A Very Hipster Thanksgiving

My oh so cute hubby has this obsession and if you read the title you can probably guess with what. I am pretty sure he secretly wants to be a hipster but just doesn't want to admit it so he turns it in to a joke. Jon's hair was getting really long so he let me cut it on Thursday morning before our family dinner so instead of  just a normal do he wanted a hipster cut.... SO off came the hair into something that slightly resembled a Mohawk ... this then turned into a dress up affair. SO out came the skinny jeans, flannel, and I had to say good bye black wide rimmed sunnies cause they are now his....

Once he started I had to join in the fun and of course Ruca wanted to play too so our Thanksgiving was deemed Hipster Thanksgiving 2012

  

The day was kind of wasted because only my sister and brother in law understood what a hipster was. We spent the afternoon explaining what exactly a hipster is.

Finally, Another Blonde in the Family

Once upon a time I married this guy...

And I was the odd ball Valerio ....

 

But NOW I am no longer alone... 

We inducted Lisa into the Valerio Family. 

They had such a beautiful wedding here are some pictures we took

      

 

Another Blonde Valerio.... and maybe another one soon 

( or maybe wishful thinking)

Remember That One Time....

Hey! Remember me?  Yeah I didn't think so just to refresh your memory I'll show you a picture that sums me up....

Yeah I am the one on the right and we paid this lovely lady one whole dollar for this picture... So worth it. 

So my excuses for my prolonged absence are SUPER lame... 

AKA

not lame at all

I was in LAS VEGAS.

That's right people!!!

We spent some time with the fam

and went to the strip

gambled a bit (a very little bit) 

Watched Spencer and Lisa get  married

shots some guns

 held some babies 

climbed a mountain

 You know just the usual stuff. 

Here are a few pictures Ill write a little more in depth about the trip and the wedding later

but I know you missed me so much that I just had to post something .

Oh and by missed I mostly mean forgot all bout me.

Please ignore how awkward I am ... Im pretty sure Jon is pinching my butt.

Weekend Review: The Most Boring Weekend...

The weekend was seriously a bore... It was kind of nice though. My allergies have been acting up... WAY UP like cant sleep well, bloody noses, headaches and a million sneezes acting up. It's the worse cause I can not take most allergy medicines. ANYWAYS this post wont be full of complaints. I PROMISE you that's it. Friday I was spoiled. My visiting teachers came over and gave me lots of treats (my house was clean this time thank you!), then at work I was given even more treats.

And this is after Jon got into them if you notice half the cake is gone and
quite a few cookies and rolls are gone too.... ( I may have helped a bit)

We went to Applebee's for my favorite queso dip and it just so happens that my sister was working that night. Her and her Fiance both work there as servers and were on duty which explains why they were not answering our plees of friendship. When they got off we went to their house to watch a movie. Super fun but bad choice for my sneezing nose. They have 3 dogs who love attention and apparently I am quite allergic to them. One roll of toilet paper later the movie, 30 Minuets or Less was over and actually pretty good.
Saturday was spent lounging around. We have started watching DR. Who on Netflix and it pretty much consumes our free time now... For those of you who don't know what DR. Who is... Look it up British T.V. show and it is quite entertaining. We did decide to venture out into the real world and take advantage of the nice weather... AKA not 100 Degrees outside. We took Ruca to the Dog park finally and it was worth it... LOOK at this Sunset...

Sunday Was spent at church teaching my little ones, well little one. This week I only had one little nugget, and let me tell you it was NOT easy. This little man is ALL boy he loves to talk, hates to listen and can't sit still for the life of him. I use pictures a lot in my lessons and he kept saying "put that away, DON'T use those, I hate those" Seriously! So after going through everything I had we still had 45 minuets left... UHHHH So we went on a walk and I made a game up thinking that should take a big chunk of the time up... NOPE  When we got back there was still 30 minuets left. So I did what any good teacher does and I called for my Hubby. Jon is so adorable with little ones, especially crazy boys. That crazy little nugg just sat there staring at Jon until he finally walked over grabbed the chocolate I had been bribing  giving him and handed it to Jon. That was it, it was love.

I just have to share one quote from this silly little boys ramblings.... While talking about something COMPLETELY  unrelated he interrupts...

"When I grow up I'll be a HUMAN!" He was seriously so excited about this I just had to let him know that he is in fact a human right now, in which his reply was " Not a real Human. I'm just a small human But Ill be a BIG Human when I grow up"

So there you have it my oh so boring weekend that I some how managed to write a giant post about... Congrats if you made it through :)

Linking up with Sami, Molly and Brooke

Thankful Thursday

Why is it that Thursday is ALWAYS the longest day... it is the most stressful, busy day of the week. This is why I like to take the time to write down a few things I am truly thankful for... If  I don't do this I tend to feel WAY more stressed and frazzled.  SO here is goes....

1. Jon and I both got off work early... Love the extra hours together.

2. I won a give away!! Modern Modest Beauty is the best!! I got tons of goodies.

3. The cutest little nugget ever is turning 1 today and we get to eat cake and pizza...

Who doesn't like that? 

4. I got paid for Labor day and didn't even work an hour.... 

5. Caught Hubby Jon watching Keeping Up with the Kardashians... 

High Five For Friday!

It is once again that time!! that glorious day, the one we wait all week for. FRIDAY!!! After a long week of Driving back and forth to school everyday and then rushing to work I am so glad for the 3 day weekend!

ONE. Our Puppy is officially one whole year old, We have had her for 6 moths and I am kinda obsessed with her. Im pretty sure she hate how much attention we give her ( mostly cause between my hubby and I we annoy her OFTEN see below picture)

 TWO. I got to talk to my favorite person this week. I miss living with her. With out this lady Jon and I probably would of killed each other before we got married.... No Lie... I love this girl.

THREE. I actually ran this week...  now if I can just keep it up!

FOUR. I found this picture from when I went to visit Vegas ins 2008... We were so little! Jon and I BOTH have labor day off AND he is not even on call... Its fate we are going to have the best weekend

FiVE. Im pretty sure this is on here every week but.... BEACH! Last week there was just a little storm ( or hurricane) that ruined my beach trip so hopefully this weekend is storm free.

Linking up with this gal and this one!!!

Love Love Love...

A year ago today I said yes to the most important question of my life... So in honor of that day I thought I would actually tell our story... Which has yet to be done on the internet. So here we go...

Once upon a time...

 Lets face it our story started off kind of slow. Jon and I... well we had a on again off again long distance phoneship. Now if you you are asking your self what the HECK is a phoneship well its a word I just made up to describe our relationship. We spent HOURS upon HOURS talking on the phone. Year after year no matter who we had been dating or what road we took we some how ended up on the phone with each other. Often wondering why we had this undeniable attraction to this person that is thousands of miles away, when it so obviously was never going to happen. He wasn't going to move I wasn't going to move. Until finally we both decided to budge a little. Let me just tell you that Heavenly Father REALLY had a hand in the last few months of our relationship. Jon called me out of the blue a few weeks before I was planning a trip to Utah to visit my soon to be step mom (now actual step mom)... we always did have GREAT timing. I played hard to get until he picked me up from my step mom's apartment. 

*here is the mush and gushy stuff*  

 I had this plan to coy. You know like we were just old friends meeting up for a casual dinner. No big deal or anything... I mean every one spend two hours picking out their outfits and doing their hair for causal dinner with a friend right? Yeah I  didn't even have my self fooled. The second we saw each other there we no words... he awaited me with the biggest hug and kiss.I had been worried that over the years I just imagined my feelings for him  but after that first look all my worries went away. After that the many plans I had made for my trip turned in to Jon. 

 At the end of my trip I did not want to go home. It was so hard to say good bye. He dropped me off at the airport with the promise that we would see each other soon. By the time the plane landed in Florida I knew what I had to do. If I did not take a chance now I would always wonder what if. So I took the biggest risk of my life and moved to Utah.

 I had been offered a Internship for the summer and it happened to be for a nonprofit based out of Utah. I called my new boss up and she said she would love to have me work in state instead of over the phone. After that everything was easy. Jon bought a plane ticket, someone took my lease, and I quit my job. After a LONG but incredibly fun road trip I officially lived in Utah.... For the summer anyways.

That summer in Utah was the best ever. We spent every free minuet together. 

        

                                                        

 Then the summer came to an end and it was time for me to head back to school in Florida. Jon had planned to move with me but we just didn't know how it would work... Or at least I didn't. It turned out Jon had a plan. We had big plans last August 20th we were going to spend the weekend on a house boat on the Lake but those plans fell through. SO we were going to have a date night instead. 

Jon picked me up and told me he felt like eating at La Jolla Groves, which is where our first date in Utah was, but of course I didn't feel like eating there so we went to Macaroni Gill instead. I never make things simple. Of course Jon did the polite thing and went to pay but his card got declined. I had to run to the car and get my wallet... Thankfully this wasn't one of those nights I had for gotten it... cause those night happen a lot.... and last I heard washing dishes is not the most romantic date in the world. PS The bank messed up he had money... After that I could tell he was flustered but he was determined to keep our date going strong. We went to the cutest candy store and he said he wanted to pick candy out for each other. I picked the biggest box of nerds I could find and he showed up at the register with a ring pop.

Now to preface this next part Jon and I had been talking about getting married for a while ( I mean I moved across the country to be with him we were pretty serious) so I just assumed this was one of his mean jokes.

 He told me he couldn't afford a ring so he was just going to propose with  the ring pop. So the quest began to find the perfect spot for him to "propose". He drug me through the River Woods shopping complex  while I pointed out places like the bathrooms and the trash cans.  Finally he found the place and told me to close my eyes... I sighed and huffed and puffed cause I really just wanted my candy. But I knew to get what I wanted I had to play along. Now you think I would have caught on but I didn't want to get my hopes up so I always just told my self it wasn't gonna happen.  I was wrong though it did happen right there in front of everyone at the River Woods. I closed my eyes and he slipped something much better than that ring pop on my finger. And well the rest is history.

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!! I am a little late I know, but with working 40 hours a week and two summer classes I barely had time to say good night to my hubby. But now I am class free and get off work at 3 every day and it is AMAZING! I can not believe that it is already July! Summer is almost over, I just do not even want think about what that means for my schedule in a few weeks. This summer has been a fabulous one thanks to a few good friends. We got to see Jon's family, spend tons of time at the beach and even wrestled and alligator or two. Here are a few pictures to catch you guys up, since I am so horrible at blogging.

 Yeah we wrestle gators as a family NBD, Its Normal 

Sonya and Bryce :)

Dates with Hubby

                                                                                                              

 Nick got older... and grew a mustache 

Lansey Love

Its been a great summer and I just hope that it continues to the school year. Its my last two semesters at UCF and I will be a educated woman! Cant wait to see what is next this year.