it's christmas week!

Best week of the whole entire year. I'm so thrilled! So as the holidays approach I'm reminded that the New year is upon us. So instead of saying I'm going to do stuff I'm really going to do it. Here's the top 5.


1. Finish my baking website and hope for some success.
2. Do everything in my power to finish getting accepted into the honors program.
3. Get in shape to beat my dad-in-law at the mud run! I'm determined!
4. Try to find a way to spend more time with my nieces and nephews
5. welll....I can only think of 4 right now...oh well


Here's some pics of our lives

It Is Almost Christmas Season!!!

Hello Everyone or no one depending on who reads this anymore. Life has been crazy busy but I wanted to update a little on our lives. School is getting hectic and the baking blog I'm starting is taking a lot more out of me then I imagined. Hopefully I'll have it ready this weekend. you never know? So in the past month or so I've been to Utah twice for some reason. I've spent some time in California where my neice was born. She's a doll. And I've spent WAY too much time listening to Christmas music. Well here's some pics of the last month or so..Enjoy!


Matt and Snappers



Matt and I






pumpkin time



me and Lyssie Lu Lu



my california babies



Johanne Rae is HERE!

Lake Powell 09

4 days at lake Powell equals one relaxed girl. It was amazing. Beautiful scenery, wonderful atmosphere and 4 people I love. I tried wake boarding for the first time....it was NOT a success. I failed miserably and to make it worse a 9 year old did it and I was ashamed. I did go on a ski bob and had a blast. Although said 9 year old tired to throw me off 800 times. And I did tie some guy for the MOST fish. TWO. I caught two catfish. So did this annoying guy I was with. He kept rubbing it in. Man Matt makes me mad.

Well I did get to learn a few things about my dad-in-law. First there is such a thing as a "perfect" bagel. It's just too bad that's he's the only one that can make it. But I was lucky and got to eat it. I also learned that there is absolutely no such thing as too clean. I made a comment one day to Matt about how clean the stove was. Two hours later he has it taken apart cleaning who knows what. Oh Chuck...I guess I understand that monk guy a little better now.

I'll leave you with some pics of the wonderful trip!

One more post about Frenchie!

He was the cutest sleeper ever. Although I think I woke Snapper up.



AWWWWW!!!!!1

My Best Kitten EVER: STEVE FRENCH

I loved him so much and my heart is still hurting. Wow this has been a sucky few weeks!

7 years ago....

I'm starting school today. That sounds so weird to say... After the past few weeks I'm glad to have something to do with time instead of dwelling on bad stuff. It got me thinking. It's been 7 years since I've been in school. Where did all the time ago. Back then I was driving around in a beat up chevy truck, working as a life guard, with the world at my fingertips. I thought I knew it all and I definitely thought I would have it made by the time I was 22. HAHAHAHA...I love it.

Well I may not "have it made" in some opinions but I'm pretty lucky. Looking back on it I was a mess. But i did have some great times and had some pretty amazing friends. I just wish I could go back and stay in school so I wouldn't be 25 worrying about it. But at least i'm not 30.

So wish me luck. I hope I do good.

On a complete side note: Steve French died. I'm crushed. I guess we have to have a vigil for him like we did for Taco....

recent stuff.

I just read a quote that made sense. The first thing that has made sense to me in the past 5 days...It says "Now life will be a little less sweet and death a little less bitter." I like that. It completely encompasses what I've been feeling. I'm mostly sad and angry but at times I feel kinda blessed. I feel blessed because a lot of people around me have had much more harsh losses, much more real and raw emmotions that I can't imagine. I don't know if I could if I tried. I just feel stuck. I want to be happy but I'm not. I feel like I failed. I feel like I let my husband down. I just feel guilty. But I don't know why I feel like that. I didn't do anything. I couldn't have done anything differently. I need to just rest in my God and let him take it from here. Which is fine with me. I dont want to do anything anyways. HA!

Enough of that....recent news that isn't sad: I'm going back to school next week. EEEK. Very very nervous. I've completely changed majors and think accounting is not for me. I love it and all but I'm not passionate about it. Not even a bit. So I'll see where God takes me from here.

Well prayers would be great and some sort of closure would be better. We'll see if that happens EVER.

Here's a pic of us before at the game. Good times.