Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Rock Climbing



Ryan and I went rock climbing two weeks ago in American Fork Canyon. If any of you know where Hell's Cave is, we were right next to it. Neither of us had been before, so this was a new experience for us both. We were scared! A friend of ours is really into climbing and was dying to take us out so we decided to go and we loved it!
I was very surprised and managed to walk away with only a dozen scrapes and bruises on my legs. Ryan of course had none. We absolutely loved learning how to climb and we are seriously thinking it's going to be our new hobby.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Something Else New....

I cut my hair and it's cute and SHORT! ;)

Monday, February 22, 2010

Every Moment is a Memory. Dont Let it Pass By.

Well the past few months have been crazy fun! Ryan and I enjoyed our first Valentines Day on Saturday this year. Ryan brought some beautiful flowers home for me that afternoon. We beat the rush for dinner and went to our new favorite restaurant, Macaroni Grill and enjoyed our delicious meals. We then went shopping a bit until our movie started that night. We went and saw Valentines Day. I enjoyed it surprisingly and Ryan seemed to think differently. He didn't enjoy keeping up with every ones love lives on Valentines Day. I thought it was cute and really had a fun time with Ryan that day.
Ryan has been very busy keeping up with loads of homework for school and working as hard as he does everyday at work. We stay up many nights studying homework and quizzing him for his tests. He is doing really well and trying to enjoy it as much as he can. His potential goal right now for a career is Physical Therapy.
As for myself, I am always trying to find things to do while I'm at the credit union everyday. We are pretty slow right now, so I'm always trying to entertain myself. I tend to find myself reading useless information from magazines, scrambling my brain with word search puzzles, thinking of many other things I could be doing at home and visiting websites I've visited multiple times just to see if there is something new to look at. If you ever want to feel the feeling of true boredom get a job at a credit union/bank. Today I have found myself typing away and writing a novel about our life. How exciting! The salon business is picking up and I'm enjoying working there a lot.
Some exciting news: 1)We finally got new neighbors in our apartment building above us and next door. 2) Our Rocky Mtn Power bill went down! 3) Ryan and I both got raises at work. 4) I got someone to do my business taxes finally. Amanda is very happy with that info. 5) The Bachelor is on tonight! 6) The sun is shining brighter every day!
Not so exciting news: 1) No more Elle Wiener dog next door. Her protective teeth smile/growl when she was scared of us will be missed. 2) Ryan has been sick for a week now, and I miss his cheerful attitude.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Fresno: Jan. 22-25 2010

Ryan and I returned from Fresno, California late last night. We took off very early on Friday morning stopped in Vegas for some lunch and shopping and arrived in Fresno around 6pm that night. A very long, but fun 12 hour drive! We called Tony and Jen up that night and went to the Dog House Grill. Ryan had to have the all famous Tri-tip sandwich! We met up at the church house after dinner and Ryan was able to play ball with a bunch of guys that he hadn't seen for awhile. He had a lot of fun and I enjoyed watching them make fools of themselves! We were so tired that night after driving and were grateful for all the wonderful people that allowed us to stay in their homes.
Saturday, a friend of Ryan's was getting married in the Fresno temple which was our main reason we went. We were able to be apart of the sealing that morning. It was very special for us to return to the temple together. The best part was reflecting back on the day Ryan and I were sealed.
Cody and Kristen had In-N-Out and Jamba Juice for the luncheon. We were able to visit with many amazing families and people that day. I could tell Ryan really enjoyed being there to catch up with everyone. That night we went to the reception and danced the night away! That was the best part. Ryan was a groom's men and got a sweet new teal blue shirt and silver tie. We went to dinner with a bunch of friends late that night and were so excited to get some rest from the crazy, fun long day we had.
Sunday we went to two different wards that Ryan served in. Once again I met a lot of new people that loved Ryan while he served in the wards. Everyone was so excited to see his face. It made me happy to witness this excitement and love they had for him.
That afternoon we visited a friend of Ryan's that worked at the Fresno Fire station. Right as we arrived to visit, the alarm sounded and they had to take off to a fire call. We just wondered around the station until they got back. Justin took us on a tour of the place and we had a lot of fun doing so. We got back to the Holden's home and of course watched the Saint vs. Vikings fball game. Ryan is all about the New Orleans Saints and was so excited for them to win and go to the Super bowl this year. We played a few games and the Wii with Whitney and Matt all night. Ryan and Matt got into a baseball game against each other and seriously played for about two hours. I was about to scream. The funniest part was Matt was standing in front of me playing and farted right in my face. oh boy, I couldn't stop laughing. Ryan won the baseball game, and I was pretty excited for him!
The next morning we woke up and had waffles for breakfast and packed our things up for our long trip back home. We left around 8:30AM Fresno time and got home around 930-10 Utah time. Ryan and I had a lot of fun together. We spent a lot of the time laughing together and enjoying each others company!

Friday, January 8, 2010

New Additions To The North Family!


#17 Macie Jane Born: 01/07/2010

#16 Reagan Elizabeth Born: 01/04/2010
Aren't our two new neices so cute?!?!?!?!?




Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Christmas 2009

Christmas was so much fun! First off, Ryan was so excited Christmas Eve we didn't fall asleep until after 3AM Christmas morning. We got up Christmas day at 6:45AM and opened presents! It's been so much fun spending the holidays together. We had a lot of family to visit so we rushed to get ready to have Christmas with both of our families. We ate a lot of food, played games, ate some more, and took a few naps! We had a great time seeing everyone. Ryan and I have been so blessed these past two months and are very greatful for the true meaning of Christmas. We were grateful to be able to spend it with those we love. Hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas weekend. Happy New Year!