I think its time I update our blog....

Me and the newest member of our family!!!
Our new yellow lab puppy, Scrubs! She's so playful!
Awww, cute puppy!
Scrubs sleeping!
Me and my little baby girl! Such a sweet puppy!
Preston and Scrubs
Scrubs sleeping on Preston's legs! She's adorable.
Scrubs playing with her toys
Her cute little puppy face!
Preston playing on the floor with the puppy
Mowing our lawn the 1st time with our new mower!

My 1st day of work at my new nurse manager job!
All excited just before running the Michigan 5K

Prest all tuckered out after running the 5K
After running the 5K, with our medals
Me and Jenn at bowling before we left for Michigan
Preston and Jake at the Bowling alley
Preston driving our big moving truck!
With our moving truck on our way to Michigan!
Me and Prest at Seven Peaks over the summer
Me and my little sister golfing in Seattle!
My little sister Alyssa and little cousin Marcus
With some of my sisters in Seattle!
Me and my Dad on the family hike in Mt. Baker, Wa
Me and Prest on the hike
Preston in West Yellowstone
4 wheelin baby! Me and Preston on our double 4 wheeler!
Preston going on a bike ride
I didn't crash or get injured on the 4 wheelers this year!!!
Preston drinking a coke & white water rafting!
Preston with his dad and sister
Me and Preston at Mesa Falls
Me at Mesa Falls
Peace baby.....silly preston
Everyone roasting S'mores (except me!)
We did a little biking on our trips
Prest on the dock
Me and Preston at the cabin with his funny long johns on!
Preston bought some funny shorts that said "going commando"!
Me and Steph shopping in West Yellowstone

Well, I haven't blogged in what seems like forever!!! We have been in Michigan for 2 months already! We are LOVING it! We love our new house, its a lot of fun, and I think we are finally all unpacked and have everything decorated! Its so beautiful and green here and we are right on the Grand River and right by beautiful Lake Michigan! We love having new things to do and new places to explore! This area is huge and we're always getting lost, thank goodness for our GPS! This area is about the size of Salt lake valley and Utah valley combined!(for those of you in Utah), but we don't have the mountains as a reference point anymore, so I never know what direction I'm going! Another exciting thing...we just got a new little puppy! She's a yellow lab and her name is Scrubs! She's so cute and a lot of fun! So far I am loving my job as a nurse manager! Its nice to finally have a nursing job where I don't have to work nights, weekends, or holidays! Me and Prest are finally on the same schedule! Preston is loving Law school and is doing great and studies all the time! We ran in a 5K together a few weekends ago and it was a lot of fun! We both got good times! Our goal was to get under 30 minutes! I posted some pics of our August vacations when we went up to Seattle for my family reunion for my grandparents 50th anniversary, and from when we went to Island Park, Idaho with Preston's family! Well, we hope everyone is doing well! I promise I will try to start blogging more frequently! Until next time!!

More Summer Happenings

This would have been good pic of me, except for the guy in the background (my bro in-law)! Hooray for lots of boating!!!


Preston with his dad and brother on the boat.

Prest thought it was funny my outfit matched our car

doing what I do best on the boat.....eating! haha!

Jord and Prest...U of U vs. BYU!

Me and my sweetie

Preston Chillin on the boat

Andrea plowing through the water on her wakeboard

Lots of Boarding!


Preston boarding

Preston being crazy jumping off the tube!

Me and Prest on the tube

Kisses!

Preston trying to stand on it!

We love boating so much!!!

Me and some my old co-workers at Sarah's Baby shower! Courtney, Sarah, Alisa, Andrea

Doing the YMCA dance!

Me, Sarah, and Dean (our old manager at the laundry room)

Pics from our fun camping trip! Preston being a dork!

My cutie chilling at the campsite!

Building a fire! What a good little eagle scout!

At our campsite

Preston roasting marshmallows!

Pitching the tent!

A deer walked right up to us!

Yeah for KFC!

Excited for some yummy s'mores!

This is how I chop wood......

.....and this is how Preston does it!

Our good suv

Pics from our Michigan trip!
Prest by Lake Michigan!

Playing in the sand!

Lake Michigan = Huge! and very Windy!

Andrea + Preston =)

Preston trying to be a rapper!

Prest with the astronaut statue!

Gerald R. Ford Museum. Michigan is all about FORD.

Preston posing for a pic!

In front of the fountain

Walking around Grand Rapids!

They have a lot of cute churches in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

We ate at some yummy restaurants!!


My cutie in our hotel room!

Downtown Grand Rapids

Our New House!

We bought a house! Only after much negotiation, several offers, and 3 houses later though! This one was our favorite! We didn't know buying a house was such a crazy process! So, we had to post some pics of it (previous owners furniture). We don't know what we'll do with all the space, it has 4 bedrooms and 2 family rooms! We love it and are excited to have a place of our own! We're moving to Michigan in a month! We can't believe its coming up so soon! We'll definitely miss everyone. =(

Summer Lovin

Working on my boating tan!

My cutie driving the boat!

Summer is here and that means boating! YEAH!


Prest showing off his guns.

My mad wakeboarding skills! Concentrating hard!

I got up on my first try! Wahoo!

Preston kneeboarding!

Preston and Jordan on the tube!

Hanging at the Orem Owlz game! We love baseball!!

Prest making funny faces!

Prest on the drums!

Preston loves the drums and is amazing on them!

On the airplan ride at Lagoon!

Kisses on the roller coaster!

Celebrating our 3 yr anniversary at Lagoon!

Preston's favorite roller coaster, Wicked!

Hanging out at Lagoon
On the tilt-a-whirl
My favorite roller coaster, the Spider.

Preston on the swings!

Playing Rock Band at the Nates

Me and Jenn at the Rodeo!

Preston at the Rodeo

Hanging out at home
We're excited that its finally summer and actually warm outside! We love the fact that we're done with school and both able to work a lot and play hard! We celebrated our 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY on JUNE 3rd! We went to Lagoon and then out to dinner in Salt Lake! We got to hang out with our friends, Jake and Jenn, a couple of times already! Last week we went to the Pleasant Grove Rodeo with them! Rodeos are hilarious, I love em! We also got to hang out with our friends the Eberts, Brian and Katherine, up at there place in Salt Lake! It was great to finally see them again! We just got back from our ward barbecue and the Orem Owlz baseball game! Both were fun, except the Owlz got killed! We love baseball! We got to go boating last week, which felt so good! I'm glad were able to board and tube! I did really good on the wakeboard! I got up on my first try, jumped the wake several times, and only had to scream "cut" after what seemed like forever because my arms were sooo tired! It was FUN! So, most all our friends and family already know this, but we're officially moving to MICHIGAN at the end of the summer! Preston had to decide which law school he wanted to attend by the end of June, and so its been decided! We're going there next month to look for jobs, and HOUSES! Wahoo! We'll miss our family and friends in Utah, but are excited to be starting a new chapter of our life! Michigan, here we come!

Vegas, Kites, & Guitars!

Preston showing his new beard!
My cutie with his guitar...in our living room.Jammin away!I had to post some pics of my cute husband because he's so excited about growing a beard now that he's graduated from BYU and doesn't have to abide by their grooming standard! He is really catching on to the guitar now, he loves it so much and is playing ALL the time! I must admit, he's getting really good!! He can play almost anything now! Its fun because he plays the guitar and I either sing or play the piano along with him! We can record songs on my keyboard and have lots of fun during our little recording sessions!! Last week it was really windy so we bought some kites at Walgreens-I got Dora the explorer and Prest got Spongebob.We went to the school by our house and flew them!

My Dora the explorer kite!Watching our favorite show, King of Queens!Prest running with his kite!Concentrating hard to get his kite upFlying my kite!I went to Las Vegas with my friend Lindsay the first weekend in May! She's a fellow registered nurse I use to work with! We stayed at Circus Circus and got to see a lot of cool circus acts! We went to an amusement park that's located inside the hotel and had fun on all the rides! The first night we went to a variety show and saw some amazing acrobats, gymnasts, magic acts, etc. The next night we got to see Donny and Marie Osmond perform at the Flamingo Hotel and they were awesome! They put on a great show, I was quite impressed! We also went to a funny hypnotist show and were grateful it didn't get too scandalous! We did a lot of shopping and walking! It was 100 degrees, I almost died! We went to the top of the Stratosphere, but were too sick from the amusement park to ride any of the rides there! We walked through all the big hotels, and ate at some nice restaurants! I Love Las Vegas! It was fun because I got to take my new SUV on its first road trip, and we even stopped at In & Out Burger in St. George, I love their burgers! It was a such fun weekend, even though I missed my hubster!

I got to see Donny & Marie perform in Vegas!Donny's actual Technicolored Dreamcoat!Out at the pool in Vegas! 100 degrees!Me and Lindsay at the Vegas FountainsMe and the wax statue of Whoopie!
At Caesar's Palace HotelMe and Lindsay at the top of the StratosphereThe beautiful Paris HotelMy big winnings at the slot machines!...hahaThe view of the strip from top of the StratosphereWith the Flamingos at the Flamingo hotel. The hotel I stayed at in Vegas, Circus Circus!Eating at In-n-Out Burger in St. George... so yummy!

GRADUATION!

We're now BYU Alumni! We both graduated!I got a BS in Family Life, & Prest a double major BA in Poli Sci and Russian! It feels amazing to have accomplished something & see our hard work pay off! It was good to see our fams, I'm so glad my dad got to come! We got to eat at Olive Garden & McGrath's, two of my favs! I wore heels & almost tripped walking off the stage! You'd have thought I'd learned better, since the same thing happened at my nursing school graduation 2 yrs ago! We were also able to visit my big sis on temple square where she's serving a mission. It was great! Prest's fam had a fun graduation party for us! It was fun to see everyone! Thanks to everyone for your love & support, & the gifts! We had snow on April 16th! I thought we'd be graduating in the snow! So, I'm an old fart now! I'm officially 23! I had a fun b-day, Prest gave me some shirts, Twilight on blueray & the soundtrack, & $100 gift certificate to a day spa! He took me out to eat at Chef's Table, it was so good! My fam sent me some cute shirts & jewelry, & Prest's fam gave me a new purse with matching flip flops! Now we're so excited for vacations, boating (wakeboarding!), our tennis league, & to work, play, & have fun this summer!
In our kitchen on my b-day, April 10th, with gifts from Prest!
Everyone at temple square
Visiting my big sis on her mission!
The graduation cake mom made us!
Preston and his mom
In our den studying hard for finals!
Preston and his dad
At our graduation party BBQ
Being silly
Opening a graduation present
Still trying to open it.....
A marble Christus statue, so beautiful!
Preston and Jordan
What the heck?! Snow on April 16th?!

Its Been a While!

We bought a New SUV! A burnt orange Ford Edge!

One of our Skiing weekends! We love the slopes!

My Cutie on his guitar!

In our Sunday Best!

Being silly at home!

Excited about our new wheels! I love it!

Preston's 25th Birthday and his snowboarding cake!Its been over a month since I've blogged! I'm such a slacker! I've been busy with full-time work & school, intramural basketball, skiing on the weekends, spin class at the gym, & BYU b-ball games! We've had a fun winter though! Preston turned the big 25 in January! He's so old now that I keep teasing him! I surprised him with a new blackberry storm cell phone & took him on a B-day trip to DISNEYLAND! What a nice wifey I am! We had a blast on all the rides! We bought our 1st suv in January! A brand new Ford Edge! I've wanted one ever since they came out! Its a unique burnt orangish copper color, with beautiful cream colored leather on the inside! Also, the 4-wheel drive is wonderful!! I love it! The best thing is that I still have my convertible for summer!(since we traded Prest's car). So, I started a new job in January! I work at a nice new facility!I work day shifts now, and 12 hour shifts, so 3 shifts a week is full time! I love it! In February we found out Preston got into LAW SCHOOL! YEAH! Congrats Baby! Life is good!

OUR DISNEYLAND PICTURES!!

Preston's big head and the rocket ships!

In the hotel room excited for Disneyland!!

Preston and Buzz at the Toy Story ride!

My little character friend Winnie the Pooh!

Preston and his new found Disneyland friend!

Caught in Toon Town dog pound!

Preston in a little car in toon town!

About to go on the Pirates of the Carribbean Ride!

Preston and captain Jack Sparrow!

On my favorite ride the tea cups!

Preston Chilling on the Tea Cups!

Cotton Candy is the best treat!

Honey we Shrunk the Audience in 3D glasses!

My funny little Minnie Mouse hat! Cheese!

Preston on Main Street USA at Disneyland

I let Prest take a pic in my new glasses! I look nerdy!
Preston just doing his rap thang!

Studying hard! Or hardly studying?!

Mexican Cruise Pix

I'm FINALLY getting around to posting pictures from our Cruise back in November! I'm so behind in my blogging! We cruised Monday to Saturday along the Mexican Baja Peninsula and it was absolutely gorgeous! It was sunny and 90 degrees! A perfect relaxation from work and school! We took Carnival Cruise line again because we'd had a great experience with them on our Carribean Cruise! The only bad part of the trip was that I got sick on the airplane, but felt great as soon as we landed in San Diego! I have family down there so we got to see my aunt, uncle and cousins, and hang out with them a little bit, too! It was nice just to lay out on the decks of the ship catching some rays and reading our books! No homework or talk of school or work was allowed! Its fun to dress up every night to eat in the fancy dining rooms! We even made friends with the couple at our table who were on their honeymoon! She was a nurse and he was a paramedic so we had a lot in common! Preston was excited that the waitress was from Russia so he could speak in Russian with her! We loved all the towel critters the crew made for us every night while we were at dinner. We had fun on our off shore excursions and took city tours, went to the blow hole in Ensenada, went snorkeling in Cabo San Lucas at Paradise Bay and saw a lot of beautiful fish and saw a giant sword fish, and lots of seal and other wildlife on our small boat tour of land's end, also called "Los Arcos" or simply "the arches!" We got to eat lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe in Cabo! We actually ate REAL Mexican food at some of the other ports, which was much different and much better than Americanized Mexican food! SO good and spicy!! We played mini golf on the top sports deck on the cruise ship and I totally beat Preston!We even broke down and got airbrush tattoos again! We LOVE cruises! We're planning on taking another one this year, but probably to a different area of the world! We love traveling together and seeing new places!

Some Holiday Cheer!!!!

We hope everyone had a WONDERFUL Christmas and Happy New Year! We had 2 weeks off from school and spent the first week with my fam in North Dakota. We went ice skating, sledding, shopping, and to a few movies with them, Bedtime Stories and Yes Man, which were both really good! We went to my Mom's on Christmas morning and she gave us some great decorative items for our home, clothes, and some bath stuff. We spent the rest of the day with Dad and Judie. They gave me some really nice jewelry,perfume, religious CDs, a digital picture frame, and of course...money!!!! All sets of Grandparents sent good sums of money this year, too, so we feel very blessed! Even Judie's family sent us stuff this year...we were like, "who's Grandma and Grandpa Pearson?" Haha. So that was really nice of them!! Preston gave me a lot of clothes from Aeropostale, some fun scrapbooking stuff, a couple new pairs of boots (yay!), some new ski gear, and best of all...A New Keyboard! He was really creative in the way he gave it to me since he couldn't take it up there! I gave him a lot of clothes for winter, and.....A New Guitar!! So we've been having so much fun recording some songs together, since the keyboard can do a lot of cool stuff like that! We had to come back to Utah for the 2nd week of break, since we both had to go back to work (bummer), but we were able to spend New Years with Preston's fam, which was great! We saw a few movies with them as well, 7 Pounds and Valkyrie, I highly recommend both! We had Christmas with them on New Years eve! They got me some jewelry, a jewelry box (a very nice one!), a statue of the Salt Lake Temple, new bed pillows, pajamas, a genealogy poster chart, food storage stuff, and best of all.......a spanking nice GPS! We love it! So, the holidays were great this year! Sometimes its fun to get 3 Christmases, but its also sad because it reminds me my parents are divorced. Before Christmas, we went up to Salt Lake to temple square, with Preston's fam, and saw all the lights and ate at The Roof Restaurant, a Nate family tradition! So, that's what we've been up to! Hope all is well with all our friends and family! We love you all! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Fun Fall Pics

I know its been forever since we've posted something! Sorry!
Its been a really busy, but fun fall for us! I've been working 40+ hours a week, going to BYU full-time, juggling a calling, traveling, etc, etc. I found out if I took full-time classes I would qualify for a full tuition scholarship, so I've been going to campus for four classes a week this whole semester, plus working full-time, and Preston has been just as busy. We're still teaching gospel doctrine in the student ward and love it! We took a fun cruise to Mexico for a week in November (I will posts some pics, I promise)! It was awesome! We also went to a couple concerts! Me and my sister went to the Kelly Clarkson and Reba McIntire concert and had a blast! Preston surprised me with tickets to the RockBand Live concert which featured 3 great bands: Dashboard Confessional, Plain White T's, and Panic at the Disco! Thanks babe, you're the best hubby!I was so excited that me and my sister and our cousin, Brit, all got to hang out together...finally!! For Halloween, I went all out with our costumes and we had a blast at a Halloween costume party, and even won the award for best costumes! I was a 60's GoGo girl, with a fake wig, fake eye lashes, leggings, the whole works! Preston was my disco king, with an afro and all! I also wore my costume to work that whole night and scared all my patients! We also had a lot of fun going to the Haunted Forest in American Fork with our friends, the Saffords, in October!! For those of you who don't know, I scare soooo easily, so it was quite the adventure...poor Preston! We finally got together with the Jennes, and had them over to our place for a little Guitar Hero/Rockband party! It was fun! Little Sammy was so cute with the microphone! Me and Preston are crazy about those games and play them all the time! My big sister went through the temple for the first time in November (she's now on her mission!), so that was a good experience, and it was great to see my family when they came down for it! I will get to posting some cruise pics soon!

I've been Tagged.

Thanks to my friend, Aubree, I've been tagged! For those of you who don't know, Aubree and I were good friends while growing up together in Kennewick, WA. We had some crazy times together, like the time we were 15, and my parents were out of town, and we drove their suburban, without licenses, to a movie together, I believe the movie was the Wedding Planner. My parents never found out, so its all good, unless of course they're reading my blog right now! HAHA! But, we also had a lot of good times together, like going to girl's camp, stake dances, chasing boys together, etc....Now Aubree is married, too, and lives in Idaho with her hubby and baby boy.

8 favorite TV shows...
1.)One Tree Hill
2.)Gossip Girl
3.)Smallville
4.)House
5.) ER
6.) American Idol
7.)So you think you can Dance
8.) Gilmore Girls

8 things I did yesterday:
1.) Worked a night shift~did a few blood draws, hung some IV's, passed medications, flushed PEG tubes, did 5 straight catheterizations for Urinary analysis, did oodles of charting, gave a few injections, and so much more! All in a Nurse's night of work.
2.) Finished writing a 4 page paper for my childhood social development class
3.) Went to my SFL 340 class, family meal management, on campus and cooked some yummy food
4.)Worked out at Gold's Gym~Did the elliptical machine, ab circuit, and even went to Yoga class
5.) Went Tanning~I can't be white on a beach in Cabo next week, now can I?????
6.) Went to a Relief Society activity, learned about cooking for the holidays, and got some great recipe ideas.
7.) Shopped at the mall for cruise attire! Got some new swimsuits, shorts, tanks, and flip flops!
8.) Took a nap! After working and staying up all night, plus my overly scheduled day, I had to squeeze in a nap somewhere! I even had some time left over to squeeze in some quality time with my sweet hubby! =)

8 Things I look forward to:
1.) Cuddling with my husband
2.) Our 6 day cruise next week through Mexico!
3.) Christmas with my family this year!
4.)Going to New York, New York--this Spring!!! Wahoo!
5.) Going back to Europe with Preston, hopefully next year! Maybe Paris this time???!!
6.)Having a family with Preston someday. We aren't planning on trying for a few more years, but its still something I'm looking forward to.
7.)Saving a patient's life.
8.) Riding around in my red convertible, with the top off of course, on a beautiful hot and sunny Summer day! One of my favorite things to do!

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1.) Tucanos
2.) Bajios
3.)Market street grill
4.)Wingers
5.)Macaroni Grill
6.)Thai Chille Gardens
7.)IHOP
8.)California Pizza Kitchen

* Write six random things/unspectacular quirks about yourself
1.) I own over 100 pairs of shoes--its the truth! They've all been bought within the last 5 years even.
2.)I love working night shifts. This way I get a king size bed to all myself when I come home to sleep! Haha, but of course working nights makes me miss my hubby, a lot!
3.)I actually enjoy poking people with needles. I get an adrenaline rush every time I start an IV, and hit the vein and see the blood in the IV catheter!! I'm crazy, I know!
4.) I'm in love with Matthew McConaughey. He's pretty much my old man fantasy!
5.)I love interior design and decorating our home! I've taken a few classes at BYU, and really love it. I'll have to post some pics of our decor.
6.) I have my own big master bathroom all to myself! All my life, I've wanted my own bathroom, but growing up with 4 sisters, this was hard to come by! So, I had to get married to have my own bathroom! Preston doesn't like my hair all over in the shower (I have long curly hair on my head, I can't help it!), or my makeup, lotion, hair products, etc, cluttering up all the counter space, and I hate his whiskers everywhere, especially in the sink! So, he uses the guest bathroom/shower down the hall! I really got a great deal! Now, if only I could figure out a way to get his stuff out of our walk-in closet too, so I can have it all to myself, and get him to use one of the closets in one of the spare bedrooms..... okay, so this is going too far I'm afraid, I must stop before we end up in separate houses! AHH!

Hooray! Its Finally Fall!

I love the fall!! Its cool and crisp outside, the air smells so good, plus there's football, school, and cornmazes!!! I posted some pics from the last BYU football game!And BYU is now 6-0, go Cougars!!!!
I went to Cornbellys out at Thanksgiving Point yesterday with
my work friends, and we had so much fun! We got lost in the corn maze, and couldn't find our way out no matter which way we went, so we had to take the emergency exit!! Not something I'm too proud of! I made everyone go on the cow ride because me and Preston went on it last year when we were out there,and its just so silly,but fun!! We went through the haunted lizard (I have a soar throat from screaming), and then jumped on the jump-on-it mattress and play with the dress-up wigs! I even went face first down a rolling slide! Lindsay made us stay and watch piglets race, which was actually quite humorous. I felt like a little kid, but had way fun! Thanks for a great afternoon you guys!!!!! Can't wait for the haunted forest next!!! AHHHH!!!!

What Happens in Vegas.....

.....stays in vegas. Okay, so we weren't too naughty, but had a fun vaca! We went to a couple of shows, layed by the pool, saw a million wedding chapels, slept in, shopped, hit up roller coasters, walked the strip a few times, went to all the cool hotels Excalibur, Monte Carlo, New York New York, the Paris, the Venetian, Treasure Island, MGM grand, the Mirage, the Belagio, the Sahara, etc. We'd stay out until 2 am every night, the night life was so crazy, and would then sleep in until like 11. We stayed at the Hilton Las Vegas(it pays to have a hubby in the hotel business), which was really nice, and took the monorail everywhere for fast traveling! We ate at some fancy restaurants, my favorite one was at the venetian, and another good one was at the top of the Eifel Tower inside the Paris, it had a nice view! We had to eat at some of the famous "vegas buffets" for lunch....so basically, we ate a lot! We went on the crazy roller coaster at the New York New York at like midnight one night, and it was so fun even thought I was scared silly, especially since could see the whole strip as you were being hung upside down!!!We went to the top of the Stratosphere, also a great view, and road some more rides up there, which were quite scary i must say! I was so happy to get to shop at the miracle mile shops, some really good shopping! We saw the siren show at treasure island, and the fountains show at the Belagio. We went to Phantom of the Opera, which was awesome!!!! Its definately my favorite broadway! The last time I saw it I was in London, and I was hooked! Preston really loved it too! We also went to David Copperfield, a famous magician/illusionist, at the MGM Grand, and left speechless and stunned...what an AMAZING show he does!!! So, we didn't want to come home! We had felt like we were thousands of miles away from home, in a whole different world, so it was a great getaway! Just relaxing and fun, no worries about work or school to distract us from playing hard!! We are already making plans for another vegas spin soon! So here are our pics from sin city.........