Holidays are here and already going so fast

Here is our first christmas tree. We got it at Walmart for $20. So we were way happy!!!














So the holidays are here! We have already been through Thanksgiving and we are running fast into Christmas. Our Thanksgiving was fun. A little lonely, but we loved being able to be together. We stayed here and had our first thanksgiving my ourselves. I made a turkey and everything. Just enough for the two of us.

Scott's 24th birthday is tomorrow. He has been bugging me all week to give him hints to his presents. But alas no win. I am going to be sending out a holiday letter to everyone, let me know if you want one, give me your address.

Update on our lives

Well Folks we have been bad about Updating. Letting homework over take us. But a lot of wonderful things have happened since we last updated.

1. I have been blessed with an internship this winter. I will be working with a School Psychologist here in Rexburg. I am very proud and honored to be given this internship. So there will be a lot of updates about that soon.

2. Scott has been honored to have some of his artwork put on display in our schools gallery. I am very proud of him. This is a big honor. Over 300 entries, and they only take 40 pieces altogether. Scott has 3 pieces in it.



We are in the 2nd part of the semester, this semester for Scott has been harder then most before, so he is constantly stressed. I feel bad not being able to help him. He is working on homework around the clock and still ends up with a lot to do. My classes have been okay, some are much harder then others. I am really bad this semester about trying to remember when things are due. I never have this problem, I am a very organized person, but for some reason this semester I am doing bad.

We are enjoying Babies, lots are here. Chelsea had her baby and we are enjoying seeing Emma grow into an even more of a beauty. We love our NEPHEWS! They are just adorable, we are enjoying the pictures and can't wait to meet them.

Here are some fun pictures over the last bit of out lives.




Masquerade Ball














Halloween

Too Long

I am really sorry, I know it has been a while since I have updated, there really is no excuse. But things have been really exciting and busy for us Raneys'.

The musical went great, thanks to everyone who came. I really enjoyed getting to do theater again, I had forgotten how much I missed performing. School for spring semester went great, Scott and I both got great grades and we were really proud of our accomplishment. The 7 week break was a nice break from everything. We went camping with Chance and Megan to Yellowstone and took loads of pictures. I will post those soon.

BABIES AND MORE BABIES!!!!!!
Natalie Raney had Luke Raney this past break, he is completely adorable, and we are super excited to have another Nephew to spoil. This started the chain reaction. Chelsea gave birth on September 6 to my first blood niece and I love her to DEATH! She is super cute and tiny, Katrina Raney gave birth on my BIRTHDAY!!! To Joseph and we are really excited to have yet another Nephew. My best friend Carrie went into Labor last night, so Scott and I are busy helping them, since her husband is on crutches, they need all the help they can get! So as you can see, Scott and I have our hands full of getting gifts and giving love to our newest family members!!!!! We love them all so very much!

School started on my Birthday September 10, and happy birthday to me. 22 years old. Starting School. School is going great so far, we both have our work cut out for us, I am taking 18 credits and Scott is taking 12.5 which is a lot actually, since his are art classes and they are each 3 hours long. For those of you who know about art classes, 3 studio art classes is an overload. But he is really excited.

Fall is my favorite time of year, I love the smells and the colors, I am updating my wordrobe from 7th grade! YAY! I am really excited, so things are great. I have cut my hair and dyed it. I still have a lot of length, but I now have bangs, and I tried dying it dark brown, but with my mom's side of the family hair, it came out red. Because that is my natural color. So yes my hair is a very pretty shade of dark red, and it is all NATURAL! lol, People see me now and have to take a double take of me to even recognize me.

This is our little update, and I promise to keep updating it often.

business continuation

Well we are still just as busy. Things are now on the down hill slope and winding down. 3 more weeks of rehearsals, and only about a month left of school. Summer is beginning to peak through the skies, we have had rain everyday for the past month, so we have a beautiful green Rexburg, but not starts the hot summer days, with no AC.

We went to the airshow in rexburg last weekend and had a blast, we loved the show and it was great to see 60+ aged men flying planes like they did many years ago.

4th of July is just around the corner, I am in the cities parade for the play, and scott and I are going down to Idaho Falls for the fair and fireworks. If anyone is wanting to go, let us know, because we are up for friends, most of our friends and family won't be here :( so they are not coming to the parade or Idaho Falls, they have some where better to be. lol (love ya guys!)

anyways, coninuation of craziness is how our lives are.

p.s. our dryer broke, so we are now on the hunt for a new one, and hanging clothes everywhere in our apartment, we look pretty white trash!!!!

way too long!

Hey everyone, I know it has been forever since i have updated ya'll on our lives, but trust me, i have not been lazy, just super busy.

This semester is great, very tiring and busy, but probably my favorite out of all of them. So far. Scott and I have our full load of classes and we are both working. I am TA'ing a Modern Dance class also, so I am loosing weight!!!! Size 6 baby! haha, But everything is great. I love my job, working as a teaching assistant for the humanities department is way fun. I love the teachers since i have already had them all for classes, so working for them and helping them teach is just a bonus.

The musical is going great. My friend Kaitie who is also in the play have been busy with costumes a lot lately. Dancing 10-12 hours a week and walking miles is starting to take it's tole on my body. But the musical is going to be great fun. Our cast is great, we are hard at work with dance numbers and major tap numbers, so lots of hard work. I am sure that we have all lost weight since this play. haha.

I have discovered that i have only 9 classes left after next semester till i graduate, so way excited and nervous.

scott and I both think that we need to be nominated for Aunt and Uncle of the year. We have 3 on the way and have a lot already, and many friends are having babies too.

Chelsea (my older sister) is having a girl.
Natalie (sister-in-law) is having a boy
Katrina (sister-in-law) is having a boy
Carrie (Best Friend) is having a girl
And some have already had theirs. So we have our hands full of loving!!!!!

anyways, sorry for the late update, hope ya'll's life is great. Can't wait to hear from everyone.

Long Week

Well we have survived the first week of school. It has been a long, tiring, and busy week. Don't get me wrong, we enjoy every minute of it. We both start our day at 6 am, and followed by classes super early. We both have classes all day long, and then we both head off to work till about 6 p.m. Scott on 3 of the nights has classes until 8pm. I stay on campus with him and do homework till he is done. We are both completely exhausted by the time everything is all done, then we walk the long walk home, and continue to do more homework.

This week, to add to it all, I officially start play practice for Nunsense. So there go more nights and my complete weekends. I found out this past week that I am going to be an aunt again. Scott's and I's sister-in-law Katrina is pregnant. This is his eldest brother's wife. So now we are going to have three coming with in a two months radius. Go family! :)

My classes are great. I love all my teachers. One of them is halarious, I found out that he grew up with my dad, and that my dad was engaged to his younger sister. Well that obvisouly didn't work out. But it is still funny all the same. My work is great. I love working there, very low key, just a lot to do. I am a TA/Office Assistant for the humanities department. so lots of grading and errands and all that great stuff.

Yesterday (Saturday) Scott and I went to Idaho Falls to shop. We both were in desperate need of jeans. I had no pairs, and he had one. We also went to WINCO. Which is a lot like Costco. So that was great to get a lot of groceries, for a small amount of money. But we returned and spent the rest of the evening doing homework and relaxing. For this next week, it was going to be a long one, yet again.

Schools in for summer!

Well school is finally starting. Monday begins the hard work for 4 months. I can wait. I have been really tired of just sitting around and working. I love school believe it or not. Chance and Megan have made it here, and are still in the process of moving in, but i am thrilled that they are here. Scott and i are both way excited for school. We went and got school supplies today. I got my new computer that i am typing on! Rehearsals for the play start wednesday. Things are moving along. Scott and I are both working on campus this semester. I am going to be an office assistant for the humanities department, which is my minor. Scott is remaining at his current jobs as graphic designer for the music department and graphic services. He has been promoted to senior designer for graphic services, so we are way excited. 

Last night I held a 1960's night. Dressed up and all. Girls night outs are way fun. Everyone dressed up, it was a blast. Go hippies and funky colors. 

Well life is great. The weather has been beautiful here in rexburg, lets just hope it stays that way. 

Nunsense

Well, I thought I would inform everyone officially that I got the part in the Rexburg, Idaho production of Nunsense. There are only 5 parts in the entire play. I play sister Mary Leo. I am determined to be the worlds first Nun Ballerina. So those of you who know me, it fits me very well. It is a comedy musical. It is about 5 nuns who are the last surviving of the 19 who poisoned by their cook. They were able to get enough money to burry all the sister except 4. They ran out of money, so the remaining four dead bodies are on ice, while they put on a variety show to raise money to burry the last 4.

It is a halarious musical. Audience participation, with lots of laughs. Anyways. I super excited. The perfromance dates are July 16-18. Mark your calendars. I hope those of you who can come, do. You will thorougly enjoy it.
More updates to come on this.

Dedication

I would like to dedicate this post to my close and dear friend Kevin Goodale. Kevin Goodale died from a heart attack. It was very sudden and no one saw it coming.

He impacted my life more than I ever realized. He always supported me in everything I did. He came to my plays and musicals, my orchestra concerts and color guard performances. He taught me how to Hula dance. When I worked at a grocery store in the mornings, we would have dates in the mornings at the same time, where I would save the freshest sushi for him, then he would meet me to pick them up. He massaged me when my body would be "broken" from many activities. There are too many memories to name them all. But the fact is, is I am who I am today becaused he helped get me here. He loved me unconditionally. I loved him unconditionally also. I am really going to miss him. There will always be the empty space in my heart for my special Hawaiian friend.

I love you papa,

Till we meet again soon.

Update!!

Well for those of you who hadn't heard. My sister Chelsea is Pregnant! I am really excited. She and her husband Bryant have been trying for a child for a while, and finally the Lord hass blessed them. When I got married I inherited 8 Nieces and Nephews, but I didn't have any that were my blood. So I am SUPER EXCITED TO BECOME AN AUNT!!! I love my nieces and nephews I have now. I also have another one on the way. My sister-in-law Natalie. Scott's brother Brad's wife. She is also pregnant, and is due about a month before Chelsea. So this is way excited. I get to be doing a lot of Spoiling. PLUS!!! My best friend Carrie Hatch is also Pregnant, and she is due in October. So there is going to be a lot of baby love this year. I am so excited. If you all couldn't already tell.

I am also taking my turn at writing a book. It is a surprise what it is on. But I have been working on it for a while, I post it online for people to read, and so far people are begging me to keep writing and give them more. So it is giving me encouragement to keep going. I am hoping to have it all done and completed by August. That is completely completed. So I am super excited. Life is looking great.

And oh!!!!! Scott and I have our 1 year anniversary on Saturday!!!!

Going on with Life

Well our lives are slowing down a little. We stayed up last night to register for classes this next semester. And it hit me last night that we both are going to be seniors next year. Then moving on with our lives and hopefully out of Rexburg. But with the world how it is today, we are really grateful that we have this time to be in school and just concentrate on the small things. But the bigger ones are coming soon. Rexburg is the same as it has always been, and we are both excited and anxious for school to start and for summer to start. With Chance and Megan coming back up here, we are so excited to have them back, and glad that they are married now, so that we can all be equals. lol.

Any way there is not much going on in our lives.

Hope all of yours is great.

Valentine's Day!

Well Valentine's day has come and gone, and we had a romantic Valentine's day. It was very simple, cause we are simple people. And it didn't really cost anything. It just took some imagination. And lots of LOVE.

Being Saturday, we did not do things all day. But we slept in, and made breakfast together, and gave eachother our gifts, I got scott a rose and a poem that I spent all week writing, a card and a box of chocolate. Scott got me NEW MOON, 2nd book in the Twilight series, And a bad of Ghiradelli chocolates! And he made a card, and it was super romantic and cute.

I then placed a invite that I had made on his pillow to find inviting him to a romantic dinner in our kitchen at 5:30 and to dress up. I then put a sheet up around the door frame to the kitchen so he could not see what I was doing, he got dressed and I kicked him out, having no idea what he was wearing. I then got dressed in his favorite dress, which just happened to be the same one I wore on our first date to a dance. I had made chocolate covered strawberries, and porkchops, with a butter sauce, corn, and baked potatoe. Martinelli's to toast it off with.

Here are some picture,

February and March are the months of Romance

Well this is the season of romance! At least for Scott and I!
Feb 14 is Valentines day. We are really excited to be together this V-Day! Last year we spent it apart, We were both working, I worked mornings and afternoons, and he worked early evenings till about midnight! So we were not even going to see eachother, so we celebrated 3 days before by getting up really early and going out to breakfast somewhere that was open before I had to be at work early in the morning, it was not that romantic. But it worked. So this year, even though we are completely POOR, we are looking to a day together. So I am trying to plan something romantic and cheap, if you have any ideas let me know.

But not too soon after that we will be celebrating our one year anniversary!!! YAY!!! I cannot believe that it has almost been a year. We have experienced a lot since then, and we have grown together so much. I know that it is kinda customary that you give eachother a gift, so I am trying to figure out what to get him, have any ideas let me know. I am trying to give him hints at what I am wanting, I think he needs more help though. But I am also making a scrapbook album featuring our first year of marriage together. I can't wait. but need supplies first, and creative touches.

I hope that during this romantic season, that you make sure and tell everyone you love that you love them, and let them know how much they mean to you.

my love for dance

I wanted to share about my love for dance. I have loved dance my whole life...and it has been a huge part of my life. I came to school never thinking that I would take it up again, and when I did. I reminded me about how much I love it, and it is apart of my soul. My mother was a dancer and I know that my passion and talent come from her.

I have had the great opportunity to be on many dance teams here at school, and help teach some of them and choreograph many dances. But it all came to a hold when I got married. Not because Scott didn't like it or anything like that. I had just found my new partner. And I wanted to spend all my time with him. But as a year has almost come and gone, scott keeps telling me to take up dance. And after many long talks, I finally broke down and told him about how much i missed it, and wanted to get back into the dance teams and dancing. He agreed and made me promise to try out for the ballroom team and collegiate dancers team.

There was no real purpose to this entry but for everyone to know of the other love in my life besides my husband. I am planning a big present for someone special and scott is helping me out, i put on one of my many dance practice clothes and here are some of the pictures that I am using. Some of these are taken from different places and times.

Taken from a friend at one of my performances from a recital

Chance and Megan's wedding

Well Chance and megan are now married and they look great together. The ceremony was great. And the weekend was a stressful one, but a good one. It was good to see family and friends again.
Here are some pictures from this weekend.
Meeting some of chances friends from his mission, and we are all eating mexican food.


My dad and his girls

Chance and megan coming out of the temple


The family and poor michaela doesn't have a man yet!

Welcome to 2009!!!

Happy New Year's everyone! I can't believe that it is already 2009. Scott and I will be married a year in a couple months, and it just seems like we just got married. So many things have happened this past year, and some of them I just want to reflect with ya'll on
2008
March 7- Chance(brother) comes home from his mission
March 15- I go through the temple
March 21- Scott and I are married We begin our lives together We moved into our apartment in Rexburg Idaho to continue school. We make lots of friends and have lots of fun.
September 10-I turn 21!
October 7- Chance turns 23 and gets engaged to megan and they will be married on Jan 17
October-Scott and I get our bed
November- Went to Missouri to spend Thanksgiving with my family
December- finish a semester and leave for Scott's house in Washington. I know that our life is not all that eventful. But we have made lots of memories. I am wishing all of you a happy new year and hope that you have a great year ahead of you. Here are some pictures from washington from vacation.

We got about 2ft of snow!!!

My adorable nephew Janson

Scott getting ready to sled

Scott his brothers and his dad