Hangin' with the Holtrys

Ok so I am completely lame at this blogging thing. I want to be better. I will be better. I'm not going to try to fill everyone in on what's new in our lives. I will give the quick update. I quit my second job at Cheesecake Factory so I could spend more time being a wife. About that time, I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease, which means I can't eat gluten, which is pretty much in everything. So that's been a total lifestyle change. Scott is still working his 2 jobs and started another semester of school. He can apply for the Architecture program in April and we are hoping for the best. If he doesnt get in, he's thinking about doing Urban Planning. He works so hard. We've been living in Scott's parents house in Salt Lake City since May so we've been able to save some money and after the crazy drama of real estate, we are buying a house!! It's a town house in Woods Cross (which is totally not where I thought we would be, since we were looking in South Salt Lake Valley for 95% of our search), but we are so excited about it!! It's the perfect little starter house in a beautiful growing community.
Plus we have an amazing view of the Bountiful temple, which is where we got married almost 18 months ago!! Which brings me to the next topic. I have been Mrs. Memori Holtry for 18 months tomorrow! Holy cow I can't believe how fast time has flown. I am the luckiest girl in the whole world to have found Scott. He really is my better half. I love him so much and couldn't even imagine what my life would be without him. He is my rock and makes me want to be a better person. I am so excited for what our lives have in store for us. I really will be better about blogging more often. I guess I just never think anything super elaborate happens. Plus I'm not an expert at posting pictures and stuff. I suppose I will have to become proficient. Anyways.. Until next time, Caio!

Ok so I stole this idea from my mom, but I really want to take pictures around the same time every year Scott and I are married. So last year we had our engagements and wedding pictures. Well we passed our first anniversary and were trying to figure out when and who could take our pictures. So this girl at my office is trying to build her profile for photography and offered to take our pictures. So we had a super fun time doing our photoshoot, and the pictures turned out amazing!! She is working on burning them onto a CD but as soon as she does, I will for sure post them. Scott keeps giving me a hard time, saying I need to change my profile pictures since we've been married for a year :). I'm pretty sure wedding pictures never get old, but it's still fun to get some new excitement so I'll humor him and update them as soon as we get our pictures! so stay tuned!

So I know it's been forever, because it is always forever between posts, but we are still alive and well. I've discovered that when you work full time after college, life is pretty much the same year round, except that the weather is nicer in the summer, and you get a little darker (if you;re lucky). SO my life is pretty much the same. I still work at Zion's full time and at Cheesecake Factory a few nights a week. Luckily they;ve cut back my hours so I've been able to spend more time with my stud muffin husband. He is not taking classes this summer so he's been able to take long naps and relax a little bit. Which is so necessary cuz he kills himself during school time. We were able to take our one vacation this summer to Bear Lake with my family and it was a much needed vacation. We were up there with just my family the first part of the week, then all my relatives came up. It was fun, boating, and relaxing, and just hanging out. Scott's sister was up there with her family and a bunch of people so we talked to them for a little bit. But alas, vacations only last so long before it's back to the real world. It's so hard to get time off from our 4 jobs so we most likely won't be taking any more vacations this year. Well maybe a few days for Thanksgiving and Christmas. We have gone to a bunch of wedding receptions and are going to a bunch more soon. That's what summer time is all about.
Hung out with one of my old roommates from freshman year, Melissa. That was so fun! Catching up with old friends is always a good time. I feel so far away sometimes even though we are just in Salt Lake. Went to the Oquirrh Mountain temple open house. Gorgeous! You should go if you have the chance. oooo I made a doctor's appointment for the end of this month to get my stomach checked out. SOOOOO hopefully we get some answers to what the heck is goign on with that. I haven;t had any problems lately, but I always have some kind of little tummy ache. It sucks. So yea, I'm excitd to see the doctor and see what he says. Since we hit our freakin ridiculous deductible with my hospital visit. Anyways.... not much else is going on with us. ummm and if there is, it obviously isn't significant enough for me to remember. I will post pictures.... eventually. And if anything major does happen, I will keep you posted I swear. I don't even know how often anyone even reads this, or if anyone even does. BUt just in case you are reading this update on our lives, things are well. We are alive and in love. I still feel like the luckiest girl in the world to be married to Scott. He really is the best thing that has happened to me. K well that's all I got for now. Caio!

So along with our anniversary that we recently celebrated, we have also moved into my inlaws house to house-sit while they serve a mission in Nebraska. It's taken a little while to get situated and unpacked and settled (since we still both work 2 jobs and we moved right in the middle of finals week for Scott). I'm still trying to figure out the house, and I learn new things everyday. This house is old and has it's quirks that keep things interesting. It will be a good opportunity for us to save some money though. Scott finished his first year at the U and is ready for a summer break. Not much will change for my schedule since I was just working anyways, but he will get to take more naps and get more sleep now that he isn't in school. I still love my car. It makes me feel like a grown up. I went to the emergency room a few weeks ago because I was having really bad stomach and chest pain. After a bunch of tests, they concluded it was just really bad acid reflux. They gave me a really expensive medicine and said to go to a normal doctor in a few weeks. I've been taking my medicine and it's been helping a little bit but I still get nauseous and acid reflux, so who knows. The good news is we met our ridiculously high deductible and can now go see a specialist and try to get it all straightened out.
My sister, Melodi also went to the emergency room for a cracked skull from a long boarding accident. She spent the night in the hospital and is doing better now. No permanent damage. Scott and I went to Vegas for our anniversary. We needed a vacation. We had a great time and Scott got me the prettiest picture of the Bountiful temple! He totally surprised me. (He loves doing that). We got to see my Grandpa and his wife in St George which was a nice visit since we haven;t seen them in forever. We just got callings in our new ward. Teaching the 12-15 year olds Sunday School. So that should be fun. We love the youth. So that's pretty much us. I will upload pictures sometime. Until next time, caio!

So I know it's been a while since I've updated, but I just had to mention the fact that Scott and I have passed our one year anniversary!! I can't even believe it's already been a whole year! It has flown by so fast. Marrying Mr. Scott G Holtry was the best decision I have ever made. Every day I love him more and more and couldn't have asked for a more wonderful husband. He is such a support to me and is going to be an AMAzing daddy someday. I can't wait to see what kind of fun adventures we will experience!

So I thought since I was sitting at home waiting for Scott to come home from priesthood session of conference, I would finally update my blog! AAANNNNDDDd you will be happy to know I am posting pictures! haha not that it really matters, but it makes me feel better. So I can't remember what I wrote about last time but we are still as busy as ever. Luckily, the semester is almost over so Scott will get a break from that for a few months. It is just so draining with everything else we are trying to do. We are both still working 2 jobs. Scott actually changed branches. Union Heights was totally over staffed and they needed him at su banco. It's a branch that caters to the Hispanic population. So he speaks Spanish his entire shift and it's alot more busy. Which is good because the time goes by faster for him. But it makes me sad because he is too busy to text me. haha. Oh and the most exciting news and newest addition to our family.....


A 2008 NISSAN XTERRA!!!!!! Yes, we bought a new car, which is another grown up thing we've done. I feel so grown up. We've been looking at buying a car for a few weeks now, since my car was dying a slow painful death. We found out we could get $1200 for my car, which was AMAZING and so much more than we thought we could get for it so we were trying to get it traded in before it died. We went in on Wednesday and everything just fell into place and we drove it home that night! It is such a change from my little clunker car but it is so great. And it will be so good to have when we have a family someday and in the snow. Scott is jealous that I get to drive it more than he does since he drives way more than I do and his Alero gets better gas mileage. But I let him drive it every now and then. haha.
It was my birthday recently too so we went to dinner to celebrate that as well. I had my nausea stomach ache on my birthday so we actually went the next week. We went to Tepanyaki, which was a super fun experience. We can't afford to eat at these kinds of places very often since Scott eats so much. I was almost full by the time our entrees were finished cooking, and Scott ate all his, plus the rest of mine and was "satisfied". There is a big difference between "full" and satisfied". Which meant, he could have eaten more (which he did when we got home). haha. i love him.



We also went to my friend Kenzie's wedding on my birthday. Her and Jason are so stinkin cute! It was a beautiful day, which was lucky because the weather had been crappy the whole week before and was crappy the day after. They looked so happy and in love, and it made me want to get married all over again. We are excited to have another married couple close to us to hang out with.



We are getting ready to move into his parents house at the end of this month. It will definitely be an experience. But now our new car will help with the move! And it will be easier to make a car payment without having to worry about rent checks.
We went to Scott's mission reunion last night, which was super fun. We got there a little late because Scott worked late. We love seeing the Moffitts and hanging out with them. Everyone always likes to give Scott a hard time because he was such a character in the mission field. They always ask me how I can put up with him. haha. I just love him so much, and really feel like the luckiest girl in the whole world to have him as my husband.
So I think that's everything that has been going on in our lives. One of these days I will actually have enough time to figure out how to change the background of our blog and make it all cute. Hope all is well with everyone. Until next time, caio!

i swear that should be the title of all of my posts. i always think i'm going to have a little more time to blog but then things are still as busy and crazy and they always are and i am exhausted by the time i get home. i wish i could blog at work but that would be so much more convenient. the last month has been interesting. we are still both working 2 jobs. scott's parents left for their mission to omaha, nebraska winter quarters. scott applied to byu. we are still waiting to see the results of that. scott has had spring break this past week, which has been a productive and relaxing break for him. he always works so hard, even when he doesn't have school. i'm so lucky to have such a motivated and hard working husband. scott also just found out he is changing branches at zion's bank. he will now be working at su banco, which is an all spanish branch in west valley. good news is he will be closer to me and get more hours. we'll see how it works out with his hours and everything else he tries to do. we are going to bear lake tonight for the weekend to spend some time together and just get away from craziness of life. we are going to try to go to the draper temple dedication on sunday. hopefully the weather cooperates. my birthday is next saturday. i can't believe i'm turning 23. i feel so grown up! haha. i was in charge of kenzie's bacheloretter party that really was a party. it was going to be just 4 of us, the same group that did my bachelorette party, but then it turned into 17 people. we went to dinner at mimi's cafe and went and saw, he's just not that into you. love it! we had a cousin party last week which was super fun. oh and we also went and looked at some townhouses. just to kinda get an idea of what kinda thing we will be looking for when we try to buy a house in a couple years. we got our taxes done, thanks to my sister in law and mom. scott has been slowly moving things into my inlaws house so we can gradually move in. ummm i think thats all. i am supposed to be packing for our trip but i thought i would catch everyone up. i really will post pictures soon. i think my hours at cheesecake are cutting back because we've just hired a ton of new people so thats good. give me a little bit of a break. anyways... thanks for listening! until next time, caio!

Scott did not make the Utah football team. He had a try out and they only took one guy to walk on. He was glad to have the opportunity though. He is now in the process of applying to BYU. He has been in contact with the coaches at BYU to see if maybe he can play for them. THey were really interested in him last year but he applied after the deadline so we'll see what happens this time around. They were excited to hear from him again. We'll keep you posted!

So I know it's been forever since I've actually blogged but that is because we are so dang busy!!! I know you might think that is an overexaggeration but I can guarantee that we are super duper busy. I have been working full time at Zion's bank for about a month now. It's been great! I still have tons to learn but I'm getting the hang of things and actually survived my first week by myself! (My boss went out of town to get divorced). I am still working at The Cheesecake Factory a few days a week. When I got hired at Zion's, I told Cheesecake that I could only work nights and only 3 or 4 a week. Well they were scheduling me like 4 or 5 nights a week and I was exhausted! Scott keeps telling me to quit so that I can get more rest. I feel bad that Scott works so much beacuse he still works at UPS in the early morning and still works at Zion's bank. AND he's in school full time. I would rather be working hard right now and letting him spend time on school and try to give him some kind of break. Once I get home from the restaurant, we go straight to bed. Needless to say, we hardly see each other and I'm gaining weight. It kinda sucks since I have no time to work out and my eating habits are out of control. Anyways... we are alive and well. My inlaws got thier mission call to Omaha, Nebraska and leave March 16. So we will be moving into their house sometime between March 16th and May 4th (that is when our lease is up). We had a great Valentine's day. We both had to work during the day, but we were able to spend the evening together. We cooked the most amazing Chinese Barbecue Salmon. I'm going to post pictures soon I promise. Every extra second that I have goes to sleeping or eating. Mostly sleeping. Anyways... so I just wanted everyone to know we are still alive and if you want to hang out, let's plan it a few weeks in advance. So until next time, caio!

So I got a new job at Zion's Bank. I start on Monday and I have mixed emotions. I am excited to start a new job and to have a full time consistent job. The paycheck will be nice. I'm nervous because I've never worked in the banking industry and I'm not quite sure what I'll be doing for my job. I sure hope it's a smooth transition and is a job I can handle. My time and availability will be limited once I start this job, which is ok, but is also less time I get to spend with my amazing husband. We are still working on getting his schedule figured out with school and football and jobs. Scott has met with some of the football coaches and he hasn't really gotten any clear answers. We are hoping by the end of the month, we have a better idea whether he will be playing or not. Until then, I just worry and stress about it, and Scott has to remind me to not worry. He is so calm about the whole thing, which I admire because I just think about it everyday. I know it will work out, I just need to have the patience to get through it. I've been battling sickness again. I swear I have been sick for the past 4 months and I just can't shake it. I keep hoping I will feel better soon. And I know there are so many of our friends that we need to hang out with, but our schedules are still totally crazy. We really are trying our best to hang out with everyone! It's so hard because I feel like I don't know what our schedules are going to be like until the day before, which does not work well for my planning and organized mindset. We will try super duper hard to make plans to hang out with everyone. But if it doesn't happen for a while, please please please don't be offended. We will make it happen soon! I will be sure to update about my new job and what's going on with scott's life! until next time, caio!

So I just need to vent about a little bit of my current frustrations and challenges. Things just get more and more complicated. Scott's school schedule has been changed like 3 times because of work and possible football training schedules. Scott is in the process of trying out for the University of Utah football team which is a great opportunity for him but its also made us change some of his schedule. If he does weight lifting with the team he has to have the afternoons between 2-5:30 in order for that to happen. Which means he might not be able to work at Zion's bank all the days he has been because it would interfere with his lifting time. He also had to change some of his classes because of the lack of sleep he's been getting because he's been working early at UPS. He would really like to quit that job and I really want him to be able to quit but if he can't work at Zion's, then we would only be relying on my paychecks, which are not consistent because of my spastic work schedule at the Cheesecake Factory. Also, if he doesn't work at Zion's, we lose our insurance. Alot to deal with and figure out. It's been kinda hectic trying to get everything figured out. Makes me realize that no matter what kind of plans we have for ourselves, Heavenly Father has his own plans in mind. I know everything will work out, but I just hope I have enough patience to endure it.