Alyssa N Matt

Happy Late Halloween

2011-11-12T12:41:00.001-08:00

I love Halloween. I am not really sure why it is my favorite holiday, but it is.

Here are a few of my favorite things about halloween.

The Decorations

Halloween Bunco

Haunted Houses we only made it to 4 this year.

The costumes

Carving Pumpkins

This is what Halloween looks like right before I put it away.

Nieces & Nephews

2011-03-27T19:13:00.000-07:00

I have the greatest Nieces & Nephews. I love spending time with them. They are so funny and we always have a great time together. Since not having a job I have had lots of time to hang out with them. We have had sleepovers, gone to the park, had a movie party, went to Mcdonalds and went swimming. Almost all of the photos I take are of them, they are so cute. I realized that I also have more pictures of the girls than the boys. I think being an Aunt is one of the greatest jobs ever, I get to spoil them and when they get tired and cranky they go home!!! Enjoy

They love to make videos on my phone.

Brenna & Jonathan

My Nephew Aaron & his girlfriend Sal.

Ben

Mollie (she has the cutest face but if you turn your head for one second she is getting into something.) This is her eating an appetizer of sugar packets, after she had an entree of butter!!! yum

Aubrey & Emma

I told Mollie it was time for bed so this is where she put her pillow and blanket.

Aubrey loves to climb on top of the slide. This is her 7th Birthday so I let her get away with it!!!

Zachary

I could not find Mollie anywhere in the house, I did not know I should look under my bed. She told me she was just playing with the cat.

Aubrey & Brenna

Aubrey said this photo is embarrassing cause she is wearing my nightgown from when I was a little girl.

Sierha, Khylee & Matt

Jacob ( wearing a coconut bra)

Alexa & Me

Happy New Year

2011-01-01T00:11:00.001-08:00

For New Years Eve we had Matts family over for yummy food and fun! For Christmas we got Just Dance 2. We had never played it before so we started playing before everyone came just in case no one wanted to play it, but it turned out to be a hit. We played it all night, it was so much fun! Hope everyone had a great New Years.

Yummy Sparkling Cider at Midnight, Kids are a little tired!!

Tawnya brought this confetti gun, it was a lot of fun to shoot off but I think I will be finding confetti around my house for the next year!!

Merry Chirstmas

2010-12-31T16:18:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone had a wonder Christmas. I know we had a great Christmas. I did not take a lot of photos on Christmas, I guess we were having to much fun. As usual Matt woke me up at 4:45 AM cause he gets really excited and also wants to be the first one at his parents house to eat. His dad makes all of us our own breakfast to order, it is delicious and we always look forward to it. Matt was so excited for breakfast that we only opened a couple of presents in the morning and saved the rest for later in the day. We always for some reason forget to go grocery shopping before the holidays so we did not have any thing to eat so the last few years we end up at Denny's. It is usually not very good and the wait is forever. So if anyone would like two extra guest to dinner next year let us know. Denny's is one tradition I hope does not stick around!! Here are some pictures as usual I took lots of pictures of the nieces and nephews and none of Matt & I.

Matt in his Christmas Pajamas.

This is our sad looking tree, we put it up the day after Thanksgiving and I forgot to take a picture. It stopped drinking water about 2 weeks after it was up, so it died and looks really sad.It was a lot fuller at one time! The small silver tree next to it is the tree we bought for our first married Christmas together cause we lived in a basement so we just had a little tree.
The stockings were hung! I just thought my fireplace was cute!

This is what Santa brought Matt

This is what Santa brought Alyssa

This is what Santa brought our family.

We are kids at heart if you can not tell by our presents.

Mollie and her Michael Jackson glove. She loves Michael Jackson, she would not take the glove off she even had to sleep in it.

Ben

Brenna & Aubrey

Zachary & Jonathan

Aubrey showing off her cute apron.

Late Halloween

2010-11-19T12:35:00.000-08:00

I love Halloween, it is my absolute favorite holiday. I love to decorate and pass out candy. This year we had a few halloween parties and I had Bunco so we dressed up. Matt was Wheres Waldo and I was his Girlfriend Wenda. Here are some fun pictures.
Matt

Zach & Aubrey

Randi & Brittany

Tawnya & Michelle

Jen, Brittany & Jenny

Bunco Girls

Trixie & Jake

Happy Veterans Day

2010-11-11T22:54:00.001-08:00

Today is a great day, I am so glad we have Veterans day to honor all of the men and women who have served our country. If I ran the country they would all be well taken care of and never have to worry about anything for serving our country and allowing us to have our freedoms. A month ago my grandfather passed away, he served in the Air force in WWII and Korea. He was defiantly my HERO. At his funeral they had the color guard the did the 21 gun solute and then they present someone with the flag. I had the honor of receiving the flag. I will Cherish that flag forever. Here are a few pictures of my grandfathers medals and the flag at his funeral. (don't worry no dead people) On the weird funny side, my grandpa was cremated, the past couple of days I keep having dreams about him, and just have a feeling he has been with me, well last night I was cleaning off the counter to find out my brother had left my grandpa sitting on my counter. I said all along that I did not want to have his ashes in my house but I guess I just needed a reminder of what today was all about. Sorry for the crazy sad post.

At the funeral we all wore red socks because those were the only color socks he wore, but you can not buy red socks so we had to die them, so they are a little pink.

Happy Anniversary

2010-09-14T19:10:00.000-07:00

9 Years ago today was Matt & my first date. And yesterday was our 7 year wedding anniversary. Time sure does go by fast. But I think we are still the only people who live in Utah county and have been married this long with out kids!!! Happy Anniversary Matt.

Girls Camp

2010-09-08T09:12:00.001-07:00

Well I decided I better update my blog so I will start with Girls camp. I am the assistant camp director, so i get to do all the dirty work, like plan meals and pack everything. But if you know me that is the stuff i like doing and I make really good food. Girls camp was so much fun and we have the best young women. (I know ever leader says that but we really do) We went to Heber for 4 days but we did not get cabins, we had tents and port a potties YEAH!!!! We had a lot of fun and I hope I get to do it again next year. Our girls did a certification relay with all the other wards, and we won, so we received a new dutch oven for our ward. So enjoy all of our fun photos.

All of us

Camp Fire

Squish & Cassie getting ready to the skit.

Heidi, Jenny & Raz

Leaders

Cassie eating a raw egg shell and all.

Our girls winning the certification relay.

Grandma Julie & Heidi

Baby Baxter & Small Fry

Ready to go home

Just hanging out.

2010-05-12T09:44:00.000-07:00

Saturday we hung out with Shawn, Kim and the kids. We always have a lot of fun hanging out with them. And I think I have some of the cutest Nieces & Nephews ever!!!

Jacob he is so cute!!

I painted Mollie & Aubrey's Toes.
Mollies Toes

Aubrey's Toes

Mollie, Aubrey & Alyssa's toes

Mollie was so excited to show Shawn her toes it was cute!

I had to post this video of Mollie singing her ABC's It is so cute!

April

2010-05-12T08:35:00.001-07:00

Sorry I am a slacker, I have been really bad at blogging so I figured catch every one up April for now.

on April 5th My Nephew Jonathan turned 8'
He had a friend party where we went and played laser tag. ( yes I said we matt & I are big kids)

Then on his birthday we took Jonathan, Brenna, Zach & Aubrey to see

Then the next Saturday he was Baptized by his dad.

It was such a special day for him.

This is the race car cake I made, but it melted in the car & it was my first time making something like this so it is not perfect.

Jonathan & Zachary

These are just some crazy weather photos I took while sitting on the porch. I think they are really cool.

Janice, Tawnya & Natalie on our way to Women's conference

And I just had to add a photo of Jacob cause he is so dang cute!!

Happy Birthday Matt

2010-01-16T19:23:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was Matt's Birthday. We decided to have the family over for dinner instead of going out. So we had a taco bar. It was so yummy. Matt had a great day, and we are glad everyone could get together. Love you Mr.

Tawyna & Baby Jacob

Max

Matt & Sawyer

Jonathan & Zachary

Cameron, Max, Chris & Matt
Matt & The Simpsons

Sawyer
Aubrey & Brenna

Matt & Baby Jacob

Mollie, Alyssa & Jacob

Family Home Evening

2010-01-13T16:09:00.000-08:00

Matt's family decided that we will get together once a month for FHE. We went on Monday, even though we were late we had a lot of fun, and the lesson was just what we needed to hear for the week. It was great to see everyone and I look forward to next month.
Teresa & Heather

Matt & Ty

Grandma, Katelyn, Kassidy & Kase

Emily & Tierney

Patty, Teresa, & Trixie

Jacob Benjamin Royer

2010-01-05T12:36:00.001-08:00

Kim had Jacob on Thursday 12/31, he was 7lbs 9oz and 19.5 inches long.

He is so cute!! I look forward to spoiling him and sneaking him treats when mom is not watching!!! Congrats Kim & Shawn

Happy New Year

2010-01-03T10:54:00.001-08:00

So for New Years we watched Zachary, Aubrey & Mollie while Kim had the baby. It was so much fun, Tawnya dropped the kids off to me Thursday morning, Zach& Aubrey played the Wii, but Mollie since she will not just sit and play games yet she sat with me in my office while I worked, and watched a movie. I put the portable dvd player on the floor and she grabbed her blanket and watched "Monsters VS Aliens" only for a little while. If you notice in the picture Charlie the neighbors cat comes in our house sometimes and he sat with mollie and watched the movie. It was cute to see.

After Tawnya finished her errands she came and picked up the kids, because I had to work. After work Matt and I went to Tawnya's for our little New Years party. We ate lots of yummy food and just hung out. At midnight we did fireworks, and went home. Zach was determined to stay up all night but did not even make it awake the first ten minutes in the car.
I hope everyone has a Happy New Year.

She tried staying up until Midnight but just couldn't!!!

This picture is New years day, we partied so hard the night before we all had to take naps the next day.

Christmas

2010-01-03T10:34:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas, last year Matt woke me up at 4:30 so I told him this year to let me sleep until at least 5:30, well he is just like a little kid and to excited to sleep he woke me up at 4:45. So we got ready for the day and came down and opened our presents. Santa was very generous to us, luckily I started shopping in November and found a lot of good deals. I hope everyone had a great Christmas.

I love Tag's Pj's

My family (I think the first time we have all been together since my wedding!!!)

Christmas Tree

2009-12-10T12:05:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to post a picture of our tree. I love it, and it makes my house smell so good. I think I did a pretty good job at decorating it.

Thanksgiving

2009-12-10T11:54:00.000-08:00

So I am a little late on posting this but I figured I would. Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. Matt's family came to my house. But the nice thing was I only had to cook a few thing, and they were easy nothing big like a turkey. We had lots of yummy food. After dinner the kids decided they wanted to go on a walk. So lindsay & I decided to take them not knowing they wanted to go on a very long walk. They just kept walking, & walking. Oh and none of them brought jackets. It was a lot of fun, for a little while until the sun started going down and everyone was cold. The kids liked throwing rocks in the pond cause it is frozen over and they would each try to break the ice. I forgot to take pictures of everyone at Thanksgiving but I took plenty of the kids on their little adventure. Enjoy!

Bridal Shower

2009-12-04T07:42:00.000-08:00

I went to my friend Ashley's Bridal shower a few weeks ago. It was so much fun to see everyone and catch up. Girls after Ashley's wedding we have to have a girls night at my house. Annette you are invited to my house any time. Congrats Ashley on your wedding!!!

Bunco

2009-10-12T14:52:00.000-07:00

Bunco was at my house this month. It was Halloween Bunco so we all dressed up and had a great time. I gave out prizes for best dressed, Keri won best dressed she was a witch. Jenny Browning won 2nd place she was raggedy Ann and Jenny Noel got 3rd place she was Rainbow Bright. Thanks everyone for coming it was so much fun.

Alexa & Alyssa
Alyssa & Trixie
Kim the Pregnant Witch
Jenny N, Keri & Jenny B
Everyone
Babies aren't they cute
Sawyer the Frog
Sara, Keri & Alicia
Jenny and Alyssa
Alyssa & Tawnya

If you did not figure it out I am Sally from the Nightmare before Christmas

Cabo Cabo

2009-10-05T17:00:00.000-07:00

We just got back from a 5 day Mexican cruise. They call it the Cabo, Cabo cruise because you go to Cabo twice. It was so much fun we went with Matt's Aunt, Uncle, Cousins & some of their friends. This was my first cruise and it will not be my last. I played on a game show and lost. Then played Family feud it was girls agains boys and of course GIRLS won!. We went snorkeling in Cabo and it was raining, but when it rains the fish come to the surface so their were hundreds of fish. I loved the towel animals they put on your bed at night. Here are some pictures. I took a ton of pictures so enjoy.

Everyone

Matt Getting on the boat
Cabo
Travis, Matt, Brad & Juarez

Me playing Family Feud
Brad & Amanda
Kris & Neil
Emily & Shawn
Travis & Brittany
Karli & Juarez

Karli, Brittany & Alyssa
Karli & Brittany
Brad & Amanda

All the Girls

Bunco

2009-08-24T15:06:00.000-07:00

I had Bunco on Thursday. I look forward to Bunco every month. It is fun to have a girls night. I think we need to do it 2 times a month. I only took a couple pictures.

Hanging out with Nieces and Nephews

2009-08-24T14:51:00.001-07:00

So Friday night we offered to take Zach & Aubrey for Kim. So we took the kids out and got ice cream and them took then to the park. We met Jerry, Lindsay & the kids at the Castle park in West Jordan. I love that park it is so much fun the kids had a blast. So Brenna & Aubrey slept at my house so that Jonathan & Zach could have a sleep over. We met the next morning for breakfast and then went to the Natural History Museum. I really wanted to go because they had a special frog exhibit and I love frogs. It was really fun.

Aaron's Birthday

2009-08-20T09:48:00.000-07:00

My nephew Aaron turned "19" on the 8th. Tawnya threw him a birthday party. Everyone tells him he looks like Zac Efron and he hates that. So Tawnya threw him a High School Musical party.

It was really fun. He thought it was just a family party but Tawnya planned it that it was a suprise party with his friends. He was really funny when he walked in the door he was not sure about what to do he started backing out of the room.

Lagoon

2009-08-03T10:08:00.000-07:00

We went to Lagoon on friday with Jerry, Lindsay, Jonathan & Brenna. We had so much fun we got there when it opened at 11 and did not leave until 930 that night. We rode almost all of the rides. Here are some pictures.

Jonathan even made a girlfriend in line and had to ride rides with her.

Frog Prince: A Twisted Fairy Tale

2009-07-24T09:07:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

I (Matt) recently stumbled upon the site Scribd and figured I would give it a go. I am selling a short story. It's very short, but very entertaining, if I do say so myself. :)

I wrote this story many years ago. I haven't made extensive edits to the story, only to the grammar. You can see a preview on the sidebar of this blog, or through the link below:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/17593077/Frog-Prince-A-Twisted-Fairy-Tale

You can read the first two pages of it in the preview. See if you like it.

I'm currently working on a trilogy for young adults. I have about 100 pages left in order to finish the first book, which shouldn't take too long. Then I will refine & rewrite it, polishing it until it's ready for publishers.

I'll post updates as they happen. I'll start putting samples up in a short while. Keep your fingers crossed for me as well! This has been a dream of mine for many years. I'm finally getting up the courage to show other people my writing. Hopefully it's good enough in a few years to get me somewhere. For now, this will do.

4th of July

2009-07-08T21:32:00.000-07:00

For the forth we went to Panguitch for Matt's family reunion. We took Zach & Aubrey. We had a lot of fun, We left Saturday morning at 5 am and came back Sunday around 10 am so it was was a really fast trip but we packed a ton of fun in that short time frame. We got there right before the parade. The parade is always fun it is a kid parade all the kids of the town decorate their bikes and ride up and down main street.It is really cute. The family reunion was rained out. when we got up there we had to sit in our car for about 20 minutes for the rain to stop, it only stopped for a little while and started again so we went back to the hotel.I was excited to get to see my father in law play his accordion. Matt and Dave even got up and sang with their dad. It was the first time in 2 years I had seen him play. I really missed it when he did not live here. We watched fireworks that night they were really good. and then we went and roasted marshmallows. It is always good to catch up with everyone we do not see very often. I hope everyone had a safe and fun 4Th.

Happy Birthday Mollie

2009-07-08T21:16:00.000-07:00

Mollie Turned ONE. She is so cute. We went to her party at a splash park. It was so much fun. We played in the water and then on the playground.(Sometimes I think the adults have more fun than the kids)
Mollie fractured her leg a few days before so she just sat and watched the fun, but she loved her cake. When it got dark we did fireworks. Kim did a 4th of July Theme. Thanks for the fun night.

Update

2009-06-28T20:29:00.000-07:00

So I finally did it I updated our blog. I am so bad at keeping it updated because I work on a computer for 8 hrs a day so the last thing I want to do when I get home it get back on the computer. So here are a few thing we did in June. Can you believe July is in three days. Christmas is in less than six months. I added so many new posts you will have to go back a page to see them all. Let me know what you think.

Walnut

2009-06-28T20:10:00.000-07:00

So my sad news is Matt & I came home last sunday night to find out someone's dog had killed Walnut. It is really sad he was a great cat. He had his own personality and really was like one of our family. Luckily we took a ton of pictures of him so he will always be remembered. The very last picture we ever took was two days before and it happened to be me kissing him on the head. Also that night after we went up to our room I found that he had left me paw prints on the bath tub. He always did that because he loved water so much. They are still there I have not had the heart to clean them off knowing that he will never do that again. I miss him so much. Taking care of him was part of our daily routine so it's like there is something missing from our lives. The thing that has helped me feel better about it is knowing that we will even see our animals again someday.
Chris sent Matt this really good quote for me
"On the bridge between here and forever, our animal friends will be waiting for us.”

So here a a few pictures of my Walnut.

Oquirrh Temple

2009-06-28T20:06:00.000-07:00

Matt & I went to the open house of the Uquirrh Mountain Temple. It is beautiful. If you have a chance I would go check it out.

Herriman Days

2009-06-28T20:01:00.000-07:00

We went to Herriman Days last night. We go every year. We always have a lot of fun and they have the best firework show at the end of the night. I took the kids on rides and fed them lots of junk food. But that is what aunts are for right? Mollie loved all the food. She ate almost half a bag of cotton candy by her self, then ate two otter pops and a cheese sandwich. I am surprised she did not have a belly ache.Here are some fun pictures.

BBQ

2009-06-28T19:53:00.000-07:00

So Trixie & Jerry Finally moved back from Texas. I am so excited they are home because I have the best in-laws in the world. We missed them while they where gone. Their friend came into town so we had a BBQ at our house so the kids could all meet her. It was a lot of fun Thanks for coming over everyone. And of course I took pictures but they are mainly the Nieces & Nephews.

Family Reunion

2009-06-28T19:34:00.000-07:00

We had Matt's family reunion last Saturday. It was great to see everyone that we do not see often. We had a lot of fun.

Girls Camp

2009-06-28T19:19:00.000-07:00

So I am the Camp Director in young women's. Girls camp was so much fun. We have wonderful young women, and obviously a really cool camp director so how could it not be fun!!! It rained all week luckily we had a huge car port to stay dry under. There was no drama or fighting. it was a great week. here are a few pictures. Enjoy. Leaders
All of the Girls
Junie & Chelsea
2nd Years
3rd Years
Ashley, Brooklyn, Maria & Nicole
1st Years
Mackenzie & Melinda

Movie Night

2009-06-28T19:14:00.000-07:00

We watched Jonathan, Brenna & Ben so that Jerry & Lindsay could go out for a date. We decided to have a movie night with them. We took them to the store and picked out treats. We bought those mini bags of popcorn so the kids could have their own, Jonathan ended up eating 3 bags. He loves popcorn. We watched cars. The kids where so good. It was a fun night.

Brenna's Birthday

2009-06-28T18:54:00.000-07:00

Brenna Turned "5" I can not belevie she is already five. She had a slip N slide party. Here are a few pictures.

Jump on it

2009-05-17T15:44:00.001-07:00

A few weeks ago matt & I took Zachary and Aubrey to Jump on it in Orem. It was so much fun. They have wall to wall trampolines and bounce houses.

Racing

2009-05-17T15:33:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Matt, my dad, three people I work with, and I were on a Go Cart team for Comcast out at Miller Motorsports park. It was so much fun. We raced against the other stations like, X96, channel 2, Channel 4,Channel 5, Fox and we got 2nd place. We are awesome and I can not wait to do it again. Here are some pictures.

March

2009-04-02T17:45:00.000-07:00

I can not beleive that March is over. It went by so fast it will be Christmas again before we know it. So i figured that I better update our blog. so here are a few posts of things we did in March.

2009-04-02T17:39:00.000-07:00

I got to hang out with Katelyn, Kassidy & Kase last week. We went to Build a bear then went and got Slurpee's. I had not seen them in a long time so I was happy to that I got to take them out.

Bunco

2009-04-02T17:30:00.000-07:00

I had Bunco at my house this month. It is always so much fun. I think we need to do it more often. See you all next month

Matt is Special

2009-04-02T17:17:00.000-07:00

I have the funniest husband. He called me at work just laughing he went to get in the car after the whole day of working and one of his shoes was bothering him. He said it kinda bugged him all day but never payed attention to it. so he finally looked down after walking around work all day and this is what he saw.

He wore two differnt shoes the whole day and not one person said anything to him. I can see it if they looked even close to the same but one brown & one black he must have been in a hurray that morning.

Tawnya's Birthday

2009-04-02T17:10:00.000-07:00

We all went out to dinner for Tawnya's Birthday at Spaghetti Factory. It was a lot of fun. (my camera died so I did not even get a picture of Tawnya)

Our Weekend

2009-02-25T20:24:00.000-08:00

We had a great weekend. On Friday night we watched Zachary & Aubrey so that Shawn & Kim could go on a date. We took the kids to a fire and ice show. It was really cool. They had fire dancers and ice sculptures. It was a lot of fun but it was really cold because it was outside. We went home afterward and watched Horton hears a who, and had sherbet ice cream. Matt, Aubrey & I fell asleep before midnight. (your know your an adult when you cannot stay up until midnight) On Saturday I made waffles for breakfast then we finished the movie. While I got ready for the day, Matt & Aubrey went for a walk on the trail across the street from out house, while Zach played the Wii. We took the kids and got smoothies at Roxberry. Zach accidentally dropped Aubrey's out of the car when he was getting out, but Aubrey said it was okay because she did not really like the flavor. Me and the kids went to the mall for a little while because Matt got called to work. Tawnya came and met us at the mall with Baxter. So we hung out with them for a little while. We then took the kids to McDonalds because that is what they wanted for lunch. Then we went to the park for a while. We had a lot of fun at the park and hanging out with the kids.

That night we went on a double date with Chris & Jane. We went to Olive garden then went and saw the movie Seven Pounds. It was a way good movie. It was fun hanging out with Chris & Jane. You would think that since we live so close to each other we would always hang out but we get together maybe once a month or every couple of months. On Sunday we did nothing but go to church. We just relaxed at home. Some times you just need a day to do nothing. On Monday night for our family night we went and saw the movie Marley & Me. We both liked the movie. I read the book so I knew that I would like the movie.

Walnut + Water =FUN

2009-02-25T20:03:00.000-08:00

We have the weirdest cat!!! He loves water. The first thing he does when we get home from work or let him in our room in the morning is jump in the bath tub. He sits and stares at the faucet and meows until you turn the water on for him. When you turn the water on he rolls around in it and likes to try to catch it before it goes down the drain. Twice now I have started to fill up the bath tub and walked away and when i came back he was standing in the tub, so i have to drain it and wash it out. Over the weekend when Zachary & Aubrey were here we filled up the bathroom sink because we have a wind-up frog that swims in water. When the kids where done playing they left the bathroom not knowing to drain the water. A minute later they went back in and were laughing so hard. Walnut was playing in the water splashing it like a little kid and kept flicking it at them. We had to buy him a hamster water bottle because he would not drink his water. He would just play with the water. Here are a few cute pictures of him.

Happy Valentines!!

2009-02-18T19:12:00.000-08:00

So we had a great weekend. It all started Friday. Matt,Tawnya & I took the day off work so we could go to the temple with Travis & Brittany. It was wonderful. Afterward we all went and ate lunch at Leatherby's. It was so yummy.

When we got home Walnut's eye was swollen shut so we had to take him to the vet. We found out he has an upper respiratory infection, (which was not the worst thing to happen to him this week... he was neutered on Monday) so he is really not very happy with us. Now we have to give him antibiotics for two week. Try getting a cat to sit still so you can give him medicine. It is way hard!

Saturday was Travis & Brittany's wedding. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple. It was a beautiful ceremony. They were sealed to their son Alex. It was very special. I am glad I was able to be there. After were pictures and it was snowing like crazy. It was freezing but the pictures turned out Beautiful. That night was the reception in Cedar Hills. It was a very beautiful reception. I loved the colors that Brittany chose. Pink, Green, Yellow, & Blue. The Reception was very fun. We danced and had a great time seeing family we do not get to see very often. Matt was one of the groomsmen so he was in a tux, he looked was hot, and I did not even take a picture of just him. It was a wonderful day. Congratulations Brittany & Travis!

Since we had the wedding on Saturday we decided to celebrate Valentines on Monday. Matt took me to Rodizio Grill for dinner. then we came home and watched the movie Nights in Rodanthe. That is what Matt gave me for Valentines. I gave him a few books (one is called What Your Poo Is Telling You... Of course Matt can't stop laughing at it). It was a great night.

Update

2009-02-11T18:56:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone sorry I have not updated in a while, I never have time to do anything but work & work. The only reason I have time now is because Matt is not home. I do not think I am the only one that thinks this but when my husband is not home I get so much more done than when he is at home. I cleaned the whole house and now I can catch up on my shows. (what would we do with out DVR) This last Saturday I had two friends get married. My friend Kadee got married in the Salt Lake Temple. I love going there it is such a great place and it reminds me of my wedding. I love taking pictures there I took a few pictures that I really liked that I will upload. This Saturday Matt's cousin Travis is getting married to Brittany. We met her a few weeks ago and we already love her she fits in just great. We are looking forward to their wedding. I hope every one has a great valentines Day.

GO UTES

2009-01-08T15:53:00.000-08:00

Last Friday we had the family come back over to watch the sugar bowl. if you have not already heard Utah won. The girls just played games. It was nice to have that last night with Trixie and Jerry before they went home.

Happy New Year

2009-01-08T15:30:00.000-08:00

New Years was a lot of fun, we had the family and our friends Mat & Ashley come over. The kids had a seperate party upstairs. The kids were so excited the first thing Aubrey said to me was "I am excited because we are having a kid party". I blew up balloons and had treats for the kids. The adults stayed down stairs and had lots of food, & played games. It was nice to have Mat & Ashley come we had not seen them in four years so thanks for coming guys. We had sparklers for the kids. As the night grew closer to midnight we got out the sparkling cider & 2009 glasses. Happy 2009 I can not belive it is already here.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-29T18:30:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. We had a great Christmas! Matt woke up at 4:30 in the morning excited because SANTA came. He was excited to get his presents because I always get him great Presents.(if he is this excited now just wait until we have kids) He went down stairs and turned on the Christmas music and the Fire place. I laid in bed til about 5:30 and I got tired of him asking me every ten minutes if I was coming to see what Santa brought me so I finally went down stairs to open presents. We got a lot of great stuff games, books, and 16 DVDs. After we opened presents we went to his parents house, his grandmas house and then my parents house. After a long day we went home and relaxed and watch a movie. But about 7 we realized that we had no groceries and we wanted to eat dinner so we went to the Denny's in American fork but it was closed so we drove to to sandy and waited for an hour just to sit. It took about another 30 minutes to get our food. The wind was blowing & it was snowing so hard that by the time we got home it was almost ten o'clock. I had to work early the next day so by the time we got home it was time for bed. So next year we will have to remember to go grocery shopping before Christmas. I can not believe that Christmas is already over and we are starting a new year. It feels like 2008 just started. I hope every one has a Happy New Year.

Walnut was a little tired after opening presents.

Christmas Party

2008-12-15T18:07:00.000-08:00

We had a sibling Christmas Party at our house on Saturday. We had a luncheon and then exchanged gifts. It was a lot of fun everyone.
Tawnya & Eric had me & Matt, they got us this really fun domino's game called chicken feet. So everyone stayed late and we played that while the kids played in the toy room. I only took a few pictures so here they are.

Christmas Tree

2008-12-15T17:57:00.000-08:00

So Matt & I have been married for five years and we have never had our own Christmas Tree because we lived in his parents basement. So we were so excited to decorate our own tree & hang the stockings on the mantel. Here are some Pictures....

Walnut even helped decorate by taking the balls off the tree!!!

2008-11-23T16:29:00.000-08:00

So Friday I took the day off work and went and saw Twilight. I loved it. I know books are always better but I thought the Movie was great. On Saturday we went bowling with Shawn, Kim, Zach, Aubrey, Mollie, Jenny, Jase, Brent & Terrie. It was a lot of fun. I have not been bowling in along time and I really sucked. Kim won every game but I got second place. Afterward Shawn & the kids came over. Matt ,Shawn, and Zach played video games and watched the BYU vs U of U football game while me and the kids made sugar cookies and decorated them. It was a lot of fun. Here are some cute pictures. Enjoy!

Halloween

2008-11-09T18:38:00.000-08:00

So I know Halloween is over but I thought I would upload some pictures. Halloween is my favorite Holiday. Me and Matt made a rice crispy haunted house and decorated it. I decorated the house and bought a ton of candy. I was so excited to hand out candy, and when the time came we only got maybe 15 Trick or treaters. My friend Calla brought her six kids and they trick or treated in our neighborhood. Then Chris brought Max & Cameron over they were so cute. Stacie & Ty brought their kids over they were cute also. Then we went to Tawnya's for her chili which I look forward to every year. We also had a Halloween party at work and Lindsay brought the kids. The week before we had bunco at Tawnya's and we all dressed up it was really fun.

Tawnya & Mollie

Ashley

Jerry & Ben

Brenna

Jonathan

Kase

Katelyn

Kassidy

Baxter was Spongbob

Halloween Poem

2008-11-04T08:50:00.000-08:00

I should have posted this before Halloween but I completely forgot Matt wrote a Halloween poem and it has been published here is the link Check it out.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1127042/halloween_poem.html?cat=42

Tagged Things of Eight

2008-10-31T09:38:00.000-07:00

Stephanie Tagged me so here goes,

T.V. Shows I like to watch
1. Desperate Housewives
2. Greys Anatomy
3. Ugly Betty
4.90210
5. King Of Queens
6. Privileged
7. Simpson's
8. Family Guy

Eight things that happened yesterday
1. Went to a corn Maze with my Nieces & Nephews
2. Went to work
3. Bought Glow sticks
4. Went to Village inn
5. Started The Dishwasher
6. Bought Halloween Candy
7. Went to Walmart
8. Watched TV

Favorite Places to Eat
1.Olive Garden
2. Rodizio Grill
3. Training Table
4. La Dolce Vita
5. Cafe Rio
6. The Pie
7. Past Factory
8. Blimpi

Eight Things I'm Looking Forward to
1. Trixie & Jerry Moving home
2. Having Children One Day
3. Halloween My Favorite Holiday
4. The Weekend
5. Putting in our yard
6. Having Christmas with Matt in OUR house
7. Snow
8. Passing out Halloween Candy

Eight things on my wish list
1. A New Car
2. Go on a cruise
3. A Fence
4. Ten more hours in a day
5. Jet Ski
6. Traveling the World
7. Trampoline
8.

Eight People I tag (if you want)
1. Jane
2. Jenny
3. Amber
4. Amanda
5. Mikael
6. Liesel
7. Melanie

2008-10-31T09:15:00.001-07:00

Walnut

2008-10-20T20:59:00.001-07:00

I finally convinced Matt that we needed a kitty. I was looking at my friends blog the other day and they had it posted that they had kittens they where getting rid of, so I send Matt an email telling him I really wanted a cat and I would respect his answer even if he really did not want one. So he emailed me back and said we could look at them. They live in the neighborhood next to ours so we went that night and looked at them and he let me bring one home. The little girl had named him Walnut so I kept it. But Matt keeps forgetting his name and calling him Oscar and I keep calling him Puppy. He is so cute.

Home

2008-09-28T21:22:00.000-07:00

I figured I would post some pictures of our house all out together since I have had a lot of people say they want to see it.It is not completely done it does need paint. I am kinda tired of the white walls but Matt & I suck at painting so if you are good at it come on over.

This is our bedroom. It is just plain that is about half of it. It is huge and I have not idea how to decorate so if you have any ideas let me know

This is the view out our bedroom window.

This is the office maybe when we get a desk it will look more like a office.
Loft

Living Room

Kitchen

Life in the fast lane

2008-09-28T20:54:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, Sorry I have not updated in a while I feel like I never have time to do anything. I feel like life is just wasted working and by the time I get home it is time for bed and time for work again. so here is a update. On September 13 we had our 5 year anniversary. I can not believe that we have been married that long. We went to La Dolce Vita for dinner it is my favorite Italian place & also where Matt asked me to marry him. Matt gave me a digital picture frame & I gave him a clock.

Last weekend we went to the reptile fair. It was awesome we bought a turtle. He is really cute. his name is Michelangelo. We also got our picture taken with a 65 pound Boa wrapped around us.

Last night we went to Adam & Chelsey's wedding reception. Adam is one of Matt's best friends. They just had a BBQ at a park it was fun to hang out with friends. After words we went and hung out at Chris & Jane's house it is nice to have friends so close. We just love their kids they are so much fun. Today was just a lazy day. We did not do much just hung out around the house. we finally bought a propane tank for our BBQ so we cooked burgers for Ty, Stacie & the kids.

So that is about it nothing really interesting here. Here are some pictures Enjoy...

Max

Cameron Playing with my Purse. isn't he cute.

Max, Chris, Adam, Robert & Matt

Adam & Matt

This is the clock I gave Matt It says Royer's Est 2003.

Michelangelo

Usbourne Book Pary

2008-09-16T18:25:00.001-07:00

Hi Everyone I am having a Usbourne book party. If you are interested in ordering anything you can go to www.jennybrowningsbooks.com and just make sure to click on my name.

Tagged

2008-09-06T20:56:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,
Amanda tagged me so
Here are the rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
5. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
6. Let your tagger know when your entry is up.

so here it goes...i hope i can think of 6 random things!

1- I am addicted to chapstick. I love it I can not go an hour with out it. It drive Matt crazy because he hates it. If I see someone else putting it on I will put it on. I only use one kind that I can only find at one store in Salt lake so I have to buy ten at a time because I use them so fast. For Christmas Matt puts them in my stocking.

2-I love Palm trees I wish that we could have them in our yard. I would have then surrounding the whole yard. My dishes even have palm trees on them.

3-I love movies. I could sit home all day and watch movies or sit at the theater and watch movie after movie. We own more than 300 movies. I look forward to every Tuesday to go see what new movies came out to buy. I rarely find a movies I do not like. In high school my friends and I used to have scary movie night every week.

4-I have a dog that was born in China. His name is Baixio it means white ball of fur in Chinese. He is a Pur white Pekenise. He lives at my parents because I could not take him with me when I moved out. But I stop all the time just to see him. He loves cheese. My parents by the packets of individual kraft cheese just for him.

5-I love, Love shoes. I wish I had a million dollars just to buy shoes. I have a few pairs, but before we moved into our house I had a ton of shoes. Matt made me go through them and I through 52 pairs away. Not a lie I was really sad. Matt said I could buy some new ones but not that many. I love flip flops and High heels so I have a ton of both.

6-I play the flute & piano. I took piano lessons for seven years when I was younger. I am not very good at it now because I stopped practicing. I am pretty good at the flute. I just found it again since we moved. I am excited to start playing again. When me and Matt were dating I was showing off dancing around with my flute and I broke the glass light fixture in my room. Matt still likes to laugh at me for that.

Ok I did it six random facts about me it was actually harder than I thought it would be. so I am tagging, Jenny, Stephanie, Jane, Stacie, Heather & Emily

Life is great.

2008-08-27T20:52:00.000-07:00

Sorry I have not updated in a while. I could not find the charger for our camera after we moved so I could not post any pictures. Now that I found it, I cannot find the cord to upload pictures. So you are just getting a story. We have lived in our house for one month. It is great! I actually feel for the first time since I have been married (five years in two more weeks) that I am a wife. I love to cook for Matt, I think he likes it too. I for some reason love to clean my house. I am constantly cleaning. I love to have people over too. We have not really been able to do that living in someones basement. So any time you want to visit our door is open. The one thing i do not like is the 36 mile drive to and from work. I get a lot better gas mileage just driving the freeway everyday but traffic sucks. Matt likes it because his drive is much easier. But you do what you can to have a house. We have not really done anything we are just enjoying our house. Last Friday night we had Zach & Aubrey sleep over. It was a lot of fun, Zach was so excited to come to our house to play video games. We are looking forward to next weekend Jonathan & Brenna are sleeping over while Lindsay has the baby. I am a little baby hungry so if you need to get rid of your kids for a little while just call me. I would love it. But do not worry I will not eat them, just spoil them and feed them a lot of junk food and send them home!!!!!!!!!!!!

House Update

2008-07-18T22:04:00.001-07:00

So we were supposed to close on the 15th but we could not because the house was not ready. So we close this Monday the 21st. So if your not busy next Saturday you can come visit and carry a box or two. :-) Here are some new pictures.

This is the master closet.

Pantry

Family BBQ

2008-07-18T21:40:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we had a family BBQ because Trixie & Jerry were going home the next day and it was my Birthday. We went to a park and had a water slide pool thing that was really fun. It was great to hang with the whole family.

Trixie & Jerry with their grandkids

Royer Clan
Still in love after all these years.
Zachary & Jonathan
Jerry (Crashing)

Jonathan

Khylee

Brenna

Matt

4th of July Weekend

2008-07-06T18:45:00.000-07:00

We went to Panguitch for the 4th weekend for Matt's family reunion. It was a lot of fun. We went to Cedar breaks, Bryce Canyon, and Big Rock Candy Mountain. They had fire works two nights in a row. One night in the city and the next night over the lake. Fireworks over the lake are pretty cool. We took Jonathan & Brenna up to see the fireworks. We put chairs on the beach and they last about 20 minutes.
The family reunion did not last long because we got rained out. It rained so hard that being in the rain for 2 minutes was like taking a shower. You can get bored really easy but that is because I am not a small town person. I like the city, but it was still fun. On the fourth they wake you up at 5 in the morning with a cannon going off 21 times. Then they have a breakfast that the Lions club cooks and after breakfast there is a kid parade which is fun to watch. All the kids in town decorate their bikes or wagons and throw candy. The parade is so fast that they turn around and walk by you again. Then they have lunch at the rodeo grounds and have a carnival for the kids. Then that night they have a rodeo & after the Rodeo is Fireworks. It is always fun to go on a trip but I do love coming home to my own bed.

Running through the sprinklers at midnight

Me & Brenna waiting for Fireworks

Bryce Canyon

Tag Feeding the horse an apple.

Cedar Breaks

Matt at Cedar Breaks

Congrats Shawn & Kim

2008-07-06T18:36:00.000-07:00

Mollie Finally arrived on Thursday July 3rd. She is so adorable and we are excited to have her as part of our family. Welcome to the world Mollie.

2008-06-30T17:52:00.000-07:00

We went to our house and they have all our cupboards and counter tops in.

Master Bath
Kitchen

Sunday Morning Hike

2008-06-30T17:26:00.000-07:00

Sunday we decided to go hiking with Chris & Jane. We went to Timpanogos Cave. It was so much fun but it is a mile and a half up, then you walk the whole tour and then a mile and a half down. It kicks your butt. Me and Matt are trying to become out door people. Last week we went on a 2 mile bike ride down a mountain. Here are some pics of the Timanogos hike:

Jane, Chris & Matt

This is the spider that crossed our path. It was funny to seen Matt's face.

They tell you not to touch anything with your hands so Chris used his tongue.

The stalactites are cool. It is so dark it is hard to get a good picture.

Our House

2008-06-13T19:28:00.000-07:00

Sorry all I ever have to post about is our house we have nothing else interesting in our lives. Here are some new pictures.

This is the font of our house just in case you could not tell.

This is standing in the front door that is Matt standing in our living room.

This is standing in the living room looking out the front, that is our office.

This is our tub & shower any one want to take a swim!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pictures

2008-06-05T15:50:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures it was hard to get because all of the trucks in front of our house. I will get better ones later when it gets farther along.

2008-06-04T21:14:00.001-07:00

So Tomorrow we have our first walk through on our house. I am so excited it is going up so fast. I will have new pictures to post later.

House Update

2008-04-28T17:57:00.000-07:00

I am so excited we just got a update today on our house, they have already poured the foundation, they just need to pour the driveway & garage floor and that will be done by May 5. Then they will start putting up walls May 20th and we will have a house by July 15. (Best birthday present ever) That is if it finally becomes spring and stops snowing.

If they build it we will move in.

2008-03-23T20:14:00.001-07:00

We are finally getting a house after being married almost five years. We are building in Lehi they break ground this week and it will take 4-6 months to build. here are a few pictures of our lot.

This is what we will see when we look out out front window. It is so nice to have the Mountains so close. Also we will never have anyone blocking our view because across the street is a walking path that goes 4 miles to the lake or to Thanksgiving Point.

This is our view to the east.

Matt in front of our lot.

Matt's Birthday

2008-01-20T14:42:00.000-08:00

Chris, Jane & Max

We all went to The Pie on Saturday night for Matt's Birthday. We had a lot of fun Here are some pictures.

Katelyn, Kassidy & Kase
Tawnya, Aubrey Jonathan & Zachary

Kassidy & Kase

Matt & Max

Zach, Brenna, Jonathan, Kase, Aubrey, Katelyn, Kassidy

Zachary & Aubrey

Tawnya & Eric

Stacie & Some Guy

Brenna

Kase, Stacie & Kassidy

Katelyn

This is me and Matt at snowbird

2008-01-20T14:41:00.001-08:00

This is Matt at snowbird over the summer

2008-01-20T14:39:00.001-08:00

2008-01-19T13:28:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone,
Here is what me and Matt are up to.
We have been married for a little over 4 years. We live in Kearns, but we are currently looking for a house in Saratoga Springs.
Matt started a new job in December. He took over Jerry's old job as a Network Administrator for Frys credit card company. (They are a big electronic store in California and Vegas.) He says he likes it but I know he would rather just stay home and write or be his own boss. (One day)
I started a new job in September with Comcast Spotlight. I am a Traffic Coordinator. You know most of the commercials you see on TV? Well, it is my fault they are there. I love my job. It was a hard change but in the end worth it. And now I work with Jerry.
We had a great Christmas. You would think we had kids with all the toys we ended up with! I think Matt's favorite was Guitar Hero for the Wii. It is a lot of fun, but we let Shawn and Kim borrow it for about a week and Zach is already better then we are. We love to spend time with our nieces, nephews, and cousins. And one day we wont have to borrow other people's children. But sometimes at the end of the day it is nice we can give them back!!!!
We do not have a very interesting life. We just work and usually end up doing nothing after work because we are too tired. I remember when I was a kid and my Mom and Dad would say they were too tired to do stuff some nights after work. I never understood how you could be so tired. I get it now!!!!! That is really it!

2007-12-16T14:01:00.001-08:00

Alyssa & the kids:
Jayda, Izak, Kassidy, Katelyn, Kase, Zachary, and Aubrey