Family

I'm grateful for;
A Mom and Dad who taught me one of the most powerful types of love.
A beautiful sister who prayed for me before I was born and could be my twin! ;)
Two little sisters who teach me about strength and endurance.
A brother who used to stay up until 1 am playing cars with me and who would hug me extra long to let me know he loves me.
A brother who is always looking out for me and helps me believe that anything is possible!
A brother who teaches me about patience and kindness, probably the most patient person in our family besides mom!
A sister in law who is sweet and reserved unlike the rest of us. She's a breath of fresh air in our family!
A brother in law who has always had the strength and faith to do what he knows is right.
Nieces and Nephews that make me feel a happiness that no one else could!
And a Husband who has been my very best friend since the 9th grade, who is patient, kind, selfless, loving, determined, hard working, good looking, athletic, sweet............

News Feed!

My cousin Kristi is ENGAGED!!! This is me and Amber at her wedding shower. It was a hoot and it's always fun getting together with the cousins. Even if we all think the same and we all got her the same wedding gift (SHARI!). Oh well. But really, Congrats Kris! I'm so excited for you.

And THIS is my niece Mya holding my newest niece Taylen. What a beautiful sight. I love it when our family expands. She's a beautiful baby!

This weekend..

Chrish and I decided to take a little vay cay to St. George and Vegas. It was a real treat. We went and saw Parachute and Secondhand Serenade in concert and it was really good. I actually enjoyed the opening band (parachute) the most. They were great. Anyway not a lot of pics cause it was mainly some "get away and be alone" time for me and Christian and we didn't want the cameras in our face like they always are with the paparazzi following us around all the time so... sorry.

Costa Rica

Wyoming

For the longest time I have been trying to upload a video that I made of Costa Rica but it isn't working. So while I continue to work on that here a few pics from Wyoming this year.

Birthday

I had a wonderful birthday this year. I woke up on the 16th and went to breakfast at this nice little place called Food for Thought with my Mom and sister Amber. It was delightful. We then went to Unwind (a knitting store) where my mom bought me some pre-dyed yarn to make washcloths and hats (that's as far as I've gotten with knitting). I picked out some super cute yarn and then we went home. I walked in my door and saw this...

My sweet husband had been slaving away on this end table for me. I've wanted one to go right here in my house for a long time now and just haven't gotten one. This table was a lot of hard work. He found it in all its beauty from the 60s BRIGHT ORANGE and out in one of the sheds at his parents house. He had to strip the orange paint off and fix it up all nice. Thanks to his little sister Leslie they were able to work on it together and finish it up on time. It is perfect and I love it. Christian also re-framed one of our pictures that I got him for his birthday when we were juniors in high school. The frame had broke on it and I'd been meaning to get it framed again. AND THEN he also got me a clearplay DVD player! My dream come true because I LOVE watching movies, and so many of the movies that I really want to see (like Happy-go-lucky, or Rachel Getting Married, or Slumdog Millionare) are rated R and cuss a lot and I hate watching movies like that, I just didn't grow up watching them and I don't like it when you have to wade through all the filth to get a little bit of good. So ANYWAY what this dvd player does is filters all the crap and edits it. So I'm really excited for that. We haven't gotten to use it a lot yet since we've been gone but I'm sure it will be super. And then to round it all off we left at 10:00 pm that night to go to Costa Rica! Thanks to Christian and My family and friends it was a really nice day. Christian is a real thoughtful guy and I'm super grateful for him.

Out of the office....

Back in 7 days.