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Hey everyone we are changing our blog address to www.victorandmichelle.blogspot.com

see you there for future posts and wedding pictures.

Victor Graduates from SLCC

Congrats to Victor! He walked today for his graduation from SLCC. He was also honored as the top student for economics. Thats my Fiance!!!!

Perspective...

So I thought I would play with my macro filter today. What do you think? (These poor flowers are getting tired of my camera)

My Yard is in bloom...finally!!!

So early this march I noticed something strange in my yard. Little flowers started to grow. It was like a spring miracle. Someone at sometime planted all sorts of flowers in my yard. I am so excited. Well this past week the tulips actually started to bloom. I have been trying to guess the color it would be and I never could. This is why.White tulips!! Wow how fun! I am so thrilled about the flowers. Here is another picture for you to enjoy. I planted everthing purple a while ago...Arent you proud of me?

Review of the past few weeks...

So I have been horrible at my blogging! I am sorry to all my dedicated followers...he he. The past few weeks have been great. We have had lots of fun planning our wedding and visiting with family. We have had many fun events. I hope I remember them all.

The first thing we did was go on a road trip to Seattle. Victor, Mami, Papi, and I all got up early and made the 13 hour trek to Mom and Dad's house. We had so much fun. We went to deception pass the first day. It was so fun! I love the water. We got some pretty amazing pictures!

Check the slide show above for more pictures of our trip to deception pass.

The next day we enjoyed a trip to seattle. We actually went up the space needle. I forgot that I dont like heights until I got onto that tower of terror. So it was so windy that I could feel the space needle swaying, thats right swaying. I was not super excited about it but I tried to enjoy myself. The view is very beautiful but I was happy to step off that elevator.

Another highlight was the excellent food we ate all week. We had all sorts of goodies and treats including empandas and mandocas. We also had a visit from uncle lynn and Kari. It was so much fun to see them.



The next big things were the bridal showers. Mom, Mandee, and Holli threw a fun shower over at grandma's. Mandee made this most amazing cheese cake. I really thought she bought it at the store because it was so pretty. Oh so amazing!!!



Mami hosted another bridal shower in west jordan. It was also very fun filled with games and dinner and a beautiful cake.



All in all it has been a wonderful few weeks. We are on the countdown to the wedding, WAHOO!

2 Months to go!

So just in case you were all wondering... We have 2 months left before we get married! WAHHOOO! Not that I am counting.

Plans are going really well. We have pretty much everything taken care of. We are excited for our upcoming trip to seattle this week. ROAD TRIP! Fun!

We got our pictures taken this past weekend. The weather was nice and clear for us. I havent seen them yet but the photographer made us feel like we were supermodels, so they have to be good!

Valentine's Day

Yesterday was Valentines day. We had so much fun. We went to one of our favorite restaurants yesterday...OLIVE GARDEN!!! I had the chicken fettuccine and Victor had the Chicken Parmesan. It was so amazing. Then we made plans to go the the movie Ink heart on Monday. We came home and Victor started his tetris puzzle. That thing is so simple looking but so hard!!!

After that we watched the movie "The Witches."

It was a cute movie from our childhood. It is about a secret society of witches who hunt down and plot to destroy children. Well I dont want to give away the ending or anything but a certain little boy gets turned into a mouse and, with the help of his cigar smoking grandmother, seeks revenge on the grand high witch.... well you'll have to check it out for yourself!

We had such a blast this year for Valentine's Day. On friday we went to Victor's branch activity. The young men and young women had prepaired a nice dinner for the couples in the branch. There was a live singer, a very funny game, and lots of loud music. It was so much fun!

Snow puppies!

Well I finally posted some pictures of the dogs in the snow. Lady loves to play and jump around in the snow. Griffin tolerates it for a few min and then starts to shiver. If I throw a snowball they will chase it until one of the has eaten it. Crazy dogs!

Wedding Dress

So I got a wedding dress last weekend! I am so excited. We tried on so so many dresses. I just could not find one that fit my basic criteria...White, Pretty, Flattering, and not so much alteration needed. Well after trying on dresses for what seemed like forever, I said I was done! I could not decide. So we were going to go have lunch and go to another store. Well there was still one dress in my dressing room that I did not try on and I sure wasn't going to. After my Mom's insisting I hesitantly put the dress on and ta da it was perfect! I loved it. Suddenly it was easy! I am so excited about this dress. I don't want to give anything away but, it meets all my criteria, plus I love it!

Finally a post about our Engagement

Well you might just say I have been Slacking off with my blog, and to that I say...its pretty much true. The past few weeks have been very busy. We have had christmas, birthdays, and newyears. Not to mention my engagement!!!

Yup thats right Victor and I are engaged, we have been now for about a month. We are getting married in May in the new Draper Temple. We are so excited! There are so many things to do and plan we are finding out. All just details....CRAZY! Anyway we are so thrilled and so happy!

It wasnt me!

So what do you get when you leave 5 sunday papers on the floor alone with two crazy dachshunds??? Give up??? Well these pictures pretty much say it all.

Luckily I had already clipped the coupons from these papers so the dogs didnt get into too much trouble. Actually it was more funny than anything. Little stinkers!!!

House pictures

So this weekend I found couches at RC Willey. Mom and Dad helped me get them for Christmas. They were delivered today. I absolutely love them!!! They are so nice and they look so good in the room. I need to rearrange the rest of the house to compensate for them. I also got the coffee table and the end tables. They are cherry wood and they look so nice!! Anyway I am so thrilled with them!!

This past weekend Victor's family gave me a beautiful tree skirt and a cute little snowman. I just had to take picture of the tree skirt and post it; I would not do it justice in describing it. It is so so nice.

Well I got the approval of Griffin and Lady for the couches. It took lady about 20min to decide the couches were safe but in the end I got two thumbs (or paws) up.

Thanksgiving Weekend

This past weekend we got to celebrate Thankgiving. I love this time of year when family gathers to enjoy the festivites. Mom and Dad flew in on wednesday morning. That evening we picked up Greg from the Train Station in SLC. Holli stayed the night at the "Warner's" house (mandee and Cameron). Thursday morning we got up early and Mom made her peanut butter stuffing. Then the cooking began. I was in charge of rolls and cake. The cake was so so good and the rolls, well, let just say I need to try again (they were a bit dry). My oven and I are not speaking to each other.



After the preparation we were able to go over to Aunt Julie's house. Victor and his parents came to Thanksgiving with us. It was so much fun. We had so much food and good conversation. Greg was in heaven as he was able to speak spanish to his hearts delight! After dinner we all came back to my house and visited and later had dessert. It was very fun!


The next day was black friday... dunn dunn dunnn!!!! Crazy things happen so early in the morning. I was pretty glad we were able to stay home untill about 7:00am. We hit Best Buy, Shopko, Michaels, and of course RC Willies. I got the best deal ever. New furniture!!! More to come on that later....





Saturday was so much fun! We had the chance to go to SLC and see the Savior of the World play. It was really nice. It was about the birth of Christ and His resurection. I thought it was well worth the time. Then we walked around temple square with the lights! It was so beautiful.








We had such a good time in SLC. The weather was perfect. The lights were spectacular. The traffic was pretty busy though. I managed to take a picture of the streets in SLC from the Joseph Smith building. Crazy.



All in all this was a great week! It was pretty long and busy but it was so so great and I am so glad we got to do all of these things!

Oh Christmas Tree

So today we put up the Christmas tree. Yes it may seem just a little early but as the fam is coming on Wednesday I thought it would be nice to have my Christmas out.

Victor came over this morning and we spent the day at the house. We listened to Christmas music while we unfolded the tree. We mostly wanted to get the Christmas tree out and up but we also wanted to watch Victor's documentary that he finished for school. It was very very well done! We had a good time watching that. We also went grocery shopping for thanksgiving. Mom gave Holli and I a list of things to get so we are prepared to make our portion of the thanksgiving meal. Victor was a sport about my coupons and bargain shopping. We did a pretty good job I think we saved like 40$. Pretty neat huh! Well I am most certainly excited for Christmas and Thanksgiving now. I just hope the dogs leave the tree alone but we'll see...

Mexico City Temple

This past weekend I had the opportunity to go to the broadcast of the rededication of the Mexico City temple. It started with a "cultural event" Saturday evening. I will admit I wasn't sure what to expect from that but I was pleasantly surprised. It was a broadcast from Mexico; it was a dance festival which portrayed the history of the mexican people. President Monson and Elder Iring were there and they spoke a little. President Monson was so funny, he sang a funny Spanish song that he learned in his Spanish class. It was cool to see all the traditional dancing and the costumes were so so nice. I loved the colors on the dresses.

After that fun event Victor and I went to Olive Garden. I love that place. Can you guess what I got...yup Fettuccine Alfredo.

Sunday evening was the broadcast of the rededication of the Mexico City temple. It was so good. I loved the spirit and feeling that was there. I love to listen to President Monson. I was able to understand a chunk of the Spanish that was spoken. I was feeling pretty good about one of the sisters who spoke. She spoke of a family with children in the Jordan temple (i think) and how those children were touching the walls of the temple because they knew how sacred and important it was. The story was very touching as was her message and I felt blessed that I could understand it. When the subsequent brothers and sisters spoke I got lost with their talks but I was able to understand their testimonies. It was a very neat experience.

This was such a good weekend. (I didn't even mention that Friday Victor and I went to James Bond...so so good)

What a surprise

So today being thursday I worked my usual late night shift. The first thing I do when I get home is let the dogs go outside. While I was out there contimplating life or something I just happened to look up. There was a full moon out and the light happened to hit the snow topped peaks of the mountains just east of my home. It looked like the mountains were glowing. I couldnt resist I put the dogs in the house, grabbed my camera and my tripod, and was out. It took me a few tries to get the coloring right but just look at the results. This was a nice little surprise for me after work today. I hope you enjoy the picture!

Mukilteo Ferry

I know this is SOO late in posting it on my blog but I just made a cool picture in adobe that I wanted to share.

So this past August we went to Mukilteo Ferry while we were visiting Seattle. I Just finished scrapbooking a bit from the evening we spent at the beach. We were going to ride the Ferry but it was like a 2 hour wait so we decided to eat, hang out, and enjoy the mukilteo park. It turned out to be a fun relaxing evening.

Halloween Weekend

This past weekend was Halloween. It was my first Halloween in my new house. We had plenty of treats and even some play dough for the trick-or-treators. We had probably 20-30 kids that came. It was kind of fun, for about an hour. I ended up turning off the lights at about 8:00 because Mandee, Cameron, Holli, Victor, and I were watching "The orphanage." The orphanage was kind of like "The Others." The movie was in Spanish with English subtitles. I was thinking I would be able to try to understand some of the move but was I wrong, they spoke way to fast for me, even the little 6yr old. Now that I know the ending I can say it was a really good movie.

Saturday we went to Nate and Deedee's house for the family Halloween party. Victor came too. It was pretty fun. Victor and I put together a pumpkin for the pumpkin contest. I got the pumpkin that morning for free at macey's. It was cool. Well anyways we won the contest and got a $25 gift card to Chili's. I think we will use that Friday. :)

Sunday the five of us went to Grandma Child's house for dinner. It was great. We watched a movie called "Private Eyes." It was an older satirical detective movie with Don Knotts. It was pretty funny.

All and all a pretty good weekend!!!

GARDNER VILLAGE

DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, I AM POSTING MY ADVENTURE TO GARDNER VILLAGE...

This past weekend I went to Gadner Village with Victor. I did not know that this cute place existed untill now. This place is in West Jordan near Victor's house. This little spot is all decked out with witches, pumkins, and all things Halloween.

The night we chose to go just happened to be "Witches Night Out." It was pretty cool to see all sorts of regular old people dressed up as witches. I am not talking smudge of green face pain, fake wart, and a hat no I am talking creative decked out witches. It was cool to see!

All In all it turned out to be a very fun evening. I am totally geared up for Halloween now!!!

AAHHH AUTUMN

Autumn is here. The leaves on the mountains have officially changed to the beautiful reds and golds. I love autumn. Griffin and Lady love to chase the leaves as they blow by. The bad thing is that autumn is here and gone before you even realize it. Soon we will be shoveling and scraping. Winter quickly approaches. For now the brisk days and cool nights are very enjoyable.