The Most Wonderful Time of The Year!

Ahhh, Halloween.... is there anything better? Just wanted to post pictures from some of the festivities the Mair family took part in. Considering Andy's super busy school and work schedule im very surprised at what fun we had with Halloween this month! A couple weeks ago we teamed up with our good friends the Woodly's and went to Frightmares at Lagoon. It was a blast, in fact we had so much fun we forgot to take any pictures! The park is themed for Halloween and we had ourselves a good time.

We got to attend our friends 2nd annual murder mystery dinner party earlier this month. I worked very hard on putting our costumes together. They are hand made teenage ninja turtle costumes. I hope someone will have taken pity on me after assembling them and perhaps feels the need to buy me a sewing machine. Andy went as Leonardo and i went as Donatello. Everyone at the party looked great and we had a blast!



Lastly i had the best night ever hanging out with my old roommates from Provo when i went to hair school. Im so glad these girls decided to get together after almost two years! We went the the dance production Thriller and it was amazing! Is it too embarrassing to admit i haven't had a real girls night out since i'd been married? Im so lame! But i hope this isn't the last!

Love Day!!!

Well it was quite the Valentines day. Andy and i spent it early because our weeks are always so busy with work and school. I work a very long day on Saturdays and usually come home very exhausted but i was greeted with a box of chocolates and a scavenger hunt where i discovered a Taylor Swift Calender (im obsessed with her) and the Movie Valentines Day. So cute right? We went to dinner at California Pizza Kitchen which was delicious and enjoyed a quiet night watching my new movie!

I was really looking forward to doing something special for Andy and so i decided since cooking meals is not among my favorite things to do i wanted to make him a big special dinner. And so i served a pot roast, broccoli salad rolls and veggies along with a special carrot cake which we have yet to cut into! Oh it turned out to be a disaster! I have never made a homemade carrot cake and i was exhausted shredding 4 cups of carrots for it!!! It kinda fell apart seeing as it was a three layered cake and i just do not have the special touch for things like that. All in all we very much enjoyed it and not only was it a special valentines day, it also turned into and early birthday for me. I love my husband i do but he suffers from a big of a patience disorder. He is a great gift giver, and even better loves to give!!! Buying presents for others is among his favorite things to do and so when my gift came in the mail he begged, pleaded and flashed melting smiles and batted those puppy dog eyes to get me to open this present on valentines day. As it so happens this gift also was from my generous in-laws and was in fact an early birthday present for Andy. We opened them to find Brand New I-Pones compatible with our Verizon Network. Sooooooooo EXCITED!!!! Andy and i have been saving and saving and when it finally came time to get them i chickened out and told him we should wait. Saving turns out to be kinda exhilarating and i really wanted to hold onto that money and keep adding to it. We are having a blast with our new phones, especially the face time feature with allows us to do video chat. So big thank you for a special birthday. Andy and my in-laws really made it special.

All in all things are so great here at the Mair household. This semester has been particularly difficult because Andy is taking 22 credits and working part-time while I've been putting in tons of hours at the salon. i usually am asleep be the time Andy gets home so we live for the weekends. We are looking forward to the summer, Andy will be graduated from the Business College and we will get to spend much more time together and it will finally be warm and sunny!


We attended the World Freestyle Championships in Park City Utah. We enjoyed watching the Arial competition where a familiar voice commentated, Jerret Speedy Peterson and former competitor and Olympic champion who is also from Boise. We had such a great time!

Christmas Catch Up

It really is no secret although my husband wished it was, that Christmas is among my less favored holidays. However i was very excited to get to spend the holiday with my family in Idaho. We haven't made a visit since September so needless to say i was up very early Friday morning like a child on Christmas asking Andy if it was time to hit the road to Boise! We spent the week on the Bogus Basin Slopes, hit the movie theaters, did glitter toes and a lot of haircuts!! For New Years Andy and i cashed in a gift we got from our wedding for a nights stay at the Country Inn. It was terrific! We had my family over for swimming and hot tubbing which was great. That night we went out to dinner with my best friend Sidnee and her husband Stephen. It was so much fun getting to spend time with them, they are such a fun couple! We also had them over for hot tubbing that night too!! This week we were excited to support my oldest niece Brooklyn at her baptism. She was so excited all day and looked so dang cute in the white dress my mom made her. When i asked her how she felt after she said, "I feel so clean!" What a sweet answer. I can't believe how big she is getting!

We enjoyed very much all the time we got to spend with each of our families and are excited about this new year! We spent last night making our resolutions and have so much to be looking forward to!


My nieces sporting just some of the scarves i slaved over this last month! They turned out so cute, but i never want to see another knitting needle again!

Our matching pajamas

These are all the kids i grew up with in my neighborhood! We are all grown up now!

My baby niece Adrienne!!!

Smores in the family room, a new Browne family Christmas tradition!

Brooklyns baptism

We are so proud of her!

And as for Halloween....

We wanted to share some pictures from our Halloween! We celebrated with nne of our good friends who put together a murder mystery dinner party! It was such a fun night, and even better we got to dress in our Halloween best!! Andy and i went as Mr. Incredible and Elasta Girl! We were also the lucky selected to be killed at the beginning of the evening. Big thanks to J.J and his sweet mother who put on a yummy dinner and funny entertainment!



This is where we were found, killed from a vial of poison!

As we got closer to Halloween we invited our dear friends the Brady's down to carve pumpkins! We had a ton of fun and Jaime got some god pictures! The Brady's have since moved from our fourplex and we miss them a ton!!! Mac and Jaime are preparing to move to Alaska sometime this coming year. We are very excited for them but will miss our buddies! Though they aren't just upstairs anymore they are still in our ward, in fact Jaime just got called as a primary chorister with me! Yeah!!!

Jaime will take pictures of anything!! these are the yummy apple treats i made with the help of my talented mother in-law




The works of art!



Anyways... on to thanksgiving. We were so excited to get to tag along with Andy's parents to Huntington Beach CALIFORNIA!!! We very much enjoyed the warm weather while Utah was getting beat with the first big snow storm of the season! We spent Thanksgiving day at Knottsberry Farm riding rollercoasters and enjoying snoopy on ice. I wish i had pictures to post from our fantastic day! I think everyone should spend their holiday at an amusement park! We did however have a traditional turkey dinner the following day. We spent most the morning and afternoon playing at the beach. The cousins played football and we made some pretty impressive sand castles.
Big thanks to Uncle Doug and Aunt Tracie for having us that week!!! We was the best Thanksgiving EVER!!!

Labor Day Weekend

Oh what a weekend! Andy and i spent the holiday in Idaho visiting my Family! I enjoy so much getting to spend time with my nieces and nephew. We had a good time together. I wish we could see them every day, but im grateful that compared to my big sister who lives clear over in Michigan, we can at least visit once a month! We spent Saturday night at a reception that was being held in my parents backyard. Stephanie Larson was a sunning bride and her reception was very beautiful. It was such a nice evening! Andy and i kept getting comments on how our reception was a rainy one, but to be very honest i wouldn't have it any other way! We pulled of the evening with i beautiful giant tent, space heaters, hot chocolate and sparkling lights! This weekend Andy and i are celebrating our six month anniversary! Oh time is flying, but honest it feels like i have been married my whole life! Andy has made my life so meaningful and i love him to pieces!



Our Idaho reception

Before we left to come home to Utah i got a special visit from my best friend from hair school. Lindsay had her baby in July and i have been so excited to finally meet this little guy. We had such a nice visit, and i am in love with baby Grant! I feel like i've known him forever! He is such a sweet baby and i know he makes Lindsay and her husband so happy! I miss Lindsay so much and all that time we spent completing our cosmetology hours. We joked that we spent more time together than she did at home! That's what 2,000 hours does to ya! Lindsay is such a good friend to me and im so happy for her new family!