Happy Birthday Bro!!!

Happy Birthday Doug!!!! We hope you had an amazing day and we wish we could have been there with you to share this very special day!!! We love you and miss you!!!

The Worst Tagger!!!

I have been tagged twice, one of which was a really long time ago, and I am so lazy when it comes to being tagged and filling things out about myself. So here it goes.

I was first tagged by Melanie. Here are 7 things about me:

1. I absolutely LOVE In-N-Out!!!! I get to have the real thing in 3 weeks because we are going to Vegas!!!!

2. I love going snowboarding with my best hubby in the world, Joel!!!!

3. I have this thing for painting things while Joel is doing homework. I get so bored sometimes so I paint picture frames, magnet boards, big letter J's, etc.

4. I have always loved lifted trucks and since I got rid of my jeep that was lifted it is a good thing that Joel's truck can take Catchup's (the name of my jeep) place.

5. I love, love, love to go shopping. Clothes are the best!!!

6. I get so excited and passionate about life that I just can't handle it sometimes!!

7. I love Disneyland and am dying to go there soon!!!! Maybe this summer.......crossing my fingers :)


I was then tagged by Toni!!!! Here is a little bit about me and my lover!!!

What is his Name? Joel, Joely Bear, Babe

How long have you been married? 1 year and 9 months

How long did you date? Dated and engaged for 13 months

How old is he? 27

Who eats more? Joel

Who said I love you first? Joel did

Who is smarter? We are both smart even though we act silly sometimes!!

Who's temper is worse? Mine, he never gets worked up over anything!!

Who does the laundry? We both help out with that

Who does the dishes? Both

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? He does but he complains because it is closer to the window so he gets cold during these winter months. Hehe

Who pays the bills? He does

Who cooks dinner? I do when I actually cook. I tell ya I am tired after working a full day of work!!

Who drives when you are together? Sometimes me and sometimes him. Depends

Who is more stubborn? I would say I am again. He is always so calm and goes with the flow.

Whose parents do you see the most? Joel's. They are always traveling

Who proposed? Joely Bear

Who has more friends? I would say it's equal. My friends are his friends and his are mine

Who has more siblings? Joel

Who wears the pants in the family? I would say we both share that equally. We balance each other out very well!!

"The Office"

I'm sure all of you have seen the Office!!! I'm also sure that you have all seen the episode where they did the office Olympics. At the law firm I work for we kind of had our own "office moment!" This week we had to reach a goal of 100 status checks this week and then we get Monday off paid. I wanted Monday off sooo bad so I worked so hard to reach the goal. I ended up getting them all done on Wednesday and was the first one to finish the status checks. They surprised me with a gift card to Applebee's for being the first one done. Once I finished it kind of became a race to see who could finish next. On Friday we thought it would only be right to have an award ceremony for the gold, silver, and bronze winners of the status checks. We had the National Anthem playing in the background and everything and our office manager awarded us with our medals. This was the funnest day of work ever!!!!!!!!!!! My "Office" is so cool!!!!

Happy Birthday to the Man of My Dreams!!!!

Everyone thinks of February 14th as Valentine's Day. I think of February 14th as my AMAZING husband's birthday!!! That's right Joel's birthday is on the most loved day of the year. Joel turned 27 today and doesn't look a day over 23. When I met Joel I thought he was for sure 21.... I was only off by 3 years!! :) I want to let Joel know how amazing he is and how grateful I am to have him as my best friend and husband. I love you Joel!!!!Joel woke up this morning to this banner! We love doing little surprises for each other.

When I asked Joel what he wanted to do for his birthday dinner he said I want you to make me a yummy steak dinner with mashed potatoes. That is exactly what he got and then some. We had a very romantic dinner just the two of us!!!

Even though it was Joel's birthday today he definitely gave me the most romantic Valentine's EVER!!! He first came to my work and surprised me with a dozen roses and balloons. I was sooo excited!!! It didn't stop there.... I came home from work to rose pedals going all the way up our stairs and into our bedroom. He is my romantic skater boy and I love him!!!

I love that Joel is completely selfless and even though it's his birthday he always makes Valentine's so special for me as well. I love you Joel for everything that you are and for making my life the best it can possibly be!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

And Happy Valentine's to all of you!!!

Chop Chop!!!

I chopped my hair off!!!!! I have been wrestling with my own thoughts for months now whether or not I should cut my hair. I would ask Joel and he would say well you keep asking so yes I think you should do it!! Then that made me have even more anxiety about it. I have never been one to care so much about cutting my hair but for some reason I had a really hard time parting with my long locks. I finally got the courage to do it with a lot of people's support!! This sounds so funny to me because it's all about hair. I mean it will always grow back right so why not..... My wonderful friend Colin was over the other night and I decided to go for it!! She did such a great job!!

Before:

After:

Who knows maybe I could have gone even shorter but I really wanted to still be able to pull my hair back. Call me crazy but the idea of having to do my hair EVERY single day makes me want to cringe. For some reason girls need change, that's just who we are, and I love it!!!!

The Canyons- We're Back!!!!

We weren't sure if we were going to get passes this year but it ended up working out!!! We are very grateful and excited to have another season of amazing boarding!!! Joel and I went up today and it was so much fun!!! I love getting away with Joel and forgetting about reality. Snowboarding is our way of forgetting about every day worries and getting a chance to relax. It was a gorgeous day up on the mountain and the snow was incredible. We can't wait for all the Saturdays that are to come so we can spend them snowboarding!!!! It is a beautiful thing!!!

Christmas and New Years!!!

I know what you are thinking.....and NO this is not our child. Haha. This is our adorable nephew Brody Owen Jensen. This was at the Hospital the morning after Janelle had their adorable baby. He definitely is a big baby but he is so perfect!! One day Joel and I will have a little bundle of joy ourselves. He looks pretty good as a dad!!On Christmas Eve I cooked everyone dinner. We had ham, mormon potatoes, green bean casserole, and emerald green salad. I must say for my big dinner production it turned out pretty good. I made the dinner that is a tradition every year in my family. We always have our big dinner on Christmas Eve so that we can lounge around all day Christmas. Below is Jeremy and Janelle and Joel's other brother and sister, Ryan and Missy.

At this table we have Joel's mom and dad to the left and my mom and dad and Joel and I.
I thought it would be different spending Christmas and the holidays in our own place because I have always gone home but we really did have a great time and it was fun starting traditions of our own that Joel and I will carry on.

Joel and I have never needed stockings in the past since we always went home. So this year it was so fun getting our own stockings with our names on them and having to buy each other stocking stuffers. It's beneficial having big stockings because I got movies and huge boxes of candy. It was great!!

This is our Christmas Tree all lit up!!

Merry Christmas Eve!!!!

It has been a tradition in my family while growing up that every Christmas Eve we get to open new pajamas to wear that night and Christmas morning. I love this tradition and am definitely going to carry this on with my own family!! Who doesn't like new pj's?

My mom and dad opening their pj's.

Santa treated us very well from both families!!! Joel got exhaust on his truck which he absolutely loves. I kind of love it too!!! It goes vroom vroom!!! And we got a digital video camera!! We are so excited and feel the need to go on a road trip or something so we can use it. Maybe we will go to Disneyland!!!!!!!!!

My parents on Christmas Day

Baby Brody on his 1st Christmas!!!

Uncle Joel and Aunt Monica holding Brody at Janelle and Jeremy's house. We spent Christmas day at Janelle and Jeremy's and Joel's mom cooked an amazing turkey dinner. It was so good and so fun to have everyone together again!!! I love how my family and Joel's family get along so well that we can all spend Christmas together. I get the best of both worlds that way!!!

On New Year's Eve my parents and Joel and I went out to lunch and then went bowling. We had the best time and I must say that I think my mom and I are going to start thinking about being professional bowlers. We spanked the boys by my mom bowling a 172 and I was very close behind with a 168. At least Joel and my dad broke 100 but not by much :) We spent the rest of the night by making cocomotion and chocolate fondue. We ate all night and watched the usual countdown. It is so funny when you get older and it's hard to stay up till midnight.

We had confetti poppers so when the clock struck 12 we all went crazy with our poppers. I'm really surprised that our fire alarm didn't go off. Then we enjoyed an amazing fire work show out on our balcony. The Provo Town Mall had the best fire work show and we could see it perfectly from our balcony.

Joel and I are so excited for the new year and can't wait for all the new and exciting changes that are coming our way. Who knows where we will be next Christmas. It will be interesting to find out!!!

We wish all of you a Happy New Year!!!

I just want to thank my parents for coming to Provo and spending the holidays with us. They would have been alone on Christmas other wise and I am so glad that we were able to spend it with them!!! Thank you for everything!! I want to thank Joel's family too!!! We loved having them in town. I know it was so fun for Joel to have Ryan stay with us and go snowboarding with him!! We are very blessed to have two wonderful and amazing families. In the end family is everything so hold on and cherish the ones that you have. Thank you all for everything!!!