Summer Loving

So, if you haven't already caught on, i have a serious love affair with summer! It is my absolute favorite time of year where i really just become a different person. So i was super excited to hop on a plane two weeks ago to the happiest place on earth, Boise IDAHO!!!! Nothing says summer like swimming lessons in my mothers backyard and catching a yummy porch style lunch with my bestie Sidnee. It was a special week because my big sister and my sister in law along with all the kiddies drove up from California to visit and gosh we had so much fun! Because they had some car issues i was there a day or so working hard in my mothers backyard, teaching swimming and doing my Glitter Gel Toes and Feather Extensions. It was so fun getting to see some of the young swimmers i use to teach while in high school all grown up in level five's swimming like you wouldn't believe! Makes a teacher proud!

So finally my sisters made it Friday night and we played played played. We drove to Twin Falls on Saturday for my Aunt Connie's 60th birthday surprise! We met at the Shoshone Falls for brunch and got to catch up with my cousins and other aunts who i don't often get to see. I really enjoyed getting to be with family and surprising my Aunt! And the Fall are ROARING thins year! Seriously if you have never been make it a point to go!! It is just beautiful!


This is my dear Aunt Connie with her Aunt Donna. Aunt Donna was my Grandma Doddy's sister and has always been so special to me! I love these women!!


This is the family! My Aunts and cousins with their families!!!


Down at the Falls.... i wish you could see them better but trust me they are amazing this year!!!

I spent the rest of the week just enjoying my nieces and nephew. we did haircuts and glitter toes for all the girlies. I had a fun shopping trip with My Best Friend Sidnee and we enjoyed our Cheesecake factory lunch which is becoming a fast tradition. I was sad to leave my home but i have a new home with my loving husband in Utah! It was difficult being away from him but its hard feeling sorry for him while he was kicking it in California bidding his cousin farewell as she leaves for her mission! We are happy to start our own summer traditions and look forward to the warm weather ahead!

New Things Coming!!!

Oh things have been changing like mad around the Mair house! Im so so so happy to announce that i got a new job at a full service salon and am loving it! Things there are so much different and its been so fun getting back into the world of color and perm services and did i mention no kids:) Yvonne (my boss) has me hard at work printing up advertising and getting the word out that im here and im ready to do some hair! Among my spring and summer time specials are discounts on colors and perms, discounted mens cuts and GLITTER TOES!!! So come see me! My salon is called Yvonne's Doll House and no it is not a gentleman's club:)

After a lot of discussing and all that jazz Andy and i have decided to put the truck up for sale and buy something different. We have been out the last few weeks test driving and checking out some different options. Andy got me super super excited about a 2007 Mazda 3 that we found on KSL. The machine was beautiful! we took it for a test drive and i loved it so much, but im glad my husband is a detail kind of man, the bumper and some interior scratching just weren't up to par so..... so long bright red speeding machine you were so close yet so far away! Shopping for cars i've decided go on my stressful things to do list. But we really are in no hurry so long as these gas prices stop going up.

Andy has some exciting news! We received his acceptance letter to BYU this week!! After a lot of thought Andy has decided to pursue the construction management program the the Y offers. Its a great program and BYU is a great school. Now where does this put us for the next two years? We love our little apartment in Bountiful and im loving this new job. The thought of moving to Provo again almost gives me a heart attack, however i know that commuting is almost not an option. So we still have some things to figure out, but huge congratulations to Andy! Im very proud of him.

We spent Easter up in Idaho with my family so here are some pictures. We went up to help my big brother pack up his family, they moved to California and we will miss them so so much!

One year and counting...

Yikes i've been meaning to post about our year anniversary all month! Not like you really want to hear of any excuses but i will say my sweet husband gets priority over the computer seeing as he is finishing up one crazy semester of school! So I've found sometime this weekend to sneak on and share what a beautiful anniversary we had!

We got all dressed up on Saturday afternoon and attended an organ concert at the Temple Square Tabernacle. Andy is in a music appreciation class and we've been expanding our classical intellect all semester, with symphony's and operas. We had lunch at The Garden, the restaurant on top of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Before we headed up we snuck a peek into the Empire Room where we had our beautiful reception one year earlier. ohhh nostalgia!!! We attended the Salt Lake Temple after to do some sealings. It was so much fun watching new brides and their families celebrate their special days. Everywhere around Temple Square there were photographers and flower girls and all kinds of wedding parties celebrating new couples coming out of the temple doors. So much fun to get to reflect on where we had celebrated one year ago.

For dinner we went to the Cheesecake Factory and stuffed our faces!!! So much delicious food and cheesecake! We bought Andy a watch at the buckle for a gift, and i must mention that he did surprise me with a tanning certificate! oh how i've been wanting a summer glow for soooo long! We checked into the Marriott in Salt Lake and were surprised with a delivery of chocolate covered strawberry's and sparkling cider!

It was such a special day! We enjoyed getting to slip back into the past and relive a little of our wedding day.

And so a first year of marriage recap!

-I got my first Job in a Salon; Cookie Cutters haircuts for kids
-We took a trip to Vegas to visit Andy's sister and her beautiful kids
-Andy got licensed to sell insurance for Farm Buraeau
-We bought a Ford F-150 Truck... Sold the Jetta
-Attended the Price Family Reunion in Heber
-Andy taught me how to Golf and play tennis,
-We spent a week in Lake Powell with Andy's family
-Andy serves in the Sunday school presidency and as an Elders Quorum Teacher
-I've been called as the Primary Chorister
-We spent Thanksgiving in sunny California at Knottsberry Farm
- Enjoyed Christmas in Idaho with the Browne Clan

What a year! I feel like i've been married FOREVER! Andy is so good to me and nothing short than a perfect husband! He continues to amaze me everyday with his kind heart and hard work ethic. I am always learning from him! He is so encouraging and pushes me to do my best! My life changed forever when i met Andy and im so blessed to have had this amazing ride with him!

Here is a look back at our beautiful wedding!


We did a lot this last year and look forward to whats to come






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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!!!

Fall Frenzie

My goodness am i this lazy to be posting about Halloween and the kick off to our fall?? Im just not a fan of blogging without pictures cause i seriously doubt we are that interesting without some kind of visual aid. I wanted to share a fun trip we took to Wendover with our good friends and old neighbors the Bradys earlier this fall. Mac serves in the air guard and so when we caught wind of an airshow close they invited us to tag along! It was a hot day and we left with some impressive tan lines! The show was full of fun flight demos of jets and acrobat planes, along with a FLAME THROWER!!! We got there very early so as to have front row seats to all of it!! These pictures were taken by Jaime. She is so fun to go to anything with cause she takes a million pictures, as any fabulous photographer does!

We found a plane that was in from IDAHO. I had to represent!




This is me and Jaime flying a cargo plane!


See what i mean? she captures every moment:)





The Brady's and the Mair's sporting our matching FREE hats!!