School Day

So this is a picture of a piggy bank my mom got me for Christmas... If you look close it has my name on it. My mom loves piggy banks and decided that this one she found will help me save, Thanks mom.


We have been working hard at getting Daniel ready for school. I thought I was done with financial aid, midnight registrations, and working out all the scheduling kinks when I graduated last August. But with Daniel working all the time you can guess who was stuck with the "fun" stuff. I've been so nervous about the whole thing and making sure we were prepared. I knew that he started January 9th TUESDAY. BYU-Idaho always stareted on
a Tuesday. So Monday night after Daniel got home I printed off a schedule, a calender, and wrote all the directions I could think of, also a map of campus. As I started filling out his calender I saw that something was wrong with it.... It said that the 7th was that day!!!! I checked my phone and gasped... I ran into the bathroom where Daniel was showering and started crying, he assured me it wasn't his fault and it was one class. I told him his teacher's name and he laughed and said I shouldn't worry... it was his old Math teacher from high school who is very smart, and nice. I still couldn't believe after all the preparation I went through I messed it up. Well the next day I went with him to make sure he got there :) Actually I just ran errands, saw some friends while he was in class. This picture I took of him before we left... his first day of many college courses. He seems to like it so far and is planning on testing out of a few classes... My smartie hubby!!! Well it will be hard, he get's home late but it will be for the best, let's just hope this baby doesn't come a week early or Daniel might be in the middle of some finals as his classes don't end until the 2nd of May!!!

New Year Blues

So this is the second New Years in a row that I have been sick... the first was strep throat and this year I got a 24 hour stomach flu. We were out on the town... and had some plans but then I told Daniel take me home and as soon as we got here I started throwing up. I was so drained that I went to bed by 9:00 pm. Daniel layed down with me and then at 12:01 he kissed my forehead and said "Happy New Year's" it was sweet of him but I was a mess and was wishing the day was long gone.
So here is that freezer full of beef I promised you all. There is one identical to it in the garage so we're set with meat.
Tyson was playing with the gift Daniel and I got him for Christmas a couple days ago. He loves making gun noises. He sure is cute I am always snapping pictures of him and plan to do a photo shoot of him soon. I'll post those pics on my photography attempts blog.

Here he is and guess who is horsey is? MEEEE!!! Like always I seem to be his jungle gym and LaRae just laughs.





Well here is my first attempt at a canvas. I did it from Tyson to his Dad Adam. LaRae likes it so I guess that's important. I decided to try it thanks to all of Karli Cleaver's wonderful creations.

Baby Finds

I've been really lucky with some finds at flea markets and yard sales. I found a cute car seat at the huge Las Vegas flea market... and my sister-in-law gave me a cute cradle with spindles and is high and rocks back and forth when pushed that I am refinishing. But I also found this sleigh bed crib, with mattress, and mattress pad at a yard sale for a great deal. I might paint it but right now Tyson sometimes uses it.
My brother Tarek and my sister LaRae bought this cute dress I was eyeing at Kohls. LaRae has a little boys sailor outfit that she can put on her baby that is due 3 weeks before I have my little girl... I'm already planning the photo shoot :) I'm so happy I have this one little dress... though luckily my sister MaryJane is giving me a lot of her baby's clothes so I'm looking forward to that.

Looking Back

A year the 29th!!! We made it, one year under our belts. Our anniversary was on the 29th and it was not at all what we wanted it to be. We had no money... or actually no money we could obtain due to a banks being closed and a check to me that I couldn't cash because I still haven't switched over my liscense. But that wouldn't have mattered except Daniel felt bad and he really wanted to do something, and I kept asking him what did he want to do ( It didn't help that we were sick and really didn't want to do anything) But I was feeling down because we never had money on Valentines Day, or our sixth month anniversary and we still did something memorable... feeling down didn't help because Daniel thought I was mad at him :) So about 8:00 I called Daniel in for a mtg and said "Let's start today over" I then went on to explain we could still make today special. I told him that if he would leave the room I would find something that maybe I'd given him before or something special to us and wrap it up, then he could do the same. We would then open them and tell each other why they meant something. We also decided to tell each other 3 things we loved about the past year and that was memorable to us. While Daniel was finding his gift I popped popcorn and grabbed the movie Ratatouille which we hadn't seen yet and two glasses of juice. We opened the gifts, mine was a shirt Daniel bought me for Christmas but he gave it to me early... he knew I wanted it and tricked me when he bought it, he gave it to me early because I was complaining about not finding anything to wear. It was thoughtful of him to get it because it showed me how much he pays attention to my wants. I gave Daniel a small quote book I made for him when we were engaged. Each page rotates with a quote about love and then something that I personally loved about him. He told me he read it almost every night we were engaged because he was away from me and it made him feel so loved. We then talked about our memories and also made goals for this next year. Then we had a silly toast with our grape juice and ate popcorn and watched our movie... we had kleenex's nearby because we were both so sick... but it turned out to be great and I was glad we decided to do something special that day instead of feel sorry for ourselves.

One memory I have is our first date... it lasted almost 24 hours. I got up at 4 am to start a drive up to zion national park. Daniel and I and some of his family and their friends were going to hike the narrows. A gruelling 16 miler where 90% of the time you walk through water. Here is a map that sorta explains the hike.

We did it in around 10 hours which was pretty good... the drive up to the trail head took a few hours itself. We got home around 6:00 I showered and drove out to the flat where Daniel took my on a motorcycle ride to the Peach Days Rodeo... after that we went to JB's with the family and ate dinner. Then we drove over to his cousin's house and watched a movie on the trampoline with some of his family... That's when he kissed me :) Then I needed to go back to his house to get the vehicle to drive to LaRae's but I was leaving after church the next day so we decided to talk about what we were going to do since an 8 hour drive seperated us. Needless to say we figured out how to see and talk to each other and the rest is history. Let me just say that going on a 10 hour hike is a great way to get to know someone and the scenery is breathtaking here are some pics...and if anyone is ever interested in going let me know I'll give you the scoop!!

21 weeks

Well here is a picture of me and my big belly :) Daniel took these one day when I was wearing a ModBe shirt which tends to emphasize the belly.

My friend Natalie has been dying to see my belly. It's nice to actually see that there is something in there and to also feel that little person moving around.

Here is one more picture of me, but don't expect many more, I'd rather take them of Daniel and soon of the baby. Christmas was great we got to spend it here in Hurricane, though it wasn't a white Christmas like at home it was still great and we had a wonderful time with the Stout family. Phyllis my mother-in-law worked like crazy with food preparation. We got to do something I never imagined I'd do on Christmas eve if at all and that was to package beef. We did 2 whole cows which is about 1200 pounds of beef. The boys cut it up and I was on the packaging table wrapping and taping. It may sound gross but it was fun though very time consuming. But half of one of the cows was one LaRae, Adam, Daniel, and I were paying for so we worked hard and it's nice to have 2 freezer's full of beef... the boys are especially excited for all that steak!! I won't post a picture of that because it might make someone sick but maybe I'll take a pic of the freezer :)

After Christmas we've been going to the flat (Daniel's Parents house) daily to hang out with the family. But today was our real Christmas gift. We got to find out what we're having......

A BABY GIRL!!! I'm excited thought I would be disappointed because I wanted a boy but as soon as I saw her I was so excited to imagine Daniel with this little girl (it's what he wanted) Everything looked great the Doc said everything was how it should be. I had talked to my sister-in-law before I went and she told me about when she got her last ultra-sound and this was her second time to the doctor because she was in denial she was pregnant but she went and it was showing the baby and the heart and all of a sudden the baby flipped around and bam there was another one!!!! I go to the same doctor she did and he said that her face was classic, she had lost her son a few years before and he only lived about a month but here she was having twin girls and it was a shocker!!! But now Erica and Emily are so dang cute and in the crazy two year stage here is a pic of them at their party a few weeks ago.

Anyways my little girl seems to be doing fine and is very active the doctor said She was flipping around a lot and it was neat to see... also good for Daniel because he said wow she's doing all that inside you? When we got back to the flat we showed the pics and my cousin (who is also my sister-in-law) Sara Ann said that she has my eye shape... I'm not sure but I think she's dang cute!!
Her right face is on the right and tilted toward the left The really white stripe against her left cheek in the middle of the pic is her hand... the whole time the doctor said she was resting her face in her hands.

Here is another shot of her and again her hand is on her left cheek.

Well I better wrap this up, needless to say I'm excited...but a little worried when someone who isn't a huge fan of pink gets a girl the first thing I think of is what am I gonna put her in... I guess I have until May to figure it out!!!

Long Time

It's been a long time since I have posted, but I'm going to try again. So much news! We found out in May that I was expecting and were super excited. At about 10 weeks I started bleeding and found out I was having a miscarriage, I stopped going to work and was a little depressed for a few weeks, luckily my sweetheart pulled me out of it. We moved in with LaRae and Adam in August and have been there since. We found out we were expecting again at the end of August and were so excited, we also found out LaRae is expecting and they will be just a few weeks apart. My due date is MAY 5th, right before my birthday. Southern Utah is different for me but I am having fun being around Daniel's family. This week we should be going to get a Christmas tree and I'll make sure to bring my camera, also some people wanted to see the pregnant me so we'll see if I can get the courage up soon for a phot o. :)

Surprise!!!!!! Weekend

Yes!!! Ace is coming is what I was thinking Friday morning she called and said she would be there around 3' O clock. She lied she was there at 12:00 and not only Ace but she surprised me with my friend Comet.

Well we were on campus and I had called our friend Dash he was on his way to SLC from Burley and I handed the phone to Comet and ran in to turn in an assignment they were done talking by the time I got back. Later that day Comet asked how to get from the Stadium to my house I asked why and she said :She just wanted to orient herself with her surroundings" Ha ha when really she was directing Dash to my apt. They got me again!!!! So Dash and his dog Kipling came. Maveric was so excited to have a playmate. We went to the park and they loved it.

We went back to my place and made Chicken Fajitas on wheat tortilla's, a green salad, and fruit. It was great!!! We ate on the floor and talked about Camp and what we were doing now. Daniel was so great with our endless talking because he wasn't annoyed which is rare most people get bored with our talking. We went and got custard and then came home and watched Hoodwinked. Dash slept in his Van but the girls stayed in the spare bedroom. Dash came in the next morning to say goodbye, unfortunately he had to work that day.

Saturday was fun I made German Pancakes and we went to Clara's house to meet for rides to Lava Hot Springs so we could float down a very rapid filled river that people rent tubes and go down. It was all fun and games until Comet and I flipped we scraped ourselves up but it was still fun.

Maveric even went it was pretty scary for me when both her and Daniel fell in luckily she can swim and the water is very shallow. We went with Tandy and she didn't live far from there and so when we were done we went to her house to eat some dutch oven ribs MMMMmmmm!!

Cutie pie's Ahhhh!!!!! Maveric

When we got back we all showered and went to meet up with some of Ace's friends we then went to get custard at a different place and then said goodbye to Ace's friends. We went to Walmart where these awesome pics were taken on Daniel's truck!!!

so cute!!!!! Look how tan Daniel is Together Again!!!

Anyways we went back to Clara's and watched some home made videos had a poetry reading, Karaoke where Ace played guitar. Ace and I preformed the clevland shuffle, and Lillie did the Napolean Dynamite dance. It was a fun filled evening the weekend was great but I think maveric enjoyed it the most!!!

Puppy Maveric

Here is our puppy!!! She is so cute we love her. And we want to share her pictures. We have a picture of her when she's 7 weeks old and then when she's about 13 weeks old, she fell asleep playing with a root beer bottle but looked like she had gotten herself "drunk".

Accidents Happen

So I haven't wrote in a while but I want to catch up. Daniel came home one day for work and he had blood on his shirt when I asked him about it he took off his hat and showed me the following. I screamed!! He told me that he was standing on the roof at work on the chimney and the rock work wasn't done right so it crumbled and he fell 10 feet the nail gun came after him and hit him on the head. He had 7 staples. EWwwwwww!!!! He's doing great now though!!!

Sunday

Well we finished General conference and cleaning, we switched our room around and vacummed. Daniel's boots seem to constantly have dried mud and no matter where he takes them off they get all over the house. I cooked a new dish chicken and veggies with some pasta noodles for dinner. I came to the realization that I just keep gaining weight back and that I'm going back on my diet. Daniel wanted to do it with me but I'm not sure he seems to be melting away as it is. I am starting my job tomorrow and I'm really nervous I don't know why they're 3 year old-4 year olds. I think it's the fact that even though I've been doing school and 2 jobs I was going from one thing to the next now I'm doing a 8-5 job and I haven't fone that since last summer but I know I'll be fine and we really need the money. Daniel got a raise yesterday :) Happy day!! He told the boss he was going to have to leave and find another position the boss called the next day and asked him if he gave him a 2 dollar raise if that would make him reconsider. Daniel took it and I'm so excited!!!!!!! It feels like we are finally going to get a foot up on our budgeting!!! Well finals week and I have one take home done and one to go. I also have just one test to do in class on Wednesday after that I just have to take a deep breath!!!! It was a great day and this weekend was so relaxing!

Keili and Tyson getting to know eachother.
Tyson's not to sure about this first kiss.
Shocking!!
ZION

Our first General Conference together and it was relaxing. We decided to stay home and we slept in then watched conference. We then cleaned up made a huge breakfast which Daniel took a little to much of, and then Conference again I worked on creating this blog and working on updating pictures, it was great! But back to the grindstone finals are coming up.