nash and chels

Better Late than Never!

2012-02-10T16:17:00.001-08:00

Christmas 2011. I am a little behind but oh well what can ya do. Christmas this year for the Montoya's was great. We had lots of family and friend parties and enjoyed spending the Christmas season with eachother. Here are just a few pics for the month of December!

Temple Square Lights!

Nash, Nick and baby Ryker!

I couldn't forget about my little Finley:)

Our Christmas tree

Saved the best picture for last! This is at our family UGLY sweater Christmas Party. Notice what my sweet grandmas' shirt says... she didn't even know what it meant:) til we told her of course. I sure do love her.
(if you can't read it, it says NICE PACKAGE)

Hope everyone had an great Christmas!

Sister's Birthday Surprise!

2011-10-27T09:10:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to my lil sis Rilee. I am so lucky to have such a sweet sister like Rilee. She is honestly one of the most compassionate people I know. Even though she is much younger than me I look up to her and have learned so much from her. I hope she knows how much she means to me and our family. She is there to always remind us what's important- to be nice to others and look out for those that need a friend. I will always admire her and her sweet spirit. Hears to Rilee!! I can't wait for the future and all the wonderful things that are in store for her. Hope you had a good day smalls:)

This is the surprise cake me and my Sis-in-law made for Rilee for her birthday party. Time consuming but so worth it!

No More Night Games for Me!!

2011-09-23T10:51:00.001-07:00

About a month ago we got together with some of our friends to play some good old fashion night games. I haven't played night games in forever so i was pretty excited!!! We played a game called "Fugative." I had never played it before but once we got started I was lovin it. The basics of the game is for the "cops" to drive around in the car with a spotlight and try and catch you from going to point A to B. I am sure as you are reading this you are thinking to yourself: "Night games? Isn't she a little too old for this?" Well the answer is yes I am too old for night games or just accient prone. Cuz sure enough as I was hiding under some bushes I stood up to go run to the next hiding spot and my foot fell right in a window well and my face hit the metal part of the well on the other side.

When it first happened I was in shock and couldn't believe what I had done. I knew my face was bleeding pretty bad and i could tell it was by my eye. To make matters worse I was by myself and had to walk around the neighborhood for 10 minutes trying to find someone. After I finally found a few of our friends it took another 10 minutes to find Nash, he was still hiding.

To make a long story short, at that time we didn't have insurance and all the instant cares were closed because it was so late at night and it would have been a fortune to go to the ER so one of our friends knew a doctor in the neighborhood and I showed up at his door with a broken face:(. He was so kind and such a blessing to me. He drove us right to his clinic that he works at and stitched up my face. Still to this day I think how lucky and blessed I am that God put him in my path. I know it sounds cheesey but I really don't know what I would have done if it weren't for his kind act of service.

I am not sure if this experience happened to me because I needed to learn something. But I learned two important things:

1. I am too OLD to play night games

2. There are still good people out there doing nice things for others. I have really learned through this experience (once again cheesey i know!) how great service is. I am so grateful that Doctor hlelp me- a complete stranger. I will forever have a greater appreciation for little acts of kindness and service. I hope that one day I can pay it forward and help someone as much as he helped me.

And finally, I know this post is long but I want to be able to remember this expereince because it had taught me a lot and it's also a little humorous that I fell in a window well:) Thanks so much to my family and friends for the all the visits, phone calls, texts, and goodies. You all took such good care of me. I never knew I had so many people that care about me:) Thanks to my friend Malena for assisting the doctor with my stitches I am glad you were there! And one last special thanks to my husband. He was the best nurse I could of asked for. I love him so much and I am grateful he was so patient with me and waited on me hand and foot. Love you hun!

(One of my friends took a pic of me on the Doctors front porch thanks Kasey)

Here are a few Pics of my lovely face:
( I am documenting this for my blog book, don't mind how scary I look.)

All stitched up!

My beautiful black eye.

First Day back to work:

5 days after, starting to heal:

The day I got my stitches out:

2 weeks later:

Dirty Dash 2011

2011-09-20T07:04:00.000-07:00

This was our first year doing the "Dirty Dash" and it was by far the most fun I have had in a long time. Our friends Whit and Jared planned the whole thing and it was awesome thanks guys! The race was up at Soldier Hollow by Midway. We stayed in Park City Friday night and went to dinner, got in a hot tub made for 2 people (FYI there were 6 of us there) and played card games all night. Saturday was the race and I never imagined getting that dirty but I didn't mind it one bit. I hope we can keep it a tradition and do it every year!

Until Next Year!!

Fun in the SUN Lake Powell

2011-08-22T12:34:00.000-07:00

Back in July we did our annual Lake Powell trip. This year Nash and I brought our Friends Lance and Malena. It was such a blast! I hope everyone else had as much fun as us.
WARNING: Pics overload

I have no idea what me and Day are doing here:

We had to make sure we got a pic of all of us: me wakeboarding, Lance & Nash junping off, and Malena enjoying the boat ride!
Every year we have a treasure hunt. Here is the treasure we found this year.

Finding the first clue.

playing some water volleyball

Our home for the week:

At the Indian Ruins

While we were in LP the US Womens Soccer team made it the World Cup Finals. So we went to the only place in town that was showing it and cheered our team on.

Even though they lost we still had fun and were proud of our team!

Go USA Soccer!

Boating Time!!!

Lil sis Rilee wakeboarding

More Updates for June

2011-06-20T13:06:00.000-07:00

Summer has only begun and I already feel like there's lots to update. First off we had to say farewell to a girl that is like another sister to me. Max lived with my parents for a year while with an exchange program and she has fit in so perfect with our family. I will miss her so much but I am so grateful to have gotten to know her. I hope she learned as much from us as we learned from her. Love you Max and hope to come visit you in Spain one day:)

All the girls the day before she left:(

Back in April me, my mom, my sister, cousins, and aunts all ran the Realy section in the Ogden Marathon. And although I just ran the relay section it was still an accomplishment and maybe just maybe someday I will run a full marathon. (Highly doubt it though:) The race was very special to us all, we ran for my sweet nephew, Daniel Mark Jones. He passed away Thursday, May 19th and we ran the race a couple days later Saturday, May 21st. It was easy to keep going having him as our motivation. My mom, who is the most proud grandma there is, demolished everyone's times and ran the fastest she ever has. She said all she thought about was baby Dan. We sure miss our Miracle Dan but are so grateful he blessed our lives. We feel so lucky to know such a perfect angel.

(Here are the pins my Aunt made for us to wear during the race.)

Happy Birthday Hubby!

2011-06-14T08:34:00.000-07:00

This last week has been filled with Brithday celebrations for my sweet hubby. He is 27 years young:) I love him more and more everyday and I'm so thankful he is in my life, he deserves nothing but the best on his birthday... so I made him the best present ever: Fruit Pizza

We started the celebrations off by going to Goodwood on Friday night with some close friends. Nash picked Goodwood because of their chicken sandwhich:) Then on Saturday Nash's dad threw him a BBQ in the afternoon. It was lots of fun and we were able to see our cute neice and nephew. After a nice long nap we did a little shopping (Nash's kind of shopping which is at the sports stores only lol) and then went to Cold Stone for some ice cream with friends. We ended the night by playing some cards at Lance and Malena's. Thanks guys it was lots of fun. The weekend parties ended on Sunday with a BBQ at my parents house for Nash and Lindsay's b-days and Max's going away party. I hope Nash had as much fun as I did this weekend. I sure love birthday celebrations!

I also wanted to give a birhtday shout out to my wonderful sister Lindsay. Hope you had a good birthday Linds. I love ya lots and think your one of the bravest and strongest women I have ever met. I know that Dan is looking down on you and feeling so proud and lucky to call you his mom:)

(Sorry abou the old pic)

CALI & VegAS!

2011-05-15T21:01:00.000-07:00

Back in April Nash and I went to Cali and Vegas. My parents have a foreign exchange student from Spain living with them and they wanted to take her to a couple different places before she leaves and we tagged along. I had never been to Disneyland or Vegas with Nash so it was fun to experience those places together. The first couple days we spent in Vegas and Max (the foreign exchange student) absolutely loved it there. Everything about Vegas was amazing to her and I found it a little funny because I have been there so much that I just dont think of it like that. But none the less she could not get over it and she said she will be going back to Vegas when she turns 21! After Vegas it was off to Cali where we spent most of our time at Disneyland and the beach. I love the beach and I am already wanting to go back there. Overall the trip was lots of fun and I am glad we could take a little vacation.

Miracle Baby

2011-04-26T08:51:00.000-07:00

"Miracles happen to those who believe in them."

Daniel Mark Jones

Born April 14th, 2011

Halloween, Birthday, and Wedding

2011-01-04T21:09:00.000-08:00

The last few months have been so busy but so much fun as well. We have been working lots and of course playing sports. I am on a couple indoor soccer teams and when I get lucky Nash subs and plays:) He also finished up flag football in the fall and now is playing church basketball. Another activity that keeps Nash busy is school. I am so grateful for his dedication to getting an education. I never had to work full time and go to school so I can't imagine how hard it is but all I know is I am sure proud of him:)

This year for Halloween we went to my brother and sister-in-laws halloween party. It was lots of fun and Fin even got to come. He was the cutest mailman/dog ever...

For my Birthday my sweet husband surprised me with tickets to the So You Think You Can Dance concert. I watch the show ever year but have never been when they have come to Utah on tour. I absolutely loved it. By far the best present I have ever gotten.

Also one of my good friends Nikki got married the beggining of December. I had the honor of being in her wedding line and the whole day was beautiful. She married a great guy and I could not be happier for her. I wish her nothing but the best in the future!!!

And of course I have to end with one more picture of my sweet little baby. Oh how I just love him so much...

Introducing..... FinLeY!!!

2010-11-15T14:24:00.000-08:00

Meet Finley the new edition to our little family. We already love him so stinking much, even though sometimes he is naughty:) We got him in October from a lady up in Idaho, he is a "Morkie" a mix between Maltese and a Yorkie. For the most part he is a really good puppy and he is already potty-trained(thanks mostly to Nash, he is so patience and persistent with Fin ha ha) He also is starting to learn tricks; he can sit and shake. He is still getting use to his name and thats the next thing we need to teach him is to come to his name but overall he is a good puppy and we are so glad we got him. We debated for awhile if we should get a dog because we both are busy right now and if we were to get a dog we wanted to make sure he would be loved and played with enough. After thinking about how much real time we had to play with him and also asking my mom if she could watch him sometimes we decided to. We owe a HUGE thanks to my mom for always watching him and taking care of him. THANKS mom your the best!!!! Here are just a few pics of him:

I put this one in here to show how small he was when we first got him.

I just love him so much! One of these days I will get around to updating everything else in our lives:)

Update for 2010 so far....

2010-04-05T18:48:00.000-07:00

Life has been busy the last few months for Nash and I. We have been busy decorating and painting our townhouse on top of school, work, and playing sports. Here is a little update on the both of us:
Nash:
He is still going strong with school. He goes to night school so he can work full time during the day. I am so proud of him and grateful for all the sacrifices he makes for us. Football will be starting up for him I just hope it gets warm soon so I can go to his games cuz I sure hate the cold:(
Chelsie:
I finally found a job about three weeks ago. I work for KSL for the sales department. So far the job has been a huge learning experience for me. I was a little frustrated at first but it is becoming more and more enjoyable the more I understand it. and...... I am definitely grateful to have job. I am also still teaching at my moms studio twice a week and i am still lovin' it.
Although it has been hard getting use to a full time job and for the first week I would come home and just crash ( pretty sad I know) we still have had time for a few fun things.....

Playing with the Fam at Bondocks

Side note: I love my little sis Rilee. Notice how she has her ankle wraped. she said it hurt and wraped it her self and then went and played the soccer arcade game:) she is just the cuttest.

Our favorite arcade game.... we have to play it everywhere we go

Jazz game

If we were rich we would for sure get season tix we love the JAZZ!

And last but DEFINITELY not least Red Mango oh how I love it

Christmas in Maui

2010-01-04T19:17:00.000-08:00

Ok so i know i have't posted in awhile but i was trying to finish up school and graduate and i am so glad to say that i never have to go to school again:) anyways me and nash have loved this Christmas season, it has been filled with family and friends parties and also Maui. We went to Maui with my mom dad brother his wife and my 2 sisters. By far this has been the best vacaion i have ever gone on. how much better could Christmas get than in Maui with your family, it was aesome. We did a lot of fun things there and i will post some pics so you can see the stuff we did there. I am excited about the new year and i'm look forward to see what the new year brings!!

Here are a few pics from christmas that happened before Maui:

We loved the scooters:)

One of the days we found this cool waterfall. You had to hike to get to it but it was beatiful

My little sis loved the ocean we couldnt get here out.

we Love the beach and want to go back we saw dolphins and whales on our way back from snorkle

Just got done snorlking and it was the only time on the trip that i was freezing

This was at 6 am waiting for our boat to come get is for snorlking: excited and tired

On our way to the airport

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a happy new year:)

OcToBEr fUN!!

2009-11-04T15:12:00.000-08:00

October has gone by so fast I can't believe it is Novemeber before I know it, it will be december:) We have been really busy this month with school and work. We both are having a hard time doing homework, we would much rather watch a movie, play soccer, sleep, or be lazy lol! Here are just some of the other activities (besides homework) we have done lately......

First off Nash got to baptize our niece, Alyssa. It was such a great experience and I loved watching him, He did such a good job. I can't wait for him to baptize our kids someday:) He is the best husband.

We also did lots of Pumpkin carving with our good friends Whit and Jared

And we FINALLY went to a Real Game! I have been wanting to go so bad so i was so excited when we went. We had great seats and Real even won 3 to 0.

and we ended the month by carving pumpkins and eating my moms famous tortilla soup it was lots of fun but I unfortunately dont have any pics from it.

August

2009-08-17T15:53:00.000-07:00

So August has been a pretty awesome month for Nash and I. The only problem is that once August is over September is here and that means school is starting and we are not looking forward to that:( oh well at least we have eachother to get through it! We have been loving summer and this month we went to the demolation derby. It was so much fun I love the derby and all the redneck and interesting people it brings. This year they even has a lawn tractor race it was hilarious. Also this month I did something i have never done before..... I went golfing. Nash took me and was very patient with me (he sure is the best husband ever). It was a little frustrating but i still had lots of fun! Oh yea one last thing, i also cut my hair. It was very scary and it took some guts but i did it. I am still getting use to it. Some days I like it and some days I dont:)

Golfing

The Derby with my bro and sister-in-law

Lake Powell

2009-07-19T07:45:00.000-07:00

We went to lake powell last week with my family and some friends. It was absolutely a blast, the only sad part was realizing we were getting old when after the first day of wake boarding and tubing, mine and Nash's body were so sore lol! But overall it was so much fun and it was good hanging out with the family.

Me my sis and sister-in-law

Gotta love Bay and Day:)

My Hubby loves wakeboarding

We went on a treasure hunt and this is what my cousin wore:
(sorry i dont know how to turn it the right way lol)

My hot husband on the treasure hunt!

Our wedding Day

2009-06-23T19:14:00.000-07:00

I just barely got all my pics back from my photographer and was so excited to see them, I just had to share them. I love the photos so much, almost as much as I loved that day. It was the best day of my entire life! its fun to look back and remember it (even though it was only a little over a month ago:)

My favorite part of the reception...... the cake! The look of it and the taste of it.

Our New Home

2009-06-14T14:13:00.000-07:00

Nash and I bought a townhouse in West Haven and love it so much. We have lived here now for 3 weeks but are still trying to move everything in. I didnt realize how much work it was but we are getting closer.

We bought a new TV stand and lets just say it took us awhile to put it together:)

This was our dining room before we opened our wedding presents:)

2009-06-09T11:46:00.001-07:00

Here are some more pics from our Honeymoon in Mexico & Park City!

We loved getting Drinks any time we wanted, even in the pool:)

These were Nash's Two favorite things.........

Hand Sanitizer.....

and the dolphins( we must of took like 20 pics of just them)

Park City!!!

I will end this post with my favorite thing of the trip....

My fiRsT post!!

2009-06-09T11:31:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone so I am new at this and I am very confused (whats new!) My friend Megan told me I needed to get a blog now that I am married and when I looked at her blog and saw that it was so cute it gave me the motivation to start one. SO here I am starting a blog but I cant figure out how to post pictures with a post but hopefully I will figure it out soon:)

So me and Nash have been married for almost one month, its crazy how fast time has gone by. I have loved every moment of it, and in dedication to our honeymoon I am going to post some pics to remind me of how much fun it was and how i want to go back to not working and being with my best freind every moment of the day!