Valentine's Weekend!

Yes, John and I love each other and are very happy together, but NO we did not celebrate Valentine's day!
We are going on a vacation over Spring break, so that will be our Valentine celebration, plus I had to work on Valentine's day, plus we had a visitor with us for the weekend. Jon Barnes came out from Arizona to interview at the Dental school, so we got to hang out and play all weekend. (we missed his wife Kara, hopefully we will see them next fall)
Friday night we enjoyed a wonderful night out. Our first stop was at the ward valentine party, there were a few games, and a few people! ( yes surprisingly, there were not very many people).
Acting cool at the ward party!
Our next stop was out to dinner with some friends, we had to show some Non-buffalo-ians some yummy wings! So we went to DUFFS.
Outside of DUFF's
We went with our friends Bron and Megan, and another couple Rachel and Doug(who are out here looking for housing for next year- he is going to come here for dental school). The wings were super yummy, and lots of fun!

After enjoying some wings, we went over to Bron and Megan's house and watched Bron WIN on the Price is Right. Not only did he get called up, but he was actually a winner ( a new car, and scooter!) when he was just 18! We had a fun night!
Saturday while I worked, John and Jon hung out and enjoyed Buffalo, and that night we showed off the best grocery store, my favorite. . . . Wegman's. We enjoyed some yummy sub sandwiches and tons of soda that night, and we relaxed in our PJ's.
What a BAR, look at all those bottles!
Sunday the weekend died down, Jon is back off to AZ ( I wish I could go with him), and we are back to life. Lots to do here with FUN work and school! Plus later this week, my mom and dad are coming out to play!!

Facts about US!

Thanks Steph for the Tag! I have included lots of fun pics while John and I dated!

How long have you been together?
We have been married for 2 years, and dated for two years prior to that.

One of our first dates: snowboarding

How long did you date? We dated for two years before we got married, we did have a little break within that two years that John needed some time to grow up or realize that playing games is not the best way to go!

How old is he? 26

How old are you? 23

Dressed up like mexicans at our mexican party!

Who eats more? John. Although if it weren't for me perhaps he wouldn't. John probably eats double!
One of our many trips to the beautiful beaches of San Diego.

Who said I love you first? John did. I remember we were hanging out on my parents bed right before he took me out to Country Thunder. We had been dating for a few months, and I was so happy he said that!

Who is taller? Definitely John. I love that he is tall, a few guys I dated in the past were a little on the shorter side.

Who sings better? John again. I can't carry a tune at all, I practically whisper songs that we sing in RS because my voice is so bad!

Who is smarter? Interesting question. Pure intelligence. John probably has me beat. Actually this is a dumb question, Smarter in what sense? Book smarts, life smarts, street smarts, dental school smarts, cooking smarts, etc. We are both pretty smart!
GO Devils!

Who does the laundry? This is John's chore, but I would have to say I help him out sometimes. I am just thankful he is willing to help out!

Who does the dishes? I must say that is 50/50. I really don't mind doing dishes, but if I cook (which I always do) John feels bad if he doesn't do ANYTHING, so he will do the dishes. Thanks Babe!

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Facing the bed, John.
Do you notice John's black hair?

Who pays the bills? I pay the bills, I make the money. When John makes the money I will probably still pay the bills, and spend the money too!

Who mows the lawn? No one. We have no lawn.
At a concert

Who cooks dinner? Me! There are really no exceptions, John might not eat anything but mac n cheese and PB and J sandwiches if it weren't for me! I love to cook so I don't mind. But maybe one day we can enjoy cooking together!

Who is more stubborn? John, although not too bad, he is pretty good at compromising.

Who kissed who first? John kissed me first, although I will admit I wanted him to kiss me earlier than he did, but I did not dare go for it! Needless to say I was so happy when he finally did! After a date, in my kitchen, so HOT huh!

Who asked who out? John asked me out first. One of our first dates, was a trip up to Utah with his friends to go snowboarding. I learned a lot about John and had so much fun! (thanks to my dad who talked me into going on this trip with a guy I had just met)
Getting dirty on ATV's.

Who proposed? John did. He flew me to LA, proposed while the sun set on the beach at Laguna Beach, it was beautiful. Until our huge rock we were sitting on turned into an island(the tide came in), and we got slammed with waves on our way out. Carrying and trying to be careful with my huge bouquet of flowers, my new ring, our camera, we were completely soaked but so in Love!!

Who is more sensitive? Probably me. John is not as sensitive but he is great at communicating feelings, I wish I were as good as him. I just cry sometimes instead of talking.
Another pic of us on the beach enjoying a sunset!

Who has more friends? I think we both do. We share friends. But John definitely keeps in contact with his friends back in AZ, I am not very good at that!

Who has more siblings? John does. He has 1 sister and 1 brother. I just have 1 sister (plus a brother in law and 2 nephews+one on the way). We both come from pretty small families.


Who wears the pants in the relationship? I think we share the pants. We try to give and take equally and everything we do we do together. Remember when you would ask your mom something, and she would say that she needs to talk to your dad and you hated it, yeah, that will probably be us. We gotta be on the same page! Communication is key in our relationship!
On our way to country thunder!

Who are you tagging? my lovely sister Jessika!

Surviving the cold!

During the winter in Buffalo, it is easy to stay inside all day, but it is so nice to have great friends so we can get together often and make it through these long months!
Last Thursday, first Kristen and I began our night and went to a little meal planning class with our ward. It was informative and I came away with great ideas to better plan and organize our yummy meals.

Then it was off to girls night. It was spa night. Christy, a massage therapist spoiled us that night. We learned some tips on how to give a massage, and we were pampered with an easy homemade and Oh, so nice sugar scrub on our feet and hands. And like always the company and chatting was enjoyable, I am so grateful for great friends out here.

(sorry this picture was taken without warning, Rachel is on the table, and we each had a chance to get a little massage from Christy!!)

Friday night after work, I met John at the school for the dental school talent show, John unfortunately did not participate, maybe next year he will. We enjoyed the many talents of the students. It was even more enjoyable because we got in free, I made some cookies(refreshments for after the show) and we got free tickets!

We had a great fast Sunday, several testimonies were shared of our lovely Prophet and his life that will forever be remembered. That afternoon was the superbowl in wonderful Arizona!

I must say it was a pretty good game or least the 4th quarter was entertaining. We had a few people over for the game. All our buddies from Arizona, The Smiths, the Lindman's, The Ashworth's, and Josh W! We had lots of yummy food, including a new brownie banana split pizza I made!

What do you do?

When the weather looks like this. . . . ( with 60+ mph winds, and snow blowing everywhere and a travel advisory.)

What do you do?
Well I could study all day with my nose in books

but putting on my apron and baking sounded much better.

One of the many joys of Buffalo, staying inside because outside it is cold and blizzardy!!

Bargains!

John's recent purchases!!
His nice Nixon watch!
$10 on eBay.

Come home from work after a long day and be surprised to find this!
$37 on eBay.

Yeah! What great new toys and what a steal!!

Remembering our prophet

1910-2008- Gordon B. Hinkley

In remembrance of our Prophet. What a great life he lived, what great service he did in behalf of this church. The growth of the temples, the growth of the church and the increase faith of it's members all reflect our beloved prophet. I am so grateful that I have been raised in this time in history to have been led by such a man. He will always be remembered.

Happy MLK Day!

This might be a miracle to some, today is Martin Luther King Day and John is off of school and I was off of work too! WOW! This is a rare occasion, so we had to celebrate. John and I took some time to go out together today. We went out to eat at our favorite Mexican restaurant La Tolteca and enjoyed some yummy food, then ran to Target for some quick shopping, and off to our movie. We went and saw Juno. John and I both enjoyed it. It was a cute show, and had quick witty humor. When we came out of the movie, we looked outside and all we could see was white! Yes, it had begun, a nice little lake effect snow greeted us, so a 5 minute drive home ended up being a 30 minute drive. Gotta love Buffalo!
Last Thursday, we had our monthly book club meeting over at our house, the Book this month was These is my words. I must admit we definitely enjoyed the night, talked and ate, but not about the book, just about life! I always love getting together with the girls whether we chat about books, or whatever! (sorry Briste, we took this picture after you left!)

Friday and Saturday I had to work, but while I was hard at work John made sure he did not just sit around! Friday night he joined friends and enjoyed some Pizza with the Ashworth's and Kristen( Aaron was gone too, so John and Kristen were a cute little date). Saturday morning it had snowed several inches so John went out with several of our friends and did some sledding! It sounded like tons of fun, and sorry for not having any pictures but John does not remember the camera when I am not there to remind him!
Luckily I had Sunday off, we enjoyed church for our second week attending sunday school and relief society/priesthood! I know, we have been here for a year and a half, but first we were in Nursery and then Primary, so we are new to being around adults! That afternoon we had a few people over to watch some football. Briste and I made some food, and we all enjoyed watching the game and talking!
Briste and of course Lexi!
Everyone just chillin! We missed Glen and Toran, sorry not in the pic!
I hope everyone had a great holiday!

I must be working too hard! One day after a hard run at the gym, I looked down and saw I was bleeding, and in my brand new shoes!

Each week it is something new! This week it was the Gotee!

FHE on the slopes!

What a great way to spend Monday night! Last night for a nice FHE, John and I took advantage of the nice warm weather, the buy one get one free deal, and our time to take a quick trip and do some snowboarding! It was so fun, we stayed for a few hours, and totally had fun! It was so perfect, the snow was nice, and it was not too cold! It had been a while since I had snowboarded, so it was tons of fun!
Our first lift ride!
What a great run!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I will first warn you, this will probably be a long post, it may be out of order, but hey, lots of things have been going on with us!!
A HUGE merry christmas to all, from the reindeer and santa from our home. I hope everyone had a great Christmas.

John successfully finished school a few days before Christmas and the whole break was so nice to relax with my husband with NO dental school. We celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve. The night before we opened up our 1 surprise present, always pj's! All the girls in the family got matching pink ones, and the boys got matching ones too!

Then we had our annual sleepover under the tree. The next morning we woke up to our wonderful presents! I believe this was our first white Christmas, we woke up, looked out our window and saw beautiful white snow!

We were each blessed with so many generous gifts from our family! I recieved pj's, a few nice winter jackets, cookbooks, clothes, and John and I recieved nice bikes from my parents. Now we just need to wait for the weather to warm up so we can go riding!

John said he felt like an old man, because we was happy getting nice dress shirts and ties! We enjoyed the day and the season! Later that day we joined our friends for the Ugly sweater Chrismtas party! We ate, talked, played some games, and made some gift boxes in which we delivered them to less priviledged homes!

We also enjoyed celebrating Christmas in our primary class. I made a Santa cake, please don't judge the frosting job, i did it in like 15 minutes! We have really enjoyed our Sunbeam class and always enjoy the spirit they bring to our lives!

John and I with a few of our kids!
Since I had to work on Christmas day, and I had the opportunity to go home earlier in December, John went home for a few days. I stayed here and worked a few days while he went home. John had a great time at home in AZ, spending Christmas with his family, and doing a few fun things while he was there!
Midday hike with family, friends, and dogs! (look closely)
John and his little brother Jordan! Just looking at these beautiful pictures of beautiful AZ, makes me miss home!
John and his mother and brother also enjoyed cheering on the Phoenix Suns!
To celebrate our Anniversary (a little late) we spent our time on a little get away! We headed up to our nearby friends in Canada, to Niagara on the Lake. We spent the night in a beautiful bed and breakfast home, we had a beautiful room, our own fireplace, and a jacuzzi tub! We had a nice dinner, and that night relaxed in our room, by the fire and enjoyed the jacuzzi tub!! The next morning we were spoiled with a wonderful home cooked meal! The house was beautiful, and we enjoyed our get away! Niagara on the lake is a beautiful little town, cute little shops, snowy, and such a nice relaxing way to spend our anniversary!
Our home away from home!
We enjoyed every day of our holiday break! Going to work was so hard knowing I was leaving John at home. We relaxed, slept in, had breakfast in bed, went shopping, John helped me clean, and go grocery shopping! I am totally bummed that school has to start again!
John and I celebrated New Years over with our good friends, Glen and Christy Ashworth! We all had yummy treats, and enjoyed playing a fun movie dvd game! We had a great night ringing in the new year, all the way until 3 in the morning!! If we look tired and exhusted, it is because we are, this was taken at 3!!

We hope that everyone had a great holiday season, and an even better new year!
Now it is time to shift gears, its back to school time! Yes, for me too, today is the first day of school, John back to the dental lab and me starting my online program! So far, so good I know its the first day, but I am really impressed, audio lectures and powerpoints online! I am actually excited!
WOW, what a post, I know. I will be better at updating the blog as events happen and not once a month!!

I used to think two years was a LONG time.

Yes, it is true! John and I have been married for two years. Our anniversary was on December 20th. I used to think two years was a long time to be married, but now that is here, I can't believe it. These past two years have been the best, with my best friend beside me.
John and I two years ago where married and sealed in the Mesa AZ temple. The past two years have been quite the adventure. We enjoyed our wonderful honeymoon cruise together and then it was time to start real life.
Paying bills, living on our own, going to school, we were living the good life. I graduated from Nursing school and six months after we were married we packed up and moved across the country to good old Buffalo! Welcome to our new home!

The move out to Buffalo was for a good reason, John not only swept me off my feet but all the way to Buffalo for him to go to Dental school, I guess that is a good reason!

Our time here is not only filled with school, work and friends but also SNOW!!

These past two years for John have been extra special because he is enjoying being the recipent of a Sugar Mama. Yes, I have started my first REAL job. I tell him to enjoy it and not get too used to this! No, but I honestly enjoy me job and am so grateful for the oppurtunity in my life to work now before we start our family!
We have loved our past two years together and look forward to our lifetime together. We love just hanging out together, being with friends, traveling, and our families.


This year our anniversary was special for two reasons, one because it was our anniversary and two because it was John's last day of school. `He finished up his test, then sent me off for a nice relaxing massage. It is always nice to get pampered. That night we enjoyed a nice Italian dinner and saw We are Legend. We had not been to the movies in forever! It was a great day!