Then comes BABIES

Well if you didn't notice I finally took down the count down to the end of Law School. The funny thing is it totally ended five months ago. Well let's just say a lot has happened in those last five months. The best and most important things is we are pregnant with TWINS!!! We could not be any happier.

We had been trying for a while and of course I thought that it would never happen. I just had to get to the spot that the idea of having a baby didn't consume all my thoughts. Well it was at that point that we finally got pregnant. Let me tell you the moment that I saw that positive sign I lost it. I could not believe it was true. Finally my dreams were coming true.

So of course we made that first appointment and could not wait till that day finally came. I was 6 1/2 weeks along when we went to see the doctor. We were so excited to see our little one. Well were we totally taken by surprise. When he started the ultrasound I couldn't focus. My mind was racing. Was this really true? Am I really going to have a baby? Well then the doctor brought me back with saying, "Do you see what I see?" Of course since it is our first we have never had an ultrasound. He stated that there were two babies inside me. All I could think about was how did that happen? Then my mind started racing. I was ready for one but now we are having two!!! I never thought that it would be me who would have twins. But now that we look at our families I have twins on both my mom side and my dad's side. So someone was destined to have twins and that someone is me. I am on cloud nine and don't know if I will ever come down.

I have wait for so long to be a mom and the Lord has blessed me with two wonderful healthy babies. I cannot express how grateful and thankful I am for these babies. They have already changed my life for the better. Prayers are answered and the Lord does know each of us and the desires of our hearts.

Through this experience of being pregnant I have become so much closer to my Heavenly Father. Most importantly our marriage has grown by leaps and bounds.

First comes Love, then comes Marriage....

I cannot believe that Justin and I are celebrating our five year anniversary! Wow, where did the time go? It has seriously been the best five years yet. I fall more and more in love with him everyday and cannot imagine life without him.

We have accomplished a lot in these past five years. We both graduated from Weber State with our Bachelor Degrees. Justin took and passed the LSAT. He then went on to complete three years in Law School. Most recently he studied his brains out for the BAR exam and successful passed that awful test. (Which means we will never have to do any more school ever again!!!) We have gone on countless trips, celebrated many holidays, relished in all of our family's traditions, and started many of our own.

The time that we have spent together has been the best time of our lives. We are truly best friends and love to spend as much time as possible together. I hate the time that we are apart and cannot wait for him to come home from work each night just so we can talk.

But the best is yet to come....

Happy Anniversary Justin!!

Not Again

Well I think that the pictures will explain it all....

Luckily it did not land on the fence or the house.

It split right down the middle!

Yes that is right we have lost yet another tree at our house. That would make two trees down in a mere 8 months! That would only happen to us. Here is the thing it is not like these trees are small or young. They have been growing now for 11 years. All I can say is why!!!!! Why, our trees and at that 2 of them. Mother nature we only have 3 trees left please spare us the thought of having to replace those ones too.

Graduation Day is Here

I am still waiting to get the pictures from this blessed event taken by our photographer aka my sis in law.

Then I will make my official picture and story post. Here is just a few from my little camera.

Today was the day that we have been looking forward to for the past 3 years. As of this morning Justin is officially a graduate of the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. I cannot express how elated I am to know that Justin is graduated. Therefore fulfilling his dream that he has had since he was 16. I am so, so proud of him. I could not stop myself today from shedding many tears. From the moment that I helped him put on his cap and gown to the moment he walked out the door as a graduate my eyes were pretty wet.

As you look at this picture you might think that I am a crazy wife to go right up to where he was sitting to take his picture. But guess what I was sitting right across the isle from him. If we wanted to we could have held hands from across the way. That was of course not planned at all (how would you be able to plan something like that). I am one of the only wives who can say that she sat right next to her husband during his Law School graduation.

No Foolin'

This is what Justin came home with today.....

Yes ladies and gentlemen we have on our hands a soon to be graduate. It is amazing what getting Justin's cap and gown did for me. Seeing it, hanging it up in his office, and trying to figure out how to use the hood means that graduation is right around the corner and Law School will soon be over. There is a little over one month left until that wonderful day.

As we have been telling family and friends about this blessed event it has been so sweet to hear that they all want to come to Justin's graduation. My sister and her family live down in St. George and they are making a special trip up here just for the weekend of Justin's graduation. Family members and friends a like have already taken the day of just to be with us. We are going to have the biggest cheering section for our graduate. We are truly blessed to be loved so much.

Class of 2011

One More Semester

I can't believe that Justin has started his last semester of Law School! Hurray! These past three years have gone by so fast. I am not going to lie there have been some very hard days in there that made me think is Law School really the right thing and is it going to be worth it. Well I am here to say that it has been worth it. We have had so many great experiences that we otherwise wouldn't!

I do have to say I am so elated that we were able to stay here in Utah for Justin's schooling. My family has been a great source of support. I could not thank them enough for being there for me (us) when I have needed someone to vent or talk to about Justin being gone with school.

Some things that I have learned through Law School...

• I have learned to be independent.
• I have learned to treasure each little minute that Justin has without any reading or studying. These times are so precious.
• I have learned that it takes a lot of sacrifice to gain our dreams.
• I have learned that no matter how stressed Justin is he still makes it a point to ask about my day.
• I have learned that a text or a short phone call to say I love you is needed everyday.
• I have learned that I still know as much now about law as I did before Law School.
• I have learned that in order to make my dream come to pass Justin needs to make his dreams come true too.

The countdown is now to months and weeks instead of years. We are almost there. Though the sad thing is once we reach May 13th (Graduation Day) we still have the bar classes and bar to pass come July.