Happt Birthday America

This past weekend, for the Fourth of July, Dylan and I took a little trip to our favorite place... Albuquerque, New Mexico, aka Home. It was so great to be home for the long weekend (Friday was a paid Holiday at my work, holla. It is great having a real job). We had frequent flyer miles from all the many many times my parents flew me home during college, and being poor newlyweds it was the perfect time to cash in on the favor. I flew home on Wednesday afternoon because I was off work the next few days. Dylan couldn't come home until Thursday night, late late Thursday night, because he had to work. (He is currently working at a place called AllConnect in which he sets up cable, internet, gas, and electric for people. It's neat and he is happy. We are so blessed:)
I spent Thursday shopping with my mom, the best thing in the world. She is so nice to me and buys me lots of things that I can't afford. Then on Friday Dylan was there!!! It was the longest time we hav spent apart since being married, and it was very lonely without my best friend. We went to an amazing Mexican restaurant called Los Cuates. Amazing, hot, hit the spot. I miss good Mexican food. If you haven't eaten Mexican food in New Mexico, you just won't get it. It is not the same (or as good) anywhere else in the world. Try it, then talk to me if you don't agree:)
We saw Transformers on Friday night, and played games with Dylan's family. Then on Saturday went to a little Fourth of July breakfast, and then in the afternoon played volleyball at Dylan's house with his family and my family. Fireworks were fun with all the little kiddos. We don't get to see them enough, and we miss our family A LOT! Sunday we went to church, went to lunch with my grandparents ( they don't do the whole keep the sabbath day holy thing, don't judge), and then flew home. It was a perfect trip, too short, but perfect. We love going home, and can't wait to move back to the 505 one day......hopefully one day soon:)
Parker. He isn't looking at the camera, but I promise he is cute.


All the Carlisle Kiddos. The most well-behaved kids ever, and sooo cute too.
We love them!
Happy little Abbers!

Do you really want to know?

News to most of you, WE ARE ALIVE! I know, I have been horrible at blogging lately, but it is hard to keep everyone updated on our important lives when they are really just our lives. We are happy, and we are in love, and marriage is wonderful. But, every night is a date, and it's hard to not look crazy out in public taking pictures at every restaurant or at the movie theater or mini-golf (esp when you live in St. George and you will more than likely see someone you know while in these public places). We have mainly just been living life, hanging out, watching lots of movies, cuddling, and doing newlywed stuff. We find our life together FASCINATING, so I promise to make a goal to take more pictures of our everyday dates (the grocery store, movies, out to dinner). Done and done.

Shrimp on the Barbie (Q)

Ok, so it wasn't shrimp, it was chicken. But whichever livestock or ocean animal we have chosen to cook, it has come out ever so delectable on our new bbq. My sweet grandpa in his old age has taken it upon himself to give away every material thing imaginable. This goes from fishing poles, tools, furniture, a bbq, and I think he even offered to give us my grandma. He was so nice to give us our cute new RED coleman bbq that goes with everything else RED in our kitchen. We love to burn the fat off of our food while enjoying the outdoors as we cook.

Happy Birthday to my Best Friend

This crazy "a" is Rachel. She is my best friend. Today is her birthday. Happy 23rd Birthday Rachel. You are my dearest, best friend. You were my maid of honor, my favorite roomate, and the best companion (before Dylan) I have ever had in life. I love you Rach, from the bottom of my heart.

Brian Regan

We love car pictures for some reason. These are the most common newly wed pics, the close up self shots. Love it.



Meet Drew and Sarah. Our new fave married couple friends. Crappy pic of Dyl and I, but I wanted to introduce you all to them.

Funny. Dylan and I went to see Brian Regan in concert last Thursday night with another one of our married couple friends. (Yes, we have made friends:) And they are really great too). So we went to dinner, and then to Tuachan, the outdoor ampitheatre here in the lovely Cliffs of Snow Canyon in St. George. We had never been to a stand up comedian before, and it was really great. Lots of laughs, especially from the obnoxious obese man behind us who had to repeat everything Brian Regan said. Gotta love that.

Not for the "Faint" of Heart

Update to the blogging world, I got a new job. I am now a medical assistant for a doctor here in St. George. It is pretty great. I know what you are all thinking, I have no medical experience. Well it turns out, taking anatomy 2 times (yes 2 times) has really paid off. My doctor was willing to take a chance on a poor BYU grad who hated her current job (administrative assistant for a property management company, aka fancy work for secretary). So, I started at my new job 2 weeks ago, and it has been great. LOTS to learn, but really fun. Plus the pay is great, I get vacation days, benefits including dental, paid lunches, and holidays. Plus, it's great.
Except for the other day. I am ok with blood and everything, but there was a certain procedure being done on a female's certain parts that was a little too much for me. I was assisting the doctor, when all of a sudden I looked up and heard "Jessy, Jessy, wake up." Yes, I fainted at work. There was no blood involved. Just a procedure that hit a little too intense (it is not common, it was something I had never heard or seen before). I can't go into details because of all these people getting in trouble at work for disclosing info on the internet, but it was crazy. So here I am, the new medical assistant fainting in the examination rooms. The doctor is probably thrilled he hired such a baby.

M-I-C See ya real soon!

And this is why I love him. Tounge out, conentrating on the target, and so determined. He is so great.
Toystory Ride... SO FUN!
I'm not that good at blogging yet so bear with me until I learn to rotate things.
At the Beginning of the best trip yet... we have only been married 3 months so it didn't have much to live up to since it was our first.

Typical "Honeymoon" picture. Gotta love the Mickey Groom and Minnie Bride Ears.
On our way to Disneyland...I love taking pics in the car.

California Screamin....loved it.
Self taken pictures are the thing for newlyweds.

Hate Tower of Terror. Literally my legs were shaking for like an hour aftewards. We are too cheap to buy the pictures so we just take our own.

I FOUND MY CAMERA!!!

Finally, after a MONTH of looking... I found my camera!!! I am kind of an idiot, it was just in my backpack from when we went to Disneyland. (I will post pictures on that later!!) In celebration of finding the camera, we went a little crazy with pictures tonight. Well, not so crazy, more just excited to take pictures of ANYTHING. Alas, here is pictures of out dinner....

Our wonderful dinner that we crated together. Asparagus with lemon, baked potatoes with gorgonzola cheese (you can't see it, but it's in there), and tomato/basil/garlic chicken. I must say I am getting pretty good at cooking:)

Here is my cutie husband eating.... he is always so attractive.

The Biggest Loser

Despite the fact that I make fun of so many people that are addicted to Reality TV, I love it just as the next person. (Besides Celebrity Apprentice, Rock of Love, Flavor of Love, and any other cheap shows that make old celebrities look new again). Well for the past few weeks, Dylan and I have loved watching The Biggest Loser on NBC. Well ACTUALLY I have loved watching The Biggest Loser, Dylan is just a sweet husband. (Hey, I pretend to like sports so he can appease me for a night). But I just wanted to express how much I love this show. It is great because everyone is a winner in reality. They are all trying to lose weight and be healthy, something we all need to do. I usually end the show in tears every week ( I guess I am the LOSER). And despite the irony that I am on the couch watching people lose weight, I still think the show is hands down a "feel good" way to spend my Tuesday nights with my lover.




Oh yeah, and Jillian is kind of a bi.

HoneyMoonin

The night of the wedding we stayed at the Marriott Pyramid in New Mexico, and we don't have any pictures from that night. Trust me, you don't want pictures from that night. But the next day after we opened gifts, we made our trek back to St. George. We decided to stay a night in Vegas for a fun little "honeymoon" night. We got a great deal at The Trump Hotel, which was soooo nice! It had the most amazing view, a huge jacuzzi bath, the most comfy bed, and a TV in the mirror in the bathroom. It was luxurious.

We of course got room service for breakfast. It was our honeymoon, ok. We had to splurge. I know this breakfast may not look like $60 worth of food, and it wasn't. But it was very delicious, and so romantic to eat in our bath robes.

Dylan looking so cute ready to eat. Mmmmm, love him.

I know, I look crazy. But Dylan loves me.
And to top off our honeymoon weekend, we got to have these little cuties stay the night with us our first night as a married couple in our apartment. Best birth control ever.