Memorial Weekend!!

For Memorial Weekend, we went to the Tautphaus Park Zoo in Idaho Falls! We had a few family members join us! Here are some fun pics from the zoo!

My nieces Saige and Peyton

Me and Peyton (right)
My brother Challis facing the tiger!! (below)

A beautiful peacock!! I love those colors together!

OUR NEW HOME...The Beginning!!

Here are a few pics of us getting our new townhome ready. Final and finished pics of our home will come later!

Richard painting the bathroom

Richard's lovely colorful feet--ha ha ha

Let the work begin

Richard painting our living room



Richard priming the living room

Just being a little creative!!

Silly Richard

Our back patio

ME!!!....before I was all covered with paint!!

Our Kitchen

Happy (late) Birthday Richard!!!

Richard turned 24 on March 26! For his birthday, he took Friday off of work and we went on a little 3-night vacation! It was so nice to get away for a bit, sleep in, and not worry about making the bed or cooking!! Sunday night, we celebrated at my parent's home where my mom made his favorite....steak and shrimp!! It was so delicious (thanks MOM)!!! But the fun ended on Monday when he had to go back to work, and then that night we were playing volleyball and he rolled his ankle. It's still swollen and red...poor dude!!

Valentine's Day!!

Richard spoiled me for Valentine's Day! We went to Logan for the weekend, which was super fun! That's where we got married, but we haven't yet been through a session there, so we went to the temple. We also watched The Tooth Fairy (great movie) and Valentine's Day (not worth seeing again), toured the USU campus, and ate at OLIVE GARDEN and the Beehive Grill. Our hotel was super nice, and brought back many memories, for it was the one my roommates, mom, and I stayed at the night before my wedding. It has a super nice pool and hot tub and a yummy breakfast!! Richard also got me a heart pillow and throw blanket (which matches the pj pants he bought me for Christmas), Costa Vida gift card, some chocolates, some yummy Valentine cookies that are super addicting, and a very cute, sentimental card!! It was great to get away for a bit! THANKS HONEY!! I love you!

CHRISTMAS!!!

Christmas was wonderful this year!! We spent the weekend at my parents' home. Richard spoiled me of course. He gave me a trunk tray for our new car, a hair diffuser, a deep fryer, a breadmaker, perfume, a JC Penny gift card, and much more. My parents gave us a BBQ grill--now we just have to wait for summer to get here so we can use it! We're totally stoked!!

We also got to talk to Skylar who's in San Diego...he's doing great and it was good to get to talk to him!!

The following are some pics of our apartment at Christmas Time!!!

This is a waterfall that changes colors.....so cool!!

My mom bought these for us...she loves us and we love Disney!!

SNOWFLAKES!!

Christmas Countdown Moose!!

Ornament we received last year!

Another ornament for our first Christmas together!

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree......

(We cut this one down ourselves!!)

OUR APARTMENT!

Here are some pics of our apartment!

Here are some pics of our apartment!

HALLOWEEN!!!

We carved pumpkins this year--mine was just an ordinary pumpkin. However, Richard totally got into it and carved an awesome design into his pumpkin!! Here's some pics of his pumpkin!!