A Utah fix

Dec 29, 2010
0430- Leave the house for the airport, off to Utah!
12 noon (Utah time)- arrive in UT, meet father-in-law for the first time
1300- see Chris, Tess and Ryan at Lemco. I inquire about all the wedding details, of course!
1400- family lunch at the Seares, Grandma and Grandpa Ridd come as well
1500- snow starts
1600- Tess show's up. We all sit and visit. I love to sit and eat and visit. It's in my genes
1700- it's really snowing now!
1800- leave to meet mom, jeff's off to the bachelor party
1900- family dinner with everyone! (minus mike and the friefelds)
1930- baby shower for miles and her little peanut
1000- movie with mom, finally watched new moon!
1200- Jeff comes to get me, he was late and it was snowing, I was worried and grumpy! Sorry babe!
1245- CRASH!


Looks like Warner and Lauren both got their mom's sweet tooth! hehe



Emily, Ab and Jill

Dec 30, 2010 Wedding Day!
0800- up and in the shower
1045- leave for the temple
1130- meet everyone in the temple waiting room
1230- we have a new sister! Congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Chris and Tess Seare
1300- meet baby Chloe for the first time, I hog her all to myself!
1330- pictures outside the temple, it was freezing but beautiful!
1400- lunch at Litza's Pizza
1600- back at Chris and Tess's house to change
1700- wedding pictures
1730- ring ceremony
1800- the party begins!




I'm terrible lame and possibly the worst picture taker ever so these are the only two I have of the wedding :(
but I couldn't resist another Seare brother picture, best looking brothers ever! And of course one of the gorgeous bride, love love her dress!

The wedding was so beautiful and classy! Next to my own of course it's one of my favorites I have been to. It even felt a little like our own wedding meeting and talking to all these people (for the 2nd time of course, the first being at our wedding and may be a little hard to remember now) but it was so nice to see everyone again. Tess and Chris were both stunning and I've never seen two people so perfect for one another. We are so thankful to have been able to go home and be there!

First Christmas!

Jeff and I had a perfect first christmas together full of good food, nice presents, time off and family. Okay, so maybe it was a little short on those last two but it all worked out for the better. I had to work Christmas Eve so Jeff being the sweet husband he is came and spent a few hours with me at the hospital and we had dinner together and treats and later after I got off work I met him at home to see the tree packed with more presents.. for me! What a stinker! And I'm not quite sure how but somehow we ended up staying up until 2 am watching surgery Youtube videos???? I'm not sure I could even explain if I tried. Anyway, after we finally managed to get into bed Jeff kept begging me to just open up presents right then and there and he was so squirmy and excited it took him 20 minutes to fall asleep which if you know anything about jeff falling asleep is an eternity compared to his usual head hits pillow=he's out! I woke up early to sneak out to the family room and fill jeff's stocking up with goodies and arrange his presents on the couch and when I was satisfied with the job and myself for pulling a last treat on him I snuck my way back into bed only to have Jeff who was "sleeping" say, "what are you up to?!" BUSTED! Needless to say there was going to be no more sleeping so at 730am we went out and opened presents! It was very fun and I loved watching Jeff it was seriously like being with a five year old he was so excited I loved it. Of course after presents we went back to bed for a few hours but not before I got a phone call from the hospital telling me I didn't need to come in! Merry Christmas to us! We woke up and had a delicious and high calorie breakfast (save the diets for new years right?) skyped and called our families and then went out to a movie! We were planning on dinner after our movie but since neither of us had ever tried to go out to eat on christmas day before we hadn't realized that NOTHING would be open! So it was our favorite little chinese take-out place to the rescue and the rest is history. It wasn't like some of the Christmases I remember but it's definitely my favorite and most memorable so far!







why do my pictures always get put in the wrong order? hmm...

Time flies when you're having fun

Happy 7 months to me and this stud muffin.




Love you babe!

New York City with Scott and Becca

We went to NY. Scott and Becca came to see us. It was a blast. We saw pretty much all there was to see, ate some good food, got little sleep, walked our shoes off, froze from head to toe, rode the A-train (this time with a much better experience), took in a show at Radio City Music Hall (I've always dreamed of going there), I decided in my next life I MUST be a NY city Rockette!, did a little shopping, took lots of pictures (well Jeff and Becca took lots of pictures, Scott and I stood around and talked about how nice it was that we got all the perks of great pictures of a great trip without the hassle. genius I tell you. We talked, we laughed, we joked, we cried. Okay, I secretly cried every time we went outside. It was FREEZING!!!!! We saw the big tree, and the new years ball, both of which I decided are much bigger on tv, did a little, more like a lot of people watching and had a very fun, adventure filled weekend. We then headed back to CT and spent two more wonderful nights with Scott and Becca, showed them around our new home and we couldn't have had more fun if we tried.

Scott and Becca, thanks so much for taking the time and spending the $$ to come see us! It meant so much to both of us and we were so excited and happy to have you guys out here!

Interfaith Service

Every year the churches out here get together to put on an interfaith service, before the LDS church has never been invited. This year however, we were invited and so our ward volunteered to host the event. Jeff and I went last night and it was really a cool thing to be a part of. Everyone came in their sunday best and each church had their Deacon, Rabbi, Pastor, Bishop, etc. get up and read a scripture or give a sermon. It was all about Thanksgiving and focused on the things we have in common such as our love for our Heavenly Father and all he has blessed us with. When it came our turn our primary got up and sang a medley of Thanksgiving hymns and they were huge hit. It was very much a success and a great opportunity. Afterwards there was refreshments and mingling in the back. I hope our church will have the opportunity to be invited from here on out.

*In other news we are meeting Scott and Becca in New York this weekend then bringing them back to our place! Our first visitors, couldn't be more excited!

Half a year already gone, eternity to go :)

I am so thankful to be married to my best friend. Jeff is my better half in every way and makes me the best version of myself. The past six months have been such an incredible adventure and I wouldn't have wanted to do it with anyone else by my side holding my hand. Being our six month anniversary today I am reminded of six things that I have come to remember/discover while being married to Jeff that I am thankful for.

1. I am so proud of Jeff and his hardworking demeanor and determination never cease to amaze me. He is so dedicated to his school work and profession and I learn so much from him. It's awesome to not only see but hear the passion he has for medicine each day as he tells me about his day and what he got to see/do. I am so happy to know that he is doing what he loves and I know whatever field he chooses to go into he will make an amazing PA and bless many lives because of his love for what he does.

2. I am so grateful for the worthy priesthood holder he is and for the blessings and spirit it has brought into our home. It is such a comfort to have the priesthood in my home and I am so thankful for his willingness to take callings and help out in our ward family wherever there is a need. He is such a wonderful example to me and others and I love seeing him in those leadership roles, he is such a natural born leader.

3. Jeff is a true romantic. Not a day goes by that I not reminded of how much he loves and appreciates me. Whether it be a sweet text, message, him doing the dishes or laundry, buying us "surprise" gifts, taking care of something I am not an expert or sure about, waking up to or coming home late at night to a wrapped present waiting for me on the table "just because" or him coming home early from work with a beautiful bouquet of flowers for me, I always feel like such a queen the way he treats me. I knew Jeff was the one long before he did (haha) just for the simple fact that he treated me better as a friend than any of the guys I had dated treated me as a girlfriend. He has always told me how special I am and how much he loves me. I love him for not being afraid to express himself to me no matter who we are with or where we may be.

4. He can make me smile even when I feel like I don't want to and he puts up with me when everyone else couldn't get away fast enough. Sometimes I can get ornery but Jeff never gets angry with me. He is so loving and patient with me and will try everything he can to make things better, even though most of the time he doesn't know what I am mad about. Gosh I'm a pain. I love him for loving me, the good and the bad.

5. He is so much fun! There is never a dull moment at our house, Jeff is always telling a cool story, dancing and singing to me. He loves to tickle, poke, pinch my cheeks, etc. He always has good ideas and is always up to try new things and go places most people would probably think is dumb. He plays into my love for the holidays and will do his best to get as excited as I do over every tiny thing. I love it.

6. Jeff is an awesome husband and being married to him has been such a pleasure. I know we are only half-way there but I have no idea what people are talking about when they say the first year of marriage is the hardest. So far it has been better than I had ever hoped it could be. I know I am lucky to be married to Jeff, he is such a catch and I am thankful everyday he chose me to spend his life with. I look forward to everything we have in store for us and I know we can do anything as long as we are together. Jeff is going to make an amazing father someday and although I want to have him all to myself for at least a couple of years before we start our family, I look forward to joy we will have with our own little family and feel comforted knowing he will be the father of my children.

I love you so much Jeff. Thank you for the best 6 months of my life. I fall more in love with you everyday and look forward to everyday in eternity I have to spend with you.

Merry (early) Christmas to us!

After much talk and months of deliberation we finally broke down and bought ourselves an awesome new serta mattress! Jeff didn't want to wait any longer so instead of borrowing a truck we threw it on top of the 4 runner, tied it down and took it home. I'm sure the neighbors got quite an entertaining show watching Jeff and I haul it in the house! Let's just say there was a lot of laughing and stumbling around on my part and pure manly strength on Jeffrey's part. I tried. haha



I love christmas.