Where is Spring?!

Today it is snowing! WHAT!!!! On Saturday it was beautiful and warm outside. It felt like Spring! You think that I would get used to the whole tease with great weather and then the whole snow storm. I happens EVERY year! Last week Ryan took pictures of flowers that started coming up in our yard. It makes me even more excited for Spring! I think I have mentioned that I love flowers. I love these pictures! Ryan did such a great job!





Two weeks ago I took Friday off just to relax and be with Ryan. I caught up on sleep and we had fun just being with each other! He got me a surprise! He got me bands to go on each side of my wedding ring!

Just my wedding ring

With the bands

I love how different it looks! I love it by itself, but if I want something completely different I love it with the bands! Thanks honey!

I also dyed my hair really dark. It has actually faded a lot since I dyed it. I have enjoyed the change. I also cut bangs. So completely different, but fun! I have been so busy with work the camera has not been out much. However, I went to the Scrapbook expo this last weekend with my mom, cousin, and aunt. We got some really great deals! Yay for good deals! I took pictures because I wanted to show Ryan what goes on INSIDE the expo. So I finally got a picture of me with my new hair.

A booth at the expo. All fragrances inspired by Twilight.

Tables full of people working on scrapbooks

Me showing Ryan that it is not just me that loves scrapbooking.

My hair used to be one to two shades darker. It actually is starting to look kind of red. I did not even put a hint of red in it!

Blogging Slacker

I keep thinking I will do better with the whole blogging thing. I have been working so so so much. Even when I am home I think about work. It has consumed my life. Good thing I love what I do or else that would make life awful. (However, it would be nice to have a break from work and my thoughts of work.) Ryan has been busy doing different projects. Here is what has been going on since my last post.

We went snow shoeing with Michelle, Kerry, Kerry's brother and mom, and my dad. It was a lot of fun. I would do it again for sure. I do not get to see Michelle that much so any chance I get is a wonderful treat! Love ya Miss!
The whole gang

Ryan

Michelle and I

Valentines Day was great. Ryan sent me a beautiful bouquet of flowers and sent them to me on Friday at work. I love flowers so this just made my day. On Valentines Day we went to the Open House of the Draper Temple. It is a very pretty temple. It is pretty small. That was a lot of fun. I forgot a camera so that made me pretty mad. While we were down in Draper we went to Ikea to pick up some cabinets that we are putting in our living room. (Ryan's current project, pictures coming) Then we came home and decided to build a fire and have takeout by the fire. We had Chinese by a fire that my wonderful husband built for me. Then we had fondue. It was so yummy! I am a chocolate lover! I took pictures of us, but I did not like ANY of them. So you get pictures without us in them.

The flowers Ryan sent to me

Having fondue by the fire!

As you can see the fireplace is being framed around. Ryan is redoing the fireplace. He has his own company doing cultured stone so we are putting his rock on it and putting the TV above it and storage behind it. I am really excited because all of the cords and everything are going to be hidden and we are going to have a nice fireplace. Here are some pictures of the progress. I will put up a picture after it is done.

Before
What we found behind the rock in front

Starting to frame it

The pipes are to keep all the cords together and hidden

Redoing the shelving on the side of the fire place and put up a cabinet

Shelving started behind the fireplace to put media in it
Starting the new shelves off to the side of the fireplace

Since Valentines day we have just been working really hard. Ryan's company is keeping him busy and I have being working over 40 hours since before Christmas. It has been crazy busy at my work and it just does not slow down. So Ryan and I love the time we can have with each other.

Shoes

It has always been sort of a dream to own my own shoe store. It was a dream that I never even thought to go towards, but my husband is not like that. He thinks that if you have an idea/dream you should try it. (No we did not open a shoe store) However, we have started buying wholesale shoes and selling them here and there. I do not have a ton, but we are going to sale one shoe at a time and work towards one day possibly opening a shoe store. I have pictures of the shoes I already purchased. I am working on getting a couple more. If you are interested in any just let me know. They are priced really low. I feel that is what we need in today's world. I am going to be sending out brochure type things as soon as I get a couple more shoes.

Elma

I love this one!


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We also have these earrings

Bell

Jodie

The Holidays!

I am so bad at blogging lately. I sit at a computer all day and when I get home the last thing I want to do is touch a computer! So here I am posting on my blog finally. It is long. Sorry!

Visiting Ryan's dad
We started out the Christmas season by going to San Diego and visiting Ryan's dad. We got there at like 5 on Friday. We ate pizza and visited with his dad and Dawn. The next day we went to the San Diego Zoo. This is the first time we had been there. (If I have been there I don't remember.) It was quite cold in San Diego that weekend so we had to bundle up. There were a lot of active animals though. It was really fun. Then we went to Outback Steakhouse! YUM! The next day we went Christmas shopping with them and then we went to Seaport Village. In San Diego they do a Christmas light parade with boats on the water. It was really cold and I completely forgot to bring a blanket. So it was quite cold. However, it was really cool to see all the lights on the boats. There were also people canoeing. They also had lights on their canoes. It was fun. The next morning we left to go home. This is the adventure began.
This weekend was the weekend that the whole US was getting hit with winter storms. It was raining so hard in California. The was standing water all over the freeway. I saw more wrecks while driving in California than I have ever seen in one day. We actually were following a car and it started hydroplaning and flew across the freeway and bounced off the middle barrier and then luckily slid to the side and landed right side up. That was just in California.
As we got closer to home it did not get an better. We went through St. George and there was snow! It was crazy. Then we got to the worst spot of all, in between St. George and Cedar City. It was snowing so bad and the worst part about it was we were in a rear wheel drive car. Basically, it was awful. Remaining in control of the car and keeping up enough speed, but not too much was tricky. Luckily Ryan is the best driver ever! We were planning on just staying in Cedar City that night and just wait out the storm. When we got to Cedar City we asked a few people about what the storm was supposed to do. Everyone told us that it was supposed to get worse and that we more than likely already went through the worst. So we headed out again. There were a few really bad spots again, but we made it. We did not get home until 3:30 in the morning. It was a very long day for us.

Steinfeldt Family Cabin and Anderson Christmas Party
The following weekend we went to my family's cabin. Ryan went sledding with all the guys and my sister braved the cold. I was being a sissy. I liked being warm in the cabin. We played games and just relaxed. On Saturday we all got our presents from grandma and Santa came. It is so fun seeing all the kids get so excited to see Santa. I just love it. That night we went to bed and our family is getting really big so there are not a lot of room for people to sleep. Therefore we went to sleep on an air mattress. By 2 am we were in a V with our heads high, our bums on the floor, and our feet high. It was awful. It was a very long night. So at like 4 in the morning we let all the air out and slept on the floor. We looked at the bright side of things and realized that we did not have to put down our bed in the morning.
Every year on the Sunday we are up at the cabin every family puts together an ornament that reflects that year. It is quite fun to see what everyone comes up with. This year my mom's side of the family had their Christmas party that same Sunday. So we had to leave kind of early to get to that party on time. It was a lot of fun. We played a candy bar game where you pick a candy bar, but it can be stolen from you. Ryan and I ended up doing pretty well. We make such a great team.

San Diego, Cabin, Anderson Christmas Party, and Christmas Eve Pictures

Christmas
We had a great first Christmas as a married couple. It was very busy though, but a ton of fun. On Christmas Eve we went to Ryan's grandma and grandpa's house. We had a wonderful dinner and then Aunt Kim did a little performance to the tune of a country song, but put her own words to it about family traditions. It was so fun. Then the kids did their gift exchange. I love watching kids open gifts. They get so excited. Then the kids went and played with their toys and the parents played a game of White Elephant. It was very exciting. Ryan ended up with a $25 gift card to Home Depot. He was very excited. I got a door gym and an exercise ball with a DVD. I have no excuse for not being in shape now. After all that it was time to go. We went up to my parents real quick to open our Christmas pajamas. We do it every year. This year was a little different because they were from my Grandma and Grandpa Anderson, instead of from mom and dad. Then we went back home.
Ryan's mom always opened presents on Christmas Eve. Both of her parents are German and in Germany Saint Nick comes around on Christmas Eve and gives the gifts to the kids right then and there, instead of leaving them under the tree after they went to bed. So Ryan's family did that when they all grew up. (Of course when they were kids Santa would come during the middle of the night and they would open the presents on Christmas.) So we decided that we would continue that tradition on. While we don't have kids we will open presents on Christmas Eve, then when we have kids Santa will come! We did not go to bed until about 12:30 or 1. It was a long night, but extremely fun!
The next morning we got up at like 8:30 and went to my parents house. We opened presents with my family. It was quite funny because all of the kids bought my mom a digital picture frame and I really wanted one. Well my parents got me one. I was so excited. (Actually I got one from Ryan's dad also. The one he gave me is littler so I am going to bring that to work and leave the other one at home!) Every year on Christmas my family has omelets so of course we had omelets. We just relaxed until we went on base with Ryan's family and had a delicious Christmas lunch. We spent Christmas evening hanging out and relaxing at my parents house.

New Years
On New Years Eve we went to my family's house. We played air hockey, darts, fuss ball, and "Would You Rather?". Would You Rather is pretty funny! Alex (my sister's boyfriend) won. Ryan, Alex, and my dad had to do pretty funny challenges. I took quite of few pictures of them doing the challenges. Ryan's nephew came over also. He liked playing the Wii the best. At midnight we of course gave each other a New Year's kiss.

Christmas and New Year's Eve Pictures

Big Day

I am sorry! I have been so bad at posting what is going on. Our computer crashed and so we were out of a computer for a little while. I have a very smart husband that fixed it so now we have a computer again! YAY! We had a great Thanksgiving together. It was our first Thanksgiving as a married couple. We were trying to fit a lot of things in on one day so we only managed to get one picture. We went to my Grandma and Grandpa Steinfeldt's house first. We ate delicious food and played a game called Would you Rather? Then we headed out to Ryan's grandma's house. We ate pie and watched Get Smart there. Then we headed to the movie theater to watch Four Christmases. We went to that with my family and my cousins and aunt and uncle. It was really funny, but not a movie for kids! It was a fun and busy day.

This is the only picture we took of Thanksgiving

Also something big happened on the seventh. I do not know if many of you know, but my husband is a convert to the church. He converted when he was nineteen almost twenty. It was a big decision for him to make at that point in his life. He is the only member of his immediate family, however, his grandma and grandpa are members and he has two aunts, two uncles, and some cousins that are members. He went to church for a long time and then when he was twenty-one his mom passed away. That was a really dark time in his life, I am sure you can all imagine. He stopped going to church for awhile. Well about two years later he started going to church again. That is when he got his patriarchal blessing and the bishop started talking to him about getting the Melchizedek priesthood. He did not feel ready at that time and kept working towards it.


Well two Sundays ago he received the Melchizedek priesthood from my father. It was such a special day. I am so proud of him. I am so glad that I will have the priesthood in my home and that he will get to bless our future children and me whenever it is needed. He has came a long way. It was always in his heart to come to this point it just took a little bit. He just wanted to be completely ready, which I admire!


I love you Ryan with all my heart! I am so very proud of you and very happy for you! Thank you for being such a wonderful husband to me and taking care of me. I love you.

Reception

We were very blessed the day of our reception. The week before it there was rain and the week after it there was a TON of rain. So we were very lucky since it was outside. I loved the weather. We had a little mishap with the photos. My photographer did not know that she was supposed to be at the reception. So my brother took a lot of the pictures and my photographer was able to make it towards the end to get some more. It ended up working out OK, but a little stressful for my brother.

We had the reception in my parent's backyard. My mom and dad worked hard to make it perfect. They are so good at landscaping and gardening so it looked beautiful. I got a migraine the day of the reception so Ryan made me take it easy while everyone else got things ready. That was very hard for me. I ended up feeling OK by the time the reception started luckily.

I had the best bridesmaids in the world. These girls are the best best friends anyone could ask for. I just want to brag on them for a bit!

Tiff, my sister, is a very energetic person. We have our issues, but she is there to listen to me any day I need to talk. She understands a lot about me that not many people do. She was very selfless throughout the whole wedding experience. She helped a lot and was there if we needed her to pick anything up or do anything at all. I love her to death and I am glad I have a sister to be able to rely on.

Michelle has been a friend that every girl needs. We have known each other since high school and she is a good balance to me. She is always very calm and she thinks with her head. She is there to keep me thinking with my head too. She came out to the wedding in California and helped me so much. I have no idea how many times she went back to my hotel room to get something that I forgot. She also was able to come to my reception. I was so happy she was there to support me during this event. I love you Miss!

Chelsea is my cousin, but also a best friend. She is so helpful and caring. I have gone through a lot of crap in my life that I never asked for, but she was there every step of the way to be a good support. I do not know if I could have handled some of the days that I did without her. We are completely girls together and love the typical girl things (chick flicks, shopping, scrap booking, etc.) I am so glad that we are so close! Love you Chels!

I met Ashley at that U during one of the hardest semesters of my life! I was not only working, going to school, balancing church callings, and going through some pretty personal stuff. Most girls have "friends" that are fair weather and will walk away during tough times, but Ashley barely even knew me and she was there every step of the way. We completely GET each other. We have known each other a little over 2 years and I feel like we have known each other since birth. She lives in Pennsylvania and she came all the way to Utah for my reception. I can not explain to you how much that meant to me. Thanks Ash! I miss you!

Hilary is also my cousin, but someone I just can not get enough of. She always makes me smile and laugh. She hates to see people sad. I strive everyday to have qualities that Hilary has because they are one of a kind. She has also been there for me through thick and thin. I love her to death and am so happy that she is my cousin and I get to be around her for the rest of my life.

So I am done. I just do not get to tell them how much they each mean to me every day. I love them all. I am glad they were all a part of the best day of my life so far.

We had a great turn out at the reception. I was scared, because I was retarded and planned it the same day as Women's Conference. However, I felt loved because a lot of women came at the beginning so they could come see us. Here are some pictures from the reception.

Where Dreams Come True

Ryan and I went to the happiest place on earth for our honeymoon, Disneyland! We had so much fun. We went to Downtown Disney and shopped around the day after we were married. We ate dinner at the Rain Forest Cafe that night. The following day we went to Disneyland. It was so much fun. I still love the characters and I am 23! It was really nice in the mornings because lines were really short. They had everything decorated for Halloween. The Haunted Mansion was decorated like the Nightmare Before Christmas. It was really cool. We stayed till the park closed that night and watched the parade.
The following day we started in California Adventure. They have a lot of fun rides and shows to watch. We went on a new Toy Story ride that is 3D. It was a lot of fun. Then after we got off we realized that we did not have our camera. It had fallen out of Ryan's pocket during the ride. So we rushed back to find out that no one had turned it in. So we stood by where people come out of the ride hoping to find someone carrying it. No such luck. We tried asking the people at the beginning of the ride if anyone had seen it and still no luck. So we decided to go to lunch. Our spirits were down, because all of our pictures were on there! We were going to try one last time and if still no one turned it in then we would leave them with our name. We went back and asked if anyone had seen it and someone had found it! We were so happy. After that we were beat. It took a lot of energy out of us.
So we went and got mouse ear hats that say "Just Married" on them and headed over to Disneyland to get some pictures of things that we had missed yesterday. Then we headed back to our hotel room. That night we ate at The Cheesecake Factory. Neither one of us have eaten there so it was fun to try it out. Ryan usually does not like cheesecake, but he decided to try a new one they had for their 30 year anniversary. He ended up liking it! I was happy.
It was a great honeymoon and we did not want to come back.