The "Gallory" of Gavin & Mallory

Crazy Critters

2011-08-28T16:59:00.000-06:00

Sadie and Bruno are really good at keeping us entertained. Here are two videos of their recent activities.

Sadie has recently discovered how tasty corn on the cob can be.

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Here is Bruno playing with a laser pen. He hasn't quite mastered his paw-eye coordination yet.

A Little Update

2011-08-21T14:59:00.000-06:00

Well here we are again after a mini hiatus from the blogging world. But, we are back with a few pictures and short stories. We hope everyone has had a good summer, and is ready for the upcoming months. And remember, Winter is just around the corner.

We started our summer with the Bruno Mars concert.

He was great!!! We can't wait for him to come back!

Caitlin and some of her friends did the chalk art festival at The Gateway. There was some really great stuff there. Good job Cait!


Tippy, age 17, went to the Kitty Condo in the sky in June. She lived a good long life filled with many extreme adventures. Tippy will be missed, but never forgotten.


Another tragedy in the family. Dax, age 8, met his demise when a lady pulled out in front of Gavin. The other car rolled over, but luckily no one was hurt. So for now we are a one car family, looking for an addition. Mallory's mom has been a good sport for letting Gavin borrow her car in the meantime.

After not having a cat for a couple weeks, Mallory told me that it was time to get another one. So Mallory spent some time browsing the Humane Society's web site and found this cute little guy. It took us a few days to come up with a name, but after seeing how laid back this cat was, we named him Bruno.

He loves to ride in the car. Although he does not get to do it very often.

Sadie is already teaching her little brother what he needs to know about life. They are getting along great.

In July we went with a couple of our friends, Julie and Jesse, to the cabin and to JellyStone, I mean Yellowstone National Park. It was a blast!

Happy Spring!

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Kauai 2010

2011-04-18T19:58:00.000-06:00

Christmas Eve Luau

Sweet Tat

Really old church

Island doves

Our anti-theft device

Safety First!!!

More truth in this sign than we want to admit

Waimea Canyon

The Stray Dog Whisperer

Nawiliwili Lighthouse

The reason for the season....Hawaiian Style

A very rare horizontal waterfall (hahahaha)

Monk Seal

My Sister's Blog

2011-02-15T14:38:00.000-07:00

Surprise! I have updated my blog for 2 months in a row. Still no pictures of my own (I will work on that when I actually have time), but I thought that I would post a link to my little sister's blog instead. She just turned 15 and is very talented. Here's the link: http://caitybugphotography.blogspot.com/

I hope you enjoy it!

Happy New Year!

2011-01-17T22:20:00.000-07:00

Well, a lot has happened since our last post and it mostly has to do with Gavin. He graduated with his Associate's Degree in Business in December and is working toward a Bachelor's via Utah State University's satellite campus at SLCC.

He also started his new job at Macey's today. We aren't sure what his schedule is going to be like but chances are we won't be seeing each other very much for the next little bit. Which may be a good thing because then I won't feel as guilty with all the studying I will have to do for school this semester.

Gavin also got a new church calling. I have been in the Primary since we moved into our ward in the summer of 2008. I was teaching a sweet little class consisting of 3 girls who were no problem. Then come 2009 I was put with 9 five year olds who all loved to talk. It really shouldn't have been too big of a deal, but with the stress of graduate school, work and trying to spend the spare time I had studying and with Gavin, it became too much for me. So after some tears and a talk with a Bishopric member and the Primary President, Gavin became my new team teacher. It has been such a great experience for both of us and Gavin is really getting the hang of teaching kids under the age of 12 and all of the boys in our class already like him a lot more than me.
Things for me are basically the same. I am in my last semester of classroom work in the College of Pharmacy (finally). I can't believe how quickly it has gone. I still feel unprepared to actually be a pharmacist but can't wait to be finished with school. The most terrifying part of this semester is seminar, where I get the "opportunity" to present a controversial pharmaceutical topic in front of a group of my fellow classmates and any faculty members who wish to attend (backed up by studies from peer reviewed journal articles, of course) for 45 minutes and then get bombarded with questions about it. Hopefully all will go well because public speaking is definitely not my strong point.

My parents also took us on a trip to Kauai for Christmas and we had a great time! We will post pictures soon and hopefully we will do much better with this blogging thing in 2011!

How Embarrassing!

2010-08-26T21:57:00.014-06:00

Hhmmm...I just checked our blog and found that our wallpaper is no longer active. Guess it is time for an update! Gav and I will try to keep this thing running a bit better from now on but we aren't making any promises!

So that this post isn't completely lame, here is a picture of me and a few of my College of Pharmacy friends after immunization training last week.

All in all it went pretty well, except for the part where I hit my partner's bone with the needle! I was told by my evaluator that it is fairly common and that the patient can't feel it (bone has no nerve endings on the outside). Unfortunately for me, I could definitely feel it but was grateful it happened for the first time during practice rather than on an old lady in the community!

While I have been perfecting the needle stick and studying, Gavin has been spending time on YouTube trying to discover his hidden talent/new hobby. He stumbled upon these guys...

...and thought "That can't be that hard". To be honest, I was quite skeptical (those guys have had years of practice, it will make a huge mess, Gav will end up looking like Joseph in his Technicolor Dreamcoat...". When I left for work last Saturday, Gavin told me he was going to clean up and maybe do a little painting. I came home from work last Saturday to this:

Gav told me it only took him around 15 minutes and the only paint residue I could find was a trace amount on his right hand. We were both pretty impressed with his new found talent/hobby. While I was studying (a daily occurrence) on Tuesday night he decided to go outside and paint some more. Here is his 2nd spray painted masterpiece:

He's pretty good, huh? Sorry I didn't orient the last 2 pictures correctly, Gav is usually the "uploader" for our posts. We hope everyone had a great summer and we will try to update you on how we spent ours soon!

A "Suite" Game!!!

2010-04-26T09:13:00.005-06:00

On Friday we got to go to Game 3 of the Playoffs for the Jazz. We had the most comfy seats in the house, also some of the best food. The Jazz played great and showed the Thuggets how to play ball. Big Fes dominated. It was so much fun! Big thank you to Jannie and Scott for the tickets!!!

... After

2009-11-16T20:45:00.005-07:00

Here are a few of the "After" pictures. We have had a few more updates since these pictures, and are in the midst of decorating for the upcoming season, so the additional "after" pictures will be a part of the Holiday update. Enjoy.

Living Room

Kitchen

Bedroom/Office aka The Green Room

Master Bathroom

Master Bedroom

And now the revealing of one of the best updates...

The Master Bedroom Closet

Thank you IKEA

Hours 1 & 2

Hours 3 & 4

We were so excited to take pictures, we hadn't even put away all of the clothes.

We are really enjoying have an organized closet.

Before and......

2009-07-12T17:58:00.007-06:00

After being in our house for nearly a year, we thought it would be a good time to post a few pictures of it. We have had a few projects along the way, and will be sharing the updated version of our home shortly. BEFORE:

Our House

Living Room

Kitchen

Bedroom/Office (aka The Green Room)

Master Bathroom (Nice Seashell Toilet Seat)

Master Bedroom

Basement Family Room

Laundry Room

And now the crown jewel, our pride and joy, and the ultimate in organization....

THE MASTER BEDROOM CLOSETS

Gavin's Side, check out all of that space

Mallory's Side, note the level clothes rod, and the awesome shelf and paint job

I have no words for this type of craftsmanship

Let the demolition begin!!

Stay tuned for the aftermath and update. From our home to yours, this is Gavin and Mallory signing off.

Saturday Night Spring Fever!

2009-04-28T09:16:00.002-06:00

The semester is almost over and Gavin and I are so excited! We have been getting our groove on all week!

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Sadie the Snowdog

2009-04-21T20:39:00.004-06:00

At least someone was excited for mid-April snow

After :45 it gets a little boring. Sorry, we couldn't cut the video down. Enjoy!

Long Time, No Blog

2009-03-02T19:42:00.008-07:00

We know, we know, we haven't blogged in a while so hopefully this makes up for it! Here is a small sampling of what we have been doing lately...

Here is Gavin showing his skills in Park City

Mesa Falls

Yellowstone

Jack Johnson Concert

Halloween featuring the Tacky Tourist and Lora Tabbe

Las Vegas Bowl 2008, it was a lot worse in person

The Strip

Mallory's white coat ceremony

Christmas at the Crawford's

And the newest addition to our family......Sadie

What a Summer!!!

2008-09-28T18:38:00.010-06:00

After a very busy summer, we finally found time to update our blog. We hope you enjoy!!

Here it is... the proof that we are officially married!!!

Its Been a While.. A Long While

2008-09-16T16:29:00.002-06:00

For those of you that still may periodically check our blog, we are both still alive and well. We have been married now for just short of two months, and things are going great! We have both started school, and are both keeping very busy with work as well. Other than being very busy nothing earth shattering has happened, but be assured that everything is going great, and we are not lying face down in a ditch some where. We are going to get back on the blog-wagon now that things have settled down a little. Check back for a photo update.

Oh the things you see!!

2008-06-12T22:29:00.004-06:00

In our quest for various decorations for our wedding, we have come across many great and interesting "treasures." I have said to Mallory, on more than one occasion, "I can't believe someone made that crap, and in more disbelief that there is someone out there that would buy said crap." We thought it would be fun to post some of the beauties that we have seen lately. Enjoy!!

Hockey NIght

2008-05-05T23:35:00.005-06:00

On Saturday I got a call from Scotty asking if I had plans for the evening, after which he let me know that he had tickets for the Grizzlies game. So Mallory, Me, Justin, Tara*2, and Chad all went to the game. It was fun to hang out and the see them play. The highlight of the night was not the Grizzlies 2-0 victory, but rather the female bodybuilder that sat 1 row in front of us. She could have take our entire group down at the same time. All in all it was a great hockey night in Salt Lake City.

Movie Review Number 2

2008-04-10T22:13:00.004-06:00

So I decided that I (Mallory) would finally add an entry to the blog. Gavin and I went and saw Happy Valley on opening night. I figured that since I deal with recovering addicts at work it was worth seeing. It was a really good documentary that shows how destructive addiction can be. I learned a lot from it and highly recommend it. It is fairly depressing so plan on doing something fun afterward. Overall, I give it a 4.8 (keep in mind that I am going into pharmacy so this was right up my alley). Gavin gives it a 3.7.

BIG NEWS WEEKEND!!!

2008-03-23T21:08:00.002-06:00

This weekend has been very eventful!! One of the best weekends ever, in fact!! Friday Mallory made an important phone call to the University of Utah College of Pharmacy, and she was told that if she was still interested, she was in. She Accepted the invitation. We are both excited to know that she is in at the U, especially since she was getting ready to leave to Arizona and Nebraska later this week. This was the start of the great news. Later that night, after being out with her family, Gavin showed up with some flowers with a special surprise hidden in them. Gavin asked Mallory to marry him and she said YES!!! This is what happened this weekend that made it one of the best weekends ever!!

Movie Review: The Human Body

2008-03-21T10:15:00.002-06:00

We went and saw The Human Body at the Clark Planetarium the other day. I was a little nervous when Mallory suggested it, but she promised it was going to be good, so we checked it out. I was very surprised! It was so interesting. It had the feel of something on the History Channel; You stop on it with no intention to watch it, 2 hours later, you get up and say, "That was pretty cool!" I recommend this one, for sure. Total rating: 4.33 Stars

MOVIES

2008-03-21T09:59:00.003-06:00

I decided that I am going to review a movie every once in a while. I will explain the rating system:

1 Star-Ask for a refund of your money and your time
2 Stars-Dollar movie worthy
3 Stars-Entertaining, but nothing to write home about
4 Stars-Good movie, can't wait to Redbox it
5 Stars-WOW! Must see, do not wait!

We're Bloggin'

2008-02-25T23:29:00.001-07:00

We are finally bloggin'. There is not much here right now, but we are working on catching up with everybody. Give us a break, we'll get there.