So long Colorado!

Tonight is our last night in Colorado! We are thrilled to be coming home and be closer to family and friends.
As I am waiting for a batch of clothes to be washed I figured I would take a break from packing and do nothing else but blog and put off the other needed packing..

Colorado has been a great experience and it was pretty fun to live here! We weren't able to do everything we were hoping to do but plans changed and we are coming home early. There's always next summer if we come back!

We will miss

*Having it just be the two of us, the lazy days and fun times of exploring our temporary home

*Our neighborhood woodland pets i.e bunnies, chipmunks, deer, squirrels (they are seriously every where!)

*The sweet families and kids I nannied for, I had so much fun with them!

*Ah the weekly shopping at king soopers...

*Sleeping in... I am so not a morning person so once I am home and working full time again it's not going to be a pretty picture for the first while

*Panera Bread

We wont miss as much..

*Sleeping on the blow up matress... well hello queen sized bed again!

*Confusing freeways and streets ex: Wood way, Wood rd, C. Wood way, ect you get the picture

*Stressful work days for Ryan with lame insurance companies

*Crazy lady landlord and rules

*Having no family and friends close by

*Having to worry about Ryan falling off a roof...oh wait that happened on his last day..today! :(

*Having an office room as a bedroom

Well there goes the buzzer on the washer, better get back to packing oh joy!

tagged

What is his name?
Ryan George Ouzounian
How long have you been together? since January 2003

How long did you date?
ha! always love this question (sense the sarcasm?) dated for 2 1/2 years in H.S Ryan was gone for 2 years serving a mission in the mean time I dated around finding no one that gave me the butterflies like he did. Dated for almost 3 years again when he returned and than FINALLY got married.

How old is he?
25
Who eats more?
Him all the way
Who said I love you first?
Oh High School love and me and my big mouth ;)

Who's Taller?
Ryan. He thinks I'm shallow when he asks if I would have dated him if he were shorter than me and I say no.

Who can sing better?
hmm debatable depending on the song although he does a good job singing ''popular'' from Wicked ;)

Who is smarter?
also debatable, depends on the subject...ok the only subjects I would win in would be hair, fashion, celebrity gossip (I blame boredom days living here and the magazines at the salons)

Who does the laundry?
Me, agreement to marriage was I would do all laundry if he would do dishes
Who pays the bills?
both of us

Who sleeps on the right side?
I do.
Who mows the lawn?
the land lady's ex husband...
Who cooks dinner?
Me, unless we want top roman or mac & cheese each night

Who drives?
he does for the most part unless I have to use my car for the sake of AC or heating

Who is more stubborn?
hands down Ryan.

Who kissed who first?
We both leaned in but I may have leaned in more.
Who asked who out first?
After kissing and 'hanging out' for a while I told him it was time to commit or no more lip smackin from me

Who proposed?
He did, and I loved it.
Who has more friends?
Me, I'm the social butterfly
Who is more sensitive?
does that really need to be answered...
me

Who has more siblings?
him by 1
Who wears the pants?
happy wife = happy life

right? jk

People Tagged: any of my friends!

for B

To humor my sister Brittani along with our friends and other family members of our adventures living in our 'Colorado home'

It has definitely been an experience to say the least. Jed & Chelsea...I don't know how you did it all summer long haha.

Her Rules:

*Only park on the right side of drive way (Under the tree that sheds like crazy leaving its sap on our cars)

*not allowed in the family room or to use bathroom on middle floor .. it's for her and guests only

*do not stack pans on top of one another "metal on metal...it'll scratch" so napkin or paper towel is to be placed between each one

*We are not allowed to use the vacuum therefor she will vacuum our room (we put the kabosh on that one!)

*Shut each door very very gently to not cause damage of any kind

*Pay half of any broken appliances while living there (This is not a marriage so that was a big no on our part)

She had 2 pages of things we had to abide by but these were a few.

#1

Rule was for our privacy, before owner of home comes down stairs (to get to her office or do laundry) was to first knock and wait for either of us to let her know she is good to come down. Well...one day I was in the shower and Ryan was getting ready. The bathroom mind you is just below the stairs, so you know when it is on if you open the door.

She knocked on the door. No answer. ''Hello? helloooooo? hellloooooooooooo? still no answer and I'm thinking ok I am in the shower lady obviously we are both getting ready and too busy to answer. Than the cell phones start going off after the cowbell has been run a couple of times.

What was her hurry?

She needed us to move our cars some time soon.

#2

We went to Utah for a family funeral. I closed our bedroom door, closed the bathroom door cause it's by the washer/dryer and didn't have time to clean it before we left.

Ryan gets a phone call saying our toilet is dirty and needs to be cleaned..... ok mommy!

We come home and she has left out of town. We find a note from her reminding us to clean bathroom and toilet and to keep lights turned off when leaving each room. I felt like I was 10 years old.

I could go on but than this would be a really long post! I highly recommend to live by yourselves when newly married if possible. As embarrassing or annoying as it has been living here it has made for some good laughs and great stories.

There's no place like home

A pair of magical red glitter shoes would have come in real handy at times to just click my heels and be home for family gatherings, friends weddings, game nights and Sunday dinners at my parents home.

Well no need for more wishing, we are moving back home!! Yes that is correct. Our original plan was to come home just before Christmas but work has slowed down for both Ryan and I that we feel it would be best to just come home since I have a salon job waiting for me and I could find a 2nd job as well. Ryan can find work as well as get everything ready to return to school. We are so excited to come home the end of the month and be close to our families and friends again.

Living in Colorado has been such a great experience

-I love being married to Ryan

- You can't sweat the small stuff because other wise what will you do when the big things arise

-Some times you just have to laugh and joke around about the small irritating things each other does like when one of us doesn't close doors and cupboards all the way, someone living out of his suitcase, playing tug 'o' war with the blankets at night, snoring, having more hair supplies than drawer space to put it in.

- We made a deal before we got married that if I would do the laundry he would do the dishes. muahaha I think I got the better deal of the bargain.

- There is nothing better than coming home to your best friend each day.

-I don't think I could ever get bored of Ryan, he is hilarious and we have the greatest conversations whether it be about our day, the gospel, future goals, ect

-Couple prayer and reading scriptures together each night.

I am grateful for the 2 1/2 months we will have spent here I have learned a lot about being married, about myself, that if you are going to live in someone's basement be prepared for their craziness and have communication with that person.

spider cheesecake

I found this on delish.com and thought it would be fun to make this for a Halloween party with friends/family

hello October!

I LOVE fall time, I love everything about it. The colors, smells, feel. October is my favorite month and each year I enjoy it more and more.

The cool crisp air

The smell of cinnamon and pumpkin spice

General Conference

My Birthday!

Halloween I will never grow tired of dressing up and getting giddy when I see pumpkins, witches, skeletons and trick or treat candy.

Baking cookies,home made bread and cinnamon rolls. .. ok well this will be my first time doing it rather than stuffing my face with my moms home made treats.

mmm don't these cupcakes look divine, I need to find a new yummy bakery since we aren't fortunate enough to have Sweet Tooth Fairy here in Colorado. (Utah friends & family, you have to go there if you haven't yet.)

I love fashion during the fall time; wearing jackets, scarves, boots, hats and my favorite... sweat pants that I can wear and curl up on the couch with some delicious hot chocolate.