Fossils and the Foys!

The other day Jaron and I both had the day off and we were trying to think of fun things to do after we had finished our errands... I mentioned a museum or something we could walk around. Jaron liked the museum idea so we headed to the Arizona Museum of Natural History! It was fun, we walked around and saw the dinosaurs, they had Arizona history stuff, space history, and we even mined for gold! We came home with a sweet rock magnet and some postcards (are we nerdy or what!) Here's some pics...
This picture was my ingenious idea, but it probably would have been cooler if you couldn't see Jaron taking the picture... HA HA
I'll just give a little update on us while I'm at it... Jaron is very busy doubled up on classes at UOP but he is doing really well and should be done with his Bachelor's aroun October- November!
My new job is awesome! It's so nice to not be scared to go to work at the prison! I love the staff and the patient's... We lost two patient's recently which was pretty hard, I want them all living! I just hope in some small way I eased their transition from this life to the next. I am grateful for the knowledge I have of where they are going. Anyways, Life is good in the Foy Neighborhood!

L-O-V-E!

Valentine's Day was great this year! For our first one being married, it was very special! We woke up Sunday and made breakfast and then Jaron was antsy pantsy for his present... So I caved and let him open it. I got him cologne and candy and that grape soda pin from the movie "UP"(That is like the best movie ever, so that was my cute, sentimental gift to him!) Anyways, we went to church and I knew Jaron had been planning a little getaway but I didn't know where we were going. After church, we packed a bag and headed out the door... Jaron loves to surprise me! He got us a room at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort, it was really fun! We got to hang out together and we ordered pizza and had it delivered, a very nice break to spend time together and forget about all the busyness at home! Jaron also surprised me with about a six chapter book about how we would have met in the future if we weren't already married... seriously it was the funniest, cutest thing ever! I laughed and cried my way through, Jaron is a very talented writer and I was extremely impressed! I'm spoiled! I seriously love this guy more than anything.... He makes my heart happy!
In other news, for the last two months I have been working at the prison in Florence, lovely huh? It has been an interesting experience to say the least. Anyways, I interviewed for another position about two weeks ago and I got it! I will be the RN supervisor at a long term care and rehab center. I will be on the rehab floor and I am so excited! I feel like I have gotten a lot of different experience these last few months, but I am ready to settle in and work somewhere on a more long term basis. Life is good in this neighborhood!

Best Drive-Thru Ever!

So the other night I was in the mood for a frosty, so Jaron and I headed to Wendy's drive-thru to pick one up... I was already in a giggly mood so maybe that is why this was so funny, but anyways, we pull up to the order spot and roll down the window and this is how the conversation went:

Wendy's guy: (In like the loudest, happiest voice ever!) HELLO! WELCOME TO WENDY'S!

Jaron: (Totally caught off guard and both of us are laughing from being blown away by the man in the speaker)... HELLO...

Wendy's guy: (Again really loud) WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY A BACONATER TODAY?

Jaron: NO, NOT TODAY...

Wendy's guy: (In the saddest most let down voice ever...) WHY NOT?

Ok, so why do you ask why not? I came for a frosty sir! Jaron and I were laughing so hard that tears were rolling down our cheeks and Jaron is trying to order and I can't stop laughing long enough to tell him what I want... This is one of those random moments that probably is not funny to the rest of you cause "you had to be there" but I had to document it. Plus it really is funny if Jaron can tell you with the voices... Anyways, that was my favorite trip to Wendy's by far!

The Foy's 2009

Well, 2009 was quite a year for Jaron and I as well as our families. We feel so blessed for all the great things that have come our way this year.
Jaron started school at the University of Phoenix to get his Bachelor's in Psychology. He will eventually get his Master's in Secondary Education so he can teach high school and coach football, his real love! He is doing well at work, which is also with UOP and I am very proud of all his accomplishments.
In May, I graduated from Mesa Community College with my degree in Nursing and passed my state boards in June so I am now an RN! A long road, but certainly worth the wait!
Our biggest accomplishment this year was that we tied the knot! Jaron and I were married August 28th, 2009 in the Mesa, AZ temple! What a blessing that was and has been to be married and sealed for time and eternity. Our wedding could not have gone any smoother, it was a wonderful experience, I would love to get married once a year just to remember all the excitement! We were able to Honeymoon on a cruise to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and we had a blast!
Jaron and our nephew, Rusty
In October, I started working for a travel nursing company and spent October, November, and December working as a substitute school nurse for 4th-6th graders, what a learning experience! Kids are so dang funny, I have some good memories from working there.
The holidays treated us well, we spent Thanksgiving in St. Johns and Christmas in Utah with Jaron's family. We left the weekend before Christmas for Utah and had a nice long week to relax and be with family! We went to a ton of movies, did a session in the Salt Lake temple, rode the new Frontrunner to the temple, had layovers in our travels in LA, Denver, and San Francisco, went to Jaron's favorite "buddy hangout" Iggy's with his two best friends and their wives, and froze our rears off! Here's some pics:

My adorable mother and sister in law sportin our new Christmas Eve PJ's!

All the Foy cousins ready for bed and Santa to come!

Jaron and I with Grandpa and Grandma Foy

Rusty's Christmas Picture, So CUTE! He is obsessed with bull riding just like his daddy! He says "Hey Bulls" and "Yee-HAWW" all the time, it is so adorable!
Hope everyone's year was wonderful, we are looking forward to the things 2010 has in store for us!

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year for Thanksgiving Jaron and I went to St. Johns, we decided to switch off holidays and Christmas. We were the only ones that were able to make it so it was a pretty quiet holiday! We headed up Wednesday after Jaron got out of class. We lazed around all day Thursday and then had a wonderful feast at my Grandmas! Jaron was excited cause he wanted real food at a real grandmas! :> The day after Thanksgiving we decided to go to Show Low and watch movies instead of brave Black Friday... It is quite scary. We watched New Moon and then went to get lunch and ice cream and then watched The Christmas Carol in 3D. It was so awesome! I thought Jaron was gonna be sick for a minute cause it is really like you are flying around with the ghosts! We had a really good time! It was a nice relaxing weekend so I think we can make it til Christmas...

The Girls of Thanksgiving
Jaron didnt like being the turkey...

We missed you family, ours was too little this year!

95 degrees?

Ok summer enough with you already! It is the first week of November and I could go lay out by the pool and get a tan... not cool. If you could just come back around May that would be great, I am ready for the cool fall and winter which is why I love to live in the valley! I just wish I could wear a hoodie or throw on some sweat pants when I get home, is that too much to ask?

In other news, there really isn't any! We had a fun halloween hanging out with a couple in our ward that is so awesome! We didn't get one trick-or-treater though.. I finally quit Applebee's as of Monday and I am currently subbing as a school nurse, its actually pretty fun! Something I would definitely love to do in the future. Jaron started up school again after taking a break for all the wedding happenings and last night when he got home he said he already had school burn-out... It's gonna be a long couple of years for him I fear! Life is great!

Honeymoon! Honeymoon!

We had an absolute blast on our honeymoon! I must say Jaron is a very good vacation planner! We started out with about a five hour drive to San Diego, which I must say is about the ugliest drive you can ever go on... Anyways we arrived in San Diego and much to the help of our GPS made it to our cruise ship terminal to cruise to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico!

These pictures are really out of order but my computer is being dumb, but this is us drinking delicious virgin strawberry daquaris... we are crazy like that! ha ha and I guess you will have to read and guess what all the other pictures are cause like I said, computers are so annoying sometimes!

We cruised on the Carnival Elation.. It was an awesome ship. We left Saturday, September 26th and were at sea that day and the next. We enjoyed shows and relaxing and eating so much food, holy cow there is so much food on those ships!

We got to Cabo on Monday morning and Jaron and I got up early and took the tender boat to the pier and walked around Cabo for a couple hours... we did a little shopping but it was so blazing hot and humid that Jaron got sick, and we were both soaked so we decided to go back to the air conditioning! We actually sailed away that night and then sailed back to Cabo the next day... Jaron surprised me with a shore excursion. It was the Land's End boat tour, beach and shopping one. It was so awesome! We sailed out and saw the peninsula and lover's beach and the arch at the end of the rocks, the water was so blue and beautiful! We went to a private club house and got to hang out at the beach and eat lunch. Then they took us shopping at a new mall in Cabo, which was actually the one we had gone to the day before, but oh well!

We enjoyed another day at sea and then we arrived back in San Diego... Jaron surprised me again with a two night stay at the Westgate Hotel in downtown San Diego, it was so fancy! Especially for a girl that's used to the Best Western! (such a hick...) We were able to attend the San Diego Temple and do a session, that temple is gorgeous! We also went across the bridge and visited a pier on the other side of where we were staying, it was so much fun, I love vacation! Sorry for the long post, here are all the pics...