Say Hello to Mrs Betty Crocker Jr..... and Ralphy!!

Well I know it has been awhile since my last post and a few things have changed. School is in full swing now! we are underway for the Spring Semester and are so busy! We are so busy throughout the day that we hardly get to spend time together (it will pay off in the long run...hopefully) and often time I don't get home until 7 or 8! Although we are not fans of these long days, we are so grateful that we are going to school and that we both have jobs(especially in these hard economic conditions). Which leads me to my next point... Thomas Got A JOB!!! One day while walking through the halls of one of these buildings here at Dixie, I saw an ad for a place in the mall hiring. It was called Sunstop, and I texted Thomas about it. He said he would call the guy and see if they were still hiring. I kind of knew he wasn't interested in this job but being the GREAT husband he is, he went and interviewed with the guy. He got Hired!! He loves it( much to my surprise) and they are awesome to work around his schedule with football and school. Another point... Thomas started off-season football last week!!!They started running  and lifting as a team last week! He runs( with his team) at 5 in the MORNING ( glad it's not me) and then lifts later that day 4 days a week for both!
 We also decided to expand our little family... No its not what you are thinking... WE BOUGHT A FISH!! He is the cutest little guy and we love him! We named him Ralphy because we thought the name was super dorky but it also had some significance( the little guy on the Christmas Story is named Ralphy and that is the first movie we watched the first time we hung out... cut I know!)
Since we are so busy during the week, we have a hard time finding a decent hour to sit down and have dinner together. We often times just make something small like spaghetti or grilled cheese and things like that. One thing I always try to do is, make meals on the weekend (especially for Sunday Dinner).  I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MY CROCKPOT! It is a complete life saver! I throw the food together in the morning and let it slow cook all day long!! so easy! I also sometimes do this throughout the week! In the last few weeks i have make cranberry-orange drumsticks, cranberry pork roast, chicken and rice, and sweet and sour chicken! Here is some pics of my amazing Betty Crocker Skills!!!

Our Fish Ralphy Ramage!

Cranberry orange drumsticks

cranberry pork roast!

Oh a little side note, we hit our 2 months anniversary this last week and I came home to find a note and dinner made from my hubby. he couldnt share it with me because of class but I loved it!

Sweet and sour chicken!!!

All of these recipes were so great I recommend all of them!!! :)

Honeymoon to San Diego!!!

Well Christmas break this year was unlike any other break we have ever had! We happened to travel the whole southwest corner in 3 weeks! (don't do that) Although it was A LOT of traveling, it was a lot of fun visiting my family and friends and Tom's family and friends, along with some alone time along the way... aka Honeymoon. My mom happens to be the "cheapest deal" finder in the family for trips to different places so we turned the role over to her to help us try and find a place we could go for our Honeymoon. I really wanted to go to some place in California because I have never been there before! So she found an awesome deal at a resort in San Diego!! We headed to San Diego a week before school started and it was so much fun! We were only there for four days (because that's all we could afford) but we took every second that we had to go places in San Diego. We flew from Las Vegas to Sand Diego and arrived at noon in San Diego,

 
We decided for the half of a day that we had we would go visit a place called Old Town( free shuttle from the hotel to Old Town... we are cheap) We had a great time seeing all of the old buildings and going through all of the old shops ( which reminded me a lot of Mexico). That night we were so tired from all of the traveling, that we decided to relax and sit in the hot tub at the resort!

The next morning we were off to Sea World! It was sooo much fun. I had been to the Sea World in Texas when I was younger but had forgotten how big a Killer Whale actually is!! They are HUGE! We watched 2 Shamu shows, a dolphin show, and a sea lion show and they were all so awesome! We also got to interact with the animals at Sea World like petting the Sting Rays, and Dolphins and things like that! We had a BLAST!

The next day we decided to go to the San Diego Zoo! They say it is the best zoo around and they are totally right! we saw some sweet-looking animals and the landscape was amazing!! IT was a great honeymoon and a great way to end our Christmas break!

Selling Baby Beanies and Baby Cross stitch Announcements!!

Selling baby to adult beanies!
Beanie Prices
newborn-$10
baby - $12
Toddler - $15
Child $17
Adult $20
Cross Stitch Prices
5X7- $35
8X10- $50
HERE ARE THE BEANIE PICS, CAN CHANGE SIZE AND COLOR ON ANY!

LET ME KNOW IF YOUR INTERESTED!! YOU CAN WRITE ME ON FACEBOOK OR WRITE ME ON HERE!! TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS THEY MAKE GREAT GIFTS!!

CROSS STITCHING PROJECT I CUSTOM DESIGNED MYSELF FOR A NEW BABY BOY!

I CAN CUSTOM DESIGN OR DO A TEMPLATE THAT YOU PROVIDE! LET ME KNOW IF YOUR INTERESTED! GREAT BABY WELCOMING GIFT! A KEEPSAKE FOREVER!

Christmas and New Years!!

We went to Colorado for Christmas this year! It was so much fun hanging with family and friends and getting to see my cousin for the first time after 2 years! We played spoons and spades and lots and lots of HALO to keep us entertained throughout the whole break. Thomas bought me a movie and a Bengal's Ochocinco jersey which is so awesome!! And I printed a sweet pic of him playing football this year that he had never seen and a sweater vest! We had a great time with my family for Christmas and then we went up to Provo for New Years! It was a blast getting to spend time with Thomas's family and being a part of all their traditions! Here is some pics from our fam bringing in the new year at Grandpa Ramage's house!

He is going to be such a great dad one day!

Playing Ticket To Ride!

Snorting his horn HAHA!

First kiss of the new year... 12:00am!

Sparklers!!

 Happy New Year!