Holilday photos...better late than never!

Becky comes to visit! Becky is one of my dearest friends and she came out to see us for New Years and her Birthday. We had so much fun and I love her dearly. Here are some pictures from her visit.


We went to the beach, Lincoln City to be exact :)

Becky turned 25!!! Wahoo!!

We bought rain boots and played in the water.



We got soaking wet...


And we bought new purses! It was a fabulous weekend. Love ya Becks!


Thanksgiving

Matt's first turkey cooking experience. He got a recipe from one of his clients at work and went to town on the turkey. I have to say that he did the whole thing on his own. He even got up early to get it started. I know amazing.

The finished product. It was quite delicious! and very moist. Matt has claimed that he will be making the turkey every year...we'll see how long that lasts.


Christmas

Our first experience with Christmas lights. It was a team effort. I put up all the lights on the pillars and across the garaage and Matt held the ladder while I put them on the peak. Then when they were all up, and in my opinion looking beautiful, Matt decided that the lights on the pillars were uneven so he re-did them...rude. But they looked pretty good in the end.



Mosi and his ball from Barbara. Sadly the ball is no longer. It was destroyed within days.

If it is BYU you know that Matt is going to LOVE it!

The Coach purse...who have I become?

3 years of joy!

Today is our three year anniversary so I wanted to post a little tribute to our marriage. I love looking back at the pictures of our wedding day because I was just so happy. I remember feeling really nervous and jittery the morning of our wedding and wondering if the decision I was about to make was the right one. But when Matt came over to pick me up and take me to the temple I will never forget the way I felt. As soon as I saw him all of my anxiety and fear completely disapeared and I just felt so comfortable and loved and excited to share my life with him. I am so grateful for Matt and I love him so much and I cannot imagine my life without him. He is my most favorite person in the world. I love you Matt!




Um...we were so cute back then. What happened to us??? I am mystified.

Disclaimer

Okay so all of the pictures and labels below do not match! How frustrating. I should probably go through and redo them all but I am not going to so...sorry. Just enjoy the pictures :) Argh!!!

Halloween Birthday Spooktacular!

This weekend we hosted a big Halloween Birthday party for Matt who is turning 30 today, Karilyn who's birthday was on Halloween and Genny who's birthday was yesterday. We had so much fun and had about 40 people in attendance who all dressed up. I think that we are going to have to make this a tradition!

Matt and I dressed up as Fred and Wilma Flinstone. I am proud to say that I, with a ton of help from my friend Karilyn, made our costumes! How cute :)

Me and the girls

Pete and Genny as a prego cheerleader

Melvin and Karilyn

Our neighbors Patrick and Amanda Rhodes and their brand new little baby Jack.


This one was Hilarious! Meet our good friends Chris, Melvin and Pete. A while back we were all hanging out and I had mentioned how I think UPS/Fedex delivery guys are really hot and that I had never really seen a delivery guy that wasn’t. So as a joke on me they all dressed up as super sexy short shorts delivery guys with special delivery packages all for me. They were SO funny and of course they took first place in the costume competition.





This was one of my favorites! Jake came as a Mormon Missionary!!! He even made his own missionary name tag and carried around the book of mormon all night. And the best part of all...he's not even Mormon. So fun!


Our neighbor Keith and his little girl Cameron

This is Michelle and Garette. I love their costumes. Michelle is due in six weeks so if you look really close you can see that he shirt has a picture of a bun in the oven with the timer set to 7 weeks. Her husband is dressed up as the bun maker! So cute!!!

Brian Lynn as a 50's guy

Becky, Jessica and Karilyn

Rick, lindsey and baby Leo


Matt and Kate Lowry

Matt's team from work

Rick and Lisa

Brian, Matt and Jake

This is Angie as the perfect 50's wife

Bill and Shelly Haugh

Carlos from the Hangover...he took third place in the costume competition

Court, Lindsey and of course...Carlos.

A little Rockband fun. Lowry and Melvin showing us how it is done.



Jake's mormon missionary costume recieved the second place prize

The youngest two party animals Cameron and Leo...aren't they adorable?


Matt and Karilyn blowing out their candles. We had three birthday cakes and about 80 candles combined. The fear of burning down the house was all too real.


And when it was all said and done this is what our six month old puppy Mosi did to our garage. Somehow the little stinker got out of his kennel and ripped into all of the excess garbage from the night before. Believe me the pictures do not do justice. All of this combined with his little doggy doo doo and throw up was just more than I could handle. Will somebody please remind me why it was that we got a dog?