Christmas!

Brian and I went to Burley to celebrate Christmas. We stayed at my mom's house. The night we got into town we got to see our friends Scott, Joyanne and Cha and did our gift exchange. On Christmas eve we went to the Hurst's grandparents house for the yearly Christmas eve party. We ate some yummy food then there was a talent show. Unfortunatly I didn't have any talent to present but there were some good ones, including Cody who played the hermonica. Then Santa Clause came to visit and we all got the opportunity to sit on his lap. It was nice to be a part of such a wonderful family tradition. That night Brian and I hung out with his cousins Cody and Brandon. On Christmas morning I got Brian out of bed to open gifts. He totally surprised me by buying me a Wii...the only thing I asked Santa for! And I surprised him by buying him a hunting gun that he spotted way back in September and thought he would never see again. We spent the day making visits to Brian's parents, the Stoker grandparents and the Moralez grandparents and my dad. Then back over to my mom's where we spent the night playing the Wii with my mom, Gerald, Becky, Doug and Bree-zee. The rest of the weekend was great getting to relax and see family and friends :) We went bowling on Saturday night with Tyler, Joylnne, Braxton, Addison, Brad and his girlfriend Casey. Then we went over to Tyler and Joylnne's house and stayed until 3 in the morning playing cards. We didn't get much sleep on our vacation staying up late every night but we definately enjoyed it!

Sledding!

We took my cousins Rosa, Thomas and Emily sledding at Lake View park. It was thier first time and they had a lot of fun!

Christmas time!

Christmas time is such a joyful holiday! Brian and I enjoy the beautiful white snow falling and the sparkle of Christmas lights all around. It is a time to spend with loved ones and be reminded of what we are thankful for. It is a time to celebrate Jesus Christ and the love that is shown to us. It is a time when we get to think of others before ourselves. This is our first Christmas in our new home :)

Imagination...

Rosa stayed the night at our house last weekend. Brian and I were thinking about how when we were kids we would build forts so we thought it would be fun to build one with Rosa. We took our kitchen chairs and put a blanket over the top and piled pillows and blankets inside of it. We crawled in and Rosa...being a kid and all...had an imagination that ran wild. We pretended we were under attack by giant kitties, throwing gernades and shooting guns. Before that, Brian and Rosa were playing war and Brian was shooting a "Bazooca." Later on Rosa was running around the house shooting a "Kabooza." Haha...she got the word a little mixed up, but it made for a good laugh!

HaPpY bIrThDaY tHoMaS!

My cousin Thomas turned 7 years old on Dec. 5th. We celebrated with food, a cake made out of cupcakes and ice cream.

Thanksgiving!

For Thanksgiving this year we went down to Burley and spent time with family and friends. On Thanksgiving day we ate at my moms house then we ate again at Brian's parents. That night we visited my grandparents and dad and then we went over to Brian's aunt and uncle's house. So you can imagine how full our bellies were. Friday night a few of us stayed up playing cards until 3:30 in the morning. Saturday was spent catching up on sleep and sunday we headed back home.
It was a long four day weekend and we enjoyed every minute of it! We are so thankful for such a wonderful family and we are very blessed.

Trip to Washington

This last weekend Brian and I took a spontaneous road trip to Yakama, Washington to pick up Brian's mom. Brian's Dad had to head to California to get a load and Brian's Mom wanted to get back to Burley in time to get ready for thanksgiving. So we hit the road Saturday and got up there in the evening. We all went out to eat at the Olive Garden and stayed the night in a hotel. We went to church Sunday morning then headed back to Idaho after getting some breakfast. It was a nice, little getaway and the drive was very pretty with snow in some areas.

Fun with friends!

The weekend of Nov. 13th our friends Joy and Scott came up to Nampa and stayed at our house. Scott's brother plays for the Declo football team. Saturday we watched the football game and luckily Declo won. Joy and I froze our bums off during the game.

That night we ate some good food at Texas Roadhouse, then came back to our house and attempted to make carmel popcorn which didn't turn out very well...both times we tried. But we did make some pretty delicious no bake cookies...so there is still hope for us.

Brian and Scott thought it would be funny if us two girls got up on the ledge of our plant shelf. It didn't look very high just looking up at it...but once we got up there it was a whole other story and actually a little scary. Haha...just ask Joy, she totally freaked out when she was trying to get down.

Halloween

Friday night Brian and I dressed up for a costume party that our friends Danae and Tyler were throwing! I dressed up as a regal princess and Brian was a knight. It made for a good time...and hey...who says we are too old to be dressing up :)


Saturday night we had lots of trick or treaters. I enjoyed seeing all the creative costumes being worn throughout the night.

My cousins Rosa, Thomas and Emily

Concert!

The last week of October, Brian had called into the radio station WOW 104.3 and won concert tickets to see Darius Rucker. Brian was sooo excited he had won and I was excited to spend the evening with him listening to some good music!

waiting for the concert to start
The Lost Trailers

Darius Rucker

My favorite scripture...

And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock uopn which ye are build, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.

Helaman 5:12

oUr HoMe SwEeT hOmE!

Brian and I are so blessed to have purchased this home in Nampa. From the moment I saw this house I absolutely loved it! It is 3 bedroom and 2 bath. It is also in a great nieghborhood with friendly people and an amazing church. We moved into our home October 16th with the help of brians mom, brother Jeff, nephew Ethan, and my aunt Becky and uncle Doug. We moved everything in 6 loaded vehicles. We were all moved in and unpacked within 24 hours thanks to the help of family. I never realized how much "stuff" we had until I started packing it into boxes. Moving is definately something I would only do a select few times in my life...its stressful. But definately very worth it! We had been living in a 1 bedroom apartment together the last year and a half and it was about time to get our very own place we could call home.

Kitchen

Dinning area

Living room

Main bath

Master bedroom

Master bath

Guest/office room

A wonderful day...

Sunrise on a beautiful morning

On our way to Logan

Eternal love

Best friends

Sealed for all eternity...

Brian and I got sealed in the Logan, UT Temple on October 10th, 2009. We are so blessed to be sealed for all eternity :) And although my family couldn't be there, I was lucky enough to have the love and support that I needed from Brian's family!

Our sister in law, Holly took these amazing photos! Thanks Holly!

Spokane, Washington

Last week a coworker and I were sent to Spokane for a work conference. Brooke and I had such a good time and the drive up there had great scenery. On the drive up we took the way going through all the small towns and up through McCall and on the drive back we went through Oregan. Spokane was such a neat city with lots of old buildings that looked like castles and very old bridges. Our hotel was right on the river by a huge park with a clock tower and a carrosel and ice skating rink. We are very fortunate to have gone and learn lots of things about nursing, vascular conditions, diabetes, wound care and foot care.

Rosa's Birthday

Yesterday was my little cousins Rosa's 9th Birthday. We had a little celebration here at our apartment with pizza, cake and ice cream and Rosa had a sleepover with a friend. We had lots of balloons and Tonks was terrified of them. She hid under the bed the whole time.



HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROSA!!!

Cat in the box...

Since we have been in the process of packing we have boxes every where and the cats climb in and out of them. It makes for cheap entertainment...