A few week's past...

Well...so I forgot about posting this because The wonderful picture was trapped on my camera and not in plain sight to remember to post about it but oh well here it is.. better late then never!
So a few weeks ago Joe and I were delighted to be able to go to my sisters play "A choirs Line" at the pioneer theater in salt Lake City.I felt so privileged to be able to go to this musical because it is one I have always wanted to see but Joe and I never would have been able to afford going if Ashley was not in it. This theater company is a professional company who hires majority of their cast straight from the Broadway cast and pays them a lot of money to fly out here and live here for 2 months during the run of the show. Ashley (My sister) was one of the lucky few who got hired into this 20 person cast as well. They only take about 5 actors or actresses from the salt lake area to be in this production and the rest are from the Broadway cast. It was very exciting to see Ashley work side by side with all these amazing actors and really get an opportunity to showcase her talents in an outstanding venue. Ashely played a main character and sang a whole song with one other guy which was so funny. She did an awesome job and we were so proud to be able to see her in this production. Congratulations Ashley!

**Picture of Me, Ashley and Joe after the show!

The type of weekend i'm sad has come and gone...

So after a relaxing fall break and beautiful fall weather, Joe and I thought we would make the most of my time off school and work. We went to Gardner village were we enjoyed the fun festivities and adorable costumes people were wearing as they walked around in the cooling fall breeze. The shops were filled with all those fun decorations and exciting atmosphere of the exhilarating fall activities there are to do this time of year. Below are some pictures of Joe and I enjoying the day and walking around the cutest shops ever and amazing Halloween decorations that were everywhere.





After coming home we thought we would top the evening off with watching "The Proposal" and...



Baking these yummy for our tummy fall/ Halloween cookies...



As well as laying back on the couch and eating this Halloween favorite treat!



After relaxing and enjoying our weekend thus far we spent our Saturday night watching "The Couples Retreat" with our friends Jessie and Mindy. We HIGHLY recommend this movie to any couple that just wants a night of fun and plenty of laughs. Great Movie and well worth the theater price! After watching our movie we went out to dinner at Rumbi (witch feed me for the next days lunch as well) and was much needed and well deserved after an eventful week and weekend!



Happy week all!

This Week...

This week was a busy one! I made it through the last week before fall break and am so excited to have next week off of school. I'm so happy to finally be able to just catch up on papers and so forth. This semester has by far been the most stressful and difficult semester of school I have taken yet, and I am very excited for it all to be over. I found out on Tuesday that I for sure graduate with my BS in Human Development and Family Studies & Early Childhood Education This May!! I even turned in my graduation application, so it's official!
I have been sick all week and am just thankful that for work I survived enough so I could make it through parent teacher conferences yesterday. I was very happy and glad to report my parent teacher conferences ALL went really well and that every parent is happy with how their child's education is going thus far!! yay for Sophie (My co-teacher) and I!!!!
We also found out some exciting news in our family this week as well! Joe and I were delighted to get the call from his sister Cassie and her husband Dave, that they are welcoming a new member of their family, to make a family of four. They have one child right now, David. So either a future boy or girl is going to join their family May 9, 2010 (The same weekend as my graduation)!what an exciting time May will be!
Congratulations Larsen family on being pregnant!


That's all for now have a good week everyone! :)

Oh how I love these.... hahah

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!
ENJOY!!!

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(In video- Marissa, Joe, Mom Gardner, Dad Gardner and baby Mathias) hahah

Update....

So Its been a little while since I have posted and this is because there is literally nothing new going on in our lives right now. I'm ridiculously busy with school and work and Joe is busy at work everyday! We have been trying to catch up on so many shows (Psych, Hero's, So You Think You Can Dance, etc...) and it seems we don't have time for that either! :/ I love to be busy but am very ready to graduate in May and finally not come home from a full day of work to a full night of homework, or devoting my weekends to writing papers and hating math, instead of relaxing and having fun. Well... this week at least we get to do one fun outing together, to my sister Ashley's play at pioneer theater, "A Chorus Line"! I'm very excited about this so that should be fun! Ok well I guess that's it...until next week...maybe :)!

Oh ya...HAPPY FALL!!!

Never Forget...

9/11

Thank You, to all those men and women who everyday, fight for our
FREEDOM!

Finally A Post About Our Apartment!

^Above is a picture of part of the kitchen and living room. This is what you see when you first walk into the apartment from the front door.

WELCOME TO OUR HOME!!!

So we have been married for about 4months now and living here almost 5 months and I haven't posted anything about our house so here it is. This is the most wonderful apartment in the perfect location and such an awesome community of people here in the complex. I love living here and I couldn't ask for a better place for Joe and I to build and start our life together. The apartment has everything we needed and wanted and even lets us have our adorable kitties. So here is a tour of our apartment, I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

**This is a view from the front door and looking to the right at our living room

**Entertainment area in our living room

**Our door out to our patio. This is on the west wall of our living room. On our patio we have plenty of room where we eat breakfast on Sunday mornings and I keep my bike. We also have a huge storage unit where we keep most of our food storage and extra (tons of toothpaste that I buy on coupon) storage as well as Christmas stuff, camping stuff, Joe's tools, winter tires, etc...

**Our living room view from the kitchen facing west.
**Our living room/entrance. (view from the kitchen)

**Dining area
**Kitchen

**Laundry room/ extra storage (view from kitchen-there is a door that is on the south wall of our kitchen and in that door is our laundry room entrance.)
**West side of kitchen/peek a boo window (looking out of kitchen)
**East side of kitchen/ pantry
**Peek a boo window(looking into kitchen)
**Hallway
**Pictures in the hallway on east wall
**Bedroom #1 -Guest room/Office (view from room entrance looking right onto the north wall)
Joe's computer and all our degrees in various stuff
**Part of computer and guest bed (view from room entrance and looking at the north-west corner)
**west wall/ guest bed
**South wall/ guest amenities and stuff
**East wall and bedroom entrance/ exit (directly across the hall is our bathroom where we will be headed next)
**Bathroom front entrance looking at our bathroom shower/ bath and
**This is the sink and mirror that I call (Joe's area) in our bathroom
**extra storage in the bathroom as well as our built in litter box area in the wall
**Bedroom #2 Our room (view from back (south) wall in our room- So entrance door into room would be on the right side of the picture)
**Joe's dresser I repainted and made look amazing
**South wall/bed in our room- Picture taken from front entrance door of room
**West wall and window- Joe's dresser would be on the right side of this picture by the window

**East wall and entrance into walk in closet
**closet
**In our house we have a unique thing that is a full sink and counter in our closet (which is what I call MY area) This makes it really cool because all my clothes are in the closet and all the rest of my stuff, like tooth brush, makeup and hair care stuff is in there too by my sink. So I can get ready in the morning and not wake Joe up and limit opening and closing doors early in the morning PLUS when he is getting ready I can get ready at the same time without having either of us getting in each others way. THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART OF OUR HOUSE!
**More clothes in our closet. (which if you know me, our closet is big enough to hold ALL my clothes, shoes, purses and PJ's AS WELL AS Joe's clothes! And there is still plenty of room to have the sink and move around comfortably-That is what I call an amazing closet)

WELL I HOPE YOU ENJOYED OUR HOME AND HOPE TO SEE YOU COME VISIT SOON! :)