I am officially the worst blogger ever. I just find it so ironic that my last update was about how I was going to blog more. Yea. That was over a year ago. I have worked hard on this post to update our lives. Here are the highlights of the last year plus.
JANUARY 2014
I won Employee of The Month 6 months after working for NPG of Idaho. It was a pleasant surprise. I honestly didn't know how well I would do- since it was my first job out of college. They gave me a gift card, this fake cool, gold bar and a parking space! (confession: I still use the parking space sometimes...)
FEBRUARY
February 2014 was our first Valentine's day together. We exchanged presents and went to Jaker's that weekend. We also had some NERF wars!
MARCH
I turned 23! We celebrated by going to my favorite restaurant- Texas Roadhouse. Timmons planned a very romantic night. :)
Later this month, I had my first anxiety attack for no good reason. I think I might have been stressed with work. I ended up seeing the doctor thinking that I was having a heart attack. Now that I know my anxiety is that bad, it will be a lot easier to manage.
APRIL
We went down to Utah for Easter! We colored eggs and the Easter bunny even found us down there. It was fun to visit with family and have a Mathis family traditional Easter.
We also went to our first Monster Truck Rally after General Conference. It was pretty fantastic- and LOUD. We dressed like truckers and brought our ear plugs along. It was honestly more fun for me to watch the people than the trucks. Afterward, we went to I-Hop, where we got some interesting looks.
In late April, Mom Timmons took Rachel, Lauren and I to go see Wicked in Boise. It was the first time I had ever seen it, and it was AMAZING. The weekend was great fun- filled with good food, friends and shopping!
The men in our lives had a guy's weekend- and I honestly don't know what they did....or if I want to know.
MAY
May= Mother's Day! I started watching a ton of Cake Boss and Rosana Pansino on Youtube. I was hooked. This is the first cake with fondant I've ever made. I was pretty proud of myself. I have since become pretty skilled at cake decorating. I love it a lot!
JUNE
Timmons took me shooting for the first time. I hit the target four out of five times. Yep. I'm pretty bad-A.
We went to the Rexburg Airshow and saw a ton of historic military stuff. It was cool to see all the planes zooming by and doing loop-de-loops. It was also super frightening because they came pretty low. Of course- I remember distinctly- one of the highlights for me was the kettle corn! asdfl NOM.
Also in June, my work gave me free tickets to the Tautphas Park Zoo! We went to the Zoo before work. We saw lions and bears. They don't have tigers. Or pandas. Maybe one day. Afterward, we got pizza and had a picnic before I had to head to work.
I also got tickets to go to the Chukars game! It was my first time, so I decided to bring Chloe and Ashley- hoping they knew as little about baseball as I did. Nope. They actually had watched a game or two. We were super American and ate hotdogs and pretzels. All that was missing was peanuts and crackerjacks. See what I did there?
Afterwards we went bowling- where I whipped Chloe's butt! (she was taking a bowling class at the time.)
JULY
Independence Day is one of Timmon's favorite holidays. This year, it was a sad one.
Papa passed away after spending some time in the hospital. He is very special to our family. He taught Timmons so much, and he treated me like I had always been a granddaughter. We miss him and look forward to seeing him again. We're so lucky to know families are forever.
AUGUST
The end of July/beginning of August, we finally saved enough money to go on our honeymoon! We went for our one year anniversary. We ended up flying to California. We stayed in Long Beach on the Queen Mary. Later, we took a three day Carnival Cruise to Ensenada, Mexico. It was probably the best vacation yet! I hope we get to go on many others just like it. (I'll be posting a longer entry on this later)
SEPTEMBER
In September, we went to the Idaho State Fair. We rode super risky rides, ate fattening foods and didn't regret a thing. That's right.
We also went to visit my family down in Utah. We went to see Maze Runner with Jordyn and Lee, and I went to Cabela's for the first time. Timmons and I found a cute outside outlet mall and treated ourselves to a few clothing items. :)
The next day we used my work passes to go to Lagoon! They had just started Frightmares and it was super- frightening- and fun! Take a look.
OCTOBER
My dearest Timmons turned 26 on October 8th! I got him some collar stays, collar extenders, a gun cleaning kit and a madeline pan- so I could make him his favorite cookies.
We also went APPLE PICKING! Note to self: October is too late to go apple picking in the BYUI orchard. Most of the good apples were gone. My fruit ninja- AKA Timmons- was still able to grab a few good ones though.
We were super festive and decided to make caramel apples for fall. I'm pretty sure these are store bought apples. Don't judge.
Also in October, I was commissioned to make a cake for my very first paying customer! I have since set up a website where people can purchase a cake from me.
I specialize in cakes with fondant and cakes used for first birthday smash cakes.
Timmons and I decided to carve some spooky pumpkins before Halloween. I have to admit- we used the templates that came with the carving kit. We aren't this amazing on our own.
BUT we are THIS amazing! Probably one of the best couples costumes ever. Just saying. We decided we would be Amy Pond and the Doctor for Halloween. Or should I say- Wholloween.
NOVEMBER
Yes. You guessed it. In November we found out we were expecting our very first bundle of joy. We are super excited and nervous to become parents. It still seems super surreal. I guess it'll get real really fast once he is here.
DECEMBER
We saw our baby for the first time in December.
We had a little bit of a scare. The doctor came in pretty concerned saying he thought he saw another baby in my ovary. Because there was a viable pregnancy in my uterus, he said it would be called an heterotopic pregnancy. I had to go back a week later to make sure I was okay. It was the longest week ever. Thankfully, what they saw turned out to be a cyst, and it's since cleared up completely.
With that behind us, it was time to start Christmas festivities! Here is me with our tiny tree.
These are our gingerbread (graham cracker) houses.
And here is Timmons in front of the Christmas tree. We went to my parent's house this year for Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve at Aunt Karen's house with family for the annual Christmas Eve party. Then we came to my parent's and partook in the Mathis family traditions.
Timmons got a pocket knife he'd been wanting from Cabela's and I got some nice clothes and jewelry- plus a macaroon kit!
Unfortunately for Timmons, he had a fever and was sick a lot of the Christmas break. We actually had to go to the Urgent Care in Tooele because his ear was in so much pain. I think it's the only time he's been to the doctor since I've known him...other than for an accident at work that left his toe all black and blue.
JANUARY
I hit the Second Trimester of pregnancy in January.
Also in January, Timmons started his internship with Madison Memorial Hospital. He worked with several different Physical Therapists in several settings. He did in-patient, out-patient, pediatrics and Hippotherapy. No Hippotherapy does not involve hippos. It's all about using horses to help learn skills! Behold....
Needless to say- he loves doing this a lot.
FEBRUARY
February was our second Valentine's Day married. We exchanged presents and then went down to Pocatello where we met up with Lauren and Kody. We ate Mexican and just hang out. The next day was a Super Bowl Party for Supper Club. We ate Crab- and pretty much ignored the game. It was a fun weekend.
In February, we found out the gender of out little baby. We are expecting a BOY! Everyone guessed it was a girl- except Timmons. I am excited to meet our little man.
MARCH
My birthday was March 7th. I had breakfast in bed and got a beautiful necklace from Timmons. Later we went to Texas Roadhouse, went baby shopping, got cold stone and saw The Duff. It was a pretty perfect day.
APRIL
This Easter we were home together. We watched General Conference and dyed Easter Eggs. See how purty?
We also had a huge milestone. We moved out of our very first apartment together, and we moved into a two bedroom. Now we have a whole room for baby boy when he comes. My mom, his dad and his brother came to help us move all of our stuff. It was a huge help!
We also purchased our first appliances. A stackable washer and dryer. I think I have done laundry every day so far. I LOVE it!
In April, I also found out that the newscast I wrote and produced for KIDK won 1st Place for General Excellence in TV (Division B) through the Idaho Press Club. I have been lucky to learn a lot at my time at KIDK.
We are excited to see what happens this month. I'll try to keep you up-to-date, but let's be honest. My history with blogging isn't the greatest.
XOXO mo
