Coasters

This week I decided to spend my day off doing some crafts. I spent some time online finding a project and fell inlove with these tile coasters. I had been wanting to make some for a while and finally found some that I really like. They were super easy and quick.
This was the final product. I used some ribbon to make it an awesome gift. These tiles are going to an amazing friend that gave me a beautiful painting as a gift.

Sweets

I have found a new love and it's one to share. Baking, baking, and more baking! Once I find a new recipe I make it until I get sick of it. My coworkers seem to like me more than ever...they get to enjoy all the delicious treats. My latest favorite recipe is sugar cookies!

Christmas gifts

This year I decided to make something for my mom and sister for Christmas. Since I got a sewing machine earlier on the year as a gift from Brett, I made some aprons. This was the first time I made something, so I was a little worried about the results. Just in case my mom and sister didn't like them, I sent them some other stuff with the aprons. They actually turned out really cute, and my mom and sister love them. So this how I started
I didn't take many pics in the middle of the process, so here it is done!
And when I was all done, I stuffed some smaller presents in the pockets and folded the aprons as presents.

Good News

No, we are not pregnant yet. The good news is that Brett got a new job doing what he is going to school for. There is a lot to learn for him, but it is exciting and fun. I am so proud and excited for Brett. This is a great opportunity to develop in his major.
On a very different note, we got another dog. Her name is Lily and she is a cute little Maltese, just like Sammy. After a couple of days of awkwardness, they are now best buddies. We don't have any super cute pictures of her because we had to shave all her hair.

End of summer

The summer is almost over. It has been a pretty difficult summer since Brett spent it in Mississippi and I stayed in Utah. I visited Brett for a weekend and he spent a week in Utah for his birthday and our anniversary. Oh yeah, we have been married for 3 fabulous years now! The sad part is that Brett just got here and I am going to Chicago for 3 weeks on Monday. I am going to spend 3 weeks at Sears corporate, which is a great opportunity for learning and making useful contacts.
That's it for our latest news!

A lot has happened since January! I went to Peru to spend some time with my family for about a month; sadly Brett had to stay here and go to school. When I came back, I got a new job. I have been working there for a month and I like it so far. Since my new job is in Murray, we moved, again! So now we live 5 min from work. We love our new place. The only bad thing about it is that it is far from Brett's mom! We like to spend Sunday nights there to visit and play games.
About a month ago, I got a new car! Yay! We got me a brand new RAV4. I have wanted this car since I was old enough to drive!
My mom came to visit and spent 2 weeks with us. She came specially for graduation ceremony. Last Friday we all headed down to BYU for graduation! It was fun and made me feel accomplished. I was so glad to have so many family members there supporting and cheering me! After graduation Brett, Shellee, my mom, and I drove to Denver. My mom and I stayed there visiting family and flew back to Utah on Sunday night. Sadly, Brett and Shellee left from there to Mississippi, where they will be working all summer! Today I took my mom to the airport, she is on her way back to Peru. Now it is just Sammy and me!


This is my friend Cindy! I am so sad that she is moving to Kansas! I will miss you Cindy!After graduation we had dinner and ice cream cake! Thank you to all my family for being there!

Quick Update

It has been a while since we posted something, but we are still here. I graduated from BYU last December and Brett will be back to school the 18th of this month! I will be taking a little vacation visiting my family in Peru this coming week!
For the past weeks we, and by "we" I mean mostly Brett, have been working on a hutch for our dinning room. We bought an old and kind of ugly looking hutch for $30 and refinished it. Sadly, Brett forgot to take pictures before starting to work on it, so we don't have before pictures. It was an ugly brown with a lot of honey and gold tones that we didn't like, so we made it black (for some reason, it looks brown in the pics, but it is really black).

Sammy's Tricks

Our baby Sammy

Here is a video of Sammy for those of you who haven't met him yet.
He loves to get into things. He chews up anything he can get his teeth on. It's not on the video, but at night he will go crazy and just run around the house as fast as he can for no reason. He is such a good puppy.

Deep Sea Fishing

Yesterday the techs and respective wives went deep sea fishing. It was a nice day, and everything was fun until I felt sick. I just couldn't be standing for a while. Other than that, the fishing trip was fun. Brett caught a fish that we got to keep. Most of the fish people caught were too small and had to be put back in the water.

This is boat that took us fishing

Brett very proud with his fish, which he is cooking tonight for dinner!

Back to Philly

My lovely sis is visiting for about 3 weeks. Last Sunday we headed down to Philadelphia to show her around. We also took Sammy with us. He had a great time and as usual a million people stopped us while walking to see him.

Independence Hall

Liberty Bell

The Franklin Fountain

Love Park

Sammy


Together with Rocky


Brett and Sammy got tired after a couple of minutes


and of course, since we were in Pennsylvania, I had to stop at a Super Giant and buy my favorite dessert: Brownie cheescake........yumm

Our baby Sammy

Brett and I have wanted a little puppy for a long time, and we finally got one! His name is Sammy. He is the cutest little Maltese. He is really playful and loves to cuddle. He is the new addition to our little family! We took him for a little walk and every person that saw him told us how cute He is. We are very proud of our baby!

Washington, DC

A quick summary: Brett and I moved to Long Branch, NJ. We'll be here all summer. I went to Peru for about a month and came back with my mom. She'll be here for a couple of weeks. So we finally got to do something fun last weekend. We went to Washington with Brett's sister and nieces. We had a great time. We visited the Washington Monument, the White House, the Abraham Lincoln memorial, the reflecting pool, and the WWI and WWII memorials.

The best part of the Lincoln memorial was when Jax decided to get passed the security chain and started climbing up the monument! Sadly, it all happened too fast to take a picture of it.

And of course my mom loved the baby!

What cutie!

Obviously this is not DC, but just some pictures with my mom. It was a very nice day!

Pier Village, Long Branch

This is where we live!


The next two pictures are the view from our living room......