For reals peeps I'm back..

Well I have decided to start updating my blog! I have missed it! Its been super long and so much has changed since I was blogging.. I don't even know if half of my friends still have their blog! Ha... Well.. Were to start..

Eric and I bought our first home in cedar hills its a little town home and we love it!! Eric has been working on the unfinished basement and I'm very excited to have that done at some point. Its been so nice to have the space and be able to decorate and make things exactly as I want them! we have 2600 sq feet. Once the basement is finished!

The biggest project was the shades for the living room.. We have these huge windows and the only thing that we could do was custom make shades.. So that we did.. Thanks to my handy mom! She is amazing!! She was so much help.. Here are a few photos!

And also we got a sweet little puppy named Shadow! We have so much fun with him and love him to death! He is part of this little Francis Family!

I just Love him!

I have so much more to update everyone on! I will post in a few days!!

XoXo *Mare

..#4 The trick?

So after getting my MRI last week and getting the results from the doctor and then back to my orthopedics's office for another visit.. Its official I tore my acl and sprained my meniscus.. Surgery is scheduled for Wednesday the 25Th (yes this Wednesday) I was really hoping it was just going to be a sprain. But hey this is MY knee's we are talking about so i guess i shouldn't be too surprised! I cant tell you how much i HATED the past knee surgeries I had. I wouldn't wish That upon my worst enemy.. Unless you did something really bad... No jk. I was happy to hear I shouldn't have to be on crutches and I should be able to start placing pressure on it right away.. unlike before on crutches and in a straight leg brace for 6 weeks.. So keep your fingers crossed that #4 is the last of my knee issue's and or surgeries.

So little Time..

Sadly Its been so long since I have posted a blog and yet there isn't too much that is exciting to blog about. I have been working so much up until today really, I'm now the assistant manager at the laser center to I get to do a little of everything at work. I really enjoy working more with our Manager Tanya who started in January, She is great at what she does and is fun to work with as well. I get really good hours now so i don't find myself with as much time as i used to have to blog. I promise i will try to be better for all of my blog stalkers.. If i have any left that is.

Lets see.. Oh Eric and I bought a Wii for valentines haha Its fun coming home and playing a little Mario Kart! I honestly have not played on a game station of any kind since i was little i think.. (Eric also has his ps3 that he managed to convince me to let him buy when we first got married. Sneaky one haha) But i have not Once played the Ps3 to this day.. I guess I have always been a Nintendo kind of girl if anything.

As far as today goes, This morning everything was fine. I woke up this morning got ready and my cousin came over to get a chemical peel before her wedding in a a week or so. Then I ate breakfast and headed out the door for work at about 9:15. Let me mention we live on the third floor.. So as I'm walking down the stares not doing anything special as I'm going down, I get about five steps from the bottom when suddenly I hear this really loud SNAP and I feel like someone knocked the wind out of me I was in so much pain all of the sudden. So not being able to walk much at all I hurried and called my orthopedic surgeon that had done my three past knee surgeries. and they told me to come into their office Asap. So after getting there and doing Xrays nothing was broken but they Made me go do a MRI since he thinks I may have torn cartilage in my knee. I was told i would get a call today but I'm not too surprised that its 6:30 and i still have not received a call. I have been able to keep my leg up for a few hours and relax thanks to my Family mostly my Dad he took me to all my appointments bought me lunch and ice cream all without complaining once that I took up his entire day. I'm starting to be able to walk slightly better tonight.. maybe i just needed some TLC.. I'm hoping its just a sprain!

Hope all my bloging friends are doing fantastic!

Christmas and more..

Christmas was great!

I'm still kinda shocked that i haven't blogged since before then. December was really busy i still don't know how i managed to get everything done over the holidays...but its done and over but im kinda sad i really love the holidays and how much time we spend with the family. Both Eric and I have such great families and we have been blessed to have them live so close! 

I wish I had photo's but of course i forgot my camera that day.. I'll have to get some from the fam and add them later.

We honestly got so spoiled this year.. It makes me wish i could do so much more for my family and friends. But I got Eric Guitar Hero for his ps3. And Eric and my parents got me and Ipod touch. Not to mention my parents gave us each some Cd's books and then surprised us with cash we really weren't planning on getting. And cash from Eric's parents. I think my parents got carried away since they haven't felt like they could afford too much in the past few years. But my Favorite part is shopping for others for Christmas. It seems like it all went by so fast. December i was working so much though i felt so rushed. So I'm hoping ill be able to put more thought into birthday gifts this year!

New Years has also past us and we went out to macaroni grill for dinner that night and then........ I fell asleep. ha ha we played games and what not before but i was out right before midnight. You would think living in a apartment complex we would have woke up to people celebrating at midnight.. but nope! Sure didn't!  

I have never really been that great on having new years resolutions and Eric doesn't believe you should wait till the new years to start something you want to achieve.. and he has a point. but i did decide personally I'm going to try and stay in better shape ( Creative i know) although i do go to the gym. I just want to maintain that and stay motivated. I also got a new journal and am writing in it more regularly.. ( A lot of people have that goal it seems this year ) and then I'm going to try harder to cook..ha ha something i should have been doing.. I'm not making promises that it will be good :P jk but I'm taking it slow. I have already got a crock pot and have made a few dishes and then today I made Banana Pudding Squares! they are in the fridge and i hope they turn out good! So that's what I'm just going to try and get better at over the next year! 

I hope everyone had a fantastic new years! And wish you the best! 

One last thing to make you SMILE!..

This is why you should always twirl once in front of the mirror before leaving the house!  Smiley at wal mart!

Best Acting Ever..Or Not..

So Eric and I were laying in bed watching Jay Leno the other night. He was showing funny you tube video's. So i thought i would share this Excellent acting clip for you. Eric and I were laughing so hard! Hope you enjoy...





I love how she stops and thinks about it before flinging herself to the ground!

..:*Thanksgiving*:..

Warning this post has lots of photo's!

Thanksgiving this year was really fun! We don't get all of us together very often because my oldest sister lives in Logan with her family. But this year it was all of us! we had i think 14 people in my parents condo hee hee so it was slightly packed. But great none the less! And i love my families cooking on holidays! here are some photo's!

Sam and Seppa with their pumpkin pie!

My love and I ( Eric's half smile/ Cowboy game watching hehe)

My sister tine and her new boyfriend Chris! ( not the same Chris haha)

Tine and I and yes i was half asleep after turkey dinner.. I don't really like this pic :P

Our cute mom and her lovely pose!

Braden, Dad, and Randy man playing their guitars... Randy and his little play one is so cute!

I have many more photo's but i wont over do it! Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving!

Welcome to California

So over the weekend we took a trip down to Arizona to go to a family wedding on Eric's side of the family. sadly we had to leave home Friday night around six and then leave Arizona on Sunday. So we had a very very quick trip. Friday night we got to Vegas and spent the night there and then Saturday we get to Arizona around 2:30 in the afternoon. and the wedding was at four. then there was the reception and it was pretty entertaining.. very different from the average wedding reception i attend ill say. I've been so sheltered living here in Utah county pretty much my whole life. I just had to be more open minded on how the rest of the world lives. But it was good to see Eric's side of the family. his aunts, uncles, and cousins are very nice and welcoming.

After the reception we drove back to our hotel and saw an in and out burger so we had to stop hee hee. then we woke up at 7am and hit the road... when we got to Kingman Arizona we decided to switch and have Eric drive! So we gas up and turn where is says "Las vegas" so we are driving for about an hour.. in the middle of Nowhere! when we are thinking..." this really doesn't look like the way we came" then suddenly there it is a " Welcome to California sign!" lol we both where just shocked! I still dont know how we ended up there but we finally got back to Vegas but it took us a little over an hour to get back there. so our trip Sunday ended up being a 12 hour drive home.. but Hey we saw three states!

... I think next time we will be flying!