My niece and Nephew

I stole this picture off my sis-in-law's blog.....:) But i can't help it I think they are so cute, and she had a funny little story to go with it. Caden will be three in Jan, and Skylar will be 1 in Oct. These two are getting so good at posing for their photoshoots and I love it!

Plant before mothers day they say

Brad and I decided we were getting close to our deadline of planting a garden. We made it simple on ourselves and bought plants that were already growing and then made it even easier on ourselves and just put them in bigger pots. We had a great time planting our 1st garden! Brad even stole some soil from our neighbors to help plant our last veggies. In the middle of planting it started hailing, Brad quickly pulled our new plants into shelter and said, "These plants our lucky to have me". He just made me laugh! We had lots of fun, and even had a little BBQ after.

OUR NEW CAR IN THE END 2009 MAZDA3

Our long drive!

Our first big investment

Brad and I had the chance to go to Colorado and visit family. We were both so excited, we had plans to fly out the following morning to meet up with everyone. I had to work from 7am-7pm, I planned on coming home and packing that night so we could leave in the morning. When I got home my amazing husband already had dinner ready, with some bad news. Brad said the flights did not look good and we should probably drive. We left an hour later to hit the road. We thought we were looking at about 8hours...... We learned that would only be a dream. The roads became terrible and before we knew it the highway we needed was closed, but we were only 4 hours into the drive. We decided to try and take back roads. Well 15hours later we finally made it. We were both exhausted! Brad had to drive most the way, I HAD no experience driving in the snow but by the end of the trip I did. While were were there we bought a 2009 Mazda3! I very nervous to sign papers but we are both so happy we did, we love our new car!!

The weekend in Tooele

Brad and I went to Tooele for the weekend to see Cory, Justin, Addison and Cade. That night was a 70's party! Brad and I had some last minute outfits, but Cory showed all of us how it was done. The next night Cory and Justin went out and we got to watch the kids. We took them to McDonalds for dinner.  Addison LOVED it, we were there for a couple hours just playing. Brad chased Addison up and down the playland the whole time. On the way out the door I filled up my dt. coke. I didn't twice when Addison wanted it,  I thought it was cute and I was proud of her for choosing dt. coke. I didn't even think about the caffeine that was in it. BIG MISTAKE. I realized we were in TROUBLE when she had to pee 5 times in one hour. We tried to put her down a few times but she would just cry, talk to herself or sing for hours at a time. She was hilarious when we would bring her upstairs, she was all giggles and telling us she wasn't tired. We were saved when Cory and Justin came home! They just laughed at us and we were happy we were off the hook!

CONFERENCE

I had the chance to go to Conference.... but without Brad:( Brad has a LSAT program that takes up his saturdays right now. We had two tickets so I asked Emma to be my date. It was freezing and we were so happy we made it in. Cory is the best and sent me with some candy, which was a life saver. It was amazing to be able to attend, I love the spirit that is in the conference center and I love hearing so many saints sing together. I was excited for the first time to be in the same room as President Monson. 

Saturday Morning Fun!!!

We decided to go shooting one morning for fun. We ran into some people who had a puppy and a lot more guns. We had so much fun riding the 4-wheeler and shooting. Brad is much better than me for now, but soon ill beat him.

CAMPING CAMPING CAMPING.....ON OUR DECK

I convinced brad we should go camping.... .....................On our deck incase i got cold and changed my mind we could just walk back to our bed. So we had our first camping trip in Utah and married. Brad even hooked up a heating pad to keep me warm. We had so much fun and I think we can try camping for real next!

WE GOT HITCHED!

Feburary 7th, in the Mesa Arizona Temple I was married to my best friend for eternity!

Brad is originally from Colorado Springs. He comes from a family of four, he is the youngest of the bunch. Brad is also the only boy, with three beautiful sisters. Brad is going to Utah State University and plans to graduate in a year. Im from Rio Rancho, New Mexico and come from a family of 7. I have four brother and 2 sisters. I fall right in the middle and im the youngest girl. I went to Eastern Arizona College and graduated in nursing. Brad and I now live in Richmond Utah. We are very spoiled, we are "house sitting" his dad's house while brad is in school. 

The cutest little ones.... that we don't want yet

Brad and I are blessed with what i think are the most adorable nieces and nephews. On Brad's side he have 4 nephews (Jackson, Blake, Mason and Cade) and 1 niece named Addison! My brother and sis-in-law also have a little girl (Skylar) and their little boy Caden. We captured some of their cute faces on camera

Right after Christmas I headed up to Sun Valley Idaho to see Brad and meet the rest of his family. I had a great time with everyone. Everyday at 2 anyone who wanted to play soccer or football would meet at the main cabin. Pretty much anything went, including de-pantsing if meant scoring for your team. Snow shoeing was another big activity, I learned the hard way that you have to be in shape to be the leader. Every night we either watched a movie in the theatre or we would all play a game. Brad's family is very outgoing and adventurous which always made for a good time. I was sad when it came time to leave, but we can't wait to head back next year!

He popped the question!!!

I was planning on Brad coming down on Friday, i thought i had everything covered. I was swapped with projects for nursing and assignments that week and it looked like a tornado went through my room. I decided to get off work a little early and go clean my room and take care of the of the HUGE pile of clothes. On my way home i saw my little brother Ethan ahead of me in his truck, i honked my horn to get his attention. He started spazing out trying to call me on my cell, which i left at home. I just followed him to his house. He kept bring up the weirdest topics, and every time i told him I was going to head home and clean some stuff up, he would ask me another question. Finally, I told time i had to run but to come over later. I got home and everyone was in the front of our house... I headed to my room to grab come nursing videos...I opened my door to candles and flowers everywhere. The candles spelled out.. "I LOVE YOU" and "MARRY ME". I was startled and nervous. Brad was playing one of our favorite songs as he asked me to dance. I was so nervous i just kept backing up until i had no where to go. We danced and when the song ended Brad got on one knee and asked me to Marry him! Later he told me his plane was late, he could not figure out where my brother parked the car for him to use. Ethan went to get a lighter to speed up the process when i honked my horn at him. He was planning on having a trail of candles from our drive-way to my room. My room was almost lit on fire while everyone pitched in to light all the candles. I loved it

Traveling back and fourth..

Brad traveled almost every weekend to either Arizona or New Mexico depending where i was. It was always worth the drive to go pick up my best friend and Brad was always planning his next trip to come down. Somehow we still managed to stay on top of school and our jobs with everything between. Sometimes we would just stay in Mesa or we would just come back to Thatcher for some fun!