A cool VUE!

One day when I was driving, I just happened to look down and notice that our odometer on the Vue was about to turn into 123456. On the way home from school, I had to stop at the farm road, about 3 miles out of town, so I could take a picture. I thought it was pretty cool! :)

Spring Break!

This year for spring break, Brett and I took the whole week off to go spend time with family down South. The first little while we stayed in Beaver and visited my parents. The high school musical was going on at this time, and we were able to go watch my little sister Melodie, which was enjoyable, and she did such a good job.

After Beaver, we headed down to Logandale to spend a few days with Brett's oldest sister Annalyn and her family. We enjoyed our visit, and Annalyn took us on some adventurous walks and hikes.

We hiked up to this plateu one morning, and the view was very rewarding even though the hike was tiring.







Brett thought that we were lost, so he decided to try and bum a ride off of a train. ;)



After the plateu hike, Brett and I headed to a ghost town called St. Thomas. This town was covered in the early 1900's by Lake Mead, but now is uncovered. We didn't get too many pictures here, but you can still see some of the foundations, and it was really neat to see.



After Logandale, we were able to spend some time with Brett's brother Matt in St. George. This was good, because Matt is going to be moving up to Sanpete, as he was just hired as the North Sanpete head football coach. We are so excited that he got this, and now all 6 of the brothers will be living in Sanpete!

We really had a spectacular time visiting family during the week off, and it was a much needed break for us.

Volleyball!

Volleyball has been my favorite sport... ever since I started playing my freshman year of high school. Anytime I get a chance to play, I JUMP on the opportunity because I don't get to as often as I would like. Luckily for me, there is a womens league here in Sanpete that is so much fun to play in. My sister-in-law, Briana, got me hooked up with her team, and I had a blast this year playing with the team. We made it pretty far in the tournament and placed 3rd.

Brett was such a good sport and came to every game to watch me play... even though he really probably didn't want to a lot of the time. One night he even snagged some pretty good pictures. :)

Little bit of cuteness!

Living in Wales, we have the opportunity to be by most of Brett's family. Along with this, we get to tend nieces and nephews quite a bit. One day we were tending some of them, and this little sweetheart came in wearing "Risha's shoes." I couldn't help myself and had to take some pictures. Enjoy!

Valentine's...Way behind in blogging!!

I am so far behind in blogging that I really don't know where to start, but then I look, and I really don't have that much to blog about... I guess we're really not that exciting of people :)

This year for Valentine's Brett got me these beautiful flowers.



Cala Lilies are one of my favorite flowers, but I'm really not a big fan of flowers... because they die. Well Brett and his ingeniousness (I don't think that's a word) got me these cala lilies that were in a pot, so they wouldn't die. He is so thoughtful and sweet. :) Love you honey.

I also begged him to take me to the Valentine's Dance this year, since we have never been to a date dance together. After much persuasion, Brett kindly agreed, and we made our way to Ephraim for the dance. I had a great time, and it really had been a while since we had danced (Brett's a good Swing Dancer). The pictures aren't the greatest, but it was still fun! :)

Snow makes me happy!

I have been a SLACKER big time lately, and I apologize. Life is going pretty darn fast. This semester is already a month gone, but I am happy to report that I received a 4.0 GPA last semester. My last couple posts were about making Christmas memorable. This Christmas was so wonderful! We have been so blessed with so many things and so many wonderful people surrounding us. The holiday season surely did fly by, but we were able to spend some good quality time together.

Lately, my inner kid has been showing up with the Snow deciding to come around. Brett wasn’t too thrilled about it, but I was so ecstatic about this because I FINALLY got to wear my new snow boots!!





I was so excited that I made Brett come build a snowman with me (which he really did enjoy). I would like to introduce you to our new buddy.









We have had a lot of fun playing in the snow. In fact the last two Saturdays we went sledding down the canyon with our new sleds! There’s not really too much more to blog about, but for us, Life. Is. GOOD.

6 Months and 18 Years. Wow!

Today is December 16 which marks two things that I shouldn't forget.

Today marks 6 months since little Hailey made her entrance into this world. I don't know where the 6 months have gone, because it seems just like yesterday. Hailey we love you! Happy 6 month birthday!



Another birthday is my little sister who is now 18! Like the 18 you turn when you are considered an adult! I can't believe that she's 18, because I still consider myself to be 18, until I look and realize that I'm 22. Anyway, Happy Birthday Mel!



School is officially out, and here is the post that has been promised. I almost don’t know what to do with myself, but there is a lot that needs to be done around the house, as I have slacked off of that for the last couple of weeks.

First off, I would like you to read this story which was very humbling to me.

I cried and cried reading this, especially the little girl with the 4 skeins of yarn. That is something I wouldn’t even think twice of buying, and that is all that this little girl wanted for Christmas. I constantly have to be reminded how blessed I truly am, and I really do have so much more than I need.

Have I mentioned how much I LOVE Christmas time? Well, I do. This year the Spirit of Christmas has been in my heart, and this Christmas time has been amazing. Here is a Mormon Message that has gotten me in the Christmas Spirit as well.

I think too often, and I am as guilty as anyone, that we get so caught up in the “presents” part of Christmas. It is good to give, but the true meaning of Christmas is almost hidden. I was very worried that this year Christmas would be hard emotionally, but the more I forget myself and have looked at the needs of others, the more joy and happiness I feel. This year I have truly felt a gratitude for my Savior, and the mission he led here on the Earth. Christmas is truly all about Christ, and I hope that we can keep this in our thoughts and hearts as the Christmas Season continues on, and that we may help those in need, just like the Savior would.

As for making Christmas memorable, I have always had a love for poinsettias. I really wanted to get Hailey one, but I knew that it wouldn’t last very long with the freezing nights we have had, and all of the fake ones I didn’t like… until I saw this tiny little one.



I thought it was just perfect for her. Hopefully Brett will get home before he leaves for Scout Camp so we can take it up and put it by her grave.