BRIAN AND JESSICA

The 365 Project of Photography

2011-01-02T21:06:00.000-08:00

Come check out my other blog: http://bellusevolution.blogspot.com/

I am attempting the 365 photography project where you document a year of your life by taking a photo daily and posting it. Through out this year I not only want to discover different things to take pictures of but I want to learn more techniques on how to edit photos.

Wish me luck!

Family Pictures 2010

2011-01-02T21:04:00.000-08:00

Here they are...our family pictures! I apologize for not posting them earlier.

Where has the time gone??

2009-06-30T12:45:00.000-07:00

Time has flown by so quick I can't even believe it!

A quick update:
~This whole week ...June 29- July 3... my mom and Britt are to Girls Camp. Hope they have an awesome time and don't get eaten by mosquitoes!
~This Friday July 3...Brian, Preston, and I will be leaving for California to visit Brian's dad in Victorville and then on July 8, we will be meeting up with Britt and my parents to go to Anaheim. It's going to be a lot of fun and I can hardly wait!!:) Hopefully when we get back we will all be super tan!! hehe

Happy Father's Day!

2009-06-22T11:20:00.000-07:00

Want to wish all those Father's out there a Happy Father's Day! Hope everyone had an awesome day! I also want to Thank my Dad for all that he does for our family. Happy Father's Day!

2009-06-05T14:25:00.001-07:00

Yes I've been a slacker on Blogging and uploading photos. It's been pretty busy lately between school, work, and everything in between. Lately Brian and I have been trying to go run stadiums and do laps around the track at Hillcrest High School. Summer is on it's way, practically here already....and it's time to get in shape!!

Taco Tuesdays

2009-06-05T14:21:00.000-07:00

Every Tuesday a bunch of people who are members of the NASIOC forum and own Subaru's meet up for dinner. They mingle and talk to each other about their cars and anything else that strikes their fancy. I know it sounds kind of random, but it actually is a lot of fun. You get to meet new people almost every time. It's crazy how many people you can get to show up to the dinners.

Graduation Photos

2009-06-05T14:20:00.001-07:00

Just a few of the ones we took....

Graduation!

2009-06-05T13:41:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to all the 2009 Graduates!!

It's amazing how quickly time flies, it was only 3 years ago this Friday (6/6/06 @ 6:00pm) Brian and I were walking down the aisle to receive our High School Diplomas....Crazy I know!! Preston Graduated on June 4th, 2009, at 6:00pm, at the E-center, from Hillcrest High School. We are so proud of him for completing High School and Graduating! There were some tough times through out the years, especially this year with Calculus. He did an awesome job at proving everyone wrong!! He worked really hard to get everything in and done to pass his tests and complete Calculus. A couple other things he received prior to graduation were: -Graduating from Seminary -Receiving an achievement award for National Honors Society and having an overall grade point average of 3.8 -He also received 2 Scholarships for College: Honors Entrance for Salt Lake Community Top 10% for the University of Utah

Preston your awesome! Keep up the good work you can do it! We wish you good luck with the new things that will come to you in life after High School. Have fun and enjoy life because it goes by even quicker once your out of High School. We also wish you good luck with school in the Fall, while attending Salt Lake Community College.

New Subie!

2009-06-05T12:56:00.000-07:00

Yes, Brian got a new car! The car he's wanted in the LONGEST time!! You may think he is crazy, but it's a great decision in the long run. The biggest concern on his last car, WRX 2003, was it had a lot of miles. As many of us know, after so many miles or even hundreds of miles, your eventually going to run into problems that cost more than the actual car.
Brian had been randomly looking online at all the Subaru's for sale, mainly during the slow times at work. Keep in mind it was only to look and not to buy. During the time he came across a couple different cars he liked, he did the research on them and all the fun stuff. He quickly began to releazied that his WRX was a lot nicer and cleaner than any of the other cars we had seen. If you don't already know Bri is very meticulous with his car. He is a clean freak...mainly with his car, it always has to be clean! No matter if it still looks clean.
Anywhoo...on with the story, He found a 2006 STi at Nate Wade Subaru and wanted to go check it out. So I thought ok we can go look, it probably won't be as clean as he is hoping so it will be ok. Well, I was wrong! It was spotless in scratches, rust, dents, and looked almost brand new! We were totally shocked at how clean it was!
When we first got there, we had to wait for the car to return to even look it because someone else had it out for a test drive. Finally, when the car arrived back to the dealership, we could only look at it beacuse the people ahead of us were wanting to fill out a loan application. So took a quick look at it and left. A little reminder: these cars are hard to find in excellent condition, low miles, etc.
About twenty minutes later, the salesman who had helped us called and said the people backed out and the car was avaliable to be test driven. So we headed back to give it a test drive. The guy was nice enough to let us bring it all the way home to show Brian's parents.
We talked about the pro's and con's of getting the car and found there to be more pro's. So he made the decision of buying the car, on June 2. We left the new car at the dealership until the next day (June 3rd) because we needed to take off as many of the mods as possible. The next day he picked up his STi and left his WRX. He is loving his new car! He is dying for a nice day without rain to clean and detail it.

Scentsy!

2009-06-05T12:08:00.000-07:00

Sam Meneses, a friend of mine from work is doing a giveaway for 1 free warmer and 3 scents! It's an awesome deal and it wouldn't hurt to enter because it's FREE! All you need to do is go to her blog: Sam Meneses and post a comment with your name and e-mail address. If you want more entries in the drawing, read more about it on her blog and it will explain everything! Thanks Everyone and Good Luck!

**THE DRAWING IS JUNE 28TH AT MIDNIGHT!!**

Happy Birthday Lacey!

2009-05-08T14:10:00.000-07:00

This weekend we are celebrating Lacey's 16th Birthday! Her Birthday is actually May 10th, Mother's Day, so she will be celebrating all weekend. Now she can date and legally drive! Happy Birthday Lacey Lou! We hope you have an awesome Birthday!

Happy Birthday Mom!

2009-05-05T14:27:00.001-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!
How is it to have your Birthday on Cinco De Mayo? Lol
Hope you've had an awesome day! We will have to go out to celebrate some time soon!

Happy Birthday! We Love You!

This is the picture we framed and gave our mom for mother's day, along with some other stuff but I think this one ment the most to her. Happy Early Mother's Day Mom!

Happy 14th Birthday Britt!!!

2009-04-21T18:18:00.003-07:00

HAPPY 14th BIRTHDAY BRITT!!
Hope you had an awesome birthday and enjoyed all the gifts. Thanks for sharing your delicious cake! hehe and for choosing to go to Olive Garden, it was tasty!
Can you believe, only 2 more years and you can legally drive!! Oh and only 1 year before you'll get your permit!

Mom...Dad, Do you guys feel old? Your youngest will be driving before you know it lol.

Happy Birthday Britt! We Love You!

Easter Weekend - Spring Break

2009-04-21T18:18:00.001-07:00

For the weekend we went to Escalante with Brian's family. We had a great time and we even go to take the dogs!! While we were down there the weather was kind of iffy...off and on with rain, hail, and sunshine. Yeah, quiet a mix right? We did a lot of walking and hiking in the great outdoors. After we arrived Friday afternoon we had about 30 mins before we went on our 1st hike for the day. We were told it wasn't very long, just a short nice hike, which we Brian and I thought would be nice after sitting in the car all day. A couple hours later we are like, "are we there yet?" And of course there were no bathrooms anywhere on the trail, only bushes!! haha yeah and to make thing even more eventful, there was a stream/river close to the trail. Only one problem...the sound of running water makes you really need to go even more! Anywhoo...at the end or of this hike was a beautiful waterfall! It's unbelievable how beautiful and amazing nature really is! After arriving home that day we went to Easter Dinner at my Grandma's house, mmm...it was delicious!

Max's 1st Road Trip

Missy wanted to drive lol

The waterfall at the end of our hike!
Petrified Wood

After the hike, the dogs didn't even look like they were white!

Tending Taylor

2009-04-21T18:16:00.000-07:00

It's always fun tending Taylor! I can't believe how big she is getting and how much she changes each time I see her! With her being 2 years old and in her "terrible two" stage. Least to say, her parents say she can be a little terror at home, but when she is over at our house she is a sweet little girl that just wants to have fun and play. Nick and Carey, if you ever need a baby sitter...you know who to call:) My mom, Britt, and I have so much fun with her!

(Ah..sorry these pictures aren't the best pictures because I didn't have my good camera yet and the lighting was horrible.)

JHS Prom 2009

2009-03-31T21:05:00.000-07:00

Lacey went to Prom on March 27th, 2009! One of her close "Boy" Friends asked her to Prom. She's not quiet 16 to date, but she passed with her parents and was able to go. Her birthday is May 10th, so she was close enough to being 16. Lacey ended up going to Jordan High School's Prom because her date goes there. From what I understood, he orginally was suppose to go to Hillcrest High School but ended up moving into Jordan Boundaries. Anywhoo... Lacey looked gorgeous in her dress! It was cute when she would start talking about her date and someone would comment on something she said, she would bluss a little:) Hope you had a great time Lacey Lou! I want to see all the pictures when you get them back! Here are a couple that her Dad (Stew) took before the dance:

Lacey & Nick (Her "Boy"friend)
Lacey's Friends: Lacey, Brittne, & Jordan
Lacey & her mom ( Chris)

Awe..Father Daughter Picture!
Stew & Lacey

Need A Laugh For The Day?

2009-03-31T20:45:00.000-07:00

I was on You Tube tonight just messing around watching random clips and I saw this one and started laughing! This movie is to everyone who has ever had this happen to them! Luckily, it's never happened to me before! It probably compares or comes close to some of those blow out diapers many of you have had to change! Whether they were from your own kids or someone else's Lol

mY 21sT bIrThDaY!!

2009-03-28T09:26:00.001-07:00

I Had an AWESOME 21st Birthday!

Friday morning, Brooke surprised me by bringing me Balloons and a little surprise wrapped in Pink. My favorite color! Thanks Brooke!
Friday I went out to lunch to Cafe Rio with the girls from work.
Friday night we went to Benihanas for dinner with my family. After dinner my grandma brought over a little chocolate cake.

Saturday we went to Breakfast with my family. After breakfast Brian, Brittany, Preston, Greg, and I went down to Gateway to go shopping. Britt and I mainly shopped while the boys hung out. The weather ended up being perfect, not to cold and not too hot! After we were done shopping we needed to kill some time before our dinner reservations, so we went down to the Subaru dealership..the boys were dieing to just go look at cars. Britt had to try one of the Subaru STI's out because she is getting excited to drive, even though she still has a long while to go.
After that we still had a little bit of time so we went to Liberty Park and just walked around. (A Lot of Walking for Britt and I! Lol) Eventually, when it was time for dinner we headed over to the Melting Pot:) We had cheese fondue for our appetizer and then chocolate for our dessert. It was soooooo DELICIOUS! It's a little pricey, but it's worth it! Especially if you don't go there very often or even if it's just for a special occasion.
Brian, Me, Brittany, Preston, & Greg
Brittany, Preston, & Greg
mmm...look at all the yummy things you get to dip into the Chocolate Fondue!I had to call it an early night even though we still had all these other plans for the evening like going to see a movie and stuff, but I ended up getting sick after we got home from dinner:( Yeah it really sucked and the only reason I can think of why I got sick is because I wore myself out with all walking and not eating or drinking anything since breakfast:/ I'm glad no one else got sick!
Sunday we got together with some of Brian's family; Jennifer, Lacey, Stew, Dave, Jane, and Kent. They made Tritip, salad, homemade oreo ice cream, and brownies.

All weekend I had some really YUMMY food! Thanks to everyone for a Great Birthday!

Easter is Coming!

2009-03-27T14:12:00.001-07:00

This time of year I tend to get Spring Fever bad! Especially when the weather is nice I just want to be off work , out of school, wash my car, relax, and go shopping! Yeah we all wish life was that easy! I can't believe how quickly time has flown and Easter is almost here! I wish the weather would get warmer rather than colder:( Hopefully soon!

Drivers License

2009-03-26T13:58:00.001-07:00

Well, I had to go get my drivers license renewed today. Oh yippe what an exciting time! Lol not really but anywhoo...It had to be done today because the state works four tens and are not open on Friday. I DO NOT want to chance a ticket for having an expired license, I'd rather spend the money else where.
At the DMV, when the employee was entering my information into the computer he kept asking me if I was from Tennessee, if I had lived there, or recently received a ticket in Tennessee, and all these random things if I had done anything in Tennessee. That kind of made me a little weirded out because there could be someone with my same name in Tennessee. Lol I know there are a lot of duplicated names throughout the world, but today it just made me kind of think that someone out there could very easily have the same name as me and I don't even know! Crazy to think about!!

--bIrThDaY wEeKeNd!!--

2009-03-26T13:51:00.000-07:00

March 28th is my 21st Birthday!
We will be celebrating it all weekend:)

Can you believe it? Lol I guess I should be asking my parents that, hehe.

So far the Plans are: Lunch with girls at work (Friday), Benihanas with my family (Friday night), maybe some shopping or something fun, and then The Melting Pot (Saturday). :)
Depending on the weather, plans may change what we do on Saturday!

HHS Prom 2009

2009-03-21T21:21:00.000-07:00

March 21st, Hillcrest High School Prom 2009. Preston decided on attending at the last minute, on the Thursday before prom. Cutting close to rent a tux, and ended up getting one Saturday, hours before he had to pick up his date! But it was a success:) Hope you had a awesome time! Glad we could help with everything! Here's a picture of him and his date, ahh... they look so cute!

Snowboarding

2009-03-20T21:07:00.002-07:00

Here are some pictures we took when we went Snowboarding at Brighton Ski Resort. We had a BLAST and enjoyed all the fresh powder!! Bri and I

Preston & I

Greg

Brian

Me! Dressed as warm as could be! It was Cold!

Bri

Greg

Preston

Bri and I

Thanks for a fun time Guys!!

Mall

2009-03-20T21:07:00.001-07:00

Brooke and I decided to go shopping after work today and so we headed over to the mall:) We found these hats at Forever 21. When we saw them we thought they would be fun to get pictures with. Haha they were kind of funky and we weren't exactly sure how they were suppose to fit? No offense to anyone who wears them.

You ever noticed whenever the weather starts warming up, you just want to go buy new spring clothes and get rid of the winter ones? Crazy how it works like that but I love getting new clothes:)

Lunch With The Girls

2009-03-15T20:47:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago a group of people went to lunch to celebrate Tasha's last day at work before she left for maternity leave and to see some of the recent employees that worked at Arrowhead; Gina and Shelly! Gina was let go during January of 2009, because there was "a lack of work" in the lab. Everyone misses her so much! I'm glad that she found a job! It's a plus that she doesn't work too far away...about 2 blocks away lol.
Here are a couple pictures...not everyone is in them, they headed back to work early.

Brenda & Gina

Me, Brooke, Connie, Brenda, & Gina

Me & Gina

Brooke & I

Thanks for a Fun Lunch! We will have to do another one soon!

3D Movie!!

2009-03-15T18:26:00.000-07:00

We went down to the Clark Planetarium, at Gateway, February 16 to see the Under the Sea movie in 3D. It was so crowded! I can't even begin to tell you how many little kids were running around going crazy in that place! It started making me go crazy and feel like I was going to step on them, but luckily I didn't.
Needless to say during the movie almost everyone in our family fell asleep. Brian says he didn't, but we will never know lol. He had to wake us up throughout the movie. The best part about the movie were the "Pimp" glasses....Here are a couple pictures to show you how much fun we had taking pictures! :)

Brian's Grandma

2009-03-04T15:43:00.000-08:00

Juanita "Jennie" Sandoval
Juanita "Jennie" Sandoval 12/12/1924 ~ 2/22/2009 Grandma Jennie - "mother extraordinaire", beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, aunt, and friend went to join her Lord and Savior and her beloved husband Max on Sunday, February 22, 2009.Born to Jesus M. and Jose O. Sanchez in Castlegate, Utah. She was blessed with a loving step-father, Louis Canchola whom she cherished as DAD. She inherited a strong work ethic from her mother which served her well later on in life. She married Max Sandoval on October 21, 1942 and they started their life together in Price, Utah, later moving to Salt Lake City in 1951. God blessed them with 21 children and she never tired of having a child around the house, even if they weren't her own. She worked endlessly, making sure her family (and anyone else who was lucky enough to be there) was well fed and taken care of. Everyone loved her hand-made tortillas and wonderful Mexican food! She spent countless hours cooking, cleaning, sewing, babysitting for others and still made time for her family. Flats of eggs, garbage cans full of flour, rice and beans were the norm - all of this without Costco! She played a big part in the upbringing of many of her grandchildren by babysitting them, as well as raising her beloved grandson Jeremy, until she suffered a stroke in 1989. Throughout her remaining years, her grandchildren continued to be the light of her life. Her Christian faith was her life and she used that influence to raise her children. She and Max were founding members of the Salt Lake Christian and Missionary Alliance Church where she selflessly served in various positions and made many long lasting friendships. It was her faith that gave her the endurance, energy and amazing strength to accomplish such a remarkable life. She was truly loved and admired by many! Survived by children: Ernestine, Gilbert (Becky), Carl, Max (Brenda), Anita (Mike), Peter (Phyllis), Jennie-Lee, Elaine, Duane (Lauri), Samuel, Nathan, Patsy (Elgin), Jacob (Julie), Andrew (Cynthea), Daniel (Karen), Becky (Paul), Jennifer (Stewart), Rosellen, 46 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Preceded in death by her loving husband Max, twin infants, Mary and Joseph, son Jerry, mother Jesus Canchola, step-father Luis Canchola and brother Fidel Sanchez. A viewing will be held on Friday, Feb. 27th from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Redwood Memorial, 6500 So. Redwood Rd. Services will be held on Saturday, Feb. 28th at 2:00 p.m. at the Discovery Christian Community Church at 5929 So. 900 E., Murray. Viewing one hour prior to services. We'd like to extend a special thank you to our sister, Ernestine for the loving care she gave our mother during her final years of life. We are forever grateful to her for that! Here are a couple of Pictures From the Services: Jennifer and Brian Patsy, Jennifer, Becky, and Rosellene The Sisters The Cousins Ayden, Lacey, and Brian

Park City

2009-02-23T19:22:00.000-08:00

This last Saturday, February 21, Brooke and I went to Park City to go to the outlets because Brian had to work all day. We had a lot of fun and got some really cute stuff! It was actually pretty decent weather for still being February and it only got a little cold when the wind would blow. Luckily we got Mason the whole day!! ( Mason is Brooke's little boy.) He slept most of the car ride both on the way up and the way home. When he woke up we were hoping he would be in a good mood and he was! He was so good and wasn't a terror for us at all:) He doesn't like going with people other than his Mommy, but I tricked him a couple times so Brooke could go try on clothes. He actually started warming up to me and would do his cute laugh...which would make me laugh even harder. Even though it was a little extra work bringing him along, it was all worth it! He is such a little cutie! Brooke is lucky to have such a good little boy and who has a really cute personality!
Thanks for a Fun Day Brooke & Little Mason!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2009-02-14T22:12:00.000-08:00

February 14th! Can you even believe it's already Valentine's Day? I can't, it seems like it was just Christmas and New Years not to long ago!?!?

About Valentine's Day:
Throughout the world it is the traditional day in which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, flowers, and doing other things to express their love. Some of the Valentine symbols include the hearts, heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged cupid. In the United States it is estimated that approximately one billions Valentines are sent out each year worldwide! Can you believe that?? Making it the second largest card sending day of the year, first being Christmas.

I hope everyone had an awesome Valentine's Day because I sure did!
This Valentine's was awesome! Brian and I usually get something for each other and a card. This year for gifts he gave me a couple ideas, which helped out a ton because It's always hard to decide what else to get him after buying for Christmas, So I let him choose most of his gifts. But for giving him ideas...I didn't really know what I wanted so I told him I would let him choose. Yes, I know it sounds kind of scary when telling the guy it's his choice...but Brian and I have been together for so long he knows what I like and I trust his decisions. He's so good to me and I will give him full credit because he did an awesome job this year! And I am still in shock and can't believe it's "REAL"!! I've never had any jewelry until now that has had real diamonds or is made of real white gold! He got me a 1/4 ct. White Gold Journey Diamond Necklace! Each diamond representing the "Journey", and with every step showing how Love grows.
For dinner instead of fighting the crowds we went over to Brian's house. They had Lacey this weekend so we ate with his family and had a candle light dinner. After dinner we watched the movie, "The Rocker". I love that movie it's hilarious and makes you laugh no matter how many times you've seen it!

I want to Thank everyone for everything they've done to make this Valentine's Day fun and memorable! Thanks again Brian I absolutely LOVE my necklace and it means a lot to me!
I Love You!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

Girls Night Out

2009-02-14T22:09:00.000-08:00

Tonight I went out with some Girls from work; Brooke, Sam, Ashley, Lexi, Emily, and Emily's Cousin. I had a lot of fun! We went to Spaghetti Mamas, where I had never eaten before and actually enjoyed it. After we had dinner, we went and saw "Confessions of a Shopaholic". It was packed...close to being sold out on opening night and Valentine's Weekend. Thanks to the Girls for a fun night out!

Happy Birthday Ron!

2009-02-14T22:07:00.000-08:00

February 13 is Brian's Grandpas Birthday! This year it turned out to be Friday the 13th! Yikes kind of scary if your superstitious about it! Anyways, Happy Birthday Ron! Hope you had an awesome day!

La Callie

2009-01-12T16:44:00.000-08:00

At my work Christmas Party I paid $3 for a ticket to be entered into an "Enchanted Evening" not thinking that I would win, but hoping I would. Not to mention all proceeds from this went towards Charity, so it made me even more willing to buy a ticket.
Anyways Brian and I went and had an "Enchanted Evening" January 10, 2009. We had a blast! It was so awesome I can't even begin to tell you! It honestly felt like you were on top of the world! I couldn't believe the atmosphere and setting. It felt unreal that we were even there, just the two of us! This was my first time at La Callie and Bri's second. It was so much fun! It felt like we were in a fairy tale...our table was right next to the fire and we had a candle lite dinner. The food was really good, but my favorite was the desserts.
It was really pretty with all the lights on and the ice sculptures, but I can image how beautiful it would be during the spring. Someday I want to go back during the spring to walk around the grounds and see all of the beautiful flowers and scenery. If you've never been I would recommend going. I know it can be a little pricey but with the atmosphere and everything it's worth it!

That's real butter shaped into roses! I didn't want to use or eat them because they looked so perfect!

After Christmas Fun

2008-12-28T20:56:00.001-08:00

It was crazy how much snow we got in such little time! We couldn't believe our eyes! The boys of course got this brilliant idea that they wanted to build an snow fort or igloo type thing with all the snow we had gotten. So after a couple nights of shoveling snow off of the lawn and any other places they could get snow they made this BIG mound. It seriously is much bigger in person!! They have got the snow packed down really good and are waiting to begin to dig out the inside. It will be interesting to see how long it will hold. But it has kept them busy and they've had a lot of fun doing it:) I'll post more pictures once they have the inside carved out!

Yes, I know some of these are kind of random but I got a new Camera for Christmas from Brian, and I am so excited to be using it and I love taking pictures!

Christmas Day Pictures

2008-12-26T10:34:00.001-08:00

Here are a couple pictures from Christmas Day... After I got my new camera:) I still need to post some more, but here are a few.

Ron and Carol Gilbert (Brian's Grandparents)
Me and Bri in our new hoodies:)
Brian and Brent (his dad)

Christmas

2008-12-26T10:33:00.001-08:00

It's crazy how quick the Holidays come and go! This year for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day we were running all over, just so we could spend time with the ones we love!:) It was kind of hectic and tiring but it was all worth it! Even if it ment we had to drive in the snow. We just wanted to say...

Glitter Graphics & Comments
...to everyone for such an awesome Christmas!

Work Christmas Parties

2008-12-13T21:38:00.000-08:00

Around this time of year it's nice when Companies do work Christmas Parties, especially if you get some good prizes out of it!
On December 11 The Arbiter.net, Brian's work, had their annual Christmas party at Cowboy Grub. They bought dinner and dessert for all employees and their dates. After dinner they had the waitresses come in and judge all of the "Ugly Sweaters" to see who would win the prize. Most of the Employees wore their ugly sweaters and yes I will have to say some of them were Very UGLY!! After that they had a game for everyone to play. They gave every participant a gift bag with something in it, but you couldn't open it until the end...so we had no idea what was inside. At the end of the game everyone opened the gifts, everyone got a type of candy or food and a gift card to various places.
On December 13 Arrowhead Dental Lab, the company I work for, had their Christmas Party at The Show Barn at Thanksgiving Point. They served dinner, had pictures, a game that included the entire audience and then raffled off the rest of the door prizes for all of the gift cards. I won a gift card to Asian Star...mmm I love that place. They also had another drawing for an "Enchanted Evening". Tickets were only $3 and all proceeds went to a Charitey. I bought a ticket thinking it would be really cool if I won and if not the money went to a good cause. To my surprise they called my name! I was very excited, it's dinner for 2 to La Caille and a gift card to the movies. I've never been and can't wait to go!:)
We enjoyed both parties! Thanks to everyone who made it happen!
Here are a couple photos from work:
Dave, Preston, & Brian in their "Ugly Sweaters"

Brooke, Brenda, Gina, Connie, & Jessica
Congrats to Brooke! The lucky girl who won a 16GB iPod Touch from the door prize raffle!
Brooke & Connie working away!
Brooke & Little Mason

Christmas is Coming!!

2008-12-06T23:47:00.000-08:00

Hurry and put up the Christmas tree, lights, and decorations! Get all your shopping done, along with all of the other thousands of other people doing the same. Lol it's funny how so many people wait til the last minute to go buy gifts, but in the end they get a gift for everyone they needed to buy for:) Good luck to everyone who still has shopping left to do! Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and travels safely to all their destinations they need to go!

Twilight!

2008-12-06T23:19:00.000-08:00

I can't believe I waited this long to go and see the movie! I was really kind of nervous about seeing it because I LOVE the books so much, I didn't want to ruin them. That's why I can't get myself to finish the 4th book lol I'm not ready for it to end:( But Any Who...Another thing that has held me back were the mixed reviews I kept getting from everyone. Yes, I know everyone has their own opinions and I like to hear them...so I had to go see the movie myself and get my own opinion. I am so glad we went and saw it!!! I know not everything in the movie matches the books perfectly, but they did a pretty good trying. I'm glad I read the books before seeing the movie because then I have my own image of what I feel like the characters look like. It was so worth it:) I got so into the movie that I didn't realize it was time for it to stop because that's all the first book reviled. Now I want to re-read the books all over, and go see the movie again! But I have to wait until Winter Break Arrives and then I will be reading. To my surprise Brian didn't mind Twilight and actually enjoyed it, which made me happy that it wasn't like another chick flick movie for him. I can't wait for the next Twilight movie!! They better hurry and get it filmed and out in theaters!! Lol like that ever happens...but all you can do is wish.
Thanks To Brian, Preston, Jennifer, Lacey, and Stew for a fun evening:)

Count Down Until Christmas!

2008-12-01T21:33:00.001-08:00

It's getting closer and closer to Christmas everyday!!! The only problem is.... there is NO Snow:( "What the is the problem?" Without snow it doesn't feel like it's even December. With snow it puts a little Christmas cheer in the air and everyone gets into it. Even if we were to get a little snow in the valley and then tons in the Mountains it would be awesome!! We need snow ASAP so we can use our snowboarding passes to Brighton. Hopefully the weather man will change his forecast within the next week so we can go boarding! :)

Thanksgiving

2008-11-29T22:47:00.001-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Hope you all have a great Turkey Dinner:)

That's always the best part about it, oh and not to mention the shopping that takes place the Day After Thanksgiving:) This year for Thanksgiving Brian and I split the day between our families, just so we could spend time with them both:) For my side of the family we went to my Grandma's house. My Grandma made Turkey Dinner and then after dinner we played Thanksgiving Bingo. It's a fun tradition my Grandma started. After that we went over to Brian's side of the family. We had a 2nd Turkey Dinner at his Step-Dad's Parents house. Oh man were we full after that!!! I felt like I was a stuffed turkey getting ready to be cooked for Thanksgiving LOL. Then after that we had dessert, which Jennifer makes a really yummy pumpkin dessert. So yummy I'm not quite sure how to explain it. This Thanksgiving ended up being a very nice day, not only spending time with the ones you love but to eating these great meals. Thanks Everyone!!

Metallica Concert!

2008-11-04T12:29:00.000-08:00

Yes, you read the title right...Lol we went to the Metallica Concert on Monday November 3 and we had a blast! The concert started at 7 and was held at the Energy Solutions Arena Downtown. Metallica is one of Brian's favorite bands of all times and he has been to their last couple of concerts here in Utah. It was fun to see them perform one last time since they are getting old.

This Picture was taking before we were leaving.

Car Shots

2008-11-01T20:36:00.000-07:00

Brian, Greg, Preston, and I went for a little drive up Big Cottonwood Canyon for some sweet car shots. Some of the trees were bare with no leaves since it is the end of October, but still looked pretty sweet. Autumn is one of my favorite times of year because of the smell, weather ,and the changes of the trees. The weather was perfect, not to hot and not too cold. The White Prelude is Preston's Car, Blue Subaru is Brian's, but here are a couple of the photos we got....

Greg looks like he's floating! Lol But he's just walking Look!! lol Here's Preston posing for the Camera again.
Say Cheese!

This short movie clip is funny! Even more hilarious in person, if you ask me! You will get a laugh out of it. The huge rock they are trying to get on is very slippery, that's why they seem to be slipping off.

A Little Bit About Max & Missy

2008-11-01T14:56:00.000-07:00

MAX & MISSY
Look at these cute dogs! We decided to take some photos of them since they just got a hair cut a not too long ago. It's Max's first haircut since living with Brian's family. He use to have a cute homely look to him because he's previous hair cut wasn't the best, but now after this haircut he looks cute! Brian's family got Max August 16, 2008. The family he was living with previously had just got him a couple months prior before having to get rid of him for living conditions. Luckily Brian's family was able to give him a home. If not Max would've been taken to the Humane Society that night:/ Any Who... It's been really fun having another dog at their house even though sometimes he can have so much energy he is like a little terrorist. He keeps Missy on her feet and always going. In these Pictures they are posing for the camera because they like all the attention.

Max:

Missy:

As you can see there are more pictures of Missy than Max....that is because she can hold still longer and dosen't have to be moving 24/7 :) Lol It also helps because Missy loves having her picture taken and has had been posing for them her whole life!
Ages: -Max is about 2 years old (Brian's Family has had him for almost 2 and a half months)
- Missy is 7 years old (Brian's Family has had her since she was a little puppy)
They look like little Teddy Bears! Lol

I Love these dogs! They are so fun to be around, every time some one shows up they get so excited. Max & Missy usually bark like crazy, sometimes they will start whining, or freak out until you enter the house and then start jumping all over you like they haven't seen you in forever (even if it had only been 5 mins). If your not having the best day and you go over to their house the dogs are always right there to make you feel better or atleast help a little by putting a smile on your face.

Halloween

2008-11-01T13:21:00.001-07:00

Happy Halloween!!
These are some pictures taken at work:
Brooke and I dressed up like witches.
Gina dressed up like a Princess.
Brenda was a "Witchy Woman".
The "Worker Bees", Holly and Julie.
There are so many more pictures from Halloween at work because so many people dress up, but I just choose a few. Throughout the day people brought their kids in to show off... here a couple pictures of Brooke and Little Mason. He's such a cutie and makes an adorable little pumpkin. I can't believe how fast he's growing. He keeps Brooke busy all the time!

Halloween Night....
Here is Brian and Preston Prepping for their scaring adventures...(Putting their make up on)
Here is Dave, Brian, Preston, and Logan. They had fun painting their faces and trying to scare kids. They would really freak you out, especially if they were the scream!

Yikes! Brian and Preston look pretty scary. I am not a big fan of clowns, I'm just glad I wasn't one of the people they tried scaring or I would've freaked out!

Hope Everyone Had a Happy Halloween!

Carving pumpkins

2008-11-01T12:35:00.000-07:00

Pictures of The Pumpkins Our Families Carved:

Max & Missy

2008-10-29T15:49:00.000-07:00

You've got to check out these cute pictures of Max & Missy! They got Halloween Costumes and had to try them on and make sure they fit. Their costumes totally fit their personalities and are so adorable! It's fun dressing them up, I Love it! They have everything a dog could ever want for the fall and winter apparel. For Halloween Max is going to be a Pirate and Missy is going to be a Witch.Awe.. Look how cute!! "Trick-or-Treat!"
What you looking at?
MMM...tastey bone

On Halloween Brian and I took the dogs into work to see their Mom, Jennifer. They were so cute, they were a little nervous being in a new place and seeing all the new people but the dogs were posing for all the people. Everyone was trying to take pictures of them because they were so adorable! Then later that evening, we took the dogs "Trick-or-Treating" for a little bit until it started raining. Even though the weather wasn't the best it was still fun!

BE-WITCHED HALLOWEEN BOOTIQUE!

2008-10-18T12:48:00.000-07:00

October 18th...Brittany, My Mom, and I went to Gardner Village to check out The Witches night out Event. From everyone I had talked to prior about the event said it was really fun...and they were right. I had never been to any of the boutiques at Gardner Village, so I wasn't sure what to expect. Anyways,It was really fun especially to see everyone dress up in their Halloween costumes, even though the cutest costumes were the little kids. Here are a couple pictures of from our day at Gardner Village.

Thanks to Britt and my Mom for a fun girls day out:)

Twiners

2008-10-16T15:56:00.000-07:00

The last couple of weeks, almost everyday Brooke and I have been wearing very similar clothes. It's like we've been twiners! Sometimes it's the color we wear or as you can see in this picture, it's the same shirt. Lol We didn't even know we both owned the same shirt til today. We thought it was pretty funny and needed a picture.

Brian's 21st Birthday!

2008-10-14T15:05:00.001-07:00

Wow Time Flies!!
Brian's 21st Birthday finally arrived! We started celebrating it on Thursday, October 2 (his actual birthday) and didn't finish until Sunday, October 5. It was nice of Bri's dad, Brent, to come into town to celebrate Bri's birthday. Throughout these couple of days, it felt like we ate out a ton! The main restaurants we ate at were; La Puente, Benihanas, and The Melting Pot. They are all really yummy places to eat!
The "Big" gift for Brian's 21st Birthday was his guitar. We weren't sure if it was going to make it here before his Birthday, since it had to be shipped from St. George. I thought whether or not it makes it here on time I want him to still be able to get a guitar on his Birthday. So I made him a guitar cake, with the help from my family I was able to complete an awesome, edible cake. I had a blast making the cake! It was even better for Bri because he had no clue! I love surprising people!! Here are a couple of pictures of the Birthday boy, his new guitar, and the guitar cake. Thanks to everyone who helped make Brian's Birthday fun and exciting! :)

We've Been Together For...

2008-09-28T18:54:00.001-07:00

Brian's 21st Birthday Countdown!!

2008-09-28T18:37:00.001-07:00

"Bloggers"

2008-09-28T18:23:00.000-07:00

As a New Addition to the "Bloggers"... I finally sat down and figured out how to set up a blog. It wasn't half as hard as I thinking it might be. I will try my best to keep you updated on all the things going on in our lives. For a quick summary....As of right now and the last couple of months, Brian and I have been working so we can afford school. October 2 is Brian's 21st Birthday! He has been so excited, almost as excited as a little kid on Christmas. On October 7 we will be starting school, majoring in Graphic Design at The Art Institute of Salt Lake City.

*BRIAN AND JESSICA*