Jousting, Laundry, and much much more!

This weekend my brother Robbie is in town! In addition to checking out various parts of the city, we're going to the Medieval Times dinner! It is a medieval setting dinner inside a "castle" where you eat with your hands and watch a two hour show where "privileged royal guests are transported to faraway lands including a romantic snowy rendezvous in the woods and an authentic medieval tournament -- with the help of Hollywood-caliber special effects, of course." We are pretty excited.

As far as Tanner family updates in general, Grant's job is going great! You can check out his bio here. I also got a job teaching dance and directing dance companies at Pat Riddle School of Dance! I start summer classes in a few weeks and I'm way excited! Otherwise we've been spending time putting our house together. We now have a washer and dryer, internet and a giant sectional that looked a lot smaller in the store... :)

I have also been reading a lot, mostly about WWII. If you're looking for a good book- check out these: The Zookeeper's Wife, The Great Starvation Experiment, Shanghai Diary, The Pianist, or Refuge Denied.

Diving Into Dallas

First off, HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to our wonderful and amazing Moms! We love you and are ever grateful for you.

Dallas has been great so far. We have enjoyed some yummy Texas BBQ, a nicer but more expensive apartment, a crazy freeway system, and some very nice people. We spent some time this weekend visiting the downtown area. There is Chipotle here if you were wondering - that makes me happy! Friday afternoon Kelsey and I went to The Sixth Floor Museum. JFK was shot from the open window on the right of this picture (you can kinda see it).
It was a cool museum, very insightful and cool to peer into that piece of American history. We also checked out some other Dallas sights. Here is what the Metroplex looks like:
We haven't quite got the feel of the downtown area yet, but we definitely felt like a minority down there.

So my job starts tomorrow. Here is where I will be working in Colleyville:
We'll continue to keep you all posted.

We're Texans!

After thirty hours on the road we finally made it!! Here are a few highlights from our new adventures:

1. We get lost ALL THE TIME!! There are no mountains to help with navigation and there are a lot (and I mean A LOT) of freeways. We borrowed my friend Caitlin's GPS and hopefully that will help us a bit.

2. Stoplights are sideways...

3. We really like our new ward. Everyone has been very friendly and welcoming and it will be fun and different to be in a family ward now.

4. Our apartment has some serious upgrades from Wymount Terrace: drywall, real door frames (for Grant's Iron Gym), a big bedroom and bathroom, an actual dining room, washer/dryer hookups, and a dishwasher. We're stoked!

5. Real life is more expensive than Provo life. We cannot shop at Buy Low anymore... although there is a Walmart fairly close! (We haven't yet figured out how to get there...)

6. Life is always fun when you're with the one you love!! (Even if you're always lost and live among a sea of boxes)

7. We are so happy and excited!!!!

So I am supposed to be waking up in 5 hours to move. We spent all day packing and moving and sweating and packing and organizing and cleaning *sigh*...I really really do not like moving. But being in new places is fun.

Expansion

Yesterday and Monday I had my end of the year shows for my company, "Expansion." I had so many supporters there and it felt good to show everyone what we've been working on for so long. It was a bittersweet moment for me and the other four girls I dance with. Most of us have danced together for two years (some for more) and after this we're all going separate ways. I have grown SO much dancing on this company not to mention the wonderful friends I have made and opportunities I have had. It will be hard to find a venue like this no matter where Grant and I go.

Marge and John came as well as Grant who brought me the most beautiful red roses!

Linds came and brought Taylor. What a good, supportive fiance he is!

Chelsea came too! She was on O2 with us last year.

Bailee and me-- she keeps me sane :)

The whole company: Bailee, me, Nacole, Bayli, and Kaitlyn. What a wonderful year and show!

Happy Birthday Grantie!

Today is Grant's 24th birthday!! We woke up early (part of our new daily routine) and opened presents! Now not only can he do pull-ups on the door because of his new iron gym, but he can fix anything thanks his wonderful new Billy Mays products: Mighty Putty and Miracle Foam by Oxiclean. Whenever we go to Bed, Bath and Beyond Grant gets sucked into Billy Mays's infomercials and it's nearly impossible to make him stop watching. So his present is a reflection of I have rehearsal a lot this week so we're going to do a proper celebration on Saturday with skiing, cake and all! So Happy Birthday to the best husband ever!!!

Welcome.....

Waring 2!! After the loss of our dear Waring the Waffle Iron we mourned for about a week. Then figured... why not replace him! We took Waring to his grave at Bed Bath and Beyond and got a new one for free! They didn't even check to see if he was in the box... but oh well. This morning we celebrated with..... WAFFLES! It was a good day.... Oh and Waring 2 came with a new and improved handle! This one folds down with the touch of a button for easier storage and handling. How quaint.