2 Reasons to Celebrate!

Adam's turned 25!!!

He is my everything and I'm so grateful to have him as my husband and best friend! I'm so excited to see him as a father one day and to start our family. Love you babe!

Kevin and Tress were married 30 years ago!

They have become so dear to me and I can't imagine my life without them! They are my second set of parents and I appreciate the love and support they have extended to me. I feel very spoiled to have such fantastic in-laws! :) Thanks to both of you I have a wonderful husband to be with forever! Happy 30th Anniversary!

Calling all Runners!

In two weeks it is the annual Rex Lee Run for Cancer! I ran it last year and it was great! If you know someone who was or is a cancer fighter then come join me on March 13th to run a 5K for a $15.00 donation. Here's the website Rex Lee Run Hope to see you there cause I'm running for my mom!

What do you love?

I love....
the taste of Dr. Pepper when I haven't had it in awhile
when Adam will get me a Dr. Pepper if I have a headache:)
seeing pre-views for new movies
pita chips and hummus
teaching my 4th graders!!
getting my house really clean
hanging out with Bekah
blaring my music in the car
reading scriptures with Adam before we go to bed
laughing
reading my old journals
Aleve
putting lotion on after I shower:)
Pink perfume from GAP
getting a killer deal on anything!
getting free stuff
going to church and holding Adam's hand during sacrament
seeing my family
feeling the Spirit
remembering things about my mom and sister!
talking to my sister
watching my nieces and nephews!
finding decorating items on sale for the house
stalking people on facebook:)
finding out about new ideas for teaching
looking at Adam's blue eyes
planning..... for many things!
traveling to different places
snuggling Adam for five minutes in the morning after I hit snooze
it when my hair turns out cute
being called "mamie"

Valentine's Day

Today would have been my parent's 30th anniversary. They were married on February 14, 1980 in the Salt Lake Temple. My mom always said that they chose to get married on Valentine's day so that my dad wouldn't forget their anniversary:) My mom would then go on to tell you that he forgot their first anniversary and my dad would jump in and say he didn't. Did he really forget? I don't know but I know that my dad loved and still loves my mom, as does she. Happy 30th anniversary and thank you for such an example of love and devotion in marriage! I'm grateful that you made the choice to be sealed for eternity and start our family so many years ago.

My mom on her wedding day

Mom and Dad on their wedding day..... February 14, 1980

History of 2009!

(I'm stealing this idea from one of my cousins!)

Here is a run down of things that have happened in 2009:

Funnest Events

Went to Powell, WY and Phoenix to visit Family! In Wyoming we got to visit Adam's grandparents and in Arizona we had a blast at Emily and Santiago's reception!

Hanging out with Steve and McKenna all summer long! They are our BFF's and we're sad they moved to Texas but we're planning on visiting them this summer:)

Helping Chad and Candace out in Colorado!

Tate Family Reunion in Vernal!!!!!!!


Biggest Purchase

The F-150. We looked for almost a year but finally found a great deal and jumped on it.

Fixing Bunker's broken leg (could have cost $300 but we were silly and went to Banfield first) and building the dog run.

Landscaping items for our yard and our attempt to grow grass.


Favorite Movies

Avatar (well technically 2010 but we'll put it in 2009)

We really haven't seen many movies in the theaters because we just wait for it to come out on Redbox!!! Gotta love $1



Least Favorite Movies

Michael Jackson: This is it- Not worth the money we paid.

The House in Conneticut

She's just not that into you - it totally tried to condone adultry... didn't like it



Guilty Pleasure

Dr. Pepper and Mt. Dew

Cafe Rios Tres Leches

Asphalt Pie from Wingers

The Office, Accidentally On Purpose, Lost, CSI and Drop Dead Diva (Adam loves Versus: WUFC)


Songs I Loved

Keith Urban- Only you can love me this way

Rascal Flatts- Unstoppable album


Biggest Surprises

Getting Puma, our pit bull, in August

Our leaky fridge that caused us to rip up the Pergo floor in the kitchen and put down tile.

Adam got an A in his Anatomy class


Achievements

Graduating from UVU with my Bachelor's in Elementary Education!

Getting a job with Alpine School District

Adam getting mostly A's in all of his classes!

Getting rid of any credit card debt and staying that way!


Resolutions

Attending the temple together once a month

Taking the dogs for a walk everyday

Losing 20 lbs.

Getting Adam into a Nursing Program

Having FHE with our great friends, the Sheppard's and the McEwen's, every Monday and doing lessons from the Eternal Marriage and Family Relationships manual!

I'm a fixer...

Just a little epiphany I had today (I guess that's the teacher in me).

I'm a fixer, always have been and always will be. If something is broken I feel the need to fix it. It's like this innate urge that I have a hard time suppressing. I guess it's a good thing to like to fix things but it can also cause a lot of frustration. Ever since I was little I felt like it was my job to make things all better. When Briana died, I felt like I had to fix it so that my family wasn't sad anymore. When my companions and I were struggling with the work in Spain, I felt the need to fix it and make it all better. When my mom died, I felt like I needed to fix the pain and grief that my family was going through again. Still today, when I get frustrated because I can't fix everything, I feel the need to fix myself ( if that makes any sense). This habit, I guess you could call it that, has been a friend and a foe to me over the years.
But over the last month things happened to change how I feel about "fixing" things and it has helped me find a happy medium. A little over a year ago I had a friendship "broken" and I tried for over a year to "fix" it, with no luck. It remained broken and I got even more frustrated because I couldn't fix it. Yet, through that experience I learned that you can't fix everything, no matter how hard you try or what you do. I'm grateful for the experience because it has helped me to let go of the things I can't fix and not focus on them so much:) I know that in the future I will still find things that I "need" to fix but I now feel more confident to let the unimportant "fixings" go because some things in life are going to remain broken and that is okay. The things I can't fix have been covered by the Savior. I love the Christmas season because it helps remind me that my Savior is the master fixer and that I really need to leave more things at his feet rather than hold on to them just because I'm determined to do it by myself. I know that he is there for the big and little things. He is my Lord, Savior and Redeemer and I'm grateful to celebrate his birth. Merry Christmas and here's to a wonderful new year!

We are white trash.... here's the proof.

These decorations were just taken down a week before Thanksgiving. We are white trash but at least our door doesn't face the street!