Hey... remember us??

It's been a while since we last posted.  Yep we're still alive! 
I got a virus on my laptop and haven't been able to do much online  (I just used Tyler's work laptop every now and then).  There's a lot I want to document on here, though, to catch up on things.  I'll get down to business sooner or later.

I've been reminiscing lately because it was around this time of year (7 years ago) that Tyler and I met.  Here are some pictures of us through the (early) years...

Now how did she ↓  ...                                                        

                                                        ... score him ↑?

 

 

How we met....

I thought I'd share the story about how we met.....

SHORT VERSION - We met in our Single's Ward in Provo, UT.

LONGER VERSION -
(names have been changed to protect the innocent...or guilty, depending how you look at it)

Once upon a time (2004) in a strange land called Provo, a boy (Tyler) and a girl (Emily) moved to an apartment complex called Centennial (into two separate apartments, that is).  They began attending the same Single's Ward.  Although the boy had been a home teacher to a couple of the girl's roommates, the boy and the girl somehow didn't meet for almost a year.  (Unless you count the time the girl sat by the boy in Sacrament meeting and said "hi.".... but she doesn't remember that happening, but then again she doesn't remember a lot of things.)

During that year, the boy started dating Hildagard and the girl started reciprocating flirtation behavior with Archibald.  After a while the girl's roommate, Aretha, decided she was interested in Archibald, and the girl decided she wasn't, so she went on an awkward walk with Archibald to tell him that she, the girl, wasn't really interested in anything serious with him.  A little while later the girl started dating Biff.

In the meantime, the boy ditched Hildagard and started dating Bertha.  The girl dumped Biff and finally met the boy....As was mentioned the boy was a home teacher to a couple of the girl's roommates.  After one home teaching visit, while the boy sat chatting with the girl's roommates, the girl came out to do the dishes.  Her roommate Ivana, mentioned that the girl had just broke up with her boyfriend and the boy asked about it.  The girl, probably talking way too much, told much of her break up story.  (what a great first conversation)  The boy said he didn't mind though because, hey it got them together.

A little while later (February 2005) Aretha became interested in the boy so she invited him to choir and game nights.  The boy started coming to things.  Soon the girl and boy took notice of each other and started liking each other.  (Aretha started dating someone else and the boy decided to dump Bertha.)


Somehow, during this time, the girl let slip to Aretha that she might now sort of be interested in Archibald while at the same time liking the boy.  Archibald and the boy started vying for the girl's attention.  Really Archibald was trying to get her to notice him more, while the boy was getting the girl to notice him.  The girl liked survived the attention.  All along she knew she'd pick the boy over Archibald, and finally did (June 2005).

Archibald found out that he had lost when one day he walked into the girl's apartment and saw her holding hands with the boy.  To make things more complicated...shortly thereafter another roommate, Darla, started liking Archibald and Archibald started liking Aretha, now that she was single again.  Confused?...  Much to Archibald's dismay, Aretha wasn't interested in him anymore and Archibald wasn't interested in Darla.  Darla, having lost interest in Archibald started dating her future husband, Herb.

So.... the boy and girl started dating, had lots of fun, got engaged (March 2006), and were married (June 2006)!!  They had a baby girl (August 2009) and are living happily ever after (at least they were happy at the time of this post).

(rolling through the end credits.....)

Darla married Herb and now have a baby girl.

Aretha married Walter and now have a baby boy.

Archibald was recently engaged and seems very happy.

Who cares about Hildagard, Bertha, or Biff?

Dating/Engaged:

 Wedding:

Marriage: 

Memories

Christmastime always gets me thinking of tons of fun memories from my childhood and with my family.
After seeing my friend's post I thought it'd be great to follow suit and post this:
 
Answer about Emily, or Tyler, or Danica, or all 3 of us:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments. 

2 year anniversary!

(wow 2 posts in one day!)

It's our 2 year anniversary!
Nope, not our wedding anniversary, but our BLOG anniversary!

A friend of mine said she just looked back to her first post to see when it was written, and I was curious to see when our first blog was written.  February 24, 2008, 3:50PM.  Yep.
In two years, we've started quite the blog family!  We've had 3 more bundles of joy to take care of, since then; making this blog family a family of 4.  And those 4 blogs have brought in 246 posts!
My has the time flown!
In all seriousness, I'm really glad we started this blog.  Sure, I feel like I've made some embarrassing posts sometimes, but it's fun for me to read back through this little journal of mine.  I love being able to keep in touch with so many friends and read about their happenings!

Memory Lane Monday

This picture is pretty embarrassing and sadly only taken about 6 years ago. I believe this was in 2003. For some very odd reason we had the urge to dress up fantastically and parade around Walmart. Crazy!
It's Mindy (dressed like Fred Flinstone), me (I know I'm wearing some of my sisters drill team and dance stuff she left in the closet), and Carly (who looks somewhat normal...well, in comparison)
My niece Kalla and nephew Khavin wanted to join in on the fun... at least in the picture... they were smart enough to not go out in public with us.

Memory Lane Monday

This is probably 1991 or 1992. If I could see how long my hair was I'd know better. This was at a carnival they had going on at Feickert park. I got a rainbow painted on my face. I think Barney was supposed to show up that year, but never did and I remember being super bummed. I also remember those awesome clothes. I had two pairs of those stretch pants, one also in leopard print, with the attached skirt and LOVED them!

Memory Lane Monday + Thankful Thursdays

So I've been such a slacker on Memory Lane Monday and Thankful Thursdays that I decided to combine them today and then hopefully get back on track here on out.

Memory Lane Monday
So this picture was probably taken only in 2004, but this is a great memory nontheless. Sarah, Katie and I had an inside joke that semester about putting chocolate in our teeth and then trying to hit on someone. Silly girls!

Thankful Thursday

I am thankful for my two closest friends, Sarah and Katie. Granted there have been moments in our lives when we haven't been as close as other times, but when we see each other, it's like those moments never existed. Together we have been through so much and have always been there for each other. We have been best friends for half our lives and therefore know each other almost inside-out. We could go on and on saying little phrases that only we would know (balloon animals, i just called to say banana..., etc) and crack up about! They've been great influences throughout my life and each bring something great and unique to our friendship!! I'm so thankful for their testimonies and examples that are a part of what brought me to where I am today.

Memory Lane Monday

Oh wow, the memories!

Ok, so in this picture, taken the summer of 89, is my sister Anna, me, my sister Eileen and my cousin Carly. Back when (the original) My Little Ponies were still cool (and you can see Carly loved them), back when our back yard was still weeds (Yikes! We'd walk through there barefoot and not think anything of it), and back when people still used the Pony express...ok so it's not that old, but for me it was a long time ago.
We had just gone swimming... and yes, I was wearing a leotard.

Memory Lane Monday

a day late....I knew I'd forget

Here's a stroll down memory lane. I believe this was 89...? Yay for B-days! I thought this picture was appropriate for my upcoming b-day's this Sat.

Nifty Nineties!

So I got an email entitled, "You know you're a 90's kid if..." We've practically all received those emails before (multiple times). If you haven't, or want to jog your memory, visit this link for an example. I thought it would be fun to make up our own... to hear what you specifically remember from the nineties, the good ol' years. A lot of participation would be fabulous and you can write as many memories as you want (even if you haven't posted a comment on my blog before). I know I'm a nerd, but life might be a little boring for me if I wasn't.
I'll get it started.

I remember...

*tying my barbie car to my bike with some yarn and letting my ninja turtles take a "joy ride" as I whipped down the street on my bike.

*wanting a Chiapet to take care of and Quick'n Brite... and all because of those fantastic infomercials

*staying outside late with the neighbors playing Ghost in the Graveyard and Freeze Tag

Scrapblog

So I was looking through pictures on my computer and came across quite a few of me and Tyler. Memories came flooding back and I realized that we've been through so much together! I compiled a few pictures we have into a slideshow. I made this slideshow on Scrapblog. It's an awesome site! I highly recommend you check it out if you're into scrapbooking. Way cool.

Memory Lane

Feickert Park...it looks SO different now.

Joyschool... those from the Elk Grove Stake might recognize some faces


20 years ago: I was three. My family was (and mostly still are) living in Elk Grove, CA. We moved into the house my parents still live in. I started Joy School (preschool) with a lot of other children in our church.

10 years ago: I was 13 and was starting 8^th grade. I met a great friend, Sarah James (now Sarah Pierce), and we’ve been best friends since. We’ve been through so much together.

5 years ago: I had just graduated from high school. I stayed at home for a year (before I was talked into moving to Provo) staying busy going to school, teaching gymnastics and dance, and working for an independent company, Coolstuffvideos.com

2 years ago: Tyler and I got engaged February 2006, after dating for 8 months. I am really glad I was talked into moving to Provo. We met because Tyler was my roommates’ Home Teacher. We got to know each other better when my cousin was interested in Tyler and kept inviting him over to play games and such. Tyler and I started dating though, and we got married in the Oakland, CA Temple on June 30th 2006.

Soaking up the sun

Last Year: Tyler and I got a second car, which made things really convenient. Though I enjoyed riding my bike to and from work in the summer, it was nice to have a car in the winter. Tyler was accepted into the Accounting Program at BYU which was such a relief. It’s so nice to know our future is heading in a good direction.

So far this year: I got a new job working full-time at The UPS Store…that’s pretty much it besides Tyler’s crazy studying hours…but I guess that was happening last year too.

Trikes

Yesterday: We paid off the credit card (from my wisdom teeth…blah) only to put $2000-ish back on it for school. (Our goal is to pay it off in a month and a half because we want to buy trikes this summer (so much fun!!) or new laptops…which would be a more grownup thing to do….)

Today: I woke up at quarter to 8 and went to work. I spent my lunch break at the ring shop to have my wedding ring inspected and cleaned for it’s bi-annual inspection. Fun fun. Then I went to the Dollar Tree and spent lots of money on Easter stuff. I thought I was going to get off work at like 1 or 2, but didn’t leave until 5:30. I was planning on making a great meal for Tyler and I, but ran out of time so we went to Taco Bell instead!

Tomorrow: Will, most likely, be pretty much the same ol'. I’ll work for 9 hours, Tyler actually has the day off school because he’s taking tests this week, so he’ll go into work at 8:30 instead of noon and work until 6 and then come home and study til the wee hours of the night.

This year: Who knows! I think we’ll have even more direction in our life. Tyler will find out if he got into the Masters Program at BYU or if we’ll need to move to do an internship. Lots of changes will occur. Plus we’ll be spending Christmas in CA, which I’m very excited about…as long as I don’t get sick like I always do when I’m home.

I tag my friend Kendra and anyone else who wants to do it.