Catch-up post!

Where do I even begin?! Lots has happened since my last post (in August!). Ryan's sister, Blaney, had a little baby girl and she is just as cute as can be! Welcome Addison Marie Hanvey.

One of the many bows I gave Blaney, AND yes, that pacifier has bling. :) I blinged out several things for this baby that is going to be super girly, thanks to herAuntie Kimmie.

At the hospital.

I turned 27 on the 27th of September! I honestly have never felt my age UNTIL this year. Everyone tells me that 27 is young and I SHOULD believe that. Up until this year I've always thought of myself as still only 20. And I warned Ryan that I just might have a hard time when I turn 30...we'll see.

Here's a picture of me with my cupcake cake. I LOVED the one candle on top.

Ryan's other sister, Lindsey, left on her mission on September 29th. She has been called to serve in the Tegucigalpa, Honduras mission. We are all so proud of her and know she'll be a GREAT missionary.

We went and saw Disney's the Lion King on Broadway up in Salt Lake. It was AMAZING! This honestly is a must see for everyone! The costumes were awesome and so was the whole cast.

I also was voted (and I did NOT vote for myself) to make a scarecrow for my office. They decided to participate in the Homesteads Scarecrow Festival up in Heber. Me and another girl from my office drove up and made our scarecrow there. Ours by FAR is the worst up there. But at least they won't vote me to do it again next year! So...meet my boss, Dr Leishman!


This past weekend while the boys went to the Priesthood session of Conference, all the girls headed down to my moms in Spanish Fork. We ate good food and made some fun Halloween crafts!

My cute spider magnet.

My "Ghost" banner.

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My candy corn banner.

Family Reunion

This past weekend I survived my family reunion. We had it at my grandparents farm in Layton. It started Friday and went through Saturday. We had some fun activities and then on Saturday we had a big celebration since it was my grandparent's 50th wedding anniversary! Gosh, I hope Ryan and I make it that long! I know we will.

The century farm sign my uncle made for my grandparent's farm.

On Saturday we had one of those blow-up bouncy things for kids.

We had a movie in the backyard. One of my uncles rented this blow up screen from Open Air Cinemas. It was awesome! We watched "Diary of a Wimpy Kid."

Friday night. We were kinda tired.

We had a family talent show, thanks to my mom watching the movie Dan in Real Life.
My grandma did "Old McDaniel Had a Farm" with all the grand kids. It was really cute.

Brecken wearing my mom's wig from their "I got you babe" lip sync. She kinda looks like the girl from The Ring or cousin It...you decide.

Sunny and Cher. (AKA mom and dad)

A fly flew in Brooke's mouth just as we snapped this photo.

My whole family.

For the talent show, my family did a synchronized swimming bit behind a blue curtain for water. It was the highlight of the show. If I ever get a copy of the video, I'll post it. It was pretty dang funny.

My cute nieces and nephews

I am SO sad to say that my sister and her cute three kids are moving to El Paso, Texas in just a few short weeks! While my sister and her husband went down to search for homes my mom watched the kids and did as much fun stuff as was possible. I went down to Spanish Fork last Friday night to hang out with my mom and the kids and we were lucky enough to be able to go over to my brother-in-law's parents to ride horses. The kids were a little timid at first, but after one ride they kept wanting more and more!

Aunt "Timmie" with all the kids. (I know, I look prego. Bad shirt choice.)

All the kiddos.

Look at Brecken's "oh crap!" face. At this point we were watching the horses getting saddled up.

Miss Brecken. We were SO proud of her. She was really scared at first!

The fearless Caleb.

I was SO proud of Ainsley too!

Jackson getting saddled up and ready to go!

Our New Addition!

No, I am not prego. We just bought a new car! I have been wanting a new car for forever. Ryan told me that if I saved money for a down payment and I sold my car then I could get a new one. Well, I sold my old '97 Honda Civic the day it listed on KSL and so the "fun" shopping experience began. I ONLY wanted a Ford Edge and would NOT look at anything else. I'm sure Ryan only wanted to strangle me a few times. We found ONE (I mean literally one, all the others cost way too much) that was in our price range and I TOTALLY loved it, but once we saw the car-fax we were done. It had been in two accidents. So after much convincing, we went to just drive a few other used cars at the Doug Smith Auto here in American Fork. We probably drove at least ten cars and it took all day for Ryan to convince me to test drive a Jeep. But once I did I fell in love! So here's my NEW car! We got the 2010 Jeep Liberty, silver, and when I test drove it, it only had 3 miles on it!

Catch Up!

It's been a while since my last blog post. Sorry, I've been busy and kind of tired lately. No, I'm NOT pregnant, life is just wearing me out cause I'm having so much fun! This past weekend Ryan and I had our TWO year anniversary! It honestly feels like we've been married longer than that, but at the same time it's gone by fast. We celebrated our two year in San Fransisco! Ryan's cousin was getting baptised in Fairfield, Cali so we figured we'd make a weekend out of it. We went and did the Alcatraz tour, we went to Pier 39, saw the famous bush man, drove down Lumbard street (the most crooked street in the world), and drove across the Golden Gate bridge. We also spent tons of time with family and all-around it was a GREAT weekend! Other than the winter blizzard we experienced going through Donner's pass into Cali, it was great!

At dinner with the family.

Ryan's dad, cousin Greg, and Ryan. His cousin makes Ryan look small!

The bush man! It was so funny! He'd sit there and it looked like this random bush in the middle of the sidewalk and then when someone walked by he'd stick his branch out at them.

The cells in Alcatraz were SO tiny!

The Audio tour was awesome! You heard the voices and stories of inmates, officers, and children that lived on the Island.

View of Alcatraz from the boat. It actually was pretty small compared to the picture I had in my mind.

Ryan's speeding ticket in the middle of NO WHERE Nevada. Proof that fun was had by all. :)

On May 7th, Ryan and I were able to go to the Sugarland concert at the E Center in Salt Lake. Okay, they are AMAZING in concert! Honestly, country concerts are THE best and I have yet to be disappointed. The stage, band, and the lead singer (I can't remember her name right now...that just shows I'm a lousy fan) was awesome! Next time they come, I'm there!

Run Like a Girl

Today I ran the Salt Lake City half marathon and it's definitely got me pumped up to run another one! That is, as soon as I can walk again. The course was awesome and I LOVED how it wound through neighborhoods. I wasn't too sure I'd like this because I was afraid I'd get bored, but there were SO many people just sitting out on their lawns with bells and music playing loud and cheering all the runners on. There was even one house that had a sign that said "get bacon here!" There were little kids handing out bacon to the runners. This made me smile. I passed this older man that was pushing what looked like his handicapped son in something that looked like a jogger stroller and honestly I started to cry. Maybe it was a little because my legs were in pain too. :) Overall, I was happy with my time considering I had to stop to wait in line for the porta potties twice (which took a while!) since there wasn't anywhere else to go. And I did make one stupid mistake. I always buy running shoes and then put extra inserts in them to make the cushion last longer. Me, thinking I was being smart, got another pair of inserts to put on top of the ones I already had in my shoes thinking I'd make them 'extra' cushy. Boy was I wrong! After about two miles me heel kept rubbing against my shoe. I stopped to take a look and I had already rubbed a hole in my sock and my heel was all bloody. I took out those extra inserts and tossed 'em! After that I was fine. Ryan, my sister Brooke, and my Dad were all there to greet me at the finish line. Seeing them there felt so great! The best part of the race is at the finish line where they have all the great food! I stuffed my face with Creamies and bread and cookies from Great Harvest. I needed to make up for my calorie deficit.

I got a good date of this thing too! The night before Ryan and I went up and stayed in a hotel. We checked in and then walked around down town, around Temple Square and then we went to PF Changs for dinner. YUM! Probably not the BEST choice the night before a race, but it was dang good.

Me and my awesome sister, Brooke.

My dad and me.

My cute husband. :)

Me crossing the finish line...Ryan didn't realize it was on video.