Friday night Tanner announced to me as we were going to his work Christmas party that he had an early Christmas present to give to me when we got home. I was SO excited because I love surprises and I had no idea what it could be. Well Tanner can't hold on to surprises very long so he told me what it was...
December is the only month that I can really tolerate the snow and that is because of Christmas. I love Christmas. Tanner and I had fun decorating and putting up our first tree together. We didn't need to buy a single ornament because our moms gave us tons to fill up our tree. It has mostly ballerina and nutcracker ornaments but it is...
I am so happy to be blogging again! Tanner and I suffered for 2 weeks without Internet and I really don't know how we survived without it before. This blog is going to be catch up from Thanksgiving.We had a very scary drive down to Arizona as you can see... our view was not crisp and clear. We were driving on a sheet...
I know it is not after Thanksgiving yet but I just got so excited by buying this wreath early that I wanted to put it up and it makes such a difference. This probably sounds cheesy but every time I pass it I get happy and excited for Christmas. So I am keeping it up until who knows when... maybe the end of...
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Friday night we were festive and went to a Pirate Halloween Party. Tanner hates dressing up and therefor hates halloween but I love it, so sometimes he just needs to pretend he likes it... for me :). We had so much fun though. It was at the mansion of the guy who is producing my sister's movie "Unicorn City." The decorations were very...
Tanner and I feel extremely lucky to be surrounded by such amazing friends. Saturday night, we hung out with our close friends Todd and Maggie. We went and saw their cute apartment and watched an episode of "Dexter" (which I can say I'm not too fond of... too much blood for me). Then we played apples to apples in which I surprisingly did...
Tanner and I try to have date night every week especially since our schedules clash a little bit. We ended up going to Chilies (Tanner's favorite place to eat) and then decided to be creative. I convinced Tanner to take us to Color Me Mine, its a paint-it-yourself ceramics studio. Tanner was embarrassed to be even in there but it ended up being...
I finally had enough energy and determination to clean the apartment and after wards I wanted to take pictures :). My favorite part about our new home is the kitchen because it is big (for a Provo apartment). I love to cook and so does Tanner so there is just enough room for both of us to cook together. I also put up...
I knew I had a high risk pregnancy with mono-mono twins but I never thought I was the 50% that would have to go through what I have the past couple of weeks. I guess that is what comes with an optimistic personality and a "Pollyanna" mom. I am grateful for the support that I have had from my family and friends. Tanner...
I finally get to share the news that I have been keeping in for a LONG time! Any pregnant woman who has news like this knows how HARD it is to keep it in. Tanner and I wanted to make sure things were ok with the OBGYN before we told everyone and it turns out that we had a few surprises so far.First...
We are finally leaving Texas and nothing sets the mood better than seeing "toy story clouds" on our drive. It almost symbolizes how excited I am to finally move on to the next thing in my life and how happy I am to see family and friends again. The clouds lasted for about 1/2 of the drive and then quickly turned into a...
For the past 3 months this has been my life.. well more like my husband's life. Selling pest control is definitely not the easiest thing in the world and all I can say is that the month of August is crawling by ever so slowly. I try my best to stay positive but it is so hard when I am alone all day, 6 days a week... it can get tough. From this summer experience, I have learned to count my blessings like the fact that I DO get to see my husband every night and the the simple fact that we are both employed when a lot of people in this country are not. I must say that it can also get entertaining when Tanner comes home and tells me crazy funny stories of people on the door. I am impressed by Tanner for getting up every morning to go out in 100 degree weather to knock on people's doors. That is a skill that I know I could never master. I truly am grateful for the hard work Tanner has put into this job this summer. Even though we knew it was temporary... it definitely didn't feel like it during, but we are almost done and anxious to see family and friends again! We both have learned so much about patience, love, service, and hard work this summer. I have enjoyed living in Dallas, as hot as it has been. The people are so friendly and "blessed." I am going to miss walking into the post office and having the clerk say, "have a blessed day Mam." I have grown to love good ole BBQ food and all its deliciousness. In 17 days it is GOODBYE Texas and HELLO Arizona! Can't wait!! :)



This is the first post since a long time... considering that my friend Heather got married a year and a half ago. Well a lot has happened between then and now but now I am starting an even bigger adventure and that is MARRIED LIFE. On April 23, I married the most perfect man and this post marks the beginning of our life together. The reason for the title of this post is because one night while lying in bed, my new husband said the most romantic and unexpectedly charming thing to me. He said, "Danielle whenever I see a beautiful sunset I always think of you, because of that first drive we took to Arizona to see my family." Not really getting what he meant, I asked him curiously "why?" He said that he remembered feeling so happy that I was finally coming to Arizona to meet his family and that there was an amazing sunset on the drive and now every time he thinks about that moment he remembers how beautiful I am and how happy I made him. I am so blessed to be married to the most wonderful man and not just because he swoons me with his handsome words but because he loves me so much and I know he always will. I am excited for our new adventure in life... no matter what happens. I am now officially Mrs. Tanner Cluff and I can't wait to see how our life will unfold.