Happy Two Year Anniversary! XOXO!!!

Mike and I celebrated our Two Year Anniversary on March 2nd! We did not do anything extravagant this year because we have been so busy with work and being out of town for friends and family. Because of this, Mike and I both took that Monday off of work to just spend the day together. It started out with me making him breakfast in bed, then we ran a couple errands and ended the day off with his parents taking us to dinner. It was perfect and I wouldn't have changed one minute of it!

I can't believe how fast time flies by! It seems like just yesterday that I was walking down the isle towards him. It has been an amazing two years and I wouldn't trade them for the world. I am so thankful that I have Mike in my life. He is my best friend and my rock. I love you, honey!!!

~Bachelor & Bachelorette Parties~

Our good friends, Ramey Peru & Lindsey Lewis are getting married on April 4th. Watching them plan the wedding has been fun, but celebrating their last month of single-hood has been the best part of the engagement!

Ramey had his Bachelor Party in San Fransisco the weekend of February 28th. Mike was really excited to go because he has never been to San Fransisco before, and I was jealous because I haven't been there either! Because I have never been there, I had a few requests to make. I wanted a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge & a picture of Lombardi Street. He wasn't able to full-fill both request, but he did bring back a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge!

While Mike was in San Fransisco, he also went on an Alcatraz Tour. I thought it would be really neat, but he said that he wasn't that impressed. Yes, he said that it was cool to see, but the tour got a little boring towards the end. HOWEVER, when Mike and I do make it to San Fransisco, he will just have to suffer through another tour, because I REALLY want to go see it as well! :)

As for Lindsey's Bachelorette Party.... She had her party in Scottsdale on March 7th. Although we did not venture out of Arizona, we still had TONS of fun. We got a room at a hotel where we lounged at the pool for most of the day. Then we started out the night at Pink Taco where we had dinner. From there we went out to a couple different clubs to dance and give Lindsey a good night! The night ended at the hotel where I fell asleep VERY quickly. I don't know if its the age thing, but I just can't stay up like I use to! :)

Mike and I both had a great time with our friends and we wish both Ramey and Lindsey the very best as they are soon-to-be "Mr. & Mrs. Peru"!

My Amazing Husband!!!!

Many of you know that Mike is a really active person....and if you don't know that, I'm sure that you have read about it through our blog. He has done triathlons, 1/2 marathons and is looking forward to training for the 1/2 Ironman this year! It is amazing to see the drive and determination that he has!

Every time he completes something I am so proud of him and have to share with everyone! Sunday (Jan 18th), Mike completed his first full marathon! (That is 26.2 miles in case you didn't know.) He had been planning on doing this for a couple of months and had his mind set.

We woke up at 4:45 on Sunday morning so that I could take them to the dropoff point. From there, I would go to different mile markers to cheer him on! Every time I would see him run past me, I was so proud and amazed at how he does it all! It is unbelievable to me, that a person can have the drive to run that long of a distance!

I am so happy that Mike was able to accomplish, yet again, another physically challenging goal! He is an inspiration to me and I couldn't be happier for him! Great job, Honey! I love you!!!

WE'RE GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL!!!!!

I am ecstatic....along with the rest of the state of Arizona, that the Arizona Cardinals are going to the SUPERBOWL!!!!

As many of you know, the Arizona Cardinals are not known as a good team in the NFL! That is why it was so surprising to everyone how well we have done this year! So well that we made it to the playoffs and beat out every team!

The Arizona Cardinals have NEVER been to the Superbowl, and I can't image what it will be like in the next couple of weeks! GO CARDINALS!!!!!

Sleeping Babies....

Mayhem and Chaos are still tearing up our house. They are at each other non stop and half the time you would think that they were killing each other! I have worried about leaving them in the same room with each other without supervision! They are extremely jealous of one another and I was starting to wonder if they would ever get over it!

However, I recently found out that this is all an act that they put on for Mike and I....In fact, they really do love each other!!!! The other day it was really quiet in our house and I went looking for my babies. I found them in our room cuddled up with each other sleeping. Since then, they are constantly sleeping by each other! And there are times when Chaos thinks Mayhem is too dirty, so he will give Mayhem a little tongue bath before he cozies up! It is the cutest thing and I thought all of you would enjoy! :)

Goodbye 2008...Hello 2009!

So if your holidays were anything like ours, you were BUSY!!!! We have done so much since Thanksgiving that I don't know where to start!

The month of November flew by! It started with our dad and brother coming down from Idaho to help Ashlee move into her place.
It was a short trip, but we still had fun spending time with each other. The first day consisted of work and then the rest of the time was playing around. We don't get to see my dad or brother too often, so when we get to, we try to have the best time!:)

At the end of November, we traveled down to San Diego to see our Stepbrother Kimball get married! It was a beautiful wedding and I absolutely love the San Diego Temple! There are so many of us on my mom's side that it was nice to be with everyone and take pictures! Hopefully we will get to do it more often!


December came REALLY fast, and was just as busy as November. We started off with taking our Christmas Card picture! :) Last year it was just Mike and I, so we decided to spice it up a bit and add our babies to it! We dressed Mayhem up in his Santa outfit and chaos got to be in the stocking! I thought it was the cutest thing, but Mike thinks I was torturing them! It made for a good card though. :)

We were really excited for Christmas this year because Mike and I were having it at our house! We were packed in here. Ammon and his friend came down from Idaho and my mom and Ty came up from Tucson. They were here the entire week and I loved every minute of it! We started off the week Christmas Caroling and delivering "goodies" to friend and neighbors...Mike was not too thrilled about caroling, but he was a good sport with it! The next night we had a gingerbread competition and Ammon's house turned out awesome! He is definitely the son of a bricklayer! My mom's birthday was the 23rd, so we dedicated the day to her. We went to Olive Garden and then went bowling afterwards. My mom kicked all of our butts! And Mike saw for the first time why we never go bowling....I am AWFUL! :) But we all had a blast and it was good to be with everyone.

Christmas Eve was really busy. We had our traditional Mexican Fiesta! We made so much food and then played our traditional Christmas Phase 10. We watched movies and then the boys played XBox. But it was soon time for Santa to come so we had to get to bed because we were waking up really early! We had to be up at 6am to be able to get to where all of us needed to go....Ty, Ammon, and Patrick (Ammon's friend) were going to Ty's dads house....Ashlee and Josh (her boyfriend) were going to Tucson, and Mike, my mom, and I were heading to Mike's families house. It was a busy day, but it was so fun to be with family.

After everyone left our house we were getting ready for New Years. We had told 3 different people that we would be stopping by their parties. So needless to say, our New Years Eve consisted of driving a lot! We had a really good time at every one's houses. We played games at one house and karaoked at the other one. Mike even surprise me by doing a little performance with Ramey and Josh! It was really nice to bring in the New Year with friends and each other! We had a great 2008 and we are excited to see what 2009 brings us! :)

Husband Tag!

Charity "Husband Tagged" me and I thought that it would be fun to do. So here is a little background info on Mike! :)

5 Things He Loves
1. Me, Mayhem, & Chaos
2. SUPERMAN!
3. He loves being active and staying in shape! Right now he is training for a marathon in January!
4. Watching wrestling from high school or wrestling on YouTube
5. Tattoos, and I'm really hoping that he grows out of this one!

5 Things On His To Do List(this is really what's on his list)
1. Work out
2. Get someone out to fix Ashlee's water heater
3. Schedule a date for someone to fix the bulb in the t.v.
4. Iron his clothes for work tomorrow
5. Take Christmas Pictures....yes, I'm making him, but its on his list! :)

5 Foods He Enjoys
1. He absolutely LOVES sushi!
2. Buffalo Wings
3. Chocolate chip Pancake/German Pancakes....its a tossup
4. Chocolate Milk
5. My homemade Lasagna

5 Things You May Not Know About Him
1. He's allergic to cats, but he loves them so much that he had to keep Chaos when we rescued him!
2. He took state for wrestling in high school
3. He can't dance at all but likes to think he can and does little movements back and forth! Its hilarious!
4. He worships Arnold Schwarzenegger....its a little weird!
5. He has a very dry sense of humor and people don't know if he's joking or serious half the time.....but a little tid bit of information, he's joking almost ALL of the time and just likes to get a reaction out of people.

5 Places He's Lived
1. Mesa, AZ
2. Gilbert, AZ
3. Scottsdale, AZ
4. Chandler, AZ
5. Tempe, AZ........yup, just Arizona

5 Quirky Things About Him
1. He thinks his hair looks good when he grows it out no matter how many people tell him it looks hideous! :)
2. He can't stand wrinkles and irons his jeans and his t-shirts!
3. He blows his nose in the shower and grosses me out every morning!
4. He needs a couple minutes of quiet time to himself right when he gets home. Then he will sit and talk to me.....the drive home just doesn't cut it, he needs those extra minutes! :)
5. He has to sleep on the right side of the bed everywhere we go and when he is about to sleep he roles over on his right side, which means cuddling is over! :(

That sums up Mike in a nutshell! Love you Honey!!!!

I'm tagging: Natalie, Lori, Rhonda, and April :)