Pumpkin Faces

If any of you know me, I am not a crafty woman. I don't scrapbook or coordinate; however I do LOVE to cook, but besides that, I'm not very "Homie"



Well last night Tyson's grandma gave us three small pumpkins to take home and we decided to paint them with permanent markers :) Tyson (who is amazing at drawing) drew two awesome faces - one representing him and one for me. See if you can guess which one is me.



I drew two simple faces and one that says GERBER 2007. It was simple but fun. Check them out.

Tripple Birthdays

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to You! Happy Birthday dear Jael, Steve and Tyson ... huh? Yep! you heard it right. Jael, Steve and Tyson all share close birthday. In order to celebrate the family took them out for a birthday dinner. Jael and Steve came down from Logan and met mom, Fredy, Tyson and I for dinner at Chilis :)

We opened presents first. Steve got the movie Transformers, Jael got a cute purse with earring and a down comforter from our parents but I was most excited about Tyson's present.

After weeks of thinking what I could get my hubby for our first birthday together, I wanted to make sure it was useful. My big thing is that gifts should be usefull - Of course there are exceptions from time to time, but the majority of the time I want gifts that are usuful! Well after much thought I decided to get Ty his first BlueTooth set! Its perfect since Ty spends about 4500 minutes talking to clients every month. Ty was SO excited to get his present and when he opened it he loved it! We took pictures of everyone and enjoyed a fanstastic dinner.

Jael Marchena : 23 years

Steve Thompson : 24 years

Tyson Gerber: 24 years

A special thanks to Martha and Fredy Goez for a fantastic dinner :) We love you.

Cooking Class

Tyson and I are in charge of organizing activities for the "Young Marrieds" in our area. We have loved being able to work together and to get to know other young couples. Our area is filled with really cool couples and I have loved being able to have BBQ's, movie nights and service projects with them.

For October, we organized a full on Cooking Class with Melanie Bowers. She is a real estate agent but also has a passion for cooking. She welcomed us into her home where we found 10 amazing recipies waiting to be made and tasted.

We started off with Mountain Back Chicken, moved to Motzerella Chicken, homemade rice pudding, Rib Eye Stroganoff and a fall salad - to mention a few.

We had more than 10 couples show up and everyone helped make a dish. The class started at 7 pm, and around 10 we were still going strong. Everyone was so full and satisfied. A special thanks to Lori and Steve Weinberger, who helped washed all the dishes - Sis. Bowers was so appreciative.

Everyone helped put chairs back and we gave Sis. Bowers a big round of applause - very well deserved.

The night was great. Next month we are having a "Get More Money" night, where we will have a financial planner teach us the ropes of money ... stay tuned.

We Got Couches!!!

Yet another amazing thing that has happened to us - we got couches! We found this killer deal at RC Willie during Labor Day Weekend. It took us three weeks to actually get them delivered - but it was worth the wait. My dad - Martin, helped us get the couches and we want to send out a big :

GRASIAS PAPA!!!!

We feel so blessed to have them. We even coordinated colors and tables.We have been able to have awesome waffle parties and "office" watching nights in these couches :)

We look so comfy!

Weekend Made for Kings

Hey Everybody,

Tyson and I just back from a fantastic weekend in Park City. Tyson is working hard and kicking butt at PFS so Citi treated seven couples to a relaxing weekend at the Stein Erickson Lodge and we got a spot!

We arrive Saturday morning, got checked in and explored the lodge. Our suite was bigger than our apartment - LOL - we had a huge king bed and a direct fireplace. It was heaven. We had a party with the seven couples around 4 pm and just enjoyed each others presence. We met each other's spouses and shared stories of winning and moving forward. All of them were so humble and had such a desire to do great things for their families. It was very humbling.

At 6 pm we headed down to "The Spa" for the Millionaire Massage. Tyson was so excited he could hardly stand it. The Spa was so cool, with a little bar that was open to any clients, nice robes, water bottles - you name it, they had it. We each had a 60-minute much needed massage and spent an hour just soaking in the sauna and steam room - so fun!

At 8:30, the entire group met for a "winners dinner." It was a fantastic way to end the night - sitting with friends, telling funny stories and congratulating each other. We had never felt anything like it before. It was really neat. The food was amazing - to say the least. We had the best steak ever plus some really fancy dessert. Dinner ended around 11:30 and then the ENTIRE group came to our suite to watch "The Bourne Ultimatum." I fell sleep after 20 minutes, but the entire group stayed up and watched the entire movie.

We woke up the next morning, had a yummy breakfast and headed home. The ride home turned into a great experience for Ty and I. We talked about our dreams and goals. We realized how much we appreciated each other. It was awesome.

We are headed to Las Vegas November 2 and 3 for a region wide conference! It's going to be amazing to see so many winners and families in the same room. We are hoping to also pay a visit to the Las Vegas Temple.

We feel so blessed right now and cant wait to continue to work hard. We love you all and hope you are doing well.


P.S Tyson's Birthday is October 29th! He is turning 24!

Haircut

For those of you that know my fantastic hair ... you will love this ..






After getting married, going on two honeymoons and getting settled in our apartment - the only thing left to do it GET A HAIRCUT. I have REALLY thick hair and my awesome brother-in-law Patrick is FANTASTIC with hair. Below are a few "after" pictures ... you tell me how much better I look :) I am a customer for life.

BTW - that big mop of hair that looks like a dead poodle - that's right! Its all the hair that was thinned out! Scary eh?

Two Honeymoons :)

Tyson took me on TWO honeymoons :) We headed our to Georgia August 1st - 6th for a PFS Convention - life changing! We met millionares left and right. Our belief level went through the roof. We heard of real life changing stories and we knew we were at home. During the huge convention - held at the Georgia Dome, we sat in the front 8 rows. I can't explain the awesome feeling we felt. We felt scared but at the same time excited for our future. We knew hard work was ahead of us, but it did not matter - we had planted our flags. We visited the Georgia Temple, saw the "Underground Atlanta" and Tyson went to six flags - such a fun trip in one week

We came home and headed for our Baja Mexico Cruise. We cruised with my family and I can't tell you how awesome it was. The entire family wore matching shirts, we won in Family Fued, we did Kareokee and Tyson took third in the Ping Pong Tournament and second in the rock climbing contest - He got a medals. Tyson scored a free leather wallet for taking his shirt off - but you will have to ask him about that. We ate at this great restaurant in Catalina Island and went snorcoling (Is that how you spell it?) We got a killer deal of snorkolin for about 2 hours for less than 8 bucks a person! Tyson says to always get your activities planned OUT of the boat.

We visited Ensenada, Mexico and met some great locals. We took salsa lessons and swing dancing lessons - Tyson is a fantastic dancer. Tyson and I felt very blessed among poverty. We made a goal to earn a lot of money to be able to come back and really help families. We checked out some really cool museums in San Diego and after two week of traveling, we finally headed home for good ... I loved traveling, but I have to tell you that I was SO glad to actually be home, cooking and cleaning our apartment.

Getting Married ... Awesome!

For our first post, I wanted to recap my awesome wedding day. For those of you not able to attend I wanted to make sure you got a little flavor of our wedding. Having a 10-week engagement, wedding planning was stressful to say the least, but in the end we made it with shinning stars. Some things the kept my sanity:

1. My sister. She was the best maid of honor I could ask for.

2. Kaitlin - Our wedding planner. She made the day so smooth. I can't believe I almost got married without her! :)

3. My mom. Although she did not plan the wedding, she was there when tension where high and made everything better.

4. Tyson - I honestly believe that if you can make it through being engaged, in-laws, flowers and cake colors - you know you have something special. Tyson is the most patient man alive and made life joyfull during our stressful planning time.

We got married July 27, 2007 at 1 pm in the Salt Lake Temple. It was beautiful . Having our family and friends so close made the world spin a little slower. We had a fun wedding dinner the night before at Leatherbees and the fun just stayed during our wedding day.

After the temple and hundreds of pictures we headed to the White House in Bountiful. We held a beautiful ring ceremony with Chenille Saunders singing a solo and words from our bishop. Then the party started! In between greeting guest and family pictures Kaitlin took Tyson to the back and fed us a plate of our yummy food - heaven sent! The dancing started and would not stop! We had the roof shaking and people with their hands in the air. All the groomsmen delighted us with a special "YMCA" dance and really got the party started. We had the lights on the rooftop on, the air was fresh and time just seemed to stop. My favorite part of the dance was the beginning dance of "Tiempo De Valtz" a traditional hispanic song and dancing with Grampa Gerber :)

Finally at 11:30 Tyson and I were so tired. We got changed and waited for our final exit. My sister arranged for 200 sparkler candles to be lit as we exited. What a treat! The best get-a-way ever. With cans attached to our little Susuki Sidekick we headed off to the Grand America for our first night. We could not have asked for a better wedding day.