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?

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

WOW, check out my neighbors' house! They obviously LOVE those inflatable lawn decorations. It lights up the whole block at night (I posted 2 pictures to get the full effect!) Haha, I almost couldn't fit it all in one picture. But the kids love it because everyone who drives by has to stop.
Anyway, our Christmas tree is decorated-and holds my favorite ornament this year. Our stockings are hung, but not by the chimney (we don't have one) and Steve is a little worried how Santa is going to come :) I was going to work on some cute Christmas decorating projects I saw on HGTV, but they all take time and money and I've almost run out of both so I gave up. Maybe next year but I still think everything turned out so festive!Steve enjoying our Christmas Tree. You can totally tell. Love you Steven!

Our darling Christmas stockings made by Grandma Peggy.

Our Front Door Me by the tree. I had to take the picture myself because Steve was off Christmas shopping-hopefully for me.

Holiday Preparations

Wow I am excited for the Holidays! I just wish we could get some snow! (Yes Steve, I just said I want it to snow). Anyway, we are decorating our apartment, it's looking pretty festive. I have gotten some great and easy ideas from HGTV! We hung some outdoor Christmas lights yesterday-Steve did awesome! Even though I bought the crappy cord hooks he made it look great. I will have to post some pictures later. Well, I'm off to enjoy Christmas movies now...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

So Steve and I had a pretty good Halloween. We were mostly excited about our costumes-Steve's was awesome! See if you can guess what we were? The best thing about his costume was the pipe. (Ok, the jacket was pretty sweet too) We bought some bubbles for Steve/Hugh, so he could blow bubbles all night-it was pretty cool. We went to a party at Shalee's house, and played games and ate delicious snacks-it was fun. And Shalee also told us we had one of the best costumes ever, thanks again Shalee!


The delicious caramel apples Shalee made.

Hugh and his wholesome bunny.

L.A. CALIFORNIA

Wow, I have so much exciting news to post. I got back from my trip to LA and wanted to share how much fun I had. I went with my old roommates Ashlee and Shalee, unfortunately Steve had to stay home and go to school. We got to see the musical Wicked at the Pantages theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, which was SOOO good! I loved it! We also went to the Ellen Degeneres show. She was pretty awesome and she gave away these sweet sunglasses and pashmina scarves, that would have cost us $200! Anyway, we went to Chinatown and Santee Alley (which could be called Mexicotown) and got some cheap shopping done. I had lots of fun, here are some cool pictures!

These are the sunglasses we got from Ellen

Here I am at Chinatown (which wasn't really my favorite, it smelled nasty) but it was funny to hear them say "five dolla, five dolla!"

Ready for the Ellen show!

Can you spy the Hollywood sign way off in the distance?

6 Months!

So,exciting news! Steve and I have been married for 6 months! It has gone by SO fast, but we are still having so much fun. I think that's a good sign. Anyway, to celebrate, Steve took me out to dinner and the next day we went to the canyon to check out the fabulous fall foliage. While we were there, we found our perfect camping spot-we are going back with our tent...someday. Here are some pictures of us enjoying nature (and snacks).