Holiday Season!

Hello again!!! I am trying to do better on the blog I really am! Thanksgiving was....a week and a half ago? WHAT? this year is totally flying by 18 days til Christmas! WOW! Shane and I are way excited for our first Christmas together as a married couple....I cannot believe it is already here! and we have been married 6 months! It seems like yesterday I was stressing about when Shane was going to propose...now that was a year ago.
So I only have a few pic...and only one worthy to go up from Thanksgiving! and here it is! Right before we dug in and shove our faces full of yummy food! We had Thanksgiving at our house this year with the Armstrong side of the family. It was kinda nice to not have to travel anywhere and at the end of the day get to sleep in my own bed at night. We had tons of fun but we did miss the Smith/Rodriguez clan like crazy and can't wait to give those nephews big fat kisses!

We have a new edition to our family....no not a baby...WAY to soon for that! Shane and I have been talking about getting some sort of pet for quite sometime. we kept debating between a dog and a kitty. Well there were some free kittens listen in the pioneer shopper and so called, loaded up the car and headed to Paragonah to check it out....knowing we wouldn't come home with out one.........Her name is Snickers (it just came to us) and she is 11 weeks old now. She is so much fun and we love having her! Shane was a little hesitant cause he didn't want to leave her home alone all day...but in the end we are so glad that we got her!

As mentioned before we are both getting really excited for Christmas! Part of the fun is having to sneak around to buy/hide presents for each other with out the other finding out where or what you bought. I think that so far we have both done pretty well...I guess I speak for myself! I have no idea what I am getting for Christmas and I like it that way!
for now here is a small glance into our first Christmas...our first Christmas tree

Halloween

Ok so this is pretty good for me! I am blogging and it hasn't been forever! Here are our Halloween Pics! not that we dressed up or anything cool but we sure did have a blast!! Shane and I were able to get front row Thriller tickets for the showing on Halloween !!! Pa Ha Ha! Before the show we went to dinner with some friend and while we waited for them to arrive we had some fun taking pics! At the show it was totally AWESOME!!! We weren't able to get any pics of the Jason, or any of the creepy ghouls but it was totally awesome! Maybe next year we will have to dress up but so far I don't think anything could make a better "first Halloween"!!! Now we are looking forward to our first Thanksgiving and CHRISTMAS is right around the corner!

ThE nEwLy WeD lIfE

Ok so even though there are very few people that view our blog...I have been told that it has been awhile since I have blogged! So here I go!
Shane and I are coming around the 5 month mark!! we are still in that newly wed phase where we absolutely love being with each other!!!! We are both work at the time and when we are not...well we are usually out having fun (without the stress of children), or having a very quiet day at home (again with out the stress of children)
There is really not a whole lot that goes on much other than that! The best days ever are Sundays when we get to sleep in until 10 am and then get up and go to church and feel the relief that comes from watching the parents chase there children while we know that we don't have to do that quite yet.
As for any other exciting adventures of life.....I am just about the end of recovering from having a my appendix along with a tumor taken out with my appendix. That was a horrible ordeal and I honestly wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy!
We just got back from a very loud and exciting weekend from seeing both the Smith/Rodriguez and Armstrong side of the family. Little Andrew went to a dance this weekend. Shane, Brandon, and Xander Man went to a UTES game. And Teresa and I had a craft day and had tons of fun!!!!

Party

Here are some pics from our 4th of July weekend!!!! It was a blast!

We Went to Shane's Cabin to celebrate the 4th as well as his Dad's Birthday!
We ate some T-Bone steaks and had tons of Sugar!!! (my kinda Party!!!)

We stayed the night up there which was tons of fun until the sleeping part came (SOME ONE SNORED ALL NIGHT!!! LOL) all in all it was a blast!

....MaRrIeD aT lAsT!!!!

Shane and I are and officially have been married for a month and a day!!!! and I must say that I LOVE MARRIED LIFE!!! The wedding went good and things have pretty much settled down on both the Smith and Armstrong side of the family!!!! I am long overdue for an update so here are some wedding pics!


As for being Married we pretty much love it!!! Both of us...and can I say again that we LOVE being married!!! and everything is going well here!!!!

School/Work/Engagement/Nephew

Life is great right now! i just got dont with spring break which was one big whirlwind!!!! Shane and I came to Roy to visit the family and had the big meeting of the parents. We picked out our flowers and tuxes and finalized a few other little things here and there. Shane mean while had kidney stones (poor guy) and had to go to the hospital after he returned to Cedar City. But he is ok now!

School starts up again this week with only 5 weeks left!!!! Excitement much! this year is the year of graduations for our family! My Dad and I both graduate on May 2nd! Dad with his masters in business administration and I with my bachelors in criminal justice. Brandon graduates on May 9th with his bachelors in finance and economics. We are all excited about that!

Teresa is almost done! Baby Max is due April 15th but i think we are hoping that he comes a little soon! We are all excited about that ! even little Xander man!

Work is great! Shane is trying or should i say working his butt of to try and get on at Canyon View High school here in Cedar! he is also trying to get on at SouthWest plumbing supply part time! As for me....press on with the pawn shop!

As of today 75 days till the big day!

First time Blogger!

Hey! this is my official first blog....thanks to Teresa and Brianna i am way curious as to how this all works! they have both told me that it is fun to keep track of people this way? As well as keeping them updated with the latest wedding plans. Which is still scheduled for June 5th, 2009! And Shane and I are WAYYYY excited! Everything is falling into place wonderfully! Also I am counting down the days until I get My new nephew and can't wait to see Xander again!
There is only 7 weeks of school left until I am done with my bachelors degree and i am stoked! school is cake this semester and I am loving it! the intership was done earlier this week! so that puts me at only 10 credit hours for the rest of the semester!
Well thats that! dunno what else to Say!
-Peace Out!