2 Months and Valentine's Day Recap

Ryan and I celebrated our two-month anniversary last Friday. I love celebrating these little milestones. It's so fun!!! And to add to the fun we included Kira in our festivities. I picked Kira up from school, strategized about her history fair project and then we went to pick up Ryan. We grabbed some Subway ($5 footlongs--it's Februany!) and headed back to the Cooley home to watch Beauty and the Beast on their awesome new TV. It turned out that it was the diamond edition of the movie so there was even an extended scene! Allan and Kristie came home from dinner and joined our festivities. We ate popcorn, Ryan played Zelda, we did a Tim-Tam slam... It turned out to be a great evening!
Then for Valentine's Day we got to sleep in ('cause it was Tuesday and we can do that on Tuesday and Thursday), I made Ryan's favorite muffins for breakfast and then filled his pockets, shoes, and notebooks with cheesy Valentines. He had fun trying to find them all, which wasn't accomplished until late that evening! We parted ways about 10 am--Ryan to school then work, me to work, class, then work again. For dinner at 9:30 that night (yep, that's about when we rejoin each other at home), we enjoyed one of those heart shaped pizzas from Papa Murphy's and a S'more pizza for dessert. It tasted fantastic alongside a couple episodes of Fringe! All in all, I'd say it was a great Valentine's Day. Low-key is just what we needed with our hectic schedules!
P.S. The only picture I have is of our Tim Tam Slam. Thanks Kristie!!! I'll try to do better with my own documentation!

Disneyland! Oh my what a fabulous adventure!!!

Once upon a time I was a girl who married into a family of Disneyland fanatics. Love you Cooleys! ;o) I myself, had never been to this magical place and therefore could not quite grasp the reason for this, shall we say, obsession? But that all changed on the 25th of January....
After an eventful departure from Logan, a super-early flight to Long Beach, and a warm welcome to sunny California, I set my two little feet inside a magical adventure. And for the next four days, I walked, and stood, and ate (A LOT), and rode, and basked in the world of Disney. Needless to say, I had a fantastic time and dare I admit it???? I CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK!!!!

1 Month!

After a long day at work for me and a new day of classes for Ryan, we both made it home for dinner. We'd planned Swedish meatballs and mashed potatoes for the menu, with a little cake for dessert! When I got home, Ryan had the potatoes boiling and I joined him in the kitchen to finish the rest. Once it was all ready, we dished up and headed to the living room to watch an episode of Stargate SG-1. I picked up the first season at the library and have been getting re-aquainted with the series. Ryan still can't believe I watch it! I profess to strongly dislike Sci-Fi.... Somewhere during the show I pulled out the last piece of wedding cake we had-besides the top that's awaiting our 1 year anniversary- and we dug in. It was still surprisingly tasty! I definitely recommend Shaffer Bakery for delicious cakes. We gobbled it up and enjoyed every single bite! I think it was a great 1-month anniversary!!

10 December 2011

In a simply beautiful sealing ceremony, Ryan and I were joined for time and all eternity on Saturday 10 December 2011 in the Logan LDS Temple. Here's to forever babe!!!