HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOEL!!

It was Joel's (TJ's dad's) birthday yesterday. He turned the big 53. Trina decorated their house with signs and balloons and went to lunch with him, and made him a big breakfast. Carson called Grandpa Joel telling him Happy Birthday... so cute! Trina, Kiffin, Dax, Aspen, Joel, TJ, and I all went out to dinner at Brick Oven in Provo. SO GOOD! All seven of us were squished close in a small booth, but that is how Joel likes it :-) He received shirts, fishing gear, ties, air freshners :-) and push-up bars to work his pecs! Way to go Chief!

Re-Cap

Well, I decided to finally participate in life! I thought that since we entered so late into the blogging community I would summarize what we have been doing since we were married. We were married over spring break in the Salt Lake Temple on March 22, 2006. We honeymooned in Cabo San Lucas Mexico, where we had to hitch-hike to the resort! (SO FUNNY!)

After finishing the semester, we moved to Apple Valley Minnestoa for the summer to sell for Pinnacle Security. We had a hard but wonderful summer. Riley Warner (TJ's brother) left on his mission for the Munic Austria, Germany mission in May. After returning from the summer, we moved into the Warner's basement apartment(which was pure luxury) while we put some more school under our belts. TJ and I were both going to school at UVSC (soon to be UVU). TJ was heavily involved in student government and I was also working for Pinnacle security. TJ graduated with his Bachelors of Arts in History, and I received my Associates Degree in English. TJ started his new job with Wells Fargo as a Personal Banker, and I continued to go to school through the summer and also worked for Pinnacle Security. We went a a couple of fun vacations one was to Bear Lake with the Warner family. We had so much fun camping, swimming, hanging out at the beach, and spending time together. We had quite the event in a large storm on the lake, lets just say it was one for the books!! Thanks Warner's for an amazing time, cannot wait till next year!! The other vacation we went on was with the Staples. We went back east to see the church history sites in Kirtland, Palmyra, also Niagra Falls in Canada, and New York City. We had a wonderful time.

In the middle of these vacations, we bought a townhome in American Fork, UT. WE LOVE IT! After we purchased it we spent a month fixing it up. Lets just say the people that lived there before us didn't clean for two years. So we... washed everything, put in new carpet, new paint, new blinds, new tile in the kitchen and bathrooms (thanks honey!), bought furniture, decorated, and cleaned...cleaned...cleaned. We had a great time!! Thanks to every one for their help it was greatly needed; and thanks to my hubby for all of his hard work. We spent the rest of the summer and fall spending time with each other, with friends, and a lot of family events. This pretty much brings us to TJ's entries.

Now for the most recent items of business... Ashely Quist (my sister) had her third girl on December 28th. She is so cute! Her name is Claire Lula Quist.

We went snowmobiling with the Staples at the beginning of Jan. We went to Bear River Lodge for two nights and had a blast! This was our last little family vacation before Tanner left on his mission.

And last, Tanner (my not so "little" brother) left on his mission to Paris, France. We are so excited for him but will miss him a lot! Love you Tanner! Well, thanks for reading our life history!

Prison Break

So, after two months of waiting, Prison Break is finally back every Monday Night! Emily and I have a pretty good Monday routine. During lunch, I go to my parent's house to eat, and to make sure that Prison Break will record on TiVo. After work, both Em and I meet at mt parent's house around 7:30, and we start watching Prison Break. The funny part about this routine, is we were able to convert Trina and Joel to be Prison Break-watching-addicts. (I knew we could get my mom hooked, but I couldn't believe that my dad got hooked.) Anyway, the first episode was exciting. I won't share details incase you didn't see it. I don't know what it is about this season, but I get nervous almost every episode. For those that want to join the Prison Break club, you can watch it on Monday at 7:00 pm.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Happy 2008 everyone!! I hope that everyone's holidays were as good as ours...a lot of a family, a lot of treats, a lot of presents(well maybe not a lot of presents but a few), and a lot of happiness and love. Here is what happened:

• December 23-We dressed up like Shepard's and Wise Men at the Staples home, and we image what it would be like if we were "Back in Bethlehem" at the time of the savior birth.
• December 24-We spent most of the day with the Warner's, and Emily experienced her first Pyne Christmas Eve party. Which involved a lot of yelling, food, racial comments(courtesy of Trish), and singing! We also saw for the first time Grandpa Pyne play the trumpet, and Taylor sticking a whole pen in his nose!
• December 25-This was the first Christmas in our home and completely by ourselves. We started the day off by giving each other our presents. Then, we went to Kiffin's house for breakfast, and we opened up our presents from my mom and day. At 1:30, we headed up to Fruit Heights to spend the day with the Staples. We were also privilege to see Mark and Jana dress like punk rappers and freestyle an awesome rap about the family!
• December 26-Em and I worked.
• December27- Em and I worked
• December 28-I helped at a wrestling tournament and Em spent time with her family and our new niece, Claire.
• December 29-I helped at a wrestling tournament and Em spent the day at the house.
• December 30-We went to 2 homecomings, 1 baptism, and a lot of food.
• December 31-We worked and spent the new year laughing hysterically with friends, drank at least 5 gallons of Sparkling Cider, lit fireworks, and caught up with our old friends the Fitzgeralds.
• January 1-Spent the whole day at the Staples. I watched football, and Emily cleaned.
  

And that is a wrap!

Things to Think about

I believe five out of four people have trouble with fractions.

If quitters never win, and winners never quit, who came up with, "Quit while you're ahead?"

What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?

Why not modern Latin: VENI, VEDI, VISA - I came, I saw, I shopped.

If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?

STRESSED spelled backwards is DESSERTS.

Strange! No one ever says "It's only a game," when their team is winning.

Isn't Disney World a people trap operated by a mouse?

Where's the pictures?

So some might be wondering why we don't any pictures on our blog. The reason why we don't have any is because we can't find the cable to link up our camera to the computer. We actually have tons of pictures we could put on, but with no cable, we can't put pictures on. Until we find the cable or get a new camera, everyone will have to wait to see our pretty faces!

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope that everyone had a wonderful and thankful Thanksgiving. Emily and I enjoyed the day with both families. We got up around 7:30. We did our normal morning routine and left for my house around 8:30. We arrived at my house just in time for me to pull at the guns and for Emily to start the cooking with Trina. Some might be thinking, "What the heck is TJ going to do with guns on Thanksgiving Day?" Let me explain. Most normal families like to get all the boys together and play some football. This is not the case on our side. It is a family tradition for the Pyne/Warner family to go clay pigeon shooting every Thanksgiving day. My Uncle Kim prepares for the event by reloading at least 250 shotgun shells to unload on these clay pigeons. It is pretty comical to see eight guys side-by-side with a gun in each hand. At times it sounds like a war zone, but it is always fun to get with the cousins to do a little shooting. And other than Jesse almost shooting his dog, it was a very safe event.



Emily and I enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner with my family (except for Kaycee, Taylor, and Carson because they are in New York), Kim and Kathy, Jesse and Robyn, Dale and Jenny, and Kevin and Steph, and of course Grandpa Pyne. Grandpa Pyne cooked his masterpiece-2 hams with absolutely no fat- and his deviled eggs. It is so much fun to see all the cousins, and I think the Emily is getting use the way the Pyne/Warner family celebrates the Holidays.



After dinner, we drove up to Emily's house to celebrate Thanksgiving by waiting for Jordan and his new girlfriend, Lindsay, for 45 mins. because we couldn't eat any of Jana's homemade pies until the two little love birds arrived. After eating pie, we played a "killer" game of Murder in the Dark, and Catchphrase.



It was a very good day! Em and I are extremely grateful for being so close to family.