Bahamas Part 2

We spent the first day of the New Year at the beach...

Some of us kicked our feet up in the air

 Some of us laid in the water (that's Evelyn sitting on the beach)?

 Some of us laid out and enjoyed getting a winters tan

 Some of us went on walks to look for pretty shells

 And found some

 Some of us acted tough in pictures

 And some of us kissed at sunset

Not a bad way to welcome 2012...hopefully in return this year will treat us well :)

Bahamas Part 1

After realizing I have a bajillion pictures I decided to break our trip up, not sure how many parts I will end up with, but that's the fun in blogging. There can be as many parts as I decide :)

Day 1: We took a red-eye flight on Thursday night and got into the Bahamas at noon on Friday. We stayed at the Cove Tower at the Atlantis Resort. We checked out the room, and then threw on our bathing suits to catch a little sun.

The water is so gorgeous, the sand is so soft and powdery, I think kept thinking "why isn't California in the Bahamas?"

One of the highlights of day 1 was running into Magic Johnson in the concierge lounge, I saw him walk in and stared and told Chad "OMG look who that is" right as he walked by, he stopped briefly and said hello to all of us.

Day 2: New Year's Eve

There is so much to do at the Atlantis, 11 pools, different beaches, a water park, snorkeling, etc. We spent the day doing a little of each of those activities.

To ring in the new year we went to a dinner/show/dancing party. It was a blast, I don't get my husband out on the dance floor very often so it was a treat to dance all night with him. Right before midnight we went outside and watched the most incredible firework show. The whole show looked like a "grand finale" that I have seen and then the grand finale was something else.

I'll leave you with a little video that Chad made for the guys. This song was played at the pool everyday and became the joke of the trip.

More pics to come

I'm Back, and 2011 Highlight Reel

I can't believe the vacation is over! We got back late last night and I have so much catching up to do. So far I have unpacked all my luggage and cleaned my house. I still have a long list of things to do, blogging being one of them. Before I start my series of Bahama Posts I thought I would do a 2011 Highlight Reel.

January: NYE in Las Vegas

February:Went to St. George for the Parade of Homes

 March: Alyssa made a surprise visit home

and met my favorite Laker Lamar Odom (still sad he was traded)

April:Went to Jake and Krist's Wedding

May: Went to my first boxing match in Vegas

 June:Went to Utah for Grandpa Jensen's funeral

July: 4th of July at the beach and firework show after with friends from the ward. And Catalina for my 24th Birthday

                                                                 August:Lake Combie Trip and 4 year anniversary

September: Homecoming football game and trip to San Diego

October:Halloween Party, "Dog the bounty Hunter and his wife Beth"

November:Chad got a job!

December:Went to Idaho for Alyssa's Graduation, found an apartment, Christmas, and our Bahama Trip began

Looking forward to what 2012 has in store for us, I feel some good things are going to be happening!

Adios America!

Tonight we are leaving on a jet plane to...

THE BAHAMAS!

We are going with the same crew we celebrated NYE with last year. You can see last years post here.Work is a struggle today, I can't focus on the tasks that need to get done here. I keep thinking how I need to finish my packing, make sure all my electronics are fully charged, and that I have plenty of snacks for the week! During the time I have been writing this I talked with my boss and I am leaving work early! Wohoo! Adios America, I'll see you next week!

Taste & Believe

A few weeks ago Chad's friends Nate and Barry put together a video for Veggie Grills 5 year anniversary contest. They were one of 5 winners, and they won $500 to The Veggie Grill. After having this song stuck in my head I decided to go there for lunch with Chad. We shared a "chicken" sandwich and the sweet potato fries. The fries were A-Mazing, the chicken... well let's just say I prefer the real stuff. Definitely check out the video and get "Down with the Veggie Grill"

Christmas Festivities

I sure hope you all had as great of a Christmas as Chad and I had. We loved being able to spend the holiday with both of our families. I have major picture overload, I had a hard time narrowing down, each of these pictures explains our day and is special to me.

Christmas with the Wilsons:

1. Leaving Milk and Cookies for Santa, Dad and Bishop singing Silent Night, Tanner and Grandpa on the Piano and Mandolin, a child's pure joy Christmas morning opening presents

Grandpa gave Tanner his sweaters and us girls quickly overtook them



Chad and Landon putting together Lego sets, sisters taking a nap, Mom making breakfast, and Hayley doing her nails

 Christmas Breakfast: Eggs Benedict!

After church family picture

Christmas with the Davenports

 Luke, Claire, Kristi, and Lily opening presents

Uncle Chad and Lily, Brent opening his present, Turkey Dinner, and yummy food

Now only 363 days until we get to do this all over again. Makes me sad that it is over, but we have a really exciting trip that we have been planning for a few months that we are going on in just a few days! I'll post about where we are going later this week!

I also posted some more pictures with my sisters over here.

Hairy Situation

I rarely do my hair. Most of the time my hair routine goes like this:

 Take a shower at night

Go to bed with wet hair

 Wake up to dry hair

 The end

 After spending a few days with my sisters they inspired me to try and do something with all my hair.

"Hair" is the result: