Wednesday, January 16, 2008

OUR NEW HOUSE!!!

We moved into our house the weekend after Thanksgiving and are loving it. Jadi has always loved the Alpine/Highland area so we are both really to have our house in a great location that we just love. We are close to the mountains and have a beautiful view. We couldn't be happier!I've been working hard getting everything put away and decorated. I still have alot more to do, but I'm posting pics of what we've done so far. So here they are...


Above, is the living room in our entry


This is the view from the front door, living room is on the right, the kitchen is through the arch way. I'm so excited to have my piano at our house. My piano is very old. It was my grandmas and she gave it to me when I started playing the piano when I was 8.


Kitchen Views


Family Room Views

Master Bedroom

There is also 3 other bedrooms that are either empty or full of boxes. 2 of the rooms will be guest rooms and the other room will be an office. There is also a 1/2 bath downstairs and our master bath and one other full bath upstairs. Our basement isn't finished yet but this Fall Jadi is hoping to get it all finished. So thats our house!!!

Monday, January 14, 2008

Another Tag!

About LOVE:
Where did you meet your husband?
Me and Jadi met December 3, 2004. My cousin Jeron served his mission with Jadi in Texas, and would write to me all the time and say how cool his companion Elder Leao was, and that when they came home we all had to hang out and be friends. Well Jeron came home 2 months before Jadi and he would never stop talkin about him, and he would constantly tell me, "Mal, you have to be friends with Elder Leao, I want you guys to hang out all the time." So, Jeron and I go to the mall and he tells me Jadi is going to be meeting us there. And I get pretty nervous because I have pressure from Jeron saying we have to be friends. So we waited for Jadi at the food court and then just walked around the mall. After we went back to Jeron's house and looked at their mission pictures and just hung out. So up to this point I'm talking to Jadi a little but he's being quiet and I'm being a little quiet. At the end of the night Jeron asks Jadi to drive me home, so we get in the car and there is snow all over the road and Jadi starts spinning in the snow, and I'm scared and annoyed so I ask him to stop. But does he? NO! He laughed and said "I haven't seen snow for 2 years!" So I said, "Well wait to spin in the snow until I'm out of the car!" So he drops me off at home, and I'm thinking to myself, "this guy is pretty annoying, no way can I become friends with him!" Just then Jeron calls me and says we are all going bowling the next night. "Ugh..great!"
So after the first meeting experience we hung out a few more times and he grew on me. Me, Jadi and Jeron all started to hang out alot more. And we became really good friends
What happened next?
Well, pretty soon Jadi and I started to ditch Jeron so we could just hang out by ourselves. We talked on the phone pretty much every day for hours. And he would come over and stay for hours! Pretty soon those questions were in our heads, "Are we dating, are we together?"
There was one small problem though...I was writing a missionary. I had a promise ring, and I promised I would wait! Jadi knew about my missionary and we never talked about it so it became pretty uncomfortable once Jadi and I started to become more serious. I knew I liked Jadi and I knew he liked me but I didn't know how much. Until....he said "I love you" I just smiled, stared at him for about a minute in silence, gave him a hug and said "ok bye" got in my car and drove home! A little brutal I know, but I didn't know how I felt. The 2nd time Jadi said those 3 little words....I still didn't say a thing. But like the old saying, 3rd times a charm. I knew I felt the same way! So finally we were on the same page. The day we talked about getting married was April 3, 2005. And in June me, Jadi and my family all went to Hawaii. And Jadi proposed to me on June 21, 2005. He sang me a song at the Polynesian Cultural Center in front of 3000 people!
Where were you married?
We were sealed for eternity at Mt. Timpanogos Temple October 15, 2005. We had our reception at Thanksgiving Point and left for Puerto Vallarta on our Honeymoon.
What are 3 things you love about your spouse?
1. I love how much he makes me laugh, not a day goes by without him making me laugh.
2. How driven he is, he is so determined whether its with school or work or anything in life he doesn't stop until he succeeds.
3. I love how funny he is, I has the best sense of humor, especially with his friends you never stop laughing!
What are three things about your spouse we would be surprised to find out?
1. How organized and how clean he keeps stuff.
2. That he loves to recycle. He saves bottles and jars in case we'll need them for something later on!
3. He snores!!!
What is your favorite thing to do together?
Hang out, watch movies

About LIFE:
If you could sum up your personality in 3 words they would be?
1. Happy
2. Quiet
3. Caring
What makes you happy?
Jadi, Bruce my dog and my family
3 things you would bring to a deserted island (besides the necessities)?.
1. Jadi
2. Bruce
3. cell phone
What are you good at?
1. Playing the piano
2. Scrapbooking
3. Cooking
If you had to eat 3 things for the rest of your life?
1. Mash potatoes with gravy
2. Chicken Salad Sandwiches
2. Fire Hot Cheetos
What are 3 things you can't stand?
1. Rude drivers
2. Dirty dishes
3. loud talkers
Where do you want to be in 10 yrs?
I just want to be loving life with Jadi and be happy

Thursday, January 3, 2008


I know I have been slacking about keeping up with our blog, but it's been a busy holiday season for us. I have so many pictures I need to post, most are of our new home, so they will be coming soon. This is the one picture I've uploaded, my camera decided to stop working. But check back soon because I promise there will be more pics.

Saturday, December 1, 2007

LET IT SNOW!!


Even though I hate driving in the snow, I'm so happy its here! Its just so festive! I love this time of year with all of the Holidays. I think its cool that it snowed today, December 1st, a good way to start this month before Christmas!

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Well it seems like that what should have been a great holiday week and weekend turned into quite the opposite....
On Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving Jadi and I closed on our house! Our apartment was a complete mess, everything was everywhere! I could hardly move around. Jadi was anxious to get things moved over into our new house even though I wanted to wait until after the holiday, but he insisted. Thanksgiving day I was very sick and I had to make a couple things for our family dinner. All the while our apartment is turned upside down! We have a good night with all the families. It was fun. Then we are moving ALL day long on Friday in the freezing cold! Finally after 12 hours of moving, we were in. Saturday we were so excited to go to the BYU/UTAH game. Saturday morning my mom calls and told me my grandma had just passed away early that morning. I was so shocked and so upset. So we had a family meeting and my dad's brothers and sister decided to have everyone get together the next day (Sunday) and have a "memorial" for grandma. My grandma didn't want a funeral or a viewing, she just wanted the family to be together. So that Sunday morning at 5:00am we flew out to California. We got there and went to see my grandpa. My grandparents have been living in California for the last few years. They weren't able to make it out here to Utah to mine or my brothers wedding, and I just felt so horrible because Jadi or my sister in law Sarah never had a chance to meet my grandma. She was just the most spirited, fun loving grandma. I remember when we lived in Hawaii and my grandparents came to visit. Me, maddie and Alan were swimming in our pool and out comes grandma with her huge sunglasses on, and she just jumps right in!! I loved it because I just thought to my self, "I don't know of any other grandmas who swim, grandma Jane is so cool! My other grandma would never do this!" Its just a memory that I'll cherish forever.
That Sunday at sunset we went to the beach and just talked about grandma and then had dinner all together. It was really good being with the entire family. They are all such wonderful people. We all live pretty much in different states so its not often that we are all together.
Me, Jadi, Alan, Sarah and Maddie all flew home Monday morning. Dad and Mom stayed out there to help out grandpa. Grandpa had her cremated and is going to Maui to sprinkle her ashes in the ocean. Hopefully my Dad and his sister and brothers will be able to go too.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Halloween!


I know Halloween was a couple of weeks ago, but I'm just barley getting around to posting a picture. Since Jadi and I spent the summer in Texas we thought we'd dress up as Texans for my family Halloween party. The best part is Jadi's handle bar mustache! Alot of people didn't think it was real, but it is! And even though we look like we are exagerating on our costumes, we really aren't! In the smaller towns where Jadi knocked, this is what the people looked like, big hair and all! My hair could've been a little bigger I think though!

Monday, November 19, 2007

I've Been Tagged!

Jobs (in no particular order):
*Abercrombie and Fitch
*Nuskin
*UVSC Human Resources
*Riverton High Special Ed

I'd like to be:
*Teacher
*Interior Designer
*Mom
*Inventor

Movies on Repeat:
*Anne of Green Gables
*Phantom of The Opera
*Lord of the Rings
*The Notebook

Books:
*Into the Wild
*Jane Eyre
*Pride and Prejudice
*Anne of Green Gables

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things To Do:
*Play the Piano
*Read
*Scrapbook
*Shop

I've Lived:
*Helena, Montana
*Honlulu, Hawaii
*Chicago, Illinois
*Fort Worth, Texas
*West Jordan, South Jordan, Bluffdale, Provo, Alpine, and soon to be Highland, Utah

Favorite Foods:
*Anything Potatoes
*Hot Dogs
*Spinach Artichoke Dip
*My yummy Southwestern Bean Soup

Places I'd Rather Be:
*Hawaii
*Disneyland
*Europe
*Brazil

Words I Quite Like:
*Classic!
*Toastie!!
*Oodles
*Fartfignutton

Tag your it! I tag Stephanie and Luciana!!