Forever!

So, I have been realizing lately that it has been FOREVER since I updated our blog. It's really hard to find time with school, work, family, activities, etc going on on a daily basis. Today with it raining outside, I thought I better start updating you all starting with the end of last year. Last November we spent Thanksgiving with Callen's family in Saratoga Springs. All of the family was able to be together and even though we had dinner as a family, Callen and I still wanted to make OUR own Thanksgiving meal. We made or should I say I/ME/MYSELF (haha) made the turkey, potatoes, gravy, jello (with cream cheese, of course), rolls, pie, and stuffing. It was way yummy and I had fun making it while Callen watched me. ;) He's kind of a wussy and was too afraid/disgusted to take out the turkey guts...I guess I'm the man in the house! ;) I can only imagine what will happen when I have our first baby...more than likely Callen will be MIA during that time...haha During Christmas time we went to Sacramento the week before for work. Callen is an on-site trainer and travels every month to train companies on our software. Usually he goes by himself, but this time I went with him and it was fun, even though most of the time I spent working in the hotel while he was training the company. While we were there, we did go to a King's game and got to Jimmer play...yes that was during the time when Jimmer ACTUALLY played. :( We of course have seen Jimmer in real life play before but not for the NBA so we were excited and ended up getting a Jimmer jersey and Jimmer shirt...yes we are MAJOR fans!!! :)

The next week we went down to Orange County where my family is from and spent Christmas with them. We stayed with my sister, Mindy's family and had a ton of fun playing with the nieces and nephews. They are all so adorable and they love Callen, especially Presley and Pyper...Callen is their favorite person! :) For Christmas Callen got me a snowboarding jacket and snowboarding pants. I was so excited especially since Callen is going to teach my how to snowboard. We didn't have much snow this winter, so we weren't ever able to go. :( I got Callen a cocomotion (hot chocolate maker) which might sound funny to most people, but Callen REALLY wanted one...you have no idea how much Callen loves hot chocolate until you live with him. We got back home a few days before the new year and spent New Years Eve with our friends, Sean and Amy. Sean and Amy got married 20 days after us and are already expecting their first little one this July. We are really excited for them!

This year has gone by super fast and we feel like lots of things have already happened which include 2 more additions to our family. Callen and I have 2 new nephews...one born on March 10th (Broden James Pyper) which is my brother Brandon's and his wife, Alysha's baby and our nephew Corver A. Nielsen was just born this last Wednesday (April 11th) to Callen's sister, Arianne and her husband Jordan. We were able to see Corver the day he was born and have seen him a couple of times since then, but we weren't able to make it up to Idaho to see Broden, however he will be blessed the first of May so we will be going up there to see him.

Broden

Corver

School is going really well for both of us and is also stressful. We can't wait until we both graduate. Working full-time and going to school is difficult but we've been able to handle it. Our semester ends in just a couple more weeks which we are very happy about. I started up tennis lessons again a few months ago and it's been keeping me crazy busy. I have been having people contact me daily for lessons. It's great, but is also a little overwhelming. I am excited for summer, that way I can teach more. I am also starting cardio tennis in the next few weeks which is basically learning the basics of tennis, but mostly working out and always moving your feet. Cardio tennis is fun but also very tiring, which allows a person to burn up to 900 calories in an hr. It's awesome and one of my old tennis students is going to help me team teach the lessons. :)

I haven't had a ton of time to make more crafts but the ones that I have made are in the pictures below:

 This is an earring holder!

 This is hold all of your hair accessories

Spring Wreath!