Football

On Saturday we were invited by Cal's Dad to go to the BYU football game vs. Air Force. Even though the weather report said that the high was going to be 34 that day we thought it would be so fun. So we bundled up and headed to Lavell Edwards Stadium. When we got there we headed over to the tent where they serve you yummy food before the game. Cal's Uncle donates mula to BYU so we got the tickets through him. After we ate some food we went to our seat 12 row up on the 50 yard line. Amazing seats! The game was awesome and BYU beat Air Force. It was so fun!



Cal

The Father-in-law and Me


Freezing :)



In the tent

San Diego

A few weeks ago the hubby, norman and I went down to San Diego for our fall break from school. A day before we left we found out that Taylor was on the homecoming court with four other girls for homecoming queen!! It was an added bonus to be able to be down there to see my parents walk her down the red carpet. We couldn't wait!! When we first got to San Diego we decided to go to the beach which is Normans favorite thing to do!!





That night we went to the Torrey Pines homecoming game. After the game it was time to announce the homecoming queen.."the homecoming queen of 2009 is...TAYLOR RIPPY!!!" we couldn't believe it..we were so excited!! Afterwords we took a ton of pictures because our whole family was there and so happy! Congrats Taylor!!











We had the best time!! We can't wait to live there in a few years!!

My Birthday Weekend

On Friday I turned 23! I had a great weekend thanks to the husband. It all started Thursday night when my boss Chelsea text me Happy Birthday and told me I had Friday off..Paid :) So after sleeping in Friday morning, I did stuff around the house relaxed, went shopping etc. Then I met Cal and friends up at Red Iguana in Salt Lake (my favorite restaurant in Utah). Kendal and Clay (Cal's siblings)
Chad and James
We had an amazing dinner and had a great time. I don't have any pictures of Cal and I at dinner because the picture we took made me look like a cow so I decided not to share it. :) Then Cal had booked a suite at the Hilton in downtown. When we walked in I was in shock! It was a three bedroom suite with a kitchen two HUGE flat screen T.V.s on the walls, a king size bed and a hot tub in the bedroom ;) Huge Jacuzzi
Cal trying to figure out the TV
Huge bed..
I had no idea these rooms really existed. Growing up when our family would go out of town Ray Ray would get us all a room at Motel 6. Awesome :) After checking into the room we went to the Gateway (mall) went shopping and then went to Skybox to watch the rest of the BYU game and have some dessert. Thank you for all the birthday wishes I received it made me feel very loved! :)

Update...kind of

Cal and I are chugging along...we are both working and going to school. Cal is working at a property management company and I am still working as a nanny. We started school back up and we are in our 6th week of school. We are finally all settled in to our house in Provo, Utah. I haven't put up any pictures of the wedding or the honeymoon so I wanted to put up a few.








I love this one!!





We went to St. Martin for our honeymoon..It was AMAZING!! I loved everything about it. We had a villa to ourselves. We went exploring all over the island, went to white sandy beaches and laid out everyday.


The beaches were amazing!! Its like a postcard...with me in it.


This is the only place in the world where planes can get this close to humans. It's pretty much illegal anywhere else. haha This picture is of a Jumbo 747 coming in from France


Love it!

Back to Reality

Here we are the newlywed couple and back to reality. Work, school starting soon and bills. It's so exciting to be sharing this whole marriage experience with Cal. We had an amazing wedding and an even better honeymoon. We went to St. Martin and I will be putting pictures up of the island and our adventures on facebook. Now that the wedding is over all I want to do is relive that day. Everything was perfect! The weather, the family and friends and the reception! Here is a little sneak peak of the pictures from the wedding and reception http://www.jamiehammondphotography.com/webslideshows/calandlauren/. Go there to see how our amazing photographer captured the day! We are having so much fun together. On Monday we walked to J Dawgs from our house in Provo with Norman and then went home and painted our living room. We are still waiting on a few things to be delivered that will make our house more complete. My kitchen is my favorite room so far, but that's probably since it is the only one that is closest to being done. I love being able to have our own house to make just the way we want! That's all for now, I have to get back to that thing called work :)

Getting Close...

Here we are 5 days from getting married!!! Whooo!! I'm kind of freaking out a little hoping that everything goes well and that its everything that I have imagined. We are leaving today after work to go down to San Diego before the wedding to do pre wedding things to make sure everything is done and will run smoothly. I will put up pictures after we get back from the honeymoon and settled in a little. I have had a few breakdowns about my dress etc. I just need to relax and enjoy this time because this is the one and only time I get to do this! I'll write soon!! LOVE, LAUREN (Andrus) :)

Update...

I haven't written on my blog in a long time. So I thought it was time for me to update everyone on my life. For the past two days I have been home sick from work. I went to the doctor yesterday and he said that if my symptoms get worse I should go get tested for swine flu..awesome. Good news..I dont feel as achy today but I am super weak. I took a shower today and it wore me out. On a happy note, Cal and I are getting married 4 weeks from Saturday!! Everything is going really smoothly, we sent out invitations this past week. My dress is being altered, we bought Cal's suit on Saturday..he is so handsome!! I can't wait for the honeymoon. Here are the pictures of where we are going. It is in St. Martin which is located in the West Antilles Islands. It is a neighboring island to St. Barts (where all the famous people go). A family friend of my parents owns this house on the island and it rents out for 20,000 a week and we are getting it for free. What a wedding gift!!!!






amazing I know!! Planning a wedding was really stressful now I'm just so excited to celebrate with all of my friends and family!! When Cal and I get married and back from our honeymoon we will move to a house in Provo Utah with my yellow lab Norman we both have residency in Utah so we will be going to school full time and working part time. I can't wait for married life I know that it is going to be the best!!!