A Baby!?!

I haven't written on my blog in a little while. 

Other things have been on my mind like....

Pregnancy! 

Yup were pregnant! 

Its been a whirlwind of emotions!
I am still trying to grasp it in. 

I have been sick. Not fun. I don't have any energy and its hard to get things done. School being one of those things make it extra hard to do anything. I can barely make it to class let alone stay up to do homework after work. 

But I am doing it.

I had my first Dr. visit last week.

Brent loved it!

He will be a great dad! I can't wait for it! 

Baby is so small right now. Like a little raspberry. Moving around but I can't feel it. A big heart beat that I just love! 

We have a baby developing its needs for the world to come! 

I am excited for our family to grow! To provide love and safety! 

Amazing Sweet n Sour Meat Loaf

When thinking of Meat Loaf you don't think of it as amazing usually, but taste this recipe and you will from now on.

I made this for Brent after we first got married as I was trying to find ideas for dinner. He loved it so much that it is now his favorite meal. He begs for it often. It is moist, tasty and sweet. I enjoy too! What better recipes then the ones that come from Mom! 

Ingredients:

11/2 pound ground beef

1 cup oatmeal

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon pepper

2 eggs

1 teaspoon onion minced

1 can (15oz) tomato sauce

Topping Ingredients:

2 tablespoons brown sugar

2 tablespoons vinegar

1/2 cup sugar

2 teaspoons prepared mustard 

Mix and form into bread pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook for 50 minutes. Combine topping bring to boil careful so as not to burn. Pour over meat and bake for additional 10 minutes. 

Using oats is a key ingredient.

Don't be afraid of the meat. Using hands to combine is a must.

Form into pans. I doubles this batch I made because we love it so much!!

The Glazed Meat Loaf

Grilling Your Sandwich!

I loved Grilled cheese! I could make it every night and dip it in fry sauce!
Lately I have been making some variations too the classic Grilled cheese sandwich, and loving it!

Some ideas:




1. I love Tuna melts! Use some tuna with pickles and cheese and melt it in the broiler or on top of the stove fry both sides. Don't forget to butter both sides of your bread! I always dip mine in ketchup. Pickles make it the best though!



2. Pesto Mozzarella melt! Take some pesto and spread it on your bread, put some tomato slices and mozzarella slices on it also. Butter your bread and fry it up!

3. Taco! Put some taco ingredients like peppers tomato, ground beef, and lots of cheese on your sandwich and grill it up! Don't forget the hot sauce!

4. Breakfast grilled! I fry an egg first, love it with the yolk runny! and add the ingredients to my buttered bread that I want like tomatoes, avocado, bacon, ham, etc. I also put some mayo on the bread and fry it up!

There are so many options with having a grilled sandwich!

like:

5. Grilled cheese pizza.

6. Grilled cream cheese with fruits.

7. Grilled macaroni and cheese.

8. Grilled BLT.

9. Hawaiian grilled cheese with Swiss cheese, ham and pineapple.

10. Fetta and avocado with spinach

and sooo much more!!

These are just some of my favorites what are some of yours?

Great Recipe Finds!

Some times we scroll through pinterest looking at really yummy foods and treats, thinking that one day we will make them! 

As in my tips I say just do it! Make it already! 

Practice all the recipes you find appetizing and if they don't work out it is okay! 

Some times pinterest is mis-leading and it could be hard to trust everything on the internet of course, so here are some recipes that I have found, tried, and love! Ready for you to take the test and bite cravings away! 



http://www.lifewithmylittles.com/2013/10/cook-off-winning-chili.html

This Winning Chili made in the crock pot by Chelsea from Life With My Littles, is amazing! 
It is also super easy! She calls for a couple cans of that and some seasoning and bam you have it! I made some corn bread to go with it and it was divine! 



http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2013/03/slow-cooker-chicken-gyros.html

This next one is from Six Sisters' Stuff. I love their blog and recipe book. Some great ideas. I also very much love Greek food!! My favorite! So when I found an easy Gyro recpie from chicken I was so excited! I made this and cut up tomatoes, red onion, and cucumbers to go on top. Come on over to Topper Bakery to get your freshly made pita bread and have your self an amazing Gyro! I also made the suggested Taziki sauce to put on top of it! That was really easy too. I modified it to make it even more simpler. I didn't have any dill on hand so I used greek yogurt and put cucumber in it, oil, pepper, salt, and lemon juice. Let it sit up and it turned it tasting the same! 



http://www.highheelsandgrills.com/2013/05/wingers-sticky-fingers-copycat.html

This one we made tonight! I love a good Sunday diner! This was way too easy and yummy served with fries or a baked potato was great! Just buy any breaded chicken really and use this sauce and you have a meal in 30mins! 


So there you have it some great recipes that I know you will love! Let me know what you think!

German Pancakes!

I have some family recipes that I love! I have some recipes that I have collected over the years and would love to share them with you!
I also want to start sharing some new recipes that I try and share them in hopes that you find something yummy for dinner to make and let me know what you think too!

For starters German Pancakes!
Now I have heard these called a million things with the same recipe and I really don't know how our family started calling them German pancakes. But they have been in our family recipes for generations!

I am going to be making them as a transitional Christmas breakfast in our home! Can't wait!
Our first Christmas together was me spend sick in the bathroom all Christmas eve and by morning I was making anything for breakfast. I was super bummed.
I will just have to make them extra yummy this year!
Don't worry we do have them more then just once year though and Brent loves them!





INGREDIENTS
1/2 cube butter
1 c flour
1/2 t. salt
1 c milk
6 eggs

DIRECTIONS
1. In a rectangular baking dish melt butter in oven until bubbling
2. Mix all the ingredients together and pour into hot butter
3. Bake at 450 for 14-20 min or until golden brown

and yes they will be puffy and cooking over the top of your pan!
Top it with your favorite pancake toppings!
I prefer syrup with powdered sugar or jam!

10 Tips from my Kitchen

I love to cook! I enjoy making some thing delicious, and I specially enjoy eating it!

Brent says that the color Red means confidence. Before he explained this too me I had chosen Red as my kitchen color. I have a red kitchen aid, red silverware, red plates and bowls, etc. I wanted my kitchen to be a fiesta. I love when a kitchen is the gathering point of a home! 

I have considered culinary school. I have 3 years experience in a bakery. and I cake decorate from home and in a bakery. 

I wanted to share with you some tips about my kitchen. Now that I have been in practice in own kitchen for a while now.

First: of all we don't have a dish washer. 

Its not fun doing dishes. I am so good at dirtying them though. 

I cannot focus or find clean things if the dishes are not done. 

Brent and I take turns doing the dishes. He may actually do them more often then I do because he is so good at them haha. 

So don't let them pile up too much. We try to do them first thing after dinner, but most of the time after dinner we like to talk and relax so we do them first thing in the morning. 

Second: Making up your own recipes is really not that hard after you have been practicing recipes. 

I love just seeing what is in the fridge and putting together a vegetable soup or a warm pasta with sauce. Take the ingredients you think would go good together and just make it! 

You don't have to rely on a recipe all the time! 

Third: After practicing with recipes I have learned that its really not that hard to make home made of anything! 

I try my best to make up things that we could buy in a box or mix at the store. 

This saves money! and it also is a whole lot better for you! 

In boxes and ready to eat food at the store they use a lot of preservatives. Chemicals that we really shouldn't be taking in a whole ton, but we do. 

I completely understand though that life happens and making every bread, and every ingredient all the time takes a lot of time. While I am going to school and working full time I don't home make everything I want to be. I try though. 

Fourth: I wish that from the start that I had started making a list of things that I have made. 

Specially of the things that I just kind of made up.

Now we remember that one time I made this super yummy thing and I have no clue how to make it again. I try sometimes and come up with something whole new. 

So make a list of things you make. and then make a list of the things you loved and things  you would never make again.

I have a photo album I have written down all of my favorite recipes and family recipes. I have divided it into sections and put taps on the side so that I can easily find them. 

Fifth: I know that we all drool over the things we see on pinterest! I have hundreds of foods pinned to my board! 

Now what you need to do is start making them! 

I delete the things that I tried and didn't like. and I save the ones that I did to another board so that they can be an easily find when I want to make them again. 

Also when their is a recipe that you love and know you would be making many times write it down and add it to your recipe book! 

Sixth: you can substitute so many ingredients for other things. Like if you don't have eggs you can substitute them! 

On those Sundays and you realize you forgot to buy something look up what else you could use! 

Seventh: Make yourself aware of cooking talk! If you don't know what "cutting in shortening" is make sure you find out! 

Eight: Cooking does not have to be a chore! If you make it fun then it is so very much rewarding when you sit down to something scrumptious to eat! Bake something that you have been craving! or bake or cook something your spouse has been craving! 

Ninth: The crock pot can be your best friend! Specially if you are busy like we are! I will put food into the crock pot and get home from work or church and dinner is ready to be served! Stick what you want into or their are hundreds of recipes! 

Tenth: Brent works nights and the first semester he did this it was so hard for me to want to cook for myself. I kept eating ready to eat things and junk. 

This time around I made a plan and shared it with Brent.
I wanted us to eat good. I have a menu made up for the month and we go grocery shopping every month for everything we will need to make the menu. I cook most every night now and Brent gets to enjoy it the next day for his dinner. He packs it with him and it saves us a ton of money just by having a plan! 

Summer 2014

Holy cow where did summer go?! We start school at Weber state again Monday and I honestly might accidentally miss class because it hasn't sunk in yet that I am going bright and early...

This summer was great though! 

We were able to start it out by celebrating our 1st anniversary and take a cruise to Key West and Cozumel! 

We had an absolute blast! 

Lots of funny stories between getting times mixed up and trying to do stuff at 4am and we thought it was 7.. to accidentally dinning and ditching... um yup we did not mean to do that. We were so use to not paying on the cruise lol. Don't worry Brent called them back! 

Oh and that one time I got ran off the freeway in Miami by a semi! 

Lots of fun right! hah We really enjoyed it so much! It was kind of to make up for our honeymoon that did not go according to plan. 

However, now we are addicted! We plan to take a trip every anniversary!

Traveling is a priority to me I love it! 

Any who, we made it to the Manti pageant this year. We camped at the park and in the morning we went to the temple to do a session and had an amazing experience! Brents first time.

I learned how to make cherry pie with a great friend! Cherries from Rainys garden she let me have!

We celebrated the 4th of July at my parents house! 

We went camping with my parents to Smith Morehouse our favorite camping spot!
And Brent caught his first fish!  

I introduced Brent to the best thing ever! I crave them speaking of which I need to go get one here soon....

Rainy invited me to a concert with her! I got to spend some time with her a couple times this summer!!

We went to Cyris homecoming together in Idaho just the other weekend it was great! 

My Nanny and Papa got to hitch a ride here to Utah to spend the 24th of July with us! I love them so much and miss them and love when I get to see them! 

I spent a lot of time with family with summer! I wouldn't ask for anything less! 

Brent and I got to volunteer at the temple open house for the new Ogden temple! We are so excited for the dedication here in two weeks! What joy it will be to have it open so soon! 

It has been a pretty rainy summer so I think that means a warm winter right? It wasn't too hot at all very much just the way I like it! 

I know snow will be here sooner then we realize! 

And best part of September being Andrew, Brent's brother comes home from his mission after he has extended! We are so excited!

Ready or not here comes Fall! 

Go Walk!

I have planterfischities. It sucks! It is where the tendon in my feet are tearing. If I don't wear and use the right support for my feet I can hardly walk.

Sundays are a killer because I have to wear church shoes... Thank goodness I don't wear heels anyways. 

I'm posting about it to tell you about my shoes. They are the skecher Go Walks and I love them! 

I use to hate wearing tennis shoes. I didn't like the way they looked. I still would rather wear stylish shoes but I would rather be able to walk. These are amazing! I feel like I am walking on a cloud. 

I also have very flat feet and walk on the insides of my feet. 

Lately I have been putting arches into my shoes. I recommend the mediarch kind found at big 5! 

Now I can see the correction in my feet! I've been walking like that since I can remember. 

However, it's not a quick fix. It is taking me time to were I can actually wear flats one day a week to church. 

I also use ginger doterra oil on the bottoms of my feet everyday. And try to exercise the muscle. Heat in the morning and ice at night. 

Anyone else have this? What do you do? 

Check out our budget plan!

Before Brent and I got married we discussed money and finances a lot. We wanted to be prepared and have a plan. We didn't want it to be a terrible thing for us.
I came up with an idea (Brent even claims it was mine) that the money that we would be making the current month would be for the budget for the next month. Then we wouldn't be living pay check to pay check or even month to month. The bills that we have to pay this current month we already have the money for from last month.

Brent loves to budget and figure out our finances. We have a Google share document so that we both can log into it and see our budget. Also we update it to show what we have spent in our budget through out the month so we can track our spending. In the document we can make new ones so that we can save the budget every month to look back through the year at our expenses. 
I admit that its not fun for me like it is for Brent, so I don't pay as much attention to it as I should. But it is so great that we can both be on the same page about it all.

We share bank accounts even the month before we were married we joined our accounts. This shows our trust and our commitment to being one together. For other people this doesn't work. I am glad that we found what works for us from the start.

In our budget we have categories and from last months pay how much we can use in each.

1. Starting with tithing. We take that out the minute we get our pay checks and set it aside. Not even usable because we agree we won't spend that no matter what.

2. Our Rent. Nice to have a set amount every month and our utilities included. If they were not we use to guess how much knowing it was a give and take.

3. Insurance. Our car, and renters insurance. Which has always been the same for us. We can plan on what we are going to set aside in this category.

4.Auto fuel and maintenance. We try and plan how much for fuel and what maintenance we are going to need. We all know that can't always be planned though so if their is ever a surprise repair we take it from savings. The oil changes and what we can plan for is what is here along with what we think we will pay for fuel estimating from previous months. Right now we have $230.00 in this category.

5.Groceries. This we have estimated that its about $100 per person to feed for a month. We have $200 here each month for the two of us. I try to be the best at this and have a meal plan for the month and we shop according to that. and what ever else savings I can get.

6.Gifts. This varies depending on the time of year of course we try to put more here during the holidays. Our birthdays are near the holidays too. but we try to put a little here each month even if its in the middle of summer just in case because Brent knows I like to spend on others sometimes.

7. Clothing. If it was up to Brent he wouldn't put anything in this category. But I like cloths too much. Sometimes I spend the money here and sometimes I don't. I try not to but once in a while I buy something. What we don't spend goes to savings.

8.Phone. this is a set amount we pay each month great to plan for.

9.Dental and Medical. We put a little here each month to save for when we will be in the need of this which we have been here and there.

10. Dating and Entertainment. This is where we like to over spend and we try so hard not to. Dating sometimes can suddenly be a $100 here and there if you are not careful. Lately we have been trying to plan out our dates and what we do for fun so that we are not spending a lot.

11. Micellaneous. Some times we need money for things we don't know what category they fall into so we have this just in case. If we don't use it te extra goes into savings. 

12. We also have one called Debt to help us keep and stay out of it! 

13.  Church category is for anything we need for church. Materials, garments, fhe activities ect. And our fast offerings. This is never too big though. 

The last category is we give each of us an allowance. About $25 per month. We try not to spend it all also. This is for us to spend however we want. If Brent forgets to pack dinner he uses this or if I am wanting something to do crafts with I take it from this. 


After the categories we have a money market account. We decide on depending how much money we have left over we will set some aside in this account. We use this for travel and camping. Something that we both love and want to make a priority in our lives. It takes money to travel so we have planned and prepared for it this way. (also my idea lol)
Its great! When we went on our 1st anniversary cruise and trip we had all the money already set aside and ready for the fun!

Of course we also have our savings account. We put every last penny we did not use in our categories to set a side here. This we use if we have to make a big purchase usually and in case of emergencies. We also have our money market if their is ever an emergency. So far with this money we have bought a car, paid off schooling, and saving for Brents surgery this December things like that.

This is what works for us! Let us know if you like this idea and what works for you! 

The Family Book.

I came up with the idea to have a "family book"

I used a composition book. I painted it and decorated it. In it we will keep family dates, records, family history, about each person, goals, motto, mission statement, letter to future kids, places we have lived, places we have gone on family trips to, what we believe and what is important to our family. 

I am way too excited about this! 

We are still working on the family mission statement and some pages.
When we are finished I will post them here.

I Am A Mormon!!

No I will not shove my beliefs down your throat.
Yes I love each and every one of you! Just as God does!
No I am not perfect!
Yes in God one day I can become perfect.
No I do not drink, smoke, drink coffee, or shop on Sunday.
Yes I do sin differently then you.
No I do not judge, I love!
Yes life is hard we all make mistakes!
Yes I try my best to follow all of Gods commandments.
and Yes I sometimes fail.
No I do not give up,
I will endure to the end!
and Yes I would love if every one was able to find this happiness that I have found in the mormon church.
For I want you to be happy.

I have had a lot on my mind.. and I had my mind made up I would not say anything for I didn't want to say the wrong thing and offend any one.
I just need to get it out and off my chest though.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has been in the news a lot lately for its views on same sex marriage and the women in the priesthood.
No matter any ones choices I do not love any one less!
However, my choices might not be the same choices.
What I believe is right may not be the same.
I am not positive how it will all work out in Heaven, I do have faith that God loves us all and wants the best for us!
The Church I belong to is ran by Jesus Christ and God himself. They give us commandments to follow because that is what is best for us to be able to be happiest and able to get through our trials.
Not to limit us and make anything harder.
I will follow the Prophet of the church and I will follow God.
I have faith in love and peace.
I feel the most love and peace on Sundays taking the sacrament, on a Saturday at the temple, serving Gods children, and in the lords work.
That is what makes me feel safe, comforted, loved, and serenity.
I know that I feel the Holy Spirit in my heart and soul.
Tears of joy are poof of that.
Hymns sooth me and sing out my testimony.
For I love the Savior with all my heart and want to become Christ like!

Yes I am a Mormon, a Latter Day Saint of the Church of Jesus Christ.
and Yes I believe it with all my heart!

I hate when the church is attacked and when the members lash back out. Breaks my heart. For we just really need love in the world and lots of it.

(I know this probably was my random thought of testimony but I needed it off my chest)

I love you!!

If you want to learn about the true teachings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints please got to www.lds.org

Our Year Together

This year we have...

States we set foot in:

Arizona, Nevada, Idaho and accidentally Wyoming once.

Restaurants we loved:

Italian Village, Rickenbockers, Olive Garden, Roosters, Rodizio, Spaghetti Factory, and more.

Movies we saw in theater:

The Book Thief, Thor the Dark World, Monsters University, Saving Mr. Banks, Despicable Me 2,

Things we did and happened:

Honey mooned to the Grand canyon, went to sisters graduation, went on our first camping trip to Bear Lake, went camping on whim at Smith and Morehouse, had a disastrous time at our first place, Peanut passed away, went to the Brazilian festival, went to Park City, went ice skating at the galivian center, went to Lava Hot Springs, went to NASCAR in Las Vegas, went to see Nanny and Papa, went to the Olympic trials at Deer Valley, spent the Holidays with all our families, got new jobs, passed more classes at Weber State, I spent our first Christmas sick, we moved into a new home, called as ward missionaries, cooked up lots of new dinners, sang in the ward choir, taught temple prep, made new friends, Brent crashed my car, I got a new car, and so much more!

5/30/2013-2014

 To Celebrate our One Year we went on a Cruise from Miami, Florida to Key West and Cozumel, Mexico! 

It was Brents first Cruise and we enjoyed ourselves a lot! 

We got to see the Southern most point of the US in Key West! What a super cool place we will for sure be going back there!

In Cozumel we got to see Mayan ruins that was super neat to hear the stories of them! We saw the poverty there and experienced how Mexico is. 

On the ship we of course had to eat a lot of food and try new things! We danced a lot! We love dancing! We met new friends! We went to the activities and shows! 

We Laughed and had a really good time! 

Back in Miami we got to stay a couple more nights so first off we went to the Everglades and saw lots of gators that was so neat! We took a speed boat tour as the gators swam next to us! Best of all there was turtles too! Brent got to hold a baby alligator! This was the day of our anniversary.

When we got back we went to rent a car and we got a cute black VW bug! That was fun to drive around and Brent let me drive in the Miami traffic and the heat was playing... it was crazy! 

We went and spent most of the time in South Beach. The ocean was sooo warm! 

I love to fly and travel and see all that I can in the short time I am at a place too much fun! 

For the first anniversary you are suppose to give paper as the gift. So Brent got me a book by my favorite author The Four Doors by Richard Paul Evans and I gave him Following Christ the 2nd book in one that he had been reading and enjoying. 

We brought a piece of our wedding cake with us on the plane to eat a little on our anniversary so we ate it and it was good! Banana mmmm! 

This Trip was only our first for many anniversary trips to come!! 

For the next year to come our goals are:

Brent and I to work our way more into our Degrees and finish two more semesters. To meet Brents brother when he comes home from his mission. Many temple trips. And most importantly enjoy each others love for that always is growing and I couldn't l've some one more! He is my best friend and marrying him was the best things I have ever done! 

Our Love Story

Our Story 

6/5/12 He saw Her
9/22/12 First Date Hike together
10/23/12 They knew it was everlasting Love
12/25/12 He asked The question
5/30/13 They finally got married for all time and eternity!

 

I feel accomplished!

I am just going to toot my horn and say I have done it! I have passed math 1010 at Weber State!
It was not an easy accomplishment. Since from the time I could remember I have struggled in math. It has not come easy for me. I have had to work hard at it and get a lot of help. This was my 6th semester at Weber. The 5 before were spent in underdevelopment math. I was just so tired and stressed. I wanted to be able to passed it the first semester I took 1010. I got a lot of help from Brent and worked the hardest I could. I had Brent push me and help me anyway that he could.
It's a big relief and it's still settling in that I did it!

Love Makes a House a Home

  

We have moved to VanBuren!
We are so excited about this move! We are in a basement of the house of my visiting teacher, with her husband and two little boys. They are so good to us. It is a great situation. We are so blessed to be here! It is everything we need at this point in our lives! I took pride and joy into decorating it as we unpacked.

This month of April after the move we enjoyed General Conference weekend. Made lots of yummy food! A Brazilian meal and treats for the weekend! We have been enjoying the sunshine and spring flowers, and rain storms. April showers bring May flowers!
This week and next we are stressed to the max for finals week! I am trying and praying so hard to pass my last two math classes! When it happens I will have to post about my accomplishment because it will be! It has been a struggle and I have worked hard to be where I am!

I love Easter Sunday for I love my Savior and his atoning sacrifice that I may be cleansed and one day rise up as he did. The love I have for my Redeemer is overwhelming!
So thankful to be apart of His church here on Earth. To have Temples to do work of those wanting to come unto Him. So thankful for my covenants and that I may just endure to be with Him and my Heavenly Father once again. Along side my forever loving family. So thankful for the Holy Spirit to guide me and to fill my heart each day of happiness. So thankful to be able to kneel in prayer and offer up my whole heart to Him.
I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I know who I am. I know Gods plan.

I love filling our home with our testimony. I cannot wait to bring His children into our family to teach and love with the pure love of Him.

I am also glad that March is over... What hard memories. There is not a day that I do not think about my three Angels and the love that I have for them. I think about all that they have taught me a lot. They have helped me grow into the women I am and I love that! I love that I still see them in my life. The tears come and go depending on the mood. I only know that I miss them so much because I love them so much. The overwhelming that I have for the Savior I have for my family, the pure love of Christ.

I've been feeling ill but I am blessed!

It is Monday night (late) and I have been ill since last Thursday with a kidney infection. 
I have never felt so sick. Been so weak and throwing up. 
I went back to the doctors Sunday after I missed church :,( worst part! and I had to get an antibiotic shot in my side. 
It's been a while actually since I have had a shot and I was proud of my self :) I don't do doctor or any needle stuff and I did it and Brent didn't even hold my hand! lol
Spending every day in bed for the past five days have not been fun at all. 
I am so glad for my Faith though. 
I think I got four blessings from Brent. I got my name put into the temple and many people praying for me. 
I absolutely love the gospel of Jesus Christ and the huge part it is in my life. 
To know that Brent and I will be together forever makes us even look forward to the next life. Hard for me to say that though it's a very hard thing to lose someone. 
And it is March... been thinking of my lost loved ones so much. Specially while being sick. 

Other notes I love hearing from my best friend on her mission wish I could just call her and jab about the amazing experience she is having! 

We went to Vegas last weekend and met my family at NASCAR for one day and the next headed to Pahrump to be with my great grandparents Nanny and Papa. I love them sooo much and was so sad to only spend a day with them too. It was a fast trip, but glad we went! 
At NASCAR we camped with every one there and went to the Saturday race. It was a neat experience. Wasn't our thing but really cool.
In Pahrump we got to go to church with them and relax on their farm. They gave Brent the tour of the farm and shop. Then we made a very delicious dinner! Ate in the dinning room and afterword Nanny drove around showing Brent Pahrump also. I absolutely love spending time like that with grandparents! 
Oh I miss that oh so much with my grandma (her daughter) 

We are moving in a week!!!!! 

Our First Winter

The winter semester passed by us quickly and I can't believe we are see spring again!



Both of our birthdays are in the winter. Brent turned 23 and I 21!! For Brent's birthday I surprised him with Trans Siberian Orchestra tickets and took him to Rodizio Grill for some loved  Brazilian food! When we went to the concert we were awed struck by the amazing 3 hour performance by them!! For mine we adventured out during a blizzard. (their is a snow storm every year on my birthday lol) Spent the evening on 25th street at color me mine. We were able to paint some lovely pottery, and enjoyed super yummy food at Roosters.

I love Thanksgiving specially when Nanny and Papa are able to come up and visit us! We had 3 thanksgiving dinners and went to both families in one day!

Since summer I have been working at Little Bumkins Day care. I love it I am so spoiled! Brent also got a new job this fall working on CNC machines he loves what he does. It has just been a hard schedule and a long drive.

Our First Christmas


This was the Sunday before Christmas when we had our choir program and decorated cookies. We spent Christmas eve volunteering at the bishop store house with Brent's family then went over for snow fun and a Christmas movie. Then to my parents for a dinner. It was a lot of fun until that night I got very ill and was throwing up every hour all Christmas eve. The next day on Christmas I had planned it all out in my head we would get up early and I would make us breakfast and maybe make it to my parents before they were done... I did have a stomach to eat let a lone make anything. I slept in and slowly we did our gifts. Slowly made it to my parents for a short while before heading to both of Brent's grandparents and in between hearing my Brent's brother through skype on his mission in Guatemala. I wasn't able to enjoy any of the Christmas food and we went home early to get some rest... I was disappointed. I was loved though and I love my family and Brent's and so grateful for what we received.



That next weekend we headed out to Lava Hot springs for a mini vaca! I needed it after my ill Christmas. However, I still wasn't feeling that great so it felt good to be in the hot springs and relax. I love being on the go and always some where doing something. I have done a lot already in life and I love showing the things to Brent and helping him get caught up with me haha

New years we spent with friends playing games!

 

We have made some wonderful friends in our ward we love it! The winter Olympics were held in Sochi, Russia 2014. We were able to go see some trails in park city! We will be cheering on my moms cousin Amy Purdy in the parolympic snowboarding.

This seems like yesterday where has the time gone?! The days turn to weeks and months fast when we look back.



Valentines we reserved for the next day where we spent it in Salt Lake ice skating and window shopping and eating lots of yummy foods!

I am also so spoiled at work for Holidays we have a lot of fun!

It has been on of the hardest semesters yet. I am finally able to take 1010 math and it is a struggle. Brent works swings 3-midnight so I don't see him until the weekend and it is way hard! We don't get a lot of sleep and we try hard to keep up on our home work, but its all wearing us down and I can't wait for it to end!

We were able to hear from Elder Russell M Nelson at a Syracuse fireside with grandma and grandpa Cowley. I love being inspired by those men of God!

One of the greatest things is that we are moving!! Into an apartment basement just around the block. My visiting teacher owns the house and is going to be renting to us starting April! I am so excited to have a wonderful place to call home and a better living situation!! Everything is looking up!
And we are headed to Vegas Friday for spring break! I will post later about it all!