December

So we safely moved to Las Vegas NV, and it is exciting and scary for us. I started my job at the new Aria resort. It's pretty cool, very stressful and I've been working very long hours! But the hotel is beautiful, there are so many cool things to see. Since I work all day we haven't had any free time to go see much, (except for the Target down the street from our house!) but hopefully we can soon. We REALLY miss everyone, I hope that we can come home for Christmas but we're not sure right now. I love Christmas time, and that makes me even more homesick! But if you're ever coming down to Vegas, please call us. We're pretty fun sometimes :)

Halloween.......................................09

So, this year Steve and I dressed up as Eric and Ariel from the Little Mermaid. It is one of my favorite movies-just ask my parents. I can sing just like her and they know it! (I wish). But our costumes turned out pretty good. I think it would have been really funny if Steve was Ariel and I was Eric. I don't think he would have gone for that though. Oh well, it was fun. We had trick-or-treaters starting at 4:15!, went to fun parties, and ate lots of candy. Thanks for being a good sport Steve...I love Halloween.

I Miss Fall...

Fall came and went quickly in Logan. It is one of my favorite times of year, especially here because there are SO many trees, leaves and canyons nearby to admire. It's not too not, not too cold, it's just right. I love it! This is a gorgeous view of our street, but my camera doesn't do it justice.

And since Halloween is almost here, my grandma and I made cupcakes with spooky sugar decorations. They turned out pretty cute, she is so festive!

Tuesday To Do List

1. Go to work
2. Go to school
3. Temple visit
4. Pay Bills
5. Make zucchini brownies
6. Naptime ;)
7. Drive to Tremonton
8. Stop at Taco Time!
9. Mow grandma's lawn
10. Enjoy the fall weather, SO nice!
11. Visit Mom, Jess & Kaylie
12. Take flowers to grandma
13. Bake brownies
14. Take Brian's hot rod to Steve's house
15. Visit Steve's family, including Blake!
16. Drive back home, survive the wind.
17. Water the plants
18. Read my new book and go to bed.

done and DONE! Wow, we had a busy day!

"School" Clothes

On Monday, my mom took my sisters (minus Kaylie who was sick), me, my grandma AND grandpa to Park City to shop for "school" clothes. I don't have school anymore but I tagged along anyway. We had fun, I don't know how much fun grandma and grandpa had (haha) but we were glad they came. We even had a little picnic! I bought some school clothes for Steve since he really is going to school and I made him try them ALL on, but he said no pictures, sorry. I'm glad we went, thanks again Mom!

So this month Steve and I have been partying like it was our birthday-mostly because it was. We are both 23 now, which is fun. We are still getting used to it. We treated ourselves to a vacation earlier this month, we were invited to dinner with our families, and opened many fun cards and gifts. Thanks to all for our birthday wishes. July is our favorite month, so we are still going to party.

Jade helping Uncle Steve open his presents.

I don't know why she made this face! Haha!


My grandpa wishing us a happy birthday before we ate the cake.

Last week, Steve and I went to Hogle Zoo with some of our family. We had lots of fun, and we got to see the animals from Madagascar. Here's a few pictures.

Us enjoying the nice hot sun.
I made Jess and Kaylie stand in front of the elephants so I could take their picture. I convinced them I needed it because their birthday was the next day. So they let me.

I brought some pixie stix with us and when Jade ate her first one, she put so much of it in her mouth that it was too much for her and this is what her face looked like-puckered. Haha! After that they were her favorite and she kept asking for more "sticks".
After our zoo trip we headed up to Powerhouse to go camping with Steve's family. We had so much fun, we got to use our tent for the first time! Yay! And we got to try out our 4-wheeler on the trails. Steve looks like he's having fun, right? He really did...he told me so.

Leaf Art

I found this really cool website pressedleaf.com and I loved almost all of the leaf art on it! And we can't afford to decorate much so I decided I would make some myself. The difficult thing is that to make this it takes almost all year to gather the leaves! I have 3 maple leaves of different colors and still needed green, so my wonderful husband took me into the canyon yesterday-after stopping for a slurpie :) to gather some for my leaf press. It was a fun outside day, thanks Steve! This picture is actually from the website but it's what I'm trying to create. All four are hung in my kitchen, but my green leaf was looking faded so I got some bright spring ones. Hopefully soon mine will look as good as these. Check out his website, it's really cool!

Clean!

I have to mention how awesome my Steven is. So yesterday when I came home from work, my AMAZING husband had cleaned our house! Even though he has finals to study for this week and he works everyday, I came home to find that he had picked up all our stuff that had been lying around, vacuumed upstairs and downstairs, cleared off our computer desk hidden under papers and books, dusted, did the dishes, a load of laundry, AND made the bed. (It made me feel really lazy that I slacked off and hadn't done anything!) But I was so grateful, and it was SO sweet. I love you Steve! Thanks for everything you do for me.
p.s. I'll take care of the bathrooms :)

happy you and me day

My Steven, today is our 1st anniversary, our own special day. 1 year went by so fast, but I am so lucky I got to spend it with you. I never thought we would be THIS happy, but I am. I love you so much, happy you and me day.

Memories of our wedding day...

Yay for Kitchenaid!

I just wanted to share my good fortune with you. My Kitchenaid stand mixer arrived 2 days ago, and I am in love, as you can tell! Steve thinks it's funny how excited I am, so we took a picture. I made some cupcakes (easy and quick) tonight just because I wanted to use it! It is such a fun green color, it makes me happy. If you don't have one, I recommend getting one!

Welcome Spring!...Maybe

So on Sunday my wonderful husband and I went on a walk to enjoy the nice weather. But on Monday we woke up to 2 feet of snow! Ok, so it wasn't 2 feet exactly, maybe more like 10 inches, but it felt like 2 feet after helping Steve shovel our driveway and dig out our cars. And it snowed steadily ALL day! Luckily Steve drove me to work because he didn't have school. Happy 1st day of spring break Steven! The snow was exciting, and even though I love the snow, I am ready for spring.

Happy LOVE Month!

It's that time of year again, the month of love! I am NOT excited to work next week straight, but I always survive, somehow. Even though the cheesy, extreme guys (who decide they want one rose of each color to symbolize all the emotions in their relationship...gag) drive me crazy, I just have to keep thinking that they love somebody just as much as I love my Steven. He is the Best Valentine ever, and he's mine! I am so lucky.
Esteban, Tus labios son el agua de amor, y yo tengo sed.
(this is a great pick-up line, it worked on Steve!)

Christmas 2008

Well, we had a wonderful Christmas! I am posting a little late but we wanted to share that Steve got his shotgun! Right on! Even though there were no squeals of delight like I was hoping, I could tell he was excited. And he gave me the BEST perfume ever, I freakin love it! (And I smell amazing, haha). These were just a few of the many gifts we received thanks to our wonderful families! Anyway, he took his new gun to "shoot stuff" and it lives up to his expectations so I am extremely relieved and glad my dad picked it out instead of me.

Steve opening his shot gun.
Sorry, no pictures of him in action.

January 6, 2009

A year ago today, Steven Gary Manning asked me to marry him! It was a snowy, beautiful day-one I will always remember. His truck got stuck in a snowy drift, and while I wasn't the happiest girl while I helped him get unstuck (I will admit it), 20 minutes later he made me the happiest girl ever! Thanks again for asking me to marry you Steve, I love you so much. Aren't you glad I said yes?