The Duck Nest: January 2014

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Night time fun

Every night Taylor works we spend twenty minutes on facetime while he cleans up the surgical tools. If you are wondering, yes, I never get anything done even when he's gone. ;)

He loves his Ipad...and making faces

One night during scripture study I found Taylor's bookmark that says "Kelsey's a cutie!" I asked him when he put it in and he said it didn't matter because it was in the scriptures so it was true for eternity. Can I get an "Awww"?

Our date night this last weekend to Applebees

And the ice castle in Heber

Looking up through a passageway at all the icicles

Going through a tunnel

Inside the tunnel

Outside view of the ice castle. The stars were so pretty too but you can't see them in any photo

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Ipad slingers and gun slingers

Ever since getting Taylor an iPad for school, he's annoyed the heck out of me by face-timing me constantly.

Let me illustrate my point,

While Taylor is at work cleaning and I'm at home cooking dinner:

There's a bunch more where that came from!

On Saturday we went shooting with Gpa Luzitano

Taylor did well with the shotgun

I did well with the 22 revolvers

Dance Dance, Bake Bake, Model Mode

Taylor wanted to show DeMarie and me his great dance moves.

And DeMarie is embarrassed….

Also, this is Taylor sometimes when he wants a hug or kiss but my hands are full or I'm busy doing something so instead I get bopped in the nose with his hard head.

And never let Taylor bake anything on his own. He will ruin it. This is the fourth fatality of desserts we've had since we've been married.

He forgot the flour...

So he turned it into a caramel pop…it was gross

But he always looks good!

Showing up the mannequin

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

2013 in Review

~At the beginning of the year on January 10^th Taylor proposed to me. I remember it so well because it was right before my first night shift.

~We got married May 11^th in the Salt Lake Temple after what seemed like an eternity of waiting… 8 years! At least 8 years for Taylor and 8 months for me. ;)

~We enjoyed a few days away for our Honeymoon…at least when Taylor didn’t have to go to school and I didn’t have to work…

~In the middle of May, we moved into our apartment late at night, and the next few days I was working 14 hour shifts while Taylor unpacked everything.

~June: We enjoyed going to Yellowstone and camping together. We visited my Jensen grandparents up in Wyoming on the way home.

~August: We did our planned Honeymoon at Zion’s National Park and enjoyed rapelling down canyon walls, and sometimes, even into water! We went to a Justice family reunion on the way home at Lake Powel where Taylor enjoyed his first time jet skiing and cliff jumping. I also switched jobs and started as an infusion RN.

~September: We didn’t enjoy Sept 21^st when Jezza our gecko died. Since Taylor needs babies to take care of besides plants, on Sept 27^th we bought two gecko babies: Oakie and Ranger.

~November: On the 14^th, Ranger died after we tried everything to save him, including hour-long syringe feedings. November 23^rd we had to put Oakie down as well after she got the same terminal disease as Ranger (no thanks to the stupid Petco vet). We adopted Smaug and Mango November 29^th for free from Petco, and both are healthy and happy.

~December: We’ve been enjoying making Christmas crafts together, like a ceramic duck (drake) nativity, a ceramic snow-globe, and new ornaments!

Taylor is a surgical technologist part time while he goes to school full time. Kelsey enjoys her new job sticking people with needles all day long. YAY! Together we love to cook for each other, make crafts, and make out…I mean work out… J

Taylor loves bringing Kelsey flowers, especially during summer and fall when they’d go on mountain walks or Taylor walks home from school.

Meanwhile, Kelsey tries to scrapbook their memories…there’s lots of flowers to preserve. Lots. J