Jon's 23rd Birthday!

Jon's birthday is May 18Th! I decided to throw him a surprise birthday party...after much pondering I figured the best place to do it would be at a Bees game. Since all of the guys love baseball and especially Jon, what better way to spend his birthday. So then the planning began. I decided to do it on Friday and had lots of help to throw him off. All week I had been asking him what he wanted to do and his only response was to spend time with me. With the help from my mom I developed the story we were going to a family party up in Salt Lake, my aunt does this occasionally so it was nothing suspicious...he totally believed it. So Friday night rolled around and I met Jon at home after work. I told him that my family had already left for the family get-together, when in reality they were at the park eating dinner. I had Kim write down directions to the "family party" which lead right to the stadium. As we approached the stadium I yelled surprise and that this was his birthday gift. His response was "stupid, no way" the one thing he says when he doesn't know what to say. He was so excited and to top things off...he walked in and saw all of his friends sitting behind third base. It was a great game...I think all the boys had fun. During the seventh inning stretch, the announcer made it known (over the intercom)that it was Jon Fuller's 23rd birthday. After the game I had cake waiting in the car. We had what you could call a tailgate party in honor of Jon. After all the partying was over I asked Jon if he had any idea about the surprise and he said he had no clue! I finally got him. Thank you to all who helped me pull of the surprise! It was a great night! Happy Birthday babe!

Cinco De Mayo

So this week on Tuesday we celebrated Cinco De Mayo with our friends. What a party! It was so much fun. Jon and Austin threw it together and did a great job. We had carne asada (steak), tortillas, and bean dip...Jon did a great job on the grill. To top of a wonderful meal we had a great mexican dessert, tres leches. It was delicious! So after the great meal we had a piñata, of course you have to have a piñata on Cinco De Mayo. We all had a turn to hit it. So the deal was we were blind folded and had to spin around 10 times with our head on the bat. I was dizzy after just spinning twice. It was quite entertaining to watch everybody go though it. After destroying the piñata we sat around a camp fire and bonded as friends. It was a great night!

Wicked!

 

 

On Friday night my family and I went to wicked! My mom and dad got us the tickets for Christmas. It was so fun! We made a night of it...having dinner together as a family and then driving up to Salt Lake. Even the boys who complained about it all week actually enjoyed it! Jon told me the first 15 minutes were a little difficult for him "all the singing" (its a musical) were hard for him. As the play went on he started to really like it. I haven't been to a play in so long...it was nice and relaxing. I was sad when it was over. The actors did an amazing job. For those of you who have seen it, I would say that Ga-linda was one of my favorite actresses. She had me laughing so hard. Lets just say it was well worth the 5 month wait from Christmas. One of the best nights ever! It was totally WICKED!

Kids say the darndest things

Jon and I are primary teachers over the CTR 8. We have only taught for 2 weeks now but already like it. We have learned a few things from them and hopefully they are learning from us. It is so exciting to have a calling and to see these kids learn and grow. They are 7 turning 8 so we get to go to baptisms...exciting! Well I thought it would be fun to put a few of the fun things that they say. So here you have it...

• We were teaching about the word of wisdom and asked "what is bad for our bodies?" One of the boys responded by saying "I learned yesterday that if you eat your toe, its bad." Jon and I didn't know what to say and didn't want to ask further.
• When I was introducing us I said "I am sister Fuller and this is brother Fuller," one of the girls with a grin on her face and with the cute little voice shouted "oooh they're maarrrried!"
• We have a jar, when the kids are good we put a marble in. When it is full the get a pizza party. When they are bad though we take some out. While telling them about this one of the boys asked "What if we are medium bad?" His twin brother answered him for us by saying "Bad is BAD there is no medium!" Smart kid in my mind.

A taste of parenthood!

So this weekend Jon and I were able to take care of our niece and nephew, Jackson and Ellie, while Kim and Brock enjoyed their anniversary in Arizona. They were so cute and we really enjoyed spending some time with them. There was never a dull moment with them. We enjoyed the weekend watching movies, going a walks (even though it rained), coloring, playing with play dough, making cookies, and building forts. I just loved being around them...they can always brighten up your day! Jackson ended up going to primary with us on Sunday and was the best kid there. He definitely knows his primary songs. It was a great weekend!

Jack-jack coloring

us making chocolate chip cookies (they were good helpers)

Ellie playing with play dough

One thing that both Jackson and Ellie like to do is to sing. This weekend I made Ellie a microphone out of tinfoil and a gluestick. She loves to stand up on "her stage" and sing. This is the song "I am Child of God." She is quite the performer and speaks clearly! It is the cutest thing!

Catch up on the Fuller Fam!

I know I haven't posted anything in awhile. Lets just say it has been really busy over the past couple of months. I figured I would just catch up on everything that has happened. So this is what has gone on over the past few months...

Jon and I have now been married over a year now on September 22nd! I am so excited to say that. It seems like it has flown by...they do say when you are having fun time flies by. It has been an amazing year. To celebrate our year mark we went up Anniversary Inn in Salt Lake for a night. Jon and I wanted to do something fun, so the plan was to walk around downtown Salt Lake. We decided to leave that car at the Inn and take the tracks where we wanted to go. That was our first mistake. While walking around we were trying to find a place we wanted to eat...I was craving red robin, which was pretty far from where we were so Jon decided to call a cab..next mistake. We had never done that before and will never do again. We ended up going to a place right near the Inn. By the time we got back we were both exhausted and had sore feet. I still loved spending time with him and it made an interesting night.

The next big trip was the cruise! I don't even know where to begin. We won this trip through a company by world mark. Our friends Austin and Talia had also gotten the trip. Our cruise left from Long Beach and went down to Mexico. Jon served in Long Beach and was thrilled when we found out we could go down a few days before we left on the cruise to visit old friends of his. It was nice that he knew how to get around and was able to take us to his favorite places before we left. We got to meet a few of the families that he met while serving. We stayed with one of the families, the Ellis'. They are such a cute family and were so sweet to us. Before we left we spent a day at Disneyland. We are all in our 20's but acted like we were 5. We choose the right time to go to disneyland, the longest we waited in line was 20 mins. It was so fun...it is the happiest place on earth. We were so lucky because it felt like we were able to go on two separate vacations. California and then the cruise. The cruise was amazing. It was our first time every going on one. People told me before I left that when you go on a cruise expect to gain a few pounds...well they were right. The food was okay for me but the dessert was the best! I ended up getting the melting chocolate cake every night. I can't even tell you how good it is. I actually loved it so much our server ended up getting the recipe for me. Our ship had 2 days at sea and one day in Mexico. When we docked you could get off and do whatever you wanted. After looking over the different excursions we chose to ride horses on the beach. It was a blast, a little "ghetto" but still so much fun! So pretty and probably the only time I will be able to do something like that. After the beach we went shopping...it was crazy...so many things to choose from. They have all these different shops with just about anything you could ever want for a decent price. All day I was searching for a silver bracelet and found one at the last store we went to. Walking around the shops was a little overwhelming. Every where you turned some one was trying to get you to try something on or buy something from them. The best part about the ship is you could do whatever you wanted and were treated like a king and queen. I felt spoiled; our beds were made in the morning, then folded down with towel animal placed on it before you went to bed, you could order whatever you wanted and however much you preferred. Needless to say after being catered to for 3 days we were so sad when it was over...having to come back to reality was hard.

Then there is Christmas...I know...I am that behind on blogging. It was fun to be around family. The high light was Christmas Eve when we reenacted the nativity scene. It was so fun...Jackson and Katelyn were Mary and Joseph. Brock and Troy played many different roles from a angel to a donkey. I have come to realize holidays are so fun with kids. I loved seeing their reactions on Christmas morning. We had an early Christmas party with the Jon's family because his mom and dad were going to be going to California for Christmas...lucky! The party was fun and we got to see our newest Nephew Kyle. For Christmas day we headed up to Erik and Tawna's house for dinner...that night there was a huge snow storm. It was crazy driving home. All in all it was a great Christmas!

I also turned 23! I feel so old..it was a great birthday. I requested the day off at work. I am so glad because I finally got to sleep in for once. It was a relaxing day. Jon met up with me for lunch and then I was lucky to have dinner with all of my family. For part of my birthday Jon bought tickets to a special New Years Eve showing at Comedy Sportz. It was so funny...I couldn't stop laughing. Comedy Sportz has turned into one of mine and Jon's favorite date nights. Birthday's are great! I know this sounds lame but I have to tell you how excited I was about one of my presents. First off you have to know I am a neat freak and have been wanting one of these for quite some time. I was so excited about a VACUUM I got for my birthday, it works so well...thanks Mom you are the best!

So in February Jon and I decided that we wanted to save money and get into a house with in the year. Well the best way to do that is to have as little things to pay for as possible. So what better way than to move back in with parents. My dad and mom told us that if we ever wanted to we would always be welcome back at home...well we took up there offer and have moved in with them. It has been so nice to be home and to start saving for our own home! Dad and mom have been so great. Mom is a great cook (I help a little) Jon loves the food, so no complaints from him.

This past month we were able to go to California once again with my family. We were able to have ALL of the family come. With Brock's connections we were able to stay at a beach house right in Newport. The beach was 10 steps away. It was so relaxing and nice to be able to walk right out the door and head out to the beach. We had lots of fun at the beach building sand castles with our niece and nephew, and lots of fun running from waves out in the ocean. One day we all went to Disneyland and what a busy day it was. All I have to say is the Jackson and Katelyn are pretty brave kids, they went on almost all the rides the adults did. Having kids there made it 10 times more fun. One of the best times was when we all watched the pixar parade in California adventure. the kids got so excited to see all the different characters. It was a great vacation spending time with family, hanging out on the beach, and getting a tan!

So that brings you up to date!

We are back on the diet!

About 7 months ago Jon and I were talking about how our live was and everything that was going on. With being newly weds and having a busy schedule we had failed to notice that we had put on t a few pounds. So we started a workout program, body for life. After the first few weeks we started noticing changes, clothes were fitting better and we felt better. Jon and lost 18 pounds and I lost 11 but...then the summer came. We got out of our routine and we put a few pounds back. We didn't like how we were feeling and started it up again. This week has been pretty good, we haven't missed a day at the gym. Our routine consists of getting up at 6:15 and heading to the gym, doing our workout and eating smaller meals throughout the day. Sounds easy right...well I have a hard time. I can't get over the chocolate cravings! Jon is following to a T and I am just following pretty well. It will get better though. Well after not working out for a while and jumping right into it was a little difficult on my body. Lets just say that I can't walk today! My calves hurt so bad! Jon just makes fun off me all the time and he keeps on saying "I told you to stretch". Yes I am an idiot and didn't stretch enough...well not really at all. I learned my lesson!

Strawberry Days

So this weekend Jon and I went to the RODEO! We dressed up trying to be somewhat like a cowboy and cowgirl...but we had limited apparel. My favorite part of the rodeo is the bull riding and Jon can't decide what his favorite is. I just wish Dad could have been there...he would have been yelling "ride um cowboy". The clown was pretty entertaining and there were some great riders. When we got there people were walking around with strawberries and cream...I just thought to myself okay kind of weird that they have that. Then it clicked "Strawberry" Days. I know it was a blonde moment but oh well. The strawberries were great! We will definitely be attending next year.

1 year!

Jon has now been back for a year. It is crazy to think that a year ago Jon and I were together after being separated for two years. I can remember how Jon surprised me at my apartment. I was shocked when I turned around and saw him. I dropped everything and threw my arms around him before he even had time to think. It is amazing that we have been married for 9 months and he has only been home for a year. When you know its right why wait right?

I am very forgetful

Alright I know it has taken us a long time to post things. The truth is we couldn't remember our username and password. It finally came to us and I promise to be better about putting things up.