New Project for 2011

So my dear friend Kyla blogged about this and it really caught my eye, so I plan on doing this year long project with her. The project is called Love, Me. It's a weekly personal writing project. The people who created this project will give a new topic each week for us to write about. The first week being "dreams". Here is the prompt from their page...

Your dreams and hopes can tell us so much about who you are and what is important to you. This week we will focus on your current dream(s). It can be anything- big or small. Tell us why it’s your dream- is it because it will make your life easier and give you more time, it’s something you always wanted to do or will help you be the person you want to be or just because it will fulfill you? Have you taken any steps to realize your dream?
Signed every week
Love,
ME

I am so excited to start this project! It says to scrapbook it because in the future it will be a wonderful keepsake for your families. They also write another thing that really caught my eye.. Growing up you knew your parents as parents. Most of us didn't know what their dreams were. Maybe their biggest fears.. Hopes?? This will give your children or even future grandchildren the ability to know you.. REALLY know you..
I will be posting my writing weekly... If its not to personal that is.. At least something from each one. I think this is going to be GREAT for me to understand who I am and what I really want and put it down so I don't forget during lives trials and busy times!
I hope that my friends will really enjoy this and if there is anyone who would like to do it let me know and I will get you the link!
Love,
ME!:)

The Lights

A few days ago we were able to take our neighbor Stephen to see the lights at Layton Park...We had so much fun. Stephen really liked the Dinosaurs and so did Brandon.. They both took off running when they saw the T-Rex! Silly boys..
Anyway here are some pictures of our fun night! ;)

Stephen and RexMe and the goofballThe spider web was my personal favorite!Us:)

The only picture of the 3 of us! Don't mind my big head taking up the whole picture!
Merry Christmas Everyone and Happy New Year!!!

Once in a lifetime...

Growing up my mom always told me...
I will someday find that person (friend) that knows you to the core.
Loves me no matter what and will laugh with you, cry with you, be there through thick and thin. And that most people usually only have one or two if their lucky.
I'm lucky because I have my husband and he has all those qualities too but....
today my post is about my best friend in the whole world. I don't know what I would do with out her. Living far away from her is so hard because it's not only lonely but has made our cellphone bills sky rocket! :) I thank my Heavenly Father every day for sending this angel into my life. I consider her my sister and would do anything for her as she would for me. It took me a while to find you but you are stuck with me forever now. Thank you for being such a huge blessing in my life Bridget.. Thank you for making me laugh, supporting me through everything and ALWAYS being there. Our friendship is a once in a lifetime kind of thing!:)
I love you Bridge!

Lola & Unkie

So Lola LOVES her Unkie..
and to say the least her Unkie LOVES her!
He forgets his wife is even around when he is with this cute little blonde!
She is pretty cute and she brightens up the room wherever she is. We love her SO much!

Don't you love these glasses! She melts my heart:)

K-Fed & Britney

We celebrated Halloween a little early this year because my hubby actually had to work this year, So thanks to our good buddies Jesse and Melissa we had a fun filled night.. Brandon and I could not agree on anything this year as a costume so 30 minutes before the party he tells me fine lets be Britney & K-Fed.. it's a bit WT but got quite a few laughs..Enjoy:)

Brandon's clothes were ten sizes to big.. and I was carrying a doll by it's leg as we walked in the house.. I totally love Halloween is so fun!

Here is one of the BEST costumes to debut this Halloween
Introducing.....
LOLA...Halloween thanks for being so much fun again this year.. Can't believe you've already come and gone. Now I have a whole year to think of something really good to be next year.. not 30 minutes:)

The Latest...
Well life has been a little crazy around here lately so here is a little update on Brandon and I..

Brandon had knee surgery..
This poor guy tore his meniscus but the surgery was successful and they were actually able to repair it.. which is REALLY good in the long run because he won't get arthritis and stuff when he's older. When we were waiting for him to go back for surgery he kept saying "I hope they can repair it, I want to be able to run around with our children." I couldn't help but smile. I have such a wonderful husband.
(He says he was posing for this, but he really was nervous!)

Now for my update..
over the past few weeks I have been having some eyesight problems. Where I would completely loose my eyesight at times and have terrible headaches. I started going to the doctor and they were worried about a brain tumor. FREAKY! So after CT scans MRI's and Spinal taps, they haven't been able to find any tumor, which is a really really good thing. They diagnosed me with Pseudo Tumor Cerebri- Here is their definition:
Pseudotumor cerebri (SOO-doh-too-mur SER-uh-bry) occurs when the pressure inside your skull (intracranial pressure) increases for no obvious reason. Symptoms mimic those of a brain tumor, but no tumor is present. Pseudotumor cerebri can occur in children and adults, but it's most common in women of childbearing age.
So there ya have it, they really have no idea why this is happening to me... So now I have become a guinea pig in a study with experimental medicine and frequent doctor visits. It's been a very WEIRD experience if I don't say so myself.
I've found a larger meaning of faith during the experience and am so grateful for the love of my family and friends and our Heavenly Father who has comforted me the entire way through and to my AMAZING husband and best friend I am SO LUCKY!

Sorry this post was so much text.. next time will be a fun post I promise! :)

Christmas Cards...

My very talented sister Niki is AMAZING at making Christmas cards and is taking orders to make them for anyone who would like them. She will lay it out how ever you would like for $15 and then you can take the disc or she can email it to you and you can print them out anywhere and as many as you would like. Here are a few of her lay outs but she has TONS more! Let me know if you would like her info!! :)

A very special day!

A Very Special Day....
My sweet husband was baptized on Saturday October 9th 2010.
We have had an amazing journey with the wonderful missionaries. It's amazing to me the ways in which the Lord works, but our lives have been forever changed and I can definitely say it's for the better. I am so proud of my Brandon and know how much more our lives will be blessed.

Halloween

I Love You!

Due to my wonderful grandma Smuin, I have always LOVED Halloween.. Her house was always decked out, and she is always in the Halloween spirit. So while playing on the computer tonight I decided to create some ScArY pictures... Thank you to my wonderful models, my hubby and our neighbor boy Stephen. :)
These are not real images.. I know it's hard to believe due to my superb photo shop skills, but I assure you my husband is still alive and my cute little neighbor is not a vampire. :)

Check out the ghosts in this one! Gotta love Stephens face!
There is bound to be many more Halloween posts on my blog.. so bare with me.. I love Halloween and wish it would last all year! :)

Our Wedding

We were married on

May 14th 2010
I'm back tracking a little bit:)

And we have been loving every minute of it! Here are some photos from our special day! We had such a wonderful day.. Thank you to all our family and friends that were able to share it with us! Here are a few pictures...

Blogging world here we come...

So...

We decided to try this blogging thing..
I am a NOT too smart when it comes to this kind of stuff,
but it looks fun so here we go:)