Soper Clan

The Soper Boys

2011-08-22T20:06:00.001-07:00

Jack also loves hanging out with his cousins.

Let's try this again....

2011-08-19T11:55:00.000-07:00

So, I obviously suck at blogging now... Let's just start over, shall we? I think that's a good idea. :) So here we go! I hope you're ready for this.. :)

Summer has been in full force this year. At the end of June we went to Lake Powell for a week, and then Adam spend the first half of the summer working in Panguitch. It was hard to have him gone, but he really loved it over there. Since he's been back working in Cedar City, he has been gone quite a it, but we've seen him more so that's good. Summers aren't too exciting for us since it is Adam's busy season, so Jack and I just do what we can to entertain ourselves. Mostly we just hang out at home. Sometimes we play i the back yard... When it's not TOO hot. Or we hang out with Granny. St George is an option every once in a while. :)

Jack is getting so big. I can't believe is is already over a year. It just blows my mind. His personality is coming out more and more everyday. He is stubborn like his momma... Not such a good thing. He is independent. He is funny. He is charming. He brightens our lives everyday. He is such a character. His newest thing is posing for pictures....

Things he loves:

His kitty.

Toothbrushes.

His girlfriend Dallie.

And in all honesty... How can you not be in LOVE with a face like this???

Hopefully I can keep up on this a little better now... I'll do my best. :)

Thanksgiving and Christmas

2010-12-31T09:03:00.000-08:00

We spent Thanksgiving in Panguitch this year. It was Jack's first Thanksgiving, and I still managed to only get 2 pictures.. I am horrible..

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

Hanging out with my Great Grandpa Jack! Don't we look alike?

Christmas was super fun this year as it was of course Jack's first time for that too.. I love Christmas and the time leading up to it. Jack and I watched lots of Christmas movies everyday. During this time Jack also figured out how to get to stuff he wanted to play with.. Or eat.. Same thing. These things were mainly the lights, decorations on the tree, the tree skirt, and later the gifts under the tree....

I would most of the time return to the front room to find Jack under the tree..

Clark also liked hanging out under the tree... On the extra lights that ended up just being on the floor..

We also made some treats! The point of the treats was to give them away to neighbors and friends... This didn't happen. As fun as they were, they just ended up being too much work to make enough for all the people I wanted to give them to. My solution? Don't give anything! Ha.

They were fun to make, but even funner to EAT!

CHRISTMAS EVE
In Norway Christmas is celebrated on Christmas Eve. That works out nice for us. We spend Christmas Eve with my mom and the Christmas Day with Adam's family.

The dinner spread. Christmas Eve dinner is kind of a big deal over there. The family gets together and they do a big fancy dinner. My mom never disappoints when it comes to Christmas dinner. :)

Also, in Norway, the presents are opened on Christmas Eve. After dinner. It is torture for the kids to get through the meal, but it is so fun! Nissen (Santa Clause) comes to see the kids and give them their presents too.. Well, he does in Norway... Our kids have to wait till the next morning for their Santa presents. We do open all the family gifts though. Here is Jack with some of his.

CHRISTMAS MORNING!

We didn't spoil Jack too much this year since he won't remember it anyway.. Ha. We did get him one big toy though.

Mom helping him open his present. He really just wanted to eat the paper...

He liked it!! And on the floor next to him are some little toys that Santa left in his stocking.

After we opened presents at home, we got ready and headed over to Granny and Papa's house(Adam's mom and step dad). We had breakfast there and opened even more presents. They spoiled Jack like crazy...

This is my "stocking" at Granny and Papa's house! Granny's idea of stocking stuffers would never fit in a stocking, so she gave the babies buckets... Haha

Cute new hat that Granny and Papa gave me!

Daddy helping open a present from Aunt Kimmy. Jack was way more interested in the paper this year...

Then the cousins got there! Aiden got right down on the floor to play with Jack and try to teach him how to crawl. It was the cutest thing ever..

THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS
Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures from our Christmas with Adam's dad.. I can't believe I didn't! I'm a little upset with myself, but in any case, we had a blast there too. A fantastic dinner, great gifts and amazing company... I wish Christmas could last a little longer. I start getting ready right after Thanksgiving, but the time just seems to fly by and all of a sudden it is all over...

I hope everyone else had a great holiday. We love you all! Have a great 2011!

Family Pictures

2010-12-14T14:59:00.000-08:00

We just had our family pictures done so I thought I would share them with you...

While we were taking pictures I asked if she would do some of just Jack since he is 6 months old now. Where does the time go?? Our little boy is getting so big!! And SO cute if i might say so myself... :) Enjoy!

From picures till now..

2010-11-13T19:37:00.000-08:00

I am horrible at keeping this updated lately, I know. In my defense though, we really don't do anything. Adam is finally back to a normal schedule so we are enjoying the weekends together. This summer was quite uneventful. Jack was so little that we really didn't do much. My sister and her family came to visit in September, and we went to Sand Hollow. Since I am horrile at taking pictures I got about 2 while we were there...

Ok... I got 3... Haha

I gave Jack his first haircut too... It was so funny. He just sat there. Didn't even flinch! He did try to turn around to see what I was doing, but that's it!

We also have had Halloween. Jack's first. It was super fun. We went to Panguitch so we could see his cousins Aiden and Ashton. I didn't get any pictures of them together (OF COURSE!), but we did get a shot of Jack with his super cute girlfriend.

We also carved pumpkins with our favorites, Kurtney.. (Kurt and Whitney)

Here's Adam's pumpkin on Clarks head.. This poor cat lets us do whatever we want to him.. (And yes... Adam's pumpkin is supposed to be a butt...)

Jack got his first taste of the pool too! He LOVED it! The water was a little cold, so we didn't stay long. We're super excited to take him again though...

The week before Thanksgiving we went up to Salt Lake for an EMT conference for Adam. We had a lot of fun. I got to see my friends. I really miss them all a ton... We went to a hockey game one night. I don't have any pictures because Jack SCREAMED the whole time. It was way too loud for him.. Poor buddy. We also went to a BYU football game. Jack did much better there. He fell asleep for some of it. We made it through most of the game before he was just plain done.

Thanksgiving was fun. We went to Panguitch this year. For some reason I only took 2 pictures. Just of Jack... So this is Jack on his first Thanksgiving! He was so happy all weekend. It was really fun.

The Saturday after Thanksgiving my brother blessed his little girl and baptized his boy. We got to go share the experience with them and it looks like Jack and Brekka are gonna be great friends!

We are all looking forward to Christmas. I love December. It is such a fun month. I've been getting some of our decorations up, but we don't have our tree yet, so I have been a little lazy about it. Adam is going to get it for us this weekend, so I got the stand ready with the tree skirt. Clark seems to be pretty excited about it..

I'll try my best to be better at keeping up on this... Here are a couple more pictures for good measure...

Jack's photoshoot

2010-08-09T12:18:00.001-07:00

Jack had his very first photoshoot. :) Here are some of my favorites...

Really?? I haven't updated in 5 weeks?

2010-08-04T12:04:00.000-07:00

So, I can't believe it has been 5 weeks since I posted last... Time really does fly. That in itself gives new meaning to when people tell me to enjoy Jack cause all of a sudden he'll be grown up. He has already changed so much. I can't believe it. There are a few things I need to update everyone on. Jack cord didn't fall off FOREVER, so I had to give him spongebaths for almost a month. It was crazy. Once I could give him a real bath though, he LOVED it.

He also loves tummy time for the most part... So much so that he usually ends up falling asleep. Cute little bugger..

We took him on his first fishing trip too! They opened a little resevoir here in Cedar City. They call it The Lake on The Hill. Ha. One side is for fishing and the other is a beach for swimming. Nest year I have a feeling we'll be spending a lot of time there..

The view from the fishing side over to the beach.

Yeah....

The boy slept the whole time. Haha.

We only caught a few tiny fish, but it was fun!

On a little bit of a sad note.. Jack got some sort of bug a couple of weeks ago. He was throwing up alot. Super scary for me. We took him in to the doctor and they tried giving him some Pedialyte, and he threw that up too. He was 5 weeks old when this happened and there is a condition called Pyloric Stenosis where the Pyloris muscle (somewhere on the stomach) won't open and allow food to go through. Apparently this happens most of the time between 4 and 6 weeks, and if he had it, he would have to have surgery. Needless to say, I was FREAKING OUT! We got to the Doctors office at 10am, and couldn't get the ultrasound done till 3!! Well, he does not have Pyloric Stenosis. He just had the flu... It was a relief, but he still wasn't keeping anything down so the poor little dude had to have IV fluids. They sent us home that night and told us to give him Pedialyte throughout the night, and come back in the morning. They kept the IV in his arm and wrapped it up so it wouldn't get pulled out. He HATED it. He is doing much better now, thank goodness.

Not much else had been going on. Jack and I just hang out at home for the most part.. Adam has been home a bit more than normal this summer, which has been great. We're starting to have some fires now though, so we'll see how much he's gone! Here's a few more pictures of the little man so you can all see him. :)

He's got a little Alfalfa sprout going on here.

Sooooo sweet..

And one of Clark hangin out in the laundry.. Heehee. We still love him very much too. :)

3 Weeks old today!

2010-07-01T14:49:00.001-07:00

I can't believe our little man is 3 weeks old! So crazy! I don't care what anyone says. He was smiling for me when I was taking pictures today. Totally on purpose. :)

This one is from a few days ago, but I couldn't help but post it. He was snuggling with his daddy right here. How CUTE!!!

Love him... Can't get enough of him...

2010-06-21T13:15:00.000-07:00

Our little man is finally here.. We couldn't possibly be happier. He is so precious. It is crazy to think that I carried this amazing little guy for 9 months. He is as perfect as we ever could have hoped for. Here are a few pictures from the hospital and one from just the other day. I've been bad at the picture taking since we got him home, but hopefully we'll get better at it. :)

Jack Magnus Soper
Born June 10, 2010
8 pounds 1 ounce & 20 inches long

37 Weeks..

2010-05-27T11:09:00.000-07:00

Well, we have officially hit 37 of pregnancy. I can't believe it. Jack will be here within the next 3 weeks. Unbelievable! We had our doctors appointment yesterday and he said I am dialated to a 1. That made it a little more real to me. It is actually underway. Super crazy! I'm definitely getting big, so here's a picture so you can all see what I look like now... (Of course Clark ended up in the picture. Haha. Silly Kitty..)

It's on...

2010-05-21T16:13:00.001-07:00

Well, it seems as though fire season is slowly creeping up on us... Even though we haven't had any actual fires yet, Adam is starting to get busy already. They did a lot of cleanup on the mountain last year, and didn't have a chance to burn all the piles, so they are starting that now. He doesn't get home till later at night now, which makes me half-way a fire widow... At least I still get to have him come home every night for now. Though the overtime checks are nice, I have to admit that I am a little scared that the day will come that I will go into labor, and not be able to get ahold of him because there is no service on the mountain where they are burning... So I pray every night that I go into labor while he is already home. Like, in the middle of the night. Ha. But for now, I will wake up after he has already gone to work.. (That is after going BACK to sleep after he kisses me good-bye) I will hang out at the house attempting to clean and get fully ready for the arrival of baby Jack.. And I will eventually prepare and eat dinner by myself.. Because that is what summer brings... Me, myself and I... I shouldn't say that. I do have Clark.. The silly kitten. He is great company all day long. He actually won't let me go anywhere in the house alone. Cute thing. I have a feeling he'll be a great big brother... Haha And until he IS a big brother I get to take cute pictures of him.. Like these...

You know, it's a good thing I have family around too, or else I would manage to be the crazy cat lady while being married and having a child! THAT would be quite the accomplishment... My family is great though, and they are really good at making sure I don't get too lonely in the summers. Thanks to them Adam can actually go out and do the great job that he does without having to worry about me being hauled away to a padded room in a straight jacket. :) LOVE YOU GUYS!!

35 Weeks...

2010-05-11T10:51:00.001-07:00

...and ready to BURST!!!

Nursery

2010-05-06T16:00:00.001-07:00

Well, we only have 6 weeks left (hopefully a little less. :)), and I FINALLY got the nursery done. Hope you all enjoy!!

Full room view from the door

Our little saying on the wall.

The Crib

The dresser and window.

The other wall.. Ha Changing table and the rocker.

The Rocker.

We'll just let Clark think it's his for a little bit longer.. He looks so cute..

Just thought I'd let you all know....

2010-03-22T15:24:00.001-07:00

...WE HAVE LESS THAN 90 DAYS TILL OUR LITTLE BABY JACK MAGNUS IS HERE!

Note to self......

2010-02-05T21:04:00.001-08:00

DON'T LEAVE MEAT OUT TO THAW WHEN KITTY IS HOME ALONE!!!

Jack Magnus Soper

2010-01-15T18:34:00.000-08:00

Well everyone... Meet Jack Magnus Soper...

Being a little shy here. Might be a sign of things to come... I was quite shy when I was little..

Not so shy here... :)

Kinda looking a little emaciated, but the doc assures me he is quite healthy.

Skeleton boy!!!

Yeah... I don't even know what to say about this one.. He's just cute already. :)

An arm and a leg...

No... Not the Terminator... It's a baby... Hee hee

This is the bottom of his foot.... Kinda hard to see..

I guess it says it right on the picture.. It's his ear. And his brain. Good to know there is one in there.. :)

Check out those long legs! He might actually be tall!! Woot Woot!!

The House is now a Home...

2010-01-15T18:16:00.000-08:00

The pictures from Christmas time, so that is why I have the tree in here... And my kitty managed to finally knock the tree over, so that's why the ornaments are all over the floor. :)

Here is the front room again.. In all it's glory...

Dining Room

Kitchen..

Master Bathroom

T.V. Room

So there you have it! Hope you all are happy. :)

The House

2010-01-08T11:34:00.000-08:00

Ok, I am FINALLY going to get some pictures of the house up... But it will be in 2 stages.. MUUUAAHHHHH!! Here is what it lokked like when we bought it!
This is OBVIOUSLY the front of the house... It doesn't look much different... Just to warn you. :)

This is the front room

Kitchen

Dining Room

Tiny Master Bathroom

T.V. Room. Kind of a crappy view of it. It's much bigger in real life. My updated picture is WAY better. :)

Now all you have to do is wait for me to post the pictures of what it looks like NOW! AHHHHAHAHAHAHAHA! Love all ya'll!! :)

Meet Baby Soper

2009-12-16T14:51:00.000-08:00

We went to our doctor appointment yesterday, and as I was talking to the doctor I told him I was concerned that I was showing already... I asked if it was normal and told him twins run in my family... Like A LOT of twins... On mom AND dad's side... He said, well, let's check it out! Sorry to disappoint, but unless baby#2 is hiding REALLY well, there is only one. :) The good thing is that we did get a preview of what this new little Soper looks like! Kinda.... Enjoy!

NEWS!

2009-11-18T16:30:00.000-08:00

Ok, I know I still haven't posted any pictures of the house. I'll get to it one day. I promise. Maybe this weekend. If you're all so lucky. Haha. I just can't TAKE pictures right now, therefore I can't post them.... And no... You DON'T need to know why I can't take any. MMUUUUAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!

I do have some news though... For those of you who aren't on facebook, or even still don't know... We are having..... A BABY!!! A HUMAN baby! Haha (Adam's family teases him that it's not human... Cause he's not human... Haha) I'm only 10 weeks along, so we don't know if it is a boy or a girl yet, but we did have the pleasure yesterday of hearing the heartbeat for the 1st time. How AMAZING was that? So cool. We are very excited, and can't wait to know what we're having so we can go shopping! Ok, that's mostly me... :) Stay tuned to find out too!

HA!

2009-10-27T08:08:00.000-07:00

SO I guess I'm not so on it.... I don't know if i have EVER gone this long without posting. What is WRONG with me?? I don't know either. I just wanted to let you all know that I have not forgotten about this thing. I know you want to stay updated, and I will get to it. I'm at work right now (SHHHH), so I can't post any pictures, which in turn feels like it is pointless to even write anything. So, later my friends. Later. :)

OK OK OK OK! I'm on it already!

2009-07-25T12:35:00.000-07:00

This is for all of you who decided to complain about me not getting anything on here... I truly would have done it earlier if I had my computer, but I have not for the past 3 months.... I'm going to be honest though.. Our lives have not been too exciting. Yes, we moved, bought a house, got new jobs.... Whatever, it's all just life stuff. We're now in Cedar City. Adam got a job with the Forrest Service down here. He absolutely LOVES it. And we actually get to see each other almost every night!! It is summer though, so I still don't see him that much, but by fall he's gonna get sick of me real quick!! I got a job at Luxe Salon. It's so great. Just like what I came from. All the girls and guy are great. I guess we have done some fun things too though. Here are some pictures for you to see what we have been doing this summer.

My Birthday in April.

My Birthday brownie.

The blizzard we drove in when we were moving all our belongings.

Watching my nephew Blakely play baseball.

Camping trip for our anniversary at Ottercreek. This was our 1st trip with our camp trailer! YAY!

Watching Adam's cousin Ryan play Semi-Pro football in St. George. GO BLITZ!

Fishing with Maggie, and Adam on his float tube with a motor on it...

My newphew Trentin's kindergarden Graduation.

Cathcing Kitties, and MY NEW KITTY! Meet Clark Soper. My new baby.

Alright everyone, I know that people want pictures of the house too, but I don't have any... We're still kinda unsettled, and I don't really want to document that part... :) Maybe soon..

We're actually leaving...

2009-04-22T14:11:00.000-07:00

So, the day is almost here. I've been packing forever it seems, and still there is so much to do. In the previous post I said we were going to Nephi, now we aren't so sure. So for now we are going to Cedar City to stay with Adam's mom. All our belongings will be going in storage, and then we wait... Wait to find out where we will be living. We leave the condo for good on Saturday. Wow... It does not seem like it's real, but it surely is. It really will be interesting to see where life takes us. Stay tuned for more info.....

Good Bye Orem

2009-03-18T14:35:00.000-07:00

WOW!! Two posts within a week of each other! Aren't you all lucky! :) Just wanted to let you all know we sold the condo!! Which does in turn mean we are leaving Happy Valley. Adam is SO happy about that. I, on the other hand, am not quite sure how I feel about it yet. This has been my home for so long. It will be hard to leave, but I made a promise a long time ago that I will follow my amazing husband wherever life may take us. And so I move to Nephi. We haven't found a place there yet, but I am sure we will. I prayed very hard that if this was the move we were supposed to make, that things would fall into place. I can't believe how well that worked. :) The one and only person who has looked at the place since we put it up for sale made an offer, and after less than 30 days on the market... And so, now here we are. I guess it was meant to be. I'm excited and terrified all at the same time. I don't forsee any problems, but you just never know what might come up, so in the meantime I will continue to be prayerful in this whole process. Good luck to us with selling, buying, packing and moving. :) Love you all.

All the new things in life

2009-03-14T20:50:00.000-07:00

So a funny thing happened to me just now. I thought "I should really get on the blog and let people know what is going on with us." And sure enough, I had a comment letting me know that someone (Lindsey) needs an update. Imagine that!!! It's only been a few months!! I always say how we are boring and nothing ever goes on, but this time I SO do not have this excuse... I actually have stuff to put on here. :) Now I just need to figure out where to begin...

January...

Boring month... Until the final day, Friday 1/31/09 @4:30 AM.. I was woken up to my husband moaning something about a stomach ache... I figured he was just being a baby. And moaned something random and ambien induced back to him. He went to the bathroom and when he came back in I was very quickly woken from a very ambien induced sleep by the words "I'm peeing blood...". MY POOR BABY!!! We rushed him to the emergency room to find out that he had a very bad UTI accompanied by a kidney stone. The doctor told him to just go home and take lots of pain pills cause it's would hurt like the dickens when he passed the thing. "Blah blah blah... Feels like childbirth... Blah blah Blah... Pee through a strainer... Blah blah blah... If you don't pass it in 2-3 days go to a Urologist..." We got him home and in bed just in time for me to get another hour or so of sleep and then go to work for a nice and busy Saturday of doing hair. My poor clients...

JANUARY ENDS

February...

Adam did not pass his stone, so February started with a bang.. WE went to the urologist who asked for the CT scans they did in the ER. Well, they didn't. He couldn't do anything until he had a scan of the stone to see what in the H was going on. So, we got scan #1. The doctor said to give it 2 weeks, and if he still hasn't passed it, come back. "In the meantime, please pee through a strainer wherever you go.."

Now, Valentines day. We did nothing. AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHAHAHAHA. Actually, I did get surprised a little. We don't really do presents for this weird holiday, but Adam decided to take me out to dinner the day before so as to miss the crowds. It didn't actually work out that way, but it was a nice though, and a great dinner at Macaroni Grill. On the actual day of St. Valentine I worked, and Adam was occupied at the State High School wrestling Championships at UVU. His cousin Kevin was wrestling for Cedar City. He got home a little late, so we ordered a V-Day pizza and had a calm evening at home.

NOW.... 2 weeks has gone by since we've been to the ER and the urologist. Adam has still not passed his kidney stone. He goes back to the urologist who wants another scan. (p.s.-they can't do the scans at the doctors office... he goes somewhere else for that) He then talked to the doctor who wants to give it another week. OH---By the way, he said that if someone doesn't pass a stone by 2 weeks (It has now almost been 3), you aren't going to do it on your own... BUT--Let's give it another week.

2/25/2009--The orem condo officially went up for sale!! WE'RE MOVING PEOPLE!!

FEBRUARY ENDS

March...

OH, this lovely moth of March. The specific date it Sunday 3/1/2009. We wake up, we cuddle, we watch a little T.V. I'm wrestling with the idea of going to church. I was just so tired... I talked to Adam about it and told him that I just really felt like we needed to get up and go, so we did. We got about 1/2 a block away from the church and Adam's kidney starts bugging him. He told me he couldn't sit through church. So, we went back and he urged me to go back by myself, but I took my phone so he could call me if he needed. I got to church about 30 minutes into Sacrament meeting. And literally as soon as the closing prayer person said amen, my phone was buzzing. Adam told me I needed to come take him to the ER. We went in and the drugged him up real good. I have never seen him like that. It was CRAZY!! They did scan #3, and the stone was still in the same spot. The doctors at the hospital gave him some great meds to help with the pain and told us to go back to the urologist the next day. Adam called first thing in the morning and they couldn't get him in until Tuesday, so we waited... He came home from the doctor and they had scheduled surgery for the next day. Needless to say, he is now feeling much better. The stone is gone and he no longer pees blood. YAY!!!

Now as for me... I have been dealing with one eye watering uncontrollably for about a month. About since Adam's first trip to the ER. I was taking any allergy medicine I could find. except eyedrops... I don't exactly enjoy eyedrops. Don't know why... After Adam had his surgery, I finally went in to figure the mess out. Seems it wasn't allergies... Hence why the pills weren't working. It was a little something they call Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis. "What the the dickens is that?", you may ask... Let me tell you... Giant papillary conjunctivitis is a condition that mainly affects the underside of your upper eyelids. The conjunctiva is a transparent membrane that covers the white portion of your eye and continues back to also line the underside of your lids. Normally you would think of conjunctivitis as a type of "pink eye". This is true when the inflammation affects the VISIBLE portion of the membrane, but it is still a conjunctivitis if it only affects the "invisible" part that lines the eyelids. The "giant papillary" part of the condition refers to the clinical appearance of the eyelid lining. There, the doctor will find very large bumps or "papillae". Just looking at a patient's eyes may not reveal any signs of the disease, but if the eyelid is everted (a painless maneuver to expose the underside of the lid) the diagnosis can easily be determined. Basically, it's sick... And I can't keep make-up on my eye for longer than 1/10th of a second usually. And how do I get rid of it? ALLERGY EYE DROPS! But not regular over the counter ones... Really expensive perscription ones. That I get to use once a day halfway into the summer. YAY!! Hehe. I'm just glad I know what it is, and it's not serious. It only sounds like it is.

Well, there you have it my avid blog readers. I will try harder to keep you updated on a more consistent basis. But in the meantime, just know that all is well in the Soper household. We have gotten an offer on the condo to which we responded with a counter-offer. :) I'll let you know as soon as I do if we are moving and when. We love you all.

Adam and his Mama 2 days after surgery...

Who loves Adam's beard????? :)

Soper Christmas Vacation

2008-12-30T19:53:00.000-08:00

It has been brought to my attention that I am taking WAY too long to post.... And I truly am sorry. Here it is. The long awaited post (Amber), and it's all about CHRISTMAS!!! My favorite! We had a fabulous Christmas vacation. As most of you all know, we have a busy traveling vacation always. We have lots of places to go, lots of people to see and LOTS of miles to drive. I have informed Adam that as soon as we have kids, it's just not happening like this anymore. (Haha... Yeah RIGHT!) We started out driving down to Hurricane on the 23rd and stayed with my brother and sister in law. We got there really late, but not to late to have our oh so fantastic artichoke party. It's not really a party. We just eat artichokes. It's our favorite. Then on Christmas Eve we took a last trip into St. George for some shopping at Sportman's. This is where I oh so slyly bought Adam a red-dot scope without him knowing. (Thanks a million for all the scheming Darrell and Treen). Then we went to my mom's house for her famous Christmas Eve Norwegian style Crown Roast Dinner. Yum.... I'm drooling just thinking about it. Then we opened presents!! YAY! My brothers boys were so excited they weren't even hungry... It was an amazing night. I always look forward to this meal. It bring back the traditions of being a kid for me. The years I spent in Norway were so fun, and I love that we can have this night together with my family.

Me with my mom's Tree

Adam and me at my mom's house

The Women

Me and my buddy, Blakely

Cutie Cleo

Blakely, Trina and Darrell. Enjoying a delicious Norwegian Cookie. (I can't remember the name of it...)

On Christmas Day we woke up at my brother's house and enjoyed watching the boys open their presents. They both got bikes from Santa!!! Among all sorts of other super cool toys. Some nerf guns... There was a war...And I don't even know what else. :) After that we loaded up and drove to Cedar City to Susie's house (That's Adam's mom) Then we opened MORE presents. We got food storage from Susie and Burt. SUPER AWESOME!! And our "stockings" were ginormous bags filled with all sorts of goodies and awesome stuff. I also got a new purse, and my super amazing Adam got me exactly what I wanted.... BOWLING STUFF! I was so excited! I got a ball, a bag and shoes! Now I don't have to wear stinky rentals anymore!!!!! Adam got a new collectors edition of Roger Rabbit and the New Kids on the Block CD. Haha. He does the dance totally perfect. It's awesome. Maybe one day he'll let me record it.... For now you just have to imagine :) WE spent the rest of the day just hanging out. Susie does a crab boil for Christmas dinner. We eat it southern style, so it's all just dumped on the table and you eat as much as you can. I wish I had a picture, but I don't.... Ha That night we went to see "Marley and Me". Cutest movie EVER! I bawled.... It's true. I did. Like a baby. Then I cuddled with Maggie the Dog and Alan the cat....

The next day we did a little shopping and hung out some more. Very relaxing. On Saturday we drove over the mountain to Panguitch. We bought a camp trailer from Susie, and we pulled it over there. Again, I wish I had a picture, but I just didn't get one. No clue why...... We got to Panguitch and once the trailer was unloaded we went Ice Fishing!!!! YEAH!!! I love going ice fishing. It is so calm and just relaxed. Unfortunately only 3 of the 8 of us caught anything... There were also all too small to keep. But that's ok. I still had fun.

Adam all bundled up on Panguitch Lake

Here is everyone... Ashley (in the pink) is sleeping.... And STILL managed to be one of only 3 that caught anything

My fishing hole

Ashley's fish.

After Ice fishing we opened even MORE presents from Adam's dad. He got us a Wii!!! For real! And that night Grandma MarLyn decided we were having a bowling tournament. Here are some video highlights. :)

I LOVE THESE FAMILIES I HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trip to Hurricane

2008-11-12T20:32:00.000-08:00

So, we went down to Hurricane (a couple of weeks ago) to see my family. No reason.... Other than that I MISSED THEM!!! Here are some awesome pictures of our trip:

Dinner with the Adults!

Out at the shooting range

Yeah, I'm that awesome.

My bro and his wifey.

MY SUPER HOT MAN!

And last, but NEVER least, the nephews...

BIG SMILE!! No, smile BIG! BIGGER!

Rock star and GQ, all in one. :)

JASON MRAZ CONCERT

2008-10-29T12:53:00.000-07:00

So we had a little girls night and went to the Jason Mraz concert last night. I have loved him for years now, and this is the 1st time he has been to Utah. I was SOOO excited! We had a blast.

Here's a little video too.... He is AMAZING in concert!!

FRIGHTMARES 2008

2008-10-28T14:02:00.000-07:00

So, even though Adam hates every holiday that exists (almost), I love them all. I love haunted houses... Adam refuses to go... Ask him why and he will be totally honest---He's scared. Ha. The only thing I can get him to do that is even remotely festive for Halloween is Frightmares at Lagoon. We went this weekend, and had a BLAST. As always.

Adam on the Samurai... I was getting sick just watching the ride.... Sick... People who like spinning rides are CRAZY

Yeah... I'm super cute... NOT

Adam's typical picture face. Here we were waiting in line for Wicked.... It really is wicked... Ha

Us in line for Spider. Cute! He actually took a normal picture!

Austin and Laney. We love them...

I love this thing. Hahahahahah

2008-09-23T19:16:00.000-07:00

i LOVE fall!!!

Fall colors are seriously my favorite!! These scenes make me blissfully happy...

Here we are at Bridal Veil Falls. Apparently we didn't realize the zoom was on... Haha

On our way up the hill. Adam was loving it, and I was actually a little scared.

At the top of the hill.

Happy happy days.... Fall means winter is right around the corner!!!! YAY!!!!

Check out the wasps nest we saw. I am so amazed at how these small creatures can create somthing like this...

If you look close enough, there is a rock in the middle of the circle.... I HIT that!! With a bullet!!! Out of a gun!!!! Be amazed... Be really amazed....

DON'T FORGET MY PARTY!!!

2008-09-14T20:42:00.000-07:00

EVERYONE!!!!! THIS TUESDAY THE 16TH IS MY LIA SOPHIA PARTY!! DON'T FORGET! IF YOU NEED DIRECTIONS LET ME KNOW. THE TREATS ARE GONNA BE GOOD, SO AT LEAST COME FOR THAT. NO BUYING NECESSARY. :)

LIA SOPHIA PARTY!!

2008-08-20T22:32:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!!! I am hosting a Lia Sophia Jewelry Party. Please send me your address so I can send out the invites. :) I won't post the comment with your address... Don't worry. :) Thanks!! I hope you all can make it! OH!!! And I need your addresses by Monday. :)

New Stuff

2008-08-06T10:21:00.001-07:00

Well, it seems that my dear friend Amber is totally unsatisfied with my ability to blog lately... Haha. I guess I have done a few things since last time. There was the Balloon festival in Panguitch.... In June.... Without Adam. That's when he was in California.

Balloons in the daytime.

Balloons during "The Glow". When it gets dark they don't take off. They just line them all up on the main streets and light them up. Super cool!

And then there was the 24th of July in Panguitch... But I don't have any pictures cause Adam has the camera and I forgot to download them before he left. It was super fun though! We watched the parade on the 24th, and then we had a surprise party for Adam's mom right after. It was so fun! She had no idea!! Then we went camping Friday and Saturday. We had to come back Saturday night cause Adam works Sundays now. We just drove out to Adam's work and I spent the night there.... Can we say FLASHBACK?? We had to sleep in a twin bed. Haha.

And then there was the other night. I know you are all going to be UBER JEALOUS!!! My amazing friend Anika called me on Sunday and asked if I would go to a concert with her. A Chris Issak concert... Haha. Well, I went and it actually ended up being really fun! He is a great entertainer. Other than the millions of middle aged women scantily dressed, (I really could have gone without that), and the young girls slutily dressed, it was a blast!!! Anika bought a picture for him to sign, and after fighting off a few line cutters, we finally got to shake hands with the legend. Hee hee.

The first picture is of, yep... you guessed it... CHRIS ISAAK!

The second is obviously Anika the model and myself.

That is just about all I've got at this point. Adam is in Wyoming right now for 2 weeks, and he took the camera, so you can't expect much from me. :)

Update

2008-07-13T12:01:00.001-07:00

Hello there friends and family.... I don't have too much of an update, but still a little.. Adam finally came home after 16 days away from me!!!! YAY! We had a fabulous weekend in which I took exactly 0 pictures.... Sorry about that. Here is a little update though to let you know some of what went on. :)
On Thursday we went to 7 peaks. Adam had never been. It was pretty fun, but we decided that stuff like that isn't our favorite with just the 2 of us. Plus there were about 10 billion people there. We got in 4 slides, and one lap in the lazy river, in 3 hours... WHAT?? Not worth the $45 we spent to hang there. We did get some really god people watching in though. Boy was it good. Haha. That night we went and watched "Hancock" with our friends Alissa and Zac. Good times. :) And a good movie.

Friday we hung out with Kimmy(Adam's sister for those of you who don't know who she is). We got her a super cool new phone, went to IKEA, took a trip to the mall (where Kimmy ended up looking almost like a hooker after a trip to the make-up counter), then we had dinner at Texas Roadhouse (our favorite!!!), and then crashed!!!

Saturday we had the pleasure of inviting ourselves to go to the lake with Adam's aunt and uncle and their family. We went to Yuba Lake. Adam tried to tell me that is sucks at wake boarding.. He's actually pretty good! I was really impressed! And he admitted later that's exactly what he was going for. Haha. Silly boy... He's already got me, but he's still trying to impress me. Cutie pie... They also have a "BIG BERTHA" tube that we rode on. So much fun!!! We had a BBQ for lunch/dinner. We spent all day out there. The water was amazing, and luckily it wasn't too crowded. It really made for a perfect day at the lake.

And today Adam is back to work. But just his normal Little Sahara work. At least for now. I should see him either tomorrow or Tuesday, so don't cry for me. :) All in all we got in a super good weekend, and that is all that matters to me.

FIRE SEASON IS UPON US!!!

2008-06-29T21:07:00.000-07:00

So, I'm pretty sure I have informed most of you that Adam is in California fighting fires. He has sent me a couple of pictures, and I just had to share.... The poor boy hasn't had a shower in a week... (Not that he's all too concerned about that. Haha)
Gotta love that smile. And his curly goatee.

You couldn't tell that the Mohawk was gone in that first one, could ya???

The white down at the bottom of his legs is actually his skin. This is the part of him protected from the dirt and soot by his socks and boots...
Legs again...

He sent me this picture of his dirty hand and told me that he doesn't wash his hands before eating... Haha. And then proceeded to tell me that he wonders if he will get an STD from the nasty Porto-potties they have to use. (He does wash his hands... He just likes grossing me out... :))

Bless my poor husbands soul... This is his life in the summer. Good thing he likes what he does. :) And all because of him, I get to do what I love to do. I love him so much. He's not used to the timber fires the way they are out there.... From what he tells me, it is all quite different from fighting desert fires. Keep him, his dad (He's out there too...), all the other firemen and the peoples who's homes and lives may be in danger, in your prayers. Tis' the season for fires, and it has only begun....

TAG

2008-06-11T22:19:00.000-07:00

Joys
1- Adam John Soper
2- Rainy days
3- Music

Fears
1- The dark. It used to only be outside, but now that I have to be at home alone a lot, it's in my house too... At least in my condo I can pretend like the sounds are from the neighbors. What am I going to do when I'm in a house!!!!
2- Losing Adam... In any way, shape or form.
3- The water. I hate deep waters. And I can swim, but I have nightmares about drowning...

Goals
1- To read the Harry Potter books. (Adam tells me I HAVE to... Ha ha)
2- To actually go on a vacation that we talk about... Everything ALWAYS falls through for us!!!
3- To fold the laundry that is currently waiting for me.... :)

Current Obsessions
1- Twilight books. And I swore I would never read them. They are actually really good though.
2- WhiskeyMilitia.com
3- Adam John Soper

Random Surprising Fact
1- My OCDish tendencies. Ok, so that might not be SURPRISING to a lot of you, but it is random. The main part of it being food smells. I hate cooking, cause I can't stand it when my house smells like food. I cannot touch ANY foods that might have a smell that would linger on my hands after washing. And I 100% HATE it when anyone in the same restaurant as me orders fajitas... Cause I can smell it in my hair and on my clothes when I leave. And yes, when that happens, I usually have to go home and shower immediately.
2- When I was a kid, I was a toe head blond.... And now I am soooo far from blond. :)
3- I used to be a local band groupie. Adam still teases me about it.... But regardless of what he says, I still love all my band friends. :)

Ok... I tag Anika, Jess, Amber, Jen, Arica, Mendy, Andrea, and Mandie!!! YAY!!

YES.......

2008-06-08T12:23:00.001-07:00

Love of my life

2008-06-05T13:24:00.000-07:00

How in the world could I NOT be absolutely, 100%, completely, head over heals in love with this man.....

Fun with the Browers

2008-05-28T18:49:00.001-07:00

So, Andrea's dad "won" a suite at a Bee's game, and naturally Adam and I were invited. Unfortunately Adam had to work, so it was one again an eventful night for just me with the Browers and fam. It was super fun! I felt really important actually. When we got there, we got our tickets, and then had to go in through the VIP entrance. (That's right... The VIP's coming through). Then all 13 of us crammed into an elevator to go up to our fabulous suite. We had the perfect one to. And I would describe it if I knew anything about baseball, or the right things to say about the field, and where we were relative to the area's of the field... All I know is that we were behind the catcher to the left.... Haha. I had a picture, but I was retarded enough to erase it on accident.... The one and only picture I had... Once we got to the actual suite, there was food, and a barrell of fun just waiting for us. :) During the 5th inning we were presented with an ice cream bar. HOW EFFING SWEET IS THAT?? Or should I say how SUITE is it... Wow... Can you tell I've had too much Dr. Pepper today??? :) Once I got the camera out to take pictures, I somehow only ended up with ones of the kids... Except for the above one of Andrea and me... Ryleigh had a great time being passed around from person to person... Banging on the window inside the suite, and eating lots of ice cream. And is that Camdyn or Darla???? I don't know... Elden wouldn't really let me take any pictures of him, but I almost got him... We spent some good times wrestling though. (I won...) Aleigh was her normal little angel self. I love these kids... Good ol Ross was a great sport. Even when we put Ryleigh's bow on his head and took a picture. Hah. Doesn't he look adorable??? And in the end, here is Ryleigh to tell you all how truly exciting the night was.

MOTHER'S DAY!

2008-05-11T12:59:00.000-07:00

Happy Mother's Day MOM!!! Here is a picture of her and me on Mothers day a long time ago. Isn't she GORGEOUS??? Well, I love my mom a lot, and I just wanted to write a little something to her to make sure she knows. My mom has always been there for me. We may have disagreements, and we may not always get along, but my mom is a fabulous person. And let's be honest, she's the only mom I've got. ;) I wouldn't have it any other way. Thank you for always being there, and for always listening. Thank you for all the good advice, and for always keeping me safe. If it weren't for you, I don't think I would have made it past age 5... Darrell would have killed me. We all know it's true. Thank you for teaching me what's right, and to always be true to myself. Thank you for being you. I love you with all my heart.

Uh huh

2008-05-06T11:05:00.001-07:00

Well, I got exactly zero pictures... It was awesome. Ha. It was fun though. That's all I can really say about it...

For a new story... Yesterday was our 1 year anniversary. I can't believe it!! We made it a whole year without killing each other. AMAZING! Ha ha. As a matter of fact, the past year has been incredible. Before I go into that, I thought I would tell you all about our day yesterday. Adam decided to stay home from work since it was the big day. We slept in, and when we woke up... I was coughing my lungs up. (I know what you all were thinking... Gross... Like I would tell you... ;)) So, i called the doctor, and sure enough, couldn't get in till the very end of the day. Oh well, long story short, after over an hour at the doctors office, they let us know that I have an infection in one ear, my sinuses, and my lungs. Good times on the anniversary. We went to dinner, and came home to watch a movie. As I hacked all night... And continue today. :)

On a better note, I just wanted to reminisce a little about the past year. It started out a little rough. Well, rough for me. We got married, went on a fantastic honeymoon to Jamaica, and when we got home, Adam went to work. As you all know, Utah was on fire last summer, so he was quite busy. For the first little while, Adam came home every night, but once the fires really started up, he couldn't. Sometimes he would be out on a fire till midnight. Well, for those of you who know me at all, you know I cried for like a month straight. I did finally kind of get used to it though. We made it through the summer, and then Adam started work 4 days a week instead. I really have enjoyed that. I get to see him all weekend every weekend. It's FABULOUS! Now summer is quickly approaching though, so watch out friends. I think I might cry again... :( Ha ha. I'll be fine. At least I know what to expect this time.

To end this I just wanted to let you all know my favorite things about Adam.

- He is my best friend. I can tell him anything and everything and he will never ever stop loving me.
- He is a complete goof ball. Even if I am mad as hell, he can usually make me laugh. (Usually.. :))
- He is an animal lover. In fact, just yesterday he told me he thought about being veterinarian!! Until he found out how much schooling he would have to do.
- He helps around the house. If I ask him to do it, he will!!
- He loves me no matter what. If I gain weight, if I lose weight, if I get frustrated at him, and even when I cry for no reason.
- He is an amazing cuddler. I love snuggling up to him.
- He loves his family. And would do anything for any of them.
- He is my Hero....

Tis the Season.... For Weddings and Graduations

2008-05-03T07:49:00.000-07:00

Well, it's a new May, and we all know what that means. Graduations, and endless weddings. Haha. We went to Manti yesterday for Adam's cousins wedding. She was beautiful, it was beautiful, and in all honesty it made me think back to exactly a year ago when that was us. After the wedding was all said and done, Adam and I drove down to Cedar City, and on the way we reminiced about our wedding day. How it was all so exciting. The temple was the most perfect moment of my life. For the most part, everyone I cared about was there to share the moment with us, but for a split second, all I saw was Adam as the sealer was talking to us. Noone else even existed for that moment. And it was in that moment that I looked into his eyes and just knew that this truly was my forever. The feeling of peace and pure joy was indesribable. Whenever we get on eachothers nerves, or we start fighting, that's what I think back on. And then I can look at things and see them as truly insignificant.

Wow, that got deep for a minute.... Now we are in Cedar City. Adam's sister, Kimmy, Is graduating from the Masters program at SUU. What a woman. She is amazing. I truly do look up to her in so many ways. She is determined, motivated, smart, and just a great person. I feel very lucky to have her as my sister in law. So, CONGRATS Kimmy! WE LOVE YOU!!!

(p.s. I forgot my camera, but hopefully with somone elses we can get a few pictures to add to this later....)

I miss Adam.... Alot

2008-04-29T20:50:00.000-07:00

Adam has had 2 weeks off of work, and still I didn't manage to get any pictures. Here is what happened in those 2 weeks.

1. We went to the Hogle Zoo!! This was the first time I have been to a zoo since I was like 2.... (Not including this weird Moose zoo, family activity park place in Norway) It was actually pretty fun. We went with Adam's cousin Austin and his girlfriend Callie. This is when I realized that I am pretty sure I am obsessed with monkeys. They are HILARIOUS!! And freakishly a lot like us humans... It's really funny to watch them. One was eating a carrot like it was the most amazing thing it had ever tasted. And the other monkey in the cage with it was just watching... And then walked away and acted like he didn't care. SO funny! Then we passed the wolf. Yes, one lone wolf... She was howling like crazy. It was kinda sad. As we were all commenting on this, the lady standing next to us proceeded to let us know that "they" are in the process of finding her a mate. (I'm not sure who "they" are) When Austin asked her if she worked there, she said "No, I just come everyday". Umm.... Yeah... Then we saw the giraffes. How freaking AWESOME are those animals!! 3 of them pooped right in a row. As if on cue. Hee hee. That's the only exciting thing they did. And last we went to see the elephants. BUT THEY WERE PUT AWAY FOR WINTER!!! Hello... Contrary to what the weather is telling us, it is no longer winter!! Needless to say, we were a little disappointed.

2. We didn't do anything else. :) And now Adam is back at work, and staying there till Thursday night... I am so sad. I have to be alone in this place, and sleep by myself for 3 nights.... 1 down, 2 to go. So, if you feel the need, text me and make sure I'm not dying of loneliness...

How boring is my life.....

2008-04-07T13:08:00.000-07:00

I actually have nothing to tell you guys.... Wow... That's new for me to have nothing to say. Just basically wanted to let you know that we are still alive and well... Just existing really. Hee hee.

Adam's Surgery...

2008-03-26T10:16:00.000-07:00

Let me tell you all a little story... When Adam was 17, he was coming home from work. He worked at Fosters Steak House up in Bryce Canyon. He was getting a ride home from a friend. They were coming down the mountain in a Geo Metro.... And one of the turns was a little much for the car. They rolled the car, and amazingly they walked away from it. (I'm pretty sure Adam is invincible at this point..) So, the years go by, and Adam can feel that there is a rock, or piece of glass, SOMETHING, in his elbow. And it keeps moving around. Finally it moves to a spot where if he rests his elbow on anything it hurts. So, I called and made an appointment with the doctor. I told them that we needed an appointment to get whatever it is out of his arm. They made the appointment for 2 weeks later, then they called the next week and said that the doc won't be there that day, so they have to move the appointment a week. WE go in for the appointment, and do they take the thing out?? OH NO!!! Adam has to wait another MONTH!! Cause that is the soonest that he has enough time to do it.... What the.... In any case, the piece of glass, as we found out that it was, is now out. Apparently a calcium deposit pocket had formed around the glass, so it wasn't easy to get it all out. Needless to say, Adam's arm hurts real bad. He got 4 stitches, and a huge bruise. Here are some pictures in case you want to see it. :)

Here are his fun stitches. You can't see it very well in the picture, but he's got a nice bruise that goes with it... It's a deep one...
Here is the piece of glass that was in his arm, and just so you can see it to scale below it's next to a quarter. :)
And to think that you can live with a piece of glass in your arm for 8 years and not get any sort of infection or anything.... WEIRD!!

2008-03-23T12:16:00.000-07:00

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So, it's Easter Sunday... This is one of my many holidays alone. Don't feel bad for me. It's ok. I'll be fine... Tears... Haha. Just kidding. I get to go be with my sister and her family, so I am excited. And you all know that means I will most likely have some pictures for you.... Most likely at least.

I had to teach the Young Women today. It gives me anxitey. For real... At least there are only 4 of them. And 3 leaders... Well, 4 leaders including me. We better watch out or we will out-number them soon. YIKES!! My lesson was NOT on the atonement, but the rest of church was. And I am so grateful for that. The atonement means so much to me. For every mistake I have made and will make and every pain I have felt and will feel... It's so comforting to know that I won't ever go it alone. Christ is there for me. And that is all I need. That, and Adam. He keeps me young. :) I love him with all my heart and I am the luckiest girl on the planet. There is noone else like him, and I got him. MMMmmmm.... Yeah, I'm lucky. It's weird how every holiday makes me realize things like this. Why can't it just be a normal day??? Like Wednesday??

Well, I love ya all. and HAPPY EASTER!!

2008-03-17T17:54:00.000-07:00

So.... The funniest thing happened to me today. I got out of bed, got ready, and as I was about to leave the house, I looked up and Adam was watching a St. Patrick's Day parade. And that's when I realized how awesome I am... I was wearing green on this oh so fabulous holiday (if you can call it a holiday...) and I didn't even think twice about it. Hee hee. :)

A day in the life of us and the Bro's Fam... Beware... It's scary!!

2008-03-11T19:21:00.001-07:00

Adam and I decided to drive down to Cedar City, St. George, and Panguitch this weekend. Sadly, I only got pictures from when we went to my brothers house, but I must say, we always have fun there. Here are a few pictures to give you all an idea of what goes on in one day with us.... Well, PART of what goes on...

We chat...

We chill.... And my brother likes to give me the bird. EVERYTIME the camera comes out to play..

My brother shows me how to take "up the nose shot" pictures of myself.

We eat ARTICHOKES. Yes, this happens everytime we are together.

Darrell takes a gagillion pictures of himself... AND the TV. Sadly, these are only some of my favorites. Not all of them. ;)

The kids pretend like they don't want their picture taken, but Darrell tricks them. In the last picture Darrell tricked them by asking who was taller. Haha. And that was NOT the first picture...

I joined a club.

What the hell... Either my brother thinks he's 12, or he has one hairy butt cheek. :)

And then we drove home...

As you can tell, Adam doesn't let me take pictures of him, but he wants me to keep up on this blog. So, here's to you my love.

Needless to say we had a lot of fun. We did even more over the weekend, but as you can see, these were the highlights. :)

Tagged!!

2008-03-04T18:29:00.000-08:00

Ok, I have been tagged before by Anika, and I didn't do it, but now I got it fro Jen too. This one is shorter though, so I'll do it. Hee hee.

FAVORITE PAIR OF SHOES- Hmmm... Probably flip flops. Or anything comfy. Slip on ones:)
NEW YEARS RESOLUTION- I totally didn't do one this year. I always say I am going to eat healthier and exercise, and then I don't, so I just didn't even say it this year.
WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW- CSI is on in the other room. Needless to say Adam is NOT home tonight. He despises CSI.
IF YOU HAD $200 TO SPEND ON YOURSELF WHAT WOULD IT BE- Clothes. I'm obsessed. I can't even go to the mall cause I'll want to buy everything.
RANDOM THOUGHT- Isn't it funny how when you are window shopping, and have no money, you find MILLIONS of things to buy, but when you have money designated for shopping, there is nothing?? I hate that.
FAVORITE PLACE TO GO IN THE CITY YOU LIVE IN - The mall.. Haha. No, my house. Let's be honest... I live in Orem....
THE BOOK YOU ARE READING - I should really start reading again cause I have nothing to put here. :)

And I am tagging Anika, Amber and..... Michelle. :)

Going to the shooting range

2008-03-03T14:32:00.000-08:00

So, Adam and I both had Friday off of work, and I wonder if you all can guess what we did… Come on… I know you can do it.. That’s right!! We went and shot guns!!!Adam seems to have some sort of new obsession with guns. He's always liked them, but now it is the only thing he wants to spend his money on, and all he talks about is the next gun he is going to buy. Many of you may already know that he bought me a 38 revolver last fall. I shot it once, and that is it. It is too powerful. At least that is my excuse for not being able to hit not only the target, but the paper all together. Haha. Well, a few weeks ago he decided it was time to get a gun for me that I might be able to shoot. He got me a Beretta 22... I have no idea what the numbers mean, but the gun is cute. :) And I like shooting it. I can actually hit what I aim at too, so that's good. Here are a couple of pictures of my target.

And for your viewing pleasure, here are a couple of pictures of my finger after it got pinched in the gun... Cause that was awesome. Hee hee. I also had a casing fly out of the gun and land in my shirt. By the way, in case some of you haven't seen the CSI where they bust the lady based on the casing down her shirt thing... IT BURNS LIKE CRAZY!!! Those suckers are HOT!

Go ahead, look really close. You'll see the damage. Haha. I hate our camera. It makes my injury look SOOOO insignificant.

Well, that's all I've got for now. TTYL!!! (That one is for Shane)

Hair Pictures...

2008-03-02T17:31:00.000-08:00

I know.... This took me forever!! You try getting Adam to let you take a picture of his hair. It is actually almost quite impossible. But here it finally is. And now he wants to go shorter. :)

This is the hairball that was on the floor when we were done. :)

Adam took all these pictures of himself cause I got mad that he wouldn't let me. Hahaha.

OH NO HE DIDN'T!!!

2008-02-25T16:54:00.000-08:00

Adam let me cut his hair.... I'll have pictures soon. I can't believe it. I think I am still in shock...

HELLO!!!

2008-02-20T19:50:00.000-08:00

So I was with my fabulous friend Anika the other day and she made it very clear that I am HORRIBLE at keeping up on this, so my new goal is to try harder... Our lives are just sooooo boring. We did have a very fun President's Day weekend though. We had the pleasure of entertaining Adam's good friend Mike. And when I say we, I mean Adam. Hah. But we should all know that that means there are no pictures. I know.... Crappy.... In any case, this is short and sweet and only to let you know that I have a new goal. :) Love you all!

Hooray for a New Year!

2008-01-08T18:43:00.000-08:00

Well friends and family, it is officially 2008. I can't believe it. We have been married for 8 months now. The one year mark is coming up... CRAZY!! Seems like just yesterday I was bawling over wedding plans and cancelled photagraphers.. I am so happy to start a new year, but the end of last year was a blast. We went down to southern Utah and spent alot of time in the car visiting everyone we could. We were spoiled by everyone and got all the wonderful presents we could ever dream of. Adam got a remote control helicopter and a fish camera from his dad.... He was like a little kid, he was so excited. And of course Susie hooked him up with the feather bed he has been wanting. The pillowtop mattress wasn't soft enough. Hah. I was spoiled with all sorts of stuff for the house, and my moms banana bread recipe. YES!!! We had a blast everywhere we went, but at my brothers house there were kids, so of course it was the most entertaining. I will just have to show you with a few pictures to prove it to you...

Here are Blakely and Trentin. We let them open ONE present before dinner... And as we were waiting for everyone to be ready, Blakely coudn't wait. It was pretty funny.

Aren't we a cute couple? And I know you all love the chops he's got goin on...

This is me and Trentin. My cuddle bug. I just love him.

Yeah.... I don't even really know what to say. On Christmas morning when the kids were done opening presents, Adam fell asleep in his footie pj's with the family dog on his tummy... Unfortunately he woke up just as I was taking the picture. He had to make sure that he was not only covering his own face, but Baby's face too.

The holidays were great. It was really fun to see as much of the family as we got to, but that is all over now, and it's back to the routine. I love my routine... :) Love you all!

Thanksgiving

2007-11-19T00:17:00.000-08:00

So, it is 1:20am, and I cannot sleep. Not that this is a shocker in any way. Hah. As I was trying to sleep, I started to think about how amazing my life is. I have so many things to be grateful for. I have an amazing family that has always supported me in everything I do. I have great friends, old and new. I absolutely love my job. I have a wonderful place to live. And last, but not least... In fact, most importantly, I have the most amazing husband I could ever have asked for. He is 100% supportive in every decision I make. He is loving. He is affectionate. (And we all know I need ALOT of affection.) I just can't say enough good things about him.

The last thing I want to mention here is how extremely grateful I am for my religion and my faith. I would not be who I am and where I am today if I didn't truly believe and know in my heart that I have a Heavenly Father who loves me very much. And not just me, but loves us all. And will do anything to make sure that we are happy. As long as we WANT to be happy. This is my new lesson learned. I can only be happy if I want to be happy. And to know that I am in control of my own destiny, and that I can make my future ANYTHING I want it to be with the help of my true best friend, my Father in Heaven, is the most incredible feeling.

I love my life...

Tone

New Blog

2007-11-17T22:11:00.000-08:00

Well, here is our blog. I (Tone) was told to do this, so I did. Haha. Anika... This is for you. :) Now you know how loved you are. I don't even know what to say here... Not yet at least. I am totally going to have to get used to this. All I know is that I've got it all set up... At least for now. And we are pretty boring, so I don't know who will read it, but at least we are trying. Trying to be cool. Trying to be hip. Haha. In all reality we are somewhat retarded.. And you would all know what I mean if you were in the same room as Adam right now. I think I just almost wet myself.... AAAAAAHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Look out... WE ARE HERE!!! THE SOPERS!!