The Dahls: Making a Life for Ourselves One Busy Day at a Time

My new Cheerleaders for this year

2010-09-05T20:17:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures of my new cheerleaders this year. This is who I spend all my time with. They are such a great group of girls and I love them so much! We started in March and are now into football season and it is just wonderful!

THE PARADES

My Weird girls at Camp....they take after me...

Westlake Game. It was POURING!!!!! So fun!

Yay for yard work!!!!

2010-09-05T20:06:00.001-07:00

So, if you have been to our house lately you know that our weeds have taken over the world! We were, by far, the worst yard on the block! We have just been so busy and the weeds grow so fast. It got to the point where they were taller than me and EVERYWHERE!!! We finally have the money and time to do our fence, sprinklers, sod, gravel, etc. So, yesterday my parents came over and so did Juan (Rick's good friend) with his bobcat. Let me just tell you that it was the hardest day of work that I have done in years. We pulled weeds in 95 degree heat for almost 10 hours!!! That is how long it took to get our weeds out. Finally, it was done. Yay!!!

The most exciting part about our yard is the fact that our dogs will now have somewhere to go. I don't think anyone understands (unless you have 2 dogs and no yard) what it is like to take two dogs on leashes 5 times+ a day to go to the bathroom. Not to mention that Allie is so picky about where she goes and circles in place for about 20 minutes, no joke! It gets SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO old! What I wouldn't give to just open a door and let them have their "time" to go. Well, that will be happening soon!!! Yayayayaayyaay!

Here are some pictures of the last batch of weeds to take to the dump. With three trucks/trailers and about 10 trips to the dump, it was finally done. Here is half of a load/trip's pictures:

Our new additon to the family, Gracie

2010-09-05T19:53:00.001-07:00

Here she is! Our little new family member. Gracie is the sweetest little girl in the world! Her and Allie are inseperable! They sleep on each other 24/7. We are glad that Allie has someone to spend the days with while we are at work. Here are some pictures!

Sleepy Dogs in the sun

First week of having her...

Older and Wiser or Older and Weirder...

2010-09-05T18:24:00.000-07:00

Hello all. So, I was watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory last night and i seriously couldn't stop laughing! All the jokes were so funny and they just kept coming!

Here are a few that i found extremely humorous:

-"What is this place, some kind of funhouse?" "Why, having fun?"

-"We'll start the bidding at 1,000 pounds, 1500 pounds, 5000 pounds, your majesty!!!"

-"What did they ask for, whatever it is they can have it!" "They want your case of wonka bars. Ms Curtis, did you hear me it's your husband's life or your case of wonka bars!" "How long will they give me to think it over?"

-"The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last."

-"If the good Lord had intended on us walking he wouldnt have invented roller skates."
-"He can't swim! There's no better time to learn."
-Don't just stand there, do something!" "Help. Police. Murder."

The list goes on...

As I sat there busting a gut, I realized something: I have seen this movie so many, many times and these jokes were never funny to me. Had I been not really watching this movie? Have the jokes changed? It then hit me...I am getting old and jokes that weren't funny to me are now hilarious! This opened up a realm of "realizations" that have made me realize that "I am getting old."

The following are things that make me know I am getting older:

1. Roller coasters now make me a little sick. I used to be OBSESSED with roller coasters! I would sit for hours in a line for a good "coast." Now, I will finish one and think "was that worth 45 minutes of sitting in line for a headache, stomach ache, back ache, and loss of an hour? Don't get me wrong, I still like them, but I am starting to see why older people don't like them. It is illogical to wait for so long to get tossed around in a metal cart.

1a. From the age of 11-15, I went to Seven Peaks almost every day in the summer. Going that many times still never got old. I adored it. Even in college, it was a good day when my friends and I would go to Seven Peaks. The boomerang, Free Fall, rope swing, lily pads, etc. never failed for me. Well, Layni and I went to the Peaks this summer and it was a very different experience. I chickened out on the boomerang, went down freefall and couldn't believe I did that to myself (those who have been on it know that it really hurts your back and hips and it just isn't worth it to me anymore), I wish I had brought a book to read (Are you kidding me? I used to make fun of my mom so much for wanting to "sit in the shade and read at Seven Peaks"), sat in the the shallow end of the wave pool for about two hours, went on the rope swing and it didn't entertain me at all, went in the adult pool place by the hot tubs and thought "What are all these annoying little kids doing in this spot? Stop splashing me! Get out of here!" -okay grandma! Etc. Etc. Etc. Long story short, Seven Peaks isn't the same anymore...

2. I am speaking like an elderly. I now say things like "Wild, Wonderful, Silly, Great, Fantastic, Cooky, etc. Those that are reading and are on the older side know you say these things and know that I have now joined you.

3. I went to bed at 9:15 last night. 9:15!!! I was so excited too! I was wearing my nightie (long t-shirt-like dress thing, so grandma), and was thrilled to be in bed early. Joke, Joke, Joke!!!!!

All-in-all, I am turning into an old prune. An old prune that loves her life! I am pefectly happy with all these changes and can't wait for the changes up ahead!

-Cait

Hello World!!! Remember Me?

2010-09-03T11:33:00.000-07:00

Wow, it sure has been a long time since we have blogged. I feel like life gets busier and busier by the day, and I don't even have kids yet!

Well, the reason I have decided to begin blogging again (yes, there was a moment when I thought "I am done with blogging") is because I feel like so many funny things happen to me on a daily basis; whether it is from my English students, my cheerleaders, my dogs, or my husband. I feel the need to share them all.
Another thing that I have wanted to start blogging about is my obsession with home improvements "aka" things I do to my house and yard. I have been told that I am very unique and thoughtful about how I decorate my house with what things I do to it, and just my ideas. I got that from my mom, who, if you know her AT ALL, know that she is beyond obsessed with her house, her yard, her cooking, and her antiques.
Growing up, I always hated how we would eat such gourmet food. I would always beg her saying "Please let us eat hot dogs or sloppy joes like every other family." I was clearly in the faze of fitting in and it didn't help when my friends would come over for dinner and be eating "every-bean-known-to-man casserole on top of a prune and squash risotto (totally made up, but funny ha). Now I have learned to adore her cooking, excluding the occasional "blue cheese-stuffed bell pepper" or "cranberry hamburgers."
The same goes for her decor. I have learned that I like to decorate just like she does! I find myself, every time I go over there, trying to steal something from her house without her noticing lol.

Long story short, I have learned that I am becoming my mom in every way and I am perfectly happy with it. In fact, I love it!
So, I will be blogging about my home "stuff" that I do, as well as funny things that happen to me daily.

Enjoy!!

Disneyland!!!

2010-01-31T21:00:00.000-08:00

So, for our Christmas present, Bryce and I went to Disneyland over New Year's. It was so much fun, but so crazy!! I have never been so close to so many people at one time. It was shoulder-to-shoulder the entire time. It was so much fun though! I adore Disneyland, and was so happy to finally go there with the love of my life.

On our daily shuttle ride

I couldn't get the sword out....:(

I found this little guy while waiting in line for Mr. Toad's, and wanted to keep him, but everyone around me kept saying "what would you do with him?" so I felt bad and left him alone.

For once, Bryce was sick on this ride, not me....weird, huh?

My love!!! The Cheshire Cat!

This picture doesn't give the lights justice...

Mine? They kept saying it and it was so funny!

Just a small example of how packed it was

Kissing in front of the castle, with fireworks, at midnight :)

My only souvenirs I love these mugs!!!

I am loving teaching right now :)

2009-12-18T11:03:00.001-08:00

So, I truly love my profession. I think this new way of thinking has come about from some pretty negative things that have been happening in my life right now.

I have been having some severe struggles with cheerleading parents (one couple in particular). I will not bore you with all the details, but it has caused me much trouble, pain, and sleepless nights. The COOL thing is that the Lord works in mysterious and sometimes weird ways. Ever since I have been dealing with these problems, I have, for some odd reason, been way more into teaching. I think it is because I am getting ridiculed so much for being such a "mean and bad coach" that I have seen how much I am NOT like that and how much I truly love my kids. I don't know if I can put all these feelings into words, but the light at the end of the dark tunnel is here and I am loving teaching.

For example, today I had to run down to the office and figure a few things out while my 3rd period students were silently reading. I come back to class to find my podium up against the door, both garbage cans, and a student, one of my favorites, recording me as I walk in. Most teachers, including myself on most days, would have freaked out and given them a huge assignment to do or something. I just laughed and made them write triple the amount of work lol. BUT I was smiling the whole time. It turns out that they are making a teacher documentary. I now think they are funny, but I won't tell them that. High school kids are just fun, once you have their respect, and the relationship between you and them starts to build. I am just loving it!

That is all.

A WICKED weekend...

2009-10-18T17:12:00.000-07:00

My sisters, mom, and I flew to Denver this weekend to go see the musical "Wicked." It was the most amazing musical in the entire world! I could watch it every single day for the rest of my life! It was such a great time with my sisters and my mommy. We loved it! Here are some pics.

Layni and me

Our hotel (The Curtis) was so fun! Every floor had a different theme. Our floor was the "fun and games floor" and every time our elevator would stop on our floor it would play "The Price is Right" music. There were sixteen floors including: the horror floor on the 13th of course, the LOL floor, the big hair floor, the chick flick floor, etc. It was so much fun! This is a picture of us with a giant "barrel of monkeys" monkey.

At Dinner

A giant Jenga game in the Lobby

A sign we saw on the street and couldn't stop laughing

Being witches

Back to school....back to school.....(Billy Madison, anyone?)

2009-08-26T12:20:00.000-07:00

Well school started again......bittersweet, isn't it? I am teaching at Maple Mountain High School and coaching cheer as well. Coaching is a full-time job all by itself, and I have been doing that since March, so now that teaching has finally come into the picture, I am overloaded! Let's talk about the good parts:

1. I have my OWN classroom! That might seem like a no-brainer to the general folk, but I didn't have a classroom last year, and I DIED!!!! It was the craziest experience of my life. Not only did I teach in 3 different classrooms, but they were in 3 different buildings!!! So that is a big plus!

2. I only have to teach 5 classes, instead of last year's 7. This is huge. That is ~80 students LESS, which makes grading papers 80 times easier.

3. I teach a block away from my house. This is so nice! I don't have to wake up way early just to drive for 25 minutes and wait in Lehi main street traffic to and from school.

4. I am not a first year teacher anymore!!! This is the best. I am considered a semi-normal teacher now lol.

5. Less classroom management, more teaching! This is wonderful. I taught 7th and 8th graders last year and spent most of the class period managing them in class. Now that I am teaching 10th and 11th, I can pretty much teach. They have matured, and listen so much better.

6. Our English Dept. has about 100 classroom sets of novels. Think about a book you want to teach, and we probably have it. This is so nice!

I could go on, but these are the basics. There aren't really any negative things, other than my life is drastically busier. I love it!

Cheer is great, but VERY stressful and time-consuming. I love the girls, and the sport, and that makes it great. We have a football game this Friday vs. Westlake (some of my old students) which will be fun. Go eagles!

Our New Home!

2009-06-22T09:53:00.001-07:00

Well we finally moved into our brand new home! We love it so much. Allie loves it too, hence the picture below. It is in Spanish Fork right next to the new Maple Mountain High School, where I will be teaching and coaching. There is so much to do i.e painting, more furniture, yardwork, patio, etc. but we are excited to be home owners!

Marley and Me....thoughts

2009-04-30T08:25:00.000-07:00

BEWARE OF A MOVIE SPOILER! Not that you really want to was this show anyway, you will baul your eyes out.

So Bryce rented Marley and Me last night. Let me just tell you that I have very mixed feelings about this film. First off, let me remind you that I cry about everything. I cry when I see a dead animal on the side of the road, I cry at homeless commercials, I cry at random things sometimes, I CRY AT EVERYTHING. So you can imagine my surprise when I was blubbering (literally) like an idiot at a fake movie. It TORE at my heart strings. I loved the movie because I love dogs. My allie bear is my life and I adore her. It was so funny and cute until the dog got sick. That's when the first tear dropped. Marley couldn't make it up the stairs one day and I lost it. Next they throw at me him lying on the ground far away from home preparing to die. Then they say his stomach is failing; then Jennifer Aniston and her children are bauling as Owen Wilson, the father, takes Marley to the vet which they all know is for the last time. DON'T YOU WORRY THAT THEY SHOWED THE VET GIVING MARLEY THE "DEATH SHOT". I HAD TO WATCH HIS EYES SLOWLY CLOSE AND HIS BREATHING SLOWLY STOP! ARE YOU KIDDING ME??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What psycho director/producer decided to create such a thing?????? Don't get me wrong, it was cute at times, but I felt like I was going to pass out I was crying so much! Bryce said he hasn't EVER cried so much in a movie in his entire life! He was wiping tears away and I was SOBBING! The worst part, is after the horror was finally over I couldn't stop crying. I kept thinking about things that happened in the movie and would start a whole other crying spree. The only positive thing that I got from it is to remember how much I love my dog. She is so precious and like the movie says

"A dog has no use for fancy cars, big homes, or designer clothes. A water log stick will do just fine. A dog doesn't care if your rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. Give him your heart and he'll give you his. How many people can you say that about? How many people can make you feel rare and pure and special? How many people can make you feel extraordinary?"

I encourage everyone to go out and buy a dog. They make life amazing. Just don't see the movie or you will never want to feel that hearache one day.

Mexico cruise!

2009-04-30T06:50:00.000-07:00

My family and I went on a 7-day cruise to Mexico. I have uploaded all the pictures but you know how blogs go and the pictures are so jumbled up, so forgive me for not having them in chronological order, but enjoy anyway :)

Here are our two waiters: Sarafin and Rolly. They are holding a flaming cake aka Baked Alaska. It was great. They were the most amazing people in the world. I want Sarafin to come live with me! He was so sweet and amazing!

Yummy!

Sarafin Dancing! He was seriously the best dancer!

Layni Downing her soup lol

The best mushroom pastry in the world!

Mario Kart Wii Tournament

I took first place in the whole tournament! Bryce took second so here he is kissing my gold medal while he wears shameful silver

Us with Sarafin

Our boat from the arch in Cabo

My cute mom wearing a life vest because she was so scared. It was funny

Driving around the arch

There is a new thing in Mexico. There were these Skeletons dressed like humans. I know it seems creepy but they were so detailed and so cool! I wanted one.

Notice the skeleton dog on a chain

Typical Mexican Picture

View from where we were eating breakfast on the boat

The best onion soup in the world!!!!! I couldn't get enough of it

I love this picture of Bryce. We took a "taxi" ride back to the ship after being at the beach on Mazatlan. It was 2 dollars a person for a 20 minute ride in the back of this guy's truck. Mazatlan shirts=10 dollars Pina Coladas= 5 dollars Riding in the back of a Mexican's truck going 60 miles an hour while riahnna blasts from the front cab= PRICELESS.

Downtown Mazatlan.

Boogie Boarding at the beach

Amazing zucchini stuffed with onion stuffing and a bean cake

I should have turned off the flash but this was the most amazing chicken cordon bleu in the world!

Grapefruit, kiwi, and raspberry sauce appetizer mMmmMmmM

Now I am not a HUGE fan of seafood but the crab legs were absolutely wonderful! I adored them!

Us Ordering from the large menu lol

Me and Line

Me and my mommy

That's us lol

Laying out

The ride to the boat. See, I was trying to have this picture first, o-well

I've been cooking lately....

2009-03-05T08:10:00.001-08:00

So I think I am turning into my mom. She has always loved to cook and now I am finding a passion for it too. I decided to make a japanese meal one night. I found some copycat recipes from Bennihana's and Tepanyaki. I decided to try out these recipes. Below is garlic chicken lo mein. I put chinese noodles, zuccini, onions, sesame seeds, honey, garlic cloves, chicken, CILANTRO!!! soy sauce, salt, pepper, and a few more ingredients to create this masterpiece. It was so good! I don't think the picture gives it justice.

I also decided to create my favorite salad dressing from Bennihana's and Tepanyaki. If you have tried it, you know how good it is. It is a creamy ginger dressing. Here is the recipe:

1/2 c minced onion
1/2 c sesame seed oil
1/3 c rice vinegar
2 T water
2 T minced fresh ginger
2 T minced fresh celery
2 T Ketchup
4 t Soy Sauce
2 t sugar
2 t lemon juice
1/2 t minced garlic
1/2 t salt
1/2 t ground black pepper

Combine all ingredients in a blender. Blend on high speed for about 30 seconds or until all ginger is pureed. Chill. Makes 1 3/4 cups. (I doubled this recipe)

Valentine's Day

2009-03-04T14:15:00.000-08:00

For Valentine's Day Bryce took me up to Salt Lake to dinner and to stay in the Little America Hotel. While we were pulling into the hotel I looked up at the Grand America Hotel. I have always wanted to stay there so I said "Can we stay there if we win the lottery or something?" and Bryce just laughed. We went to check into Little America and the woman at the counter said that they had overbooked the hotel. I was a little scared. She then continued by saying that they have upgraded us to the Grand America across the street. Both of our mouths dropped! We couldn't believe it! So we drove across the street and got let out of our car by a man in white gloves. We walked into the hotel and couldn't believe our eyes. It is the prettiest hotel I have ever been in! There was a pot of flowers that was as big as our bedroom. We couldn't stop laughing because we felt so out of place! While we were waiting in line to check into this hotel a man in white gloves came over to us carrying a tray of chocolate chip cookies and said "Sir, Miss, would you like a cookie?" hahahahahahahaha we were like "uhhh......okay!" Again, we felt so out of place! We went up to our room which was actually like five rooms put together. There were three rooms for the bathroom (for the toilet, the shower and bath, and a vanity/closet room, One room for the bed and t.v, and one room for sitting). It was nuts!!!

So then we headed over to a restaurant called Faustinas. It was a beautiful restaurant that served us a 6-course meal. We ordered our drinks (apple juice and diet coke) and then we began our meal. We started off with a pear safron soup, followed by these amazing chicken pillow things with balsamic vinegarette drizzled on top. We then had a house and caesar salad followed by an "intermission" which was a watermelon sorbet. It was supposed to cleanse our palet. We then had our main course which was steak sitting in au jus and pesto sauce with whipped potatoes covered in shitake mushroom chips and tempura'd onions. After that we had dessert which was chocolate-dipped strawberries and chocolate ravioli. Now let me tell you, that ravioli was the best thing I have EVER had!!!! I can't even describe the taste. It was a mixture between cinnamon and honey butter and sugar and yeah! I couldn't believe how good they were. And that was our meal! Everything was portioned so well that I only felt slightly bloated when we left.

When we got back to the hotel, we decided to go swimming. We had to take this special elevator to the "spa" area. The pool had chandeliers hovering above it. Chandeliers?!!!! We, again, remembered that we didn't belong, but we acted like we did. HAHAH it was funny pretending to be snooty. All-in-all it was an amazing night! A night to remember!

2009-02-17T08:21:00.000-08:00

Husband Tag

1. Where did you meet your husband?
We met in a karaoke lounge at Studio 600 in Salt Lake City. It was really weird for me to go up there, because I was done with dances and stuff. But there was this kid that I was going to meet up there and so I decided to go. We got there and it was crazy! There were so many people everywhere! We are not the typical "be cute all night and try to get boys" girls; we are weird. So of course we went up into the karaoke lounge upstairs and listened to crazy, funny people sing. We signed up to sing and were waiting for our turn when Bryce and his friend Matt walked in. Now the people up there, besides us, were weird (not that I'm not weird too lol) but it looked like a star wars convention meets national honor society meets the FFA. There weren't any cute guys up there so imagine our surprise when they walked in. They sat across the room from us. Bryce and I kept making eye contact. I couldn't believe how cute he was!!! It was like my dream guy walked into the room. Seriously! Now there was a table with a chocolate fountain, fruit, chips and salsa, and candy right in front of them. I thought I would get a better look so I went over, grabbed a strawberry, dipped it in chocolate, and walked away/ate it. Now me, being very accident prone, didn't realize that as I was glimpsing over to get a look at the perfect man I missed my mouth with the strawberry and chocolate went all down my face and chin. I turned around and rushed over to my friends who were laughing so hard. So me, right? So we got up to go see when our turn was and when we came back to our seats they were taken. The ONLY seats left were RIGHT NEXT TO BRYCE AND MATT! What are the chances that every single chair is occupied but those ones. So we went and sat down next to them. Sparks flew, emotions ran high, he actually talked to me!!!! That was that. I could not believe how amazingly perfect he was. His smile was huge and straight and white, he was way tall, his outfit was a dream, and his dimple in his chin sold the deal to me. On the way home my friend Jessica said "you are so going to marry him" and I did. Best night ever!
2. How long did you date before you got married?
Seven Months
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3. How long have you been maried?
It will be one year in May
4.What does he do that surprises you?
He just does everything for me! It always surprises me how giving and generous he is.
5. What is your favorite feature of his?
Definitely his dimple in his chin
6.What is his best quality?
His humor and patience. He is so funny; it kills me. And he is so patient with me. I love him.
7. Does he have a nickname for you?
He calls me honey.
8.What is his favorite food?
He likes everything and he never gets the same thing twice. But he does love his Grandma Brough's pear jello. It's so good!
9.What is his favorite sport?
Basketball. He knows way too much about the NBA. He loves to play it as well.
10. When and where did you first kiss?
We had just finished watching the movie Disturbia at his house. We were on a love sack and he kissed me. I waited four dates to kiss him so it was perfect and wanted!

12. Do you have any children?
Just our dog, Allie.
13.Does he have any hidden talents?
He is brilliant. He is the smartest person I know. I would have to say his knowledge of random trivia. He knows so much about the most random things ever!
14.How old is he?
26
15.Who said I love you first?
I did!! I couldn't help it! I think he was scared lol.
16.What is his favorite music?
He loves like Alternative Rock. He loves Weezer, Angels and Airwaves, the Killers, and stuff like that. But he also likes chill stuff like Ben Folds and Dashboard
17.what do you admire most about him?
How giving he is to others. He would do anything for me, without even asking why.
18. What is his favorite color?
Blue
19. Will he read this?
Yes, he will Hi honey! lol

Oh how I Adore the Middle/Jr. High Age

2009-02-13T17:46:00.000-08:00

Today was a crazy day at school. I think teachers should get paid extra for teaching on days like today. With the Valegrams of flowers, cookies, love letters, suckers, and teddy bears my classroom looked more like a floral shop than a classroom, and when I thought of teaching? YEAH RIGHT!!! Anyway, that is not the point of my post, THE POINT IS the fact that I love the age I teach. There is something so sweet and dare I say "pure" about 13-year olds. Now don't get me wrong, there are some students that I could definitely live without, but for the most part I love them. Today just reminded me how much I loved, back in the day, being in middle school and junior high.

Reason 1: Girls try SOOOO hard to be cool in jr. high. Once they are in high school they are content with their cool or not-so-cool lives. Like I said before, we had Valegrams passed out today. Well during FIRST PERIOD a lot of girls got carnations or teddy bears, and they carried them around like beauty queens. During FOURTH PERIOD I still had girls holding their flowers while they wrote, in the same hand, or they would pass around their teddy bears like show-and-tell. I thought it was strange for a second. I didn't understand while they didn't just put the stuff in their lockers. Then it dawned on me as I observed a girl smelling her flower and telling a boy that she "doesn't know who gave her the flower". I realized that it was a cool thing to get a Valegram and they needed to show the world that they were cool. I couldn't help but laugh, but I couldn't help but think that I probably did the exact same thing back in the day. Isn't it funny how insecure you are when you are that age?

Reason 2: I have been collecting a pretty good collection of notes passed in my classes. These are the highlight of my day. Especially notes between boys and girls. The typical note goes like this: girl=why are you mad at me? boy= you know why. girl=I really don't know, jessica just told me that she talked to Mike and he said that you were mad at me. What did I do?" boy="You broke my heart. I loved you more than Brittney and you didn't believe me and I don't want to go out anymore" BLAH BLAH BLAH it's so fun. I should photocopy some and post them on here.

Reason 3: The beloved Valentine's dance today after school. It was in the lunchroom in the middle of my school and as I was leaving work I thought I would walk over and observe, from above, my students socializing. Again, there is nothing more pure about this age. As I sat there watching the kids at the dance I had so many flashbacks. I observed girls checking out boys and/or slowly maneuvering their ways close to them, I observed during a slow song the girls getting insecure because they hadn't gotten asked to dance yet so they do the typical "dance with each other instead to be funny" dance. I remember doing that. It made you feel like you were too occupied to even think to dance with a boy. I also saw THE best: A girl and a boy dancing, and the girl's friends behind the boy with their hands over their mouths freaking out and jumping up and down because they were dancing. I remember doing that EXACT thing. I remember my friend Whitney Hill getting asked to dance by JEFF SHOCKLEY and me standing behind him making freakish faces and jumping up and down.

I walked away from observing smiling EAR to EAR! I just love it. They are in their own world, junior high. It made me realize that this critical age in their lives is so precious and I am grateful that I get to be a part of it with them. I would like to thank people like Crystal, Sharly, Melissa, the "6 pack" and all the boys I crushed on like Alex Thorson, Scott Stewart and Miller, Jesse Riggs, and more for making my young adolescent years so memorable!

We Booked Our Cruise!

2009-02-06T12:11:00.000-08:00

Bryce and I have always said that we want to go on a cruise sometime soon. Well that "soon" is in 9 weeks!! We are going on a 7-day cruise through Mexico on the Princess Cruise line. I am so excited!!! I have been on two cruises before, but never with my love. Bryce hasn't been on one yet, and he is like a child waiting for Christmas to come! We are both so excited, and so stressed because we need to have nice, toned bodies by then!!!!! Gold's Gym here we come!

I hope we can be THIS happy on our cruise too!

It's the English in Me

2009-01-29T13:29:00.000-08:00

I found something really cool when it comes to words in the English language. I think it would be impossible to learn English as a second language!!! Check it out:

You think English is easy?

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.

2) The farm was used to produce produce .

3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4) We must polish the Polish furniture.

5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present . 8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10) I did not object to the object.

11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row

13) They were too close to the door to close it.

14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.

15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

You lovers of the English language might enjoy this . There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP.' It's easy to understand ...

UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP ? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special. And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP ! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP . When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP... When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP. When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so........it is time to shut UP!

Buck up little camper!

2009-01-26T18:44:00.000-08:00

Just in case anyone's having a bad day:

Allie thinks she's so smart.

2009-01-25T22:13:00.000-08:00

Whenever Allie needs water, she'll kick her water dish around to make a sound so we'll hear it and fill her water dish up. Well tonight, she decided to try it with food too.

Step 1: Carry bowl over to where we can see it.

Step 2: ?

Step 3: Receive food.

Here she is wondering what we're laughing at.

The tile at the top of the picture is to illustrate how far she has taken the bowl. She's now by the front door.

Just in case you were wondering. We do not starve our dog just so we can laugh at her doing this. We feed her at certain times and we've never missed a meal. We also feed her plenty. And in case you still think we neglect her and think that we just laughed at her and took pictures of her in her hungered state, we didn't. Caitlyn gave her a bowl of food.

An Intimate Evening With The Frandsens

2009-01-25T21:43:00.000-08:00

I apologize for the lack off posts on our blog. Caitlyn and I haven't been very busy or doing anything important. We've just been spending time with each other and not updating our blog since the first part of December. Is that a sin?

On Friday, we met with our friends Dan and Kelsie in Salt Lake City, Utah for some chinese food and some ice skatin'. It was a great time had by all and we hope to do it again soon! (Not ice skating in particular, but hanging out in general.)

Here's Dan and me eating at PF Chang's with our waiter. He was hungry too, so he sat down with us. Caitlyn and Kelsie took the picture. That's why they're not in it.

And here's us skating at the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake. Caitlyn's wearing the black stirrup pants and the white sweater. I decided to wear my hat again. Dan and Kelsie are on the far right, of course.

2008-12-09T08:16:00.000-08:00

Two names you go by

1. Cait

2. CaTaLiNa!!!

Two things you are wearing now:

1. Really cute brown-suede flats

2. Piggy-tails

Two things you would want [or have] in relationship: (Have)

1. Trust

2. Humor

Two of your favorite things to do:

1. Just being in the same room as Bryce

2. Playing Super Nintendo :)

Two things you want very badly at the moment:

1. A house! (This Summer!!!)

2. Tepanyaki!!!

Two people who will fill this out:

1. Gerald, he is such a character

2. Deborah, she has such a sweet spirit lol!

Two things you did yesterday:

1. Ate Cafe Rio

2. Finished teaching a class novel about the Holocaust! I love this novel (The Devil's Arithmetic, so good, READ IT!) but reading it over and over and over (seven classes=SEVEN TIMES READING IT!!!) and it is nice to be done yay!

Two things you ate yesterday:

1. Taquitos

2. Way good chex mix in the staff meeting

Two people you last talked to:

1. Jordan (a student that I just told to calm down lol)

2. Holly, my BFF across the hall lol

Two things you're doing tomorrow:

1. Teaching

2. Making a crockpot meal mMmMMmMm!

Two favorite holidays:

1. Christmas Eve (I like it better than Christmas day. I know, you think I am weird, but it is so fun! My whole family and I stay up all night eating amazing treats and playing games and getting weirder and weirder as the night rolls on)

2. Halloween!!!!!!!! I am obsessed with it

Two favorite beverages:

1. Diet Coke

2. Caramel Apple Cider from Starbucks!!! So amazing!

Two people you would like to talk to who are not alive:

1. My Grandpa Paramore

2. Walt Disney

I wOn A tWiLiGhT ConTeSt!!!

2008-11-17T14:13:00.000-08:00

Here are the sad students...

Here are the Happy Students!

So I got an email on Wednesday about a contest that Barnes and Noble was having for the upcoming movie Twilight. They wanted us teachers to tell our students that they will be giving tickets to the pre-screening of the movie on Tuesday, which is tomorrow, to the person who can write the best essay about why they are the biggest Twilight fan. I read it to all to my students. There are a lot of students, mainly boys, who are so anti-Twilight. I decided to take advantage of their hatred, lol. I made a little wager with my students that if I entered the contest and won then all those who have been dogging the books will HAVE to read them. They were so gung-hoe about it! Especially my 3rd period. Well today DURING THIRD PERIOD I get a phone call in my room and it is Barnes and Noble and they said I won the contest! I couldn't stop laughing. I told my students and they started freaking out. I was still on the phone with B&N and they were laughing hysterically. So all of them headed to the library after class to grab Twilight with frowns on their faces. They will thank me someday. Bryce just went and picked up the tickets and I guess there is a whole package of stuff from posters to shirts to trading cards, lol and more. I am excited and my students are not hahahaa

aLLiE's FiRsT SnOw!!!

2008-11-17T14:06:00.000-08:00

Here she is sniffing it/checking it all out

Let's do some more sniffing

Now it's time to dig and dig and dig and dig!!!

"Mommy, look look LOOK!!! I can't stop jumping up on you because
I am so excited to show you this cool new thing I found!!!

These pictures are from a couple of weeks ago, but it was the funniest thing; Allie and her first snow. The pictures explain it all.

2008-11-11T07:43:00.000-08:00

STUFF ABOUT ME... My name is Catalin and i love stuff. I copied this survey from Cam. Thanks love you!
Favorites!

Color: Green is where it's at!
Food: This is horrible but I love hamburgers and fries!!!! And with a Diet Coke it would seal the deal.
Vacation: Cabo!!!! I want to go back there so badly
Movie: I am such a documentary person. Put me in the life of someone else and I will watch for hours.
Music: Lately I have been really into acoustic bands. They are almost always chill and enjoyable to listen to.
Holiday: Christmas is so fun! I am so excited for my first Christmas with my new husband! I love the food, the music, the smells, the family time, buy presents for people and seeing their faces when they open them, etc.
Season: Fall -the smell is amazing! It turns into winter way too fast.
Song: I love Jack Johnson and Gavin DeGraw. They are wonderful.

Where I have been:

Hawaii (The Big Island and Oahu)
Mexico (Cozumel, Cabo, and Tiajuana
Jamaica
Caymen Islands
Key West
Miami
Atlanta
Washington D.C
Virginia
California
DISNEYLAND!
Oregon Coast
VEGAS!!!

I really hope I get to go to more places.

Where I have lived

Mapleton
Springville
Provo
Orem
Pleasant Grove

Such a big radius, huh? lol

Giselle, my NEW car!

2008-10-31T08:06:00.000-07:00

Yay for my new car!!!! It is a 2009 Toyota Corolla and it is amazing! It drives so smoothly! When I am at stop lights, it is so smooth and quiet that sometimes I wonder if I stalled and my car is off lol. It looks like me, right? Well besides the fact that I have no tan and am way white, it looks like a car that I would drive. LOVE IT!

Going to the George!

2008-10-27T12:39:00.000-07:00

So Bryce's family and I went down to St. George for Fall Break/UEA weekend. It was so great and I am grateful for Bryce's parents for paying for a lot of it. They are amazing people. I just had to tell you a couple things that happened whilst down there. First off, Bryce and I had to stop in Washington City, which is like five minutes north of St. George, to get medicine and oh boy was it funny! BEFORE we even get inside the building we see polygamists! They are like straight out of an old-fashioned church movie. The clothes they wear, the way their bangs swoop just right, it's a sight to see. Well those were just the beginning because once we got inside we were bombarded by them. I walked into the restroom to find 8 of them in there! I went "Uh" ON ACCIDENT! and it was awkward and I just slowly glided through them and into a stall. But don't you worry, we saw more after that! I felt the children looking at me with a longingness to be normal. I know that might sound mean, but I really felt bad for them. It is just a crazy world that we live in.

Then later we went to the outlet malls. We saw this really good bakery called like "Vior" or something like that, and we decided to grab lunch there. Bryce got a salad and I got a sandwich. Right as I was finishing my sandwich I hear Bryce go "What in the world?" A HUGE COCKROACH CRAWLED OUT OF HIS SALAD AND ONTO THE TABLE!!!!!!! We were dying! It was the sickest thing ever! Never go there people! I couldn't believe I just ate a whole sandwich that was probably infested with cockroach poop!

It really was such a nice and relaxing trip though. We went to Touacan (spelling?) and saw "big River" which is a version of Huck Finn. So great!

The Witch's Ball at Gardener Village

2008-10-27T12:15:00.000-07:00

A very Creepy Manthing lol

We thought they looked like eggs......lol

This was a really cool prop; it was a witch just pedaling away in the air

This is what Megan and I did all throughout high school.....Act like you are by yourself and smile and be weird...yep us in a nutshell.

What a scary witch!!!

My cute husband, just out of the shower and ready to play XBox while I go make potions

My friends and I all got dressed up and went to a place called "Gardener's Village". There was a witch's ball thing going on and it was such a riot. We were laughing so hard. There were 11 of us and we were all totally decked out in witch apparel. It was so awesome being with all my friends. It's weird once you graduate high school because the people whom you saw EVERY DAY you never see them anymore. Life changes and I love my life, but it was so great to be with my friends again. I have such amazing friends.

Michael, my companion, my trustworthy mate, my best friend....

2008-10-27T10:36:00.000-07:00

I sold my car yesterday. He wasn't just a car, he was my companion. I have had this car since I was 16 years old. 'Sniff sniff' I feel lost. This car went through high school with me, through college, and through the beginning months of my marriage. I know this sounds dumb, but I really didn't want to let it go. It was in perfect condition, but it's time for Catalina to get a new car. I promised myself I would get a new car once I graduated college and I have put it off long enough. His name, Michael, came from the fact that he used to be black, until my daddy painted him white lol. You wouldn't believe it if I told you all that happened with this car. So many great memories! I will post a picture of my new car soon. Sigh...goodbye Michael.

Our Poor Dog, the Barbie DAHL

2008-10-27T10:31:00.000-07:00

I can't help but dress Allie up sometimes. I always hated when people dressed up their dogs, but sometimes it is so funny! We found this bumble bee costume at Target for 10 dollars and we had to buy it. We also found a pink coat in the dollar section at Target as well. She loves them! We thought they would be a waste of money, but she really loves to play in them!

Maddie and Allie, best-friend-cousin-dogs from the best-friend-cousins!

2008-10-27T10:09:00.000-07:00

We had a family get-together at a park in Orem. Courtney brought her dog, Maddie, and I brought Allie and boy did they love each other! It was so funny! Allie loves to play 24/7 and we finally found a dog that likes to do the same! I don't think they stopped the entire time!

Whenever we go somewhere, and we get out the kennel, Allie freaks out! She knows that means that we are going somewhere, and she barks, and scratches, and whines at the kennel until we let her in. So Funny!

What do you think?

2008-09-21T14:41:00.000-07:00

A couple nights ago, Cait was trying to go to sleep while I stayed up reading for a little while. After 20 minutes or so of silence from her, she asks, "Honey? Does Charlie Brown have a nightlight?" I started laughing and said, "Excuse me?" That woke her up and asked why I said that. I told her what happened and she didn't remember any of it. So I leave the question up to you, our loyal readers. Does Charlie Brown have a nightlight? Please vote.

Park City

2008-09-21T14:13:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago, we spent a spur-of-the-moment weekend in Park City with Caitlyn's family. Her uncle John has a time share there and invited everyone to stay over. We only stayed Friday and Saturday, but it was very relaxing and fun to spend time with Cait's family.

Friday night we ate at Baja Cantina at the base of the Park City Resort, and later that night we played games with everyone until we were too tired to continue.

The next morning, we went shopping at the outlet mall.

There were some girls selling puppies at the outlet mall and Caitlyn begged me to get another dog. You'd think that she wouldn't want another puppy after her post about Allie destroying things while left alone, wouldn't you? The cocker spaniels were pretty cute, though.

After shopping, we went to Olympic Park. Cait, Cathy and I went down the zip line. Everyone else waited for us at the bottom. As you can see, I lead the race the entire way, until Caitlyn caught up somehow and beat us to the bottom.

After the zip line, we went to where they practice aerial skiing. I'm the one in the red pants.

My Turn

2008-09-21T13:44:00.000-07:00

Here I am. It's Bryce. Finally bloggin'. I wanted my first post to be monumental in its hilarity, but the inspiration isn't flowing. So you get a mediocre update on what's been going on with us. Please to enjoy:

First off, I'm not gay. I'm married, remember? To a girl. There have been some times in my life when people have questioned my sexual preference. When I didn't get married before my two younger brothers and I'd bring my friend Dave (strictly platonic) to family parties instead of girls I was dating at the time, questions were raised. When I worked at the Olive Garden and wouldn't hit on any of the trashy girls I worked with, some people assumed I was gay because I didn't hit on them and because I "took care of my appearance."

Which brings me to what has been occupying my time lately: The Twilight Series. Yeah, I'm reading those books.....so what? Yeah, they're adolescent romance novels....so what? That doesn't change the fact that they're entertaining, well-written books.

They really are good. I must admit, I was a little skeptical when Cait tried getting me to read them. She promised me lots of vampire and werewolf fights, so I decided to give them a try. The first book and half of the second book were bo-ring. I won't spoil the plot for anyone who hasn't read them, but be warned: if you're planning on starting the series be ready for LOTS of descriptions of Edward's beauty and LOTS of deciding if he's too dangerous for her or not. Once you get through all that, it gets pretty good. From the middle of the second book to where I am now, at the end of Eclipse, it's quite interesting and captivating. I'm not done yet, so it may start to go downhill, but as of right now, I'm hooked. And for those of you who have read them, I'm totally Team Jacob, which breaks my wife's heart.

My Classroom!

2008-08-25T22:26:00.001-07:00

My cute fridge

I have to have a picture of my precious husband AND a candy jar!

Yay for school! I started teaching 7th grade English on the 14th of August. I love it so far. I had a really good time decorating my portion of my classroom! I didn't want to put dumb little things all over the walls to take up space, so I went with my mom and Bryce to Walmart and got fabrics to cover on the walls. I got zebra print, crazy I know, pink with black polka dots, and plain black. I then got a cute jazz poster and posted "#1 Jazz Fan" above it. I put up a cute calender and bulletins as well. Fun!

Precious Allie got Spayed

2008-08-25T22:21:00.000-07:00

Our sweet little girl got spayed. She is normally so hyper and silly. Well, she was so out of it!! It was like unreal! We were laughing so hard. She would fall asleep sitting up. She was so precious. She was so freezing and so we put my robe on her and she would crawl under it completely. So sad, but so cute. Don't worry, she was back to normal by morning.

VeGaS!!!!!

2008-08-25T22:04:00.000-07:00

My precious husband

Okay this is at the Coca Cola Factory. You can do a taste test of coke drinks from all around the world. Holy cow they were like all so disgusting!!! I couldn't believe people drank this stuff in the world!!! I will never do that again, but it was so interesting and fun to try!

Getting ready to try them

After I tried one haha

Megan and Me

Standing under the lions at the MGM

Bryce and I wanted to go on a vacation right before the school year started. We ended up going to Vegas with Bryce's brother and sister-in-law, Megan. It was very fun! Vegas is always so much fun. I love how much goes on 24/7!

Oh the joys of no food in the house!

2008-08-25T21:51:00.000-07:00

Oh this is so funny! Bryce and I had no food in the house. Well, we had food, but none of it matched. So this is what we ended up making: An egg sandwich, tator tots AND curly fries (because we didn't have enough tots for both and not enough fries for both, so we had to make both haha), corn on the cob, and Kool-aid because we didn't have anything else to drink, and we found the Kool-aid packet buried in our pantry. Oh and to top it all off we didn't have any ice. I HAVE to have ice! So I used a frozen otter pop to chill my Aid. hahahahaha. We couldn't stop laughing! It was good though!

Best Friends Sleepover!!!

2008-07-31T21:44:00.000-07:00

Don't ask...lol

Annie after she ate it and fell

Memories....Sweet sweet memories

Caitlin (other Caitlin, my high school other half) was leaving and so she was hugging us bye and we were on the lovesack so she bent over to hug and we hear a CREEIEOROP and her pants totally ripped in the crotch!!!! Shar and I were stunned! We couldn't stop laughing for like an hour! Good times!
Annie Clogged the toilet hahahahaha!

So I know what you are thinking...a sleepover...with a bunch of "married" people? What the...? Well let me tell you it was a riot!! My friends and I haven't seen much of each other this summer so we decided to plan something that would be so fun to make up for the lack of seeing each other. So we had a sleepover at Nesha's house. It was so fun! Crystal brought old notes from junior high from each of us and we were dying laughing. We watched home movies from jr. high and high school as well!! We had so much fun! It made me realize how grateful I am for my friends. I have the world's best and most supportive friends. They all have been good influences on me, and we were all so close from the beginning of everything. A lot of girls don't have friends like mine. I am just grateful!

Kiley's Wedding

2008-07-31T21:25:00.000-07:00

Precious Addi

My sweet Jaden

Kiley Being so funny and acting crazy!

How cute is he?!

Here comes the rain...

Kiley got married on Saturday, the 26th of July in the SLC Temple. It was a beautiful day...a very HOT day...but a beautiful one. I had the opportunity of being a bridesmaid. It was such a great day for a wedding. They had the reception up Provo canyon on some property next to Vivian Park. It was unreal how beautiful it was! Such a pretty place! I played with Kiley's niece, Addi, and her nephew, Jaden pretty much the entire time. That's why I have so many pictures of them. Jaden has a tuxedo and he was just precious. I love them so much. We all were dancing, eating, and having fun when I felt a raindrop on my head. It began POURING the moment that they cut the cake. You would think this would ruin the evening, but Kiley was a trooper and made the best of it! We ended up dancing in the hot rain until we looked like rats in a sewer!!! It was such a memorable, and enjoyable night!

Oh, the joys of puppies...

2008-07-31T21:14:00.000-07:00

Allie has been such a handful! She is so much fun, and she is seriously the cutest little thing ever, but there are times when she is such a stinker. The other night Bryce and I went to the gym. We felt bad putting her in her kennel so we left her in the bathroom. Instead of closing the door, we put up a child gate thing in the doorway. Well Bryce did it wrong or something happened because we get home an hour later and the ENTIRE house is TORN APART! She had gotten into our thank you cards from our wedding that are now in a dumpster somewhere, in shreds. She attacked a pair of my brand SPANKIN' new shoes, and there was cardboard and some other stuff lying everywhere too! She unrolled a brand new roll of toilet paper and shredded that everywhere. To top it ALL off she took a poo and pee all over the place. What a treat! It was like a scene from a bad, mangled car accident. You don't know where anything went, or what anything is, but you know it used to be something....lol. The pictures DO NOT give it justice. It was unreal, funny at first, but unreal.

Our First Fourth of July Married!

2008-07-08T20:39:00.000-07:00

CJ played in a bubble pit!! So funny!

Miley was entered into the baby contest. She was runner-up for chubbiest baby lol

Playing Rock Band

Yay for the first fourth together! Bryce and I slept at his dad's house on the third, and went to West Point in the morning for the fair. Bryce taught me how to make snow cones and I began the task of the snow cone booth with his family. So fun! We then lit fireworks at his house. What a fun day!

Childhood Memories!!!

2008-07-01T16:15:00.000-07:00

Bryce and I have been reminissing about our childhood. We bought at Nintendo 64 last night and played MarioKart for hours! It was so fun!!! We are going to buy 007 Goldeneye too! Awww sweet memories of our childhood. We also started talking about our childhood cartoons that we were obsessed with and spent hours watching them on YouTube. My top cartoons from my childhood are (in no particular order):

1. Muppet Babies

2. David the Gnome

3. DuckTales

4. Tiny Toon Adventures

5. Gummi Bears

6. Eureka's Castle

7. Inspector Gadget

There are a lot more too!

We just had so much fun! Bryce had a lot of favorite cartoons too, but I never heard of most of them lol. I love him!

More AllieBear

2008-06-24T21:03:00.000-07:00

My very favorite thing is when Allie is sleepy. She is so cute and so funny and she is such a cuddlebug when she is sleepy. Even if she is in her kennel sleeping, I will get her out and put her on my stomach.

We bought allie this adorable Rhino at puppy class tonight. It is so cute!!! I like don't want her to chew on it.

She loves it!!!
She has already put holes in the bottom! Boo hoo. :)

Oh the joys of puppy training. This is today's injury. It is on my calf and it is pretty bad. It was gushing blood, and now how a pretty bruise all over it. The things I do for my Allie!
Allie wanted to go down the slide!!! She had fun on this one.
Mommy wanted to go down too.
She didn't like this one very much. HAHAHAHA she is more "tumbling" down the slide than sliding.

Our nightly races. Bryce kicked her trash tonight.

My Husband is a Superhero!

2008-06-21T18:17:00.001-07:00

Bryce got home from work last night and was in the kitchen when a fly crossed his path. With one swipe of his hand he caught the fly! Between his fingers! Another reason why I am so amazingly impressed with him!

Today Was On Purpose!

2008-06-21T17:57:00.000-07:00

Weirdest day of our lives! You guys are never going to believe this! Bryce and I went up to Midvale to my sister's apartment to go swimming with my family. We brought Allie up there to play with everyone and left her on the deck while we swam. We were swimming when my sister Layni says "There's Allie!" We look out on the grass and there she is! My sister Britney then saw that she had on a blue collar, not her pink one. We then realized that it wasn't her. We told the lady that we had a dog just like her. My sister asked where she got her dog and she said Idaho. We got Allie from Idaho. We then asked her how old she was. She said three months. More questions were asked and soon enough we realized that they were SISTERS!!!!! We ran and got Allie to see if they remembered each other. It was magical. They instantly knew who each other were! They wouldn't stop running, licking, biting, and playing together. They look identical!!!! It was so fun. It was hard to pull them away from each other. We exchanged information with the owner and we are going to have another playdate soon. It was so just crazy! What are the chances?!! What a great day! Allie loved it, and so did we. :)

The Love I Have For My Husband

2008-06-20T12:18:00.000-07:00

Last night we rented the movie P.S I Love You from Redbox. It is an amazing movie. It truly made me realize how lucky I am to have Bryce, and how I should cherish every minute with him. I love my husband more than anyone in this world. What a great thing it is to have a significant other! If you haven't seen that movie, I strongly recommend it. It makes you realize what you have. I have always known how truly perfect and amazing Bryce is, and this movie only proved that to me even more.

The polls are in!!

2008-06-18T16:52:00.001-07:00

So we appreciate all those who voted for Bryce's hairstyle. After careful consideration, we decided to go with the minority and cut his hair short. I love it!

Book Worms

2008-06-18T16:19:00.001-07:00

So I did it! I got Bryce to start reading the beautiful Twilight series. He has been reading it every night. The series consists of three novels, so far, which are: Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse. He is enjoying them so far. I have read those already, but I just started reading Stephenie Meyer's new novel The Host. It is her first adult novel. So far it is really good! It is a little different than the Twilight series, but I am enjoying it. I recommend these novels to everyone! If you haven't read them go out and buy them NOW! I think I saw them at WalMart for like ten dollars. Trust me, they are amazing! Plus, we all should be preparing for her fourth and final book of the Twilight series Breaking Dawn, which comes out August 2nd. So go out, get them, and start reading!

CJ is a little boy now

2008-06-16T13:39:00.000-07:00

Bryce's niece and nephew slept over with us at Bryce's dad's house on Saturday. CJ is no longer a toddler, he is a little boy. It is so fun. And Miley is turning into such a character. It was fun. We blew up CJ's CARS bed and I got in it and pretended to be sleeping. He participated. Fun times.

2008-06-16T13:28:00.000-07:00

So we went boating at Willard Bay on Saturday. We had so much fun. Bryce and I were on the water weinie thing and we traded spots while going and almost died. It was just a riot.

Allie

2008-06-13T11:13:00.000-07:00

So here is an update on our baby puggle, Allie. We have been taking her to puppy school every Tuesday, which has seemed to help with how we need to teach her. Allie is so smart, it amazes us. We started teaching her to roll over yesterday and she already gets it. Here is a poorly constructed video of her doing her tricks:

Our First Child, Allie

2008-05-29T17:35:00.001-07:00

Her first bath!

Allie is our new family member. She was born on March 14th in Preston, Idaho. She is the biggest handful but we adore her.

Our Honeymoon in Cabo!

2008-05-27T18:03:00.000-07:00

Me with my Miami Vice, which was a strawberry daquiri and

a pina colada mixed

Bryce drinking his Mango daquiri that had alcohol in it

even though he said "NO SERVESA!"

Don't worry, he only drank about half of it before he realized

that it had alcohol in it lol.

I was excited

We took a glass bottom boat tour to the famous Cabo arch

Where we ate breakfast every morning. It was right

on the beach and it was the best breakfast I have ever had

Me doing the taquila dance with everyone else.

I guess Bryce found it humorous

The mariachi band on Cinco de Mayo

With our favorite waiter Uziel

Just laying by the pool. Bryce finally woke up!

Some random Mexican doing awesome tricks with his horse

The food I ate....

The food Bryce ate lol

Parasailing

Downtown Cabo

This was a REAL lizard just chillin by the pool with us

We had dinner on the beach one night

More parasailing pictures

We were scared

Can you believe how high we were!!!???

Laying out on the beach. Can you tell which feet are Bryce's by his birth mark?

Us on the beach

We took many pictures of us drinking pina coladas and daquiris because they

were free and they were so good

This is the killer whale waterslide. It was so much fun!

For our honeymoon we went to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. It was unreal. The food was amazing! We gained like 50 pounds! Okay not really, but it seemed like it. It was a true paradise.

The Wedding Day

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My sisters and I

Me and my Best Friend, my mom

Here we are coming out of the Salt Lake Temple.

Here are some pictures from our glorious wedding day!

The beginning of our lives together

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From a karaoke lounge to "together forever", we made it! We finally tied the knot. Bryce and I got married on the most beautiful day I have ever seen, in the most beautiful place anyone has ever seen. We got married on May 3rd and have been in pure bliss ever since. What a great life we have ahead of us!