Day 351

Andy's mom took Tami, Shanna, & I to see the Nutcracker ballet tonight. I have never seen the Nutcracker, so it was something completely new to me. A girl in Andy's parents ward was the main girl in the ballet, and she was absolutely amazing! She is such a great dancer! I had so much fun hanging with my family! Thanks, Jan, for taking me!

Day 345

I finally have one of my sisters back to play dodgeball with me! Both Tiffany & Kristina had to go off and get pregnant, so I had to play without either of them, and it just wasn't the same. Kristina has been cleared by her doctor to come play so now the sister team is back on! Kristina & I always grew up playing on the same team in soccer. It was nice having a sister on the team because you always knew at least someone had your back. I am not the dirty soccer player type, but if you hurt my sister, I hurt you. That was just the way it went. Well, dodgeball isn't any different. We are a great team because we look out for each other. You just don't mess with us!
My sister, Tiffany, will be having her baby soon too, so I will soon have another sister to play with! We'll give them a "Hart" attack as we sisters like to call it!

Day 332

We had a date night with my best friends and their husbands/boyfriends tonight. We went to the Ogden Christmas Parade and then went back to the house to play games. We played the games What If... and Ligretto. We played for hours! It was so fun spending time with my friends! I have missed them so much! I love these girls like they were my own sisters.
Today also marks a special day for Andy & I. It was exactly one year ago today that Andy asked me to marry him! I can't believe that was an entire year ago, and that we have been married for almost 7 whole months! Time has flown by so fast! I am so glad I am married to Andy, and for all the time we get to spend together! I love him so very much!

Day 331

Casey, Natalie, Andy, & I pretty much spent the night at Target to get some great Black Friday deals. Honestly, I never thought I would be doing this again! I can remember when I was 11 years old, my sisters and I used to go shopping with my aunts on Black Friday. We kids only went for the free door prizes because we thought they were cool. Anyway, we were waiting at Shopko for the doors to open. It was getting really close to opening, and the crowd suddenly started crowding the doors. I distinctly remember grabbing my sister, Tiffany's, hand and telling her no matter what DON'T let go. Then, the doors opened, and the pushing of the crowd got even worse. As we pushed throught the doors, my sister & I got pulled farther and farther away from each other, but we still had a tight grip on each other's hands. Lukily, we made it through the door door safely, but all the free door prizes were gone! I really thought I was going to die that day. I vowed I would never go again after that, but I guess I was wrong! Read the entire story of our Black Friday craziness this year HERE.

Day 308

Andy's mom bought these building toys for Andy's nephew, Benson, but I think I had more building than Benson did. I used every single one of them in my creation. I know it's LAME, but I'm so proud.

Day 293

One of the schools I work at had a "Knight" at the Museum. They wanted someone to take some pictures of all the festivities, so I volunteered. Here I am sporting my princess head piece that I made at the event! It was so crazy & loud, but I had a lot of fun!

Day 290

I was inside doing the dishes when I hear the lawn mower start outside. I looked out the window, and this is what I saw! My husband mowing the lawn for only the second time since we have lived here. I have mowed it every other time! I am so happy he did this for me!

Day 282

Andy & I went on a group date with Andy's friends Tony & Nick and their dates. We first met at Iggy's for dinner (VERY EXPENSIVE--at least for Andy & I), then we headed to the Punkinaze. The cornmaze was not scary at all! We saw a total of two scarers and they were both smaller than all of us! Although we didn't get scared, we had a wonderful time playing hide-n-seek in the corn maze. It was an amazing group date!

Day 274

Andy's sister, Tami, & I took a little road trip down to Orem to visit the Modbe showroom (which is not very big). After our shopping spree, Tami took me to this great ice cream shop called Subzero something or other (I can't remember). Anyway, you tell them what kind of flavor and any kind of mixings you want, and then they make it right in front of you! This is my Raspberry Snickers ice cream (I know it sounds weird, but it was so yummy!). It was so cool!!!!

Day 271

This is the keyboard my parents gave to me for Christmas a few years ago. Because of the lack of space at our place, the keyboard is staying at my parents house. When the grandkids come over, they all want to play with it. Here is Keegan playing away on the keyboard.

Day 268

Andy & I went ministure golfing with Andy's family tonight. I haven't gone miniature golfing for almost 4 years, so I didn't very well, but I still had lots of fun! I absolutely love spending time with Andy's family! They are the best!

Day 267

Five years ago today, Andy & I started dating. I can't believe it has already been five years! It has been the best time of my life. The picture above is of the slide at Andy's parents house. It's crazy to think we scratched our names on it almost five years ago! Love you, Andy!

Oh, do you want to know how we are celebrating this milestone? We're not. Andy's hunting with his brother & I am just sitting at home. Fun.

Day 254

The boys had a LAN party tonight. Normally, us girls do a craft, but we didn't tonight. Do you want to know what I ended up doing? I ended up falling alseep at 10 PM on a friday night! Andy didn't wake me up to go home until about 1:30 AM. I don't think I like LAN parties very much, but I'm sure I'll let Andy keep participating in them because he always has so much fun!

Day 250

Tonight, while I was watching TV, I witnessed this. This is what happens when you lean back too far on a chair with wheels (or any chair for that matter). Andy was laughing hysterically, but he wouldn't let me take a picture of him laughing. Silly, Andy!

Day 247

One of my best friends, Jessica, got married today in the Logan LDS temple! The ceremony was amazing. I am so grateful that I was able to be there for her. I know that she and her husband are going to have a great time being married. I am so happy for the two of them!
Here is Tricia, Jessica, & I at the Jessica's reception. I sure love my friends! They are such amazing examples to me.

Day 240

This is what I saw on my way home from work today. It made me laugh.

Day 239

I sub for a dodgeball team prettymuch every thursday night. We aren't the best team, but we have a lot of fun. The only thing that I really hate about the whole thing is how dirty my hands get from throwing the balls! Yuck!

Day 237

I was looking through some older pictures of mine, and I found this one. These are two of my bestest buddies in the entire world--my sister, Kristina, and my friend, Caitlyn. This picture was taken while I was trying on wedding dresses. What goofs, but I sure love them!

Day 232

Andy & I babysat Cory's dog, Kokanee, tonight. Because we aren't allowed to have pets in our apartment, we went to my parents' house to play with her. My nieces & nephew were there, so they had fun playing with her too. I love this dog so much! She is the cutest thing I have ever seen!

Day 227

We got soaked this morning during breakfast! It rained pretty much all through the night & all this morning. It was pretty cold. I am lucky I brought my nice big coat.