Fresh Start?

Im not sure who even follows my blog and whether they care if I post or not, But I figured what the heck, Im gonna give this blogging thing another go! We finally got our internet set up in our new house we rented (which I love) and so I figured now I have NO EXCUSE!
Andre is downstairs with my brother Landon doing P90X and I quit after 20 minutes and said I HAD to blog haha.
Valentines has come and gone and we had so much fun! Andre got me an iphone4! It was a total shock and I was SUPER excited about it! I finally gave in after months of saving and bought him his first gun! He is one happy guy!! Its kind of nice for me too with him working graveyard I feel a tiny bit safer. Anyway, Andre had a whole day planned and surprised me with all of it, we first went and got couples massages which were beyond amazing! Then we had reservations at this super nice Italian restaurant called Ventanos and it has an amazing view of the strip it was so pretty! Then we went and saw Just go with it and I loved it!!!! My brother Luke and sister in law Emmy came to the movie as well and we were all cracking up the entire time! Its definitely a must see! So we had a fabulous day and I just realize over and over what an awesome husband I have!

California OR Bust!!!

So obviously this trip needed its own post because it was seriously SOOO much fun and a much needed break!!
I was working late Friday night at the salon and I got a call from Adrianna saying I needed to get off and pack and get in the car with Ariel and meet them in California, how could I say no?
I finished my client, packed in 10 minutes, called Andre and asked if it would be ok and then we hit the road!
We got to my aunts house by midnight and the fun began!
She lives on a lake so that in itself was amazing. We layed in hammocks, kayaked on the lake, went to Newport and Huntington beach, outdoor swap meet (AMAZING!), played cards, had a funeral, went to singles ward activities haha (thats my aunt and uncles calling), slept in, ate alot of YUMMY food, and made fun new friends!
We pretty much made a million new memories! I loved it, I took lots of pictures from my phone because sadly Andre had work :( I really really missed him! We stayed until Wednesday and I loved coming home to my grumpy man.
I am DEFINITELY ready for round 2! Who is with me?!!!?
P.S. VIETNAM?
P.P.S. Aunt Shaila you are THEE best! We had so much fun playing with you and thank you SOOO much for letting us stay with you!! Love you!!

Here we go again...

I really just cant seem to keep up on my blog! Shame on me! Sooo what new you ask? SO much! My cousin had a baby, my brother got married, I went on a trip to California, so many great things right?! I even have pictures for proof! ENJOY!!!

Another one down!

So this past weekend was another one of my best friends weddings. Carrie Elizabeth Tielemans now GILES, married Jeff on November 20th. So of course this whole week was filled with wedding festivities and traditions. I have always LOVED weddings and especially when its a close friend, because I get to help in all the planning and carrying out of the events. So Thursday night was Carrie's bachelorette party, we had it at my place and it was SOOO much fun!!! We had a "slumber party" if you have never heard of that type of party Im sure you can google it and find out :) anyway that was hilarious/funny/informative/fun. After the party we went to karaokee and it was HILARIOUS! I have never been myself and I was honestly laughing the whole time! I swear some of those people think they are going to be discovered there and they are dead serious! Needless to say the group I went with was so much fun and we really had a blast. I am so sad my camera died before karaokee cause there were some funny photo ops.
So the next day was Friday and it started off with Carrie and I getting spray tans and then off to good ole A-1 to get our mani/pedis. I always appreciate girl time in the nail salon. That night was the grooms dinner and we had WONDERFUL Bajio! I havent had it in so long that I was in heaven!! Of course after the dinner we headed to my place to practice our best friends dance that we have done at every wedding so far! Of course Sonic drinks were a necessary item and then girl talk about "we cant believe carrie is getting married tomorrow"!!! Everyone finally left and then it was WEDDING DAY!!!!
Saturday started off early at Carries at 8am to help Carrie get ready to go and we had bagels and chatted some more and then we all went our separate ways to get ready and then we got to the temple at noon for the ceremony, everything was gorgeous and Carrie is now a married woman!!!! The reception that night was GORGEOUS and nothing short of amazing. So below are ALOT of pictures, and like I said....ANOTHER ONE DOWN!!! :) (p.s. I suck at blogging so the pictures are all outta order. whoops!)

Andre's trip to Salt Lake

So here are the pictures I promised. Andre went to SLC this past weekend with his two best friends Jake and Gideon for there old mission friends wedding. They obviously had a good time while I was back here working :/ I think they planned that. haha. Just kidding. I was happy he got to go spend some time with the boys. They had some bad weather driving home and it took them twice as long to get from salt lake to st george poor guy. But they are back and safe! Oh and take a look at their cake! Its a CASKET! Can you believe that?! I guess he works in a mortuary and so they decided on this wedding cake. Im not sure how I feel about that but to each his own right?! The reception was at the Joesph Smith Memorial building in Salt Lake so they got some awesome pictures of the temple from above!

Busy, Crazy, and a little more Busy!

Life in the Dessau house has been anything but boring in the past few months. I dont even know where to start because its been so long since I have blogged!! I log on everyday and tell myself Im gonna post but I end up reading everyone elses updates and then dont have the time to post myself. BAD HABIT! So I am starting off today by posting.
I am currently working 2 jobs now, and can I just say its TOUGH! I commend anyone who has ever done this because boy its hard. I am still at the mortgage company as a receptionist/lending assistant and about a month ago I started in this SUPER cute salon called Aqua Salon. I love love love that salon. First of all it is sooo gorgeous inside and I work with the best girls! I have been working there nights and every other Saturday, my hopes are to start building up my clientel and eventually that be my only job. Its so fun and I am so happy I decided to get my foot in the door there because I love doing hair!
As for my dear husband Andre he is also working two jobs AND going to school!! I cant even begin to tell you what a trooper he is, what an amazing guy he is! He works full time as a security guard and part time at UNLV tickets, he is also majoring in Biology Pre-Med, he wants to go to medical school so bad! That has been his dream for a long long time and he is finally pursuing it and I couldnt be more happy for him! He is so dang smart and I envy him because I never was a school girl, I could try and try but I just wasnt good at it. He got straight A's this past semester and he's doing all that and working both jobs! Bless his heart. Love him to death!
So as you can see we have been a busy little family, we see eachother right before passing out in our beds nightly at around midnight if were lucky. Its no fun for now but I know it will pay off in the long run when Andre is done with school.
I forgot my camera at home today but I promise to post some fun pictures of Andres trip to Utah with his buddies for one of their mission companions wedding later today.

P.S. Tanzie is still doing great, she is thee most hyper puppy you will ever meet, needless to say she fits right in :)

Christmas is HERE.....well practically

Sooo Thanksgiving was a success! So much food, family fun, relaxing loooong weekend with no work, movies, restaurants, shopping, and the list goes on and on.....
Now my mom has officially decorated her house with ALL here Christmas decor! I swear she owns every christmas decoration made! Her house looks so good! Im sad because I have maybe one or two things, I guess its time to head to Walmart!
Anyway on Tuesday of this past week Andre and I moved into a new apartment!!! We are so excited to have so much more room!! We moved to a 2 bedroom and we love it! I cant say we used this long weekend to unpack and get settled cause that would be a lie, we lazed around cause its a holiday and we deserved it! Thank you to all the family and friends that helped us pack up and move, we made it in ONE trip thanks to about 5 cars and a trailer. We also gave our couches to our old neighbor who didnt have any because they were pretty crappy, I mean they still looked nice but they were so uncomfortable and so so so small! We got them for free from my aunt when we got married and weve been wanting new ones ever since. We were just gonna throw them away but we figured we'd tell our neighbor first and he was so excited to take them off our hands. So for Christmas this year we decided instead of buying eachother all these things we dont really need we are just going to get couches! How fun right?! We have yet to go get the, I have the ones I want picked out, I think, but I wanna shop around a bit more before I decide, its a HUGE decision! We have also been shopping around for a bedroom set and a new coffee table so if anyone knows of some places with some great low prices let me know! I have been searching craigslist but so far no luck! So let me know if any of you happen to come across anything!
I have some new pictures to post but I think this post was long enough, I will put pictures up with our next post. Hope everyone is having a happy holiday season so far! Remember to give!