Spring Break 2012

7th Man banner for the fans

Me with the puck looking all nervous

Jason looking all pro like

We are on Spring Break and since I have to work we can't go out of town.  So, it has become tradition to go to a Nashville Predator Hockey game instead.  This particular game on March 6, 2012 was against the L.A. Kings and it happened to me Mormon night.  We had such a great time at the game, unfortunately we lost 5-4.  It was really sad but we got to go onto the ice and shoot a puck into the net. It was pretty cool once in a lifetime opportunity.  We also meet the mascot, Gnash.  It was so cool be on the ice and shoot a puck.  If you know me, I was never a fan of hockey but since I meet Jason, that has changed.Hockey is pretty fun to watch more in person.  I'm glad it's something we get to share together as a couple. 

The view by the ice

Jason, Gnash, and me

The ice from where we were standing

The banner by the elevator

Update on our life as of now

It has been awhile since I have posted so here it goes.  We both will be graduating in May and we are excited.  Jason will be getting his masters degree in Industrial Organizational Psychology, aka human resources.  I will finally finish my undergraduate in Liberal Studies, but I plan to still teach K-3rd grade.  Just going about it in a shorter way. 

As of now we are open to new things. Jason is busy apply for jobs and trying to finish his thesis.  The future is an open book right now. It is exciting but a little scary at once.  Luckily, for me I would not take this adventure with anyone else but Jason.  He is such a wonderful husband.  I am still working as an after care teacher and busy in Primary.  I also am working on a huge project of lesson plans so I can graduate.  It will be nice to be done and see where life takes us. 

Christmas 2011

We flew out to Utah on December 16 and came back January 2nd.  It was a fun time, it was good seeing old friends and family again.  As many of you know Jason and I are huge sports fans.  We went back to BYU and enjoyed the BYU vs. Baylor basketball game.  It was nice to be back to the our school and where Jason proposed.  BYU lost unfortunately but the refs sucked and were calling some lame calls.

We spent some time visiting Jason's family.  Family is awesome.  I am so glad God gave us families.  Also, we caught up with some dear friends and it was good spending time with them. It was amazing to think it had been a year and a half since we were in Utah.  Nothing has changed but then it seemed like many things had.  I felt like all we did while we were in Utah was eat, which is not a bad thing.  We really missed eating Cafe Rio and In n' Out.  In Tennessee we cannot find any good Mexican food. 

Christmas Eve we had some of the elderly  ladies over for dinner and spent time together as a family.  It was nice to be with my family again.  Christmas Day we opened up gifts, went to church and had a good day.  As a family the next day we saw the movie Warhorse.  It was a good movie that makes you cry.  Jason, me, my little sister and a few of her friends went to the Utah Jazz home opener versus the Philadelphia 76ers.  It was a fun game, came down to the wire.  We won 102 to 99.  Also, my sister threw a huge  New Years Eve party.  We had a good night and a good visit.

Jazz game scoreboard

Jason and I at the Jazz game

Jumbotron @ BYU game

BYU Court

SLC Temple @ Christmas

Me, My sister, My Mom, and Rafa

Jason and I

It was nice to come back to Utah.  It was really cold and unfortunately it never snowed while we were there.   We enjoyed our time there. We hope everyone a great upcoming year in 2012. 

Thanksgiving and Black Friday

This Thanksgiving we went to spend it with Jason's side of the family in Virginia.  It was a nice time with family.  We drove the nine hours there and had a fun ride.  We went to eat with Jason's dad's side of the family for Thanksgiving dinner.  It was a new experience, they did not serve your traditional food. We ate ham, short ribs, and salmon along with carrot casserole (kinda tastes like sweet potatoes).  I don't like sweet potatoes so I enjoyed the carrot casserole.  We had some yummy pies and watched football.  Later that night Jason and I went to Walmart to stand in line for a laptop that was on sale for black Friday.  I have never stood in line for anything but it was an experience.

Unfortunately, a few days before we went to Virgina, Jason's laptop crashed on him.  Luckily, everything was saved onto flash drives or the Icloud.  It was basically perfect timing since we were going to ask for laptops for Christmas anyway.  Now, we will just buy it and he will use it early.  So, anyways, when going to Walmart on Black Friday, make sure you ask people when there standing in line by a pharmacy what there in line for.  We were standing by the balloon that says stand here but there was a line that had formed by the pharmacy for the laptops.  It was a bit tense for awhile but we were numbers 9 and 10.  This meant we were guaranteed a laptop, but they made you stay in line.  If you had to leave to go to the bathroom you needed a pass, which was only for fifteen minutes.

At 10pm they began selling toys but some people began taking the shrink wrap off early.  There was a huge fight that broke out in the garden center over Powerwheels Car's Car.  People were punching each other and the police came in to arrest people.  Who knew power wheels were so deadly.  LOL.  To make a story short, we got the laptops at midnight and went to sleep at 2am. Before we went to bed at 1am we drove by Target and the line was still completely out the door, it opened at midnight.   We woke up at 8am and went to Target to get other things for family and friends. 

Power wheels Car that caused all the drama

The next afternoon we had a traditional dinner with Jason's mom and siblings. It was yummy. It was a good time had by all.  Now on to Utah for Christmas. 

My 26th Birthday and News

I apologize for not updating this recently.  As we all know life gets busy and hectic.   Jason had the opportunity to apply for a potential job in Washington D.C. for upcoming master's degree graduates.  He took a weird test and they told us the results last night. Unfortunately, they were not the results we wanted but we know the Lord has plans for us elsewhere.  We are both scheduled to graduate in May 2012 and we are pretty excited to see what life has planned for us.

I turned 26 on October 19th.  It was a great day, I went to school and had to take a test but I did well on it.  I also had to go to work with my preschoolers.  They all sang Happy Birthday and kept saying it all day.  The night before Jason had decorated the apartment and bought me roses. He is such a great sweet husband.  We  went to eat dinner at Olive Garden and played mini gold in the mall.  It is a glow in the dark mini golf course.  It was fun.  Jason also made me cake and bought me a GPS.  My mom got me a massage and a Kohl's gift card.  My sister gave me some money and Rafa got me a gift card to Olive Garden.  My mother in law got me some new shoes and so it was a great day.  Then my awesome visiting teacher and dear friend brought me some cute little desserts. Here is a picture of them, they were cute and yummy.

Predators Preseason Hockey Game

If you know us you know we love sports.  Jason found a coupon for free tickets, minus the five dollar processing fee to a preseason Nashville predators hockey game.  We were so excited.  I never liked hockey till I meet Jason but it is so fun.  Our tickets were in the lower level behind the goal and it was a fun game.  We of course won.  The Nashville Predators seem to be doing very good in preseason.  We always have fun times at these games.  If your in Nashville you should come during hockey season, it is always so fun. At the end of the game we took pictures by the ice.

The Flood of September 15

I woke up this morning to water on the floor in the bathroom vanity.  Apparently, we had a leak in our apartment.  Jason and I cleaned it up and then found out it was also in the kitchen.  We called the apartment office and they said they would send someone over. I stepped outside and found out the apartment kiddie corner of us on the top floor had their water heater burst last night and the water had seeped through the walls and floors.  

Our kitchen walls

Our light bulb and fan in our bathroom, copper was coming into it

Luckily, we were lucky.  It was just funny watching water come from the ceilings and walls.  It was a big mess, the neighbors had to have fans in their apartments to dry it out and then we had to spray it to kill the mold that would be forming.  Here are some pictures to show ya the damage to our apartment.