Long Update

Wow we have been really busy it seems! I am horrible at keeping up on the blog, that is for sure! Here are a few highlights from the last month...

BRADY, LAUREL & PAISLEY LEAVE
This is the worst part of the whole last month. My best friend, Laurel has moved away! Brady is in medical school in Pittsburgh. I am so sad to not have her here but I know it will be a wonderful adventure for them! We got to have a fun little party with our friends before they left. Brady and I also got to go out to treats with Brady and Laurel right before they left. They are such good friends to us! Brady, Laurel, and Paisley, we miss you and can't wait for you to come back and visit!

(We have pictures of the party but they are on my parent's camera.. I will put them up soon).

BABY SHOWERS!!
I am such a lucky girl. I have had three fun showers so far. The first one was with my job at DBH. I work with three other ladies so they had a little shower for me. It was so much fun! We made a quilt for my baby and just ate and had fun! The next shower was my friend shower. My sweet friends Laurel, Steph, Emily, and Shelby did it for me. It was SO nice! I got so many fun gifts. The girls went to so much work and it was just perfect! Thanks you guys SO much for doing that for me, especially when you are all so busy! The next shower I had was the Hess family shower. My sister-in-laws and mother-in-law did this one for me. It was also a perfect shower! They did such a good job with everything. It was so fun to just get to talk with the girls and eat yummy food! So, thanks to everyone that came and everyone that has done so much for me! I love you all!

LINDSEY GOT MARRIED
My beautiful friend Lindsey got married August 8th. She was such a beautiful bride! I can tell that she is going to be so happy with her new hubby! Congrats Linds!

FALL CONFERENCE
For my work at DBH we had to go to a conference down at the Grand America. It was a three day conference. It was so nice to get a little change for work. There were some really interesting classes that we went to, along with some really interesting food! Okay, the food was okay except for the first day. They gave us pretzels, corn dogs, and nachos for lunch. It was very interesting. But, the other two days it was much better. It was fun to get to hang out with the girls from work and just have fun together. The only part that was rough was sitting for so long. By the end of the day my feet were always so swollen. Oh, and the second day we were there, my car got wet drywall all over it from that parking garage. But, that got fixed and all is well now. It was a good information and good company!


JEN HAS BABY BRISTOL!!
My sister, Jen, had her baby on her due date! It was so crazy! Jen went into labor Saturday August 22nd in the early morning. Jen and Scott became Jen, Scott, and Bristol at 7:40pm. She is SO beautiful! She is such a good baby and was wide awake and aware from the time she was born! It was SO exciting for my family to get the first grand baby! We were all being a little dorky, waiting outside the room listening for a cry. They named her Bristol June Read. She was 7 lb. 2 oz. and 19.25 inches. She has tons of brown hair and big beautiful eyes like her mom. We are so excited that Jen and Scott have her and that Jen and Bristol are doing just fine! That just made Brady and I even more excited to have our little angel!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHRIS!
Brady's brother had a birthday the same day that Bristol was born. We were sad that we didn't get to see him that day but we hope it was a wonderful birthday for him. We celebrated his birthday as a family this past Sunday. Chris, we love you and hope your birthday was awesome!

"WORLD'S FAIR"
Okay, no we didn't go to the real "World's Fair", but Brady and his family calls the Box Elder County Fair "The World's Fair". I think that Brady's favorite thing about going to that fair is the food. He thinks the hamburgers are yummy. So, of course, we all got some of the yummy hamburgers. It was fun to go to the fair and see the animals and the booths. But, it made it fun because Travis and Sierra brought their adorable little girls. They loved to see the animals and ride the rides. How cute are they!?




FIVE MORE WEEKS UNTIL OUR BABY WILL BE HERE!
Well, I have five weeks left! We are getting so excited and a little nervous! We have a pretty good start on the nursery. We have the crib, dresser, bedding, glider (almost), and some ideas for decor. If anyone has a good idea for decorations for her room, let me know. The room colors are red, pink, and turquoise. Anyways, we don't have a name for sure but are working on it. I have some belly pictures but they are on my camera so I will have to wait to put them up. My feet and hands are permanently swollen. I have to shove my wedding ring on, but at least I can still get it on there, right??? :) But, other than getting swollen, things are going great. We get to have another final ultrasound next week to make sure she is in the right position. Hopefully she is all ready to go and in a month after that we will have her here, safe and sound!

Well, there is the update. Hopefully I will keep up a little better in the next month! Oh, if anyone knows some good photographers, let me know. I am looking for a good one for when we have the baby. Other than that, thanks for reading (if you made it all the way) and hopefully we will have some good updates soon!

4 YEARS!

Today is our 4 year anniversary! It is just crazy how time goes by so quick! I can honestly say that it has been the best 4 years of my life! The past year has been lots of fun, getting into our own house and now expecting a baby in a couple months! Today Brady took me to lunch at Rumbi. Then we came home from work and headed to Olive Garden for dinner. Brady got some new work shirts and ties and a golf shirt. I got some beautiful flowers and Prison Break The Final Break. I can't wait to watch it! It has been such a wonderful day and I couldn't ask for a better husband. Happy 4th Anniversary Brady! I love you!

Wedding 2004:


4th Anniversary with a prego belly 2009:

Crazy Weekend

This weekend was one of the craziest we have had in a long time. Friday night we didn't have any plans so we went out to get ready for Saturday. We had to get gifts, gifts, and more gifts. We ended up eating at Hometown Buffet. Ha ha I know, you are all thinking, "ewww, nasty, a buffet". But, Brady and I like a buffet every once in a while. We were really hungry and we were at Hobby Lobby in Layton. So, we saw Hometown Buffet and we went! It was good! We just went home after that and watched a Dateline episode about the "Fake Rockefellers". It was very interesting. We woke up Saturday to a crazy busy day. Travis brought over Skylar and Sailyr at about 8:30(YAY!!!!!). Patti came to get Sailyr around 9:30 or 10:00. Then I got ready to go while Brady watched Skylar. After I got ready, Skylar and I were off. We had to go to Clearfield for a baby shower at 12:00. She was SO good at the shower. After the shower we met my mom to buy another gift for another shower. I had to run and finish getting some other gifts that I needed for the day. Then, Skylar, my mom, and I went to another shower at 2:30. We left the shower early because Skylar and I had a family birthday party to be to at 3:30 for Sierra, Jamie, and Tanner. We went to the birthday party and then Brady and I were supposed to be going to a wedding in the valley. We didn't make that. Then, Brady and I had to go to the Weber State football game. This is because one of Brady's mission companions was playing on the other team. So, we went to that. After the game we cruised home so that we could start our talks for today. Yes, we started late last night! We didn't have a topic to talk on so we figured one out and wrote our talks. Today we went to church and gave our talks. It went well. I thought that I was supposed to teach my primary class today but was saved because we had to practice for the program. Good thing, because I wasn't really prepared very well. So, now that we have the showers and parties and talks done, we are relaxing. It is fun to be busy but at the same time it is not because the weekend has just gone by SO quickly!

It's Here!

I know that this might not be very exciting for most people, but for Brady and I, this is about as exciting as it gets! Brady and Laurel called us last week to inform us that they had received season three of Prison Break. We were all very excited! Unfortunately, there was a writer's strike this past season so this is a short season. So, we are about half way done now! If anyone needs a little update for this upcoming season, come on over! Because Brady and I don't have a ton of exciting news or events, this is the only thing that I have to blog about. Acutally, there is one exciting thing that has happened. My friend Justin got married this past weekend to Melissa Warren. She is such a darling girl and we are just glad that she went through with it (just kidding). It was a beautiful wedding and I will have to post some pictures soon. But for now, I think I am going to go watch some Prison Break. . .

Anniversary Weekend... 3 years!

Yesterday was Brady and my anniversary! We have been married for three years! I really can't believe that it has been that long! It has gone by so quickly! We have had so much fun together. We lived with my parents for the majority of this time but are finally in our own house having so much fun! Brady really is the sweetest guy and is sol patient and caring. I know this sounds like a cliché description of my husband but if you know him you know how incredible he really is. For our anniversary Brady surprised me on Friday and took me up to Inn on the Creek in Midway (Between Park City and Heber). It was so beautiful there! We were in the honeymoon suite and it was so pretty! We had a great dinner at the Inn and some yummy chocolate cake. We watched a little Prison Break while we finished the cake in our room. The next morning they brought us breakfast to our room. We had juice, muffins, and fresh fruit. It was really good. After we got checked out we went to Park City and did a little shopping. Brady and I both got ourselves some running shoes (so now we HAVE to start running). After shopping we went and got some lunch and went on our way home. We stopped and went golfing at Glenn Eagle. I have never played that course so it was fun! It was really hot but we got a cart so it wasn't too bad. After golfing we went out to dinner with our friends Ky and Shelby and Kynnady, Laurel and Brady, and Ty and Steph. It was fun to get together with all of them! After dinner we went home and watched a little more Prison Break. Yesterday, our real anniversary, we went to church, watched Prison Break (yeah we really are addicted), had dinner and brownies at my parent's house, went to Travis and Sierra's house to watch Travis's skydiving video (while I got to play with Skylar and Sailyr), and then went home and watched MORE Prison Break. It was a really great anniversary! Brady got me four pair of shoes this weekend! Three cute pair of pumps and my running shoes. I got him an X-Box 360 (I know girls, dumb idea). Here is my reasoning for getting him that. . . He only wants to play with his buddies online so that means that we are going to have to get the internet. So, I will be able to blog and he will be able to play. We will see how that goes. . . So, overall our anniversary was fantastic. Thanks Brady, I love you and can't wait for many more fun years of memories to come! I don't have all of my pictures with me right now so I will put some more pictures of the weekend on later today. But here are some wedding pictures from that perfect day three years ago.

Happy Anniversary Jen and Scott and Ty and Steph!

Well I am a day late but I wanted to say Happy Anniversary to some people I love! It was (yesterday) my sister, Jen, and her husband's second anniversary! They were married in the Logan temple and have been happy ever since! They live in Ogden and have two dogs. Jen and Scott, I hope you two had a good day! It was also our great friends Ty and Steph Sparrow's third anniversary. Brady and Ty have been friends for a long time and I have known Steph since Ty met her and I just love her! So, happy anniversary to you two too! I hope you had a good one! I also must mention that it is a fun day for Brady and I to remember too. July 19th is the day that we went on our first date! So, Jen and Scott and Ty and Steph picked a great day to get married! We love you guys!

Bridal Shower and Bachelor Party

Well Justin is REALLY getting married! This past Thursday Justin's mom had a shower for her. It was so much fun to see her, eat yummy food, and see the fun stuff she got. Then, last night Jason (Justin's brother) had a bachelor party for him. They went up to Browning to shoot guns and then we all went Texas Roadhouse. He got some crazy gifts!

Congratulations Justin!

This past weekend my friend Justin got engaged. If any of you were at the Pleasant View fireworks at Weber High you probably already know about it. He is going to marry Melissa Warren. He asked her right after the fireworks were done. He was supposed to do it right before the fireworks started but they forgot or something so they did it after. It ended up being really cute and she was totally surprised. Everyone was pretty surprised because he has only known her for almost three weeks (this Thursday). He told me that he was going to marry this girl after knowing her for only one week! I was a little shocked but as soon as I met her I knew why. She is such a sweet girl! She is so cute and has such a bubbly personality. Justin is a lucky man to have this cute girl! (She is also lucky to have him). So anyways, on August 16th, Justin and Melissa are going to be getting married in the Bountiful temple. I am so happy for Justin for finding such a sweet wife! Congratulations you two!


*** I don't have a picture of them so when I do get one I will have to post it!