Sisters!

This year my sister Andrea (aka Andi) and I decided to take pictures together and give them as a Christmas gift to my parents and grandparents. Isn't she gorgeous! people think Andi is older than me but the truth is she's 4 YEARS YOUNGER. She's also like 4 inches taller than I am, not fair! Anyway, she's definitely my FAVORITE sister ;) and I love her sooo much.

home sweet home {Riverside, CA - Tyler}

{home #1}   Riverside, California (Tyler area)   September 2007 - May 2008
  our first place together! after we got married in the newport beach temple, we drove to our cute little one bedroom apartment. chris carried me through the door while i was in my wedding dress and he was in his suit. cliche, i know, but i love that memory we have together.  he was 23 at the time and i was only 19. i was still working at the dermatologist's office and chris was working in pest control and a full time student at CBU. i quit my job shortly after and started cosmetology school. he fully supported us while we were both in school. chris was looking into being a police officer. this is where we celebrated our first married holidays together. we had our cars towed from that parking lot and chris had his truck broken into. i had to lug over our dirty laundry to the community laundry mat to wash... but we enjoyed lounging around the pool every chance we got. we'd come home late and sit together on our old blue sofa that my grandma gave us watching staticy shows on our old box tv. we cooked together a lot and just enjoyed the newlywed life. i have to go through our photo albums and scan some of our pictures because this was back when i still used a disposable camara! haha