Just Being Us

Happy Birthday for Me and Bolt

2011-07-29T10:10:00.000-07:00

Happy 25th Babeo! Me and Bolt love you so so much and hope you have the best birthday ever. You are the best and we are so happy you are a part of our lives. We really are blessed to have you. You are amazing and we hope you have the best next year of your life as possible!

Love
Bug and Bolt

Bolt Like's the Grass!!!

2011-04-20T13:59:00.000-07:00

Living in apartments is kinda hard with a cat because we can't let him go outside and play even though he would love it! It's against the rules and i think all the little kids outside would scare Bolt to death anyway, but I still feel bad for me being inside all the time. He use to be pretty skiddish about the doors opening and the outside but lately he has been trying to escape. SO, we decided to let him go outside the other day and play in our back patio area. It's partially fenced in and mostly cement but has some grass too. I wasn't sure how he was going to do outside since he hasn't been out there to many times and the last couple times he did not like it. He hid in the back corner and played with some tall grass for a little bit before getting adventurous and walking around more and he eventually made it to the grass area. The first time we put him on the grass last fall he hated it. He wouldn't put down all his paws on it but this time he loved it! he was jumping around and laying in it and everything. He even tried to escape from the fenced in area and made it once. We caught him but he was not to happy to come back in . I'm so excited to move so that he can play outside and be a crazy kitty out there. He will just love it!

Update!!!

2011-03-25T13:57:00.000-07:00

Jace and I have been busy getting everything packed and ready for moving in 6 weeks. We have taken up a couple loads in Dory (our Escape) and we dont have too much left to pack besides the big furniture and kitchen stuff. We are getting very excited to move and can't believe how fast time is actually going. It use to be a little over 10 weeks but now only 6. happy day. Last week we were able to find a GORGEOUS kitchen table and 6 chairs on KSL.com. I just love it adn it will look so good in the new apartment. I can't wait to eat at an actual table again. It will feel so strange! We also found a new washer and dryer for a really good deal. I am so excited to use them. They are almost the exact same as the ones we have that I absolutely love so I hope they work just as good. There hasn't been to much excitement going on around here besides moving plans and our crazy kitty being silly. He keeps us entertained. Hope everyone is doing good. Love you all.

Moving!

2011-03-02T15:44:00.000-08:00

So I have been slacking on this whole blogging thing and I apologize. I will try my hardest to do better but I don't guarantee anything since I have been super busy. Hopefully when we are done with school in May I will be better at it. If not, I apologize in advance. :) Anyway, on with the update.
Jace and I have been really busy with school and Jace has been busy with work too. He was able to fly last week to Salt Lake from the new St. George Airport too. He was excited but I was nervous the whole time since I don't like airplanes. It's nice to have him home this week and not leaving to teach a class. We have 9 weeks of school left and we are so excited to NOT be busy anymore. Jace will be completely done too! He is graduating May 6 with his Bachelors Degree and I am so so proud of him and all his hard work. These last 9 weeks are going to be hard though because we are both ready to be done with school.
A couple weekends ago we were able to finally take a vacation which helped rejuvenate us a little. We went to Fillmore for our vacation and it was so relaxing and nice. I just love going there and not having to do anything like clean my house or study and it is so quiet there too. I love not hearing all the semi's outside all night or the garbage man at 6:30 am. It's simply wonderful. We also spent the weekend doing some research and planning for this coming May. We have been talking about moving to Fillmore and hope to make that our permanent home too. Summer will be a good time to see if it would work out for us, so we asked if we could live with Jace's parents for the summer and they said yes! They are so nice. I just love my in-laws. Our things would be put in storage while we lived with his parents so we spend a little of our weekend getting prices. There are only a couple storage unit options in Fillmore and one of the owners is in the ward. Jace talked to him about prices for a storage unit and they are very reasonably priced. Thanks heavens! But we got an even better deal. The owner has been looking for a couple to live in the apartment there and be on-site managers. He knows Jace from one of his sons playing with him when they were young and offered the position to Jace and I! We very happily accepted the offer and are so excited to be moving to Fillmore. Now we don't have to put our stuff in storage and get to live in a very cute 2 bedroom apartment with a garage! We are counting down the weeks. We will be moving right when it's getting really warm here and just about perfect in Fillmore. Perfect time to move. :) I am so grateful things are working out for us to move. We are truely blessed.

Frisbee Golf

2011-01-22T09:55:00.001-08:00

Last Wednesday we had gorgeous weather down here in sunny St. George so I decided that we needed to be outside and enjoy it. I decided to surprise Jace with a Frisbee. Weird I know, but since we got the move Jace jas been playing disc golf and he is really good. I of course am not so good at it but remember playing as a kid and not being to bad. SO, I decided it would be fun to really test our frisbee skills and play for real. Not on the playstation. I ran and got us two frisbee's at Ben Franklin in one of my breaks in school so I'd have them when I got home from class at 3. I was so excited to play and couldn't wait for class to get over. When it did I hurried out the doors only to find that the dang breeze had picked up. :( Kinda bummed me out. I gave Jace his frisbee and told him my whole plan of surprising him and that I was mad the breeze came to play with us. He told me that we could still play and at least try. So we walked to the park and played for about 30 minutes in the gusts of wind. It was pretty fun. I was still crummy but better in life than on the game. Jace was fair definetly better on the game though. Not sure what that all means but heck, we had a blast playing!

What a cutie!

Winning shot! - for that hole.

Cute couple don't you think?!?

Bolts growing up!

2011-01-07T16:06:00.000-08:00

Our sweet little kitty Bolt is now 6 months old! He's growing up so fast and is so much fun. I'm so glad we were able to get him. He is getting so big though. I didn't really notice how big he actually is until I looked at pictures from the first day we got him. He was so tiny!!! Lately he has been very curious. He loves the toilet, bathtub, kitting his litter out of his potty, poking his head through the blinds and playing with his toys and food. Yes he plays with his food. He will get a piece out of his dish and slide across the floor chasing it then finally eats it. He also loves to watch the kids playing outside in the front yard. They went back to school this week so he has been meowing at the window for them. He will run from side to side chasing the kids in the window. He just loves watching them and I love watching him. He still gets "needy" though and I have to hold him and he tries to suck my neck. If anyone knows how to make that stop please let me know. Anyway, Here are some pic's of him and how much he has grown.

First day we got him. He barely takes up a corner of his bed.

Getting a little bit bigger. Fills up a side of his bed. I love how his
mouse is in bed with him. He loves that thing.

Fills up his bed. :) So cute.

Still getting bigger!

I love this picture of him. He looks so bored. Haha.

Being "needy". This is a daily thing.

Snow!!!

2011-01-03T20:14:00.000-08:00

So today we woke up to snow! Well, Ernie actually called and told us that the news said we had snow so we looked out the window and there it was. I just loved it and had to take some pictures of it before it melted. It felt a little more like winter with the snow too. It was just great!

Family Picture

2010-12-30T20:43:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone! I know I'm late but it's the thought that counts right?!? I am so happy we were able to get a cute picture of our little family with Bolt looking at the camera. It took a couple tries and Bolt taking a nap in between photo shoots to get this super cute picture though. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and has a Happy New Year! :) Love you all!

Bolt, Halloween, and The Oscar Myer Weinermobile!

2010-11-10T17:15:00.000-08:00

Well we have been really busy lately but I wanted to update my blog and put up some of these cute pictures of my two favorite guys. Bolt is growing up really fast and getting so big. He is eating a ton. Last week he was able to jump high enough to get on the couches so he has been sitting on the back of our love seat and watching the kids outside. Today he was eating the blinds so I just raised them so he couldn't reach and all the sudden there I could hear 5 or 6 little kids laughing and saying, "It's a kitty!". I peaked my head around the corner to see what was going on and sure enough. There they all were, playing with Bolt through the window. They would run their fingers on across the glass and he would try to get them. They just loved it. Then they knocked on the door and asked to pet our kitty. I grabbed Bolt and let the kids pet him. He didn't like that too much since they were all yelling and trying to pet him. He hissed a coupled times then ran away. I am now the kitty lady of the complex. Haha.
Halloween was a little different this year than most. We were in Kanab taking care of Nancy after her Gall bladder was removed. We took our pumpkins out there to carve them and just hung out. I had a ton of homework so it wasn't the most relaxing get away for me but Bolt sure enjoyed exploring a new house!
One last highlight from the last couple weeks is that we got to see the Oscar Myer Wienermobile! I thought it was pretty cool to actually see on, and to look inside it. That about all the highlights I can think of. School is getting really busy and stressful but we are hanging in there and trying to have some fun along the way. Can't wait til Thanksgiving break to not have school and eat some yummy food!

Jace and Bolt watching the fire

Bolts Halloween Costume

He LOVES plastic bags

Sitting on His scratching post

The Wienermobile!

The front of the wienermobile. It's smiling too!

I dressed up for School as a cat. Bolt loved it.

This is his "I'm innocent" face

and this is his "Aren't I so cute" face

Newest Member of the Family.

2010-10-13T14:10:00.000-07:00

So I'm stuck sitting at this computer and decided since I don't want to get up I would update my blog on the newest member of the family and reason I'm stuck in this chair. We have a sweet 10 week old baby kitty. He is sleeping on my lap right now and looks so peaceful so I don't want to move and wake him up. I bet you wonder how we came to own such a cute little thing since our apartments don't allow pets so I will tell you.
It all started with my visiting teachers coming over to say "Hi!" and met me. One sister brought her kids with her and they were talking about their dog. The little girl said she liked to play with her little dog Daisy and the other sisters dog too. After we left Jace and I looked at each other and said, "Why do they get to have pets?" We have asked a couple times about the pets we've seen around the complex and they always tell us they are medical. So Jace asked the manager after the whole thing with my Visiting Teachers and she said we just needed a note a doctor saying we would benefit from a animal-cat or dog, no horses or anything. I needed to get my prescription refilled so we decided to make an appointment with the doc about that and the note for a pet.
Long story short, we got a note from the doc and approval from the apartments to have a kitty. We found our kitty at the Washington County Pound. He was owner released and his card said 8 weeks old. He was chowing down on his food when we got there and he just kept wanting to eat. He didn't even care that we were wanting to take him home. We paid the $10 fee for our little guy and then took him to Petco with us to find some stuff for him. Petco seemed really expensive and there was a dish I liked more at Walmart so we went there. Luckily they are in the same parking lot so I just stayed in the car with the kitty and Jace went in to get all the stuff. I have the best Hubby ever. Love him lots.
We finally made it home and set up all the kitty stuff we got. The litter box and food/water dish and all the fun toys. We went back to Petco for food since all Walmarts food was basically corn. What cat eats corn voluntarily? They eat chicken and turkey and fish. Not corn. Anyway, we got him a little mouse to play with and he loves that thing! He cares it around everywhere and sits on and pushes it all over the kitchen floor. It's so fun to watch. He wasn't yet potty trained so it took a couple days of training before he got the hang of it. Good thing we have the little green to clean up those spots. We are still working on him actually covering up his poopy. He tries but seems to aim at the opposite corner as his poop. He'll get it down though.
We took him to the Vet and the vet said he was 6 or 7 weeks old not 8 like what the card on his cage said. The vet told us he will lose his teeth at 13 weeks so i've been checking his teeth everyday. He even got his first shots this vet trip. he did so good. Didn't meow or anything.
He has been such a blessing to our little family and reduced so much stress. He just make me smile whenever I look at him.
It took us a while to name him, but we finally came up with a name. BOLT! We chose this name because he bolts everywhere. He doesn't just walk. He has to run. It's too cute. Here are a couple pictures of our crazy man.

SO cute sleeping together. They were both so tired.

This is normal reaction when you play with him. He loves his back.

At the Vet. I love this picture. It's like
he's saying, "What are you guys doing?"

He loves my purse!

What a pose. He sleeps so much and in so many weird positions.

Homecoming Dance & True Rebel Night

2010-10-10T17:52:00.000-07:00

So I've never been to a school dance before not college or High School. Well I did go to Red an White in High School which is a senior dance but we never went to the dance. It was kinda lame so I decided that Jace and I needed to go to Homecoming so we could get the full college experience and High School for me. :) Rhett and Natalie came with us too which made it alot of fun. We danced and danced and danced. It was great. We also went to True Rebel Night after the dance. It's a a tradition at Dixie in which at Midnight on Homecoming Saturday you and your date go stand in the fountain and kiss. The water was so cold but it was so much fun. I am so happy we went and have such great friends to go with as well.

All dressed up for the dance

Rhett and Natalie

The Group

Us dancing the night away

All of us in the freezing cold fountain

Kissy Kissy in the fountain

True Rebels! :)

Homecoming Parade

2010-10-09T11:46:00.000-07:00

So it's home coming week for Dixie State College and today was the Homecoming parade. My PTA program just started a club for us called the Student Association of Physical Therapist Assistants or SAPTA so we represented in the parade. There are 23 students in the whole program and 4 of us showed up. Sad I know but we had fun. Big Sexy was the "float" for us so that was a lot of fun. We saw and heard a lot of comments on how nice the truck is and Jace's Favorite was a little boy say look how shiny daddy. It was cute. We had music too and Jace and I are deaf from it now because it was so loud in the cab. Oh well. The three girls in the back of the truck threw candy but ran out half way through the parade. So over all it was a good and alot of fun. Here are some pics. I saw alot of camera takin pics of the truck in the parade so maybe we will be famous! haha J/k. We also heard alot of What is SAPTA? It was great.

Tiffany Kelsy Sierra and Me

The not so cool looking banner on one side

The banner Jace and I made at midnight that everyone liked the most. :)

The other side of the trucks banner. Loved how none
of them matched each other.

Blackfoot Family Reunion and Demo Derby

2010-09-13T15:13:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was the Merrell family reunion. It's in Blackfoot ID and is a really long drive for us especially with all the school stuff Jace and I have going on, but we decided to stretch ourselves thin and go up. It was alot of fun and I loved seeing the family but we are extremely tired. It wore us out. I only have time for a quick highlight of the weekend and had to get these cute pictures up of my hubby.

Highlight #1: Jace finally got to ride a horse for the first time. Unlce greg was so nice to saddle his horse Rose to let the kids and us ride. Anthony and Olivia had never ridin a horse before either so it was their first time too and they all loved it.

Highlight #2: The demo derby was very fun and had alot of good hits. Tailee fell asleep on my lap again this year too. I don't know how she sleeps through the noise but as she does it somehow. We saw one of the cars at the gas station when we got to Blackfoot and told the kids (Anthony, Chacen, and Tailee since they rode with us) that the car was going to the fair. Tailee told me that they were going there early so they could practice. Haha. Too cute!

Highlight #3: We got to eat yummy scone nuggets. I look forward to those every year. Hopefully we can make it next year so we can eat some more!

Highlight #4: It was good to see all my family. Wish they all lived closer and that we could make it up to see them more. Guess they will have to start taking advantage of our guest bedroom.

Well, that's all i have time more. Possibly more to come, depending on time. School is EXTREMELY busy.

Leading the horse. I love that hour heads are looking down at the poop.

Love this picture. Olivia's first time on a horse. She
started crying when the horse coughed and farted though.

Getting ready and learning how to "drive" from Uncle Greg

Jace's first time riding a horse. He looked so good. :)

Me and my Tailee

Jace is a pro now. :)

Anthony looking at the cows.

Cutest picture all day. I love my hubby and those sweet kids

Truck Update

2010-09-01T21:13:00.000-07:00

Last Friday my boss gave me 2 free movie tickets for working so hard and filling in for people so Jace and I decided to have the date night we missed last Saturday from the truck dying. We got ready and Jace called Texas to put on names on the list again so we wouldn't have to wait. We decided to take Big Sexy too since he was fixed and had been working really good. We were so excited to have a real date night and to take the truck too, but we didn't make it out of the parking lot. We made it out of the parking spot and about 20 feet in our parking lot before Big Sexy died. I couldn't help but laugh since it was the same situation as last time just in our parking lot. Jace was able to pull off to the side of the parking lot out of the way and try to get it started again but no luck for a couple minutes. Big Sexy would start and run for about 20 seconds then die. It was like it was getting choked. But Jace was able to back it up finally into a parking spot. The longer he let it sit the longer it would run. So he let it sit a little bit, would start it, put it in reverse, and gas it. We are so glad it worked. It took about 35-40 minutes before getting the truck in a parking spot again but no one came out to see what we were doing and we were reving it up pretty loud and cars drove by too. What a rude world we live in. Even last saturday 3 cars pulled in the parking lot we were broke down in and one guy even waved but no one stopped to ask if we needed help. Our hood was up and the tonneau cover was up and nothing. Not even the 4 or so cops driving by stopped to help. Kinda made me sad to see how inconsiderate people can be.
Anyway, after getting the truck a the parking spot again we jumped in the car and went to Texas. The food was great and we didn't get sick since we thought maybe the truck was trying to keep us from eating there and getting food poisoning or something. We even had left over for lunch the next day. :) We saw The Switch which was really cute and funny. I enjoyed it lots. It was nice to have a fun evening even though Big Sexy still needs a new fuel selector valve.

Big Sexy Dies :( But LIVES!!!!!

2010-08-25T19:57:00.000-07:00

So Jace and I decided to go to Texas Roadhouse for dinner to celebrate/mourn the last Saturday of summer. We called in and put our name on the list to not wait in line around 6:30 then jump in the truck to head over. Jace had spent the day doing diagnostics on the truck to make sure it was ready for school so we drove Big Sexy to Texas but we didn't make it. On our way there Jace switched fuel tanks and a little bit after doing that Big Sexy died. Jace could push the gas and get a little reponse but then it was like the key turned off. Luckily Jace was able to turn into a parking lot just a block away from Texas. It was quite the trick getting the truck to turn since there was no power steering though. Sadly the parking lot we were in was a private parking lot. We call Ernie and Gail on all three of their phones and no answer. We called Grandma and grandpa to see if Ernie and Gail were over there but they weren't home and no one answered their house phone either. Then we noticed that Jace's phone only had 20% battery life left. Not good because you see, I didn't bring anything with me. I left my purse and phone at home so that no one would call and interrupt our dinner. Big mistake. We called as many people as we could before Jace's phone died and I wrote phone numbers down on an envelope in case we had to use someone else's phone. Long story short Uncle Mont came to our rescue and took us home to get the car and my phone. We had free towing within 15 miles so Big Sexy was towed home. I cried when I saw it loaded on the tow truck, but at least it made it home.
Jace was so worried about the truck that that night I woke up to him pushing my feet and the bed at 2 am. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "I have to move it." I asked what?!? but he woke up enough to walk back around the bed, lay down, and go to sleep. He doesn't remember doing that but I thought it was cute. They couldn't put the truck all the way forward in the parking spot so it needed to be pushed up. I think Jace was trying to move the truck in his sleep and I was the truck I guess. He is a cutie.
Jace got the truck working again today and I love it. It was hard to share our one car with our crazy schedules. I guess the fuel tank selector was the problem. There was no pressure in the fuel line/tank so Big Sexy wasn't getting any gas. I am so blessed to have a smart hubby that keeps trying til he finds the problem then fixes it. He did so much research and talking to his Truck Friends online. I am just so proud of him for fixing Big Sexy. I love him so so much and Big Sexy. :)

On the tow truck. :(

In the wrong parking spot. :( The tow truck couldn't get Big Sexy in
it's normal parking spot so it went in the back of the parking lot. :(
At least she is home though.

Back to school!

2010-08-25T19:46:00.001-07:00

Well school is back in session again. Not to excited about it because we loved our summer but i guess the sooner we get started the sooner we will be done. :) We took some back to school pictures. I started Monday and Jace started Tuesday so we have separate pictures since our schedules are so different. I can't wait for Christmas Vacation! I already need a break.

So cute in his new shirt!

Dinner in the mountains

2010-08-05T20:58:00.000-07:00

We were able to stay an extra day in Fillmore after our almost full week in Plymouth which I loved. Jace had to replace our water pump too. The low coolant light had been coming on for a week or so but it kept going on and off and we had just checked it a couple weeks earlier so we didn't worry to much about it. On our way up to SLC though the light came on so we decided to stop at Auto Zone and check it. Sure enough the coolant was low. We had put a bottle in the trunk when we left St. George which was very nice. We got back on the road and made it to SLC. It came on here and there during our trip and when we left to come back to Fillmore there was a big puddle of coolant. We said our prayers for the car to work and make it to Fillmore and it did. i am so grateful for answered prayers. Apparently, the seal had cracked so Jace had to replace it. Ernie and Jace worked on the car while Momma T and me chatted and watched. It was so normal to being doing that too. :) After getting the car fixed we headed up the mountains on the 4-wheelers for tin foil dinners and s'mores. Yummy. It was so delicious and fun. Can't wait to go again!

We didn't have our goggles but sun glasses worked great. SO glad
Jace doesn't have contacts anymore. They were a pain.

Momma T and Ernie in the creek. Best part of the ride it the water.

Momma T the Pryro

Jace got it from somewhere. :)

Yummy S'mores!

Cheese!

Cute little couple!

Plymouth Adventures

2010-08-05T19:49:00.000-07:00

Jace and I went up to Plymouth last week (July 27-Aug 1) to visit family and go to my 5 year Class Reunion. Our trip was so much fun! We left St. George on Sunday after church and we were so happy we stayed for Nursey. We had 17 kids and only 3 leaders. Luckily there were a couple parents to help a little bit but it was still crazy fun. That age is too cute. I just love it. We stayed the night in Fillmore and visited with Ernie and Gail. It was fun to catch up and just chat.
On Monday Grandma came over to see if we could help them bail the hay around 4 but when we looked outside there were all these dark rain clouds and it was getting windy. Jace and Ernie came home and they said they could help but all of us were worried about the rain so we check doppler and there were storms heading our way! We ate our lunch really quick and changed into dirty clothes to go help grandpa who was out bailing. He got 4 hay bails in before the rain kicked him off his tractor; two of them broke open though. :( We waited patiently for about 15 or 20 minutes before the rain stopped and we were out working the field. :) We had a good system down too. Grandpa drove the tractor with the old bailor on it, Grandma was the knotty watcher (she made she the knots stayed tied and the bailing twine got cut), Jace pulled the hay bails off the bailor and put them in the trailor that Gail pulled on her 4-wheeler, Ernie was the stacker in the quansa hut, and I did whatever else was needed like moving piles of hay back in line. :) It was alot of fun and good to help Grandma and Grandpa out. Jace didn't have a allergy attack either. It was so nice.
That night we left for SLC becuase Jace and Ernie were teaching a class Tuesday morning. I hung out in the Hotel and relaxed until lunch time and then stayed with them to watch the rest of the class. It was kinda fun to see what they do.
Jace and I took our time getting up to Plymouth. We stopped at Layton and New Gate Mall to see if there were any good back to school deals but we found nothing for back to school. We were lucky to find a new swimming suit for Jace for $15 though! It is very nice too. We were hoping to find more than just that but oh well.
It was so nice to finally get to Plymouth. Its such a long drive! We drove through Brigham City to see where the new Temple is being built too. It will be so amazing to see a temple there and have it across from the tabernacle as well. I can't believe how many temples there are and how many more are being built. I love loving so close to the temple too. It such a peaceful place and so beautiful. I absolutely love it.
Wednesday we met TaiLynne, BJ, Chacen, and Tailee, and Mom and Arnold at El Parrel in Tremonton for dinner. We had so much food. I was grateful for sharing with Jace becuase they give you so much food there it is ridiculous. Tailee and Chacen were so cute too when they saw Jace and I. They both ran to us and gave us a big hug yelling our names. I loved it. I missed them so much I didn't want to let them go.
We went to Kings after and Tailee got some stuff for school. We went downstairs to play with all the toys and had the time of our lives. They have the funnest toys there. Chacen road a motorcycle around the store and Tailee jumped from one thing to the other. She would also grab Jaces Hands and he would pull her. Her shoes were slippery so she slide across the tile floor. She had so much fun.
Mom and Arnold left on Thursday for Montana because my mom had a class reunion as well. We cleaned their carpets with the old deep cleaner my mom didn't even know she had. haha. It worked so good and got all of the nasty stains out of their carpet. We had fun cleaning and going through all my old stuff.
We went to the Pool on Friday with Tailynne, Chacen, Tailee, BJ, Anthony, Logan and Olivia. We had a blast. We went down the big slide and the kids went down the little slide and just loved playing in the water. We had Pizza Hut after wich made the day even better. Tailee and Chacen came back to Plymouth with us for a sleep over. Chacen fell asleep in the car and slept until about 9 am the next day. I wish I could sleep like that! We had so much fun on Saturday with the kids. I made a fishing game for them to play and Chacen played all day! he loved it. We got creative and found them a boat. It was just am empty tote we had. Jace was the "motor" and drove /pulled the boat to the lake were all the fish were. It was so cute to watch them play. I had so much fun playing too that I didn't want to take them home. It was hard to say goodbye but we had too. I can't wait to see them again. I already miss them.
Jace and I had so much fun picking raspberries for Momma T before we left Plymouth. It was raining and there is a nest with 3 eggs in the raspberry bushes so the momma bird about took my head off trying to get us to leave but we didn't. It was too much fun. We had so much stuff in the car when we left that we forgot the half full gallon sized bag of raspberries we picked. It was so sad. I wish I would have remembered them.
Here are a few pictures from the trip. I wish I would have got pictures of us bailing hay.

Two of my favorite people.

At the pool soaking up some sun.

Cutest kids in the pool

Jace and Anthony

Me and Tai

Chacen helpin me make pancakes. He loves to help.

Tailee being cute

Fishing!

Such a cutie!

Stickers!

Jace putting stickers on Chacen. I love his face in this picture.

We wore them out!

The Lake!

2010-07-18T17:28:00.001-07:00

Jace and I have loved going to the lake this year. It has been so hot the past couple weeks and the water feels so great! We just float out on the lake for hours without realizing it has been that long. It is very relaxing. I have forgotten my camera every other time we have gone but I finally remembered it for this trip. We spend a couples hours there just floating on our blow-up bed thingy's and talking. It was great! We had alot of fun trying to get a picture of both of us on the lake too since one of us would have to push the button on the camera with the 10 sec timer then run into the lake and get on our floaty before the 10 seconds were up. It was hilarious to watch us try to run through the water that fast and look natural, but we got some fun pics.
We decided to go back the next day and spent most of the day there. We got there around 2:30pm and noticed that our normal spot was taken so we had to find a different area. We ended up at a rocky, very muddy area of the shore. I didn't like it one bit. The water was all dirty and there was a crawdad getting beat by the waves at the shore. Jace enjoyed playing with it for a little bit before finally getting back out to the lake. We set up our chairs after testing the temperature of the water and ate the lunch we packed. It was really good. We had sandwiches, fresh pineapple, chips, and a Dr. Pepper. Yummy!
After we filled our bellies we blew up our floaty's and braved the muddy yucky crawdad water. Once we got in we floated away from the grossness to to clear pretty water and soaked up the sun. The people that were in our spot left a little while after we got in so we hurried and moved our stuff over. Jace taught me how to skip rocks too. I got one rock to skip 5 times! That is my record. jace can get them to skip 20 times I swear. Someday I will be just as good as him. :) We walked out in the water and swam around for a little bit and floated around somemore before we decided to leave. Poor Jace got so sun burnt though. He looks like a plutonic lobster today. I can see alot of blister forming so I have been covering him in aloe. Hopefully he doesn't peel too bad.
When we went to bed that night we both couldn't sleep. We felt like we were still on the lake rocking on the waves. We both slept horribly. Hopefully tonight will be better and hopefully Jace's sunburn wont' hurt to much.

The lake looks gorgeous! You can't tell from the picture
that it is 110 degrees outside but it is!

Blowing up the floaty's

Floating on the lake in style! Isn't he cute?!?

This is one of our attempts to get a picture
of us on the lake. Didn't quite make it.

Yeah! We got a good one! My foot in almost
covering my face but we made it. :)

Best picture of the day!

Getting ready to leave. It was so much fun!

4 wheeling

2010-07-18T16:17:00.000-07:00

Monday after the 4th of July we went 4 wheeling. First time this year! It was so much fun. We went on a new trail this time and it was so pretty. I loved seeing all the wild flowers and butterflies. We had a good little lunch on the mountain and Ernie was nice enough to invite a bee over to eat with me. :) Haha. Let's just say I haven't moved that fast in a long time. After getting rid of the bee and finishing eating Jace and Ernie threw rocks in the stream trying to hit the dam of rocks and twiggs. It was fun to watch them. We road across the mountain after that and stopped to see our tree. We both carved on 2010 in our tree too. It was good to see our tree again. The mountain was so beautiful. We saw a couple dear and snake too! I liked the dear, not the snake. I love riding through the water too. It is my favorite for sure! I took lots of pictures and I can't wait to go again so get ready Ernie and Momma T! :)

Ernie and Momma T on their steal horse. :)

So cute. :)

Throwin rocks in the stream

I LOVE THESE THINGS!
It's as big as my head!

Making a wish!

Yeah! Fillmorites. . . You can blame me for any of these
GIANT dandelion things in your mountains.

You can see the outline of our goggles!

Watcha doing Ernie?

Like Father Like Son

All of us with our newly carved in trees.

My Favorite part

We look like dirt monster!

Newest Member of Our Family

2010-06-13T19:07:00.000-07:00

Jace and I talk in sacrament meeting today and Ernie and Gail were able to come down and support us and hear our talks. It was so great to have them here. I love when they come to visit. We did great on our talks and are so happy to be done with them.
Ernie and Gail came down on saturday and they suprised us with our 1 year anniversary gift since next saturday marks our first year. They gave us something I have been wanting since I saw Gails. It is a little green and I love it! I can't wait to find a stain to use it on.

My Next Try at a Green Thumb

2010-06-04T19:10:00.000-07:00

Well my last attempt at growing a plant was not in favor of the poor plant so, I decided to try a plant that was already grown. This was under the "easy to grow" section at Lowe's so I figured I could do it. I will try to keep it watered and in the sun so it won't die but I already explained him (the plant) that I don't have a green thumb and that he will have to be patient and help me out. I think he understood cuz he perked right up after we gave him some water. He was a little water deprived at Lowe's but I still thought he was cute. We were going to do a small garden but decided against that since it is so late in the year for it and the fact that I can't seem to grow anything. So, wish this poor plant luck.

Best Birthday Yet

2010-05-14T14:06:00.000-07:00

My birthday this year was awesome! I know I'm a slacker at posting this when it was actually my birthday, but oh well. Better late than never. When I woke up on my birthday Jace had me open my presents before I got ready or anything. He was so excited. I had been giving him crap about not wrapping my "birthday shirt" we ahd bought a week or so earlier all day before my birthday and as far as I knew it was still hanging in our closet so I had no idea what was wrapped so pretty. He used one of my blank cards for my birthday card and had to make the card part. He did awesome. I opened up a pair of new shorts, and my shirt i swear was still in the closet. He had just put a shirt I already had that looked similar to the new one in its place and I didn't notice. I learned not to assume anything anymore. haha. He also gave me a new duck. Our flashing duck he got on his mission is dying and I was so sad so he found one on ebay for me. I loved it. We ahd dinner at Texas and had a fun night with friends. It was a great birthday. But little did I know that it wasn't over. . .

My Gifts form Hubby! He even wrapped them. :)

My New DuckThis is NOT my birthday shirt. He tricked me.

Yeah! A new outfit. To bad it was raining so I couldn't wear the shorts.

A sweet surprise from hubby. Balloons, Dr. Pepper, and a Kite. :)

Ernie and Gail came down on friday to celebrate and take me to lunch for my birthday. We went to Cafe Rio and had some very yummy food and enjoyed catching up. On our way back to the apartment Ernie asked me to hand him his had that was in the back window behind my head. I was a little lost as to why he would want his hat. He had been talking about my hat all day too I had no idea what was his deal with hats. I gave him his hat from the back window and then he told me I forgot something in the window. I looked back and it was an iPod touch! Ernie had picked up the iPod up north for Jace the week before and they brought it down for him. I was shocked. Jace and I have been trying to find one for ever and the little stinker didn't tell me he already had one so we had been searching clear up til this moment. I am so happy and I love my iPod touch. It is the best thing ever.

Surpise!!!!!

Jace's Graduation Yeah!!!

2010-05-14T13:32:00.001-07:00

Jace graduated this friday with his Associates Degree. Well, he actually got his degree in December but graduation is in May so he got to walk and get his degree case. I am so proud of him. He has worked very hard and even graduated with Honors! He is just amazing and very smart. I love him lots. Only one more year and he will have his bachelors Degree. :0 Yeah for My Bug! Thanks for all the support he had and to those that were able to make it. We love you all.

Walking to the Ceremony with all the other graduates

Walking through the D

He is in the center looking back at us. :)

Finally found our graduate

So Proud

Had to get a picture of the truck too.

BBQ

2010-03-23T16:26:00.000-07:00

I finally faced my fear of the BBQ and grilled up some yummy hamburgers for dinner the other day. It was such a nice day outside so we cleaned up the patio and closet and our neighbors were grilling burgers that smelled great so I just had to run to the store to show them how it's done. :) Grilling was not as scary as I thought it would be, but the flames coming up and covering the burgers made me a little nervous. I survived though and we had a great dinner. I can't wait to grill some more.

Cheese! Look - even shorts already. :)

The scary flames comin for me.

Easter Egg Plant

2010-03-23T16:05:00.000-07:00

So Jace and I went to Lowes a week or so ago to get a outside broom to clean off the patio and the outside storage closet. When we were checking out I saw these colored eggs and look at them. They were called "Egg Plants". Turns out they were a ceramic egg filled with soil and seeds to grow flowers in them. They were so cute. The next day we went back and bought me one and one to send to Tailee and Chacen for Easter. I decided to see how this "egg plant" thing worked so I opened the packaging to see what to do and the dumb instruction inside the plastic wrap said to crack the egg with the plastic wrap on. How the heck would I know that if the instructions are in the plastic! Honestly. Needless to say I lost some of the soil in cracking my egg since the plastic wrap wasn't on it but it worked out ok. Hopefully it grows and my knack for killing plants will not over come and my green thumb will emerge. :)

The Egg Plant. It's suppose to be puple

Trying to crack the egg without losing the insides

The egg plant trying to grow

Jace Birthday (This is late- but still worth posting.)

2010-02-20T21:31:00.000-08:00

Jace's birthday was Feb 9th. and we made the most of it with our busy day/week. The day started out with us scrambling to get out the door on time like usual and surviving 3 hours of classes. Momma T and Ernie came down from filly to celebrate too. They had his gift sent here and so we opened gifts before we left to eat. I gave him some of his favorite goodies and . . .

he got some very nice new shoes - which he needed - from Momma T and Ernie. He got goodies and cards and money too from the rest of the family. Thanks go out to everyone. We took the birthday boy out to lunch at The Pasta Factory. It was so good. He even got a birthday cheesecake. We decided it would be fun to play glow-in-the-dark mini golf since Momma T and Ernie hadn't been before. We had a blast and it was so fun for all of us to act like kids. Jace of course won and I as usual lost. Ernie took second and Gail was one point lower than me. haha.

After they left Jace was so nice to help me study for my Lab practical I had the next day by being my patient and letting me practice on him. He is a good little actor. I kept laughing and messing up, but he just kept on acting like an old man with shoulder pain, or back pain. We had a fun little evening together.

Our First Valentines Day!

2010-02-15T08:04:00.000-08:00

This was our first Valentine's Day together. Last year Jace had eye surgery so we didn't get to really celebrate it, but we are so glad he got his eyes fixed. :) Anyway, our Valentines day was so much fun. We celebrated Saturday and Sunday. Saturday we went and did a session at the temple with our friends Rhett and Natalie. It was so much fun and I am so glad they invited us. Oh, I also made Ebelskeivers for breakfast and boy were they good. We went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse since it is our favorite. It took about 2 hours to get seated but their Ribs are worth it. We ate about a bucket of peanuts waiting so we got our money's worth. :) We finished off the evening with the movie Love Happens. It was cute. I recommend it to anyone.
Sunday, the official Valentine's Day, Jace slept in and I got up and did my hair all "cute" and also got his card ready and put it on his computer so he could find it. I also heart attacked our kitchen (covered it in Hearts) with little sayings on them. We walked around and read each one and if it said "HUG ME" or "KISS ME" then he gave me a hug or kiss. It was fun. For breakfast I made "I Love You" pancakes with pink milk, not strawberry. It was delicious. Church was good too and everyone talked about love at home. What better to talk about on Valentines Day! When I walked int he door after church, our table was in the middle of the kitchen with a pink sheet covering it, flowers, 2 long stem candles, a Hershey's candy bar and snickers, balloons and strawberry sparkling Juice. I was shocked! My hubby is so cute and sweet. I just love him. We turned on our song Then by Brad Paisley and danced in our kitchen before we blew out the candles. We had a wonderful dinner, played Five Crowns, and watch The Time Travelers Wife. It was the best Valentine's Day Ever!

Getting Ready to go to Church

I Love You pancakes eggs and pink milk

Leaving for church all dressed up for the holiday

My cute surprise from Jace. The pic's are of him first pointing
at his eye, second his heart, and third at me. He is so creative!

My pretty flowers. :)

What We've Been Up Too!

2010-02-04T20:15:00.000-08:00

Well, since school has started we haven't been doing very much besides school and studying. I have classes for 5 or 6 hours a day and Jace for 3 hours! I'm lucky though and get Friday's off, which I am so grateful for. We have no time for anything it seems like, but we are still having fun and making some time for the fun stuff and relaxing. We are still trying to get our new apartment organized and complete. Slowly but surely it will happen, even if that is in a couple months or maybe when this semester is over. Things are going good and school is picking up for both of us with 5 tests this week for me and 2 test and Multiple assignments due for Jace. All with his birthday in the middle of it. We are gonna need all the help and prayers we can get to make it through this week! Wish us luck! :)

Our Humble Abode

2010-01-31T17:13:00.000-08:00

Our New Apartment

2010-01-05T22:06:00.000-08:00

Here is a little video of our new apartment we are moving into on the 7th. We are so excited to have another bedroom and bathroom, more storage, a dishwasher, and a washer and dryer! We can't wait to get moving!

Our First Christmas

2009-12-25T11:50:00.000-08:00

Our First Christmas together was so much fun. Last night we started our celebrating and went to the temple to see the Nativity thats set up and listen to the sotry of Christs Birth. We loved it. But it was a little cold. I loved seeing all the lights at the temple too. After that we went and looked at Christmas lights and stopped to see Uncle Mont for a little bit and wish him Merry Christmas. It was a fun little evening. This morning we slept in and then showered and got ready before opening gifts. We are so blessed to have what we do and to receive so many wonderful gifts from family and friends. Thank you to everyone and Merry Christmas! Enjoy the day and relax like we will be doing. Love you all!

All our gifts sorted for opening.

He got Peanuts!

All the goodies in my stocking! MMmmm.. . . . Snickers!

New Jacket so it matches with everything now.
Yeah! Meat and a fun game from Momma T and Ernie! :)

POPCORN!!!!!

All the bottled food and spcies from Dad and Nancy. They all look so good.

New shirt from Mom for Jace.

I had no idea what this was when we opened it, but after asking my mom what it was I am very glad we got it. It turn our to be a pie or casserole dish carrier. You put the pie in the center then fold the small sides and tie them together then the other long sides have wood hands to carry it with. I love it.

Jaces new helicopter. He loves it. He let me fly it but I ran straight into our beautiful poinsettia and chopped the pretty flowers up. So I don't fly anymore.

My New Boots. :)

After opening our presents and the BIG mess of wrapping paper.

Our New Washer and Dryer we bought for Christmas- we get them when we move

Our New Apartment we get to move into on the 7th of January. Yeah!

Cookin some French Toast for Christmas Breakfast

Gettin ready to eat Christmas breakfast

The NFR in Las Vegas

2009-12-10T21:32:00.000-08:00

We were able to go to the National Finals Rodeo on Thursday. It was so much fun. We had really good seats and were able to spent some time with Ernie. Wish Gail could have been there too, but Grandpa and Grandma needed to have some support there. Ernie got 4 tickets from Southwest Gas, a company they do training for. They were really good seats too. Section 111, Row R, Seats 13-16. We had a really good, but overly priced, BBQ Pork Sandwich for dinner and ate it in the arena before the show started. We took tons of pictures and enjoyed every minute of it. The Rodeo was awesome. It was a constant show. There was one rider after another, and event after event. It started with a crazy light and lazer show and introducing all the riders. John Michael Montgomery sang the national anthem and the show began with bareback. The excitement didn't stop after that. We didn't make it on the Jumbotron, but saw some funny people on there. Tuff Hedeman was a judge and Lane Frosts parents were there too so that was cool to see them. After the rodeo was over we left and met another Famous Person. Mitt Romney!!!!!!! Ya, for those of you who don't know who he is, like me until after the piture was taken, he ran for President. It was kinda cool to meet him. He was nice too. Sure wish he was the President.
Anyway, we got home around 1 am and crashed around 2. I had class the next morning so I was really tired, but it was so worth it. Thanks again for the tickets Ernie! It was a blast!

My Very good-looking Cowboy hubby.

We wanted to drive this home but thought people would get Jealous.

The view from our seats. Not to shabby at all.

That would be one cute couple posing for the camera.

All three of us waitin for the Rodeo to start.

The cool light show. I loved it.

Almost all the riders. Texas had 33 qualifiers! Utah had 2 or 3 i think.

Yep. That is us with Mitt Romney.

Ernie is so proud of this picture.

Our Semester Break

2009-10-18T21:03:00.000-07:00

So Jace and I didn't have school Thursday or Friday because of Semester Break. We didn't work either so we decided to relax. We had so much fun and spent the whole break together. We went on walks, on a picnic to the Vernan Worthen Park and played RockBand with Lindsey one day and we went hiking up to Dixie Rock complete with Taco Bell lunch. :) We cleaned the car and I cleaned out my CD collection. I threw 65 CD's away! It is so nice to have done. Sunday we ust relaxed all day. It was so nice. I studied a little bit for my Bio test but other than that we just laid on the couch and talked for the most part. It was so nice to have a break from everything and I wish it wasn't over but life must go on. So, wish us luck on a hectic week.

New Doritos chips model. . .

and the new SUBWAY model.

Jace's photography skills.

He is pondering. :)

Playing with the camera.

So happy now that our bellies are full!

Lindsey having fun with the drumbs. :) Fun Night.

Playin' the drums. :) My favorite.

Taco Bell Lunch at Dixie Rock Pavilion

Cute Pic of us hiking around

Jace decided to climb in the little cave. It was too cute.

Looking over St. George

The hobo house at Dixie Rock. Kinda Creepy but still cool to see.

New Card Blog

2009-10-16T14:18:00.000-07:00

Ok so for some reason Blogger won't let me add my card blog to the side bar but here is the address:

http://kendrascards.blogspot.com/

If you know how to fix that, then please let me know. Thanks. :)

Our New Car

2009-10-07T18:23:00.000-07:00

We bought a new - used car! :) Ernie, Jace's dad, found this butte on Monday on ksl.com after it had been up for 13 min. Ernie and Gail went up to West Jordan to get it Monday night and Ernie brought it to us on Tuesday morning. The couple selling it are moving and needed to sell it quick, so it was priced really low. I won't lie though, it was a little nerve racking to buy a car Jace and I had never seen or drove, but we love it. The previous owners didn't have time to clean it so it was quite dusty inside and had a billion little kid finger prints on the back windows. I got the inside all nice and clean today though. It took a little over two hours to clean all the interior, but it looks so great inside now. It doesn't even look like the same car. I use a toothbrush to get some of the grime out of the crevises and a safety pin too to get out the really deep stuff. There were little kid buggers on the back door too. It was gross. But after cleaning it, the car looks brand new. It's amazing what a toothbrush and some time can do. We are really happy with our new purchase and so thankful for Jace's parents finding it and going to get it for us. They are awesome and we love them lots.

The car! Yea, it's red, but I actually really like it. :)

Us and the car. We didn't have anywhere to put the camera to take the picture so this was the best we could do.

Fall colors in FIllmore

2009-09-28T15:14:00.001-07:00

Jace and I were able to go visit his parents and family in Fillmore this weekend. We had so much fun and were so glad we could go. We don’t have a car yet, so we got a ride with my old roomie and close friend Lindsey. She lives in Monroe so we just met Jace’s parents in Cove Fort/I-70 were Lindsey heads over to Richfield, so it worked out really well. We went four-wheeling on Saturday across the mountain and saw the most beautiful colors. I absolutely loved it. I forgot my camera though, so luckily Gail remembered hers. We got some really good pictures too. I loved seeing all the reds, oranges, and yellows. It was nice to get outside too instead of being in our apartment because it is still so hot here in St. George. We are so glad we got away for the weekend. We needed the break.

I love the reds the most.

The bright yellow Quakes were gorgeous and everywhere.

Simply beautiful.

Ernie and Gail ridin up the mountain

Jace and I just loving the ride and the beauty

Love this picture

We got the whole family.

Jace and I by our tree we carved our initials in last time we rode across the moutain with everyone. Our tree is next to Ernie and Gails tree too. :)

By our Trees.

She's petting the tiny cow.

On top of the mountain. We are quite dirty.

Our Apartment

2009-09-06T18:35:00.000-07:00

Here is a little video of our first apartment. Its finally clean and all decorated! yeah! We still have a shelf of junk but that will hopefully go away soon.

Hmmm. . . . School and Lay off

2009-09-03T18:48:00.001-07:00

So here the latest update on us. jace and I have been trying to keep up with school and it's tough. Jace is doing really good though. He already has his homework done that isn't due til next Tuesday! He is awesome. Me on the other hand have been playing catch up. I had to add another class to my schedule to help get into the PTA progam in the spring. It is the lower divison Biology class (1610 for those who know the class). I already took the class 2 years ago, but the problem was that back then I didn't really care about school or grades or even think that that class would be so important so I have to retake that class and get better than a C+. The class is at 8 am too so I am struggling with getting enough sleep since I have to wake up so early now. I almost had to retake English 1010 to get into the PTA program too since I got a C+ in that too. Again, I took that one in high School. I was a serior that didn't care about school. I just wanted to get out of there and didn't relize , again, that it was important to get good grades!!! Anyway, so I talked to the PTA director about possibly accepting my English 2010 grade since it is an upper division class and proves that I can write at a college level since I got a B+ out of the class. He first told me that that wouldn't work and that the English 1010 class was a prereq and that was what they were basing admission to the PTA program on. After explain the logic of accepting both 1010 and 2010 he said he would email me and let me know. So I went to work and check my email around noon. He sent an email back saying that "do to my notworthy question english 1010 or 2010 will be accepted for the prereq's for admission. Yeah! I was able to drop english. :) That made my day. I was very blessed to be able to get in a Biology class though. It's amazing how things just work out how they should. The man upstairs really watches out for you if you are doing what you should.

We had a little said news this week though. I was layed off on the 1st from my apartment management job. The owner said the he couldn't keep me because of financial reasons. He isn't the smartest person ever, he gave $8,000 in discount to tenants at the apartments for this semester, so needless to say, no wonder he had to lay me off. He gave my wages to the temants. Oh well though. It's been nice having the extra time for homework and being home with Jace. Jace and I feel good about the whole situation though. We know that it's for the best and that everything is going to be ok. I work everyday til 1 at the Hospital so we still have some income there and jace works too. He has a great boss! :) haha. We really are blessed and so thankful for everything we have. Can't wait to see what else gets thrown our way too!

Update

2009-08-25T12:14:00.000-07:00

Ok. So i know it has been forever since I have posted anything but life has gotten super busy. I have been filling in for a girl in the front office at the hospital who is now on maternity leave so I work there 9-5 everyday and work 5-6 at the apartments still. School started yesterday too so now we are really busy. I only have 2 classes so I still work at the hospital and apartments just after class now. Hopefully I can balance all the school, work, homework and spending time with Jace for the next couple weeks while I work alot. There just isn't enough time in the day for everything I want or need to do. Can't wait for Kristal to return from maternity leave so I can have more time to get homework and stuff around the house done; even though I really like the extra incoome. Jace has 6 classes this semester so he is really busy too and they are hard classes too. He is going to be very busy. He already has homework too! hopefully everything isn't do no the same day like last semester. That was no fun. He would spend all day and night doing homework cuz of that. OH well, guess we'll make it work. Hopefully I get some time to post more often, maybe on the weekends. Hmmmm.....

4-wheeling

2009-07-09T22:48:00.001-07:00

We went 4-wheeling on today before we left for home. It was so much fun. I had to take pictures since we hadn't gone in a while. we rode up the mountain and ate then came back down. I got stung by a bee though. It got caught between mine and Jaces arms and stung me. It hurt and just kept stinging. But Doctor Mom was prepared. She covered my arm in pain relieving cream and some Tylenol. She is awesome. I have great in-laws and love them lots. We can''t wait to go 4-wheeling again.

Riding on the 4-wheeler. We were driving when I took this too. :) Action shots are the best.

Also took this while driving. They are so cute.

Getting all doctored up from my bee sting.

X Marks the spot.

Our dirty faces and brown noses after riding.

Rhett and Natalie's Wedding

2009-07-09T22:34:00.001-07:00

Jace's friend Rhett got married on the 8th. It was so amazing to go to their wedding. It brought back memories of our wedding since it was only 3 weeks ago. It was good to here all the promises and everything in the ceremony again because we don't remember any of it. We were just happy to be finally getting married. Rhett and Natalie are so cute together. We are so happy we were able to go.

Rhett and Natalie coming out of the temple. They looked so cute.

Aren't they both so cute with their squinted eyes.

Hey!

The bride and groom dance. They danced to Brad Paisley, Then. I cried cuz that was one of mine and Jaces songs for our wedding.

At the dinner dance after the wedding. It was so much fun to dance. The day was perfect just like every bride deserves.

My Sick Day

2009-07-09T22:18:00.000-07:00

So I woke up on Tuesday morning and my stomach was all cramped and just painful. I couldn't even really stand. It was no fun. I called in sick to the hospital so I didn't have to work there but I managed to sit at the apartments for an hour and worked there. Jace was so awesome. He stayed with me all day and was telling me to just lay down and relax, but you know me I just kept trying to do stuff. I wanted ice cream so we went to Spoon Me and got some frozen yogurt. It was really good. It all natural and I had a banana and strawberries on mine. Jaces was oreos vanilla waffers and white chocolate mini chips. He likes his sweets. We went to walmart too and got me a Playstation Game so i would just lay on the couch and relax. We bought me Little Big Planet. I call it Little Big Rag Doll cuz the character is a sack doll. It is a realloy fun game and I love it. I finally have a game to play. :) Jace was so awesome to think of getting me that so hold still. He the best husband ever and I am so grateful I found him.

My game and frozen yogurt. :)

4th of July

2009-07-09T21:37:00.000-07:00

Jace and I spent the 4th of July in Fillmore this year. We had a lot of fun. Fillmore celebrations are a lot bigger than Plymouths so it was a little different for me, but I still loved it. Jaces parents had to park their car on the side of the road the morning of the 3rd I think to save us a spot for the parade on the 4th or we would have had to stand. It was crazy. When Jace and I got there on the 3rd, main street was already lined with chairs and cars and roped off for people. It was crazy. In Fillmore they have lawn mower races before the parade. They were so fun to watch. They flew too. The parade was awesome. They had actual floats. Plymouth just has the fire trucks, ambulance, and kids and cars decorated. We went and ate at the Park festivities after the Parade and then looked around at all the stuff and visit freinds. We had alot of fun and got a good tan too from being outside. We went home and rested until the fireworks and visited somemore friends too. The fireworks were amazing. We were so close we could just lay down and they shot up right above us. We got some ashes on us but it was great. It started to rain alitle right when the grand finally was starting but that made it fun. We slept very good that night cuz it was a busy fun day and the sun just takes the energy right out of you. The 4th was great.

This lawn mower has a pipe!

All the lawn mowers.

Waiting for the parade. Yeah sunrise car for saving our spot. :)

Momma T and Ernie watching the Parade.

This was the Chapel of Love. Little kids could go here and pay $1 to get married! It was crazy.

Grandma wore her cool reflective glasses the whole time. Even before the fireworks started.

The gang waiting for it to get dark. We are a cute little family.

Jace and I watching the fireworks. :)

Honeymoon in California and the Big Scary Ocean.

2009-06-30T09:44:00.001-07:00

Our honeymoon was the best! We had so much fun and saw a lot of weird crazy things. California is also very weird. They don't have a welcome sign at all and the road signs are in kilometers so we didn't feel welcome and had no idea how much farther we had to go. It was quite a trip. We drove forever and when we got there we decided to go to the ocean after checking into our hotel. It was so pretty, but creepy cuz we were almost the only white people there. Yeah for minority. Haha. It was the first time I had seen the ocean so I was very excited and loved it- til the next day when I had to get in then it scared me. I will tell you all about that in a second. After seein the ocean we went to target for some food and to Little Cesaers for pizza. We found them with the help of the little garmin gps. That thing is amazing! We decided we had to get one after driving to cali cuz we would have been lost.

The next day we went to the Ocean and played around there. I was so excited to go back to the beach! It was all sunny at our hotel and warm then we went to the ocean and it was overcast and windy. What a difference. We put down our towels and our bag and went to play in the ocean. It was freezing! Jace kept pulling me in deeper and deeper and the dang big waves kept pushing me around cuz I don't weigh enough. I just held on tight to Jace and screamed like a little girl. Then I got brave for some dumb reason and let go of Jace for a little bit and a couple big waves went over my head and i swear the world was ending. After that i left the great big ocean to sit on my towel in the overcast windy weather. I shivered for a while and asked Jace to please take me to the hot tub at the hotel. We took some pictures then left. It was nice to be in the calm water of the hot tub but the ocean was fun too.

On Wednesday we decided to go see the Queen Mary and go on a Sea Life Cruise. We drove the Pacific Coast Highway to Long Beach and had tons of fun there. We have no idea what the Queen Mary did and why you can tour her but you can. The Russian sub did something too but we don't know what either. When we get bored one day we may research it. Our sea life cruise was awesome. We had so much fun. We saw a lot of dolphins, a few sea lions and some seals. We were on the ocean for about 3 and half hours and went about 15 miles out in the open ocean. It was quite windy but not too bad. The dolphins would swim right by the boat. They were so pretty. I took a lot of pictures of them but digital cameras are so slow that I got only a couple good pictures. The rest are splashes in the ocean. The sea lions were funny though. I guess they get in big groups and put one fin in the air to stay warm. Their fins get warm from the sun to warm them so they just floated around in the bay like that. We would recommend it to anyone if they have the chance to go.

Our honeymoon was great and we had so much fun. We were so happy we had the chance to go. We love vacations now and Garmin GPS's. Can't wait til we get ours.

Way to excited for our 6 hour drive to Cali.

So, since there is no welcometo California sign- dumb California-I thought I would take a picture of the first things that said California. I kinda missed. But I got the CA for California. At least Baker-the town that the watertower says- welcomed us. But I'm not so sure about the whole gateway to Death Valley thing.

This is where we went! We are getting closer!

Yeah! We finally made it! and still smiling too!

The bed was not very soft. I tried jumping on it and well it was quite hard.

Never seen this before have you?

First time at the ocean. :)

He is so freakin cute. I love him lots.

Mmmm. . . .Pizza. We were starving!

Freezing our butts off at the beach.

It was so pretty! But cloudy. :(

Ready for the Queen Mary and the Sea Life Cruise.

Queen Mary is behind us.

Bubba Gump.

Forest Gumps shoes! oh my gosh and box of chocolates!

This is our cruise boat! We sat right up front.

Us on the boat.

All the weird sea lions with their fins in the air.

My only picture of flippers face.

You can kinda see them.

Wedding Day!

2009-06-30T09:29:00.000-07:00

Our wedding day was the best! It had been rainy all week but the skies were clear for our big day. It was great. I woke up around 5 am to get ready and Jace I were sealed around 11:30 in the Bountiful Temple. It was so amazing. I loved it. Its the best feeling to know that we will be together forever. I love him so much. He is my bestest friend ever and now he never has to go home again cuz now it's legal for him to live with me. Hehe. :)

Tailee woke up just before i left to say goodbye to me. She was so cute. She didn't talk to anyone else or look at anyone else til she got to me. She is the best. I love her lots.

YEAH!!!!!! We are finally married. :) He is a good kisser too. :)

I think he is grabbing my butt or at least all that fluff in the dress.

After all the pictures and smiling we went to Wendy's! Mmmm. We were both dead from 3 hours of pictures. We got lots of funny looks too driving around like this.

Our First Picture We Hung.

2009-06-02T15:55:00.000-07:00

So Jace and I hung up some decorations in our house before he left for Fillmore, and this was the first one we hung up. It is so fitting I think since our family will be forever after we get married. This pictures actually helped pick our colors for the living room too so it was a good Bridal Shower gift. I loved it. Thanks again Amy.

Our Eventful Day

2009-06-02T15:02:00.000-07:00

SO today was quiet eventful. Jace and I did alot of stuff for the new apartment and ran errands and got a marriage license and so much more done today. It was nice. We even won $5 out of Jaces cereal box. It was awesome. I never win, but Jace did this time. :) After all our errands we decided to go to Cafe Rio for dinner. Monday is the Enchilada Special so we like to go there on Monday's so it's cheaper. After we ate, we were at the stop light waiting for it to change green and we see 2 cop cars coming towards us with their lights one. They turned down the street we were and then we saw that there were 3 cops already down the road surounding this silver dodge with their guns pulled. Then the other cops that we saw just getting there stomped on their breaks and pulled their guns too. Jace and I turned down the road cuz we were curious and just wanted to go behind them but we had to stop and this other officer told us to turn around and go the other way. It was crazy! I recorded part of it cuz I had my camera but this is the only picture I got of it all.

Later that night Jace and I were sitting on the bed looking up how to clean up those dumb flouresence bulbs that have mercury in them and we heard the loudest crack of lighting I have ever heard. The room lite up at the same time. I thought we had got shot or a bomb went of or something cuz it was so loud. Needless to say I blamed it on the lightbulb and the dumb enviromentalists for making "green" light bulbs. They may save the environment, but the bulb could kill me. Not thanks. Anyway, Jace and I had quite the day and will probably remember that thunder forever.

Making cookies

2009-06-02T13:37:00.000-07:00

So Jace came on Friday to see me for the weekend and go to Kanab to go 4-wheeling with my dad while I was at my Bridal Shower. I wanted something sweet and Ice cream and cookies sounded way good so we made cookies! They were so good. They are the first cookies we have made in our new apartment so it was alot of fun. We don't currently own any cookie sheets so we used the pizza pan and it worked just as good. We couldnt cook as many as with a cookie sheet but it was still fun and tasted great. Warm cookies and ice cream may be my new favorite.

Liking our beaters

See we made cookies . . . not pizza

I'm way excited to eat this cookie.

Finally my Jace, cookies and ice cream on our very comfy couches.

Baby Kitties

2009-06-01T17:02:00.000-07:00

We found baby kitties in our garage today. It was fun. They were hidden on the shelf in our garage, so I climbed up there and grabbed them. There were five of them so we had a kitty for each kid that was at the house. We will start with the youngest. . .

Chacen is still learning how to be gentle as you can see.

Tailee loves them so much!

Keaton was so nice to the kitty. He wanted to take him home. Ooops.

Rustin and Carlee with their kitties.

The kitty wouldn't look at the camera

She said YES!!!! Haha

He is so cute witha kitty in his hands.

TaiLynne Helping Chacen be gentle.

All of us . We almost got a good picture but Tailynne closed her eys dang it.

Memorial Weekend

2009-06-01T15:34:00.000-07:00

So Jace and I went to Plymouth for memorial weekend and we stopped in Brigham City to pick up Rustin, Carlee, and Keaton on our way up for a sleep over. We had so much fun with them. They were able to stay 2 nights with us so we had tonz of time to play. We built a fort to sleep in the first night and Jace read them a bedtime story. Then the power went out and it was time for bed since we couldn't really see. i was upstairs when the lights went out and had the spare keys to Jaces mom's car that we drove up which had a little light on them, so I hurried downstairs to see if everyone was ok. Chacen was crying but Tailynne got to him quick so he was good. Thank heavens for that little light on the key chain. It was great.

Rustin and Chacen playing the Wii

Reading rumplestilskin

Chacen in our fort playing. He was so cute.

Chacen climbed up here and gave Grandma kisses.

Not sure what they are looking for

Reading Chacens tractor book.

I love this picture

He has that book memorized! He was reading it to me.

Tailee getting ready for the bedtime story from Jace. She was way excited. Jace read her a bedtime story the first time we went up so I think it's gonna be a tradition now.

Our indoor weanie roast cuz it was rainy outside.

Moving Day

2009-06-01T15:20:00.000-07:00

So on Tuesday we moved all our stuff into the new apartment. It took all day but it got finished. It was so nice to have the help from Jaces Parents too. We would still be moving probably. Our couches were a pain to get in, but whoever designed the building is not so bright. They put a post in front of our door and an arch on it so we couldn't get the big couch in. We had to take of the couch legs and the front door to get it in. It was no fun. It started raining too while our couch was hanging half way off the balcony so part of it got wet. It dried and looks fine but still I was dying. I've been living in boxes for the every since then but this weekend Jace and I will hoepfull y be able to get things done and stuff put away.

MEGA Post

2009-05-19T16:30:00.000-07:00

So I know it been a while since I have posted anything. Life has just gotten so busy lately! Here are a few pictures of whats been going on.

First, Jace needed a hair cut. We decided to save some money in the long run and bought some clippers and have me cut his hair. I have NEVER cut hair before so I was nervous, but I did it and it didn't look too bad.

I was nervous so Jace took the clippers and went right down the middle of his head!

He is praying that I don't mess up. Haha

He has no hair!

Wow! I did pretty good.

Next, Jace and I decided to make a cake with fondant icing. It was so much fun. :) Jace even enjoyed it. He was so cute. Our cake looked pretty cute too.

How cute.

We were both licking the knife off. haha

SO into the cake- his masterpiece.

Giving me the look of "Don't touch my masterpiece"

The finished masterpiece. :)

Next, TaiLynne, Chance and the kids came down and we when miniture golfing at Fiesta Fun. It was so much fun. We didn't get to finish all the holes but had fun playing inside in the jungle gym.

Chacen trying golf. He is so cute. :)

Me and Tai Mini golfing. She is a Pro.

Chacen playing in the Bus. Look at that smile and that hair.

Tai and I in the BIG Jungle Gym.

Comin down the slide from the Jungle Gym.

Finals Week

2009-04-23T16:21:00.000-07:00

So we have finals this week and next. It has been very stressful and time consuming trying to study for tests and do homework assignments. I'm so happy it is almost over. I had 2 finals today and I feel pretty good about them. Jace had alot to do today as well. He had so much homework and presentations and 2 finals today I don't know how he is still functioning! He is awesome. It will be nice when today is over and we have the weekend to relax a little and celebrate my birthday. It was yesterday (the 22) but Jace and I had so much to do that we didn't really celebrate at all, so we are celebrating tomorrow. We are going to sleep ALL day! :) and do some wedding plans. School has gotten in the way with wedding planning so I'm excited to do even a little bit. June 19th is coming up fast and we gotta be ready.

Dying Easter Eggs

2009-04-14T19:51:00.000-07:00

So, before we realized it, Easter was here and we hadn't done a thing for it. We decided to dye Easter eggs on Saturday night to make it feel more like Easter. We were to lazy to boil the eggs and Jace and I don't like hard boiled eggs anyway, so we just dyed them raw. We didn't want to go to the store either so we used food coloring which actually had egg dye instructions on it. It all worked out really well and we had a lot of fun.

Jace's cool 2 color egg

I think he is going to eat it.

Yeah I have a pink egg. :)

Engaement Pictures

2009-04-11T10:07:00.000-07:00

Jace and I had our engagement pictures taken yesterday evening. It was a lot of fun but a little awkward having someone just taking pictures of us kissing and what not. I didn't think we were going to be able to take pictures because of the weather. It was cloudy and dark and started to sprinkle when we were driving to meet the photographer, but it stopped raining. We just had to deal with the wind. My hair was getting blown all over. I'm suprise it held up for pictures. It wasn't cooperating when I was doing it but it worked out pretty good. These are the pictures from the photographers blog (myframedphotography.blogspot.com). She did so awesome. Her name is Brittany Stucki and she has only been doing photography for 2 months she said. She has a great talent. We can't wait to see the rest of them.

He is SO Sweet!

2009-04-03T16:13:00.000-07:00

So I had a 5 page paper to write that was due on Thursday and I didn't start writing it til Wednesday around 3. I went to my office to write it so I wouldn't be interrupted, but i of course did. Jace got back from class around 7 and came into check on me and see how the paper was going. My head was going to explode i swear. I asked him to go find me a drink or something to snack on while I did my paper because I work better for some reason when I am snacking. I told him an orange Julius or something fruity like that would be good if he could find stuff to make one. So he left to go find something and I once again attempted to write a paper. When he came back he had an Orange Juilius from the Orange Julius shop at the mall. It was so sweet! I loved it. He is way to good to me and I am so lucky to have him. I definetly am getting the better end of the deal.

You can tell by how I look that my head is going to explode. but I still have to sweetest soon to be husband who brought me an Orange Julius and that just makes me smile. :)

I'm Engaged!!!!

2009-03-25T21:19:00.000-07:00

Yes. That is right. I am engaged to Jace Taylor. I am so lucky and can't wait to spend forever with him. We are getting married July 17 at the Bountiful Temple.We are still working out all the details and having fun figuring it all out. But I know you want to hear the story of the proposal so here ya go. . .

We have been wanting to go feed ducks for a while now and finally had some free time today to go. We planned on going after I got some homework done and that ended up being around noon so I needed some food. Jace had just ate some cereal he said so he wasn't hungry and we haven't gone grocery shopping yet so we made a trip to Wendy's. We got me a hamburger and drived around for a little bit and ended up getting pulled over for mud flaps on Jace's Truck. It sucked. I had some idea that he was going to propose soon but not sure when so when we left the house I kinda looked to see if he had the ring with him. I didn't notice one at all cuz he didn't have on a jacket and it wouldn't fit in his pocket so I figured if he was going to do it then the ring was in his truck; probably in the jockey box. When we got pulled over I was like, oh no. this will ruin it. But the ring wasn't in the jockey box so I was sure he wasn't going to propose today. We got our fix-it ticket and went to the pond at Bloomington Golf Course.
There were some people there so we waited for some of them to leave. Finally some of them left so we got out of the truck and sat on some benches and fed ducks for a little bit, still oblivious to what was going to happen. These people and their 2 kids came over and were watching the ducks by us and Jace started saying that we should wait til they leave. Then these other kids came chasing the ducks and they all went away so we had to stop feeding the ducks. Which turned out to be a good thing. We just talked and watched the ducks til the people left, but they didn't leave. I had my camera in my purse and had grab it and took some pictures of the ducks and us while we waited. It was alot of fun. Jace had us go over to the other side of the pond away from the people. We walked over and I fed ducks while we walked trying to get more to come over. We got over to where there were some trees and I finished the slice of bread I had. Jace asked if I needed some more. I said Yea and turned around to get some because he was behind me and he was on one knee. He asked if i would marry him and I happily said yes. He gave me a hug and kiss and then put the ring one after giving me some more bread. Haha It was cute. He was so nervous and was shaking when he put the ring on. I yelled it to the golfers on the other side of the pond. None of them heard but I didn't care. I also told all the ducks too. It was fun. I just wanted to tell everyone.
So come after all the happy kisses and smiles he showed me where he hid the ring. He had taken out the center of 4 slices of bread and hid the ring in them. I had no idea it was there. It was so creative. I love it and I love him lots too. :)

Me and Jace before the proposal. He looks nervous. haha

The ducks

These goose wouldn't go away. It was really that close to us.

After the proposal. He is smiling cuz it over with. Yeah!

We didn't know it was recording but the video is funny.

The ring! :) There is a wedding band that goes with it too.

Spring Break

2009-03-24T09:40:00.000-07:00

So Spring Break finally got here. Thank heavens cuz i needed the break. Jace and I decided to visit all the fam for spring break. We left wednesday for Fillmore to visit his parents home for a couple days and then went to Plymouth to see my parents on Friday and come home Sunday. It was alot of drining but worth it. We both had a great time. The only problem was that Wednesday morning I woke up with a sore throat and my voice was really high pitched. I sounded like a little girl. It was awful. Jace just laughed cuz I sounded so rediculous. My voice came and went troughout the day and the whole week. It was quite embarrassing meeting his grandparents and not being able to talk very good. But we made it through. His famiily is great and I'm excited to be apart of it. He had fun with my family too. Tailee stayed with us every night we were there. Jace read her a bedtime story and played legos with her. He is amazing at legos. Tailee woke up saturday morning and asked me if she could paly legos with Jace. So we had to go wake him up by jumping on the bed. It was fun. We didn't take to many pictures but here are some goofy ones of Jace and I at my house.

oh boy, I don't know what I am doing.

Look at how cute he is. :)

Ok, for those of you who know who Jeff Dunham is and his puppet Walter don't you think this face matches Walters? It makes me laugh whenever he does it.

Feeding the ducks

2009-03-04T17:00:00.000-08:00

So I had some expired bread and thought it would be fun to go feed the ducks at a golf course in town since the weather is so nice. I'm not sure if it is legal but it sure was fun. Jace and I pulled up and we saw all the ducks. There were a ton. We parked by the pond and every duck and swan in the pond came straight to the car. I was so excited. Just ask Jace how excited I was because excited doesn't begin to describe it. We got out and walked towards them and before we knew it we were surrounded. They could smell the bread I think. Haha. The ducks and geese and swans were all quacking at us and so close we could touch them. I didn't dare too but I tried to feed a duck a big chunk of bread from my hand and it took it from me. I of course screamed and dropped the bread cuz I was scared it was gonna eat my fingers but it was fun. The bread didn't last long though.

We got in my car to leave and the ducks surrounded my car. We rolled down the windows and yes we talked to them. Haha. They were right up against my car doors. I told them i was sorry we didn't bring more bread and that the pineapple from my pizza probably wasn't the best for them or I would feed them that. Jace and I went to The Pizza Factory right before and had the leftovers with us. Jace grabbed the box and I had put the crackers in there from the salad bar so we fed them those from my car too. My sunroof was handy for that. Except when I hit the sunroof window. The cracker broke in my hand and went all over my car and Jace. Only I could do that. Jace fed a big white duck the crust off the pizza from his hand and a little black bird thing stole it out of the ducks mouth then waddled off as fast as it could. It was so funny. We couldn't figure out what kind of bird it was though. They were all black, had white beaks and chicken feet. Not webbed feet like ducks. They were weird. I was scared they were going to peck my toes since i was wearing flip-flops. But they didn't luckily. We had alot of fun and I can't wait to go back and feed them again.

These swanny looking things were ugly. They had big knobs on there noses and chin flaps.

Not sure waht this things is. A swan maybe or a large duck. Hmmm

I know were swans. They just slept through everything.

In Door Picnic

2009-02-28T16:33:00.000-08:00

So Jace and I had planned on having a little picnic and go look at stars for our date Friday night. I was all excited about it because the weather has been so nice and clear that we could actually see the stars. We have been trying to go forever it seems like and it looked like the weather was going to cooperate. Well, that's what we thought. I worked at the hospital that day from 1 to 4:30 and when I went in to work the sun was still shinning but there was a slight breeze. I work on the third floor and there are HUGE windows on the east wall so we get to watch the sunset and have a great view. It's kinda fun and keep our patients entertained while they exercise. Anyway, I looked out the windows after working with a patient and all I could see where clouds. The clear blue sky disappeared. I was so sad. :( But we made the best of it and had our picnic anyway. We just had it in my living room and then laid on the blanket and talked. So it was close to our original plans just inside. It was nice too. We had taco's and they were still warm since we didn't have to drive anywhere and didn't have any bugs coming to eat with us. It was great. I would definitely do it again. Hopefully we can get the weather to clear up enough one night for us to go look at stars.

Yeah for tacos. I think he is excited to eat

Haha. . . I look like a little kid.

Our picnic in comfort.

Jace and my pants. . . Again

2009-02-27T09:28:00.000-08:00

So last night I was getting ready for bed and i was get out my pajama's to wear and Jace took my pants. Next thing I know he was putting them over his shorts. Haha. He looked so funny cuz they are capri's and have eeyore on them. Lindsey and I both got a good laugh out it. He is always making me laugh. I love it. He is awesome.

Posin for the camera. . . . what a super model!!!

Showing off his layers

See . . . . Legal stripping!

Just laughing. Enjoying every minute.

Treasure Hunt

2009-02-22T22:59:00.000-08:00

Me and Staja decided to do a little treasure hunt around St. George for Jace and Colby (Staja's Boyfriend). Me and Staja went around town and hid the clues earlier in the day while the boys went to DI to get Church shoes for Colbly since he forgot his. We had alot of fun hiding the clues and plenty of laughs trying to hide them so they wouldn't be disturb. We tried to make it a little tricky to find them but not too hard. Our treasure hunt made a loop around St. George. We started at the temple then went to the airport, golf course, Dixie Rock, the park, and ended back at home. Hiding the clues were great!

When Staja and I were hiding the clue at the golf course we ran into a little obstacle. You see there is a pond there and it has ducks. We pulled up next to the pond, got out and all of the sudden there was a duck, quacking at us or whatever sound a duck makes. We thought it was funny til the duck started walking towards us. He didn't stop until he was maybe a foot or so away. So we started walking around the pond to get to the Green and the duck walked right beside us still quacking it's little head off at us. So we walked faster and so did the duck. We ran away from the duck and it ran too. Following us for a little ways then let us be finally. I swear it was gonna eat us though.

We hid all the clues and bought the little treasure boxes and stuff to go in them and went home to check on the boys. They had a successful trip to DI which I find amazing. That store is crazy. We ate some dinner then started our little treasure hunt. We gave them their first clue and the game began.

The Treasure Hunt of course started with a kiss. :)

Cute Lil' Staja and Colby

They found their first clue! Can you tell they are excited! I think they were just laughing at my horrible attempt at rhyming.

The duck was back, but this time with a friend. We kept them at bay with the rest of my bread.

Feeding the ducks at the Pond by the golf course. Apparently Jace was hungry cuz he didn't just feed the ducks.

Oh my Heavens they found the clue in the hole! Hehe we are sneekee clue hiders.

Well look at that another clue!

Showing off his ballin' skills. Impressive don't you think?!?

Well.... Til you see how tall the hoop is.

Yeah! They found their treasure.

Checkin out their loot!

Uh. . . . you're not suppose to lick that.

The End.

Jaces Birthday

2009-02-18T16:55:00.001-08:00

Hey all. Sorry i have been lazy on updating this but here ya go. :) It was Jaces 23 Birthday on the 9 so my roomies and his all celebrate. I made his favorite dinner and his favorite cake and we had a fun little evening with everyone. Here are some pic of the fun and us singing to him while he blew out the candles.

The cake. Mmmm

Singing Happy Birthday.

Aren't we cute!

Austin Hansel Staja Lindsey

I got him 23 presents for his birthday and gave them to him throughout the day so it was a suprise all day long. I made little poems to go with each of them and yes they were really cheesy but he liked it alot. I gave him a pillow for gift 22 because his is horrible. I just liked the HUGE bow on it and his cute smile.

Cannary

2009-01-23T13:25:00.000-08:00

So last tuesday, the 13th, I went to the cannary to fill in for Dad and Nancy until they could get there. The session for canning jam started at 4 and they couldn't get there until 6:30ish becuase of work and the drive from Kanab so they asked me to fill in until they got there. I planned my schedule so I would be able to get there pretty close to 4 but of course I was sunning about 10 minutes late. I was in a hurry and of course all the lights were red on my way there but when I finally got to the Cannary, there was still a line to get in so I was ok. They had me sign in and then just looked at the next person to help them. So I folded to 2 people infron of me and made it to the back of the cannary. I stood there for a couple minutes then some people started taking the lids off the jars for the jam so I started helping them. We would put the ring in one of the bowls and the lid in another bowl and leave the jar in the box. Well, I figured that since we were all going to be stuck together for like 6 hours we might as well talk, but boy was I wrong. The lady I was sitting by was not happy the I was talking so i just did my work in silence. it was boring. I would throw the lids and the ring in opposite bowls to annoy that lady. Haha she would give me the dirtiest look. It was great. I eventually found the happy talkative people and stuck with then for the rest of the night. Our job was to take the jars of Jam out of the Vat, dry them off, tighten the lid, and give it to the people to put in boxes. Well, seeing how I was the youngest at that area I was nominated to get the jars from the bottom of the vat for everyone since their backs were all old and they were short too so they couldn't reach. After a while we had quite the system down. They told me I would be a good pearl diver because of how I would get the jars out. I didn't come back up, I just lifted the jars above my head for them to grab. We were there til a little after 9 but did 11 vats of jams which is a ton of jam. It was so good to be done.

The cannary was kinda fun and a good learning experience and I am glad I was able to go. I learned that the workers are not there to help you, that some people are very serious about their jam and talking and having fun while working just slow's down the process, that cannary is a form of slave labor, and that I would make a good pearl diver. What more could I have asked for?!?

Pearl Diving

Slave labor with a smile. :)

Look they finally came. How cute are they in their hairnets and aprons.

Las Vegas Trip . . . Lost?

2009-01-23T13:01:00.000-08:00

So yesterday Jace and I had went to Vegas. A co-worker of his needed a computer cord so after delivering that we went and had some fun. We watched the water show at the Belagio which was awesome and were serenaded by a little black guy playing the harmonica. He played us Bryan Adams song I will be right here waiting for you. It was pretty good, but very random. After that we went to Caesars Palace. The bathrooms were funny in there. They had a crying area as i called it. There were tissues in the counter for you and mirrors and cute little chairs. So I of course had to sit down and pretend I was crying. Haha. We looked around for a little bit then decided to go to the Mirage which is right next door. Well, we followed their little signs that said to the Las Vegas Boulevard. And we found no exit. We got lost in there for about 15 min and then found a backdoor to get out so we went out. After walking around a parking lot for a little bit we hopped a fence to get back to the strip. We still don't know how people get in and out of that place. We did find a spiraled escalator though. It was so cool. We had to go in just so we could ride on it. On our way back to the car which was parked at the Bilagio we got lost. . . again. Those casino/Hotel things are not user friendly. We walked around in circles a couple times before we relized that we had been there before. Haha. We eventually found the car and made it home safely. Vegas was alot of fun except for trying to find something, then it was confussing.

Decades Dance

2009-01-16T21:40:00.000-08:00

SO, Friday night Jace and Hansel decide we were going to the decades dance at the Institute. We were suppose to dress up so we made a trip to the DI. Wow, it was entertaining. We ended up deciding on the 60's era. Hansel's outfit was easy to find but me and Jace struggled for a bit til Hansel found my green bell bottoms and coral belt. After that my outfit was complete with the help of Jace findin my shoes and shirt. I was just there for moral support. Jace was the Hardest to find clothes for. So somehow we decided he should try on my pants and well . . . that was the end of DI. We did find him a woman's silk shirt, jacket, and shoes though. Make sure you look at his shoes. The dance was tons of fun and very entertaining. Apparently interpretive dancing is the new things haha.

Some kid i don't remember his name, Hansel as John Travolta, Zac as himself- lame, Jace as well we don't know what, Me as we don't know either.

Mini Golf and the Park

2009-01-14T21:00:00.000-08:00

Staja and Colby invited me and Jace to go bowling with them, but due to the dang league's we went to glow in the dark mini golf. :) Jace kicked all our butts, but we still had fun. After that we went to the park and played for a little bit. It was freezing but worth it. It's good to be a kid.

The Group.

Me and Jace

Elvis.

Being kids at the park.

OH! For tender. We are sliding down the slide after sitting all goofy.

I died and he doesn't know what is going on.

Tailee helping me work

2008-12-30T17:53:00.000-08:00

Tailee was so excited that she got to go to work with me. She has to sit in my BIG chair with me and "work" too.

Making Cookies and Playing Guitar Hero

2008-12-30T11:49:00.000-08:00

Me and Tailee are having alot of fun. We made cookies tonight and she loved pushing the Kiss in the cookies. After that she wanted to play the Wii. We boxed and she won! She kicked my butt. We played bowling too and she couldn't quite get the hang of when to let go of the button so she threw the ball at the people behind us and they would scream about a hundred times. But she wouldn't let me help her cuz she said she knew how to do it. She also had to play every instrument in Guitar Hero. She said she had alot of fun.

She loves cracking eggs

A cookie in one hand and a Wii remote in the other. Haha. Smart Girl.

She's kicking my butt in boxing

Our first day in St. George

2008-12-29T16:22:00.000-08:00

We made it to St. George after a long drive from Kanab. Tailee got so cranky and was sleepy but wouldn't take a nap. On the way she couldn't find her phone and was so mad. She wouldn't let me help her find it or let me call Grandpa to see if we left it there. So I just let her get mad. We pulled over at a gas station and i tried to find it and her phone was sitting right by her. Haha. She needed a nap. She finally fell asleep and slept til I turned off the car in my parking lot. She woke up and couldn't decided if she was gonna be mad or sad so we got out of the car and she saw a silver car and thought it was Staja's car and then she saw Jace's truck and told me who's both of them were and she was so happy after that. We mad her a bed in my room and she slept so good all night.

Today we ran errands all day. She was such a trooper. I must have worn her out cuz we came home and ate some lunch then she watched The Goofy Movie while I cleaned and within 10 min she was asleep and is still sleeping. It was good though cuz my house was a mess!!!

Tailee's Trip to Kanab

2008-12-28T15:48:00.000-08:00

Tailee is getting so big. She decided that she wanted to come to St. George with me so we figured out a way to get her home and packed her bags. She was so excited. The drive was really good. It turned out being an 8 hour drive but she was so good through all of it. We went to Kanab on Saturday to see Grandpa Randy and Grandma Nancy and an hour away from their house she finally asked if we were almost there then every 20 min. she would ask if we were closer. She was so excited to See Grandpa Randy and Grandma Nancy. She had so much fun telling them about christmas, her little brother, and making up songs.

Sleeping Beauty. She Slept for about an hour and a half. She woke up a couple time to change positions and everytime she woke up with a BIG smile.

The sun was shinning in her eyes and she couldn't watch Sleeping Beauty so she leaned over to get out of it. Haha. So cute.

I fixed the problem though. We stuck my shirt in my sunroof cover. GO REBELS!!!

Hehe Aunt Kinner I'm not in the sun like you. :)

Playing with Grandma Nancy

Helping Grandpa Randy cook our home made noodles for Fettucine. Mmmm

All of us just before leaving for St. George on Sunday.

Christams

2008-12-26T15:29:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I know I have been a slacker on updating this sorry about that. but life got kinda busy with finals and christmas. Christmas was good. I was able to go home and be with my family and also visit with friends. It snowed a ton while i was there - 3 feet just on christams day. I loved it though and took advantage of all the great snow and built our family of snowmen. It was alot of fun. Mom even came out and played too. Now that is how to do Christmas.

Me and Mom playing in the snow. :)

Our snow family - Me, Arnold, Mom, Chance, Tailynne, Tailee, and Chacen

This is how much snow was coming off our porch and it fell of 3 or 4 times that day

Chacen loved climbing on my new luggage

My BWTS of T Squad chirt from my sis. haha. I love it. Best gift ever.

Christmas day with Tailee.

Little famly pic

2008-11-30T17:13:00.000-08:00

Before I left this morning to come home and before everyone went to church we took a mini family pic. It is cute. I look like the odd ball out though cuz I'm not wearing a dress or or anything red. But it is still cute. It was so good to go home and see everyone.

Decorating the Christmas Tree

2008-11-29T21:49:00.000-08:00

It was alot of fun deocrating our tree. Tailee and Chacen were so fun and alot help. Chacen loved playing in the lights and the tree. Tailee liked putting on the ornaments. The bottom of the tree was well covered with red christmas balls, cuz she couldn't reach any higher. I love to deocrate the tree. It makes it feel like Christams after the tree is up.

Such a good helper

Gimmie them lights! haha

Mom trying to put the Angel on the tree. It was comical.

Finally Christams lights

2008-11-29T14:18:00.000-08:00

So we had to wait a day after the horiffying encounter with the BWTS of T (see below :)) to put up the poutide christmas lights. Well, i put them up while everyone else stayed inside and kept warm. Tailee help for a bit but playing with her babies was tons more fun and mom help untangle the lights, but stayed inside too. After getting the lights all hung up, I turned them on to see how good i did and only one strand worked. I had tested them before putting them up and told my mom that they weren't working. She said to put them up anyway and Arnold would fix them. haha. The only strand that works is the last one i put up too! It was funny.

I love the dog in this pic.

More of my trip home

2008-11-29T13:30:00.000-08:00

Going shopping to Logan. I was driving when we took this picture. Haha. A min after we took it a cop drove by too. That wouldn't have been good if he saw us.

Tailee and Chacen playing in the car on our way to Logan. It was so cute.

Rustin, Carlie, and Keaton stop by for a sec so I got to see them which was really nice. THey are all getting so big it was crazy.

I just love this face. This is the face Chacen makes when you ask him where his nose is. So cute.

The Black Widow The Size Of Texas

2008-11-28T16:45:00.000-08:00

So me and Tailynne were going to put up the christmas lights outside but we couldn't find the lights forever cuz of moms junk rooms-yes that is rooms- but we finally found them in the pantry downstairs. Not even were mom said they were. We were so happy that we finally found them til i looked over and saw a BLACK WIDOW THE SIZE OF TEXAS!!!!!!! Well, being the resourceful girls we are we called everyone in my phonebook. No one could help. Dad told us that since it is winter they are cold and they won't move very much. He was laughing the whole time cuz he knew it could move like lightening. We asked if we could spray it with tanning spray. He lovingly replied "haha no." We asked if we could spray it with carpet cleaner. He again replied. "haha no." So we asked if we could spray it with spray paint. He replied, "That would work better than tanning spray." Thanks for the help dad. So we decided to take matters into our own hands and find a weapon. We needed something that was not to long, not to short, not too fat, not too thin, not to round, not to square, not to. . . etc. Hmmm So we continued to look. After many seconds of pondering the perfect weapon for the disposal of THE BLACK WIDOW THE SIZE OF TEXAS we found . . . . . . a tennis racket-from the 80's. It was PERFECT!!!! it was short and long, fat and thin, round and square, plus etc and etc. Now, armed with the perfect weapon we ventured back to the pantry. AHHHHHHHHHH. . . . there it is!!! I the assistant, bundled up in my coat incase THE BLACK WIDOW THE SIZE OF TEXAS, aka the BWTS of T, got on the end of the tennis racket and Tailynne, the BWTS of T assassine, flung it back onto me. As the assistant I gave her moral support and recorded the murder of the BWTS of T. She went to work nervously. Moving boxes, shaking from pure terror, screaming, and trying not to disturb to BWTS of T. The following contains graffic images, PLEASE DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!!!! Leave it to the professional BWTS of T squad.

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My Little Helper

2008-11-27T17:35:00.000-08:00

I was updating my blog and Tailee wanted to help. She is such a good helper and loved helping me pick the pictures to post.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

2008-11-27T17:04:00.001-08:00

We had a very easy Thanksgiving. I had already had 2 Thanksgiving dinners this week, one for Family Home Evening with my ward and one with the Institute; Mom had just got done with he BIG family Thanksgiving on Sunday so we decided to have some home made Ham and Potato Soup instead of the traditional dinner. I was sick of all the turkey and mashed potatoes and stuffing so it was good. It was way good and wasn't hard to do. We just played all day and had fun together. Nothing to exciting, but it was a nice break.

Tailee helping with the chocolate cream pie

They are both thinking hard

Isn't she cute?!?

Smile :)

Oh! How precious

Chacen doin somethin

Cute

Playing at the Park

2008-11-26T16:07:00.000-08:00

After meeting mom to go grocery shopping for Thanksgiving, we went to the park to play. It was so much fun and such a nice day. All of us had fun playing on the toys and being kids.

Playing in the Leaves

YEAH!!

Tailee Jo

We Tried to take a picture with the timer on my camera but we didn't make it in time. haha

Fer Fun. :)

I look so concerned

Chacen just played in the dirt

Look at that smile

Chacen and Grandma D.D.

I love this picture
The whole crew swinging

Boating at the Lake in November ?!?

2008-11-19T17:38:00.000-08:00

Well today i went to the lake with a couple friends - I know we are CRAZY!!! but it was so much fun. I learned how to wakeboard rather i attempted to learn how to wakeboard. I tried to "get up" 4 or 5 times and then i gave up cuz i was so cold. I was close the last time though. I wrapped up in blanket when i got out of the water and i couldn't feel my toes for a couple hours, but it was so worth it. The lake was Beautiful and crystal like. I loved it. Would definetly recommend it if you have a crazy hair.

2008-11-01T12:48:00.001-07:00

So to celebrate Haloween this year I convinced my roomies to go to this dance at Stahli Barn. It sounded likes lots of fun and was free with a costume and Student ID so that made it even better. :) I decided to be a black cat, which turned out better than i thought it would, Staja was an angel, and Lindsey was a pirate. The dance was a lot of fun. Here are some pics of us getting ready and before we left to dance the night away.

Studying at the Park

2008-10-22T13:22:00.000-07:00

On Monday Me and Staja went to the park to study -since that is our life pretty much. We took my big picnic blanket i made and studied for awhile. The weather here is so nice right now. It's not to hot to be outside anymore so we are taking advantage of it while we can. But so is everyone else. We had been studying for about 30 min. and then 10 8 year old boys showed up and started playing football. It was cute, but Me and Staja somehow got stuck in the middle of their game for a little bit. It was so funny.

Fall Decorating

2008-10-22T12:55:00.000-07:00

Me and my great roomies decided to decorate our apartment for Halloween and Fall. It was so much fun. We laughed alot and really liked how it all turned out. I will admit that the leaf stuff I hung up was not cooperating with me and making me mad, so Staja came to the rescue in taming it. We of course won even though it put up a good fight. :)

Staja . . . . Me . . . . Lindsey

Battling with leaf stuff

Staja and me winning the battle with the leaves

The pumpkins

This is new?!?

2008-10-16T08:55:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone. I thought I would try this blog stuff cuz it looks like so much fun and an easy way to keep in touch. Enjoy.

*Just Being Us*