wanted, dead or alive

So, my fellow bloggers, I'm guessing by this point you have stopped even checking my blog for the lack of posts in 5 months. Well won't you all be shocked to come back and find a post!! You are welcome! I'm currently writing this from a hotel room, so I won't be able to post any pictures, but trust that I am back on the blog-wagon and will post some when I get back home! Thought I'd catch you up on the world of Tyson and Mandy since we last chatted.

Many moons ago in October, Tyson and I took a wonderful, much needed vacation to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with some of our best friends Peter and Tara. It was amazing!! It was so nice to not have to worry about work, or anything but getting a tan and which spot on the beach had the best guacamole! We pretty much didn't do anything but relax and eat great food. Our one planned activity was a dream come true for me, we got to swim with the dolphins and sea lions. What an amazing experience that was. For those of you who don't know, I LOVE dolphins, and have since I was a little girl. I used to want to be a marine biologist just so I could study and work with dolphins, so being able to swim, touch and interact with them was a dream come true! Peter loves sea lions, so we decided while we were there to do the sea lion encounter. What a treat that was! They are fun! That activity had a lot more one on one time than the dolphins did, which was a bummer for me, but was still amazing! We were there in the rainy season, so we had to battle with the rain a lot while we were there, but it was still fun walking around in the rain and just watching it pour down.

In November we celebrated our 3rd anniversary. Unfortunately Tyson was out of town on our actual anniversary, but we had some nice dinners before and after. Its always nice to remember our wedding day, that was one of the best days of both of our lives! We had so much fun, thank you to those of you readers who helped make it that way! I will never forget that day and how much fun it was! I still can't believe how lucky of a girl I am to be married to such an amazing, talented, nurturing, loving, powerful man. Never in my life have I felt more beautiful or loved, and I feel honored to be Mrs. Clayton. We have been through a lot together, and it has only deepened our love for one another. I can't wait for the day when we are parents, and can see the little person that we created together. Enough of the sappy love story, lets move on to December shall we?

In December, the week before Christmas, Tyson was let go from his job. For those of you who don't know, both Tyson and I worked for a seminar company called National Grants Conferences. I was lucky enough to keep my job, but it has been really tough. If any of you know of anyone who is hiring or anything, let us know. I can only be a sugar momma for so long! :) We still had a wonderful Christmas spending time with our loved ones. We both have such amazing families that it is honestly hard to split the time up between the two of them. With my family we are working on starting new traditions, and with Tyson's' the traditions run deep. We always love Christmas time and giving to others.

As for this new year, nothing yet to report. But I'm sure there will be soon! Ty is just looking for a job, and I am still working on the road. When I get home I'll post pictures or a slide show (if I can figure it out.) and I'll try and refrain from using so many exclamation points!!!!!

thank you for your time and patience in reading this blog, and I apologize to you specifically little brother, and those of you smarty pants, for any and all grammatical errors. I hope you all come back soon and post comments, so I can know I didn't write this just for myself!! and you're welcome for finally updating!