Felipe and Krys

Christmas 2011

2012-02-04T18:53:00.000-07:00

We went to my parents in Maineville Ohio for Christmas 2011. They moved into the house on Thursday, everyone got there on Saturday or Sunday, so there was a lot of boxes and settling in to do. Here are about a billion pictures:

Felipe and my brother-in-law Brice putting lights on the HUGE tree we got.

My super cute nephew Carter showing off his top teeth.

Payton super excited to find all my parents old VHS movies.

Sitting down for Christmas dinner. My mom got a china hutch and we put her China in it. My HomeGoods skills were put to good use!

The stocking were hung by the chimney with care. Although they were too heavy so we had to get extra hooks to hold them all up.

All the siblings with our paint cans full of Christmas Eve PJ's.

Us with our new jammy jams on.

Felipe and Nick waiting to go down the stairs to see what Santa brought!

Felipe and I after church on Christmas day.

My super cute parents after church on Christmas day.

Trisha and her husband Brice. We went out to this amazing restaurant. They had great ribs, chicken and onion straws. YUMMY!

Nick, Felipe and Brice at Montgomery Inn Boathouse.

All in all it was a great Christmas!

Hope everyone is having a great New Year (and month of February as well).

Love you all!

Krystin and Felipe

The Banana Dance

2011-12-27T15:26:00.000-07:00

This year Payton learned the Banana Dance.

Bananas of the world UNITE!

Peal banana, peal, peal banana!

Shake banana, shake, shake banana!

Go banana, go, go banana!

Fall table runner...

2011-11-06T12:37:00.001-07:00

What do you think?

Payton Stole my Camera

2011-11-01T10:24:00.000-07:00

One Sunday night, not so long ago, Payton stole my camera and took the following pictures (along with about 100 more). I am dedicating this post to her, in her own language.

Bubba

(Carter or Bubba for short)

Nia Tyty

(Nick and Skyler)

Bubba stan this

(bubba stand)

Mama Ahhh

(Mom said Ahh)

Nia shhh. Tyty Fool ablah.

(Nick is sleeping, Skyler and Fil are awake)

No no Fool. Blue Shirt.

Carcar this.

(Carter - one of my favorite pictures of him!)

Pay har Dada Boof Neigh. No no Pay this.

(Payton's hair looks like Tangled - she was wearing CJ's extensions).

She was not a happy camper after I took the camera away!

Conference Weekend

2011-10-20T17:32:00.001-07:00

A few weeks ago Sally, Grant and kids came up for the weekend. It was fun to see them and very entertaining.

Since Sally hates uploading pictures I will put some cute ones of her kids!

Violet ate the inside of her cinnamon roll like a lollipop!

Eliseo in awe of violets cinnamon roll.

Alma and his plate...

Yummy cinnamon rolls that were *almost* all eaten.

Felipe and Alma snuggling on the couch.

Rune. Alma and his crazy hair in the background.

Lily eating her cantaloupe.

It was a great weekend. We love having visitors and can't wait to see Sally and Family again soon!

Utah State Fair

2011-10-02T09:49:00.000-07:00

In the middle of September, we had the opportunity to go to the Utah State Fair with my friend Carrie, her husband and son. We had never been and wanted to go at least once while we lived here. It was fun but probably not worth the $10 entrance fee per person.

I love making Felipe pose in front of random animals...

and pumpkins.

Jett climbing on a pumpkin with his monkey backpack. Notice sponge bob in the back?

Fil and I.

And here is this... thing...

Fil flapping like the swan. I love his facial expression.

Jett driving the army jeep.

Pants

2011-09-21T15:13:00.002-07:00

A student came up to me and said
"Mrs. Sanchez, I left my pants on your laptop."
This is what he meant...

I guess these are origami pants???

Summer Crafts

2011-09-06T20:19:00.000-07:00

This summer I found the amazing website called www.pinterest.com

I am addicted! It inspired me to make a few different crafts and recipes. If you are a member add me! (I still don't know how to find people yet...)

I found a cool tutorial for a dry erase "To Do" board. This whole project cost me $3.

I also found an idea to take a design cut out of magical paper, stick it to a canvas, paint around it, and remove the paper. Here is the result.

Now on to finishing the scrap quilt I've been working on. Or to clean my MESSY house... nah! I vote for ignoring my house and quilting!

Foldable Reuseable Enjoyable bag

2011-08-03T15:20:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago my little sister had a bridal shower. I wanted to get her a few things but since we were going to STL I didn't want to pack wrapping paper and a box to wrap the presents in. I decided to make these (they took about 20 minutes each) and wrapped her presents in them. The nice thing is that they fold/ roll up to be small and cute and can fit in your purse! I got the idea here and I think I want to make more!

Fireworks

2011-07-27T20:12:00.001-07:00

For the Fourth of July we did a few fireworks. Here are my favorite pictures!

Currently the background of my computer:

Felipe was a great firework starter. I tried to light a few but he was much better than me :)

I'm so excited that firework season is coming to a close. Maybe I will be able to fall asleep before midnight tonight (hopefully my neighbors will stop shooting off a million bazillion fireworks)!

My weekend was mostly boring

2011-07-10T12:22:00.006-07:00

Around Christmas our old TV decided to no longer function at an optimum level. Since we've no longer been using that one we decided to get rid of it. Now just throwing it away wasn't going to do.
This is out in the middle of nowhere near Helper, UT.

I'm holding a gun. It's a 410 shotgun. Really, I'm telling the truth.
That's after a few shots.
I'd say a job well done.
On the right where the cable cord plug should be. I shot that. Yeah, that's a sweet aim.
It was Grants idea for me to pose like this. This was well worth the sunburn on my neck.

Math and Art : Proportions

2011-07-01T20:19:00.001-07:00

Since one of my great friends is the art teacher at Orem Jr. I wanted to try to incorporate art in one of my lessons. I gave students a square-inch piece of paper and had them "enlarge" it to a 4-, 5- or 6-square inch paper. Here are the results:

A climbing gecko.

A skate-boarding alligator - or - is it a crocodile?

A tiger. It reminds me of the Calvin and Hobbs comic.

A monkey. I like this one. It's my third favorite!

A turtle. My second favorite!

The Jaguar Face Mask that the kids all learn about warm and cool colors with. The Jaguar is our school mascot.

The Jaguar mask. My favorite.

I love being creative at school! if you get bored try it at home! Just make sure you label the inch squares so you know how the final pieces fit together.

Quilt for a friend

2011-07-01T20:09:00.001-07:00

So I got crafty and made a baby quilt for my friend who decided to have a baby. Since she helped me so much this year in my classes, I thought it would be much better than just getting her a cookie or something!

I searched up and down like 50 pages of Google Images until I found one that I liked. I think the person who took the picture called it "Sprinkles" although I have no idea who that is! (If you find out let me know and I'll get them credit for the idea.) I changed it a bit to fit what I wanted and I loved the result. I loved it so much I almost didn't give it too her, but I figured I didn't want her new baby to get cold in Arizona... well, it seemed like good logic I think.

Here are some pictures I took along the way:

The front of the quilt, draped over my ironing board.

The back of the quilt, draped over my ironing board as well.

Quilting it at my friend's mom's house. Thanks Stephanie and her mom!

After it is quilted and bound.

Up close of the quilting. I love the square/ rectangle design.

The back quilted. I LOVED the back!

All folded up ready to give to Allie. I had some extra binding material left so I sewed it up and tied it in a bow around.

I am now addicted to quilting. I have two more ideas ready to go and, thanks to my MIL, I have most of the material.

Some things from a trip

2011-06-17T21:31:00.008-07:00

A picture from the other side of the sound.

This is Krys in front of a church door in Portland

Yes, I can grow a mustache.

This one was taken from the poopiest deck. EVER!

In an old growth forest near Chehalis.

We've been having a good time. We are super tired from all the walking around. We also have some good stories to tell and other pictures to show and tell. You should ask us about it sometime.

Plants

2011-06-06T13:54:00.002-07:00

I am trying to grow some plants in little containers behind my apartment.

Here are my green onions. They kind of look like green hair right now, but one broke off and I tasted it - not too bad if I may say so myself.

Here is my cilantro. If you look really close there are a few leaves that look like real cilantro. I took the picture on my phone so it may not be the best quality!

I guess basil doesn't want to be grown. I am still rooting for those few little sprouts to pop up. They have been the same size for about 2 1/2 weeks now...

I am going to the store and buying tomatoes, cucumber and zuchini plants today. Hopefully those will turn out more like the top two pictures and not like my basil.

Anyone have any idea how to grow or anything I can do to help my little plants along please let me know!

Sleeping

2011-05-15T13:45:00.001-07:00

Isn't he dreamy?

I got a new app for my phone and I'm just seeing if it works!

You would think I would take the time

2011-05-04T20:50:00.002-07:00

Sorry for the lack of pictures as I stink at finding anything semi-recent. We all know that Krys is in charge of awesome pictures and making everything look good. I'm just in charge of being weird. I just finished coaching track. Seeing the progress of some of those youngsters has put a smile on my face. They put on quite a show for their last meet and I feel so good that I actually helped them. I could do this again next year.

I finished my first class at UVU. I aced the class. Just to let you know.

Since it is our 3rd anniversary I want to let Krys know how much I love her and how amazing she is. I love how she rolls her eyes when I'm a dork and then says, "You're a dork". I love how she puts away the dishes after I wash them. I love how she wants to grow a garden. I love how she gets excited for chocolates and desserts. I love how she fixes my hair after I cut it. I love how she helps me shop for clothes so that I actually look like a decent person. Krys, I love you.

What's black, red and has bubbles all over it?

2011-04-29T07:10:00.000-07:00

My House!

New shower curtain:

Up close:

My new kitchen shelves: (Thanks Tee for installing them!)

I love this red polka-dot dish I got for my bridal shower! Plus I love the shelf brackets!

I'm taking the day off to work on some more projects with Mom and my sisters!

Helper Day Trip

2011-04-12T10:14:00.003-07:00

Since this week is spring break we made plans to go down to Helper on Saturday and then journey on to Moab for a quick vacation. Well, the lovely Utah weather decided it was going to snow and rain, which made our Moab idea not work so well.

We did go down to Helper to visit Sally, Grant and kids on Saturday. It was fun to hang out with all the kids and watch them play their songs on their new piano, help Sally cook amazing food, and relax! We also got to go to the Price History Museum. They had cool dinosaurs and Native American artifacts.

Here is Fil in front of the dinosaur bones...

The triceratops is one of my favorite dinosaurs!

Doesn't this guy look like he wants a hug?

Sometimes Fil gets really into looking at fossils. Or maybe he was stretching his legs?

I don't know why he can't take a normal picture...

Lily came with us to the museum. Don't you love her black eye?

Me, standing in front of a Woolly Mammoth, it was huge!

We had a great dinner of rabbit (I couldn't eat that) and peanut chicken (my favorite). Then we drove home in a blinding blizzard through the canyon. There were a few times when we could barely see 5 feet in front of our car. We made it home, even though we had to drive like turtle (if turtles could drive).

Snow... in APRIL? annoying.

It didn't work so well but this is what we could see driving home - just snow. It was hard to tell if the road was going to turn or not. Luckily we were able to drive behind a few cars so we could use their light to guide us as well.

For the rest of spring break we are hanging out in Orem, going to the zoo, going shopping, hanging out with friends, and best of all relaxing! It should be some good times.

Middle School Mayhem

2011-04-04T20:05:00.002-07:00

Random Quotes and stories from my classes:

One of my students came in before school and asked "Mrs. Sanchez, is my fro messed up?" I replied no. He then said "Well, are my jeans too tight?" ~Random!

When asked to do 100 multiplication problems in 10 minutes one of my students said, "What do you expect us to be, like, math heros or something?"

When our math aid / part time english teacher told my class she was prego one of my students said "But your not fat!"

I did my hair curly one day (instead of straight) one of my students couldn't figure out how to word his thoughts. He said "Mrs. Sanchez, what happened to your hair? Its not normal. I mean its funny looking, I mean... umm..." Pretty sure I gave him a confused look!

Last year I had a student who never paid attention. The one time I noticed he was paying attention and nodding along I turned my back to put a question on the board and called on him to answer. When I turned around his entire finger was up his nose... I was so embarrassed for him!

When working on solving proportions I had a student ask "Do we multiply then times or times then multiply?"

We talked about doubling or tripling a number. One of my students didn't know the word for quadrupling so she said "Do we four-triple it?"

A random intercom announcement after school one day "Please jump down from your perch on the windowsill."

I'm sure there are a billion more stories that I have happened. As I remember them I will add them in.

New Pillows

2011-03-13T19:21:00.002-07:00

Here are some pillows I sewed a few weeks ago:

What do you think?

Hale Freezes Over

2011-02-17T11:17:00.000-07:00

On January 29, 2010 I participated in my first 5K.

My good friend Mary (who also teaches with me, who also was my supervising teacher during student teaching, who also is amazing) and I ran and walked all 3 miles including a mile long up-hill journey.

Us two before the race started.

My number, lucky 262.

My penguin, Santa, rubber ducky. If you finished the race you earned one of these!

Yes it was freezing! Hale did freeze over, but it was a great experience!

I can't wait to complete my goal of being able to run an entire 5K!

Snow Snow Snow

2011-02-13T18:21:00.000-07:00

As promised, I have a few more pictures from Christmas in La Grande.

It snowed a lot while we were in La Grande, and the kiddos were getting restless, so we decided to have an exciting adventure in the snow. We got bundled up and made a snowman, threw snowballs, and just had a "grande" time. Get it... Grande time, like La Grande... .. aah hum... moving on.

Alma loved the Zebra gloves!

Everyone picked on Eliseo and tried to hit him with the snowballs. Too bad he was too fast for everyone.

Felipe and Andrew made a great two headed snowman. Super... awesome ?!?!

Violet did not like having a chunk of snow stuck to her boot. She lasted about five minutes outside.

Sometimes you just have to stick the old skateboard into the snowman to destroy it... don't ask - it seemed like a good idea at the time.

And the best little trooper Stanley. We all had lots of fun and enjoyed our own little snow day!

Christmas in La Grande

2011-01-31T09:53:00.001-07:00

This year we got to go to La Grande for Christmas! It was a nice two week vacation full of shopping, cooking, playing with the nieces and nephews, family, and lots of love!

The kids got up super early (look at that pretty sunrise) to open presents.

We got to celebrate Arys' birthday with a beautiful cake and pin the lips on the frog game. Look at that beautiful smile!

Violet's favorite was uncle Felipe for a while. She loved hanging out with him!

We made a beautiful two-headed snowman... I did not know you could really roll up snow and make a snowman, I guess I've never tried to do that before.

Don't worry, I have many more pictures coming soon! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas as well!

Jack-O-Bat-Signal

2010-11-03T15:21:00.003-07:00

Yep, that's my pumpkin. Krys carved a spider web that looks cool also. I might have also felt like I was doing my part in fighting crime by summoning Batman to do his vigilante crime eradicating activities.

I just read a poem that expresses my views on winter. However I feel that this poem is incomplete in that it lacks several things which should be loathed also.

Iced over windshield. I hate you.
Scraping off iced windshield. I hate you.
Snow on the drivers seat. I hate you.
Big puffy coats that make that zipping noise whenever you move. I hate you.
Pants that get wet at your feet solely because you have to walk outside. I hate you.
Frozen snot. I hate you.

Don't worry Sally, I'm right there with you.

Felipe's Birthday

2010-10-24T16:08:00.001-07:00

Attention Readers: Felipe is almost old. He only has 1 year till he is officially old. Don't tell him, he get's a little grumpy when you mention it!

Anyways I thought I would share some great pictures from his birthday a month and a half ago...

AND

tell you 29 reasons why I love him (one for every year his has been alive)...

1. He is always willing to help. He moved us into our new apartment even though he was probably exhausted.

2. He is so cute, and tries to match his clothes, shoes and belt everyday.

3. How he loves to share his desserts with me (mostly because he doesn't like chocolate so I get the chocolate part).

4. He is willing to try anything I cook.

5. His handsome smile...

6. He helps me cook every night and puts the dinner away after.

7. He is ok with trying new things.

8. He still looks like he is 18 (and acts like it sometimes too).

9. He is helpful with all the nieces and nephews.

10. He loves all his family and all mine.

11. His mad fishing skills.

12. His chillaxed attitude.

13. He is not afraid of crawdads.

14. He kills the spiders in our house (and there is a lot more since we live in the basement).

15. He is great at sports. He may not be the best but he gives it his all.

16. He loves everything I do, even if it is dorky...

17. He loves trains.

18. He loves his hometown and loves to go visit any chance we get (which is not often enough).

19. He has a great family that shares with us a lot!

20. His love of Adidas and Puma everything.

21. He is funny (not only funny looking, but comical funny).

22. He is a great pirate. And he has a great pirate voice.

23. He is great at going along with my crazy ideas. For example... "Hey Felipe, go stand by those sheep and let me take your picture"

24. He is totally fine with my love of animals.

25. His love of Nintendo and how he is good at every game.

26. I love how he loves nature.

27. He is super awesome (and a very good hippo rider).

28. He is a great referee and helps the kids learn how to play instead soccer and basketball.

29. He is the greatest husband in the world, he is amazing, and he loves me more than anything.

I hope Fil enjoys being 29 and can get all of his craziness out before he turns 30!

Look how happy he is to be 29...

Sometimes he is even a little creeper-ish.

See ya!

Trip to Oregon

2010-09-03T07:22:00.001-07:00

Yeah more pictures! We went to the Union County Fair when we first got to La Grande. Felipe's mom won some cool ribbons for her hand made clothes! (Super cute by the way)

We had some fun... I've never been to a county fair that I can remember so it was really interesting to see what goes on and how involved the people get!

No we didn't get any lemonade. But who wouldn't love to drive the lemonade-mobile around?

Between a rock and a wet place - the drive to Portland, OR.

What are these things? A mattress for a really long skinny human?

Sometimes polar bears do the back stroke.

The amazing raspberry jam I helped make...

The apron I picked out for Connie to make for me :) The intention was for me to make it, but I have no idea what I'm doing and she was much quicker!

Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY FELIPE! (more on that later)!

North by Pacific Northwest

2010-08-09T21:14:00.006-07:00

This is a vacation. And here are some pictures.

We stopped by Powell's Books in downtown Portland. 42 minutes is not enough time to even scratch the surface of how huge and awesome the place is. We purchased five books in that time and only visited 3 sections.

Andy and I buried his child. It was to the point where the kid looked like one of those barbie cakes.

The Oregon Zoo rocks. Really, it is one cool zoo. Not quite as good as the St. Louis Zoo.

Multnomah Falls. A little busy but awesome nonetheless.

Seaside, Oregon. Super cold and super fun.

I'm a dork.

Right above lower Multnomah Falls.

We took the Historic Columbia River Highway and we found a little place called Horsetail Falls. It's a few miles from Multnomah but less traveled. So worth the detour. We also have a billion other pictures that we may or may not reveal to you later.

What I learned from Eileen

2010-06-30T21:06:00.010-07:00

Instead of telling you how much I will miss my sister-in-law Eileen (who moved today), I am going to tell you all the AMAZING things I have learned from her. Some of the ideas are a little crazy or strange, but all have affected my life (and Fil's in the chain reaction domino event)!

1. Reusable Bags: They are great to take to any type of store/market. You can fit so much more groceries than plastic bags and it makes it easier to bring them into the house (apartment).

2. Have an opinion: For those of you who have ever known or talked to Eileen you know she has a thought or opinion on EVERYTHING. Not going to lie I was a little intimidated the first few times I talked to her. I realized I do have an opinion and its not a horrible thing to talk about as long as you remember it is what you want for your life and don't try to force others to have the same opinion/thoughts.

3. Making your own cleaners: She cleaned her entire apartment with vinegar, baking soda distilled water, dish soap and club soda. I'm hoping one day she will give me her "cleaner recipes."

4. How to be a super amazing mother: I have had some great, nay, outstanding examples of motherhood. If you know my mom you know I didn't learn patience from her :) Eileen is super patient, even on the 10th time her kids come out of their bedroom in the middle of the night saying they have to go potty. She just replies "hurry quick", then "good night, I love you" Everytime!

5. Wogging: The combination of jogging and walking. She is the master at this - and I'm still horrible at it. I do like the idea since I can't run or jog for a long time and love walking it is a good combo. Also - it is better than calling it Jocking.

6. Papa Murphys: Take and bake pizza. She used to work there and knew all the ins and outs of the place. Its so good, affordable, and tastes super amazing!

7. The Farmers Market: Fresh veggies, homemade food, super good prices, just fun to go support Utahites (sounds like U-tights in my mind).

8. Sunflower Market and Buy Low: Lets just say getting produce 4-6 pounds for a dollar. AWESOME DEALS!

Thank you for sharing in my list-aholic life. Not going to lie - sometimes I make lists to keep track of all my lists. Since the last 2-3 posts are list oriented, I thought I might just have to show you this side of my life.

I will miss Eileen OH SO MUCH but I know I will see her sometime soon in Texas. She has been a great sister-in-law, a wonderful example, and one of the bestest friends I could ask for. I am always so grateful for my in-laws, I love every single one of them and I'm very blessed to have married into such a wonderful family. Thanks for all you do for me and Felipe.

We love you all,
Krys ( and Fil )

1st and 2nd weeks of Summer

2010-06-15T20:26:00.007-07:00

I thought I would just share a few things we are doing with our summer so far:

1. Felipe is looking for a quick part time summer job with little luck :(

2. We are trying to get outside every day! I have started walking with a new friend two to three times a week. Unfortunately I have not been able to skateboard lately. Felipe tried a little at Eileen's going away party and is getting better. We decided to branch out and try Zumba today. It was quite a workout - let me tell you! If you don't know what Zumba is, it is a mix between aerobics, hip hop dancing, and weights and toning. EEK! I'm sore...

3. We got to babysit our little niece Payton. She is super cute (I wanted to take her home with me) We taught her some basic skills - like brushing her teeth.

4. Sally and crew came into town for Eileen's going away party. Yes, we are not going to talk about Eileen leaving because I don't really believe it yet, nor do I want to believe it! BUT it was awesome to see Sally and kiddos again and hang out with ALL of the family last weekend.

5. I have been doing a lot of cooking and taking pictures for our new recipe blog. It has been super fun so far and we have had 100+ visitors to our site! (ok so probably 40 of those have been me admiring it).

6. I have been planning and getting ready for summer school. I still have a lot to plan but so far it is looking good! We are starting on Monday the 21st and going for 3 weeks. It will be Monday through Friday 8-12 with 2 classes (1.5 hours each with a half hour prep each).

7. We are looking for a new apartment. We did not resign our contract for next year (starting in Sept) so we need to find a new place to live. We would like to move to south Orem or North or South Provo (not central Provo) to get away from the student life, but still be close enough to work and siblings living in Provo.

8. Enjoying life, good friends, amazing family, good times!

Love you all,
Krys and Felipe

Summer: Days 1, 2, and 3

2010-06-02T15:30:00.000-07:00

Day 1: SKATEBOARDING!

It is officially summer in this household. We are going to try to do interesting things all summer and share them with you! First on the list is trying out our new skateboard.

I fell and cut my leg -

I feel like a 4 year old!

Day 2: Payton Turned One!

We helped celebrate the day at Jason and CJ's house

Day 3: Relaxed

It was nice.

Where I have been...

2010-05-28T18:07:00.000-07:00

1st: Finishing up the last few days of my first year of teaching! Today (fri) was my last day. Next year I will be moving classrooms over to the math hall and teaching full time. I will have two classes of Pre Algebra, 2 classes of Math 7 target, and 2 classes of Pre Algebra target. I am SUPER UPER EXCITED!!! but I will miss my current classroom.

2nd: I'm starting a new blog. My sister and I are going to work on making a cooking/recipe blog. Here is the site - it is still a work in progress, most of the posts are just test posts! If you have any tips of how to change it please email us on the comment page. (I don't know how to make buttons or change the size of the top picture). Enjoy.

www.its-a-keeper.net

3rd: I got a skateboard! Ok well, I just got it today but I'm going to go practice! Adios
KrysJo

New Pictures

2010-05-02T08:16:00.001-07:00

Here are some pictures of our wedding day (on the right, in the slide show).

Also, I changed the top to have a picture.

Have a wonderful day!

Love,
Krys and Fil

Spring in Utah

2010-04-24T17:41:00.000-07:00

If you know me at all you would know that I really am not a huge fan of Utah. But... we live here so I may as well make the most of it, right? Hence, this is my post to counter-act all those negative feeling of Utah I've had over the last few months!

Thanks to my sister (again) I got to decorate a little for spring. We painted these wood letters in cute bright colors. The yellow twirly should be glued on to the flower, but I wanted to stain them with a very light brown first:

One thing I really do like in Utah is Spring. It doesn't last for very long but it is a very nice time of year. The trees are in bloom for about a week or so. This is a tree outside our apartment taken last night:

Here are the rest of the trees all colorful and pretty:

And finally the best part about spring - it is the beginning of "Summer Provo" as called by me and Fil. It is the wonderful time of year that is not only warm, snowless, and beautiful, but, it is the time of year when all the annoying BYU students are gone! Less traffic, less people screaming in the streets, smaller lines at the stores.

Don't get me wrong, I love my sibs who go to BYU and wish they weren't gone - but all those other students who are loud and annoying... well it's nice to be with out them for a time. Also, I'm secretly teaching my niece to love math!

2010-04-17T20:14:00.003-07:00

Here is a little more about me and Felipe... enjoy!

1. What are your middle names? Jo and T.O.

2. How long have you been together? married almost two years... including dating 2.5 years i think?

3. How long did you know each other before you started dating? a few months...

4. Who asked who out? kind of agreed on hanging out

5. Whose siblings do you see the most? Mine

6. Do you have any children together? Nope

7. What about pets? I want a fishy

8. Did you go to the same school? Same college

9. Who is the most sensitive? Me?

10. Where do you eat out most as a couple? On our blue couch... we go get food from all over then come home. Lots of Cafe Rio or Jimmy Johns

11. Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple? Cancun for the honeymoon

12. Who has the craziest exes? neither I think...

13. Who has the worst temper? Me

14. Who does the cooking? Mostly me, sometimes Fil when I ask him :)

15. Who is more social? Felipe

16. Who does the dishes? We share, but Felipe is really good at them and I wouldn't let that talent go to waste!

17. Who is the most stubborn? Me

18. Who hogs the bed? Felipe - he sleeps in the middle (or diagonally)

19. Who wakes up earlier? Me

20. Where was your first date? To the movies, and we wandered around Borders

21. Do you get flowers often? I used to until I told him I really don't like them.

22. How long did it take to get serious? Well... a few months after we met, or two days after we started "dating"

23. Who eats more? Depends on what we are eating

24. Who sings better? Felipe did choir... but we both don't really sing much ??

25. Who does the laundry? It is actually pretty equal on this one

26. Who’s better with the computer? Felipe on a PC, me on a Mac

27. Who drives when you are together? For a while it was Felipe, since my wallet was stolen! But I got a new license so I'll be driving lots more very soon...

28. Who picks where you go to dinner? We mostly just throw ideas out there and then decide together

29. Who wears the pants? Me, duh

30. Who has the better sense of humor? Felipe

31. Who eats more sweets? Me

We had plans for Spring Break

2010-04-10T13:08:00.002-07:00

So this year was the first year in many years that both Krys and I had a Spring Break and we had made plans to do some things for the break. However, our awesome plans were never to come to fruition. I found out about a month ago that for my Americorps job I had to attend a volunteer conference Tuesday through Thursday [April 6-8] in Salt Lake City. Needless to say I was unhappy with that. Having the conference in the middle of the week ruined any possibility of going hardly anywhere. Needless to say my sarcasm increased twelve-fold during those days. Two days of workshops [some of which put me to sleep] were not what I was looking forward to for a week off from overdosed hormone enriched pubescent adolescents. I'm sorry to many of my family members whom we were unable to visit this week. New plans are being concocted to remedy this lack of visiting. Other than that we wish you a happy Spring.

New Background

2010-04-05T21:24:00.001-07:00

My first task of spring break was to find a new background for our blog. The old one seemed winter like or valentines day-like. I just don't know how to change that bar that has the comments on to the right color. Does anyone know how to change that?

Also...What do you think?

Our Trip To Manti

2010-03-26T16:29:00.001-07:00

A few weeks ago we were able to go down to Manti, UT to visit with family and help celebrate Felipe's Grandparents 60th wedding anniversary.

On Sunday, after church, we were able to walk around the grounds of the Manti Temple. It was so fun to take pictures and enjoy the beauty of the Temple.

We really enjoyed spending the weekend (and week before and after) with Felipe's momma!

Good times all around - as you can tell by the awkward picture of Felipe...

We stayed at the "Manti Motel" which was interesting to say the least. The office was also a movie rental store, a pizza restaurant, and an ice cream parlor. The motto of the motel was "Drop your mail in any of our mailboxes and we guarantee postage!" exactly what I imagined a motel motto to be...

If you noticed we totally forgot to get pictures at the wedding anniversary party so... if anyone has any fun ones we would love to see them, maybe you could email them to us?? Have a great weekend!

Experiencing Utah

2010-03-13T11:41:00.000-07:00

This summer I really want to experience all that Utah has to offer. I realized that I may not like Provo, but there are some pretty cool places in Utah to visit. Here are some things that I really want to do as soon as possible:

-Hike to Timp caves
-Hike or mountain bike on trails near Salt Lake
-Bridal Veil Falls
-Zions National Park
-Bryce National Park
-Arches National Park
-take pictures downtown Salt Lake
-Alpine Loop
-the Great Salt Lake (and Antelope Island)
-Price to visit Sally (Felipe's sister)

Is there anything I missed?

March is here!

2010-03-01T19:38:00.000-07:00

One thing I really have come to dislike is February. The last few years it seems like I am tortured during the entire month! Let me explain...

If I could wear flip flops all year round I would. As you can imagine, winter in Utah doesn't make that task easy. So I suffer through winter, which generally starts in October. By the time February rolls around I am sick and tired of the cold.

BUT... it is March now!!! Today just felt oh so warm (probably only a few degrees warmer than yesterday). I am ready to go shopping for some flip flops, anyone want to come?!

A Baby! Not for us.....

2010-02-20T20:46:00.003-07:00

UPDATE!!! We went and saw Eileen and the baby again today, both are doing very well. The baby is out of the NICU and as of 8pm monday night she will not be attached to any more machines! The baby (still un-named) is SOOOO cute! We both got to hold her but forgot our camera! We took some with Eileen's camera, we will post when we get those pictures.

Well, Eileen had her baby today. And apparently it's my job to update everyone. Eileen is just fine. The baby is good. It was a girl and she is in the NICU. She had meconium in her lungs so that needed to be taken care of. Doctors checked for infections and other stuff and they just wanted to take precautions to make sure the kid will be healthy. Hence, we were not able to take pictures.

Our lives are okay and mostly boring and I can't think of anything to post about us. Sorry. So I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

New Job

2010-02-16T20:16:00.000-07:00

So I started a new job today. I will be working Tues nights from 4:30 - 6 pm. I am tutoring the coolest middle schooler here in Provo. It is perfect because I will be able to save up some extra money for some fun things (like my hammock yoga class next week). Don't worry... I'm still teaching at Orem Jr. High.

I haven't heard about next year - if I have a job or not! Hopefully things will work out. If there isn't a job at OJHS most likely they will transfer me within the district.

We are also looking for a place to move in August. That will be part of my summer goal...

Over all things are going great here at the Sanchez house. We are mostly working, eating and sleeping. We both are teaching 4-H this semester. I'm teaching "Dessert Cooking" and Felipe is teaching "Soccer."

That's all the exciting news for us now. More pictures later I promise (Felipe's job is to post about the Jazz v. Blazer game)

Love you all!
Krys and Fil

2010-02-16T19:39:00.005-07:00

Here are a couple of pictures. Though the Blazers lost we still had a good time.

Valentines Day Crafts

2010-02-12T21:57:00.000-07:00

So I have become creative with the help of my awesomely amazing sister! (ok so mostly she did this with a little help from me). Here are my exciting decorations for the up-coming heart day:

banner that says "be mine!"

the decorated plates that are always in my kitchen (just a little more valentines-y now)

our lovely brown door with some vinyl decorations (it also has hearts all over which didn't make it in the picture)

It isn't much but at least our dull apartment looks a little more exciting now! Happy Heart Day (and long weekend!)
-love-
The Sanchezi

I am the best wife ever

2010-02-06T21:27:00.000-07:00

This whole week I have had a head cold and it started going into my chest yesterday. EVEN though I was sick I still got up and made homemade syrup and waffles for my lovely husband. (mostly because he went to the store to get me some medicine). I used Felipe's mom's recipe for syrup and then added some butter to the bit we used today. It was SOOOO amazing! Anyways after making this amazing food I was thinking maybe I should start a recipe blog. Would anyone read it?

Winter Snow

2010-01-30T18:47:00.006-07:00

Let me start by telling you how much I hate and abhor snow. If I could live in flip flops and t-shirts everyday I would, which is not even close to possible in Provo.

Ok - on to the real story. We went to a movie with friends last Friday. When we went in the theater there was not even a flake of snow in the air, but when we came out there was about 3-4 INCHES on our car! In about an hour or so! Well at this time I discovered I may like snow but just because it looks cool in pictures:

Some berries on the tree outside our apartment.
Snow fireworks on a pine tree.

Felipe freezing his buns off posing for a picture (isn't he so handsome?)
The end. I still hate snow and cannot wait for spring, but at least I got some cool pictures!

We get a vacuum and this is what we do

2010-01-23T11:42:00.005-07:00

Felipe lied...

2010-01-21T16:34:00.003-07:00

So my lovely husband lied. On the last post he noted that everything was good in the Sanchez household. Well... I guess life if good in our house - but somewhere in West Jordan / Taylorsville life is not as good for me.

Someone stole my wallet last Saturday night. They took my driver's license, social security card, 3 debit cards, a check book, about 100+ in cash and gift cards from Christmas... etc!

Somehow my debit card was connected to my credit card from the same bank, and even though I've canceled the debit card they could still make purchases charged to my credit card... Overall they have used about $450+. Luckily my bank takes care of all these charges, but I still get the headache.

AND - I also spent like 3 years trying to find the perfect wallet that fit my needs... and it was stolen. At least I got a good year from it.

OK enough venting! Felipe has been great by the way! he has been driving me around (since I have no license), paying for everything (since I have no access to money), and being awesome like normal!

For the lack of pictures

2010-01-16T17:31:00.004-07:00

Things are going good in the Sanchez household. Both Krys and I are having computer issues so getting pictures to the internet has not been fun. So I apologize not having such recent pictures lately. But I hope these will do. Back in November we scored some free tickets to a Real Salt Lake playoff game. That was barrels of fun.

We took a trip to St. Louis for Christmas. It was lots of fun. It wasn't too cold or too snowy which was nice. We're now back in Orem/Provo doing the whole work thing. It's a new semester for the students and beyond that there is nothing really exciting is going on. I hope you are bored with our lives. We'll make sure to liven things up soon. But we do wish everyone a happy new year and all that jazz.

Some Pictures

2009-12-19T14:47:00.007-07:00

Hey, we have a blog!!! Also we have some pictures.

Here we are building real houses. Houses made of candy! REAL CANDY!!!!! It was awesome and we all had barrels of fun. Also pay no attention weird looking man on the right. He's a hobo and his name is Felipe.

Krys' house is on the left. Mine on the right. I just happened to enjoy the licorice tree the most.

Candy Train!!! Toot Toot!!

That thing in the back. Graham Henge.

On top of the world (or at least a mountain)

2009-11-14T18:14:00.006-07:00

So about two months ago we went 4-wheeling or "quatro-wheeling" as our spanish speaker CJ said. It has been one of my goals in life to stand on the top of a mountain. Well I accomplished this goal on Labor Day! We were able to 4-wheel to almost the top then we walked the rest of the way. It was steep and kind of scary since it was so high up. (I could barely breathe)

(me, felipe, CJ, Jason, Trisha and Nick) on our way to the top

(Krys and Felipe) Almost at the top right before we had to get off and hike to the top!

Our view of the top of a mountain!

I think it was an amazing experience and a wonderful view!

Now to complete the rest of my goals in life...

Maxx?

2009-10-01T16:56:00.001-07:00

Krys put in her two weeks notice at the TJ Maxx. Yes, she is finally giving the place up. Be happy, we are.

Just Stuff

2009-09-05T19:30:00.004-07:00

A couple of things. One, I'm pretty happy with the BYU football which just won their game. Solid game and fun to watch. And then I remembered how annoying BYU fans are. Settle down people and stop honking your horns. Bleh.....

If any of you haven't heard already, both Krys and I are working at Orem Jr. High. I'm the volunteer recruiter guy. I'm starting from scratch. Really, This is new for everyone. So, there is a lot of figuring things out. Part of my job is doing volunteer service outside of the school. So last night I did night security for a festival latinoamericano. It was mostly boring. It also means I've had very little sleep in the last 40 hours.

Also I'm very sorry for not posting very often or putting up many recent pictures as of late. So, um......here's something:

Yes, this is me being awesome.

This is Krys and I at some sort of shindig.

The End of a Chapter

2009-08-29T08:55:00.002-07:00

Yes, I have decided to quit the maxx. Last night was my last night as Key Carrier. I will turn in my keys as soon as I get a chance to go up there. I am getting new vacation hours on the 31st of August, SO I am going to be working there until I can use those hours up. I also have two personal days and birthday pay day. If I can pull it off - I may work there on saturday mornings 7-1 to process the registers and cash. But I most likely will not work past October. I'm ready to have a Christmas season off in retail! It is kind of weird, I am kind of addicted to going to the Maxx, and when I don't I feel like I should be there or I feel like I'm ditching out on the store... it's weird but I'll get over it soon!

I'm a real teacher now!

2009-06-21T20:47:00.003-07:00

So exciting news from the home front! I have landed a job at Orem Jr High teaching three classes of pre-algebra and 4 classes of being a Title One Aid and one prep period! It is the perfect 1st year teaching job. I only have to teach one subject and I get to sit in the back of other math classrooms and help out! I am so excited. I have not decided if I am going to quit the Maxx or not...

Last Week in Church

2009-06-13T13:58:00.002-07:00

So, Krys and I go to church a little early last Sunday for a little bit of business. Everything is going ho-hum like and whatnot. As we are driving through the parking lot we see an old man walking towards the building. He waves. We wave back. However, he looks kind of familiar. This was our following conversation:

Krys: Was that Dallin H. Oaks?
Felipe: It sure looks like him.
Krys: Why would an apostle be here?
Felipe: I don't know, besides he looks too old and his eyebrows are way too frazzly
Krys: Yeah, it can't be him.
Felipe: If it's not him, he's a really good look alike.

Later on I pass by the same man in the hallway. We nod hello as I was busy trying to contact the man I'm going to meet up with. Before Sacrament Meeting starts we see that very same old man sitting next to the Bishop up front. Turns out it was the very same Dallin H. Oaks whom we had been conversing about. Apparently he was attending a baby blessing which I think is a great-granddaughter. And yes, the baby did get blessed. That day was fun.

(1) Bass and (1) Niece

2009-05-29T21:42:00.005-07:00

Well, Krys and I doing very well. We've been married exactly one year and twenty days now as Krys now informs me. For Memorial Day we went fishing at Utah Lake with our next door neighbors who may or may not live seven feet from us. It's been forever since I've last been fishing. It turned out to be rather productive. Our family caught one large-mouth bass [15 inches in length], a perch which we let go and a carp that never left the water. I got the chance to mostly gut our fish. A first for me. Then we barbecued it and then we ate it. Yeah, we're awesome.

For other news Krys is a real aunt and I'm a fake uncle. Her sister CJ had her first child. Payton Jo. Krys is totally excited. So am I. So tomorrow we head up and meet the new one. Hooray for new people!

And for a picture of Krys and I for a celebratory anniversary picture. We're cute.

Sick

2009-05-16T09:58:00.001-07:00

Why does it seem to be that every time I have a weekend off at work (this time I have fri, sat, sun and mon!) that I get sick. Its like those this sick bugs know... how do they know!?!?

Last Day

2009-04-10T08:50:00.002-07:00

Today is my last day of student teaching. It is mostly sad, but this summer will be great. I remember always looking forward to summer as a student, teachers look forward to it even more. Lets be honest - getting paid all summer for doing nothing will be oh so awesome. I have been applying and interviewing for jobs these last few weeks. I hope one of these interviews will get me a job. Wahoo! I will miss the Orem Jr. High Jaguars.

Obligatory photos

2009-03-04T15:23:00.005-07:00

So, nearly every time my hair gets long and I decide to cut it, there is always an obligatory mohawk minute and photo shoot.

The Pre-cut hideous part. It's real and terrible at the same time.

For some reason this never gets old.

Next time I shave the top and leave the edge all around. You know, the horseshoe head. Yeah, that's next.

Reason #382

2009-03-04T09:01:00.003-07:00

Reason #382 why I love Felipe is that he can cook. On sunday night he made me lasagna soup. I would have taken a picture but it was so amazing we ate all of it. I guess I could have taken a picture of the empty soup pot?? Anyways thats just another reason why Felipe is AMAZING and I love him!

One of my favorites

2009-02-04T20:53:00.003-07:00

On the way back home from New Mexico, we stopped to get gas and clean the bugs off the window. I was quite bored so I started taking pictures of Felipe cleaning off the windows.

One of the things that I always tease Felipe about is that when he is concentrating very hard on something he usually sticks his tongue out (as he is in this picture). I also really like the blown up cheeks, this must mean he was concentrating VERY hard trying to get those stuck on bugs off the window.

An update on our lives- we are still in school, hanging out together as much as we can, even though it seems to be only once a week. Our free time is generally taken up by school, work, homework or writing papers. Anyways- we are having fun, enjoying this crazy time of our lives.

Land of Enchantment

2009-01-05T11:07:00.004-07:00

So Krys and I went down to New Mexico for the weekend. It ended up being a lot of fun. And also kind of cold. We stayed at Sally and Grant's place. All the kids kept us busy with Wii, trampoline tricks and youtube. I loaded a bunch of wood on a truck, bucked some hay, and almost helped butcher a goat. Krys helped make the sausage and bratwurst. She also entertained the kids and probably a bunch of other stuff. We even went bowling. Other than the driving a lot to get there and back everything was quite relaxing. Go down and visit awhile.

Lily just being awesome

This is Krys and I at Arches National Park on our way back. Not a bad little detour. Just don't drive off the mountain.

Alma fell asleep on the computer desk. I have to say the kid is pretty cool. I especially enjoyed watching the man jump off the window sill or the arm of the couch.

Here we are hanging out in the back yard. Right before we butchered Bratwurst.

Christmas is all around

2008-12-26T17:41:00.004-07:00

First and foremost, happy holidays to everyone!!! Though we didn't send out cards, we want everyone to know that we love you guys. We really do.

We stayed mostly in Provo for the break. We did have a wonderful Christmas. I am truly surprised how much we have been blessed with wonderful friends and family. Got the picture of our tree without much view of the mess from the unwrappings. Krys and I got each other stuff we needed and stuff we wanted. It has been a wonderful time for the both of us.

We went up to West Jordan and Taylorsville for meals. That got us out of the house and that was nice. Krys and CJ got to talk to their little brother Nick who is currently serving in the San Diego mission with a three way call with their parents. Thank heavens for a speakerphone. He comes back in July. Due to inclement weather we were unable to travel last night back to Provo. However, we are safe and sound. I know that there are some storms going around so please, please drive safe and have a wonderful New Year.

Funny Quote

2008-12-13T19:54:00.004-07:00

So we were sitting ar5ound Felipe's sister's kitchen table last night and I have no idea how it came up but all of the sudden she said:

"So Felipe, I hear you are hot in bed."

Then she realize how that sounded (probably by the look of our astonished faces) so she went on to say:

"I mean I hear you have a warm temperature when you are under your covers at night"

Yeah I know... sometimes she may be strange... but hey its fun to live so close!

The Museum of Beans

2008-11-26T21:34:00.007-07:00

We had an amazing opportunity to take our nieces and nephews to the Bean Museum this week! So I tried to tell the boys on the way there that we were going to see a whole museum full of lima beans, pinto beans, and refried beans. Anyways, we loved watching the kids have fun looking at the crazy animals.

The infamous penny playing

2008-11-16T23:05:00.002-07:00

So, as the awesome child I am or was [that all depends on who you talk to], I used to play with pennies. Yeah, that's right. And your curiosity arises. What did go through that boys mind whilst he was playing with said pennies? To the few of you who have continuously asked me that question it may seem that I have avoided giving an answer. That has probably been true many times. But the answer is rather basic and non-dramatic. All you really need to do is think boy thoughts and you have the answer. GI Joes would serve the same purpose as would many other small type toys like Legos and what have you.

In other news, our little family is just fine. I've got barrels of homework I should be doing right now. Krys is mostly busy with work at the Maxx. We're getting ready for the holiday season. We're excited to see family come to town. And yes, we're going to be all over the place. All kinds of insanity. Bwaah!!!! Anyways, I hope you are all having a wonderful day.

I am so in love with this man

2008-10-10T22:02:00.003-07:00

I love being awkward and fun with him!

I threw one of these today

2008-09-23T22:28:00.002-07:00

That's right. Don't mess with me. I gave someone one of these. That makes me cool.

Pictures, Hooray!!

2008-09-16T16:14:00.002-07:00

This is right outside the St. Louis temple. You know, just the usual mushy shots.

The cake. With funfetti. That's right, we had funfetti in our cake. It was the best cake ever!!

One last awesome picture. At least one of my favorites.

Labored Day Weekend

2008-09-02T09:42:00.002-07:00

Dearest friends, you are all great and sorry for not writing as much as we could. But let me give you a sum up of what is going on around the Sanchez household.

Last month at work was crap-tastic [Sorry M-I-L for using the word crap, I know I shouldn't]. But I was used and abused spackling, sanding, priming, painting, digging through rock, putting up fences and doing many of those things by myself when there should be at least two. Some of this was even done when I had a bogus thumb [I have an oblong bone in there that should be round]. Don't worry, my thumb is better however still sore.

Sister Eileen and family moved into Provo. It's nice having more family around and so close. Also, it's fun being asked to play Polly Pockets.

Anyways, for this weekend Krys' father was in West Jordan for the weekend helping Jason and CJ [Krys' sister and B-I-L] put wiring in their basement. So we spent a good portion of our weekend up there. I learned some of the wiring stuff and put up some blue boxes. It was quite the experience. Though I still feel awkward around my in-laws [no offense, I'm just not used to you guys yet], I am getting much better.

I am back in school again starting today. my schedule is going to pretty busy. Got my refereeing job again. So there's big change. And I feel weird around so many students. Anyways, I will try to convince ourselves to update more often. Love to you all.

PS- best Oregon license plate ever and I quote: "FOO POO". I almost wet myself reading that one.

Some funny crap or sayings

2008-08-10T16:32:00.000-07:00

"You dropped a satellite on a bunny?"
-Krys

"....Ireland is obviously Ireland...."
-Brando

"I was eating pie!"
bad guy in Paycheck

"I've been wearing some fruity soaps!"
-Pig Finn

Which reminds me, my soap has the pleasant aroma of yoghurt. And you all should watch Waking Ned Divine if only for the old man butt.

Dinosaur fan

2008-08-05T21:30:00.002-07:00

Just letting you all know that Krys and I are fine. We're working our butts off trying to pay for crap and taking care of ourselves. We got to see my sister Sally and her family when they passed through town. We've also attended a couple of weddings and gave awesome gifts and cards.

However, this post is mostly about me being a dinosaur nut. That and I just got addicted to Jurassic Fight Club on the History Channel. I guess you could say that I've liked dinosaurs since I small child. And after having read Jurassic Park and Lost World by Michael Crichton on several occasions the whole study of dinosauria fascinates me. I thoroughly enjoy learning about what these terrible lizards were capable of. Personal favorites are the T. Rex and Velociraptor. These animals rocked the house. I just learned some cool stuff about the tyranosaur. Apparently the rex used biological warfare and stuck together in family groups. Yeah, I'm a nut.

Also, here's a picture.

Pictures

2008-06-26T19:30:00.004-07:00

As my amazing hubby has mentioned, we did get our pictures and I finally got them loaded to our computer. I can't post a lot of them but I will try to post my favorite! (we are "borrowing" our neighbors internet so the connection is really slow until we get our own internet).

Well, as I try to load them they seem to take about an hour to load so I think I'll just post one or two at a time! Sorry!

Welcome to the LG

2008-06-13T20:39:00.002-07:00

Hey everybody!!! Krys and I are just hanging out in La Grande, Oregon right now. For me it's nice to see the old hometown. I'm really glad to get to see more of the family. We've been helping take care of all the babies that are around. It's been barrels of fun already.

For other news, Krys and I finally got our wedding pictures last night. They turned out really nice. Quite a few classy pictures. We'll soon be posting some on the website. You can also note that we are sometimes bums when it comes to posting. Yeah, we need to get better.

Anyways, we love you all. We look forward to seeing many of you at the receptions. Travel safe and don't do anything I wouldn't do. Yup.

I'm more Mexican

2008-06-04T18:59:00.002-07:00

Things are going well in suburbia New Yourk. [Or somewhere not anywhere near there] Recently I got a new job/internship at Precision Concrete Cutting where I will be learning about the business. So far I've mostly pulled a lot of weeds, fixed fence posts and shoveled near two tons of gravel. But the opportunity is good and I enjoy it so much more than the BCF. I'm glad I don't work retail anymore. Also, the job has been quite the workout. I've been sore for the past few days but I am hoping to be buff sometime soon. Another story: Krys actually scored me the job. Well, she emailed the my resume and I was offered to start the next day after the interview. We're awesome!

As for other stuff, our apartment is looking really good. In fact, it no longer looks like we're moving in. Krys has been mostly in charge of the decorating. Let's face it, she does have better taste than I do. I am looking forward to seeing everybody at the receptions soon. I'm totally excited to go back to Oregon for a few days. I think it will be nice to get all the planning and craziness done with. Plus it will be nice to have all the wedding presents. Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Carter for driving St. Louis presents come next week. Anyways, everyone is great and we love you all!!

I Do

2008-05-20T10:08:00.003-07:00

Thats true! We are married. It was all so amazing. For those of you who couldn't be there here is how our week went: during the week before the wedding there was a lot of finalizing plans and driving people around. Finally on Friday we got married at 1 in the afternoon. Afterwards we had a few pictures on the temple grounds. We were really lucky because it said it was going to rain all day then when we got out of the wedding it wasn't raining! After pictures with family and friends we were able to go with our photographer (Stacy) downtown and just take pictures of me and Felipe. We went to the jewel box and to art hill in downtown st. louis. I haven't seen the pictures yet but I know they are going to be amazing! That night we had a reception in the hotel ballroom at the Marriott. It was so beautiful. We left the next day to go to Cancun where we had quite the adventure. We got lost, sunburnt in downtown cancun, met an engaged italian who owned a sandwich shop, took a lot of busses, went to see some ruins, stepped on a few white sand crabs at night on the beach, and finally relaxed and had a great time. Now we are back in Provo, UT trying to unpack our box-full apartment while looking for furniture. It was all amazing and lets be honest here - I married the most amazing man in the world!

In St. Louis

2008-05-05T10:45:00.002-07:00

Well, here we are. Krys and I made it to St. Louis. Things are going well. This is how it's been this past week. Packing all of our stuff. I was homeless from April 25th until May 1st where most of my stuff was at Krys' for the time being. I had a pile packed almost to the ceiling. Not that I don't enjoy being a hobo it was nice to finally move into our new place. Which we moved all our stuff in on Thursday. We even got our kitchen and bathroom organized. Sweet! We then flew out to St. Louis that night with a stop over in the Atlanta. And my stummy has been wiggle-tastic the past few days. Don't worry, I'm all better now [at least as far as I know]. We're now just hanging out and running errands and getting stuff ready for the wedding on Friday. So all is good and I'm totally stoked.

Nothing better to do

2008-04-18T16:55:00.000-07:00

It was either this one or the one Sally did. I may do them both.

twenty years ago i...
1) Probably working on the coolest Kindergarten assignment ever: Drawing a vampire!!
2) Obsessed with Ghostbusters. I know, Andy Monahan's birthday party was so themed.
3) I think I swore for the first time

ten years ago i...
1) Just learning that I had potential running the open 400 meter sprint.
2) I was still wearing a U2 Lemon t-shirt that hideous orange shirt and Andy's pants. I was really not fashionable. No, really, even worse than I am now. It was bad.
3) I was a really, really, awkward boy. Not on purpose.

five years ago i...
1) Was convincing people to change religions and become "mormon"
2) Really excited to be returning to my homeland. [That would be the U.S.]
3) Finally figured out how to be the missionary I wanted to be.

three years ago i...
1) I was consistent in writing in my journal
2) Helping my roommate propose to his girlfriend. And yes, I was wearing Andy's matching leopard print pants/vest/bow tie outfit. I'm awesome
3) Avoiding specific people for very good reason.

one year ago i...
1) I was having several very serious conversations about eternity with a beautiful young woman.
2) I grew to dislike the general public
3) Getting back into school

so far this year i have...
1) Proposed. [Technically it was very, very late last year. Dec 15th]
2) Moved. Again. Back in with the boys. Glorious wastes of time
3) Rediscovered my love for Magic: The Gathering. I hate you James Meservy!!

yesterday i...
1) Bought toilet paper that won't give you rashes
2) Made some chicken enchiladas that are way tasty
3) Watched The Office with Krys

today i...
1) sold some books back to BYU
2) Took a final exam
3) will finish off those amazing chicken enchiladas

tomorrow i will...
1) go back to work for the BCF
2) probably hate my soul for going back to the BCF
3) think about studying but then ignore that thought

in the next year i will...
1) get into the major I want
2) travel. A lot
3) get my Christmas stocking from Mom and Dad's. I love that thing

That was me being bored. I hope you all doing well. Apparently people are getting wedding invitations now. I haven't seen them yet. From what I hear, they're awesome. Be good everyone.

We're getting married!

2008-03-31T07:19:00.002-07:00

We have officially bought our airline tickets to go to St. Louis so we can get married!!! Its going to be a crazy two days. We are moving into our new apartment all day on May 1st, then we leave provo at 11:30 pm and get to St. Louis the next day at 9 am! its going to be crazy but i'm very excited... I secretly wish i didn't have to wait the next 5-6 weeks!

movie to recommend

2008-03-22T20:48:00.002-07:00

Krys and I went to see this last night. She had seen it before. I hadn't and I'm a general fan of Disney. I must say it was quite ridiculous but nonetheless very enjoyable. The movie seemed to make fun of itself which I was very okay with that. I say watch this movie if you want some entertainment. Also, does anyone know where I can buy such a versatile squirrel? I would like to get one of those.

I'm a happy man

2008-03-06T14:38:00.003-07:00

I would just like to let everyone know how much I love Krys. Last weekend I had a killer temperature. Meaning it was insanely high and I was at the point to where I could hardly move. Krys took care of me the entire time. She is absolutely wonderful. Dear Krys, I appreciate you so much. Love, Felipe

Vote Now

2008-02-20T22:37:00.002-07:00

Dear Everybody who has fingers,

We are currently posting several pictures of us on this here blogspot. So, we would like all of you who read this thing to post comments and vote which one you guys like the best. Also, let us know if any of these would look better in black and white and whatnot. That would be lovely.

Sincerely,

Felipe and Krys

a good one and a goofy one

2008-02-20T17:09:00.002-07:00

One reason why I love Krys. She takes excellent care of me. It's true

one year indeed

2008-02-17T18:56:00.002-07:00

Dear Krys, I'm sorry that I was a bum on Valentine's Day. I am so happy that we are getting married soon. I love you with all of my heart and soul.

Love,

Felipe

Dear readers, I do not apologize the mushiness of this post.

Happy One Year

2008-02-17T16:31:00.003-07:00

Dear Felipe,

Happy One Year Anniversary Yesterday! I'm sorry I wasn't in Utah with you but I'll be home soon! I love you, I love you, I love you!

Love,

Krys

Some pics we like

2008-02-16T21:48:00.002-07:00

More will be added later. But these ones are excellent. Tell us what you think.

Engagement Picts

2008-01-28T08:12:00.000-07:00

This week has been very productive. We got our engagement pictures taken, although the light was not excellent some turned out great. We will try to post them here soon. (I'll make Felipe figure that out!) Also, I found my wedding dress and possible bridesmaids dresses. We are working out details on the cake and dresses for the nieces. We found what hotel we will be staying at in Playa del Carmen, but we haven't booked it yet, that will probably happen this week. There is still a lot to do but its coming along!

pic 3

2008-01-18T11:16:00.000-07:00

This one was in St. Louis Memorial Day weekend. I must say that was a fun trip. At the time we were just outside the Arch.

another favorite picture

2008-01-04T20:22:00.001-07:00

This is us two at the zoo. Aren't we so cute?

way excited

2008-01-03T23:17:00.000-07:00

The only thing that I really have to say is that I'm all kinds of excited about starting a new family life with Krys. We're starting to look into honeymoon destinations in the Cancún area. We may have a lot of stuff to take care of but I'm excited. Anyways, I love you Krys!!!

this is Krys' ring

2008-01-01T20:58:00.000-07:00

the progress

2008-01-01T20:39:00.000-07:00

We are getting hitched Friday, May the 9th in the year 2008