Holiday Recap

Hi Everyone! So here's the recap of an eventful 2 months:

I started a new job at the beginning of November at Summit Surgery and Recovery Center. They are a bone and joint surgery center. They do a lot of same day surgeries but they also do some over nighters. I work in the evening shift in the recovery care center. I really love working there! I feel so appreciated by the administrators, my coworkers, and patients. I even received a bouquet of flowers welcoming me to the team my 2nd day of work!

We went to Disneyland with Mom and Dad Boone in the beginning of November as well. It was a lot of fun! We met up with my Aunt, Uncle, and cousins for dinner. It was great seeing them. They also helped us get great spots for the fireworks and Fantasmic. We got some great video but I didn't upload them here.

Thanksgiving

Kristina's Baby Shower

Christmas work parties

Christmas in Phoenix

New Year's and our 2nd Anniversary at Tlaqupaue in Sedona

Annual Flagstaff Fun Weekend with the Gang

While up here for the Annual Flagstaff Fun Weekend, our friend Callie's (33 1/2 weeks pregnant) water broke. We took her and Bart to the hospital. On Saturday evening she delivered her beautiful son Ethan!

 Callie and Ethan

Proud parents

It's been a busy few months and will be a busy next few month preparing for the arrival of our little bambina! We'll attempt to keep you posted!

Penny Arcade Expo Prime 2010 in Seattle

The Penny Arcade Expo is where gamer aficionados and developers can gather and meet to share their love of video games. It was a 3 day expo from Friday, September 3rd-Sunday, September 5th. We had a lot of fun! Here are some pictures and videos from our trip. 

Ellie's Bridal Shower

On July 24th was my close friend Ellie's bridal shower. We did a 1950's Housewives theme. It was so much fun! Here are some pictures from the party:

Me & the Bride to Be

Water Rafting

For her birthday this year (4/12) Mom Boone wanted to water rafting on the Salt River. We went through Canyon Rio. Sadly, we lost our camera on this trip. It didn't fall into the water, we just simply misplaced it. We either left it on a life jacket or in the dressing room. Either way it's gone. But Mom and Dad had some great photos. Our rafting guide, Alejandro, was awesome! He and his wife are both guides. The guides have to live near the river. It's like camping all summer long.

Walking down to rafting site. Super excited!!!

The guys.

Us ladies.

Below are the photos taken by their professional photographer. Photo 7, 11-13 are beautiful photos of the scenery. It was so relaxing. I won't lie, I was nervous at first. I thought rafting would be really scary but it was so much fun!!! Being one out in nature. It was great. Photo 8 is of one of the giant holes we rafted through! So awesome! Love holes! You get so wet!!!! It was an awesome trip! Thanks Mom and Dad!

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Viva Las Vegas

Our plan was to have a nice long weekend in Las Vegas to celebrate Trevor's 25th birthday (this coming Monday). Instead of Viva Las Vegas it's Viva La Casa. The last two days Trevor has been sick with nausea, fever, and body aches. We are hoping to go tomorrow, but we'll see. We have tickets to see the Cirque du Soleil show Zumanity.  It's a sad weekend at La Casa de Boone.

Aren't we a sad pair?

Kitty also seemed disappointed. She was excited to have to whole house to herself.

But she got over it and joined us in napping.

Quarter of a Century

My green Rice Krispy birthday cake! I made it myself! 

I turned 25 on March 13. Trevor "surprised" me with tickets to see Avenue Q at The Gammage in Tempe. So awesome! It was really funny! For adults only.

After the show we asked an usher to take our picture next to the show's poster. She warned us she cuts people's heads off. We thought she was exaggerating.

We were able to get some good photos though:

 

Later we had dinner at Joe's BBQ in Gilbert. It was great fun! I didn't get any pictures with my family =(. I'm bummed about that. I totally forgot I had my camera I was having so much fun. 

The high school gang, minus Amy. The cute little girl in pink is Lana, she's Ellen's niece and my birthday buddy!

The nursing gang! T3 Woot Woot!

The gang gang...haha! 

Hanging out at Mom and Dad Boone's after the festivities. Their Beet martini is awesome! This is the closest picture I have to a family one, except the one above with Mark.

Thanks everyone for hanging out with me on my birthday! It was awesome! I had a great time!

Waking Up in Vegas

Our first anniversary was January 3rd. We decided to spend it in Vegas! We've never been to Vegas together. We were going to go when we were in college but after reviewing the cost of a trip to Vegas, we decided we couldn't afford it. Now 3 years later, we can! Yay! It helps that Vegas is having awesome deals too!

They are building a bridge over the Hoover Dam for drivers to take if they want to by pass the Hoover Dam. When we drove over the dam it reminded me of the movie Cars and once the expressway was built the little town lost all it's tourism. Granted this is different because it's a structure and not a city, but still. Now as an adult, I have greater appreciation for it.

We stayed a Bally's and got a room with a view of the Bellagio fountain and Eiffel Tower.

We did splurge on tickets to the Cirque du Soleil Beatles Love Show. Which is amazing and worth every penny! After the show we wanted to watch it again! We definitely want to go back to watch it again and Zumanity and Ka (can't go wrong with Cirque du Soleil).


We visited our favorite restaurant, Sammy's. This is where we celebrated our 5 month anniversary 5 years ago in December! Of course that was when it was in Tempe.


We went on a gondola ride at the Venetian. It was awesome! Our gondolier, Christiano, sang use 2 songs in Italian! He was born in Italy. He lived there for 8yrs before moving to Germany and then eventually the states. It was so romantic! We really enjoyed it!


We went on the Price is Right Live in our hotel. It we fun! We didn't win anything but it was enjoyable to watch the people who did get to go up and play.


We mostly spent our time walking around, enjoying the sites. We gambled a whooping $2! Woah big spenders! haha! We just weren't interested in gambling.


CES and Adult Entertainment both held their expos during the time we were there. It was certainly an interesting mix of people!

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Our First Year of Marriage was certainly very busy and filled with many adventures. Let's review:

• We honeymooned in the Caribbean
• We moved to and from northern California
• We attended 5 other weddings
• We bought our first home
• I started a new job, quit, and found a new job
• We were pregnant and miscarried
• We went to Hawaii
• We survived our first and second major snow storms
• We had an awesome time entertaining family and friends during Christmas

Whew! We're excited to see what the coming year will bring!

Wedding in Hawaii

One of my best friends Kristina got married in Hawaii over Thanksgiving weekend. It was so beautiful! It was an amazing trip! Here are some photos of our awesome trip.

The happy couple!


The vows

At Mama's Fish House

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Hawaii Luau

For Kristina's bridal shower we did a Hawaiian Luau for those who wouldn't be able to attend the wedding in Hawaii. It was so much fun! Here are some photos from the day:

The table centerpieces.


The food


Me and the Bride to Be.

We created this photo op area with a piece of blue fabric from Joann's and the left over pew decorations from our wedding. It was a great area for the Bride to Be to get photos take with all the guests. The photos will also be used in the recipe scrapbook (see below). The recipe book will also serve as a bridal shower photo album. =)

Making our recipe scrapbook pages.




All the Bridesmaids and the Bride.