getting caught up.

wow. time flies. i can't believe its already been 5 weeks since my last post.
sometimes i sit down to blog and sometimes i struggle with knowing what or how i want to write about it. i am definitely not a writer. and why does it take so long for my pictures to upload. i can hardly stand it, but i do love looking back at my posts and remembering the things we do.

here is a few things we have been up to, more to come...

a few weekends ago we had a sleepover with victor. we picked him up, stopped at chilies, came home watched a movie, well like 10 minutes of the movie! saturday we spent most of the day playing around at the sports mall. i love love having victor around.

boston & vic!

what? my dogs laying down?
they love him & i love this picture.

jordan asked if we wanted
any popcorn i think he
shared one handful with victor.

the very next weekend victor came with me my mom and dad to wyoming to watch mariah's regional game. we had so much fun, too bad she lost :( and don't worry we got stuck in casper, wy for the night since it dumped snow for hours. too bad i only took 2 pics of the whole weekend.

THE DOG FARM... ha! ammie, my mom and dad came over to help out with some things around our house, and everyone brought their dogs. (my mom and dad have 3, ammie only has 1, we add another 3!) yes we have a huge yard and its so fun for the dogs. yes we also have a huge yard that needs grass, anyone know where to get really cheap sod?? we need ALOT!

mariah's Birthday. mariah was here for spring break, and while she was here it was here 19th birthday!! i am so glad we got to celebrate with her. we ate at la costa (so yummy, everyone needs to try it!) then went to see limitless with bradley cooper. i still don't know how i feel about this movie, i liked the idea behind it but i am not sure i like the movie. anyway, happy birthday to merna, can't believe she is 19 already. love her and can't wait for summer to go to the pool every single day with her!

the whole gang.

my parents.

ammie & mern.

the silly bday girl.

also, march is filled with birthdays in this family! just a quick HAPPY BIRTHDAY to...

kay (mom-in-law) march 6th... she always gives good, honest advice. loves her children and their spouses unconditionally.
mariah (sister) march 18th... best sister on earth.
morgan (sis-in-law) march 20th... so driven. she is now going to school to be a nurse practitioner
angie (sis-in-law)... march 21st... THE best scrapbooker & decorater i know. (i wish i could hire her to make gifts, cards, etc & decorate my house.) i also love that she is ocd about cleaning like me.
stockton (nephew) march 25th... one of the smartest 9 year olds i know, and is very polite. s also makes the best cards.
crew (nephew) march 25th.... this boy is so cute & loves his mama. he doesn't talk, and i can't describe the sound he makes with words but i love it.
**side note how crazy is it that s & c have the same birthday and they are brothers, 7 years apart?!**
tasha (sis-in-law almost!) march 27th... tash would do anything for anyone.
anne (cousin) march 31st... love her, she has always been a good friend and i think she is brave.

i love each of you and am so lucky to have you all in my family. happy happy birthday, i hope it was wonderful!

honeymoon

**warning, super long!

im finally getting around to posting about our honeymoon. we went to puerto vallarta, mexico. we had so much fun in the sun!!


we left the morning after our wedding at like 5am. we stayed at hotel that was 20 minutes outside of the city. it was beautiful! it was like a little of the rain forest next to the ocean. i wish i was there!!



our pool. we would sleep in, eat,
layout, eat, maybe go into the city if not we would lay out,
eat, go to sleep...
repeat for 7 days. loved it.

this guy or gal lived at our pool,
they had a big rock with plants and he would
come out once a day or so.
we were shocked the first time we saw him.
everyone said there was a family
that lived in there,
we weren't sure which one we saw each time.


right across the street from our hotel,
where we would catch the bus.

on the bus heading to the city.
i was a little worried about riding on the bus,
but i am so glad we did. we rode with the locals,
the bus was so old and so hot.
and we paid like 7 cents to ride!

on a boardwalk in the city.
(i have a love hate relationship with mexico.
i loved loved our honeymoon don't get me wrong,
i just wanted to buy everything
from everyone. it broke my heart
seeing some of the people.
it is not like tijuana where little kids
walk around trying to sell chicklets
but, it still broke my heart.)

behind us is a river that leads to the ocean,
the local kids played in it all day.
the water was warm and shallow.
you could walk across the bridge,
eat and hang out on the beach.

we ate across the bridge one night, it was delicious!!



at the steak and seafood restaurant.
(there were 3 places besides the buffets,
where we could eat, 1 time each)


the italian restaurant. this place took forever.....
our reservation was at 730 we were the last to leave at 11.
not worth the wait. and since we don't eat at fancy places,
we had no idea how to order here.
we left still hungry.
this was the spanish restaurant,
it was really good!

the view from the buffet.
it really was so pretty here. t
he only problem with this seat in
the buffet was you would see all of the stray dogs.
i love dogs and it was awful
to see how skinny they were.

at the beach. we would usually stay at the pool
until 3 or 4 and then it was shaded by the
hotel so we would make our way to the beach.
the water was great, no waves and warm.

we ordered room service one night,
it was $12 for anything you wanted
on the menu. i am pretty sure we
ordered one of everything and ate it all.


us after we ate all of that food!!!

snorkeling. i was really excited to try this,
however it wasn't my favorite. i got a little
sea sick and i was freaked out by all the fish i saw
under water. our snorkel guide was
awesome he gave us each a piece of bread to
feed the fish and they would come right up
to our hand. freaky! he also went down so
far and brought up fish, like the one above.
i hope that fish didn't die just so
i could get that pic. it was only out of the water
for 1 second i swear. while on this adventure,
we met some friends, for the rest of
the trip we hung out with them by the pool.


just hangin out after dinner one night.

us on the balcony of our room.
like i said it was beautiful there.

we had so much fun. wish we could go back today!!

happy valentines!

just some things i love, in lieu of this day of love.

my man.

love him. we don't usually do valentines,
but friday he made me a surprise dinner. so cute.

my family.

love both of my families. so lucky.
(sorry, some not pictured. the only pics
i have of everybody are from the wedding and
i STILL can't upload them.)

my doggies.

most think we are crazy for having
3 dogs, but i love them all and they
love me!

the sun/laying out.
is it summer yet? i think as i get older
the winters last longer. if only we had a vacay
planned and i could be this tan.


coke.
love love me some coke, yes its bad
for me.

sweat pants.
favorite thing to wear. what would i do
without them?


friends.
i wish i had a picture of all of my
friends together. i have the best friends.

boating.
i really love boating. i like tubing and wake
boarding, but i really could just ride on the boat the
whole time! (this pic is in lake powell, i was so lucky heidi
asked me to join her and her in laws. you really have never been
on a lake powell trip until you have gone with the sundells.)

my victor.
as i look through pictures
i remember him being in my life everyday.
wish it was still that way.
but love him still the same.



the list could go on. happy valentines to all. i hope your day is full of love.