2010 from A to Z

This year has been so good to us!
Here is a little recap of things we enjoyed during 2010.

The life of Shelb and Ry from A to Z

Amazing family and friends

a Black eye and stitches for Shelby

lots of Cooking and baking

Disneyland, Date nights and installing Direct TV

Eating some really good food

our First wedding anniversary

playing Games

an overnight trip to Hotel Park City

IPhone scrabble tournaments

Ryan's many hours at Jason's Deli

Keeping our best friends and making new ones

Lake Powell and falling more in LOVE

eating lots of Mexican food

watching too much Netflix

a trip to Oceanside

Ryan's introduction to Pie shakes

discovering personality Quirks

numerous Road trips to Arizona and elsewhere
dealing with the Utah Snow and lots of Snowboarding

Temple Trips and Thrift store shopping

working on our Untidy habits

buying our humongous Vizio TV

visiting Wichita for Christmas

spending every second of Xtra time together
learning the benefits of saying "Yes Dear" a little more often

seeing all the Mosleys in Zion's


We are so looking forward to 2011 and all the great things to come!
Happy New Year!

simply having a wonderful Christmas time

Things we are enjoying this Christmas season....

*the twinkling of lights inside our home and out

*Christmas tunes on the radio, my iPod, computer, and everywhere we go

*a fridge covered with Christmas cards from loved ones near and far...

*sending out a family card of our own

*our first snowboarding trip to Sundance

*a DVR filled with recorded Christmas specials

*planning and shopping for gifts to give our loved ones

*hosting a little get-together with good friends

*freshly fallen snow covering cars, walkways and everything in sight

(photos courtesy of Blair and Nicole who each sent me a picture of my completely buried car)

*the fresh scent of pine in our car

*goodies baking in the oven

*cuddling up in comfy clothes

*coming home to treats from friends at our door (thanks Kar and James!)

*Christmas red toenails

*the sound of our neighbors practicing their opera-style Christmas carols day and night... with no background music at an extremely loud volume
(jk I haven't been enjoying that one)

*most importantly, reflecting on the birth of our Savior during this time of year

Ryan and I are so incredibly happy to be done with this semester of school and finals week.
For me, this semester has been a stressful one!

I left for Kansas yesterday afternoon to come see my family!
We are all anxiously awaiting Ryan's arrival...
He stayed home to work a little before he can join us in the Midwest. I am absolutely loving Christmastime in Wichita!
(more updates on that to come...)

This is truly the greatest time of year!

(all photos taken on my iPhone)

Thanksgiving under the sun

Our Thanksgiving in Arizona was absolutely fabulous!

We were so lucky to have a good chunk of time off school and work!
It was just the break we needed.

It was so great to hang with the Skousen family.
This was our first Thanksgiving with them since we were married...

(Last year we stayed in Utah).
Truly, they are so amazing and we are so lucky to have such a great family!

This Thanksgiving we...

Jogged in the Turkey Trot

Had a delicious Thanksgiving dinner with the entire Skousen family

Took family pictures

Saw the cutest movie Tangled

Ate at many of our favorite places

Went shopping at Midnight Madness on Black Friday...

I scored some sweet deals at Gap!
(here we are, ready to run for the deals! ha!)

I went with all the Skousen girls to The Nutcracker ballet

Saw some old friends

Ryan golfed with his pops

Had dinner with Grandma Donna

Saw Katie give her farewell talk

and got a little sunshine on our skin!

It was so great to be around family
and think about the many things we have to be grateful for.
Thanks go out to the Skousens for making it such an incredible week.
WE LOVE YOU!

full of gratitude

We made it to Arizona safe and sound.

It is so great to be home for Thanksgiving this year.

This is one of my absolute favorite holidays!

Our brains have fully switched from school and work mode to holiday mode.

This week, I tried to make a short list of the things I am most thankful for.. but it didn't really work out. We are so incredibly blessed.

So here is the longer version:

This year, Me & Ry are thankful for...

BEST friends

loving family

tasty food

super fun neighbors

health

a great ward

cell phones to stay in touch with loved ones

DVR

date nights

Ryan's job (and hard work!)

prayer

the opportunity to get an education

computers

internet

our cute apartment

good music

vacations

gym passes (and work out buddies!)

reliable cars

a nearby temple

our religion

living the married life together!

etc.

life is good!

photo credit

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To contiune on with our list of most thankfuls, Me&Ry

are thankful for our faith...

There is nothing that brings more joy to our lives than our religion.
During this week of thanksgiving, it becomes even more apparent how important it is in our lives.
Since this list is in no particular order, I would have to say this is the number one.
Oh how blessed we are!

Learn more about what we believe here.

time to give thanks

"Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character. We like to be around those who are grateful. They tend to brighten all around them."

- Joseph B. Wirthlin

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Thanksgiving is just a short week away! 

I can't believe how quickly it has come.

In honor of one of the best days of the year, I wanted to highlight some of the things Me&Ry are most grateful for.

It is so easy to be bogged down with all the hard things in life. 

This week I decided to remember how many wonderful blessings have come our way.

We are thankful for

family.

Our families are truly amazing.

I am grateful for our health and happiness!

I couldn't live without any of these people...

Getting married didn't only mean gaining a spouse...
I also got four sisters, and Ryan got a younger brother!
We are so grateful our new families have accepted each of us and love us like their own children.

In our first year of marriage, our families have been there with guidance, support and so much love.

Who knew that having two families could be better than one?!

To our families: we love you more than anything and we are grateful for you every day.

the beehive state

This weekend Me&Ry were lucky enough to have a fabulous weekend getaway in Park City!
Thanks to Dani Bree and Darron for inviting us to hang out!

The weekend included:

great conversation

a delicious dinner

tons of snacking

more talking

intense games

pool competitions
 some more chats

an insane lack of sleep

bagels for breakfast

college football

napping

shopping at the outlets

etc.

I truly felt like a freshman again!

We didn't fall asleep until 6:30 a.m.!
We were just having too much fun to go to sleep.

crazy.

It was seriously one of the best weekends we have had in a long time.

School and work have left us exhausted. 

It was nice to just lose our cell phones and forget our worries for a day.

It didn't hurt to look at this all weekend either...

I am truly having a love affair with Utah these days.

In my 3+ years of living here, I haven't had the slightest appreciation for the gorgeous mountains outside my window, or the amazing yellow leaves scattering the ground.  I haven't realized how great it is to have world class snowboarding 20 minutes away. I have dreaded each and every winter and the first snow falls.

I don't know why it has taken so long,
but Utah has won a special place in my heart.
(Unfortunately, I can't say the same for Ryan.)

Luckily Me&Ry have at least two more
 winters to enjoy this amazing place!

Gorgeous scene captured on my iPhone after class today.


I love where I live!