Halloween

I know i'm a couple months late documenting halloween, but better late than never right?  Halloween was very low key this year.  We just went to my aunt's house and had bread bowls.  Sean and i dressed up as Flo from Progressive and Mayhem from Allstate.  It was a lot of fun to make our costumes, and put make-up on Sean. shhh he probably doesn't want anyone to know that:)

Happy Belated Halloween Everyone!

HEY--OH!

HEY--OH fellow blog followers. . . i know i know, i stink at blogging but hey, better late then never eh? 

I know you are all dying to know if Sean won the Ping Pong Tournament. . . .Drum-roll please. . . .de de de de da da ad ddedededd. .  .. . . . .. . . .  he did it!!!  We (when i say we i mean Sean) got a  $25 gift card to Chilies!  so proud of him, i knew his ping pong skills would come in handy one day!!:)  In other news. . . Kevin's marriage, location LA.  When we arrived one special song came to mind. .. that i wanted to burst out singing. . .  "I hopped off the plane at LAX with a dream and my cardigan, welcome to the land of fame excess, am i gonna fit in?  Jumped in the cab, here i am for the first time.  Look to my right and i see the Hollywood sign, this is all so crazy everybody seems so famous!"  This was our first time in LA and it was so much fun!  We went to the beach, played in the pool, played basketball, games, and ate lots and lots of yummy food.  The best part of course was going to Kevin and Jess's temple sealing. I thought it was so crazy that the temple is in one of the busiest parts of LA.  Such a pretty temple. . .

Blake moving in on Kevin's woman...

Sean and Sadie at a pitstop on our way home

here are a few others from our trip:

Tason. . .He's so cute

Ruby . . .She's so cute

Kevin. . .He's so . . . (name tag says it all)

Great trip, i love hanging out with Sean's family! Sooo glad to have Jess join the fam.  Can't wait for many more family get together's in the future:)

Speaking of Weddings. . .Sean and I just celebrated our one year anniversary on the 12th!  I can't believe it has been a year already.  Before we got married i remember numerous people telling/warning us that the first year is always the hardest. . . hmmm we are still waiting for that so called "hard part" to take its toll.  This past year has been so much fun, between the late night walmart runs, to snowboarding, our little vacas, laughs, work, school, moves, and everything in between it has been an absolute blast!  I love being married to my best friend!  I couldn't ask for a better husband, he's def. a keeper.  Anyways, to celebrate Sean surprised me with a trip to Wendover!  oh yeah!  He totally caught me off guard, i was at work (thinking i had a pretty busy day)  when around 1 one of the stylist told me that Amber (me boss) needed me up front for a second and to my surprise there was Sean. . .with flowers. .. looking oh so cute.  He told me to grab my stuff and that we were leaving to go somewhere.  I had never been to Wendover before so when we were driving i had no clue where we were going until i saw Wendover signs (i put two and two together)!  It was so much fun, we had a free stay and free dinner at the buffet that night!  Thanks Sean, great surprise!  Here's to 1 year!

Wait. . i thought it was august not December

Sean made me walk down the hall blindfolded

He upgraded to the suite for just $35!

 in sloto-mania heaven!!!!

 TOO much Food!

     

there was a car show there with about 40 of these babies

This blog isn't called the crazy lives of newlyweds for nothin. . .

Sorry folks, I know it's been awhile, but when you have a schedule like Sean and I, blogging isn't such an easy task!
Alrighty, update time. . .

Sean: made it through his 50th semester of school (thank goodness) and ended upwith pretty good grades. He is working for pinnacle security (however, currently working from home saving hundreds of dollars in gas money not to mention the ware and tare on his car). Speaking of Betty, poor thing is strugglin to even make it to summer. Sean had to replace the fuel injection regulator today.  Sean has a ping pong tournament at work and has gone through 4 of 5 guys to obtain the ultimate prize, a $25 gift card of our choosing.  4 down, 1 to go.  In the words of Sean's brother Kevin, "Who says ping pong can't get you anything." Lol. With Sean's working situation we had to buy a desktop computer $cha ching$.  It's really nice.  Sean likes it because it's an hp, runs quickly, and has a big monitor; I like it cuz it's Black :)

Brooke:  No longer a teenager thank you very much!  Sean surprised me by taking me snowboarding for my birthday!  It was so much fun, awesome b-day present! I got a GREAT job working at Amber Rene Salon in Sandy!  I absolutely love it, couldn't ask for a better job!  My phone went for a swim in the toilet not too long ago, hope it had a grand ol time in there! So now I'm using a phone where I can barely figure out how to get to my contacts but that's alright it calls and texts what else do i need? 

 


Both:  We recently joined at Gold's Gym for a killer deal, and really like it!  Next time you see me I'll be looking like this:

And Sean will be looking like this:

Introducing:

A man's best friend or should I say friends: PUPPIES!!  The past few month's Sean and I have had the pleasure of dog-sitting! We love DOGS!  First up. . . our good friend Diesel!  and I'm not talking about expensive gas.  He does however have gas, oh wait that's Bruno, we'll get back to him later:)  Diesel is one cuddle buddy, we got the chance to dog sit him when my Aunt's fam went to California!  He is so cute, here's some of his best model poses: 

Next up: Bruno and Bella

These two cute dogs are full of life and personality, Bruno likes to sit on anyone he sees, and Bella is a beautiful princess!  We had so much fun with these two, from their morning loves to Bruno's evening toots! They were so good and so fun to be around!  We were able to watch them when my boss Amber and her family went to San Fran for spring break!  They did everything with us, watched movies, eat breakfast, followed us around the house, and snuggled!  Here's their photo op:

 
 



Last but not least: Sadie

Sean's parents were in town for Sean's brother, Kevin's graduation so we had the opportunity to watch her.  she is the sweetest little thang.  We love Sadie and when she comes to visit us!! 

 

Aww. . . Have I mentioned that we LOVE dogs?  They're our favorite!  So if any of our 2 blog  followers need a dog sitter, we're your couple:)

In more recent news:

Kevin got engaged. . . 4 hours ago:)  We are so happy to have Jessica join the fam, she's perfect for Kevin!  So happy for those two!  The date is set for July 22 in the LA temple, can't wait!  We are so excited for them that we're even having them for dinner on Saturday! 

we got to see Ryan's family when Kevin graduated from Byu!  Great to see them, love when family comes to town an excuse to eat out and play lots of games (what could be better)

   

Spring Cleaning time:  we probably had way too much fun going through all of our clothes. . . found some interesting things along the way!  Sean found this precious gem hidden away, apparently i was frustrated with the silly thing's sleeves falling off the hanger:

Picture says it all. . . HA HA

Here's the final donation:

Almost 30 pounds. . .yes Sean weighed it:)

From SNOW to SUN, what a glorious transition that was:)

This past new years, my family set flight to sunny Honolulu, Hawaii!  It was such a fun trip, it consisted of playing on the beach, pearl harbor, north shore, turtle bay, the temple, Polynesian culture center, Diamond head, hanauma bay, going to a Luau, cocoa puff cream puffs, lava flows, purple bread, surfing, the best snow cones in the world, and lots and lots of good eating!  This was definitely a trip Sean and i will always remember. 
The fun started when we caught a flight from salt lake to San Francisco.  We got into San Fran. a little late and BARELY caught the flight to Hawaii. It all worked out perfectly because that flight was delayed because of door malfunctions.  It was a blessing to make that flight and to not be stuck in San Fran over night.  We arrived in beautiful Hawaii right as the New Year fireworks were going off!!  It was a site for sore eyes!  I swear they have more fireworks on New Years, than we have on the 4th of July.  Our hotel was prefect as it overlooked the beach.  We stayed in three different hotels in a matter of 10 days.  We all got a great tan as we layed out over the week and a half, some more than others :) 

Here are a few pictures of our trip:

 View from our first hotel, our first night

 b e a UUtiful

 Our swimming pool

 Our bigger swimming pool:)

 second hotel, when we arrived they put lays and those brown necklaces on us. 

 As we were walking to dinner, we ran into this. . . cool huh?

 These torches are everywhere. . . love it!

 second hotel

 Pearl Harbor

 On our way to see USS Arizona Memorial

 Oil is still coming out of USS Arizona and will be for a long time

 Soakin up the sun. . .

 Downtown Honolulu

 Hawaii Temple

Find at least 10 differences in these 2 pictures:)

 Climbing up Diamond head, there are 244 stairs plus some hiking to get to the top. . . totally worth it

 See. . . told ya it was worth it!

 third hotel

 That's Babybaluuga. . . we couldn't have done it without you!

We love Babybaluuga:)

My parents took a lot more pictures on their camera so I'll have to get the rest from them, but that was our trip in a nutshell.  So much fun, i want to go back. . . TODAY!!