exit year one of newlywed bliss!

happy anniversary to us!! one down and forever to go... cheers to many more!

stay tuned...

seeing as i'm just NOW updating our blog from march, i use the phrase "stay tuned" lightly :) working on posting our ten day trip in april to japan!... 4 cd's later. seriously, our photographer was working overtime!

monsters vs aliens

as you know dallin mentors a ten year old boy named Trey. well on this particular night out, they actually invited me along and we went to see monsters vs aliens in 3D. i have to say, the new 3D glasses have seriously come a long way!!

headless hunter...

anika is our little hunter... she catches all kinds of rodents. this is her tactic--- trap them in the ivy and dig 'em out! she's really quite good. i love the buns in the air~

lights, camera, action!

another day of filming at Glenridge Hall... this time doing a Georgia Lottery commercial. "The Millionare Academy" i haven't seen the commercial yet, (we don't have cable) but i hear it's a little tongue and cheek. this vehicle was beautiful though! once owned by the supremes... that's my kind of car ;)

you're in the army now!

it's official, mister rei dallin thomas has signed on with the United States of America, to serve in the Army as medical staff... next summer he'll be in texas for 6 weeks in basic training... plus 4 years medical school, 3-4 years residency, then 4 years serving as a doctor for the army... so Lieutenant Thomas, guess that makes me a military wife, with future military brats to come!~

med school will be at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Georgia Campus... so we'll be staying here! guess i get to keep my job just a little longer. and his commute to campus is only 25 minutes. that's doable :)

enough already jack frost!!

what do you do when jack frost has decided to come one last time before offically letting spring come...

a plastic garden.

i have a three day garden tour coming to Glenridge Hall for the weekend of may 15th, and can't have any casualties... so, the new little plants working their way up, ASSUMING it's spring already, had to be protected... yup. over 800 linear feet of rock garden and 28 10x4 foot flower boxes had to be covered. it's called keeping my job. oh the joys.

something missing??

came home to this little surprise... what's missing from these blueberry muffins??? the tops perhaps. anika thought she needed a little snack while i was away. didn't leave any crumbs, just the muffing bottoms... :)

bubble-licious!

dallin decided to buy a piece of gum from a vending machine... and when i say piece, i actually mean the size of a baseball. well of course, that large of a gumball makes even larger bubbles!

luck o' the irish~

we celebrated st. patrick's day in savannah georgia! who knew south georgia has such an irish following... thomases, jambors, and forsyths...kiss me i'm irish!the thomas cheese... don't you just love the festive green fountain! freezing day at the beach... but not too cold for a little football...workin for those coveted beads!

or more so... who's wife can make the biggest fool of herself to win the beads??... the suckers we are, played into the husband trap. was it worth it?? oh, totally worth it :)

the radical 80's

our friend carol's birthday 80's style... this is me ready for my first day of school! my friend lisa and i used what we had... head to toe! bangs and all :)

lisa and leslie par-tay on down!

nothing like singing a little madonna karaoke... like a virgin ooh!

advertizing caprisons... lisa and i picked up dallin from the airport LATE that night, in our fancy outfits of course. we got home, and he couldn't take me seriously. i tried to kiss him, but he just couldn't do it. i think the make up was just a bit much for him... what heavy blush and blue eye shadow don't make you want me???

anika's first snow!

came out of church to this... let it snow let it snow!

oh how i remember the provo days ;)

this is too amazing NOT to post... our niece is a natural talent what can we say! let's not forget she works her TAIL off all week though and this doesn't just come over night. this photo is of our incredibly athletic niece Myka Wilden (Cherilyn and Rick's second daughter). seriously how impressive is this! and she's only 8 years old. oh how i can only WISH i did gymnastics... dallin got to... and i'm jealous. just wanted to brag about our family genes ;)

disneyland IS Christmas!

hAppY neW YeArs 2oO9!

topped off the new year's celebration this year with broomball hockey! our favorite new year's tradition sponsored by our wonderful friends the jambors! and of course we have to mention that the thomas team won... per the USUAL!

xXooXOXxoxXOx!!

the Thomases in california together!

due to the wonderful blessing that both thomas brothers married women from sunny southern california... the boys PLANNED their Christmases to forever be on the same rotation. Christmas in CA this year and Christmas together in UT next! aren't they clever ;)

so this year, on the CA rotation, we spent a few hours together and painted some pottery! aren't these the cutest mugs ever??!! (our pottery, not our faces... although, Shannon is quite the cute pregnant lady! she's due in june... we can't wait!)