Mothers Day!

 Mothers day was fantastic...and I'm not even a mother yet. I wanted to do something special for my mom that I could do myself and not have to spend a ton of money on, unlike a clothing item that she may not even like anyways. She was always saying she needs pictures of all of us for her desk at work, so I figured why not include us all in one. She cried... I made my mom cry! She loved it!! Probably the best gift giving moment for me just to see how happy she was and how much it ment to her!

WE LOVE YOU MOM/GRANDMA <3

  

Surprisingly, Sunday morning I woke up to breakfast in bed from Eth. He made eggs, bacon, and chocolate milk...my favorite! He said something like, "I know you're not a mom yet but you will be someday and I just wanted to do something nice for you." What a sweetheart! I am the luckiest. :)

Today's a short post but I just wanted to share my first mothers day with eth. I have the best husband and family in the world. And the best examples in my mom and sisters, of how to be such loving, caring, and beautiful mothers! Happy mothers day to all you moms!!

This time last year...

Wow, time flies. I say this all the time. probably too much. Just this week a year ago, I was in Hawaii with some of my best friends!! However most importantly, this day last year was the day Eth and I shared our first kiss!! Awww ;) But really, it was awesome! We snuck out of our condo at 5 am to a deserted beach before our flight left!  What a life changing kiss..as cheesy as it sounds. No joke though, from that day on Eth and I were inseparable.  A lot has changed since Hawaii... but I wouldn't change any of it. New job, new house, new relationship status, new friends...just new! I've learned a lot about other people, but most importantly...about myself! I love where life has taken me and I'm so blessed to have Ethan in my life. He makes me so happy. No one can make me laugh more than he can. I think he's so funny. He thinks I'm probably the only person who thinks he's funny. Some nights we'll just lay in bed talking and laughing and then I get this overwhelming feeling of happiness when I realize this is my life, this is what I have to look forward to for eternity. The happiness I feel now, plus so much more!



So this is probably one of the only pictures we have of just the two of us from our Hawaii trip. Too bad i look like a wet dog. oh well, that's not the point. The point is that I love it because it brings back sooo many memories. Good memories. We swam with turtles this day...ah take me back!!

Luckily for us the Condo we rented happen to be about a block away from the Hawaii Temple so we got to drive by it every day. We went to the visitors center and talked with the sister missionaries and that's when I took this picture. I wish we would have had/made time to go do baptisms while we were there. Oh well, guess we'll just have to go back!

The gang on a little canoe ride at the Polynesian cultural center. Yeah, I totally got to ride on the front! Pretty exciting place. Learned a lot of cool stuff their about different cultures and even watched a cool dance/play production involving fire!

One of our many beach days. These guys were awesome to travel with.

Anyways, as much as I loved Hawaii and that warm tropical heat I wouldn't trade it for what I am doing now. As I'm sitting here writing this I can hear the amazing thunder storm outside. One that my husband and I just enjoyed together, cuddling under an umbrella, watching the lightening strike. Four months married and couldn't be happier!

Zion Biking and Family Lovin!

Zion National Park is one of the prettiest places around Southern Utah! People travel from all around the world just to come and see it's beauty. Considering how close we live we can't take it for granted. Surprisingly one of our favorite times to head up there ...is late at night! That's right, nighttime. When you think it's too dark to enjoy it because you can't see anything. You're wrong. Our friend Gump came up with this brilliant Idea. We load up our bikes and head up to Zion, planning to get there just in time to park at the Church at the bottom of town and catch the last bus up to the top around 8-9:30. We load our bikes onto the bus rack or just take them with us inside then after chilling at the top drop off until all the buses have gone down for the night along with random cars...then it's time! We just coast on down through the beautiful mountains and switchbacks usually enjoying the night crisp air. If we are lucky we choose a night when there's a full moon which lights up the whole canyon! We usually try to stop at a little lookout for snacks or we'll go do a night hike after we finish biking at the overlook. I'm telling you...everyone needs to try this! It's one of our favorite things to do!!

This weekend was so nice and relaxing! Saturday we got to sleep in, then we helped Steve & Shannon prune some trees in the backyards which wore us out so we took a little nap on the lawn under the tree with cat. He loves Ethan and always has to sleep right in between us! Saturday was also RSL game day, so of course we had to wear our jersey/shirts for good luck. It totally worked because it was a killer game. We won 3-2!

 

Sunday we went to Hurricane and ate with the family. Then of course it was croquet time! The girls even played a game...with our own made up rules. I came in second but should have easily taken first if I hadn't choked! haha Got to see all the kids and babies! Even got to cuddle for a good amount of time with both the babies. Gosh I love family time on Sundays. I am so blessed with an amazing family and wonderful husband!! Here's just a bunch of photos from the day!

 *PREPARE FOR PICTURE OVERLOAD* 

 

  

 

                           

 

 

 

Uh oh, Sucking her thumb at an early age! But it's just so stinkin cute!

 These two are best buds. Glad they have each other to keep themselves entertained!

Sunday walks, concerts, weddings, & babies!

Last week was a busy week. On Sunday we visited with family at mom & dad's, took naps with Carolee, and played croquet. Eth took 1st place this Sunday!! Then we went for our usual Sunday walk with Steve & Shannon. It was such a nice evening for a walk. There's nothing like a good relaxing walk to get you mentally ready for a new week!

Ethan being a goof with his moms walking sticks!

Eth had his last choir concert last week! He has an amazing deep voice and I'm sad that was his last choir...or so he says! I doubt it though, he loves singing in choir.

(Sorry for the blurry quality)

Family Picture at Grandpa O's Wedding! Kyson is part of our family and barely in there..not sure what he was looking at but I he was hidden in every picture i had. :( My family is the bomb.

So we randomly ran into this lady who delivered Shay and I 20+ years ago and now helped with Carolee two weeks ago. Crazy small world!

The nice thing about living close the the city office/church is that they sometimes have fun stuff going on on the big lawn. This time it was a projected movie on a HUGE screen! Frozen, of course!!

Grandpa O made this little table set for each of us grand kids for our future kids! We grew up eating on our own little pink table he made us years ago so it's a fun little tradition I can't wait for my kids to get to be apart of. Although we've still got a while until their will be any little ones using it!