Phillip and Lauren Garrett

Welcome Ethan Phillip Garrett!

2011-09-26T17:23:00.000-07:00

He's here!! Little Ethan Phillip was born on Labor Day (Sept 5) at 6:11 am weighing in at 8 lbs 7oz and 19 in long. The fun started at 6;30 am on Sunday the 4th when I thought my water broke. It wasn't a huge gush (sorry if too much info) so I didn't want to jump the gun and be sent home from the hospital for being too freaked out. So I went back to sleep for another hour and figured to be better safe than sorry so we got our little bag and made our way to the hospital. Needless to say, I was right and my water had broke. They got us all settled in and the delivery room was HUGE, I was very impressed. The only let down was there was only a loveseat couch in there so it was a little tight when Phil and mom wanted to take a nap. They started me on pitocin and I was started to feel the fun. I wanted to get the epidural for sure (im no hero here) but they wouldn't check me to see how far along I was because they didn't want infections. They would only check me when I got the epidural. It was annoying because what if i was only like a centimeter when they gave me the drugs...finally I went as long as I could and they gave me the epidural it was heavenly. i recommend them to everyone. So they checked me and I was at 3cm. ya im a wuss. So I took a nice nap and waited til 2am for them to come in and tell me I was fully dilated! Yay! I started pushing and between every contraction I took a little cat nap. The whole pushing thing was frusterating too bc I had no idea if I was progressing any. After two hours of pushing they told me I wasn't. haha damn. Apparently, he was face up and looking to the side and my tail bone was kinda blocking his way out. They said I could push for another 30 mins on all fours or I could get a c-section. haha I opted out of the pointless embarrassment and got ready for surgery. It was very weird not being about to move my whole bottom half but 30 min later he was out! It was so nice of my doctor too because she let Phil and my mom come in to see him be delivered! It has been so fun finally having him here, he is a little mini Phil! We are so blessed to be able to have him in our and even though it gets hard sometimes, we are so thankful to be able to start our family. We have more pictures to post but when we got to the operating room, mine and my moms cameras died to we had to use our cell phones.

UPDATE!

2011-07-25T18:42:00.000-07:00

Wow, I'm pretty bad at this. So much has happened since December! One I am pregnant!! I am 32 weeks right now soo i haven't posted obviously, we are having a little boy and naming him Ethan Phillip and he's due Sept 19. Everything has been going great throughout the pregnancy, but needless to say I am ready to be done! So since Christmas besides our little bundle of joy on his way, Phil got accepted to dental school here in San Antonio so we didn't have to move too far. I'm so grateful we got in to this school because we finally live close to a temple!! We are staying in a townhouse just down the street from the campus so Phil just rides his bike to school! He isn't too stressed out yet which I'm sure will change soon. Before we got all settled in here in San Antonio we got to go on a little vacation back in May after Phil got done with his semester in Corpus. We got to go on an AWESOME cruise to the Bahamas with my sister Dana and her husband Marshall. I had never been on one so I was absolutely blown away! We started in Miami and then took one day at sea, then Grand Turk, then Turks and Caicos and then Nassau. I loved being on a cruise pregnant bc I really didn't care the late night snacks and trying everything on the menu! We got to go on some excursions, the only thing I would change for our next vacation is to possibly not be pregnant haha. It kinda put a damper on some of the excursions bc prego girls can't do all the things that non prego girls can. Needless to say, I want to go again really soon! After the cruise we went to AZ for the month of June and just hung out with the fam! My mom and sisters through me a baby shower and I got so much cute stuff that made me that much more excited to meet my little man. hes going to be so cute! On the drive back to TX we stopped in El Paso for the night and got to hang out with Phil's sister Shelby an her cute little family. It was fun getting to see them again and we got to skype with Phils parents back in Michigan and it's always nice seeing them! The drive went by fast to me, only bc I slept like the whole way (i take so many naps these days :)) I felt bad when we got here because I couldn't really help unload anything because of my growing belly, I had to kinda just watch Phil take all the trips back and forth. So finally we are settled in, we got to go to our new ward and have met so many nice people. Phil is meeting new friends from school so its been fun! At my last appt at 28 weeks the doctor said he was 3 lb 8 oz and that he's like 9 days ahead of his weight. so at least he's growing as he should haha.I have another appt this Friday at 33 weeks and hopefully he's keeping his weight up! The sooner he comes out the better! I am so ready to finally meet him. Especially seeing all the other cute blogs with all the other girls just having their babies, I'M SO JEALOUS. Anyways here are some pictures from the cruise!

Sorry Sorry Sorry for waiting so long

2010-12-19T07:41:00.000-08:00

So its been quite a while since I've posted anything. I still don't have the cord to plug in my camera to the computer to upload any pictures so I'll just review. So since Feb, I took my national board and passed! I also took the WREB which is the clinical part where you have to clean a actual patient and I got a 99%! Finding the patient was so stressful, I had a guy named Candy (Candelario) but I didn't have a good feeling about him so last minute I called a friend who had taken the test the day before and asked if her guy could come in again to get another part of his mouth clean and then Candy could be a back up for someone else. The next day my blood pressure was through the roof, my friends patient came in for me (he looked EXACTLY like my uncle albert but with no hair it was so weird to hear him talk and not hear my uncle alberts voice) and Candy never showed so I would have been up the creek if I hadn't called this other guy. It went well and then we had graduation. Mom and dad were able to come to my banquet and visit san antonio a bit while Phil studied for finals. After Phil got straight A's again we made our way back to AZ. I took an anesthesia course that was 5 days and for 4 days straight I got and gave 8 different injections spots. it sucked. Then for that WREB Phil was my patient (what a guy I know) he only got 2 shots though and I passed. So while I was waiting for my license to come in for AZ and TX I worked at my dads office while Phil studied for the DAT. All his studying paid off bc he got a 19 (for those who don't know, thats good!) Also while we were in AZ, Phil, my dad and I started doing INSANITY. its a work out video that kicks your butt everyday.

When school started back up for Phil he drove one car and then my dad and I drove the truck. We drove the 18 hour trip in 2 days and it was hilarious bc the first night we wanted to go to Fort Stockton which for us was like another 1 1/2 away from where we were and it was like 2 am and we were so tired. So we pulled over and got a monster energy drink. Note to all Smiths...energy drinks and any other meds/ supplements work very very well on us. We get to Fort Stockton after laughing and telling stories and get to this best western. My body was beat but that stupid drink was still in my system so my eyes were wide open. Turns out we both never got to sleep, one, because the A/C would sound like a jet engine starting up everytime it came on and, two, because our brains wouldn't shut off. 6am rolls around and we just decide to keep driving bc sleeping wasn't going to help. Never again am I going to drink that. So after unpacking everything we drive dad to the airport and I start looking for a job. Right off the bat I was lucky enough to get a Mon-Fri 8-5 job. What was even luckier was that the dentist had a good friend on the admissions committee at San Antonio Dental school. Needless to say Phil got in and now we are just waiting for July to make another move.

Corpus Christi has been fun though, we've made lots of good friends, phil plays basketball with the boys every wednesday night and we always have something to do on the weekends. Its going to be sad to have to move again and make new friends all over again but its worth it. Since I have a job now and a steady income for a bit, we are planning a cruise trip for next june and I am beyond excited considering we never went on a honeymoon!! if anyone wants to join us by all means we would love to have the company!!! For Thanksgiving we went to see Phils family in Tennessee for a weekend, it was so good seeing them since its been 3 years! Phil got to play a lot of catch and we went on walks to see the pretty leaves changing. Hopefully it won't be another 3 years until we see them again. Now that I'm up to date again, Phil just finished another semester and got straight A's again, how did I get so lucky to marry such a smart guy! We are heading down to AZ for Christmas this Thursday for a week and a half and I am so excited to see the family! Its pretty depressing...you'd think this would be longer for not writing for a whole year...sorry guys we are kinda boring over here. its going to be pretty funny when I finally post all these old pictures though.

Valentine's Day/ Anniversary Weekend

2010-02-16T10:11:00.000-08:00

So I'll just say right now that I have tons of pictures from this weekend, but lost the little cord that connects my camera to the computer, so when I put them on in like another 6 months just read back to today and it will all make sense. It's been really hard to get away this semester, Phil's taking 3 classes with the labs and I'm in my last semester and all my teachers are trying to cram nutrition, dental materials, ethics and contemporary in before National Boards on March 15th. So we are pretty busy, but Friday the 12th we got tickets to go to the San Antonio Rodeo with Foreigner playing afterwards. The rodeo was so fun and it is cool to see it all in person. There were tons of vendors and things to look at along with rides and stuff from the fair. I was a little nervous for the concert because I usually just go to concerts where I know the songs and I didn't think I knew any. Turns out I knew a couple of the 80's songs that rung a bell and it was so entertaining to watch this guy run around the stage with his tamborine acting like he did back in the day. He had on his skin tight pants and flowy shirt which made all the difference. Saturday we did lots of studying in the morning and then at night we went to the nicer restaurant in Beeville (which was pretty impressive considering it was here) and then opened our presents. We're both not very good at keeping presents until the actual holiday. I got Phil some chocolate covered strawberries, cream soda (his fav) and the new OneRepublic cd. He got me some fabulous chocolates and Time Travelers Wife, which we watched when we got home from dinner. On Valentines we went over to some friends house and had a little potluck of treats and watched the All Star Game and played games. Romantic I know. So today being our anniversary I had class this morning and Phil has class til like 8pm tonight. So I think I'm going to clean up around here and make a nice big dinner. I can't wait to be out of school (and have money) to make our anniversary a little bit more memorable haha. Anyways that is all I have for you, sorry about the lack of picture. Maybe I'll stumble upon the cord while I clean!

A little recap...

2009-10-23T16:07:00.000-07:00

So I know I've been a crumby blogger but here is a little review since Phil's birthday... NOTHING! We have been either studying, sleeping, eating or at school. I'm on my last year and it is getting pretty intense especially from only seeing 1 patient a week last year to 7 a week! I know to those of you who are dental hygienists or to just Shawneen that doesn't seem like a lot but it is to us little students! The only thing that is pretty cool is that I was in a parade last weekend! Beeville puts on a little parade for "western week" (which I thought every week was western week here but anyways...)and our college volunteered the hygiene department. We made our float look like a classroom with a blackboard and stuff and we were toothfairies! It was pretty fun, so I'll post a few pictures of that. Oh and since its been so boring here I decided to dye my hair...again. poor Phil probably thinks I'm going through some kind of midlife crisis or something. We also got to go to a rodeo where a friend of ours was in calf roping and steer wrestling! He got 2nd in the calf roping and 1st in steer wrestling winning $400! We got to walk around the little carnival and I almost got a fabulous carny indian fry bread but we didn't have any cash. Anyways, I'm going to a Halloween party tonight without Phil because he has to study...so I'll post some pictures of that too! Have a Happy Halloween!

Happy Birthday Phil!

2009-09-01T12:32:00.000-07:00

Here is the biggest post of the year! It's Phil's birthday today and he turned 26! He is at school all day today form 9am- 11pm so its not the most exciting birthday. And it actually didn't start well. This morning at 2am I heard some noises in the front room so from past experiences I knew not to ignore them, I had my big brave husband go into the kitched and check it out. Luckily it was the the apartment creaking from the wind outside. I don't know what I would do without him. Phil is such a great guy and I feel so lucky to be married to him. To tell those of you who don't know him that well, he has a great sense of humor and always makes everyone feel comfortable, he is hard working, sincere, a great example in all aspects, he's smart and loving and is a friend to everyone. He is an awesome guitar player and is currently teaching himself how to play the piano. Here are some picture of my big boy.

Here he is Easter morning right when he woke up

Happy Birthday Phil, I love you!

Keith Urban!

2009-07-27T11:42:00.000-07:00

So heres a little update, nothing too exciting has happened since I last posted except we went to the Keith Urban concert!! We went for Dana's birthday and it was fabulous. We have all gone to see him before but couldn't miss a chance to see him again. Out seats were a little higher up but it was still amazing. We were a little disappointed when we bought the tickets because Sugarland was going to open for them and we aren't the biggest fans, but she backed out last minute to "save her voice" for something else. Lucky us, instead we heard from Sara Buxton and she was pretty good. My dad was saying that at one of Keiths other shows a man was holding up a sign that said "I'll let you kiss my wife if I can kiss yours", Keith jumped into the crowd and kissed his wife and then said "Good luck getting your end". So, before the show you were able to send a text of whatever you want and it would show up on these 2 huge screens. People were saying "Keith I love you" or "Thanks mom for the tickets". Phil sent one saying "Keith I'll let you kiss my wife if you give me a guitar"...needless to say he didn't get a guitar and I never got my kiss. Taylor sent in one that said "Keith dump Nicole and marry me" and "Hey this is Keith Urban thanks for coming to my show" but none of hers made it on the screen. So overall it was a great night, her are some pictures!

2009-06-10T17:02:00.000-07:00

So to start off I want to apologize for not posting anything for a while, I haven't been very motivated with moving around for the summer. Since I last posted I was in Beeville, Phil and I finished off our finals and headed for Arizona for the summer. We had the opportunity of going to Disneyland (courtesy of mom and dad) with the family and it was a blast. It was Phil's first time to the happiest place on earth and he loved every second of it. I didn't take any pictures because my mom, Shawneen and Dana all had cameras so feel free to check them out on their blogs. I forgot to mention that I got to come down for my good friend Aimees wedding, it was such an awesome experience to go see them get sealed together in the temple and their reception was beautiful. I took a couple pictures of that. When we got home from Disneyland, Phil was officially initiated into the ward by going with the young men and my dad on the "Enos Journey" where they hike 25 miles in northern Arizona around Mt. Baldy area. I didn't think he would come back in one piece considering it snowed a couple inches the night before, but Phil and dad made it back with only a couple blisters. Since then I've just been going up to my dad's office a couple times a week to work and Phil's been selling health insurance from home. We love coming home for the summer and may also be able to go out to Tennessee this summer for a family reunion on Phil's dad's side. Well thats it and I hope it doesn't take another month for me to post!

Oh what were we thinking...

2009-04-11T17:30:00.000-07:00

To start off, I hope everyone is having a great Easter weekend! During this past week, some friends and I were talking about how much fun it would be to spend the night on the beach because of the long weekend break. So yesterday while Phil was at school, I packed up the air mattress, a couple blankets and some marshmallows and went on my way. Since we didn't want to buy a tent, we thought up the great idea of just putting the air mattress in the bed of the truck. (why not, dad does it all the time). I met Phil and the rest of the group down in Corpus Christi and found a great spot to set up camp. We made our tin foil dinners, and blew up the mattress and I laid a blanket over it so it wouldn't blow away. (Being next to the ocean can be REALLY windy). We spent the next few hours eating our delicious food, roasting marshmallows, and hunting for ghost shrimp. Midnight rolls around and Phil and I decide its time to go to bed. I grab the pillows and blanket that goes over us out of the truck and hop into bed. To our surprise the bed was soaking wet, okay I'm exaggerating but it was pretty wet, from all the humidity in the air. Awesome...we get into bed anyways because our pillows and other blanket weren't wet and can't even fall asleep if we tried because people were still up talking. By the time everyone was in their tents, the wind had picked up and our pillows and blanket were soaking wet. It had gotten so cold that we put the covers over our head and were snuggling just to keep warm. We got to sleep for an hour or two until I heard someone getting into the car next to us, I peek my head out and realize its RAINING! I wake up Phil right away and we were back on the road in less than 10 min. When we got home at 6am later, and went straight to sleep til 11:30am Thats what we get for trying to be social I guess. Oh and not to mention I was in board shorts and a thin sweatshirt. So I'm sure it doesn't measure up to my family's camping trip a couple weeks ago but it was quite the experience. Heres a few pictures to document the occasion

Spring Break!

2009-03-20T16:52:00.000-07:00

Here's some pictures from our Spring Break. We haven't done a whole lot, mostly just reading (on my part) and lots of homework for Phil. But we got to go to the beach on Tuesday with a couple of friends. It was so much fun, mostly because Phil had a friend so he wasn't begging me to go into the ocean with him. (It was absolutely freezing when I put my feet in). After the beach we went to Cici's Pizza and it was so good. Naturally we got totally burned, but it was worth it. We've also been just getting together and watching movies and playing games at night, so thats been fun! We can't wait for the semester to be over. We are officially half way!! (P.S. Phil is digging in the sand because they were looking for sand crabs...I think)

Who needs to get pregnant!

2009-02-23T20:31:00.001-08:00

What do you think about my little new baby Fetus?
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Baby! j/k

2009-02-23T20:30:00.000-08:00

So I was blog stalking tonight and I came across someones blog where they put their pictures together to see what their kids would look like. So naturally I gave it a shot...it reminded me of How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days, I wish I could have gotten a picture with the baby "yodel yodeling", but this is all they had. I showed Phil and he can't wait to have kids now...

Happy 1 Year Anniversary!

2009-02-16T09:50:00.000-08:00

We did it! One full year! It has been so exciting, I love going through all these new experiences with someone I love. I don't think I would have coped here in Beeville all by myself. He is the best example and someone I strive to be like. I know he probably wont read this, but I want him to know how much I love and appreciate him. I know this is kinda cheesy but he really is my best friend and I can't wait to spend more anniversaries together.

Super Bowl 43!!

2009-02-02T10:12:00.000-08:00

This last Sunday, Phil and I had the opportunity to host our very first Super Bowl Party! This is actually my very first Super Bowl party everywhere...coming from a family of girls it was amazing if we watched it at all or if I stayed awake to watch any of it. The majority of the party were girls who only came for the food, but we watched the whole thing from start to finish and it was a great game except for the fact that we lost (it was rigged...) Here are some pictures that I took throughout the night, mostly to document that we really do have friends here.

Heres where the gentlemen ran off to during Bruce's big moment.The little guy couldn't handle the Cards losing too...

Heres Phil watching the pre-game before everyone shows up. The food was fabulous, we had some pizza, wings and lots of other goodies. During halftime, Phil took the "men" to his office to show him computer stuff. Everyone stayed after the game to watch the Office. Basically we watched 5.5 hours of T.V. last night. Everyone was totally exhausted in class this morning, but it was worth it!

2009-01-16T08:42:00.001-08:00

Just to add, the very first picture is from Halloween. I know it is way past Halloween, but I jsut figured that since I'm playing catch up I might as well add another one. In the picture are a couple from Canada named Denise and Russ. She's in my program and Russ and Phil go out and play golf every once in a while.

Better late then never...

2009-01-16T08:09:00.000-08:00

I'm back! I haven't been very good at posting. We had the opportunity to go down to Arizona for a whole month for Christmas break! We don't know why the break was so long but we were not complaining. We finished up our finals on Dec. 16 and made the 16 hour drive from Texas back home, and if you can believe it we left at 5pm and drove through the night relying on Diet Coke and Rockstars. We were so happy to stay with my sister and her family in their guest home, they are so nice for letting us crash and stink up their room (our neighbors underneath us here smoke). I brought my camera and was planning on taking tons of picture but only took like 6 or 7. Christmas Eve was so fun, we ate our "homemade" pizzas, my moms homemade green chili and Serranos bean dip. Phil and I were in charge of the Christmas program this year and it was a great experience, but are excited for someone else to do it this year. Everyone did their little part and we finished up with watching the Nativity movie. This was Phils first year celebrating Christmas with our family so he got his first pair of pajama pants (which are soooo warm and he wears them every chance he gets), and we got a buck knife! Watch out Beeville! For New Years we hung out and watched the ball drop, by the time it was midnight it was just me, Phil and my dad upstairs...my mom was outside with Jess and her friend banging the pots in the middle of the street. Go mom! It was so fun seeing our friends again and just hanging out with our family! We were so sad to leave and can't wait to come back again after this semester! We're going to be there so often, everyone is going to be wishing we would just stay in Texas! Here are the only pictures I have. They were taken after we went and watched some singing at the Temple, if you're wondering why Taylor hair is drenched its because it was pouring rain and freezing while at the temple.

Family Pictures

2008-12-10T14:22:00.000-08:00

Here are some Family Pictures we took the day after Thanksgiving. My parents had a lady in their ward do them and I think they turned out pretty good. And if these pictures look familiar it's because I stole them from Dana's blog...

Crazy Eights!

2008-12-10T13:31:00.000-08:00

8 Favorite T.V. Shows
1. The Office
2. America's Next Top Model
3. So you think you can dance
4. That 70's Show
5. Man vs. Wild
6. Scrubs
7. Blush
8. What Not to Wear
8 Movies I Love
1.Twilight
2. Australia
3. Moulin Rouge
4. Tommy Boy
5 . Batman Begins
6. The Notebook
7. How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days
8. Sweet Home Alabama
8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Tucanos
2. Costa Vida
3. Cheesecake Factory
4. Benihana's
5. Moki's
6. Texas Road House
7. Tia Rosa's
8. Ruths Chris
8 Things that Happened to me Yesterday
1. Went to my last day of Clinic for the semester
2. Had the WORST headache
3. Found out Shawneen is pregnant!!
4. Watched my wedding video
5. Made some chili with corn bread
6. Realized again how excited I am to come home for Christmas!
7. Talked to some family
8. Thought about cleaning the car, but it was too hot outside (yes everyone it was like 82 degrees yesterday...my kind of winter)
8 Things I look forward to
1.Getting through the week of finals
2. Being totally done with school (i have a couple years...)
3. Coming home for Christmas!!
4. All the yummy snacks that people from the ward send my parents
5. Going to an ugly christmas sweater party (this will be my first)
6. Finding out where all these bugs are coming from...
7. Phil doing the dishes...its his turn
8. the next Harry Potter movie to come out
8 Things I love about Winter
1. The slight change in the weather and the cute jackets that go with it
2. how everyone has the Christmas Spirit!
3. Christmas decorations at WalMart
4. Temple Christmas Lights
5. Hot Apple Cider
6. How "Elf" and "Polar Express" is always on tv
7. everyone getting together for the Holidays
8. All the delicious food that I prep myself for all year!
8 Things on my Wishlist
1. New pair of jeans
2. Eye Lash curler
3. Cute decorations to hang on my blank wall
4. new wedges
5. A bookcase to go in the living room
6. To keep passing my classes in school
7. is to keep gas at $1.50 (go Beeville)
8. to have my sisters keep having babies so I can live vicariously through them for a couple years.
8 Friends I Tag
1. Alexis
2. Breanna
3. Jill
4. Mom
5. Lauren
6. Allysa
7. Michelle
8. Kirsten

2008-12-03T18:22:00.000-08:00

So I know its been a while since I posted and I wish I had some totally exciting thing to blog about, but I don't. So I just figured I would write a little something since it's been a while. We're still living in Beeville living up the whole college experience. Its been fun getting to know new friends and we really enjoy going out with the missionaries to visit with some young families. We have an eventful couple weeks comin up with finals and branch parties. The branch comes up with any excuse to get together. But its good cause the food is always yummy. We had the chance to go home for Thanksgiving and we had a blast!! There is nothin like goin home for the holidays. We went hiking and it was Phil's first experience to the wind caves and he really enjoyed it. It was so relaxing just hanging out with the fam. I wish I would have brought my camera but you'll just have to take my word for it. We come home Dec. 17ish til the middle of Jan. for winter break and I can't wait!!! Its times like these I really hope Phil gets into dental school in Arizona so I can see my family and buddies all the time!

Tagged

2008-10-18T17:47:00.001-07:00

So I can't believe how good I've been at blogging lately I hope I can keep this up. Alexis tagged me to do this thing and I hope Phil doesn't get embarrassed or anything... Oh well.

1. Where did you meet your husband? In good 'ol Rexburg...Alexis and BJ were dating and we felt a little left out so we though we'd give it a try.
2. How long did you date before you married? If you count our engagement, then a little over a year. Our first kiss was the Sunday after Thanksgiving and then we got engaged a year later the day after Thanksgiving. Then married (barely) Feb 16 2008.
3. How long have you been married? 8 months
4. What does he do that surprises you? He lets me sleep real close to him except when I have my back to him and I have my butt up by his ribs.
5. What is his favorite feature? haha well I bet everyone thinks this of their husband, but he has the cutest butt. I hope our kids have that feature.
6. What is his favorite quality? He is the nicest guy. Whenever I want to talk crap about someone or something he never does (Which is exactly why I have 5 sisters)
7. Does he have a nickname for you?A friend of ours started calling me Smithers at Ricks, so thats what he calls me now. Yes in front of anyone...it sparks a lot of fun conversations.
8. What is his favorite food? He is in love with Chipotle anything spicy!
9. What is his favorite sport? College Football...he is currently watching the Missouri vs. Texas game.
10. When & where was your first kiss? It was Nov. 26, 2006, the night I got back from AZ, in a park right after he sang me a song on his guitar. hah hes so cute huh?
11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? Probably seeing new movies and getting ice cream!
12. Do you have any children? Not yet but in a year or 2 for sure!
13. Does he have any hidden talents? He is really smart with computer stuff. If you have any questions about Apple, ask him!
14. How old is he? 25
15. Who said I love you first? He did! Im kinda a pansy
16. What is his favorite music? He loves Coldplay, OneRepublic, and unfortunately Mason Jennings.
17. What do you admire most about him? How compassionate he is, he cares so much about others. And he is always in the best mood, regardless if he has had a hard day at school. He makes me want to be a better person...and Im not just saying that to be cheesy.
18. What is his favorite color? Blue I think
19. Will he read this? Usually not, but since I told him Im doing it, ya he probably will.
20. Who do you tag? Shawneen and Dana

OH CANADA!

2008-10-13T18:28:00.000-07:00

So this weekend we had the honor of participating in the infamous Canadian Thanksgiving with some girls in our ward and other couples. Not only did we participate we were asked to make the turkey! So Phil and I were kinda freaking out since we had so much pressure weighing in on us. I didn't want to be the American who ruined Canadian Thanksgiving. We worked as a team and got all the gizzerds out and Phil buttered it right up while I made aka added water to the stuffing. I was checking it like every hour and it was nerve racking because we didn't even have a thermometer to see if it was officially done. But 5 hours later we packed our turkey up and met our friends at their apartment. It was so funny, there was Canadian flags everywhere and everyone was wearing red and white. We all sat and said what we were thankful for. (I said I was thankful for Phil and Phil said he was thankful for college football but me first) It was so good with homemade rolls and pumpkin squares. The turkey turned out fabulous and everyone loved it! It was fun learning and cooking the turkey for the first time and it was great getting 2 Thanksgiving this year!

2008-10-11T19:07:00.000-07:00

So my mom gave a good comment. For those who don't know who Camilla something is she is the girl off the scary babysitting movie "When A Stranger Calls". I did it to Phil but I didn't know who the guy he morphed into was and it didn't work very well but its pretty cool huh?

I did this thing where it shows me what celebrity I look like the most.

2008-10-11T18:49:00.001-07:00

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities

Fun Weekend

2008-09-29T14:16:00.001-07:00

So last week was so much fun. Aimee came into town Tuesday night from San Antonio and it was so fun seeing and hanging out with her. I picked her up and on the way home I got pulled over by this freakin mean cop who was not messing around. And No I was not speeding, I'm definately going to fight this one. The first couple days were kinda slow unfortunately because I was in school but when Friday rolled around it was time to start having fun. On the drive there, I was super cautious about cops because I was scared. And guess what...I get pulled over for going over the line for like a second. I automatically started crying because I'm a baby and he had mercy on me. He actaully asked me if "I was always this emotional?" Awesome. He said that since my plates are from Arizona they pull people over for the stupidest things because of the drugs going through all the time. When we finally made it to San Antonio we went to this super nice outside mall that was right next to 6 Flags and we were able to see the roller coasters and stuff from the mall. It was so relaxing to just walk around and chat while not spending too much money...We came back kinda early and went to see Eagle Eye with Phil and unfortunately it broke so we had to see the Women :) poor Phil. On Saturday we slept in for a bit and headed off to Mustang Island right next to the Padre Islands. That was so much fun the water was perfect, except I didnt go that far out because I'm afraid of sharks and there was no one to protect me. I got a little burned while studying for a test on Monday but it was still way fun. We didn't get too lost on the way back and watched The Love Guru while eating homemade pizza when we got home. We dropped Aimee at the airport after church on Sunday and had a nice relaxing night watching Extreme Home Makeover. It was so fun to have company and are always open for whoever wants to come on out!

News on the Hurricane

2008-09-14T15:24:00.000-07:00

Well for all of you who are wondering about the hurricane we made it through...barely! Im just kidding, there was absolutely no storm whatsoever to hit Beeville. We didn't get an ounce of rain but just a slight breeze Saturday and so far Sunday. All of the college students were freakin out and getting my hopes high that it was going to be an exciting weekend so I must say I am a little disappointed. But I guess its a good thing, I saw all the damage on the news in Houstan and we want to thank those who prayed for us to stay protected and safe during the weekend. We love and appreciate you!

2008-09-11T12:28:00.000-07:00

Sorry the video is dark looking I don't really know how to fix it. But we have really enjoyed living here so far, we're meeting some new friends and trying to be sociable (its just not the same without Beech and Alexis). We are getting ourselves ready for the upcoming hurricane, Ike. There have been lots of people going to San Antonio, but also lots of people that are staying and going to ride out the storm. We are a couple of those people. We just asked ourselves What would Bear Grylls from Man vs. Wild do? And came to the conclusion that he would stay so we are too. Its not suppose to be that bad here in Beeville just cause its going more north towards Houstan, but we'll see. We got a cooler with extra ice, our waterbottles ready and some flashlights with new batteries just in case the power goes out. We'll keep you guys posted and if the hurricane really messes things up, I'll post a before and after shot of the town. I hope you enjoy the videos, if I knew Phil was going to turn the video around at us I would have put some makeup on and made my face a little less greasy...love you

Beeville Part 1

2008-09-11T12:25:00.001-07:00

Beeville

2008-09-11T12:23:00.001-07:00

Hola

2008-09-10T14:55:00.000-07:00

So my wife was being a "blog hog" and I wanted to add my two sense. First off, this is a great place to talk smack, shall we begin? USC on saturday is going to KILL ohio state suckeyes. I had to just get it out because michigan hasn't been able to do it for the last few years. Second, this hurricane in texas is causing me some serious grief. If the power goes out, the steaks in our freezer could go bad. Not good. And if the towers get blown over by 190 mph winds, I will not be able to witness Jim Trussells defeat. Other than that, good day to all.

Beeville Texas

2008-09-02T15:09:00.000-07:00

So its been a while since my last post, as usual. Since I wrote last we had just moved from Albuturkey. It was so nice to hang out in Arizona for a little over a week. Its nice to see family every once and a while. After Arizona we made the trek to Beeville and 15 hours later we were in front of Imperial Apartments. I couldn't believe how flippin hot it is here. After spending a good half hour bringing boxes up to the second floor I realized I had thousands more sweat glands I never knew about. It was a little disgusting. But we have moved all our stuff in and it is looking a little more homey. It was also so nice that Dad was able to come and drive so far to bring us our stuff. We ordered a pizza and went and saw a Vin Diesel movie. It was great getting to hangout with him again til next time in November. Phil started school last week so he's basically a pro now, but for my last weekend before my school started we went to San Antonio on Labor Day aka Phil's birthday. San Antonio is so cool!! Of all the cities I've lived in since the 6 months Ive been married. Texas is by far the most interesting. In San Antonio we went to the mall and found Phil some shirts for school and then went to his favorite place for lunch (Chipotle) and then went to Phil's very first IMAX movie, which was a 3D mummy movie. While we waited for the movie we went along the river walk and found a kinda New Orleans restaurant. To finish off his birthday he watched football til he went to bed. We were going to go to the Padre Islands but decided we would go when he had friends to enjoy it with. Or any family that feels the urge to come visit us (hint hint; we have an air mattress if that doesn't entice you). But overall we like it here, our apartments aren't the ritziest but hey whatev! I also wont have any pictures posted for at least a week because I am currently typing this post in the Coastal Bend Library and we haven't chosen a provider to hook us up yet.

Not too much going on here.

2008-08-13T13:42:00.000-07:00

I feel pretty bad that I am not as consistent in my posting as everyone else. I wish I could say it was because I'm so busy, but everyone knows I don't really do anything while I'm "at work". Just to prove my point I have finished 3 books and am on my 4th one all in a 2 week period. (Eclipse-to get ready for Breaking Dawn; Breaking Dawn because its the best series ever; P.S. I Love You because I was in the mood for a chick book; and Bone Garden because Shawneen recommended it and so far its good) Not too much has gone on our here in New Mexico especially since our buddies Alexis and Beech are gone. Phil has been studying this insurance book so he can get his license in Texas to make a few extra bucks while we're in school and I have been packing a little everyday getting my self excited to be finished here. Since we aren't going to be here for the weekend, Phil and I went to Tucano's in down town Albuquerque for my birthday because I absolutely love that place and then drove around town. As much as I complain about working, I do like moving to different cities and seeing all the cool sites and buildings. Not that I'm wishing I could stay here longer. We are both so excited to start school in a couple weeks in Texas and can't wait to visit in Arizona before going to Beeville.

2008-07-23T15:01:00.000-07:00

So it has been a real long time since I have posted anything. And I feel bad because I feel like I'm neglecting my poor blog. We have since moved from Indianapolis and I was so happy to get out of there, it was just boring and humid. The drive was a little long, we stopped in Amarillo TX at this little motel that smelt kinda like Nana and Tata's old house and finished the drive on into New Mexico the next morning. I was kinda surprised we made such good time. So we are now in Albuturkey and it has been so fun. We've been here for a little over a week now and the weather is way nice. Phil hasn't quite gotten used to the monsoons. He called me one day while he was out selling and said he was drenched all the way down to his G's while having miniature snowballs (aka hail) hitting his head. Poor guy. We just barely got internet, but until we got it me and Alexis had just been sitting at our apartments watching movies all day. Which believe it or not got boring. And the only reason why I haven't started a book, mom, is because Breaking Dawn is coming out soon and I want to be ready for it. The area we live in is like a little oasis. We have everything in like a 5 mile radius from the mall, the movies, walmart, barnes and noble, chick-fil-a and much much more. And our ward is pretty nice too, Phil actually stays awake in Sunday school now. Sorry I don't have a video of our apartment yet, I just got internet so it will be just a bit later. We're excited to go to Texas, and even more excited to stop by Arizona for sure by the 23rd of Aug (Im trying to talk phil into leaving earlier). Oh and I have been wanting a puppy lately to take to Texas, I would prefer to have one of Chica's and Diego's because of that perfect round forehead of Dieg's but I'm easy to please. Well thats all I got to report. I'll try to be better at posting.

2008-06-02T14:32:00.000-07:00

So here is the much anticipated video of our apartment. We have been living here in the great state of Indiana for about a month and it is a pretty interesting place. If you're wondering why there are two videos its because I haven't figured out how to put one video thats longer than a minute on this so I split it. Don't laugh at me. Everything's going good here, Phil's doing great at selling and makin us some green. We work Monday through Friday from about 3-9:30pm and Saturdays from 10am-6pm. So our lives here aren't so exciting. We usually just go out to eat or see a movie on our much treasured Saturday nights. I have to give a talk on Sunday on "How the Holy Ghost helps us become who Christ wants us to become." So if you have any stories or ideas I am totally willing to listen. Thats about it here for now. Im sorry for how dirty the apartment was, it looked a lot cleaner before I started filming. Enjoy.

The Indy Pad Part 1

2008-06-02T14:30:00.001-07:00

The Indy Pad Part 2

2008-06-02T14:29:00.001-07:00

2008-05-06T15:27:00.000-07:00

Here are just a few pictures nothing really that exciting, but I did make a video of my apartment and it was too long to add. So tonight or probably tomorrow I'm going to make another one. The pictures are of Phil just waiting for correlation to start (the flash wasn't turned on so thats why its so dark...also because we never open our blinds) and the last two are of me and Alexis "working". Enjoy.

2008-05-06T15:26:00.000-07:00

2008-05-06T15:25:00.000-07:00

Just a few pictures...

2008-05-06T13:38:00.001-07:00

On the job...

2008-04-28T14:01:00.000-07:00

So I'm here sitting at my little table for work. The office officially started selling today and Alexis and I are office managers and I've got to be honest I'm a little bored. We don't really have anything to do until one of the guys get a sale, so I figured I would post a blog. We've been in Indianapolis for a week or so and its pretty cool, totally different than anything in Arizona or Idaho. Its really green and it rained a lot today, I guess the storms here are suppose to be pretty unpredictable. But everyone here is really nice, I've actually seen at least five people that I didn't exactly know their gender...so that's cool. I'm planning on posting a video of our apartment here soon, it's pretty exciting there are ants all over our kitchen and recently in our bathroom so we keep basically everything in our fridge to save it from being attacked. And to add to that, all of our furniture smells like smoke and Javan (he's African African) underneath us enjoys rap with a looooooooot of bass. He's great. Well I guess thats it. I'll try to post the video soon.

2008-04-23T14:01:00.000-07:00

So here are some pictures, there not exactly in order but I think you can figure it out. The first few pictures are moving all our stuff out of our Rigby apartment. Phil got his mole removed and we all kinda miss it. After, we left for Arizona and I forgot to take pictures but we had a blast for a week. At the end of the week I flew back for a training meeting for my new job as a co-office manager (with Alexis) and Phil had to drive back to Utah all by his lonesome. When we met up in Utah we hung out for a couple hours and were back on the road to Rawlins, Wyoming. Which I might add is by far the worst place I have ever been. We stayed the night there is a little motel and drove the next day to Omaha. We spent the next day just hanging out with Dana and Marsh and the girls. (The picture shows how excited Hannah was) We got to see the dental school and the Mormon Trail Center. Then Tuesday the 22nd we drove to Peoria, Illinois to see the infamous Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood concert and oh man I was as giddy as mom would be at a Ricky Martin concert it was sooo awesome!!! Phil finally got his eyes opened to the talent that Keith has on his little guitar. The concert was absolutely amazing. Sorry some of the pictures are blurry, I was all over the place. Anyways, the concert got out at 12 and we started the drive with a few Monsters to Indianapolis. The drive went by very fast while watching 24 and with the time change again, we didn't get in till 5:00am. So heres a few pictures from everything. Hope you enjoy.

2008-04-23T13:57:00.000-07:00

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2008-03-30T18:43:00.000-07:00

Well I wish I had something so exciting to say, but I don't really. Were still in Rigby and we have two more weeks until we either go to Mesa for a week or so or straight to Indianapolis. It all depends on whether the office gets opened up early in Indiana or not...so pray that it doesn't so we can come home and visit for a bit. But other than that it's been pretty dull, I can't say I'm doing anything productive except reading about vampires and soon to be "bones in gardens". Our Easter was fun though we only went to sacrament because Phil was feeling a little plugged up...and not in his nose if you know what I mean. But we made a nice little piggy with some mashed potatoes and rolls and what not and had some friends over. So yes at least we're being social.

The cool video

2008-03-18T16:48:00.002-07:00

I did it!! I posted my first video! Here's our apartment in Rigby, ID. Oh ya I got into Dental Hygiene School, so now all we have to do is get Phil registered to go to school near me.

The Crib

2008-03-18T16:48:00.001-07:00

Wedding

2008-03-13T18:08:00.000-07:00

2008-03-13T13:31:00.001-07:00

We finally did the cool married thing to do and got a blog. Phil originally made it, but I'm editing it a little bit. Just a little intro, we were married (barely) Feb. 16, 2008 in Arizona. We live in Rigby, ID right now while Phil goes to school and I sit on my butt at home. We plan on moving to Indianapolis, IN in a little over a month to sell security systems for the summer. Yes I'm going to get a job. I kinda feel like I'm just talking to Shawneen and Dana...anyways here are a few pictures from the wedding.