Friday, May 15, 2009

catching up...

happy mother's day!
late.
but not forgotten
(i don't know if either of our mothers read this anyway...)
to my own mom:
who is too far away but not for long.
..(like 4 years but i am patient)

to my mother in law:


who is incredibly talented and generous
 and i learn more from everyday

to my sister in law jaelyn:
who is going to be a mom so soon! and i am so excited for her! and i hope you name him grant! he is going to be amazing and smart and talented and funny...pretty much a champ!

to my friends:
you are such amazing moms! and i love you all! and am so excited to have gorgeous girls and hottt boys to date your cutie boys and girls! (pretty much i have to have girls because so far cooper and jaxon need me!!)


TURKEY HUNTING:

I had the day off on monday and so did ryan. so we went turkey hunting up in east canyon.
it was so beautiful and such a nice hike. its so fun to be up there with him...you guys would laugh he is just a little boy he is so excited! but he is so smart and good at it. that is one thing i really love about ryan. he is the best at the things he does. he ties amazing flies that he could sell for so much but he just does it because he loves it. he is an incredible fly fisherman. which, if you 
have ever tried you know takes extreme talent! he has little respect for bait junkies (except my dad:) since they don't have to work for it. he is just amazing and he doesn't give anything half hearted! 
i love him and i hope that i become like that!
back to the story...
we did not see any turkeys (sad) but we did see
6 live deer (mostly girls)
14 winter kill deer (sad...but fascinating)
lots of cow.
pairarie dogs (annoying...but neat)
and....
a porcupine
he was so scared of us. i felt bad, and i think that branch was going to break any minute.
we took lots of pictures of him. really it was so neat. 
and made the trip worthwhile since that was it!!
no turkeys....

until next week. (the hunt only goes til the end of may)

Sunday, May 3, 2009

my FAVORITE day!

when people used to ask me when my favorite time of year was, i would always say i like all of them but spring. 
well things have certainly changed!
april 28th is my favorite day of the year!
a day dedicated to celebrating ryan!
i love ryan so much!
and i am so grateful for all the memories we make together!
like birthdays
ryan is now 26 which we were reminded is now his "late twenties" not his "mid-twenties" 
 celebrations started early this year:
on sunday we went to the in-laws (mine, not ryan's...thats a trek)
for a delicious dinner and an even better dessert!
ryan's traditional birthday cake Strawberry Cream Cake
(chelsie: you have to show me how to take pictures of food so it looks appetizing!)
thank you so much to the jensen's for all the wonderful things they do for us.
we are the luckiest.


cute brothers. 


on tuesday i picked up ryan from work.
since he work at ARUP in salt lake we decided to take advantage of some saved gift cards and eat out down there!
(thanks mom & dad for a wonderful christmas gift we are still enjoying!)
true story:
Parmesan-Crusted Artichoke  Cakes Appetizer $9.99
(buy 2 entrees get 1 appetizer free coupon)
free!
Ryan's Penne Rustica $12.49
Jessica's Chicken Scaloppine $13.49
total: $25.98
christmas gift card: $25.00
new total: $0.98
free birthday cake! (delicious too..the three bites we ate!)
total for birthday meal: $7.98
oh we love our cheap ways!



beautiful birthday cake. and the waiter singing happy birthday. sorry i didn't realize it was good til 30 seconds into it! and then you get to watch ryan pose. thats cute. sorry i say dag-am thats the red neck in me!






also this week we found out i am BLIND
so i got contacts...love them!
and my glasses should be coming next week.
i took ryan to help me...

seriously i don't think i could love him more! 

one more birthday note:
ryan i love you so much! i am so grateful for all you do for us. i am so proud of you and you always impress me! i appreciate how hard you work! you make me feel beautiful all day long! you make me laugh every day. you know how everyone always says that i am such a happy girl, you make that happen! you are my happiness! you are my everything!
you are my best friend and i love you. 


i got him wranglers. that will be a post in and of itself.

p.s. congratulations dan & tara on blessing trevin. it was beautiful. he is precious!