Christian and Ryann Hulme

sunshine

2012-02-15T17:52:00.000-08:00

Saturday breakfast:

I forgot how much I love to sleep in and then make breakfast!

Valentine's Day:

We decided to stay in for Valentine's Day. Christian really wanted Famous Dave's...but he got Not-So-Famous-Ryann's instead. Thanks to Denise, the appetizer was a hit! We named them "Spicy Piglets." Jalepeno peppers stuffed with crispy bacon and bubbly cheese. Christian loved them!

For dinner I made pulled pork, mashed reds and beans with bacon. It was bacon overload. Christian never gets it because I hate bacon so I don't buy it. But I wanted to make him something he loves. Plus, I left the chunks real big in the beans so I could easily pick it out and give it to him.

Instead of buying each other gifts, Christian purchased us a combined gift. And I'm so so excited for what it is. Are you ready?

He got me...well us...tickets to go see...

EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS! I'm so excited I could cry.

PS, I shouldn't have bragged about the amazing weather last time. It's been freezing the last two days. Where did the sunshine go?

boat dock

2012-02-12T07:43:00.000-08:00

We needed out last night. So we picked up some In-N-Out and headed to the boat docks. Tempe Town Lake is so magical at night, even if the water smells like a dumpster.

PS, did I mention it was 77 degrees yesterday? Cause it was.

duck pond

2012-02-05T19:06:00.000-08:00

I really enjoy our Sunday bike rides. Even if today's was a bit on the chilly side.

An ode to the Fry

2012-01-23T09:32:00.000-08:00

This is Fry...

She works very hard as a clerk at an elementary school, a softball coach and a TA for a communication class.

The girls really look up to her.

Sometimes she likes to dance.

She's a really good cook.

She always looks pretty.

Sometimes she gets scared.

Ryann makes me happy.

Thanks for everything you do. I love you!

King of the Mountain

2012-01-21T20:31:00.000-08:00

After my softball game, Christian and I hiked "A" mountain. Funny...I'm pretty sure I once said I'd never go on a hike again. But I did it! I made it. It was really, really steep, my thighs were on fire, I huffed and puffed, but I made it. Is it ridiculous that I'm bragging about making it up "A" mountain when hundreds of people RUN up it daily?

Do you see what's spray painted below my feet?

Chris and Ryan were here? Weird huh.

Here's a group project Christian has been working on:

On the streets of Tempe

2012-01-08T19:55:00.000-08:00

This weekend was lovely. It was around 75 degrees. On Saturday, we went downtown Phoenix to the library. After, we drove around and looked at old houses. I love all the lemon and orange trees here. When we get a house, I want our backyard filled with them.

I got a check from BYU-Idaho. We're not 100% sure why...we think it was left over scholarship money. But since the weather was beautiful yesterday, I knew where I wanted to spend my money. So we headed to the bike shop. 3 bike shops to be exact.

The first shop was full of bikes...but the only girl bikes were overpriced beach cruisers. I don't know why, I just don't like beach cruisers. Maybe it's the fact that the seats on beach cruisers are humungous and I don't like to be reminded that my ace really IS that big.

The second store we went to mostly had mountain bikes. I hate mountain bikes. They're too complex for me. And listening to the clicking and clacking of gear changing makes me feel like I'm breaking the bike. Plus, they're ugly. They always come in the ugliest color combinations. It's like the bikes are saying, "Hey there! You must be a nature girl. That means you like ugly things. Pick me!"

Things were starting to look up at the third store. The first thing we noticed was that they carried small bikes. Do you know how hard it is to find a size small, women's bike? After some searching....drumroll please....

...I am now the proud owner of a black, single-speed bicycle. It's perfect. It's simple, a good color, good price, and is small.

We went on a very long bike ride last night to break her in. Then, today after church, we went on another bike ride.

Happy New Year

2012-01-01T11:01:00.000-08:00

Ringing in the new year with cider & doughnuts.

Christmas 2011

2011-12-31T19:08:00.000-08:00

Christmas in Colorado...

It included lots of eating.

Lots of laying around.

And lots of dancing.

Christmas Eve 2011

2011-12-26T09:53:00.000-08:00

We're in Colorado this year with the Hulme's. On Christmas Eve, we went to the Trail of Lights. It was so fun! But very, very cold. I couldn't feel my feet or legs by the end of it. We went to Chinese after which is a Hulme tradition.

Early Christmas

2011-12-20T18:35:00.000-08:00

We leave for Colorado tomorrow morning, so Christian and I had our own little Christmas tonight. I didn't feel like packing extra stuff just to bring it back again. It was very fun! I got him a guitar game and he got me clothes.

Off to pack...I'm hoping I don't freeze to death.

that one time I realized I wouldn't make a very good mother

2011-12-09T15:07:00.000-08:00

Soooo,
last weekend, we got to be parents while Steph ran a marathon in Vegas. All was going well on Saturday...and then it happened. The baby pooped. Who knew that babies pooped? Not me.

Solution?

Change her diaper!

I'm a little embarrassed to say, one whiff of that doodie and I started gagging til my eyes were watering. That's when I realized I probably won't make a very good mother. But Christian changed all the poopy diapers last weekend. So he'll make a great dad. Together we'll make success. I'll just shut our kids in their bedrooms until Christian is done with work, and then when he opens the door and the smell knocks him out, I'll just say, "What? Oh. He/She must have JUST pooped."

Other than that, we had a fun weekend with the girls! We went to school, the park, watched lots of movies, played lots of hide and seek and had lots of giggles.

Thanksgiving

2011-11-25T14:56:00.000-08:00

We had a fun Thanksgiving. We stayed in AZ and had dinner at Steph & Tyler's. We ate so much! The food was delicious. We also had lots of fun playing with the girls all day. We didn't do any black friday shopping this year, thank goodness. Unless you count a trip to Utrecht to buy architecture model-supplies.

An ode to the Bevan's

2011-11-13T08:56:00.000-08:00

Last weekend was the best weekend ever. Why? Because the Bevan's where here! They drove all the way from Rexburg, ID just to see us! Okay...well they had important things to do in AZ that didn't involve us. But still. They were here. It was so fun to see them!

We went out to eat, shopped, pretended we were rich while looking at houses, and laughed all weekend. My abs hurt a few days later :) I always get a good workout when we see the Bevan's. We miss our best friends and we hope we'll see them again soon! Side note from the picture, I AM wearing a shirt. I thought it was peach when I bought it. Turns out, it's more of a nude tone. Okay, okay I lied. I just enjoy eating dinner naked.

In case you're wondering, "Who are these cool people?" I'll answer that with this Bevan-Hulme timeline.

SUMMER 2008: Danielle and Ryann are on the same volleyball team at BYU-I. They fall in love...with each other.

FALL 2008: The friendship deal is sealed between Danielle & Ryann after a night of cookies & laughter.

SPRING 2009: Christian & Ryann get married.

SUMMER 2009: Danielle visits Christian and Ryann in their dumpy apartment. She brings along a fellow named Jordan, who happens to be wearing a money shirt. Christian talks about the "awesome money shirt" and knows he's gonna like this Jordan character.

FALL 2009: Danielle & Jordan become the Bevan's.

SPRING 2010: Bevan's help Hulme's move into new apartment right across the street. For the next 365 days, the Bevan's & Hulme's become inseparable. We discover that Christian & Jordan are actually twins separated at birth, and Danielle & Ryann have developed telepathic minds that enable them to think the same thoughts, and communicate without speaking.

It was a sad, sad day in 2011 when we moved away. But, someday, we will be reunited forever, whether they like it or not...muahahahahahaha.

Big gulps, eh? Welp. See ya later!

winners

2011-10-16T09:48:00.000-07:00

Here is Christian's finished model.

A few months ago, Christian made a wallet out of Tyvek (one of those tear-proof mailing envelopes) It was pretty cool and he got lots of compliments on it. This weekend, he wanted to make a better one. So he did:

Pretty cool huh? He drew on it with Sharpies and sewed it instead of taping it this time. I want him to make me one. Now, I just need to find a cool design.

Currently, it's Monopoly time at McDonald's and we are obsessed. Christian's friends at school even give us their games pieces because they know about our little addiction. We love having an excuse to grab a Coke from McDonald's everyday. Plus, we're really, really close to winning some BIG prizes.

we're still alive

2011-10-09T19:22:00.000-07:00

We celebrated my birthday last week. For the last 3 years, I've been watching the same infomercial. I know it's weird, but I just couldn't take my eyes off it. I'd watch it over and over and think, "one day I'll buy that." It was for Wen hair care. (I bet you were all thinking I wanted those Pajama Jeans, huh?) Anyway, for my birthday, Stacy got me (along with lots of other great stuff) a bottle of the Wen shampoo/conditioner. AND this wasn't just any kind of Wen. It's the Fall Ginger Pumpkin Wen. It smells so good, I'm tempted to taste it every time I shower. So now not only does my hair look and feel delicious, but it smells delicious too! Now I can proudly say, "I'm Ryann Hulme...and I'm a Wen girl." Click HERE if you have no idea what I'm talking about. It was a very fun birthday!

I love Halloween. Some might even say I'm obsessed with it. Talking with my sister in law Steph tonight, I realized it's the only holiday I really decorate for. I've always loved it. I was so excited to decorate for it this year because I started early on a few projects. My sister Denise sent me a whole box of great decorations for my birthday.

My simple wreathe. One of my bats was not cooperating.

This banner was so fun to make!

Christian has been very busy this week working on a big project. He had to design a house that also includes two offices for a client and then build a model of it. He is almost finished and has done a really great job on it. Look at the details in the kitchen portion! Amazing.

icky love stuffs

2011-09-27T18:52:00.000-07:00

Lately, I've been receiving the same question over and over at school & work: "Why are you married?" Followed by, "You're so young." For the most part, everyone has finished the conversation with a positive outlook, but I think that's because of how I answer their questions. It's easy for me to tell them the truth; I love being married to my best friend. I love having someone that I support and someone that in turn supports me. It's awesome going home to your favorite person.

I'm really happy about where Christian and I are at in our lives.

I love that I have a husband who likes being on this never-ending adventure. Now don't get me wrong, I love where I grew up and I love going home, however; it is NOT the place for me live the rest of my life. We've lived in 5 different apartments/houses since we've been married, including 3 different states: Idaho, Colorado, Arizona. I need busy. I need people. I need city. And I'm so thankful that Christian feels the same way. Seriously though, we love going home; whether it be Oregon or Colorado. But we're excited to establish our own roots.

We're really happy that it's just us right now. We'll be so happy and excited when we do start having kids, but for right now, we like just having each other. We love jumping in the pickup at 11:45 at night just to go for a drive with the windows down, listening to music...Or buying tickets at 6pm, SPRINTING to the light rail just in time to make it downtown Phoenix for the 6:40 game. And going to see our favorite bands live, even though we're deaf for the next 24 hours...Or trudging through the snow (when we were in Idaho of course) in the middle of the night after spending hours at the Bevans.

I love that Christian doesn't expect me to be a stay-at-home-wife right now. He's supporting me 100% about earning my degree and later using it for a professional career. Even if I don't want to work once we have children, he will never view my degree as waste because it's important to both of us.

I'm so thankful that Christian wasn't satisfied with only earning his Bachelor's degree. It shows me how passionate and hard working he is. Even though Graduate school requires many hours to be put in, I know that he will be a successful architect and will be rewarded for going the extra mile to learn as much as possible. (Haha, he just walked in and was mad that he got 133% on a test when he could've got 135%...he earned almost ALL of the bonus points.)

I'm not saying that people "settle" when they move home, or that they're boring once they have kids, or that they're dumb when the don't get degrees. Everyone's situation is different and each person needs something specific for them. I'm just saying that right now, I'm just really, really happy about where we are in life and the decisions we've made to get here.

technically famous

2011-09-10T09:18:00.000-07:00

Did you see us on TV last night? What? Really? You didn't? Well...we were on it. Maybe. Last night we were in the 9th row at the Diamond Backs game, just past 1st base. I got us really cheap and fantastic seats through my school district. We had a blast. They won, and Upton even hit a homer! We danced and jumped and screamed the whole game. Of course we ate hotdogs & peanuts. It wouldn't be a baseball game without em'. After the game, they opened up the roof and the side-panels and had a fireworks show. It was a really fun date night.

Labor Day Weekend

2011-09-06T18:14:00.001-07:00

We met the Hulme side in Tucson for the weekend. It was so much fun! Most of the time, we stayed at the house and swam, ate, or played games.

On Saturday we went to see "Mission San Xavier del Bac," an old catholic church.

It got pretty hot in there...that Holy Water was looking mighty tempting.

Sunday, the guys went to the Biosphere...*cough* crickets chirping....yep...I don't know anything about it so you'll have to ask Christian.

Since the whole family was together, we celebrated all the September birthdays; Scott #22 Finley #1 and Me #23.

Our family is awesome.

a week with my Mom

2011-08-12T09:13:00.000-07:00

I'm awful. It's been almost a month since I updated, yet I bug my friends about not updating? (Example: Taylor) Yeah. Oops. Forgive me.

Christian finished his first semester of Grad School! He did great and he loves it. Last Friday, my Mom and Annie got here. We've had a really fun week with them, but I didn't take very many pictures.

We shopped everyday, and ate out at all the good places. My Mom spoiled us with lots of groceries and things we don't need. We love our new bed set momma!

Sunday we drove out to Buckeye. My mom wanted to see if the house we used to live in was still there...

....nope. It was gone.

On Monday, we sewed some pillows for the living room. They were fun and easy and look cute on the somewhat boring couch.

On Wednesday, we went to the pool with Steph and the kids. Christian had lots of fun with Eliot.

Thursday, we had Scott with us and we went shopping in Scottsdale. I had fun picking out all of Annie's school clothes. For lunch we went to Lolo's Chicken & Waffles. Mmmmmm. Later that day, I finally did it. I mastered the art of bread making. It's delicious but takes up a ton of time.

HA! This picture makes me laugh. It's one of those weird self timer pictures of everyone only because I forgot to take pictures the whole week.

My Mom and Annie left for Oregon early this morning. I'm so sad already...but we had so much fun. Did I mention that she drove? Yeah, 17 hours in the car to see us. I love when I get to see my Mom. She's the best.

a birthday

2011-07-17T09:19:00.000-07:00

Christian had his 26th birthday on Friday. We had so much fun celebrating with his family. Friday night we had dinner at Famous Dave's. That's only the 2nd time we've eaten there, but it's definitely one of our favorites!

After dinner, he opened presents at our place.

Eliot decorating herself for the party!

Fin helping with the presents.

And it can't be a party until we've teased the baby a little bit.

She loved it. Okay, not really. But it IS monsoon season, so we're actually just helping her.

Instead of birthday cake, I made Asphalt Pie. Mine didn't look as pretty as this, so we'll just pretend. It tasted even better than Winger's though!

Rocking some of his new gifts. Check out his sweet shoes from Stacy!

Christian is awesome. He is perfect for me. He is very, very funny and can always make me laugh and smile. This was his 4th birthday we've spent together and we look forward to many more. Happy Birthday Christian!

the weekend

2011-07-05T16:53:00.000-07:00

SATURDAY:
We had a great weekend! On Saturday, we went to an awesome fish store. Someday we want a tank full of clown fish.

Then we drove around and stopped wherever we pleased. I wanted to stop at the "On Auk Mor Trading Center" in Scottsdale. I was thinking it would be something cool...like a trading post for furs...or fine jewels. I was thoroughly disappointed. It was nothing more than a boring old indian smoke shop. I hate when that happens. But at least the outside of the building was cool to look at.

Then we drove through a really fancy neighborhood in Scottsdale and looked at hou$e$/man$ion$. We thought about buying this lil' beauty...but the 3 guest houses are still under construction so it might be a few months. And yes, there are really 3 guest houses that come with this.
Half of the front view:

Other half of the front view:

Side view:

So perhaps this house will do in the meantime:

Later Saturday night, we got pizza and rented a movie, and then watched fireworks downtown Mesa from the back of our pickup.

MONDAY:
We had so much fun celebrating the 4th of July yesterday! Christian made a great friend in his architecture program so we got together with him and his wife and their 2 boys. We went swimming, had a fantastic bbq, and then went to the fireworks in Chandler.

With my American Doughnut:

Christian with his new best friend:

The fireworks were so good! But we all decided they would've been better with music.

we used to share a bunk-bed

2011-06-24T11:31:00.000-07:00

Carissa came to town. I love her. Hopefully we'll get to hang out again soon (husband's included) when they travel through in August.

City Folk

2011-06-21T22:20:00.000-07:00

Last night Christian taught me how to ride the light rail. We rode it downtown and back. He taught me because I had an interview this morning downtown and I wasn't sure how to get there by train.

Sooooo....

This morning, all by myself, I walked to the train station.

Put in my card.

Waited for ticket to print...what?? Card rejected? This can't be right. Tried again. Rejected. Take 3? Rejected.

The train then announced, (yes..the train can talk) "Leaving in 1 minute." Curse words. Now I'm freaking out. I called Christian twice. He didn't answer. So I screamed (quietly...but kind of loud) "Answer your damn phone Christian!" Then he called back. "Calm down Ryann. Try the other machine." Tried it. Ticket printing.

Sigh...that was a close one...ohhhh shizballs. The train is now leaving. Hurry and print you stupid ticket machine. Now with tears running down my face, or maybe it was just sweat, I blubbered "The train is gone now! I'm going to be late for my interview!"

At some point I even think I said, "I'm losing it Christian! I can't keep it together!"

Christian said, get on the other train. The one on the other side of the platform. It goes to the same place and leaves in 5 minutes. This is just one reason I like him so much. He's ALWAYS calm no matter how stressful the situation.

So I got on and 2 stops later, guess who jumped on? Christian did! He was on his way to school and quickly rode his bike to the next stop to get on with me.

He jumped off at school and I continued on my journey. From there, everything went great. And I didn't even have problems coming home!

I love the light rail now. It's fabulous and I don't have to worry about parking. And a summer pass is only $25! Woohoo. I'm really liking this city stuff.

OH, and PS, don't sit backward on the light rail. When I got to my interview, I almost barfed.

Christian the Architect

2011-06-09T11:57:00.000-07:00

This week, Christian had to make a nature sculpture after learning about artist, Andy Goldsworthy. Christian couldn't use anything except things found in his assigned area. I tagged along with Christian to take photos and look out for rattle snakes. The only animal I saw was that dumb bird that kept squawking at me thinking I was there to steal its eggs.

Christian in the zone.

The finished product.

I was trying to air out my armpits...but I got caught. I tought he was busy taking pictures of his sculpture.

Here are some examples of Andy Goldsworthy's work:

the new place in az

2011-06-02T10:41:00.000-07:00

We have been living in Arizona now for about 2 weeks, and we love it! Christian started school on Tuesday and goes M-F 8:15-5:30. Did I mention there's only 3 classes? Yeah, it's pretty intense, but he's loving it. I'm just searching for a job and still unpacking the new apartment. My family has been down my back wanting to see the new place so here it is.

Walking in the front door:

Off to the right is the kitchen. I didn't feel like cleaning just for the picture, sorry.

To the side of the kitchen is a huge pantry room that also has our washer and dryer in it.

The living room. We have a little patio/deck area right off the living room. Someday I'll put some cute furniture out there. I LOVE that we're able to paint in this complex. So we painted the living room walls. It's a really cute grey that makes it feel nice and cool inside.

I love my grey stripe wall!

Close-ups of things in the living room.

The newly repainted tv stand with beautiful knobs:

My teapot lamp. Doug & Stacy helped me make it and I love it.

Master bedroom with master bath attached.

Guest bathroom. Pictures of the guest bedroom coming soon. Well...once I unpack it.

As you can see, I have a lot of things left to do. And even though it's a little dated, we are really enjoying it here.

Birthday

2011-05-05T15:50:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday it was Vince's 3rd Birthday, so we went to Crane and stayed the night.

Vince with his Toy Story birthday stuff.

We had so much fun playing with Vince and McKee.
We ate lots of treats, played with sidewalk chalk, and rode the mini "gator." Vince has no fear driving that thing.

All McKee wanted to do was let go of the balloons, say "uh-oh!" and then have Christian lift him up to get them.

The boys watching a movie after a long day of playing.

Bevhulm's.

2011-04-15T09:15:00.000-07:00

Once upon a time,

There was a socially retarded couple named the Hulme's. They didn't like to talk or look at other people. Not because they're mean, they were just shy and didn't know how to make friends.

Then one day, a couple named the Bevan's helped the Hulme's moved into their new apartment in Rexburg. Then....something magical happened. They became best friends. They became, the "Bevhulm's." They did everything together. They even got family pictures together.

And then, like always, there was a family fight.

Now the Hulme's are moving to Arizona while the Bevan's are in Rexburg for one more year. Then, the Bevan's will be moving...possibly (and hopefully) to Arizona. Either way, they will remain best friends forever.

The. End.

He did it!

2011-04-14T16:06:00.001-07:00

Christian graduated on Saturday! Mom Bowns came and Mom & Dad Hulme came. It was fun and we are all so proud of him!

Christian loved his architecture teachers at BYU-I. Brother Huish, Jensen, and Barker were his favorites and helped him with grad school stuff. Brother Huish always talked about attending grad school at ASU and got Christian really interested in their program. He wrote Christian a great recommendation letter and was so excited for him when he got accepted.
Brother Huish:

Brother Barker:

Brother Jensen:

Actually, we BOTH graduated.

Reunion

2011-04-06T20:53:00.000-07:00

Way back in the summer of 2007, I started school here at BYU-Idaho. I was accepted into the "Freshman Academy" program. So for my first 7 or so weeks of college, I was put into a group of 22 (I think!) Freshman. We all had the same schedule and classes, and the 11 girls lived together and the 11 boys lived together. It was the best choice I've probably ever made. I had a blast in the program! I met my best friends there. And tonight, a few of us got to have a reunion. Some of the people are still on missions or living in other states. It was a small group, but so fun to catch up!

This is our original group minus Angelique & Brent:

Craigo's oreo pizza is soooooooooo good:

Alex, Mel & Madison:

Isn't Madison the cutest!?

This is everyone that came. Casey, Alex, Melanie, Me, Carissa. I know I'm making a dumb face, but I had Carissa hair in my mouth and face. Yes, Alex & Mel were both in the group and now they're married and have Madison! So cute huh! Keith showed up too but left before the picture was taken.

Officially Official

2011-03-30T09:49:00.000-07:00

Soooooooooo,

Christian has officially accepted the offer to attend Arizona State University! He starts May 31st. We move down to Tempe area May 15th. And here's our new apartment! It's a 2 bed 2 bath, with full size washer/dryer, and 2 outdoor spaces! One is right off the front door, and the other is a deck off one of the bedrooms. And there are 3 swimming pools on the grounds! We're 2.5 miles from campus and right on the Light Rail.

Living room. Yes, that's a fireplace. Sure we get one in Arizona...but not freezing Idaho? Whhhhaaaaaaaaat?

A bedroom. It's hard to see the size from the picture, but they're both good sizes.

The bathrooms are both pretty small, but it'll be nice for guests to have their own.

The kitchen. Sorry it's sideways...this computer won't let me change it. The kitchen goes deeper to the right and that's where the washer and dryer are.

I didn't take any pictures of all the closets but they're awesome. So much space for storage.

Denise, Ulie & I drove to Arizona last week to find an apartment. It was successful as you can see. We did lots of fun things on the way there and back. My favorite part was measuring all the windows of our new apartment, and then picking out all my fabrics for new curtains. We got the fabric at a cheap fabric store in AZ. After graduation we're headed to my parents for a few weeks so I can get all my curtains/decor made so it's ready when we move in!

good for the belly

2011-03-17T11:37:00.000-07:00

Christian and I love cupcakes and we especially love to get them with the Bevans. Our place of choice...well, our ONLY choice in Rexburg is The Cocoa Bean Cupcake Cafe. Christian loves the Oreo cupcake and I love the Coconut Lime. They are the best cupcakes in the world...so we thought.

Well, the Bevans made a quick trip to Utah and brought us back a very special treat. Cupcakes from The Sweet Tooth Fairy. I've heard and read many, many things about The Sweet Tooth Fairy. The cupcakes looked delicious but I was a little skeptical. They bought Christian an Oreo cupcake, and myself a Toasted Coconut cupcake. Before we left the Bevans house, Christian ate his cupcake...because he couldn't wait.

Ry: "How is it?"
Christian: "This kicks Cupcake Cafe's trash! I'm usually all about the frosting, but the cake part is sooo good! And the frosting is really good too!"

So after we got home last night, I decided to eat mine too. I told Christian, "Let's pretend you are on 'Cupcake Wars' and I'm the judge." I smelled and examined the cupcake and then took a bite.

I actually got goose bumps up and down my arms. I looked at Christian and said, "This is THEEEEE best cupcake I have EVER had!" It totally beat the Cocoa Beans' cupcakes hands down.

Don't they look so yummy? Thank you Danielle & Jordan!

6

2011-02-28T15:34:00.000-08:00

6 is a good number.
You can buy beverages in a 6-pack.

Hello? My abs? Well...okay, maybe not quite a 6-pack, but let's pretend.
The 25 cent gum packs now have 6 pieces instead of 5...(unless that's just a campus thing?)
A small carton of eggs has 6.

Oh, and we only have 6 weeks left in Rexburg, Idaho.
I should shout it from the roof tops.
6 weeks until Christian graduates!

Only 6 more weeks of cold, snow, bitterness, and negative temperatures!

In case you haven't heard...

2011-02-22T11:45:00.000-08:00

Last week Christian was accepted into the 3+ Masters of Architecture program at Arizona State University!

I was at my parents house in Oregon when he recieved the news in Rexburg. He called me screaming with excitement. He's worked very hard to get in and I'm so proud of him!

Valentine's Weekend

2011-02-15T10:23:00.000-08:00

We've been celebrating Valentine's day all month so far. I've been making lots of decorations that will probably stay up for a while. On Saturday we hosted a party with with two other married couples. We had great food, treats, chocolate fondue, games, and lots of belly-hurting-laughter. We had a very entertaining valentine exchange and stayed up way too late.

For Valentine's Day, I cooked a "fancy" dinner. I let Christian choose whatever he wanted. So we had shrimp scampi, garlic bread, salad and "cupcake cafe" cupcakes. It was fun to just be at home with Christian. He got me lots of new kitchen things I've been wanting like a pastry blender and a new can opener. I made him a canvas with some wedding pictures and bought him a giant hershey's kiss. He ate most of it in one bite. I love Christian. He's my best friend and we laugh about everything and always have fun together.

another project

2011-02-03T09:39:00.000-08:00

Inspired by my friend Taylor, my living room shelf now looks like this:

Thanks for the cute ideas Taylor! Keep em' comin.

February

2011-02-01T11:42:00.000-08:00

Since I still don't have a job, nor do I go to school, all I've been wanting to do is make stuff for Valentine's Day. I've been trying to use things that I already have so I'm not spending money.

So far, I've been able to make a wreath:

I re-covered my "love" blocks Stacy gave me:

I decorated some plain $1 candles from Winco. The base they're sitting on is a chunk of styrofoam from something we purchased a long time ago. I just painted it pink and added some ribbon:

My favorite project was making my countdown calendar on the back of a baking sheet that's been sitting in a box for 2 years. The giant red sparkly heart is a magnet that marks which day we're on:

This REALLY happened

2011-01-28T09:57:00.000-08:00

Dear Mythbusters,

Remember that episode where you said it was IMPOSSIBLE to shoot an arrow directly into the back of another arrow?

You need to meet my husband. Christian Hulme aka Robin Hood.

He did it in his archery class last week. When he came home he told me, "Glen (brother-in-law) is going to be so proud of me!"

Impressive, huh?

Feeling sick

2011-01-19T10:20:00.000-08:00

I really don't like this waiting game. Christian finished his grad school applications and now we do the hardest part... we wait. "Where are we going? Where are we going to live? How are we supposed to find housing in a few weeks? How will we move all of our stuff?" It's all I think about all day, everyday. I get sick to my stomach because I have no idea where we're going. We'd like to think we're going to Arizona...but we have to wait and see.

He's applied to:

Arizona State University (4 weeks til we hear)

University of Utah (6-8 weeks)

CalPoly Pamona (6-8 weeks)

University of Oregon (6-8 weeks)

Colorado University Denver (Not sure...probably 6-8 weeks)

Someone please give me some heavy meds to keep my anxiety under control. I just want to know. Even if it's a NO from Arizona, at least I know and I don't have to continue to guess. But we really hope it's a YES.

Did you celebrate?

2011-01-15T08:40:00.000-08:00

We did.

It's a big deal.
So we celebrated.
We had pastrami sandwiches.
We watched a slide show all about pastrami.
We watched a video on how to properly carve pastrami.
It was a fantastic day.
I feel really sorry for those who didn't celebrate.

Christmas!

2011-01-13T13:27:00.000-08:00

We went to Colorado for Christmas this year. We waited to celebrate Christmas though because Scott came home from his mission on December 29th so we did Christmas on December 30th. Seph's family was there too so we had so much fun with the whole family. It hadn't snowed yet in Colorado until the morning of our Christmas celebration. I'm not sure if that was a good or a bad thing. I'm not a fan of the snow, however, on Christmas I might be okay with that. It was so fun to watch Eliot open her presents. The first one she grabbed she walked around the living room saying, "I wonder what it could be!"

And she loved the snow!

We love this baby!

We got spoiled on Christmas. We got clothes, movies, gift cards and tons of other great stuff. I got new dishes which I love. They're super cute. Christian got the Harry Potter series.

Christian got me this great trunk for Christmas. I love it!

After I took the paper bow off, he kept telling me to open it for another suprise. He decopaged a huge picture of us on the inside and wrote a big message onto the wood. It was so special. I'm one lucky girl. But I didn't like the fact that it made me cry like a baby in front of his family on Christmas.

Oh! And my parents got us a flip camera. It's so much fun! I'll post video later!
ALSO, while in Colorado we took Hulme family pictures. I'll post those too when we get them!

Christmas Eve

2011-01-13T08:27:00.000-08:00

I'm really behind but here's my post from Christmas Eve.

We were in Colorado for Christmas this year. On Christmas Eve, we went with Doug & Stacy to the Trail of Lights. It was really cool. We got to walk around and see lots of pretty christmas lights. They even had some tree houses designed by local architects that Christian really enjoyed.

halleluiah

2010-12-15T18:31:00.000-08:00

It's over.
It's really over.
Fall semester 2010.
Done.
Finished.
We're excited to get our grades back.
Christian is passed out on the couch.
Perhaps I'll organize my cupboards.
Or ogranize my scrapbooking station.
Things I've abandoned all semester.
Time to breathe.
See you Saturday COLORADO.

future plans

2010-12-11T08:32:00.000-08:00

Lately my comm teachers have been talking to me about my future. They're too nice to me and have given me great confidence boosts! Currently my emphasis is Broadcasting, but I'd like to study Journalism. Especially after what my teachers have told me. I'm going to brag a bit here now.
Bro. B-Comm Department Chair- My favorite teacher ever! Bro B. told me: You can never stop writing. It would be such a waste of talent if you stopped. He also told me I should start freelance writing and that he expects a book/novel from me someday. He has given me full credit for multiple writing assignments this semester. I love his classes and how much he teaches me. I'm sad this is my last semester at BYU-Idaho, but I know where I want to go and what I want to do.

If Christian gets in to here (ASU):

I'll HOPEFULLY be going here:

THE WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION in downtown Phoenix.

I really hope Christian gets in to ASU, because I love going to school. I may complain at times and be stressed out, but I love what I'm studying. And I would love to go to the Cronkite school. I still love the Broadcasting field and at the Cronkite school I'd get to focus on Journalism but still get to learn about broadcasting and mass media stuff.

wish him luck...

2010-12-03T08:50:00.000-08:00

Christian is on his way to Logan Utah right now to take the GRE.
He has been studying and preparing for this test since September.
He took a prep course this semester.
Most days he'd have regular classes:7:45-3, work 3-6, GRE class 6-10:30.
He is a faithful student and has put in so many hours.
This test will help determine which grad schools he gets into which in turn determines where we'll live for the next 6 (at least) years starting in April.
I know he will rock the exam.
Say a quick prayer for him and wish him luck!
He starts at NOON today!
(Also, pray that the roads stay clean so he can get back home tonight!)

Thanksgiving Break

2010-11-30T19:08:00.000-08:00

We had a really fun Thanksgiving break. Well...if you could call it a break for Christian. He did homework most of the time. We first spent some time in Oregon with my family. Then we flew to Arizona for a wedding and to see Christian's sister and her family. I obviously didn't take enough pictures during the break!

We had so much fun at Carissa and Fielding's wedding! We got to the Mesa temple and I had to change into my bridesmaid dress in the parking lot. The weather was perfect! It was about 75 degrees and beautiful. After the sealing I got to help Carissa get ready in the bride's room. I'm so glad I got to do that! She was the most beautiful bride. All the old ladies in the temple kept talking about her! She is my best girl friend and I'm so excited to get to know her husband better once they move back to school. Later at their reception they had a short ring ceremony, great food, and lots of dancing. That was the first time Christian and I have EVER danced and we had a blast. They through balloons on the dance floor and we had to hit them in the air. My arms were so sore the next two days from hitting balloons. Pathetic? Yeah...but I don't like to excercise so I'm fine with wimpy sore arms.

it's that time of year again...

2010-11-10T08:05:00.001-08:00

It's been snowing like crazy the last few days. On Monday we got about 4 inches of snow, and this morning we've already got a few inches and it's still coming down. I do not like the snow, however, it reminds me of the holidays and how much I love Christmas. I've been listening to Christmas music and have drug Christian to walmart multiple times to look at trees and lights...no luck yet in bringing one home.
I'm also excited to start making some Christmas decorations. My favorite, the JOY canvas.

Last year I told my sister Denise that I would make her one and I never did. So Denise, you'll get yours during Thanksgiving. I PROMISE.

a very happy halloween

2010-10-30T08:39:00.001-07:00

Last night we got dressed up and went to the annual Halloween Orchestra concert on campus. It was so much fun! We went with the Nerdy Bevans. We dressed up as Mario and Luigi. It was hard to not laugh at Danielle & Jordan when they came over. Every time we laughed our mustaches would start falling off. After the concert, we went to G's Dairy for treats and came back to our apartment. I love Halloween.

pumpkins

2010-10-24T20:33:00.000-07:00

I love Halloween! To start the festivities, I made a batch of my favorite Sugar Cookie Pumpkins. The frosting is orange kool aid frosting. Delicious.

Tonight, the Bevan's had us over for dinner. After, we carved pumpkins and of course ate the toasted pumpkin seeds.
Christian hard at work carving his pumpkin.

Jordan's pumpkin was pooping.

My finished pumpkin! It's supposed to be Jack Skellington from "The Nightmare Before Christmas."

The finished pumpkins. I did Jack, Christian did Mario (which is so awesome!!!) and Jordan did a scary face.

Christian is so amazing! Mario would be proud.

Hooray for halloween!

Ryann sounds like a boys name...

2010-10-22T21:18:00.001-07:00

This semester, I'm in the advanced media writing class with my favorite teacher Bro. B. One of our assignments this semester is to blog everyday. He provides us with daily prompts, and we have to put in 15 minutes of writing. I found my class blog for today was worthy for a re-post to this blog.

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Prompt:"If you wrote the movie of your life, which actor would play you, and why?"

Blog answer: Well, I'd have to choose an actor that has freckles, a bowlcut, and is probably a boy. That's because growing up, I looked like a boy.

I always had (and yes, wanted, and pleaded) a boy hair cut. People use to tell me how cute of a boy I was, and my mom would say, "No...Ryann's a girl." Thanks for the boys name too Mom, that really seemed to help the situation.

Almost all of my clothes came from the little boys section at Gap. I would get shirts that said football or basketball on them. And hideous cargo pants that zipped off at different lenghts.

I loved getting new Nikes at the beginning of each school year. On recess, the girls would be cheerleaders and the boys played football. I of course, would play football. I didn't have many girl friends.

In 4th grade when all the girls thought wearing a bra was cool, I told them, "You're all stupid. And you don't even have boobs yet." Then they told me I was a boy. I didn't care though. Cause I had lots of boy friends to back me up.

Sometimes when I'd wake up, my face looked like one giant freckle. I was covered. At some point they started to disappear. I still have some, they're just not as noticeable on my face anymore.

Finally in 6th grade, I started dressing more like a girl. I still played sports with the boys, but at least I looked like a girl. And I grew my hair out. What was wrong with me? And worse, what was wrong with my mother?
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I'm in the middle. On the left is cousin Chels, on the right is cousin Genniel. I should also let you know, Chelsey also had boy haircuts. We always did what the other one did or thought was cool. That's why I love her so much.

I apologize for the short paragraphs that might be annoying to you to read. But I can't help it anymore. I've been transformed into a broadcast-journalist-newswriting-maniac. And. I. Love. It.

a much needed update

2010-10-18T20:57:00.000-07:00

We celebrated my 22nd Birthday a few weeks ago. It was so great! Christian got me a certificate for a real message! I'm so excited to use it! My sister Stevie made me a cute scarf and apron, and my sister Denise made me a scarf, bracelet and necklace. My MIL Stacy spoiled me! She gave me a candle, sewing stuff, and a gift card. My sister in law Steph got me a scarf and earrings! My mom bought me a sewing machine, but gave it to me early in September for my birthday. As you can see, I got lots of great gifts! On my birthday, I woke up to Christian making me pancakes. Pretty awesome! We got to spend some time together and go to dinner a few times that weekend.

Christian has been riding the scooter to school so that I can drive the pick up. It's been raining a lot lately and the other night, he came in literally dripping wet. Poor guy. I felt bad. But I also laughed because he was drenched.

This is Sam. I met her back in summer of 2007 here at BYU-Idaho. She instantly became one of my best friends as was a roommate too! I love her so much! She leaves on her mission this week and she came to Rexburg to say goodbye! See you soon Sister Norton! We love you!

This Again?

2010-09-13T21:50:00.000-07:00

For reals?
REALLY?
Do we have to???
Yuck.

The Hulme's are back in school again. Can they make it through yet another long, painful, difficult, time consuming semester? Tune in December 18th to find out if they're still alive....that is.....if they make it that long...

Christian's Classes this semester include:
Arch 180- Architectural Rendering
Arch 270- Specifications
Arch 280- Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Arch 300- Sustainable Design
Const 370- Concrete
He lives in the Austin building all day, everyday.
His schdule also includes a Prep course for the GRE test and his 2 jobs that he dillegently works to support us. Thanks Christian! You truly are the best and I love you!

Ry's Classes:
Comm 150- Interpersonal Theory
Comm 240- Newsgathering
Comm 340- Advanced Media Writing
Comm 362- Broadcast Performance
Comm 497- Practicum Credit

I live in the Spori bulding all day, everyday.
I'm still looking, applying, and calling back on any jobs available.

Sorry this is a boring post...but it's about s.c.h.o.o.l. What do you expect!?

Part 3

2010-08-28T08:26:00.000-07:00

After we saw Stevie in Berkeley, we headed to Phoenix Arizona to stay with Steph (Christian's sister) and her family. It was so hot there! I loved it! Stacy flew down while we were there so of course she spoiled us! We did a lot of shopping, swimming, eating, and laughing. It was so much fun to play with our niece Eliot for a whole week. A huge thanks to Tyler & Steph for taking care of us.

The cute little monster:

I've never seen a child dance so much:

We visited ASU to talk about their grad program and Christian LOVED it! It's now our #1 choice for grad school. Say a prayer for us that he'll get it! He loved everything about the campus, the program, the classrooms...and of course I loved the heat! We would love being so close to family and friends if we ended up at ASU.

One of the days we got to meet up with Carissa and Fielding. We ate and went to the Scottsdale mall. We miss them already!

Part 2

2010-08-22T15:26:00.000-07:00

After Katie and Sammy left, we drove to California. It took us 13 hours to get to San Jose where most of Christian's extended family lives. We stayed the first night at Mark & Linda's house and the next day drove to Santa Cruz to camp on the beach with them. We camped with the Williams from July 30-August 3rd.

Before we left for the beach, we went and saw Grandpa and Grandma Hulme. We love them so much and had a great time with them at their house. I only got a picture of Christian and Grandpa, so I guess we'll have to go back soon to get one with Grandma and myself in it too! It's crazy how much Christian and his Grandpa look like each other.

Our campsite:

Christian discovered a new passion. Surfing. It was freezing at the beach and I'm too big of a wimp to get in that cold water, so I just took pictures.

We did lots of fun things while camping at the beach. One of the days we walked around Capitola which was a cute little beach town. We went to lots of fun shops and had delicious mexican food. I almost got nailed in the face with a football. Thank goodness for Christian's skills of stopping flying footballs with his feet.

Me and Christian and Leah (Christian's cousin) went to the Santa Cruz boardwalk and rode rides and ate corn dogs.

From August 3rd-6th, we stayed in Berkeley with Stevie. We saw the campus for grad school and got to see my cousin Michelle, her husband Chris, and their new baby Chloe who is such a cutie!

We are so grateful for Uncle Mark and Aunt Linda for letting us tag along with them on their beach vacation! And thanks to Stevie for letting us stay and steal your bed!We had so much fun in California! From there we drove to Phoenix...part #3 coming soon.

Part 1

2010-08-17T20:55:00.001-07:00

We have been so so busy and we have a lot of fun things to blog about so I'm doing it in parts so it's not too long.

PART ONE:

At the end of July, Kate and Sam came to visit us in Rexburg! We did alot of fun things with our friends Jordan & Danielle, and Danielle's brother Josh who is the girls' age. Our first night we went to the Civil Defense caves and played glow in the dark hide and seek. We hiked a ways into the cave until it was black and then we broke a ton of glow sticks all over the rocks and our clothes. It was so crazy how easily everyone blended into the rocks! Poor Sammy tripped and broke off a fingernail!

The Crew:

Doctor Jordan fixing Sammy's finger:

Sisters:

I tried to take pictures inside the cave of everyone and the rocks glowing in the dark, but this is all we could get. Creepy huh? Maybe I have a ghost-identifying-camera:

The other fun thing we did was go on a hike to a waterfall. Everyone except for me hiked even further past the waterfall to the wind-caves. I was so tired so I took a nap on a comfy rock. When the girls got back down I woke up and went to sit by them. As I did this animal emerged and started walking all over the rock I had just took a nap on. It could've eaten me.

Upcoming plans...

2010-07-22T16:39:00.000-07:00

We are so excited for the next few weeks! We have lots of things planned and hope everything works out!

Friday July 22: Last day of FINALS.

Monday July 26: Katie, Sam, and Bristol are coming to visit.

Thursday July 29: Christian and I are driving to California.

Friday July 30 - August 3: Hanging out with Christian's exteneded family.

Wednesday August 4: Visiting Stevie in Berkeley. Also visiting the Berkeley campus to see the Architecture department to see if Christian wants to apply there.

Thursday August 5: Driving down the Pacific Coast Highway while stopping and touring at multiple possible grad-schools.

Friday August 6: Driving to Phoenix where we'll get to see Tyler, Steph & Eliot and visit ASU campus.

I'm sure we'll have LOTS of pictures and stories to blog about when we get back!

25th Birthday

2010-07-18T20:08:00.001-07:00

Christian turned 25 on Thursday! For dinner I made his favorite: Fried chicken, corn on the cob, and loaded-mashed-potatoes. We might have heart attacks by the time we're 30, but at least we're living life to the fullest.

Then we had all of his friends over on Sunday night for Birthday cake. My sister Denise made the invitations for it which turned out so great! Thank you!

Pictures of the dinner/party coming later...

4th

2010-07-06T13:01:00.000-07:00

First of all, I'm going to shoot my computer. Or Christian's phone. I took all of our pictures and fun videos from the weekend using Christian's phone...and somehow it does NOT want to cooperate with my computer. So sorry. Pictures may or may not come later. The pictures on here are just pulled from the internet for now...

Friday we drove to Orem to see ALL of the Hulme side of the family. Our friends Danielle and Jordan rode with us and we dropped them off in Farmington. We went to Utah because Grandpa Hulme's sister passed away so all of Dougs siblings and families came up for the funeral. When we got there, all the cousins and aunts and uncles went to Seven Peaks water park in Provo. (They have a cousin who owns it so we got in free...yeah, I married into the coolest family ever!) We had lots of fun being in the warm sun!

On Saturday, all of the men went golfing while us ladies went shopping. Stacy bought me two really really cute shirts from Old Navy. She's the best mom ever.
That afternoon Christian, Doug, Stacy, and I went to an El Salvadorian resturant to have pupusas. They were very delicious and Christian could not stop oohing and ahhhing everytime he took a bite.

Later that night, Doug and Stacy suprised me with....

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A BOSCH! YES! MY VERY OWN BOSCH! I never ever ever thought I'd own one before the age of 50, but no, they like to spoil me! I'm so lucky and I love my new mixer! Thankyou thankyou thankyou Doug and Stacy!

On Sunday we went to Sacrament meeting and then took Doug and Stacy to the airport. We drove back to Orem and stayed the night with our friends Jen and Trevor. We had smores and hung out.

Monday morning we went and saw JD and Dana and the girls. We went to the airforce base and swam for a little while but then had to meet up with the Bevan's and drive back to Rexburg. It was a really fun weekend! We wish we would've had more time with the Hulme's, but it's good we're back to finish our last TWO WEEKS of the semester! Wooo! If I can get this to work, I'll add pictures later.

An Eye-full...

2010-06-23T20:51:00.000-07:00

Christian works on campus buliding the play sets for those who didn't know. On Monday while working, he was using a router (it cuts holes) and he got wood splinters or chunks in his eye. And YES, he WAS wearing safety glasses. He tried to rinse his eye out, but he could still feel things in there. He kept working and by the time he came home, he was in a lot of pain. I made him go to an urgent care clinic. The doctor numbed his eyeball and then started digging around in there. It looked so painful but Christian kept saying, "This is so cool! I can't feel anything! But I can still see things!" The doctor couldn't see anything in there so then he put drops in that made his eye glow in the dark. He had me hold up a black light while he tried again to find what was hurting his eye. It scared me to look at him with a glowing eyeball. I pointed out a little chunk to the doctor and he took it out. There where tons of tiny little cuts all over Christian's cornia. He told us for the next 48 hours it might still feel like there's something in there even though everything was removed, due to the cuts and scratches the wood caused. So he prescribed him some eyedrops and we were on our way. On Tuesday morning his eye was swollen somewhat shut. It looked painful. He's all better now though! And he can see very well...he even drew himself a new tatoo yesterday.

family pictures

2010-05-31T21:23:00.001-07:00

We spent our weekend in Oregon with the Bowns fam. Since everyone was home for Kate & Sam's graduation, we got to take family pictures. These are the pictures that were taken of us. I need help choosing which picture to blow up for our wall...

This is the only picture not of Christian and I that was taken with our camera of the sisters. There's cuter ones on my moms camera of all the sisters+sister inlaws and mom. I'll post some after I get them. Or Denise will probably just post them.

Finally an update...

2010-05-15T22:04:00.000-07:00

Hello,
We've been very busy which is why I haven't updated in a long time. The last week we lived in Colorado, we had great weather, of course right when we're leaving. We attempted to go on bike rides. This usually resulted in me complaining about how much my body hurt or saying how I HATE to ride bikes. (Only because 80% of the rides were uphill....these were no leisure bike rides)

Good thing my husband is skilled at everything he tries so he completely makes up for my lacking skills in the biking department.

So....

we moved to Rexburg on April 19th. Stacy drove her car up with us (THANK YOU!!!) because we have so much crap. Then Doug flew in a few days later. Of course Stacy spoiled us all week and bought us dinner and helped me find fabulous furniture from DI that I've been re-painting and making it all look good.
This is where I found the men of course.

Oh scooter. How you've been missed. And yes, the Jesus beard had to go. Darn BYU-Idaho. They should SUPPORT look-alikes. Jeesh.

And this is our apartment. It's our first good, clean, reasonably sized place. We love it! We live on the 3rd floor (boooooo....exercising....boooooo) and this is what you see when you come in our front door.

This is our living room. I want to put up curtains but I'm waiting til we go to my mom's at the end of the month so she can make them. (Yep mom, i bet you didn't know that...) But we'll have to figure out a way to hang them up because we've already put 5 holes in the wall which is all we are allowed until they charge us $50 per hole. Lame. Also, going by the big "H" on the wall is going to be a cute poster sized picture of us. I'm saving up some extra change to do it sometime this semester.

Me and Stacy found this birdcage at DI. I wanted to paint it a cute color like teal, but did it black for now. Plus, they don't sell cool colors of spray paint here. And pleeeeease don't look at all of the homework on the ground. Oh! And Stacy, you will notice the coffee table is black now! Not that hideous gold!

This is our bedroom. We don't have any storage space here so I had to imrpovise and instead of buying bedside tables, we're using our storage containers full of storage items. Trashy? Maybe. Christian suggested his sister Steph make us some "cooler cozy's" for them. But of course they'd be "container cozy's." At least that's 2 less pieces of actual furniture we'll have to move in 1 year!

This is the kitchen. It has lots of space for everything! I have empty cupboards still because there's actually room! It's so great. And I love love love the dishwasher. I am so thankful for it.

Our dining area with our volcom table and chairs.

And finally! OUR OWN WASHER AND DRYER! We love them. I kiss them everyday. And back there is our bathroom. It's too small to take a picture of.

But I do have a picture of the shower curtain! Stacy bought it for us! We love it!

School keeps us very busy. We just hit 4 weeks so we both had tests this week. The weather here is finally turning warm. It was 75ish today and supposed to be warm all week. I'm playing in the competitive volleyball league again. It's so much fun and my team is great! I'm on it with 2 of my very best friends. Christian still works on campus as a ticket usher. He's always doing homework or at school. We're trying to get our scooter to work again so pray for us. We miss that thing. Especially on hot days like today.

1 Year Anniversary

2010-04-12T15:59:00.000-07:00

One year already. We can't believe it. Time has gone so fast. I could say things about how we're still in so much love and how perfect our relationship is...but I don't feel like making everyone vomit. Plus, everyone already knows we're perfect :)

The first suprise for our Anniversary was of course, cupcakes from our favorite place! We at them all weekend!

On Friday we went Downtown Denver and checked into the Burnsley Hotel. When we first pulled up, it looked like we were going to be staying at a crack house. I immediatly started appologizing to Christian and saying how next year he should choose the hotel. Luckily, looks can be decieving, cause it turned out to be pretty nice.

While checking in, "Bud" gave us a free upgrade to a 1 bedroom suite, plus gave us some free vouchers for room service. WE NEVER GET THIS LUCKY! We should've played the lottery that night. Our suite was fun! We had a great view of the city, balcony, and a full sized kitchen.

On Friday night, we went to dinner at PF Changs. So great! We even had enough left overs for lunch on Saturday! Score.

After dinner on Friday, we opened gifts. Christian got me some really cute burlap Toms. I made him a rolodex of the story of how we met. Stacy gives me the best ideas! I also gave him a shirt and tickets to the Denver Auto Show.

On Saturday morning, we went to the capitol building. It was all closed up for the day so we didn't get to go inside. We took advantage of the free shuttle service from our hotel and went to the 16th street mall. We spent alot of time at the Tattered Cover bookstore which was awesome.

Saturday night we walked to the Rockies game. It was so much fun! First we had lemonade and nachos. Then we had hotdogs and french fries. We aren't even Rockies fans, but we sure acted like it. We got up and danced every time they hit a home run, cheered for every play, and even boo'd along with the crowd. The game went into 14 innings, but we left during the 12th because it was so cold.

On Sunday, we slept in late and then went to the Denver Auto Show. It was great and we saw lots of cool cars. I really wanted to steal the diesel VW Golf. It's so awesome. It's so small, I probably could've just folded it up into my pocket. On the outside of the building where the Auto show was, they have a huge blue bear peeking inside.

pirate vs. civilian

2010-04-09T13:27:00.000-07:00

Meet my brother Randy.

Today Randy called me. This was our conversation:

Me: ...yeah, I bought Christian a cool shirt for our anniversary.

Randy: A ship?

Me: A shirt.

Randy: Oh.

......a pirate ship? Or a civilian ship?

Me: A shirt. Not a ship.

Randy: Oh. Well, what kind of ship would you buy? A pirate or civilian?

Me: I wouldn't buy a ship.

Randy: Well if you bought one, which one would you buy? A pirate or civilian?

Me: It doesn't matter because I didn't buy a ship.

Randy: I know! But what kind would you buy? Pirate or civilian?

Me: I wouldn't buy a ship.

Randy:Iiiiiiiiiiiiiii know! But does Christian want anything aquatic like?

Me: He wants a wakeboarding boat one day.

Randy: What kind? A pirate boat or a civilian boat?

Me: I don't know. Civilian I guess.

Randy: Good. Cause it's bad to buy pirate ships.

Me: Oh.

Randy: I have to go.

Thanks for the advice Rand. I'll make sure any future ship I purchase is civilian and not pirate.

Good thing Randy's married to Kiah who is awesome and keeps Randy in his place.

For your information...

2010-04-03T19:57:00.000-07:00

The Jesus beard is still goin strong. WWJD? He'd comb it. He'd make it beautiful. And then He'd high five Christian and say, "Twins dude! Way to go!"

On Saturdays we pretend to be rich and go to car dealerships and test drive cars. How can they reject these faces? I have to play the "spoiled brat wife" who wants the nicest car in the lot. While Christian plays the "extremely whipped husband" who gives his wife whatever she wants. Little do they know, we don't have more than $30 in our bank account. Then we leave and say, "HAHAHA! They actually thought we were going to buy a car! Hahaha, we're funny."

It's our 1 Year Anniversary next Saturday. We expect lots of gifts. (Just kidding)

Or are we kidding???

Fiiiiiiine, we're kidding, you don't have to get us gifts. Jeeeeeeze.

This is a box I covered. It's not really for the birds. It just says that. It's for our mail. Or something else.

h.

2010-03-25T06:48:00.000-07:00

For Valentine's Day, Stacy bought me a cardboard H. It's almost 2 feet tall! It's so awesome. So yesterday, I finally decided how I wanted to decorate it. And now it looks like this:

Here's a close up so you can see the detail of the paper.

I'm excited for how it turned out. Christian chose the turqoise for the paint color. Good thing I have him. We're excited to hang it up in our new apartment! If I had a lot of money and a giant wall, I would buy every letter of the alphabet and decorate them all different and hang them randomly on the same wall.

And I just realized that this H looks exactly like our blog background. Weird.

For Denise...

2010-03-20T21:32:00.000-07:00

Hey Denise,

I'm communicating with you through Blogging. Sad, I know. But I usually go over my minutes. So, today I got to go to a cool salon and get my hair cut and colored. I hope you like it. Squish your baby for me.

This one was Christian's favorite picture. Don't ask why cause I couldn't tell ya.

You've let me down Colorado...

2010-03-19T17:09:00.000-07:00

How did the weather go from this? (last night)

To this? All within about 15 hours?

Christian's weapon of choice: THE SNOW BLOWER.

Ryann's weapon of choice: THE DUAL-ACTION SNOWSTICK.

Who won? Well, after I finished scraping the cars and Christian finished blowing the driveway, you couldn't even tell. There's about a thousand feet of snow outside right now. So instead, we stayed in.....

and......

did........

this:

Stacy bought us a kitchen table and chairs for our new apartment. We were going to paint it black today when Christian asked if he could put a purple Volcom stone on the table and chairs. Why not? So here's our table in progress.

Christian cut out different sized stones out of tape.

They look pink on here, but their a cool purple. We'll post more pictures after the entire project is finished.

Our weekend...

2010-03-15T10:14:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we had lots of fun. On Friday, we flew to Boise. On the flights, Christian entertained us (and some children sitting around us) by making squirrels out of dollar bills. Pretty cool huh?

We flew in to Boise at 1:00 and Chelsey and Jake's sealing was at 2:00, so we had just enough time to run through the drive through at McDonalds. We're probably their #1 customers. Don't judge us. Their sealing was really cool and they looked so happy together. Chelsey looked so beautfiul as she always does. Her dress was really pretty too. After the sealing we went to Val's for dinner and then Christian and I stayed at Randy and Kiah's house.

On Saturday, my Dad took Christian, Glen, JD, and Randy to Fast Lane in Boise for some indoor go-karting. They had lots of fun and stunk like exhaust when they came back. They said Randy won every race because he's the smallest. They did 3 races with 23-25 laps per race.

While the boys were having fun, I went shopping with Denise, Kiah, and Rebecca (and baby McKee of course.) After some shopping we had lunch at Olive Garden. It was alot of fun.

Saturday night was the reception. It looked so cute! The food was great too! It was fun to see Genniel and Chelsey again.

Christian and I at the reception. I held McKee alot and tons of people thought Christian and I suddenly had a baby. Actually it is our baby....we just hired Denise to hide our secret.

Taylor and I hanging out and the reception. It's always so fun to see her and you're guaranteed to be laughing about 105% of the time you're with her.

I made this collage of pictures for Chelsey. It's not super cute, but it's cool cause theirs 10 different pictures of Chels, Genniel and I from all different ages. I love these girls and I'm so lucky to have been able to grow up with them!

And this has nothing to do with our weekend, but I tried to do a vintage looking canvas of Christian and I. It turned out pretty sloppy so I put a picture towards the middle on pop-up dots that way it's a clear picture sticking out and then the rest are all raggidy looking.

And then there was 1...

2010-03-11T08:45:00.001-08:00

Tomorrow, (Friday) Christian and I fly to Boise just in time to make it to Chelsey and Jake's wedding. Chelsey is my cousin whom I grew up with. Her and Genniel (our other cousin) were always my very best friends growing up. The 3 of us were inseperable. I loved being within 2 miles of them both and hanging out with them constantly. Now that Chelsey and I are going to be married, Genniel...? You're next. No pressure.

These pictures are all from Summer 2007, but they're the only ones I had on my computer. I'll be sure to get a new picture with them at home this weekend!
Genniel, Chelsey and Me.

Chelsey and me on the 4th of July 2007.

Leavings, Goings, and Comings

2010-02-24T08:31:00.000-08:00

I had lots of fun going home this past weekend. I flew in on Thursday, and then stayed at Denise's house from Friday-Sunday, then we were all back at my moms for Monday. I was sad that Christian had to stay in Colorado to work. But it's okay, cause Vince was my buddy all weekend. Here's a few things me and Vince did.

1. Climbed up the crib so Vince could say, "I did it!"

2. Held, kissed, rubbed faces with, and slobbered on McKee.

3. Watched McKee sleep. At one point, Denise and I found crumbled up Goldfish and Granola Bars on McKee's pillow. Vince thought he might be hungry.

4. Ate lots of cupcakes. Also, Vince would inform me to be quiet when the baby was sleeping.

5. Took lots of naps in the warm sun.

6. Took 1,000 baths.

7. Played outside, even when it was only 35 degrees out.

8. Watched Robin Hood 3 times in a row.

9. Practiced saying, "Heeeeyyy baaayyy-beeeeeee."

10. Argued about whether my name is Ryann or Randy. Vince will only call me "Wandy." When the real Randy came over on Sunday night, Vince just called both of us "Wandy."

It was great spending time at Glen and Denises's house with Vince and McKee. Hopefully next time I go, Christian can go with me.
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Christian picked me up from the airport yesterday. He didn't have to go back to work, so we drove to the RedRock Ampitheater and walked around a bit. It was lots of fun to go, but I'm very glad to be back home with Christian...even if it is cold and snowy.

Valentine's Day Celebrations

2010-02-17T11:48:00.000-08:00

Christian and I celebrated Valentine's day on Saturday. We had so much fun! First, I suprised him with an order of his favorite cupcakes from Cakes Amore here in Littleton. He was very excited for these. It didn't matter that it was 10 in the morning, he was still going to eat some.

(And yes...his beard is back!) Then we gave each other presents. I gave him a pair of Van's shoes, but they were a half size too small. But I also made him an accordian style album that can just sit open somewhere. It's filled with pictures and notes.

Christian gave me two cd's I've been wanting. He gave me the new Phoenix and Vampire Weekend cd's. He told me he always knows what I want because he goes on to different websites and the shopping carts are always still filled with things I've pretended to purchase.

That night, we went out to eat at Jose O'Shea's. It's Christian's favorite mexican food! We both ordered the Blue Plate Special wich comes with: 1 beef taco, 1 smothered bean burrito, 1 cheese enchilada, and rice & beans. Their beans are the best beans I have ever eaten. Yummm! It was soooo delicious. And I'm not a fan of beef, but they hand make their shells so the taco is just as good as anything else on the plate! This isn't a picture of what we ordered...but this is kind of what it looked like.

On our way home, we found a Van's outlet store which was perfect because the shoes I bought Christian were too small, so he got these nice blue shoes instead.

They were buy 1 get one 1/2 off, so being the best husband in the world that he is, he let me get these shoes which were only $7.00. When we went into the store, the male employees were making fun of us because we were already wearing matching Vans...then we left with these. They thought we were crazy and tried to match everything. What can I say? We're just the same people inside and out....well....kind of.

Really?

2010-02-06T14:52:00.000-08:00

Women over the age of 30 actually using their Facebook accounts to update the world on their marital problems?

Really?

Drumroll please...

2010-02-04T09:50:00.000-08:00

I have landed my dream job. I am now a personal scrapbooker! I get to sit at my work station, scrapbook, and drink vanilla coke all day long. It's the best. Well, okay, just this week I'm a personal scrapbooker for a neighbor. But still. This is what I want to do the rest of my life. And hey, I should get some credit for having a job for a week...right?

A Time for Thai

2010-01-30T19:07:00.000-08:00

One of our favorite things to do is eat. One of our favorite things to eat is Thai food. We both could eat it everyday, probably for every meal. On Friday night, Doug & Stacy took us out to eat at Thai Basil. This is about the 5th different Thai place we have tried. Christian always orders the Pad-Kee-Mow or Drunken Noodles. I always order the Pad-See-Eew, or in the case of Thai Basil, Pad-See-Lew. We love to compare each resturant we try.

Christian's favorite dish: Pad-Kee-Mow. It has a delicious flavor and is nice and spicy. He usually orders it with beef.

My favorite, the Pad-See-Eew. It's not spicy at all, but has the best sauce you will ever try. It's best with chicken.

Thai Basil was very good and easily slips into our #2 Best Thai place.
Our #1 most favorite Thai food is found at Original Thai in Rexburg, Idaho. The ladies know our order as soon as we walk in the door because it's always the same. At Original Thai, not only do we order our favorite dishes, but the most amazing sticky rice that comes in little woven basket containers.

If you are hungry and looking for something new to try, order our favorites. They are awesome and you will easily be addicted.

happy.

2010-01-26T16:34:00.000-08:00

hap-py [hap-ee]

-adjective, -pi -er, -pi -est.

1. delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person

Right now we are very happy. This morning we recieved a phone call from a Construction Company who offered Christian an internship! He will be working on a project in Erie which is about a 1hour drive everyday. He will be working M-F's 7am-3:30pm. The project is a county water-treatment facility where he'll be doing concrete.

Today he had to go into their office and fill out paperwork and pass a drug test. Then we went and bought him some work gloves.

He starts tomorrow and that is why we are so happy!

Blogging? Now? About what?

2010-01-21T21:25:00.001-08:00

My mom called me today and told me I needed to update my blog. What am I supposed to blog about? I have no idea. Oh wait. Okay. The following events are for pure entertainment and may not be entirely true.

3 weeks ago we moved to Colorado. After 99 applications, Christian had landed what looked like a great internship. Then, the man decided, "No....I'm too poor even though I just bought 3million dollars worth of cars...bla bla bla...I don't want to give you an internship....I have 7 houses around the world."
To that man I say: I'm glad I have 2 eyebrows...because you only own 1...which looks like a cotton ball spread out.

Not giving Christian that internship isn't a big deal. I mean, it only makes him unable to sign up for classes next semester since the internship is a prerequisite, and he is kicked off of fast grad which means we'll be at school for 2 extra semesters. But whatever. No biggie. Not to mention, we have no income since I can't get a job.

I've been so busy being a Real Housewife of Denver. My daily routine goes as follows:
10:00am Wake up. Look at clock. Go back to sleep.
11:00am Get up.
11:15am Eat breakfast.
11:30am Attempt to go running with Rex (dog) around the neighborhood.
12:00pm Drag Rex home since he's too tired to keep going.
12:30pm Shower and NOT get ready. Leave hair wet, untamed, wild. No makeup. Bra? Who wears a bra these days?
1:00pm Watch TV. This is the hardest part of my day. I have to search and search and SEARCH for someting to watch. It makes me sweat and gives my body a strenuous workout.
5:00pm Take a nap.
6:00pm Eat and watch TV.
10:30pm Watch Conan...which is going off air on Friday. This makes me really really angry. I feel like I should start a rally or something, but as you can see my days are WAY too busy.
11:30pm Go to sleep

As you can see, I work hard everyday. I just need to feel appreciated.

Hahahaha, just kidding. Christian and I are doing fine. We're both just searching for jobs right now just so we can go back to school with a little bit of money. We got called to be Primary teachers. I have the CTR 6 class and he has the Valiant 9 class. Pray for us that we find jobs!

a new project

2010-01-13T09:07:00.000-08:00

My sister Denise told me about a new way to do vintage looking canvas's. It was such a fun project! I used a picture of my in-laws holding hands that I had taken a few months ago. It was a really different way of doing a canvas because this one you put the picture face down and then peel it up after 24 hours of drying. It turned out pretty cool I thought.

finally some pictures...

2010-01-10T20:05:00.000-08:00

Christian and I moved to Littleton Colorado this past week. We spread the drive over two days so it didn't seem that long. Christian has some internship opportunities and I'm just applying for jobs anywhere and everywhere so we can save up some money. We haven't posted pictures in a while so here's some things we've been up to.

I hosted Jen's bridal shower in November with our closest friends.

At the end of the semester, we went to Jen & Trevors wedding in Utah. It was so fun to see our friends one last time before Summer semester starts.

We spent Christmas with my family in Oregon.

Christian opening his exciting Christmas present from me. A paper frame! It was a new tv, I just didn't want to pay to ship it from Colorado since we were moving to Colorado a week later.

Just what we wanted, a stuffed cat. We took a family photo as soon as we opened her.

Resolutions

2010-01-01T10:38:00.000-08:00

It's a new year. I have worked at 2 different gyms in the past 3 years and always enjoyed seeing new members sign up while I listened to their New Years Resolutions. These are the top 2 resolutions I would hear, but I will give you the real definition to each.

1. Lose Weight. (Real Definition: "I want to scarf every cookie, piece of candy, burger, fry, or greasy doughnut I come in contact with. I just don't want to have consequences for eating them. AND, I'm really only planning on using this new gym membership for the month of January.")

2. Save Money (Real Definition: "I'm going to open that new credit card at the bank because it comes with a free iPod. And can you believe that sale at the mall! Spend $100 and get a coupon for $5.00! It's like getting paid to shop! Plus, I really need those new shoes...and that top...and maybe some new jewlery too...")

These people aren't the only one's who have failed on resolutions. I have an old journal I kept with my new years goals from when I was 7, 10, 11, & 12.

Failed: New Years 1995- Find out by praying, if OJ Simpson was guilty or not.
Failed: New Years 1998- Play in the WNBA after High School.
Failed: New Years 1999- Get married to Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys.
Failed: New Years 2000- Become a famous singer/songwriter/actress/basketball player.

I was weird and I had really odd dreams and goals. And I use to have a boy haircut and I was obsessed with basketball. And with a name like "Ryan," it got a little confusing at times.

It's a great thing that not all goals are achieved!

what a dilemma

2009-12-04T13:18:00.001-08:00

I hate the snow and cold and it makes me depressed. I hate having a constant case of the chills while I manage to lose all feeling in my feet, hands, and face. I wish it were summer all the time. And HOT. I don't care for 80-90 degree weather, I enjoy 95-105 degrees. Which is why I am moving away. Not physically, but mentally. I have mentally checked out of Rexburg and am currently staying at a resort close to the sun. I should now take this time to apologize to my husband who will have to act as my "cabana boy" if he wants to interact with me.

Christian on the other hand likes the snow. He is really good at snowboarding and offered to give me lessons this winter...or sometime in the future. I guess I should just suck it up and make the most of it. Or maybe I could act as a "Real Housewives of Orange County" wife and complain and cry until I get what I want. How am I going to decide what to do.

2009-12-02T17:33:00.000-08:00

We had a great Thanksgiving! We spent it in Colorado with Christian's parents Doug & Stacy. It was so fun! We ate, shopped, watched movies, and lounged for an entire week. Now we're back in our school routine...but guess what!? WE ONLY HAVE 12 DAYS OF SCHOOL LEFT! We cannot wait! Christian didn't have much luck finding an internship in California, so we will be moving to Colorado after we've spent Christmas at the Bowns. We are so greatful to Doug and Stacy for letting their poverty level children (me & christian) move in with them for winter semester.

crafts and things

2009-11-08T17:42:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I've been busy making craft stuff and I'm sending it all home to sell at the Adrian craft fair and at Valene's. Heres the stuff I've made.

This is my "Oversized Postcard" quote board. I'm still having mixed feelings about the way it turned out.

What we've been up to...

2009-10-25T17:01:00.000-07:00

We just got done with Midterm week and I am more than happy. I spent more time doing homework, studying, and taking tests last week than I've probably ever done all my days at college combined. Christian is better about not procrastinating, therefore, I believe he had a less hectic week...but not really because I was a psycho I'm sure...so he had to deal with that. Bottom line, we're both glad to be done with midterms. We didn't have a normal meal at all last week because we were both gone til after 10pm every night for school crap. So yesterday afternoon we went to Sam's Club and Winco and bought $82 worth of groceries. It was fun to break free from the $20 limit and spoil ourselves. Christian was sick last week, and I woke up with it today. So yes, we sinned on the sabbath and walked 20 feet across the street to Walgreens so i could buy some medicine. Don't judge me.

What else we've been up to...
2 weeks ago, we went with a group of friends to the Haunted Mill. Before we left, Christian wanted me to take a picture of him. So I did.

And then Trevor didn't think it was fair for Christian to have a picture so I had to take one of him as well.

I always feel like I am the same height as Carissa...until I see pictures and realize how short I really am.

The group before we left for the Haunted Mill. Shane, Carissa, Trevor, Jen, Derrick, Steph, and us. It was really cold waiting in line but was worth it.

Viva Las Vegas

2009-10-07T13:22:00.000-07:00

The sign is right. Las Vegas IS fabulous. We had so much fun this last weekend in Vegas. Why do I miss it? Here are my top 5 reasons:

#1- Where else are you going to ride a psycho elevator that takes about 5 seconds to get to the 33rd floor? It was an amusement ride all in itself...for free.

#2- Where else can you find a covered street full of pornography, gambling, underage drinking, drugs, and loads of women covered in Harley attire singing (well...drunkily shouting) lyrics to Queen's 'We Will Rock You'?

#3- Where else can you go to "La Bayou?" La Bayou was the best casino ever. Their machines actually take coins! Not stupid tickets or bills. It's for us cheapos. Plus, I was offered a drink more times than I can count.They'd probably even given us free cocaine if we asked. But who cares, I won a million dollars in there. We're splitting it with Tyler & Jessica Belnap. I promised.

#4- Where else can you lounge around a pool that has poop in it?

#5- Where else do you see popular gay stars such as Carson Kressley from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy dining at the same resturant as you?

Vegas was great! I loved everything about it! We got to spend alot of time with Christian's parents which was really fun! We went shopping alot and we got to go eat at Serendipity! Christian and I love that movie so much! It was so fun to go order a Frrrrrozen Hot Chocolate there! The resort we stayed at was great too! It was an excellent getaway.

Monkey Rock

2009-09-26T10:25:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday, we went with our engaged friends Jen & Trevor to Monkey Rock. The water was like ice so I didn't get in. They braved the water for about 20 minutes. Then we had a fire and roasted hotdogs. It was probably the last day of warmth wich makes me really sad. I don't want it to get cold...but it's Rexburg, so it's going to get really, really, REALLY, cold.

He thought by using his rubber dingy he wouldn't get wet. Wrong assumption.

Christian was really cold.

Jen & Trevor

Trevor & Christian sucking it up and getting ready to go behind the waterfall. They said it was so cold they couldn't breathe behind it.

Me & Jen

Sitting by our fire.

Hooray for girlfriends and birthdays

2009-09-18T21:39:00.000-07:00

Christian started his new job as a ticket usher on campus tonight. So my friend Carissa came over and we made some stuff. I made a frame for when Christian and I go to Vegas in a few weeks, and Carissa was working on a canvas for her room. I'm so grateful Carissa skipped out on her social life for a night with me! I just love her. She's my best girl-friend and it's always fun to be around her. If you need a good laugh, just giver a call.

Also this week, we celebrated Carissa's 21st birthday! I made a chocolate pudding cake that looks really awful in these pictures, but tasted really good. Even Christian liked it! Even though there's cream cheese in it...he has the phobia my dad does where they won't eat/drink anything white. So anyways, Carissa and Jen came over and we had birthday cake!

Sitting on the table you'll notice the pumpkin spice Walmart candle that smells sooooo good and was only $3, NOT on sale! That's a pretty good buy. Although, it is almost out and I bought it on Monday...maybe I light it too often, but I just LOVE pumpkin anything. Except for pumpkin pie.

lots of things...

2009-09-13T10:26:00.001-07:00

Lots of things have been going on lately. Christian and I started school again last Thursday and we're already suffering from lots of homework. I just keep telling myself, "1 more year. I can do this. 1 more year." We both have hard classes this semester so hopefully we get through it!

Christian's brother Scott turns 20 today, so Happy Birthday Scott! He's serving a mission in Charleston, West Virginia and has been out about 9 months. This is the picture we took for him!

As you may remember, there was a bearded man living with me who claimed to be my husband. The other day as I made my way into the bathroom, I discovered the mountain man.

20 minutes later, he suprised me with this:

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Yikes. Hitler has returned.

But since school has started again, he now looks like my husband again. Only, 10 years younger.

My friend Jessica has a vinyl business and helped me out with a cute project. I bought a frame at DI and painted it, then we attached a vinyl calender to the back of the glass. Now I have a cute dry-erase calendar in my house. Thankyou Jessica! I love it so much! Check out her business blog at : http://sayitwithstyle.blogspot.com/

A New Addition To Our Tiny Family

2009-09-04T10:37:00.000-07:00

WE HAVE SOME NEWS!

We've added a new family member to our household.
His name is: MARIO!

The other night I had to work until 11pm, and when I got home, I walked in the door and saw this:

He even drew Mario and Luigi on the card.

Sobbing, "I've always wanted my very own Super Nintendo."

Thus, we have found out we both have addictions to Mario. We stayed up till 3am for two nights in a row playing Super Mario Brothers. I. Love. Nintendo.

recent happenings

2009-09-01T13:36:00.000-07:00

This week we went to a concert in the park. After a few songs we realized it was a Christian-Rock concert and it was kinda weird. So we left and instead watched the Madison football game at the BYUI staduim.

My friend from work is having a baby so for her shower I made her a canvas.

Meet the Hulmes

2009-08-24T20:23:00.000-07:00

Meet Christian.
Scorpion King.
Life Saver.
Messiah look alike.
Conquistador.

Now meet Christian's wife, Ryann.

Scaredy Cat.

Screamer.

Climber.

All things true, because of this:

A SCORPION!

Thanks to Christian, the brave and non-fearing hero, it now looks like this:

DEAD!

Back at the ranch...

2009-08-20T08:52:00.001-07:00

On day 2 of our visit with the Adams, Vince showed us he knows how to dance very well. Also, christian played with Vince on the swing for a while. Later, Glen and a guy he works with called and told us a cow was stuck in the water. We went and watched them rope it and pull it out of the water. It was a fun day.

Christian and Vince on the swing.

Whit with his sweet mustache. He works with Glen.

This is the cow that was stuck.

So they had to rope her.

And pull her out of the water.

We watched from the bed of the pickup.

Vince petting Glen's horse.

It got really back standing in the sun.

They ended up pulling the cow's horn off.

The horn that came off.

Vince wanted to drive us home but was distracted by Glen's cowboy hat.

Vince was really tired after all that hard work.

2009-08-19T17:34:00.001-07:00

Christian and I have been staying at Glen & Denise's house over by Crane, OR. We've been doing lots of cowboy stuff and playing with Vince. Christian had a good time with Glen when they went bow-hunting for carp the other night. They both shot 2 fish each. I would've taken pictures of Christian and the fish he caught but my camera happened to die just after I took the 1st picture of him. He caught a really big one though. It was over 15 pounds!

This is their house:

Christian & Glen bow-hunting.

A dragonfly.

Glen with his 1st fish.

A good day for a wedding...

2009-08-17T08:14:00.000-07:00

We went to Washington for our friends Derrick & Stephanies' wedding. We were only gone for 1 night, but it was fun to see them. We rode with Randy & Kiah. We stayed at Hartley's house with Kory & Rebecca, and Tyler & Brette. We're staying at my mom's house for another week. Denise and Vince were at my Mom's house all week and Glen came on Saturday night.

Spencer, Logan, Kellen, Tyler, Brette, Derrick, Stephanie, Christian, Me, Randy, Kiah, Kory, Rebecca at the wedding reception. Stephanie looked so so pretty!

Vince was eating powdered donuts. He looks like a turtle in this one!

Our little home...

2009-08-10T19:18:00.000-07:00

Last week, both mine and Christian's moms came to Rexburg. They helped us move out of our apartment into a tiny little house. We have our own backyard with a firepit, shed, and a pond (although the pond is FULL of pine needles.) Our living room is combined with our kitchen, and then we just have our bedroom with the smallest bathroom I've ever seen. It's really cute though! Especially the 80 year old wallpaper. It's clean here though unlike our last apartment that smelled like a mixture of butt and bad breathe. We got internet today! Wooo! Oh, and a HUGE thankyou to Stacy & Julene (our moms) for helping us clean and move. And for buying us things and feeding us. Moms are the best. The house is really cute and cozy. We love it!

This is our new house we're renting!

This is what you see when you walk in the front door.

The view from one end to the other. It's about 10 steps.

Our bedroom. It's a good size considering the house is made for midgets/gremlins/hobbits.

Our bathroom. The door hits the toilet.

School's out forever! Well...for 7 weeks at least!

2009-07-26T00:21:00.000-07:00

Finally we finished summer semester! This is where we brag and tell you how we both got straight A's...we were our teachers favorites...we got 110% on all of our finals...yes, all of the above is very true. But really, we worked our butts off this semester and we finally get to put our feet up and relax. We start fall semester Sept. 10th...so we get a nice long break. Anyways, while I was at work today Christian suprised me and cooked an awesome dinner. He made sticky rice and some marinated chicken with veggies. It was delicious! I think he should cook more often.

After we ate dinner and sat around for awhile, we decided to go for a ride on our scooter. We headed to Jamba Juice and on the way it started pouring. Not just raining...or trickeling...but a complete down pour. Christian pulled over under a tree cause he couldn't see where he was going so I took over and drove while he put his face behind my back safe from the wind and rain. I was so brave. We made it to Jamba, and when we walked in the people working just started laughing. It looked like we just jumped into a swimming pool. We still got Jamba even though we were freezing, and yes, I drove us home.

Egin Lakes

2009-07-19T21:36:00.000-07:00

It was hot this weekend so we went with some friends to Egin Lakes. Afterwards, we went and ate at Wingers. The water was really warm. We also played water baseball with a stick and a golf ball.

The group: Christian, Ryann, Shane, Carissa, Sarah, Natalie, Jen, Trevor

Happy Birthday Christian

2009-07-19T21:14:00.000-07:00

Christian turned 24 this last week. So in honor of his Birthday, we had a BBQ with some friends at our place. I made invitations and everything. For the BBQ we had BBQ-pulled beef sandwiches, chinese chicken salad, chips and homeade salsa, and ice cream and cake. It was fun! My favorite part was giving him his presents. I got him a scooter!!!!!!!!!! Okay well, I guess he probably kinda paid for it....but I like to say that it was from me. So yes, we have a scooter now! I really did give him some Toms Shoes, a new belt and wallet, socks, and some new clothes. It was a really fun day!

The invitations:

Our friends Carissa and Shane on our new scooter! It's so fun!

Opening his Tom's Shoes! He's always wanted them and I'd always say, "No....they're just too expensive." I bought them along time ago...I just didn't want him going and buying them for himself!

With his Birthday cake!

Staying Busy

2009-04-22T09:09:00.000-07:00

I thought after the wedding it would all wind down, and be a lot less hectic. But...it's not. Christian and I go to school for the majority of each day then come home and do homework for hours. Then I work Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturdays. So basically, we see each other at about 6pm every night. Along with school and work, we're still trying to unpack every room, and de-stink this apartment we're staying in. It's bad. But it's our first place and we love it!