Monday, January 23, 2012

IT'S A NEW YEAR... 2012


IT WAS NEW YEARS EVE...
AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!
PARTY AT THE GILL HOUSEHOLD!
MY DAD MAKES BOMB FOOD;
WINGS, STEAK, POTATOES, AND PAZOOKIES!
SO FAT!
SO GOOD!
AND HIM AND MY MOM SET UP GAMES
FOR ALL US COUPLES!
IT IS SO MUCH FUN!
AND KYLE AND BRITT HAVE BEEN THERE
EVERY YEAR!
SO MUCH FUN!!!
THE PICTURES EXPLAIN ALL...

RO DEMONSTRATED ALL THE GAMES!


KYLE ROCKED EVERY GAME!




YES I LAYED ON THE TABLE!
WHATEVER IT TAKES TO WIN!

ACTION!

KYLE HATED THIS GAME!

PAPA GILL AT HIS FINEST!



JAMIE!!!

SO DELICATE!

DRAPER DIDN'T DO SO HOT!

ADAM = LYNDS'S DATE!


LOVE RO!

LOOK AT THAT FACE HAHA


APPARENTLY IT HELPS WHEN YOU
BEND YOUR KNEES?

DAD TRYIN' TO SHOW US UP!





HILARIOUS!!!
DAD HAS PANTYHOSE ON HIS HEAD!

KYLE MADE ELEPHANT NOISES THE
WHOLE TIME!

HARDER THAN IT LOOKS!


SHE LIKED THE HOSE!

DRAPER ALMOST PUT A HOLE IN THE WALL!


HE LOOKS A LIL GIRLY...
HAHA


SHE WAS PROUD OF OUR NEW PAZOOKIE PANS
SHE GOT ALL OF US FOR CHRISTMAS!

WE WIN!!!!!!!!
GOOD JOB BABE!

THAT'S RIGHT WE WINNERS OF 2012!
HOLLA!


THANKS MOM AND DAD
FOR ANOTHER EMBARRASSING,
FUN, AND SUCCESSFUL
NEW YEARS EVE PARTY!!!!!

Sunday, January 22, 2012

YES... I FORGOT CHRISTMAS EVE

I REALIZE THIS IS OUT OF ORDER...
BUT AFTER I DID CHRISTMAS,
I REMEMBERED OUR FUN
CHRISTMAS EVE!
KYLE AND I MAY HAVE JUST
STARTED A NEW TRADITION...
GOING TO THE BOTANICAL GARDENS
ON CHRISTMAS EVE!
THE LIGHTS WERE SO PRETTY!
AND IT WAS SO FUN!
IT WAS A LIL PRICEY, BUT
WORTH THE MEMORIES, YA KNOW?
PLUS WE GOT HOT CHO!

YEP... IT WAS COLD!


TOP OF THE HILL!

HE FOUND A CUTE LIL SEAT!

OH SO PRETTY, OH SO NICE


ALMOST CHRISTMAS KISSES!

OH NO HE DIDN'T!

THUMBS UP!

LOVE HIM!!!


I WAS A FAN OF THE FAKE TREES!

SO WAS HE!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!

HOT CHO!



IT WAS A GOOD DAY!
PLUS WE HAD GONE TO SEE
OUR HOUSE THAT WAS BEING BUILT!
WOOO!
:]

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

CHRISTMAS 2011

UMM HAPPY CHRISTMAS MORNING?!



RY GOT A BIKE!
KYLE WANTED TO RIDE!


LOVE POP BOB!

NICE OUTFIT!

WE WENT TO CHURCH TO LISTEN
TO LYNDS SING!

NEW UNDERARMOUR SWEATS
FOR OUR XMAS JAMMIES!

NEW HOODIE FOR KYLE...
HE IS CATCHING UP TO ME!

CABELLAS CARDS FOR DAYS!

SHE IS GOING TO LEARN HOW TO USE
HER IPOD NOW!!!

WE ALL GOT PAZOOKIE MAKERS!!!
FAT!

OH YEAH WE GOT LYNDS A NEW PURSE!

AND RY HIS VERY OWN FISHIES!

LYNDS GOT HIM POPCORN...
HE WAS IN LOVE!

STOCKING TIME!
RY HELPED EVERYONE OPEN THEIR PRESENTS!

HOW CUTE IS THIS LIL MANNING
COWBOY?!


CHRISTMAS WAS GREAT AS ALWAYS!!!
I HAD A MIGRAINE BUT OH WELL!
WE SPENT THE MORNING WITH KYLE'S FAM!
THEN WE WENT TO MY PARENTS HOUSE
AND OPENED PRESENTS!
THEN WE WENT TO CHURCH & LYNDS
SANG IN THE CHOIR!
RY KEPT WAVING TO HER AND SINGING
OUT LOUD... CLASSIC!
THEN WE WENT TO KYLE'S GRANDPARENTS!
LOVE THEM!!!
THEN WE WENT BACK TO MY PARENTS
HOUSE FOR SOME YUMMY DINNER
AND SCATEGORIES!
LOVE ME SOME FAMILY TIME!
AND
THE HOLIDAYS :]



Monday, January 9, 2012

THE STORY OF OUR FRIDGE...

YES THE TITLE MAY BE A
LITTLE STRANGE... BUT THIS
IS A STORY WORTH
REMEMBERING, AT LEAST IN
MY BOOK!

SO KYLE AND I GOT ALL OUR
APPLIANCES WITH OUR NEW HOUSE
EXCEPT FOR OUR WASHER AND DRYER
AND OUR REFRIGERATOR.
SO WE GOT OUR SAAAWEET WASHER
AND DRYER FROM MY BOSS LIKE
A MONTH AGO SO THEN WE
JUST NEEDED A FRIDGE!
WOO!

SO I WAS LOOKING ON CRAIGSLIST
ONE DAY (MY DAD SAYS EVERYTHING IS
ON CRAIGSLIST!!! WHICH I'M STARTING
TO BELIEVE!) ANYWAYS, I WAS
JUST LOOKING FOR PRICES AND
TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING
NICE OR IF THEY WERE ALL NASTY!

TURNS OUT I FOUND A FEW SUPER
NICE ONES SO I MADE KYLE
START LOOKING WITH ME.
HE WANTED TO JUST GO TO THE
STORE AND BUY A NEW ONE...
BUT OVER $1,000 FOR A NEW ONE
WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR ME!

WE ENDED UP FINDING A PEEERFECT
ONE AND IT WAS NOT EVEN A MILE
AWAY FROM US IN STAR!
SO WE CALLED THE GUY, STILL
NOT REALLY THINKING WE WOULD
BUY ONE YET SINCE WE HAD A FEW
MONTHS BEFORE OUR HOUSE WOULD
BE FINISHED, AND WE WENT OVER
TO LOOK AT IT!

IT WAS AT THIS CUTE LITTLE
OLDER COUPLES HOUSE AND
IT WAS PERFECT! NOT A DENT OR A DING!
AND AS FAR AS FRIDGES GO
IT WAS PRETTY!
FUNNY HOW SILLY THINGS LIKE
REFRIGERATORS ARE EXCITING
ONCE YOU ARE MARRIED!

ANYWAYS, WE WENT BACK IN
THE HOUSE FROM THE GARAGE
AND ASKED THE MAN TO LOWER HIS
PRICE!
THE MAN DIDN'T EVEN HESITATE AND
HE SAID YES!
KYLE STILL WASN'T SURE IF WE
SHOULD GET IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
HAVE ANYONE TO HELP US LIFT IT
AND THAT IS ONE MORE FAIRLY LARGE
THING WE HAD TO STORE!

SO WE WENT HOME AND
TOLD THE MAN WE WOULD CALL HIM...

WE PULLED IN THE DRIVEWAY
AT HOME, GOT OUT, AND KYLE
ANNOUNCED THAT HE LOST A 50
DOLLAR BILL... I WAS LIKE
BABE ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
THERE GOES OUR FRIDGE!

SO WE SEARCHED HIS POCKETS
AND THE TRUCK... IT WAS GONE!
WE WENT BACK TO WHERE WE
LOOKED AT THE FRIDGE & SEARCHED
OUTSIDE AND ALL UP & DOWN THE
STREET... NO 50 TO BE FOUND!

KYLE CAME BACK TO THE TRUCK
AND SAID THAT HE HAD SEEN
A LADY WALKING AND SHE
PROBABLY JUST PICKED IT UP
THINKING IT WAS HER LUCKY DAY!

I FINALLY SAID BABE!!! DID YOU PRAY?
& OF COURSE HE HAD BECAUSE
HE IS KYLE AND HE IS AWESOME!

WE HAD GIVEN UP HOPE WHEN
THE CUTE OLD LADY CAME BACK
OUTSIDE AND KYLE ASKED IF SHE
HAD SEEN OUR MONEY.
HER AND HER HUSBAND HELPED US
LOOK BUT NONE OF US COULD FIND
IT!

A LITTLE UPSET, WE LEFT
AND WENT HOME!

THIS TIME PULLING INTO
OUR DRIVEWAY, WE GET A
CALL!
IT WAS THE OLD MAN
THAT OWNED THE FRIDGE...
HE FOUND OUR MONEY!!!!
NOT ONLY DID HE FIND IT, BUT HE
CALLED TO TELL US HE FOUND IT
AND GIVE IT BACK!

THERE ARE STILL GOOD
PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD!!!
SOMETIMES I NEED A GOOD
REMINDER OF THAT!!!
I FEEL LIKE THERE AREN'T A
TON OF PEOPLE LEFT THAT WOULD
HAVE GIVEN US THAT
MONEY BACK... ESPECIALLY
SOME OF THE SKETCHY PEOPLE
ON CRAIGSLIST!

I TOLD KYLE THAT WE
HAD TO BUY THE FRIDGE NOW
BECAUSE THAT WAS
AMAZING, THAT COUPLE
WAS SO NICE!

LATER THAT NIGHT WE
GOT A CALL FROM THE MAN
AGAIN JUST TO LET US KNOW
THAT HE HAD TO GO TO A
CHRISTMAS PARTY SO HE
WOULD BE GONE FOR A FEW HOURS.
BUT HE WAS SAVING THE FRIDGE FOR
US IF WE WANTED IT!
HOW FREAKIN CUTE IS THAT?!

LONG STORY NOT SO SHORT...
KYLE WENT AND GOT OUR FRIDGE
THAT NIGHT!

HE WENT TO PICK IT UP AND
HANDED THE MAN OUR MONEY.
KYLE TOLD HIM TO COUNT IT
AND MAKE SURE IT WAS ALL THERE...
THE MAN SAID OH IF IT'S NOT
I'LL JUST TALK TO BISHOP
RIRIE!
WHAT???
HOW DID HE KNOW WHO
OUR BISHOP WAS?!

WE STILL HAVE NO IDEA
HOW HE KNEW THAT WE WERE LDS
LET ALONE WHO OUR BISHOP WAS!
HE ONLY KNEW OUR FIRST NAMES!
KYLE & RAECHAL!
BUT I LOVE THAT HE KNEW!
HOW COOL IS THAT?

TURNS OUT THE MAN WHO
SOLD US THE FRIDGE
IS A BISHOP HERE IN STAR!
NO WONDER WHY HE WAS SO
GOOD TO US AND SO HONEST!


IN THE END,
WE HAVE A FRIDGE...
A GOOD STORY BEHIND IT...
AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE
STILL GOOD PEOPLE IN THIS
WICKED WORLD WE LIVE IN!

THANK YOU BISHOP WHOEVER YOU ARE!