ThAnKsGiViNg 2009

Thanksgiving was different this year. Ty and I actually had two Thanksgivings. It was my parents year to have us but since my little brother Adam was graduating from basic training in Kentucky the day before thanksgiving they spent some time with him and we had thanksgiving dinner with my family the Saturday after when they got back.

Our thanksgiving break started when I got off work Wednesday at 6:00. I got home we finished packing we got some Wendy's for dinner and hit the freeway at 6:30 pm. We had such a fun ride up. A lot of times I sleep pretty much the whole way and Ty drives. Poor Ty. Well this time I stayed awake the whole time we jammed out to the Glee soundtrack and just talked. I loved it I love talking on our rides up North. Thank you Ty for such a good ride up, it was good you and me time. We got to my parents house in Syracuse at about 10:30pm pretty good time considering we stopped in Nephi for a potty and treat break. When we got there my parents weren't there they were in Kentucky at Adams graduation. We stayed at my parents and watched the kids while they were gone.

Thanksgiving day my Mom wanted the kids to pretend it wasn't thanksgiving because they were doing it Saturday haha my mom is funny. Well Ty and I decided to go to Ty's grandma and Grandpas with his mom and dad for thanksgiving dinner since my parents were out of town and we didn't want to leave the kids at home so they came with us. I think they had fun and liked the food. Whats not to like about having two thanksgiving dinners. Ty's family made a delicious dinner thank you for letting us come and bring my siblings. After we ate we went downstairs to hang out and I had my thanksgiving nap of course. Ty said his nap was turkey coma and my nap was pregnancy tiredness. I think he was right I get exhausted soooo easily being preggers.

After we woke up from our naps we went over to Tys mom and dads house to hang out for a while. It was soooo much fun Dan and Brooke and the kids were there, Chris and Staci and Cute baby Ayla was there and Mike and Jess and the kids were there. We were all there and I loved it that doesn't happen very often since some of us live in southern Utah and some in northern Utah. We had a blast with everyone there we played games, talked a lot and Ty and I played with the babies and puppies. My siblings were entertained too since other kids were there to play with. I even watch Brooke play rook so maybe someday soon I will join in. Ty wants me to learn how to play rook soooo bad because its the Ulrich thing to do :) I just don't think I am smart enough for that game. After hanging out until about 9:30 pm we decided we should probably get the kids back home and in bed although we were sad to leave. What a fun day. Thanks mom and dad Ulrich for letting us hang out.

The next day on Friday the kids and Ty and I made sure the house was all clean before mom and dad got home. then me, Amanda, Emilee and Ammon went shopping. Yes it was crazy because it was black friday but I really needed to get some Christmas shopping done and it was the only day while we were up here I could do it. So we pushed our way through crowds, got bad parking spots and stood in long lines but I got almost all of Tys presents so it was worth it I think :) When we got home from shopping mom and dad were back home. The kids were so happy to have them back and Ty and I were excited to see them and hear some stories that Adam told them from his experiences at basic. At 4:30 we all went to the movie Planet 51. My family has a tradition from since I was little that we go to a movie on thanksgiving so since my parents were out of town that day we went the day after. It was fun to all go to a movie together. Thank you mom and dad for taking us all! It was a really cute show I liked it a lot and I think Ty did too we both laughed a lot and there was adult humor in it too which is always good! The rest of the night we just all hung out together.

Saturday was our second Thanksgiving and it was such a good day. We started out the day getting all ready and cleaning up, watching the movie Home Alone, then mom and dad started making dinner and I helped too while the kids played and watch TV. Ty played with the kids too. My mom decorated the table all cute with decorations she had around the house and she made cute leaf name place cards that I wrote our names on and tied to the rolled silverware. At about 2:30 It was time to grub It was all so delicious! One of my favorite things on thanksgiving is my moms cranberry salad and Ty's favorite was the noodles and potatoes. It was so much fun to have most of the fam there.

The pretty table my mom decorated.

Ty, Amanda, Parker, Chris, Emily and Zach watching TV while dinner was cooking and being prepared.

This is what Ammon did while he waited for dinner to get done. Gotta love olive fingers.

Ty and I so happy right before the thanksgiving feast.

Later on that evening my mom and sisters and I went shopping. Mom and I wanted to go to Roberts to get some Vinyl for some projects we wanted to do with her cricket that night and Amanda and Emilee wanted to look at clothes at Rue 21 so we went to roberts and my mom got some new cute cartridges (which I was happy about cuz I can use them :) and we got the vinyl we went out to get then we went to Rue and Seagull book and tape. When we got home we played a game before the kids had to go to bed because Zachy really wanted to play a game before Ty and I had to leave. We played his spy game it was really fun! I am glad I had Ty as a partner because he is a smarty pants but I did feel like I was just doing whatever he said instead of being a team so now that I understand how to play we will have to be a better team next time athough we did win so that was cool. After the kiddos went to bed my mom and I did some vinyl projects. She made some Merry Christmas vinyl for me for my front door and then she made some snowflakes vinyl for my windows. Thank you so much mom for doing those for me they turned out so cute. (pictures to come on the next blog about decorating for Christmas). It was fun hanging out with my mom and just talking all night while we made those on her cricket. After mom went to bed Ty and I packed up all our stuff and put it out in the car so it would be ready for when we had to leave in the morning.

The next morning on Sunday we left at about 8:15am after saying our good byes to the fam and drove back to Cedar. Usually we would have stayed and gone to Church with my parents and leave later that night but this time we needed to get back to Cedar to go to our ward at 1:00 because Ty plays the piano for choir and they were performing in sacrament that Sunday and then he also had to work that night after church. We got back to Cedar just in time to hurry and change and fix our hair before church started. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving break and loved all the time we had with both families! Thank you family!

This is a picture of the fall sign that I made in September to put in my living room for all of fall. I loved how they turned out it was the first time I had ever done mod podge on something like this before. First I painted the letters then mod podged paper on the front and then embellished them like so. I loved how they turned out and I am going to make one for every season. (I already made the winter one picture to come)

Yes that is a picture of a scrabble board. There is a story behind this. A couple weeks ago I had a day off and Ty had the morning off so we decided before he had to go to work we wanted to make the most of the time we had together and we would play a game. Ty picked scrabble. I like this game but I am not very good at it because all my words are three and four letters long is all. haha I don't have a very big vocabulary. But this game of scrabble was soooooo much fun I am so glad we had this time together. We were talking, laughing and being silly the entire game. The reason why I took a picture of the board after is because we were able to use every single tile without cheating, combining letters and still took turns back and forth like you normally do. It was awesome that we used every tile! We were very proud of ourselves at least. The last two letters I had were 2 g's so I thought we were doomed luckily ty found that e and the last word of the game was egg. haha. Love you honey thank you for playing scrabble with me and for always making me laugh I love you! Oh and just for the record Ty killed me this game I can't remember the exact score but he for sure won haha. Good job babe!

NEW MOON

YES I am one of the crazy ladies that had to go to the midnight showing of New Moon and you bet I will be in line at Walmart when it comes out on DVD as well. I know there were even earlier showings up North but since I live in Cedar City midnight was the soonest I could see it. I know what your thinking....Why can't you just go see it one or even two days later it's the same movie? Well because I am a very impatient person so I didn't WANT TO wait! I love the Twilight Saga and just had to see it as soon as I could. I wish I didn't have to wait so long in between each movie. I am already getting so excited for Eclipse. I NEED to read the series again very soon.

My good friend Britney and I went to the movie together. We went and got in line at 10pm because I wasn't about to be in the cold for 11 hours like some people at the front of the line did. We still got good seats waiting until 10 to get in line. at 10:40 they let us in the theater so we were only out in the cold for about 40 minutes thank goodness.

Brit and I going out the door about to drive to the theater. Yes yes I am of course wearing my twilight shirt I wore it all day long. Ty made fun of me for it. My mom also made fun of me for going to the midnight showing but just wait I am going to make her go with me next year and she will love it!

In line. We are soooooo COLD! Good thing I had that fuzz hood and that excitement to keep me warm.

Finally sitting in our seats just waiting!

It's just about to start! We have our popcorn, treats and drinks and we are sooooo ready. I was so tired right before it started but once it started I wasn't thinking about sleep at all.

Ok so I LOVED the movie! I know I know they are never as good as the books but I know that going into it I just love to go for fun and to see how well they do following the book for the most part. My only complaint about the whole movie is the same complaint I have for the book it messes with my heart too much :( haha I love the love triangle but I hate it at the same time. I am team Edward when it comes to Bella and Edward being together but i also love Jacobs' character and for the split second of the book/movie New Moon I love Bella and Jacobs' fling. They have the perfect actor for Jacob because he has those sweet puppy dog eyes that you can't help but fall in love with. not to mention his gorgeous face, his tat, his biceps and that freakin' 8 pack! The part where Jacob is standing in the middle of the road and Edward and Bella get out to talk to him is the saddest part to me. I cried yes I cried because he loves her so much and has the biggest heart so I just felt so bad for him. I also cried when he is begging Bella to stay when they are about to leave for Italy. Poor Jacob but Bella is meant for Edward, don't worry you will find your true love soon :) I loved it I loved everything about it yes I wish it could be a four hour movie and have every detail in it but it was amazing non the less. I also really liked that they had a bigger budget with this one because everything was better because of it: the lighting, the acting, the special affects I loved it I just can't say that enough.

I will be seeing it again with Ty and my little sister because Ty is an amazing husband and I told my sis I would see it with her. Plus hello like I could turn down seeing it again? I think not! I hope I like it just as much the second time or even more would be better. Ok Ok I really need to read them all again I love the feeling I get from this story. I am Crazy oh well!

So now that I have spilled my soul about loving the movie what are your thoughts? Did you like it?

OuR nEwS!

Ty and I are going to have a Baby! I have been baby hungry pretty much since the day we got married 2 years ago but the timing just never felt right until now. We had a good feeling that it was time to start our family. We are both so excited I could shout it from a megaphone to everyone. We have known we are pregers for over two months now but didn't want to announce it to everyone until we had gone to a few visits and gotten through our first trimester just to be safe.

We got the clue we might be pregnant the first of September when I wasn't feeling well and I was just really tired, but we still weren't positive and didn't take a test yet because we had just been up north and my mom had been sick so I thought that maybe I had just gotten sick from her. After two weeks of not feeling any better I finally convinced myself to take the test. I made Ty look first because I was scared it was going to be negative. Ty looked at it and had no reaction which told me it was negative but he told me he was just trying not to give it away. As soon as I saw it was positive I freaked out I was so excited Ty and I hugged each other like a million times and kept saying how excited we were. And of course I started bawling haha im such an emotional person haha. Even after the test said yes and after I went ballistic from excitement I still had to be sure so two more pregnancy tests later I was convinced it was real.

Here is the proof I know you all want to see the pee stick. It is pretty sweet cuz you dont have to guess with the faint lines it just says pregnant or not pregnant. Then I did 2 more a couple days later and they were all positive :)

This is Ty and I the night we found out we were just about to be mommy and daddy to our little peanut. This was Tuesday September 15th. We are soooo HAPPY!

I wanted to call my mom and tell her right away but I some how was able to wait a couple of weeks so we could tell them in person since we were going on vacation with them just a few weeks later. We also wanted to tell Ty's parents in person but we weren't going to see them for a while so we decided to call them and tell them the same week we told my parents. It is so exciting to tell people I love it because it makes it seem more real to me that I am really pregnant.

We went to our first doctors appointment October 16th when we were ten weeks and five days along. We got to meet the doctor for the first time he is so nice and I am very happy we decided on him to deliver our baby. Also this appointment is when they told us how far along we were and our due date which is May 9th 2010! The very most exciting part about this appointment was at the end we got to hear the baby's heartbeat. Oh my heavens can I just tell you that that was the most amazing thing ever to hear that little things heart. I really am pregnant and there really is a baby inside of me. CRAZY! Because we were only 10 weeks it took a little bit of time to find the heartbeat and I was kinda freakin out until the doctor saw my panic face and reassured me that it can take a while to find it at first as soon as he was saying that he found it and I was so relieved and happy.

We just barely went to our second doctors appointment this last friday November 13th. Our appointment went so well. They talked about my blood testing results. They said everything was good but informed us that since I am A- and Ty is O+ they don't know if the babys blood type is going to be negative or positive so we don't know how my body is going to react depending on the blood type so they will give me the medicine at 28 weeks that will prevent my body from attacking and rejecting the baby. The nurse assured us we had nothing to worry about and that it can get all taken care of . I am a worry wart so I still worry a little bit in the back of my mind even though I know it will be ok. At the end of the visit we got to hear our baby's heartbeat again! Yay I was so excited and relieved to hear it again knowing that we have a healthy baby that is growing and doing well like it is supposed to. Gatherum found the heartbeat really fast this time because we are further along and baby is growing. We also got our unltrasound order form so that we can call radiology and get our appointment for our ultrasound in about five weeks to find out what the gender is! :) I can't wait to find out what we are having! What do you think we are having?

Today Sunday November 15th we are 15 weeks along in the pregnancy and we are in our second trimester. Throughout the pregnancy so far I have felt really nauseated and the most tired I have ever been my whole life all the time. I get so exhausted so easily it is so weird how different my body works now. I haven't thrown up at all but I have gotten really sick sometimes. These past few weeks I have started to feel a lot better still just as tired but not as sick. Now I just get sick when I don't keep something in my tummy. For the most part I feel pretty lucky since I haven't thrown up and I'm not too sick. I am still working but have gone down to part time. I feel like I have a little tiny baby belly and am soooo excited. To people who don't know I am pregers I probably just look like I have a gut but it is for sure a baby bump it is hard and pokes out further than it used to. I can't wait for a big belly haha I know I am weird I think they are cute. I also can't wait to feel the baby move around. I have only had a few weird cravings I dont like crab salad but at work when I make it is looks really good so I usually just have to try some weird haha. I have been craving del Taco cheddar quesadillas, Einstein bagels (which is a problem because they don't have them in cedar) and I ordered ribs at chilies the other day which is really weird because I have never ordered ribs EVER. The ribs and the crab salad just show that I am carrying Ty's child haha. I also want spaghetti, cereal and tomato soup with grilled cheese all the time.

15 weeks tiny belly!

It is also fun because my sister in law Emily is pregnant and is only nine days behind me so our babies will be really close and my older sister Traci is pregnant and due in February so her little boy and our baby will be close too! Yay lots of babes in the fam! Ty and I feel so blessed to have this opportunity to be parents soon. We can't wait for May 9th but we are excited to experience the rest of the pregnancy journey. I already feel like I have created a bond with this little baby. Ty is going to be such a good daddy and I can't wait to see him hold our baby for the first time and I can't wait to be a mommy. Neither of us have a feeling of what it is going to be my guess changes everyday so we will just have to wait for 5 more weeks until we are 20 weeks along to find out.

Birthday * Halloween * Nikki's Baby Shower

First of all October 20th was my 23rd Birthday! I know I can't believe it I am 23. I have graduated high school and gone through 4 years of college and graduated that makes me feel so old. I know 23 isn't old but I just feel like I was just barely 18. Where did those years go? My dad used to always say that the older you get the faster time flies by and that is sooooo true I feel like years go by so fast now. I'm not sure I like that life is going so fast haha. Well on a happier note I love birthdays. I love the month of October sooo much because it has my birthday and halloween in it and it just can't get any better than that. I don't just have a birthday I have a birth month and I take advantage of it just ask Ty haha. I had such a fun birthday to start the day off at 12:00 midnight my cute husband was of course the first one to wish me a happy birthday and he got me a cheesecake to enjoy right when my birthday first started. He is so cute he also let me open one of my presents at midnight. Before I opened it he told me that he was excited to give this to me and couldn't wait to see my reaction. That made me nervous a little but when I opened it I just laughed. I LOVE my snuggie I just had to laugh because they are so funny. I used to make fun of these and then I suddenly really wanted one and cute Ty got it for me. They seriously are spectacular I don't know how I lived without it before.

These pictures are me at midnight thats why I look so blah haha. That is me with my cheesecake and blowing my candles out. Also Me opening my snuggie and the best is me showing off one of the many things I can do while wearing my snuggie haha I should have been on the infomercial :)

When I woke up the next morning I woke up to a birthday message from my mom and little brothers. I called my mom back and talked to her for a while. She is seriously the best mom ever! After I got all ready for the day my cute friends Kari and Runge took me out to lunch at pastry pub just us girls. It was so fun just to go and talk and relax they are so sweet and I just wanted to tell them thank you and that I had a blast. In Cedar it was raining and it was awesome i thought it was such a beautiful day. When I got home Ty and I were off to St. George just to shop and chill. Right before we left for st. george he gave me another present to open. It was the New Moon Sound track! Yay honey thank you sooo much and he even let me listen to it on the way to st. george. St george was sunny and also very beautiful. I got so many birthday wishes phone calls and texts from family and friends and it just made me so happy. Ty was so sweet to me all day (he is alwasy sweet to me but he just made me feel extra special on my special day he is so amazing to me).

When we got to St. George we went to a bunch of stores. We first went to Rue 21 and just looked around for a while I love that store. When we were at Rue 21 my little sis Emilee called she is so cute just to tell me happy birthday and talk for a while. Thanks Em! Next we went to Old Navy! I got a really cute green scarf for the pictures we were getting later and we got Ty a new pair of Jeans and I love them they look sooo good on him and the style is sweet. We also went to target, Krumpets (I got cute BOO blocks that were on sale), Ross, and the mall. At the mall we also got a little snack because we were hungry but not quite ready for dinner. We were going to try to go to the pumpkin patch while we were done there but just ran out of time. After the mall we were off to Dan and Brookes house.

Brooke took some pictures of us. We like to get pictures around our anniversary and these were our two year anniversary pictures. I think it is so fun to get couple pictures and see how much we change each year and eventually they will be family pictures when we get some little chitlens running around. We wanted Brooke to take them because she is soooo stinkin talented! Her company is called Snatch and Snap Photography I have her button on my side bar you should check her out. We also like to use these pictures for our christmas cards. I can't wait to see the finished products when they are all done and edited. Thank you Brooke! After we went to a ton of really cool places around St. George to get our pictures done we went back to Dan and Brookes for a while. It was so good to see them and the kiddos and just visit for a while. Ty and I miss having them just down the street so much but it is fun to come visit them in St. George in there new beautiful home. They are always so welcoming and the kids seem to like when we visit :) Connelly and Oaklyn both made me some handmade birthday cards they were so cute thank you kidos.

Throughout the day Ty let me open my other presents I got a really really really cute skirt from downeast that I just love and House season 1 which I was so freakin excited about. Thank you honey for such fun presents. After Dan and Brookes Chris and Em met us down there and we all went to dinner together at the Olive Garden I love that place so of course it is where I went for my bday! It was fun to have Chris and Em and Parker there to celebrate with us. I got my favorite dish cheese ravioli with meat sauce and they gave us the best most delicious cake for my birthday dessert. I highly recommend getting that cake next time you go there for a birthday Yum! We also went to a couple stores with them after. By that time is was time to venture on back home to Cedar. On the way home I got a happy Birthday call from My mother in law and My father in law and also my dad. Thank you!

When we got back to Cedar we went over to Kari and Runge's house and Mike was there too because not only was it my birthday but it was also Tuesday which means biggest loser was on and we always watch it with Kari and Runge. It was cool that one of my favorite shows was on on my bday. And you bet ya I had my snuggie over there while we watched the show haha. It was such a perfect day Thank you everyone for all the birthday wishes and love. Thank you Ty for being such an amazing husband and making that day sooo special.

I also got this sweet present from my mom and dad and siblings :) My talented mom make this freakin awesome earring holder. I LOVE IT!!!!!! She makes these so if you want one let me know or go to her website. I have her button on my sidebar it is Organize and decorate everything. Thank you so much mom and dad and thank you mom for making it for me. Also my cute siblings made me some birthday cards and my mom got me something else She got me a really cute hat with a flower on it I love it too! It is so me!

The next event in October was Dan and Brooke's famous Pumpkin carving party on the 30th. Dan and Brooke LOVE pumpkin and they have the most amazing display of atleast 50 pumpkins each year with different carvings on Halloween night. People come from all over to see them and they really are amazing. I haven't really carved many pumpkins but after being in this family and going to these parties the last 3 years I am getting a little better and it is a lot of fun. At the party you just bring your own pumpkin or you do one they have and carve it and then they have yummy treats and you just carve and visit its a lot of fun. This year mom and dad Ulrich came down which was so fun and also Ty's aunt DeAnn and Uncle Scott and Zach came down this year. Also this year they had something special Ty's Uncle Charlie grew these HUGE pumpkins and Dave and Julie brought two of them down for them to carve. They were each like 250-300 lbs. CRAZY HUH they looked sweet though especially all lite up Halloween night. I had to work that night so we didn't get there until about 7 but we were having such a good time chatting we didn't leave until about 2:30 am. Thank you Jess for letting me hold Gracie as much as I wanted :)

Our pumpkins we each carved two. Ty carved a creapy guy with its tongue stiking out and the other one was the joker. I carved Sally from the Nightmare before Christmas (All three years I have gone to this party I always carve someone from the nightmare before christmas) and my other one was a mummy skull creapy guy.

The next day Was Halloween! Yay Can I just say I freakin LOVE this Holiday! It is so fun I am always going to dress up even when I am a mom I will dress up to pass out the candy and have halloween parties just for an excuse to dress up. I can't wait to have little kiddos to dress up. My first project on halloween day was to finish my costume. As I started on that Ty went and got us donuts for breakfat. I don't know why but donuts sounded like the perfect halloween breakfast. Then I went hard to work on my TUTU. This thing took so much longer than I thought it was going to but then again it was a TUTU for an adult haha. It took me a about 2 hours with some breaks in there. I just watched Scoobie Doo the movie and Edward scissor hands while I made it. So here is the story about the TUTU. I really wanted to make myself a TUTU and be a ballerina for halloween this year but then Ty decided on a pirate for his costume and I thought that sounded fun. We have never been matchy costumes for halloween before and I thought it would be fun to this year but I still wanted to wear a tutu so I was a pirate with a Tutu I actually think it surprisingly worked and I got a lot of compliments on it so thats good :). After the tutu was done ty and I went and ran some errands.

After our errands and grabbing taco time for dinner we ran home and got in our costumes and ready just in time for the ward trunk or treat. The Trunk or treat was so fun and I thought we looked cute as married pirates. It was fun to see all the cute kids all dressed up and they all looked awesome. Our calling in the ward is in primary and so it was fun to see them dressed up and all excited. There were so many cute baby costumes and matchy family costumes. It was so busy we bought double the candy we did last year and still seemed to run out. Once we ran out it was dying down and time to go home. We got home and had no candy left and saw some kids coming but they didnt see us so we ran inside and made it look like we weren't home and they knocked and we didnt answer cuz we ran out at the trunk or treat I felt so bad but after they left we found some dove choclates we had just bought and so for the rest of the trick or treaters we didn't have to hide and had some candy for them haha we are such dorks.

We then went down to St. George again for the rest of the night to hang with the fam while mom and dad U, DeAnn and Scott and Mike and Jess were still down there and to see all the pumpkins lite up and displayed on there driveway taking up the whole thing. We just hung out and sat outside handing out candy and talking to all the people who came to look at the pumpkins. When it dyed down a little Dan and Brooke Mom and Dad U and Ty and I had some salads for dinner, played some games of the card game golf and just chatted. It was so fun! I love family time.

Here are our fun Pirate costumes. I LOVE my tutu and Ty looked soooo good and handsome of course we got lots of compliments yay! Love you babe Happy Halloween!

On November 7th my mom and I gave my cute cousin nikki a baby shower for her and her little girl. Ty and I drove up to syracuse on Friday November 6th. That night when we got there we had chinese for dinnerand then my mom and I were off getting things ready for the shower. My mom is a really good party planner and is so creative with decorations. First I ran to some stores to get the food and some last minute things with my dad and Ty. When we got back we got ready on some of the food and decorations. My mom made a delicious salad we call Amys salad and she also made the punch and I made the sauce for chicken salad. Then we started a movie that me, mom, dad, ty , amanda and emilee watched together. As the movie was going my mom made some cool puffy tissue paper flowers and I made some tutus :). After the movie we got the rest of the room decorated with things that we had already made. I made these cute wood letters that spelled out her babies name Mckenna and I mod podged paper over them and put flowers and ribbons on them and we used that as a decoration. My mom also made a cute Mckenna banner and a mobil that when we have a baby I want one just like it. Then we made a clothes line with onsies socks tutus and skirts and hung it across the room the room was sooo cute we were up decorating until about 2 am.

The next day we got up early and finished the last few things before the shower started. I made the chicken salad for the croissants and my mom made a fruit salad then we just cleaned got the cupcakes on the cute plates added some balloons and we were ready. At 12:00 noon the shower began! It was so fun to give nikki this shower because She is the cousin I have always been the closest with so we are also really good friends. I am so excited for her and Greg to have this baby girl. It was fun we ate lunch, watched her open all her sweet gift and chatted. My mom and I gave her all the decorations, onesies, socks, tutus, banners, signs, mobil everything as her present from us and my sisters. Thank you Family for coming and I hope you had fun Nikki. It was fun to hang out with all the girls in the extended family.

Nikole (Nikkis Sister in law), Sharon (Nikkis grandma), Aunt Marie ( Nikkis mom) and Nikki and Mckenna.

The rest of the weekend with the fam was fun. After the shower the boys were still gone (That morning they were at my brothers wrestling meets and then they went shooting) so us girls me mom, emilee, and amanda all went to a boutique and ross. The boutique was so fun they had so many cute decorations and handmade gifts. When we got home the boys were home. We were all exhausted from a long day so we had some dinner and all just wanted to relax so we watched field of dreams. After that we pretty much all went to bed pretty early haha.

Sunday we went to my parents stake conference with them. It was soooo crouded. They were getting a new stake presidency. It was a really good conference I'm glad we went. There was a freak out moment however during the conference. This old man that was sitting behind me had some sort of attack and went unconscious. Oh my gosh it freaked me out I thought he died. There was a doctor there that stablized him until the EMTs got there. He regained consciousness before they left but I think they took him to the hospital right after that. I hope he is doin well. After church we had lunch visited for a while and then we were off to Murray to Ty's parents. When we got there we visited for a while and then had a delicious dinner. Thank you Julie. After dinner Ty and I hurried and ran over to his cousins Adam and Leslie condo to visit and see there new baby Carson. He is so cute he is a month old now and he made me sooo baby hungry. It was fun to see them and there new baby thank you guys for letting us come over and hold him.

When we got back mom and Dad U, and Ty and I drove down to Lehi to visit with Ty's brother and his wife Chris and Staci and there cute daughter Ayla. It was fun to see another baby she is nine months old so she was playing with us and smiling at us the whole time. Again thank you Chris and Staci for letting us visit we love seeing all the family we can when we get to come up north. It was so good to see you Chris and Staci I feel like it had been so long and by the way you two look amazing good job. Have fun on your cruise! We then drove back to Murray for the night. We played mexican train with Mom and Dad U. Dad won then Ty then me and then mom. Julie was not having fun losing but Dave sure was having fun winning. After they went to Bed ty and I watched some TV and were off to bed. The next morning we woke up early stopped at Einstein Bagles for breakfast got some slurpies and hit the road back down to Cedar.

Thank you Both Sides of the Family for such an amazing Weekend I never wanted it to end. Love you all and can't wait to see you at Thanksgiving!

Layla Grayce Blanket Set GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Layla Grayce Blanket Set GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

San Diego Trip Sept.30 -Oct.5 2009

In September my dad called me out of the blue one morning and told us they were going to San Diego and said they got an amazing deal and invited us to come. WE were all of that idea! San Diego with the fam? Heck yeah! It was over the kids UEA vacation from school so we left on Wednesday and got back on Monday. Wednesday we started our drive late so we drove to Primm Nevada stayed at Wiskey Petes and then got up the next day to drive the rest of the way. On our way to our hotel the first day right before San Diego we stopped at the Wild Animal Park/Zoo. It was HOT but so much fun. We got to see a lot of SWEET animals and went on a cool tour train to see all the wild animals roaming out in the open it was soooo cool. Ty's favorite animals are gorillas and they were awesome to see at the zoo. I also really loved seeing the gorillas and the lions. Except the lion looked like it wanted to eat Amanda it wouldn't keep its eyes off of her haha. They also had a cool club house thing you climb up to see a good view of the park and there was a petting zoo area where we got to pet and feed some cute deer. The last thing we did before left was the carousel and yes ty and I road it too :) We are just big kids.

These are all at the Wild Animal Zoo. Ammon and I loved the deer. Ty likes to be silly of corse I think he is a little to big to come out of that egg. We all loved the tour train to see all the animals.

These are a lot of the animals we saw while we were there along with much more. I really liked the turtles one day I want one as a pet :) We think ty likes the gorillas because he has really broad shoulders like them. We found out on the tour that the great white rhinos are distinct and there are only five left in the whole world they have two of them in this zoo. Ty thought that was sad.

After the zoo we were off to the hotel once we all got settled in we went out to dinner at dennys and then went to the hot tub for a little bit and then crashed back at the hotel because we were all exhausted from walking at the zoo. Friday was SEA WORLD DAY! We were soooo excited to go to sea world. Ty had never been before and I was little since I had been we had so much fun.

The first thing we did was go on the ride that takes you up high and spins so that you can see the view of the whole park and a lot of San Diego. It was a really pretty view.

Next we were off the see the sea otters, sting rays and dolphins. We got to pet the sting rays it was really cool they feel all spongy. I was hesitant to touch them at first but it was way cool when I did. The kids liked touching them they thought it was cool. Ty really liked it too. I liked the babies.

Next we saw the coolest show ever the Shamu show with all the killer whales. I can't even explain how cool this show was I got chills through the whole thing. The tricks with the trainers were awesome too. The relationship that the trainers and the whales had was so amazing to me they were like their pets it was so cute. Its amazing that people can train killer whales.

After the show we went to lunch and saw some more of the park.

Then we were off to the kids play area it was cute and it had a huge jungle jim that even my dad came and played in, a few rides and the cool circus mirrors that make you look really tall and skinny or realy short and stout haha it was so fun in there. Also the park was decorated in all fall and halloween decor it was cute.

Next we went to the sea lion show which was supposed to be a comedy show called Sea Lions Live SLL and it was soooo funny those sea lions are really obedient. Last we went to more of the aquariums and saw some sharks too it was an awesome day at sea world.

So when I was little I went to sea world with my fam and they got me a dolphin and for some reason I named it puppy. I LOVED that thing and I had it for a long time but I don't know what happened to it. Well since I didn't have it anymore and sea world memories meant puppy I just had to replace it so I got almost the same dolphin and its name it puppy. :) That night we got panda and chilled at the hotel.

Saturday was LEGOLAND day My little brother Ammon could not go to San Diego without going to this place he loves Legos and just had to go. Zach loves legos too so he was also in heaven. It was a really cute place and I think we all had fun.

They had big lego characters everywhere it was awesome we just had to get pictures of all of them. They even had a lego pumpkin patch for halloween. CUTE

Us with more of the characters. Sponge Bob And the pizza guy were my favorite hahaha

And these are some of the animals made from legos.

We went on lots of cool rides....

And some more rides :)

Since it was October Legoland was decorated for halloween and in the evening they invited all the kids to dress up and they had trick or treating, costume contests and entertainment. There were a lot of workers that were dressed up too. Ammon Zach and Emmy had lots of fun dressing up and trick or treating. Zach also went up on stage and danced in his alien costume to Monster Mash he was very entertaining he was cracking me and my mom up. They looked so cute in their costumes. After the haloween festivities we got dessert ice cream. We then went to this cool area called USA mini land this was sooo COOL! It was all the big cities Vegas, San Fran, Orleans, Washington DC, New York and Southern California and they were mini cities built from legos it was incredible. Im sad I didn't get any pictures because our camera battery died. But it was so cool Vegas and New York were my favorite. Washington DCs buildings were awesome too. They also had little lego trick or treaters in all the cities. This area was for cure Ty's favorite. But we all loved it. We went on one last ride and the gift shop for legos for the boys before they closed we were sad to go. We stopped and go in and out burgers and off to the hotel we went again. Just relaxed and the boys of course played with they new legos.

Sunday was the drive back to Utah but before that we had to go to the BEACH. You can't go to San Diego without visiting the beach first. We all had so much fun running from the waves, chasing flip flops in the ocean, writting in the sand and just laughing together. We all had to atleast get our toesies in, but my dad got further in and then the waves splashed him when he had to chase ammons flip flop before the waves took it away so we got a little more wet haha.

Mom, Dad, Me, Ty, Amanda, Emilee, Zach and Ammon all having a blast at the beach.

More fun at the beach. Oh and don't forget the handstand on the beach pictures its a tradition :)

After the beach we went over to the beach shops and bought some cool San Diego souveniers and road some rides on the cool pier mini amusement park. Ty, me Emmy and Zach road the roller coaster and Ammon road the carousel. We then were back on the road to Utah....only we didn't get quite there we got to Primm and my dad decided it would be fun to stay there again and prolong the vacation one more night. We were all up for that :) We dropped our stuff off at Wiskey Petes and we were off to Vegas for some family dinner at chilies. Chilies is my dad's favorite place to eat out and luckily Ty works there so we get a sweet discount. It was so fun to be on vacation and be with the family for one more night. We then drove back to the hotel and just talked and hung out together.

Monday morning we were up ready and drove the rest of the way to Cedar City. When we got there my mom and I went to some antique shops and lunch and the boys and kids hung out at home and had lunch. It was fun just hanging out just me and my mom for a couple hours. My mom loves this antique shop on main street in Cedar and always gets cool stuff there. We also heard of another one so we decided to check it out. Well it was an atique shop/animal adoption and feeding place. It was the oddest place we had ever been they had huge dogs and cats just roaming around the antiques we just laughed the whole time because it was sooo weird. We still got some cool stuff though so I guess it was worth it. Plus it was time with my mom I just love those times :) Around 4:00 the fam left to get back home up North and then a little later Ty was off to work and I was left at home alone after spending all that time with the fam it was sooo lonely :( Luckily I had some unpacking to do and I called my sis traci and talked to her for like two hours. I just never like seeing family go after visiting. I can't wait until next year when we live closer to our families :)

Thank you mom and dad for inviting us and thank you mom and dad, Amanda, Emilee, Zach Ammon and Ty for such a fun vacation. Ty and I love spending time with you all. Can't wait for the next one when Adam gets home!

Our 2nd Anniversary!

So our anniversary was on August 31st I am just behind on posting. I can't believe it has already been 2 years. On one hand those two years have gone by so so fast but on the other hand I can't even remember my life without ty. So Ty was super cute and really took the time to plan something special for our anniversary. awwww. I asked him like a month before what we should do and he said he already had something planned I was so impressed and my heart seriously melted. Isn't the husband supposed to forget the anniversary? Well Ty didn't but he is the cutest boy after all. :)

The day before our anniversary was a Sunday so after church we made our way up north and stayed at his parents house. I was getting so excited for the next day and what he had planned. That next morning we made our way to Syracuse and he dropped me off at my moms so I could visit with her while he took care of some last minute things for our date. After visiting with my mom for a while we heard a knock at the door. I saw it was ty through the window on the top of the door and I thought what a weirdo why is he knocking on my parents door silly boy. But when I opened the door I asked what are you doing silly and he pulled a dozen roses out from behind his back and said I am picking you up for our date.....awwww cute huh?! When we were first dating and engaged I was living with my parents in Syracuse and he was living with his parents 40 minutes away in Murray so he would come to my parents a lot to go on dates or just hang out so it was like a flashback. It was a memory that I love.

After picking me up for our date we got some subway and had a picnic at the park in Layton that we had our engagement pictures taken :) Ty had a meaning for everything we did. We went to subway because it is one of our favorite places to eat and the only thing I can eat when I am sick. And then the picnic at the park was because of our pictures. We exchanged one of our gifts for each other after we ate. I gave Ty a aero T-shirt and a aero polo and he gave me a aero polo and an aero jacket sweater thing. Isn't that funny we got each other clothes from aero and didn't even know it?! After eatting and presents we went on a walk at fed the duckies. After the park we ran to target to get some cameras because the battery was dead on our good one.

When we got back into the car I got blindfolded to the long drive that ended up being from Layton to downtown Salt Lake. It was interesting being blindfolded that long Ty and I had a good talk and then I fell asleep for like ten minutes haha I couldn't handle being blind the darkness makes me tired. I got woken up and the blindfold came off when we parked but I still had to keep my eyes closed. Ty guided me with my eyes closed about a block to our destination. When I finally got to open my eyes we were on the steps of the Salt Lake Temple-the temple that we were married in in front of all our loved ones for eternity 2 years ago :) As soon as I opened my eyes and realized where we were I gave Ty a HUGE hug and started bawling. Im such a softy. we walked the temple grounds for a while, talked to the cute old missionary couple, went to the visitors center, talked to a cute sister missionary from Australia and got a quick snack at the Nauvoo cafe yum yum.

Next Ty took me to my next surprise that I spoiled earlier in the day but I was still so excited about it. We went and checked in at the Italian Gondola room at the anniversary inn. The reason why this is so special to us is because this is the exact same room that we stayed in on our wedding night. How sweet is that. After checking in and getting all our stuff in the room we exchanged our other present to each other. I was sooo excited to give ty this present he has wanted it for a while now but he had no idea I got them for him. I got ty golf shoes yay and he got me a cute black hat, the Hannah Montana movie (haha yes I love it), the new Colbie Caillat CD, a freakin cute necklace and a just as cute pair of earrings ( I am obsessed with earrings). After presents we got ready for dinner and got a little dressed up for it. Ty looked to handsome and I tried to look nice for him.

My next surprise was dinner. He took me Downtown to Pf Changs. And the reason why this restaurant is special to us is because we went there for dinner in Vegas for our first anniversary. He really thought of everything. We love to eat here it is probably one of our top places to eat. After dinner we stopped at a gas station and got some treats and a drink each. When we got back to the room he was so sweet to watch Hannah Montana with me and eat treats. Who can say their husbands watched Hannah Montana with them on their anniversary haha thank you honey.

The next morning after the delicious breakfast in bed and after getting ready for the day Ty had yet another surprise for me he said this one was an original not a memory. He took me to the zoo. The funny thing about this is he already had this planned but a couple days before I was telling him how I wanted to go to the zoo and that we had never been together and the next time we are up north after this trip we should go haha. He said it was so hard not saying anything while I was going on and on about the zoo. It was so much fun I love the zoo and there were sooooo many new babies. I love baby animals I just wanted to get in the cage and play with them. I dont know what it was but those baby animals were really getting to me like emotionally I know weird but I kinda had a spiritual experience at the zoo and the weirdest and least expected place ever. I just had a over coming feeling of how grateful I was for the miracle of life of all the beautiful animals and other living things we have in this world with us. Werid I know but it actually was really cool and meant so much to me. I can't wait to go back and check up on the baby elephant, the baby triplet tigers, the baby giraffe and the baby twin monkeys. I love you babies :)

So the original plan was to go home that day after the zoo but neither of us wanted to. We both worked the next day but Ty didn't work until that night and my boss gave me permission to come in a little later than I was scheduled so we decided to stay the night in Murray with Tys parents and hang out with them the rest of the night. We got to go to dinner with them at Italian Village it was really fun and special to go to dinner just us and the parents :) Thanks. When we got back I had an itch to go to the bead store so of course my cute mother in law was a trooper and came with me. I spend forever in there sorry Julie. When we got back I just hung out with Ty and my awesome father in law while Julie went to an appointment. When she got back of course we HAD to play a game. It wouldn't be a regular stay at the Ulrichs if we didn't play a game before bed. Ahhhh I love games with them. Then next day we were up early and got on the road getting to Cedar just in time for me to get to work.

Ty I just want to tell you how truly grateful I am for that weekend. We needed it so bad and I had a blast you are such a sweety and at the same time hilarious. I just love that about you that you can be so sweet to me and also make me laugh all the time. I am grateful for a husband that works so hard for me to provide for me. I am grateful for his smile, for his kisses and most of all for loving me back as much I love him. I am so grateful for these last two years with you and I can't wait for all the many more anniversaries and years to come. I love you this much baby and I will love you that much forever. We just have one more tradition to do to make our anniversary complete and that is anniversary pictures. Hopefully we will get those done soon and then I will post them. Happy Anniversary.