HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

sO in the absence of my hubby on my bday, my

friends and family took very good care of me!

my friends took me to dinner, super fun!

MY bff Melissa made me this yummy cake!

Although my hubby was MIA he got his momto bring me this cake for my birthday at work!! Needless to say I had a LOT of cake, good thing i had people to share it with!

I probably should toss this one though since im still snacking on it!

ok so I have been wanting to start a new hobby for awhile now.......

SEWING

I actually got a sewing machine out of storage that was my great grandmas..... no such luck was not in a great working condition. So i had been looking online to find one at a good price,

UNTIL I GOT HOME FROM WORK ON MY BIRTHDAY AND FOUND THIS ON MY TABLE!

IT WAS LIKE CHRISTMAS ALL OVER AGAIN!

My wonderful grandma surprised me with this fabulous machine! I'm so excited to start using it!
I have some fun projects im looking forward to doing!

Hopefully my first project will be a practice baby quilt and then a real baby quilt! I will keep posting on my progress!

MY WONDERFUL MIA HUSBAND ALSO SENT ME THESE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS!

MY FAVORITE! TULIPS A LITTLE SPRING TIME IN THE WINTER!

JUST A COUPLE MONTHS LEFT AND WE WILL BE BACK TOGTHER AGAIN!!!

HAPPY HOIDAYS!!

I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GOOD HOLIDAY......

BRAD GOT TO COME HOME FOR TWO WHOLE WEEKS!

this was our first Christmas in our house and it was so much fun to decorate! I think decorating is my favorite activity, brad would probably have to agree since he built a huge shelf in our garage to keep all of our many decorations!

Christmas is for sure my favorite holiday! Ever since i have been little I wake up at the crack of creation and get everyone up! Well i gave brad some time i got him up at eight a clock!! we had cinnamon rolls and opened gifts!

We got to go to Boondocks on new years day! If you dont know what

that is, its an arcade type place. They have laser tag, bowling, and mini golf.

The mini golf is outside so we have to wait for warmer weather to play that but we had a lot of fun!

Sadly the two weeks ended and brad is now back in Texas, he starts school on Januray 14th and will be done sometime in April we dont have a for sure date yet, but were waiting anxiously!

The best gift that either of us could have got was to spend this time together!

Basic training graduation!!

So an update for anyone who doesnt know that my love of my life joined the air force reserves he left in august and has been in texas for two months for basic training....

Im so very proud of him, although this hasnt been the easiest thing i have been through we both know this is the right thing to do for our family. So in October 9th brad graduated from Basic and officailly became a AIRMAN! I got to go down to texas to celebrate with him it was and amazing experience! We got to spend thursday to sunday together it was the best couple days! He grown so much im so lucky to have him as my husband! Sadly on sunday he had to get on a bus for a 13 hour ride to mississippi! He started school today and said it was good even though i miss him more than anything i have been doing ok trying to keep busy.. he will be coming home for christmas and then he will be back in may sheesh thats a long time but we will make it this has only made our relationship stronger!

JulY Fourth weekend!

I hope everyone had a fabulous fourth here in utah we get two fire work weekends thanks to pioneer day! I am very thankful for all of the people that made both of these holidays possible!! So we had a fun weekend we went camping! Friday the weather was kind of nasty so i spent most of my day reading twilight... which was made me very happy!

Saturday and sunday the weather got better and better! Terry, chrissy and drew came up on saturday it was fun having them up there! we all rode four wheelers and just enjoyed spending time together away from the every day world!

Although...

Chrissy had an accident on the fourwheeler and after all the worries and prayers and for her a lot of pain she is going to be ok it will be quite the recovery but lets face it chrissy is as hard as a rock nothing is going to knock her down she is down right amazing and i thank my heavenly father that she was not more hurt than she was ! i love my new family just like they have been my family my whole life i have went through my life with one amazing sister and now i have five new amazing sisters who i couldnt love more!! i am very lucky to have both of the families that i have and i am sure glad that i know that families are forever because i know that i would never want to be without these people in my life!

Air show fun!!

LAst weekend was the air show! it was fun i really enjoyed the thunderbirds brad enjoyed the whole tweleve hours he was there! he loves his planes i guess thats why he wants to be a piolet! Brad should find out when he leaves for boot camp within a couple weeks..... were crossing our fingers this waiting is pointless!!

We went hiking up adams canyon a couple weeks ago, it was a lot of fun also hard work I need to get in shape !! it was a great outing with the whole family. diesel and bella loved it! were so blessed to have such a great family!

Summer fun!