Manchester, England

My little brother, CJ, got his mission call To Manchester, England. He leaves in June. We are so excited and proud of him. We are sure going to miss him a ton though, especially Brad. Brad and CJ have developed a great friendship. I am so thankful for CJ welcoming Brad into our family and for making him feel apart of it. Since the mission call Brad and CJ have spent so much time together from the Sand Dunes to working on the cars, etc. Everytime they get together they are always planning some activity to do before CJ leaves. CJ has such an amazing spirit, he is going to be an awesome missionary! CJ, we love you so much!

President's Day Weekend with the England's

President's Day weekend we went up to Brad's family cabin in Timberlakes. It is absolutely beautiful. There was a ton of snow, the powder was so deep! This is one of my favorite places to go, it is the best place to relax and soak up nature. Bobby and Ashley England joined us for the weekend. This was our first weekend hanging out with them since Bobby and Ashley got married. We are so happy Bobby found Ashley, Ashley is awesome. It's about time we find another girl who loves to get down and dirty and who loves to go camping.

Bobby and Ashely. Ya know all the powder I was talking about earlier? Bobby totally got the snowmobile buried. We had to completely dig it out. It was quiet a work out, for the boys of course.

A picture of Brad and I, that we did not have to take of ourselves, by ourselves!

Bobby & Ashley bundling up to go out for a ride on the snowmobiles.

Here is Brad finally snow blowing. We got to the cabin late Friday night and Brad did not want to snow blow. The road had been plowed by large snowplows so the entrance to the cabin had about 3 feet of snow. The entrance to the cabin also has an upward slope. Brad thought he should show off in his truck, so Brad put the truck in four wheel drive and rallied the truck for a good hour until we finally made it up the hill to the cabin. Silly boys!

About Ashley liking to get down and dirty. On day two both of our hair was greasy and disgusting, so Ashley decided she could not go any longer with out washing her hair. So she washed it out in the snow. It was freazing, it was about 20 degrees outside. Of course I was way to chicken to go out in the cold, let alone get my hair wet. She's such a girl!

This weekend was seriously so much fun, thanks Bobby and Ashley for coming with us! We can't wait to go camping this summer. We love you guys!

PS - Ashely makes the best chili.

Superbowl Party

Once the basement was completed, Brad was so excited to have a party! So we had some friends over for the Superbowl. It was so much fun getting to now these families better. Even though I don't particularly enjoy watching the Superbowl I had a blast. Thanks to Chad and Melinda for all their help!

Robby, Mellanie, and their son Mason (not pictured)

Chad, Melinda, and Mikell

Ryan & Lindsay and the kids they were babysitting. They also brought along Reagan their son.

Gordon& Chelsea Wood

McKel had a blast with "The Amazing Hulk" gloves. I have to say that Brad enjoys them even more!

This is the cutest picture of them all. Mason and Mikell shared their very first kiss in our basement! K-I-S-S-I-N-G

I can sew, kind of!!

Yes, I actually made those!!! Ok, to be honest, my mom helped me. It was totally easier than I thought it would be, I made three sets of curtains in a few hours. My mom made the pillows while I was sewing the curtains because I am way slower than her. I can't wait to make some more for my upstairs, and this time I will make the pillow too!

Lunch with the Girls

Lauren Baker, Steph West, Angie Reed, Carrie Roberts, me

Last weekend I got together with some of my friends from high school. It was so nice to get together and reminisce about all the fun times we had together. Man it was nice being young and not having to worry about a thing, and I totally miss the shopping! Angie brought her brand new baby, Kinley, she is darling! Thanks to Steph for finally getting us all together!!!

Sweet Husband

These were sitting on the counter when I got home from work one night. With tax season beginning I have suddenly been working many more hours than I have been. So Brad bought these flowers for me to help relieve the stress and to let me know how much he loves me. He seriously is an awesome husband. I love him so much.

New Years Weekend

I cannot believe that new years was a few weeks ago, time goes by so fast. New Years weekend was a blast. We took Justin and Steph up to Brad's family cabin in Timberlakes. It was a lot of fun. We went snowmobiling, played games, and Brad and Justin had farting wars the whole weekend, they thought they were so funny.

Saturday morning we woke up to 3 or 4 inches of snow, which made for some good powder, but it was freezing outside.

Since it was so cold outside we played Apples to Apples and Phase 10 a million times. We also found an old vintage BINGO in one of the closets, the best part was spinning the cage and trying to get the numbers to come out.

Justin and Brad thought it would totally be funny if they took a picture of each other taking a picture of each other. They were being really silly, it was way past our bedtime.