we're here!

alright, so once we got home from our anniversary, the packing began. we did lots of dumpster diving in cardboard recycling bins looking for big huge boxes! and then every night last week consisted of a couple hours dedicated to packing. We got most of it done by Friday night, and then Saturday morning came (along with our amazing friends, Kevin, Greg and Karly and their helpful trucks) and the loading began. It took us 4 and half hours to get everything moved out, moved in, and cleaned. Then everyone left and Ryan and I were stuck in a sea of boxes.
Then we began the unpacking. Ryan started in the laundry room setting up the washer and dryer (by the way, who knew you have to buy a NEW cord for a dryer every time you move? we didn't) and I started in the kitchen unloading the boxes. about 6 hours later, we made a late night run to Smiths to get some groceries, made a midnight frozen pizza dinner, and then hit the sack. We woke up in the morning, came downstairs and were a little disappointed in the small dent we'd made in the pile of boxes the night before. But by the end of the day, and after a lot of hard work, everything was unpacked, put away, and the boxes were back in the recycling bins where they belong! We LOVE our new house!

The first picture is of some boxes in our old apartment, this was after only one night of packing, I couldn't get all the boxes to fit in one picture after we were all done with the packing!

the rest of the pictures are all the before pictures of our new place...my goal this week: to get all the pictures hung, the tables sanded and stained, and get a couple more furniture pieces (you can tell our bedroom is desperate for help! it ECHOES!) so enjoy these before pictures....I want you to appreciate the after pictures :)

happy anniversary!

Well, over Labor Day Weekend, Ryan and I celebrated our first anniversary. We left Logan on Friday afternoon, and drove all day to Mesquite NV. It was so much fun, and SOOO relaxing! At one point Ryan even said "I think my back hurts from laying down so much all weekend!" haha! It really was great, we spent all day at the pool, and then we would eat at the yummy buffet's...omelet's at home will never be the same! The funniest thing though, was that on our actual anniversary, we were out at the pool and the life guards kicked everyone out because a huge thunder cloud was coming our way, so after about an hour and half of being out there, we headed back to the room, it was still too early to start getting ready for dinner, so we decided to watch some TV first. All the sudden...BOOM! it sounded like the TV exploded, and all the power went out! it was POURING rain outside! We waited a couple hours for it to come back on and took a nap, then decided we better attempt at getting ready, so we each took a shower in the pitch dark, and got ready....we headed out the door for dinner (with my really wet hair...very attractive for our anniversary dinner) and the hallways were so dark! No emergency lights at all....well, I guess they did have glow sticks hanging from the ceiling on yarn, if you consider that "emergency lighting". So we thought the whole hotel's power had gone down...oh no, the whole casino was flashing and dinging as if it there was no rain at all! So everyone and their dog was trying to get into the buffet in the casino, and it wasn't worth the wait, so we ended up driving up to St. George for dinner, wet hair and all! We had a delicious dinner at Outback Steakhouse, and went to a movie and then headed back to the Oasis! Let's just say, we defiantly had a memorable first anniversary!

We're still in love, and as happy as could be!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US BEBY!

it's official!

WE'RE MOVING!
we are both so excited! we have loved our little apartment here on the island so much, with all the time, and hard work we've put into it, it's hard not to love it.
We weren't planning on moving for another two years when we move for Ryan to go to physical therapy school, but when our friends Alex and Danielle showed us their new apartment that they will be living in, we fell in love. We wanted to find one in their same apartment complex, but sadly they were all rented out already. so then the search began...a couple hours on the Internet looking for them, a few outings trying to find them (and getting lost along the way), and a couple tours later, we found the one! it is brand new, we will be only the 2nd people to live there, so it has all new carpets, and appliances, and clean walls with no holes in them. here is our list of things we're most looking forward to about it:

1. nice cool air conditioning

2. a dishwasher

3. washer and dryer hookups

4. a bigger bedroom

5. storage

6. outlets

7. insulation

so tomorrow we're going to sign the lease, then we'll be off to mesquite to celebrate our anniversary for the long weekend, and we'll moving in on Saturday September 6! it will be a busy couple of weeks, but well worth it. we couldn't be more happy!

here is the link to the tour of it on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baQT4PBiEvg
i tried to put the actual video in here, but let's be honest....i can't figure out how to do it....ENJOY!

Dan and Ashley Derrick

When I moved up to Logan two years ago, I didn't know a soul! I was so worried about making new friends and being away from home. I got a job at Great Harvest, and found out that one of my roommates also was going to be working there, so that was promising! On my first day of work, I found out it was also 3 other girls first day too (including my roommate), and the 4 of us instantly bonded! After a few weeks, i finally got all the names to the right faces, and since then, Alyssa, Ashley and Katie and I have been good friends. Well....last week Ashley got married to her high school sweet heart Dan. It was so much fun to be able to celebrate their marriage with them, and especially to get the little "G.H. gang" back together to catch up since Katie is the only one still working there. We had a great time at the wedding dinner at The Lion House on Wednesday night, and the Reception in Bountiful Thursday night. We ate til we couldn't eat anymore, and danced our little herats out! Too bad Ashley is in Hawaii now and can't keep up the nights of partying with the rest of us...who needs a honeymoon anyway right? Just kidding! Anyway, here are some fun pictures you might like!

Discovery Gateway

On Tuesday I went to Salt Lake with Ryan's mom and sisters and their kids. It was such a fun day! the kids loved the discovery gateway museum, we enjoyed a yummy lunch at Applebees, went back for some more playing, and then ended the day with playing in the fountains and eating some delicious ice cream! I must say, my favorite quote from the day was by Mason when he was in the pretend grocery store shopping for 'produce' and he picked up a plastic banana, squeezed it, and then said to me, "it's not ripe yet." and then put it back. i must say, a day with kids and their imaginations is quite refreshing from my day to day life, which i used to think was at least a little entertaining! haha! we had a very fun day!

baseball updates

well all summer long we've lived at the ball park and had a ball! i've taken many pictures, and honestly, they all look about the same. so i decided that before the playoffs begin tomorrow, i'd make a post of the best pictures so far this season. ENJOY!






Like Father Like Son, the Hornets played the Aggies a couple weeks ago, and the Aggies were short a player, so since Norm is pretty good friends with the coach Bret, Bret decided to ask him to play for them! it was so fun to see Ryan and Norm out playing together...even though it was against each other!