A Peek At Parenthood

On Monday night we had the opportunity to watch our little friend Emmett.

He is almost 1 year old, and is one of the cutest kids I know. I would definately call him my own! We watched him while his parents went out for their anniversary.

I love watching this kid. He is full of joy, smiles, and enthusiasm about almost anything. You just cannot be around him without putting a smile on your own face, its just impossible. I am thankful to Greg and Ann for letting us spend the evening with Lil E. It gave us the chance to see what its all about to have a kid of your own. I have been around a lot of kids in my life, but this time it was a bit different. I got to see how Skylar is going to be with kids. He is in love with Emmett, and he thinks he belongs to him as well. It was so awesome to see how sky dealt with Emmett and how Em reacted to Skylar. It makes me soo excited to have a family of my own one day, and to have Skylar as the father to my kids. He is so cute and fun with them that I almost cried just watchin him feed and play with Lil Em. He is going to be the greatest daddy when that day comes and we start a family of our own.

ONE YEAR!!!

A year ago on  July 17, 2009, I married my best friend for time and all eternity in the Rexburg, Idaho temple. I am so thankful he is in my life, and that we have had one fabulous year together. It doesn't really seem like a year, I feel as tho we just got married a few months ago. He is the best husband I could ever ask for. He treats me like his queen. He is my world, and my everything. We have had our disagreements, but more often than not, we have had some awesome experiences. After we were first married, my parents invited us every month to go to the temple with them, and we went, and sometimes we went just for the ice cream we got afterwards! ha.. no, i'm kidding, I'm really thankful they pushed us to go with them at least once a month. Both mine and skylars testimonies have grown so much. More than we'd ever expect in one year. Going to the temple is one of our favorite things to do. We love to feel the spirit and to have that quiet, thinking time to just the two of us. We always go with questions, and thoughts, and every time we go, we end up getting answers and feeling better about certain decisions. Going to the temple that often has brought us closer together as a couple and as one, it has also elimated alot of the arguments i'm sure we could have had, had we not attended the temple. Also, in the last year we have taken many trips to utah, boise, and west yellowstone. They may not be big, fancy, expensive trips, but they are just fine for me. We always have a blast when we are on a mini vacay! and we always make the best of them! Skylar has worked alot of our first year of marriage, and unfortunately he wasn't able to be home on our big 1 year anniversary. And yes- being the cry baby i am, I cried alot that day. I was a little depressed, ok ... maybe a bit more than a little depressed.. it was hard for me to grasp the thought of not even seeing him on our anniversary. But, being the wonderful husband he is, Skylar sent me a huge bouquet of flowers. He did an awesome job! He had them put together like my wedding bouquet and he had them sent to school. And yes.. I cried when I received them. He is the sweetest, niceset.cutest, etc, etc, etc. guy in the whole entire world. I love him to death and I wouldn't trade anything about our marriage for the world. As a result of him being away on our anniversary, he came home the next weekend and surprised me with a night at the Destinations Inn in Idaho falls, with of course, a great dinner! He felt horrible that he couldn't be here, but He promised he would make it up to me... and he DID!! the following day we got up and traveled down to Bear lake where we spent the day with our very good friends Greg and Ann jones.. and of course my fave.. Little Emmett.! We enjoyed the beach and a delicious dinner of italian meatballs, salad, and garlic bread! It was a good belated anniversary weekend. And I love Bear Lake. I think I would be just fine with moving down there... or at least having a vacation home on the lake! :)
I just want everyone to know that I married the best guy on the face of the earth. He is my best friend, and my life. I am so glad I get to spend eternity with him... Its only been one year... But I am looking forward to 100+ more!

These are the flowers sky sent me! I just LOVE them! They are sooooo beatuiful!!!

4th of July!!~!

Wow!! July is almost over! Where is all this time going? I feel as tho time is going way to fast for me to enjoy it. But, nevertheless.. I enjoy every second I can. This month has a been a fun filled one for sure. First.. It was the 4th of July.. I was lucky enough to spend it with my fabulous husband. I was so thankful that his company let him come home for the weekend. I was worried I'd have to spend it spousless. We spent saturday night, July 3rd, with some family friends having a bbq and doing a whole lot of fireworks. Then sunday we just enjoyed each others company and had a really relaxing and spiritual day. Then Monday came along, and we spent the day out in Menan and the celebration they have every year. I love going out there because I get to run into friends, and long lost friends, and people I haven't seen in a very long time, as well as enjoy the delicious funnel cakes, burgers, icees, and all other fattening food, all while sitting and watching the softball tournaments going on. I was so thrilled to be outside for the day! I love the outdoors! Then we were able to go to his grandmas birthday party for dinner! Which was delicious. Tyson did dutch oven, and he did awesome! Then we went back to the church for the famous menan fireworks!! I enjoy them! They are short, sweet, and to the point! But don't get me wrong, I do enjoy the Idaho Falls ones, but... I don't like fighting the crowds.. In menan I am blessed to be able to walk to the fireworks since my parents live a couple blocks away!! After a long.. fun filled day.. we went home and crashed!! But i must say I really enjoyed it!

JUNE!!

Alrighty...where to begin!?!?!

First off.. .I started school.. and I'm loving every second of it! It has always been my dream and my hobby to do hair, and everything else involved.  I am now in my 4th week - and can't wait for week 5 when I get to hit the floor have a ball!!

As for Sky. He is still workin on the oil rigs. he is currently in Wyoming, but has been in Texas

for a few weeks. I prefer him in Wyoming because its a whole lot closer and easier for me to take a short trip to see him every once in a while.. and besides - I love the drive to wyoming. Its so pretty! and so relaxing to enjoy the scenery...!

So while he is gone I have just been home.. cleaning.. studying.. going boating... and hangin out with the fam and friends! I stay with my sister every once in a while so I'm not so lonely all the time, and thats been a good thing to stay busy.. Being lonely is hard most of the time, but I just keep reminding myself that every time he's gone, it makes the days that he's home a thousand times better and it means a whole lot more to the both of us.

I am looking forward to the 4th of  July. Its one of my favorite holidays to celebrate! I love spending time with family and being outside all day and enjoying the delicious food that is at the Menan Celebration. The only downer is that Skylar won't be able to celebrate it with us because of work.. Also. We're about to celebrate our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!! and I am thrilled that it is just around the corner.!!! ahh.. this time last year the anxiety was gettin to me!! I still remember the things that we were planning and last minute things we were putting together!! It has been the best year of my life!! Can't wait to hit the big #1!

Road Trip!!! - (But not for me)

OK.. So.. Skylar is leaving for the Oil Rigs. He will be in Wyoming for 2 weeks for training, then be home for a week. Then... he will be headed to Texas for the real deal. It will be 2 weeks at work, 1 week at home type of deal!! I think I'm going to go crazy!!! This is going to be very hard. I look up to you army wives that put up with it more than two weeks, and on top of that without seeing them for much longer. You guys are great, and I hope I can be as strong as you guys.! I will just have to keep myself busy while he's gone, and try to make time go by fast. So if you have any ideas for making time fly, or ideas for keeping busy... I'm open to suggestions!!! :)
As for me, I'm still working full time. I start school in June! And I cannot wait! (also, I'm hoping it will keep my preoccupied so I'm not thinking about Skylar coming home) I'm so excited to start my career and begin fulfilling my dream! Thats about all the updates for now! Hopefully I'll have something more exciting next time I post!

Zumba...

Ok.. so last night I was invited to Zumba. I had no idea what it was, and I thought it was like a worshiping sort of thing. Come to find out, it is a workout. It is kind of like aerobics, you dance, and get a great workout at the same time! And even tho it was an hour, it seemed like we were only there for 20 minutes! Time flies when your having fun! and that is exactly what it was... It was way way fun! We did all sorts of moves!

And yes, I looked pretty funny doing it, but you just don't care, because chances are, everyone else thinks they look funny as well. The instructor just kept telling us that "no on is watching you, so get into it!" oh that was soooo hard to believe!!! :) But I had a blast. And thanks Jaycie, for talking me into going.! I think that all of you should join us! Every Monday and Thursday night from 8-9pm in Rigby. Just down from where Over the Top Gymnastics used to be in the Dance Unlimited Studio!!!! Your first time going is free... then after that you pay $25 and you get a punch card that allow you to go 10 times. To me, that is super cheap!! And, totally worth my money!! So come and join us next week!!! Ü

... HeRe CoMeS tHe BrIdE ...

So over the weekend, Skylar and I made another trip to Boise to attend a wedding for a very good family friend. We left on Friday afternoon and made our lllooonnnggg.. and I mean long... trip west. Just after Twin Falls it started snowing... and then it started blizzarding!! It was crazy!

And it slowed traffic down to the extreme. But when we dropped into Boise, it was gone, and it was only rain! It was much better.

After the long awaited arrival of getting to our destination, we checked in to our hotel and headed to meet up with his uncle in Eagle. We then made our way back to downtown Boise to the Qwest Arena for a basketball game between the Idaho Stampede and the Los Angeles D-Fenders. They are just a step below the NBA.. and they aren't too bad. In fact... One of the players from the Idaho Stampede is now playing for the Utah Jazz and is doing an outstanding job! So that was something new and exciting for us to do!

Then, on Saturday- we pretty much wasted the day away until the wedding. We did have an easter egg hunt with his cousins and that was about it. Then came the wedding. It was at the WoodRiver Cellars in Eagle. And it was a beautiful location to have a wedding. The bride was and absolute princess, and the bridesmaids and flower girls looked fabulous, and lets not forget the groom and the groomsmen- they looked stunning as well. It was a little bit different of a wedding than from what I'm used to, but it was good culture for all of us, and we enjoyed every second of it..
I'm pretty sure we were the only ones not drinking any of the 6 cases of wine and 2 kegs of beer that they had for the reception/dinner part of the wedding. It was interesting and fun at the same time to watch the different types of people that attended this wedding. It was absolutely gorgeous and everybody was happy. I'm glad we were able to attend the ceremony. You could definately feel the love the bride and groom had for each other. Then we came home on Sunday, and the drive home was much better then on the way there. It was a great Easter Weekend, and we enjoyed listening to Conference while we were gone
We love going on mini vacations, but we also enjoy coming home.