We just returned from having a great Thanksgiving Holiday with my family in Andover, Kansas. We took the long drive from Albuquerque to Kansas which took about 10 hours each way, but it was so much fun to see family. We feel so blessed to see family so soon, we just saw Ryan’s parents when they came down to visit us two weeks ago. Then in another two weeks we will be in Utah with family again.

Well here is what Ryan has been up to at school, here are some pictures of part of his past projects.

Even though we miss everyone, life in Albuquerque has been fun for us. We are especially looking forward to spending Thanksgiving in Kansas and spending Christmas in Utah. We hope to see our friends from Utah during Christmas break. We went to the zoo a few weekends back and took some funny pictures.
Sadly a lot of the animals reminded me of my family. These lumps look like my brothers Aaron, Nate, and Rob watching TV. Then the gorillas reminded me of my dad on a Sunday afternoon. I’m just joking but Ryan and I both had a good laugh about it. We had a great time, it was cool to see all the animals and act like little kids.

It’s hard to cheer for the Lobos, but we went to the Lobo game this weekend. They beat San Diego St. 70-7; it was a very lopsided victory.

Ryan & Emily
The N.Y. Times calls it sensational. Washington Post called it a timeless classic. The Happy Land Gazette Said “It’s a movie for anyone who wants to get lost in a beautiful story, for anyone who believes romance is still alive on film.”
Corey Anderson, the top critic and writer for the Happy Land Gazette wrote:
“Ryan & Emily is the story of a boy from the poor side of the ditch who – predictably – falls for a beautiful girl down the street. What is not so predictable is how far she'll go to prove they were meant to be together….Ryan & Emily is a gentle romantic tale in the midst of blockbuster action films and goofball comedies”

Read the full review at http://happylandgazette.blogspot.com/

Now for your viewing pleasure Ryan & Emily (click play to watch)


Bonus features and behind the scenes interviews.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3585753545186480846&hl=en

Life has been getting busy for us here in Albuquerque. I’ve been busy working at Rio Rancho physical therapy and Ryan is starting to feel the sweat of a graduate program. Yet I'm home in the evenings and Ryan is usually finishes his homework by the time I’m home. So we have time to go on some fun outings. This last Labor Day weekend we met my family in Denver to spend time with them. We were able to go to an amusement park and celebrate my 21st Birthday! It was really fun to see my whole family. Then a few weekends back we went camping at tent rocks. Ryan's class went there on Sunday to do an assignment, so we went the next friday-saturday so Ryan could do his assignment. We also bought a tent at target but when we arrived at the campsite our tent had no poles, which was rather disappointing. Ryan tried to be surviorman and build a hut out of sticks, but I convinced him that we should sleep in the back of the truck. We still had a great time and had an amazing hike the following day at Tent Rocks.









Go Cougars! This past Friday Ryan was suprised to come home and find a BYU Train Cake and the apartment decorated in blue and white. That was a great game against UCLA!
Look Forward to our Wedding Video, we will post here soon!

Wedding Pictures!!












For more Pictures go to
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2000843&l=11a4c&id=1559490055

Amazing Adventures: volume 1

Emily and I have been married for over one month and have had some fun times. So we thought we would sum it all up in our own Amazing Adventures Comic book.

Page 1. Immediately after our wedding day we took of for Cancun, Mexico. We had so much fun and were able to see several sites. Both of us really enjoyed a place called Xel-ha. If anyone has the opportunity to visit Cancun we highly recommend visiting this place. We loved snorkeling there and were amazed at all the fish we saw. They also have a area of interesting plants. Which i must of been the only one who thought they were interesting since Emily and I were the only ones in this area.





Another fun place that we were able to visit was Chitzen Itza. Here we were able to see one of the largest standing Mayan pyramid. Also we visited ik kil centote, Playa Del Carmen, and the Tulum Ruins. Here are some more pictures of the sights.










Before Moving to New Mexico we had time to visit the family cabin in Island Park. While there we went to Yellowstone and saw old faithful. Then the last weekend in Utah we both thought it would be a great experience to visit the Manti Temple. Here are the last group of pictures, take care everyone!!

Our new adventure

So let me introduce us. Ryan and I have dated for about two years before we got engaged. During that time he was attending BYU-Idaho so the distance was really hard for me. He came home often but not enough. He proposed February 22nd. We went up to Salt Lake City and had dinner,then went on a carriage ride to memory grove. He proposed on the way back to temple square. We were engaged from end of February to July 12. We were married in the Timpanogos Temple on July 12,it was the most perfect day ever. We have now moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico where Ryan will be attending Grad School for Landscape Architecture. It is our first adventure as a married couple, but we love our new apartment and very excited to be here.
We have been here for about 4 days and finally have our apartment set up. Its called Indian Plaza and it is close to campus so Ryan can ride his bike to school.






Our apartment has turned out quite nice. We like the place, it is quiet and the pool is only 10 steps from our front door. Also we are still looking for a big picture to go above our couch, so if anyone has some ideas let us know. We love you all and thanks for the support you give us.