My birthday, Vegas, and other fun adventures

This weekend was awesome - Ty and I went to this new Chinese food place in Orem then went to a movie. On Saturday, we woke up and had breakfast, I went to the gym, then we went birthday shopping for T Bear. After that, we went to the temple and dinner with his family. We went to Milagros, a new Mexican food place which was really good. Tyler had a meeting for church after that, so I made some pies (vanilla cream and coconut cream) for Sunday dinner at my parent's house. When he got home, we went to get a movie at Blockbuster then got yogurt at Spoon It Up. Fun times with my love! The week before, we had a training for work and got off early, so the girls all went to get mani/pedi's! We then went to the Volleyball game at BYU with Oakley + Scott, Sammy + Ben, and Casey + Ashley. After, we went to dinner at Guru's then went to see Source Code. The next day, T and I had pancakes and watched conference. We then hiked up to Bridal Veil Falls with Marc and Court and packed a lunch and had a picnic. We wanted to go then because the next day it was going to snow again. That night, while Ty was at the priesthood session, the girls went to get mani/pedi's and then we went to Magleby's for dinner.

This is us getting yogurt on my birthday night. Tyler is distracted and he also has a black eye from Paisley, his niece. He leaned to down to help her while she put her head back. Woops!
Birthday dinner at Happy Sumo. My family and Tyler's family came :) After, we went and watched the BYU game, then went to see a movie. Earlier that day, by dad surprised me at the door with a cute decoration for my wall and his favorite book. The day and week was perfect!
These fabulous ladies, Kim and Kirsten, took me for birthday yogurt. We had so much fun as we always do!


On our way to Vegas for the MWC Tournament. I drove up with these girls on Thursday night. Ty went the day before with his parents. If you can tell, we had a little fun...
Giant gumball machine at a toy shop in the Riverwoods on one of Ty and I's date nights.




Mini golfing at Trafalga. We played as couples and I am pretty sure we all tied exactly that night!
This was Tyler's hint that he wanted me iron his new shirts...Tyler holding our new nephew Ryker at my birthday dinner. He looks very relaxed with his little leg hanging down.

I like how Tyler wrapped my birthday present :) He is too cute.
My mom's present that she gave me - a beautiful pear painting for my wall above my table!

I babysat these little cuties, Vienn and Sephi, for my friend Summer while they went to their law school dinner. If you can't tell, they love putting on makeup!





We had a fun 50th wedding anniversary party for my grandparents! We ate delicious food and played Just Dance 2. My grandpa even joined!

This is what I found at my computer when I walked into work the day before my birthday. Thanks for the yummy cupcakes Mallory!
Out of order. Yogurt night laughter. Love them.


Ty picked me up for a DELISH birthday lunch on Wednesday. Way to get the birthday started off right!

Tyler and I went to Jett's 5th birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. I used to love that place when I was little!
Well, it took me a year and half, but I finished this cute baby blanket! I go to our ward quilting group each month. It's fun, and hard work! Ha ha thanks for Jennifer Partridge who helped me, I finished and I am a proud quilt maker and owner. :)

These are my feet relaxing at the pool in Vegas. It was sooo nice to get out of our cold weather. It April and has been snowing the last few days!

We went to the MWC Tournament which was really fun! The first day we got there, I went to the Venetian pool with Jocelyn and Lindsay. We went to dinner that night at Bahama Breeze and then went to the game which was really good. The next day we did a little bit of shopping then went to the game (we lost!), then went to Cheesecake Factory for dinner then Luv It to get custard. Ty's family has to go there every time we go to Vegas and it's really delish.

Congraduation Ty!

This week, one of my best friend's little sister's got married so my mom and I went to her reception at the Springville Museum of Art. The food was delish (Bajio and sugar cookies) and I am always a fan of wedding cake. Congrats Sydney and Casey!








Tyler graduated in December so we had a little party for him with my family! He hasn't walked yet because the ceremony is in April, so we will have another party with his family then. We made homemade pizzas with my favorite dough from CPK and had yummy Granny B's sugar cookies that my mom got that you decorate yourself. My grandma made the best salad I have ever had in my life. It was so much fun to have everyone over to P-A-R-T-Y. We played Rock Band and everyone was rockin' out. My mom preferred to be a back up dancer and she sure was good at her job. :) My grandpa thought things got a little too loud, though, hence the picture with him plugging his ears. Thanks for coming to celebrate Tyler's big accomplishment everyone!

Today was lovely. I woke up late to rain falling outside my window. I did some laundry then went to the gym and lunch with my good friend Hayden. I can never get sick of eating at Zupa's and I think it's needed that I frequent that place more often. We went shopping, then later on Tyler and I went with his parents and Drew and Rachel to Macaroni Grill then saw the movie "Just Go With It" which I thought was great. All in all, a perfect day. PLUS it's a three day weekend because it's President's Day on Monday. Wahoooo!

Ok fine, the fun just doesn't stop around here...

On Saturday night we went to Shoga for some sushi with our friends then came back to our house to get our Rock Band on. We really rocked it out. :)



The above pictures are of my surprise Valentine's getaway for Tyler! I went home during my lunch break to pack our things, then tricked him that we were hanging out with our friends Oakley and Scott after work on Friday night. We were driving up to Salt Lake and I told him that Oakley told me to take a different exit to get to their house. When we passed 106th South, Ty said, "I am 100% positive that we need to get off the exit here!" I just smiled, then he caught on and said, "Where are we going?" My big plan for the night ensued! We checked into our hotel, the downdown Marriott, then went to dinner at CPK. We got cake to go, then got back to our hotel and went hot tubbing then watched a movie that I rented. We also had sparkling cider (our fave!) in our heart glasses. It was such a fun surprised. I am OBSESSED with my adorable husband. He is the absolute best! The next day we stopped at JCW's and got ourselves some cheeseburgers.
This picture is from a couple weeks ago when we had a slumber party with Marc and Court! They came over and we made homemade pizza and had a yummy salad bar, then watched a scary movie. We wore our jammies and cuddled up with lots of blankets!
These are three of my sunbeams on the first day of primary for them. I love those little munchkins.
Okay, I had to post this picture of my niece Paisley as Santa (aka Tyler) walked into the rooms at his Grandma's house during their little Christmas party. She was so nervous! Look at that precious face!

Look at my new pretty lamps! It completes my room. Tyler loves them too....or not. For some reason he hates lamps so often times I will find my lamp mysteriously unplugged. Hmm...

Tyler found a new way of reading, instead of using our new lamps. This is what I came to bed to the other night. My life is never dull with Tyler in it and I love it.

Look at the little Russians! These are some of Tyler's hats that he got in Russia.

If you ever wonder why I'm obsessed with my husband, just check him out in the picture above and you will get a small glimpse why. This is him waiting for me while shopping at J. Crew. LOVE.I've been feeling a bit crafty lately and have made some letters for decoration! K is for Katelyn and J is for Jenica. :)

A couple weeks ago, we went to Cafe Paesan with some friends then went bowling at the new Provo Beach Resort. Afterward we got frozen yogurt at the Golden Spoon.

In other news, we have a new nephew! Tyler's sister gave birth to her second son and fourth child last Thursday. He is a cute fella!

Thank Goodness it's the Weeeeekend!!!

(Thanks for the pictures McKenzie!)

This week was nuts-o. On Monday and Tuesday I was sick with a cold that had been dragging on for a week and it was all I could to stay at work all day. I went to bed around 9 p.m. both nights. On Wednesday, we started our work Kick-Off meetings. On Wednesday and Thursday we had breakfast, lunch, and dinner there and we had about 13 hours of straight meetings. On Friday we ended at around 2. It was exhausting but very helpful and we are excited for 2011! Needless to say, I was excited for the weekend. On Friday night, Chase and McKenzie Evans invited us to their cabin up at Sundance and it was a lot of fun! We ate pizza, salad and yummy snacks. Tyler and Chase had their own dance party (I love that he loves to dance!) and we sat around and caught up with some friends, including Sarah and Jeff Alexander. We had a great time!

On Saturday, I relaxed while Tyler went to work. I also cleaned the house and made lemon bars. Oakley and Scott and Mercedes came over to watch the BYU basketball game at 7 and the girls went to get Chinese food down the street. We came back and ate, then the girls went shopping a bit while the boys finished the game. After, we met at Tyler's parents house to play the Wii and talk! It was a fun night :) Today, we went to church then came home and took a nap. My mom and sister's Katelyn and Jocy came over for dinner along with Ty's sister Lindsay and Joc's friend Sadie. We had Italian Cream Cheese Chicken , beans, apple slices and rolls. For dessert, we had lemon bars!

Here's to another week (of normal work hours - wahoo!)

Happy New Year!

We have started the New Year off right with some fun with our friends and family! On NYE we went up to our friend James' cabin/his parent's house. It is gorgeous and we snacked on some delicious food. We got stuck in the snow, however, on our way out because my pretty little Camry couldn't make it up the snowy driveway to the main road. Thanks James and Paul for pulling us out of there!

We then went to Marc and Courtney's house for the annual NYE party which is always a blast. We love them - plus it was Marc's birthday. Happy birthday to you!

The next day, Oakley and Ashley and I went up to the Park City Outlets to start off 2011 with a bang. Armed with a breakfast burrito from Del Taco and our Diet Coke's from Mickey D's, we managed to do a little damage at the Outlets. We love Banana Republic and J. Crew. Afterward we went to World Market and got some tasty treats.
That night, we met up with our hubby's and went to Shoga, a yummy sushi house in Orem.
After dinner, we came to our house to play games and eat my "Better Than Sex Cake" that I made. Hey, I didn't name it okay, but it is pretty good.
The following Thursday, I met up with Oakley and Jenny at Oakley's adorable condo and we went to Pei Wei for dinner. Yum yum, I wish they had one right next to my house in Provo! That Friday we went over to Scott and Oakley's house again and made homemade pizzas (okay, okay, I got the pizza dough from CPK and it was better than homemade!) We rented the movie "Dinner for Schmucks" and I couldn't believe how funny it was! I had low expectations when I saw the trailer for the movie, but it exceeded my expectations by far. The next day we went to the BYU basketball game and then went to Tepanyaki with Ty's family. Ty and went grocery shopping afterward then went to see True Grit and Tangled. They were both great movies!
This past weekend was Rachel's birthday and I didn't take any pictures but we went to Market Street Grill up in Sandy with the Parcell's and Skalla's (her family). The food was delish! I gave her some pretty earrings and she got some other cute clothes too.

On Saturday, Tyler and I took down our Christmas decorations and cleaned our house. Then Tyler and I and Jocelyn met my dad at the mall for a delicious birthday lunch! He wanted these really good Italian Cheesesteak sandwiches and they were delicious - I'll definitely be going back. Jocelyn and I shopped around the mall afterward. That night, we met up with Marc and Courtney at the BYU Museum of Art and saw a beautiful exhibit on Carl Bloch. He did many of the paintings we see today in our churches, temples and magazines. We went to Mi Ranchito afterward which I love because their salsa and their beans are delish. After dinner, we went to Tyler's parents house to watch a movie. We didn't end up watching the movie, however, because we got sucked into playing Just Dance 2 on the Wii! Scott and Oakley came over and we were having a blast dancing the night away. That game is so addicting and actually a really good workout - we were all sweating!

Thank goodness for great friends and family - you guys fill up our lives with happiness and we are thankful for the laughs and good times!!

Xoxo, Jenica