Monday, December 29, 2008

Mr and Mrs Phillips Day

Can you believe it’s been a whole year already?
We decided since it was our first anniversary, we would stay in the same hotel we stayed at for our Honeymoon, eat in at least one of the same restaurants, and take a walk around Temple Square where we got engaged. (Well, officially anyway. haha) So Saturday night when Matt got off work the plan was to head down and stay at the Radisson, sip some bubbly -non alcoholic of course : ) - and spend the next day on the town.
Well the only problem with this plan was that Friday I got sick, I guess with what you could call the flu. And oh man was I sick. I couldn’t keep anything down, I couldn’t sleep and I couldn’t get comfortable. It was looking like this stupid flu was going to ruin our weekend, but luckily Matt was very patient with me. He got home Friday after work and brought me enough 7up, Pepto-Bismol, and bananas for a whole army of “sickies” (his loving pet name for me) Luckily I was feeling well enough Saturday night to be able to go spend the night in Salt Lake and have a great time. We still ended up coming home early Sunday afternoon, but Matt didn’t seem to mind. It just goes to show me how lucky I am to have Matt as my hubby.
The 3 things I love most about him are:
His patience
His sense of humor
How much he cares for me
And he definitely proved these things over and over again this weekend. What a guy.
Love you Matt!

Now here are a bunch of mushy pictures for you all : )

(Beware: Contents may include kissing and other mushy behavior!)



Christmas

Christmas this year was such a blast, and such an adventure. It was our first year as an official married couple, which made it our first christmas for a lot of things. It was the first time we got to put up our own tree, start our own traditions, and the first year we had to split up our time between our two families. I guess that wasn’t something we really thought about doing, but we got pretty lucky with how it turned out this year. We got to spend lots of time with both families, and were able to participate in almost all the traditions on both sides. We’re both really grateful that our families were so flexible with us this year because it made things pretty easy for us.
This year was everyone’s year to be at Matt’s parents house, which meant we got to see all the nieces and nephews get together for the first time. It was such a blast to see them interact with all their different personalities. It’s been a while since we’ve been able to see Brad and Claire and the kids, so we were both really excited for that, especially since we got to meet their newest addition to the family. (Who is even more adorable in person, just in case you were wondering.)
All around it was a really great holiday and we are both glad we were home for Christmas this year. Thanks to everyone for sharing your time and gifts with us! We are very blessed to have such great family and friends in our lives

On our way to my parents house Christmas eve.

I'll put up more mucho fun pictures here soon-

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Ruf-Dufus

Well, it's been a while since we've put any pictures up of Rufus's shenanagins, so here we go! These are for you Brandy! :)

Every morning when Matt leaves to work, Rufus steals his spot on the bed, pillow and all. So I wake up to this. "GOOD MORNING SIERRA!" Staring me in the face. It's all I can do to not wet my pants!

Every night Rufus watches out our bedroom window for bad guys like a watch dog. There's a cat in the neighborhood that comes around and terrifies him every time he does, so I wonder what would happen if Rufus ever did see a bad guy.

Busted!

Rufus helping me wrap presents. He LOVES boxes. And photo ops. He is getting good at posing for sure. As soon as I point my phone at him, he hold still until it clicks.


My Boys :) I love that Rufus just lays there like a fur collar haha

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Life Lesson

We could all learn something from this man.

"I don't have any hard feelings, I know he did everything he could."
"Please pray for him not to suffer from this accident," Dong Yun Yoon said. "I know he is one of our treasured for the country."


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28156838/?GT1=43001

This article is worth the 5 minutes of your time it will take to read it.
What an example of forgiveness.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

You're Gonna Miss This

Well folks, not much has changed since I posted last and I’m glad. We’ve had enough change in the last year of our lives to last me a while. We got married, we’ve moved twice, (3 times if you count living with Matt’s parents while we looked for jobs), I have job hunted 3 times, and finally Matt had to also. We added Rufus to the mix and now we are heading back to school. I think that’s enough changes for one year.
One year ago this week, Matt was just barely home for his post-deployment leave. It was a lot colder, and we had a lot more snow but I can already feel the excitement that is coming up ahead. Christmas is coming, which I love. I thought that would be something I outgrew when I wasn’t a kid anymore, but I think the older I get, the more I appreciate and love the holiday and the joy that comes a long with it. Especially since it is so close to our anniversary. I hope our excitement this time of year is something we never lose. It’s funny but I feel giddy again, like I’m about to be officially proposed to again, and go to the temple for the first time.
This is a great time of year, and a good time for stopping to think about everything you have. I wish I could make a standing appointment with myself monthly, weekly, daily? I don’t know…but to take the time to take stock of everything I have and be glad I’m at this part of my life. And I think that’s something everyone can do, no matter what part of their life they are in. I may not be rich, or have kids, or live on the beach, but I am a newlywed who has a great hubby, a family that I love spending time with, a job I like to go to every day, food to eat and a roof over my head. And Rufus, of course. : ) This year has been the best year of my life so far. And don’t you cynics say it’s because I’m a newlywed! I know it’s a big part of it, but it’s because I’m married not because I’m a newlywed. I’m sure next year I’ll be blogging my guts out again saying that 2009 was the best year of my life so far, and ten years from now I’ll be saying 2018 was the best year of my life so far. I just love being married and having a team mate I can bounce ideas off of, and that my team mate will pick me up when I fall on my face, like I often do. Anywho, guess that about sums it up.
Enjoy the part of life you are at now, before it’s over!