Travis & Janae Evans

{Happy H"OWL"oween}

2011-10-31T20:29:00.000-07:00

Isn't My little Owl so cute! I haven't been this excited for Halloween since I was in middle school. {Maybe it's because after I turned 12 I felt weird dressing up for Halloween} But it was so fun looking for ideas and making this costume for Aniston. I found the hat on etsy and this super easy tutorial on how to make the wings on pinterest.

We didn't really do much for Halloween cause Aniston hasn't been feeling good so we went to the community Trunk-or-Treat and to my parents house for chili.

Like I said before Aniston's been a little sick but she has been the best sick baby if that is such a thing. She hasn't been whinny or grumpy and she has taken 3 to 4 naps a day plus going to bed at 7pm and sleeping til 8am.

The wings have a little piece of elastic that fits on her little fingers to keep the wings attached to her arms. Aniston hated the elastic being on her finger so she was constantly trying to get it off; but it conveniently looked liked she was flapping her wings. Here's a video of it.

I Love US!

2011-09-19T20:08:00.000-07:00

For a couple years now I have been taking my families {Family Photo's} & Devry & Preston's, {but who are we kidding they are practically family to us. }But that's besides the point. I have been practicing and trying to learn more about taking photos and using photoshop for my own knowledge. I'm no {Jessica Calderwood} but I'm trying! check her blog out she's amazing...

These families mean a lot to me; And here are some of the reasons why!

walk to the mail box with us everyday
invite us over for dinner
love & play with Aniston
make us cupcakes
call and check on us almost daily
Just to name a few

But I'm so grateful to have them in my life.

So here's this years {photo shoots.}

-P.S. My sister Kellie took my family pics
{Evans Family}
{Lewis Family}

{Payne Family}
{Park Family}

{Just Beachy}

2011-08-09T21:33:00.000-07:00

{Have I ever told you how nice it is not having to work?} And this is why! I've been able to pick up and go without having to plan a week or two in advance to get the day off. Also I haven't been outside this much since the summer I was dating Travis {which was one of my favorite summers}

Like most of you who live in Idaho we think the summer is too short, Travis & I daydream of moving to a place like California or Vegas so we can have this weather all year round.

It has been so much fun taking Aniston on all these adventures; she loves keeping busy & being outside!

Here's a few of the places we have gone

1. Rigby Lake with Trav's family
I'm obsessed with taking pictures in her swimsuits and this hat. I just Love them

{Grandma Debbie& Shelby}

2. Jensen's Grove with Camber's family
{Another swimsuit shot} This swimsuit was given to Aniston from her Aunt Whittney & Uncle Ryan who live in Texas and it is so cute{thanks again guys}... And I couldn't resist taking a picture of the fat rolls on her legs.
3.Lava Hot Springs

Here's a few random shots of what else we have been up to:

Matching T-shirts... I always love it when we randomly wear the same shirt on the same day.
Devry, Audree & I had a bachelorette finale party. {We were rooting for J.P so we wore our PJ's} and had these dessert nachos, popcorn, Chili's chips and salsa & Hot Mac!

{Happiest Place on Earth}

2011-08-06T21:52:00.000-07:00

At the beginning of July Aniston and I went to Disneyland with my mom and Melody for FCCLA Nationals. I was so nervous to go because Aniston is not the easiest baby so I thought it might be one tough week, But I can tell you Disneyland is truly the {HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH} because she came home a changed baby!

She was at a perfect age because she was not old enough to be scared of the scenes on the rides but yet she was so intrigued.

Here's a look at our week in pics.

{Exciting Plane ride to California}{Meeting Characters}

{Day at Huntington Beach} or "Heaven on Earth"- as our taxi driver would say

Melody left a day before we flew out and went straight to be with Bryan in Virginia so this was Aniston giving her goodbye hugs.

{Keepin up with the Jones}

2011-07-06T21:43:00.000-07:00

Here are just a few pictures of Melody and Bryan's wedding which as you can see was pretty fabulous...

The Bride & Me {P.S. I did it I bought the sequin dress it was my party dress}
{Lynde+Me+Devry}= Pretty stinkin cute If I may say so myself!
It was so fun to see some of our roommates from the past! I love these little reunions... Maegan, Me & Kapri
One of my favorite parts of the night was lighting the floating lanterns {like from Tangled}... It was so awesome{ this picture does not do it justice}

Ok so that was like a super brief overview of the wedding maybe I'll get to posting more pics and details later but i wanted to get something up on the blog before I come back from Disneyland with tons more pics.

I {Heart} my Family

2011-06-18T21:56:00.000-07:00

This is our first decent Family photo {I give the credit to my spray tan}... jk but really can you tell I got a spray tan?! But on the serious side I love my little family and couldn't be happier with where we are right now in our lives. Travis just finished training and is now on his own, I am loving staying at home and right now helping Melody and Bryan with wedding stuff, and Aniston is getting her first tooth. Just enjoying the journey.

{6 months}

2011-06-18T21:49:00.001-07:00

Aniston Ellie Evans
Annie
Annie wannie Waniston
Aniston Ellie Belly Evans
Annie-ton-ton!

Whatever you want to call her this is our cute little girl at 6 months!

{Jump the Gun}

2011-06-18T20:49:00.000-07:00

Here in our house we like to jump the gun and celebrate holidays before they actually happen {actually when I say we I mean Travis.} But I decided to actually give in and let him since he will be working/sleeping tomorrow.

We started off by going to Rumbi grill since it just opened up and I have a feeling I will be trying to create reasons why we need to celebrate a lot in the next little bit so I can go to Rumbi grill as much as possible. {I really wanted to be one of the first 100 customers to get free Rumbi for a year but Travis thinks I'll get sick of it. I should camped over night just so I could prove him that I don't think it is possible to get tired of eating it.}
And this picture is our dinner we made with the new grill I got Travis for Father's Day. He is so excited to have a grill and plans to only cook meals that can be cooked on the grill when Aniston and I are gone to California next month.

{isn't he such a cute DAD}

{Coupon Confessions}

2011-05-18T21:11:00.001-07:00

Has anyone else ever watched the TLC show extreme couponing? I have recently discovered this and I find it so fascinating. I actually just got done watching it and now I have to admit I want to try it out... Does anybody out there do this and have any tips. Please let me know.

{Locks of LOVE}

2011-05-18T18:45:00.000-07:00

So I feel like I am officially a mom! I chopped off my hair... It was a combination of needing a change, sick of trying to pull it out of Aniston's death grip, and never having the time to do it cute. But whatever the reasons I've always wanted to donate my hair to {locks of love} & it turned out I met the 10 in requirement, I actually surpassed it and cut 11in. I told myself if I hated the cut at least I would feel good that it was going to a good use.

Sorry the picture is upside down... I brought the pony tail in to get it ready to send off and Travis was really freaked out by it.. I'll admit it is a little weird.
And here is the new do... Aniston still some how gets her hands on it but it definitely is a lot easier to get her hands untangled

{Mr. Congeniality}

2011-05-09T20:05:00.000-07:00

{Ten Weeks} has come and gone and I finally have my husband back! He has been gone for his police training and this past Friday we were able to go to Boise for his graduation. During the graduation they gave away a Leadership award {that was voted on by their peers} voting for the cop they would want as their back-up and Travis got it so I have been teasing him all weekend that he won the Mr. Congeniality award!! But all teasing aside I am so proud of him, he worked so hard and I know it was just as hard for him to be away us as it was for me & Aniston to not have him here.

{While we were sitting waiting for the graduation to start Travis's mom Debbie was holding Aniston and his Grandma Elnora started fanning her face with the program and she starting laughing so hard. She probably laughed for 15 min straight it was cute here's a little snipet.}

{Here's to 10 more & Eternity}

2011-04-29T10:23:00.000-07:00

I made this for my sister Kellie & her Drew since this year is their 10 year anniversary. {I can't believe its been that long already}... Happy Anniversary guys! They are off to Utah and I am watching the twins its only been two hours and we have already played duck duck goose many times, watched Mickey Mouse Club, had lunch and now wrestling. {Good times}

{It's the Small Things...}

2011-04-18T12:13:00.000-07:00

{THAT MAKE ME HAPPY}

Cupcakes make me Happy!

The Cocoa Bean has come to Idaho Falls and every time I am in town I am tempted to stop and get a cupcake. Not only are they delicious but they are so cute to look at. I wish I could make cupcakes like that... {that is one of my goals it's harder than I thought}

Spending the Weekends with Travis {Pure Bliss}

Last weekend I went to Boise it was a great weekend full of shopping, time with Travis and you can't forget the Cheesecake Factory {definitely recommend the Chocolate Coconut Cheesecake.} ...The whole time I was pregnant I craved Cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory and one time Travis was in Utah taking a test for his new job and I asked him to stop and get a slice and bring it home for me. When he got home I asked where it was and he told me Oh the place where I took the test was no where close to the Cheesecake Factory, I looked it up he was within 2 blocks... So he took me there to make it up to me...

Seeing that my Favorite Place to eat is coming to Idaho Falls {Ecstatic}

Every time we go to Salt Lake I have to stop here and eat even if I am not hungry! But when we were in Boise I wanted to look it up and see if they had one there and that is when I saw COMING SOON TO IDAHO FALLS! Best news: Life will never be the same!

One thing that doesn't make me Happy is Aniston is now sucking her thumb {but I do have to admit it is pretty cute how she gets her thumb in her mouth; she has to hold all of her other fingers so she can actually get her thumb in her mouth.}
But being her mom Makes me the Happiest

{When it rains it pours}

2011-02-15T09:45:00.000-08:00

{That is exactly how this winter has felt for me.} My family has been through a lot with 3 family members having surgery, 2 happy additions {Aniston & Brighton}, losing 2 grandmas within a month, a blessing & a baptism! As you can see with all the good that we have experienced, it has come with its amount of sadness.
Each of these experiences has given me the chance to ponder and realize that I am indeed blessed and have a Heavenly Father who is there to comfort in my time of need. I guess sometimes it takes these experiences to help you put life in perspective.

Here is our winter in pictures!!

{Cousins Aniston & Brighton}

{Me holding Brighton McCall Lewis}

{Us at Grandma Anthony's viewing} I miss my grandma's ♥

{Aniston's Blessing Dress}

I decided I wanted to make a blessing dress for Aniston I briefly looked on the internet for dresses and didn't find anything. But I am obsessed with looking at wedding Dresses on J.Crew for some reason and one day when I was looking I found this one that I thought if turned into a blessing dress would be perfect.

{The inspiration} this is not the exact dress I got the inspiration from but they already took it off their website so this one is really similar{The Result } up close

{Full length} It turned out perfect thanks to my mom she's amazing when it comes to this kind of stuff!

{So Worth it}

2011-01-11T19:41:00.001-08:00

I just wanted to share a few of the pictures we have taken in the last couple of days to celebrate Aniston being one month... These are some of the emotions and actions we experience each and everyday. Everything good and bad is so worth it.

{Look at her Grow}

2011-01-02T19:51:00.000-08:00

{Aniston Ellie Evans}

I can't believe she is already here! She is a happy and healthy baby and man I can't believe how fast she is growing! At her two week appointment she had already gained a pound!

{Proud Mom & Dad}

{Profile Pic} I can't decide who she looks like more!The most recent pictures Of Aniston... I love having a girl and dressing her up {even though Travis thinks I am torturing her with the hair bows and all}
It has been a great couple of weeks and here are some of my favorite things:

{When she smiles while sleeping}
- When she does that I can't help but think she is talking to people in Heaven{ my grandpa's & grandma, even her future brothers and sisters?} and they are wanting us to know they love us and are watching over us.

{She has been my constant sidekick}
-I know of course she's my constant companion because she's a baby and she needs me but really it has been nice because with Travis's new job she keeps me from feeling like I am all alone when he is gone on his crazy shifts!

{My mom say's the only reason why we have to bath babies is to wash off all the kisses}
That is so true this little girl is so loveable and you can't help but kiss her little cheeks that are starting to get chubby...

I'm so excited for what else is to come!

{Baby Shower}

2010-11-30T19:31:00.000-08:00

About two weeks ago I had my baby shower and no one knows how to throw parties like the {Anthony family} & Devry! It was above and beyond. I am so lucky to have such a great family, Devry your included in that... Thanks to them and all those who came I now feel a lot more prepared. Here are a few pictures of the decorations, food, guests and presents. It was the perfect day! I again am so grateful for all those around us who give us constant Love & Support....
I got a lot of great things and i feel a lot more prepared!

{All my family and friends who came} I'm so glad to have such great friends and family!
This was the amazing {Food}. As most of you know my sister Melody teaches foods and she experiments with a lot of recipes so for the shower she made a few of her top hits like Pear and blue cheese salad, shrimp salad in phyllo cups and rumbi rice bowls! Kellie also made cake balls and birds nests which were both delicious. And for the birds nest Melody found the hard mini cadbury eggs that really you can only buy at Easter time but she was able to get some from the black market or {ebay}! I love those things... My sisters definitely know how to go the extra mile to throw a party!
The decorations around the house were so cute and added the perfect touch to the bird themed party, but one of my favorite things was this painting! And here's the story behind why, every time I go to Target I eye the painting like in the top picture{ sorry it's a bad picture} but being the cheap person I can sometimes be I would never buy it. So when I showed up to my mom's house for the shower I was so excited cause I saw the painting Well what makes it even better is that Melody actually drew and painted it herself... I am very impressed it looks just like the Target version if not better!

{A special thanks again to My mom, Kellie, Camber, Melody and Devry}

{Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice}

2010-08-06T20:27:00.000-07:00

This week we got to find out what we are having... It's a {GiRl}. I am so excited this means lots of pink, headbands and flowers.... I told Travis he's going to need to get used to being broke because with two girls in the house {i have a feeling we will be doing a lot of shopping...}

{It's Official}

2010-07-11T19:42:00.000-07:00

By now I am sure most of you know, but I've heard in order to make it official I need to post a blog.

{Travis and I are expecting!!} We are both super excited and grateful for this chance to become parents. I am just about halfway through {Due Date December 20th} and in three weeks we get to find out what it is.

I can honestly say I've never been so excited for the {Winter and December} to come around...!

Travis and I found out when I was about 7 weeks along and since I had a previous miscarriage we wanted to wait it out a while to tell anyone. So we were able to come up with a pretty cute way to tell our families.

My inspiration came from the movie How to Lose a Guy in 10 days {where she makes a scrapbook of their children.} Well i took a picture of Travis and one of me and mixed it together to make a babies face and than we had the faces printed on M&M's. Needless to say after our families figured out what was on the M&M's they were surprised and excited...

{We are so grateful to have such great families and friends to share this exciting time with.}

{Life After Friday Night Lights}

2010-03-17T20:22:00.000-07:00

Travis and I have netflix through his xbox and on weekends we like to go through it and try and find something new to watch. About 3 weeks ago we were bored of watching movies and we wanted to get into a new TV series. We were having a hard time agreeing on which one to watch because Travis wanted Dragon Ball Z {which I guess reminds him of his childhood} and I wanted Desperate Housewives. Well obviously he wasn't going to give in to me so as we were scanning through we saw {Friday Night Lights}. We decided we would give it one episode to see if it was worth our time and here we are three weeks later!!

I feel like that for the last three weeks I have done nothing but watched this series. And while I am not watching it I am thinking about it, {while I am sitting at work all I could think about was how excited I was to get home so we could watch more episodes.}

I actually went to dinner with Trav's mom and my sister in laws last week and we saw this random guy sitting by myself and he keep looking at us{kind of creepily} , and I felt like this has just happened to me so I was thinking about where and when that would have taken place and than I realized it didn't happen to me it happened to Tyra from Friday Night Lights, so I guess that gives a little picture of how revolved my life has been around this show.

We just finished season 3 Monday night and the last couple of nights Travis and I have felt like we are missing something... I guess now it gives us time to spend outside in the good weather we've been having {That is if its stays around long enough}

{A Day of Simple Pleasures}

2010-01-31T18:38:00.000-08:00

This Friday work was a little slow, so they have what we call low census days, so it was either go in to work for two hours or take the day off. I gladly offered to just take the whole day off. {I can't tell you how excited I was.} Thursday night I stopped by the Movie gallery and prepped for my long weekend. I started the weekend off by staying up late and watching some movies. Friday I got up at 8:30 so excited to start my day off, which is funny because every day when I get up for work I just wish I could sleep in, but I have to admit a little of my mom has rubbed off on me because when it comes to days off I don't want to waste it being lazy...
So throughout the day I was able to paint part of my living room, make some vinyl lettering, clean and do laundry. I decided with my day off I needed to do something nice for Travis so I planned a date night. We started at home with a nice dinner I had made and next we went to Idaho Falls to go see {When In Rome} and than to Jamba Juice. It was a perfect way to end my day off.

Sometimes I forget how great life is and Friday help me put things back into perspective.

{Date Night Picture}

{Trav's wishful thinking that our date night would involve COD} P.S. it did not!!

{ Party Like A "Rock"star}

2010-01-14T20:41:00.000-08:00

For Christmas Travis and I got {RockBand} with a Country music pack and it is so much fun to play. But not only is it fun to play it is very entertaining to watch; It was so much having the game over the {holidays} cause we would have family come over almost every night and we would play for hours. P.S. the very talented girl in the video is my niece Cambree {The next Hannah Montana} oh and her back up singer is My sister Melody.

{Merry Christmas}

2009-12-23T21:17:00.000-08:00

Travis and I wanted to wish everyone a {Merry Christmas} and {Happy New Year!} Hope you all have a good one!

{Twas 2 Weeks Before Christmas}

2009-12-17T20:07:00.000-08:00

So this year for Christmas Travis decided that he wanted an X-Box 360, it took a while but he finally convinced me to get one for him. Well I strictly told him that when we bought it he had to wait for Christmas... that was the agreement. But as soon I picked it up from the store the pressure was on for me to let him open it and play. I was doing so good at not cracking even though he was having Preston come over daily telling me reasons of why Travis should be able to open it up early. Here are some of the reasons they came up with.

1. Because they want to play together online. {Ok my problem is this, so they've been playing together at Devry and Preston's, don't you think playing together in the same room is better than playing together online and talking to each other on headsets!}

And the 2nd reason was:

2. Because Travis has to go back to school in January and he won't have as much time to play since he will be busy with homework and work. {Yes, ok somewhat logical!}

So the last reason is a little bit of why I did Break, that and the fact that I don't know how many more times I could handle being told that I'm {cold as ice!} I'm not cold as ice I just wanted Travis to have something to be excited about because he is so Bah humbug!

Since I decided to give in I still wanted it to be exciting. So one day while he was at work I set up a treasure hunt. These pictures of each of the places and clues he had to find!

{P.S. yes they were all wrapped in princess paper, it's all because one day I came home from work and he had wrapped all my presents in Transformer paper and thought it was so cool, so I thought what is the exact opposite of Transformer thats right Princesses!}

{Livin on the Edge}

2009-11-26T11:35:00.000-08:00

So I was a little late in jumping on the Twilight band wagon. But I finally gave in and started to read them to see what all the fuss was about and I actually ended up loving them. I than passed them on to Camber and she also became a huge fan. So it wasn't too hard to convince her to go to the midnight premiere with me and the ladies from work.

All the ladies at work are also big fans and it was almost daily that we were checking the Z103 website for new trailers and pictures of the movie. One day I came to work and they had created their own Jacob calendar. They said that the kitten that was pictured that month was creepy and ugly so they covered it up with Jacob. I'll just say I couldn't complain since I am a huge Jacob/Werewolf Fan!

Camber decided if we were going to {live on the edge} and go the {midnight premiere}we were going to go all out and that we did. We took our picture with Brad and Tara from Z103 and I couldn't believe how believeable of an Edward he was...This is us waiting the two hours in the theater for the movie to start. I was proud of Camber it was 10 P.M. and she was still going strong. It's been awhile since she has lived the late night life. I guess having kids can that to ya!
Inside our theater we had make-up artists doing claw marks for {Jacob} Fans and Glitter for {Edward} fans but since our shirts said that we couldn't choose we got both. It took us awhile to go and get it done because there was only little kids in the line and we felt dumb but we decided if we were going to go all out we had to do it.

Getting ready to stand in line! You could tell that we were {first timers} because we were not very well prepared. People around us in line were all in snowoutfits and bundle up in blankets and we had jackets! Luckily we didn't have to stand out in line for too long..

{MY Best Friends Baby Shower}

2009-11-04T20:13:00.000-08:00

Lions, Tigers and Bears OH BOY! We thought we were being prepared by throwing the party in October two months before Devry's due date but little did we know that little Deakon was going to come early. He was born about a week and a half before the baby shower but Devry being a trooper and was still willing to have the party as planned. We went with a safari theme and it turned out so cute! {Here are a few moments from the shower...}

{The quilt that my family made}{Me & Devry-doesn't she look good for just having a baby! Hopefully I'm that lucky}

{Deakon's cute new stuffed animal} {For refreshments we had fruit and dip, and muffins and we named all the muffins with the safari in mind, like Choc. Chunky Monkey and Cheetah Crumb.}

{Made coconut lemonade my favorite!}

{ THe Diaper Cake & Invitation}

{Refreshment Table with Deakon's banner}

{Better Late Than Never}

2009-11-04T19:37:00.000-08:00

So two more weeks and Travis and I have been married for TWO years. I cannot believe it's been that long... Before we got married I had my bridals done and Both my mom and I hated them. So almost two years later at work one of the ladies asked if she could take some pictures of me in my wedding dress to put on her website. So I was excited to see if I still fit in my wedding dress and take some pictures and I thought since its almost my anniversary I'd share some.

Spud Day... 5K

2009-09-20T20:12:00.001-07:00

Yesterday was the famous Shelley Spud Day and for the last couple of years my dad has been running the 5K. This year was the first time any one dared run against my dad and it just so happened to be Travis. So my mom and I woke up bright and early to go and cheer them on.

At the first of the race Travis told my dad he was just going to stick by him and than my dad said the next thing he knew he saw Travis taking off. I think Trav's competitive side kicked in and he didn't want the 62 year old man in front of them to beat him.

Kellie and the kids also showed up to cheer them on and we sat on the corner and ate our donuts as all the runners ran past us to the finish line. Maybe next year I'll run instead eating donuts on the sidelines!

A lIttle Bit of {Now & Then}

2009-08-24T21:05:00.001-07:00

{Now}

Meet The girls who I love and Look up to so Much {Kapri, Jessica, Jill, Melody & Katie}. I am so blessed to have such great girls to be friends with. Well it's been a couple years since we all lived together but I still think about those days with these girls and laugh about all the things we went through together. This last week we were able to get together since Jill was in town from Chicago So I thought I'd put together a little picture tribute of now and then. (Somehow my picture from this week got erased from my memory card. So if one of you girls have a copy I would love it!)

{THEN}

So Many PROJECTS... So Little TIME

2009-08-24T20:39:00.000-07:00

About three weeks ago Travis and I moved into a different apartment. So my mind hasn't stopped turning of ideas on how to decorate our apartment and make it feel like home. So I've finally got things unpacked and under control so now here come the projects.{ CURTAINS & QUILTS}

These bright colors make it so I {LOVE} to be in my kitchen cooking or even more surprising cleaning! I even want to paint my kitchen bright orange or green but my landlords {my MOM & DAD} thought that may be too extreme so I guess I will have convert them to the idea slowly!

This Damask style is what I am putting in my dining and living room! I have also been trying to find some wall paper this style to put on one wall but so far no luck so we'll start with this. When I showed my mom my fabric she said it reminded her of when she was a little girl and how she wanted some wall paper just like this. { I guess like mother like daughter}

Ok my favorite one of all! {Project ZEBRA} I have finally convinced Travis to let me decorate our room with zebra print. So I am not holding back. I found this zebra fabric and thought it would make our room complete. These projects are only a few of the ones I want to complete on my list but I have to continually tell myself I can only handle so many at a time. So once I have a finished project I will post pictures.

Boston Jersey, Craigo's Pizza, & Segways

2009-07-20T21:15:00.001-07:00

One Big Difference that Travis and I have is concerning Birthdays: My Philosophy on Birthday's is go Big or go Home! Trav's philosophy he would cancel it if he could. So one of my goals in our marriage is to change his mind, which has been harder than I imagined.

So Travis's Birthday was first on the 5th of July and he actually shares his Birthday with my sister Kellie. So one of the things I did to try and make it a special day for him was hide random presents in everyday spots he goes or looks. For example I got him a nice belt to replace his stretchy baseball belt he's been wearing everyday. Well I hung it on our bathroom door with a special note.

Another thing I wanted to do was invite his family over for cake and ice cream. He has been having such a great time golfing with his dad and brothers this summer that I thought it would be fun to make him a golf cake. Well lets just say it didn't turn out quite how I wanted but isn't it the thought that counts.

Ok Now for my Birthday! Travis did such a good job in trying to make it a special day for me. The best part is he tried surprising me by renting segways for the night.( He gets so mad because I always guess his secrets). But i was still way excited we have been talking about doing this for a couple months now.

So we rode around Idaho Falls for a couple hours just the two of us and than we met up with my family at the community park and had Craigo's Buffalo Wing Thing pizza and we let my family try out the segways. We were so shocked that my 4 & 6 Year old nieces and nephews were able to ride them so easily. Now all they want to do for their birthdays is rent segways.

One of the Best Parts of my Birthday is the present Travis got me. As most of you probably know Travis and I have major differences when it comes to baseball teams. He's all for the Braves and I'm all for THe Boston Red Sox mostly because I love the City Boston, and because they are awesome. So I have been telling him that I want a Red Sox Jersey and he kept on refusing saying that it would be going against everything he believes. So he definelty surprised me when I opened up my present to see an authentic Boston Jersey I absolutely love it. Man that guy must love me if he's going against everything he believes! All in-all it was a great Birthday( The only thing missing was Melody and Mom they weren't there they were in Nashville For FCCLA Nationals.) But they definetly hooked me up with some good presents so I guess I'll let them off the hook.

DiSNeyLAnD

2009-04-23T18:24:00.000-07:00

So its been almost a week since we got back from our trip DISNEYLAND. We had such a great time and we are glad that Devry and Preston were able to put up with us because it wouldn't have been the same without them. But needless to say we made memories while we were there. Here are a few pictures to show.

Travis and I at Universal Studios with this family who thought we wanted them in our picture!

Universal Studios was one of Travis's favorite parts of the trip.

Amazing enough we were able to fit all four of us inside the tea cup. (P.S. we didn't even make it on this ride because everyone except for me gets sick when they go in circles like that.)
If you can't tell I am freezing in this picture. Most of the days we were there it was surprisingly cold. I thought that was just an Idaho thing!

On our way to CALIFORNIA we spent the night in LAS VEGAS and visited the strip.

mY pRInCE cHARmINg!

One of my favorite parts of the trip was the first day in California when we went to an Anaheim Angels vs. Boston Red Sox game. I was super excited about this because my favorite team is the Red Sox and although they lost they definetly didn't let us down. They had two times where both teams cleared the dug outs fighting with each other and than there were 5 people in our section who got kicked out. Talk about entertaining.

Travis and I anxiously awaiting the game. (He was pretty exicted that my Red Sox didn't win the game.. Big Shocker Huh?!)

The teams clearing the dug outs even the pitchers warming up ran across the field to join in.Devry and I with the Easter Bunny at the Game on Easter Sunday

Police make me nervous...

2009-03-12T20:31:00.000-07:00

So a couple weekends ago Melody had come down and we were driving to Idaho Falls to meet Kapri for lunch. Well I had to take Trav's car because he has been pulled over like 6 times in the month for his front head light being out. So I thought I'd save Travis another late night pull-over experience and take his car. Well as Melody and I are driving down one of the back roads I noticed there was a cop behind me. Cops just make me so nervous and I just knew if they followed me long enough they would find some reason to pull me over. So I made a decision to turn early and continue on our way hoping the cop wouldn't follow.

So thats exactly what I did I took the early turn well so did the cop. This is when I really start to get nervous. I knew that he was following me know so I was trying to find a way to lose him and Melody comes up with a bright idea!! There was this Christ Community Church and people were pulling in so Melody told me to turn in and act like we were going to church. So of course I followed her advice. After a few minutes of sitting in the parking lot we decide to head back on our way but we decided to go back the way we were going in the first place.

So a couple of minutes pass by and I look back in my mirror and I swore I saw the cop car behind me. Melody convinced that it was just a car with a ski rack. Well after it snuck up closer it was defintely the cop.

By this time I am freaking out! How did he find me? How did he know I was trying to lose him?
So Melody decides we need to make a cover story for ditching into the church parking lot. So our plan was to say we were "dropping of a casserole?"

Now 5 minutes of full out panick has gone by and I still have not been pulled over. Plus I wasn't sure the speed limit for the road we were on so I was going 25.. I just wanted to get pulled over and get it over with. We finally turn down the last stretch until we were we needed to be to meet Kapri and of course the cops lights flip on.

So I finally pull over and am gearing up for what is to come and what relief I had when I saw this shorter blonde hair guy step out of the car. I flung open my door and starting dying laughing. It was one of our good friends from BYU-Idaho, he has just started his job as a cop in Idaho Falls. I was so relieved, but one of the best parts is he couldn't figure out who was with me so he tried calling Travis to ask him when I started going to this new church...
Well maybe not all cops are so bad.. Some have sense of humors!!

The Countdown is ON!

2009-03-12T20:24:00.000-07:00

As you can probably see by the countdown clock on my page we are going to Disneyland. Travis and I and our friends Devry and Preston are driving to California and staying there for six days. They are going to be the best six days because they will be filled with days at Disneyland and Universal Studios, the beach, shopping and much more. The best part is that both of the boys have both never been to Disneyland and I know they are going to love it! So I thought I'd share my excitement with everyone with this countdown clock.

25 Random Things About Me!

2009-02-03T20:47:00.000-08:00

1. I absolutely love DR.Pepper... in the a bottle unless its from Horkley's which I miss and with french vanilla creamer.2. I love to shop but I have a hard time buying stuff. ( I have to be the saver because Travis has a lot of ideas for our money)3. I work at a surgical center and I love it because there are some entertaining things that happen there.4. If I had to shop at only two stores for the rest of my life they would be Forever 21 and TARGET!5. My husband and I love watching One Tree Hill together.6.One day I would love to live in a Big City like New York or even Vegas would do.7.Was voted Firthite Forever in high school and so far that it true8.Get overwhelmed with keeping up with facebook and my blog.9. Want to know how to do things right now and get frustrated when I can't do them.10.I have to change my hair dramatically every 3 months or so because I get bored. 11. I love looking at my friends blogs and seeing what exciting things they are doing.12. I also love to look at wedding pictures maybe thats because eventually I would love to open a bed and breakfast and wedding planning business with my sisters!! And we will name it the Dragon Fly Inn like off of Gilmore Girls.13. I loved to Country Dance and I want to teach Travis someday... I've been planting the seed since we started dating maybe one day he'll give in.14.Back when I was dating I was so embarrassed that I was deaf in one ear, I thought maybe that creeped people out. Now it doesn't bother me if people know!!15.I have my own pair of bowling shoes! They are awesome!16.I go through withdrawals if I don't see my nieces and nephews everyday. I guess thats a luxury when you live next door to each other.17. I love vacations even if it is just to SLC for the weekend!18. I have the most comfortable couches ever.. And Travis and I both fight over one certain spot.19. My favorite numbers are 10 & 8220. I think Sensual Amber lotion from Bath and Body Works is the only kind of lotion to have21.I bought a scentsy wall warmer for our upstairs but all of the outletsare upside down up there...SO FRUSTRATING.22. When Travis buys me a present 9 out of 10 times I can guess it. Like the bowling shoes how would you ever think of that but I guessed it!23.I like to be creative when making dinner so its a good thing that Travis will eat anything24.I've never really been into watching sports but I'm obsessed with Boston so I like the Celtics, Red Sox, and some might think this is a crime but I also like the Yankees25.I don't like animals especially cats but sometimes I act like I do because people think you're heartless if you don't like animals..I'm not heartless I promise!

2009-02-03T19:55:00.000-08:00

By the way I am going through a zebra phase right now hence the background but its pretty cool huh? I might even buy a scentsy that is zebra print!!

Oh by the way to all those reading this and anybody you know Scentsy is having a special through Feburary giving 10% on all purchases so if you have anything that you need just let me know.

BYU Frenzy

2008-10-14T19:41:00.000-07:00

This past weekend Trav's buddy that has season tickets to the BYU football games wasn't able to go so he volunteered his 3 tickets to us. At first we thought it would be a great escape for the two of us, but Travis just couldn't get it out of his head how guilty he would feel going to a BYU game without his dad. ( His dad Mike is one the biggest BYU football fans that I know, maybe thats because I don't personally know that many) We had three tickets so it made since not to let the third one go to waste plus Travis thought it would be a great early birthday present for Mike. The trip just kept evolving because Andy (Trav's youngest brother) just got home from his mission about 2 weeks ago and I thought it would be a great time for the 3 of them to get to spend time together at the football game. So I ended up getting Melody's roomates ticket for the game.

We headed down to Provo right after work on Friday and spent the night and Saturday morning I was itching to go shopping at Forever 21 so I sent the boys to a movie and Melody and I started shopping. We started out trying to find the BYU bookstore so I could get a BYU shirt for the game because we would stand out in the student section without one so we found some cool shirts for the game. Than we spent about a full hour and a half just in Forever 21!! I am in love with that store. Here's where it fits on the top 5 things I love. 1. Travis 2. Dr.Pepper 3. FOREVER 21 4. Rumbi Grill 5. taking baths

So while Mel and I were sitting at the game Katie text us and asked if we were there. We told her the direction we were in so she could start looking for us. Well lets just say Melody and I weren't hard to find with our bright green and pink jackets. She text us and said oh how ridiculous you couldn't be wearing anything brighter. It only took her about a minute to pick us out of a crowd of only like 40,000 people. ( We get it from our mom, when would go to Disneyland as a kid my mom would pick out a bright yellow clothing and make every single one of us wear it so we could find each easily if we ever got lost. I guess it just stuck with us.!)

Rupes Reunion

2008-10-14T19:32:00.000-07:00

So Melody came home last weekend from Provo. So she had mentioned getting together for dinner with Kapri and Jessica. As they were trying to arrange where we should meet up Jeesica mentioned Rupes. There's nothing better than dinner from Rupes except for maybe being there with some of our best friends. What made it even better is that all of our husbands decided to come. The funny part is we all had to convince them to go because they thought it was just the girls but once we told them the other guys would be there they all decided to go( I think they almost had a better time than us girls.)

We sat in Rupes for almost 3 hours talking it was so much fun and we definetly need to do it more often while we can because who knows where everyone will be in a year or two.

2008-07-22T12:16:00.000-07:00

These are just a few more of my favorites!

2008-07-22T12:08:00.000-07:00

These cute girls are my nieces and they are more than willing to help me practice taking pictures. They are so fun to photograph and I hardly have to tell them how to pose.