Update of the YEAR!...Really.

Friends, family, whoever stumbles upon this somewhat pathetic blog of mine/ours...welcome to the biggest update of the year!  Literally...and really almost the only update of the year haha.  Mostly this is just a huge overload of pictures and ramblings, but it hopefully sums up a lot of our life over the past lots of months.

Chelsea went back to school in August to finish her cosmetology license.  This is one of her great friends, Natalie von Elm, who is one of the biggest reasons she has lasted.  Thanks for bein' a babe Nat!  We're just gettin' some awesome deep conditioning treatments.  Try it!  You'll love it :)

Nat and Britni Campbell.  Great ladies, great stylists!

Just fyi, Nat loves her mannequin ;)

Just about when school was starting (end of August), we moved into a new basement apartment/house.    It's just down the street from where we were, but we had to move out of that basement.  We are currently property managing for the owners and are getting a great deal on rent so we're ok with it.  We're still in Taylorsville, in my parents' ward, and really like where we're at.  This is our cute family room.  Man it looks good clean!  I should work on that haha.

This is Brad's little nook.  No, the baby clothes don't mean anything, we just get weird at stores sometimes.  Notice the Kramer poster...good ol' Seinfeld.

This is our bathroom.  It has a few updates since this picture, but you get the jist.

And this is our darling bedroom.  My brother bought us that awesome big picture frame for Christmas which was the inspiration for the whole wall decor that I love :)  And we finally got a king size bed, hallelujah!  We slept on a double bed for the first year of our marriage, and then on two twin mattresses on the ground for the next 8 months.  So the upgrade to the brand new, completely comfortable and wonderful king size bed has been heavenly.  Plus, we finally get to use our darling bed spread!

This is more from school.  We had to do updo's for our midterm/finals this semester and this was just me practicing on my mannequin.

And the back...Kinda cool right?  They only got better, I promise!

This picture makes me laugh and almost cry at the same time.  I worked at Firefighters Credit Union for a whole 7 months, but I absolutely loved it!  This is my boss, who was the best boss I've ever had and I love him, Thomas.  One day it was raining outside and a coworker of mine, Ben, and I made paper hats and afterwards left them in Thomas' office.  The next day he walked out with it on and a tape measurer in his hands and looked like a little kid playing with his toys.  It was hilarious!
Unfortunately, I had to finish school by taking classes on Fridays, and they just couldn't work it out for me to continue working there.  I miss it a lot and will be forever grateful for the experience.

Or at least they should!  After I left the credit union I went to an accounting office.  AH!  Not recommended haha.  I have a lot more respect for accountants.  That's torture!  My brother-in-law works as an accountant and they needed a receptionist...they let me pick my own hours and were flexible so I jumped on the bandwagon!  It was a lot different than I thought it was going to be, a lot harder, but it was a great chance for me to get the classes in that I needed.  My last day was Monday, as it was the last day of taxes, so I'm currently unemployed and I won't lie, it feels GREAT!  We'll see how I feel when the paychecks stop coming in haha.

Also, as of February 28th, Brad is no longer a substitute teacher or personal trainer, but a full time employee!  Yay for consistent paychecks :)  He is currently working at "Dr. Gas".  Don't judge, we didn't come up with the name haha.  It is a welding shop and they make custom exhaust pipes and such.  His brother Scott works there and helped him get this job also. Yay for family hook-ups!  He's really liking it, and hopefully this keeps up!

Back to Christmas time...I'm trying to get better at being crafty.  I feel like I'm creative, but I don't feel like I have time to do anything cutesy.  Well at Christmas time, I tried to make time and make our own tree topper and stars.  All you need is paper, scissors, and glue!

Wahlah!  Cute, right?  I love them.

We used the little ones in clusters and put them in jars on sticks.  I cut out other Christmas paper and glued it to old Martinelli's bottles to put them in.  Haha maybe I'll take a picture next Christmas, hard to explain.  But that big one was our tree topper.  It was perfect!  And since it's paper, the light can shine through it.
 

Ok, random, yes I know, but here is our hidden "talent", if you will.  Brad and I have huge tongues.  Haha.  His is really fat, and mine is really wide.  'Nough said.

Also random...My mom works at an elementary school and has to do fun little arts and crafts with the kids.  I like to visit occasionally for lunch, and this is what I got to do when I was there one day.  Her name at school is Mrs. Mac (since kids can't say McArthur) and they were making these mirror images so I colored it for her!  Sometimes I really want little kids so I can color all the time.

Haha oh cute Bradley.  I love this man.  Wondering where the chalk came from?    Well one day last fall we had a little kid date.  It was so much fun!  I have misplaced the rest of the pictures, but it started with cereal & bananas, coloring books & crayons, and cartoon watching.  Man Power Rangers was cheesy!  Then we went outside and played frisbee, catch, etc.  Afterwards, we played with chalk!  You can see the patio in the background?  Well we covered it with colorful creations and then continued to color each other :)  Haha it was hilarious!  I think I won that chalk fight ;)  Then to top it all off, we went to Chick-Fil-A and got kids meals.  Those toys are not what they used to be, but it was delicious :)

On to more recent, the rest of the pictures are from my Dad's surprise 50th birthday party!  It was a lot of work and stress, but we pulled it off and he loved it!  Here's Brad and his oldest sister Kristina.  Thanks everyone for coming!

Katie Wilde and her boy toy Andy.  I grew up with Katie and then she moved all the way to Riverton.  Good to see her :)

My dad with Bruce and Crissi Maycock, some of our neighbor friends.

Devin Routson!  My family absolutely adores this guy haha.  Good ol' Bear Lake trips can steal their hearts, just fyi ;)

Some of the gang chattin' away. Jayne came all the way from Idaho with Grandma.  What a babe!

From left to right...Grandma, Kathy & Drew Miller, Sue, Uncle Mike, Mom, Perry, and Aunt Anne.  Gotta love us crazy Wrights!

Dad and Devin.  What studs :)

Isn't it ridiculous how tall and beautiful and grown up my LITTLE sister is getting?  And here she is with Uncle Greg..he almost drove all the way to Price to pick up my dad's dad, but we appreciate his thought anyway!

Cute little Gretchen.  She belongs to Jayne (my mom's sister) and is such a little stinker...she knows how to pull on your heart strings that's for sure!

Sue and Al's little clan.  Evan, Tommy, ...little man who's name I forget, Claire and Grace.  Sue is my mom's cousin.  They came from Alpine-ish.

A close up of Grandma (mom's mom) Kathy, and Drew.  They came from South Weber, which is pretty far too.

More chatting...I promise the party was fun!  I just didn't take pictures 'til we were winding down haha.

This picture is kinda monumental.  This Doug Hussey with my dad.  They were best friends all growing up and haven't seen each other in probably 10 years.  My dad was elated to see him.  Thanks Doug!

And the cutest couple award goes to... ;)  Aren't we darling?  Here's a good recent picture of what we look like now.  I've chopped my hair and Brad is still as handsome as ever.  When he get this firefighting job (cross your fingers!) I'm really gonna miss that beard.  So hot!

Brothers :)  Well mostly.  Brad with my little brother Perry.  What good lookin' males!

This is the McArthur clan...kinda.  Joel & Kristin Bishop, ...forgot her name little sister, JoAnn & Sam & Nate McArthur.  Nate and Kristin are siblings and also cousins to my dad.  Notice Nate's nose...attractive, eh?

Dad, mom, and Marilyn & Steve Wilde.  They are Katie's parents...used to live down the street...moved to Riverton.  But they were awesome enough to come and share my dad's special day as well...and they had just barely returned from a big vaca that day too!  What friends :)

And one more picture of little Gretchen for good measure ;)
And thanks to everyone who came that I didn't get pictures of!  I would try to list them, but I know I'd forget someone and I don't want to leave anyone out.  It was a HUGE success and he loved every minute of it.  He ranted about it for days.  Perfect reaction, I'd say!

Well folks, that's about all I've got for now.  We just gotta get me done with school and things'll be more smooth sailing.  And speaking of sailing, 5 days and counting 'til we're on our cruise ship sailin' away in the sun!  CAN'T WAIT! So what if my bikini body isn't ready...we need to get away!  So until next time, have a great day and don't forget to smile!