Bigger Pictures

Amy and Wayne's wedding, here are the bigger pictures, crazy me I thought that the collage would open up to full size. I hate adding pics in as they are all out of order, but I'm sure you'll understand what order everything was in. Wedding, luncheon, pictures, reception, dancing. Amy and Wayne made or bought most of their decorations and they were amazing! Wayne does work with Vinyl and Metal and he made the all the words and the wreath holders too. They are beautiful! Plus he did the metal Bishops over the mirror on the middle of the picture table. They are both so talented! They should be arriving home from their honeymoon tomorrow and I'm sure this day, though only a week ago, probably feels like it lasted 20 minutes and was a year ago!

Lately

Torture 1Torture 2We've been up to a lot lately, cooking at home, working out with what I now call Torture 1 and Torture 2 there are better names, I am just trying to be good...
We are doing a family fitness challenge with Chad's family and it has really helped us to be good, no soda, lots of exercise, plenty of fruits and veggies and more sleep. Yep the end is near ;) actually it's been really good. We're getting a lot done and having fun growing in new ways.
This last week we participated in Amy and Wayne's wedding. They definitely know how to party! We are so happy for them and really enjoyed being a part of their big day. Here are a few pics of the great day.

Back to work!

Totally long day!!! After 2 weeks off, going back to work was hard! On top of that we started the New Year off with a Family Fitness Challenge. So far we have been perfect! Exhausted, a little craving sweets and soda, but perfect! Tonight I was suppose to go to a Bridesmaid/Bride dinner for my good friend Amy who is getting married this Saturday, but my sweet husband who is so much better at listening than I am, felt that I needed to stay home. I know it is only January but I'm tired of the snow!
So instead of going out we stayed home, worked out and made Italian Wedding Soup...I would say in honor of Amy and Wayne for the upcoming wedding...but yeah not really, it was because it is 15 degrees outside and soup sounded so good! And it was, if there ever was a BTS soup this may be it! Okay so maybe it's that I'm tired and also trying to not eat my entire pantry, but it rocked!

Happy New Year!

We had a great New Year, we attended a wonderful wedding for a good friend and then brought in the new year with a quiet evening hanging out with each other. We had a blast, and yes, I kicked Chad's butt at several new games!

New Years Day we watched football, played with friends and left to go hang with other friends for a great dinner and cards. A great way to start in the New Year!

December

We have had a busy month! Chad spent a week in Arizona with the Girls Basketball team, they were invited to a Nike invitational and did very well. I on the other hand thought I was going to die for a week without him, I am usually fine, but found I really kind of wimped out! My sweet parents took pity on me and told me to pack my stuff early and come up to Ogden. I don't think I would be very good single again. I then returned to pick Chad up (loving the drive from Ogden taking anywhere from the normal hour to 3 hours) and we returned to Ogden to spend Christmas with the Gray Family. We were able to visit with almost everyone including 14 nieces and nephews! Spent a day making Candy and treats with my Mom and sis and had plenty of relaxing, along with a lot of snow.
We had such a great time with my parents! They tend to really spoil us...okay they completely spoil us, especially Chad. They even offered to adopt Ginger! They were so cute with her and in turn I think she would rather stay with them. We scored with the Christmas gifts getting a variety of cookbooks, new phones, ties, wallets, amazing Y signs, fluffy bathrobes, way too many awesome treats and money...gotta love money! Chad also scored as our school was doing an sub for Santa auction and we won a signed BYU football by this years team. I don't think I have seen him speechless... ever...he was so funny just kept staring in unbelief.

Family Pics

Updates

No, we haven’t died or lost the will to blog. We have been busy with lots of Football, Hematoma's, ER visits, slings, Hives, broken teeth, pulled teeth, obsessive-compulsive/super psycho crazy cleaning, Thanksgiving prep and multiple trips to DI.
So we went bowling… Chad our super duper killer bowler in order to win the game, and get the strike, tried to hurl himself down the lane. In layman’s terms, he fell. Beaten, bruised and medicated he was doing fine. Even more days down the road, after helping move some furniture and tables Chad decided to grow a new Tricep a.k.a. giant Hematoma in the bowling ball throwing arm.
So a trip to Ogden to talk to In-law Doc, a trip to the ER to see if they would drain the Hematoma which they wouldn’t. So Chad got a sling and Amy got to tie his shoes!
I am crazy in love with this man! He felt so out of sorts, totally in pain and hated feeling like a burden. Now the Hematoma, which had reached the size of a lemon, is now about the size of a walnut. We are so thankful for better movement in the arm, the ability for Chad to tie his shoes and touch his head…yes he will kill me for this post.
Beyond that we are super excited for Mom and Dad Seely to arrive tomorrow and for being somewhat ready for Thanksgiving! Love the pic, stay tune...