tallest in my family. Well I guess I'm taller than everyone except my wonderful husband. I'm not even that tall either. I am 5'5 my parents are 5'3" and 5'2". My older sisters are 5'4" and 4'11" and my little brother is 5'3". Yeah we are a short family, but I love it.

2. I am completely and utterly in love with Stephanie Meyers Twilight series. They are such great books. I don't think I have ever loved a set of books as much I love these. I know its weird especially because the books are about vampires, but the story line is amazing. If you haven't read the books you need to. I promise you will love them!!!

3. I am really baby hungry. I know that we haven't been married for that long, but I don't want to wait too long. I want to be young when we have kids so that we can do everything we want to with them. I also know that Sol will be a wonderful father someday. Little kids already run to him and play with him. I just can't wait for that new adventure.

4. I love to sing. Music has always been a huge part of my life. It helps me relax and also express what I am feeling. I have met amazing wonderful people because of my involvement in music my whole life. My whole family is involved with music which makes it very fun for family gatherings because most of the time we do kareoke!! haha

5. I have to admit that I now enjoy watching some sports. This is crazy for me to say because growing up I was not interested in sports really at all, but that changed when I met Sol. I think those of you out there that say you hate sports or don't enjoy them at all just don't know what is going on so it doesn't seem interesting. I was exactly that way and when Sol actually showed me what everything meant they became more interesting and fun. Though I do have to say I don't like to watch it constantly like my husband does.

6. I love the outdoors. If there was a way for me to be outside all day I would do it. I love being out in the fresh air especially right after it rains. It kills me to be inside especially when working out. I would much rather workout outside than anywhere else. I also love to go camping. It is one of the greatest things to do over the summer. My family and I went camping all the time growing up and I hope to do the same thing with my family.

I know I'm not that interesting, but I hope you all enjoyed it. I now tag lyndsie, shay, and jenny.

How Could They?

I am so angry with my dads family right now. Most of you who know me really well know that my grandparents own a restaurant called Skool Lunch. My family has had it for 20+ years and my dad has been there since the beginning. No matter how tuff it was, he stuck by my grandparents through it all. About 5 years ago my Uncle Jeff who left the family restaurant many many years before decided to move back to Utah with his family. When he got here he just couldn't seem to find a job and well Skool Lunch was struggling so my grandparents asked my Uncle if he would consider coming back to Skool Lunch and to help bring it back to where they wanted it to be. So Jeff came and took over my dads job because they said he wasn't doing enough. My dad gladly stepped down and took over the job at the commissary cooking and preparing all the food for the stores. He did that for a little while and for some reason about a year ago they decided they didn't like him being in the commissary so they moved him again. For the last year he has been the manager at our 4th south store downtown. He has also done very good there. His store is the only store that has been doing decent the past few months. However, that store is costing the company way to much money and so they are having to close that store and what are they doing to my dad??? They told him he had to leave. After 20+ years they are making my dad leave. I am so angry. They may own the stupid business, but they would not be surviving now if it weren't for my dad. He does everything for that company and I don't see how they think they are going to survive without him. If the computers crash there will be no one to fix them because no one knows how to do it, but my dad. If the system has problems they won't be able to fix it because my dad is the only one that knows the system well enough. They have treated my dad like this his whole life and I am sick of it. Out of all his siblings he has been the most loyal. He has done anything and everything my grandparents ever asked him to do and this is how they repay him. The worst part about it is they gave him less than a weeks notice. They just called him and my sister into a meeting to tell them that they can't afford my dad anymore and to more importantly tell my sister that she can't leave. They are such jerks. Oh, and you want to know why my uncle gets to stay instead of my dad because he is a JERK and can get whatever he wants out of anyone. He pushes everyone around that is why he gets to stay. I have lost all respect for my grandparents. They have ruined our family. I have not been able to really call my grandparents, grandma and grandpa since I was 14 years old. All they have been is Merrill and Jeanne the owners of Skool Lunch. I hope the restaurant fails. They don't deserve to have success when they will treat their own son the way they have treated my dad!!!!

Vacation!

Sol and I went with his family to Kansas over spring break to visit his grandparents. They have a great farm with like 40 horses. We left on March 17th and drove about 11 hours to get there. That probably was the worst part other than that the week was great. I didn't have to do anything all week except enjoy myself. His grandmother cooked all of the meals everyday and I do have to say they all were very good. We seriously had some sort of meat for every meal. We got to ride a lot of horses all week which at first scared me because I hadn't been on a horse for almost 9 years. It was so much fun. I learned so much from there trainer and it was so relaxing just to trott along on a horse and to my surprise pretty much all of the horses we very nice. I got very sore though after riding the first day. Even before we went to bed that night I could tell I would be hurting the next day. It was just a blast and it was so wonderful to get to know his family better. They are all so much fun and loving. I married into the greatest family. I am so grateful for that. I just wish the vacation hadn't ended so soon. I have been back for like what a little over a week and a half and I am ready for the next vacation.

A New Challenge

Just recently, I got a new calling at church. I am now the Beehive Advisor in my ward. Can I say how nervous I am?! This is probably the scariest calling that I have ever had and I really hope I do a good job. Sol and I have only been in the ward for about 6 months and so we don't know that many people and most people don't know who we are either. Though I know this will be hard and a challenge I am excited. I remember as a Beehive how amazing I thought my leaders were and what an impact they all made on my life. I just hope that I can do the same for my girls. I think the hardest thing for me is being a good example. What I mean by this is the fact that I commute to Salt Lake everyday, so there will be many times when I can't make to mutual. Which has been the case these past two weeks that I have had the calling. Another challenge for me will be the fact that I have to go to Girls Camp. I have to say that I was not that fond of girls camp when I was a young women, but hopefully it will be better since I will be a leader. I just hope that I can help these girls through probably one of the hardest times in their lives.

Succumbed to the Trend

I finally decided to get a blog. Hopefully this will let all of you know more about what is going on in mine and Sol's life. Sol is going to school at the U. He is majoring in math with an emphasis in statistics. After he graduates he wants to be an Actuary. For those of you that don't know what that is, it is pretty much just a statistician for insurance companies. He will be the one that decides what your rate will be for your insurance. Many people call actuaries the people you hate when you get insurance. He is doing really great in his classes and he is loving every minute of it. He even tries to explain what he's doing to me and of course it goes right over my head. (I'm really not a fan of math myself). He is so passionate about it and I am so proud of him. He has one more year left after this semester for his bachelors. After that I know life will get easier, at least I hope it does. Of course money is a little tight right now. I am working full-time at Deseret First Credit Union and I love it! The hard thing is, is that is our only source of income and I really don't make a ton. We are very lucky so have great friends and family to support us. Right now we are living in a house in Lehi free of rent!! I know sounds crazy, but Sol's friends parents let us live here because they didn't want the house just sitting vacant and they knew we were struggling for money. We are loving every minute of life even the hard times. Its great to always have someone there for you.