A Day in the Life of Dave and Steph

GREAAAAAAAAT NEWS!

2010-04-08T10:45:00.000-07:00

Soooooooo..............are you ready for the news???? Huh huh? Are you ready???

Well......

WE GOT APPROVED FOR OUR LOAN! Yay! All we need to do now is do an inspection on the house and then move in!!!! We officially close on the 13th (Tuesday), but we are trying to close on MONDAY, the 12th, - 4 DAYS AWAY - because Tuesday is going to be a crazy day for us! AHHH!!! I'm so freaking excited!

We got a slight bit nervous because they wanted us to pay off a student loan and something else. $8500 later, we are making sure everything is in order and that we have enough in the bank for the downpayment plus 2 months of mortgage available.....we had the right amount, plus $172! We just BARELY made it! Granted, we had some checks and stuff we need to deposit, but actively in the bank to close on time, barely made it! Kindof sucks though, because we were planning on using that extra money we had towards upgrading some things in the home...we'll have to see what we can do now! Oh well! We're getting a home! Small sacrifices for a great reward!

We'll make sure to keep you updated on our progress and when we actually close! Until then...hopefully everything stays according to plan!

OUR HOUSE!!!!!

2010-03-12T14:47:00.000-08:00

So....we're getting a house!!!!! We haven't moved in yet, but we should be able to in 30 days or less!!!!

House specs: 2796 square feet; 17,820 square foot land (.41 acres! horses are permitted!); 3 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms. It isn't much farther from where we live right now - close to the freeways, only like, 5 minutes from the strip and airport.

The house definitely needs some updating. It sat on the market for a little more than a year, so the yard is completely dead. The outside needs to be painted and we plan on redoing the whole master bath (it's not that great). Also, we want to attach the garage to the house (right now it's detached). It has a pool (which needs to be cleaned), needs new carpet (pink and purple just aren't the colors of carpet I like) and a lot of new paint - the bedrooms have pretty horrid paint jobs, and has a lot of land!

Here are a couple of pictures from the internet that the realtor took. The furniture inside isn't ours.

These first two pictures are the outside of the house. The front door, something Dave and I couldn't find in the pictures until we actually went to the house, is behind the big tree on the left.

This is a patio that's on the front of the house. Above it is a balcony from the master bedroom.

Here is the garage (detached). We plan on making like, a mudroom/hallway to connect it to the rest of the house. Where you see the firepit is where the backdoor is on the house.

Spanning to the right of the yard, you see the POOL!!! I like how it's already gated (so the little ones don't have access), and it comes complete with a slide! haha. It also has a small hot tub that waterfalls into the pool.

Here is a closer look at the pool.

When you first walk into the house, this is what you see, the family room. The staircase leads to the master bedroom and bath (the only room upstairs). Down the hallway are 2 more bedrooms off to the left side of the hall. The other side is the door to the patio. I'm hoping the bedrooms downstairs don't entice our future kids to sneak out at night! We'll have to do something to change that.

You can also see the dining table off to the left. The next picture shows looking the other direction in the house.

So, here's the kitchen! It's really nice and big. We plan on installing an island in the center (in this pic, the owners had a removable island in the kitchen). Down the hall you can see the office/gameroom/maybe extra bedroom. Pictures of that room is later on.

So, here's my pretty kitchen! It's a really good size, which I'm glad about.

Here's the office/gameroom/extra bedroom. It had a fireplace and is a very big room! It has a bathroom/laundry room around the corner, also. When we attach the garage, I plan on moving the laundry room to there! It's just kinda weird to me to share the laundry room with a toilet!

Here's panning to the right in the same room.

Here's the master bedroom! As you can see, it is big enough for a bed and a little sitting area. I don't know what we'll do with all the space!

So that's our house! Yay! It needs some work, but we plan on living here for a while and can't wait for the excitement of making it better and better!!! Everyone is more than welcome to come stay with us!!! We have at least one spare room we won't be using! (That's not a pregnant announcement, just that we'll prob use the other bedroom for an office, haha).

Also, you can look on Zillow.com to see the overhead look of the house and at how big the lot really is!
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/birds-eye-view-map/7167912_zpid/#birds-eye-view

If that link doesn't work for some reason, just look up the address on there: 8725 Rancho Destino LV, NV 89123.

Let us know when you want to take a trip to Vegas!!!!!

Good News

2010-02-03T12:21:00.000-08:00

So a couple of things that have been going on lately...

We got our $2000 deposit back from the house we thought we were going to buy. This was a big deal because the people selling the house only wanted to give us $1000 back (long story), but we weren't agreeing to it! After a while, the house finally sold and the holding company had to give us our money back, but we didn't know we were going to get the full amount! We thought they might take out fees for holding it for so long... So that was awesome!

Some more good news is that I GOT AN INTERNSHIP WITH MERRILL LYNCH!!! It is unpaid, but I get school credit for it (3 credits). So, not only is it a great opportunity, it's great to put on my resume when I graduate, and I don't have to sit in a boring class and take tests!!! That's probably the most exciting part right now! haha. I have to have 150 hours by the end of the semester, which is about 12 hours a week - not bad. So on top of taking 12 other credits (4 classes), working about 12 hours a week (which isn't much, but that's all that fits my schedule), and doing my internship about 12 hours a week, my workload is full! I also teach CTR 4 (4 year olds turning 5) at church and am on a committee to help plan the montly ward date nights! AHH!! I'm kindof going crazy with all the stuff I have to do all the time! I don't even have time to get a haircut! haha. I just take one day at a time, though! Only 4 months left of the craziness until I graduate!!!!

We did find time in our crazy schedule to take a trip to South Carolina, and it was so fun! When we signed up with T-mobile a little more than a year ago, they had a deal going for buy-one-get-one-free flights for each line added. So, Dave and I had 2 of those, and Dan and Danielle had 2 (they got the same deal). So we were able to buy 8 tickets to fly for the price of 4. Since we only had 6 people that could go (Steph and Darren went too), we all took a weekend trip there. It was such a carefree, dramafree weekend! I just wish it would've been warmer!! I'll have pictures up soon!

I got to see Lion King with my In-N-Out group last night. We reached some goal we set or something...Anyways, it was so good! I recommend it!

Dave signed us up for this thing called "House Seats". Basically you pay like, $90 for 2 people for a year and you become "seat fillers" for shows. Last week we saw Fitz of Laughter (a comedy show), and tomorrow night Dave and I are going to see Blue Man Group! We are trying to be more exciting and do things together as a couple. With this thing, we are able to do that, plus save money doing it, which we love!!!

Sorry, there are no pictures this post. I'm at school with no pictures on my computer...wait...

There you go!!!

New Years! 2010!

2010-01-02T22:31:00.000-08:00

New Years was pretty similar to last year. We had a bonfire going in the background and Dave and I each had our own Martinelli drinks! We hung out for a while, but then I had to go to bed cause I had to be at work at 7am the next day (the same as last year!) I really need to remember to ask that next morning off. It sucks waking up so early when you've been up so late!

Me and Danielle were sitting by the bonfire. We had jackets on, but were really hot because the flames were so huge!

Just a bit of randomness...I was driving down the freeway, and this van caught my eye. It's a bit hard to read here, but it says:
"Your Family Still Matters: Paintball, Food Storage, Violins". I just thought that was a bit funny. Those 3 things don't seem to really go together to me...

Hardy Party - Christmas 2009

2009-12-21T22:11:00.000-08:00

So for the "Hardy Party" Christmas party, the family puts on a nativity scene. Basically the kids dress up as sheep, cows, a donkey, shepherds, the wise men, Mary, Joseph, etc.

This year, because there weren't enough kids, Dave got to help join in on the fun. He was dressed up as a wise man, but he looked kinda scary...and crazy...

It was fun watching him, haha. Santa (Dave's dad) gave us a visit, as well!

All in all, it was a fun party. I had a blast! =)

While visiting my family in Texas this winter (when I went down for Mary's wedding), Jenny was able to show me the MOST AWESOME CHRISTMAS HOUSE EVER!!!! It's basically what I want my house to look like at Christmas time!!! It's my life long goal!!! haha. (The ending is the best - it gives me goosebumps!)

When I got back to Vegas, I was driving down a street and saw it was decorated like crazy with lights...they had music with it as well, but it was a variety of songs, not all Christmas. It was pretty crazy, but I don't think I could get THIS crazy...I like the Lubbock house better - to the TransSiberian Orchestra with simple, but awesome lights - not too much to cram it up. Nonetheless, here's the Vegas house...

Mary got Married!!!

2009-12-19T22:59:00.000-08:00

Mary is married!!! Yay! She got married in December 2009 in Lubbock, TX, and I got to fly down to go to it. It was very special to me to be able to be there and share the whole experience with her. She was such a beautiful bride!

Here's Mary and Phillip Johnson!!! The Newlyweds! Yay for marriage!

So, Mary had THE cutest boots on for her wedding shoes!!! Red cowgirl boots! Awesome!

Mary's sis, Missy, Missy's hubby, and Mary's 3 bros: Taylor, Reed, and Austin. Such a cute family!

Adding Phillip into the picture...he's family now =)

At the reception...

With my Mema...

They're cutting the cake!! Mary had a bit of a hard time cutting it...it was funny watching her try to do it! haha

So...while we are watching Mary and Phil have their first dance, I turn around and Heather and Jenny are both all teary-eyed! haha, it was pretty funny

While at the reception, some country music came on (it's Texas, you can't have a dance without country music!). Some nice fellas asked Jenny and me to dance, so we did! They were very good and knew their dance moves! We did more swing dancing to the music than anything, but I love to dance, and it was fun! Dave and I really need to take more lessons so we can dance together, but there isn't any free places like we went to in Provo!

Mary just looked great all day! This is them leaving for the night! Congrats you two!

I took a photo of Mary's wedding picture. I love it!

We also got to spend a bit of time with Clara, Missy's girl. She is so adorable!!!

Before driving back to Lubbock from Midland (where the reception was), we took some family photos. I love my sisters! We were sad to have missed Cheri being there!

My mommy and daddy! My dad and I drove back to Lubbock together and my mom, with everyone else, drove to Dallas. It was a nice chat with my dad on the way home. We don't get to just sit down and talk too much anymore.

Birthday and Thanksgiving

2009-11-30T15:23:00.000-08:00

For my birthday, after a long day at school, Dave took me to Melting Pot to eat dinner! It was so yummy! It actually inspired us to buy our own fondue pot for home cooking!!

Later that night, Steph and I went to see the "Twilight: New Moon" premiere at midnight. She made me a shirt that said, "Sorry, I only date vampires". She had one that was different style, but said the same thing. It was cute!

While I enjoyed the movie, I don't think I will be going to see another chick-flick on opening night. A little too much "oos" and "ahhs" when any hot guy would appear....annoying. You can bet this coming November I'm going to see the new Harry Potter movie, though - complete with all of us dressing up! I've already decided I'm going to be Luna Lovegood!

So, Dave is very good at being crafty, as I'm sure you all know. For Courtney's birthday, he created a huge Minnie Mouse paper mache head. It looked amazing! We hung it in the garage for all the kids to get a swing at it.

We had 2 Thanksginings this year! Actually, Dave had 3 (the 3rd with his friends when I had to work). On Thanksgiving Day, we went to the Zitzmann's house (Eric's parent's place), and had a nice relaxing day there. The next day, we went to a buffet at one of the casinos in town with all of Dave's family. After that, we went to see "Planet 51". It turned out to be quite a cute movie!

Halloween Time!!!

2009-10-31T23:58:00.000-07:00

So, to start off this blog, I wanted to post this silly picture of Dave...he's so silly. =)

K, so there is this worldwide thing that happens around Halloween in bigger cities. There is a designated day that you are supposed to dress up as a Zombie and do the "Zombie Walk" at a popular location. In Las Vegas, it was Fremont Street. Me, Dave, Dan, and some of Dave's and my friends all dressed up as Zombies and just walked around (like Zombies, of course), freaking people out. Getting into character, I had a zombie baby, which got quite a bit of attention, and Dave was a dead business man, complete with a briefcase. Towards the end of the night, we started just staring down children. It was funny the different reactions we got from them. I think we made 3 kids cry. One dad actually moved out of the way, so Dave, me, and Dan could surround his 8-year old. The kid wasn't really sure what was happening, but then laughed as his dad came up and was like, "oh they got you!" Funny times.

Dave got some video footage of me staring some people down...

For Halloween, Dave made us costumes, of course, but since I refused to wear cardboard again (being a cardboard toothbrush was very uncomfortable), he made our costumes out of foam. It turned out really well. We were Gumby and Pokey. We realized times had changed since we were little when all the adults knew who we were, but kids had no idea. They thought Dave was a vegetable, celery, and a cactus. It was pretty fun. While trick-or-treating, Dave put on this roller blades, so he "slid" like Gumby did.

This is the outfit Dave was wearing under his costume...my shirt and pants...so hot.

Deanna and Eric were vampires...

...and their daughter, Courtney was a fairy. Deanna made her wings! They looked great, but they were huge! Courtney kept hitting everyone as she ran past! haha

Usually the family gets together and decorates pumpkins together, but that didn't happen this year. So, Dave and I decorated our pumpkins together. He did the skull and I did the haunted house. I was very proud of my pumpkin. I thought it turned out pretty well!

After trick-or-treating, we were all kinda wiped out, except the girls. They thought it was great climbing on Dan and Dave.

Yay for Halloween. It is Dave's favorite holiday, so we try to have fun with it. I still enjoy Christmas the most!

Short, but sad, update

2009-09-08T12:17:00.000-07:00

So it turns out that we were teased in thinking we were going to get our house so soon. The bank wanted 20% down when originally they told us 10%, so we didn't have enough money to put down. So, we lost the house. However, we are thinking positive and trying to find another way to get a house.

We will try in October to qualify again. If we don't, then we need to wait until next year to see if we qualify for anything. We hope in both scenarios that we won't have to put more than 10% down. We don't want to put more down than that! We'll be wiped out! If we don't qualify next year then we'll have to figure out another strategy...ugh. It's a lot more frustrating getting a house than I thought. Oh well. Just gotta keep on truckin!

On a more interesting note...Dave and I are going to be running the Las Vegas Marathon on December 6th! At least, that's the plan. For those of you who don't know how long a marathon is, it's 26.2 miles. That's crazy people! You are supposed to train at least 16 weeks for the marathon cause it's so crazy freakin hard. The first time we ran was last night, so we started a bit late (we have 9 weeks left), so hopefully we won't die come the race. Our goal is to just say we did one. Hopefully we won't have to walk any of it, but who knows! Danielle has been running a bit too, so we are trying to convince her to run with us. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO DANIELLE!!! =)

Sorry still no pictures...I've just been trying to get caught up in school (of course I'm already behind, but only in what I'm supposed to have read by now). Hopefully soon. Until then...

Oh!!! Also, I changed the settings, so anyone can comment!!! I know you all have been wanting to, but didn't realize you couldn't! haha. Just an FYI.

Recent Events

2009-08-31T16:29:00.000-07:00

Sooo...what's been going on with us, you ask? Well, we've done quite a bit of things!

This summer we took a week and a half trip to Alaska with 1 week of it being on a cruise! It was so awesome and loads of fun...many pictures to come of it!

After we got back, we had 2 days to catch up on our work and we were off to California for a beach trip. I mean, after Alaska, we had to do an opposite trip, right? We went to Dan, Danielle, the girls, Darren, Steph, and their boys. It was a lot of fun....pictures to come of that too.

Before school started, I got all 4 of my wisdom teeth out. I was super sore for a week and am still a little sore now...being like, 3 weeks later. But at least it's done!

Our computer crashed...it really sucked. That is why the pictures are to come because, luckily I still kept all our recent pics on the camera, I just need to upload them again. Basically the only stuff we really lost was all our music/books on iTunes, and all our pictures. The pictures are online on our Flickr site, but it's going to take a ton of time getting them off!!! Note: if you know a quick way to do it, that would be GREAT!

School started. I'm taking 14 credits, which isn't too bad, but they are all finance classes, so that's fun. I plan on graduating in May 2010, and I'm super stoked! It's exciting. Dave's still not sure what the heck he's doing with school...

And finally.....WE ARE 90% SURE WE'RE GETTING A HOUSE!!! We are supposed to be signing loan papers and closing papers this week and then we'll have it...if all goes according to plan. We are super excited and already have a ton of things planned for it! Again...pictures of the house are to come. We have some "before" pics of what we'll be doing and then we'll take some "after" pics so you can comment.

So, that's a short update. When I have more time, I'll put some pics up! Love ya!

Dave's many faces and St. George

2009-08-25T23:15:00.000-07:00

So, Dave wanted to experiment lately to see what his facial hair was capable of....

He first decided to try a mustache...we think he looked like either a used car salesman...or a pedofile...

Dan decided to get in on the excitement and shave his facial hair into handlebars... and Damon joined in on the "manly" picture.

A few weeks later, Dave decided he wanted a neck beard, like Brigham Young. I don't think it suited him well. At least I didn't have to go into public with this look like I had to with the mustache!!!

Dave's mission buddy, Johnny Shaw, and his wife, Angela, were visiting family in St. George (they actually live in Salt Lake), so we decided to make the short 2-hour drive up there. On the way up, driving through "the gorge", it started raining SO HARD that we could barely see!! It didn't last for very long, but it was a bit scary to drive in! People were pulling over until it passed!

While in St. George we got to see the outside of the temple there. It was so pretty. We went to the visitor's center and also stopped by to see where Brigham Young's winter house was.

Do you see me on the steps??

Dave's friend, Johnny, and his wife, Angela. We went to a hibachi house where they cook the food in front of you at a grill on the table. So fun!

California

2009-08-10T23:34:00.000-07:00

So Me and Dave, Steph and Darren and their 3 boys, and Dan and Danielle and their 2 girls all went to Los Angeles, California for the weekend. We had a really fun time just basically hanging out and going to the beach everyday! We did make a stop at Downtown Disney, as well, and had a fun time looking around there!

When we first got there, we went to California Pizza Kitchen to eat. Ali and Aubrey were posing great for us!

Before leaving, Dave had to get a pic of me on the CPK delivery bike.

While at Downtown Disney, we stopped at the Lego store there. Dan and Dave, of course, had to pose with the Darth Vader.

This is a classic "Dave" moment. While browsing through the stores, Dave decided to try on Snow White's outfit and wig. Doesn't he just look adorable?

While at the beach, Cameron, Cole, and Caden all wanted Dave and Dan to bury them and form it into something. I don't have a picture of Cameron...I forget what he was. Cole wanted to be a buff man and Caden wanted to be an octopus. So, their wish was granted...

The boys all surprised us with these bike/cart thingys. We had 2 of them and got to ride around the streets on them. It was lots of fun!

On the last day, Darren decided he wanted to start digging a HUGE hole in the sand. He was just digging. Then Dave and him decided it would be cool to dig a tunnel. It turned out to be really awesome! They were able to get all 3 boys through a couple of times. Even Dave and Darren crawled through!

Well, the tunnel eventually collapsed...so sad. So we then decided to bury Cameron, Steph, Caden, Darren, and Cole. It was pretty funny. They actually ended up using this picture for their Christmas cards, adding Santa hats and saying, "We've been buried up to our necks this year". Funny stuff.

We had a fun time in Cali. We try to go every summer! This next summer we are going to try to rent out a camping spot that's just a walk away from the beach! It would definitely change things up!

Ship Moments and Anchorage, Alaska

2009-08-09T16:19:00.000-07:00

Ship Moments
We had a lot of fun memories from being on the ship! Here are a few for ya!

On the last day, we had a dessert called Baked Alaska. It was really good! I forget why the waiter brought out a FREAKING TON of it later, but he did, and so we got some pictures trying to get Dave to eat it! Dave wonders why he's always in pictures trying to eat enormous foods (we do have quite a bit of pictures with him like that!)

On one formal night, Dave and I dressed up, and we matched! We didn't intentionally do it, but we did look so great together when we realized!

One awesome part of the ship was the FREE ice cream! Here we are enjoying it with my niece, Natalie, and my nephew, Zack.

Kyle is a little cutie. He loved my hat and kept trying to get it!

On a couple of occasions, there were kareoke nights on the ship. Cheri, Heather, and Jenny sang on the first night, and Laura and me sang on the other night. It was funny when I sang because the theme was "love songs". If you know me, you know I like to make things interesting, so I decided to change up the mood (there was too much slow songs and not enough action). I sang a Dixie Chicks song, "Goodbye Earl". If you haven't heard it, I recommend listening to it. It's a pretty silly song to sing, especially on love song night.

The ship had a mini putt-putt course that we decided to try out. It was fun! We didn't do too bad! It was difficult with the strong wind blowing our balls off-course, though!

Dave and I brought our "Settler of Catan" game to play. Heather and Todd (pictured) introduced us to the game, and we've since introduced it to others. It's a great game!

Another formal night...

All the sisters together! I love getting together with my family!

Anchorage

Anchorage was an awesome place to see! We got to see a bit before Dave and I headed back to Las Vegas. We did miss out on the rest of the family then going to North Pole, Alaska, where my sister lives, but we cherish the memories we made when we were together!

At the Alaska Native Heritage Center, where they show you the different tribes that lived, and some still live, in the area. They had these huge whale rib bones in the ground, too! Crazy.

Walking around Anchorage, we took pictures at a picture spot after eating lunch at a fish place behind it!

I think this was one of the last meals we all had together. Then we all started going our separate ways = (

We found a glacier that we were able to hike to! It is called Byron's Glacier, and it was an awesome site to see! The hike was a nice one, and the end result was amazing, as you can see from the pictures. The glacier is at the very back of the picture with the blue. The melted water from it ran down into a river (which the water was FREEZING cold!). You can see the tunnel the water carved out of the snow to pass through it. All the boys hiked over to it and later, Heather, Jenny, and I decided we wanted to see it! It was so massive!

In this first picture, Jenny is about to cross part of the water-strewn path. We were hopping along rocks the whole way to get back and forth, it was pretty difficult at times. Well, I believe, right after this picture was taken, Jenny was crossing to Dave and lost her footing and stepped in the water (only ankle deep, if that). Normally that wouldn't be a big deal, but this is ICE COLD MELTED GLACIER WATER! Jenny said her foot felt a bit numb, but she just trucked on! haha. It was pretty funny.

(I know someone took a picture of all the sisters...whoever did, I couldn't find the picture anywhere, so please email me it!!!)

In this next picture, we stopped along a lookout-type point to try to see a different glacier, but it was too foggy to see it. It was also sooo freezing cold and windy that we only stayed outside long enough to take the picture and then ran back in the car! Gracie, the little one without a coat, is obviously more used to the Alaska weather from living up in North Pole!

Another stop we made was to an Alaskan wildlife conservation center. They had wolves, deer, moose, bears, caribou, and reindeer (which are just domesticated caribou!). The animals had huge spaces to roam, some of them having a few acres to do so! It was cool when we got to see them up close though!

Our Alaska trip was so amazing and such a blast! Thanks mom and dad for planning everything and for making it all happen! We love you so much! I love being able to spend time with my family! Thanks for all the great memories everyone!!!

Skagway and Glacier Bay, Alaska

2009-08-08T10:13:00.000-07:00

Skagway

Skagway was an interesting place. Actually, the town of Skagway didn't have much to offer except a cool hike to a waterfall. Dad, Jenny, Chris, Heather, Todd, Dave, and me all hiked to the waterfall. Everyone else stayed behind and got them and their kids ready for the day!

We weren't content with being that far away from the waterfall, so we decided to climb the rocks (which, at times, was quite a task!) and get closer!

Victory!

We had all planned to go on 4x4s in Skagway, so we had to take an hour long ferry to Haines, Alaska to where the 4x4s were. This pic is one of our ship, the Island Princess.

Dave wanted to take a picture of the map of Haines, Alaska. As you can tell, there wasn't much to offer there either!

Time for the 4x4s!!! We all took turns driving and some people switched around. I got pictures of everyone except Josh and Laura and Natalie! I wasn't able to get any pictures of them because they were either in front of us or too far behind. It was hard enough taking any pictures because it was sooo bouncy!

Family photo! We stopped halfway up the mountain at a lodge for lunch and hot chocolate! It was very yummy! Isn't our family cute?!

Along the way, we were able to grab some photo opportunities!

At the very top of the trail, there was a big meadow and the view was amazing!

All the sisters got together to take a picture!

While in the meadow, Todd couldn't resist frolicking/running/hopping really fast down the mountain. It was funny to watch! I'm surprised he didn't just start rolling down! It was pretty steep!

As we headed back down the mountain, there were some pretty photo ops, so I took advantage of them!

Glacier Bay

Glacier Bay was awesome! We were able to get really close to glaciers that you can only access by boat! We were also able to get so close to them and saw some good chunks falling to the water, too! It is definitely a different site to see! In this first picture, you can see the glacier from further away, as we approached it.

I thought all these birds hanging out on a piece of ice was cool, so I took a picture of it! =)

A closer view of the glacier!

My brother-in-law, Josh, took this next picture. You can see the glacier's size in comparison to the yacht next to it! He's actually a really talented photographer! You can see more of his work at http://galleries.joshtrefethen.com.

We're winding down to the end. Probably only one, maybe two, posts left of Alaska! Lots of pictures were taken and I want to share them all!!!

Ketchikan and Juneau

2009-08-07T18:23:00.000-07:00

Ketchikan

Oh, the lovely Ketchikan! This was our first stop on our Alaskan cruise!

I stole this next picture from my sister, but I thought it was pretty funny. It was the great "mooning" bald eagle of Ketchikan. It was quite the site to see this as one of the first things off the ship. Heather is shielding Jenny's eyes =)

This is one of the many totem poles we saw on our trip. If you can see me at the very bottom with my red jacket on, it gives you a bit of an idea at how tall this thing was!

Super close to a bald eagle!!!

While in Ketchikan, we went to a lumberjack show!!! During the show, there are 2 two-man teams competing against each other in different events to see which team are the better lumberjacks. It was fun and definitely different from what we usually see! They don't have shows like this in Vegas! Dave and I posed with the guys afterwards!

This is one of the competitions: the lumberjacks had to stand on thin pieces of wood as they hack away at a thicker piece of wood. Whoever chopped through the wood first won.

This next competition was pretty cool. The lumberjacks raced to climb up these tall, tall tree poles and whoever got to the top and back to the bottom the fastest won. It was more fun watching them basically fall down the pole then climbing back up! Crazy!

Here's the whole family at the show!!! I love my family!

Juneau

A small, but quaint little town. We actually had a bit of activities that we did here. Too bad it was heavy drizzling all day!

One place we went to was to see the Mendenhall Glacier! Along the walk up to it, Jenny and I both had our rain gear on while underneath the umbrella!

Here we are at the Mendenhall Glacier! This is as close as we could get, but it was still pretty awesome! Later on our trip, we got to see glaciers crazy close! (Pictures to come of that!)

This city of Juneau as we rode up a tram to the top of a mountain to eat and do a little hiking.

Me hiking. I wore my raincoat the whole time here. It wouldn't stop raining!! While hiking, we got to see a little bit of the view, but as time went on, rain clouds blocked our view and we couldn't see anything! Oh well, it was still fun.

Dave saw this tree and had to get inside it to take a picture. Silly Dave!

So I didn't actually climb these stairs, but there were a ton of these between the buildings in the city! It's like the stores were at the bottom and then you had to climb these monstrous stairs to get up to the houses!

So, there's a couple more of our stops. Skagway and Glacier Bay, as well as Anchorage and fun ship moments are yet to come! Hopefully I can do at least one of those posts before the end of this week!

Alaska!!! Part One...

2009-08-06T17:12:00.000-07:00

K, so I am finally posting pictures from our Alaskan Cruise!!!! Aren't you excited? I know I am. So let me take you on our trip of pictures and fond memories...

Vancouver
Here is a shot of the beautiful city of Vancouver, Canada as we were traveling across the ocean on a bus ferry.

K, this next picture just belongs =) Dave had to ride in the very, very back of the minivan my parents had rented because we were all so cramped in! I think the most we had at one point was 16 people (legal in Canada)...IN ONE MINIVAN, FOLKS!!!

While visiting the sites of the city, Dave and I decided to go Tandom bike riding through Stanley Park, a huge park that is almost surrounded by water with nice biking trails right next to the ocean. It was a lot of fun!

On our journey, through the park, we saw a huge gathering of people that didn't speak English...I believe it was Chinese, but I'm not too sure. Anyways, there was a guy wearing a blow-up airplane around his waist, so naturally, Dave wanted a picture!

While in Vancouver, we stopped by the Capilano Suspension Bridge.This bridge is 450 feet long and 230 feet above the Capilano River. It was pretty awesome!

This is what we saw when we looked off the bridge. I didn't get a picture looking straight down....I should've...

Here are Natalie, Ashley, and Grace (all my nieces) about to go back across the bridge!

Grace and Natalie are only 2 days apart. I had to get the upper shot of them holding hands! The lower shot was Natalie posing to get her picture taken!! You can really tell when parents take a lot of pictures of their kids when they have poses like this for you!

Our family, minus Josh (who was taking the picture), smiled for the camera in our treehouse!

The kids found "Smokey the Bear", or at least a big stuffed bear, to cuddle with and pose for pictures at, and we decided to take a pic too!

On the day of our cruise departure, we packed our minivan FULL of suitcases. We had 16 people, total, in our group, so imagine just 1 suitcase for most...some had 3...Jenny... =) So because we didn't have a car to ride in to the port, we decided to take a final stroll through the city to it. It was only about a 30 minute walk, at most, and it was fun! Heather was great at keeping the kids entertained (she would be, she only works with them everyday!) This next picture is the "train" they made. They were walking this way for quite a while!!!

While on our boat we checked out the ship and our rooms and got ready to set sail!

My nephew, Kyle, was being passed around like crazy. He is so cute, everyone wanted to hold him! Here is a cute pic we got together:

Finally, we're on the ship and setting sail!!! Yay!! On to Alaska and our future, awesome experience and memories!!!

Tune in next time to see pics of our stops! Much more is to come!!!!

April and May!!! Warning: Lots of Pictures in this one!

2009-07-13T14:07:00.000-07:00

Yay for Easter! The fam got together at Rosemary's (Dave's mom) house. We had a yummy Easter meal and then went to search for eggs afterwards.

This pic is of me and Aubrey. Both Ali and Aubrey are so freaking cute! I love them so much!

Here's Aubrey, again...cute huh? Told you so!

The group getting ready for the hunt!

Dave and his mom, Rosemary.

Dan and Danielle, parents of the oh-so-cute Ali and Aubrey. Danielle told us we could have her next one, haha...

Deanna

Cute 'ol Ali

Eric, Deanna's man. Nice headband, huh? We all had some pretty creative hats on!

Dan and Danielle in some pretty headbands...

Dave and me!

So we were searching for the eggs in a school field. They had a playground there and the adults started having some fun on it...

Dave had a hard time getting up on the higher bars. I'll give him some credit, it was really hard to get on! Almost everyone had problems doing it!

I was able to climb on a bar that was a little shorter. I then continued to show off my balance skills. (Don't worry, Aubrey behind me didn't get hit at all!)

Dave with Ali

Afterwards, Dave and I were going to take some pie home to munch on later...however, apparantly Dave didn't want to do that. He decided it would be better to spill it all over the car instead! Luckily most of it stayed on the leather seat, so it wasn't too hard to clean up! We were sad the pie was gone, though!

The next day, Dave and I got invited to the Bollards (Dan's parents) house to eat for Easter! Wendy, Dan's mom, is crazy creative and made these Jello Easter eggs!!! We were so impressed!

A few weeks later, Dave and I decided to head on over the the Claim Jumper restaurant and grab some eats. Dave got this like, $6 or $7 burger....it was freaking huge! He could barely even fit it in his mouth to eat it!!!

I caught a pic of Dave seranading me =) I'm so lucky to be married to such a talented guy!

In May, we went to an event one of the nearby neighborhoods was putting on. They had a few inflatable water attractions, some snow cones, and fireworks later that night. It was a fun, free thing to do in Vegas.

And....FINALLY.....

Did you know Albertson's has prices?

I think I'll submit this picture to failblog.org (a site that has a bunch of random, funny things or mess-ups like this. Note: if you aren't a fan of crude humor, make sure to set it to show only G-rated pics and movies only. It's pretty hilarious.)

Events from March

2009-07-13T13:48:00.000-07:00

Howdy all! Alright, as I'm trying to get my blog updated, here are a few pics from March!

As most of you know, Dave & I got our car all done up for our business. We got a steal of a deal to do it and are really excited about it. It has really been a great advertising tool for us. It also helps us look a lot more professional. I love it.

Fun fact: the dog you see on the back window is actually one of Dave's sister's dog, Pepper. So she's the star of our car. The dogs along the side are just random dogs, and, no, we didn't set all the dogs up like that and take a pic - it was something the guys that did the wrap created.

So this next picture needs a little explaining... a client of ours was cleaning out one of her many closets and gave us, like, 3 hugs trash bags of clothes. Me, along with 2 sister-in-laws, went through it all and divied it out amongst ourselves. There was a pair of leather pants in the stack that were crazy small...so Dave decided to try to put them on. haha, it was pretty funny. This outfit he's wearing is a collection of some of the clothes that were in the bag. I also like the hairdo that he's got going on. What do you think?

For Dave's birthday, I got him a onesie to sleep in. It's orange and has a bunch of skulls on it. Even though it's like, scorching outside now, it'll be a nice lounge-around when it gets chilly again.

Us with the nephews, Cameron, Caden, and Cole. These boys love Dave!

For Dave's Birthday we went over to Steph and Darren's house for a dinner Steph made!! It was sooo good! She made this absolutely delicious dessert, as you can see below. It had a tons of strawberries, whip cream, chocolate cake, and chocolate sauce throughout! Yummy!

Before:

After:

Haha, no, Dave did not eat the whole thing, but between 4 adults and 3 kids, that thing was gone so freaking fast!! It was so good! I still need to get that recipe from you, Steph!!!

Events in January and February

2009-06-21T00:48:00.001-07:00

Here is just a few pictures of some events that happened at the beginning of the year. I would like to point out that, school-wise, I was very proud when I found out that I was on the Dean's List from the previous semester! Just one year left and I'll be done!!!

So, in February, was Dave and my 2nd anniversary. He got me some roses and a yummy Dove chocolate rose. It was a sweet gesture especially because Dave doesn't like buying things that will just "die in a couple of days". It was very sweet, though.

We went up to Mt Charleston (about an hour drive north of Vegas) to have some fun before all the snow melted away. The snow up there was crazy deep! If you didn't walk on the "already walked" parts, then you were thigh deep in snow. It was quite the workout if you got off the path. We were able to do some sledding on a steep and fast slope and build a pretty awesome snowman!

Below you can see some pictures of our snowman...he is a meaner one, though, but a pretty creative one!

The snowman is eating Dave's hand!!! Ahhhh!!!

Oh no, I fell! He's going to get me!

Some fun sledding pics, only sledding with inflatable tubes that popped too early than we wanted and on boogie boards. We had to improvise with what we had!

Yeah, that's right, I'm sledding with a boogie board, haha.

This is me after I fell off of the boogie board. At the end of the slope, there was a quick bump that would send you flying in the air. It actually wasn't that bad, but Dave decided to kick some snow in my face to get the "in the action" picture. haha, silly Dave.

Getting some air...

Okay, I just want to say that I am not a very creative person. It is a rare thing if something creative comes out of my head. However, I was sooo proud of my concoction for my Valentine's "card" for Dave. I got a bunch of colored paper and cut it into the cutest little heart person. My letter was like his tongue. I was so proud! It's still on the wall in our office! I'm never throwing that away! It took me a couple of hours in the wee-morning to do it! What do you think?

So here's a pic of one of my shopping escapades. I was able to get all this (worth $111) for only $37! Awesome, huh? Couponing has been really fun. I love seeing the cents shaved off my final grocery bill!

So in February, my parents came to visit!!!! Yay! My dad came for some medical lectures and training, and my mom came along. I was so happy they came! We got to do so many fun things (things that Dave and I haven't been able to do because mostly everything fun is so expensive in Las Vegas!!). My parents were here for a few days and we definately made the most of it! I asked off work so I could spend all day with them! My mom took me shopping and got me lots of CUTE new clothes (I haven't shopped in so long and felt like all I wore was t-shirts). We got to see "Ka", and it was AWESOME!!! I recommend it to everyone!

While they were here, we also got to eat at the top of the Stratosphere at the restaurant where the whole restaurant turns 360 degrees in an hour. We were able to see the whole city. It was such a cool sight!

Here are Dave and I at the top of the Stratosphere trying to get the background of the strip.

This picture is more blurry, but you can see the lights of the city a lot better.

Here was my dessert while we were eating at the Stratosphere. Its a chocolate replica! It was so delicious!!!!

It was awesome getting to have some one-on-one time with my parents. Usually when we see them we are with the rest of the family, which is still fun and awesome, but it's nice to have some alone time too.

My parents are so awesome. They really do so much for Dave and I, and I am so grateful for them! I love you, Mom and Dad!

Videos from December - Sorry about the delay...

2009-06-21T00:08:00.000-07:00

So, I had these videos that I meant to post on here a while ago...so here they are. Better late than never!

So back in December when it snowed like crazy, I took some videos of the funness. This first one is the dogs trying to eat the snowflakes. It was pretty funny watching them try to catch them!

This next one is a video of Eric surfing down the driveway. We were playing with the boogie board mostly because, really, who has snow stuff here? Eric did try to use his snowboard, but the boogie board was much more fun. I was able to start at the top of the driveway and slide all the way to the middle of the street! It was so awesome!

Dave tried jumping on the very snowy tramp later that night. It was pretty difficult!

Finally, when Doug and Dawn were visiting for the Christmas break, Doug and his daughter, Makenna, created a song about all the Hardy kids. It was very good and really creative!

End of Year 2008 Activities and New Years!

2009-02-13T02:57:00.000-08:00

I decided I was going to post up some pictures for the family to see. I hadn't updated in quite sometime, so this is a little bit of a summary of what we've been up to. I'm back at school this semester taking 15 credits, and Dave's back, also, taking 12 credits and working like crazy! We got our car wrapped (like, decals all over it), so I'm going to have to take a picture of it and post it to let yall see it. It looks so great! We're done with the diabetic shoes job (the company has bad management and communication skills, so we decided we were done with the stress of trying to talk/get a hold of them). We still have the vending machines that we're trying to refine down to just the amazing locations. We are starting to get a lot of attention with Happy Pets, so we are trying to put our main focus on that. I'm still working at In-N-Out (got my Level 5 raise about a month ago), and Dave occasionally does the teeth, also. So we're very busy-bodies, but trying to get ahead before we get stuck in a lot of "necessary" payments. So here's the pics!

I forgot to put the first 2 pictures in the right order (I meant to have them at the end), so just ignore the part where it doesn't tie in with the other times of year. I trust you can figure it out.

So I realize this pic might LOOK bad, but it isn't. We were making fun of Dave and I and how we each had our own Martinelli bottles for New Years. We tend to do that, I like my flavors and he likes his, so we buy our own and drink straight from the bottle. No need for an occasion! haha.

Hangin out by the firepit in the backyard (Deanna and Eric's Christmas present from us) on New Years.

It snowed like CRAZY this Christmas!!! (Well, like a couple of weeks before). A crazy snowstorm came through and dumped a ton of snow on us! They say it was the most Vegas had gotten in 30 years! I think we got around 5 inches, but some parts got up to 8+ inches! It was crazy! We got out the boogie board and started sledding down the front lawn. Eric also got out his snowboard and tried to snowboard down the driveway (it worked pretty well). I was able to get a nice start on the boogie board and coast all the way down the driveway to the middle of the street! It was so awesome!

Megan stopped by to see us in Vegas! She came down for a country concert and was so amazing enough to make sure she dropped by! Dave and I miss our "baby bear" (as Dave would call her). She's awesome.

So the Hardy family has a "Hardy Party" every Christmas. They do a nativity play, but Mary Alice (M.A.) always has costumes for every single person, even for Dave, the donkey. Doesn't he make an amazing donkey? I couldn't be more proud. haha

Ok, so I thought this picture of Gracie and Natalie was TOO CUTE! I didn't take it (Josh did), but I think it's the most cutest thing ever! We were at the playa lake, feeding the Canadian Geese that migrate to Lubbock, and these girls loved it! Natalie kept chasing them all the way until they flew into the water!

Again, didn't take this picture, but, again, so cute! Jenny's with all the nieces and nephews! Zack and Natalie on the left, with Kyle sitting in Jenny's lap, and Ashley and Gracie on the right. They are all so adorable!

This is my man Christmas morning....yep....I know, I'm one lucky gal. =)

Ashley, Zack, and Natalie Christmas morning. We are all waiting upstairs until the parents are ready, so we can run down and see the amazing-ness of Christmas and all that my parents do for us!

More of the family together. Dave, me (holding Kyle), Cheri, Heather, Ashley, Zack, Natalie, and Grace.

I had to have Zack show me his AWESOME pj's, complete with a batman cape and all!!!

The kids running down the stairs. It was funny because Gracie got really upset that Santa had left! As some of you know, Cheri & Chris live in North Pole, Alaska now, and it's Christmas all year round there! So Gracie has felt she has become great friends with Santa. So, obviously she's upset that he didn't stick around to say hi Christmas morning. So cute!

So we went to Rudy's BBQ while in Texas. We wanted to get a shot of how they served you the food. You basically told them how many pounds you wanted of what meat, and how much you wanted of your sides (creamed corn, red potatoes, potato salad). Then they threw all the meat in a bin-type thing, weighed it, and gave it to you like that. Sort of like a buffet style type of eating, but not until you're at your table! The food was sooo good though! I love me some BBQ!

So, while we were visiting my fam in Texas, my aunt Julie was amazing and asked a friend if we could ride their horses. So we made sure Dave (and some others) looked the part! Isn't he so handsome?

There are those studdly cowboys, Dave and Todd. Yall should do that look more often!

Yay! I'm riding again! I've missed it so much. It is such a different feeling being on a horse. You feel so free. I love it!

Todd just looks so natural. Ye-haw!

There goes Ashley, riding by herself!

My Davey-cakes.

There's Zack riding all by himself, too! He's only 4! I was impressed how well he did, too!

Yeah, Jenny, you show that horse who's boss!

Look at Dave go!

Laura on the horsie!

So we had all the family over for New Years Eve. We decided to bring out the old school Nintendo and running mat. We played the track game for a while. The kids loved it! We had to make rules though (like no cheating by running with your hands)!

This is Makenna and Steph racing!

It was so awesome getting to see the entire family over the Christmas break! This was a family picture we all took at church, the same day little Kyle Gerwig got blessed! I love my family!

Birthday pics and Christmas! Yay!

2008-12-14T21:54:00.000-08:00

So Dave took me to Geisha House, which is a steak and sushi restaurant, for my birthday (I know...my birthday was a while ago...oh well). It was one of those places where they cook the food at a grill right at your table. It was fun and yummy!

A couple of days after my birthday, Steph, Darren, and their boys, Cameron, Cole, and Caden invited us over for a "birthday dinner" at their house. Dinner was really good! We had pork roast. Also, they made me a carrot cake for dessert. It was super nice to get a cake because I didn't actually have one for my birthday (I did get some ice cream and fried bananas at our dinner, but still no cake). So, this is a cute little collage Steph did for me:

So how do yall like my new background? I didn't know how to change the background on this thing, and was curious on how everyone had cute backgrounds and where they were getting them from! Deanna was kind enough to show me how and where to find them! Yay! So now, maybe, my blog will be more fun and pleasing to the eye!

School is awesome because IT'S OVER...for now! I believe I did really well on my tests. I won't know what grade I got for sure until Tuesday...but I feel good about them. I'm glad school's out for now. Only a year-and-a half left! haha.

Doug, Dawn & their kids are coming down this next week! Yay! It'll be fun to have them here. Dave's actually going to be heading to Utah on Monday (tomorrow) night to fit some diabetics with orthopedic shoes (one of our many jobs). There has been a few storms going on lately between here and there, so I hope his drive goes well. And then next week, we're off to Texas! I hear it's been snowing there, so that'll be fun. It's just gotten to a point where I'm really cold when I go outside (last week, I was still walking around with a light jacket on, if I needed one at all!), so that'll be a change. I'm sure it's cold down there! We'll make sure to take lots of pics so we can post them on here. I know how much people like pictures! We're bad at taking them now, but we'll work on it.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!!!! We love you all and can't wait to see everyone! Yay!

Halloween Pics and My Birthday! Yay!

2008-11-22T15:11:00.000-08:00

Alright, so I'm going to attempt to add pictures to this blog, so we'll see how it goes...

So Halloween was fun. Dave & I dressed up, but it wasn't as elaborate as our first Halloween together. Nonetheless, it was fun. I was the "Sock Monster". You know when you dry your clothes, but never seem to be able to find the matches to your socks? (Well, I don't have that problem because my socks can't be confused with another pair.) So yeah, I was the monster that stole your socks from the dryer. Dave was a robber. He wore panty hose on his head and made a TV out of cardboard, and it looked pretty good!

These pics were all taken at our Ward Trunk-or-treat. There was another member there dressed as Batman, so this is the pic we came up with:

After that, we carved pumpkins with Deanna, Eric, Courtney, Darren, Steph, Cameron, Cole, Caden, and Dan, Danielle, Alli, and Aubrey. It was so fun having everyone together!

Dave liked playing in the pumpkin seeds, haha. He was actually picking out the seeds to make a nice snack for later (it's something Eric does, it's pretty good!)

This was Dave's pumpkin:

And mine. I was very proud of how good it came out.

So that was Halloween. My birthday was fun. I had to go to school and work, so it didn't feel much like my birthday until my work sang to me. Then it felt more like it. Later, Dave took me out to eat at Geisha's Steakhouse. It's one of those Hibachi grills where they cook your food out in front of you at the table. It was very nice. Later, Dave paid Eric (who is a licensed massage therapist) to give me an hour long massage, which was VERY needed! So my birthday was very nice and relaxing. I have been recovering from being sick, so I had a hoarse voice that was recovering as well as a cough, a headache, and some sinus stuff. So that part wasn't fun, but, again, the massage made everything better, especially the headache! =)

I was going to run a 10k this morning, but because of being pretty sick, I decided to not do it and try to recover first, before I do anything like that. Deanna and Darren did it, though. Darren's time was apparantly like, 57 or 58 mins and Deanna's was 1 hour, 10 mins. That's pretty good! I figured I'd probably gotten the same time as Deanna! Maybe next time I can try it and see!

So that's about it. As far as posting pictures on this thing, it sucks. You have to post all the pictures first and then write around them. It's a little annoying I can't post while I'm writing. Oh well...what can ya do? If you have any comments on how to make it easier, please let me know! haha. The less stress, the better!

Our fun weekend!

2008-10-26T16:17:00.001-07:00

So Saturday (yesterday), I ran a 5K with a bunch of my family here. Deanna and I have been working out together and she found out of this 5k going on, so she got a bunch of clients she trained and signed us all up to run. Me, Dave, Deanna, Danielle, and Danielle's mother-in-law Wendy all ran the 5K. Steph and her 3 boys, Cameron, Caden, and Cole, Mary Alice, Danielle's father-in-law Bob, and Wendy's sister all did the 1 mile walk. Cameron actually was supposed to do the 1 mile walk, but accidentally ran the whole 3.2 miles!!! He actually did pretty well, though, but it was pretty funny! Dave and I finished the race at 30 minutes, 10 seconds. I found out later that they were giving out medals to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place people in the different age groups. I was 13 seconds behind the 3rd place medal for my age group, women 20-25! The 3rd place was 29 minutes, 57 seconds!!! I was annoyed because I didn't even know medals would be given out like that! They gave out cash prizes to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd overall, but I wasn't aware there were going to be medals for other people. So next year, you better believe I'm going to get that medal! Wendy got a medal though for her age group (I think it was women 50-55). She ran the 5k in 28 minutes! I was way impressed!

Anyways, so that was basically what we did this weekend. Dave & I are both sore from running, but that only means we'll both give each other massages later, so I'm fine with that! It was fun, though. Deanna now wants us to do a half-marathon in December. I told her not to count on that. 5Ks are fun for me, but I can't imagine running 5 or so hours for a full marathon, much less half that time for a half marathon! That's when the run kindof goes away....

Darren took pictures for us, so as soon as I get them, I'll figure out how to post them! Love you all!

Yay life!

2008-10-18T20:51:00.001-07:00

Okay, so first off...I just want to say...so far, life has been AMAZING this week. I got my 90% on a midterm last week. On my communications test, I got an A (I don't know the exact grade), and on my Accounting midterm, which I want to put in that this grade is HALF my total grade for the semester so I was pretty nervous about it, was a 100%!!!!!!!!!!!! The average grade for the test was 68.7! I am a genius!

Also, I got a raise at In-N-Out on Friday! (My level 3 raise). I'm halfway there to being manager!

So yeah, life is great right now.....that's all. Just wanted to post. Love yall!

Blah school...

2008-10-16T17:49:00.000-07:00

So these past couple of weeks have been a little stressful. It's midterm time at UNLV, so I've been taking a few tests. I had one last week on Thursday (I got a 90%!) and 2 today - one in Accounting and one in Communications. I think I did pretty well on those 2, as well. So that's good. I have a Math test on Thursday next week, so hopefully that goes well! I also met with an academic advisor today and discussed with him my plan to graduate by May 2010. I think it is going to be a push...especially because I can't take some summer classes I need because of our family vacation to Alaska this summer...so if I can't make that deadline because of a couple of class complication times, then I will graduate December 2010, at the latest!!!! I'm FINALLY into my major and I'm excited to take the classes and learn. I was accepted to the Finance major and hope to specialize in investing, so Dave & I can use it in our real lives.

Other than that, not too much has been going on. Just trying to get enough sleep and get everything done all at the same time! Dave and I are still really pushing growing our Happy Pets business, so a bit of money has been going towards that. It's a bit stressful, at times, but hopefully all our efforts will pay off...and hopefully it will be SOON!

2008-10-06T18:21:00.001-07:00

Okay, so I'll do a freaking blog, but no promises on keeping this updated every day! Besides, life doesn't change too much...so I'll just update it when it does! So be happy!

So life for us is going good. I (Stephanie) am going to school and working at In-N-Out. My school classes aren't that exciting (Accounting 202, Finite Math, Philosophy, and Communications 202). I actually don't really care for my Philosophy class at all. My teacher seems to teach us the same topic each class and I'm pretty sure is trying to convince us to all be Athiests. It's a little annoying, not just to me either, but to quite a few students. Oh well. I'm halfway through the semester already. In-N-Out is awesome, though! I love working there! I've already gotten 1 raise and am hoping to get another one soon. They made me safety supervisor there, so I get to make sure everyone is being safe. Today we got some new hires at the store, so I got to show them around and felt all special and important! It was fun. I really enjoy it there, though. It is a good, fun working place!

As far as life for Dave...well he just got done this week servicing our 100 located vending machines (we still have like, 20 machines in the garage we need to locate...). That business is going well, but we plan to make some changes for the better to make more money faster! Our dog business is really getting official now! We have an official name, "Happy Pets" and even our own website!!! Check us out! It's www.happypetslv.com. We just sent out 6,000 mailers to houses near ours, and hope to get a lot of response from that! So we are very excited about everything finally coming together!

I've been working out with my sister-in-law, Deanna, a lot lately. We've been going to the gym at 5:30am every morning until 7am and doing hardcore cardio and weight lifting. I've lost 3 lbs already & I don't expect that to be the end! Dave goes and plays raquetball with his brother, Damon, every Monday, and every Wednesday goes to play hockey on his hockey team.

I don't think I'll really be posting too many pictures on this thing because I already put a lot on flickr (plus we don't really take that many pictures), but maybe if I do any videos, I will! If you want to check out our photos on flickr, the website is http://www.flickr.com/photos/55971412@N00/
I think that link works...let me know if it doesn't!

I think that's it for now. I hope I've satisfied your need for knowing what's going on with us! Love yall!