Our Sunday drive

After church today (well after my nap after church today...) I convinced Josh to go on a drive with me! This is something I've been wanting to do for a while now and since we got some beautiful new snow yesterday...what better time, right?
Last month we dropped my brother off in Heber and it was such a beautiful drive that I was convinced we had to take the drive again just for fun.
So that is where we went! We just drove and drove until we saw a beautiful field of snow that I could *try* to jump around in. The snow was up to my knees. It was crazy. Crazy beautiful!

I loved my Sunday adventure with my husband. Isn't he just so handsome?!

Audrey

Monday's Meal: Teriyaki Chicken!

So I have this delicious crock pot teriyaki chicken recipe. Although it is delicious, it isn't my favorite to make because I feel like it is so much work! There is a lot of prep for it...which means I have to wake up early to do that before I go to work. (Sometimes I get crock pot meals ready and have Josh put it all in the crock pot when he gets home from school.)

But lucky for me I found a new Teriyaki chicken recipe that is seriously the easiest thing ever! It seriously takes like 10 minutes. Both times that I have made this I have just been waiting for the rice to finish so we could eat!

All it takes is:

Chicken breast (I cut mine into strips so it cooks faster!)

1/3 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup brown sugar

2 Tbsp honey

3 garlic cloves-minced

1 tsp chopped ginger

And to cook it you basically just mix everything together (I let the chicken sit in the mixture for a couple minutes before pouring it into the pan) and stir it all around until the chicken is cooked completely and the sauce turns into a thick glaze.

And of course...serve it with some rice! And if you want it to look pretty you can add green onions and sesame seeds! (I'm boring so I don't.)

There ya go! The easiest Teriyaki Chicken ever! You're welcome :)

Happy Monday!

Audrey Jo

Go me!

I have always enjoyed working out. It never really mattered what I was doing as long as I was active. Hiking, running, Zumba classes, weights...I love it all! I usually love one thing for a couple months then I move on to the next thing that I love.
I was say into running for a good 7 months. In that time I ran 3 half marathons and was training for a full marathon. The only reason I stopped was because my back completely gave out on me... But I hope to get back into it once I can stand outside for more than 4 minutes without freezing my butt off :)

Lately I have been into this workout program that is slowly killing me. The program is set up for a Monday-Wednesday-Friday workout with cardio for the other days. You think that would be easy, right? Somehow it is so easy to skip one of those 3 days of workout.
It's rough. I'm in at work at 7:45 and get home anytime between 5:30 and 6:30. I get home, I make dinner, then I get lazy and don't want to move for the rest of the night!

The other day at work a couple of us (who are all trying to do the same workout program) decided we should do the workouts together!
We have done this twice this week already and had made an awesome plan for the weeks to come!

I am so excited to not only be working out again, but to be able to do it with my friends!
I am sore, but I am loving it!

This is Ash and I after we survived our first workout together. Can you tell we were exhausted?

Audrey Jo

1 year anniversary!

Today Josh and I celebrate our 1 year anniversary! Wow, how time flies!!
This year has been the best of my life. I love being married to my best friend. As cliche as it sounds...we totally complete each other. We have the same random thoughts and share the same random dance moves! At the same time...he surprises me every day with something new! It has been such an adventure growing with him these last 365 days.

In the last year...
I finished school and started working in my field right away!
Got an Xbox
Went to Disneyland 3 times, Safari Park 1 time
Josh applied to BYU and got in!
We traveled across the country to attend a wedding together
And drove or flown to/from Utah 6 times
Moved to Utah!
Josh thought me how to solve a Rubik's cube!
Been to 4 different gyms
Moved 3 times
Traded in our Xbox for a Wii U
Been to 5 different temples
And of course...We got married!

We love being married and we can't wait for what our second year of marriage will bring!

Here are pictures of some of the highlights (in no particular order), for your enjoyment!

Josh's flag football team after a faahhreeezing game.

 Disneyland and they're churros. Obviously Josh was not ready for this.

 Rhode Island for Tim's wedding!

 Seven Peaks before BYU started

 My first day of my new job and Josh's first day at BYU!

 Josh's first time donating blood. He was such a champ!

 My first attempt at cutting Josh's hair myself. The finished product looked good! But when I started buzzing I started freaking out at how short I was cutting it!

 Aleigh Joy took family pics of us!

 Our first time seeing the lights at Temple Square in Salt Lake City!

 A Christmas party hosted by the Moores!

 Our first time sledding, New Years Eve.

 The Eve of our Anniversary at the Ice Castles in Midway

  Our beautiful wedding day!

Audrey Jo

Sick as a dog

This weekend I have been so down in the dumps with a bug.

It all started Friday when I was super excited for a double date! I had a killer headache but we were going bowling! So I forced my headache to take a back seat to the night. (Bowling was awesome by the way! I beat Josh one of the games!!)

Saturday I had the lovely chance to lay around all day. Expect for our Costco trip. Until we went to a wedding reception. And another headache kicked in.
What made this headache especially bad is that I really wanted to play Monopoly!! And lets be honest here...you can't start monopoly with a headache because the natural headache you get from playing the game would make it completely miserable! Then the body aches kicked in.
Saturday night I think I was awake until 2:30 am.

Sunday morning I woke up on the couch at 9:15. Our ward starts at 9. Poor Josh probably didn't even think it was worth trying to wake me up.
I spent my Sunday alternating between naps and sitting on the couch motionless with Josh.

This morning I had a 7 am meeting at work and I was going to be trained on something new. So I had to go!
Well I made it though the meeting and about an hour and a half after that I found myself driving home and climbing into bed for the day.

So this is my day:

• The comfiest socks I own
• Hot cocoa
• Binge watching New Girl
• My bed

Now back to watching my show:) 

Happy Monday!!

Audrey

Goals for 2016

I have never been too into making goals for the year. I think this is because I always forget about them or want to change them...or whatever other excuse I have at the moment.

So I decided to write them down. And if people are reading them it makes me more accountable to reach them, right? Sure!

Here goes nothing!

1. Exercise at least twice a week. This sounds like the easiest goal ever. But it has been so hard for me, especially in these freezing cold winter months! I also want to get back into running

2. Be a better homemaker. I want to be more adventurous with my cooking and actually clean up the dishes after dinner. I want to clean up a little before I go to bed, it really isn't that hard but my bed is just so much more appealing!

3. No more soda! Unless I have a stomach ache! Sprite is my go-to when I have a stomach ache that won't go away. I'm not ready to let go of that quite yet! This means no more Sodalicious runs at work...

4. Learn how to use my Canon Rebel. I am obsessed with this camera and I have only had it for a week! I just want to learn tricks to make it even more fun to use!

There ya have it! My goals for this year!

Do you have any goals?

Audrey Jo

The Eve of the New Year

Our plans for this new years eve was kind of up in the air for a bit. We weren't sure what we wanted to do to celebrate or if we were going to do anything to celebrate.

That all changed when my friends at work invited us to go sledding with them after work! They also planned on hot tubbing and playing games all night until the New Year! (We only worked a half day on New Years Eve. How many times have I told you that I work at the best office ever?)
So after work I headed home to dig out our snow clothes then we were off to go sledding!
We went to a friends parents house for the sledding because they had a 4 wheeler to pull the sleds and a ton of land to do it on!
Josh and I have never been sledding so we were SO excited for this! First we tried both of us on the same sled. I think we only made it like 30 feet before we fell off. So the next time around we were on 2 separate sleds and that worked out much better!
We had SO much fun! The snow was so fluffy and there was so much of it! Josh just kept throwing it everywhere because it was so fluffy...

I'm pretty sure it was like 15 degrees by the time we were all done sledding. It was fahreeezing.

After the sledding we all met up at their apartment and went to the hot tub. Have you ever been in a hot tub when it's 15 degrees outside? It. Was. So. Cold.
We played Nertz (which I completely suck at), Spoons, Taboo, and Telestrations.
And when the new year came around we brought it in with confetti poppers, silly string, and new years kisses!

I think it's safe to say that we had an awesome New Years Eve!

Now it's just a matter of keeping our New Years Resolutions!

Audrey Jo