Utah Girls

oh my heck! (my california buddy always made fun of me in H.S for saying that)

This video is just too funny, gotta love youtube when bored and browsing around. Enjoy!

I have been to one of the Divine Comedy shows years ago in my good 'ol days living in ''The Bubble'' and they are so funny. go to www.divinecomedy.net to watch more videos

so long..

This was the last credit card of mine to cut up, now that I'm a married woman Ryan made me cut up all of my credit cards. *tear

Goodbye Nordstroms, Kohle's, The Loft, Victoria's Secret ugh. No more frivolous shopping sprees, so long to rewards points and getting excited when receiving mail for 20% and up off items when using my cards.

Hello to being a poor married couple on a tight budget! ... and loving it all! Even though 'date nights' some evenings have turned into staying in watching a movie together or just going for a nice walk/drive rather than going out to dinner and a movie. I am so grateful for a husband who is frugal and is fun to just be with and hang out and not have to go out looking for something to entertain us. One day I will have those shopping sprees again! ;)

Win!

Finding fabulous sales for Ryan's Christmas presents and maybe even found a few things I put on my list to give to Mrs. Clause

Going to the gym finally

hair is colored, trimmed and I'm diggin it

having a wonderful husband go to 3-4 different stores for me to find a certain sauce for tacos

Sleeping in on my day off

Fail...

Waking up to find a 'little friend' on my face. ugh!

Getting to the gym (which is 20 min away) to find that my ipod is dead..

Dealing with stupid credit card insurances and getting screwed over

Ryan going to all of the different grocery stores and still no luck finding the sauce i wanted

Coming home from working out and ate a cinnamon roll woops!

movies to watch this month

Top Christmas movies in no particular order that I love!

It's a wonderful life

How the grinch stole Christmas *both versions

Little Women

Christmas Story

Elf

The Polar Express

The Muppet Christmas Carol

The Santa Clause

Nightmare before Christmas *doubles as awesome Halloween movie too!

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Home Alone 1&2

Scrooged

Miracle on 34th Street

The Family Stone

A Charlie brown Christmas

Four Christmases

The Nutcracker

The Original Christmas Classics we all grew up loving

Date night

I had planned a date night for Ryan and I a few weeks ago and got tickets to see the

Salt Lake Choir and brass band perform. Even though we are both under the weather

we still wanted to go. We arrived early to Temple Square so we went to the Church Museum

across the street to see the rug his grandparents had made and given the church.

The rug is beautiful, I'm speechless every time I see it. I can't imagine all of the time and

work they put in to making this one of a kind rug. His Armenian heritage

is quite the story that I look forward to sharing with our children one day.

As much as I wanted to walk around and see the lights Ryan only let us stay out long

enough to have a picture taken since we are both sick. Looks like another date night

down town will have to be scheduled soon!

GNO

My Friend Sara and I had a fun girls night out, dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory

and fashion show at Trolley Square. Some of the dresses were

adorable and I would totally wear.

Don't mind my 'emo' style hair, I was trying to cover my poor infected eye..

I have been awful taking pictures lately so I don't have a single one of Ryan's and my first Thanksgiving together. It was a great day and relaxing. We had dinner with my parents than headed over to Ryan's grandmas home to visit.

This year I am grateful

*an amazing husband who loves me even when I steal the covers at night and take over the bed to find 'the cold spot'

*for wonderful parents who love and support us. and for letting us live with them for free temporarily.

*my amazing sisters and their families I adore my nephews and nieces.

* Ryan's family who from the beginning let me into their home and lives with open arms.

* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, I am so blessed to have been born and raised in the church having wonderful leaders teach me, an amazing Prophet who I dearly love and look up to.

* For a job and the clients that come in with great stories to share, especially those that are good tippers ;)

* my amazing friends who love me including my faults and imperfections, knowing I can count on them for anything and everything.

* having good health, it breaks my heart and humbles me to be thankful when I read blogs or hear of those going through horrible illnesses.

* Those who are so open to share their experiences on their blogs so that we may all learn and be grateful for what we have in our lives and remember what is truly most important.

* finally joining the marriage club! I love being married, I highly recommend it

In my next life....

I got this e-mail and thought it was hilarious and had to share

(click on it to enlarge it)

Oh it is so good to be back home with family and friends! I am fortunate enough to have found a job so quickly and only 15-20 minutes away from my parents where we are staying till we find a place. Now we are just hoping Ryan can find a good job quickly and settle into our own home before school starts the beginning of next year.

Yay for my friends birthday! Ryan had to make a trip out to Colorado for

work and wasn't able to make it but I managed to still have fun ;)

The birthday princess herself! tiara and all

I have known these girls for 15-20 years! We ate and chatted it up

at Cafe Rio till 11 pm

Trick-or-Treat!

Happy Halloween!

<3,

The O. fam

(Carroll kids)These teenagers are too cool to dress up and weren't

thrilled to have their pictures taken

ninja, tiger, and vampiress

(Prows kids) fat inmate, witch, pirate Jack

Assassin from a video game & Dorothy

Angel & Devil

Missing one of the fabulous sisters!

Love ya B