3 Years Ago on December 17

Well it was three years ago of complete chaos when Craig and I got married. We have been in chaos since. I still remember the day I saw Craig at our friends sealing and I thought "hmmm. he is either married or not with our wedding party"" because that was the luck that I had in the past. But lucky for me he was kind of taken, sorry but that relationship ended a few days after we met. We saw each other probably once every three weeks until I moved to Arizona which was a huge step for me. I did not know anyone but craig, i was in a new job and living away from all of my roomates that I missed a lot. It was all worth it. About three months after we met on Sept 23 Craig popped the question and I said yes. Then three months after that we were sealed for Eternity in the Logan, Ut temple. We had a rough road trying to get to the temple from misscheduled flights to our wedding license being in a different car then we went to the temple to. I remember when we were waiting to be sealed Craig and I sighed a huge sigh of relief and said" I can't believe we made it here" We probably still sigh every day that we make it :). I just wanted to post some of our wedding pictures and engagement pictures just for you all to see how lucky I am to have met such a wonderful man. Craig I love you and you make everyday an adventure.

We love this picture because we both look so confused which is exactly how we felt. Can you say sleep deprevation.


Some of our Engagement photos

WE are BACK to real LIFE

FINALS ARE OVER!!!
We have been MIA lately because of school,work,internships, and trying to remember all that we have to do. But Hooray finals are over for both of us to starting tomorrow North CArolina Here we COME!!

thanksgiving Pictures

We had so much fun having family over for Thanksgiving. The food was great and there were a lot of laughs. The laughs mainly came from my Dad(we got him to play the Wii) It was awesome.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving. :)

The Gophers MUST GO!!!!

Ok. So we have gophers in our back yard. I have tried to get rid of them myself through the summer and everynow and then we would get a new dirt mound from one of their tunnels. Well...today I go out in my abondoned yard(I haven't been able to go back there due to my busy schedule. Any ways this is what I found.






Thats right all of those are fresh mounds.
I'm calling a gopher getter!!!!!!

High School tag

1. DID YOU DATE SOMEONE FROM YOUR SCHOOL? No, the dating started in College

2.WHAT KIND OF CAR DID YOU DRIVE? 1981 Chevy Cavalier

3. DID YOU PASS YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE TEST YOUR FIRST TRY? Yes

4. WHERE YOU A PARTY ANIMAL? No, I spent time with my friends watching movies and stuff.

5. WERE YOU CONSIDERED A FLIRT? I don't think so.
6. WERE YOU IN BAND, ORCHESTRA, OR CHOIR? I was in Band my freshman year and then I went to sports

7. WERE YOU A NERD? I would like to say no but the answer is probably yes

8. WERE YOU ON ANY VARSITY TEAMS? yes

9. DID YOU EVER GET SUSPENDED/EXPELLED? No

10. CAN YOU STILL SING THE FIGHT SONG? Nope

11. WHO WERE YOUR FAVORITE TEACHERS? Ms. Gregg, Mr. Hauser, Mr. Cato, Mr. Petoskey, Mrs. Barringer
12. WHERE DID YOU SIT FOR LUNCH? Outside, every now and then I would eat in the lunchroom.
13. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S FULL NAME? Hagerman High School

14. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S MASCOT AND COLORS? Pirate, Orange and Black

15. DID YOU GO TO HOMECOMING AND WITH WHO? I never did go to the homecoming dance.
16. IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN WOULD YOU? No way. High school was full of too much drama, I would like to see my friends a little more now though.
17. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER MOST ABOUT GRADUATION?The hot gym and microphone that didn't work, oh yes and the messed up slide show..Lets just say we had a horrible graduation

18. WHERE DID YOU GO SENIOR SKIP DAY? I went to school, I didn't want to go camping with everyone who would be drinking. Lame I know but I'm glad I didn't go
19. WERE YOU IN ANY CLUBS? Yes. BPA and Honor Roll
20. HAVE YOU GAINED SOME WEIGHT SINCE THEN? Yes, I lost it a few years ago then I met Craig and I have gained it back. I am currently working on losing the 15 lbs

21. WHO WAS YOUR PROM DATE? Sophmore year it was Brandon Knight, Junior Year it was Ben Christiansen,and Senior prom with this guy named Daniel from Gooding.
22. ARE YOU PLANNING ON GOING TO YOUR 10 YEAR REUNION? Maybe. I guess it depends on what is going on in a few years
23. DID YOU HAVE A JOB IN HIGH SCHOOL? Yes I worked during the summers. One summer I worked at Emerald Valley Garden Center watering plants and the next summer I worked at a Waitress at the Roadrunner for KJ and Luann Coates(Awesome Bosses)

Congratulations James and Amanda

My older brother James and his wife Amanda had their first baby today. Congratulations and we love you guys.

Funny stories from Church

I think everyone can relate to the feeling of embarrassment that happens in church so many times. These are some of the funny yet embarrassing things that happened to Craig and me this Sunday. By the way it was the Primary program in Sacrament meeting which makes this even better.
First:
Craig and I were sitting near the back of the chapel. I was talking to Craig about something unimportant when I hear one of the children state "Heavenly Father" I was sitting with my arms folded, immediately got confused, stopped my talking and bowed my head ready for the pray. Then I feel Craig shaking with laughter beside me as I hear the child finish saying something like "Heavenly Father wants us to return to live with him".
Second:
The fathers and older boys came to the front of the chapel behind the podium and sang Called to Serve. As they were singing the younger kids were doing the actions behind them(Putting their fists in the air when singing "Onward" and pushing their hands out in front of them when singing "forward") Well the funny part about this is the song was sounding really good and then all of a sudden anyone who thought they could take a nap during the meeting were awakened when the younger kids yelled out ONWARD!!!! It was so funny the fathers that were singing with their sons were laughing.(this might be one where you had to be there)
Third:
The Congregation was asked to sing the 2nd and 3rd verse of We Thank thee O God for a Prophet. Well Craig was really ready to sing and he joined about 5 people in the congregation with full vigor singing the first few words of the First verse. It sounded something like "WE THANK THEE o' ...." and quickly faded, followed by laughter. It was even funnier when we thought our friends Danny and Laura were laughing at us but in reality they were laughing because Laura did the same thing. :)
Fourth:
In nursery during song time, one of our little girls had the cutest tights on which had a picture of a bear on her bum. While singing wheels on the bus she pulls up her skirt and says "Hey look at the bear on my bum" It was so funny.

Oh the joys of church.

Its a Girl

Announcing Alyssa Joan(this picture does not justice to how cute this little girl is, remember it is from a cell phone camera right after she was born)

As many of you know my younger brother Ben got married at the beginning of this year and soon after found out their due date for their first child was Dec. 6,2008. They have been having a really tough pregnancy with Janna being in the hospital at least four times in the last month and being on strick bedrest to keep their little girl from coming too soon. Well last night they went to St. Lukes in Meridian and after a few hours were transported to the downtown St. Lukes in Boise. At 5:50am(time might not be exactly correct) little Alyssa Joan Stewart was born. She weighs 3 lbs 12 oz and is 17 3/4in long. I had the chance to go see her a few hours ago and she is doing fantastic. She has been breathing on her own since she was born this morning and although she is in the NICU she is in an open bed(meaning no incubator) which is a relief. What a strong little girl. I let my brother borrow my camera to take pictures so once I get it back I will be posting some pictures of the newest addition to our family.

P.S. at the end of November my older brother James's wife is due to have their first baby as well, Also a baby girl.

Tagged

1. Go to your pictures
2. Upload 4th picture of 4th folder
3. Post
4. Tag 4 of your friends: Joleen, Laura, Cambi, Tamalin

This is a picture of my little niece Alyvia a little over a year ago. My sister Melissa brings her kids out every summer for almost a month at Grandma and Grandpa Stewarts. We absolutely love when they come and have so much fun. If there is one thing that I absolutely adore it is when the Family gets together.(On both sides,mine and Craigs)

The Biggest Loser

Ok I am officially hooked on the Biggest Loser. Tuesdays are my only nights off that I am able to watch TV and Biggest loser is my show of choice. Currently I almost feel like I am losing water weight just by watching the show. Let me explain. Every week there is at least one thing that happens which makes me cry. Ok not cry more sob like a baby. If you have ever seen my UGLY CRY FACE it is not pretty but I definitely sport it every Tuesday night. I'm not sure what is the reason but it seems like my tear ducts are attached to the contestants because they cry and I cry. Really right now I am supposed to be finishing my paper for Psychology of Health which happens to be an intervention for my own personal weight loss and I just had to get that off my chest. Ohhh(big sigh of relief)

So Busy

Sorry we haven't made a post in a while. Craig and I have started school and are still working full time as well so we don't have much time to update the blog. I am also doing an internship with the YMCA and that is working out pretty well. It was a rough start but it seems to all be coming together so that is good. Just wanted to let everyone know that we are doing good and staying busy. ( so if you drive by our house and our lawn isn't mowed that is why..haha)

Have a great week.

Please save us from the Tomatos!!!

Our tomato plants are going crazy and now that Craig and I are back in school we don't have time to make salsa, and Craig really doesn't like the tomatos so if any of you love tomatos let me know and I will bring you some.

I DID IT!!!!!

All summer I have been telling my self to ride my bike to work and back. Well yesterday I did it. I rode my bike to work and back, a total of 13.5 miles. whoo hoo. I tried to accomplish this twice this summer. Once I made it to work and had Craig pick me up when I was off, and the next time I was halfway to work and I realized I left my bike lock at home. So I rode back home and drove to work. So today my legs are really tired, of course. I am starting to realize how out of shape I have let myself get. Anyways I posted a picture of my bike below. Oh yes and two things I have learned about riding a bike. No matter how comfy your seat may be by the end of the ride it feels like a Rock(and I don't mean a Chevy), and two for some reason every highschool who passes you in a car loves to scream at you. Not quite sure what that is about.

Craigism for today

So today I called Craig at work. I don't remember why but I told him to "Calm Down". With out missing a beat Craig says " I can't I have high blood pressure" I was laughing so hard because it totally makes sense..haha Just thought I would share the funny things Craig says.

The Fruits or Veggies of our Labor

This year we built some planter boxes and planted some plants for our first garden. I wasn't sure if the plants would even grow so of course I put a lot of seeds in the soil. Crazy thing, I'm pretty sure all of them grew. Here are some pictures

We planted White Pumpkins


And Orange pumpkins(we just realized that they are miniature pumpkins)


And lots and lots of tomatos

Peppers



Carrots that taste so good

Our lawn that has taken most of our time this summer. We have put so much work into this so it will look like a yard, and it kind of does now. Much different from what it looked like when we moved in.

Here is a slideshow of some of my Family Renunion in Yellowstone

We also went swimming at the firehole,saw Kesler cascades, some more geysers, saw Mammoth hot springs, came out all covered in dirt and smelling like camp smoke. If there is one thing to make you appreciate life it is seeing Gods creations first hand. Enjoy

So Bored!!!!

So cynthia went to yellowstone with a bunch of her family and I got stuck here working. Sure I got to play a round of golf, watch all the sports I want and go to bed whenever I want. But that only lasts about a half a day or so. SO BORED!!!

Tennis Saga

Craig and I absolutely love tennis. We try to play every chance that we get. Well lately we think we have a chance but we have been denied. On Tuesday we had a plan to play tennis since we both had the day off. By time we got to the tennis court to our suprise there were some tennis classes going on. So we waited for about 20 min and then finally took the court. Just a little side note(I am not very good a tennis at all since I am just learning). Then after 5 min of playing tennis it starts raining. So like any sensible people holding metal rackets we continued to play. Once the rain stopped we quickly were bored with the game and came home. Fast forward to today(Saturday). We wake up and go to the Tennis courts first thing. We were so excited to play tennis. We pull up to the tennis court and there is a tournament going on with all the 6 courts full. Once again the tennis didn't work out. Or at least real tennis didn't. Luckily we still have Wii Tennis. haha

Lets take a Trip down...

....Memory Lane!!!!
I have seen this on all of my friends blogs. When talking to a friend earlier this week I was reminded by all of the fun we have had together. So if you all have any fun memories please post them. Enjoy

1. As a comment on my blog, leave a memory that you and I have together. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see what memories people have of you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses.

So you know those times when you realize.....

that you are the only one laughing at your joke. That is how Craig and I feel. Craig made his first post ever, which we were laughing so hard about and there have been no comments. So we have realized that we think it is funny. I thought I should make a post regarding his because I'm not sure if people realize the joke in it. Anyways if you feel like making a comment don't hold back.
haha Cynthia

The Land of Blubber bellys

Its official. Craig is Fat. I know what your thinking, he mispelled it. But no, I am no longer P-H-A-T, just good old F-A-T. (add izzles and twizzles where you must:0 )
So I have began running again. The problem with that is when you are the chubby of chubbies, you have to carry that weight along with you, THE WHOLE TIME! So if I seem a bit grouchy or tired, I have only one piece of advice, blame it on the blubber.
Cheers!
Craig :)

What we have been up too...

We have been so busy, which is the reason I am not good at posting on my account. We have been going to the driving range in chance we get, planting our garden and watching our plants grow, fixing our fence, painting our house, going to school(5 week course, working full time,and just trying to survive. Here are some pictures.





This is Craig's office, or so we say...there really isn't anything office like in there but it works and it is all about him.



We were so lucky to have Craig's parents come and visit us. We had a lot of fun doing a bunch of stuff. We went on a lot of hikes, bike rides, runs, eating out, and like I mentioned earlier we painted a lot and as a house warming gift they bought us a new fan and light(Which explains the picture of Dan earlier.
Here is my garden
It all started with some little pumpkin plants that grew double their size every day, it was amazing.


These are the pumpkin plants now..

Tomatoes, onions and peppers..

Carrots and strawberries


THE FENCE!!!!
We received a notice from our HOA about our fence. The previous owners of our house didn't really take care of anything so we finally fixed the fence.
Before...

The new fence before the stain....

The final product...

Correction

Just in case you were all wondering that previous blog is All about Craig, I forgot to put that on the front and Craig had some corrections I need to update. His favorite restaurant is not McDonalds but a place called The Reef in downtown Boise. They have super cool bands that play there and amazing food, it is kind of like and island themed restaurant, anyways we love it

TAGGED!!
Since Amanda specifically put my name on the list of who was tagged I guess I will do this. Just kidding. I love my Craiggers so it is a lot of fun.

A-ATV of Choice?- I have never seen him on one either, but I think he really likes four wheelers.
B-Born?- October 10,1983
C-Cookies or candy?- Craig loves both. One of his favorites is Cookie Dough he always has me make that and for some reason it never gets baked. Funny how that works.
D-Date of choice?- He absolutely loves going to concerts, shows, athletic events, and sometimes just staying home or going to his favorite sporting goods store ( JOES)
E- Essential item(s)?- Cell phone and IPod and wallet
F- Favorite food?- Homemade is enchiladas. Out - Chicken fried Chicken from Applebees
G- Gas or diesel?- gas i guess, but he really hates paying for it
H-Hobbies?- Playing his guitar, playing tennis with his wife, hanging out with friends, running(when he can find time in his busy schedule), golf, and watching movies
I-Favorite ice cream?- Mint Chocolate Chip or Strawberry
J-Current Job?- Manages Eyemasters in the Boise Town Square Mall
K- Kids?- We hope to eventually have 4 or 5(secretly I think Craig is afraid for any if they are at all like he was as a child)
L-Last vacation?-For Craig his major vacation was last Thanksgiving he went to North Carolina to see his family, more recently he took time off to hang out with his parents, who visited from North Carolina.
M-Morning person or night owl?- Not really either, he likes to sleep in but complains having to wait for me to get home from work at either midnight or 1 am.
N-Number of siblings?- 3 Two older sisters and one older brother. I also married the youngest in the family, but he is more of a daddy's boy, which I absolutely love the strong relationship he has with his dad..Its priceless
O-OCD or Sloppy? -Depends. He is OCD about things he buys but doesn't mind if things aren't perfect, especially with our busy lives it is hard find time to clean.
Q-Quiet or Loud?- Loud, He is a huge people person and the fun at the party.
R-Restaurants?- McDonalds, Applebees, and really good Mexican food restaurants
S-Sports? Basketball, Golfing,and pretty much anything(he is very talented) and he loves watching ANY sport on TV!
T- Tight wad or Spender?- Tight wad. Well, he likes to purchase more expensive items than I do so he's really good at saving. I tend to buy little items a few times a month. :)(Amanda I will not change a thing on this for Craig)
U- Unknown fact?- hmmm. Can't really think of one
V- Veggies?- He likes vegetables but will not go out of his way to buy them at the grocery store. Normally he gives me a hard time because I buy so many fruits and vegetables. haha
X- Extra Curricular activities?- Whenever he gets time (which isn't very often) he enjoys playing or watching sports, singing, reading, and playing with his wifey.(I'm not changing much on this one too) Anytime out of work and school is an extracurricular activity.
Y- Why I love him-So many reasons. He can always make me laugh and trys all the time especially when I am being moody. I love his smile, his eyes, his testimony in the gospel and knowlegde in it. I love how close he is to his family and works to be close to mine, I really love everything about him. Definitely his sarcasm..I love you babe.
Z-Zodiac sign- Libra

Who is tagged by this: Andrea, Heather, and Cambi

STOMP!!!

So about a month ago Craig called me an told me he had won free tickets to see STOMP in Boise on May 30th. I picked up the tickets but really didn't know what to expect from the show other than lots of music on unordinary things. That is exactly what I got. It was awesome. It was hillarious as well. The whole show I couldn't stop laughing and Craig was the same way. So if any of you have doubts about seeing STOMP don't. It was a lot of fun and great for kids too. There is a great video on Youtube but I don't know how to post it..haha

Springtime in Boise

Everyday when I walk to school I wish I had a camera. So today I only had one class and I was prepared with a camera. I wanted to spread some spring time with all of you. Enjoy!!






I hope all have a terrific weekend. :)