VaLeNtiNe'S DaY!

Kind of bad pictures of us- oh well- just wanted to show some pics of Valentine's Day- our first one together. We didn't have much time to go out to eat at a nice restaurant so we went to Fazoli's, which turned out to be really good. I was craving just something with spaghetti sauce- so yeah- it was yummy. Then we went to the temple- it was a very great idea for Valentine's Day. Loved it.
I don't know if you can see, but there was a little girl in the background of this picture that was watching us a lot. So when we were taking pics she was staring at us. You might be able to see her in the shadow- in the background. She was cute.

Choco-Holic!

This past weekend we went to Salt Lake, So. Jordan, Sandy, and Layton- just areas around Salt Lake City. Anyway, we had a long weekend so we spent time with a bunch of my family each day! It was so fun. First we spent time with my brother Mark, then went to my other brother Matt and Candace's house. We got to see my newest nephew and other nephews. They're so cute. Then that night we went to P.F. Chang's. These are what the pictures are of. The one above is me and my sister Katie. P.F. Chang's is SOOO good. I had never eaten there. But we got a beef dish, and shared with others. But then we got dessert- the HUGE chocolate cake with raspberry syrup and fruit! YUMMY! I was so full. But it was so worth it.

Paxton- posing like the statue in the background. Too bad it is a little dark- you can't see the little statue. He's silly.

Here is my brother Matt and his wife Candace, Paxton and me, and my sister Katie.

It was a fun night. After we ate, Pax and I went to the Salt Lake temple and went through a session- a live session. It was very interesting- I am so glad I went - it shows a little bit different perspective. And of course got to see inside- it's so beautiful. The next day we went to my old roommates house and her husband is a chef- he made us YUMMY food. Then we went to my sister, Melanie's house and chilled for the day. Went to church. Ate more yummy food. Then the next day it was my other sister, Leslie's birthday, so we went to Red Robin, got a yummy chicken burger. And a huge chocolate cake again for her birthday! This weekend was just filled with chocolate. I loved it!

Pizza with Friends

So Abby and I pride ourselves on not being one of those married couples that just sit's at home all the time and doesn't hang out with friends. Although, we do like alone time, we also have a bunch of friends that are really cool and who we love to hang out with. Here are some pics of some of our closest friends here at BYU-Idaho that we have known since we started school here. We love you guys and are going to miss you!!

That is Ben (my old roomate) on the right, Mark (my good friend that hooked up Abby and I) in the middle, and his date Taya

This is Ben and his soulmate Bonnie

Me and my New Roomate!

"The Reserve Chip"

So Abby and I sat down today for a delicious plate of Chili/Chip burritos. They were really good, but we still had some left-over chili. What should we do??? Abby, being the genius she is, decided to put some cream cheese in the left-over chili and we had it as a dip with some chips. It was really really good. Anyway, as we were eating, we were pulling chips out of the bag, putting them on our plate, and then dipping and eating. Most people will eat all of the chips on their plate and then go to the bag for some more. Abby became curious as to why I would always keep one chip on my plate at all times while going back for more. I explained to her the "reserve chip" principle. This principle states that you must always keep a reserve chip on you plate in case the dip gets so scarce that there is only enough for one more chip. In that case, you do not have to panic and rush to the bag fighting the competition, you simply take your reserve chip and claim your prize.
Once I explained this to Abby she immediately found her own reserve chip. I made the mistake of reveling my principle to the competition, so now it was only a matter of time. As the chili came to an end I hesitated and Abby made the final kill, and got the last of the dip (beginners luck). Here are some pics of the action...

LONG DAYS + LONG NIGHTS = Cranky Wife!

So it has been one of the longest days of my life. It started out at 6 am when the alarm went off. I got up, got ready for the day, ate breakfast, packed lunches for Pax and I, and headed off to the library to study for 2 hours before my first class started. I studied, went to classes from 9am- 12:30pm. Then I tutored from 1pm-4pm. Then I had another class from 4:30-5:30pm. Then we went home for an hour and half to eat dinner. I took a 35 minute nap, then went to a play i had to go to for a class. That lasted for 2 1/2 hours!! LONG! Then I went back to the library to meet with a study group and work on a project. And now I am still here at the library, waiting for Paxton to finish his take home test- those things take forever! And he's having a hard time figuring it out. So... I'm super exhausted, achy, hungry- but don't want to eat, and just a little cranky. Do i have good reasons for it? I THINK SO! But Paxton is so patient with me - it's great. I wish i could go home right now- I know i'd fall asleep in 30 seconds. And the funny thing is, I am sitting here complaining about it, and Paxton hasn't complained once- and he's STILL doing homework. What a hard worker. Very grateful for that...
That's a bit of what our days are going to be like for the rest of the semester- some days not so long... yeah. And I think that's it. Not a whole lot else- just really looking forward to this weekend where I will totally relax and not do a thing. Ha- no i probably will. Hopefully workout and do a bit of homework.
Anyway, all is well. Love you all!!!

Uhh... Ummm... Uhhh

So at BYU-Idaho every Tuesday we have a Devotional where a speaker comes from different schools, and from around the area to speak to us about religious things. Anway, the speaker today was President Young, the President of University of Utah. And the first thing Paxton noticed was that he would say Uhh and Umm A LOT! He automatically started counting how many times he said it. Here is the paper where he kept tally. If you can't read it, he said Uh or Um 210 times in a 43 minute talk. And of course, Paxton, being the accountant, had to figure out how many times a minute and second that would be. So it is 4.8 times per minute and once per 12.5 seconds! haha. So funny. At first I couldn't even listen to the talk, Pax was distracting me. AND when he pointed it out to me, that's all I could hear at first. I got over that, and it really was a good talk. Anyway, we thought it was pretty funny.
I have a basketball game tonight and a volleyball game tomorrow night! I'm so excited to be playing again! Yay!
And Paxton will be tutoring students tonight, as usual, working so hard.
SCHOOL SCHOOL- that's all we're up to now-a-days!

My newest found hobby!

I decided to start up cross stitching, crocheting, and hopefully scrapbooking. I often get bored after I get my homework finished, so I normally watch TV.. but a week ago Saturday I went out and bought this little kit for cross-stitching. So I got it Saturday and finished it in two days. Once I start doing something like that, I don't ever want to stop. Anyway, so here is my beautiful little creation: I stitched the leaves, and tied on the strings and everything. Cute eh? I like it. Hopefully I'll get more cute patterns, and materials for scrapbooking. We'll see...

Who's This Guy?

You're probably thinking, "HOW DID HE GET SO SUPER BUFF" Well, the secret: Weight Lifting class Mondays and Wednesdays. We actualy both have a weight lifting class Mondays and Wednesdays. It's a lot of fun and keeps us healthy and in shape. What he really needs to work on is that haircut of his. He says that he's only 155 lbs. dripping wet but he's still pretty wiry.

Date Night

Our Date Night consisted of eating out at Winger's, and driving up to the Rexburg temple and checking out it's development.
Pax took a picture of me with the dessert bowl, well because I ate mostly all of it. Pax had probably 1/3 and I had the rest! I can't help it, I LOVE sweets!

Here's Pax rollin up his sleeves to dig into Winger's STICKY FINGERS! Yummmm..

oops- eyes are closed.

Well, there's our date night. This was about a month ago. Better late than never eh??
LOVE YA'LL!

Hittin the Books, Rockin our Socks!

Well, hello everyone. Just wanted to post some fun pics of us and tell you what's been keeping us super busy! We're both tutoring Accouting(Pax) and Anatomy/Physiology(Abs) like crazy- working about 12,13,15,18 hours a week! And then on top of that, we work on our own homework for our classes. We stay busy, get exhausted, cranky, giggly, and silly- as you can see above. We still have fun and make time for eachother! It's so great!
Now these next few pictures illustrate Paxton's goofiness- I LOVE LOVE LOVE HIM!

He looks like he's having a rough time with homework, but oh no, he's not. He fakes it because he's so humble. He's such a smarty farty pants! And I mean EVERY word of that! He knew I was taking a pic of him, so of course he can't smile like normal, but he makes painful faces...

aww.. poor boy looks like he wants his mommy! Ann, where are you?!!

And the following are pictures of me being goofy. This first one is a result of the long, exhausting, 12 hours days on campus everyday! We both are pooped by nighttime. Gotta love it eh?

Watch out- i might fling it at ya!

....overwhelmed...

Here we are, ready for church, looking ridiculously good-looking!!! We like to take pictures of us because we can't get enough of ourselves in the mirror. We like to see us on camera too! ha. I'm kidding.

Alrighty, well, hope all is well with everyone else- we miss ya'll! We'll try and keep update with our busy lives!
LOVE YA

It's Dragging...

Well hello. It is a quiet, relaxed Sunday afternoon, Pax is taking a nap, which is probably what I should do too, but I am sitting in the rocking recliner, updating our lovely blog.
Paxton taught the Priesthood lesson today in church, I got to hear some of it this morning. While I was making yummy biscuits for breakfast, he was rehearsing his lesson outloud. He made a powerpoint for the lesson- which shows how organized and prepared he was for it. He is always like that- i love it.
Meanwhile, we are both in school, almost done. It has only been 1 1/2 weeks into school and I'm already wishing it were nearing to the end. I think now that since we've known what our plans are-- to move to Dallas in April and graduate, I've been anticipating it for so long now-- i just want it to happen. I guess I should just enjoy the time in Rexburg when i can, but it's kind of hard to enjoy it here when it's -15 degrees outside! BUURRRRRRR!
We actually went to this cool show- a magician/entertainer came to the school- he was called The Great Kaplan. Anyway, he was very entertaining. He juggled with regular balls, huge bean bags, bowling pins- with a sword balanced on his forehead, and he also juggled ping pong balls in his mouth. It was hilarious. It was entertaining. He did a few magic tricks which were pretty obvious-- some we still didnt know how he did it, but it was funny because Paxton was trying to figure out everyone and wasnt very impressed with most of them.. cuz they were so obvious. This reminds me- has anyone seen The Illusionist? It's a bit like the Prestige but different though. We saw it last night and liked it lots. There were lots of magic tricks in that one.
Anyway, we love you all and miss you!!

First Day of School

Our first day of school was on Thursday! Yep, that's right, starting up another semester. Our last semester that is!! We both graduate in April, Abby with a General Associates and me with a BS in Accounting. We are so happy it's almost done and then we can move to Dallas!! So here are some pics of our first day of school...

Abby making lunch

Abby with her backpack, how cute

Me being goofy

Ready to go

Christmas Day!!

Merry Christmas!!! We are picture taking fools now that we have our new digital camera (Thanks MOM!!!). We have got to be the most spoiled couple in the world, we got everything you can think of. Anyway we spent Christmas with Abby's family in Idaho Falls and had an awesome time!

This is Abby, Her Mom, and Her Sister Katie

This is Abby stretching after a hard day of opening presents

This is the new outfit Abby got me for Christmas, no, we did not get this picture out of GQ magazine

This is Abby and her nephew Andrew, as you can see he had his fair share of chocolate

The day after Christmas we headed back to Rexburg and opened more presents that my mom sent us from Texas (I told you we are spoiled). This was Abby's favorite by far, a new purse!!

This was one of my favorite presents my mom sent me, some new house slippers!

We really had an awesome Christmas and we want everyone to know that we LOVE YOU SO MUCH and missed you if we didn't get to see you!!!

Check out the new Crib...

These are some pics of the house that Abby's parents are building. Its right on the Snake River outside of Idaho Falls, Idaho. It's going to be really cool when it gets done, check it out...

This is the front of the house, yes that is snow for all you Texans.

This is thier living room, all of those windows overlook the river, pretty cool huh?

This is the basement where their theatre room is going to be.

Finally, here is the shed and the picture below was taken from their backyard.

Haha, we are having a White Christmas!!

I imagine that most of you that are reading this cannot look out your window and see snow, so we wanted to post some pictures of snowy Idaho for you enjoyment...

And now the after shot of Paxton's hair. Our great friend Mike has done an EXCELLENT job and we are all happy now. Too bad Pax gives cheesy smiles to the camera. Oh well- what can you do.. you've all seen him in person... he's a cutie.

Now... we are waiting now for our friend Mike to come and cut Paxton's hair because it's getting way long... and I wanted to take pictures of him before he cut it and show everyone because it's just so cute. We also parted his hair in some of the pics . And the pics at the end are from awhile ago- he sent them to me in an email and it just made me laugh so hard. Even now i look at these pics and just laugh so hard. I love them- he's so cute. Haha.
hahahaha... love the alfalfa in the back... he's so goofy.
Now here he is with his hair just down- no part... without gel. I think it looks cute.
I LOVE THIS ONE- it just makes me laugh everytime.
HAHAHA. i love this one too.
Aww. My cute little Pax- looks like it's his first day of school.
Is that an evil face or what? I just love it because he looks like such a dork with his parted hair, but he looks like a serial killer too!