Wedding Reminiscing

After much deliberation.........

My Big helper outside while weeding the rose bushes
Sadie's favorite toy---it keeps her away from my rugs
BATDOG---dun dun dun

Well after much deliberation we have finally chosen a name. It did take some time, but I told Brandon this is a practice round for when we finally have a kid someday. Hopefully after this practice round we will be faster with our own munchkin someday. We did take a vote between Bella and Sadie, and Bella did win, but we are naming her SADIE.....i gave into all the other people who wanted Sadie.
She is fun to have around, I don't love having to get up and take her out at least at 5 every morning, but she is worth it i guess. She is a fast learning, and is making leaps and bounds in being house broke......she is a miracle pup--only like 4 accidents in like 5 days....she is a smart pup!
Thats all for now, here is more pictures of her.

Our Newest Addition!!!

Yay for our newest addition. Today we got a cute 7 week old Cocker Spaniel. She is darling. We are so excited to be parents of a dog.....sometimes babies have to substituted by cute little pups. :)
We are taking ideas for names, so give us your best shot!
Sorry its been a while, i have been chastised by my lacking in blogging...i will try to be better!

Its been a while....Sorry

So it has been a while since i posted, so there is lots to update....tons has happened....so sorry for the many posts that are going to follow this one 4 to be exact.

Happy One Year to US!!!

Well how time flys!!! On May 11th Brandon and I celebrated our one year anniversary. I still cannot believe that we have been married for a whole year, but at the same time i don't remember much of life before Brandon. He is my everything. He is the most incredible man, and really he deserves a gold metal for putting up with me and all my moody nights the last year. They say that the first year is the hardest, but i have to say that it is the most rewarding as well. While it is hard to adjust to a new way of life, it is the greatest blessing we all receive. Brandon teaches me so much, and i truly cannot wait for all rest of our lessons to be learned.
For our anniversary we took off on Thursday and went up to my families cabin in Fairview Canyon. This was fun because this is where we spend some of our honeymoon last year. The odd part is that last year we went fishing and four wheeling.......this year we went SNOWMOBILING!!! there was still 5 feet of snow!! DERR what is up with this weather?? But it was a great time. We really didn't do too much snowmobiling because while there were places with 5 feet of snow, on top of hills where the wind has blown the snow, there much considerable less.....so we had to be careful of rocks. We went for a ride together at sunset, and it was BEAUTIFUL! What a beautiful world we live in!
After the cabin on Friday night we got a hotel room in Capitol Reef and stayed the night there. then went to my grandparents 65 anniversary party. We were married on their anniversary, just 63 years later! It was a great party, and we even got congrats from those at the party.
You may be thinking....wait May 11th that wasn't anytime from Thursday-Saturday...your right, but we celebrated early so we could celebrate Mothers Day with our moms.
I think this posting is long enough now....sorry if you got bored, this is like a journal for me so sorry for you for having to read all my rambling.
Here are the top 12 reasons i Love being Married:
12. Someone to talk with
11. Someone to scare away the monsters or scary people after watching scary movies!
10. Someone else to blame when things go wrong :)
9. Someone cute to look at whenever i want!
8. Someone to learn from when he least expects it
7. Someone to take care of--cook dinner for
6. Someone to help you work thorough your hard times with
5. Gaining a new amazing family
4. Having someone to travel in the car with, or to travel with in general
3. Having someone to lean on when you are tired and need a shoulder
2. Someone to laugh with
1. Having my best friend with me for all eternities

Hello Manti

Ok so we moved to Manti on the same Saturday Brandon graduated. This was good planning on our part cause we got LOTS of help to move with all of Brandon's family, plus my mom and Gaylen. Thanks guys!!
We are living right on main street in Manti, in Brandon's Grandmas house. We get to live here and take care of the place till she returns in May of 2009. This is a great blessing in our lives, now we can save some money, plant a garden, i can plant flowers, we get to have a dishwasher(even if it doesn't work the greatest, it is still a dishwasher), and plenty of space to move around in--this is important after you have lived in tiny apartments!
Brandon has already found a job working for CO Building, he works on machines that cut metal. Another blessing in our life that he was able to get a job so quickly. The job i want doest interview until July, so needless to say i need a summer job, but more importantly Someone is watching out for us.

Goodbye USU!!

Yea for Brandon!! He graduated on May 2!! Good job honey, i am proud of you!!
Graduation was a good experience. I am glad i got to experience it as a by standard, and not just a participant. Commencement was actually not to boring. The Valedictorian gave a speech NO ONE will ever forget. He was a goof! He really had nothing to say, and just rambled on saying that he was not going to give a formal address...his speech will go down in history!
Also, Elder Perry was there to receive an honorary degree. I have never been so close to him and wow he is tall. I wish i could have met him, but just seeing him a few rows in front was cool enough for me.
Congrats Brandon!!
President Albrecht is from Wayne County, so we got to get a picture with him thanks to Gaylen for having strings to pull!!!

Bye Bye Daycare

Well it is true, i had to quit my job as a daycare provider to move. It was a very bitter sweet event. I have loved my job working with the kids at daycare. I loved getting to know each and everyone of them. I spend at least 9 hours a day with the little munchkins, and loved them all as if they were my own.
When i think about all that i learned from this job, and cant help but to be grateful for the opportunity i was given to work there. It was hard, i will be the first to admit it, but i appreciate every minute of it as well. The hands on education i was able to receive there, is priceless. I was able to apply and experiment all that i learned from my degree.
I started working there the week after i got home from my honeymoon. I was given the job on the spot. I only worked part time till i graduated in December, and then full time after that. Spending that much time there, and with the awesome boss that let me do whatever i wanted, I got to redo the whole program and was able to make this program into one, i hope will last.
I just cant help but think that i was placed in that job for many reasons. More reasons than i think i can fathom, but am grateful for everything that this job meant to me and what the kids and parents i was able to work with meant to me. (P.S. this is a miracle picture.....you get 15 kids to old still for a photo!!!)