new port beach (2009)

food was delicous.
company priceless.
weather was sheer bliss.
sand warmer than ever.
scenery breathtaking.
water hellishly cold.
question game traveling there and back a hoot.
Marriott absolutely luxurious.
6 flags was more than i could have asked for.
girls shopping trip a riot.
and temple incredibly beautiful.

gosh we're lucky. not only we were able to hit up New Port when stace and dave lived there, (even though we did miss stacie and dave by a hair. when they were leaving last week we were getting there-and i ask, don't compare pictures if you look at there blog, HA! i will never have that gift that she does. ) anyways, this time the Elder's treated us to an awesome trip with there time-share stuff.

the weather was awesome the first couple of days, and perfect for when we went to 6 flags, and when i say perfect, i mean cloudy-but not raining. so it wasn't scorching hot while we were walking around and going on the rides.

we couldn't have asked for a better trip Jeff and Lisa!! we love you! thank you so much for all your time and effort putting this trip together, the memories are priceless and the company (jeff, lisa, scott and emily) was even better!! we wished so badly the rest of the family could have been there with us, but just know you were all in our thoughts while we were roasting in the sand and walking the pier. just kidding, but seriously, we really did miss you guys:)


and yes, brad had a hay-day with that mermaid.....

2 years down.

since we did nothing out of the norm for our 2 year anniversary, (like i said in the previous post, going over our money) thought i would just take a quick minute and jot down my top 5 favorite things about brad..

1) i can't tell you how much i love his random one-liners that have me rolling. 2) he has one of the most genuine hearts i've ever come across in my life. extremely down to earth! 3) i've never met anyone smarter. he's completely determined when it comes to school. learning things from him motivates me to read a book just so i can learn something. 4) his smile used to bug me beyond words, because i never knew what he was thinking because he smiles over everything (mad, sad, happy, excited, relaxed, etc.)-i've grown to love that smile more than anything in this life. now i do all i can to make him show those pearly whites.

5) everything is simplified to him. he's the most simple person i've ever met. simple with people, simple with choices, simple with love and simple with the gospel. he never complicates a thing more than it has to be. therefore-leaving my life to be just as simple.

6) his bumb

so i have nothing too huge to post other than....i sure love the guy more than words can say. these 2 years have been dang good to us-and i can't wait to see what lies ahead.

Thanks for making marriage everything i thought it was Bradley Allen. life is wonderful with you!

another birthday. another brunette

it's funny, the more i blog, the more i want to blog, the less i blog, the more it becomes a dad gum chore. so as of right now, i'm on the blogging kick-and just can't get enough of it. so....ladies and gents, here's another post for ya.

this weekend was brad's cute neice's birthday. bree turned 4 and had more gifts than i've gotten on all my christmas's put together. i guess those are some of the benefits of being the oldest. it was fun, but i can honestly say, the adults had more fun with her toys than she actually did. i'm sure she loves them, but man, we sure couldn't get enough.

and last but not least, me and brad were going over our moneys and decided the "high-lighting" of the hair was just way too much money for us to throw out. so....i had to go with the natural color (even though she did it a little darker than what i asked) and had to put an end to the high-lighting days, which i used more for an excuse just to get my hair washed. so here is a picture of the change.

oh, and that random picture i threw in there of my dad and rob.....just had to take a picture of the glorious goodness from lether-butt's. (also known as letherby's)

can't help but come to the conclusion once again, that life is dang good.

one more month and counting

for what i've been waiting for all year long. i crave the first of the july with all my heart, mind, and soul. late night chats, eating till our nose bleeds, parade of the century, and fireworks of a lifetime.

cousins...i long to be with you.

Beautiful Moab

took a quick family getaway to moab for the weekend with the brothers and the parents. i'm literally flabbergasted that this was the first time i went down. it was beautiful! it rained quite a bit, so i can't even imagine how fun it would have been without the rain. thanks ma and pa for the awesome time-it was a fantastic getaway!




(we hiked up to the very top of this mountain and it was thundering/lightning/raining so hard the entire time. when we got to the very top my hair started raising-so instead of sprinting down the mountain before i got struck, we thought it best to, of course not only sit and laugh at my hair which i'm sure meant the electricity was about to strike my head at any moment, but to hike up some more so all of our hair could raise. and yes, i'm fully aware at how large my forehead is.)

A Happy Mother's Day Indeed

I can't help but feel like the luckiest girl in the world. I couldn't possibly ask for more.

Thank you moms for being all that is needed to have a life this full.

Birthday Saga

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LISA AND SCOTT!!!

We had a little birthday bash at the Elder's Saturday night for Lisa and Scott. It was one heck of a party. We of course had the old traditional cake and ice-cream, but Lisa's cake sure as heck wasn't traditional. It was INCREDIBLE! Props for all her baking/cooking. she was born with an insane gift of being able to whip up anything. When I picture celestial glory I picture me eating a 21 course meal that Lisa has prepared for me. Of course I highly doubt that's what her celestial glory looks like.
After din we headed out back for some mallow roasting and "around the fire" gabbing-something that I live for. We just sat around the fire and talked till we laughed, and laughed till we peed into the late night. I can honestly say there was about 4 times during that night that I almost peed I was laughing so hard. ....(sigh).........life is good. Unfortunately for Scott-I got a picture of one of us laughing till we peed. jokes, but we wanted to see how many mallows Scott could put in his mouth-we were all just rolling when marshmallows started coming out his nose-and of course the drool helped us laugh even harder.