Funny Pics

I found these funny pics of john and I when we visited Toronto for our Anniversary, and I can't believe I didn't share them so here is a peek.
The best looking peter pan I have ever seen!

Tinkerbell or Not?

It's scary what a cute fairy he makes! Ha Ha.

I know, not a very impressive Captian Hook.

Girls day and date night

Well, Friday was a nice day off for me. I am loving work, I know it sounds unusual, but I do. I love working with the other nurses and the cute kids. I am so glad with my decision, or more like their decision to be working there. I got my hair cut this morning, don't worry I am not brave enough to do anything daring. So it was just a trim but it still feels so nice to have nice freshly cut hair. And I went to the hair school here, I was very impressed, $10 you can't beat it!

We had a nice girls lunch today at Missy's house. Kristen and I went together, Erica, bethany, Alanna, Stephanie and Rachel were there too! Along, with 4 young babies, three more that will soon be expecting. I am out of the loop up here with no baby!! But it's fun to play with all of my friends, all are so cute!! We had fun chatting and eating soup, salad, cornbread, etc. It is fun to get together and play with us girls!!

Tonight my wonderful husband took me out. We celebrated my first pay check!! I know, the first one in way too long!! It will definately be nice to have a constant flow of money! Maybe we can start saving, imagine that. . . But we went out to one of my favorite restaurants, The Cheesecake Factory, after only an 1 hour and 20 minutes ( not bad), we enjoyed our lovely meal, cheesecake and our time we got to spend together.
Posing with my first check!


I am starting to get used to the daily scraping of the snow ritual, each morning and throughout the day. Sometimes it;s pretty to look outside and see big white flakes falling, but don't worry there are cons too. A shout out to AZ, with the snow, like a record since the 60's or something!!

Okay, so I can Brag!!

First of all, I would like to brag about my wonderful husband, he has started his second semester of dental school and he continues to work hard. after one semester of Long nights studying, loss of sleep, and crazy cramming for tests, all of that, his hard work has paid off. Last semester he recieved great grades. His GPA, was like a 3.5 something, and that makes his class rank 11th. Out of 85! Not bad at all. I am so proud of him. Anyway, moving on to other stuff.. . .

My first two weeks of work are complete and I am enjoying myself. The patients are so great, and the staff is even better which makes me excited to work because the people I will work with are so nice.

Friday night was the dental school talent show. John and his friends should have done something, a dance or song, or something funny. It was enjoyable to see all the many talents!! Speaking of talents, I need to start thinking of some to develop, so I can keep busy when JOhn is studying and I am done with work. ( actually I will probably be busy with other stuff, but it was a good thought!)

Saturday morning came and went quickly as John and I enjoyed our sleep until late in the morning. That night, Our dear friend Jay cooked us some amazing homemade pizza. It was fun getting together with Jay and his wife sarah, Kristen and Aaron (baby chase too) and us to enjoy pizza, and our new game Imagine If.

And lastly how could I forget about the cold weather we have had here. Freezing temps, like single digits, and snowy, and windy and icy, its crazy. How, I dream of the beach, and the sun. So does anyone want to come visit!?! Ha ha.

( Not a real picture of buffalo, dont worry!)

Fun weekend!

There is nothing better than on a friday night then to enjoy warm jumbo rolls, with a slab of melting honey butter. WOW, my mouth is watering just thinking about it. Well, if you guessed right, those are the yummy rolls at texas roadhouse, which John and I , dave and briste, dick and erica, and bethany, dave and stephanie, and jonas and his sarah enjoyed!! That place is good.

Saturday morning, you wont believe it something amazing happened, I needed to run to Wegmans to get a few groceries, and I invited JOhn to go and he declined with an honest lack of interest in going. So, as I was walking out the door John came down saying that he was going to wegman's, and if I wanted to go with. HA HA. So we both went off, a fun little time spent together, I love grocery shopping but doing it with him is so much more fun! ( I can count the times we have gone together on one hand!) Saturday afternoon, my friend Alanna had her baby shower, as always it was great getting together with all the girls, for a fun afternoon of food, games, chatting, and just hanging out.

Alanna is due in just a few weeks and is looking awesome! I am so excited to another baby in the group, it's almost my turn, well not for a while. I tried a few new recipes for the shower, kinda scary when making it for people but they both turned out well, Some mini fruit tarts and some hot spinach and artichoke dip! ( free recipes if interested!) That night John did something else so nice, we had two movies on his computer for our viewing, batman returns or step up. He chose step up ( knowing that I would prefer that one) and we enjoyed a nice night in watching the flick! I love dancing movies!

Sunday as always are so relaxing and nice. We had a calling switch, no more junior nursery, we moved on up to sunbeams! now, we have 6 cute 3 year olds! Its fun. That night we went over to our Friends Brandon and Astrid's house for dinner. It was fun, yummy tacos and a fun tournament of golf and their nintendo Wii!!

Buffalo has been crazy with the weather. Ice storms, freezing rain!! I guess, winter is here in Buffalo!!!

Is this for real . . .

Over the weekend JOhn and I were planning on going to Cheesecake factory. I was so excited and so craving it, but with the wait being over 3 hours we decided against it. So . . . we meet with 4 other friends and TGI Friday's it was. It was a great time visiting with friends. Then JOhn and I ran off to see the Prestige. It was a good, interesting flick.
now starting on Monday was a big day in my life. I started a JOB! I know many of you can not believe that I am actually working, but it is true. I am so excited and loving orientation so far, its not that is really fun but I am just so excited to actaully start my career. I have been waiting 22 years already!! I will keep you updated on cool details on the job. By the way if you don't know what I am even doing, here is the information: I am working at Womens and childrens hospital, I work in the pediatric oncology hematology department!! Full time and during the days!! yeah, no nights!

Happy New year

Our alone time, quickly past and John's family joined us. his mother MaryAnne, his sister Ashley and brother jordan came up from AZ to spend a few days with us and travel up to the big apple for new years!! We had so much fun! The morning after they arrived, we were up and on the road at 4am, arriving in new york city to catch our harbor cruise tour at noon. It was a three hour cruise that took us all around Manhatten seeing and learning so many things. It was so fun!


That night we went to the world trade centers or ground zero which was neat to see, comparing it to the towers which I saw a few years before they came down. The next day was new years, I know we are crazy but we were out there a few in the million people crowd to see the ball drop. We had a great spot, we arrived at 11am that morning, (don't worry we didn't stand there and wait all day), John's sister did, and we enjoyed the day walking around. At 2 pm, we came back, and waited, and waited, and we were searched, and we were barricaded in. Seriously we were, with 9 hours left till the new year, we were in! Yea, no potty breaks or food breaks, luckily we had some snacks and a few empty bottles, ha ha! The time went by fast with all the celebrating, ryan secrist, christina agulaira, rascal flatts were performers on the stage right in front of us, many others performed.

I Love You Ryan!!!

Christina!!!
It was a night of fun, dancing and ringing in the new year at the biggest party ever!!! Happy New Year!



Times Square!

Look at all the confetti, it was crazy!

The family!

merry christmas

What a great christmas. john and I were able to enjoy each other on christmas day. NO family, just each other and it was so fun. ( even though we wish we could have spent time with family) Last christmas was our official first christmas after marriage but it was crazy being right after the wedding and stuff, so this was our First real christmas together. We loved hanging out together and realizing that we did not have to worry or stress over anything, no school, no work, no kids. (That will probably be the last time for a while). So we soaked it up, relaxing together, watching movies, shopping, eating, cooking, and just hanging out.

The beautiful Christmas eve dinner I cooked. We enjoyed ham, salad, corn, potatoes, rolls, a fruit smoothie, by candlelight and the light from our tree! How fun and romantic!

I know its not impressive but that is all we needed.
For christmas we recieved clothes(at least from each other), shoes, and our most exciting gifts: remote car starters for both the maxima and civic.


They are so nice, we love to play with them. We spent christmas afternoon watching We Are Marshall! It was a great movie. THen we went over to Adam and Chantel's home for Christmas dinner, they are JOhn's cousins so we were able to spend time with family. Christmas break went by too fast. The days of John and I just hanging out flew by.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas.


We even had time to do a little ice skating!! JOhn showing off his impressive skills on the ice!

A long awaited update

Don't get discouraged! it's gonna be a long one, it has been awhile and lots of fun things have happened so take a look!

First, the last of my visit to AZ!
* Fun after chocolate fountain- my mom and I got pampered, a full body massage, pedicure, and manicure. decorating a gingerbread house, and getting and decorating a christmas tree. Enjoyed eating out and a movie The Holiday- recommend it!



* hung out with friends- games, lunch, craft night too! It was great to see my AZ girlfriends!!


* Sister and boys came to AZ- So fun to play with Caden (her 2 yr. old), and to see her new one Jackson. It was fun to be a babysitter and a playmate, an excuse to act like a kid.



Tons of Fun in AZ! I will miss it, but it was a nice trip! It was nice to be back with my Husband!
(some pics of the family)




Second, Anniversary to Toronto!
* December 20th was a great day, not only the last final for John, it celebrate our first year of marriage!, so off to Toronto for a few days of fun with each other.
* First, a great room thanks to briste for the discount, we were welcomed to a nice suite! And a king bed in which we would spend some time( catching up on sleep that is)!


* Fun shows in Toronto- Blue man Group was great, I had no idea what to expect and was not disappointted. So much fun, they were great entertainers. And the nutcracker. That is a beautiful play, what talent, beauty, portrayed. I love shows, and so I loved it.


* Fun shopping, visits to the Casa Loma Castle, the toronto temple, and the CN tower, etc. Toronto was a fun city, a miniature NY city, big city life, and plenty to keep us busy. We enjoyed our stay and our anniversary!!






Third, almost christmas in Buffalo!
* back to our Home, after Toronto. I know its late but we went out and got us a Christmas tree. It's not too tall, but hey its taller than last years. It was fun putting up lights and ordaments. We sat sipping hot chocolate , listening to christmas music, looking at our little tree, and talking about our favorite christmas memories!

*Remind me to never go out again on the eve of christmas eve. A few last minute things, but boy not worth thte craziness! Everyone and their mother is out. I guess that is what is get for a little procrastination.
WOW, sorry it had been so long! Hope everyone has a great holiday!!!