The Holidays and Graduating!!!!

The Holidays were a super busy season for the Busath family this year as we both work in the retail industry. It was a lot of LATE nights, EARLY mornings and no days off. Along with the crazy holidays, I finished school. I really couldn't have finished this term without Stephen. He pushed me to stay up all night after many already sleepless nights to finish my senior portfolio as well as aided in the finished project. I couldn't have done it without him or picked a more perfect guy! It has been draining on me juggling full time work, school and family life; however, it is the biggest relief to be done and we are bothso happy that day is finally here!

To start off the holidays, Stephen and I went on a Christmas tree hunt. We found the perfect, small tree.

We started Christmas morning opening up our stockings and presents to each other. We really enjoyed time with just the two of us. Stephen got the Toy Story 1,2,3 Box Set, The Donkey Kong Wii Game, and a Gap shirt. I made out like a bandit. Back in June in LA, my twin and I went shopping in Pasadena. I went to the Kate Spade store and fell in love with this bright yellow patent leather bag. Stephen would go back and forth saying he got it for Christmas and then the next minute he wouldn't get it. So I waited and waited for 6 months, and on Christmas morning....

IT WAS UNDER THE TREE!! I really have the best husband ever!

The holidays were also filled with family and friends. We had breakfast and hung out Christmas morning at his parent's house. He really enjoyed spending quality time with our new niece, Sienna (1 month old).

After his parents, we visited my grandparents in El Dorado Hills for a few hours. We then finally made it to my mom's for Christmas dinner. My grandma flew in from Chicago, their neighbor Diana as well as Troy's stepdaughter Annie, her husband Jacob and their 4 kids came over. It was great company and we ate a delicious meal, opened up gifts and spent time together. Over all, we had a great holidays and hope everyone did as well!

It's been awhile!

Sorry it's has been so long since we have posted! Life has been crazy! So, for this last month we had 3 big events happen to the small Busath Fam!

1) Stephen got a job!! Yay! As many of you know, Stephen lost his job at Smog N Go in July and has been on the hunt ever since. Stephen now does sales as a third party vendor ad agency for their biggest client Direct TV. So pretty much he is a salesman that sells Direct TV at Best Buys, Frys and Sam's Club. He is progressing really quick and loving it. He is the top of his applicant group and moving forward to management and possibly opening his own office! Yay! It's a lot of time and energy as he works 6 days a week with longer hours to make his goals, but he is doing awesome!

2) My new job promotion! I'm the newest member of the management team at work and super excited!! More specifically though, I'm the BLE (Brand Logistics Expert or "Stock Sup.") I am in charge of all merchandise coming in and out of the store whether it is shipment, transfers, damages and defects, on hand updates, sensors and charge sends. Along with organizing and maintaining my stockroom, I'm also a manager on the floor and opening & closing. Its crazy right now preparing for the holidays as new product is coming in every shipment but I absolutely LOVE IT. It was a sacrifice to give up my sole dedication to visuals but its the step in the right direction for my future career. So come visit me at Arden Adult, I'm there 5 days a week!

3) Stephen and I celebrated our 1 1/2 year anniversary on Sept. 28! We can't believe it has been this long and still love being married! We are doing great and can't wait to hit our 2 year in March! No babies yet!

So that's what has been going on in the Busath house! We will definitely work on updating our blog during the holidays! O and 9 weeks of school left until graduation! CAN'T WAIT! :)

March 2010

So here are some events that we had in March 2010:

Thomas Seely Bacchus!

Our newest nephew was born on March 4,2010. We were

SO excited to meet him at the hospital that I covered my shift. Here are a few photos of the proud aunt and uncle and baby Thomas! He is SOOOOO adorable!

My best friend Chris' Graduation from IADT

From day one, Chris and I had class with one another and developed a strong friendship and a brother/sister relationship. We had most

of our classes together and were very competitive with scores on tests and grades (in a nice way). We pushed each other for perfect attendance and Honors. Last fall he finished his classes for an Associates degree as he already obtained a business degree. He finished early as all of his general education classes were transferred from Tennessee (LUCKY!). After completing an internship at William Rast (Justin Timberlake's company) in downtown Los Angeles, he finally graduated and of course I attended.

My old teacher Laura and I! Now she is the

head patternmaker at William Rast. She was the

one to surprise me on my birthday in LA!

Our 1st Anniversary!

We cannot believe it has been a year since our wedding day and honeymoon! This year has definately been full of ups and downs but we are so grateful we found each other and are sealed for time and all eternity. To celeb

rate the first year, we went to dinner at BJS on Friday night and ate the topper of our wedding cake. Yes, we froze it in my parent's fridge for the past year! It wasn't too bad at all!

Tiger Lily and Prissy

My mom was having rattling and a weird smell in her Explorer's air system so my dad took it to the dealership. They found a old and new nest of mice, a mother and her babies, under the dash in her car. Our family has never had these problems before because of our old cat Marshmellow who died when I was 18. Also because they live in the boonies of Rancho Murieta, mice also attract snakes and my family is deadly afraid of them so my mom decided to rescue a kitten! I was so excited because Stephen will never let me have a cat so this is my way to get my kitten fix in :) However, my parents still had a surprise up their sleeve.....instead of one they adopted TWO! They are short haired tabby sisters and completely adorable. They are adjusting great to the house even with our dog Satchmo and love to roam. So far there favorite spots are on top of the dryer, under the couch, under the bar stools, and on the stairs. They perch and wait for Satchmo to come by. I can't wait to go play with them again!!!! Here are a few pictures....

Prissy and I :)

Tiger Lily!

Disneyland Part 4!

So this is the final post of our AMAZING Disneyland trip. Because the parks seemed to get crowded again as people were arriving to a long 3 day weekend. We had already been on all the rides many many times so we enjoyed walking the shops in New Orleans Square and Main Street as well as the muesums on Walt Disney and his family. We even found a painting that we both LOVED but too bad it was $900. We also spent some more time in California Adventure walking around and enjoying our favorite rides for the last time on this trip.

Funny story: So I was such a kid with the characters and especially wanted a picture with Chip N Dale! After barely missing them 2 times, watching them leave for shows or other attractions while waiting in line, we finally got them in California Adventure before they left again!!! So I was on the phone with my mom telling her about my birthday night while Stephen was picking out a place to eat for an early lunch. I spotted Chip N Dale in the center square and hung up the phone and ran to get in line! Stephen laughed and walked to follow me and see where I was going. I was so excited to finally get a picture....

Our last ride on the Hollywood Tower of Terror!

For dinner, we went to Downtown Disney and ate at the Rainforest Cafe. Stephen had never been and I haven't since I was a kid. It was great last night! Our Disneyland trip was a much needed break from work, school and homework! We had an AMAZING time and can't wait to get back to the happiest place on Earth soon :)

Disneyland Part 3/ My 21st Birthday!!

So its about time I get to the best part of our Disneyland trip....well my favorite...my 21st birthday. We had a great day. We started the day at Disneyland ( my favorite park) by finally getting on some of the rides we hadn't done yet. Since it was a warmer day we were able to go on Splash Mountain and dry off quickly after.
We also met Goofy, Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore and Tigger!!!


We then headed to California Adventure for the rest of the afternoon before we headed to downtown LA. For my birthday night, we headed first to West Hollywood to the Grove mall to get Stephen a shirt. The mall was outdoors and so nice. (It reminded me of Stanford back at home). After sitting in traffic for a half hour every 2 miles, we made it to downtown to meet my best friend from school, Chris, who moved down to be an assistant designer! He tells me he had a surprise and when he walked in the door to the restaurant, my former teacher from school Laura popped out from behind. It took me a few minutes to recognize her because her huge curls were straight but it was the BEST surprise. We ate at this super nice restaurant next to the Staples Center in LA Live and had a great time catching up!


After dinner, we talked and hung out in LA. I had an amazing birthday! Thanks Chris, Laura and my hubby for celebrating with me!!!

Disneyland Part 2!!!!!!!

So Tuesday was an interesting day...we get up and get ready knowing that it is suppose to rain late in the afternoon. We arrive to Disneyland before the park opens and wait in line to get in. We decide to hit Tomorrowland before the crowds get there and the lines. We did the Nemo submarine ride and it was awesome! While waiting in line for Autopia, it started to sprinkle, we were okay and knew that it would lessen the crowds. A few minutes later it started to rain harder and it was still okay since we weren't getting too wet. By the end of our travel around the track, we were soaked head to toe, nothing was dry...my makeup had run down my face and my jeans were sticking to my body. After becoming completely miserable in the rain, we headed back to the hotel to dry off and our clothes. After a few hours of the storm let out, we headed back to Disneyland to meet some more characters and go on some rides for a few hours before we headed to the temple.We had fun on one of our favorites...Space Mountain...
After Disneyland in the late afternoon, we headed south to the Newport Beach Temple to attend a session together. The temple was gorgeous!!

Because we got back after the park closed, we had a great evening in watching our favorite Tuesday shows. We ate dinner in downtown Disney at the ESPN zone, a great restaurant and sports bar that highlights all sorts of sports as there are televisions everywhere! It was nice to have a good dinner and spend time together!

Disneyland Part 1!!!!!!!!!

So I have asked Stephen to post about Disneyland for over a week and its yet to happened so I decided I would. Last fall, we saw that my birthday lands on my school break and as many of you know I only get a week break in between terms and go year around. It has been really hard on the both of us. So this was the perfect opportunity to go on our first vacation together since our honeymoon in 2009. So on Sunday we headed to LA and got there early enough to take advantage of our full 5 day hopper passes and check out the park. It had been 10 years since I had been able to go to Disneyland so I was just a little kid all around jumping up and down with excitement!!!

Monday:
So Monday was our first full day in Disneyland and California Adventure! We visited many characters such as Minnie Mouse in Toontown and Pluto on Main Street...


as well as California Adventures' Paradise Pier and rides. We rode our favorite rollercoaster. California Screamin several times in a row...
We also took some great kodak moments at the entrance, and in front of Cinderella's castle!




We had a fabulous day in the park from open to close!!!!

I know we are the worst bloggers!

Sorry guys it has been soooo long since we have last blogged. Life has been crazy for the small Busath family of two! I know we missed blogging about the holidays. We had a great time in the Bay Area, where I was raised, to visit my dad and little brother and sisters. It was amazing to see them, much needed! We then spent Christmas morning with the Busaths' and nephews and niece and then went up to my parents house in Rancho Murieta for dinner with my nephews and nieces. It was a great time to spend with family! Since then, we have been going non stop! I have had the hardest term yet for school! I pretty much do homework day and night, whenever I'm not physically in class or at work. Poor Stephen is being a good sport (for the most part)! This terms is finally coming to an end as finals are this week and I only have 2 more projects and 2 papers left! Wahoo! I can see the end! So the newest news is Stephen and I are leaving for DISNEYLAND on Sunday!!! We are so escited. As I barely get any school breaks and my 21st birthday happens to fall during the week and his is in 2 weeks, we thought we would celebrate for both and treat ourselves to a vacation!I haven't been in 11 years and this is our first vacation since our honeymoon last year! We can't wait...a week of NO homework, school or work! Heaven and a much needed vacation! So, we will definately have to post about our trip and share so me pics!

OOOOO just another day....

Sooooooooo Megan keeps bugging me about blogging. I have usually been able to get out of it cause I'm cute but I guess that didnt last. Thus I'm blogging today. Life has been good in the Busath home. Megan got a job a few months back with GAP at arden and loves every minute of it. Now that she has a job the roles have changed, first it was her telling me I was never home cause i worked to much and now it is me saying that to her. We make it work and we are happy! What else is there to tell? I now have been called by my background investigator which is awesome news, so that mean my backgrounds are actually started. We shall see what they dig up on me and for all you reading this blog no thinking of calling them and making up stories or even if the stories are real shhhhhhhh keep them to yourself :) . Exciting news is that Megan little brother is getting baptized this coming weekend. We are really excited for him and making this step in his life. He is 11 so he got the cool opportunity to be taught by the elders in his ward. We will take pictures and I'll blog about that. Update on Megan nose....still not all the way fixed. I mean she did have that surgery and it helped, until her nose didnt like getting so much air so it decided to swell and make it hard for her to breath out of her nose again. Well since then we have scheduled a second surgery to help with the swelling problem and hoping and praying that this is going to be the last one! Its in a week an half so we will report on how it went after it is over with......cause that would be silly to report before she even has the surgery. Since the holidays are here there should be more to blog about and even maybe some pictures to put up! OOOOOOo I forgot to say that my best friend Casey Grow has left on his mission and is in the MTC and will be leaving for the Philippines middle of Dec. I was so freaking excited for him to go and he is doing amazing in the MTC. I'll keep you up dated as I blog.
RANDOM THOUGHT OF THE BLOG: Who remembers that old man(PAPPY OR HAPPY) on public prodcast that would paint and teach you how to paint and I think even go into his paintings?

4 weeks of not blogging wrapped into one blog

So I'm lazy, I'll be honest but 4 weeks is a little ridiculous. So I am going to take on the task of updating you of the last 4 weeks in one blog. So this blog might be a little on the long side.

A day apart!

A couple weeks back Megan and I had a day apart. Which means she did one thing and I did another, makes sense right? Every year my best friend Casey Grow and the men in his family go to the Fram drag races at infineon raceway. Last year I went with them and this year they invite me again. What it meant though was that I was going to have to take a Saturday off and I work every Saturday so whenever I get one off Me and Meg go and do something. Well this time I wasn't and she was a like jealous that I was going to spend my day off with my Casey instead of her. She then got plans of her own, my sisters invited her to go to SF with them to go see WICKED. So she went with all my mom, sisters, cousins, aunts and grandma and had an awesome time. I had an awesome time too with the guys. I came back smelling like nitro and tires and had an awesome sunburn on my face.(sorry didnt take pictures). Megan didnt like the way I smelled. But she was happy to have me back for the rest of the night. It was a good guys day and girls day!


Megan and my sisters before going to wicked!

Megan twin sister Rachael's wedding!

The week after the day apart, Meg and I went to her sisters wedding in the Bay area. I took two days off this time so Megan had no room to complain. It was an awesome three day weekend because it was a weekend away and we didnt have to pay for our hotel room. Megans awesome step-father Troy provided us with a hotel to stay in while up there. It was a very busy weekend! It was a beautiful wedding and we were both happy for Rachael. It was nice too cause Megan was able to see people that she had not seen in a long time. We were also able to take time on sunday morning to spend a little extra time with her little brother and sisters. All in all it was nice to get away!
The first picture is the Busath Family, Halsey Family, and Jones Family and second is the wedding party. I think the photographers had megan on the wrong side.

Megans NEW CAR

We have been in search of a new car for megan since we have been married and this past weekend it finally happened. We have been using the Ford Ranger my father let us use until we could find a car. We are so thankful to dad for letting us use it for so long. Thanks dad! We need a cheap car but not one that would just break down on us all the time. So we went looking on craigslist and found a few car but none of them turned out. Finally we came up on the car we now own. A 2002 volvo S80
Megan loves her new car and so do I. Its awesome to have our own cars again.

Backgrounds....and a nose surgery

So this past week has been really busy, I (bubba) have been trying to get into the California Highway Patrol off and on for the past year. Now I'm at the point were I finally passed the written test about 2 months ago and took the physical test and the oral interview and passed all with excellent scores, now it was time for the background check. I have not gone through it yet but I turned in my packet yesterday YEA FOR ME! So now I wait till the background investigator calls me and starts my background. But in the mist of me doing this paper work, megan gots a surgery done to help her breath better because of a deviated septum. No it was not some crazy nose job but the bandages sure do look like it. : ) She has been doing good and bad the past week but she has made it through it and we will be going to the doctor tomorrow to get the splints and stitches taken out. So life has been busy in the Busath home! Thank you to Both mom and dads, and marianne for coming over and helping care for megan, we really appreciated it. O the best part of the week is going to my mom and dads house for dinner and as we walk in my nephew lucas looks at megan and says "Let me guess, Bubba punched you in the nose". Gosh I love that kid!

Finally!

Marianne is finally making us blog. We know that everyone has been waiting for us and since I am practically at the mercy of Marianne after my surgery I had no choice put to start blogging. The surgery went well but the recovery has been a little tough for me. We're hoping that in the next couple of days I start to regain more of my strength and appetite for things other than toast and applesauce. (Marianne tried to convince me that eating a burger was a good idea...crazy.) Stephen has been very protective and good at fulfilling his husbandly duties in taking care of me. He took two days off of work and has surprising only called once today, but that's probably because his phone died. We'll do our best to keep up with the blog between working and school and recovering. Sorry Katie no pictures, but we will post some the next time something blog worthy happens.