Drew and Jenna Sellers

The Wasatch Long Day Challenge

2008-06-25T23:21:00.000-06:00

So last Saturday I woke up at 4:00 a.m., picked my Dad up and pulled into the parking lot of Wasatch Mountain State Park Golf Course at 5:30 a.m. We played in the Wasatch Long Day Challenge. Me, My Dad, Dr. Bill Strong, and Dr. Curtis Johnson played in the four-man scramble tournament. We started at 6 a.m. when the sun was not quite up and played 18 holes at Wasatch Golf Course. We shot 11-under-par and missed a chance to win a Toyota FJ-Cruiser with a hole-in-one on one of the long par 3’s. After our 18 holes at Wasatch we hopped in the car and went to Soldier Hollow golf course to play our second 18 holes of the day for that tournament.

Soldier Hollow was better for us, shooting 15-under par and we then went to the awards banquet. However, the top 10 teams out of the 72 that entered the tournament got to move on to a final nine holes. We were selected to play in the final 9 holes, which were in a derby format. A derby is played where in a four person team you assign each player a letter, A, B, C, D. A has to hit the first shot, then B hits the second shot, and so on until you finish the hole. A certain number of teams will be eliminated after each hole until the last two teams battle for the winning spot. Well my team decided that I should be player A. That meant teeing off in front of close to 350 people on the first tee. Well I was super nervous. But I stepped up there, picked a spot in the fairway and blasted a drive 290 yards right down the middle. It had to have been the most pressure situation I have ever played in my life. But I did have a “Bagger Vance” moment when I picked a spot and tuned out everyone and everything else around me. It was epic!

A special thanks to my lovely wife who supported me and let me take all day Saturday to play in the tournament. We got past the first hole and on the second hole our tee shot on the par 3 hit the cart path and bounced 75 yards past the green. We never recovered from that and ended up taking 7^th place. I was extremely tired after the day was done. It was a fun day and I would do it again in a heartbeat (That is if my wife would let me.)

A Tag from DeeAura

2008-06-17T14:37:00.001-06:00

How to play this game of tag. Post these rules on your blog. List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

3 Joys:

the warm sun on my face
my friends and family
taking pictures

3 Fears:

1. I think I have a fear of heights...I was once convinced by my friends Shannon and Jonnelle to go sky diving. By the time the plane got up there and realized what was going on, I wasn't to keen on jumping out. Don't think I'll ever do that again!
2. Somehow dropping the ball at work and not realizing it until it's too late...(Really this isn't healthy DeeAura!!!)
3. Leaving dirty dishes in the sink over night (I couldn't think of anything, and when I asked Drew what he thought I fear, this is what he sad). Sad, but I think its true =)

3 goals:

To visit Church History Sites; to see WW2 sites in Europe (if you didn't already know it, I'm a pretty big history buff)
Run more than once a week...the long winter kinda got me out of the habit.
To have a happy family and life.

3 Current Obsessions/Collections:

1. Law and Order: SVU
2. Stars!
3. Homemade Popcorn

3 random surprising facts about me:

I used to ice skate; did drill and jazz teams on ice.
My family and I were chosen to participate in the Sesquicentennial re-enactment of "The Voyage of The Brooklyn" (a ship that brought pioneers in 1856 from NY to CA, to eventually bring them to Utah)..the family in the pictures that we do #3 with, were in it too.
My family and two other families from my home ward have re-enacted the nativity ever since we were little.

I tag: Bri, Erin, Tracie, Tracy, and Robyn. Have at it. :)

May Fun....

2008-06-05T18:51:00.009-06:00

Which sadly hasn't brought much sun! It has been COLD here, well for the time of year anyway. There have only been a few days where it was in the 80s and 90s. Every other day its been raining and in the 50s/60s. 70 if we're lucky! I sure hope this weather shapes up soon! Well, EFY has started up and its crazy and hectic, but great. I love what I do, even if I do have to work long hours...it is a good excuse for Drew and his friends to go get in 9 holes after work. Here are some things that we have been up to since our last post:

Alex, Drew and Andre at the end of the Flash season in Late April-Drew became really close with these guys and other members of the Flash. Andre just came into town this past weekend and it was really fun to catch up with him. We look forward to the season starting up again in November, and hope that both Alex and Andre will be coming back. It was amazing how close all of these guys got in such a short time.

Drew's has family in AZ that he is close to and we went down with Drew's grandparents for his cousin's farewell. His Uncle Kevin and Aunt Rochelle are AMAZING people. They are such examples and role models to us. We love each chance we have to see them. His cousin Collin was called to a mission in Japan (I am not even going to try and spell it cause I would totally get it wrong!). When we went to go see him open his call, its totally where I guessed he would go. His dad Kevin works for Intel and headed it up over in Japan, so they were there for several years. So someone with that background, how could he not be called there?!

Aunt Rochelle and I after Collin recieved his endowment.

Drew and I outside of the temple (which I think is beautiful)-I think you can see the new haircut in this picture. It was shorter to begin with, but you can still get the idea.

Grandma and Grandpa Sellers outside the temple.

Driving back to UT, we decided to take the scenic route. Behind me is the Colorado River which was beautiful. It was a beautiful site to see and a nice place to stretch the legs!

Drew and Ellie (our cousin) We babysit her often and she really like her Uncle Drew! (Her parents are closer to our age, so we're Uncle and Aunt instead of cousin) :)

Time for Drew to Check-in

2008-05-05T18:03:00.002-06:00

Ok, so I've been a serious slacker about updating the blog. I guess there are some exciting things going on, but I just don't get that excited I guess. Let's see....

I finished the winter semester. I plan on graduating in December this year, so I am taking classes during both spring and summer. All of my classes start at 4:00 p.m. and last 2 1/2 hours. Neither are very exciting, but I do enjoy a less crowded campus and nice warm weather.

Chad and I went and played golf last week in St. George and Las Vegas. The Hill's and McGiven's were nice enough to host us for a weekend. I shot 78-71-85 for anyone that cares. Yeah, I don't really know what happened that last day, but such is life. We also went down to the strip and played at GameWorks. We had a fun time watching the Jazz games and just hanging out.

Summer....
I plan on working for the Utah Flash throughout the summer. I will be doing PR work and Ticket Sales. Our off season stuff doesn't get too busy so I should have time to enjoy a bit of summer. I will be taking classes as well. I still would like to work full time for the Flash, and eventually the Frank Ghery Lehi Development when I graduate but I am waiting to see how that pans out. I also hope Jenna lets me play lots of golf this summer, since it will probably be the least busy summer for the next 40 years or so. Hopefully she will oblige.

Anyways, the world still spins here in Provo, Utah.

What we have been up to.....

2008-04-30T21:27:00.003-06:00

So its been quite awhile since I'e posted. Drew had finals, EFY is getting insanely busy...where I am getting 45-50 hours a week now, and several guests have come into town. We did have a Palo Alto get together a few weeks ago, which was fun. Since its been starting to get warmer (even if its only for a day or two of the week), we decided to have an ice cream party. It was really fun and I am looking forward to the summer and making ice cream like Erin and I used to back in the old days.

Some other things we have been up to...Drew and Chad went to St. George and Las Vegas during the few days inbetween winter and spring. They had a great time...they've been dying to go but with the long winter, they haven't been able to go yet. Now that warmer weather is supposed to come, hopefully they'll get to go out more. While they were gone, my friend Lindsay Schilaty from Palo Alto came for her brother's graduation and she got to stay with me. It was really fun, but due to Session Director training in SLC for EFY, I didn't get to see her as much as I would have liked. But it was really nice to see her and I hope we get to see one another again soon. Shannon arrived last weekend and she started school yesterday and seems to enjoy it. Drew likes his classes and enjoys the light load. A fun new thing with me is that I cut my hair quite a bit last week. I haven't taken any new pix yet, but as soon as I do, I'll post them. Hopefully sooner rather than later!

Midway Weekend Get Away

2008-03-31T21:56:00.004-06:00

This past weekend we went with some of the Crew (Drew's high school gang) to Midway for some weekend fun. We stayed at a condo in the new Zermont resort (across from the Homestead) which Drew's friend Brandon's family has up there. It is something I am seriously talking to my parents about doing...it was so much fun! It was a BEAUTIFUL resort and condo.

We left Saturday afternoon with four other couples and headed up for a night away from home. Midway is just far enough away to feel like we were on vacation. The pictures below are at the Mountain House Grill on Main street. Pretty good food, but it just took way to long to come to us.

Jeff and Christie McDonald-the newlyweds of 2 weeks!!

Brittany and Chad

Jaclyn and Brandon...the people who made it all happen..thanks!

The entire gang

The morning that we left, we woke up to snow! The boys were less than happy about it, since all they want to do is golf. So we took a little longer than normal to get up and ready to go. But the boys decided to do what they did in the good ol' days....rough house. It was a wonderful weekend get away and Drew and I decided we should do these more often.

Jenna's Bday and Easter

2008-03-30T14:50:00.005-06:00

Two weeks ago was quite the week! St. Patrick's Day, my birthday, then Easter! Too many sweet days all close to each other. The girls I work with took me out to lunch at the Olive Garden (thanks DeeAura and Lindsay!); I went to the in-laws and had a wonderful salmon/bacon wrapped asparagus/Macaroni Bread meal; came home to cake and ice cream with some family and friends. It was a wonderful birthday and even though I am away from the majority of my good friends, you all still made it special with your calls, emails, and cards. So thank you!

This is a homemade cake by Anne and Rachel...notice the stars!! =)

The table decor (in my family, we always put our cards on the mantle of the fireplace and then our gifts on a table; so this was my version of the mantle and table from growing up)

This week also brought Easter. It was a wonderful day and we were reminded of our Savior and all that he did for us. We are thankful every day to be members of this church and all of the blessings and opportunities that we are given. We got together with my sisters, brother in law, Kristine Taylor, Kimber Giles, Rachel Gilman, and Brenna, Peter and her brother. At this time next year, I will be the only one in Utah (Anne/Carson-TX, Kristine-PA/somewhere else, Kimber-London (getting married!!), Rachel G.-mission, Rachel H.-PA/somewhere else) so it was a very special day for us to spend together. We were also able to stop off at Drew's grandparents for a little bit to spend some time with them for Easter. Our dinner was FABULOUS! Quite the group effort-Bread/Mozzarella appetizer, Ham, Funeral Potatoes, Salad (with homemade croutons), Taylor rolls, and Poppy seed cake for dessert. We also had our own Easter Egg hunt and dyed eggs. It was a wonderful Easter!

Kristine and Rachel with present from CA Easter bunny

The ham! The first one I've ever made! Costco...has a wonderful ham!

Kristine, Rachel G. and Rachel H. with a baseball egg! (we bought a sports fanatic dye kit for the boys, but the girls still seemed to have more fun with it) =)

Me with two of my eggs

Rachel and the dessert...with her new short hair! Female broadcasters have to have short hair...crazy but I still think she looks cut with this haircut!

Carson and I having some bubbly

The boys with their Cougar Football eggs...the highlight of their dying experience.

Ring Ceremony and Reception

2008-03-18T20:55:00.014-06:00

After a few hours of rain, we were happy to see the sun come out in time for the Ring Ceremony and Reception at the Hill residence (Drew's best friend Chad's house). It was beautiful and could not have been any better. I am so thankful for everyone who came from all over the US to share that day with us. I was so blessed to have extending family on both sides, all of my college roommates involved (in either UT/CA), many Palo Alto friends...it is a celebration we will never forget.

The ring bearers: Jordan and Jacob Zenger and
Trenton and Dallas Butler walking down the aisle.

Bob Taylor a family friend from my homeward officiated the
Ring Ceremony. He said some wonderful things that Drew and I will never forget.

Singing with my bridesmaids, honorary bridesmaids, and flower girls

Exchanging of rings

Jenna, Bri, and Brooklyn (so cute that she came in a

dress that I bought her when she was born and it matched the colors!)

All of the roommates (except Tracy and Chad who was pregnant
at the time...but they came to the CA reception). I was so blessed and happy
to have all of the roommates at my wedding.

Jenna and Jacki...a long time BYU friend

Drew's Groomsmen: Craig, Chad, Lowell, Josh, and Preston

Trenton was so cute...he came up to talk to me and
then gave me a hug...I love that little guy!

With Dallas...he was such a trooper and looked ADORABLE in his little tux!

I just loved this picture of Dallas

With Rochelle and Kevin Sellers (Drew's Aunt and Uncle)...
We appreciated having them there!

The wedding party....the little kids have the cutest expressions here!
Trenton was smiling just like his Oma was showing him to!

My bridesmaids: Shannon, Laura, Rachel, Jessica, Anne

I know this picture was considered akward, but it came out beautifully.

My honorary bridesmaids: Lindsay, Crystal, Jackie and Sam

All of the children involved in the wedding

It was getting a little hot...

I thought this picture was precious

Some of my mom's side: Cousin Jessica, Aunt Kathy, and Grandma

Drew's family

Drew's Grandparents

The cake

I surprised Drew with a Groom's cake...The eighteenth hole and the date of our wedding!

Cutting the cake

The car, which was very nicely decorated...but some of the words are
still imprinted on the car seven months later! I guess it will be a lasting memory of this day.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

2008-03-17T23:31:00.007-06:00

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! Since I worked all day today, I didn't do the traditional Corned Beef, Potates and Cabbage. Instead, I went with a green themed dinner. Here is the meal!

If you can't tell, we had Lemon chicken (with parsley--that was the green there), green mashed potatoes, and green beans. We also had some homemade cookies in the shape of shamrocks with green colored frosting. It was a great day and neither one of us were pinched. =)

Pictures from the Temple

2008-03-12T19:30:00.010-06:00

I have had several friends ask us about pictures from our wedding and wanting to see them. Since our pictures aren't on online anymore and I can't figure out how to load them on facebook with the new Apple operating system, we're putting them up here. Some of you have already seen these, but here they are for everyone else:

My sisters-Rachel, Jenna, Anne

My cousin Jessica

Me with Grandma Mary Ann Sellers

With the Zenger kids, who I've watched since I was 12:
Lauren, Avery, Jacob, Jordan (flower girls and older ring bearers)

Walking for more pictures with Lauren

All of Drew's friends at the Temple

Jenna's friends who came to the Temple

The Palo Alto Girls: Laura, Samantha, Jenna, Jackie and Lindsay

Drew's friends: Josh, Joey, Brady, Drew, Chad, Brandon, Jeff, and Lowell

The Sellers family

Palo Alto Attendees

Jenna's family

It was an amazing day. It was all stormy and gloomy looking when we went into the temple that morning, but when we came out (as you can see) the sun was out. The perfect day for pictures...but then the storminess came back after the sealing...we were praying that it would be gone for the Ring Ceremony and Reception!!!

A little more to know about Jenna...

2008-03-12T11:22:00.004-06:00

The system is slow again today, and I saw this on Tracie's blog (and I don't have any pictures to post) so here we go:

5 Thing’s I was doing 10 years ago:
1. Hated to go shopping (isn't really the case now...unless its for clothes, I have to be in the mood)
2. Singing all of the time
3. Wishing I could get out of Palo Alto (I wanted something new)
4. Babysitting almost every weekend
5. Going to the highlight of my high school experience: Seminary

5 things on my list to do today:
1. Go to the gym
2. Work on Drew's professional portfolio scrapbook thing (he is now writing for the Daily Universe and working with the Flash which also produces a lot of articles; so these might be fun to look at in the future)
3. Make dinner...not sure what...Chicken Parmesan maybe?
4. Buy a wedding present for one of the Crew's weddings this weekend (Drew's high school group was called "The Crew")
5. Start planning Easter with family

5 Snacks I enjoy:
1. Cheeze Its
2. Corn/Green Beans
3. Cereal
4. Apples
5. Granola Bars

5 Places I’ve lived:
1. Palo Alto, CA
2. Provo, Ut
3,4,5. Maybe I will have a new town to live in by this time next year...cause two is really sad!

5 Places you’ve been:
1. New York
2. France
3. Virginia
4. Washington D.C
5. Oregon

5 things I would do if I were suddenly made a Billionaire:
1. Invest
2. New car
3. Buy my dream house..where I don't know
4. Travel all over the place specifically Europe
5. Buy two vacation homes-Hawaii and Tahoe of Park City

5 jobs I’ve had:
1. candy store worker (can't think of what to call it) at "How Sweet It Is"
2. Nanny for the Zenger family since I was 12
3. Secretary at the Deans Office of Religious Education
4. Administrative Assistant at The Hoover Institution
5. Program Assistant at BYU

5 Pet Peeves I have:
1. Leaving dishes in the sink over night (unless something is being soaked, then its ok)
2. Hair on the floor/counter/sink
3. Strange smells
4. pulling someone out of a group to criticize or comment on something they're doing/wearing
5. saggy pants (just isn't necessary! and i couldn't think of anything else)

5 Things you didn’t know about me:
1. I have been skydiving
2. I wrote a letter to my elementary school principal and school district to get a new playground (since ours was quite outdated); we got it and I got to pick out what would be on the field and such
3. I would love to be an event planner one day
4. I participated in the 150th anniversary celebration of the Voyage of the Brooklyn (brought Saints from NY, around the tip of South America, to San Francisco); my family was one of the families on the ship; we dressed up in period clothing, did period activities, re-enacted their landing, danced, etc.; we're in several Church History videos
5. I needlepoint

There is me in a nutshell...and the page still isn't finished loading! Really though! My next post will be more interesting and will have pictures...Promise!

Post for Kelsey

2008-02-27T22:35:00.003-07:00

Funny story. So my good friend Jacki Lee Walker called me and said that she, Rob and Adri were coming down for an evening and that they wanted to visit. I was so excited! But then she called Friday afternoon to say that things had changed. Apparently Jacki has been waiting for this blender to come out - some blender that blends like no other; even blends a cell phone! So she said that the Costco in SLC wasn't going to be getting this blender until late Spring, but the Provo Costco was supposed to get it that day; she called and found out it had not come in. So of course I was sad that I wouldn't be able to see her. So after work I went to do errands. I needed to get a few things at Costco and went to the back to get some Dr. Pepper for Drew and what do I see? THE VITA BLENDER!! (now, this isn't its exact name, but its more exciting than just "the blender,") Anyway, I immediately call Jacki and tell her that its here. So she, Rob and Adri pack up and come down.

Oh no the story doesn't end there...I get to the front to verify about the blender because there was no one at the display place. The lady said "oh no, they're not here. That is just the display." I was like "WHAT?! You're kidding me! I have someone coming down from SLC area for this?!" I call Jacki and they were already at the point of the Mountain and decided to come down anyway and would check it out, and still see us. I felt so bad! You can ask Drew...I felt horrible for telling someone that this item they had been waiting for was here, and then to bring their hopes down that it wasn't.

About an hour later, I get a text msg. from Jacki... "Got it!" So it ended up to be a good trip after all. Jacki got her blender, and I got Jacki, Rob, and Adri. She was so cute while she was here...she has really grown since I saw her last at the wedding. She's "speaking", dancing away, smiling, and the sweetest hugger (if that can be a word). Here are a few pictures.

Dancing to Drew's friend Dave's cell phone
which is playing music..note that she gets to hold it too!

"Um, sorry Dave! That's MY cell phone now!"

Dancing towards the camera!

Palo Alto Get Together

2008-02-27T18:28:00.002-07:00

So every few months, the Palo Alto gang likes to get together. January, we met up at my apartment. Since I didn't go home for Christmas, I haven't seen most of these friends since Thanksgiving. So it was nice to see everyone.

Laura, Rachel H, Holly, Meghan, Natalie and Rachel G.

Shannon, Jenna, Laura, Rachel H

Devin, Blair, Kimber, Jon, and John

Drew and Joey (yes Drew did a lot of the cooking..thanks hon!)

Cambridge 11 girls-Rachel H., Rachel G., Kimber, and Natalie (Kristine was out of town)

So there were a few people that didn't grow up in PA, but any roommate and member of the Stanford ward becomes a part of the glorious PA reunions. Laura and I look forward to planning the March get together!!!

ABC Tag

2008-02-15T14:46:00.002-07:00

Well the system at work which I am working on takes several minutes to go from page to page (since there are so many people trying to log on and see if there are spots for their kids or who knows what) so while I'm waiting, I decided I could do this tag.

Jenna's ABC's... Check to see if I tagged you.
A- Attached or single: Attached
B- Best Friend: Drew, Shannon, Jackie, Bri, Lindsay
C- Cake or Pie: Cake
D- Day of Choice: Saturday (I can sleep in!-til 8/8:30, if I'm lucky, but it still makes me feel good!)
E- Essential Item: Lip gloss, mints/gum, water bottle
F- Favorite Color: Green/Blue
G- Gummi Bears or Worms: Bears
H- Hometown: Palo Alto, CA
I- Indulgence(s): Chocolate, Shopping, Traveling
K- Kids: none as of yet
L- Life is incomplete without: Gospel, Family, Friends
M- Marriage Date: August 18, 2007
N- Number of Siblings: 2 sisters, 1 sister-in-law, and 2 brother-in-laws
O- Oranges or Apples: Apples (red..unless its carmel apples, then green)
P- Phobias or Fears: Let's see...seeing my family or friends hurt
Q- Quote(s): Can't think of any at the moment....but I have lots of great quote books at home!
R- Restaurant: Old Spaghetti Factory, Plutos (great salad place in PA), Mandrin Gourmet (family favorite chinese place in PA as well)
S- Season: Fall/Winter
T- Tag Six: Kelsey, Jenna #2, Erin, Tracie, DeeAura, Jacki/Adri
U- Unknown Fact About Me: Very few people know this....I've been sky diving.
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: In between...only eat meat on special occasions (aside from chicken..have that pretty often... quick to make!)
W- Worst Habit: watching tv instead of reading a book
X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: Ultrasounds if I am looking at a baby! (really what kind of a question is this?!)
Y- Your Favorite Food: Veggies, Mushrooms, popcorn, chocolate
Z: Zodiac: Pisces

Tagged again!

2008-02-11T10:00:00.000-07:00

I was recently tagged by Jenna #2, so here we go:

How long have you been together? 1 year and 9 months

How long did you date? 1 year and 3 months (engaged 5 months)

How old is he? 24

Who eats more? Drew, hands down

Who said "I love you" first? Drew did.

Who is taller? Drew

Who sings better? I do, but Drew does like to belt it out whenever U2 is on...

Who is smarter? Probably Drew

Who does the laundry? We both do. I always do the folding and putting away though, cause I am a little particular with how my clothes are hung.

Who does the dishes? In the Sellers home if one does the cooking, the other does the dishes...so usually its Drew.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do, kinda worked out that way; we set up our closets and mine was on the right, so that became my side of the bed.

Who pays the bills? I do.

Who mows the lawn? We don't have one.

Who cooks dinner? Usually me, but Drew sometimes surprises me with dinner.

Who is more stubborn? I think I am...but its something that I am working on!

Who kissed who first? Drew kissed me first.

Who asked who out? Drew-we were watching the season finale of 24 and he asked me to go to the new Kiefer Sutherland movie two days later.

Who proposed? Drew...12 destinations to go to which each had a special meaning to myself or us, where I received a rose and a note on where to go next. My favorite was my old apt. in the Elms where he had letters from my old roommates. It was a meaningful proposal that I will never forget.

Who is more sensitive? Me, hands down.

Who has more friends? Toss up...but I think Drew has more...I swear everywhere we go (no matter where we are in Utah) we meet someone that he or his family knows...pretty crazy!

Who has more siblings? Equal....we each at the oldest and have two younger siblings.

I tag: Bri, Kelsey, Brandi, Tracy, and Leilani

Robyn's Wedding

2008-01-29T22:00:00.000-07:00

Ok Erin and Bri....what you've been waiting for!! A few weeks ago I drove down to Vegas for Robyn's wedding. It was great to be in Vegas again with the roommates....almost all that is. We missed Erin and Bri, but hope to see them at the next wedding!

Friday, everyone came in and that night there was a girls night (which of course included Troy and Chad since they married two of the girls) at the Tobiasson home. It felt like the old days. Grandpa, Sherry (Robyn's mom), the Mur (Robyn's dad) were all there. Shane was nice enough to let the Wares, Shannon and I stay at his house. It was nice to be so close to everything. Grandpa was funny...he kept asking where the girl from North Carolina was...no Tobiasson will ever forget Erin! =) Anyway....we had a great time that night and it was fun to have Kirsten Kelly Rose there..she was in our ward in Liberty Square and then she lived with Robyn in SLC after the BYU days....so she felt like a roommate that weekend.

The BYU gals (and boys) at the Tobiasson's

Saturday was quite the day!! They were married in the Las Vegas temple, followed by a lunch at a nearby Marriott Casino which was really nice, the Ring Ceremony and Reception at a beautiful country club. It was a wonderful day.

Powell and Tobiasson parents opening the doors....

The happy couple!

Troy, Tracie, Jenna, Shannie,
Jonnelle, Tracy, Charles and Chad at the Temple

Bacchus family

Tobiasson family (with Shane's new fiance!!!)

Shane-o, Scott, Robyn, Todd, and Jimmy...all together!

Precious....Kodak moment...it sure was a tiring day wasn't it little guy?!

The cake! (Which was delicious by the way!)

With the beautiful bride!

The gals at the end of the evening.

It was a wonderful, fun, fast, paced weekend. I miss all of you girls! It was a great time and I look forward to the time when we're all together once again!

The Holidays

2008-01-20T09:08:00.001-07:00

Christmas and New Years was spent with the Sellers this year. We had Christmas morning with Drew's parents; Christmas Dinner with Sellers and Stiggins (Drew's mom's side) and our friend Alex Ugrinoski from the Utah Flash. He is from Croatia and could not go home due to games being so close to the holidays, so he spent it with all of us. He is a great guy and we were glad to have him a part of the celebrations.

Grandma Sellers told us a wonderful Christmas story which left us all teary eyed. It was about a boy who had a younger brother who always wanted to emulate his older brother. The younger boy has a disease and couldn't always do everything, and as older siblings can sometimes be, he didn't always appreciate his younger brother and didn't always stick up for him. It soon cam into their teenage years and the younger boy was very sick. He didn't have much time left and he gave his older brother a watch that he had been wanting for several years and a hand drawn card. The older brother had not gotten him anything, and shortly after Christmas he passed away. The story then goes into the surviving boy's college days, and he is in his college dorm room at Christmas time. The boy was going to leave for the holidays and he was looking on his wall, reading the hand drawn card that was now some what faded. He never forgot his younger brother and always had a special place in his heart for him. He became an example to others by always looking out for those that were in the background and befriended them, and never forgot his younger brother and his example. It was a much more beautiful story than I have paraphrased here, but it made me think how important everyone is in my life and how much I need to be like Christ and look out for everyone around me, regardless of who they are or their background.

Alex and Drew after dinner

A plate that I made with my sister and mother-in-law at an enrichment

Jenna and Crystal (my sister in law)

Preston with Ellie (our little cousin)

A few days before New Years, Shannon came into town for a visit. The Butlers had also come to Utah for the holidays with Dave's family. We went up to SLC and met up with them. There was a lot of snow over the holidays, and the boys were having great fun sledding in the empty lot next to Ron and Ann's. Sadly, Drew was sick, so he didn't come up with us, but these two pictures are the boys with the gifts that we gave them so Drew could see how much they enjoyed them.

Dallas and Jenna with the Buzz Football

While we were inside the house the boys were enjoying the snow outside. Trenton and his cousins found some pretty neat icicles. Trenton's was in the shape of a sword!

Shannon, Jenna, Bri, and Brooklyn

Shannon and Jenna on New Years; wearing the crowns from our poppers!

Johannes' Wedding

2008-01-15T21:07:00.000-07:00

Yes, it has been far too long since I've posted I know...Drew and Kelsey are getting after me, so here we go. First off, I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. It was great Christmas and New Years with friends and family. I'll post more about that later...but Happy 2008 to all our friends world wide!!!

As the Wares did, I'll post in parts-each being a different event. Drew successfully endured finals and enjoyed his break. He is working full time with the Utah Flash which takes up a lot of his time outside of school and weekends. Jenna quit her job at the Real Estate company and is now working for BYU in the EFY department which she LOVES!!! I also started working at the Disney Store as well which took up more hours than originally thought, but that has thankfully slowed down. During this past month, we have had multiple guests come visit and other friends who have come in for the holidays. First, Johannes Fischli (a good friend from Palo Alto) got married in mid December. Jackie and Lindsay came into town for it, which was great fun. I really miss my friends, so seeing them whenever we can is great. Here are some pix from that weekend:

Jenna, Lindsay and Jackie after the sealing at the SLC temple
(we thought it was cold then, you should be here now!)

The happy couple-Christine and Johannes Fischli

Johannes with Jerrol and JaLynn Kiger-best family ever! It was so great to see them.

They were married in SLC temple and had a small intimate reception in Sandy afterwards. Drew and I loved having Lindsay and Jackie in town....luckily Drew and I are friends with everyone, so it makes it easy when we see them. We loved having them in town and hope they will come again soon.

I'll be honest, I didn't get home tonight from work due to EFY counselor interviews until almost 8. So I hope that I'll be able to post another one tomorrow, but if I don't have the energy, it might have to wait another day. But I definately will be posting more often.

Festival of Trees

2007-12-06T22:32:00.001-07:00

So last weekend we had our first big snow storm, which I sadly didn't get any pictures of because my camera died! I was lucky to get these few! Anyway...we went up to SLC for the day to do some shopping and go to the Festival of Trees. It is a fundraiser that benefits the Children's Hospital. It was really neat! They had trees of every theme (big and small), as well as gingerbread houses, wreaths, creches, Children performances, and other decorations. It was really pretty and I am sad that my camera died before I could get more pictures. Oh well, I'll have to do that next year!

Drew and I at the Gateway

Can you believe this is a gingerbread house?!

This was one of my favorites...it reminded me of my doll house from when I was young

One of the star themed trees...of course my favorite theme!

Trip to California

2007-12-06T22:19:00.001-07:00

Kelsey has been getting after me (as well as Drew) for not posting for almost a month. Well, things have been very busy since then. I was lucky enough to have a week off of work, so I went to CA for Jackie's endowments and stayed through Thanksgiving. Drew joined me just in time for the holidays. Here are some pictures from the trip.

Jackie and I after she took out her endowments.

Johannes, Jackie, and I outside of the Oakland Temple

Drew and Carson made quite the sacrifice over Thanksgiving. They both came home to CA to be with their wives' family and had to miss the biggest, most important game-BYU vs. Utah. The Taylor family was kind enough to let us come over and watch. This was their embrace during the 4th quarter when Harvey Unga made the catch of the game. Rachel and I thought it was quite the Kodak moment.

We also got to see Samantha Hall. Sam and I decided to surprise Drew and take him to his favorite burger place. He and Sam worked together this summer and went here about once a week. It was my first time and I have decided that they come quite close to In-n-Out.

The rest of the trip was a great time. We had an interesting Thanksgiving that's for sure. We all decided that we would sleep in Thanksgiving morning but I had to get up early enough to get Drew from the airport (he had to stay here the extra few days due to work). I got up, and for some reason my clock wasn't working. I go out to the family room and see that the fish tank light is off, no other clocks are on, and come to find out, the power has gone out. They didn't know when it would go back on. We made the best of it though, and started to decide where we would go if the power didn't come back on. Luckily by 11 am, the power was back on. Our breakfast was late (which was good so that Drew could partake with us all) as was dinner. But all in all, it was a great Thanksgiving break.

Halloween Fun

2007-11-13T22:41:00.000-07:00

So I thought my wife wife would have done this by now, but I'll update the blog since we have other events fast approaching. For Halloween we had my friends come over and we made some Carmel Apples. It was fun. Here are a few pictures of the exciting events:

Brandon and I kickin' it

The Crew - The baddest dudes around

Me making my carmel apple

Dave and Karlie also making a delightful carmel apple

Anyways, we had a good time making carmel apples and the actually tasted really good. We love having everyone over even though our apartment is tiny and we all cram in, it was still a good time. More to come....