Thursday, March 20, 2014

Imagine Dragons

kelly, rich's awesome dad, got us tickets to see imagine dragons. they were amazing seats and the concert was one of the best i have ever been to. we even got to meet daniel platzman. when were were at byu--they won battle of the bands, so it was cool seeing how far they have come! the crowd was huge and knew every word of every song. i especially loved their songs, "on top of the world" and "demons". thanks again kelly!





Monday, March 10, 2014

The Sunshine State

rich and i decided that we needed to escape the chicago polar vortex, so we met up with mickey bro in pensacola, florida and what a fantastic decision that was. we were only there for about five days, but it was well worth it. the best part was being able to hang out with mike--who we never get to see. he is such a fun person and i'm so grateful to have him as my brother. 

first stop--THE BEACH!
studmuffin
puma's favorite beach

what a dork dog :)
YEA for sunny florida!
this was our nasty first hotel....the reviews looked good....mike: "you two our never choosing our hotel again"

we roadtripped to mobile, alabama and saw the USS Alabama

these children stayed on the deck for about 75% of time

they liked their guns

rich also thought this getup was pretty sweet
scary looking chair
delicious, delicous sea food
seafood gumbo maybe not so delicious
mike cannot get enough of puma...or maybe it is the other way around ;)
deep sea fishing!
we didn't really catch anything--but definitely fun
ahahahahahhhhh. much to rich's amazement, mike wanted ice cream at least twice a day. mike is my brother.
mermaid!
the beaches were amazing
skimboarding=fun and embarrassment

Friday, February 28, 2014

dentist style dodgeball

rich and his class actually did something fun! :p

Friday, February 14, 2014

Phantom of the Opera!!!!!!!!

rich surprised me with tickets to phantom of the opera for valentines day. OOooh my goodness...it was the most incredible show ever. WOW! i had goosebumps the whole time. thanks baby cakes!

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Lazy Sunday

rich got me a camera for christmas. a canon rebel t3i.  basically i now have an amazing camera, but i have no skillllls.  i hope to eventually be fourteen percent as cool as rich's sister rach--she is an amazing photographer.
"why are you taking a pic of me making lunch?"
good sport
our living room

she's a beast

Thursday, January 30, 2014

"say ahhhhhhh"

one consequence (good+bad) of being married to a dental student is having bi-monthly, sometimes weekly, dental exams in the evening. convenient? yes....but seriously kinda funny! i hope rich isn't embarrassed by me sharing this, but i think it is hilarious--especially because i am not a huge fan of going to the dentist, so having my dentist prey on me in my home is a little unnerving.....if he wasn't such a hottie i would probably move out. ;)

janelle: "i just brushed and flossed. my teeth are great" rich: "let me just check out how that filling is holding up"
"...we done yet?!"
...it never goes fast because i laugh too much. hopefully someday i'll get used to evening dental exams...

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Seattle Trip

for christmas, rich and i gave each other a ski trip/visit to washington. i have never been to the northwest, and rich has always loved it there and wanted to go back, so during christmas break--we flew to seattle. it was an awesome trip. i absolutely am in love with washington. what an amazing state! the city, the mountains, the ocean, the food, culture--basically everything was incredible. we will definitely be going back!

 on our way!
our awesome hotel

on the ferris wheel--what a view. i think i saw edward ;)




most amazing ferris wheel ever!


every city should have a pikes places

...need i say more....



why do we live in chicago?! :)
yummm...catch us a delicious fish...


indescribable sunset
my mountain man ;)


this man cannot express his excitement enough for the seafood dinner that is coming
this gal is even more excited! :)

yummy fresh seafood!

crystal mountain!!!

mountains how we have missed you
look at that beauty we are in
the hansen kidlets watched our baby! :) ahahah look at this pic they sent--specifically puma's face
dinner at palisades= romantic

rich captured me on the day we left--i was pretty depressed...
goodbye and we are coming back soon!