Stampin' Up Convention 08 SLC Utah

So after and at the Christensen reunion, I was madly trying to get some cards made for swaps at Convention that I was set for that following weekend. Shandarae, Megan, Shayla, and Chad were nice enough to help. So we there we sat around the table for the entire day getting swaps completed. I wish I had at least taken pictures, but no, I swapped them all.

But convention was amazing. I was really empressed with everything there. But most of all I was amazed at all the stampin fanatics that attended! It made is so enjoyable to be in the Salt Palace convention center with 4000 other stampers. I know some of you would be surprised to hear that there were a handful of men there too. Most of them supporting their wives, or they work at Stampin' Up in Riverton.

I was thankful for Chad allowing me to go and then he got to hang out with Stacy and Jordan, his cousins, while I was with all the women. It was nice that Karen Holmes, my upline from Pullman, also went and so I met up with her and Crystal her upline. We had a lot of fun and Karen and I even won free things from drawing of armbands! Yeah. I really am enjoying the stuff I won too.

So while we were in Utah, we got to have a barbecue with the Larsens, attending a live session at the Salt Lake City Temple( We also got to meet up with Jen and Mike Barnes on their way home before the session. We also ran into President Larry VanTassel from our Pullman Stake Presidency), and I also got to meet up with Brek for lunch since he works across the street from where the convention was!! So much in such a short weekend... But then we left the convention early so we could attend Kenton's (Chad's cousin Deb's boy) Baptism in Cache Valley. It was great to be able to get in on that cause we're missing a few since we're 9 hours away.

July Family Reunions and Trip to SE Idaho

So we had a fabulous time in Idaho Falls and Blackfoot. We were able to stay a night with Grandpa and Grandma Wrigley on our way to Downata hotsprings for the Wrigley family reunion (My mom's maiden name). Then we had to gear up for the Christensen family reunion the next weekend at Bear Creek. We had so much fun being with everyone and all the activities that again we never really want to go home to Pullman. Hope you enjoy some of the pictures!

Our Anniversary July 14th

So our anniversary came and went again and I never really got to blog about it. I know big surprise I'm always a month late and a dollar short, but I just couldn't pass it up. So I hope you enjoy some of the pictures that we have to share. It wasn't really eventful because I worked again this year. So I was surprised with flowers at work!! They were beautiful. They always remind me of my wedding because he picked flowers from my bouquet!

We ended up going to Sangria to celebrate and as always the food was wonderful and delicous. And then a quiet rest of the evening. My favorite part cause I don't get it that often during the school year!!
But I'm reminded again of what a wonderful man I found. He is so caring and loving towards me...even when I'm in my silly mood and jump/dance around him. He hates it!! He thinks I do it just cause I like to bug him, but really it's funny to see him smile so big at me being a goof!! It seems like we've known each other forever, and I'm pretty sure that we have. But having only been together two years, I still get to know new things about him and new reasons why I'm so in love with him. The greatest joy is knowing that there will be more time to share our future!! Thank heaven for the greatest blessing of Temples. I love you Chad!!

Random Pictures

Here's a few randow pictures that I just couldn't let go to waste. There are some of Christmas time 07 at the Christensens. Then some of friends at the Barnes' for a BBQ one night.

Deal or No Deal

So I got this in an email and just thought it was so funny that and LDS person was the first one to win 1 million dollars on the Deal or No Deal game show!!
Chad and I have watched the show every once in while because the people
on it are hilarious to watch how dramatic they are. But here's the article
that LDS Living did on her with a link to clip!! Pretty funny!

LDS Wins $1 Million on Game Show Deal or No Deal

Ashley Evanson
09/09/2008 06:23 PM MDT

Jessica Robinson just got the best “deal” of her life — $1 million.


The Sandy, Utah resident and member of the LDS Church appeared last week on NBC’s game show Deal or No Deal and became the first-ever-million-dollar winner.

And what does she plan to do with all the money? Move back home to Austin, Texas, of course. Robinson moved to Utah for college where she attended Utah Valley State College, and she met her husband Ross while living in Provo, but thinks it’s time to move back home to the great state of Texas.

Robinson told the Deseret News her ploy for getting on the show: "I think it was, 'I'm pregnant and I want to go to Texas.' And I was totally crazy at the audition," she said. "It was like, Yee-ha! ... I'm not like that all the time. I promise."

When she taped the show in July she was 30-weeks pregnant and she used the airtime to reveal the baby’s sex on national television to her family. “It’s a boy!” was cleverly hidden in suitcase No. 13.

As for winning the $1 million, "It was more than a pleasant surprise," she said.

Even after being offered $561,000 to walk away, she just knew her suitcase had the big bucks and rejected the offer saying "I have Texas guts, y'all!"

"I turned down more than half a million dollars," she said. "Go big or go home, right?"

Robinson’s been keeping this secret for a long time, as the air date came two months after the taping. Now that people know, she feels relieved.

"People try to get it out of you.... Let me tell you how fun it was to go to church. Or go to any social event.

"I would tell people, 'I didn't win (only) a penny. It's a show worth watching. I'm not a total idiot on the show.'"

Click here to find a clip from the show. http://www.nbc.com/Deal_or_No_Deal/

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LDS Living

Changing blog templates

Wouldn't you know I finally decide to change my template and blogger is on the frits!! So bear with me and eventually it will look better!!

Long Beach/ Jen's house

So along with our Cruise to MEXICO we were also really lucky to spend some time with Jen Barnes and her mom and brother!! They were nice enough to let us stay the night before the cruise and then pick us up afterward!! Boy are we lucky to have such nice friends!! .

So Jenn came to pick us all up at the port and away we went to the LA temple. Jen had packed us a lunch and we ate it under the shade of the trees at the temple. We changed into church clothes and attended the ward right behing the temple in a neat old building. The chapel had a cry room. I had never heard of this, but it was a room at side of the chapel and had a few rows of seats and a glass window. I asked my mom about it and she does remember a few buildings that had them.
We then went to the Santa Monica Pier and it was so warm that we had to soak our feet in the waves. I had managed to have not been sunburned up until that point, but I had a nice line around my neck from the point. Then we went to Hollywood and got lost trying to drive to the letters on the hill. We also drove by Grauman's Chineses Theatre and then to LAX airport to drop Chadwick and Julie off for their flight home!!

On Monday Jen took us shopping at my favorite place H&M. Awesome and another visit to Golden Spoon. I think that was our second time that trip. Then we got to see the New Port Beach Temple. It was a pretty hue of pink. Something that I'd never seen.

We had a nice dinner again at Jen's mothers, and enjoyed the evening there! We brought back a metal butterfly for Donna's garden that we enjoyed so much as we were there. And I'll never forget the fresh squeezed orange juice!!!!

Mexican cruise May 11-18

I know that it's been a very long time for us to update our blog, but I finally got all

the pictures from our cruise in a slide show and all but one in the right direction!!

It's been a long time coming, but I hope you enjoy!! We sure did!

The Vet crowd! well mostly

Here's pictures from the Saturday Conference break with chili at the Barnes' place.
My parent's were nice enough to come visit us during this time and they took this
great pictures for us!!
Then on the spur of the moment one Sunday afternoon, we just decided to invite people over for a potluck. So we did a bring your own meat and a salad or dessert to share. I know our favorite thing to do, but we always have great food and didn't have to make most of it. It was great to be surrounded by so many great friends

Hannah and Leah making their way down the stairs!!
Holly trying to stay in the conversation, but the sun was so bright it was hard to see. Not that we were complaining, it was one of the most beautiful days that we saw this Spring!!

Dining Room Table

So early spring,Chad and I actually had some time to go out and look for a new VCR/DVD player. Our DVD player had been getting stuck half way through shows for a while. So off to Shopko we went and were successful in more ways than one!!
So we found what we thought would be an okay VCR/DVD combo, but as we were looking around, we found some great deals on tables. The first set was some banquet tables that fold in half for better storage. We weren't sure how flat they would lay when out, so we just picked up one since they were 40% off. Then just circling around the store we came to the dining room table area. We found this cherry wood table top with black legs that would coordinate with out kitchen cabinets and black appliances.... and they were 60% off. The table was big enough to seat 6 or more smaller people with the benches, just as we were hoping to find. We just sat there trying to decide whether we should spend the money on the table or not. So we decided to splurge and we bought 2 benches 2 chairs and the table. So we got rung up at the counter and the furniture department worker came and brought all the items up to the front and out to where Chad had pulled his car around. We soon realized that we hadn't planned this well, cause everything wasn't going to fit this time around and the table wouldn't fit in his car, cause his entire back seat doesn't lay down.
No sweat, we just took everything but the kitchen table and said that I'd come back with my car to pick it up as soon as we got home. So as soon as I got home, Chad set out to unload his car and I went back with mine to pick up the table. Well I got some assistance to help me out with the table and we soon found out that the table top was wider than my wheel well. so even though my whole back seat came down, the table still didn't fit. So the Shopko guy and tried to put it in the back seat and it still didn't fit. He told me the only way I was going to get in home with my vehicle would to strap in on the roof of my car. So I let the guy go and I told him that I would have Chad come and help me. So I called Chad and we started to get creative on how we could get it home. I gave a call to Mower's to see if Nick was home with his pick-up, but of coarse he was using to help someone else move at that time. Kim was gracious enough to offer to try her Subaru but wouldn't be able to come right away, because she had a meeting with someone in 10 minutes. So Chad and I decided that strapping the table down might be our only hope. So Chad came back to Shopko with the Tie downs. But when he got there we just couldn't feel good about strapping it to the roof of the car and so again I went through the same things I had done with the Shopko guy, to try and make it fit again.
What we finally ended up doing was putting it in the back seat and then had moved the front passenger seat as far forward as it would go and put one corner towards the front, put down the windows in the back left and the front right to let the ends stick out. We still had to tie down the back left door to keep it shut as much as possible and then Chad drove it home with me behind him with the hazards on!!! It was hilarious. And Chad drove it cause I was so embarrassed. I felt like white trash! But what an adventure!!