PARTY TIME!!!

These are just a couple pics I took with my fancy new camera on Christmas Day! :) My two favorite people, my Mommy and my MAN! 

Well... It's sad but true, the festivities of Christmas have come to an end. :( I had a wonderful Christmas with my family and with Matt, it was so nice having him home for the holidays! I got some fabulous gifts and really just enjoyed having the day off and relaxing! 

Well now that Christmas has come and gone... guess what time it is!! Yup.. You guessed it... It's PARTY TIME!! I just wanted to remind all you dear friends of mine, that we are holding our first annual New Years Eve party! So bring your significant other and come join in on the fun at MI CASA. The events will be held obviously on Wednesday Dec. 31, 2008 and the party will start at 8:00!!! Matt and I would love to have all of you there to celebrate the New Year with us.. If  you cant come spend the whole night with us, we would love it if you just stopped by for a little bit too! Now we just want you each as a couple to bring one of your favorite treats and/or  beverage (preferably non-alcoholic... we have a lot of prego friends!!) haha ;) and we thought it might be fun if each couple brought their favorite game to play with a big group of people! 

We are going to have a lot of fun and I hope you can all make it!! Please call me or text me and let me know if you are coming and what you are going to bring, so that Matt and I can get things that people aren't bringing!  801-376-1360... Call or text me ASAP and I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas! :) LOVE YOU ALL!!! 

Yay for updates!

There isn't a whole lot to update on but whatever right...

Matt has been doing really well, a little sick to his stomache here and there and some painful joint pain but for the most part he has been feeling fine. Well at least that's what he tells me! I know that he doesn't want to make a big deal of anything so I'm sure that he keeps somethings to himself, which is retarded but what can you do!? I'm so proud of him and the attitude he has had throught this all. I have seen many blessing come from this trial in our lives so I can honestly tell you now that I am grateful for the cancer.

Work has been going alright... I am slowly getting more clients. I love doing hair, but boy can building a clientelle get frustrating! I can see why alot of girls quit after beauty school.... But I can promise you I wil not be one of them! We started a new promotion at the salon so hopefully I'll start getting more clients here in the next couple weeks!

Everything else is going well, my family is great, the house is finally done being remodeled! It's about freaking time! It looks soooo good! Matt and I are planning a little New Years Eve get together and it will be nice to have all the room for people to visit! Speaking of this PARTY... We are going to start a new tradition! An anual couples New Years Eve party! This year it will be held at my home! So, if your reading this then you are obviously one of our dear friends and you and our spouse or significant other :) should come!! It will be alot of fun! Let me know if you want to come and I'll give you more details!

Well that's it for now folks! Thanks for reading and have a fabulous day! :) XOXO

Tag!

Tagged

8 Things....

8 TV shows I watch:

24

Dancing w/ the Stars

That 70's Show

King of Queens

The Hills.... Yes I know I'm lame, but I really do love it!

Friends

American Idol

Fresh Prince of Belaire

8 things that happened yesterday:

Drove to Salt Lake for Lexi and Brett's wedding

Watched Lexi and Brett come out of the Temple

Froze during pictures

Went to the wedding luncheon at Biaggi's

Drove home

Went to Matt's work Christmas party at Ruby River

Went to Lexi and Brett's reception

Went home, got comfy and watched Grumpier Old Men

8 places I like to eat:

Chili's

Joe Bandito's

Cafe Rio

Wendy's

Ruby River

Red Lobster

Melting Pot

Ruth's Chris

8 things I'm looking forward to:

Getting engaged!!

Planning a wedding!

Getting married

The honeymoon

Christmas

Snow

Matt being done with his treatments

Matt being cancer free!

8 things on my wishlist:

A gorgeous engagement ring! :)

A gorgeous wedding!

A handsome husband! 

A camera

Matt to be cancer free

A beautiful, healthy family some day

A trip to Hawaii with Matt

And just like Carly...

To loose 30 lbs and get buff so that I look amazing in a wedding dress!! 

8 people I tag:

Breanna Murdock

Erika Higley

Amber Lovelace

Dani Andreason

Sarah Olson

Shalie Richards

Trudy Fitt

Lexi Johnson :)

Fun on the run!!

Matt and I went to do a little shopping at the mall, you know how we love the Christmas shopping crowds! On the way home Matt was being quite funny so I thought I better bust out the camera and snap some pictures! lol... Oh good times! We truly do try to find the JOY in our JOURNIES! 

One down... three to go!

Matt underwent his first round of Chemo on Friday. As you can see he made the best out of the experience! He's such a goof! I love it... part of the chemo is this medicine or I guess you could call it Poison... anyway they call it THE RED DEVIL! Well after they finished putting this through is IV he went to the bathroom. He said that his pee was Kool-Aid red! He thought he should probably document this moment by taking a picture of the face he made when he saw the bright red urine! hahaha... 

He came out of the 6 hour treatment with a smile. He's doing fine so far, not to sick, just a little tired! We are interested to see how his body deals with all the poisons they have injected into his sweet little body.

We just want to thank all of you for your prayers and concerns! We love you all and we are so grateful to have you in our lives!! xoxo!

Brett and Alexis Johnson

It's official, they are hitched! Matt and I were able to go up and see them come out of the temple and then we went to the luncheon. Lexi looked BEAUTIFUL.. and Brett didn't look so bad himself! ;) They were so happy, both of them just glowing with excitement! Matt was pretty excited too as you can see! :) What a handsome man.. how did I get so lucky? The picture of Matt and I was taken on the way over to the luncheon which was so yummy! They had it at an Italian restaurant at the Gateway mall, I cant remember the name of it... Biaggi's maybe! The wedding video they put together was so so cute! They are such a cute couple! One more friend on the bandwagon, and Susan Kohler is joining it in 2 weeks. Matt and I might jump on in a few months! :) I will say that being at the temple and attending all of the wedding festivities had Matt and I pretty excited about getting married! Anyway, I'm so happy for Brett and Lexi and I love them both alot alot!!

BFFL'S

Matt and I both have been blessed with such amazing friends in our lives. Matt's best friends all got together and decided to shave their heads in his behalf. Although we had a lot of fun in the process, I had a hard time fighting back tears. It wasn't a big deal to some, but it was a huge deal for others. We love you all so much and are so thankful to have such great people in our lives. After the head shaving party the boys all waited for Matt to arrive, he was quite surprised when they handed him a gift bag full of all of their locks. Then we all went out to dinner at Los Hermanos. It was a pretty exciting night, and a very unforgettable one. Oh and yes... they all have steps on the right sides of their heads. haha 

Uhh...

P.S. I hate Mac's when it comes to editing pictures! I need a lesson or something, I couldn't even figure out how to just turn the stupid things! So... I apologize for the pictures where you have to tilt your head or turn the computer screen to see right side up. haha... 

Thanksgiving with the Lovelace's

This weekend was an absolutely fantastic vacation! We loaded up in a couple cars and drove the 8 hours to Apple Valley, CA to spend Thanksgiving with the Lovelace crew... we had so much fun visiting with everyone and of course it was so great to be with Matt all weekend. We had a wonderful turkey dinner that was prepared by Aunt Shelley mostly and a few other hands that jumped in to help! It was delicious!

On Saturday we got to drive down to the Beach. We went to Seal Beach first and walked around the little shops and walked down the peer and took lots of pictures. It was a beautiful day, not too cold, a little windy but the sun was shinning! After playing on Seal Beach we went to In and Out burger... mmm... Then we drove the 15 mins. over to Huntington Beach and did a  little shopping there and watched the beautiful sunset!

It was so much fun just being with the people I love and relaxing! We played games and ate, ate and ate some more! Matt and I got to ride in the back seat with little Tyce and boy is he just a little ray of sunshine! He's so sweet and he has a giggle that will melt anyone's heart! I wish that I could put every single picture up on this blog because they are all so great, but here are just a few of my favorites! I had so much fun as you can see and I have the greatest soon to be inlaws! They are all so sweet! And I have the best boyfriend/best friend in the world! I really hate that we had to come home and that we have to go back to work tomorrow! But I guess there will be more vacations to come...

I'm so excited for Christmas and snow! Something about this time of year is just fabulous! Love is just in the air at Christmas time! And my favorite part... Christmas music!! Yay!!! Matt wouldn't even let me play it in the car until after thanksgiving! So you better believe that Friday morning, the first thing I did in the car was make a Christmas playlist on my ipod! :) 

Well I guess that's all for now folks! Loves!! :)

A quick update! :)

So it has been a while since I blogged last and I thought I would just give some updates... not that anyone really reads my blog.. haha anyway, I just started at a new salon called Naturally Yours in Spanish Fork. I really liked my old salon I was at, it was just too hard coming up with booth rent every month and I just needed a little bit more structure. So I've only worked there 2 days now but so far so good. I really like the girls that I have met so far and I hoping I'll start to build more of a client base here at this salon. Cross your finger! I'm also working part time at my mom's facility the Center for Change as a Care Tech. It's been good so far I guess... Having 2 jobs has been really quite frustrating, I didn't think it really would be but it is. When you want a day or weekend off you have to deal with covering 2 places rather than 1. And right now at the Center I don't really have a set shift so I am working as an on call tech, which means I have to go in whenever they call me on the days that I'm on call.. Sometimes they call, and sometimes they don't. I'm hoping that a set schedule will open up soon. That would make my life much easier.
Matt and I are doing fabulous. Gosh I love him! He is such an amazing guy. He has been thrown a serious curve ball this last week and he is handling it far better than I would! I lucked out and got my shifts covered at both jobs and I get to go to California with his family for Thanksgiving! I am super excited! That's pretty much it for now... I cant really think of anything else! So until next time I suppose! xoxo

All you need is Love!

Well I was going to make a slide show of the california trip but then I decided that making one of "The Adventures of Matt and Nikki" would be way more exciting! And I was right... It was! :) 

I only have pictures from before his mission and then after on my computer right now. We have a ton of pictures from high school but I don't have a scanner... But oh well! This is plenty. 

Yay for LOVE!!

Good Ol' Californ-i-a!

Me and the fam just got home from Palm Springs on Sunday. It was a really long drive and the trip just wasn't long enough but we sure did have a blast... Everything from Crab Legs to Disneyland! I have a ton of pictures but since I'm a bit retarded with the whole blogging this still I'm not quite sure how to put a slide show together.. But I'll figure it out dont worry! 

We stayed in a condo in Indio that was super sweet... (Thanks becky)... the first day we got there we just hung out at the condo and swam a little bit then we went to dinner at the Crab Pot... YUMMY! It was a ton of food though... we even got to wear sweet bibs! :) 

We went to Disneyland the next day and it was just loads of fun! It's a little different when the youngest one is 15 but we still had fun... didn't we BRE! :) Bre and Ty were just so excited about disneyland, we told them we might not go and they both almost started crying! So we had to go... we didn't want to have to put up with the two grumps if we didn't! Now all of you that know me know that I dont usually do roller coasters! But I'll have you all know, I went on every single ride with the rest of the gang! I was pretty dang proud of myself! We also ate these massive corn dogs that were so dang good, but will probably haunt bre for the rest of her life! 

For our final event we took a tram up to the top of some 8500 ft mountain. It was so amazing! I'm not much of a hiker but it was a lot of fun! I'll try to get all the pictures up as soon as possible.. If anyone has any advice for me on how I might go about making a slide show I would be happy to hear it! :) 

Conference Weekend

Who doesn't love conference weekend?? Really... It's so nice to just be able to relax at home with family and listen to the wonderful talks... and sometimes sleep through the wonderful talks! :) I had a great weekend with Matty and and my family. My mom, Bre and I went to Red Robin while the boys were at Priesthood session. My mom is going to be so happy that I've posted this picture of her devouring her chocolate shake! haha 

After we ate we went and visited with Celiece and the babies... Baby Nixon is just adorable and Parker has got quite the little personality. Matt may have a little bit of competition! ;) All in all it was a fabulous weekend! I love the fall weather that is starting to set in... 

New room!

We finally finished the remodeling on the upstairs of our house, well the first half at least... Now they are working on the back.. but I got to move into my new room upstairs this last weekend. It's super cute and my closet is any girls dream closet! It was alot of work getting all the furniture in but after a few hours, a lot of laughs, and a few battle wounds we got it all in. Matt was in Vegas this weekend and we sure could have used his muscles but mom and I are pretty buff! So we handled it! haha... 

Although I am super excited to be in my new room, I am really not too happy with all the noise and scary men that are working in my backyard right now. I dont have blinds on my window yet but dont worry, I hung up a sheet to do the trick for now. I cant wait til the house is done and we dont have strangers walking in and out of the front door! It will be nice to have some privacy back... Hopefully it will all be done soon! Cross your fingers! 

September 20, 2008

5 years!! It was our anniversary on Saturday and Matt was so good to me! He came over in the morning when I woke up and made me breakfast, French Toast with fruit and eggs, bacon and sausage. Then he took me golfing... which was a blast! He won of course but we are both pretty equally bad! haha But we are going to be really good someday... it was only my 2nd time going. 

Then that night he cooked me the yummiest New York steak ever... As you can see in the picture he had the table all set with flower pedals and candles. Then we watched a movie and he cooked me an amazing dessert... He sure is an amazing cook! Thank you Matt! 

It was fun to finally be able to spend our "anniversary" together (it was our first date/kiss)... he hasn't been here for the last two! So it was alot of fun being together! 

Camping!!!!!

Matt went on  a four wheeler ride with Papa Don and he got to follow most of the time! So he got a pretty sweet mouthful of dirt!! :) 
Mmmm beverage! We are playing a game called colereta or something like that.. Matt and I dominated! Of course! 
Lolly and Nae playing cards!
Papa Don just relaxing and enjoying a nice cold Dr. Pepper! Gotta love getting away from Work and everything else to be with Family.
This past weekend I went with the Lovelace family up Spanish Fork canyon to go camping.. I didn't actually get to "camp" because I had to come back down for Sean's Birthday dinner... But I got to spend the day up there playing cards and fishing... It was alot of fun to get away and spend time with people I love! 

Dusk Til Dawn Volleyball Tourni

I played in what was supposed to be an all night doubles volleyball tourni... but apparently you have to keep winning to keep playing all night. My partner Christian and I made it to about 10 pm... haha We lost every game but we sure had a good time! At least we got a free T-shirt!! This picture is of Megan and I, Megan was partners with our friend Bear... they also made it til about 10... haha we will work on that I guess! We will get them next time team!! :)

Momma's finally hitched!!

On June 26th my mom and Paul finally tied the knot! I got the most fun job of watching the kids in the waiting room at the temple. These kids just melt your heart! They are so sweet... we are so happy to have Paul a part of our family now. 

Missionary's Home!

Never thought the day would come... but it did... Matt finally came home from serving his mission in Canada and it has been fun having him back home! We are dating and just enjoying life together again. It still feels weird not writing him letters or sending him emails even though its been over a month since he's been home! 

This was on the 4th of July waiting for the firework show outside of the Stadium of Fire... we were pretty bummed that we couldn't be inside to watch HANNAH MONTANNA!!! haha...