B.M.X

This is gonna be a quick post!!!

Victor has decided he wants to race BMX bikes! He's always been into bike racing, whether it is Mountin, Road, and now BMX! Yesterday was the first time he had ever ridden on a BMX track, and he didn't do too bad. His first heat he decided to take it easy so he didn't give me a heart attack and crash! The second heat he picked it up a little bit and got 3rd! Not too bad for his first time! We have another race today, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he doesn't crash today!!! Good Luck Husband!!!

in the middle of the race

Victor at the starting Gate

Holy Crazy

Hello Everyone,
    I feel like it's been forever since I've been able to post. I'll try to make this a short post, but there's lots to post about, so hang in there!!!!

On the 21st, I started working at Wal*Mart. I was so nervous to be working full time again, scared that I wouldn't get out of bed on time (I have to be there at 7 AM) and worried that I wouldn't like it. I talked to Victor about it, and he, of course, reminded me that I needed to have a good attitude about it. So when I woke up, and went in, I decided to make the best of it. The people I work with are AWESOME. Well, most of them are. There are some that are frustrating to work with, but they are good people. The first couple days were hard because even our bosses didn't exactly know what we were supposed to be doing. One would tell us to do one thing, and then the other would come and tell us not to do that, and to do something else. It was so frustrating...but now we got it figured out. Me and a couple other girls have been put in charge of some things, and then just left to finish it by ourselves, and it's so nice. It's nice to be trusted to do it right the first way, and it's nice to not have the bosses watching over our shoulders every step of the way.  Today we were working in the baby section, and at first it made me so baby hungry, but then they put us in the nursing section, and that made the hungriness leave. Victor was very glad for that. :)
    I've struggled a little bit with the house work and cooking and cleaning and stuff like that, but I'm learning to deal with it. This week I have been so emotional and moody, but it's getting better. I'm starting to enjoy the work more, and getting out of bed isn't so hard when we go to bed early. It makes me wonder how I got up this early when I went to bed at 1 or 2 AM. HAHA. Oh well.

    Saturday was sorta a sad day. Victor was up at Fish Lake doing Search and Rescue training, and I stayed home and cleaned our house that DESPERATELY needed to be cleaned. So while I was cleaning I decided to change Blue's (our fish) water. After I changed it he was going crazy in the bowl. Swimming into the rocks, and the side of the bowl, and then an hour later I picked up his bowl so I could dust under it, and he didn't move. He was gone :( I almost cried while I flushed him down the toilet. It was a sad day.
  
   I found out that my parents are coming to visit in March! I'm so excited! WOOOOO!

Also....Jake and Heather had their baby! YAY! He's so stinkin cute! I can't wait to meet the little guy. I'll post pictures of him a little later! They named him Benjamin Andrew Granneman. He was born on 2-24-11. CONGRATS!!!!!

So that's a little of these past couple weeks! I'll try to get on here more often to post more stuff!!! I hope everyone is doing well!!!

Valentine's Day

First of all, I just have to say that I love, LOVE LOVE Valentine's Day!!! A few years ago I couldn't stand the day. I had never had a good one before I started dating Victor, and he has made the 2 we've been together, AMAZING!

Victor's Basket

So...I was going to finish Victor's gift Saturday while he was at work, that way I wouldn't be interrupted when he came home from lunch...BUT he had planned a snow shoeing trip, and he wanted me to go with him, so all of the things I had to do on Saturday, got put on hold. BUMMER. But I just figured I could do it Monday morning while he was at work, so I wasn't too stressed. Monday I woke up, and made heart shaped pancakes...well I tried to make them, but they didn't turn out too well. haha, oh well. it's the thought that counts...RIGHT?! Anyways, I went and checked my phone and I had a message from my Friday job asking me if I could come in because the other girl was sick. I started to get VERY stressed. I had to much to do, and not a lot of time to do it in. I called him back and told him I could come in, but I had things I had to do that morning, and I could come in after lunch. He said that was okay, so I hurried and got dressed, and then started running around trying to get Victor's gift done. I had some ideas, but i wasn't exactly sure what I was going to do, but Wal*Mart and Dollar Tree to the rescue! I made him a gift basket that had a bunch of things he likes in there. It had a puzzle, a SUDOKU book, some cookies I made, and some other candies that he likes. I ended up bringing everything to work to put it all together. I was so excited to give it to him when he got home from work.

My Wonderful Flowers

    When he did get home I gave him the basket, but he didn't open it right away...he took me out to dinner! YAY for not cooking, and not cleaning up! I was so excited! We went out to Hoovers up by Marysvale. it was SOOOO good. Then we went to a redbox and got 2 movies for FREE~!!! WOOOOO and then we also went bowling for FREE!! Not a bad Valentine's day date since we only paid for dinner!!! Then on the way home we drove around looking for more houses to look at, and then went home. When we got home there was a package on the doorstep, and he said "it's about time it was delivered." When I opened the box there were BEAUTIFUL flowers in there. Tulips! They are so pretty! It was such an amazing night. I'm sooo spoiled!

Anyways, these last couple weeks we've been going to the gym, and it's been fun. We like being able to go together, and I'm getting better at the running thing. I still haven't lost any of the weight I want to, but hopefully it will happen soon. I'm getting a little discouraged, but Victor's right there to cheer me on!

Well...I should get back to work. I start working at Wal*Mart on Monday, so I'll try to post as much as I can from now on.

Have a WONDERFUL weekend! :)

The Day of Love

Hello Wonderful people!

   This week has been sorta an interesting one. But first...I NEED HELP!
As you all know Valentines Day is on MONDAY...and I don't know what to do for my husband. We agreed that we weren't really going to do anything this year since things are a little tight, but I can't help it. I love telling him that I love him, so Valentines day has become one of my favorite holidays. I'm thinking about MAKING him a gift basket full of stuff he likes...but it has to be CHEAP.He loves homemade cookies and brownies, but we don't have the stuff to make them. I was going to go to the Dollar Store and get some things to put in it, but I'm not sure what. And of course there will be mushy stuff, like a coupon for a massage, and what not..you know, the normal mushy married stuff. So if you have any ideas I would GREATLY appreciate it!!! Thanks in advance! :)

So, now to this week! Lets see....it's not really as eventful as I thought it was. haha. I guess when I actually have things to do, it feels super busy compared to me doing nothing!
Victor has decided he's going to run a marathon in April, so in order for him to get into shape we GOT GYM PASSES! Finally! We've both been dying with it being winter and not being able to get outside and do much. So Wednesday we went to the gym for the first time in forever. It was so fun to be able to do it together. I'm so out of shape it's horrible, but it's fun to work on it. He jumped on the treadmill and ran like 4 miles, and then complained how hard it was. MADE ME SICK! right now I struggle to run 1 mile. BLAH! then we did weights and what not. It was SOOOO fun. We're going back tonight, and I can't wait. While we were there I decided to weigh myself...BAD idea. I weigh 5 more pounds than I thought I did, and I blame Lori, my sister in law. haha. We were at her house this weekend for a baby blessing, and when I came back I had gained 5 pounds. haha, Anyways, I'm gonna get down to my goal weight before the end of the summer. Wish me luck.
I also had my orientation at Wal*Mart this week, and it was HORRIBLE!!! It took like 6 hours, and it was all the same stuff over and over again. LAME! Oh well, we have it figured out that we can save at least 2000 extra dollars while I'm working there, so its worth it.
Anyways, that's our week! I hope you all had a great week. And remember to tell all of the people you love, that you love them!!!!

We're Grown Ups Now

THATS RIGHT!!
We're house hunting again, and it's soooo much fun! I love driving around looking at houses we might possibly be able to buy. We try to guess how much they are asking for it, and we're NEVER right! haha.
Our contract with our house now is up in July, and we're wanting to buy a little starter home so we can paint (when I say we, I mean I), plant grass (our backyard now is just dirt and weeds), and call it ours! We are probably gonna start talking about actually having a baby around the same time, so we're looking for a house that we can keep warm in the winter (our house now is so old we have it set to 58, cause even when its set higher than that, it doesn't get warmer), and a house that I can put a nursery in! I'm so excited! We've found a couple that we like, that would actually be less a month than we're paying in rent right now, but they are older houses that don't have new windows, which means a super high gas bill. So we're still looking. We found a Town Home that is super nice, it's a 3 BD 2 BA but it would be just like living in an apartment, and it doesn't have a yard, which means still no puppy. :( So for now, we drive around looking at houses we're not gonna buy, but we love having the time we can spend together just driving and looking. We eventually want to be in one of the smaller towns on the outskirts of Richfield, but we're pretty much only looked in Richfield so far. We've sorta drove around the outer towns, but not really. We only have Sundays with day light that we can go look, and looking for a house in the dark is harder than you would think.
Here are some of the links for some of the ones we've looked at so far. Leave your comments and tell me what you think of them. They are nothing too exciting, but we're exciting about moving!!!

•  Big Yard
• This one Victor hasn't seen yet. I just found it online, and I love it!
• Needs work

There are just a couple of the ones We've been looking at.

Anyways. I got a job yesterday. Working at Wal*Mart, just temporarily. They are remodeling the store down here, and they need people for about 3 months to help with it. So I'll be working full time for a few months. I'm excited...sorta. I'm not that excitied to be working at Wal*mart, but I'm excited to have a job and to not be sitting at home by myself all day long!

Well, I better get going for the week! I hope you have a wonderful weekend! :)

6 MONTHS!!

Monday will mark Victor's and my 6 Month anniversary! I can't believe it! WOOOO! Time has gone by way too fast! Here's a recap of our first 6 months as a married couple!

• We had an adventurous wedding night! (get your head out of the gutter!) When we got to our hotel, there wasn't anyone working. So we walked around for a half hour till we found a number to call. Turns out we had to drive across town to check in. Then we went to get Wal*Mart to get something to take back to our room with us, and it was closed. Wal*Mart, closed at 10:30 on a Saturday night. HUMPH! We finally got back to our room, and discovered that the only bed we had was a pull out bed from the couch, and there were no pillows! AWESOME room! haha
• I got a bladder infection on our honeymoon as well. NO FUN!
• We moved into our first house together. It's a nice house, but we can't wait to buy our own house so I can paint!
• September brought lots of stuff outside! We love being outdoors, fishing, camping, hunting, bike riding...okay the last 2 are more Victor than me, but I support him, and even go with him! My parents came to visit, and so did some other friends! We also went to Vegas for his work! It was lots of fun
• We went on a camping/fishing trip...minus the fishing part. The whole point of the trip was to go fishing, but then we forgot our poles in the garage! It was still fun though. We took the long way home and saw lots of cool mountains and stuff.
• We had our first holidays together! It was amazing! I love the holidays, but they are even better when you get to spend them with the one person you love more than anything in this world!!! I also got my first kiss at midnight on New Years Eve! I was so excited! 
• I started working Friday's only...which is nice, but I want more! I sound self fish, but I do. I can't stand sitting at home all day long anymore. I need something to get me out of the house!
• Victor taught me how to drive a stick shift! I was so excited! Now when he takes his truck to work, I can go places cause I can drive his car, which is parked behind my car! haha
• Victor got onto the Sevier County Search and Rescue with his dad! He's so excited! They have meetings twice a month, so I get to hang with the Mother-In-Law while they are gone! We have too much fun.
• I also taught myself to do a few crafts, and I'm loving them. I wish I was more of a crafty person, but so far, I love what I taught myself! It keeps my hands busy!

That's all I can think of right now...but lets just say, these last 6 months have been the greatest of my life, by far! I am such a lucky girl to have a husband like Victor! He's so good to me!

Our hotel room on our Wedding night.

Us at Zions on our Honeymoon. I wasn't feeling well

Our Bedroom

The closets in our bedroom

Our kitchen

Our living room

Labor Day Weekend

Our camp site! so fun

Orem Trip

This week I was able to make a trip up North (Orem) to spend some time with friends and family. I got to do nails, visit, eat, visit, eat, visit, and eat some more....it was wonderful. I missed my husband while I was up there, but it was worth it just to be able to have some time to visit with the people I miss the most! I didn't take any pictures, and I'm very angry at myself, but oh well. Stay tuned cause there are some awesome stores that came out of this trip.

Tuesday

When I got up there, I did my sister-in-law's nails. It was so fun just to be able to sit and visit and be girly for a couple hours. I'm not sure they turned out all that well, but practice makes perfect...right?! Thanks katie for being a test dummy! :) Then I went and visited with a friend that I hadn't seen in a couple years, and it was SOOOOO good to see her. She has 2 sweet little kids, and they are totally adorable. It had been far too long since we got to visit! I then went to the mall to see Nana!! While there I decided to stop by the Verizon store, just to look at the phones they had, because Richfield doesn't have too many good ones that you don't have to have the data plan for. I was just planning on looking, cause my contract with T-Mobile wasn't up till the 3rd of Feb....but....that didn't turn out the way I planned.

Phone Story







   Victor and I were planning on putting me on his plan with Verizon since my t-mobile coverage down in Richfield was horrible, and we could save lots of money a month by doing a family plan. Victor has the internet on his phone, but I've never had it, and I didn't really want it, cause we're getting the internet at the house, and it didn't make sense for us to be paying for it on both of our phones, and at the house. So I stopped by the Verizon store in the mall, and actually found a phone that I really liked that didn't require the Data plans. The phone was $100.00...so I said NO WAY!!!! But....the girl looked on her computer and said that it was on speciel FAR (Free after rebate)...so that day it was $50.00 + $50.00 Mail in rebate...so FREE! I was getting a little more excited, but I knew that if I was going to call Victor and ask if I could do it, I would need more ammunition to throw at him...so I told her about the $50.00 cancelation fee from t-mobile I would have to pay if I canceled early...and so she said she would call her manager and see if they could do anymore. So she called one, and left him a message...she called another one, and he said to give me $15.00 off the phone...so now we're down to $35.00 for a $100.00 phone....not too shaby....but hold on, cause it gets better. She then said she could by my old phone from me for $10.00 so now we're down to $25.00 for the phone, and then the other manager called back and told her to give me $25.00 off the phone instead of the $15.00 off...so we were down to $15.00 for this phone + I still got the $50.00 Mail In Rebate....I was sold! I called Victor and asked him if I could do it, and told him we were pretty much making 30 some odd dollars if I bought the phone that day...so he told me I could! wooooooo!!!! I was so excited.  So, now I have this awesome phone that I totally love, and I don't have to deal with t-mobile anymore. Granted we still have the pay the stuped cancelation fee...but the rebate card will take care of that! WONDERFUL!!!!!!



Then that night Nana took me out on a date!! It was so nice to be able to sit down with her and just talk. I miss talking to Nana...but it's soo nice to be able to go up and see her when I can. Then I went to the Flash game with Anna, Aaron, and Marci! It was so fun to see them! The game was great the first half...and then it got really bad the second half. The Flash coach got kicked out...so we left with about 2 minutes left so we could beat the traffic, cause  we knew there was no way they would win!

Wednesday



Wednesday I got to sleep in, which was nice since I have major problems falling asleep without Victor next to me...and I was on the couch. I ended up taking half a sleeping pill at like 1:00 so I could fall asleep. Anyways, so I got up, and went and did my running around that I needed to do. I brought up like 25 movies to take into FYE to trade in...and got SCREWED!!! They only took like 12 of them casue the other ones had writting on the covers....so I took the rest of them to Graywhale to see what they could give me for them..and they took them, but we didn't get very much for them. So I went up there with 25 movies and came home with 2...but oh well. We got the ones we wanted so I was happy. That night I went to the Provo Temple for a long overdue session, and it was very interesting. The lady in the witness couple started her period and bled all over her dress, and the chair she was sitting in, so they had to stop the session till the could get the blood cleaned up. The lady didn't come back into the session, but they still put the whole thing in hold for about 30 minutes to get everything cleaned up. I felt so bad for her. How embaressing would that be? Poor lady. After the temple I went to dinner with a friend, and then we went back to her house to just chill and talk! It was so nice to be around friends again. I have a couple friends down here, but they work during the days so its hard to be able to do anything with them.

Thursday

I went out to lunch with another friend, and then drove home. It was soooo good to see Annie, and it was wonderful to be home again. I was so excited to see Victor again. I'm such a wuss when I'm away from him.

Anyways, sorry this is such a long post, but it needed to be said! I hope you had a good week!! :)