Oh how I miss my bubble of living in Utah. My family is there, my friends, I know where everything is and how to get there, I can drive with out sweating from anxiety cause if I miss my turn I still know how to get to my destination. If I'm bored I can call a friend to go and hang out and have some good chats with my mom & dad.

Today was eventful for me. I went out and about by MYSELF yes I drove to my destinations to get hair color and stop off at the mall in Denver with out Ryan. I know, I sound like a pathetic lil girl right now.

On the freeway my gps decides to ''lose connection'' awesome...

Finding a parking spot was a nightmare with one way street here and one way street there. I'm directionally challenged. I'm not gonna lie, I had to text a draft to remember exactly where I parked since I had limited time parking. oh yeah only meter parking unless you want to pay $5 dollars for each half hour in a parking garage.

Thinking of all my friends and fam! love you all!

home maker

Alright ladies I know you have some delicious recipe's that you and your families love to eat! So please share with me your favorite(s)

taste of wedding day

We haven't received wedding pictures yet but I promise to post them as soon as they arrive. So here is a short video of Ryan and I at the reception while taking some pictures. Enjoy! :D

click here to watch

Jannali & Ryan at Gardner Village from Davey Orgill on Vimeo.

The good, the bad & the ugly

The Good

1. No longer living in a ghetto apartment where it's a thousand degrees

2. Living in a basement where it's nice and cool

3. Grateful to be working 2 jobs which are both nanny jobs

4. We'll be celebrating our one month anniversary this weekend!

5. I have yet to burn a meal for us! *knock on wood

6. Living with the best roomate, marriage is a blast I highly recommend it.

7. Walking in the cool crisp air

8. Should be receiving wedding pictures some time soon!!!

The Bad

1. I'm slacking off in the unpacking our things department. living out of your suitcase is not fun.

2. Living 9 hours away from family and friends

3. Having no sense of direction here and no clue where anything is

(thank heavens for gps!!)

4. Changing diapers is never fun, especially when the kid puts their foot in it...

5. Winter will soon be on it's way

The Ugly

1. My nails are driving me crazy! the acrylic from the wedding has got to go!

2. I look rather white trash today I have to admit.

3. Sharing a bathroom with a boy.

hair boredom strikes again

One of the downfalls of being a hair stylist is you get bored of your own hair so fast! it has only been weeks since I last colored my hair for the wedding, days since I chopped off some bangs and I am ready for more of a change. What is it with us women changing our hair when we are either stressed out, depressed, or when we feel we need a change; hair is the first place we go to.

Since I am in a new state knowing no stylists to exchange hair treatments and obviously I cant foil the back of my own hair I will have to go with an all over color on the bottom half that way I can do it and wont be a huge pain in the butt.

I have been attempting to look on google for ideas....for this next month. Nothing crazy like going BLACK again. Maybe just

some more golds, coppers, or even some redish hues in it again.

Birthday Boy

Mr. O as his sunbeams call him, because 3 year olds don't know how to pronounce 'Ouzounian' go figure.

Was born on August 23rd. I decided to surprise the half man half fish to go to Aurora Resevoir for a beautiful day of swimming and renting a boat (the kind you paddle your feet to move)

His mother was right! It ALWAYS rains on his birthday! So instead I was a trooper and got in the cold water with him goosebumps and all. He was happy as a clam making the most of it and swimming around while my teeth chattered but couldn't help smile cause he is so optimistic and was enjoying himself.

Dinner at 'Sushi Sasa' oh my, soo good!


Happy Birthday Ryan! Being 25 will be a

great and wonderful adventure for you.

Arvada, Denver, Golden City, Olde Towne.

What we have been up to our first week of living in Colorado:

Besides unpacking some what (we are only living in the ghetto apartment till the end of the month, hallelujah!) There is actually food to eat other than top roman, the fridge and freezer no longer smell like 100 year old rotten eggs.

I'm a working woman again with 2 nanny jobs thanks to one of the wives that was out here for the summer. (her husband worked with Ryan)

We visited here

Denver behind us!
Famous Bill Cody "Buffalo Bill" grave site. There is a tour about him and the

wild west days.
Found this!!

and felt like this after
Drove to Denver to run some errands with Ryan and made a stop at the mall. It reminds me of Gateway mall but MUCH bigger. hmmm can't wait to go back!

smallest stop sign I have ever seen! I almost didn't even see it in the first place!

We went to Olde Town Arvada. One of the many shops there was a candy store. They have EVERY kind of candy you can think of. See how BIG the pez heads are! awesome
Month of August they play a movie in the middle of the Olde Towne Arvada

Free Admission? don't mind if we do!

On the Road again

Farewell Utah!

I have never actually driven long distance, I have always been the passenger. So When Ryan told me I would be driving 9 hours to our new home I was a bit nervous I'm not going to lie. The longest I have ever driven is maybe 2 hours?

We had to drive separately so we could have both cars. The drive wasn't too bad but it was hecka boring! We took I-80 and there is nothing to look at other than lots of land and finally some cows a long the way. I kept myself entertained with some good 'ol M.J, 80's remix of The Police, Cindy Lauper, an awesome road trip mix I made if I say so myself. Playing 'I Spy' and other road trip games didn't work very well and I won each singing and dancing competition. yes dancing. I do not recommend driving for an extended period of time your first trip if you can help it.

^Some where in Wyoming

And finally some life to see after 7 hours!

Ryan's car doesn't have the luxuries mine does: working speakers & cruise control. So to keep himself entertained he pulled out the headphones singing as loud as he could. Did I mention driving in his car there is no such thing as a quiet ride? In his tin can you can hear everything while driving on the roads.

9 hours later we have made it!!!!!! I was so excited to get out of the car I could have kissed the ground. The Welcome sign I soon found out was a bit deceiving... see next post.

to our new home!

Welcome to our very humble abode

Here is the courtyard where they have a couple of

bbq's you can use, don't worry the apartment to the left on the

bottom belonged to drug dealers and the apartment on the top floor by

us smoke pot every night. They didn't seem to be the most friendly neighbors.

I don't think I'll be asking for a cup of sugar from them any time soon...

Here is our only way of getting cool air in the bedroom, and

forget the rest of the apartment. Cool air doesn't exist.
We walked in seeing this beauty, while Ryan had been gone we

had some water damage...

Filthy carpet, moldy underneath and drywall from ceiling. awesome.
Thankfully we are only here till the end of the month, there is a distinct

smell when you enter, 3 lights don't work, no furniture, although we have a lovely fake plant in the corner. Train tracks right behind the apartment and yes the train passes early morning, shower that doesn't have a proper shower head on it, what can I say.

Welcome to the newly wed apartment!
But who better to live in another state in a dumpy apartment than with your wonderful caring husband. Even though we live in a ghetto home I couldn't be happier.

Mawriage

We are officially married! One week ago today we became husband and wife. I have NO pictures yet so i'll update on that as soon as I get them. The day was absolutely beautiful, it was overcast and a bit humid but I couldn't have been more happy that it wasn't a- 1000 degrees out and b-rained/hailed on the big day. It went by so quickly I couldn't believe how the time just flew. I couldn't have asked for a better day.

I'll update with pictures next! Off to bed since we have an early start for a 9 hour drive to our new home. Wish us luck!