Valentines Day, opening presents at the Abbey Inn in St. George Abbey Inn, hanging out with the family

Shae was showering before dinner and Billy dumped freezing cold water on her! Sorry Buggy!!





PIRATE'S ISLAND!!!

Brian nearly beat the record. He got 360 and he needed to beat 430. I'd say he did well considering he only played once!

Stryder loves shooting! We had to hit the targets on a pirate ship... let's just say we didn't win.
Not only did I beat Brian at air hockey, I beat JaQuoy as well. It will probably be the only time I ever beat JaQuoy at anything!! I'm definitely soaking in the moment!



Little Gracie and me just being pirates!


CUPS!!!




Stryder was in the middle of a group of kids trying to go down the slide on the pirate ship. I took this picture and as I looked closer I could see his little cheezer. Priceless!













Oh my! Buddah won 100 tickets in the arcade room right as we were about to leave. He pushed a button and music came on and lights started flashing. His little face was adorable!
Isn't that sweetest picture? Billy and Strydey, best friends forever!!

My brother Billy and his family came down to St. George last weekend for Shae Bugg's soccer tournament. After all her games we went to dinner at a restaraunt called "Pirate's Island". It's a pizza palace with an arcade room and cool pirate waitors! It reminded me of the pizza place in toy story that Andy goes to when Buzz and Woody get lost... and Buzz finds the green alien machine? Remember? Anyway! We had sooo much fun!! Because it was Valentines there was about an hour wait, so naturally we played arcades. Brian played basketball and almost broke the record. I killed Brian and JaQuoy at air hockey and Stryder won 100 tickets.

We were seated in an awesome dungeon cave room. Our waiter was a crazy pirate and we all got pirate hats! Shae and I tried playing the cup game, where you tap on the cup and pass it... anyway, we couldn't get enough cups for everyone to play but we sure had fun teaching the rhythm to everyone. Brian and JaQuoy decided to get a nasty fish pizza and Stryder was mad because Billy wouldn't let him drink his sprite without a lid or a straw! Sadly the night came to an end but Brian and I are really greatful we got to spend time with Billy and Quoyqee and their little family. We never get to spend time with just them so it was really fun!

Brian and I are still going strong with our New Years Resolutions... except I can't get to church on time. I don't know what my problem is! I either wake up super early and try to get ready and end up being late because I actually tried to get ready or I wake up late and don't get ready and am still late!! It's a continual work in progress! We're both sick of school but we're going to go out with a bang! Brian is working hard at trying to find a job/career after he graduates and I'm working at the Head Start here in Cedar. We're both really busy but we're always home at the same time so that's good. We've been going to the gym at 6:30am everyday. We have only missed a few times. I'm so proud! I have officially lost five pounds and am almost back to where I started when we got married! Fast food will kill you! Anyway, life is good and we still love each other!!

It's been a few weeks. I realize. I honestly would have posted had Brian and I done anything cool. But it's pretty much just been school, homework, and the gym- of course. Heaven forbid Brian misses a workout!! Ha-ha, just kidding. I don't mind his firmness. Whoa, okay enough of that!! I actually wouldn't be posting anything this week either except for the fact that I feel extremely guilty because posting once a week was part of my new years resolutions. So here I am, just blogging away! Brian and I have this amazing secret that we want to share with the world. It's called the frozen meal. If you've never heard of it you should definitely do some research! My mom gave me a cookbook that has a million frozen meal recipes. I was definitely skeptical at first. We tried a few and liked them, and then tried a few more and loved them, and now we have a whole bunch of frozen meals we love. So it goes like this, once a month we make a huge shopping list, go to the store and buy a ton of food, and cook for like six hours straight. Why would we do this you ask? BECAUSE IT'S AMAZING!! Friday night Brian and I made twenty meals. Do you know what that means? It means that we wont be cooking for the rest of the month... and you're probably confused because a normal month is around 30 days... well we go out Fridays and Saturdays. Anyway! I'm not going to lie, cooking for six hours straight probably isn't our favorite activity, but it's a great way to spend time together. I'm thinking I will post a few of our definite favorite recipes and then you can see what you think. But I'm not kidding, it will change your life. And I bet your jealous that we don't have to cook again till March!! Some of the recipes include beef and broccoli, stuffed chicken manicotti, taco soup, beef and vegetable pie, chicken enchiladas, Navajo tacos, beef stroganoff and cornflake chicken- to name a few!

Things are going great, school's getting tuff but we're hanging in there. We are still keeping up with our New Years Resolutions which is awesome and this month we are planning on going to the gym at six in the morning instead of in the afternoon. We'll see how it goes. Until next time!! Take care. - Abby and Brian