MUCH NEEDED UPDATE!!!

Oh man! It has been such a long time since I have updated this thing! Well our lives have been hectic the last couple of months and are not going to slow down anytime soon either! Ty and I have rented our townhome and moved back in with my parents so we could buy another home... This was only supposed to really short and temporary! However, we were not able to find a home that we wanted to buy. So 1 month has now turned into 4 months! We have now decided to build a home in Riverton that will be finished in Feb!

I never realized how stressful building a home really is and how many things you really have to pick out! Things I have never even thought about having to choose before! One thing for sure... I never want to do this again. Good thing we dont plan on ever moving again after this is done!

I am sad to see summer go and winter come! Heck... we did not even get a glipse of fall!!! We had a great summer... Didn't get to do as much camping and boating as we hope for though!

George S

Great friends!

Hunting

Lake Powell

Last week of Dance..

The 2008-2009 dance year is coming to an end this week...so that means I will have some Saturdays to catch back up on housework instead of being at competitions all day and Ty wont have to spend Monday nights all alone for awhile!!! But for the most part I was really satisfied with this year of dance and want to thank all of my students at Local Motion for working so hard and making this year a success! Also, I have to thank Diane (studio director) for all her hard work throughout the year! I cant even imagine running a dance studio! It will be nice to have summer break... but I am excited to see what next year brings!

Cheesecake Factory

So we went to the Cheesecake factory with some friends last night... And to be honest we weren't that impressed. It was way to crowded to the point where we felt clasterphobic. There where eight of us that were supposed to sit together and instead we got split up and put on completly opisite ends of the resturant. After waiting for two hours....

Then to top it off... we got sat in the worst part of the resurant possible. It was a table right by the front door where everyone was waiting and right in the bar! There were people waiting to jump at the first available bar seat so we had people surrounding our table all night totally being inconsideriate to the fact that we were eating...

For as much as it cost our food was not that good either! The only good part about the whole experiance was the 30th anniversary cheesecake we got at the end! yummy!

I dont think we will be going back there anytime soon... at least not for anything but cheesecake...

Does anyone else not like the Cheesecake factory or did we just have a really bad experiance?

Him & Her

HIM

1. Sitting in front of the TV, what's on the screen? ESPN, SPORTS CENTER, or SOME GAME...

2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad? RANCH

3. What's one food he doesn't like? SPAGHETTI

4. You go out to a restaurant, what does he get to drink? BUD LIGHT

5. Where did he go to high school? RIVERTON

6. What is one phrase he says all the time? "ITS YOUR TURN TO TAKE HER OUT"- ABOUT ESKA

7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be? HATS

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich? TURKEY...I THINK

9. What would this person eat everyday if he could?PIZZA!!!

10. What is his favorite cereal? HONEY BUNCHES OF OATS

11. What would he never wear? A SPEEDO

12. What is his favorite sports team? O GOSH! LETS MAKE A LIST...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL- THE UTES

PRO FOOTBALL- THE BRONCOS

PRO BASKETBALL- THE JAZZ

COLLEGE BASKETBALL- THE UTES DURING MARCH MADNESS

BASEBALL- BRAVES

13. Who will he vote for? HE WONT VOTE

14. Who is his best friend?

IT BETTER BE ME!

HE HAS A GROUP OF FRIENDS THAT HE HAS BEEN FRIENDS WITH SINCE LIKE ELEMENTARY... I DONT THINK HE HAS A BEST THEY ARE ALL CLOSE...

15. How many states has he lived in? 2... UTAH AND ILLINOIS

16. Does he have any nervous habits? POPPING HIS FINGERS!!!

17. What could he spend hours doing? WATCHING/PLAYING SPORTS... OR HUNTING

18. He is: DOWN TO EARTH, CARING, FUNNY, HANDSOME, CALM AND COLLECTED, CLEAN, MOTIVATED, AMAZING HUSBAND, TALENTED, ORGANIZED, EVERYTHING I NEED AND MORE!

HER

1. Sitting in front of the TV, what's on the screen? AMERICAN IDOL, CSI, HOUSE, DANCING WITH THE STARS, LIFETIME MOVIE..

2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does she get on her salad? CEASAR

3. What's one food she doesn't like? CHICKEN POT PIES

4. You go out to a restaurant, what does she get to drink? WATER WITH A LEMON OR COKE

5. Where did she go to high school? BINGHAM

6. What is one phrase she says all the time?"WHAT DOING... HUH?"

7. If she was to collect anything, what would it be? CLOTHES

8. What is her favorite type of sandwich? CHICKEN SALAD

9. What would this person eat everyday if she could? TAPIOCA PUDDING

10. What is her favorite cereal? HONEY BUNCHES OF OATS

11. What would she NEVER wear? ANYTHING FROM ZUMIEZ SHE WONT WEAR

12. What does she always wear? DRESSES

13. Who will she vote for? ME

14. Who is her best friend? ME

15. How many states has she lived in? JUST UTAH

16. Does she have any nervous habits? BITTING NAILS

17. What could she spend hours doing? READING

18. She is: OUTGOING, FUN TO BE WITH, UNDERSTANDING, MOST AMAZING AND LOVING PERSON I HAVE EVER MET!

P.S. I CANT BELIEVE I GOT TY TO FILL THIS THING OUT!!!

tag: KORT, MELISSA, AND WHOEVER WANTS TOO!

Tax Season!

So after a couple meetings with our tax guy we finally finished our taxes! whoo-hoo! I was totally dreeding tax season because I was sure we were going to have to pay tons because I have two 1099's! And last year I had to pay up the wazoo!

We get done and he tells us that we are getting money BACK! What? That has to be a mistake... right? Nope... because of Ty's amazing banking skills we were able to write off alot! Also, because we got to file jointly this year and it offset my self employeed income a bit!

Okay... so the bad news! We totally thought we were going to get the 2008 first time homebuyers credit of $7500 this year! WRONG! The bill did not go into effect until April 1st and we bought our home in Febuary!

St. George

Last weekend we headed down to St. George with my family. It was so warm and relaxing! The weather was 75 degrees both days!


Ty played in a golf tournament with my brother and my dad in Misquite at an amazing golf course called Falcon Ridge.

While the boys where out golfing. Me, my mom, and Kayla went and got a massage! It was amazing! After that we went on a 3 mile hike in snow canyon... We took Eska on the hike with us and by the end she was a red dog from all the red sand. She looked so funny!

That night we went bowling. We have actually never been bowling with my parents so it was alot of fun! My mom suprised me and actually is way good at bowling! I definatly did not get that gene from her! I am the WORST at bowling!

The next day me and Ty played tennis, went golfing, and relaxed. Then headed home around five. Because of the warm weather Eska started to shed her winter coat! So by the time we got home the car was covered in white puppy hair! Good thing her hair is easy to vacum up!

It was a short vacation but totally needed!

VALENTINES DAY!

This year Ty totally spoiled me! We started off with breakfast at IHOP then right when we got home Ty had flowers, a singing bear and chocolate covered strawberries delievered to me! We then went to Tsunami for dinner and headed to see "He's just not that into you" which Ty never would have gone to see with me if it hadn't been V-day.

Then Ty had and extra special gift for me that came in the mail a day late. It is a gorgeous titanium ring with "Jess & Ty 6-30-2008" engraved in it. I love it!

Ty I just want you to know that I love you with all my heart! This has been the best seven months of my life since we have been married! Love you Babe!

IF YOU ARE EVER BORED AT WORK...

Go to... http://www.faceinhole.com and play around by putting you and your families faces in funny bodies. I had a blast doing it! Here are some that I liked!

Ty as Koby Bryant
Shrek and Fiona

Borat

Jennifer Anisten

Tiger Woods

Hef

matthew mcconaughey

NEW ORLEANS

We just back from "New Orleans" and the "Sugar Bowl"!!! It was an amazing experiance going to both! The game was amazing and so much fun! The Alabama fans were really nice before and after the game; which we didnt expect. Some of them were pretty cocky thinking that the Utes didn't have a chance or saying "where is utah?" Or "whats a ute"... One thing is for sure! they know who the Utah Utes are NOW!!!

The night before the game was crazy! We went to the famous"Bourbon Street" where the streets were lined with U of U and Alabama fans. One side of the street was U of U and the other Alabama. The fans would stand on the balconies yelling back and forth at each other and toss mardi gras beads at people on the street. It was a blast!

The Game was a riot! We sat on the 19th row so we were really close to the field! The best part about it was that we were outnumbered 10 to 1 by Alabama fans and we were still ten times louder! Even before the game started! The Utes started out with a big bang scoring three touch downs in the first 10 min! By that point mine and tys voice was already gone! By the end of the third quarter the Alabama fans had started to clear out and by the middle of the fourth quarter they were completly gone! After the game we had alot of Alabama fans that said Utah has the craziest fans they have ever seen!


New Orleans Cemetary

Because New Orleans is below sea level all the graves are above ground. Because of disease the coffins can only be opened every 366 days.

Lower 9th ward was destroyed by the hurrican. It was sad to see. On the homes spray painted was the date it was checked and how many people were found dead in the home.

My mom and I with Mardi Gras Masks

Mississippi River
The Garden District homes. The biggest most beautiful homes I have ever seen. Alot of movies are filmed in the garden district and it was fun to walk through and be able to see the home that they were filmed in. This home is where they filmed "The Curious cas of Benjamin Button"