SUMMER PLANS

With all this snow, wind, and rain i just HAD to post my summer plans because that way i at least know that i am doing something whether it keeps acting like winter or not... me and brady have talked about a lot of the things we WANT to do this summer.... so i think we're getting there.... haha!I finish school this next week and then i am counting that as my actually SUMMER starting date.. but here is what we are excited for this year! and inbetween all these things we have planned, there will probably be unplanned camping trips, cookouts, swim adventures, trips to bear lake, and boating, fishing, and all those other things that you dont really plan out!!! but we both get to ride one of these this summer unless they drive somewhere? (but if they fly, i'll kinda be scared to not be with brady when he's on one cause the only trip he's taken one for is hawaii, so its only is 2nd time!)

May: we get to go back to the dunes like we did last year. it will be different this year because we have a trailer and i am better on the four-wheeler. We went last year and had a ball so i'm assuming this year it will be even better! I am way excited though. It is fun to be able to ride my fourwheeler and have brady on his dirt bike right next to me. And the people we go with are way fun as well!! bring on the sand!

June: My friend Michelle is in Little Rock AR. so i will be on a plane with my friend Cortney, into that fun state down south! and our friend will pick us up and we are going to spend a week with her. I dont know what we are going to do yet. but it'll be fun for sure! Michelle (dark hair) and Cortney (blonde)

Well since i get to do that, brady wanted to do something with his friends... His friend Jake Callier and him are going to be going deep sea fishing somewhere. I assume Derrek might go, and whoever else. but Him and Jake together should be a good time. I love jake to death, but i guess i'm kinda nervous for them to be together.. they both act like little boys.. haha!
brady's friend jake
July: Oh what a Month! we are of course going to be doing the whole Drive up to Mnt. Logan thing we do every year to watch the fireworks.. that should be fun! Our friend Alisa & Tyler are going to be having their baby the first or second week. then it is mine and Brady's ONE YEAR! so we are planning something for that, we just don't know yet!!! We are thinking either the oregon coast or just go to cali... or even park city or something... any ideas for our one year???? and then at the end of the month i will be going here for the SCENTSY convention that i go to annually!!! August: We are probably going to go to Jackson Hole, and camp with the Buttars family and float down the Snake River. They do it every year....... so that should be fun, and my Family Has their annual August Bear Lake Trip before school starts.... but other than those two we are still trying to decide what to do... maybe lay low and work to make up for all the money we spent over the summer!!!
But what a fun summer! we get to be with friends, and each other doing what we love TRAVELING! you have no idea how excited i am for all of this... and then in august (if i get into nursing) it will be BACK to school again for me.. UGH and it will last until May, but then i will have my LPN and work only 3 days a week.. and then maybe we can start talking about starting a family.

Other things we want to do (but might have to wait)
- trip to alaska
- cruise anywhere
-we might go to montana fishing
-more fourwheeling
-camping, fishing, boating, ect.
-yellowstone
-jackson, Wy
-wendover
-my sister just reminded me that we are sometime going to flaming gorge
-The list could go ON & ON...........

We can Dream Right?
Life's not a destination its a JOURNEY

Bitterness? Why? REPOSTED

So i wrote this post a few days ago and then deleted it because i felt like i shouldnt post something like this, but some people read it before i deleted it and some didnt. so i am going to chose to post it because i think that it will help people understand why i am the way i am lately. so here you go

the past few weeks have been a very hard and long road. I figure not a lot of people actually read my blog, so i can vent to myself here! as far as lately.. this is what has been going on- i think the more i keep it in the more i get bitter and thats not ok.... so i am going to act as though i'm writing to myself. if you do read it please talk to me about it or keep it to yourself, i guess you'll understand what i dont want everyone to know.

As most of you know, i have been bitter lately, with a bad attitude and why? i honestly didnt know until now. My husband brady and i have talked about going to church and i think it will make ALL the difference, we had started falling behind when he started working sundays... i know we were never perfect, but i guess its better late than never to start trying right? and i want to thank everyone that has been there for me in the past to keep me on that path. with that being said there are a few things that have happened in my life that have encouraged me to go back to church and hopefully sometime soon get sealed to my husband and my family that i have lost. 

Last week my grandpa passed away, (i'll post some great memorable pictures later) it was the first person in my family that i have ever had pass away, I have never had to deal with someone so close, i have not had to be in a family prayer and witness the closing of the casket and that was the HARDEST thing for me to do. I was with him when he passed and that brought me peace, as well as being with my grandma and being able to be there for her to comfort and provide whatever she needed. At the funeral I was given the opportunity to speak, and with that i talked a little and then i gave a poem i had wrote. from him passing i realize i do not wish to lose anyone without being sealed to them... talking about brady. what would i do if we missed out on our chance to be together for eternity and not just "until death do we part"

The day of my grandpa's passing was both peaceful and sad, peaceful knowing he was in no more pain, and sad because i am having trials of my own right now..... what is honestly wrong with me. This is what i am the most bitter about, but at the same time it couldnt have happened at a better time. I am taking trials welll (until now and i'll get to that later) because i know that the trials i am having right now have to deal with me and me alone, along with God. I have dreams about my trials and my grandpa and i feel comfort all over again when i see that, it was meant for me to have these trials and i just don't know why yet.....

I pray everyday that i can have comfort in my misfortune that i can over come this, and not be angry anymore. there is no one to blame, these things just happen. i know that we all have to have our own trials. and maybe this is mine. it just doesn't seem fair, and i think the hardest thing is that i will never fully understand what happened and why i have these trials. i have not talked about this with anyone and now i am letting it all out. I am hoping that this helps me with my attitude adjustment and i hope that it helps me know that when i do overcome these trials that i will not take ANYTHING for granted.. all these random thoughts are going through my head and i just couldn't take it. i'm sorry if this isn't something that you wanted to know or hear, or if it was boring.. but i just thought i needed to vent for a minute......

on the HAPPY SIDE.............

we bought our first camping trailer, and we bought brady a new truck its an old '86 chevy! that way now we have only one car payment (brady's ford truck that is now mine) and we will have more money to save and put towards other things.................

PICTURES TO COME I PROMISE

MY THERAPY: crafts. i have been doing crafts lately, and i realize that they are the best therapy i could EVER ask for, next to my loving husband that is!

Variety Of Events

Camping,Falling trees, Date night, Easter... OH what a variety of EVENTS

EVENT 1: A couple weeks ago we went camping with all of our friends. there was no snow and it wasn't too cold!! it was A BLAST. we didnt get cold until brady woke up at 5 in the morning and couldnt go back to sleep..... so much for a biological alarm clock.... but on the upside i found my new blanket.. daisy. she kept me so warm camping and did so good not running off and playing with the other dogs!EVENT 2: When we bought our house we realized that some of the trees were a little dead, or parts of them were dead and we'd have to trim them this summer.. isn't that with every yard? what we didnt realize was how much DEAD was on them.. ok some of the trees are COMPLETELY dead and March 30th, in the wind storm, one of the big tree branches (that faces the OPPOSITE direction) fell into our yard. Broke right off. The jeep we are borrowing from our parents was right there, (so lucky that it didn't damage the jeep) and it got hit! the next day, it snowed and the REST of the tree fell into the neighbor's yard.. well now we have decide we are going to tear out the WHOLE tree and some extra bushes while we're at it..OH the joy of owning a house!!!

this is the tree that the next day fell over.. the WHOLE THING

EVENT 3: we dont get to go out on "dates" that often. So this weekend brady took me to the Prairie Schooner! it was SOOOO delish!

EVENt 4: EASTER.. enough said, i love easter, that day we went to my parents around 1 to eat and have an easter egg hunt, then we went to his parents for dinner and what not.. what a LONG day! very enjoyable though.OUR CUTE LITTLE FAMILY!

Bad Habits..... leaving them behind!

Ok. So i have always had some bad habits.. everyone does! but i am officially going to leave most of them behind. the reason for some (but not all) are because I want to lose weight. For the longest time i have known that i have been gaining weight and i kept saying i'll start to diet, or i'll start going to the gym, or something.. but it lasts for about a week and then it's over and done with. Well, i tried my spring clothes on and most of them fit, but either not comfortable or you can see a love handle or something that shouldnt be seen. SO.. my solution, blog about it and also ask for help from friends and family. please encourage me to not continue the bad habits! .. these are some habits i want to leave behind. Heres my list of my top 10 habits that i'm getting rid of!

WISH ME LUCK

1. Belching - i dont know why, its not lady like, its not normal, but i find myself burping (did i just admit that?)

2. Nail Biting - after being in my microbiology class and learning about all the things that live under your nails should be enough for me to stop, but i keep finding myself biting.. its bad for my teeth, as well as being bad for my body.

3. Arguing - most of the time i am right (i'm not just being cocky), but as i have found out sometimes it is not necessary and the topic isn't important to argue about. I find myself always arguing (not always a bad arguing) but always trying to prove a point or to be right.

.4. Sleeping in - i know that every once in a while i should be able to sleep in.. not all day! so i'm going to work on it.

5. Caffeine - i know it won't kill me, but i dont know why i drink it. Every time i do drink it, i feel BLAH so why do i do it? i dont know! cravings! and i have fell IN LOVE with the new PEPSI THROWBACK with the REAL SUGAR!

6. NOT taking vitamins - yep im going to start taking daily vitamins! i dont think i get enough

7. Candy - you'd think i dont eat a lot of candy because brady doesn't like it, but i swear its like i eat it more. whenever we go to the store, or the gas station i find myself stocking up on candy because i know he won't eat it. BAD HABIT..... and it doesnt help that i just found the new m&m's that are coconut... this one's going to be a hard one!8. NOT cooking - it gets hard being at school and work, but i honestly think if i made home cooked meals more it would actually benefit me and brady both in more ways than one! Ordering out- i guess this one goes along with cooking more, but its a bad habit! me and brady order food ALOT or we go grab something.. YEP, that one's out too!

9.Eating TOO much - I just don't know what good porportions are so i just keep eating when food is in front of me.. BAD idea. I have not got out a candy dish, nore have I been buying chips... i just keep eating and eating.. that ones on the list of destruction!

AND MY NUMBER ONE HABIT IS............

10. NOT WORKING OUT LIKE I SHOULD! - i have a membership but i dont go. i'm going to start going, AND daisy would love walks, so i'm going to start taking her on walks as well. i always complain about running and that my feet hurt or that i dont have good shoes to work out in. So does brady because he walks on concrete all day at lowes.. SO we BOTH got new shoes :) nike shocks for both of us. he got all black, and i got white with blue!

WISH ME LUCK

My New Hobby... SEWING

ok... so lets first remember that i am WAY busy, and yet i still try and find things i should try to do! so.... the other night, i had a motivational moment. Brady and i were at macey's and he wanted to go look at the fishing magazines.. so while i was over there i started looking through the quilt magazines.. YEP I'M GOING TO START SEWING again! i got a sewing machine from my mom last year for my birthday and have used it only a few times... This is the first thing i have done with it.

I made this blanket for brady christmas of 08 while we were dating. I thought i did really good, so i took it over to my grandma's house.......... she had to square it up for me cause it wasn't perfectly square..... I finished tying it and then she again had to help me with getting the binding on.. i finished the binding, but she had to walk me through the steps of how to get it onto my quilt! SO i am soooo grateful for her help, and me and brady have LOVED this blanket!

I am going to start sewing again, and i have already made my list of things i want to make! some are little things, and some are big! :) its going to be way fun.... cheer for me, and that i won't be getting too frustrated.. for the next month i am going to be busy with school... BUT i am going to try and do one project a month... (that is giving me a time limit that i hopefully can make, cause some projects take over a month to finish....) so we'll see! but with the help from my grandma, i'm sure if i get lost and need help she'll know what to do!!!
And, I am so grateful that she has helped me in the past, and that she has a passion for it! after i learn all this sewing.. maybe i'll move on to crochetting.... that will be a lot LATER!

got my supplies and i'm ready to go............. HERE I GO! 1. 2. 3......................here are some pics of me starting my Table Topper! its not a runner, and not a table cloth.... so its a table topper!!! sew lets get back to business! here are the fabrics i'm using.... and me starting to cut away! wow.. its gonna be a long day!

10 honest truths.. suprizing, yet different.

So the deal is this, I just have to write 10 honest things about myself. Honest and somewhat surprising or entertaining. After my 10, I get to tag people. So here goes......

1. I love my husband. DUH, haha but even when he is funny at times he should be serious, and when he makes stupid jokes, and when he forgets to do things... all in all.. i love everything about him.

2. I love my family. Brady is my new family, but my parents are the best. I know i put them through hell growing up, with all my rebelious stages and different friends i hung out with. But they stuck by me and i love them. also my sisters they are the best friends i could EVER ask for! i love them with all my heart and i dont know anyone better God could have chosen for me.

3. IN-LAWS aren't that bad! i have the best in-laws i could ask for. They love me, and include me and i feel as though i've been a part of the family forever, not just for the past year. My parent-in-laws are kind, understanding, and i'm glad we stay in contact with them as much as we do. As far as brother and sister- in laws... wow, who would have known i would and could get a long with in laws soooo much.... they aren't just in laws. they are friends.

4. Daisy is my best friend. Not too suprising, but after a long hard day of work and school i just want to go home and be with her and brady..... i dont really care to see our other friends as much when i'm tired, but those two make my night complete. and she's cuddled up right next to me while i type.... what a good companion

5. I love sewing... I used to not think i'd like it! but i have started a project and its getting better every day. i just wish i was faster at it!

6. I am lazy....... i should work out, but i dont, i should take daisy on walks, but i dont. I should clean the house, but i get sick of doing it by myself all the time, so i dont. I should study, but i dont, lets see............ i sleep as MUCH AS POSSIBLE!

7. on the other hand, i am very organized and an over-achiever most times! when i want something done it happens then, when i set my mind to do something.. no doubt it gets done!

8. Will Ferrell is my favorite actor.... hes funny and a good actor, but there is nothing about him that i think is hot... who has a favorite actor that doesnt even look good...... i guess i'm one of the low few. but matthew mcconaughey is my all time love! 

9. i wish i went to church more. I love the church and want to go, but brady works every sunday and i dont want to go alone. enough said... maybe i'll get the courage one day!

10. last but not least, I love to travel! before we got married i felt like i could go anywhere, now we have responsibility and a dog, and we're newlywed with no money! we'll see if i ever get that dream back of traveling! 

most of the people i would tag are people that look at my blog all the time, but are already tagged, so i hope you guys all see you're tagged

-chelsie sanders, heidi strickland, michelle nielsen, erin young, elaine henke, heather jones, nicole choules, shaleese jones, megan gillies, whitney miller

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Got some things for sale!

ok so here's the run down -the short version- I am trying to not be a pack rat and keep things we dont need. so I am selling a few things to make room for the stuff we want.
ALL PRICES ARE NEGOTIABLE

FIRST OUR COUCH IS SOLD! My sister just sold her house and we are getting her old couches and so we wanted to sell ours.. i'm asking $360, but i am SURE i'd go down if someone talks to me about a diff. price. Oh and the couch is not pink! it is a cute tan color!!!

SECOND my wedding dress! i love the darn thing with all my heart but seriously why hold on to something i am NEVER going to use again............ i'm asking $400 for it.. so if you know someone in need of a dress send them my way..

THIRD brady's old wheels and tires! we dont need them, brady had to get new ones! we are only asking $275..(only one of the tires won't pass inspection. the other three are great) and like i have said. (we'll go down) They are stock wheels for an F 150.. 2006

FOURTH i have my old stock cd player/ dash for my Jeep Liberty i'm selling for whatever price! let anyone know if they need it to come my way (sorry no picture!)

ALL OF THE PRICES ARE LIKE I SAID NEGOTIABLE! WE ARE TRYING TO DE-JUNK.... BUT LIKE THE SAYING GOES, ONE MAN'S JUNK is ANOTHER MAN'S TREASURE

Adorable Puppy Disaster!

her favorite bone!

look how tall and big she's getting!!!

she thinks that's her couch.. she used to take up half a cushion.. now she takes up the whole thing

Our adorable little stinker of a boxer is getting so big! We usually keep her in her kennel when we are away, but last week we thought we'd try something different. We left her out for an hour, she was fine.. just slept... the next day we left her out for four hours.. she was fine. she just slept until we got home on our lunch break... The next day, we thought, ok she'll just sleep we can leave her out... NOPE! we left her out for four hours.. and our house was a disaster when we got home.. she got up on the table and ate all my candy hearts i had out for v-day... she then threw them all up in the living room (good thing we have hard wood floors) she likes toilet paper for some reason.. the roll was all over the house.. she chewed up my phone charger.... what else! everything!!! WhAt A MeSS!!! When we got home she went and sat by the door and went out.. did her thing and came in like a good puppy! then she looked at me, tucked her tail.. and sat by my feet.. she knew she had been a bad girl, but she looked at me with that puppy face, and i couldnt help but just love her to peices!