Catching up!!!

My Poor Computer.....

Dear Kylie,

Ever since you got an iphone I have become a thing of the past.

You never use me for anything anymore... I feel abandoned and never even get turned on!

I'm sorry computer!! its true though.. I did get a new phone (the coolest phone I have ever owned by the way!) And now my computer never gets turned on. Which means I haven't been on to blog in months! So here is a serious update on our life!!!

For my BIRTHDAY Steven told me we were doing something, but it was a surprise and I couldn't know what it was. He then started driving me up north and said we were going to Idaho to get on a plane and fly to Vegas for the weekend. (It was my 21st birthday so he thought I might have fun testing my luck at gambling.) But as we were driving he said we would take a detour to Logan to get dessert. We pulled up to the Anniversary Inn and I finally got that it was all just a lie! He was just taking me here for a night! But I was wrong... we got to our room and...

We did end up going to Vegas!!! haha just not in the normal way. We had such a great time at the Anniversary Inn and I have to say it was one of the best birthdays to date.

MOVING ON...

I have been crafting quite a bit lately. I'm trying to make our apartment look something like a home and I just wanted to share a few of my little projects I have been working on!

SPRING BREAK was last week and Steven and I for reals went to Vegas! ha we stayed at the Planet Hollywood for about three days and just played around town while we were there. We Say Penn and Teller (the best magic show I have ever seen!) and I got to gamble for my first time! We had a good time, but we lost a lot of money! haha what do you expect though right? Anyway, our favorite part was we got this really cool buffet pass with our room that allowed us to visit 7 different buffets in 24 hours!! Oh and did I mention it is unlimited access in those 24 hours?? Lets just say we each have a nice little spare tire growing around our mid section right about now... It was so fun though! We went to the Rio buffet (supposedly the biggest one in the world, or at least Vegas) the Spice Market Buffet (Planet Hollywood's buffet and some of the best food you will ever have!) Le Village (Paris's buffet, the BEST food ever!!! and its all a little french :) We visited all of those Buffets in just one day! it was bad. We ate food from all around the world and ate sweets like no person should ever eat! haha but it was all worth it.

Oops finger in the way! He was just too cute to leave this pic out!

Serendipity's famous frozen hot chocolate!

After Vegas we drove back to St. George to stay with Steven's mom. We did absolutely nothing while we were there! (which made us feel even worse for eating all that food then being lazy for the rest of the week) We didn't care though. We had a good break from school and work and all that jazz. My mother in law was so cute and took me to one of the best fabric stores I have ever been to. She felt bad because for our wedding she made us both some cute blankets and after I washed mine once it was just never the same :(. So we went back to make me another one! I told her that Steve always stole my blanket so we needed to make this one extra girly. And did we ever! It is so stinking cute I almost don't want to use it! Not only is it sooo cute but it looks like it was made for a 7 year old girl! haha even better.... So here it is! I have to show it off because I am so proud I helped make it!

A little bit of Mini Golfing action! Steve was so serious about keeping score! Thats what he was doing in this picture.

All in all we had such a great week! Now its back to school and work again. Good news though! We only have about 4 weeks left! and there may or may not be a small surprise in store for our future (cough, cough summertime on the East coast is our favorite time of year:)) I MAY be telling you about that latter. But for right now you'll just have to wait and see!

It feels good to be blogging again. Sorry computer for abandoning you! We should have Friday night dates more often :)

I'm OBSESSED...

UGH...

It's Unhealthy...

But I can't control myself!!!!

Why are Crafty blogs so

Amazing

Addicting

Inspiring

Addicting

Clever

Addicting

and Crafty?!

Haha I can't stop... and quite frankly I don't even care! If you want to waste away your work days looking at some seriously inspiring stuff, just check out my great sites to check out little section on the side of our blog. I update it daily :)

I just love how crafty these ladies are! Most every one is from Utah and every picture you see there has been 100% handmade fantastic stuff!

So go ahead! Get obsessed!

:)

Surgery

Well this past week Steven went through knee surgery.

The Story:

Steven was playing basketball with his friends back in April 2010, when he had a little mishap and hyper extended his knee! He was on the ground writhing in pain and just knew he messed it up! We went to the doctor the next day, and he said that there might be something wrong but we should just wait it out to make sure it will heal on its own. Well.... It didn't. So we left for New York, with no insurance and just had to have poor Steven walk all over the city and just deal with the pain.

As soon as we were able to get insurance again he went strait to the Doctor to get it checked out! It just so happened we finally got insurance about 9 months later. So he went in and got an MRI on Monday, was read the results on Tuesday, and got his surgery on Wednesday! (that was his choice to schedule it for the very next day.)

The doctor said he had a torn Meniscus and usually they just snip the tear and he is back to walking almost the next day. But for Steven... He walked all over New York for the summer, all over campus in the Fall and now had a HUGE tear in his meniscus that couldn't be fixed just by a snip. They had to go in and stitch it all up and everything. Because it was so much more invasive, he has to be on crutches for about a month and the pain is so much worse!

I feel so bad for him because pretty much everyday since his surgery he has been looking like this...

He was of course sleeping while I took these pictures so the one of his knee is really bad. But I had to document this! He has three incisions, I could only reach two. We haven't actually seen what they look like because we haven't taken that tape off yet. He did have it all really bundled up about two days ago.... but of course.... I was a bad wife and didn't get a shot of that.

(At least I have these pictures right?)

These little babies are going to be a new addition to our family for at least a month or two now. Steven is doing great getting around on these guys, which is good because they are going to stick with him for a while!

Well we have a few rough months ahead of us. No Jazz games for at least a month and no sports for about 4-6 months! We are so thankful he got it fixed though and can now get back to being the normal 24 year old with two perfect knees!

So get better my sweet Steven! I hate to see you suffering and all loopy on medicine!

P.S. Did you see his facial hair? He hasn't shaved in like a month haha but I think it's cute! :)

Christmas and Disneyland

This Holiday was the best!

Steven and I got to go to Disneyland, Visit with family and hang out with great friends!

Of course the highlight of our month was in fact Disneyland!

We had such a wonderful time together and of course what is more magical than Disneyland? Well thats Disneyland in December!

We were so excited for the fireworks, parades, Santa, Lights, and of course they make it snow every night! I couldn't even wait!

We drove to California to find this waiting for us....

Rain

We tried to stay as positive as we could but it was real hard! We spent our first day in Universal Studios and got to me some great characters! They had a little place where they had snow, but they didn't hold their tree lighting ceremony :(

We spent the other two days in Disney and it was a tad bit miserable... No fireworks, No making it snow,No Parades, No Santa... It was very sad! We made the most of it though by riding all our favorite rides and enjoying the Christmas things that were still open!

Steven has the best hookups ever... His uncle designed fountains and put one in Disney world (as well as the one at Bellagio) So he has a membership at this super secret restaurant in the Disneyland park and we got to go eat there! It's called Club 33 and nobody even knows this place exists and we were so glad to get out if the rain! The next time you go to Disneyland, walk down the New Orleans square street, and look to your left right after the exit of the Pirates ride. Its this completely unmarked door except for the number 33. They do such a good job of hiding it because all the little shops around it are numbered as if it was just part of the street! The cute thing is, its called club 33 because thats what Walt's house address was! I took pictures of the square from inside the restaurant as well as where it is hidden in the square! It was such amazing food and did I mention lunch cost $72? But not to worry! Because with your reservation to this marvelous restaurant you actually get into the park for free. Such an awesome deal! and we had a blast!

The best ride that changed for Christmas was the Haunted Mansion. They changed it into the Nightmare Before Christmas! I tried real hard to take some pictures of the ride but they didn't really work... Steven really enjoyed it though! (Thats a lot for him because he HATES that movie.) It's a Small World was also changed. It was so cute! and once again, Steven said it was actually bearable!

We also saw this amazing show called World Of Color which is now at California Adventures and we highly recommend you see it!

Even thought we were wet the entire time we still had such a good time and we just loved spending time together away from school and work!

This was the last view of Disney we saw before we left. :)

I wasn't so great about taking pictures of Christmas day. We had such a great day though! Steven is so good to me... He got me a PHONE and a SEWING MACHINE! I got him lame clothes... We had a blast seeing the family and traveling all over Utah just like the movie Four Christmases. We are so lucky to have such an amazing family too!

Happy Holidays Everyone!

What a Weekend.

We had such a great weekend!

There was THANKSGIVING at Grandma Fletchers.

BLACK FRIDAY shopping!!!

Football Games.

Jazz Games.

and a whole lot of hanging out!

We had a LOT of people at Grandma's!

GO UTES!!

(This game was actually pretty awful. Super Super cold, nobody scored a point, and it was slow for 3 and a half ours of the game! but we are happy they won.)

At the beginning of the holiday weekend my step dad Jared had a brain operation because eleven years ago he was diagnosed with a brain tumor and every year he gets it checked out. This year they said it actually was growing and they needed to do a biopsy to see what further action they needed to take. We felt so bad for him because his tumor is actually the size of a large pear right now. The surgery went great and he was real loopy for a few days. They still don't know what needs to happen, they are thinking either Chemotherapy, or Radiation. We'll keep everyone posted!

If you want to hear the full story you can check out my family's blog at stoddfamily.blogspot.com

Steven has started an internship with the Jazz, but he calls it a job. I guess if your getting paid to do it! He loves it so much! I'm kinda sad because I get bored when he goes to the games but I'm super happy for him! This was after the Jazz vs. Lakers Game.

GO JAZZ!!!

Why?

Oh just why couldn't we experience New York like this?

This is literally ten steps away from where a worked...

We went when it was Hot and muggy and Humid....

I can't complain though! We still had the best Summer of our lives!!!

Happy Happy Halloweeny!

OK. I know this is a little bit late

(well, a lot a bit late)

But I still have to post some cute pictures of Halloween! Because it's my favorite holiday, I become obsessed with the decorations, candy and of course Halloween costumes! My grandma had a family get together with everyone in their costumes and it was so much fun! Steven and I didn't really have any costumes until like the day before, and at the last minute, Steve decided to be a Ute fan. (Sooo original. I know... ;) We had a ton of fun though and its so good to see my family!

Also my little cousin Chelsea's birthday is Halloween day so we went to her house for a cute little birthday party. Her mom made as many spooky foods as she could come up with and she actually did a fantastic job!

So what we have here: The wicked witch of the west with the house that fell on her, mummy pizzas, Witch fingers, Devils eyeballs (deviled eggs) and a watermelon brain!

Well, needless to say, I am very sad my favorite holiday has come and gone again. But now we get to look forward to CHRISTMAS! Yay!

(I'm helping my mom decorate this week! She likes to start really early :)

Fall is in the Air

There is nothing better than Fall....

...Bright colors
...Warm smells
...crisp leaves
...Amazing treats
...Scarves
...Tights
And one of my favorites,
...The decorations!!

I can't even begin to explain how much I love Halloween Decorations.
I could honestly say I love decorating for Halloween more than I love decorating our Christmas tree! And of course I am blessed with the smallest apartment known to man, so I have very little decoration room.
I had to share all of the wonderful little things about Halloween that get me so excited to see fall come around every year!

So I love anything Halloween when its accompanying dessert :) I had to get those candy corn kisses! and they are actually fantastic! (actually just white chocolate)

I am obsessed with my Mom's jewelry and she always makes the cutest seasonal bangles! My most favorite bangle of all is her Halloween one!

She sells her jewelry to Randee & Co. and it is literally the cutest decoration shop EVER! You have to go visit if you haven't been. (thats where the Frankenstien came from)

We made that cute little wreath out of sparkly tulle and I had the greatest idea to make cute little pins out if it! And that is how those pins came to be.


I'm super excited that we made these and I can't wait to wear mine to pieces!