John finally got his diploma in the mail! Yay! And don't mind his crazy hair...we had just gotten done working out...haha.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Christmas/New Years/A Great Start To 2011
I have not posted for about a month so I have a lot of ground to cover! Let's start at the beginning...
CHRISTMAS:
Christmas this year was awesome. Not only because it was mine and John's first Christmas together, but because we got to spend it with family and we didn't have to work for most of the week during and after the holidays. We spent Christmas Eve with John's parents. We had a delicious dinner and saw "True Grit" and then opened presents and went to their church's Christmas Eve service. After that John and I went home and watched Christmas movies and read some of my favorite Christmas stories. Christmas morning we spent just the two of us, and opened gifts from each other and had some delicious homemade gingerbread pancakes (that I was very proud of..haha), eggs, sausage/bacon, and fruit. Then we drove up to Roy and spent the rest of the day with my grandparents and brother and sister. All we did there all day was eat, sleep, watch movies, and eat....haha. Annnnd because I am no good at taking pictures lately, we don't have pictures of any of it! But the memories will always be there because it was an amazing first Christmas together!
NEW YEARS:
For New Years we drove down to St. George to spend time with my family there. We were there for about five days, and it was a blast. We had good times together and I even got to get together with some of my old friends from school, so it was really awesome. Our New Year's Eve party was lots of fun (besides the 20 degree temp outside). It's hard to believe that me and John have spent three New Years together now! And you guessed it...no pics from this trip either. Oops!
A GREAT START TO 2011:
So I know it's only been 2011 for a week and a half, but so far this year has been great. I think that's a good sign! Right before Christmas John got a 10 percent raise and promotion, and I can't think of a better way to start the year. We are really excited to be making more money so that we can save, save, save for a home! The most exciting thing is we welcomed a new member to our family. Olivia Manyla Miyo-Tanner was born on Jan. 8, and she is soo cute. We are so excited to have a new addition...especially because she's a sweet little girl! John and I have also been working out an hour a day and eating really well for the last week. I guess it's kind of our "resolution" for the new year, but I try not to think of it like that because then I'll feel guilty if I stop being healthy in three weeks...haha. We both want to tone up though and it's been a lot of fun working out together. It also helps that John used to be a personal trainer. He has really pushed me this last week. It even hurts to type!!
Anyway...anyone who was crazy enough to read all that must be bored! Haha. But that's what we've been up to lately. I cannot wait to see what else happens in 2011 -- I have a feeling this is going to be a wonderful year!
CHRISTMAS:
Christmas this year was awesome. Not only because it was mine and John's first Christmas together, but because we got to spend it with family and we didn't have to work for most of the week during and after the holidays. We spent Christmas Eve with John's parents. We had a delicious dinner and saw "True Grit" and then opened presents and went to their church's Christmas Eve service. After that John and I went home and watched Christmas movies and read some of my favorite Christmas stories. Christmas morning we spent just the two of us, and opened gifts from each other and had some delicious homemade gingerbread pancakes (that I was very proud of..haha), eggs, sausage/bacon, and fruit. Then we drove up to Roy and spent the rest of the day with my grandparents and brother and sister. All we did there all day was eat, sleep, watch movies, and eat....haha. Annnnd because I am no good at taking pictures lately, we don't have pictures of any of it! But the memories will always be there because it was an amazing first Christmas together!
NEW YEARS:
For New Years we drove down to St. George to spend time with my family there. We were there for about five days, and it was a blast. We had good times together and I even got to get together with some of my old friends from school, so it was really awesome. Our New Year's Eve party was lots of fun (besides the 20 degree temp outside). It's hard to believe that me and John have spent three New Years together now! And you guessed it...no pics from this trip either. Oops!
A GREAT START TO 2011:
So I know it's only been 2011 for a week and a half, but so far this year has been great. I think that's a good sign! Right before Christmas John got a 10 percent raise and promotion, and I can't think of a better way to start the year. We are really excited to be making more money so that we can save, save, save for a home! The most exciting thing is we welcomed a new member to our family. Olivia Manyla Miyo-Tanner was born on Jan. 8, and she is soo cute. We are so excited to have a new addition...especially because she's a sweet little girl! John and I have also been working out an hour a day and eating really well for the last week. I guess it's kind of our "resolution" for the new year, but I try not to think of it like that because then I'll feel guilty if I stop being healthy in three weeks...haha. We both want to tone up though and it's been a lot of fun working out together. It also helps that John used to be a personal trainer. He has really pushed me this last week. It even hurts to type!!
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| Cute baby Olivia! |
Anyway...anyone who was crazy enough to read all that must be bored! Haha. But that's what we've been up to lately. I cannot wait to see what else happens in 2011 -- I have a feeling this is going to be a wonderful year!
Sunday, December 19, 2010
David Archuleta & The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Last night was the concert with David Archuleta and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. It was awesome! We left around 3 p.m. to head downtown and spent the whole afternoon there. We went shopping at Gateway, spent some time at the Salt Lake library, and then walked around Temple Square to look at the lights before heading to the concert. The concert was absolutely amazing....it really got us into the Christmas spirit! I can't wait for the CD to come out next year, because David's rendition of Silent Night was beautiful. I was really impressed with all the music! After the concert we went to dinner at Olive Garden and just enjoyed walking around downtown. It was such a great day!
Monday, December 13, 2010
Cupcakes = Love
Anyone who knows me knows I love love love to bake...especially cupcakes! I am not as good as those bakers on TV or the people who work at Sprinkles, but I still try to keep up! I got the idea for this cupcake Christmas tree from my aunt, and I think it turned out pretty good. They're red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting....which made John very happy since those are his favorite! Too bad I'm taking the tree to my work party (but don't worry--I saved six cupcakes just for John).
This week is the week of Christmas parties for us. We had my company party last weekend, but this week there's my department's party, the Valley Journals newspaper party, and Monavie's party. We are also going to see David Archuleta perform with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on Saturday. I can't wait to get the parties started....literally! And after this week...there's only one week left until our first Christmas together! Yay!
Oh yeah, one last exciting thing...John now officially has his associate's degree! I am so proud of him! He worked really hard to get to this point, and in 22 months he will have his bachelor's degree. I'll post a picture of him with his diploma when it comes in the mail. :)
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Thanksgiving & Our First Christmas Tree!
John and I put up our Christmas tree this weekend! It's always been a tradition in my family to put up the Christmas decor the weekend after Thanksgiving, so I decided to keep that tradition because I love Christmas and want to have the decorations up for as long as I can. We don't have a lot of ornaments (thank goodness for Dollar Tree), but I think our tree turned out pretty cute considering what we had to work with! We also decorated the rest of our apartment and put up decorations outside.
Anyway...here's the tree:
And here's the super cute ornament John's mom got for us to commemorate our first Christmas together:
Our Thanksgiving weekend was a lot of fun. We went to the Homestead Resort up in Heber with John's parents for Thanksgiving dinner and then played games and hung out. Then Thursday night my little brother came and stayed with us so we could go Black Friday shopping. We went everywhere...Wal-Mart, Old Navy, Macy's, JC Penney, Famous Footwear, etc., and got some awesome deals. I'm mostly excited about our new vacuum (weird how things you get excited about changes when you get married!) that we only paid $35 for...but it's so nice! We also got John some luggage, new clothes, slippers, a video game, and some movies. John also bought me most of my Christmas, which was clothes and shoes. I desperately needed winter shoes after living in St. George for 4 years and wearing flip flops all winter there!
Anyway, it was a wonderful weekend and we are very grateful for all we have! We got to spend great time with family, each other and get ready for Christmas too! :)
Anyway...here's the tree:
And here's the super cute ornament John's mom got for us to commemorate our first Christmas together:
Our Thanksgiving weekend was a lot of fun. We went to the Homestead Resort up in Heber with John's parents for Thanksgiving dinner and then played games and hung out. Then Thursday night my little brother came and stayed with us so we could go Black Friday shopping. We went everywhere...Wal-Mart, Old Navy, Macy's, JC Penney, Famous Footwear, etc., and got some awesome deals. I'm mostly excited about our new vacuum (weird how things you get excited about changes when you get married!) that we only paid $35 for...but it's so nice! We also got John some luggage, new clothes, slippers, a video game, and some movies. John also bought me most of my Christmas, which was clothes and shoes. I desperately needed winter shoes after living in St. George for 4 years and wearing flip flops all winter there!
Anyway, it was a wonderful weekend and we are very grateful for all we have! We got to spend great time with family, each other and get ready for Christmas too! :)
Sunday, November 7, 2010
The Armstrong Mansion
So this first picture doesn't have to do with the mansion...it's just a pic of my new hair. It's kind of hard to see a difference in this picture, but it's definitely a change. I really like it!
Halloween 2010, Etc.
Above: Halloween at Nelson Labs! These are some of the girls in my department! Ashley, Me, Becky and Brittney!So John and I both weren't in the mood for Halloween this year. I'm not really sure why....I think it might be because we are both so excited for Thanksgiving and Christmas that we just wanted to bypass Halloween. Haha. We didn't dress up or stay home to pass out candy, but I did end up having to dress up for work the Friday before which was pretty fun (see above). Instead we spent the weekend at the Armstrong Mansion, which is a B&B in downtown Salt Lake. We had an awesome room and it was a lot of fun. I will post some pics of the place later.
Other than that, there is not much new going on. We bought our first Christmas tree--it was only $35 at Wal-Mart, but it looks a lot nicer than what we paid for it. And it's even prelit, which I think is awesome! I can't wait until we can put it up! In other news, I changed my hair and now it's more red than it was naturally, but I really like it and will probably keep it this way for a while. And as for John, he is busy finishing up his associate's degree and will have his diploma at the end of this month! I'm so excited for him...he's halfway done!
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