girlfriend) while they went to Salt Lake to see the Jazz defeat the Pistons. We have been scheming for some time to be able to get on the "cool enough to babysit Gabby" list, and at last our time has come. We basically just played with her and commented every few minutes about how she was the cutest baby in the world. She had a filling, formulaic dinner and a quick PJ change. Then, after a brief bit of sadness due to extreme tiredness (which was quickly resolved by holding a teddy bear) the little lady was off to bed at the stroke of 8:30. In summary, we have now successfully watched a baby for 5 hours as a couple. Watanabes rule!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Our First Adventure in Babysitting
Some friends of ours (the Richmans) were looking for someone to watch their uber-adorable little girl Gabby (my 1 year old
girlfriend) while they went to Salt Lake to see the Jazz defeat the Pistons. We have been scheming for some time to be able to get on the "cool enough to babysit Gabby" list, and at last our time has come. We basically just played with her and commented every few minutes about how she was the cutest baby in the world. She had a filling, formulaic dinner and a quick PJ change. Then, after a brief bit of sadness due to extreme tiredness (which was quickly resolved by holding a teddy bear) the little lady was off to bed at the stroke of 8:30. In summary, we have now successfully watched a baby for 5 hours as a couple. Watanabes rule!
girlfriend) while they went to Salt Lake to see the Jazz defeat the Pistons. We have been scheming for some time to be able to get on the "cool enough to babysit Gabby" list, and at last our time has come. We basically just played with her and commented every few minutes about how she was the cutest baby in the world. She had a filling, formulaic dinner and a quick PJ change. Then, after a brief bit of sadness due to extreme tiredness (which was quickly resolved by holding a teddy bear) the little lady was off to bed at the stroke of 8:30. In summary, we have now successfully watched a baby for 5 hours as a couple. Watanabes rule!
Monday, February 25, 2008
Fhe=Blogging
In an effort to better document the endless roller coaster that is our life in Provo, we have decided that blogging will be our new thing. So...now we are blogging. As far as updates go, I am now in the zoo business, as I've landed a paid internship at Utah's Hogle Zoo. I will be introducing people to animals (and vice versa) from May to September while enjoying the n
ice warm Utah sun. I have also been fastidiously preparing for the upcoming mountain biking season by making minor mods and major tweaks to both mine and Taylor's bikes. She is very, very excited. She even has her first mountain biking outfit (which her husband, who loves her, purchased)! We also watched "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" for the first time, and I came away with a greater appreciation for the fact that Elizabeth Taylor was indeed at one time quite attractive. Taylor continues to work with her little after school children. They continue to marvel at the fact that a white person speaks/understands Spanish. She also had a SALAS (Student Association for Latin American Studies) party on Friday night which pretty much always equals delicious food (and it did), and this time had the added bonus of a silly Mexican movie. It was loads of fun and we spent the rest of the weekend eating leftovers...mmm.
ice warm Utah sun. I have also been fastidiously preparing for the upcoming mountain biking season by making minor mods and major tweaks to both mine and Taylor's bikes. She is very, very excited. She even has her first mountain biking outfit (which her husband, who loves her, purchased)! We also watched "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" for the first time, and I came away with a greater appreciation for the fact that Elizabeth Taylor was indeed at one time quite attractive. Taylor continues to work with her little after school children. They continue to marvel at the fact that a white person speaks/understands Spanish. She also had a SALAS (Student Association for Latin American Studies) party on Friday night which pretty much always equals delicious food (and it did), and this time had the added bonus of a silly Mexican movie. It was loads of fun and we spent the rest of the weekend eating leftovers...mmm.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Trying Things Out
Well I've decided to give this whole family web page thing a whirl. I'll admit when i first heard about this I thought it was pretty dorky, but since we are starting to spread out more and more I thought it might be a good idea. Plus Alando told me today he has a blog so I figured it was time to step up to the plate...
Here's some quick info about the last nine months or so for us! We got married on May 19, 2007 and had a beautiful, delightful reception thanks to our wonderful families on May 28, 2007. Thanks to everyone for making that day possible, it has been the happiest of our lives!
We headed back up to Utah in June and tried to settle in (read fit) into our new little house. Okay well it's not exactly new...circa 1930's stove and a spot for the milkman to drop off the milk...but it was new to us! We both worked over the summer and took classes at BYU. Some highlights of the season included a smashing Fourth-of-July party, a camping trip with our ward, some epic bike rides (25 miles) for Dean and plenty of trips to the nearest park!
The beginning of Fall brought more school
for us and we both started different jobs. I quit the bakery to work at an elementary school in the after-school program and Dean TA's for classes at BYU and teaches the BYU hockey class. Last semester kept us pretty busy but we did enjoy a quick getaway to San Diego for Thanksgiving and a trip back to Tucson for Christmas. (We still managed to find a little Christmas tree for our own house though as you can see!)
I had a birthday in January and we are both back in school and working. It is very snowy up here but we are having a good time between all that pesky studying! :) Recently we has a fondue party with some of our friends and it was really fun so we are planning another soirée sometime soon! We've been following the Obama campaign closely and Taylor has been making phone calls to remind people to get out and vote! She and Diana also went up to Salt Lake to canvas for Barack and that was a fun (but cold) opportunity. We are keeping our fingers crossed and doing what we can to spread the good word! :)
That's all the news for now, but we hope everyone else is doing well and staying warm!
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