A Look Back.

It has sadly taken me so long to finish this post! I figured it was better late than never, though. What can I say?? 2010 was a great year!

By January of 2010 Grant and I were already officially Okies! We decided to stay with Grant's parents during January in Piedmont, Oklahoma while we looked for an apartment in Tulsa. They were so wonderful to let us live with them. We had a great time!

February brought our much anticipated trip to Brazil. We were there for almost three weeks. We spent time in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Manaus, Porto de Galinhas, and Iguassu Falls. Needless to say it was incredible.

By March we had moved into our cute apartment by the river in Tulsa and got callings in our ward (Me: First counselor in the Primary presidency, and Grant: Financial Clerk) I also got a job working at the front desk at the Holiday Inn.

April brought my first half marathon with Carin! So fun, and so hard!

In May I went to Orlando where I met my two oldest and dearest friends Christyn and Lindsey. Christyn spent six months working as Aurora at Disneyworld! Talk about a dream job!

In June we went to Utah and Idaho because Grant's cute sister, Michelle, got married in the Boise temple! Yay!

The summer was a busy busy time for Midwest Pest Control, so we were in Tulsa most of the time, but we took a weekend and went down to Hackett, Arkansas where Grant and Mark grew up. We even went cliff jumping at Jack Creek. That place is redneck central, and hilarious! We of course had to eat at the Catfish Barn as well.

During the summer Samantha came out from Utah to visit Mark and while she was here we went to Tahlequah and floated the Illinois river. It was sweet! Such a fun day! Sadly, this is the last photo of Grant's wedding ring (he lost it in the river) and my glasses (they got badly broken)!

In August we went to Utah for a Crane family reunion. The three families all rented condos for the week up at Moose Hollow in Eden. We also spent time at the cabin in Payson while we were in Utah. It is one of my favorite places in the world.

While we were in Utah my dear friend Amy Jo took some photos of us for her website. It ended up being quite an adventure!

We also explored Eureka Springs, Arkansas in August for our second anniversary.

October was by far our busiest month of the year! We started it off by going to Utah for Mark and Sam's wedding! They got married in the Draper temple and then had a beautiful reception up Hobble Creek Canyon in Springville where Samantha is from. We are so excited that Mark married such an awesome girl! Those two now live in the same apartment complex as us in Tulsa.

I took advantage of our time in Utah by hiking Ben Lomond Peak with one of my best friends, Tessa. It was an adventure for sure! We even had a close encounter with a bunch of mountain goats! I love hiking with Tessa.

The weekend after Sam and Mark got married we all (Grant, Me, Sam and Mark) all flew to San Francisco to our best buddy Dustin's wedding. We had two days in San Fran and we definitely made the most of our time!

At the end of October Grant and I went on a cruise with my mom, dad and Emily. It left out of Puerto Rico and we went to the Southern Caribbean and West Indies. The stops were: The British Virgin Islands, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, Barbados, Grenada, Aruba and Curacao.

The night before we went on the cruise we also squeezed in a Vampire Weekend show at the Brady with Grant's brother Bryan and his daughter Shantelle. It was seriously one of the best concerts I've ever been to. A non-stop dance party!

November brought Thanksgiving in Oklahoma City and in December we drove to Utah for Christmas with my family.

In summary, we're healthy, we're happy and we can't wait to see what 2011 brings!

I really wished this post was going to go a lot differently...

Well folks, last night didn't quite go the way that I would have liked..
Fuego lost.

I could talk all about the game and how sad it was and how I may have cried at the end, but I won't. I really just want to say how wonderful it was to be on this team with so many great girls. Maybe it's that I'm married now and don't hangout with girls as often as before, but I have loved loved loved seeing these girls so frequently. Some of us have been together for three years now! They all saw me meet, date and get engaged to Grant, and now I have had the privilege to see many of them go through the same things. When I cried at the end of the game it wasn't because we didn't get our precious t-shirts, it was because this is my last year playing with them and I know I won't get to see many of them again.

I just wanted to take a second to say something about each one of my dear friends.

Julie: Where do I even start??? I love this girl to the moooon. We became good friends when we both lived at King Henry and she dated my cute bro-in-law Mark for a quick sec while I was dating Grant (remember when we all went ice skating together and you and I held hands, Julie???). She is one of the funniest girls I know and I still wish Mark and Julie would make things work for my sake:) She is FAST, and she is the best rusher I know. love you julie.

Cami: Oh gosh. Cami is so great. I love that Cami was serious about this team. I knew on game day I would get a text from Cami (and usually one from Kristen too) that got me pumped for the game. When I gave Cami a hug after the game and saw the tears in her eyes I knew she felt the same way I did. Cami loooves High School Musical and I think it's great! I was so happy when Cami decided to marry Ethan! They are so great together and I know they'll be happy forever!

Jentri: Oh Jentri, you are so funny! I'm really going to miss our pre-game dancing and you making fun of the length of my limbs. I wish we had more time together because I guarantee we would be best friends. in fact, it's not too late. let's have a sleepover!!

Kristen: the bus driver!! ha, this girl took EVERYONE to the games. I loved getting texts from K on game days. She is like the team mom (in a very very good way!) When I need to know when our game is K is the person to call. I can't wait to see what Kristen does in life. I know she'll be so successful. I'll never forget that you were once my awesome Relief Society President, and you were such a good one!

Krista: RMYL buddies! Krista is so tough. When the rest of the girls and I show up to games in full on snow gear she shows up in shorts and maybe a light jacket. crazy. Another girl that I'm so glad I met through this team. Krista, you are the best.

Melissa: She's getting married in a month!! yay! I'm so glad I got to know Melissa better this year. She is so great and I know that her and Ryan are going to be so happy!

Anna: Best. Quarterback. Ever. Seriously, Anna is amazing, and Dante is so lucky! They are the best and most athletic couple ever. Only Anna could rock basketball shoes on her wedding day and look AMAZING. Oh anna, I'm so glad you didn't go play basketball at BYU-Hawaii. We would have missed you too much!

Rachel: This girl is so cute I can't believe it. I can't believe someone so skinny and adorable could be so good at football! Rach is so beautiful and always has a smile on her face. She cheers everyone up when we're down on ourselves. I'm going to miss you Rach!

Hey, I love you guys. Seriously. alot. I'm glad I met you all, and I'm expecting a big reunion party after Thanksgiving because I'm already having Fuego withdrawls!

A Fall Drive.

Payson Canyon

featuring Sea Wolf