Love the holidays!

First of all I should state, since my last post was so woe-is-me, that we FOUND a couch!!! It seems to work perfect for the size of the room, and it came unassembled -in boxes- and fit easy shmeazy through the door. Hallelujah! Anyway, so our front living area is really coming together and I am planning on posting pics of the finished product on my Decor blog. Love that this place feels like a home now. Here's a sneak peek that I took because Roxy made herself comfy even before the couch was assembled.


Thanksgiving was a little bittersweet for us, because we missed the huge family get-together up in Washington. Thought Zach wouldn't get the time off, then he did, but we decided to save money and not go. Ugh- money. BUT we were lucky enough to have two Thanksgivings. Since the rest of our family was all out of town we really had nowhere to go. Our friends Pablo and Megan were sweet enough to invite us to their Thanksgiving dinner with their family and friends. ( Here's Pablo and Megan with their parents, sister and puppy Podi)

(This is only the "kids")

It was a multi-cultural festivity (I am the only blonde), and everybody spoke English littered with Spanish so half the time we didn't know what was going on. Luckily Jenga is a universal language. :o)



We played until there was literally no moves left to make. Think I had a heart attack, serious. I mean would you want to be the one to take this turn?!



Such a loud, fun group! Aaaaaaaand the food was delish.





Then, on Friday we went to my aunt's house to have a second dinner, which I forgot to take pictures of but WAS delicious. It was good to spend some time with them and my cousins since we haven't in a long time. That night we went to my cousin Hillary's for pizza and games and had a great time, and Roxy completely passed out in my lap... looks like she had too much Martinelli's. Too funny!



On Saturday morning Zach went to play in the annual Turkey Bowl my cousins and their friends have at the park across the street from their house. He had a ton of fun but bruised a rib- ah the price you pay to play tackle football.




Can't believe how much time we've actually gotten to spend with family this week, I love it!

Wish I was sitting somewhere other than the floor

So, our first apartment was furnished, and the only furniture we did acquire in that time was a TV, entertainment stand and Zach's lovesac that he bought before we were married. Now we are in an unfurnished apartment and the time has come to spend a lot of money purchasing all the items we don't have. One of these being a couch!

We found THE perfect couch on craigslist for a great price, and the seller came to our apartment to deliver it since he had a truck. He and Zach attempted to maneuver the couch down the narrow stairs and around the right angle that lead to our front door....... and it wouldn't fit. The leather scraaaaaped on the brick above our "porch" and tore up the front of the couch, and we ended up having to return the couch AND pay him $40 to have the leather repaired. UUUUGH.

And we sold the lovesac a few days ago. So we now sit on a rug in our living room. Does anyone know where we can find a couch that comes unassembled, or have any other bright ideas? (We don't really want a futon- unless we have to.) These darn Provo/Orem old houses with their narrow doorways, stairwells and low ceilings!

This NEVER happens

Wow, I can't believe I am saying this but I think I might actually be kind of obsessed with a TV show. I am not that type. I enjoy lots of different shows, but never schedule my time around them, in fact I don't even care to remember what night or what channel my favorites are on. I just can't bring myself to care that much. It's TV. Plus, no offense to anyone I hope, but it kind of bothers me when people refuse to go out just because their show is on... come on. (Besides isn't that what TiVo is for??) Anyway...

so I recently discovered Glee, and I really am hooked! If you haven't seen it, you can watch the 5 most recent episodes on Hulu. I mean I admit it is cheesy that they know the songs and choreography by heart the first time they run through it, and tend to burst into all-too-perfect-lip-synch song pretty often. But its so entertaining that I don't even care! And Zach will never tell... but he has watched every episode with me. Oh yes. We like/love it.

Here is one of my favorite parts so far, and this was literally the only clip I could find of it, sorry about the quality but you should REALLY watch the show and then you will know. :o)

A little housewifery

I have committed to become a better wifey, and that includes (well, a lot of things but one of my goals was:) making dinner at least twice a week. Yes MAKING dinner, not heating a burrito for Zach as he watches TV.

Yes, I SHOULD have been making dinner like, every day since we've been married, hot on the table at 6 o'clock right? Well, I have a lot of catching up to do. Plus I could probably count on my fingers the number of recipes I've made in my life. Cooking is not my forte- YET. And oddly enough I LOVEEEEEEEEEExinfinity FOOD, but that's exactly the problem. I want to eat NOW. Now now now. Not in 45 minutes at 350. Or 4 hours in a crockpot. (That's another thing I should look at working on- patience, Iago, patience.)

So anyway, here I go, and I'm making this goal public so that 1. it reduces my chances of failing miserably and 2. YOU can send me some delicious easy recipes! Remember, I'm only a beginner. Any recommendations???

the less often I post...

...the more I am convinced that nobody reads this blog anymore. Not that I blame them, because I have established a bad habit of getting very behind and letting far too much time go in between posts. However, for the sake of being up to date and in hopes that someone, somewhere will read it... I will post ANYWAY!!! (cue triumphant trumpet noise) Thank you, thank you.

We have had an exciting few weeks. Since baby Kaylie was born we had a lot of fun spending time with family. Zach's mom was here for a couple weeks, and his dad came for a few days, and we ate LOTS of good food. If only I could cook like the Moss women.

I've been dying to go to a corn maze for YEARS, every year October comes and goes and I never get around to it. This year I was determined. So on October 30th we finally went, and all my dreams came true, although there were more men with chainsaws than I cared to look at. Lauren and Charley went with us and we had a lot of fun.

Then on Halloween we went trick-or-treating with niece/nephew Hallie & Chase. They loved every second of it. I think its great that just when you start getting to the age where holidays lose most of their magic for you, which is so sad, you get to have kids and start all over again. Good thing we have relatives with kids, for now at least! Here they are with Nana.

And our last piece of good news is that we found an apartment that we love. It is small but perfect for our needs and we plan on staying here for a couple of years. Yesterday we moved most everything in, now for the job of unpacking all the boxes. Finally I will have my winter clothes! We are very excited. Oh yeah, and I am LOVING this fast new internet. Pictures to come when we make it cute!

oh, baby

Last Sunday while we were driving back from the wedding, Zach's sister had her new baby, Kaylie Eleana!

We were sad that we couldn't be there when she was born, but we went to see her at the hospital the next day and she is super cute, which means a lot coming from me since I tend to think some newborns look like aliens and don't always get cute til a few months later.

Anyway we can't stop holding her and watching her funny expressions. Yay for new babies!

Proud big brother and sister holding Kaylie for the first time

Happy family!

wedding bells in sunny California!

Last weekend my cousin Hillary got married in the Sacramento temple. We weren't sure we would get to go because of Zach's new job, he doesn't really know whether he has work until the day before, so it was impossible for us to plan. Luckily at the last minute everything came together perfectly! We drove up with Matt and Kat and they even let us stay at their house (thanks again guys)! The wedding was great, the bride looked beautiful and I was so glad we were able to be there for the sealing...






even though I couldn't look Hillary in the face without bursting into tears. We had a great time.

Once again congrats to the newlyweds! We love you!