Provo, Chicago, D.C. Houston... OH MY!

For our friends and family who dont know our plans (up until September or October that is) we are moving to Houston in March. I cant remember if I posted that already or not. Im so excited to FINALLY get back to Texas, even if for just a little while. Although I certainly wouldnt complain if it were extended.

Jared finally told me how tired of selling he is and that he is ready to do something else. So this is officially our last summer to sell. Its kinda hard for me to believe that right now but it sure has a beautiful ring to it. We are just weighing all of our options and seeing what will be best for us.

With Christmas coming up Ive trying to come up with presents for our families. I think we might do another Christmas card this year. Maybe not a picture though, I dont know. Im just kinda rambling on right now huh? haha Reminds me of my friend's, Cali, blog. I love reading her blogs cause she writes just to talk and I like that. You dont always need a specific reason to blog. Well until next time....

We're a comin' round the mountain!

Thats right friends and family. We are officially coming to Utah for Thanksgiving! We will leave Alabama on the 21st of November and stay in Utah until December the 5th. We are both so excited to see our friends and family! I heard it already started snowing up there, but lets just not linger on that...

We are driving down to Arizona for the actual day of Thanksgiving and staying there a couple of days. But the rest of the time we will be in Utah. Thats right Cali, Kimberly, Karen, Josh, Troy, Geoff, Bryce, ect.... So you guys better make time for us!!

Kimberly, we saw Twilight together last year.... want to make it a tradition?? haha

This past Halloween weekend was really fun for us. We drove up with my parents to the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, just outside of Knoxville. It was so unbelievably beautiful there. The trees were gold and yellow and orange and red. I mean it was breath-taking! It was a 5 hour drive haha but worth it. Its a MUST see for anyone who visits Tennessee. We went to this huge Christmas store called The Christmas Place. Its so awesome. This enormous mall sized store that sells all types of Christmas Decor. Beautiful. We visited the Old Mill, ate, visited, just so much fun! Thanks mom and dad for taking us!!!

De-Press-Ing!!!

So my mom was wanting a pair of jeans to wear so we were going through my old jeans that USED to fit me since my mother is smaller than me. I have to say that is was thoroughly depressing. I found jeans that I wore in college. I was a size 6. I cant even say what I am now, its too sickening.

Why do I hang on to them after 4 years you may wonder.... Well Ive put them in the D.I. pile (or Goodwill for non Utah folks) several times and Jared keeps taking them out. He wants me to keep them because "I will get back in em soon." He thinks they help set a goal for me, and they probably should. Except all they really do is remind me how many times ive TRIED to get back in them and FAILED. It feels like a complete lost cause.... and that makes me want to break down and cry.

I obviously cant loose weight on my own, I cant afford a personal trainer and personal chef and Im not doing those crazy fad diets. So what am I supposed to do? Some days I feel so disgusted with myself. Today is definitely one of the thousands....

Sophie and Sunset

These are some pictures of the sunset outside my parents yard. I thought it was beautiful. Also, this is Sophie, mom's puppy. She is so cute, but I have bite marks and scratches all over my hands and arms from her. She can get pretty excited when we are playing with her and her teeth are RAZOR sharp! haha anyway, she is just too darn cute to be mad at for too long.

This is funny!

Farewell dinner at the Tilleys for the Tilleys by the Tilleys enjoyed by all!

Here are some pics from a party thrown by Josh and Jalin just before they left. It was a lot of fun, and really good food. Kinda nice to have all the couples from the ward get together before everyone started heading home.

This is the Isaachsons, Jake and Brianna (I think, I'm sooo bad with names, and it's been a little while...) They lived with trent and his wife while Jake was out on an internship. He's a pretty funny guy.

Here is the sweetest little couple, Braden and Mike! haha, they were attached at the hip all summer long, kinda like two little peas in a pod. Both great guys!

This is Trent and his wife, but I can't remember her name... maybe Ashlee or someone else will and we'll update it later. They were a really nice couple that were out there selling for amp alarm.

And here is the couple themselves! Josh and Jalin. They were really great, and we really loved getting to know them. A little update they just had their baby, and it's adorable! The baby's name is Jailey, she was a whopping 8lbs 7oz, and we have pics on our phones.

Sorry about the underlining, I just don't know how to remove it...

Here is a group picture

Here's a group shot! Oh, and the missionaries, ashlee and i, and also chris were there too.

We probably should have taken more pics and posted them all summer long, but you're going to have to bug Ashlee about that cause it was her job... I keep hoping she'll start liking to post stuff cause she sure is a lot more interesting when she types stuff up than I am.

Fun at our apt with Chris!

So, when chris got out to DC this summer he had a suggestion. It was something he'd recently done with Tyler and Ethan, and we took pics of it just for them!

This is for all you kids out there that want to build a big ole' fort in you living room and then watch movies in it!

Look at that cheeser!

Nice and stable! we had to add in a little tape to make sure everything stayed put.

I think this is a pic of the door.

Well a few weeks after that, and while Ashlee and I were hanging out at the apt we decided to rebuild the fort, and have a little fun of our own!!!

I was waiting on Ashlee to finish something up, so I was reading and waiting...

All in all the forts were fun!

More Pics; This is of a trip we took on my birthday up to baltimore

This is a picture of us at the fort where the star spangled banner was written. It is pretty cool.

More pics of the fort

Here's Ashlee out there in front of the fort

We went to a huge aquarium, it was pretty neat. All these pics are in reverse order though...

This is a pic as we went into a 4d theatre, it was 3d, but then it also poked you, sprayed water at you, and other stuff. It was pretty fun!

Stingray.

A big old sea turtle

Ashlee in front of a sub

Me in front of some boat. It was important for some reason, but I can't remember why...

Another pic of the sub.

This is while we were waiting outside the aquarium. You had to enter at specified times...

Well that's all for that trip.

Pics, hope y'all like em!

Here are a bunch of pics, some of the ones we took this summer. We had a great summer, it was a blast! We really loved the area, and especially all the friends we made, and were able to work with.

This one we're in front of the White house! It was pretty neat, this is the only picture that came out clear... not sure exactly why...

This is one I took of the two of us, and as you can see it was pretty interesting. I didn't even move the camera or anything...

This one came out fairly clear, I left out all the really blurry tries, this was the best of what I took.

This one was only kind of blurry. Pretty pic though! We had fun, that was the night that we went to the international spy museum which is right up the street. We didn't do a traditional tour, we did some kind of excursion/activity and it was ok, it would have been better if we were little kids though. Our "guide" seemed pretty bored. All in all though it was pretty fun!

This pic is from the subway on our way downtown.

From left to right: Braden, Mike, Josh, Jalin. They rode the train in with us.

We miss em!

Well there's some pics, I'll be adding more and more.

jared

Thanks you guys for keeping up with our blog. It helps to know that people actually read this thing. I promise to do much better.

For Karlee: Blue Goose came about when my parents helped Jared and me move our stuff outta Utah. Jared and daddy drove the big UHAUL and mom and me drove my jeep. We bought these walkie talkie radio things so we could be silly and talk to each other on the drive down. Daddy would say "Blue Goose, Blue Goose. Come in Blue Goose. Over." haha and we would say "Roger that Raven. Whats your 20? Over." haha Silly stuff like that. So we started calling her Blue Goose. Anyway, I miss that car. I need a new one quick to help me get over her! HAHA Right Karlee!!

For Cali: I actually do miss Utah a little bit. GASP I know! haha I miss my friends and our family up there. We lived there the longest since Jared and I have been married so we made alot of memories there. Im really enjoying living in all these other places though too. Chicago, D.C. Alabama and Houston next. Its really neat for the time being. But I sure miss you guys! I really do. We so love hanging out with yall!

It is neat being able to try on all these different places to live to see how we like it. But I am so ready for a house and a baby. But the thing is, I dont know where I want to plant down. Ya know? Its gonna be hard to commit to an area now that Im used to being some where for a few months and then packing up. HMMM.... wonder where we will end up.