A long awaited update

Don't get discouraged! it's gonna be a long one, it has been awhile and lots of fun things have happened so take a look!

First, the last of my visit to AZ!
* Fun after chocolate fountain- my mom and I got pampered, a full body massage, pedicure, and manicure. decorating a gingerbread house, and getting and decorating a christmas tree. Enjoyed eating out and a movie The Holiday- recommend it!



* hung out with friends- games, lunch, craft night too! It was great to see my AZ girlfriends!!


* Sister and boys came to AZ- So fun to play with Caden (her 2 yr. old), and to see her new one Jackson. It was fun to be a babysitter and a playmate, an excuse to act like a kid.



Tons of Fun in AZ! I will miss it, but it was a nice trip! It was nice to be back with my Husband!
(some pics of the family)




Second, Anniversary to Toronto!
* December 20th was a great day, not only the last final for John, it celebrate our first year of marriage!, so off to Toronto for a few days of fun with each other.
* First, a great room thanks to briste for the discount, we were welcomed to a nice suite! And a king bed in which we would spend some time( catching up on sleep that is)!


* Fun shows in Toronto- Blue man Group was great, I had no idea what to expect and was not disappointted. So much fun, they were great entertainers. And the nutcracker. That is a beautiful play, what talent, beauty, portrayed. I love shows, and so I loved it.


* Fun shopping, visits to the Casa Loma Castle, the toronto temple, and the CN tower, etc. Toronto was a fun city, a miniature NY city, big city life, and plenty to keep us busy. We enjoyed our stay and our anniversary!!






Third, almost christmas in Buffalo!
* back to our Home, after Toronto. I know its late but we went out and got us a Christmas tree. It's not too tall, but hey its taller than last years. It was fun putting up lights and ordaments. We sat sipping hot chocolate , listening to christmas music, looking at our little tree, and talking about our favorite christmas memories!

*Remind me to never go out again on the eve of christmas eve. A few last minute things, but boy not worth thte craziness! Everyone and their mother is out. I guess that is what is get for a little procrastination.
WOW, sorry it had been so long! Hope everyone has a great holiday!!!

Chocolate Fountain Craziness!!!

An update here in Arizona. First of all, it is sunny and nice down here, jeans and a short sleeve shirt, I know I forgot they existed in NY! So far I have been a great helper to my mother who owns a catering chocolate fountain company. This time of year is very busy for her, so Sarah to the rescue. Thursday, Friday and Saturday were all filled with events!



But I must tell about one. Saturday I got to do a fountain for one of my great friends(hee hee), She lives in a huge mansion in Paradise Valley, I will be honest, the biggest house I have ever seen, let alone be at one of the biggest events of the year. Over the top with decorations, a huge guest house, a huge backyard, and to give another hint as to the amount of money these people had, just in their garage, their were 4 harley hot rod motorcycles, 2 ford mustangs, one older restored one, and a new one, 1 yellow lambergini, 1 black Bentley, and a black range rover!! Wow, huh! Anyway, on with the story. My dad and I were there getting all set up for this party. It was a huge party, decorations perfect, tables, food, ice carvings, bars everywhere, the pool was covered with an elevated dance floor, a band from LA was flying in. Anyway, so you get the point. An over the top party to say the least, and so you are wondering who's house was this. WEll I will tell you. . . . ONly the most sought after porn star ever . . . JEnna Jameson! Yes, that is what the porn industry will buy. I guess that explains all the strippers in prom dresses that were there. What a night, my dad and I were dodging boobs the whole night!! Sorry for not having my camera on me, but WOW! Talk about the big and spacious building!

Anyway, enough with the chocolate fountain talk, now it is time to relax and enjoy AZ with friends and family! Congrats to Kristen on the birth of her beautiful son Chase!!

Wow! What a week!!

First of all, another birth of a beautiful baby boy occured thursday morning. Johns cousin Adam and his wife who are up here going to dental school as well, had a baby. John and I went to the hospital to see them. What a beautiful family!!



On Saturday night, john and I and other of our friends got together for a christmas party. There was about twenty people there, and it was so fun. There was food, which was all delicious! I was assigned desserts, and like always I had a blast doing that. I could not decide what to make, so I made 5 things, yes five! Cute little reindear and santa cookies, Reese'sm peanut butter cookies, mini cheesecake and rocky road fudge bars, Oh wait, and White chocolate trail mix!! YUM! I am getting hungry thinking about all that food we had! We all sat around and ate, chatted, and of course, had a great white elephant gift exchange! An old stained glass chandilier, a budweiser tourch, and an african statue were some of the highlights! John brought home a stuffed chicken which is a slingshot, and it makes wonderful chicken noises!! It is great to have such great friends up here!!





And the final results are in. . . Drumroll for the NCLEX!!! Passed, yes you read correctly, I did PASS!!! now onto real life as a working career women! I will let you know about the job options and where I choose to work!! Hopefully starting the first of the year!

This week I leave to AZ, jealous aren't you. I know I am very excited to see some sun and my family!!

Newest member of the Family!!!

MY SISTER HAD HER BABY!!!! Yes, my older sister Jessika had a beautiful baby boy on Saturday evening. The baby has yet to be named, they are still deciding between Cash, Cole, and Jackson. I think they are all cute. He weighed in at 8lbs. 9 oz. which is small compared to her last, at 9lbs 11 oz!! She is doing well, and her baby is healthy! I am so proud of her, 100% natural, baby. She said it was hard, but she wanted to do it. She did the new Hypno birthing technique. No pictures of the cute little guy, only on my phone, sorry!! Congrats to her!!!

Saturday night (while my sister was giving birth) John and I went to UNO's pizza with a big group of friends to celebrate Josh's birthday. We all had a great time, and the boys enjoyed watching the BYU football game on the big screen while we eat!! It was a fun night. John and I came home and watched Hard Ball, it is a great little movie, and kinda emotional too!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I can't believe thanksgiving has come and gone. Time is flying by and so did this wonderful day! John began the day by playing in the Turkey Bowl, with guys from the ward and school, he came home a muddy mess but had fun! I began by running my own turkey trot, I did not run in the "real" turkey trot in Buffalo but instead i went to the gym and ran a few miles. I came home and turned on Christmas music!!! I know thanksgiving was not even over and I could not help it. While I was in the Kitchen Baking i enjoyed the sound of christmas carols. This was John and I's first thanksgiving as Husband and wife, and it was fun.

We went over to our friends Missy and Gary Couser along with 9 other people and enjoyed a wonderful dinner. John and I were in charge of bringing an Apple pie, the green bean casserole and the dinner ware. The apple pie turned out great, it was so pretty and I have to give props to John because he did most of it.

The green bean casserole was not the greatest, I tried a new recipe and probably wont use it again, but o well, people still enjoyed it, and I even got a few compliments, but I did not care for it. Here's a beautiful pic, well not so beautiful!

Everybody had a great day, enjoying the turkey and all other sides, and the company was very nice. It made it nice to have people to spend thanksgiving with since family was so far. John and I also spent time discussing some traditions we would like to have within our family and as it grows to do with our kids. We made a list of things we were grateful for and discussed them. We also rented Nacho Libre and watched it on Thanksgiving night! It was a funny but okay movie! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!!
Oh yeah, here is a little pic of the lovely tables, not so Martha Stewart like last year, kinda sad but o well. Thanks to party city, we were able to enjoy dinner on nice turkey plates!!

PS- I am so glad John'smouth felt better today. For the past 4 days he has only eaten, cream of wheat, vitamix smoothies and protein shakes, soups etc. He really tore up his mouth when taking impressions at school, and the inner lining in his mouth was red and raw. OUCH! But THANKFULLY he was able to eat today and enjoy all the food at Thanksgving dinner!!!!

Friday night was spent celebrating Allie's 3rd birthday!! Allie is John's cousins daughter. They had a birthday party for her. She was the only kid there besides at 5month old baby. All the rest where adults. It was fun to meet and hang out with new people who we had not hung out with. She loved opening up all the new presents, we got her a dora the explorer toy. We had ice cream and cake and spent the night talking.


Saturday was the baby shower day. My great friend Kristen, had a baby shower. It was so much fun getting together with the girls, and chatting about babies and all that girl stuff. I led a baby price is right game, it was fun. Showers are always fun! I am so excited for her to have a baby. Along with two other girls, all boys too! We get together and Myself and my friend Briste are the only non pregnant or not mothers there. But it is still totally fun!! We will be there soon enough!


The weekend went by so fast. One thing I have noticed here is that I am ready for bed at 6pm. By 5pm it is black andcold outside and feels like 8 o clock. So I have to force myself to stay up for a little while at night!! I guess that is another joy of being out here in Buff Buff!!

Time is flying in Buff

Wow, already the middle of November! Christmas will be here so fast, I cant believe, I hope the four years go by this fast, then back to AZ! . . . hopefully. But dont get me wrong, we are having a great time out here in cold country.


Friday night we went over to a couple in our ward and played games at their house with 3 other couples. It was fun, we had not hung out with these people so it was fun getting to know more people in the ward. It was a fun game night!!!


Oh yeah, I failed to tell you John came home from school telling me that he had a human brain in his hands, SICK. In lab, after dissecting the entire body and looking at all the structures etc, the Lab guy came over to the body, snipped out the brain and plopped it in John's hands!!! John had the priviledge in dropping the brain into the "think tank" a huge bucket filled with hundreds of brains!!
Saturday - - besides sleeping in and enjoying a nice breakfast and watching the LOST episode from last week on line. That night we went to the mall, holy crowded. It felt like Christmas Eve or something, it was so crowded, I guess that is what people do when its cold in Buffalo. After doing some shopping, I was successful at buying a vest, its really cute. John helped me, I felt so weird, like I was doing something wrong, yeah its been that long since I have bought myself clothes. After the mall, I was hungry and craving some Mexican food, and out here in NY that is lacking but we went to cinco de mayo, which has pretty okay mexican food, but bad service. Anyway, it did satisfy my craving and John and I came home, and spent the rest of the night together ending with the office!!



Stake Conference on Sunday was very enjoyable. With a relaxing afternoon, and a night spent with friends, John studying with the boys and the girls hanging out talking and watching my friend Kristen's wedding video.

This week should be exciting, with two tests for John, an interviewee spending the night on Wednesday and an enrichment night on Friday, and Kristen's baby shower on Saturday!! Crazy Fun!

Talk to you later!
Sarah

Great Weekend!

Well, actually starting on Thursday night, the night before the big Anatomy test, while our husbands studied the night away, us girls took advantage and had a fun girls night. Myself, Kristen, Briste, Alanna, and Stephanie, went over to our other friend Erica's house. We had a nice dinner, and just enjoyed the time together, staying and chatting until midnight.



Friday was the test!! Yeah, that its over, john says besides some silly mistakes he did okay, who knows. We will just wait until the scores come back. I am sure he did fine. That night we met up with 16 of our friends at Montana's Steakhouse, celebrating a birthday. We enjoyed a nice dinner with the gang. We came home and watched a few of our new shows on Johns Laptop The office, and went to bed.


Saturday started bright and early with a nice trip to the temple in Palmyra. John and I enjoyed a lovely session, and a nice drive. What a great way to start of the day, last month we missed our planned trip because we were surprised with several inches of snow, and now the ground is clear.(but probably not for too long). Saturday night John and I went out with our friends Aaron and Kristen to get a nice cup of hot chocolate and then off to the dollar movies( well actually three dollars but better than 9), we saw the movie The Illusionist and it was really good, kinda crazy but I surprisingly enjoyed it and stayed awake!!
Sunday at church John had the chance to help a friend bless their baby boy. Our friends Missy and Gary had a baby boy 5 weeks ago, his name is Briker(spelling ??) and is so cute. That night, we went over to Missy and Gary's house with 5 other couples, and snacked on brownies, leftover halloween candy and enjoyed a few games of Mafia. I am proud to say I won all the games. Surprising I know, but its true!!
Fun Weekend, busy every night!!