Welcome 2010

2009 was a great year for Tanner and I. It has been a year of ups and downs (mostly ups). We have discovered a lot about ourselves as individuals as well as a couple and everyday we learn something new about each other. I am looking forward to all the years to come and mostly looking forward to all the things we will learn about each other in 2010. I hope that 2010 will bring us the same amount of joy and hapiness that 2009 did if not more!

Below I have listed some of our top 5 moments of 2009.

1. Becoming Mr. & Mrs. James Tanner Garrick

2. Spending time with our family and friends

3. Honeymoon in the Dominican Republic

4. Lazy Sundays when its just Tanner and I

5. Buying our new house!!!!

(however the repairs part not so much!LOL)

Christmas 2009

Christmas day was busy busy!!! Tanner and I woke up opened gifts (I got a wii Fit. Tanner got new waders) then the craziness of the day started! We headed to my parents house to open gifts with them. I know I am 23 years old and still don't let my parents start opening Christmas gifts unless I am there. It's kind of silly but it is something that I enjoy every year with them. Sofi and I had a great Christmas thanks to Mom and Manny!!!! Love you guys. We spent the rest of the morning at Tanner's brothers who was kind enough to make breakfast for everyone. Then we went and ate lunch with my bros and I watched them attack T-man with their airsoft guns!!! It was a great Christmas but also a little tiring!!! Hope everyone else had a great Christmas as well.

Happy Holidays

Tanner and I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a safe and relaxing holiday season!!!

Thanksgiving Dinner

We spend a lot of time with our friends so it only made sense to celebrate Thanksgiving together as well!!! However, we all have our own families, who we enjoy spending Thanksgiving with, therefore as a group we decided to celebrate Pre-Thanksgiving!!! We each brought some of the traditional food and enjoyed good company, good food, and great drinks!!! Dinner was suppose to start at seven o'clock however me, being me, forgot to put the turkey in the oven until about five o'clock!!! I seasoned it, had it in the browning bag, and had it in the pot at eleven in the morning...Some how I completly forgot to put it in the oven!! It was ready by eight thirty (just a little late) and might I add it was very yummy!!

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Buoy

Buoy is Tanner's first love!!! He is our six year old black lab! We both love him very much but I do have to admit that he is not the brightest dog in the world. Lets just say that the fact that I am not the worlds best driver and he is not the brightest dog is not the best combination. An accident was bound to happen eventually. As I was pulling into our driveway the other day Buoy was standing there watching me! I expected him to move out of the way but instead he stood there without moving and I accedently hit him with my car!!!! Whoops! Poor BUOY

A Good Wife!!!

I love my husband very much and I am always trying to come up with ways to make myself a good wife!!! Last week I was thinking of some nice things I could do for my husband when I realized the tools he had were very dirty..... Idea... I decided to be a good wife and clean his tools in the dishwasher!!! Apparently though your not suppose to do that (it ruins the tools or something). Tanner along with our friends found this to be the funniest thing ever and have taken it upon themselves to tell everyone they know!!!! In my defense I didn't know you couldnt wash tools and well we got a funny story out of it!!!

Halloween!!!!

This year we had an absolute blast on Halloween!!! We went down to charleston with a group of our closest friends and dressed up as the cast of GREASE!!!! Below are my top five Charleston Halloween moments!

1. Playing suck and blow at the King Street Grill (yes we were a bunch of twenty year olds playing suck and blow)
2. Bitting the Gingerbread Man (pic soon to come)
3. Brittney and Daniel Throwing me off the rickshaw and making me walk!!! BAHAHAHA
4. Singing songs from Grease while walking down Market st.
5. Tanner having to carry me down Market ST !!!

Pumpkin Carving

Tanner and I decided to include our friends in our annual pumpkin carving activities!!! We had a lot of fun and I hope this is a tradition that we will continue... As you see from the pictures above my husband is very creative and me, well not so much....lol... He spent about an hour and a half drawing and carving his pumpkin...He also drew Shawn's pumpkin for her...They looked amazing! I however am not patient enough to spend and hour and a half on a pumpkin! I made a "G" !!! Which I was pretty impressed with!

Crystals Baby-Shower

I realize that the shower was in August and that I am a little late posting these pictures but I was very proud with the outcome of the shower and thought it would be a shame not to post. I worked very hard on the shower with the help of my wonderful husband and creative mother!!! Everyone pitched in and I think it turned out lovely...Even the weather held out that day...

update!!!

I know it has been a while since I have updated the blog. So many things have been going on and I just havent had the time!!! School has started and surprisingly I am really enjoying teaching third grade. I was very nervous about going to a younger age group but they are adorable and they really want to please you and make you happy. Which means they behave a whole lot better....This year is my final adept year (hopefully) I have two more unit samples to complete and another set of long range plans hopefully though next year will not be as stressful.

back to reality

I officially have to go back to work on monday!!! BOO... I should be really excited about getting a new set of 21 students however, i just want my old 22 back!!! I am currently getting my classroom in order and my wonderful husband is amazingly patient with me!!! We stayed until 9:30 last night. Really what other husband would go to your classroom after a long day at work and decorate your door, cut book bin labels, clean your room with you? I will tell you! None other than my wonderful husband!!! I am so lucky to have such an incredible husband!!!

My door theme is cloudy with a chance of meatballs and I will soon be uploading pictures of my display!!

UGH

Why does it seem that everything always happens at one time! Please explain why the mortgage on both houses, car payment, insurance, and the new ac unit all have to be paid in the same week!!! UGH this is stressful! I want to go back to school and not have responsibilities other than studying

O what a romantic dinner!!!

So I officially changed my name yesterday! That was really exciting I am now officially a Garrick!!! In order to celebrate the new name change i decided to prepare a nice romantic dinner for the husband and I to enjoy together!!! Well it started lovely, spagetti and meatballs, salad with fresh greens and garlic bread! It tasted wonderful... and then.. a sudden burning smell came from the kitchen... Silly me placed the oven mitt on the hot stove top and burned a hole in it. We take it outside to let the smoke out of the house and we continue to enjoy our dinner. When we leave the house 40 minutes later the mitt has dissinigrated!!! lol

Honeymoon Highlights

So here are our top 10 honeymoon moments!!!! Pictures will soon follow.
1. All the SHOWS :)
2. Tanner back up dancing to "I'm to Sexy"-- O my Gah
3. Tanner getting pushed in the pool by a belly dancer in front of a 150 people :O
4. Playing Couples Idol and losing miserably to some couple from Britain
(who may I add were nowhere near as good as us)
5. Tanner singing the "Ken" role in the "Barbie Girl" song with me--
Applauso Applauso
6. Almost getting eaten by BARACUDAS
7. Dancing with "Anaconda"
8. Getting kissed by a Sea Lion
9. Teaching the natives how to play "Beer Pong"-
I am Champ-i-on at BEER PONG
10. Spending the whole week with my honey ;)

We Are BACK!!!

Tanner and I arrived back home from our honeymoon in the Dominican Republic last night. We were really sad to end our honeymoon but also really excited to see our friends and family again. Its really strange how much you miss the people closest to you when your gone for a week :).
We are glad to be home!!!

Wedding Pictures

I FINALLY recieved my wedding pictures!!! Take A LOOK

First Blog

Hi Guys! This is my first official blog. I am really excited and am still not quite sure how this works so be patient as I learn how to do all this. Once I Figure it out though this site will be full of funny re-caps about what happens during my day (I teach elementary school), my photography, and my journey to becoming a housewife!!!