My Bestest friend is leaving!

So Jaclyn and I have been frieds ever since we met on the playground at J.A. Taylor elementry in Kindergarten! She was one of my awesome brides maids at my wedding and has been my best friend for 15 years! I love her so much and don't know where I would be today with out her! She is moving to London for a study abroad and I will miss her tons! I am very excited for you Jac! Have a blast!
These are just some random pictures of our crazy times in High School and up....

Well here are your pictures Juls!

I keep getting yelled at by many family members about my lack of postings and pictures! Im sorry I will try harder! here is a start! We went to a friends wedding the other night and then had a few friends over after for games..

Marchele not expecting Jaclyn to have the camera out...

Tim Half way undressed...

It's Christmas Time

Heather and I must apologize for not keeping this up to date. We have been married for two months now, and Christmas has really come quick this year. Heather is still working at the Canyon Rim Care Center, and she is now an RNA (Restorative Nurses Assistant). I still don't know how she musters her way through the twelve hour shifts she works.... For those who have not found out yet Heather is pregnant. We found out a week and a half ago, so if you find out from reading this post we are sorry if we haven't spoken to you and filled you in on our exciting news. We have names picked out we like and anticipate having a child the end of July 2009. As a disclaimer... Ha ha! Having a child was not what we were planning on, but we are so grateful for Heavenly Father sending us one. I know Heather will be a fantastic Mother, and Heather's family is an amazing support! Heather was applying for nursing school but now she is going to work until after the baby is born and help me with my schooling. We both really want to get our education done. Heather is simply AMAZING!!! She does so much, and I can never thank her enough!
As for me, I am still working at the home Depot. I have been there for just about three months now as a cashier. I enjoy it, and it is not much different than working at Lowe's (I worked at Lowe's for about 4 years). They allow me to go to school and work enough to get a reasonable paycheck. This last semester of school at LDSBC finished last week, and I was glad it came to an end. I often get 'Break ites' towards the close of a semester. This next semester is going to be very fun, and busy. In order to graduate in the fall I need to take sixteen credit hours this next semester, nine in the summer and then finish up with twelve in the fall. All my classes I signed up for this coming semester are on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Thursdays I will be at school from seven forty in the morning until ten o'clock at night. Its a good thing I have breaks in between classes. Well that's enough for know we look forward to seeing family and friends this Holiday season... and we wish all of those we don't see a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Wedding Weekend

Hello everyone,

The months leading up to the wedding this weekend have gone by so fast! The closer and closer we have come to the wedding day our excitement has increased, and so has our stress! We take stress with a good attitude, otherwise we wouldn't have fun.
We have enjoyed the time we have been able to spend with family and friends planning the wedding reception, which is going to be an amazing experience. We are so grateful to Mindy for all the work that she has put into the wedding, she has gone above and beyond the call.
Earlier this week Heather had a family bridal shower at Grandma Ida's place. We received many wonderful gifts, and wish we could adequately express our thanks. I came in towards the end of the shower and was able to pull ribbons out of Heather's hair and kiss her for each one. That was fun! It embarrassed Heather a little bit but I loved every minute of it. Heather's family is so wonderful, I have enjoyed the welcoming, warm, and loving embrace I have received into the family. It has been so fun playing card games, chatting, and eating more snacks most of us think we should eat.
The day after Heather's family bridal shower we went to the Bountiful Temple and Heather took her endowments out. The event was a very spiritual experience, there were some experiences we had there that we will always remember. The family members who came shared happy tears and were so excited and for us. We had such a good time that we decided to go to Chili's for lunch.
Heather's birthday is tomorrow and her close "girl" friends and a few family members our throwing her a party while my friends throw me a bachelor party. I am sure the parties will be fun and that we will be awake and ready for the sealing in the Salt Lake Temple Friday morning. The reception will be fantastic and we hope to see you there! We can't say thank you enough to everyone who has helped us make the beginning of our lives together the best it can be! We are leaving for Oceanside California for our honeymoon on Saturday. ** We were going to put pictures of the shower up with this post but Heather will have to get them and add them later! **

Crazy Busy and Lovin it!

So, where to start..... (We went to bear lake, it was fun..) how about sorry i haven't posted anything in so freaking long! but as you all know I am planning a wedding! on top of that I have been working about 60 plus hours a week! agh! But i love it! Mainly I love the pay checks I get every two weeks! sad day when i realize after all my grown up responsibilities are payed for I have hardly anything left. Well, all is going good as far as wedding plans! we will be married in the Salt Lake temple on October 17th and then later that night we are having a reception! I hope you all got your invites! Tim has been going to school and enjoying it for the most part, he tried out for the LDS Jubilee Choir and made it! I am very happy for him! it is something he really enjoys and it doesn't conflict with his class schedule. He is also taking a photography class and has taken some really cool pictures. We will add some of them soon! On top of his classes he is now working at the Home Depot a mile or so from our apartment. Other than wedding plans,work, and school, we have been moving into our apt. Tim has been living in it but it has taken time to move all my crap and all the awesome shower gifts in. It is all coming together and I can't wait til the 17th so i can start spending forever with my honey!

I'm Engaged!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So Tim is officially Freaking Amazing! I Love him so much! He took me on a picnic today at the park and we watched the sun set while we ate dinner and then drove to a romantic look out over salt lake city. while we were up there, we sat on a blanket in the candle light and listened to romantic music! then................ He asked me to marry him and put the most beautiful ring ever on my finger! and He gave me a dozen of my favorite roses. I am a ball baby just like my mom, sister, and grandma. I cried the happiest tears ever and it was a freaking awsome night! that was about a half an hour ago! yeah!

Family Vacation Part One....

Family vacations are my favorite! We started off our venture driving to a city called Baker Oregon. We had dinner went to the hot tub and slept for a long drive the next day to Birch Bay in Washington! The first night we went for a walk on the beach and explored a little bit. The next day we went to the grocery store to figure out what we were going to eat all week the fish at all the restaurants didn’t sound good to Marchele, my mom and I. The gross guys Jason and Bryan were really excited about the fish! EWWW! Anyway we went for a walk on the beach that night as well and watched the sun set it was great! The colors on the water and everything was so cool! The next day we went to Canada! We went to white rock in hopes of finding sandy beaches but found rocks and seaweed! So we drove on about an hour to Vancouver, it is a really cool city with lots of shops and gelato’s! Yum! Other than the shops and things we went to an aquarium and saw a dolphin show and some belugas. We drove back to white rock toward the evening and swam in the ocean. Once you got about 200 feet away from the beach there was no more seaweed or rocks! We walked along the pier that night and watched the sunset once again we also got to see a sea lion swimming near the pier. Yesterday we went on a kayak tour. We went all the way around an island! It took three and a half hours and my arms are a little sore now! Parts of it the current was so strong and we had to paddle like mad! Marchele and I were in one together and we pretty much dominated out of everyone! The guide kept telling my mom, “You have strong daughters they are so fast at this!” yeah we rock! After that we came back to our beach and roasted hot dogs and s'mores! Today we went on a ferry to San Juan Islands; we got off the ferry at Friday harbor and looked around there as well as took a shuttle to Roche harbor and checked out the shops and all the cool boats! The shuttle took us to this rocky area with a light house and it was a whale watching place. Pretty cool! Later we went back to Friday harbor and I got a phone call that put a damper on the great day. One of my friends died this morning. It made me sad but I am just glad my family is here for me. We all went out to dinner for comfort food! And then took the ferry back to our place, which brings me to right now writing on my blog and updating everyone. Pictures Will come later..

Goooood News...... Almost.....

I finished my four tests! I for sure passed 3 with flying colors and will get the results from the fourth one in a few days! everyone cross your fingers! Love you all!

The 4th

The Fourth of July was Great! I love all my friends! It is like having a second family here are some pictures of two different nights of fire works! one we all cuddled in the back of the truck and the other we sat on blankets at Davis High School. My family came on the second night and that was fun!

update on me....

Hm.. where to start!? I guess I can start with sayin how happy I am to be home! I missed my family and friends more than I realized! On the other hand I miss Ohio a ton! It was so fun there! I have never met such an amazing group of people in my life until I went to the singles ward out there! It was great and I loved every minute of it! I made lots of friends for life out there! I also had lots of fun helping Jolene out! Her kids are great! I love them! It was fun teaching Howie new words and phases to say as well as teaching Taylor.."I'm HOT!" as she licks her finger and makes a sizzling noise when she touches it to her shoulder! Ha Ha the school asked Jolene where she learned that! I also think that between Max and Jack they made my shooting avrage higher! Who knew that I liked basketball?
Since I have been home I have been looking for a Job! Yes, I have been home for a little over a month and still have none! The thing is, I am very picky! I will be the first to tell you that I wont take a job unless it is in health care. Seeing as how my two years to pass the test to be a cna again, I am taking the class over! I just finished my clinical hours and am preparing to take one of the four tests that i have to pass. Once I pass the first two this weekend, I will wait patiently for my letter in the mail to take the last two and become certified by the state of utah! I am very excited to get it done! The U offered me a job in the Cardio-ICU but can not give it to me until I am certified! So in the mean time I am just crossing my fingers that I will pass my test!
Some other things I have been doing since I got home, are what every one could guess.. BABYSITTING! I love it lol I don't know what it is about other peoples kids that I like so much! My step-sister Monica has a 2 year old and I have watched her a few times since I have been back as welll as some cousins. We have had a few family dinners on my mom's side and I have spent some time with Ida and Joe as well!
Now, a little about my boyfriend Tim because everyone has been asking me about him! We met at the singles ward in Ohio and have been dating about five months. He is a returned missionary, he served in cali! He said it was the greatest thing he has ever done and he learned a lot while he was there. He loves the out doors! We always go for walks and hikes! Anything outside and he is in heaven! He loves just about every sport which is great cuz I do too! Another thing that gave him major brownie points was how adorable he was with Taylor and Jolene's other kids! I make him come to family stuff and my little cousins and my niece love him too! The other night we babysat my niece and when we left she wouldn't let her mom or dad put her to bed, she wanted tim! So, basically he amzing and I want to keep him forever! He is very involved in the church, loves kids, loves me, treats me very very good, my parents and both sets of grandparents love him! yeah! I win! ha ha.
That is about all I can think of for now! most of the good pictures of he and I are on his computer so I will add pictures some time in the next few days!

Marchele is teaching me how to make my blog un-lame...

So.... I was saying that I didn't really know how to work this blog thing and so my little sista is teaching me! I was looking at Mike and Jules, Cindy and Erik's, and Bryan and Lisa's pages and decided I needed to be cool like all my OLD cousins lol! just kiddin you guys aren't that old.. Love you all!