4 years later....

I think Greg was looking ahead and wondering what he got himself into!

On December 20, 2005 Greg and I were married. Four years later we have...lived in Alaska for two summers, graduated from the hometell, moved three times, one (almost two) nursing degrees, survived the emotions of infertility, and now have a baby boy on the way!!

The past four years have flown by. We celebrated by enjoying a very yummy and filling dinner at Texas Roadhouse, visiting the Temple grounds and the visitors center, and then attending the Forgotten Carols. We both agreed it was the best date we have had in a very long time. I love you Greg! Thanks for putting up with me. Here's to four more great years!!

baby boy!

So we are finally getting the news out to the blogging world! We are having a baby boy! We had an ultrasound today and it looks like all the parts are there for a boy. I am 14 weeks, so there is the possibility that they were not correct on the gender. But the pictures look all boy! We can't get our scanner to work so, I'm sorry to say there won't be any ultrasound pictures on the blog just yet. We are so, so excited and now we need to start thinking about boy names more seriously. We have six months so I hope we can find a name we both like by the time he is born! I guess we will have to update the blog more often now. But I am not a big fan of pictures of my belly, so if you want to see my growing belly I guess you will have to see me in person!

Disneyland (Late)

First I feel like I have to explain why I have not posted until now. I kept waiting for Kurstin to post so I could steal some of her pictures, because we didn't get as many pictures as they did, it's been about three weeks now and still no post from Kurstin. So my pictures will have to do. After we got home from Disneyland I sort of tapped out of life, but I am back now so here is the Disneyland post for all to enjoy.


Mom, Ben, Kurstin, and Alex left on Saturday, but I had to work so Greg and I stayed behind. I worked on Sunday (which was the longest and worst work day). We were so excited to leave and be in the happiest place on earth that I did not go to work on Monday and we left St. George and 6AM and made it into Disneyland at 11:30am. We hopped between parks Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. We went to Huntington Beach on Thursday, which was a blast until we all got home and realized that Kurstin, Ben, and Alex were all cherry red! They were sunburned to bad we thought about coming home early. But can you leave Disneyland early? NO! So we got up Friday, bought bus tickets so we didn't have to walk, had a relaxed day, and ended it all with the amazing fireworks show.









Alex was such a blast to be around. We was always so excited about everything and said some of the funniest things. One day we were at California Adventure and everyone got to go on the roller coaster but he wasn't tall enough. He was crying and was just so sad that he couldn't ride it. Greg was talking to him and trying to make him feel better. Well they ended up throwing a coin in some water that they were by and Alex made a wish. Well the next morning we were in Disneyland and before they open they come over the speakers and talk. Alex was so intent on what they were saying, and after it was over he said "Greg, my wish isn't going to come true because Disneyland is were dreams come true!" We had so much fun! Thanks for inviting us Alex!

Green Thumb??

Greg and I are trying to grow tomatoes this year. Neither of us have tested our green thumb, but if genetics has anything to do with it, there is not much coming from me. I would say sorry to my mom but she knows she cant grow anything. Greg's dad has a garden every year, so lets hope some of his green thumb got passed on to Greg. We are trying out the Topsy Turvey, which we have heard good things about, and then we have four other plants growing in a pot. We have been debating on whether or not to plant anything this year for a long time. We finally decided we might as well try, so we got a late start but we already have lots of buds and a flower!! Who knows if we will produce any tomatoes, but if we do I am going to grow a bigger variety of things next year. It has been kind of fun getting everything ready and now watching them grow. Wish us luck! (and if anyone has any tips feel free to leave a comment)

Spring Boarding

It was spring break this past week (well for Greg at least). I guess there is no such thing for me anymore now that I don't go to school. Anyway...we headed up to SLC for some snowboarding and to welcome home Mark and Amber from Afghanistan. Me, Greg, Mark, and Allison went night boarding on Friday night. We had a blast, but wished that Emily could have been there to join in on the fun. And to make it even better, I finally took pictures.

The classic car picture

We got home on Tuesday and on Wednesday we headed up to Brian Head for another day of snowboarding. We still had passes that we had to use this season and Greg is going to be so busy with school the next few weeks that we thought we better go while we could. I have never been boarding that close together and to say the least I am SORE! I took a couple of hard falls and my neck is feeling it. We started out with coats and hats, but quickly found that we were sweating. So we went back to the car and re-dressed for the warm weather. On our second to the last run I fell hard. It was definetly the worst fall I have ever had. I thought I was going to black out. Everything is fine, but my body is just very bruised and stiff. I was so excited to use my new prescription sunglasses. I love them and they worked great for snowboarding!

Another classic car picture

We finally have everything put away until next season. We loved the spring snowboarding. It was so warm and the views were beautiful. I think we both agree that we will have to go to Brian Head more often next year. I do have to say that the snow at Brighton was better!

I finally can use my Christmas present! I spent the weekend at Lara's house learning and fixing my photoshop. Friday and Saturday we spent most of the time first-getting the program to work, and second-organizing and sharing supplies. We never got to actually make something, but when I got home I got to work and this is what I came up with. It's pretty addicting. Greg said it's a good thing I don't have anything more important to do because I would never get it done. Although I have managed to get the laundry done today.



Sunday we attended the Super Bowl party at Ben's house. It's the first time Greg and I have been able to go. It was a blast, but we definitely ate WAY too much! How can you not when there is so much good food. I've decided it was worth it!

Monday Lara taught me how to make homemade rolls. I have wanted to learn how for awhile now, and now I finally know how. It's not as hard as I thought it would be. I guess we will see how it goes when I make them by myself.

To top it all off, on Monday just as we were wrapping up a game of Uno Flash and getting ready to leave, Patrick called and wanted to know if we had to get home or if we could stay to go to the Jazz game. Greg didn't need to think about it at all, so we stayed. We had a fun night and the Jazz even won! It was a busy weekend, but we even managed to go out to dinner with Greg's family on Saturday night. It's always fun to get together, but it's never long enough! Thanks guys for a fun extended weekend!

Life in St. George

So nothing exciting, but I just have to say how beautiful St. George is. Today it was 61 degrees and I enjoyed a wonderful run in the 61 degrees. I am pretty sure that is the perfect weather for running. I hate not being close to my family, but being here in this wonderful weather with clean air makes me happy. Anyway with that out of the way...

Greg and I have wanted to make salmon for like our whole marriage, but have always been too intimidated (and I didn't want my house to smell fishy). Good news! We bought salmon at Costco this weekend, cooked it up, and it was excellent! The house did smell a little like fish, but not bad. The smell was worth the wonderful tasting salmon. I know not all of you are fish lovers, but we really like it and now that I know we can make it, I'm sure we will be having it more often. Now the next thing I want to conquer is making rolls. I just need to visit Lara for some lessons. You up to that sis? She has so much knowledge to share with her favorite sister. I'm ready to soak it all up!

To sum it all up...if you like clear skies, warm weather, and yummy salmon for dinner come visit us here in St. George!

I hate playing catch up!!

Ever since my last post I have just felt like blogging was a chore, and who likes chores. Not me! So it's been well over a month since my last post and now I am ready to catch everyone up on our not so eventful life.

First I have to document about all the snow we had in St. George. This is outside our front door. We had a good five inches. Lucky for me, I worked the night it snowed so I got to clean off all the snow on the car at 6:30 am before I could come home. It was not fun!

On December 20th Greg and I celebrated our three year anniversary. Wow how time flies. I feel so lucky to have spent the last three years with him. It's been great! We went to Mesquite to the buffet at the Eureka. We had never been there before so we decided to try it, and it was just nice to get out of town for the night. On Fridays they have sea food, which means all you can eat crab legs! It was a hit! I think Greg had over 20 crab legs.

When we got back to St. George we decided to go the the temple grounds and see the nativity and lights. It's no temple square, but it was fun!

CHRISTMAS!

We had a good Christmas, besides all the driving in the snow! We made it safely to all our destinations so what more can you ask for!? We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with the Orton's. We had the traditional Bethlehem dinner on Christmas eve. This is Greg's favorite tradition. It's been a fun, new tradition for me, but I am not such a fan of eating with my hands. Thanks to Kathryn those who would like to use utensils may. I had my first experience with lamb at the Bethlehem dinner. It was not so bad. I don't think I would ever order it at a restaurant or cook it for dinner, but it was not bad! Greg on the other hand loved it, and ate it with his hands! We woke up Christmas morning and opened presents. Then Kathryn made a wonderful brunch! (Which included Honey Baked Ham! Thanks Kathryn)!

I am really sad that this is the only picture we got while at Greg's house. I don't even know what we were doing in the picture. I know Emily is going to hate me, but hey Em at least your not front and center side profile!

We arrived at the new and improved Oyler house on Christmas afternoon. My mom has spent the last six months remodeling and adding on to her house. It turned out so great! We love it mom! Everyday we were there the boys spent time outside shoveling and knocking down icicles. One day they spent two hours shoveling off the roof, and this was the giant pile of snow on my mom's new deck. No ladder was needed to get off the roof, they all just stepped right onto the pile of snow!

We had fun opening presents the day after Christmas. It really felt like having two Christmas's. Of course we had lots of good food, good treats, good fun, and great memories. I love going to my mom's house because she always makes the meals that I love that I never make for myself. We found that the new hangout is my mom's new master bedroom. All the kids wanted to shower and bath in her new master bathroom (big and little kids)! How could you not want to, it's like a spa! We had fun just hanging out and not having to be anywhere. I don't think we left the house the whole time we were there!

This is my cute grandma! I love her so much and love getting to visit with her. I don't see her very often now that I live in St. George, but every minute I get with her I cherish!

My mom got Mario Cart for Christmas, and these four played it non-stop!

Now the holidays are over and I am feeling the holiday let down. We took down all our Christmas decorations yesterday and our house feels bare. The holidays are filled with so many emotions and this year, with the passing of two friends, on Christmas Eve came even more emotions. As I sat at work on New Year's Eve I started to write down a list of goals for 2009. As I got close to 30 goals I started to feel overwhelmed. Why do we do this to ourselves? But I am going to keep the list and try to work on them one at a time. And as most people do, I made a goal to become a more happy, healthy person. So starting monday...it's to the gym we go!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!