March, End of the Semester, and Preparation for the SUMMER :)!

Time to catch up. NOTE: this post is incredibly random so bare with me. It's been a busy semester between family visits, The Lucky Crickets, finals, events, graduation, parties with great friends, and planning for our trip! So here we go.

I know I showed a picture of Trent and I snowboarding but I though I could show some more including Trent's first time skiing!

Like Trent's one-zy? Hehe.

Goofy

Sister love (go to her site)

After such a great time spent in Park City, Trent and I got into the March Madness as the BYU team made it into the top 16 with the infamous Jimmer Fredette.

Watching the game with our friends Matt and Mari (on the right of us)

On one of the weekends in March I was able to help host a bachelorette party for my dear friend Kelsey. She and I have been close since middle school and have known each other for even longer. I'm so incredibly happy she has found her soulmate! Though I wasn't able to go to her wedding, I was happy and honored to join in the festivities somehow!

Silly Kelsey...

A development in Provo, The Riverwoods, has just been remodeled. In celebration, they hosted a music concert right before finals with special guests Sugar Ray. It was so fun to see a band from my childhood.

At the concert with bandmate and best friend Brandon

with my BESTEST best friend

such a cutie

We finally finished buying all our essentials for our Europe trip. Thanks so much for everyone's comments and e-mails with recommendations on what to buy, where to go, etc! We truly appreciate your help.

On one Saturday morning, Trent and I drove to the Salt Lake City REI for their seasonal garage sale. We feasted in the springtime deal finding barely used gear for our trip and saved hundreds of dollars doing so! When we came back home, Trent HAD TO play with all our new gadgets. Here he is figuring our our fleece sleeping liner that we'll use as sheets to avoid the dirty ones at any Bed and Breakfast we stay at.

silly Twent

Finals were particularly easy for Trent and I this semester as we both had lots of papers, projects, and presentations instead of exams. We were extremely grateful for this because at the beginning of finals my dad got double-knee-replacement surgery. Trent and I were able to be there in his hospital room the moment he woke up from surgery. I'm please to say he is doing exceptionally well; so well that the nurses in his rehab hospital nurses nicknamed him "Houdini."

his first walk less than a day after surgery!

he's now walking with only one crutch (that he throws up in the air sometime). My dad's a superman! I look up to him so much!

Two days ago Trent graduated. This is the first of many graduations to come for him and me. He's continuing on to grad school in manufacture engineering in the fall. We should both graduate at the same time in 2012 :) Then who knows were we go next...

Trent's parents, Sandy and Richard, treated us and my mom to La Jolla Grove (also at the Riverwoods). It was so delicious. Thanks a bunch for a fantastic day!

Of course, since this summer we will travel Europe and work in Tulsa, we have to say our goodbyes to our friends. We'll miss them but always look forward to making new ones along the way.

Saying goodbye to Nara, Trent's Korean roommate for 2 years, and Brett

Having fun and saying goodbye to Andy and his beard.

HAHA!

Please keep my blog in your bookmarks for the next five weeks. Trent and I will TRY to update it as much as possible while traveling through eight countries. Until then, ciao!

I'm a no-picture-taking turd...

I have been so bad this month in taking picture. But without waiting any longer, let me tell you what Trent and I have been up too!

Valentine's Day was fantastically romantic with my dear sweetheart. Trent surprised me with 2 mint chocolate brownies from The Chocolate, a girl's greatest sin.

Also, my band has had some great performances. From now on the posts and updates for The Lucky Crickets can be found here.

On the 20th, Trent and I drove to PC to play with Miranda, Reza, and our darling niece, Leila. We had so much fun baking, playing pretend and just being with friends and family. The following day, we went to Park City Mountain Resort for a day of snowboarding. The weather conditions were perfect not to mention we had a snowstorm the previous night. Trent and I were in powder heaven; we forgot how much we missed the slopes.

warming my tush by the warm fire during lunch break

On the 23th we babysat Leila and I successfully put her to bed all by myself! For those of you who know the triumph of tucking a little 3 year old into bed when you're not the mommy, you know the success I felt that night.

24th was TRENT'S B-DAY! He turned 25 and we made no downplay of the event. Trent woke up to delicious homemade egg mcmuffins made by Miranda. He opened his first collection of presents including gummy worms, a freezer mug, apples for apple crisp, and MONEY. That evening, Trent and I found him new snowboarding pants at a local store that zip into his burton jacket. We have completed his snowboarding outfit! Now all that's left are snowboard, boots, and bindings. Trent was so happy with his new pants that he put them back on when we got home and watched NBC's comedy line up in them.

silly twent

Trent's BFF Brett called and invited us to Jump on It, a party place full of trampolines. Needless to say it was the best way to end this momentous occasion.

Birthday Boy Riding an Elephant

with our great friends Brett and Adam

very similar to fern gully water jumping (go to time 1:30)

Levitational Love

backflipping tricks

The following day I went to a hair school my great friend Brooke attends and got my hair cut and colored by her. She did a fantastic job and it was so great to reconnect with her :)

That weekend my parents, along with the Christensen family, came into town. Trent and I got in another day of snowboarding and had a fabulous fun filled time playing in the snow with the nephew, building snowmen, sledding, teasing, and eating delicious homemade treats (the Tueller way).

That next week we alternated days visiting park city with the family and going to school (the real world). Trent even experienced his first full day of Skiing at Deer Valley!

It was sad for all the family to leave but makes us that much more excited for out next reunion. Fortunately I got a great hour of shopping at Tanger outlets with my momma. Many thanks to her and her spoiling ways!

January 2011

Provo winter from my window.

WINTER 2011 Classes

- Orientation to Dance (my teacher reminds my of Prof. Trelawney)
- Music Business (very interesting with guest speakers almost every week. I'm convinced I will be famous)
- Voice Lessons (fantastic teacher, Korianne)
- Voice Coaching (also insightful teacher, Amanda)
- Business Communication (super strict teacher; reminds me the days I wore blackwatch plaid)
- Public Management (my teacher reminds me of Wormtail)
- and FOLK Ensemble (my favorite)

On top of this schedule, I teach beginning Jazz at BYU, private dance lessons, and Musical Theatre at Geneva Elementary. I also just recently signed my name for the dessert club coordinator at church. WHY!!? You might ask?

This semester, Trent is taking hard classes too. But his are really interesting because he's in graduate school. This gives him adequate time for homework, work and Thursday's NBC comedy night.

Ron Swanson, character from NBC's Parks and Recreation

On MLK weekend, Trent and I drove to Las Vegas to visit my parents. We played spades, ate delicious pot roast, watched Fiddler on the Roof (which Trent LOVED), visited Red Rock, and experienced Cirque Du Soleil: Viva Elvis.

If anyone reading this blog ever considers watching a Cirque show, Viva Elvis is the one to see. The music was all live except for Elvis' vocal track. The dances were so unique, enlivening, and overwhelmingly beautiful. Needless to say, I cried multiple times and had to buy the $20 album afterwards (only to find out you can get in on Itunes for $10...).

Other activities since Las Vegas include dinner with Bridgette and Christian, Mary and Matt, and Nana and Fa; movie-time with Sarah and Jordan (they have the best taste in movies); spades with Bridgette and Christian (boys against girls, we are currently at tie); two gigs with the Lucky Crickets; homemade cafe rio sweet pork by TRENT!; and a special free dinner to Tucanos for Trent's B-day.

Dinner at Tucanos :)

Sorry I'm super lame and have no pictures this month...I'll be better this time around!

Weddings, birthday and end of the semester 2010

This was Trent's solution to a hard chair after hurting his back lifting weights.

Hello friends and family. Happy Wedding, Thanksgiving, end of fall semester, Birthday (to me), 1st Anniversary, Christmas, and New Year! Whew, we made it!

Just before Thanksgiving break, one of my best friends Bridgette married her best friend Christian. Trent and I had the honor to attend their sealing in the Salt Lake temple. It was truly remarkable and special to be there on her special day! Trent and I love Bridgette and Christian and cannot wait for our adventures together in the future!

After Salsa Dancing at Bridgette's Bachelorette Party.

We kidnapped her before and made her wear silly clothes!

Such a good lookin couple :)

the girlies together right after she came out of the temple

Isn't she the prettiest bride you've ever seen? And doesn't she have such good looking friends?

Another shout out to my great friend Lauren who left for

massage school in Huntington Beach. I already miss her so much!

Trent and I spent Thanksgiving with my whole immediate family in Las Vegas. It's baby central these days at our family reunions so we spent a lot of time watching "choo choo soul" on Youtube, playing superman, dancing to the piano music, regurgitating squash, and smiling and laughing. But don't you dare worry, the grown ups had their times too. One of the nights I put together a "couples feud" game night where we played rounds of Minute to Win It and the Newlywed Game. But more than anything, the favorite activity was: EATING!

delicious Thanksgiving dinner made by the women

Walking the strip (at the New York New York)

The end of the semester was anything but easy for Trent and me. I was working 17 hour days straight with homework, projects and study sessions. The effort was well worth the reward though. I'm pleased to say Trent and I had a very successful semester.

On one of the study days before school got out, one of my FAVORITE bands, OK Go, performed in Salt Lake City. I couldn't resist going and since it was three days from my birthday I thought I had a valid reason to invite my best friends. My whole gang drove through the Friday night traffic and finally made it to the Old Spaghetti Factory. After that delicious meal we went to the concert! It was better than I could have imagined. They could have a show in Las Vegas they are just so creative!

Everyone at the concert together

One of their well know songs, Return, they played on Handbells!

Lead singer ripping it up!

Once again, Trent and I had a super full and fun month. With Trent studying hard in school and my party planning capabilities, we sure know how to play hard when it's time for us to play.

As I mentioned before, I put on a Mile and 5k Run for part of my Entrepreneur Skills class. The class makes a goal to make $1500 dollars by the semesters end and my group can happily say we surpassed it! It was a lot of hard work with advertising, registering, and communicating with city council, but it was well worth the effort. Some of us in the group hope to put the same event together next year! Here are some pictures of it.

In the early early morning

The legit racing bibs

Check in and Registration

Me and Bridgette. I was so happy she came!

My awesome band

Right before the race

Video of the start off. Note the ELEPHANT COSTUME. The video doesn’t even do it justice. It was the most amazing costume I think I have ever seen.

Bridgette and My Boys :)

My Entrepreneur Group. The guy right next to me is 1^st cut Running Back for the Football Team, JJ Di Luigi

Our Halloween festivities did not end here. Trent planned a fun couples Halloween Party at my parents house in Park City. We ate Bratwursts, played a rendition of Hid and Seek called Sardines and enjoyed each others company in the Hot tub and the movie room.

Trent and my costumes. I was a sphinx (head of a human, body of a lion, wings of an eagle…)

The whole group in character

The following week was a busy one but in the middle of the week I opened up for my friends’ band Les Sages. They are an all siblings band that write unbelievable music. I’ve always looked up to their musical talent. It was great to see them and to share the stage with them the first time.

Muse Music, a small venue full of character

Me and Kris

Les Sages on Stage

The whole gang together

Les Sage singing a Barber Shop tune. They sang this at my wedding.

That weekend one of my best friends Bridgette had her bridal shower! Here’s a picture with all her girlfriends.

Since the holiday season is approaching and it is Trent and my first time to share Christmas together as a married couple, I thought it was fitting to buy us a Christmas tree! The next time I post will probably be after finals and during Christmas so until then, Seasons Greetings!