love love love lovee

i love this MAN!!!!!

FHE!

Last week Cousin Kayla and I were both very, VERY sick. SO we decided for FHE to make some soup, A family favorite, Tortellini. This family recipe calls for a little bit of wine [don't worry, the alcohol cooks out!] After the adventure of trying to buy wine in a mormon town, we had another set back, opening the bottle. It had a rubber cork in it, something that both kayla and i are clueless about. We tried EVERYTHING to open the bottle
....The bottom of a beater to a mixer....Scissors....Tweezers
....I had the amazing idea of reversing an electric drilland after about 30 minutes of pulling, tugging, squeezing, and prayer we FINALLY got it open.

i did it

BEFOREAFTER

workin hard

This last weekend Skyler and I went to our work Christmas party. It was catered by Texas Roadhouse, which was AMAZING. They had some comedy group come in and they were actually really funny. They were like who's line is it anyway? if anyone has seen that show. Then at the end they gave out 4 big company awards. Skyler took home 2 of them!! I was so proud, he received, "TOP CLOSER 2008" Selling over 900 contracts this year alone and, "EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR" which was voted on by all the employees. He works so hard and I was so happy that he got some recognition for it!! I'm very proud of my hard working husband!!!

deckin the halls

Rexburg is now COVERED in snow and it feels like Christmas. Skyler and I decorated the house for Christmas and i am just lovin it. Christmas is just my favorite season.

However getting the house decorated for Christmas was NOT as easy as i thought it would be. First bump in the road, a Christmas tree. I have NEVER in my life had a fake tree, our family LOVES the smell of a real tree and take the trip every year to get one. One year we had a tree that was 18 feet tall i believe? [We had to tie it to the side of our wall so it would not fall over] I have always expected a real tree. Well this year Skyler and i are leaving for 2 weeks to spend Christmas with our families. Besides the fire danger he thought that a real tree would die after all that time. Skyler conveniently WON a fake tree at work and so i settled, but i'm still very sad about the fake. I think i need to buy a Christmas tree scented candle.
Another dilemma was finding a star for the top of our tree. I have always told my mom that when i have my own house i will put a star on the top of the tree, because for so many years my mom put up the same ugly 70's angel. This was not as easy as i thought, Skyler and i circled porter's [the local craft store] a million times and through Christmas display After Christmas display we could not find ONE star to top our Christmas tree, so Skyler made his own...
Even though decorating the house isn't as easy as i had thought, i am so excited to start my Christmas decoration collection. Skyler and i made a "let it snow" sign to always remember our first Christmas together by and i can't wait for many, MANY more!!

thanksgiving

Highlights from Thanksgiving at the Evans house
It was my first time to even try to attempt at making a thanksgiving meal
Skyler Made the dessert, a jello NO BAKE cheesecake [he was very proud]
We had all the usuals minus the sweet potatoes...pukeWe spent it together, even though i was sad to have to stay here in ole' Rexburg without seeing ANY family, we actually had a pretty relaxing day, and the cooking was not as bad as i thought it would be.This year we were thankful for eachother, family, our jobs, attending BYUi, friends, and all that we had been blessed with since we got married!

weekend getaway

Skyler hasn't celebrated his birthday for years and isn't really a birthday person so i wanted to make sure to make this birthday real special for him. I started off the morning with some doughtnuts, chocolate milk and some balloons then off to school. I requested that day [friday] off of work for the both of us so we could take off right after school and made some plans in Park City. Candy used to work at the Park City Marriot so through her i made some arrangements to gets us a room for the weekend with the friends and family discount!! The ski resort was supposed to open that weekend and i had planned for us to go snowboarding all day saturday. Well, due to lack of snow the resort didn't open, BUT because of that some consierge suites opened so we got upgraded for FREE!! We had to have a special key just to get to our floor [so cool]!! Candy helped me to arranged for some chocolate covered strawberries and martinelli's to be in our room when we got there [complimentary as well]. It was such a suprise for him and the hotel was so nice, we even got our own bathrobes!! Even though we didn't get to go snowboarding we still had so much fun just relaxing enjoing the cute town, and being together. It was nice to get out of little rexburg and just not think about anything else!




and a shout out to mom for the brithday package we got right as we were skippin town!! Full of treats, snowboard stuff, and work clothes!! Skyler loved everything in it and its nice to see him in a new pair of slacks!!

happy birthday skyler!

23 reasons i love my husband on his 23rd birthday!!
23. He takes me out on dates
22. He always makes sure to tell me i look good
21. He is the least contentious person i know
20. He is SUCH a sweetheart to EVERYONE
19. He is a very hard worker
18. He love basketball, and i love to watch him play
17. He is so passionate about certain things
16. He rode a scooter with me MILES across town to pick up the car
15. He is always up for a fun time
14. He goes along with all my dumb ideas
13. He goes to school and works full time
12. He is my best friend
11. He watches all my reality TV with me
10. He will have dance parties with me to keep me entertained
9. He loves it when i sing even though i do it horribly
8. He is very forgetful, but i think it is kinda cute
7. He loves his family very much
6. He is very very patient
5. He is a very humble person
4. Doesn't take much to make him happy
3. He loves to spend time with me even if we are just being lazy
2. He is such a kid at heart
1. He loves me

Happy birthday sweetheart! I love you!

it's a bit late

halloween last year...
[boy scout and spice girl]
halloween THIS year...
you all know you looked like this in the 90's

top ten

I've been tagged with the "top ten" things you can't live without..
1. Skyler- Oh my goodness i don't know what i would do or where i would be without him. He means so much to me. He keeps me warm when i am cold and ALWAYS knows how to make me laugh. I can't have a bad day with him by my side, and i love him more than anything...and i know that love will only grow stronger.
2. family and friends- The ones that have been there for me through EVERYTHING and the constant in my life. The ones i know would drop anything to be there for e time after time, and life just wouldn't be the same without them.

3. being warm- The winter is here and i am having to bundle up. It really reminds e everyday of how much i love the sun and to be warm. I would be OK if our house was 100 degrees all day long, I LOVE the heat and i am SO grateful for heaters!!
4. Snacks- I am such a snacker. I know this is probably a real bad habit but i love it. I come home from work at night and just want to snack. I go grocery shopping and the cart is full of just snacks. If i don't have snacks i just crave them, i couldn't live without snacking!!
5. Children- i LOVE kids, i love babies, toddlers, i love em' all. I love to baby-sit and just the atmosphere of kids. They make me so happy to be around and i love the cute innocence about them.
6. The internet- I love my internet, i love to online shop [because there is NO legit malls around here] i love to e-mail, blog, stalk peoples blogs, facebook, catch up on my celebrity gossip...ect. It such a nice way to keep in contact for someone who hates to talk on the phone like me!!
7. Saturdays- Even as a kid saturday has always been the day i look forward to all week, as a kid my dad ALWAYS did something with us on saturdays whether it was a movie, shopping, theme park, lunch or whatever he always spent that day with us and i always looked forward to it. I look back now and see how much of a sacrifice it probably was, i am busy busy all week and by saturday i just want to be lazy, it is my day to just relax and be with my husband. I could not make it through my week without my saturdays!
8. The gospel- I am so grateful to be able to go to church everyweek and have my testimony strengthened. I am so LUCKY to have a temple in my town to be reminded everyday of the covenants i have made. I am so thankful to have a husband who teaches me so much each day about this gospel, and without it i have no idea where i would be.
9. Traveling- Living in the middle or NOwhere Idaho to get anywhere i have to travel. I have spent much time traveling whether it is back home to see my family, Texas to see Skyler's, Southern California to see the Hazen's, Utah to see some of my best friends, or just traveling for a vacation i love it. I need it to keep me sane and to have a break from life up here and the day-to-day routine.
10. There is a tie between chapstick and reality TV- Yes i could probably live without both of them but i love them both. I have an addiction to strawberry chapstick and probably have about 9 different tubes of it scattered everwhere [the car, purse, backpack, bathroom, kitchen, bedroom, my pockets..ect] But i also live for my reality TV shows. i got this from my faimly, i always have to have a show i am completely obsessed with and i spend ALL week waiting for the nights that "my shows" come on.

I TAG: My mom, Candy, Jeffrey and anyone else who would like!