the last few months

So in April I left for California for my oldest brother's wedding. It was such a blast and we ended up spending Easter weekend there. Andrew wasn't able to come due to work. So I went with my family. We had such a good time and it was just nice to get away for a while from work but of course not from Andrew. Here are just a few pictures of our time in Palm Springs. It was sooo windy there that at the wedding everyone's dress was flying around.

here are my parent's and my sweet niece at dinner one night

This is Easter, there is Jax, Dax, Ryker, and Mia

My princess Mia who I miss sooo much!

My mommo and I at the after dinner

My brother and Kristina right after they were announced husband and wife

the happy couple at the alter

My handsome nephew Ryker and mommy Natalie

Dax and Jax with their awesome water guns

Shark boy

Rykanator

Well now it is June and since we don't have kids, puppies, or any other type of small thing in our lives, there of course is nothing new here in Boise, Idaho. We are just hanging out and we are both loving our jobs for the most part. We are headed to Utah this weekend to visit Andrew's family and are looking forward to the time we get to spend with them. We are also most defiantly ready for a break. We want to go to the Salt Lake temple since I have never been there so I'm really excited! Summer is here and we are ready for boating and tanning. Andrew and I both get off work at 3 so it's nice that we have the afternoons together.
Anyways this was really short but when you have nothing new or exciting it's hard to share anything. Just know that we love reading your blogs and we also love you!
XOXO

something somewhat new.... but not really

Ok so I know all we talk about is work and well that just about sums it up. Here's a new tidbit at my work that is going to be happening these coming months. The owner of our school is going to start expanding our school. We are breaking down the wall next door and making some more stations... the good news is that I am going to get my own office and all the new stations we are making are going to be my color stations. So basically that part of the school is going to be all mine. Everything is going so wonderful and everything is moving forward. I have decided to start doing hair after school with some of my old clients so we can bring in some extra income.

Andrew is doing awesome and he has decided to move forward onto the retention team at DirecTV. When this happens that means he can move up on the chain. Some of his superiors have heard his name around the office and one of them is always wanting to talk with andrew and pick his brain. Andrew has been coming up with some brillant ideas for direcTV to make them money and is hoping to maybe share his ideas with some people who can have an infulence on if it goes through or not. I am sooo proud of him and that he is so positive on what we all think are life's downers. What a great husband and infuluence he is on me!

So here we are pretty much moved into our house and everything is up on our walls. We are loving our new place and our ward. I am headed to Palm Spring, California for my brother's wedding this weekend with my family. I cannot wait to be in the warm sun. I will of course miss my boo but I'm excited to see my neice. Sorry it's been such a long time since the update. I'll have pictures after the weekend from my brother's wedding.
XOXO

It's about time!

So here we are a new year, new goals, new trials, new adventures, and new opportunities! We are so grateful to be here with jobs and each other. Beginning of this month we FINALLY moved out of my parent's house.. wow and was it about time. They were probably sooo sick of us and we were ready to be on our own. We were so fortunate to have family who opened their home to us. Also Andrew has started a new job and right in time since Circuit City is closing. We must have someone looking after us. He is working at Direct TV and is loving it so far. He is in training and gets to be out on the floor in 4 weeks. We just found out that my brother is getting married in April in Palm Springs California. We are hoping that we can go and be with my family so we can go to Disneyland, well see though. It's time to start saving if so. So I am almost done with my instructor's program and now I have to do my state instructor boards, so I'm a little freaked out about it.
Anyways here are some picture of our new house. We are only renting for now. These pictures are right in the middle of us hanging stuff and moving in boxes. They aren't very good so heads up. I promise we aren't this messy!

Here is our walk in closet... sweet we finally have one!

here is our master bathroom...

here is our master bed... so messy again sorry.

our second bathroom for all you vistors who come into town we got you covered

our pantry for food storage... not much there yet but soon enough it'll happen

our laundry room and cabinet space.

our kitchen obviously!

Well anyways it has been snowing here and when I took these pictures it was too cold to go outside and take a picture of the house itself so maybe later I'll download some more pics.
XOXO

quick update

well here is what's happening lately...

Andrew just got recruited to work at a shoe store in the mall. the name of the store is Tradehome, i know what you're thinking what a weird name for a shoe store right?? so it actually has quite a good story as to how it got it's name, it even goes way back to the depression era. so anyways at the beginning of next year andrew is going to be the assistant manager of this shoe store. so far he likes it and for the time being he is working part time at circuit city and part time at tradehome. andrew's boss, who opened the store here, just moved to boise along with his fiance. we've been out with them a few times and have had fun actually getting to know couples our own age!
Jess is now the color instructor and is loving it. the girls in the program have very strong personalites and it again is a challenge, but she is up to anything by this point.
We are just finishing our chirstmas shopping and barely seeing each other. it's kind of a crazy time right now for the two of us. we have been looking around for places to live and by living i mean actually moving out of my parent's house... WOW i know big step huh? places are pretty expensive here so that's going to be tough on us but everything always works out right?!?! it's finally snowing here and just a few days from christmas it's feeling christmasy... it is such a wonderful time to be thankful for everything. we are just tryng to be thankful that we have each other, a place to lay our heads at night, and such amazing families. i have some pictures of us but my computer isn't working that well, so i'll have to post them later. HAPPY HOLIDAYS ya'll
XOXO

2 years down 77 more to go

well friends only 6 weeks til Christmas and just a few days til Thanksgiving!! well i figure i haven't written in a while so here's what's new. Andrew and i are celebrating our 2 year anniversary on the 22 of this month. i am shocked that 2 years ago all the family was in Hawaii to join us for our big day. we're going to utah to visit andrew's parents, which is exciting since we haven't seen them in a while. on saturday we're headed to salt lake to be by ourselves and to just enjoy each others company.
Some crazy things are kind of happening right now. Circuit city just filled chapter 11 and is closing 154 stores in the US. luckily the boise store isn't closing.. yet. andrew is still looking for advertising jobs and has had a few side jobs like making ads for the Boise Zoo and a couple of other things.
things are progressing at my work and something exciting might be in the works for me... details later to come.
so here are some of our favorite pictures from our big day of november 22, 2006
XOXO

Halloweenie

halloween was sooo much fun! i went to school as a kitty and every called me cat women... or jessi-cat. hmm that was fun! no one really dressed up at school besides the instructors. there was a few students that did. there were even prizes and that still wasn't an incentive.


tato and stephanie as a nerd and devil.. two of my favorite students.

This is one of the instructors... she was a twinkie

this is debbie and she was an evil queen.. also an instructor.
andrew didn't have to work so he didn't dress up but we stayed home and had a rousing game of domino's with the family. we had trick or treaters come by and then we went to see my nephews. chance was dressed as a baseball player, jaxon was bobo fait, and ryker was a tiger.(he also decided to first start walking on halloween.)

well nothing new is really happening. andrew is still working at circuit city but 155 stores are closing so we're a little worried, but honestly andrew hates it so if our store closes it isn't the worst thing that could happen. he's still applying for jobs everywhere, we just are being patient. we've been talking to a few ad jobs and hopefully something will happen.

last weekend we went to my grandpa's cabin in island park and had a really nice time with him! i sure do miss visiting him all the time. we went to montana and went to a small town called virginia city. it used to be the capital of montana back in like 1864. now it's all boarded up and just a ghost town. it was really cool. well that's what's new here.
XOXO

me... ariel??

i don't know what my thing is about looking at other's blog and then taking their ideas for myself but here is what Disney Princess i am...


You Are Ariel!

Headstrong and fiesty. You have a mind of your own that's full of romantic dreams about the world around you. Exploring exotic places is your ultimate dream, and although you can be a little naive you'll realize that there is something to be gained from your family's wisdom.

Which Disney Princess Are You?