So this week was pretty fun. First off I love watching Emma and Leslie, its basically the highlight of my days. So this week started off great with an email from Elder Ryan Lehikainen :) His emails are the absolute best way to start off my weeks! He is doing great and loving his new area. Not gonna lie I always feel extra special when he emails me directly, even if it is brief, it means a lot that he takes the time to tell me he loves me in particular.
Monday I got to watch Emma and Leslie so it was a great day! That night we were able to go over to some friends in the ward and have dinner and get to know them better. They were so sweet to us and we really enjoyed getting to know them better! They have a four year old and a sixteen month old. We had some great enchiladas and tasty salad made by Caitlyn herself!
Tuesday we had the opportunity to go to and hear Jackie sing at her end of the year performance for her voice class. She was AMAZING! I had no idea she could sing like that! Tyler and I were very happy to go and support her, we miss going to our families performances so this was a fun activity! We went out to eat with them afterwards and it was fun, but probably the worst service we have ever had at Chili's. They switched servers on us and well the new server forgot to get us our food...so forty five minutes later we ate our food.
So we had a great week and I had to start working on my first research paper for my psych 302 class, which was BORING. Actually I still need to finish it and well I am procrastinating as we speak updating my blog....So I was able to help out Tyler with mutual this week which was super fun. The young men were in charge and planned Frisbee golf at the park across the street from us. The kids had a TON of fun learning a new sport. And no surprise, my team kicked some serious booty!
Thursday I was able to take Emma and Leslie to the splash park and we had a BLAST!!! It was so hot though, Leslie was done in two hours and we ended up going over to my house to watch Despicable me and eat ice cream as well as some hot dogs and mac and cheese. It was a great day! As a bonus their dad offered us free tickets to a local baseball game, the sugarland skeeters. It was so nice of them and Tyler was very excited as Tracy McGrady was pitching. We were floored to find that our free tickets were luxury boxes with a free dinner as well as ice cream buffet! Needless to say we were pleasantly surprised :) And they won so it was great!
Friday we went to see the new X-man movie at the coveted Palladium (a really big and nice movie theater in Katy) with Jackie and her mom Teresa. It was such a great movie and a really cool theater. It had a bowling alley inside as well as huge seats and floor to ceiling screens. It was really good! We went home and had to stay up till one for the meteor shower which we realized we wouldn't be able to see unless we drove out of the city. So to the car we went and out driving towards the trees we found the stars. Tyler swears he saw a shooting star but I just marveled at the beauty of stars and was a happy camper!
Saturday we had a ward Memorial day breakfast at 7:30 AM.....Yeah crazy! But we went even though we had barely three hours of sleep to go on. It was a pretty good breakfast and we liked mingling some families we haven't had the chance to talk to yet. We were too exhausted to stay for the car wash afterwards but we took home Talan in order for his mom to be in charge of the car wash. We went to Costco and had some fun running about town.
Sunday we had a great time with our class and enjoyed teaching even the twelve and thirteen year olds as well. They are much more interactive than our regular class and it was fun to get to know some of them better. We were able to attend a break the fast potluck at the Wilson's after church and it was so much FUN! We got to know some great couples and we loved watching the kids play. The Wilson's are so inviting of new couples in the ward and really make you feel at home. We have come to really love them and will miss them when we move.
Memorial day came and so did the rain and tornado warnings. Needless to say we were not very happy. Actually I had a little freak out...I have never had to live in an area where there was a tornado warning before and I found out I don't like it one bit. We went and saw Blended and it was a great funny feel good movie. We walked around the mall but then had to head home with the tornado warning. We watched Band of Brothers and snuggled on the couch will listening to the howling wind and booming thunder rattling our windows. We were happy to be safe and at home together.
Well that was our week, sorry its so detailed but we had a very busy week! We love our adventures here in Houston...just not the extreme weather ones that can kill us. Well heres to another fun week! We will keep ya posted :)
Love,
Emily and Tyler
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Mothers Day and Then Some
So I apologize to anyone who actually reads my blogs, I need to be more regular with my posts. So this was our second Mothers Day together but since last year we had only been married a year, this one was a bit more on our radar. Tyler was so sweet to me and spoiled me even though I am not yet a mother. He said I get points for wanting to be a mother :) He is the sweetest. He insisted on buying me "I will be a mom someday gifts" which was very sweet of him and made me feel very special. I love my new watch (my first grown up watch)! Fossil seriously is the best bang for your buck! You can get a great watch for under 100$ and I love the leather band over the metal one. He also got me an adorable necklace and some fun sunglasses. I think he didn't really like my other sunglasses so he "insisted" on buying me new ones. Haha he is very good to me!
Presents are great and I love feeling special but my biggest present was getting to skype RYAN THOMAS! This was our last time to skype before Ryan comes home in September :) It was amazing to see his smiling face, that smile of his is infectious! He is such an important part of our family and we have missed him so much over the past twenty months! I cannot wait for him to get home in September. Tyler and I are also returning to California in September and will be there when he gets home. Needless to say we are counting down the days.
In the "Then Some" we have had some exciting days with our neighbors and we had a first of having to call the police. I have never really been exposed to domestic violence and I can't imagine how children who are exposed to that grow up normally. As we were laying there waiting for the police to arrive I was only comforted with Tyler's arms around me. We said a prayer and had to sit there and wait. I was so distressed, I could barely sleep the rest of the night. I can't imagine how their two small children felt having to hear and see such violence. I was reassured in my major as a marriage and family educator. I am so excited to start our eternal family and to raise them in a home filled with love and the spirit.
I have a few new things going on in my life as well, I have started to baby-sit bi-weekly for the Wilson's. They are so adorable and I have loved getting to know them better over these past few months. They have the two cutest little girls in the world and they always make me smile. They are also great practice for Tyler since he never had little sisters and all things "girlie" are pretty foreign to him. Watching him give the girls piggy back rides and read them books when we tuck them in bed is priceless. He has never been so attractive to me than when he is acting like a father. We are so happy together and are more in love with each other everyday!
Keep ya posted!- Emily and Tyler
Presents are great and I love feeling special but my biggest present was getting to skype RYAN THOMAS! This was our last time to skype before Ryan comes home in September :) It was amazing to see his smiling face, that smile of his is infectious! He is such an important part of our family and we have missed him so much over the past twenty months! I cannot wait for him to get home in September. Tyler and I are also returning to California in September and will be there when he gets home. Needless to say we are counting down the days.
In the "Then Some" we have had some exciting days with our neighbors and we had a first of having to call the police. I have never really been exposed to domestic violence and I can't imagine how children who are exposed to that grow up normally. As we were laying there waiting for the police to arrive I was only comforted with Tyler's arms around me. We said a prayer and had to sit there and wait. I was so distressed, I could barely sleep the rest of the night. I can't imagine how their two small children felt having to hear and see such violence. I was reassured in my major as a marriage and family educator. I am so excited to start our eternal family and to raise them in a home filled with love and the spirit.
I have a few new things going on in my life as well, I have started to baby-sit bi-weekly for the Wilson's. They are so adorable and I have loved getting to know them better over these past few months. They have the two cutest little girls in the world and they always make me smile. They are also great practice for Tyler since he never had little sisters and all things "girlie" are pretty foreign to him. Watching him give the girls piggy back rides and read them books when we tuck them in bed is priceless. He has never been so attractive to me than when he is acting like a father. We are so happy together and are more in love with each other everyday!
Keep ya posted!- Emily and Tyler
Sunday, May 4, 2014
One Year
Top Ten things we did:
- Moved across the country
- Went to the Grand Canyon
- Went to Florida and Disney World
- Completed three semesters of classes (mostly all A's)
- Swam in the Gulf of Mexico
- Houston Rodeo and Brad Paisley concert
- Tyler went to work for a fifth circuit Federal Judge
- Texas state fair in Dallas
- Went to Louisiana for Tyler's work (I sat in on a hearing)
- Have made some great friends both in Tempe as well as here in Houston (Wilson girls)
Top Ten things we are happy we avoided:
- Going to the hospital
- Getting a traffic ticket (miracle I know)
- Getting in a car accident
- Failing a class (this one just applies to me)
- Food catching on fire
- Food poisoning
- Passing out from heat exhaustion (I thought I would while we lived in AZ)
- Stitches of any kind
- Jury duty
- And last but not least, getting into a huge fights (Tyler is much more the peace maker than I am)
So here is a little summary of our life over the past year. We started off in Tempe and four short months later we moved across the country to Houston, which surprise to me, is basically on the border of Louisiana. We have loved our adventures here in Texas and the fun times we have had just the two of us. We have a great ward here in Texas and I must say one of our favorite things to do is to babysit for people in the ward. There are two little girls we like to watch, Leslie and Emma, and they are the most precious little girls in the world. Watching Tyler play with them melts my heart. We are very excited to be moving back to California in September to be closer to family but will miss the friends we have made here in Houston. Here are some pictures from our trip to Corpus Christi just this past weekend for our anniversary.
This one is Tyler and I at North Beach, it has a reputation for jelly fish, so we did not get in the water here.
This is the beach on Padre Island, it is a national beach and protected along a 75 mile shoreline of pure sand and water. It is GORGEOUS!
I decided that I want to live on the coast one day, Tyler says I have "expensive" taste.
This is my adorable husband :) He was such a trooper and helped me build a sand castle despite the massive amounts of seaweed on the beach.
Our beautiful sand castle, its pretty simple but I was insistent that we build one and Tyler indulged me :)
I was so unbelievably tired from our day at the beach that I passed out when we came home. I woke up to a great surprise from a thoughtful Tyler, face masks from Lush, a bath bomb, and flowers :) He has learned exactly what makes me happy and never disappoints! He then proceeded to tell me I look like Elphoba which led me to do a beautiful lip sync of Defying Gravity in our bathroom. He laughed, my mom thought it was hilarious and it is on facebook if you want to see it. Tyler is so very indulging of me and my crazy antics! I love him more and more every day and count my lucky stars that he married me! I can't wait for everyday I get to spend with him :) Here is to many more adventures as a Young :)
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