A little catching up

Obviously I haven't posted in a while. It was nice cutting out things that weren't necessary in my life but now I don't get to look back and see what we did the past few months and my thoughts on it all. And that makes me kinda sad. Which is why I think I am going to start posting again. I have had the ache for it the past couple weeks and just never have. So here we go.

It has been a weird past two months. Not being a full-time student and not working full-time or even part time, err kinda... I have felt pretty lazy. Like I need to be doing more and accomplishing more to fill satisfied with my days. Some days it has been amazing to have no set responsibilities and to sleep in until whenever I feel like getting up and other days it has felt very unsatisfying and depressing.

Last semester being a full time student was hard. The first two months of school I thought I was going to mentally break down. and lets be honest all I really had to do was pass my classes and I would be fine so really there was nothing to stress about. But when I get all the information of what I am supposed to do in a three month period it kinda freaks me out. Okay maybe it freaks me out a lot. and I panic. and its super annoying when you have no idea what the teacher is asking of you or how they grade so you are just trying to figure it all out... Yea thats how September and October went.

Then when the assignments were graded and tests were taken I felt like, ok I can do this. what was I freaking out about? and it turned out to be an awesome semester. The class that I started out hating turned out to be one of my favorite classes.

I learned a ton about families and a little about art and sewed like crazy.

We also traveled a lot... Is that a surprise to anyone? thats kinda what we do.

Andrew's brother Aaron went to BYU-Idaho for his first semester. Lisa, their mom took him up there so naturally we thought we would tag along and see how it went.

The next weekend was Anna's baby shower so of course we had to go to that as well.

When October hit it was time for haunting season. I am pretty sure that is the only thing Andrew misses about Idaho, being able to haunt at the straw maze for the whole month of October. Luckily the past two years the owners have welcomed him back whenever he wants because he is just that good. and trust me I have had enough experience to know that he is really good at scaring people. So we went two more times in October. Hanging out with Anna, Jordan, Justina, Curtis, Taeden, and Caleb, along the way. We even went to the Apple orchard and picked apples.

Andrew was pretty excited about his costume this year!
I think it turned out pretty awesome. 

In October we also welcomed home our dear friend Clayton who was on a mission in New Zealand and we had to say goodbye to our dear friend Chris who left on his mission to Peru. What great guys and awesome examples of leading a Christ like life and having Christ like love. I'm so proud of both of them and glad to call them as our friends.

Of course we went to a ton of BYU Football games. Andrew waited in lines hours before the doors opened to get us a good seat. And he sure did do a great job. Every game we had awesome seats! The BYU vs. Texas game was probably the most crazy game. Andrew waited in line for a few hours and it was pretty hot out. I got there before the gates opened and waited with him. A little before the game started this HUGE and pretty scary looking storm cloud came rolling in. It started pouring and lightning and thunder. It was CRAZY. All the students were dancing in the stands. Then we decided it would be best to seek cover so we hung out under the bleachers for a while. When the rain finally did stop we took our seats and we were freezing and the game was delayed! Our friends Logan and Alex went and got warm clothes so we had them pick us up some. But it was still a pretty cold game BUT BYU did awesome! and we ended up winning the game! YAY. Afterwords, Andrew and I went to our favorite little run down Mexican place. We were riding the scooter home and all of the sudden the tire blew out! Luckily Andrew stomped his foot down saving us from falling over and probably getting very hurt and a lot of road rash! (I sure am grateful for that guy!) We ended up parking the scooter in a lot and walking home.. still being a little wet and cold! Andrew did something to his foot, he never went to the doctor, just wrapped it and was really careful for the next few days. That was such a crazy day though!

Before the game.. notice how clear the sky is! 

The storm coming in! 

After the game! We WON! 

In November our first nephew on Andrew's side of the family was born! Ryder Jay Parson, on November 4th 2013! So of course we had to make a trip to Idaho to see him right away! He is the cutest little guy. I am obssesed with him. We got lots of snuggles in with him that first week of his life and then again during Thanksgiving time when all the Sorensen's went to Idaho for the week. We had a great time relaxing, playing with the dogs, snuggling the baby, snowboarding, skinning a deer and eating lots of food!

Then on the way home we HIT a deer! AH! I actually had no idea what happened, I was looking down at my phone and just heard a clunk and saw some things fly up over our hood. I thought maybe it was a small animal but not a deer! Well we pulled over and it was definitely a deer. Andrew said he saw it coming across the road and we barely hit it. The poor thing was almost out of the road and then it hit the corner of the passenger side of the car. We couldn't even find it afterwords! I am glad though that we could still drive the car and that Andrew handled it so well. He didn't swerve or do anything crazy but he was very safe about it. Luckily his parents were right behind us as well so they pulled over and the guys made it so we could still drive the car and not ruin our tire.

In December of course I was crazy with finals and finishing school. We also celebrated Andrew's 24 birthday! We went shopping, saw Frozen, and ate delicious food at Tucano's. That week we also saw Marilee and went to Savior of the World with her and her kids. It was a beautiful performance!! I would love to go every year if we live here!

The end of December we spent with my Family in Kansas. We celebrated Christmas and the New Year by playing games, eating lots of food, shopping, going to a KU game and exploring Kansas. It was a wonderful time seeing family and making life long memories.

Nowadays Andrew is working full time as a property manager, which right now includes helping to move a 16,000 sq ft house. Needless to say he is a busy, hard working guy. I am being a little house wife, cooking, cleaning, blogging, and pinteresting (thats in the description right?). I have been making lots of YouTube videos and trying to start a children's swimsuit business! (I'll talk more about those two later) We are going to all the last basketball games of the season and watching as much of the Olympics as possible, or that I can stand ;) I am also taking an intro to entrepreneurship class. It is wonderful and I would recommend it to anyone! It is inspiring and really opens my mind to the possibilities that are before me.

For Valentines weekend we went to St. George with Richard and Lisa and our friends Logan and Alex to relax and enjoy a little warmer weather. We were shopping, riding, watching the olympics, of course eating lots of good food, and visiting family.

It has been a great past few months. Busy but wonderful! We are certainly looking forward to more traveling and warmer weather!

and if you read all of this good job. That was a long one!

love, alex&andrew

A perfect Memorial Day

St. George is our weekend get away. When we need to relax and have some good old down time that is  where we head. We fill our time with relaxation, swimming, soaking up the sun, eating lots of food that is probably not so good for us, and exploring the great outdoors. 

Memorial Day weekend was no exception. We swam a lot and just enjoyed our time away from all responsibilities. When it was time to come back we had a hard time..like really hard. We were going to go home on Monday night and then we decided not to leave until Tuesday morning and then we pushed it all the way to Tuesday night, after considering waking up at 5 in the morning on Wednesday. 

We were having a good time and did not want it to end but we did have to face the responsibilities at some point, right? What made it even more fun was having our friends Logan and Alex come down with us for a couple days. We played, talked, and ate a lot. It was like we were kids again playing marco polo in the pool for a good chunk of time!

We found some sweet noodles at Walmart!! 

Oh the morning of Memorial Day we went for a ride to find the Arizona border and go exploring. It was a warm day but the breeze was feeling nice and it was fun to out to the open and see a part of St. George we had never really been before. We took a few dirt roads and found some pretty cool stuff! 

First we got to the Arizona border and of course I had to take some pictures of us being in two places at once. Then we kept driving down the road and come to this hill of what looked like broken glass to us but after we stopped and got out and really looked at it we realized that it was not glass at all. It was like a rock that was white/clearish and SO COOL! You can't really tell in the pictures but it was shinning so brightly in the sun and there was TONS of it! 

We almost left to go home but we realized there was a pit of it! It was all in the ground and on the walls. It was pretty much like we had just found hidden treasure. It was so cool looking and sparkling in the sun light. Too bad it wasn't diamonds or man would we be rich right now!

Later we realized it wasn't that much of a secret to anyone else that it was there. But to us it was treasure and really cool. I am sure we will head back out there the next time we are in St. George. 

That afternoon we spent more time swimming and relaxing and then we barbecued with family. Which was so YUMMY! I really love a good chicken or steak or corn on the cob cooked on the grill and then you can't forget some watermelon for on the side! It was really a great summer day and weekend that was filled with good people, good food and lots of good old fun! Hope you all had a good day too! 

love,alex&andrew 

p.s- tonight we are going to the fair and I am realllllly excited. I love the fair. 

World Moguls Championship

About a month ago.. or more... well lets just say in January. I think... Okay one evening we went to Park City area and saw the World Moguls Championship with our friends Alex and Logan and her family. It was insane. if you don't know what I am talking about or anything go look it up on youtube. It is like flying down a mountain with a lot of bumps on skis and then doing a trick at the end and hoping not to fall. It was so cool to watch!! They were all so fast and did it so smoothly and made it look so easy, even though I know it is not! And then their tricks were cccrazy cool. flipping and twisting and turning and such. 

This is the course they come down on. 

Watching the crazies 

There were over 50,000 people there watching! Can you blame them? it was a great show. And then afterwords there were fireworks! Ah I love fireworks. so pretty and fun and such.

THEN as the 50,000 people were leaving we decided it would be best to stay and sled down the hill a few times. That was probably my favorite part. We were flying down the hill and then trying to climb back up it a bunch of times. You would go really far and fast too. How wonderful. 

If you can see it, we saw this helicopter take off from like 100 feet away. how cooool. 

This is what we were sledding down. And those lights are all of the traffic we were waiting for to leave. 

It was a great show to watch and so much fun afterwords too. Then we ended up going to Betos, aka the best mexican food ever. Honestly, it was cold but we were having so much fun I didn't even notice it after a while. Although we all got lots of snow either down the pants or in the face or somewhere where it does not belong! ha this is the part of winter that I enjoy. the fun things that you can do or that occur outside with the snow. now just walking class to class and freezing. 

What fun things have you found to do this winter??? 

Have a great week! 

love,alex&andrew 

Forgotten Gems

I found these on my phone and thought they needed to be shared with the world. 

Enjoy :)

We love our family :D

love,alex&andrew sorensen 

September Wedding Bells

September is just the BEST time to get married. well if you ask us. and if you ask anna&jordan and now alex&logan.
Andrew's best friend Logan ( he was mentioned in this post and this one) goes to school at BYU-Hawaii, lucky little duck, and he met this AWESOME girl named Alex (mentioned her in the last post).
Well long story short they dated and fell in love and got married. awesome right? yes.
September 6th 2012 they got married in the Salt Lake City Temple. I loved being able to go and celebrate with them in the most special day of their lives. This temple is so magical. I love the history of it. and the detail of everything in it.

It was a beautiful day. and everything was just amazing. love is great. and so is marriage.

and on that note, i seriously love this man so much. 

can you see her face? she seriously looks so happy. i love it. 

the newlyweds and the parents. 

we switched husbands and waited to see who noticed first. 

i really just love this. and all of them. 

Logan's adorable little sisters. 

the men. 

oh man look at that ring. 

happy couple 

rainbow to the reception. 

The day was just wonderful. The wedding. then the reception. We had so much fun there. i fell in love with the location of the reception. and then we all fell in love with the food. seriously delicious. and Dustin (our photographer) was there with his photo booth. that was SO FUN! 

Needless to say we all had a great time and we are so happy for this beautiful couple. 

Welcome to the Club :) and we can't wait for them to move to Provo! 

love,alex&andrew 

Lake Powell 2012

Today is all about a beautiful thing called Lake Powell
and no it is not just a place. It is a thing. a beautiful beautiful thing.
This was my third year going to Lake Powell with the Sorensen's and it was awesome.
Exactly what I needed to refresh and prepare for another round of school!
This year it was the Sorensen's, the Turnbull's, the Rahn's, and Julie, and Val.
It was the best way you can spend seven days.

I made Richard some shorts. He always jokes about me making him some so I surprised him the first night of Powell with these :) 

Andrew's first run of the year 

Logan ready for his first run 

My first run of the year 

Alex's first run of..well ever :) Go Girl! 

Climbing 

Aaron just hanging out 

Lindsay taking the plunge 

So we went to Rainbow Bridge this year and the tour guide took us UNDER THE BRIDGE. I was so excited about this. In all of the time the Sorensen's and Turnbull's have gone to Rainbow bridge they have never been able to go under the bridge. and of course this was only my second time going but it was really COOL! so we took lots of pictures of course. 

This is Amanda 

Just chilling under the arch. 

Logan & Alex under the arch

Logan & Alex on the other side of the arch 

Us :) 

Turnbull's and the man that took us under the arch 

Rahn's 

Sorensen's 

C.J 

Us under the arch

Victory 

Ice Cream Stop 

Glasssss

Bonfire on the Last night

 

I thought this picture turned out prettty legit... it's Logan&Alex btw.

What a great way to finish off the week. 

Honestly I feel like I missed taking pictures of so much that happened that week. 

It was such a wonderful week. I feel so blessed and grateful to be able to do these fun things and spend time with some amazing people. This is a beautiful earth we live on and I love being able to spend a week engulfed in its beauty. God really has blessed us. 

Here is to a great week and first days of school at BYU and work.  

love, alex&andrew

P.S- Honestly, I can't wait until Lake Powell 2013..