Pictures you all have been waiting for :-)

Here are some pictures from Halloween and Thanksgiving! Hooray!! We're only 1 1/2 months behind on pictures! :-)


Here is our Halloween costume. Kermit and Miss Piggy.

Here are some sugar cookie turkeys that Christi made for our primary class.

Here we are at the Radisson Hotel after eating a nice big meal with Michael's family. We are watching the Texas/Texas A&M game. Notice Michael's face, and then notice everyone else's faces. ;-) And just a hint, there was nothing exciting going on.

This is Christi and nephew. They are having a heart to heart chat about his girl problems at school. The drama of 1st grade love lives!!


This is our Christmas picture of the year. It is Michael's fault we clashed. He always seems to want to wear green when I am wearing green. I usually make him change.

We're Back!

Let's see. . . since we last updated, we have:

-Graduated from BYU

-Celebrated our 1st anniversary in Vegas (no gambling involved, but a very cheap, and very nice hotel)

-Moved to Holladay, UT

-Been on a family cruise to Mexico

-Started graduate program (Michael)

-Started working at UVU as a transcriber (Christi)

-Celebrated Christi's 25th birthday

-Been called as primary teachers for the 7 year olds in our ward

-Gone to Singapore to visit Christi's family (along with the Philippines to watch Christi's sister's soccer tournament)

-Celebrated Halloween as Kermit (Michael) and Miss Piggy (Christi). Since the last Muppet movie Kermit has gained weight and Miss Piggy has lost quite a bit of weight. Now they are a little bit more balanced couple.

Life is pretty busy for the both of us with Christi having to commute every day and with Michael in a graduate program. We hope you can forgive us for being the worst bloggers EVER. We will post some pictures from our latest trip to Singapore. :-)

Pictures from our trip to Singapore and the Philippines:

At the botanical gardens.

At the Jurong Bird Park.

Christi getting a pearl.

With Christi's mom, Mary, at the Manila Temple.

Christi with her mom, Mary, and sister, Michelle, at Michelle's soccer tournament in Manila.

With our new niece, Brooke (Eddie and Peachy's daughter).

Brooke's response to seeing aunt Christi.

We're headed to Salt Lake City!

So, we've been really bad about posting. Life has been incredibly insane. We wanted to post today though to inform the world that Michael has been accepted to the University of Utah for Fall 2009!!! He will be in the Communication Disorders Program. We're excited!! I'm especially excited to get out of "the bubble" and try something new! :-)

Another note: 47 days until graduation!!!!!! I'm excited.

This semester has been a nightmare for me (Christi) especially. The last semester should be fun, right? Well, I signed up for what I thought would be fun classes, but one is killing me.... you'll never guess which one.... SEWING! Yeah, I would not recommend taking that class at BYU. Am I learning a lot? Yes. Will it be impossible to get an "A" in that class? Yes... unless I want to spend 20 hours a week in the lab instead of 10...

ANYHOW, we're happy and healthy!!!!! We're excited that a lot of family is coming in a few weeks!!! We're especially excited to see Tina, Shane, and Ethan whom we haven't seen for 8 months!! Hooray! :-) We're ready for some Star Wars action!!! :-)

Welcome to Our Blog!

CHRISTMAS/NEW YEARS PHOTOS!!!!

Grandma Bywater and Grandpa Hemingway opening their gifts. I love their hats. They came from Christmas crackers (British tradition--my mom lived in England for a while) .

This is a photo after New Years Day dinner.

Back (from left to right): Dallin (brother), Don (brother), Michelle (sister), Christi, Michael, Julia (cousin), Jackson (cousin's boyfriend)

Front (from left to right): Dad, Mom, Levi (cousin), Grandpa Hemingway

Our annual Nativity act out. Michelle was an angel, Michael was baby Jesus, Christi was Mary, Dad was the donkey (as always), Dallin was Joseph, Don was the innkeeper, and my mom was shepherd/narrator.

The "Bywater" girls, Michelle, Christi, Mom. The background is our lovely apartment.

Family photo!
Back (left to right): Don, Michelle, Christi, Michael
Front (left to right): Mom, Dad, Dallin

George

We would like to officially welcome the newest member of our family: George, the betta fish (Siamese fighting fish) that Christi got for Christmas. He's a beautiful (well, handsome) and active fish and we're happy to have him!