St. George here we come!

As most of you know Tyson was laid off a few months ago from the firm here in Salt Lake (clients weren't paying). Since then he has been super motivated and determined to find another job quickly especially with the baby on the way and all. With this legal job market it was difficult because most firms aren't hiring. However, he just accepted a job offer from a REALLY great firm in St. George, UT (about 4 hours south of Salt Lake) called Snow Jensen and Reece. He starts December 1st which we are both excited about. I was even able to meet with the attorneys there and they all seemed very honest and genuinely great people which I'm glad about. I know he will do very well there, and I'm SUPER excited that we will be living in the warm weather of St. George!

We are going to be moving out there this Monday which is crazy; and we are spending Thanksgiving with Tyson's family down there as well. I think we are both getting used to the fact that we will be able to look for a house again, and that the house hunting will be in St. George instead of Salt Lake. Nonetheless we are very excited for this move, and thank you all for your thoughts and prayers for us and make sure to come visit!!

So... a new chapter begins!

50 years young

We had a surprise birthday party for Teri held after the Utah game which was pulled off very successfully. Macaroni Grill catered and we had many different kinds of Cheesecakes. Her reaction was priceless...as well as the hilarious gifts she got from the guests.

The house was filled to the max with family and friends who wanted to wish her a Happy Birthday! Hopefully it was a memorable one.

Happy Birthday Teri - WE LOVE YOU!

Halloween Festivities

To Semi-Celebrate Halloween we went to the Witches Festival at Gardner Village while Jessi and Ryan were up in town. Some of us had never been, and it was fun seeing all of the witch displays people put out and the cool witch costumes some were wearing. They had lots of little shops witch were cute!

Then all of us headed over to the Utah vs Air Force game...witch of course we won. That makes them undefeated in the games that Tyson and I have gone to this season witch makes it even more fun. Plus most of the food booths are very delish! We all loved seeing the fly over at the end of the National Anthem. Gotta love this country!

my husband....the attorney

October 20th we witnessed Tyson raise his right hand and state the oath to be an attorney...well we tried to see him but he was standing in the front so there were a bunch of people obscuring our view, but it was a cool experience none-the-less, and man that oath was long! I think the neatest part was when they declared them attorney's and then they all had to sign their lives away pretty much. Oh, and they gave them all stress balls at some point heh. I guess it's just a sign of things to come. It was fun having family there including both sets of grandparents. Jessi even came up for the day from St. George to be there (thanks girl!).

...so now my husband is officially an attorney and I'm so proud of him for all of his hard work these past three adventure-filled years...

NOW BRING ON THE LAWYER JOKES!!!

picking pumpkins

We went to pick our pumpkins this year at a local pumpkin patch. The man that owns it is 90+ years old, and he grows pumpkins every year. I made sure everyone got their own for carving so we could do a pumpkin carving contest (which was before I heard that Darryl was amazing at carving them...so we'll see how everyone holds up)!

So I guess it's officially Fall.

{Our loot}

{love the fact that I just noticed Tyson's shirt matches the pumpkins...wonder if he did that on purpose!}

three day weekend

We went to St. George for a long weekend and had the opportunity to go to the temple. I had never been inside, and it was gorgeous as usual. I love how old it is, and that it is so perfectly white against all of the red rock mountains of St. George. We love that we live so close to so many temples here in Utah!

While Tyson was busy doing work things I laid by the pool and worked on my non-existent tan. We went out to eat with Jessi who lives there and we don't get to see as much as we'd like!

We then headed to Vegas to hang out with some friends and get our butts kicked at Ticket to Ride which was a really fun game we had never played. Went to see the lions at the MGM Grand, and ate at Cheesecake Factory. It was a very much needed warm relaxing weekend!

St. George Marathon

Nope...it wasn't Tyson and I running this year, it was his parents & sister that ran it and they did great! Each of them cut off a significant amount of time for their finishes. It was fun making posters the night before, and video taping at each of the spots we went to.

Some things that I will remember:

• Me waking up the night before realizing that instead of putting 'crying' on the poster I put 'burning' which made it make NO sense whatsoever. I had to fix it that morning with limited supplies but we got a ton of laughs from the runners when they saw it. Some even stopped to take pictures of the sign.
  
• Loving the feeling I was getting that night when they were stressed out and I was calm, collected, and enjoying that I wasn't the one running this year.
  
• Holy canolli - St. George gets FREEZING on those October mornings!
  
• Hitching a ride with grandparents and all in the back of some guys' pickup truck to get to the top of Snow Canyon because the traffic was absolutely a mess.
• Screaming our lungs off at the runners and family as they passed us. (again...being super happy that I wasn't doing it!)
  
• Getting emotional as the runners crossed the finish line, it's truly an emotional sight!
• Tyson telling me that he now wants to do another one (because their times are now faster than his)...there's no way I'm doing it with him, but he can go for it. Maybe I'll train for a half when he's training for the full.
• Getting mad at Tyson as he ate Jessi's complimentary finisher Ice-Cream :0) that bum. (She did let him though)
  

AWESOME JOB GUYS!!! You make us proud!

October Weekends

I made this Reeses cake for Tyson's uncle who turned 50 and we had a surprise party at the house for him. It was a chocolate cake with reeses actually baked inside. The best part was the outside with the dark chocolate peanut butter frosting (that complimented the milk chocolate), and reeses all over...messy but totally delish!

We also went 'off roading' with our friends Tyler and Jackie to get sights of the fall leaves a few weekends back which was a blast. It was nice being all warm and cozy in the truck while we bounced all over the freezing cold wilderness. You have to admit that Utah is gorgeous.

After trucking we ate at this amazing Mexican restaurant with the best, absolutely to-die-for churros I've ever had, and I don't even really like churros!

birthday, football, and BAR PASSING

Glen (Tyson's grandpa) turned 80 in August so we went to celebrate with family which was fun.

We've had the opportunity to go to quite a few...well all of the Utah home games with Tyson's family. Thanks parents!! They are always a blast, especially since we haven't lost since we've been. Here's us with his cousin Ashley.

..and TYSON PASSED THE BAR!!! We actually found this out last month, but were very excited about it! I had no doubts that he would pass but he was constantly worrying about it. I'm glad we finally got the results so he would be non-stressed again :0)

September 30, 2009

So what kind of weather do you think of when you think of the last day of September? My whole life I've grown up in a place where you can wear shorts and flip flops all year round. We never had to wear coats when Trick-or-Treating and were able to show off our costumes in their full glory.

Never did I think I would be able to say that it snowed in September. It didn't stick but just the thought of it makes me cringe. What happened to my glorious summer?! It's now gone, and I'm missing it like crazy. I didn't want to make myself admit that it was now Fall, but I guess you just can't go against nature or it will bite you in the butt when you're not looking and will make itself snow in September just to laugh at your reaction. Oh well...there's always next year.

{Picture of these dreadfully HUGE snowflakes taken of the backyard on: September 30th, 2009. I must say, that's just not right in my book.}

Yearly Broncos Game

Last month I (Tyson) was able to fly to Denver and go to a Broncos game with my friend Troy. I've been to the stadium before but wanted to take some pictures for Laura to see because she's never been.

Shannon Sharpe parachuted in to be accepted into the Ring of Fame which was awesome. My friend Sean (another avid fan who usually goes to our yearly guys' game) wasn't able to make it to that game last minute, which was sad because Shannon Sharpe was his favorite player. I made sure to get it on video for him to see later.

Tyson and Troy

So far all is well in Bronco Nation. They are a perfect 4 and O whenever I attend their games (knock on wood).

Oktoberfest

My brother Robert came in town last month and we hung out with him and his girlfriend Rikki which was fun. We went to Oktoberfest (my first time) which was exciting....after getting there we realized that there maybe isn't much to do over there but at least it was free. However, it was fun walking around the booths, watching them play the horns, seeing all the costumes, and of course eating Brats.

{Yo-Yo Champion who was pretty good}

{Robert & Rikki above}

{Awesome costumes & horn blowers}

{Enjoying the food minus the German chocolate cake which was like 7 bucks for one slice!}

Pablo

In August we house-sat for Tyson's aunt and uncle while their family was away on vacation in California. I was super excited because we were able to watch their adorable puppy 'Pablo', which we had a blast doing.
Some interesting things we weren't accustomed to:

*He sometimes likes shoes...not all the time, but just the times when you accidentally leave them on the floor and aren't watching... RIP Locals Flip Flops.

*Putting a dog to bed is probably different than putting a kid to bed - puppies will whine until you let them back out to play with them until their exhausted which is sometimes past 11pm.

*You can't sit and cuddle watching a movie because he'll want to join you with his slobbery goodness on the couch, and will try until you give up and one of you is sitting on the floor with one of his toys with him.

*Walking dogs on Saturday mornings to breakfast is fun.

*Leaves made him to CRAZY when they blew in the wind...I don't think he knew they weren't alive and wanting to attack.

*The feeling you get when you come home and they are SOOO excited to see you is pretty cool... until they pee on the floor because they're so excited and you have to clean it up heh.

*Puppies are absolutely adorable, but a ton of hard work!

*Tyson and I decided that we officially won't get a dog until our last kid is old enough to pick up the poo... I'm now trying to convince him to get me a fish ;0)

Yard - Work

...was cleaning out the window wells the other day, (well a few months ago I'm still playing catch-up), and Tyson took a snapshot of me doing it. He proclaimed, "You're ACTUALLY doing yard-work!" I guess maybe it's time for me to learn how to mow the lawn...or something to that effect...maybe.