Jam Packed to the MaXx

Did I mention we are traveling?





Tonight we are driving to Lexington, NE...about 5 more hours...tomorrow we have a ten hour drive and then we will be home! The drive has been pretty uneventful, besides the fact that I thought we were going to die (well, maybe not die, but def. messed up). I was driving at this time probably going 75, and in THE MIDDLE of the road there is this medal crate thing just hanging out. It had fallen off a semi who was in front of us. There were cars in the other lane so I couldn't get over, so I hit the breaks! AND they even made that horrible squealing sound. I pretty much came to a complete stop on the FREEWAY...I thought we were gonners and were going to get hit from behind, but luckily someone was watching out for us and there were no cars to the side and no cars behind when I stopped. We hit the metal thing but not very fast, so our car has a mark a little smaller than a frisbee. I guess I should be grateful for scratches and not a huge dent or a broken window...or body for that matter!

Philidelphia, PA

To celebrate our anniversary we are driving home! Fun huh? We did manage to stop in down town Philadelphia to see a couple of cool things...and oh, run the "Rocky Balboa" Steps in front to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and eat some Fabulous Pizza.


Don't Jess's arms look just as big as Rocky's?

1 year down...

...and a whole bunch to go! Jess and I celebrated our first year anniversary yesterday, August 16, 2007! We can't believe that a year has already gone by! I am so happy that I have someone who treats me so well, and will do anything for me! (It's hard for me not to take advantage of him sometimes hehe..j/k) Here are some highlights of our first year together:

1. We moved into our first Apartment and experienced our first cranky neighbors.
2. Went through 2 cars because of Jess's insatiable appeptitate for pretty,shiny, fast toys.
3. Experienced was it is like to go to school together: double the homework, double the stress, and double the cost!
4. Lacy was made a sports fan, and Jess was made a family man!
5. Went to Idaho for Christmas to be with Lacy's family.
6. Went on a snowmobiling trip to Daniel's Summit courtesy of True North Academy
7. Packed up, and moved to New York 32 hours away from our bubble.
8. Jess sold his hieny off selling APX alarms, while Lacy got to handle urine for her job haha...
9. Driving back home to Utah after 35$ dollars in tolls (I hate tolls!)
10. Starting the cycle all over again for year #2 hopefully with a couple fun things in between the business of it all!

Here are a couple of pics of our hot selves :-)

Amish Country, Intercourse, PA

While our husbands were selling, Whitney, Dani, Shani, Amber, and I went to Amish country.

Me and Amber


We saw Amish boys and girls (well the back of their heads anyway)...

A Llama...


A Lamb...


Multiple Crazy Chickens...


And a couple crazy girls...

Ten Things

Thanks for the tag Rachel :-)

1. Four places I have lived: I have lived in a lot more places than four, but my four favorites would be: Monterey, California; Stafford, Virginia; Seoul, Korea; and good ol' Orem, Utah.

2. Four TV Shows I watch: Heroes, Lost, John and Kate Plus Eight, and What Not to Wear

3. Four jobs I have had: haha...I have also had way more than four jobs, but the ones I have actually stuck with and enjoyed would be a file clerk at Tom's Monterey Auto Repair Shop, a cashier at Walmart, a manager at the BYU Bookstore, and of course a receptionist for a bladder doctor.

4. Four places I have been: oh, New York (state/not city), Hawaii, Disney Land, Korea (nothing too exciting).

5. Four of my favorite foods: Anything Italian, anything with chicken, anything mexican, and um, mac n' cheese ;-)

6. Four places I would rather be right now: Uh...not in new york, the beach, california, Idaho with my family.

7. Four things I look forward to in the next year: Starting nursing school, having a new niece or nephew, being settled into our new place, and watching Jess take his turn at school :-)

8. Four things I like to do in my spare time: Clean, organize, read, run

9. Four favorite things to do with my family: Watching movies, boating, look at pictures, go on vacations.

10. Four of my favorite desserts: mint choc chip milk shake, smoothies, anything chocolate, pastel dessert.

I tag: Erica Vallen, Whitney Baldwin, Stasha Wright, and Dani Brinkerhoff

Can I have a BREAK already?

I feel so bad that Jess doesn't have much free time to do anything fun (except attend church on Sundays haha). So, when he gets a chance to be FREE, let's just say he takes full advantage of every opportunity...



At least the pool parties give us some time together and some time for him to relax...One more week of selling and then we are on our way home!

Breaking Dawn...

...was perfect. (BUT NOT QUITE JUVENILLE FICTION!)

Moss Family Reunion

Back in July when I took my vacation, I went home to Idaho for a week for the Moss family reunion. It was a lot fun to see family that I have not seen in a while! Once again, I wished I had taken more meaningful pictures of more people, but these will have to do :-) The reunion was put on for my Grandpa and Grandma Moss (my mother's parents). My mom and all her siblings did a wonderful job putting it all together. It took a lot of work on all their parts to make sure everything went as smoothly as it did. Thanks to all those who came (Krista and fam...will probably we the only ones who might read this), it was fun!

Whitney and I were glad to get a break from New York.

Me and my cousin Elle.

The little kids all were practicing a cheer to do for the reunion. (oh ya, and Amy too)

My Grandpa and Uncle Roger suckin on some ring pops...the old ladies thought this was hilarious :-)

The reunion was fabulous. I learned a lot of things about our heritage and I also got to spend time with people I have lost touched with. It was great!

Shout out to the Bye kids

Just a couple of pictures my niece and nephew-Ivy and Lennox. I love these two cuties. They grew up so much in even just 2 months of not seeing them :-(

American Idol Concert

When I was back visiting Utah my super amazing sister in law Haley took me to the American Idol Concert. I had so much fun! I haven't been to a concert in sooo long, (the last one I went to was when Lyndsey and I went to Yellowcard/Starting Line when we were sitting up on the bleachers singing and all the blonde girls were staring us down..haha). I took a ton of pictures, but sadly not very many of them have actual people in them, just fuzzy shots of David Archuletta.


Michael Johns


My mother in law LaReesa and sister in law Laura. Laura made a Brooke White sign, and completely freaked out when she came on...so great


Brooke White


Mr. Jason Castro. love him



My sister in law Haley, niece Ivy, and me. Jason is in the background if you can squint you can probably see him. (we were kind of far away, but my camera has a good zoom!)



Me and my niece Ivy


Laura cheering for Brooke


Mr. David Archuletta. love him too



David Cook. He was so good.

To sum it up, the night was amazingly fun. Thank you Haley!

Pure Joy...

I found my luggage. YES!