high five for friday!

1. we went to my cousins baby's blessing (kinda like a christening) and we got stuck in all these sheep on the way. i was just laughing and laughing.
2. it snowed today. love my life. i also love my amazing back yard.
3. we went to a wedding last night and apparently chandler can not put on a belt apparently. he missed the loop, in the front! in the back i can see, but the front, really.
4. we got internet today, but we're cheap and got our own modem so comcast couldn't charge us the rental fee, hubby was trying to set everything up. it was great.
5. we put this up day one in our new place. we wanted to establish early on what side we were on.




also, on a side note, my baby is here. She's a beauty. Have a look:

High 5 for Friday!

1. it was the Utah blackout game on saturday. i loved that it was cold enough that i got to wear my hunters. i also loved that Utah beat the hell out of Cal.
2. yes, i realize i have 2 pictures of hunter boots, i just can't decide which socks to buy next. i love them both.
3. yeah, i have a random guy on here, but there is a purpose, he looks EXACTLY like taco from the league. if you watch that show you know what i'm talking about, if you don't- go watch it on netfix. its amazing.
4. this is my father-in-law's halloween costume. bet you didn't know chandler had scottish roots.
5. last- but certainly not least- this is our new house! i love it so much. its amazing.

High Five For Friday!

alright, these are my 5 favorite things this week :)

1. going out friday night with some friends

2. the Giants are killin' it in the World Series! 

3. it snowed! how happy am i?!

4. Chandler's grandpa gave me some boots that belonged to his dad, never been worn! 

5. i finally broke down and bought myself an amazing camera, Nikon D5100 :)

I really suck at blogging.

Alright, so I swear I think about writing on this thing more but I just forget. Not a lot new with us though, just working. We work opposite weekends so I feel like I hardly ever see Chandler. The only time we have the same days off are every other Sunday, other than that we're working every day. It sucks but welcome to my life. We decided to go up to Park City on Wednesday just to get a little bit of time to ourselves and I am so happy we did! We went to the Outlet Stores and they were having great sales! It was so awesome, I got 3 pair of dress pants and 2 new shirts, mostly I just loved that we got to spend some time together that wasn't staring at the TV trying to stay awake after work. The store finally opened and Chandler LOVES it. He comes home happy but exhausted every day. The people he works with are great too, we have so much fun with them. I feel like we haven't got to hang out with any of our friends since we got married. We got so old and boring as soon as we tied the knot that I'm embarrassed. So if any of my friends really do read this, call us so we can do something.
Lucky for me I'm off this weekend, so I'm going to spend it watching football, baseball and sitting on my butt. My parents are up in Park City at their time share so I might go up and see them because Chandler works and I'll be all sorts of bored without him. See, we're old boring people. Hopefully in the near future we'll be able to have a social life again. There are some things coming up in the future that might help with that :)
Well, seeing as its taken me 5 hours to write this post because I keep getting interrupted I give up.

Lately.

Well, lately Chandler and I have been swamped. I'm working 60 hour weeks and he's about to start his 60 hour weeks but the nice part about that is that our savings account keeps growing. I'm just not excited for that to be empty when we buy a house. It stresses me out to think about spending that kind of money. Chandler even works Saturday and Sunday this week because he has people in from all over the place to help set up the store. He is really excited for that to open. Its going to be a really cool store. They have a ferris wheel and everything. I'll be spending tons of money there I'm sure. Nothing else is really new for us. Just work work and more work.

I'm going to be starting Insanity when I can find a copy of the DVD's for a decent price because I'm sick of being overweight and I hope it will kick start it for me. I have a wedding to go to in December and I really don't want to be the fattest one there. I didn't lose the weight for my wedding and thats one of the things that bug me the most about it. I just refuse to be fat for my whole life. So after I'm done with Insanity I might post before and afters but I'm not sure. It depends on how comforable I am at that point. I'll post weekly updates on my progress because maybe if I have to report to the world I'll actually do it. I've been looking for it used on KSL or Ebay because its like $169 if you buy it new. I'm hoping to get it this week but I'll keep you updated. Well thats all for us this time, we're such exciting people as I'm sure you can tell!

Family Reunion!

Hmmm... I was really trying to be good at blogging but clearly not the case. August has been busy for us. The day I went back to work I was offered a promotion so I'm now a service writer. I really like it a lot better than answering the phones. The days go really fast which is surprising because I now work from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM instead of 8:30-5:30. I love getting off at 5 tho. That half hour makes a big difference. Chandler still loves his job. He sets up his shop this week so its going to be really busy for him! He started playing on his work softball team or something and I think he's having a lot of fun with that. It keeps him entertained. We went to my family reunion this weekend and it really was so much fun! We got to spend the whole weekend on the four wheelers and camping and fishing. It was really a great time, only I couldn't fish because I don't have a fishing license and I didn't want to pay the fine. It really was a fun weekend though. Chandler and I decided that we need to get a truck and a 4 wheeler now though. It was such a fun weekend that we want to do it all the time now. We won't be doing it anytime soon though because right now our main focus is buying a house. That is numero uno on my list. So it will be awhile but its something that we think would be fun. My cousins have this awesome cabin up Moroe Mtn which is like a 2 hour drive, but its a really nice cabin. They are huge bronco fans & my cousin Chad and his wife Jen decorated their room Bronco's. Now I don't really like the Bronco's but this is a pretty cool room I have to admit.

 This is painted on the wall with the giant Bronco's Emblem

Can't go wrong with a flat screen TV

Awesome bar mirror

There is a mini fridge in the corner but you can't see it. Basically if you were a Bronco's fan I would say you'd never leave this room.



My Uncle Guy has a zipline over at his cabin and the kids had a blast. Even my mom rode it!







It was a torrential down pour for about an hour on Saturday right as we were about to start a horse shoes tournament so we all sat under the tent and did our family auction instead of sit and stare at each other. I finally got one of the pieces that my Uncle Guy makes (this one was a cookie jar) and it is so amazing! I'm so excited to have my own kitchen so I can put it out. I just love it. My cousin Ryan's wife Amber brought her beautiful great dane puppy up and she was like the best dog ever! She was even taller than Bailey!

 After it stopped raining we went to Manning Res to catch some fish and enjoy a ride. Bailey didn't catch anything but a couple rocks even though the fish were jumping like crazy. Brennon caught one that was about 20 inches. It was pretty awesome!

Manning Res

Bailey fishing

Bren standing on the rocks

I was just hoping he would fall in. No luck though.

Chandler by the 4 Wheelers

All in all it was a great weekend. Looking forward to the next one :)

Tribute

Today was a hard day for me. It was also beautifully touching to see my family rally together in such a hard time. The support system that is in a family is an amazing thing. My Uncle Lynn passed away this past week from a sudden heart attack. He was mowing his lawn, went inside for a drink and collapsed. He never woke up. He was 57 years old. My heart aches for his wife Brenda and my cousins, Brandon, Justin, Tiffany and Staci. How heart breaking to lose someone close to you so suddenly, talk about emotional whiplash. His funeral was today in Manti and it was a beautiful service. It was conducted by my cousin Dale Bryan (my mom is one of 9 so I have about 70 cousins/second cousins) and he did a great job. We started with the family prayer that was offered by my dad and he was quite emotional. We're all still in shock from this because Lynn was quite healthy, he was a miner in Winnemucca Nevada. When we walked in and sat as a family it just reminded me of how important family is. I've been to a few funerals in my life but they were always for older people who had been sick and expected. There have only been two that I have been to in which an amazing person was taken suddenly. They were both extremely emotional. My Aunt Leslie gave the opening prayer and she's a crier. I am such a sympathy crier its not even funny. I was almost bawling by the time she was done. My cousin Staci read a tribute to her dad that I don't know if I would have been able to get thru if I was in the situation. To be able to get up there and not just break down on the stand shows how strong she really is. My Aunt Patsy (who is just a year and a half younger than Lynn) spoke about the amazing life he lived and how much he helped her when her first husband was killed leaving her with 3 small children. She explained to us how he was always there for her and how much he meant to her. My Uncle Guy reminded us of all the jokes he used to play on us. He really was an amazing man. As we were driving to the cemetery to lay him to rest we drove from Manti to Wales which is about 20 minutes away and I was explaining to Chandler about how in Ireland people pull over when they see a funeral procession out of respect and how I wish more people here did it. As we were passing a small ranch out in the middle of no where Chandler pointed to some cowboys who had pulled up to the main gate and had taken off their cowboy hats and held them over their hearts. It was the most moving thing I have ever been a part of. It quickly brought me to tears, I was so overcome I couldn't even talk. Even as I type this I am emotional. God bless those men, and their parents who raised them to show respect. They will probably never know how much their simple gesture effected our family but it was a moment I will never forget. After hearing nothing in the media but the horrible shootings in Colorado it was so nice to see that there is good in the world. After we had the graveside services we went back to the church and had a dinner that was provided by the ward and was very much appreciated. 


After the meal Chandler, Jill and I drove to my cousin Sariah's at Quirks Quandaries to see the nursery for her baby boy that should be coming any time now! Its amazing to me how one life can so suddenly end but we'll get to be blessed with another little McArthur in the near future. I just know her little boy is up in heaven playing with my Grandparents & Uncles Kelly & Lynn. Life is a beautiful thing and something I know I take for granted too often. I'm so happy I was able to go to this funeral. The love that was present in the chapel for my uncle was touching. He truly will be missed by everyone. 


xoxo

Honeymoon

So for our honeymoon we went to Park City for the weekend and then the cabin for a week after that. It was really a blast. I loved having all of our family up from Texas and being able to spend time with them. It was great. Park City was a dream come true because it was about 20 degrees cooler than Draper and even rained. It was amazing to be at a comfotable temperature again. If PC wasn't so expensive I'm telling you I would live there.

Our amazing hotel suite

 We got there Friday night and came home Sunday afternoon and it was great just to get away for a few days. There was the most adorable little balcony that I spent my mornings on and enjoyed the view.

View from our cute little balcony

We were so cool sitting out there with our iPads, watching baseball and reading (I was reading and Chandler was watching baseball) we did some shopping on Saturday and I got the cutest purse from Fossil and it was even 40% off! It was so smashing, I even went back and bought Jill one for her birthday because it was such a good deal! Then we went and got the most delicious pizza ever at Maxwell's Pizza. We ate a whole 20 inch pizza it was so delicious. They have one in Salt Lake as well so I will definitely be there again. After shopping and lunch it started to completely down pour so we just went back to the hotel and hung out. It was great to sit on the porch and watch the storms. Saturday night we went to the Westgate Grill and had the best food ever. The chocolate desert at the end was AMAZING! I also had this really yummy chicken, there was so much food that I couldn't even finish it!

My delicious chicken

We went home on Sunday and had a BBQ with the whole fam, my parents came up from Pleasant Grove and brought our friends that are here from Northern Ireland, Yes Chandler and I are so blessed that people traveled 5,000 miles to be with us on our special day. We had people from Utah, Idaho, California, Texas and Northern Ireland there to support us. It truly was awesome and I just want to take the time to thank everyone who came. It really was the perfect day. After our BBQ we opened all of our presents and really we got the most amazing presents ever. Tons of people gave us cash and since we're saving for a house it was exactly what we needed! Crazy to see how many people love us. Thanks again everyone!

Monday morning we woke up and went to the cabin, there were 13 of us in all and we had a great time! All the kids slept out on the deck so we could see the stars (yes, I know I'm married but I still classify myself in the kid group sometimes)

Us relaxing on the hammock at the cabin

On Tuesday we woke up and headed to Starvation Res. to take the boats out and just have a good time little did we know that the wind would turn it into a battle of epic proportions. Chandler's step-dad Terry is not allowed to step on a beach anymore because everytime he does the wind runs wild. We put up the canopy and that helped a bit but it was bad enough that we couldn't really take the boats out because it was so choppy. We finally gave up and went home after about 4 hours of being sand blasted. We went back again on Wednesday only to find the wind WORSE for the first hour we were there. We were out trying to Ski because the water was calm but I looked back on the beach and couldn't see the easy up. I told Terry and he whipped the boat around so fast that Chandler fell flat on his butt. We got back to shore only to find out that the easy up snapped in half! This is the THIRD one that snapped! Seriously we have the worst luck ever. Lake Powell destroyed the last one but Walmart has always been really good about replacing them.

We went back to the main dock and decided to have lunch in a pavillion and see if the storm would pass, Terry's luck must have turned around because it turned out to be a beautiful day. We went to the other side of the lake and got to play in the water all day. It turned out to be awesome! When we got back to the cabin the adults decided it was time to get in the hot tub and it was great. Whoever thought of putting a hot tub at a cabin is a genius. The only downside to the whole trip was when we woke up Thursday morning with NO WATER! How the freak do you have 13 people in a cabin with no water. We couldn't flush toilets, or shower, or do dishes or anything. I mean come on. We made it work though. It wasn't horrible. Friday morning we went over to Flaming Gorge and rafted the Green River, the water was so cold that it felt awesome and there were tons and tons of fish in that river. If we would have had to make our own dinner that night we would have been fine, but we ended up going to Wingers in Vernal. We didn't have to do dishes :)

We came back to the cabin that night and it was a downpour so we slept inside and I ended up getting bug bites while we were there all over my sides and underarms. It almost looks like chicken pox so I've been trying to get in the sun to see if they will fade. They have gotten better so thats the good news. They itch like crazy! Hopefully they'll go away soon. We went home on Saturday and I was so happy because I got to take a shower and it was the most amazing thing of my life. I love having clean hair. We went to the Rodeo that night because the Rodeo is awesome and I sat by the most obnoxious people of all time but welcome to the rodeo.

Heather getting embarrassed by the rodeo clowns, Happy Birthday!

 I went and told the rodeo clown it was Heathers birthday so he would come and embarrass her and announce to all of Draper that she's now 44. She didn't think it was as funny as I did tho.

All in all we had a great week and it was an awesome relaxing time. I just want to say thanks again to everyone that came to our wedding. It was awesome. We're so happy we could share it with you, thank you for the gifts and especially for the memories. It was an amazing time in our lives and one we aren't likely to forget.
xoxo

Finally!

Okay, so for those of you that don't know us I don't know why you're reading in the first place but I'll humor you and introduce us. My husbands name is Chandler he gradutated from The University of Utah (Go Utes!) in May and I couldn't be more proud of him. Because Chandler graduated from Utah we are hardcore Ute fans. Anything that has a Utah logo on it Chandler feels the need to own, which is okay because red is one of my favorite colors :)
My name is Andrea, I don't really have any great accomplishments like graduating or anything like that because we couldn't afford tuition for both of us at the same time and I don't know what I want to do with my life so I didn't spend money on tuition. I probably should have but school and I didn't get along so I just went back to working full time. I like my job a lot so I'll figure out school as time goes on.
We met in August of 2009 thru a mutual friend and our first date was a Blink 182 concert in September of 2009 and got married just barely in July of 2012. Yes, we live in Utah and were together for 3 years before we got married. Unheard of I know. We just wanted to wait until Chandler was done with school before we got married. We love anything to do with sports. Love the Jazz, The Utes, The Red Sox and The Eagles. We're kind of all over the place. Our favorite band is 311 and we travel to see them, yeah we're obsessed okay?
We're just your run of the mill type of people, we like long car drives listening to music and talking, hanging out with our friends, going to concerts, and relaxing at home. He loves to play Xbox and I love to read so it makes hanging out easy. He'll usually ditch me for the Xbox anytime Grey's Anatomy, The Bachelor/Bachelorette, Army Wives or Desperate Housewives reruns are on TV. He hates those shows with a passion.
We just got married like 10 days ago so I haven't gotten our wedding pictures back to post all the cute ones like the people who are good at blogging do but when I get them I will put them up. Then it will be all personal and what not. Heads up in advance I am so not awesome at blogging, but I love to read other peoples. Its like being able to know whats going on in peoples lives that you still want to keep in contact with but don't have time for 2 hour phone conversations every week. I think its just smashing so hopefully I can keep you all entertained.