Just Waite...

One of my favorites right now

2012-02-09T23:20:00.003-07:00

A Thousand Years lyrics

Heart beats fast
Colors and promises
How to be brave
How can I love when I'm afraid
To fall
But watching you stand alone
All of my doubt
Suddenly goes away somehow

One step closer

I have died everyday
waiting for you
Darlin' don't be afraid
I have loved you for a
Thousand years
I'll love you for a
Thousand more

Time stands still
Beauty I know she is
I will be brave
I will not let anything
Take away
What's standing in front of me
Every breath,
Every hour has come to this

One step closer

I have died everyday

Waiting for you
Darlin' don't be afraid
I have loved you for a
Thousand years
I'll love you for a
Thousand more

And all along I believed
I would find you
Time has brought
Your heart to me
I have loved you for a
Thousand years
I'll love you for a
Thousand more

One step closer
One step closer

I have died everyday
Waiting for you
Darlin' don't be afraid,
I have loved you for a
Thousand years
I'll love you for a
Thousand more

And all along I believed
I would find you
Time has brought
Your heart to me
I have loved you for a
Thousand years
I'll love you for a
Thousand more

19 days...

2012-02-03T22:38:00.001-07:00

Today we had a non-stress test and our little girl was told that she was AMAZING! that always makes a mommy smile even if the baby is still growing inside me. Well within the last two weeks we have moved into our first home. So far half of the kitchen is unpacked. The bathroom is somewhat unpacked you know all the essentials are unpacked for the bathroom. Our bedroom is almost put together. But more importantly Brandon has been working hard on painting our little girls room. I haven't been able to look yet because I can't be around the fumes. But the glimpse that I saw of it when I had to get Brandon to come downstairs because our smoke detector was leaking water... yes I know weird (it was the bathroom upstairs sink leaking). Anyways the one wall I saw looked awesome and I can't wait until I walk in the room and the crib is set up and everything is in its place. I will take pictures as soon as I can and post them.

But I can't believe that in less than 19 days I will be holding my little girl in my arms... I still can't believe it. We got to catch a little glimpse of her today when they were checking my amniotic fluid and I just can't wait until I get to see her and hold her. But we are going to be quite busy the next couple of weeks getting ready for her.

The Borrowers Part two

2012-01-31T03:02:00.002-07:00

The Borrowers are Back...

and they brought back my shoe I'm still waiting for my cleaning supplies... my shoe was in a box in the garage when it should have been sitting in the kitchen right next to the other one. I wonder what they needed to use it for in the garage?

now if they will just bring back the rest of the cleaning supplies that would be much appreciated.

I'm Convinced...

2012-01-26T22:26:00.000-07:00

We just moved into our new home. We still have boxes to unpack and things to be put in their proper spaces. Before I take pictures because no one wants to see a house full of boxes.

But I'm Convinced we have little red heads living in our house and their names are borrowers... you know the borrowers...

these are the borrowers they like to borrow things but not steal them. Well on Tuesday Brandon and I went grocery shopping for some meals this week. When we were at the store I also needed laundry soap, fabric softener, dish soap, and MULTI-SURFACE cleaner. We got home we had dinner got the washer/dryer hooked up. I'm nesting so the first thing I grab to wash are the babies clothes and the laundry soap. I forgot about the other cleaners... Until today.

Today I was going to clean out the drawers of our bathrooms and clean all the floors and than start putting all the bathroom things away until... I couldn't find the MULTI-SURFACE cleaner. I got frustrated I went downstairs and decided to finish our laundry. When I thought well I need the fabric softener and than realized it is in the same bag as the cleaner. I decided I would just put off cleaning the rest of our clothes until I found this bag that I think my pregnancy brain put somewhere and won't let me remember where. I asked hubby when he got home from school if he knew where the bag was he said honestly it should be in the kitchen. IT'S NOT :( ... unless it is hiding.

So I wasn't convinced until work tonight when I went to put on my shoes and all I could find was my left shoe... my right shoe that was sitting right next to it is missing.

I really do think these little red headed borrowers need to share and bring back my things. But I do believe they exist that is my story and I'm sticking to it.

On our way...

2012-01-13T00:25:00.000-07:00

We are on our way to being homeowners. We are now in the real process of the underwriting of the loan. We will be closing on our house next Wednesday. We are super excited!!! After all this time of waiting... Brandon now says what I said the day when we put the offer in... "I won't believe it until the keys are in our hands." and hopefully next Wednesday will be that day. I will surely post pictures of the keys to our house when we get them.

NEW YEAR!

2011-12-31T10:54:00.000-07:00

NEW YEARS:
New Blessings are in store for this New Year but before this New Year happens let me review this last year:

Brandon and I did a college Basketball Bracket Challenge AND I WON! (bragging rights)
BYU Basketball games! (Jimmer and Emry)
We moved for the 3rd time since we have been married.
We celebrated our 3rd year anniversary!
We found out on July 7 that we were expecting another baby!
We started looking for a house to raise our family in.
We found out on October 12... That we were having another GIRL!
Brandon turned 25!
We debated about baby girl names.
On December 21st we agreed on a name!

2012 is just around the corner and it is going to be bringing more blessings in our life.

Christmas!!!

2011-12-25T23:26:00.003-07:00

Brandon and I had a wonderful Christmas getting to spend time with both of our families. We opened our gifts under the tree and more than half of them were/are for our little girl Zoey Margaret.

Brandon's Gifts:

a BYU cheer leading outfit for his little girl. size 0-3 months so that she can have her newborn pictures with her being his little cheerleader to get him through school.
BYU booties for his little girl. So that they can snuggle together with their BYU slippers.
Cologne
Modern Warfare 3
a pocket knife
the DVD Amazing (about BYU's Basketball team last year with Jackson Emery's autograph)

Jessica's Gifts:

a new robe that is so comfy cozy warm
2 DVDs Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken and The Borrowers
Zoey's Baby Memory Book
A HOPE CHEST (the ultimate surprise gift) to store Little Lexy's things... and soon to be other little memorable things.

After opening up presents we went up to my parents house where we had the best breakfast Eggs Benedict, hash browns, and sausage. YUM! We gave mom a deck of cards that had 52 reasons why we love her, and my dad got some snack foods mixed nuts and beef jerky. Brandon got a nice soft blanket, I got a new sweater and little miss Zoey got a pair of new born furry boots. My sister gave Zoey a chick onsie and a pair of pants because her nickname is Chicky and Sesame Streets Zoe's First Adventure book.

After my parents house we went home to take a much needed nap... after our nap we got up and went to Brandon's families house and had a nice turkey buffet style dinner where we could just go snack. The afternoon was filled with playing games.

I hope everyone had a MERRY CHRISTMAS!

2011-12-25T00:32:00.002-07:00

MERRY

CHRISTMAS!!!

good read and movie

2011-12-17T03:08:00.002-07:00

Looking for a good read and than a good movie to follow the read. THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett is an amazing book. I read the book before I saw the movie and it made me think. Than I watched the movie and they did a good job following the book to movie. Read the book! Watch the movie! Love the quote!

A Question For You?

2011-12-12T22:48:00.000-07:00

WHY MEN AND WOMEN CAN'T BE FRIENDS?

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

I'm going to say that men and women CAN'T be friends...

first reason- well I'm married and yes I'm friends with my hubby. But we didn't get married just because we were friends. We got married because I'm going to let you in on a little secret we were in LOVE and wanted to share our lives together! Shocker I know!
second reason- I can say I'm friends with boys but not really... I'm friends with boys because they are either friends of my hubbies or they are my girl friends husbands or awesome brother in-laws. But I personally don't call them up to go do stuff with them when I'm bored. I call up my girl friends to go do things. When hubby and I are bored we call up our friends and go hang out. Usually it turns out the boys are in one area playing video games or whatever boys do and the girls are doing what we do best talking.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK CAN MEN AND WOMEN BE FRIENDS???

The Forgotten Carols

2011-12-06T00:32:00.001-07:00

Christmas music is everywhere... and I LOVE IT!!! But the greatest time about this season is being able to listen to my favorite Christmas songs. I love love The Forgotten Carols. I haven't listened to them until tonight and my little heart just did a flutter when I saw that they have the songs on their Facebook page. So I'm typing this as I listen to them which is a little weird. This is usually the first Christmas album I listen to on the Friday after Thanksgiving. We listen to this album when we are decorating the our home. I miss not seeing the tree up but the great part of this holiday is not the decorations it is the time of Celebrating our Savior.

If you have never listened to these songs go find The Forgotten Carols page on Facebook and have a listen it just makes this season a little better.

DECEMBER

2011-12-03T00:06:00.001-07:00

this is the way it works i really wanted to blog last night but blogger was having some issues about not wanting people to blog... so tonight when i get on i don't know what i want to blog about...

let's do a little updating...

Thanksgiving was a busy day for Brandon and I we went up to my moms house so that Brandon could learn how to make my moms rolls for Thanksgiving dinner for his family. We had a fun morning. We than went to Brandon's parents house and had fun feasting and the rolls were a hit. We also had fun playing games and looking at all the black Friday ads. We than went over to my sisters new house and had another feast. We stuffed ourselves and we had a good time being with family playing games and watching movies. Brandon and I than had to go to work that night and the turkey was winning I was so tired. Brandon and I went shopping at 2am to see what deals were left at the local Wal Mart that is close to work. We found the Blu-Ray player we wanted and some movies to go along with it. That Wal Mart was not that busy and so they were putting all the deals down one aisle when we were about to leave so we thought we would take one last look before we left. We didn't get a mixer that we were both interested in so one last look wouldn't hurt to see if they had any. While walking down this aisle they had 32 inch t.v. stacked high for 188 dollars. We couldn't resist so we bought another t.v. We did get the mixer we wanted thanks to a friend who went to the Orem Wal Mart and found it. So we got all of our deals plus more with our black friday shopping.
I am now 26 weeks along and feeling great! Doctors appointments are going to start going like crazy. My next appointment is on Wednesday and than we will be having another ultrasound at 28 weeks. Brandon is almost done with school he has a couple of crazy of weeks coming up. We got a call from our Realtor yesterday and...
we are still playing the waiting game of when we can call this house our home.   I hope we can move in before Christmas so that we can have somewhat of a little Christmas. We have both decided that we are not going to decorate the apartment for Christmas so that we won't have to pack up Christmas and unpack Christmas twice this year. I hope that we will be able to move in before Christmas.

But I am still in the Christmas spirit of things... I have been listening to Christmas music, watching Christmas movies, and also I'm reading a scripture passage each day up until Christmas day. I thought I would include the list of scriptures so that I will be able to remember them for next year also...

Day,   Event,   Reference,   Jesus Christ
1      Jarius’ Daughter raised, Luke 8:41-56, Was compassionate
2      Sinful woman forgiven, Luke 7:36-50, Was forgiving
3      Nobleman’s son healed, John 4:46-53, Had power to heal
4      Temple cleansed, John 2:13-17, Was reverent and opposed to evil
5      Storm calmed, Mark 4:35-41, Had power over elements
6      Children blessed, Mark 10:13-16, Loved children
7      Savior dined with Mary & Martha Luke, 10:38-42, Made people happy
8      Savior suffered in Garden of Gethsemane, Luke 22:41-45, Was Submissive
9      Apostles’ feet washed, John 13:3-17, Was humble
10      Apostles chosen,   Luke 6:12-13, Was prayerful
11      Christ’s wisdom advanced, Luke 2:51-52, Obeyed parents
12      Christ baptized,   Matthew 3:13-17, Obeyed God’s law
13      Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5:2-16, Gave counsel
14      Christ in the temple, Luke 2:42-49, Taught when twelve years old
15      The Lord’s prayer, Matthew 6:9-13, Taught proper way to pray
16      Parable of the Sower, Luke 8:5-16,Taught with stories
17      Parable of the Lost Sheep, Luke 15:4-7, Helped sinners
18      Story of the Good Samaritan, Luke 10:29-36, Was kind
19      Promised the Comforter, John 14:26-27,      Promised the Holy Ghost
20      Fishes and loaves shared, Matthew 14:15-21,      Performed miracles
21      Story of Lazarus, John 11:40-44, Raised the dead
22      Mary’s visitation, Luke 1:26-33, Is the Son of the Highest
23      Christ’s Birth,   Luke 2:1-11, Fulfilled prophesy
24      Shepherds visited & Wisemen brought gifts, Matthew 2:9-13 & Luke 2:12-16, Was worshipped as Savior

I learneded something new

2011-11-26T01:15:00.001-07:00

I was playing around on Pinterest when I saw this picture...

I went and clicked on the picture and it lead me to this blog which than taught me how to use Picnik for other things than just editing photos.

I have played around using this new learned skill and have created some fun things for this up and coming holiday called Christmas... I really hope that we will be moved in before Christmas so that we can decorate for Christmas.

this is what I was doing for the last 1/2 hour...

Gratitude

2011-11-24T08:00:00.000-07:00

“In some quiet way, the expression and feelings of gratitude have a wonderful cleansing or healing nature. Gratitude brings warmth to the giver and the receiver alike,”

Elder Robert D. Hales

I have always done a list of things that I'm grateful for each year and so my tradition is going to continue...

I'm so grateful for my hubby Brandon... he has worked so hard at school, work, and being a wonderful hubby. I'm so grateful for him and everything he does for his family. (like taking the time to add the stress of finding a home for his wife and daughter to live and dealing with the stress of home buying.)
Lexy- I'm grateful to have this little angel watching over me and the love she showed to us and still continues to show us.
Baby Girl Waite- I'm so grateful to be pregnant again and to be a mother to another daughter. I love feeling her kick me. I can't wait to meet her. I already love her so much.
Family- being able to spend time with family.
2 Cats name Baylee and Keke- they are there when you need them to be.
Finding a home and waiting to see when we can move in so that we can start a new journey.
Having an apartment that we feel welcomed to be there with our cats and all.
Both of us having jobs with insurance.
Friends to be there when you need them to be and be there for them when they are in need for comfort.
Heavenly Father- I know that He is there watching over us every step of the way. He is there for us when we need Him and when we feel like we can conquer this world all on our own.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Just a laugh...

2011-11-08T11:56:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday!!!

2011-11-04T08:56:00.001-06:00

Hubby is now a QUARTER of a century old! Hubby had school yesterday on his birthday so when he came home we just made an easy dinner and had a little piece of cake and he got to open his gifts. Hubby has been asking for tools for birthday and Christmas. So I got him a leveler, a stud finder (so we don't end up with a million holes in our walls when we go to hang the t.v.), and a drill piece set. Brandon was very excited about his new level. Today we are going to celebrate his birthday we are going to go see the movie Money Ball and than to Tucanos. We haven't been to Tucanos since our wedding lunch in. I'm very excited about it and hopefully our little girl will like it also

Baby, Homes, Oh My!!!

2011-11-01T05:26:00.000-06:00

We went for our 20 week ultrasound last Wednesday baby girl is looking healthy and perfect! We did tell the Perinatologist that we would like to be induced at 37 weeks. We don't want to take any chances. We will be able to see our little girl again at 28 weeks and again at 34 weeks when they will start the non-stress tests. Our little girl was sleeping hands up above her head she sleeps like me. They tried to wake her up by poking and prodding she didn't wake up but when she did 20 minutes later she was not happy with me like I was the one who poked and prodded her. I'm now 21 weeks along and feeling her kick more and more which is a big comfort for me.

Other exciting news...
We have a house and we are just waiting for the closing date and hopefully everything works out. We are quite excited about it. The house is painted a light yellow there are two bay windows one of which is in our bedroom. There are two rooms upstairs ours and our little girls room. The other 3 are downstairs. Oh yeah the downstairs is completely finished! We have a storage room for all the extra food downstairs. We have a decent sized kitchen, a formal dining room, and a formal living room. We can't wait for the day they hand over the keys and we can move in. We are hoping that we will be able to move in before Christmas. Our mortgage broker has told us he is working with the bank that is selling the house and he can see us moving in before the end of November. But because we are buying a short sale I have put my hopes on that we can move in before Christmas. More importantly I'm so excited to use our washer and dryer. I miss them :(

I think I'm going to take a trip to home depot to pick out some color samples today.

While hubby is at school.

and maybe do some Birthday shopping for him!

His Birthday is on Thursday and he is going to be 25!!!

Love Birds

2011-11-01T00:46:00.001-06:00

My parents celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniversary this last weekend! They are truly in love! It is the greatest joy to see the love that my parents share. I never went a day of my life not seeing my mom and dad kiss. They never hid their kisses from us children. We would always see them give each other kisses saying goodbye before heading to work and when they return home. We even have seen them kissing while cooking meals. My mom has a kissing step she stands on so that she can reach my dad. We even call it the kissing step. It is the first step you take to get into the house. It is a reminder that love is and always will be in this home. I had a wonderful childhood being able to see the love of my parents.

I have a loving mom and a loving dad. I have six brothers and sisters. I have over 10 nieces and nephews. I have a wonderful husband. A beautiful Angel Lexy. I have another baby girl on the way.

Thank you Mom for following dad home. Taking the big jump and leap over the pond and coming over to America. To little ol' Pleasant Grove to be with the farm boy who captured your attention. Thank you Dad for loving mom so very much and being the best husband and father to her children. I Love You!!!

THE LOVEBIRDS

We got together as a family the week before their wedding anniversary to celebrate with them. My dad had taken my mom out on the normal Saturday adventure and that is when their kids came to take over the home. My mom was so surprised to see all of their kids cars parked outside of the house. Even more surprised when we told her we were all moving back in! Just kidding! We had a wonderful lunch with our parents and enjoyed celebrating their anniversary with them.

IT'S A...

2011-10-13T19:37:00.000-06:00

Brandon and I we were going to wait for the 20 week ultrasound. We thought our doctor would have had it earlier than the 26 of October. Brandon asked if we could go up to the fetal studio on Friday to find out. I mean we are a little curious about what we are having. I said yes! I dropped Brandon off at school went home and got on the website for the Fetal Studio. There was a coupon for gender determination but it had to be used on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or a Thursday. Brandon is really busy with school on Thursday. I called Brandon 2 minutes before his last class to ask him if we could go after school and explained the coupon. Brandon said yes! So I called Fetal Studio to set up the appointment. We went up to mall in Sandy we had an hour to use before our appointment. I was hungry so we ate and while I was eating I hoped that the baby wouldn't fall asleep. While we were eating I asked Brandon what we thought we were going to have he said Boy I said Girl. We walked around the Hallmark store saw cute socks for little baby boys and girls. 6:00 came we went to the studio I had to fill out a sheet. Than before I knew it I was on a bed looking at a T.V. and saw the first images of our little baby. I started to cry our baby is really in my belly. We looked at the baby looked at the face than this baby is kind of tilted. We than saw our baby start moving all four limbs at once it was intense my baby is already trying to break free. Than I heard him say "you got what you wished for a little girl" I was in shock I had him repeat it. This time he said "yep little girl, no boy thing." We watched as our little girl opened and closed her mouth, kicked her legs, and moved her arms. She was moving like crazy and we were having a hard time counting all her fingers and toes she has them all. We are so happy to be having another little girl.

Last Call

2011-10-13T00:10:00.000-06:00

BOY GIRL

3 4

We Know!!! But we are going to let people guess one last time before we announce if it is a boy or girl. But we are going to let you see the profile of our little baby to help you out!!!

Curious???

2011-10-08T01:46:00.003-06:00

Curious to what the two love birds have been up to since the last post???
Brandon is busy with school and work full time. He is enjoying being in his program (special education) and happy that he can see the light at the end of the tunnel for school.

Me you know It's Me Jessica!!! I have been busy ~~sleeping~~ making a baby! Okay maybe I have been also enjoying sleeping. I also have weird cravings as my boss puts it. I may have a bag of beef jerky, sugar snap peas, and sour patch kids in front of me while I'm typing. I don't see how that is weird they are all so yummy! I have already had a little breakdown over my pants not fitting me. But I sure do love wearing my new maternity pants that fit so comfy on me. My energy has returned I don't have to take a nap on my break at work instead I go to wal-mart and get my weird food cravings.

Brandon and I have been doing a lot of things together when he is not busy at school that is. We have gone bowling, shopping, and to football games together. We won't mention the first home game that is one that we went to. Dislike a certain band now and it is not BYU's band. We went to the Utah State Game and had a wonderful time. We were sitting 2 rows from the top and let me tell you that was a hike! We were sitting next to a family and the parents were in the row in front of us and than their grown up kids were sitting next to Brandon. They had two sons one was a BYU fan the other one and his wife were Utah State fans (my guess is that is where they were going to school), the parents were BYU fans. Whenever Utah State would score the married couple would cheer and the parents would look back at them and they would be booing. It was fun to watch this family interact with each other. But the best part was watching BYU WIN within the last minute. It was crazy being part of the crowd and cheering!!! After the game we watched as the students rushed the field Brandon said they shouldn't of done that for the little brother school but I think he wanted to do it. We than took our time getting out of the stadium and we wandered over to the victory bell to watch the MVP's of the game ring the bell.


Roasting pigs (Utah State), the students rushing the field, us in the nosebleed section) 9/30/2011

Other exciting news with us and baby! I'm 18 weeks along now and it feels as if this pregnancy has gone by a little faster. We go to see the doctor on Wednesday and hopefully we will be able to get the 20 week ultrasound done in the next week or so. We are curious to know what we will be having boy or girl I will be happy with it being our baby. I just would like a healthy baby!

More exciting news!!! Brandon and I have gone house hunting and I think we have found our perfect starter home. We went up and down all the hills in Eagle Mountain and we have decided that the house of choice is in the city center. We found a 5 bedroom 3 bath house that we just love. We put in an offer today and we will know by Tuesday. Hopefully soon we will be able to say we are house owners! I'm excited because if we get this house I will be able to start decorating the nursery for our little girl or boy.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WERE HAVING BOY OR GIRL???

Lifes Little Joys

2011-09-14T10:00:00.000-06:00

!!!I'M PREGNANT!!!

We found out that we were pregnant on July 7!!! We just got done lighting some fireworks with our friends. At midnight I asked Brandon if we could go to the store and buy a pregnancy test. So it being midnight we ran to the Lindon Wal Mart thinking it will be a quick run in and grab it. Nope not the case apparently everyone decided to go shopping for the week. With only one checkout open I stood there in line holding the test. I was just hoping that I wouldn't run into or see someone that I knew. We got home and I was going to wait until the morning to take the test but because I held the test for so long in my hand it burned a hole into my mind just maybe I could be. So at 1:00 in the morning I called Brandon into the bathroom because I couldn't believe my eyes it hadn't even been the whole 3 minutes and the positive line was as dark as the negative line. When he came in I smiled and said were pregnant!!!

The due date for this little one is March 10, 2012 but this little one will be joining us before March 10. We have discussed it with the doctors and with each other and I will be induced at 37 weeks. I'm now going to be watched more with each pregnancy and with this one it will be an all new experience at 34 weeks we will be going in weekly for non-stress tests. Which comforts me so much. I'm now into my 2nd trimester and I still have days that I wonder if I truly am pregnant but than the good ol' morning sickness reminds me that I AM!

Best Friends

2011-08-25T16:04:00.000-06:00

My niece Quinn is Lexy's best friend. They got to know each other and became best of friends before we even met both of them. My sister and I were pregnant together and these two little girls knew they were going to be cousins and best friends being so close in age together. When Quinn was born and I would go over and hold this sweet little girl my little Lexy would start to kick, move around like crazy. We couldn't wait for these cousins to meet. The news came and I know it just didn't break my heart but it broke my sisters heart. We knew they were going to be best friends and Quinn lost her friend. Quinn however still has her best friend and this is how I know. I would get texts in the morning from my sister when Quinn was only 2-3 months Quinn was talking up a storm and whenever my sister would move in front of her she would wiggle and move so that she could look and talk to someone that my sister couldn't see. My sister a month ago was showing me something truly amazing. When Quinn sees a picture of our little Lexy she smiles giggles and starts talking to her. I know that our family is an eternal family and to see that my niece knows who my daughter is brings so much joy to heart.

I believe that Quinn and Lexy were taking a little walk together and that Quinn was holding her hand.

Our Angel's Birthday

2011-08-23T22:56:00.001-06:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR SWEET LITTLE ANGEL!!!

LEXY DADDY AND MOMMY LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND WE MISS YOU!!!

New Nook!

2011-07-22T12:50:00.003-06:00

REMEMBER THIS >>> NOOK

Well I sold it! It is not because I didn't love it I DID! I just wanted to get the new improve version which I'm getting later today I'm so Excited to get it!

FUN NEW WAYS TO BLOG

2011-07-11T06:59:00.001-06:00

Have you tried blogger in draft yet???
You can set a schedule of when you want to post a blog...

I'm making the switch how about you???

p.s.

I wrote this blog on July 8

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

2011-07-07T02:46:00.000-06:00

My little niece Quinn was born a year ago today and I love her so much. I can't believe that it has already been a year I wish that she could be this small again. But than again I wouldn't get the famous "HI" whenever I see her.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY QUINN!!!

Meet the Cats

2011-06-28T20:25:00.004-06:00

Brandon and I have had this little kitty cat KeKe for two months now and she keeps on surprising us. I never wanted a girl cat because they don't like social interaction and they always want to be alone. Not our little girl. When we are awake she is always awake wandering around by us or playing with Baylee. We took her into the vet almost a month ago. On this vet visit she got fixed, declawed, and had her shots. Over this last month Brandon and I have learned what she loves to do.
*sleep at the crook of your neck.
*purr before you even pet her. I think that is how she entices us to pet her.
*look out the window and look for bugs.
*she is independent while we are sleeping and she goes out into the living room to sleep. Which is nice because we are already have a cat who sleeps with us.
*KeKe finds the cold tile to lounge/sleep on.
and the best for last:
*we think she trained herself to pee in the toilet that is right!
I have a toilet trained cat like on Meet the Parents. But we didn't have to do the training. KeKe is still as tiny as the day we brought her home she may have added a couple of pounds which is good because she looked like skin and bones.

Meet the BayBay cat. Yes that is his nickname and loves to come to it. When we first got BayBay they told us that he doesn't get along with other cats so he will have to be a one house cat. Brandon and I first decided that he is overly aggressive. Then we brought home another cat and we figured it out he is a scaredy cat. BayBay is our male cat and is definitely the Alpha with KeKe. It took them awhile to get along. BayBay wanted to play with her before she wanted to play with him. I think that KeKe was a stray long enough to pick up on that other cats pick on each other. When KeKe finally warmed up to play with Baylee. I think they fell in love with each other right away. They play wrestle, they run through out the house. They swat toys back and forth to each other. BayBay being the Alpha shows KeKe daily and she becomes very submissive with him. I think that is why Baybay is still the only cat that sleeps with us. Some things about Baylee:
*Baylee sleeps right in the middle of the bed like a child would do.
*Baylee knows when it is time to eat and will start meowing to get food.
*Baylee knows which one of us is the mommy and the daddy. (yes they are our children for right now)
*Baylee is very social and stays in the same room as us. (I think that is why KeKe is that way with us also)
*Baylee loves to look out the window and lay in the little sunshine patch on the floor.
*Baylee knows what time we get home from work and sits on the couch arm waiting for us to enter.
*and the best for last... Baylee loves to comfort you when you are feeling a little sad.

*As I wrote this KeKe has been walking around on the desk purring waiting for attention and now she is playing with the lamp so I better go. I also have a BayBay looking for attention the demands of cats.

dreams of traveling

2011-06-27T03:49:00.002-06:00

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Once again I'm on Pinterest and I just started following a traveling board. As I was scrolling down the amazing pictures of all over the world. I found this one to the left. All I can say is I love it and that this is the new addition to my bucket list of places I want to go.

Where is this place?

Multnomah falls, Oregon

I love it and really want to go there one day.

Mobile

2011-06-27T00:34:00.003-06:00

I've gone Mobile now when you look at my blog on cell phones you see the title of the blog and the first couple of sentences. So happy reading to you.

just waite...

2011-06-23T23:02:00.000-06:00

"We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love."

-Dr. Seuss

"You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut."

— Dr. Seuss

My goals

2011-06-13T01:11:00.002-06:00

I went on the road trip and it through me through a loop. I need to start walking again in the mornings. But besides the little caffeine I had to help stay awake during the drive to Idaho and back. I have done really well with just drinking water or Lemonade. I'm going to make it a point to start walking now that I have tackled somewhat of these goals I have started.

Strawberry Days

2011-06-12T01:57:00.000-06:00

this up and coming week is Pleasant Grove's Celebration Days when all the cowboys and cowgirls roll into town.

Will you be going to the rodeo? I will be. Not to watch but to help out so come and see me at the concession stands on Wednesday night.

Other activities that brandon and i will be doing?
*going to the carnaval
*eating strawberries and cream

My favorite Summer foods

2011-06-12T01:50:00.000-06:00

*STEAKS
*RIBS
*HAMBURGERS
*CHICKEN
*PORK ROAST LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS YUM!
*POTATO SALAD
*SALADS
*CORN ON THE COB
*VEGGIES COOKED ON THE BBQ

What are some of your favorite summer foods?

2011-06-11T00:46:00.001-06:00

Have you heard of PINTEREST???

It is a website where you share pictures of things you find on the internet.

Here are some of my pins...

source found here

Let me know if you would like to join just send me your email and I will send you an invite.

HAPPY 200

2011-06-10T23:18:00.013-06:00

This is actually my 201st post yesterdays post was number 200. So to celebrate it I'm going to answer some questions yepee skipee.

Most hated chore on the household chore list?

> I would have to say folding laundry

If you had to eat a raccoon
...how would you cook it

> I don't know why I would have but if I did. I would probably roast it with lots of good seasonings.

What do/did you enjoy about school?

> I enjoyed Color Guard, and English

Which is the best vacation you’ve ever had?

> there is to many. I would have to say England that was one of the neatest experiences of my life. I would also have to say Lake Powell trips, and going back East with my hubby.

Who is/was your favorite teacher?

> My sixth grade teacher Mr. Salmon. Oh he was so funny, we could distract him very easy with stories. and Jenny she was so much fun.

If you could have any superpower, what would it be?

> Flying, I would love to fly.

If your house was on fire and you could grab only 3 things
before leaving, what would they be?

> 1. Baylee and Keke 2 pictures 3 my camera

Where is your most favorite place on this earth?

> Lake Powell

What is the best present you have ever received?

> A wii and a diamond pendent necklace

What is usually your first thought when you wake up?

> What time is it?

What do you usually think about right before falling asleep?
> I have no clue usually my mind is blank.

Do you believe in extraterrestrials or life on other planets?
> Yeah, Sure, Why not?

Do you believe in ghosts?

> Sometimes

What do you think the greatest invention is
in your lifetime and why?

> umm... lets see there are new things being invented everyday but i would have to say the best one is probably the Internet.

What do you think the secret to a good life is?
> NO STRESS

what would be your dream job?
> to work as a photographer at a magazine

What is your most cherished item?

> item? let me see it would have to be a ring on my finger yeah that would have to be it MY WEDDING RING.

If you could have 3 wishes granted, what would they be?

> 1. to not have to work

> 2. to have a house

> 3. to have all the camera equipment i will ever need

If you could live anywhere in the world,
where would you live?

> ENGLAND

Name three exotic countries you would like to visit

> 1. Africa

> 2. The Amazon Rain Forest

> 3. India

What do you dream about at night?

> depends on what i have been doing that day watching, reading, and what not.

If someone was to ask you, “What is your dream in life?” what would you tell them

> to have lots and lots of babies

What crazy activities do you dream of trying someday?

> Skydiving

If you could go on a road trip with any person
(dead or alive), who would you choose and where would you go?

> is that even a question? that would have to be Brandon and I would love to drive across America and drive up the East Coast with him.

What is the craziest thing you have ever done?
> the craziest thing is when i was little i would go downtown by myself and go get some penny candies. i was always so scared to go up and down one street because there was a mean dog that would bark so i would take a longer way downtown.

Summer Evenings

2011-06-10T05:29:00.001-06:00

summer evenings... you know what makes summer evenings better than just the nice warm weather?
having a patio set.

guess what???

brandon and i after my 4 hour drive home yesterday. we got into the car and went to smith's marketplace in lehi and got a 5 piece patio set. a table and four chairs. we also saved money on this patio set and the new dishes to go along with it because we had coupons for the patio set and the dishes.

i'm so excited for the nice warm summer evenings and enjoying our dinner outdoors.

*side note: brandon and i are going to start trying the whole couponing adventures. we got our first 4 newspapers last sunday to start clipping coupons.

Idaho

2011-06-10T01:10:00.000-06:00

One thing to cross off my BUCKET LIST but hopefully more to come:

*GO ON A ROAD TRIP BY MYSELF!

I went on a journey by myself and it was a fun journey. i started off on my journey at 2:00pm on Tuesday. I gave my hubby a kiss goodbye told him i loved him... and was out the door. Before i decided to leave pleasant grove i headed on over to the Hart's for a drink i also gave my car a drink of gasoline. At 2:05 i was on I-15 heading north. I put on some good tunes of ADELE. I made good timing I got out of Salt Lake City by 3. I stopped right out of Ogden for one last little break before I got onto the open road. I got some jerky and some licorice bites the best travel foods. I would have to say. With my trusty Maps app on my phone I got to Idaho Falls. Once I saw Idaho Falls I had to stop and get out of the car and take a break. I took a nice break walking around Wal-Mart and got a CD that I have been wanting for a while. No sales tax Awesome is all is the greatest 'nuff said. I got into Rexburg around 6 and was greeted by my friend and her cute little new born. I was so excited to see my friend we had dinner. Than we talked for awhile like girls do. It was great to be there and out of the car. I took the late shift of feeding the baby so that they could get some much needed good sleep. I stayed up reading and relaxing until the little one cried. I than got to sleep around 3 and was able to sleep for a couple of hours. We had breakfast than after breakfast we are on our way to doctor appointments and out to lunch. We went to a cute little family owned restaurant I wish I had my camera it was so cute. All they served was breakfast and their breakfast was so yummy! better than ihop breakfast. I got a Hawaiian pancake that had coconut and pineapple in it. I used coconut syrup for this super yummy pancake. Bragging moment I usually don't order pancakes anywhere because my dad makes the fluffiest pancakes ever and they just melt in your mouth. I would recommend this place if you ever up in Rexburg Idaho I think it is called the SHORT STACK. I will have to ask my friend. After getting lunch we headed back to my friends home. I set up my camera and we started to take pictures of my friends baby. The baby is so tiny she fit into a 9x13 pan. After pictures my friend went to take a nap while another friend of hers that is staying with her we took care of the baby. When my friend woke up from her nap we had dinner. My friend talked to her husband who is away on a business trip for awhile. We got some good girl giggles in and than we settled down to watch a movie one of the best movies ever THE LEGEND OF JOHNNY LINGO i got me some good cuddle time with that cute little baby of hers during the movie. my friend than went to bed and i fed the baby before going to bed. I woke up this morning had stuffed french toast for breakfast than got ready. Than headed out the door to get home. I had a great trip. Some time to think about everything. It was a wonderful road trip but I'm glad to be home. My hubby and the cats missed me.

MUSIC I LISTENED TO ON THE ROAD TRIP:
*Tiao Cruz
*Journey
*Adele
*Pink
*Glee Volume 3
*Carrie Underwood

Bucket List

2011-06-06T03:04:00.000-06:00

have you ever thought about your bucket list. you know the things you truly want to do but are
a: thinking i will get around to it sometime
or
b: if i do it great if not oh well.

i have been thinking about my bucket list... not because of the movie (i have never seen the movie). i just have been thinking about it so that if the opportunity pops up i will just go and do so that i can mark it off my list.

so here it goes my bucket list.

bucket list:
* skydiving- i have a fear of falling but i think if i can conquer this and live maybe i will get over my fear of falling.
* go to Europe- i have been to england but i dream about going to italy, france, germany, switzerland.
* go to Ireland- like i said above i have been to england, but i also have been to wales, and scotland now ireland is the last place i have to go to say i have been to all of great britain.
* go on a road trip across america- i would love to go to the west coast and drive from the south to the north.
* go to australia and africa- australia so that i can see kangaroos, africa for a safari.
* buy a house- a dream i have with my hubby but also a dream i have always had. i want to buy a house to have a place that my children can grow up in also so that i can decorate how i would like to.
* own some chickens- my parents let us get chickens when we were little, right now they have chickens. i would love to have some chickens of my own.

i just wanted to dream a little tonight and think of all the things i could do.

Saturday Night Off?

2011-06-05T23:20:00.000-06:00

Yes, Please!

Brandon and I went to work on Saturday night and in my building there were extra's. So the person in charge was calling around to see if anyone wanted to go home. I said I would willing volunteer to take the night off. I than walked over to Brandon's building to tell him that I got to go home but before that I wanted to run to Wal-Mart to get some Ben&Jerry's and have a girl night in. Brandon called me while I was at Wal-Mart and said I'm going to ask if I can go home also we have extra's. So I got the text while waiting to see if I needed to get my ice cream or not. Brandon said come get me. I went and got him than we both went to Wal-Mart to get goodies because we already had a movie we both wanted to watch. We got a bag of chips, ice cream, doughnuts, and salads see we are healthy. We than went home got into our comfy pj's and got settled to watch

Loved It

THE KING'S SPEECH.

If you have not seen it yet I highly recommend it. Brandon picked out the actors that have been in Harry Potter I on the other hand was in awe with Colin Firth. It was nice seeing Mr. Darcy play the King of England. It was wonderful to get an unexpected Saturday night off together. It hardly ever happens and I'm glad that Brandon and I got to have a movie night together.

Photo Book

2011-06-04T05:17:00.001-06:00

Click here to view this photo book larger

I just ordered this book! I can't wait to get it in the mail.

Goals

2011-06-04T04:58:00.000-06:00

I have some goals that I'm working on I thought that I would also blog about them on this blog because even though they are simple goals I want to be able to remember that I need to be doing them

stop drinking caffeine. drink more water.
to start walking in the mornings after work.
to do a half an hour of cleaning each day.
to start looking for the positive in work.

Something to think about...

2011-06-03T04:50:00.000-06:00

THE STORY

I was blog stalking and I found one of my old classmates blog. She had this story about how she was there just minutes before and that we should really think of the small things in life that may change our whole entire life. this happened on the road that leads to my work in fact on the google map you can see my work. Brandon and I have complained a couple of times about that corner and how it is hard to see the traffic coming both ways. It is sad to see a story of an deadly accident on the road I drive on daily to and from work. I will be praying for the families that lost a husband and a father.

Kicking off Summer!!!

2011-06-03T01:56:00.000-06:00

Brandon and I love the summer months. It could be because of the ~~warm~~ hot weather. Hopefully Utah begins to warm up. This summer Brandon and I are looking into buying a barbecue grill for our patio and some outdoor furniture. So that we can enjoy the summer nights with friends and family. We also have planted a little garden by our stairwell down to our apartment. We love living at our new place we have never had a little garden or a patio before. We also have great landlords who make us feel welcome by inviting us to their family game nights every once in awhile and talking to us when we see them outside.
Tonight is Graduation for all the High School Seniors. CONGRATULATIONS TO MY SISTER IN-LAW BRITTANY FOR GRADUATING TODAY!!! I went over to Wal-Mart right when I got to work and I saw all the young adults that are so excited about being graduated. I can't belive that it has been 6 years since I graduated and how exciting that night was being able to go out until 2 in the morning with friends. Well I think with graduation kicks off the beginning of summer, it could be because tomorrow all the kids will be out for summer.
Well on Wednesday Brandon and I decided we would go and celebrate the beginning of summer before all the kids would be out and playing. We got a deal to the Lehi Trafalga we payed 20 dollars for 20 dollars of tokens plus we got two free combo meals, and two free appetizers. Over all savings of 20 dollars. We went and played around the arcade we played Wheel of Fortune, Basketball Shots, Roller Ball (I think that is what it is called you basically bowl with 2 pound balls and the pins are attached to strings). After playing some of the games we decided we go and get our free meal. We got a lot of food that is all I got to say. After eating we had tokens left so we went and played more Wheel Of Fortune because we decided it gave out the most ticket. We were down to the last swipe and that is when we won BIG!!!

We have never won this much in tickets before we were so EXCITED about how much we won. After going to the machine that counts the tickets

the grand total was:

We got a stuff monkey, two odd shaped bouncy balls, two normal bouncy balls, two key chain sizes of a barrel of monkeys, and a parachute man. We are now on the look out for a big building so that we can send the parachute man off. And YES the bouncy balls are for our cats.

I have big plans for this summer:

have BBQ'S and eat outside more
keep my little garden alive
take pictures
and for my first adventure alone a 4 hour road trip up to Rexburg, Idaho.

What are your plans???

noisy house

2011-05-29T23:53:00.000-06:00

We are going to get this cute little kitten declawed, spayed, and shots this Tuesday but before she went in she wanted to give us a present. Lets just say Baylee is going insane. This little girl is on a look out for a male cat and she has found Baylee. Our poor Baylee cat is being chased down by a woman who wants some babies of her own. But what KEKE hasn't realized yet is the male cat she has picked out to be the Father of her kittens is lacking the equipment to make said kittens. So her cat calling and her little crawling and making weird noises is making Baylee not just hide but kind of sad. Baylee goes up to her and because all of her attention is focused on kittens she won't play. Baylee has swatted her and kept his paw on her forehead in hopes that she will fight back like before his playmate has been taken over by the nature of girls. All she wants is babies. We thought that we were going to get away with never seeing her in heat and her she is on the war path of all girls to find a male. Not only is making Baylee annoyed that his friend won't play she stayed up all last night cat calling for a male to come and break her free. Can Tuesday come a little faster please?

KEKE

2011-05-26T01:36:00.000-06:00

Our new cat we saved her from the cold rain one night. We have had her on a trial run with Baylee before deciding to keep her. They are becoming friends slowly we have a cat fight every couple of hours. But when they are not in a cat fight and actually being nice to each other it is so cute to watch them play and clean each other.

3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!

2011-05-26T01:34:00.000-06:00

May 22 was our wedding anniversary to start off to celebrate our anniversary Brandon went golfing with my brother Jared and our brother in-law Kelly while I stayed at home and got some sleep. After they went golfing we went and met up with my family and we went to go see Pirates 4 gotta say I loved it!!! I think I liked it better than the 2nd and 3rd Pirates. After the movie we went up to my family's house to have a BBQ it was fun to celebrate with my family. After leaving the BBQ we went to the temple. It than started to rain really big rain drops so we went home and cuddled up on the couch to watch a movie the next day was going to be the adventurous day. I a couple of months ago thought it would be fun to go up to Wendover for our Anniversary so that we could get out of town for a night.

On our way out there I started to get really antsy I couldn't stand being the car much longer. Brandon stopped the car at the rest stop 9 miles out of Wendover. But it gave me the opportunity to take a picture of him! We got to Wendover around 1 and we couldn't check into the Montego Bay until 3pm so we went out to lunch. Than we went to the Wendover Air Museum we got to walk around and look at all the buildings and get to learn of the history of the atomic bomb. Did you know that they used the Salt Flats for testing the atomic bomb? We went and walked around the hotels after that because it was raining than

we checked in and got to sit and relax in our room before our big night of going out on the town... we went out to eat at the Montego Bay all you can eat buffet and after dinner is when we went to play the slots! Brandon won 50 dollars! me on the other hand lost my money Brandon just made back the money I had lost. So in the end we only ended up loosing 20 dollars which is not bad. We had fun! On our way out of Wendover we went to the Bonneville Salt Flats speed way. We learned that all the water we were seeing on top of the Salt Flats was the rain it collects it during the rainy months and than dries out and that is when they get the speedway ready. I went and played in the salt while Brandon just sat and watched. I had fun playing in the salt even though standing on it felt very moist and I could sink. We were than off on our way to

Salt Lake City for our tradition of going to the Zoo around our anniversary. We enjoyed walking around the Zoo and seeing all the new changes that will be coming next year. I'm excited they are getting a Polar Bear!

May 22, 2005

2011-05-20T23:45:00.000-06:00

WOW!!!

All I can say is time flies...

a couple of years ago maybe not a couple of years ago more like 6 years ago May 22 was on a Sunday. Good memory huh? Well it is because of what happened on that day that I remember it being on a Sunday. I had been 18 for a couple of months had just started working at Lindon Care just bought my first car. On May 22, 2005 I graduated from Seminary. I was loving the weather outside and the spirit being all around me so I decided I would take a trip to the Mount Timpanogas Temple to dream about the day I would be walking into the temple to be sealed to my husband who I had no idea who he was or how or where I was going to meet him. I just had a feeling that I was going to meet him soon and that I needed to keep my life on track so that one day I could enter into that temple.

A couple of months went by it was AUGUST 2, 2005 I was working and that is when I met my soon to be husband. I say our Heavenly Father has a sense of humor because yes I did meet my future husband but I would have to wait for him to return from his mission. Brandon Waite was his name a BYU student who had girls swooning over him. He had a couple of girls that wanted to date him. I was the lucky one and Brandon and I started dating. On November 3rd Brandon's birthday I took him out to lunch where he surprised me with a promise ring. The promise ring was that I would always be happy no matter what would happen in the future. It wasn't a promise for marriage after the mission. A couple of weeks later I had strep throat when Brandon got a letter in the mail. The letter told Brandon that he was called to serve a mission in New Jersey Cherry Hill and he would be leaving in February 2006. For two years Brandon and I wrote to each other. Before Brandon got home he went to the Manhattan Temple and got a answer to a question. Towards the end of Brandon's mission I was feeling that I really wanted to go on a mission I asked and I got the answer. Happy and sad at the answer to my question. Brandon got home and we were still very much in love and within a week of him being home we were talking about marriage. What was the question that Brandon received his question to can you guess and what was my answer when he asked me that question. YES!!! Well we picked a date and the date was May 22, 2008 so three years later there I was saying yes to an eternity with Brandon.

I'm so grateful for that feeling I received on May 22, 2005 because if somebody walked up to me when I was only 18 and said you are going to get married on May 22, 2008 at this temple I think would of laughed.

So I'm thinking this Sunday Evening I will be at the temple remembering...

with my sweetheart!

YOU WANT TO PUT SOME MONEY ON THAT

2011-05-20T23:00:00.000-06:00

A guy who shall be remained nameless (Harald Camping) has said that the end of the world is going to be happening on May 21, 2011 at 6:00pm

funny thing is he says the bible has given him the date and the time I wonder if he read these verses:

"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."

-Matthew 24:36

"Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh." -Matthew 25:36

just wanted to add a good little chuckle... i would be the guy asking "YOU WANT TO PUT SOME MONEY ON THAT"

something borrowed

2011-05-19T17:31:00.000-06:00

SOMETHING BORROWED

I just got done reading the book Something Borrowed By: Emily Griffin I must say it was a good book. If you like books about drama in relationships go right ahead and read this book. I'm just lucky that I don't look for drama and I keep drama away from my life. I had a group of friends when I was 19 and we said if we are going to be friends there is going to be no drama and guess what there was none.

Now for the real reason I read the book... I want to go see the movie and I have been trying to read the books before I see the movie. It makes it seem more interesting when you are watching the movie and you can pick out bits from the book and than see the new ideas in the movie. Plus I love when the movie gets some of my favorite actors or actresses in it.

AFTER I WATCH THE MOVIE I WILL TELL YOU WHICH ONE I LIKED BETTER

BOOK VS. MOVIE

One of those days...

2011-05-16T02:48:00.000-06:00

Working midnights can be exciting,

even sometimes a little

~~boring~~...

But lets just say tonight was of the nights that started out

as one of those nights

that you know feel like it is going to be

just one long night

But than going on google and searching for random word pictures

turned out to be a good thing!!!

I found this picture yes the one above

I love it!!!

Just wanted to share it with you!

MUM

2011-05-09T19:00:00.000-06:00

I'm a day late with the Mother's Day Post but that is because I was spending my time with my mom and my mother in-law. I enjoyed this weekend even though one day I got a sunburn and the next day I was wearing a sweatshirt over my sunburn. I love my mom she is my best friend. I love her so much. I'm so grateful for her and all the things she has taught me and is still teaching me. I would just have to say my mom is the most amazing lady.
I'm also grateful for my mother in-law she is the sweetest, fun loving mom for my husband. Thank you for raising such a great boy to become a very loving husband.

Easter

2011-04-24T04:19:00.000-06:00

“We do not know, we cannot tell, no mortal mind can conceive the full import of what Christ did in Gethsemane.”

Bruce R. McConkie

I don't know how to write how much our Savior means to me. I have relied on Him with every step that I have taken these last couple of months. Just knowing what He did for me, but most importantly what He did for my little Angel Lexy. I don't have to worry about never seeing her again because of the Savior atoning for everyone. That one day we will be able to return to with our Heavenly Father and our families. I can only imagine the pain and suffering that our Savior went through but I can imagine His LOVE for everyone of us. I know that the Savior has felt the pain I have felt this last year. I know that He is a Loving Big Brother that just wants to be there for us. Open your heart to feel His Love He is always going to cheering us on during the happy and the sad times of our life.

“As one of His special witnesses on earth today, this glorious Easter Sunday, I declare that this is true, in His sacred name—even the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior—amen.”
—President Thomas S. Monson

Rainy Days With My Sweetie

2011-04-23T03:31:00.000-06:00

Spring time in Utah means rain...

rain is starting to get on my nerves...

I want warm weather... to come out and play!

Well hopefully next month the sun will start to shine so that we can plant some more flowers!!

But for right now I'm enjoying my rainy days with my sweetheart!!!

More Pictures of the Diaper Cake

2011-04-20T19:00:00.000-06:00

Always listen to your mama

2011-04-18T02:30:00.001-06:00

My hubby is a red head... My mom when I was little wanted me to marry a red head... she had her eye set out on one.. I didn't pick the one she had her eye on...

Waite... ha ha...

we have been married for almost three years and now I decide to tell you a little more of my hubs. well it is because living your daily life and seeing him I just find him fascinating and why would I want to brag about how wonderful, amazing, caring, smart he is. My hubby already thinks highly of himself I'm just the one to help him remember he needs to be humble. Don't get me wrong I love my hubby more than anything in the world in fact he is the most amazing hubby in all of the world. Sorry everyone he is already taken for an eternity. Well to carry on with my story...

Mom wants a red head for a son in law I knew that when I was little...
I graduate from high school and with that my personality comes to shine a little more... because lets face it I'm no longer stuck in a routine. It is time to spread my wings and fly to be free... go on an adventure.

I got a job...

I meet a red head he is super hot. Luckily the day I met him I actually cared about the way I looked and did my makeup and hair instead of just pulling my hair up in a ponytail and calling it good. I met my hubby by filling out the schedule for work who would take care of what individuals. When the person who hires people walks in and says here is the new trainee I look on the schedule there isn't a new trainee I look up to see hubby my heart did a little flip not going to lie. I than look at the hirer and said who do you want to train him I didn't know his name yet he was still known as trainee to me. She looked at me and said you. My heart did another flip. I was going to have to be watched by this really handsome guy for the next 8 hours... I asked okay what is your name I have to put that I'm training on the schedule and who I'm training... Brandon. I say Brandon and than spell out his name B-r-a-n-d-o-n is that correct yep he says. Hirer lady says okay going to leave now follow her around. I start leaving the office to get going to find my individuals and he is already behind me following me... I have only looked at him twice now when I heard trainee and when to ask his name. I was nervous... not for the training part but for training a guy that I found to be the guy of my dreams. Within the first ten minutes of meeting him I got kicked in the stomach by a girl. My day... I guess it is going to be a long one due to the fact that I have a hot boy following me around and one of my individuals is a bad mood. After dealing with the behavior and having this hot boy wait out in the hallway. I walk out of the room tell him everything is going to be fine after walking out with all the other staff that helped me with the behavior. Brandon didn't see that I got kicked in the stomach. I started walking down the hallway to go see my friend who is a nurse. I tell Brandon I was kicked and have to go see if I'm okay. During the time I was talking to the nurse I had apparently said yes to going out on a blind date after work. My head was in the clouds dreaming about this red head. I said I was training and I had to go help with the individuals make their lunches for the next day. I walk out of the little nurses room/closet. He was there waiting for me he asked if I was okay and I was. As we were walking to the kitchen to get all the things for lunches I told Brandon that I just said yes to go on a blind date. Later during the night Brandon said he would come on the blind date with me. I thought he was joking after work. I started to head over to Denny's and when I got there I saw my friend with her date and my blind date... I was worried this guy seemed to be a lot older than me. I than saw Brandon my heart jumped for joy...

a mission later and 3 months after the mission I married that red head...

My mom should be happy I found her a son in law with red hair...

and he tells everyone he went out on a date with me the first day we met...

Sunday

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Sunday

Sunday SUNDAY

SUNDAY

Sunday Sunday

the most wonderful day of them all...

today is the day that everything is so relaxed and

peaceful no running around to be done just hanging

out at home being with family after going to church and

feeling the spirit. But sometimes it can be the most busiest day

of them all going to church cooking a nice big meal to enjoy with the

family after church... going to missionary farewells/homecomings, baby blessings

and than by the time you get home it is time for the famous Sunday nap you know the

one the one where you find a little patch of warmth curl up underneath a blanket and let the

peacefulness of the day just drift you off to sleep. Well after being awake for most of the day

yesterday and staying awake all night I'm looking forward to the nap that is ahead of me before we

go see our friend who just got home from his mission. I'm also going to be enjoying the day with my family.

I will just wait for Monday when I can have that nice long nap of 8 hours plus it will surely be nice.

Creative Thinking

2011-04-16T02:03:00.000-06:00

diaper cake

My mom and I are hosting a baby shower tomorrow. I thought I would use my right side

of my brain for this fun event. I went and bought some diapers and thought why not

lets make a cute diaper cake for my friend.

This was my first try at making a diaper cake and can I just say I'm proud of myself.

I had lots of fun making this and I would love to make some more

do you know anyone that is pregnant and would like to give

them a diaper cake?

*don't mind my calendar in the background it was on my work station... also I promise better
pictures to follow this was taken with my phones camera.

Nook

2011-04-16T01:17:00.000-06:00

This is my new favorite toy in all of the world. I don't know if you have seen that I have been posting all the books I have been reading this year. Well to make a long story short let's just say I have been addicted to reading ever since I got my nook.

The nook that I got was the very basic one. It has a touch screen for the menu. And the big screen is where you read. The reading screen has an amazing technology called e-ink. It is like one of those magnetic boards kids play with. There is no back light on the reading screen so I don't get any headaches from reading. Also when there is wi-fi available I can use the internet. I love it so much.

I won our little college basketball bracket challenge. We had prices picked out for us Brandon wanted an xbox 360... I wanted a nook... I got the nook and with the left over money I would have for books I gave to Brandon. Brandon got his xbox 360 and we both love having our new toys.

I bought a harness and a leash...

2011-04-09T01:21:00.000-06:00

I bought a harness and a leash...

No not for Brandon even though people say that marriage is a ball and a chain...
Ours is not a ball and chain marriage.

Our Marriage is coming up on us being together for 3 whole years. Can you believe that???

I waited for the hubby to get home from his mission for 2 years and now we have been married for more than 2 plus years. It is crazy. You should have seen me 5 years ago yes that is right 5 years ago when hubby went on his mission. It was the LONGEST TWO YEARS of my LIFE. For my hubby NOT SO MUCH he was busy teaching the ghettos of New Jersey about the LDS church. Lucky duck. He didn't have time to sit and wonder what I was doing. ME on the other hand just had a job and the rest of the time to sit and wonder when I would be getting the next letter and counting down the days until he would be home.

We have now been married longer than he was actually gone... and I still can't believe it sometimes. I feel like we were made for each other like we have been together our whole entire life...

The other night we were at our friends house playing Phase 10 and we came up with the conclusion if Brandon didn't grow up in Colorado he would of probably not done so well in New Jersey he was always serving in the ghettos and sending me facts about where he was serving. He loved it and absolutely enjoyed it! Brandon was a problem child in Colorado he moved to Utah and became an Angel. So whenever he asks me if I would want to live in Colorado I say No, that is because I keep hearing more horror stories of his childhood and I want to protect our children from that is that wrong? I would also rather live in the state of Utah where my family is. I wouldn't mind moving down to St. George warmer weather and not a long drive to go see family. Brandon's argument is that MY MOM ALWAYS TOLD HER CHILDREN TO GO AN ADVENTURE... All of her children live close to them. We live close by... I have three brothers living at home... my sister lives 15 minutes away yeah we go on adventures but we always end back up by our parents who love us. Brandon is always saying Colorado is so Beautiful. I think Utah is beautiful and it has OUR FAMILY HERE. Well lets just say this has been going on since we have been married talking about where the future us will live. I guess in a couple more years we will know and we will make our decision than... I just wanted to blog about the ongoing argument that really isn't an argument and laugh at this one day.

So since we have been married for almost three years in a month and a half, I waited two years for him, and we met on August 2 of 2005 we will have known each other for 6 years. I can't believe it that is crazy.

We bought a harness and a leash for Baylee... Yep, that is right we bought a harness and a leash for Baylee he is the only one in this relationship that is on a ball and a chain. More like a harness and a leash. We want him to be able to enjoy going outside with us this summer.

Do Blonds really have a lot more fun?

2011-04-08T23:59:00.000-06:00

A few weeks ago it was the beginning of an incredible journey. My hair was looking brown and I wanted it to look nice and light for when summer came... I'm still waiting.

Well the festival of colors came and went and with that I had lost my perfect looking blond. My hair was dyed pink in a few places. After couple of washes the pink was about out of my hair. I liked how my hair looked with a few wisps of pink it looked like I knew how to have fun.

Well to add the fun of my pink hair. I got a new shampoo for blonds so that it makes your hair shine and look beautiful. I was excited to try it out. My hair was excited to try it out also...

My friend who is my hair stylist and I love her to pieces has commented on how well my hair soaks in color. My hair loves color.

Well I learned today that my hair really does love color. For when I told the hubby that I washed my hair with a dark purple shampoo and it was still in the towel drying. Hubby said to me I bet your hair is purple. I laughed it off. My hair would do no such thing... I went into the bathroom took off the towel and started brushing my hair when hubby walks by and says your hair is purple. I look in the mirror and guess what I see my hair had a liking to the shampoo. I quickly ran my hair under more water thinking that the shampoo was just left over in my hair. I got the blow dryer out and dried my hair. I have purple ends to go along with my pink roots.

So do blonds really have a lot more fun? I would have to say yes, my hair is bringing me all sorts of surprises and making me look at my hair and just laugh.

What do you want to Be when YOU grow up?

2011-04-05T15:59:00.000-06:00

Because I have already done a blog about color guard I thought it would be great to share a story of one of the girls I met in Color Guard. I'm not going to give any hints she likes/liked pennies in high school. Maybe that gave it away. This girl would always ask

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?

I remember we would always answer with being an animal or other random things that would make us laugh. It was a great way to relief that stress when we were on our way to a competition. I knew she was always a girl you could look to when you wanted to have a good laugh.

Well in good asking of that question I would love to be like her. I love her blog whenever I see a new post I can't wait to read it. I love how she tells stories she puts you right in them. So I want to be just like her and be able to write about my life and get people hooked by the way she tells her stories.

I'm just saying I want to make people laugh because life without laughter is not a life at all.

go check out her blog HERE

Remembering the good ol' days of Color Guard

2011-04-05T15:35:00.000-06:00

I have been slacking on blogging about the guard party I went to sorry for that. But I wanted to have a good blog post to tell about my wonderful days of color guard.

Can I say color guard was one of the best times in my life. Who doesn't like being able to hang out with tons of girls when you are in high school. Can I just say I met a lot of people who are still good friends. Well this last January we got together as a group to remember all the good times we had back in the days of wearing tons of makeup, practices in the early morning and after school. In the end it was all worth it when we got to hear our school called out because we had placed. We got together and were back to being those girls like the years in between us not seeing each other has not changed the bond between us. We were girls talking and giggling while we watched videos of us during our color guard seasons. It was a really fun night and can't wait until we have the next big color guard party. I missed seeing a lot of people that couldn't make it to the color guard night.

Pleasant Grove Color Guard

I have bragging rights

2011-03-30T02:01:00.000-06:00

I WON! I WON! I WON! I WON! I WON!

I won bragging rights to the MARCH MADNESS BRACKET CHALLENGE! This was the first one I have ever done. I didn't research the teams. I had BYU and DUKE going to the final championship game so I did win with that. How you say well the beginning rounds I picked less upsets and than the second round I picked more upsets. Brandon had Kansas and Ohio St. going to the championship game. They kind of lost making me the winner. If they had gone to the championship game I would have lost. So Brandon and I both have a win-win situation. I got a Nook and with the leftover prize money we went and bought a Xbox 360. So the Waite Bracket Challenge is over and we are now enjoying our new toys.

New Jersey, New York, Philly

2011-03-26T01:06:00.000-06:00

I was going through my blog list and I saw that some were missing...

so this blog was made in 2009 and it was blogged but blogger kicked it off my blog archive so it is back.

WARNING: LONG BLOG AHEAD (not really just a lot of pictures from our trip and explanations)

This is us before we got to the Washington Monument on our third day of the trip. I became a true tourist at this point I bought a hat had a water bottle and of course a CAMERA.

So in this photo there is a piece of the WORLD TRADE CENTER the Eagle is carrying it on his legs. This was in New Jersey this little park was a memorial of 9/11 when you walk up to this piece there is a time line of what happened on that day.

This is Lisa and Roy we stayed with them while we were out in New Jersey they love each other see. They were amazing people and I'm so glad I got the time to meet them. Lisa is now my second mom named Lisa but she is my New Jersey mom. My first mom that is Lisa is my cousin who lives in England.

The Absecon Lighthouse Atlantic City, N.J.

I climbed all the way to the top and because I was so tired I forgot to take pictures of the view but I got a little card saying that I climbed up it.

The TRUMP TAJ MAHAL.

Ha Ha this is where I tripled the 10 dollars I was allowed to gamble with. Brandon lost all of his 10 dollars but I got it back by winning 40 dollars.

The street sign says States Ave. Atlantic City is where Monopoly is based off so I just took a few of the signs because they are all over town. Plus you can see the lighthouse in the background.

Lisa and Roy took us to a minor league baseball team before we got there it was down pouring because Hurricane Bill was coming... I loved the sunset so that is what I was taking the picture for but got the team we were rooting for in the picture while they were stretching (I got a picture of their backside woops.)

New York Pizza Pie

That was my lunch the day we went into New York City.

THE LATE NIGHT SHOW

We weren't able to go because it was a Saturday but I figured I would take a picture of it since I love watching it.

The Artist who drew Brandon and I drew us as characters we took a break while it was raining to sit under their umbrella's.

THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

We walked past but we didn't have enough time to go in it would of been great if we could have gone to the top but it costs money sad day.

Our way back from the day in the NYC we took the train from New Jersey.

STATUE OF LIBERTY

Brandon and I got the chance the day before we left to go to the Statue Of Liberty. You only get to walk around it unless you plan ahead a couple of months but it was still great to see.

NEW YORK CITY

My favorite place now for ice cream/slushy. We went there a lot of times while we were out there it is pretty much AMAZING!!!

YUMMY!!!!

That is pretty much the summary of the trip we had a great time and we were glad we got the chance to go out there and see most of the people Brandon taught or became great friends with in New Jersey.

Now for the final day of our trip...

PAT'S STEAKS

GENO'S STEAKS

We choose Pat's Steaks.

This is where you get a real Philly cheese-steak or at the other place Geno's. There is a feud between these two places they fight over who makes the BEST Philly cheese-steak.

have you watched it?

2011-03-25T15:52:00.000-06:00

Have you watched the video? You know the one the one that blogger has posted on your dashboard. It is time for new changes to come to blogger and I'm quite excited about it. I wonder what day it will happen I wonder if I will see the change from one day to the next. It looks like blogger will be a little easier to use. I'm so excited for it so you know you want to watch the video...

I even made it easy just press play.
or even go here to read the changes...http://buzz.blogger.com/2011/03/whats-new-with-blogger.html

It is just that simple.

I'm impressed how about you?

What are you doing this weekend?

2011-03-25T01:58:00.000-06:00

FESTIVAL OF COLORS

i'm so excited last year was the first year that i went and i had a blast! this year the group of people i'm going with will be doubled so a group of four! my friend cory, her friend, and my friend janine. it will be a blast!!!

so what is this festival of colors and why am i way excited for it. this is the only time you can throw color powder at someone and not get in trouble for it. it also is the way to welcome spring by letting the colors go

free to color the world. yeah this is the second post about it but i'm so excited about it. i hope that the weather gets better so that we can enjoy the sun and the warm weather on saturday!

Are you Ready for Spring???

2011-03-23T23:55:00.000-06:00

Brandon and I did spring cleaning on our car this afternoon. Cleaned out all the stuff that accumulates in a car during those cold winter months. We than went to the land of Wally World a.k.a Wal-Mart and bought some flowers, veggies (peas and cilantro), and some pots for them. When we got home and started working on planting our flowers and veggies. Our awesome landlord saw that we were planting and offered us a little dirt patch if Brandon would put in some concrete blocks. Brandon now has a project to work on and I could see that he was really excited to do a little project. For right now we have some flowers in our flower pots and as soon as our little patch of dirt that will turn into our little garden. I'm so excited to be able to plant some flowers and some veggies this summer!!!

and on a side note this Saturday is FESTIVAL of COLORS will you be there???

I will be there with my two great friends!

THE LOVE DARE

2011-03-21T04:12:00.000-06:00

My co-worker was telling me about one of her extra credit assignments she could do for a class that she was taking. The assignment was to do this Love Dare a 40 day challenge in secret so that they could report on how their spouse had responded to this dare. When she was telling me about it she was on Day 20. My co-worker has been married for almost 30 years she went on break after telling me about it. My co-worker was 20 minutes late and she was told me the reason why she was late because she saw that her husband had fallen asleep on the couch and that she went to get the bed ready for him so when she woke him up to go to bed he would be going to the bed ready for him. It is a dare that you do an act of random kindness for your spouse. Well she went to wake him up so that he could go to bed and she said she couldn't get out the door he was thanking her and saying I love you so much and I have been loving you so much more lately. I asked if I could see the book and I read a couple of the pages and they were all good dares. I thought I would take this dare and do it in secret who doesn't want a stronger marriage??? I had been doing it for a couple of days when Brandon started pestering me about it. He was asking if I was doing something for my blog and if it was a challenge. I finally told him a little bit about the Love Dare but not what I had been doing with the dares. I went on a quest to find the movie that is the companion basically to the book The Love Dare the movie is called Fireproof. Cheesy acting all the way through but it sends out a good message.

I can honestly say for the last week or so I'm not going to share what day I'm on I have seen a change in our marriage and it is for the better.

Free Copy

If you are interested in doing a challenge and strengthen your marriage you can go to this website and you can get the book for free you just have to go through the archives. The Pleasant Grove Library also has a copy but for right now I'm borrowing it.

and the March madness continues...

2011-03-19T17:48:00.001-06:00

After the first round of all the basketball games... I was ahead for awhile but than he came back and now we are tied. So the competition is still on.

ST, PATTY'S DAY!!!!

2011-03-17T01:16:00.001-06:00

got to find someone to pinch....

Daylight Savings

2011-03-13T22:58:00.000-06:00

I love daylight savings and here are some reasons why...

I work an hour less!!!
It means SPRING is on its way!
There is more SUN during the day!!!
Warmer weather is on its way!!!
I can start a little flower garden in the next couple of weeks!!!
RAINBOWS are going to be out and about!

MARCH MADNESS CHALLENGE

2011-03-13T20:40:00.000-06:00

MARCH MADNESS BEGINS!!!

They have announced where everyone stands in the bracket. BYU IS NUMBER 3. Brandon and I this year are doing our own little bracket challenge together as a couple. We have printed off our brackets and we have until Tuesday to fill them out and make them the way we want them. Our plan is to go out to dinner on the championship night and sit and watch the game together. Whoever wins the challenge gets to go on a little shopping spree their choice of which store they would like to get something from. I'm doing this so I won't go crazy with all the basketball that is going to be on for the next couple of weeks. I think it will be a fun little activity to do together and I'm actually excited to have a friendly competition going on with each other.

A little NEGAITIVE

2011-03-12T00:03:00.000-07:00

or so Brandon said I was...

tonight when we sat down to watch the BYU VS. NEW MEXICO game.

I just didn't want to watch New Mexico beat BYU again... nothing wrong with that.

By half time Brandon and I were back into the swing of things...

guessing how many points the JIMMER was going to have.

Brandon guessed 50

I guessed 53

JIMMER guessed he would meet us in the middle with 52.

Lesson learned never doubt the BYU TEAM or THE JIMMER!!!!

GO COUGARS!

MARCH MADNESS

2011-03-10T18:29:00.000-07:00

It is MARCH so you know what this means... I have lost my hubby to watching basketball not just BYU but ALL the BASKETBALL GAMES on.

Mum came back

2011-03-08T23:42:00.000-07:00

My mum came back from England and with that she brought back pictures of the time I went to England. My mum also brought back some other goodies. Thank you mum. In this picture I'm at Lyme Park. Lyme Park is where they filmed Mr. Darcy's house in the 6 hour Pride and Prejudice.

Mr. Darcy's house

Thank you to my cousin Lisa for all the photos that she took for me while I was staying with her 6 years ago.

Dunham Massey

In the Garden of Dunham Massey.

Something you probably didn't see at the BYU game today!!!

2011-03-05T20:23:00.000-07:00

This was at today's BYU basketball game!!! The student section got up and had a dance for our Seniors leaving the team this year. It was so much fun to do!

Luck

2011-03-05T18:03:00.000-07:00

One of my many favorite holidays is this month. I'm so excited for this holiday because it means that spring is on its way. Just thought I would change my background for this holiday.

Lifes enjoyable moments

2011-03-03T00:31:00.000-07:00

PAYDAY = EXCITEMENT!!!

FOOD

RENT

LUCKILY IT WILL BE THE LAST OF OUR UTILITY BILLS FOR AWHILE

EXCITEMENT!!! = RESPONSIBILITY

What came first the Chicken or the Egg...

2011-02-27T22:55:00.000-07:00

I walked into the apartment that I was going to be working in today and this is what they were watching... I have forgotten how funny this movie is. I love how the chickens have a plan to escape and that it actually works. Don't we say that chickens have the size of pea brains. Well they ponder the question in the movie well the rats do and they ask what came first the chicken or the egg. It is the best ending for this movie and I absolutely love the quote...

Nick: Here's a thought. Why don't we get an egg and start our own chicken farm? That way we'd have all the eggs we could eat.
Fetcher: Right. We'll need a chicken, then.
Nick: No... no, we'll need an egg. You have the egg first, that's where you get the chicken from.
Fetcher: No, that's cobblers. If you don't have a chicken, where are you going to get the egg?
Nick: From the chicken that comes from the egg.
Fetcher: Yeah, but you have to have an egg to have a chicken.
Nick: Yeah, but you've got to get the chicken first to get the egg, and then you get the egg... to get the chicken out of...
Fetcher: Hang on, let's go over this again.

Just a song

2011-02-26T21:01:00.000-07:00

The Band Perry

IF I DIE YOUNG

If I die young bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
oh oh oh oh

Lord make me a rainbow, I’ll shine down on my mother
She'll know I’m safe with you when she stands under my colors, oh and
Life ain't always what you think it ought to be, no
ain't even grey, but she buries her baby

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I’ve had just enough time

If I die young bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I’ve had just enough time

And I’ll be wearing white when I come into your kingdom
I’m as green as the ring on my little cold finger
I’ve never known the lovin' of a man
But it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand
There’s a boy here in town says he’ll love me forever
Who would have thought forever could be severed by

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I’ve had just enough time

So put on your best boys and I’ll wear my pearls
What I never did is done

A penny for my thoughts, oh no I’ll sell them for a dollar
They're worth so much more after I’m a goner

And maybe then you’ll hear the words I been singin’
Funny when you're dead how people start listenin’

If I die young bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
oh oh

The ballad of a dove
Go with peace and love
Gather up your tears, keep ‘em in your pocket
Save them for a time when your really gonna need 'em oh

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I’ve had just enough time

So put on your best boys and I’ll wear my pearls

(if you want to listen to this song go press the play/pause button on my music player on the left side)

Leaving on a Jet Plane

2011-02-21T03:43:00.000-07:00

Leaving on a Jet Plane. My mom (mum) told us last Sunday at lunch oh by the way I'm going home this week. Mum is English Mum is going home to England. Yay! I'm excited for her bummed for me I WANT TO GO!!! I got to go for my Graduation gift and have been dreaming about going back ever since.

My mum said she found a killer deal for a plane ticket to England so she decided to go. It was amazing how good of a deal this ticket was I wish I could of had the money to be able to go with her. Mum is going to be gone for three weeks. How do I survive without my mum... okay if she brings back some English Chocolate I know she will be reading this when she gets home. I had to call mum one more time before she left the country I called her while she was in NY sitting in the fancy lounge that the first class people get while they are waiting for their flights she is eating Wendy's. Yep! That is my mum getting her last real taste of the American food before she gets to go and eat English FISH AND CHIPS!!! with my aunts I'm so envious of her right now. I called to tell her that I Love Her and that I'm going to miss her. Yes, I'm a little stinker and calls to tell her that I'm going to miss her and I love her and I want her to bring me back some FISH AND CHIPS! My mum left on Thursday and she came over on Wednesday to see our new apartment it was pretty much empty so when she gets back she gets to see all the changes with all of our stuff in it.
How do I survive while mum is away I better go visit dad and see what is on the honey do list and go help him!

I Love You Mum and I'm hope that you are enjoying England and seeing your sisters!!!!

Overcoming

2011-02-21T03:29:00.000-07:00

Thankfully Brandon overcame his sickness right before the big move he was sick for a solid two weeks. Missing school and one day of work. I have to say living with a sicky is no fun especially when you are the one doing the packing plus the cleaning. I had Brandon rest and not do anything until he got better. I also have to say I'm grateful for the cold I had this past fall. Why??? in the world would I be thankful for a cold... I built up my immune system and I didn't get sick yet... (knocking on wood). But while Brandon was sick he got to catch up on all of his sports and sleep you know the stuff that no one gets when they are in College.

So here it is we are grateful for OVERCOMING SICKNESS!!! So that we could move into our new apartment!

Moving or Baby Shower???

2011-02-21T03:18:00.000-07:00

Okay so Brandon and I did a great big move we moved a whole lot of two blocks north of where we were living. Long story why we had to move Landlord doesn't like my companion animal that is basically all you really need to know or your going to be hearing me rant and rave. Brandon and I have really weird days off we have Tuesday and Wednesday off. So we moved all the little boxes and all the random things over to our new apartment. On Saturday we had the Elders Quorum come over and help move the furniture I was there to move over my companion animal Baylee and than to open the door for all the fun to begin. I than left to go to my cousins baby shower you can see her baby bump photos here! I made the better choice I got to go and have some fun seeing my cousin I see every once in a blue moon. Plus I got to watch my cousin ask is this a burp cloth and do I put it on my shoulder to burp the baby? My cousin is way to cute she is going to be one cute mommy even if she doesn't know what a burp cloth is.

I'm happy to say that we are all done unpacking and we even have our place decorated it looks like home. I'm excited to create new memories there. I'm also excited to know that this is hopefully going to be the last place we rent before we get a home.

SICK DAY

2011-02-05T01:35:00.000-07:00

Brandon (hubby) has been sick for the last couple of days... today he finally got to rest sort of... He slept all day and called into work tonight so that he can sleep all night. Well he didn't have school today... but he did get to show off the apartment to some people.

:(...

While he has been out sick this week I have been cleaning and packing up the apartment convenient right??? Just kidding he is really sick.

Brandon on Thursday said that I need to take a break from cleaning and packing. So what did I do I went on an adventure with my bestie and took some photos.

borrowing this picture
check out her photography blog here

and this is the photo that I got from standing there...

I hit one

2011-02-02T23:07:00.000-07:00

We went bowling with our friends Janine and Jon tonight. After a long day of bowling and a long day of cleaning and packing. Brandon was amazing with his moves spinning and curving the ball. Me however I would only hit the far right pin. Yeah that was the pin that I picked to hit tonight. Well it was lots of fun. I'm glad that they invited us and that Brandon took a break from homework.

what kinda jerk does that???

2011-01-28T21:00:00.000-07:00

MY DAY IN A NUTSHELL

Except the whole TMI part... the first couple of paragraphs are about my day.

BYU WINS!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-01-27T14:30:00.000-07:00

We went and waited in line on Tuesday to get our wristbands see this blog. We than went and stood in line at 3:00pm yesterday. It was worth it!!! I yelled so loud that I lost my voice and my ears were ringing because of how loud it was. WELL WORTH IT IN THE END OF THE WAITING!!!

LUCKY WRISTBAND

HUBBY WATCHING BYU WARM UP

ALL THE PEOPLE ABOVE US

OUR VIEW OF THE COURT


WE RUSHED IT I TOOK A PICTURE AFTER WE GOT OUT OF THE SEA OF STUDENTS!!!

JIMMERTIME!!!

BYU (9) 71 BEATS SDSU 58 (4)

AND WE WERE THERE!!!!

ANCIENT HISTORY AZTECS

IT WAS A-MAZING

2011-01-27T01:20:00.001-07:00

going to update photos tomorrow

THE GOLDEN TICKET

2011-01-25T14:22:00.000-07:00

BYU basketball fans wait all night for tickets - ksl.com

so here is the great story of my husband and I waiting in line. Yes, we were ones to head down after to work to wait in a line. Yes, I was in the line sitting waiting patiently than a mob happened and than the mob went back to a normal line than the mob happened again. We were hanging out in the middle underneath an umbrella from some guy we have never met we traded hand warmers for our friend Adam to come join us in the middle of the mob. Yes, you heard me hand warmers for our friend to join us. Than they told us to make another LINE so we did. Two hours later I'm at home trying to thaw out. Can I just rant for a minute BYU you are not going to be able to just hand out wristbands to sports and think no one is going to camp out and wait in line for them. These wristbands are the golden ticket and we want them yes we want them. This is a big deal our #9 ranked basketball team is going up against San Diego State who is #4 it is our time to show the world that we are one of the best teams out there. We have Jimmer and Emery if you don't know who they are look them up. The Dynamic Duo of BYU!!! So can I say it was worth it to wait in the mob/line yes because I met some really fun people even though it was a weird way of meeting you know up close and personal. So to answer the question I got the golden ticket I will be at the game tomorrow night standing in line at 3pm. Yes this is one big game enjoy the pictures. I got to enjoy the snow falling down no pictures of me standing in the snow because I didn't want to ruin my phone with the snow. I GOT THE GOLDEN TICKET ACTUALLY THE GREEN TICKET!!!!

7 AM IN THE MORNING FREEZING ALREADY!!!

SNOW STARTED TO FALL LOOK AT THE PILE OF IT! WHEN WE GOT HOME!!

THE CURLS IN MY HAIR CAME OUT BECAUSE IT GOT SOAKING WET!!


THE GOLDEN (GREEN) TICKET!!!

What number am I???? 926 can you believe it I was in the top 100 when we got there this morning?! So until tomorrow I am BYU ALL SPORTS PASS Property so that I can get into the BYU VS. SAN DIEGO GAME!!!

books books and more books

2011-01-24T01:33:00.000-07:00

So I have been keeping myself busy. Everyone seeing my new blog huh huh?? Not only that my friends and I are trying to start an Etsy. Not only that I have been busy with editing photos but only on nights I have the internet at my fingertips. But I want a goal to read more and expand my horizon with books. I still read the teenage books one of my co-workers thought it was funny that I was reading my teenage books and asked if I had ever read grown up books? Just to let you know yes I have. I read Angels and Demons before anybody my age started reading Dan Brown... but I have yet to read The Da Vinci Code and I have it sitting on my shelf. I think I was just a little upset that I saw my friends reading the second book before they read the first one but oh well. I own it and it sits on my bookshelf just waiting just waiteing (that sounds more right) to be read. I also have the movie sitting on my DVD shelf. So I read the book See Jane Run the blog below and another book I have read in the past week was a book called Heart to Heart it was a teenage book but I quite enjoyed it. I'm just going to start a little list of the books I have read this year. If you have anything to recommend let me know. Up next maybe The Hunger Games if anyone will let me borrow them.

See Jane Run

2011-01-24T01:16:00.000-07:00

I had this book recommended to me by a co-worker of mine. I thought it was a way good book that didn't leave any questions unanswered but the downside to it was that the language and some sections of the book are not really needed. But for suspense it is a way good book it had me turning all 404 pages wondering what was going to happen next was a real nail biter. (my pet peeve is when people bite their nails) I had to buy sunflower seeds so I could keep my mouth busy with the sunflower seeds. It was a good one time read and found it well written. It felt like you were the character and that you were thinking is this for REAL??? So if you decide to read it let it be known that there are some choice words and some sections that you could just probably skip through.

COLOR GUARD SHIN DIG!!!

2011-01-19T00:26:00.000-07:00

Oh tonight was a fun night I got to see all the girls that I hung out with in High School and catch up on everything that has happened in our lives since we last saw each other. Tons of fun and I will blog more about it later. For now spending time with the hubby.

sleep and me

2011-01-15T20:05:00.000-07:00

So I have been meaning to post this procrastination that is what I am good at... I type all my blogs at work and than come home to post them but I have been so tired lately that it really hasn't been happening... so here it is for a new fun blog to read...

So here I sit at work wondering a question is there really so much that you can do before your body wants to fall asleep. So here I ask the great question what do you do to stay awake when you have to??? This is a good question to be thinking about because in all honesty. You think of all the things you could do to stay awake and than your brain starts to turn off after awhile of doing whatever you were thinking would keep you entertained all night. I love when I’m reading and my eyes turn cross eyed and the only way to uncross them is to close them and than by the time your eyes are closed you want to just keep them shut for a little while for a little rest. The best part is when the rest turns into the NOD you know what I’m talking about. This nod is the one that hurts your neck whenever you realize you are asleep. Many of my nights have been filled with the NOD. Eating keeps people awake but it also causes weight gain and nobody wants weight gain. So I turn to the internet but there is only so much you can do on the internet before you realize Facebook has not changed in the last 3 hours. So you go check out all your friends Blogs to see if they have posted anything new yet. You get on to the Blog you start looking and you realize no changes in the Blog world either. But than you realize something you’re the odd sheep. You are the one that is awake when everyone else is asleep in their bed. That is when your thoughts start heading toward going home and going to sleep in your nice comfy bed. Thinking about the sleep you will get later or get starts making your brain go slower slower and slower until your eyes want to shut than you are back doing the NOD. You wake yourself up decide to do something different. Whatever it is you do reading makes you do the NOD the internet is making you do the NOD. You try putting on a movie one that you have wanted to see in a long time so you shouldn’t fall asleep due to the fact that you want to see it. So your sitting there watching it when you get to a part in the movie that is boring you decide just to close your eyes for that one second when you realize you are back to doing the NOD. So the movie was a fail now what do you do. You start typing your blog but than you wonder if you can type with your eyes closed you start to do it when you realize that the feeling of NOD is going to start happening. So what do you do I couldn’t tell you I’m in that situation right now. Open your eyes check out your spelling you are amazed because you only spelled one word wrong. So you start trying again to see if this is the magic key to staying awake. I think not…

a start of a new blog

2011-01-12T15:13:00.000-07:00

Hello I'm back and with that I have started a new blog it is called A Step At A Time: walking after having a stillbirth. I know I'm crazy I have this one than my photography. But the new one is anonymous and I want to keep it that way. The reasoning is because I want to share my story of my daughter. I don't mind if my friends read it because than they will know more about me and how I'm dealing with the loss of my babies.

I have a button on this page and you get redirected to it from here.

so here it starts
A Step At A Time.

Check it Out

2011-01-10T03:28:00.000-07:00

I have taught myself how to make a button. So go check out my photography blog and grab yourself a button. Also just go visit my photography blog and leave a comment so I can feel some love.
waitephotography.blogspot.com

Learning

2011-01-10T02:02:00.000-07:00

So I'm just figuring out how this whole blog world works ha ha. Well I'm learning how to make things for my blog. I'm trying to learn how to make a button for my photography blog. Eventually I will teach myself how to do that for right now I have learned how to make my own personal signature. So yepee skipee for learning!!!

Blessings

2011-01-09T16:18:00.000-07:00

I have had a really hard week this week. I have been thinking a lot about the blessings I do have in my life these last two days. So yes I'm counting my many blessings and naming them one by one.

My first blessing is my family. I have had a tough long months behind me and they have been here for me. My mom spent the week with me after my Lexy died and made me feel like her little precious baby girl by spending time with me. My dad has so much strength in him I will always remember the comfort that came over me when he hugged me at my daughters funeral and also all his hugs. My dad gives one of the best hugs. My husband Brandon I keep telling everyone he is my ROCK. Brandon is always here for me even when I'm being a little stubborn and I just want to sit at home and do nothing he always gets me to laugh when I'm like that. But not only that he is my best friend. My sister Laura she is my best friend she lets me cry on her shoulder when I'm feeling sad also she makes me feel very special as her sister. I love her little family her husband Kelly is a very nice guy and also gives out some good hugs when I need them. Laura's daughter Samantha she is my baby sister I never got I always asked for one but I never got one. So my Samantha is my little sister. Samantha is full of so much life and beauty that she amazes me how precious of a girl she is. My sisters little baby is a great comfort to me she cuddles now and I love it so much. It is always fun to get to spend time with my little niece. My brothers what can I say they are all amazing. They are all big tender hearts underneath. I love just going up to my parents house and having three of them live at home it is always good times to be had with them. My in-laws are amazing they are always fun to be around.
Lexy! yes Lexy gets her own separate blessing. Lexy is my angel. Lexy has always watched out over me and than I got the chance to meet my angel who has been watching out for me. It is a wonderful thing to be the mother of my angel. I saw her I kissed her I held her. I got to see the beauty of my little angel. Lexy is a great comfort to me I still feel her love all around me and her putting her arms around me when I'm sad and just holding me knowing that I do feel the pain for her.
Friends, I'm so grateful to have friends that give me courage and laughter. They are pretty much A Mazing. They know who they are and there are to many to name.
Strength, Just the good old personal strength that you really don't know that you have until you need to use it. The strength of me just getting up for the day and being able to carry on through out the day.
Tears, funny one to put after strength. Tears to me is away of cleaning emotions. Crying helps me feel better especially when I haven't had a good cry in a couple of days. There is something about crying you know after you are done crying that it will be okay for a little while.
the SAVIOR, He does know my pain he felt it when He was praying in Gethsemane. He knows my heartache and has given me the strength to carry on. He knows me and for that I'm very grateful for.
Heavenly Father, He knows me and knows what I can handle. He may not explain His reasoning to me right now but He does have a plan for us. I trust in His plan. He wants Brandon, Lexy, and I to be a family again so He is watching over us. and like any Father I can turn to Him and just bare my soul out to Him and He does comfort me after all the tears have come.
My young woman leaders. Yes, I know that I'm not in young womens anymore. But they are still such a blessing to me. Everything that they taught me has always been with me. For them still being there for me at my Wedding, at the hospital, at my daughters funeral. They are truly wonderful women and I still love them all so much. They are like my moms and they still give me the strength and comfort.

As for now I'm going to go carry on with my life and remember all the many blessings that I do have in my life.

Angels up in Heaven

2011-01-07T20:00:00.000-07:00

So my blog is turning into just one sad blog and I apologize for the tears come when reading my blog.

So my friend from High School that I was pregnant with her baby girl was born two weeks before my Lexy was born. I'm borrowing this picture from my friend and I hope she doesn't mind but I want her to know how much I love her and her family.

Isn't her sweet little angel so GORGEOUS!!!

Well last night I got some heartbreaking news this sweet little angel died yesterday. My heart is aching lots now my heart was aching already over My daughter and my nephew. But now I'm just a big weeping mess because of my friends loss.

I know that angels are weeping for this loss and my thoughts and prayers are with my friend and her family.
I know that no words can express the feelings of loosing a child a baby a sweet infant. Keep my friend and her family in your prayers also please.

Day 25

2011-01-05T22:46:00.001-07:00

Day 25: What Would I Find In My Bag

Currently I carry around two bags….. A work bag and a camera bag….. Let us explore the bag of my work bag. I’m a very simple when it comes to work I take a TV series on DVD I also take a movie in case I get bored with the TV show. I also take a laptop and that is why all my blogs happen at night. So due to the computer you will find a computer cord also you will find my cell phone charger I use my phone to get access to the internet. You will also find a pen and whatever book I’m currently reading. But for right now I don’t have a book in there because I’m so busy being creative. I also carry around a notebook so I can brainstorm for blogs and what not. Also the best part you will sometimes find snacks in my bag and you will always find the MORMON coffee Mtn. Dew. Little things like that are in my work bag. Now the other bag I currently carry around everywhere I go is my Camera bag why you ask?? Because it truly is a dream come true to have a DSLR camera. I’m still learning so I take pictures just to see how I can play with my camera. You would also find all the cords I need for the camera. You would also find the instructional DVD and the manual guide. Yep that is what I carry around mostly in my bags. I wish that I was a little more girly and I could say makeup, and my whole tiny world but that is not me.