More Pics from Florida

The Biggest Loser

I'm not sure how many of you watch The Biggest Loser but Ty and I are pretty big fans, so you could imagine our surprise when we saw Tyrone's friend Felipe on the show!! We are so excited for him!! He and Ty served their mission together and we haven't been able to see him since he came out to our wedding. Tyrone talked to his mom and sister last week and they gave us the scoop up until last week... I won't give anything away, but I will tell you that he has been teaching the gospel to a girl on the show and she has committed to baptism! Pretty freakin cool huh? That is just a little taste of the awesomeness of this guy. Felipe, we wish you the best and can't wait to see you!!

Cruisin'

We started off the day in Jamaica nice and dry in the hot sun!!

And ended up like this!!!

At the waterfalls in Ocho Rios, Jamaica

After the 3hr Waterfall climb we were all REALLY tired

All "the kids" at the comedy show

The fam, getting the game plan together for our treasure hunt..

Holiday's...

I would like to start off by apologizing for not updating in so long!! We have been so busy in our new little lives here, but being honest with myself, there were many times when I could have blogged and didn't. So for all of you who have been anxiously waiting for an update for the last 4 months here's a quick recap of what we've been up to!

September:

Ty started his schooling and was studying day in and day out. We rode to school/work together most days but every now and then he would have to go in earlier or visa versa. We live about 35mins away from the College when there's no traffic, so it's quite the commute. Most of the time we leave when it's still dark and come home when it's dark. The most exciting thing for the month was that I got to go home and see my beautiful baby nieces and Ty and I were asked to be Giselle's god parents.... which we of course excepted!!

Now I know everybody thinks that their babies are the cutest... but these little girls really truly are! They have these amazing blue/green eyes and olive skin and dark hair. They are very very talkative.. obviously I have no idea what they're saying, but they have a lot to say... and laugh a lot. I have short little videos of them on my phone so as soon as I learn how to get it off my phone and on my computer I'll post it on here!

October:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

It was starting to get a little chill in the air here in Missouri and the weather became just right for football games, miniature golf and camp outs! My mom and little sister came out to visit and my blessed mom braided my hair for me so I wouldn't have to worry about it in the mornings!We didn't get to dress up for Halloween but we were super excited for trick-or-treaters! That night we didn't want to go out and miss them so instead we invited our friends over and ordered pizza an pasta and played guitar hero as we anxiously waited our trick or treaters. no one ever showed up.. but we had a really fun night anyway. Here are some pics from our adventures...

Okay okay.. so we didn't actually camp OUTSIDE. We didn't really know where to go, so we decided to make our tent indoors, rent some movies, order Chinese food and roast smore's over the stove instead!

November:

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope all of those who we did not get to talk to had a wonderful Thanksgiving and remembered to count all of their many blessings.

We had a very fast month of November. Before we knew it it had come and gone. Tyrone and I were able to go back to PA and spend Thanksgiving with my family. This was the first time Ty was able to see the twins and he fell in love just as I had. Most of the time one of us had a baby in our arms.

The next weekend the Chiefs and the Saints were playing at the Chiefs stadium and since my sister knows one of the coaches for the Saints she got us sideline passes for the game. I was just getting over bronchitis so Tyrone took his friend with him. They didn't stay for the whole game but they did get some great pics of the players on the while they were on the field.

December:

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

This is by far the best time of the year! We were very glad to be out of the cold for most of the month! We spent one week here in Missouri and the rest of the time we spent in tropical weather. Our second week in December we spent on a 7day cruise to Jamaica, Grand Cayman Islands, and Cozumel. It was a Christmas present from my parents to my family!! This was BY FAR the best cruise we've been on! It was so much fun going with my family and needless to say no one wanted to leave! The next two weeks in December we spent with Ty's mom and brother in Orlando. The weather ranged between 70-82 the entire trip. We were able to go to the beach a couple times and take walks at night. We were in heaven. I was wondering if I would miss not having a white Christmas.. and then the missionaries (who were using our house while we were gone) called to tell us our pipes had frozen and burst. No water had gotten anywhere, thank goodness, because they shut it off just in time. Our landlord was able to get everything fixed before we came home but the experience really made us love the warm weather even more!!!

Christmas day we mostly spent eating the HUGE meal Ty's mom had been preparing for two days. We opened presents around noon.. which was very different from my family's usual 6am present opening, but kinda nice to be able to sleep in a little.

We were able to bring in the New Year with Ty's mom, mentor and his awesome family. We went up to one of David (Ty's mentor's) homes... one we hadn't seen yet.. and played games,had sandwiches, and took a tour of the amazing house! I wish I had pictures! It is exactly what I want my future house to look like. We left there around 11:15 so that we could make it back to Ty's mom's house before midnight. Once we got there we made virgin margarita's and danced to music until the ball dropped. It ended up being a pretty fun night!

Tyrone and I both hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and we wish you all the best for the year 2009!!!