Jordan & Shawnee

Girls Trip

2011-12-11T10:21:00.000-08:00

Jordan, Tyler, Brett & Blaine go to Comicon in July every year and I have always wanted to go on a vacation with girlfriends and so this past summer I made that happen. One of my close girlfriends Jessica and I decided that we would go to Vegas over the 4th of July and we had a great time! We left on the Friday night before the 4th after I got off work and drove to St. George to stay. While we were in Vegas we walked the strip, laid by the pool, went to the wax museum, did some shopping and ate lots of yummy food! It was a lot of fun to sit and talk about whatever we wanted and do whatever we wanted. It was July in Vegas so of course it was extremely hot! We went to hang out by the pool one day and only lasted like 30 minutes because it was so stinkin hot. I am so happy that we got to go do this fun trip together and I am looking forward to the next girls trip!

Justin Timberlake

Spiderman

The Rock

Will Smith

Serendipity's Frozen Hot Chocolate (I didn't think I would like it but it was so yummy!)

The Fountains

Yummy Mexican Food

Baking in the Sizzling Sun!

Susan's Birthday BBQ 2011

2011-11-20T11:31:00.000-08:00

Josh & Aubri and their family were in town when we celebrated Susan's birthday this year and it was so much fun. We all went to the Griffeth house for a summer BBQ. Aubri is so good at throwing parties and decorating for them so cute! I am so excited for them to move back to Utah in January so we can have these parties all the time...I am hoping some of her creativity will rub off on me because I am just not creative even though I try really hard. Before we ate Lexi sang us a few songs and it was so adorable! My favorite is California Girls by Katy Perry. Her little voice is adorable and she knows the whole chorus. Such a smarty pants!

Cute present for Susan from us...I made the can :) (I stole it from another blog...Thanks Rachael Shaw!)

Dear Hadlee Jane

2011-10-04T08:45:00.000-07:00

Hi baby girl...it's almost been 5 months since you left this earth and not a day goes by that I don't think about you! There are so many days that I sit and think about what we would be doing with you if you were here. I miss so much about you and I wanted to make sure that you knew that. I miss coming to the hospital and seeing your mom and dad sitting with you, I miss holding your little hand, I miss hearing your breathing, I miss your little cry, I miss sitting in the chair watching your mommy hold you and sing to you, I miss helping your mom feed you, I miss the spirit that I felt every time I was with you. All of those moments I spent with you will always be something that I cherish. A lot has happened since you went back home and I thought it would be fun if I caught you up on what is going on with your family down here :)

Your Dad and Mom have been so strong and I know that they think about you everyday. They have a ton of your pictures on the wall at home and I love being there because I know you are there. Your Dad continues to work hard and he just got a promotion and we are so proud and excited for him! He started school and I believe he goes a couple nights a week for about 4 hours so your Mom and Kaders are at home those nights and I know they miss him but are very supportive. Your Mom decided not to go back to work and to stay at home with your big brother. She loves being home with him and spending all her time with him.

Can you believe that Kade started preschool!?! He is getting so big and he is so stinkin smart! I got to go with your Mom to drop him off at school last week and he looked so big walking in with his backpack on. When we picked him up he was so proud to show me what he made that day. He is doing really good on his numbers and he can write his name. He is still working on the alphabet but it will come with time and practice. He likes his teachers and has made a lot of friends. Kade has always been such a nice boy and I am sure the other kids love him. He talks about you a lot and I love to hear him say that he misses you. He always says, "Shawnee do you miss Hadlee?" I always respond, "I miss her like crazy, do you?" He will then say, "Yeah I miss her a lot! She is soooo cute!" Even though he was so young when you were here I know that he remembers everything about you and he always will. He will make sure that your other siblings know about you and how precious you are!

Speaking of other siblings...your little brother is already on his way! We are so excited to have another little addition to our family. I know how excited your parents are and especially how excited Kaders is. It will be so much fun to have him here in March. He may even get here on your Uncle Jordan's birthday. He is due March 25 and Jordan's birthday is the 26th. I know he would love to share his birthday with his nephew. We were all so surprised at how quickly our Heavenly Father decided to send your brother but we are even more thankful at how fast he is going to be here! I want you to know that he will know all about you and how special you are.

Grandpa and Grandma Hall have been working hard as usual. Their business is doing well (as far as I know) and they even hired some more people. They are happy and have been able to do some traveling this summer. They took Braden and a friend to San Diego and had a great time. We try to go visit them as much as we can. It's always fun to go there for dinner with your parents and Kade and get to spend time laughing and catching up. I know that Grandpa and Grandma both miss you and wish you were here everyday. They are excited to welcome their 3rd grandchild to the family.

Your Uncle Braden started his sophomore year of High School at Syracuse High and he loves it. He has made some good friends there and enjoys his classes so far. He is growing up so fast and I love hearing everything that is going on in his life. He is such a nice kid and is always willing to say hi to someone who may not have many friends. I am so proud of him and who he is. He is of course going to try out for the basketball team and we are all rooting for him. He works so hard and he is good player. He deserves it that's for sure! Braden finally got his learner's permit to drive and Grandpa and Grandma says he does pretty good...I can't believe he is behind the wheel! Crazy! Pretty soon he will be dating and that should be interesting :)

Uncle Jordan continues to work like a dog. We are always laughing and telling everyone he works 90 hours a week! Seriously though some weeks really feel like that. He is getting ready to go back to school in the spring to get his bachelors degree in nursing. I am so proud of him and how hard he works! When he isn't working or has a free time he is usually playing xbox. He loves his sports games. Besides the xbox it is football season so most of the time that is what is on at our house. He is always routing for his BYU Cougars.

And then there's me...right now I am still working at the credit union and doing nails on the side out of our house. Real exciting right? As you know, we have been trying to get one of your cousins here but it just hasn't worked out thus far. I feel like that has consumed a lot of my time and thoughts for the past while. In May we had got a call about a young girl who was going to have a baby and wanted to place him for adoption so we decided to start the adoption paperwork to see if that baby was meant to join our family. We got the basics done and got this feeling that adoption was not what we were supposed to be doing at the time. We finally decided to meet with a fertility specialist who suggested that we do artificial insemination. Jordan and I talked about it and we decided that's what we wanted to try. We did 2 rounds of the insemination and unfortunately was unsuccessful both times :( I had a really hard time with this...We found out that your brother was on his way around the time we found out that one of the insemination's didn't work. It was really hard for me and your Mom was so sweet and considerate of my feelings. I am sincerely so excited for him to get here and I know that it was his turn to come and his cousins need to wait a little longer. The doctor feels that the best choice for us is to do Invitro which is really expensive. I had always said that I would do adoption rather than Invitro due to the cost. All of these decisions have been very stressful on us and we have done A LOT of praying to our Heavenly Father for help. I knelt down and told Him that I am now going to turn it all over to Him and I will be patient. As hard as that was I can tell you little one that I am at peace with our decision to stop the fertility treatments for now and just be the two of us. I have decided to go back to school in the spring and I am so excited! I am going to go into Elementary Education. I figure that since I am not going to be a mom right now that I am just going to be an awesome Aunt for my nephews and nieces and enjoy the time that Jordan and I have to be just the two of us. I know that going to school is what I need to be doing at this time and I know that is the answer to our prayers. I know that your cousins will come to us when the time is right and until then I hope that you can keep them company and make sure you tell them how awesome we all are :)

I love you baby girl and I know that you are happy where you are right now! We all miss you like crazy and we also know that you are with us always...you will NEVER be forgotten!

Love Aunt Shawnee...

Memorial Weekend

2011-06-02T16:22:00.001-07:00

I really wish that I wouldn't have had to work on Saturday the 28'th because Jordan was not on call this last weekend and I would have loved to go out of town for a little weekend vacation! Since we couldn't do that we planned some other fun things to keep us occupied.

Friday night we went to dinner with some friends of ours that we haven't seen for a long time. We went to Red Robin and we find it interesting that we have never really had a good waiter/waitress at Red Robin. So weird! Jordan will tell you that that is the only place he has never left a tip. (Don't ask him about it if you don't want to hear the whole story :)

Like I said before I had to work on Saturday so I spent most of my morning there. Luckily we are only open until 2 so I am only there for a total of 4 1/2 hours so I can't complain too much. After work I picked Jordan up at home and we went to look for drapes for our bedroom. The sun shines in our room really early in the mornings and I can't sleep with the light so after a year of that I decided it was time to do something about it! We decided to go over to Ross to look for something because my sister had just recently bought drapes from there. We found a nice rod there but no drapes. Funny story about the rod...Before we left home we measured the windows so we would know how long the rod needed to be and we figured it would need to be about 7 feet long. Well when we were at the store we kept saying how short they all looked. We chose one of the longest ones there and Jordan stood it up next to him and we determined there was no way it was long enough because Jordan is 6'1" and it was barely as tall as him. There was a measurement on the box that said 86"-120" and we had no idea what that meant. Well we decided to just get it and we would see if it would work and if not we could take it back right? Once we got up to pay for it Jordan asked the cashier about it and what she thought and she looked at us a little funny and was like, "well the rod extends so what it means is it can be as long at 120"." Jordan and I looked at each other and just started laughing! How slow can we be!?! LOL! We felt really dumb after that but got a good laugh and I am sure after we walked out of the store the cashier and the other girls that were working also got a good laugh out of it. I don't know if anyone else is like us but when we go shopping for 1 particular thing, we end up buying a lot more than that 1 thing. We found some nice clothes and shoes for us and a birthday present for my brother-in-law and a few other things. I think we have a shopping problem! I always just tell myself that it's OK because one day (hopefully sooner than later) we will be spending all of our money on our kids so we need to enjoy spoiling ourselves until then.
That evening we met up with Scottie (Jordan's brother) at his girlfriend's work for dinner. Her family owns a sub shop called Port of Subs in Draper. The plan was to go to a movie with them that night once she was off work so we had some time to kill so we headed up to Jordan's parent's house for a little over an hour. We went and saw Bridesmaid's with Scott, Briana, Brett and Blain (cousins). It was a pretty funny movie I have to say! We felt like it was a little long or slow but I think that was probably because it was a late movie and we were all pretty tired. Funny story...we were sitting on the second to top row in the theatre and in the middle of the movie Scott knocked over his box of Gobstoppers and you heard them roll all the way down the steps of the theatre. It was probably the funniest part of that whole movie. The whole audience just started laughing so hard! It was hilarious.

Sunday we went up to my parent's for a yummy dinner of hamburgers and pork tenderloin on the grill. We hung out at their house with my sister and her family and little brother. Braden's birthday was on the 26th (he turned 15 and he is going to get his driver's permit! So crazy and a little scary!) and we didn't have a chance to celebrate it so we gave him our present to him which of course was basketball shorts since that is his life right now. He loved them! We then headed out to Ogden to visit Hadlee's grave and put flowers on it. It is so weird to think that it was only a couple weeks ago that we lost her. I felt the spirit while we were there and once again I am so grateful that she is a part of our family! Here are a couple of pictures of us there. She doesn't have her headstone yet so it is just the paper that the mortuary put on it.

That night Braden came to stay with us at our house so of course it was filled with him and Jordan playing the Xbox while I slept on the couch. Monday morning we woke up early and headed out to Stansbury to go shooting. It was a good time as usual and it was the first time Braden and my Dad were able to come with us. I think they enjoyed it and I know the rest of us did too. Once we got home we felt really tired so we took a little nap before we got ready for the evening. We then headed down to Sandy to Jordan's parent's home again and went to his Grandparent's graves with Craig, Susan, Tyler, Stephanie, Nathan and Scottie. Afterwards we went the dinner together. It was a very nice Memorial Day/Weekend.

Oh yeah and guess what...Nathan is walking!!! It is so stinking cute to watch! He holds his arms up the whole time for balance and he looks so funny. We love that little boy or should I say "Big Boy"! Can't wait for him to start talking now :)
More good news...Jordan cut his hair!! :) I have been begging him to do so for months now and he surprised me the other night with this nice haircut. Doesn't he look so good!?! I had to take a picture with the both of us so you could see how happy I was.
As Jordan would say, "What a beautiful couple!"
I had a thought today while I was on my lunch at work that I wanted to share... My lunch usually consists of food and a book. When I was younger I remember my Mom always having a book and she read all the time (she still enjoys reading today). I thought it was so strange that you would want to read all the time. I can now say that reading is something that I love to do! If you are one who likes to read I am currently reading Lavender Morning by Jude Deveraux (I really enjoy her books and she is who I usually read) and I am loving the book. Not a bad one to add to your list of books to read.

Hadlee Jane, Mother's Day, Graduation, Sammy, Anniversary, Asher, Cruise

2011-05-24T14:26:00.000-07:00

As you can tell by the title of this post, it's catch up time again! (I know the captions didn't match up with the pictures so sorry. I am sure you can figure out what pictures go with what caption :) I just don't want to mess with it anymore.)

As you all know from my two previous posts my sister Heather had her baby girl on May 2, 2011. She was here with us for only a short time and passed away on May 15, 2011. Hadlee was such a sweet little girl and we will cherish the amount of time we had with her. We all know that we will be with her again someday but until then we know she is watching us all from up above. Love you baby girl!

Next is Mother's day. This year we were with my family for Mother's Day. Hadlee was in the hospital this day and so Heather and Dustin were not able to come. We had the rest of my family over to our house for dinner. Jordan grilled hamburgers and I made a pasta salad. It sure was a yummy meal! We love to BBQ so now that the weather has started to change we grill whenever we get a chance. Below are a couple pictures we took with everyone. Jordan set the camera on the counter and turned the timer on so we could all be in the picture. It took the first one and then Jordan said to hold still because it would take another but I didn't believe him because it was taking such a long time so we started to walk away when we noticed it was going to take another one so that is the pose we were all in. Jordan's dad Craig got kade those sweet sunglasses. He loved them! Doesn't he look so awesome? After we were finished with dinner my Mom, Dad, Jordan and I all went up to the hospital to visit Hadlee. You have to be 18 or older to go in the NICU so Braden and Kade stayed at our house while we went. We tried to make it to the hospital as much as possible to see our sweet niece. I am so excited for the day when I get to have kids of my own to mother. As you all know from my "Motherhood" post it is my dream to be a Mom :) I am so grateful for my own mother and for Jordan's wonderful mom. They both are such great examples to us and we know we can go to them with anything. Love you Sharalee and Susan!

Jordan Graduated from Salt Lake Community College in the Fall of 2010 from the nursing program. It feels like just yesterday he received the call letting him know that he had been accepted into the program. 2 years flew by! Jordan worked so hard and I am so proud of him! He loves being an RN and is planning on going on to specialize. He isn't sure on what but he has talked a lot about either a Nurse Anesthetist or a Nurse Practitioner. I know that he will make the right decision and I will support him with whatever he chooses. Way to go Jordan!!!

Our parents after the graduation ceremony. We went to Market Street Grill afterwards and it was super yummy!

This was our sweet puppy Sammy. We got Sammy in October of 2009. He is a Pomapoo and he was such a sweet puppy! I am talking in past tense because we decided in April that it was time for us to find a new home for him. We enjoyed having him in our family but we felt that we were not giving him the attention he deserved. We didn't trust him enough to let him roam the house while we were gone so we kennel trained him. He did so good but I always felt so guilty because both Jordan and I work full time. Also with trying to have a baby I have thought about what we would do with him once our baby got here. We babysat our cute nephew Asher one evening and I wanted to lay him on a blanket to play while I did the dishes but I didn't feel like I could with Sammy walking around so into the kennel Sammy went. I knew that we couldn't do that when we had a baby of our own so it was time to find him a new family. Sammy went to Idaho with a family of one of my friends. He has 2 girls who love him and treat him like their baby. I know that we made the right decision and I am sure he is loving his new home.

March 14, 2011 was our 3 year wedding anniversary. I can't believe it has been that long! We have been able to experience so many different things since we were married. To name a few we have traveled to New York, South Dakota, Camping, Bear Lake, Costa Maya, Belize, Cozumel & Disneyland. That is something that I love about Jordan. He loves to travel and we have been able to make so many memories from those trips. We can't wait to see where else we get to go and are excited to do it with our children. Some other things that we have done since we have been married are: Bought our first home, Jordan graduated from nursing school, got our first dog and given him away, I graduated from nail school, bought 2 cars and much more. I can't wait to see what the future holds for us! This year was my year to plan what we did for our anniversary. I chose to go up to Logan and stay at the Anniversary Inn. The room we stayed in was Aphrodites Court. The night we got there we watched Marley and Me and I cried like a baby! I thought it was pretty cute but a little long. It wasn't really Jordan's kind of movie though. The next day breakfast was delivered to our room and it was pretty yummy. That day we went to the Blue Bird resteraunt for lunch and did some shopping before we came home. It was a fun little get away.

In January of this year Jordan's brother Eric and his wife Paige were blessed with a beautiful baby boy through adoption. They have been trying for years to have a baby but haven't been able to get pregnant due to health reasons. The adoption happened so fast! They had been on the list for LDS family services for about a year when nothing ever happened. Paige's sister and her cousin-in-law then told Paige about a private adoption agency they wanted her to check out. Paige did so and gave them some pictures to start out with. They got a call on a Tuesday night saying that someone had chosen them to be the adoptive parent to their baby boy. She was due that Thursday! So crazy! Luckily Eric and Paige were able to get everything in order and Asher came on January 19, 2011. He is such a sweet babay boy and he is getting so big! We love him so much and our whole family is so grateful for his birth parents who have blessed us all by giving us such a sweet gift. Isn't he so adorable! I think he looks like Eric...

ASHER GRIFFETH IS HERE!

This was our Christmas Tree this year and some cute blocks with garland that I got for above our cabinets. I don't have any other pictures from Christmas this last year because I was really bad at taking pictures. Sorry!

In Celebration of Jordan's graduation and for Christmas we decided we wanted a good vacation. We chose to go on a cruise. We went through Royal Carribean. We were able to go on the newer ship Liberty Of The Sea. It was a really nice ship and very big! We decided we wanted to try to save some money so we took a red eye flight to Florida and hung out in the airport for a few hours until we could go to the port. I think the next time I do this I am just going to go ahead and spend the extra money for a hotel so we don't have to hang out in those uncomfortable seats for hours. Once we got to the ship we went to the buffet for some lunch. That is one thing that I like about a cruise is the food. It is always open and it really is pretty good. Once we finished eating we went up to the top deck to watch as we sailed away. We then went to our cabin to see if our luggage had gotten to our room yet so we could get ready for dinner that night. When we got there our small luggage was there but not our big one. I had Jordan go ask where our larger suitcase was and they kept it because they said we had liquor in it. Jordan told them that it wasn't possible because we don't drink. They asked him to open it so they could see. It truned out to be my shampoo bottle that they had mistaken for some kind of alcohol. We got a pretty good laugh out of that. We changed and went to dinner. One thing I was worried about was that we wouldn't like the people they sat us with in the dining room. We ended up sitting with a couple that was on their honeymoon. We had pretty good conversation with them and enjoyed each evening with them and finding out what each of us had done that day. We really liked our waitress and every evening after our meals she would always say, "I hope you have a good day" but in her accent it came out like, "I ope you hab a good day". It always made me laugh because she would say it at least 10 times each night. Our first stop was Costa Maya Mexico. If you ever go on a cruise and it goes to Costa Maya, try to find a different stop or stay on the ship that day. We didn't like it there at all. We didn't do any excursions so maybe that is why we didn't like it, but it was our least favorite spot. One thing we did decide to do was swim with the dolphins. They had a little area where you could do this with trainers. We paid about $100 to do this. It really was pretty neat to touch the dolphins and to be so close to them. We met a small family with two little girls who did this at the same time we did. They were very nice people and the little girls loved it. I wanted to take some pictures with our camera but we couldn't put it in the water and we were both doing this at the same time so it wasn't possible. They did however have a photographer there taking a bunch of photos while you were doing this which you could purchase afterwards. Once we finished in the water (which was maybe only 10-15 minutes) we got out and showered off and headed into the shop. Once in the shop we looked at the pictures that were taken of us and wanted to get a cd with the 5 pictures they had of us. We asked how much and he told us the disc would cost $18. We felt like it was a little much but I really wanted pictures of us with the dolphins so I said ok. The guy made the receipt for us and told us to go up to the cashier to pay while he got the disc ready. Once we got up there and looked at the receipt it said $118!!! What???? I was so mad to say the least! The other family that we had met was extremely upset as well. They didn't take any pictures either because they had the same thought we did. Well I lost it...I got so mad at them and told them how ridiculous it was and I demanded to know why it cost so much. They told us that it is expensive to put pictures on a disc. HAHA! I then proceeded to tell them that that was crap and I could go to Walmart and get a whole pack of CDs for like $15. I told them we would be more than happy to pay them $18 for the few pictures they had of us or we were done. They of course didn't want to take our $18 so we left with no pictures. I could not believe that they would first charge us $100 to have 10 minutes with the dolphins and then expect us to pay another $100 for 5 pictures! I guess we should have done a little more research on this but you don't expect it to be like that. Maybe that is why I didn't like Costa Maya. After that experience we just headed back to the ship and spent the rest of the afternoon on the top deck by the pool. We actually did that everyday. We would spend the morning off the ship and then go back and eat lunch on the ship and spend the evening at the pool. It was very relaxing and we enjoyed it very much. Our next stop was Belize and I have to say that it was a very neat experience. Once again we didn't do an excursion there but we just went out on our own and walked all morning around the city. Belize is not a rich city and so it was really neat to see how these people lived and it sure did make me grateful for what I have here at home. You will see in the pictures below the houses and what kind of shape they are in. We happened to walk past a school house as school was getting out and the little kids were all so cute! They wore these little white uniforms with red buttons. Once school was out there were kids everywhere. Jordan went up to a little group of kids and gave them a little bit of money and the smile on their faces was priceless. The one little girl held it up in the air and said, "I got 5 dollas". It was so cute. The other thing that shocked me about Belize is there were dogs all over the place. They were all really thin and nobody really paid attention to them. It was sad really. After an afternoon of walking we headed back to the ship and did our usual afternoon activities. The next day we stopped in Cozumel and that was the most fun. We decided to rent a scooter and went around the whole island. It was so nice to explore on our own. Jordan really wanted to see some ruins and so that was what we did. They ended up not being as cool as we thought they would be but it was nice. They all looked the same and we were just grateful that we didn't do a tour of them and we just went at our own pace. There was a group there when we were there and the tour guide was saying the same stuff at every ruin and they were going so slow. I am glad we stopped though. Once we finished at the ruins we went to a grocery store in town and got a couple of yummy treats. We then went down to a pier where there were a bunch of different boats. We found this really neat pirate ship that they were painting. It was so neat and I think it was the highlight of the trip for Jordan. He couldn't get over how cool it was. Once we finished at the pier we headed back to the ship. It was a very fun day. At each stop there was a lot of souveniers being sold and we bought a couple of things but not much because we figured we would wait until our last stop because we heard the best shopping was at Grand Cayman. The next morning arrived and we were super excited because we heard that the water and the beaches were the best there. Well that morning the captain came on the speaker and announced that we would not be able to stop there because of the weather. They said the waves were way to high and too dangerous for us to port. We were so upset! I really didn't want to have to spend the next two full days on the ship. We didn't have a choice though. So we found stuff to do. We walked around the whole ship and took a nap and they did some extra entertainment stuff so we went to that. We did go lay out on the top deck but it was really windy and pretty chilly so that didn't last very long. We really did have such a good time on our vacation but you are always ready to get home after a long trip like that. Once we got back to land we found our luggage and headed to the airport to fly out. We got all checked in and were waiting to board the plane when there was an announcement that it was cancelled due to a bad snow storm. I wanted to cry! The next flight out to Salt Lake was the next day at 2 p.m. So we did what we had to and looked for a hotel. There were a ton of flights cancelled that day so we were lucky that we found somewhere to stay. We pulled up to the hotel (which really turned out to be a motel) and checked in. It was one of those places where you don't take your shoes off. I was so nervous to lay in that bed but we didn't really have a choice. That evening we went to the local mall and ate dinner. Back at the hotel we watched some tv and got some snacks. Eventually we both fell asleep...I don't remember what time it was in the morning but at some point Jordan jumped up out of bed freaking out. I asked him what was going on and he said that there was a mouse in the chip bag! I could not believe it! We looked all around but couldn't find anything. It was really hard to go back to sleep after that. At this point I just wanted to pack up and go home. When we checked out of the hotel we told them what had happened and they didn't even offer to give us a discount on the room! At that point we didn't care we just wanted out of there. We finally made it back to Salt Lake late that night. What a trip. There were a few not so good times but there were more good times. I am so happy that we went and can't wait to go on another vacation!

Miami, Florida Port

At Dinner

I thought it was hilarious that they put this printed picture of Michael Jackson in a frame to sell.

Cool Ruin in Costa Maya

Here is where the dolphin experience happened

We were so happy that we found this shop in Beliz that sold drugs & poisons. HAHA!

The group of kids we gave the money to...

Our Scooter Excursion

Would you look at that. A FREE pee pee station!

The Pirate Ship...

Some random dog on the ship.

Relaxation...

I forgot to put sunscreen on my face so I got a good line of my sunglasses, whoops!

Hadlee Jane Ashcroft - Obituary, Clinton, UT - Utah Obituaries | ObitsUtah.com

2011-05-18T19:15:00.000-07:00

Hadlee Jane Ashcroft - Obituary, Clinton, UT - Utah Obituaries | ObitsUtah.com

Our Little Angel!

2011-05-15T10:13:00.000-07:00

May 2, 2011 is a day I will hold dear to my heart forever. I was able to witness the amazing birth of our sweet niece Hadlee Jane Ashcroft. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen! Hadlee was born with some trials that none of us had ever imagined. I will always remember the roller coaster of feelings that I have felt these past 14 days. I have felt happy, sad, scared, and lots of love. Today, May 15, 2011 is also a day that I will never forget. Our little angel left this earth to return to our Father in Heaven. It's amazing how in such a short amount of time the wonderful spirit that we were all able to feel as we watched Hadlee day after day. I tried to go to the hospital as much as possible not knowing how long she would be here and every minute I was with her was so special. I have watched her parents throughout all of this in amazement. They have been so strong and I know that our Heavenly Father has been blessing them as well as the rest of our family. We have all grown so much closer together and I am so grateful for eternal families. I know that Hadlee will be with all of us again someday and what comfort it is to know that she is going to be watching over all of us while we remain here on this earth. I picture Hadlee sitting with our Father in Heaven right now and telling him all about her days here on earth and what amazing parents He sent her to. I also think she is telling Him about her bigger brother and what a support he is to all of us. I look at Kade and I am so grateful to have him here and to have been able to watch him with his little sister telling her that he loves her so much. Hadlee will never be forgotten and I will miss her and think of her everyday! I was able to hold Hadlee for the first and only time on Friday May 13. I wanted to hold her the first day she was here but knew that I had to patient. Even though we were in a room full of people I felt like it was just the two of us. When I looked at her little precious face I knew she was going to be OK and I felt a peace come over me. I am so happy that I got that 5 minutes with her and will never forget it. If you would like to read more about Hadlee's days here on earth please visit my sister's blog which is d-h-ash.blogspot.com. She has been so good at writing her feelings and it makes me so proud to call her my sister. I know Hadlee came to her because of her strength. Both Dustin and Heather have shown us all the trust and faith that we need to have in our Lord. I love you guys!

Motherhood

2011-01-23T13:55:00.000-08:00

This post is a long one and is mainly for journal purposes but I don't mind if you want to read it. I will get a little personal just so you know and I hope that some of the things that I say in this post won't offend anyone. If it does I'm sorry.

Growing up my Mom was able to have a job where she could stay at home with us during the day and then go to work in the evenings while my Dad was at home. She wasn't gone every night but a few out of the week. I loved knowing that she was at home with us and we didn't have to go to a baby sitter during the day or after school. I was a little bit of a worry wart when I was younger. I never wanted my parents to leave us because I thought they would get in a car accident or something. I remember when I was in the second grade my Mom worked at my elementary school (I think she helped kids with reading or something). Anyway her classroom was seriously right across the hall from mine and I would cry in the mornings when I had to go to class without her! My Mom being a thinker decided to cut out a picture of herself and give it to me so that when I was sad I could take the picture out of my desk and look at her and feel better. Mom's always know what to do right? As I continued to get older I was able to get over my separation anxiety when it came to my Mom. We have always had a good relationship. Of course we had our moments where I didn't agree with something or when she wouldn't let me stay out as late as I wanted but I now know she did all those things because she loved me. Once I hit high school and started to date and hang out with friends I stayed out later on the weekends and I will never forget that every night when I got home I would walk quietly into my parents bedroom where they would both be sleeping and lean down to tell my Mom I had made it home. At least I thought she was sleeping. One time my Mom told me that all those nights that we would stay out she would never actually fall asleep until she knew that all her kids were safe at home and in their beds. As weird as it may sound, it really made me feel good to know that she loved and cared for us so much that she would sacrifice her sleep so her kids could have a good time. I know that my Mom has sacrificed many things for her children. Another thing I love about my Mom is that she has always had a strong testimony of the Gospel and I have gained mine through her example and her teaching me. Now that I am all moved out of my parent's house and married you would think that I wouldn't rely on them anymore, but I do. I call my Mom for advice at least once a week. I don't know why but I like to have her approval and know that she thinks what we are doing is a good decision. I know that she would never lead me astray. You may be wondering why I am telling you so much about my Mom but I want her and all of you to know that it is because of how wonderful she is that makes me have the desire to have kids of my own.

Shawnee's Journey To Becoming A Mother.
I have never really been regular with my periods and a lot of times I will go a couple of months not having a period. It has been that way since the beginning. Right before my sister was married she went to the doctor for her yearly check up and my Mom thought it would be a good time for me to go too. When I was in with the Doctor I told her about my irregular periods and asked her why that was and if it was normal. She told me that it could be because I played sports and was little in weight. I asked her if it would have any affect on me getting pregnant in the future. She told me that it may give me some issues and it may take me a little longer. I accepted her answer and figured by longer she meant just a few months.

I met Jordan and we were married in March of 2008. Before we got married we of course talked about when we would want to start trying to have kids. I explained to Jordan what the Doctor had told me but we decided that we would want to have some time with just us so I went on birth control.

In February of 2008 I started on the birth control patch and then after we were married I switched to the pill. I noticed a big change in myself once I had started taking the birth control. I was really moody and the smallest things would drive me crazy! I expressed how I was feeling to Jordan and he agreed that I should stop taking the pills to save our marriage. HAHA! Our marriage wasn't really in trouble but we did feel like we argued a lot more and I truly think it was because of all the hormones in me. Once I had stopped on the birth control I saw myself start to get back to the happy person that I had been before the pills.

It was November of 2008 when I went off the pill. By September/October of 2009 we hadn't had any luck getting pregnant. It was about the time that I needed to go to my yearly check up again so I decided it would be a good time to talk to the doctor about the issues we were having. We chose to go to Dr. Hutchinson and he has been very helpful through this experience. During my appointment we told him how long we had been trying and if he had any suggestions of what we could do. He asked me to take home a chart and track my periods, temperature, and when we would have intercourse. It felt really weird to have to write all of that down knowing that someone would be reviewing it. At that same appointment he had me schedule an ultra sound and to have some blood work done to see if there was anything else interfering with getting pregnant. I went and had the ultrasound and received a phone call not too long after from the nurse saying that the Doctor had reviewed the tests and I had abnormal cells on my cervix that needed to be removed. We would do that at the following appointment. When we went in for the next appointment it had been almost three months. During those three months I went almost 70 days without having a period. As soon as he looked at the chart he told me he knew exactly what the problem was. I don't ovulate. Obviously without ovulation, no baby. We had asked him if the abnormal cells would have anything to do with it and he told us that it may be contributing to the problem but shouldn't be making it this difficult. He told us that it happens to a lot of women and it could be taken care of.

At this same time he wanted to go ahead and freeze off the cells. I got ready and spread my legs and he inserted the tool to do so. He told me to tell him once I started to feel cramping. We sat there for about a minute but I hadn't felt anything. He said I should be feeling it by then so he removed it and took a look at the machine. He decided they needed someone to look at it because it wasn't working right. We rescheduled for a few days later.

On that day he told me the same thing...to let him know once I felt the cramping. It took about a minute for it to start to cramp but once it did it hurt like hell! I had to sit with it up there for about a minute longer and then he pulled it out. He put some medicine on it afterwards and said I would feel soar for a couple of days and not to have sex while it healed. After he left the room for me to get dressed I remember having to grab Jordan's arm because all of a sudden the burning pain came back and the tears began to flow. Jordan was so sweet and just had me take my time and wait until the pain went away. By the next day I felt a lot better but I am ok with never having to go through that again.

Dr. Hutchinson decided to start me on Clomiphene which is a drug that helps you to ovulate. It also releases an extra egg. Each month I track the days of my periods. On day 5 I start the clomid and take it each day with day 9 being the last pill. I take an at home ovulation test starting on day 11 to see if the medicine is working. Once I receive a positive ovulation test the fun begins. HAHA! At this appointment Dr. Hutchinson gave Jordan the name of a doctor to go see so he could be tested to make sure that all was ok with his little swimmers. Jordan would always make comments that he is probably sterile because of working around radiation at the hospital. I never really thought that it was him but it was nice to be able to get a for sure answer. The test results came back with good news. Jordan's sperm count was actually above average. YAY! Who knew I would be so excited for that kind of a test. Knowing that Jordan was not the issue was one thing that I could cross off the list. Now time to focus on my body and what needs to be done.

I have been on the clomiphene for about 6 months with no luck. (I am not good at writing this kind of stuff down so numbers and dates are probably not exact but close enough.) Being on the clomid hasn't been the worst thing in the world. You read about side effects of medicine and hope that you don't have all of them. The only side effects that I have experienced are hot flashes and tiredness. The girls I work with always get a good laugh when I have to grab papers to fan myself during a hot flash. They get so bad sometimes! They are always saying how funny it is to hear a 23 year old complain of hot flashes. If you ask Jordan he will tell you that I am like a cat. I can sleep for hours! By 7:00 PM I am on the couch almost asleep and I can sleep until the next morning. I hate not having the energy I used to.

One of the hardest things about trying to get pregnant and hoping so much for it is when you think it is the month you are going to get a positive test and you are a couple days late so you take that test and it is negative. Every time I have decided to take a test, either a couple hours later or the very next day I start my period. Do you know how frustrating that is!?! Since taking the medicine and really focusing on getting pregnant has made me notice a lot more about my body. I can usually tell when I am going to start my period. My boobs start to hurt really bad about a week before I start a period but people say that breast tenderness could also be a sign of pregnancy so I always think that maybe just maybe that is why they are hurting. I can't wait for that one day when I take a pregnancy test and get a positive result! The doctor wants me to take the pills for a total of 8 months and if by that point I am still not pregnant then I will go in for a surgery to make sure my tubes aren't blocked and to rule out endometriosis. Being at about the 6th month, it makes me feel sad. I am still full of hope that the 7th or 8th month will be the one.

I have experienced so many different emotions through this whole experience. Jordan and I have become so close through all of it. It is so wonderful to have such a loving husband who holds my hand when I am sad and tells me that one day I will make a wonderful mother. I know that Jordan is going to be a great daddy too! The one emotion that I have not liked having and I get mad at myself when I feel this way is what goes through me when I find out someone is pregnant. It doesn't matter if it is someone I am close with or I don't even know, I automatically feel this jealousness and even sometimes anger. I have talked to my Doctor about those emotions but he has reassured me that they are completely normal. I really am so happy for that person who is pregnant but at the same time I wish it was me.

My family has been so supportive of this trial that we are going through and always make sure that I am ok. I have always been really close with my older sister Heather and she has been one person that I have discussed my feelings with a lot. I know that she is always there to listen. Heather and her husband Dustin had decided a while ago to start trying for their second baby. They weren't having any luck either so Heather went into the doctor herself. She went on the clomiphene as well. I have to say that I would never wish this upon anyone but it was nice to have someone so close to me going through something similar. We would talk about the side effects each of us was experiencing and any luck we would have. I am happy to say that Heather and Dustin announced in October that they are expecting. I was so excited for them but I think that was one of my lowest points throughout this whole thing. I will never forget how my heart dropped when I watched the video they put together to announce the pregnancy. I immediately called my Mom and cried with her and expressed that I was happy for Heather and her family but so sad at the same time. It was hard for me to know that the medicine had worked for her but it hasn't for me. I know that probably sounds so selfish of me but it's the truth. I am so happy to say that as time has gone on I haven't felt that way and I am now just so excited to meet my new niece!

Something else that has been hard while going through this is what other people say about it or about having a baby. I have heard it all. Some of the things I really don't want to hear when I tell someone about what is going on are:

-Well you are so young.
-You haven't been trying that long.
-Just don't think about it. Don't stress. (Really??? I am taking pills and taking tests each month...how am I not supposed to think about it?)
-Are you doing what you are supposed to? Like going to the temple and reading your scriptures? (First of all we try so hard to do what we are supposed to but I really don't think that is the issue here. How many 16 year olds do you see or hear about getting pregnant? How about all the women who do drugs and drink? They are still getting pregnant. My Doctor even said how hard it is for him to see couples like us who are established and married and not having kids but then he has these super young single teen moms coming in.)

I have gained such a strong testimony through this experience. I know that the Lord blesses our family in so many ways and He will continue to do so. I know that I will be a mom someday whether it be through me or the miracle of adoption. The Lord knows my wants and He will bless me with those wants when the time is right. I have to keep my faith and continue on this road until it happens.

Happy Holidays!

2010-11-07T09:19:00.000-08:00

The Holidays are here...People have put their lights up, started shopping and some even have their decorations up! I have been thinking about all the things I love about the holidays and made a list. The following is what I came up with...(most are for Christmas)

Lights on Houses

Temple Square Lights

Wearing Sweaters

The Story Of Jesus

Drinking Hot Cocoa

Having The Fireplace On
Family Dinners

Family Coming To Town

The Christmas Tree

Christmas Movies

Christmas Music

Snow (Just not driving in it)

Jordan Griffeth...RN!!

2010-10-06T21:13:00.000-07:00

We are so excited to announce that Jordan has passed his state boards and is now officially an RN!!! These past two years went by so fast and all the stress and hard work has paid off! Congrats to my sweet husband and we are going on vacation baby!!!!!!!

Memory Lane

2010-07-19T19:09:00.000-07:00

I always like to look at pictures so I thought for this blog I would upload a bunch of pictures from the last couple of years...Enjoy!

Forgotten Songs

2010-06-28T21:25:00.000-07:00

Have you ever walked into a store and there was a song playing that you love but forgot about? Well that happened to us tonight and I thought I would share it with you. Also I don't want to forget about it because I want to put it on my ipod :)

Procrastination Should Be Our Last Name!

2010-06-27T11:01:00.000-07:00

I have always been one to procrastinate and I think I am rubbing that off onto Jordan as well! We were married March 14, 2008 and on June 26, 2010 we got our wedding pictures framed...If that's not procrastinating I don't know what is! We were able to get two pictures enlarged (not sure what word to use for that) from our wedding and the only thing we had to do was get them framed. Doesn't seem like a hard job, but for some reason we just kept putting it off. Finally yesterday I told Jordan that we were getting it done. I was sick of them sitting in black garbage bags behind our couches. They weren't doing any good back there. We decided to take them over to Michaels Arts and Crafts store because I had a 60% off a framing order. They turned out really good and I love them! We only paid $80.00 for both! Amazing deal! We also went to Costco yesterday to get some groceries and there was a local artist there with his pictures. We broke down and bought a beautiful picture of the Salt Lake Temple. It looks great on our wall! We did some rearranging yesterday and I feel like our house feels really homey! I was telling my family the other day that we have a lot of church related pictures in our house but I love it. It really brings the spirit into our home. So don't be surprised when you walk in and it's like being at church :) Here are the final projects...

We finally got our corner lamp table as well...

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Sorry you can't see the picture as well as I thought you would...You will have to come over to see it close up.

Last night we had Tyler and Stephanie and little Nathan over for tin foil dinners on the grill and a movie. It was so much fun! I can't get enough of their little guy! Here are a couple of pictures I got of him. He is so stinkin cute! Ty & Steph we will babysit anytime!!!

Life is Wonderful!

2010-06-06T16:55:00.000-07:00

This post is going to be a mixture of everything. I find that I don't post for a while and then I just combine everything into one big post.

In March my sister Heather invited me to go on a little girls weekend with her and our friend Brienne. We decided it would be a lot of fun to get a hotel room downtown. We booked a room at The Little America. It was a very cute room but the beds were not comfortable at all! Also note to self...always take your OWN pillow to any hotel!!! We decided to go to The Lion House for dinner. I got a big bowl of clam chowder, a roll, fruit and a dessert for only $3! What a deal! And it was super yummy. We then went back to the hotel and just talked and ate junk food. Both Heather and Brienne have kids so I know that is what mothers tend to talk about (which is fine with me because it is funny to hear the things they do) but since I don't have a baby to talk about I just talked about Kade too. I am a very proud Aunt! The next day Brienne had to go back to Logan for work but before she left we went to The Village Inn for breakfast. Heather and I then went to Jordan Landing and did some shopping for easter. It was a really fun weekend and I hope we do it again soon! I didn't take a ton of pictures but here are a few...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!

March 26th is Jordan's birthday and it was his "Golden Birthday". He turned 26 on the 26th. I planned a small surprise party for him at Red Robin. I think he had an idea that I was planning something but didn't know what. We ate with friends and then we went to Tony and Jessica's for dessert and The Simpson's Trivia game. Jordan and I decided that we weren't going to spend a lot on birthdays anymore since we were buying a house but I did get him a new pair of shorts for the summer. He really likes them and they look really good on him too! We all had a fun night and I am so happy that I did it all without him finding out! I am so grateful for Jordan and for how well he treats me! He deserves only the best! May 4th was my birthday and I turned 23. The fourth was a Tuesday so I took the day off of work and spent it up in Syracuse with my family. We went to lunch at Zupas and then spent the afternoon watching home videos. I am so happy that my Dad video taped so much because I love to watch them and remember when we were younger! Thanks Dad! I ate dinner with my family because Jordan had finals and so he needed to study. That didn't stop him from doing something for me though. When I went downstairs he had decorated the living room and he gave me three gifts. He gave me a gift card to the movie theatre, a gift card to Tucanos Brazilian Grill, and a shopping spree for one outfit. He is always so thoughtful! He definetly got me more than I got him. (I took that we weren't going to do anything big for birthdays seriously but he obviously didn't. Not Fair!)We both also had birthday dinner's at both parents house and thanks to all of them for the sweet gifts and meals!

Natalie, Robbie and Jessica

Blaine, Tyler, Steph, Jordan

Notice the real tulips in the middle of my cake :)

A couple weekends ago Jordan and I went shooting with his brother Tyler and two cousins Brett and Blaine. It was so much fun! I do enjoy a good morning of guns :) I never thought I would really like it that much but it seriously is a lot of fun! We went out by Grantsville and shot for a couple of hours. Here are some pictures of our fun day as well as some video. I know that I look a little awkward but it was still a lot of fun.

Tyler and Jordan loading a gun

How many guys does it take to load this gun???

Last I wanted to post Congrats to my brother-in-law Scottie on his engagement to Kiera! We are all super excited for you both and can't wait to have Kiera a part of our family!!!

Bountiful Is Where We Call Home!

2010-05-23T09:09:00.000-07:00

It all began last year in July when Jordan and I felt that it was time to take the next step in our marriage and look for our first home to buy. We called up our agent (Lori Flemming) and told her that we were ready to start the hunt. She asked us all the important questions about what it was that we wanted in our first home and she began the search. We were pre-qualified and ready to go. We went out to Saratoga Springs because we felt that was a nice new development and it was in our price range. We looked at a few places and were getting really excited about a condo that we looked at and even talking about putting in an offer. A week later I was laid off from my current job! I was more upset about knowing that we wouldn't be able to buy anything without me working than losing the actual job (I really didn't care for that job at all)! I called Lori and let her know the bad news and the search was off. August, September, October, November, December, January and February came and went. In March we felt we were in the position to start looking again so I called Lori and the mortgage company we wanted to go through for our loan and the hunt began once more. The day we went out we went to West Jordan and Bountiful. The homes we saw in West Jordan were small and not the nicest places. Then we looked at a town home in Bountiful and I fell in love right away! Both Jordan and I felt that this was our home. We looked at a couple others and it just didn't feel right. Lori had to get to another appointment so my Mom came down and she looked at a few others with us and none of us were impressed. We talked about the first home we looked at and we really felt we couldn't pass this one up so we called Lori and asked her if we could put in an offer that night. We met at her office around 10pm and wrote it up. I have never been so nervous in my life! The next day we had a counter offer from the owners and I was worried that we weren't going to get it after all. But we came up with something that worked for everyone and it was ACCEPTED!! I was so excited but it didn't feel real yet. I didn't realize how much time and effort and information goes into buying a house! They want to know your whole life I swear! We had such wonderful people to work with that made sure we were happy. We got our mortgage loan through Wasatch Capitol and they are amazing there! We had set the closing date for April 1, 2010. The first came so fast and I was ready to sign those papers...but it doesn't always work out the way you plan. We didn't actually close until April 13. We were so bummed we didn't close on the original date but so happy that it finally came! Our family was so wonderful and willing to help. We painted the entry way, bathroom on the main floor, family room and the spare bedroom upstairs. We packed up our stuff in our little apartment in West Valley and with the help of our loved ones we moved into our new home on Saturday the 17'th. We are loving our new home and it actually feels real now! I haven't posted pictures because we haven't finished decorating it yet but I know that everyone wants to see it so I broke down and took pictures of what we have now. I will add pictures once it is complete as well.

Back Yard

Family Room (we are still looking for a lamp table to go in the corner by the windows)

Dining Room/Kitchen

Unfinished Basement (Nail Salon, Laundry Room)

For Kade!

2010-05-22T16:51:00.000-07:00

Kade look at this "cow jam"! I filmed it just for you! Love you and I hope you like it!!!

Treat Yourself With Glitter Toes!

2010-05-07T17:31:00.000-07:00

The season is here for GLITTER TOE PARTIES!!! Glitter toes are a thin layer of gel that is cured under a UV light so you won't have to continue to paint them for at least 6 weeks. You also don't have to worry about chipping! I have around 30 colors to choose from. (Gel is not harmful to your toes.) You can host a party for different occasions...Girls Nights, Bridal Parties, Birthday Parties, Young Women Activities or just for fun! I also do them out of my home in Bountiful so if you are not the type to throw a party you can still have cute toes without the hassle! At a party I charge $15 for adults and $10 for young girls. The original price is $20. If you do throw a party and there are at least 5 paying girls the host receives her glitter toes for FREE! If you are interested in hosting a party or coming to my home please give me a call or send me an email at shawneegriffeth@yahoo.com.

Anniversary Trip to California!

2010-05-04T19:25:00.000-07:00

WARNING: PICTURES ARE OUT OF ORDER!

For our 2 year anniversary (we were married March 14, 2008) we decided that we wanted to do something fun and get away. So we decided that our destination would be DISNEYLAND! We had such a good time! We left on Saturday the 13th of March and came home on Tuesday the 16th. It was a short trip but still nice to get away. Now that we have a cute little dog we had to find a place for him to stay. He got to go to the Pest Mart Hotel. Who knew that we would have to send our dog to a hotel when we go on vacation!?! We probably could have asked someone to watch him but it we really didn't want to burden someone else. Saturday we dropped Sammy off bright and early and we were on the road. We had to stop in Good Ol' Beaver for some fresh cheese curds. They really are super yummy and super squeaky when they are fresh! We got to California around 5 and checked into our hotel. It was an older hotel but it had AC and clean sheets and that is all we needed. We only paid $36 and that is what it was worth! (It was also just down the street from the park so that was convenient) We took it easy that night and went to dinner at Marie Calendar's. Sunday morning we woke up and were off the the Happiest Place on Earth. I didn't think it was going to be too busy being March but I was wrong! It was packed!! We walked into the park and instantly I pulled out the camera to take pictures. We got a few and then the worst thing that could happen on vacation happened...Our camera died! I completely spaced charging it the night before. I was so upset but it was my own fault. We went to the gift shop to buy a disposable camera but they wanted $20 bucks for a camera you can get at Walmart for $4! There was no way I was going to pay for that so unfortunately most of our memories are in our head. We rode most of the rides and stayed late enough for the fireworks show at night. I really enjoyed our day there and I can't wait to go back with our kids! I do have to say though that I think I like Disney World a little better but if someone offered to take us there for free I wouldn't turn it down :) My favorite ride there was Indiana Jones. I really got nervous when the big boulder was coming at us! It really felt like it was going to hit us! The worst ride was Roger Rabbit! I am serious, don't waste your time! When we walked into Toone Town Jordan went straight to it because he said every time he has been it has been closed down for construction purposes and so he really wanted to go on it. When we got inside I was excited because the line wasn't very long...WRONG! The line wrapped all around the stinking building! We waited for probably a good hour or so and the ride was so LAME! Anyway, I will let you determine that for yourself. We got to see Captain EO with Michael Jackson in it. It was pretty funny because the story is weird but it was neat to see him dance and sing. Jordan LOVED it! All in all I would say our Disneyland experience was awesome! Monday we just hung out. We went to the Huntington Library and walked around the botanical gardens and looked at the art. That evening we went to Huntington Beach and at dinner on the Pier. It was really fun. I love to be on the beach. I have always thought that it would be fun to live near a beach and to go down in the evenings and watch the sunset or walk the boardwalk. On the pier there were a lot of people fishing and when we were walking back we noticed that someone had caught something so we hung around to see what it was. There was another young guy who was watching and told him that whatever it was he would need to walk it to the shore so his line wouldn't break. He finally got the fish up to the point where we could see what it was and it was a bat ray! It was so cool! The young guy kept telling him to walk it in but this other guy came over and said he could pull it up no problem so he offered to do it. The gentleman who had caught it said, "OK" and so he handed over the pole. The guy started to reel it in and SNAP the line broke!! I couldn't believe it! He didn't even say he was sorry! I felt bad for the man who actually had caught it but that is what you get for handing it over I guess. Tuesday we headed back home and picked up Sammy. I was excited to see him. The trip was a great success! I had a blast and I have to say that I married the most AMAZING guy in the world! He is so good to me and I love him! Happy Anniversary to us!

Beautiful Sunset On The Beach
WOW! Now that's a log of cheese!

Saying Goodbye to Sammy

Mickey leading the Band

Mary Poppins was so cute!

Captain EO

Valentine's Day

2010-03-06T10:52:00.000-08:00

Valentine's Day this year was so much fun! Jordan planned our date for the evening and he did a wonderful job! I got home from work and he had the table set up with lights and a cute valentine tablecloth and candy spread out on it. He made a homemade dinner and the theme was RED FOOD. He put red food coloring in all of our food. We had Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Zucchini and Bread sticks with dip. It was so yummy. For dessert we had pineapple with pink yogurt and chocolate covered strawberries. After dinner we gave each other the gifts we had bought. I gave Jordan some Marvel stands for his toy room (once we have a house he will get his toy room back...for now they are in our room on the bookcase). He bought me a gift card to go get a massage. Just what I wanted! We then got in the car and drove down the street about 2 minutes to a really nice new hotel that has a water slide that goes outside! It was super fun! Even though we live 2 minutes away it felt like we were on vacation. I suggest that everyone should do that sometime! A big Thanks to my sweet, amazing, awesome hubby for putting all of it together!

Sorry the picture is so dark and the others off the internet are super small, but you get the idea :)

Family Photos December 2009

2010-01-31T14:24:00.000-08:00

Hall Family Photos...

Griffeth Family Photos...

Another Update

2010-01-28T13:34:00.000-08:00

I apologize for not updating more often and then when I do I just put all of them in one post. It seems that every time I am around a computer to do a blog I am not in the mood or there is something going on...so that is my excuse!

My Cousin Aleesha got married on December 22 and it was such a nice day! (except for the snow storm. The roads were horrible!) But we still had a really good time and I was so happy that we got to be a part of her special day. Congrats Adam and Aleesha and Good Luck in all you do!

Christmas this year was a lot of fun. Since we don't have any kids yet Jordan and I still spoiled each other! We were so blessed with not only the gifts that we received but the wonderful family members we were able to spend it with. This year on Christmas Eve we went to Jordan's parents for dinner and enjoyed an evening of games and laughter. We all stayed the night (and we had matching pajamas) so we could wake up together on Christmas morning. It was so much fun to be with everyone. We spent the morning with the Griffeth family and enjoyed a wonderful brunch. That afternoon we went home and got Sammy and headed up to Syracuse to spend the evening with my family. We opened our gifts to one another and had a delicious dinner! I really didn't take that many pictures this year for some reason so sorry about that. (For some reason I don't have any pictures of my Family's Christmas...I don't think I took my camera in that day and just let my Dad take the pictures so once I get those from him I will post them :)

A Little of What We Have Been Up To!

2009-11-22T14:43:00.000-08:00

When I was in Jr. High I had long blond hair and before I went to High School I chopped it all off! I have never been able to grow my hair out since then and I always look at girls with long hair and I want it. My hair has slowly been growing but it is at the length where it drives me nuts so I decided to get EXTENSIONS! I have always wanted to get them and I decided that that was what I wanted for Christmas and I got it early! It will definitely take some getting used to but I really do love it and I think it is super fun to have long hair. The hair is super heavy though and I didn't expect it to be like that...and it hurts to sleep on but I am willing to go through the pain for the long hair I have always wanted! (And no, I am not pregnant...I think I look super fat in these pictures so I just want to clarify before any questions may come. LOL!)

BEFORE

AFTER

CURLED

At the beginning of October we got our dog Sammy and we love him! He has been a really good puppy for the most part...I say that because we are still working on the potty training stuff! We keep Sammy in a blocked off area while we are not at home and we keep a puppy pad out for him to potty on when we aren't there to take him out. One day I came home from work and this is what I found...We had been having issues with him just moving it around so we decided to put a weight on it so he couldn't move it and instead he decided to just rip it to pieces and potty on the floor! I was so mad! He went straight to time out! I have to admit that it is super hard to get mad at him when he looks at me with those cute puppy eyes...We decided to throw a Halloween Party this year at our house. We invited our friends over for yummy chili (I made it and I think it was FANTASTIC! Thanks Mom for the recipe), rolls and lots of treats that everyone brought to share. We played a couple of fun games and I think everyone had a great time!
One of the games we played was one that Jordan and I had played the previous year at someone else's party. You play with balloons, and well I won't explain the whole thing...You can probably figure it out with the pictures below...Yes those are two of our guy friends playing...Some people didn't want to play because they don't like balloons and I totally understand sot the guys were great sports! :)

So I haven't had the greatest time in our ward that we are in right now. It is very difficult to make friends because the people who have lived there a long time don't like to get to know the new people because we just move out after a couple of years. (People have admitted that too!) Well I was lucky enough to meet a super cute girl named Kylie. She is so sweet and we are great friends! I always tease that she is my only ward friend! A couple weeks ago she had her baby and I was able to go spend the day with her on Thursday. They named her Brooklyn and she is super tiny and sweet! She loves to cuddle! Congrats Kylie & Dan!

Yesterday (November 21) one of my best friends Amelia called me and invited me to go with her and her sisters, her mom, and inlaws to see the new Twilight movie New Moon. I was super excited to see it. It was a lot better than the first movie but still had some cheesy parts and some parts you could totally tell was fake! I did love it though and I am sure I will buy it to go with the first one that I already have. After reading the books I am an Edward fan but when it comes to the movie, I am definitely a Jacob fan!!!

It's A Boy!!!!

2009-10-20T18:05:00.001-07:00

On October 19, 2009 Jordan and I became parents of a cute puppy! He is a Pomapoo (half Pomeranian, half Poodle). His name is Sammy and he was born on August 30, 2009. We have been talking about getting a dog for a while now. We wanted to get a bigger dog but since we are in a small apartment and don't have the yard for it we decided it wasn't a good idea. We kind of let the idea of a dog go away for a while and just a few days ago we started to talk about it again. We wanted a Yorkie so the hunt was on. After just a couple of days of research it became apparent that we would not be able to afford a Yorkie so the hunt continued. We were looking on KSL and we came across these cute Pomapoo puppies. We decided to at least go and look at them and then we would see what we thought. Right when we saw this little guy we both fell in love! He is so cute and we do love him. I am a little stressed about the potty training stuff and helping him to get used to our home but other than that it is a lot of fun! I hope that he catches on quick and will be able to be left at home alone and not cry the whole time soon. I also hope that he will be OK with going to bed at night without crying! I know that is just takes patience and he will learn. Below are the first pictures of the new little guy. This was his first bath and he really did do well. He of course was nervous and was super shaky but he was fine.

Fall is Here!

2009-10-11T17:41:00.000-07:00

So I always seem to wait until we have done a few activities before I post so then I find myself playing catch up. I started a Volleyball league this last month with my sister Heather and some other girls. Heather played last league and I went to watch a few games and it brought back so many memories that I wanted to play! Heather called me when they were putting together a team for this season and asked if I wanted to play. Of course I said yes and I couldn't wait to start! We have played about 4 games and haven't won yet, but I am still having a BLAST!

Last Monday Jordan and I called up Tyler and Stephanie and we decided to go to Gardner Village to look at all the cute witches. I am so excited that Fall is here and we are wearing jackets and Halloween is right around the corner! I love this time of year and I just wish it would last longer. I always feel like here in Utah we have Fall and Spring (my two favorite seasons) for only a couple of weeks and then winter hits us in the face! I am trying to enjoy it as much as possible! After we were done at the village we went back to Tyler & Steph's house and made sugar cookies. (well Stephanie made them and we ate them....Thanks Steph!) It was a really fun night and a great FHE!

Here is a random cute picture of Kade! Heather and Kade came down to our house this last week with a friend Brienne because I did her nails. After we were finished Kade loved sitting in the nail chair because it spun around! He is adorable!!!

Saturday afternoon I did two clients nails! I know I have a separate blog for these pictures but I really love these and I wanted to show them off! We did candy corns on the two ring fingers with spiderwebs and added orange tips to the rest. I LOVE THEM! My nail business is still super slow and I am still trying to get clients. I love doing nails and wish I was too busy to think straight. Hopefully it will start to pick up. Please share with all of your friends!

I have been craving Hogi Yogi frozen vanilla yogurt with cookie dough for so long! We drove past one on the way to dinner Friday night with friends and I said after dinner I wanted to go their for dessert. Well by the time we were finished eating and visiting it was closed. I was so disappointed and Jordan promised me that Saturday night we could go get a treat. So that time came and he kept his promise! We decided to just grab a sandwich while we were there. They have the worst service ever! I thought it was just the one off of 12300 S. but apparently it is every Hogi Yogi! But still, the frozen yogurt was AMAZING! After we were finished eating we walked over to Michael's to just look around. We ended up finding super cute foam Halloween kits! They looked so much fun that we decided to get them. Jordan made the really cool pirate ship and I made the Halloween shops. They were really actually pretty fun to make! Before we went home we stopped by Deseret Book to just look around. Well we ended up finding a beautiful painting by Simon Dewy that was an amazing deal and we just had to have it! Do you ever go somewhere not expecting to have an expensive date and it end up being that way? Well that is what happened to us but I love our new picture and it looks great in our home! It brings a really great spirit!

2009-09-29T10:39:00.001-07:00

Here Comes The Bride!

2009-09-28T17:13:00.000-07:00

On Friday September 18'th one of my really good girlfriends got married! I was super excited when she asked me to be a part of it and be one of her bridesmaids! It was such a fun day! Heather married Shawn Reardon who I actually went to high school with. What a small world! They got married at Tuscany Gardens and it was so pretty! The ceremony was at 4:00 in the afternoon and pictures followed the ceremony. The reception went from 6:00-10:00. Everyone had a great time and the food was so yummy! Here are some pictures from the fun day...

South Dakota Vacation!

2009-09-08T15:02:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago Jordan's parents brought up the idea of going to South Dakota to see Mt. Rushmore over Labor Day weekend. Since Jordan is the only tech at the hospital it is really hard for him to take any time off. He worked really hard to find someone to cover for him and lucky for us two people were kind enough to take his call hours. Along with his parents and us, his youngest brother Scott came as well at his brother Tyler and his wife Stephanie. Since there were 7 of us we didn't really want to take two cars so we all pitched in and rented a minivan. I can honestly say that it was so much fun riding together. We laughed so much in the car and I honestly think that some of the greatest memories of a trip happen when you are on the road. The original plan was to leave on Friday the 4'th in the afternoon around 4 when everyone could get off of work. Craig ended up having a lot more to do that day so he didn't get off until 7 so we postponed leaving until Saturday morning at 7.

Day 1:
Saturday or adventures began! We all met at Tyler & Stephanie's at 7 a.m., packed up the van and were on our way. The first stop we made was at Independence Rock. It was so neat to climb up the rock and see names of those who came across the Oregon Trail carved into the rock with the year they came across the plains. Some were from as early as 1830! I was wearing flip flops when we climbed up the huge rock and I was so scared! I had no grip whatsoever so it's a good thing I have such a wonderful hubby who held my hand the whole time! It was so entertaining to watch Tyler and Jordan hop around the top of the rock. This trip they kept hiking up their shorts and calling it their Indian outfits! LOL...We would laugh and tell them to stop and they would yell back, "Don't make fun of our heritage!" HAHA! They did this the whole trip and anytime we would want to take a picture. We did get a good laugh out of it every time that's for sure!

Tyler, Stephanie, Me, Jordan

Tyler & Jordan looking so excited to be alive

On top of Independence Rock

The 3 girls in front of Independence Rock

Once we were finished playing around on the rock we hit the road again. Our next stop was Mt. Rushmore! I have seen pictures of this mountain in history books and postcards but it is so different when you see it in real life! It is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen! It is crazy to think that men really carved this thing. It took 14 years to complete. We arrived at about 7:00 that evening. At 8:00 p.m. they do a little ceremony and light up the Mountain so we made it just in time. Unfortunately our camera didn't get any good shots at night. At the end of the ceremony they asked anyone who was there that night who serves in the US Military at anytime to come forward. They had each person say their name and what rank they are in. We all sang the national anthem and then a few of the men volunteered to take down the flag for the night. I got a little emotional during this part of the ceremony. There were so many men and women up there on that stage and I am so thankful for their willingness to risk their lives for our Country! If you have never been to Mt. Rushmore I strongly suggest you take the time to go. It is absolutely incredible and definitely worth it!George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln

Scott, Jordan, Stephanie & Tyler imitating the Presidents on the Mountain

All of the men & women who serve in the US Military!

After the ceremony concluded we were ready for some dinner! We went back to Rapid City (which is were we were going to sleep that night) and drove around looking for somewhere to eat. It was about 9:30 by the time we were on our way back to the city. We stopped at a few places that sounded good and none of them were open! We were all getting so frustrated and didn't understand why everyone was closed! Tyler wanted to go to Taco Bell but nobody else wanted that. He was driving and we kept telling him where to go and every place we chose was closed so he was getting frustrated because he was just fine with Taco Bell. We finally found a Dine-In Pizza Hut that was still open. We went in and the girl that greeted us was such a ronch! We told her we had 7 people and she kind of sighed and said, "I'm going to have to clean up a table for you." I was sitting there thinking, "Well that is your job." She then took us to the table which was now like soaking wet from her rag and the chairs were super sticky! We pulled out our chairs to find crumbs all over them because she just brushed everything off the table. She came back and took our order. A few people had gotten the salad bar with their pizza and when they went up there wasn't much lettuce left so they went and told them. Well, they never came and refilled the lettuce! After about 20-25 minutes she finally brought us our food. She didn't bring us any napkins or silverware. When someone went to ask here for forks she told us they didn't have any! What??? How do you not have forks??? Stephanie went and asked someone else for forks and he gave them right to her. What is the deal with this girl? We all ate and went to pay. I usually am not someone to not tip, but we didn't tip this girl. It was the worst service ever! I don't know that I will ever go back to a Dine-In Pizza Hut again! At this point it was around 10:30 and we were all super tired and ready for bed. We didn't pre-book a hotel because we just figured we would find one once we got there. We went to a couple hotels to find they didn't have any vacancy. At this point I was getting a little worried. When we went to one they told us that all of the hotels in Rapid City were booked as well as in the few towns that were about 30 minutes from there. We were all so shocked! We found out that there was some mustang show and so they were all booked. At this point people were suggesting that we go get a tent and stay at a KOA. Well, we didn't want to go buy a tent so we had come to the conclusion that we would have to sleep in the van! Keep in mind that this is not a huge van and there are 7 adults in the car! I was praying so hard at this point that we would find a hotel! We pulled into a hotel parking lot and Scottie got out his laptop and logged onto the internet. Keep in mind that at this point we had already checked around 8 hotels and found nothing! We called a hotel in a town about 30 minutes from where we were and they were booked but gave us two other towns to look in. The town we called first was called Kadoka, SD (this town had a population of like maybe 5). The particular hotel we called had 1 room left and it happened to have 3 double beds. We took it right away! What were the chances of us getting the last room and it having 3 beds in it?!?! We got on the road and made it to the hotel in 1 hour and 15 minutes (it was after 12 and we were all exhausted). On the way there we were trying to figure out what it would look like. When we pulled up to it we all just laughed! It looks like one of those motels in a scary movie. Now, the room only had 3 double beds but we had 7 people. The floor had no padding and it had stains on it and there was no way that Scottie was going to sleep on that. Jordan and I let him sleep in our bed with us. It was so funny! This is the kind of stuff we will never forget though! In the middle of the night a siren started going off. It was so loud! It was going for like 5 minutes then it stopped. After a 2 minute break it started up again. Jordan went out to see what it was and it was a siren that was across the street from us. Jordan thought it was a siren warning of a tornado. He served his mission in Oklahoma and they had those there and that's what they were for. We found out the next morning that that is what it is used for but that wasn't why it went off. He said there was an accident on the freeway and the siren was for volunteer firefighters. What a night!

The beautiful sign...Notice they have Color Cable TV...NICE!

Me, Jordan and Scottie in our small little bed!

Day 2:

Sunday morning we woke up and got back on the road. We headed back towards Mt. Rushmore over to The Needles. We drove through the mountains and it was absolutely beautiful! On the way to the Needles there is the lake where they filmed National Treasure 2. We stopped there and Jordan, Craig and Tyler changed into their suits and went for a quick swim. It was really pretty and neat to be where a movie was filmed. After the boys were finished swimming we made our way up to the Needles. They were so neat. We climbed up the big rocks and explored for a while. Once we were finished playing we went to a Christmas store called The Mistletoe. It was such a cute store and we got a couple of fun things for our house for Christmas this year. We then headed to Sundance where we were going to stay for the night. It was a lot easier finding a hotel there. It was a lot nicer than the first one too :)

Day 3:

Monday morning we went to Devil's Tower. On your way up the mountain there is a little field where there are a bunch of small, cute prairie dogs. We pulled over and gave them some food to eat. They were so funny to watch chew on that food. I threw out a couple of Jolly Ranchers and they loved them! Hopefully they don't get sick...Below Devil's Tower there are these huge boulders all over. We had a blast climbing around and exploring! Once we were finished there we headed home. We did get the chance to stop at Martin's Cove. It was neat to see. We got to pull each other around in handcarts. I can honestly say I don't know that I would have been a good pioneer! That is hard work!He is eating a green apple Jolly Rancher

This trip was so much fun and I can't wait for our next one!

Catch Up Time

2009-09-01T12:37:00.000-07:00

I haven't put up many pictures lately because I have been so focused on getting my nail business up & going. We have done some fun stuff this past month or so. I am going to just put it all in one post so enjoy!

~One of my best friends Heather Scherbring went with me and my cute cute nephew to the Roy Aquatic Center one Friday while his parents were working on their new home. He loves the water and would laugh every time we would splash him. Here are just a couple pictures...

~Over the 24'th of July Jordan went with his brother Tyler and their two cousin's Brett & Blaine to Comicon in San Diego. I don't like to stay home alone while he is away so my wonderful friend Kierra came and stayed with me. Most of the time we just chilled at home but we did get out to go see fireworks and we also took a trip to the Zoo. It was really nice to have some girl time! Thanks Kierra!

~Jordan's brother Josh and his family came down in August to bless their cute new baby boy Cooper! While they were here it was actually the week that Jordan's family had the timeshare at Snowbird. It was my first year that I was able to go up there. It was so much fun and so nice! We spent most of the week up there just hangin out. We went on a few walks, played tennis, went down the alpine slide & the zip line, went swimming and relaxed in the hot tub! It is always so fun to see Josh & Aubri and the kids since they live all the way in New York! We are ready for them to move to Utah! Lexi is getting so big and she is super smart! She is talking like crazy and loved to swim! Cooper is adorable and so fun to hold and play with! He has the cutest cheeks ever! Here are a few pictures from the time we got to spend with them...

~Now that I am working from home I have had the chance to spend some time up North with my family. One day when I was at Heather's house Kade was being pretty photogenic so I was able to get a few really cute shots.

Flower Power

2009-08-16T14:01:00.001-07:00

Saturday I did my cousin Breanna's nails. We did white acrylic with crystal glitter mixed in. We added a fimo clay yellow flower to the nails and used a gel top coat for extra shine. They turned out super cute!

Nail Blog

2009-08-05T15:03:00.001-07:00

I just posted some nail art photos on my nail blog...Feel free to check it out at shawneesnails.blogspot.com.

Let My Career Begin!

2009-08-01T19:52:00.000-07:00

I am so excited to announce that today was my last day at school! I am going to be taking the school final exam on the 17th and then the state testing right after. I am so happy that I chose this as my career. I love it so much! I am now doing nails from my home in West Valley...Please spread the word! Once again I have a nail blog which is shawneesnails.blogspot.com. I will be posting more this next week. Thanks everyone for all of the support!

Funny Email

2009-07-17T11:26:00.000-07:00

One of the girls I work with showed me this email today and I thought it was super funny so I wanted to share it with everyone...This is the 50'th anniversary of Barbie:

It is about time this happened to her....

Nail Blog

2009-07-13T08:38:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone...I have created a separate blog for my nail business. Please check it out and feel free to add it to your list of bloggers :) The blog address is shawneesnails.blogspot.com. Thanks everyone!

New Couches

2009-07-13T08:34:00.001-07:00

We went to Ashley Furniture about a month ago and bought a couch, love seat and a coffee table. The couches got here on Saturday and we love them! Notice I said couches...the coffee table has some glass on it and I guess that in shipping it here to Utah it broke! Now we wait some more for that to come. Here are our beautiful couches (we want to get a new rug and the coffee table there now doesn't look the best but it will have to do for now)...

Playing Mommy For A Day

2009-07-06T08:01:00.000-07:00

My sister and her hubby bought their first home this last month and so they have been painting and getting it all fixed up to move in. Heather called me last week and asked if I would be willing to take Kade for the day on Saturday. Of course I said yes! I love that little guy so much and I would take him everyday for them! It was a lot of fun to play mom for the day. I know I had a lot of fun and I think Kade did too because he was such a good little boy and didn't cry or fuss at all! We started our day off by going to say hi to Grandpa and Grandma Hall. We grabbed some snacks and headed out for the day. My Dad had told me that Layton Park had a little fair going on so I decided to head over there first. We got out and walked around for a little bit but it was super boring so we left after about 15 minutes. It was lunch time so we went over to Wendy's and grabbed a couple of kids meals and then went to the Kaysville park for a little picnic. After we ate I just let Kade run around and play. After we were super hot we left to go to my house and meet up with Jordan. Kade fell asleep on the way so that was good. We hung out at my house for a little bit and then we went to the aquarium in South Jordan. It was LAME! It is super small and we were through the whole thing in like 20 minutes. I don't think it is worth the money but I think Kade did have a lot of fun! He was so funny when he saw the fish. There was this one time when we went to look at the sharks and he was standing up on a ledge looking in and all of a sudden the shark was right next to him and Kade jumped so high! After that he didn't want to look at them anymore! I found out that Kade really likes bouncy balls. We went into the gift shop they have and there was this basket of like 100 bouncy balls and they were somewhere he could reach them and he would grab one and bounce it and I would have to go chase it and while I was getting that one he would get another one out and throw it. I was chasing those balls all over! Finally we got him away from them but he would make a break for it and run right back over to that basket. It was so funny that he remembered right where they were! After we were finished there we stopped at walmart and got him a new truck since he was such a good boy! He loves the movie Cars so we bought him a Mater truck that talks. It was super cute! Thanks again Heather for letting us take him! It was so much fun and I would love to do it again! Since this was on the fourth of July we went and met up with my family around 6 and got some take out and went to my mom and dad's and ate outside. My Mom's sister Dana and her family came down and spent the evening with us. It was a really good time! We went to the Clearfield fireworks and I couldn't believe how many people were there! It took us a while to find a place to sit and a place to park. We ended up at Tai Pan. Our camera battery died while we were at the aquarium so I only have a few pictures...

Nails Update

2009-07-06T07:55:00.000-07:00

Nail school has been so much fun but I am ready to be done and graduate so I can really start to build my clientele! I have already had the chance to start doing my landlord's nails out of my home for a couple of weeks and the last time I did them I took a picture of them and I just wanted to post them so you could all see how I am doing! I think that they look fabulous but I will let you all judge them for yourselves :) Once I have finished everything I will let you know and then you can all start telling everyone you know to come to me!
Sorry about the glare on this one

Catch Up Time

2009-06-14T14:45:00.000-07:00

So I have not blogged for a while so I will be posting some random stuff...

EASTER

For Easter this year we went up to my parent's house for dinner and our easter egg hunt. It was so much fun to watch little Kaders find the eggs and get so excited about it. He was so good and I was surprised that he didn't even get bored with it! Of course we all got him some gifts and he loved everything.

MY BIRTHDAY!

I celebrated my 22nd birthday on May 4. It was a really fun day. I worked a half day in the morning and then Jordan had planned the rest of the day for me. We went to Cafe Rio for lunch and then to a little doughnut shop called Beyond Glaze for a little treat. Jordan had planned for us to go to Boondocks for the evening. We played mini golf, gocarts, and some of the arcade games. We even won the jackpot and got over 500 tickets. It was awesome! We then went and saw Wolverine. I really liked the movie and my day was perfect! Thanks Jordan!

JOSH & ASHLEY'S WEDDING

Our friends Josh and Ashley got married on May 8. It was a chilly morning but a beautiful day! It is always nice to go to weddings because you get to see a lot of people that you haven't seen for a long time. We got to visit with Josh's brother Jake and his wife Malia (we went to California with them last summer and have not seen them much since then) They have the cutest little girl and I could not let her go the whole day or night!

As you can see we have been able to do a lot of fun things these past couple of months!

Memories

2009-06-05T07:37:00.000-07:00

Wow...It has been a long time since I have posted anything! My bad! So first a little update on our small family...Jordan is in his summer semester of nursing school. It is going really well and he is enjoying it. He gets stressed every now and then but who can blame him?? He is always so busy with work, school, studying and then a wife! I don't know how he does it! School is going so great! I am loving every minute of it and I know that this is what I am supposed to be doing right now. (I am now doing tip sets at school so you should all come in!) Still no kids for us but we are hoping and praying for that blessing soon! So I was just on facebook and took this little survey and it brought back so many fun memories and I thought I would share it with all of you. It is about our wedding day! Feel free to steal the questions and fill it out yourself. I am going to add this to my journal.

1. When did you get married? March 14, 2008

2.How long were you and your significant other together before getting married? 8 Months

3. How did you meet your significant other? We had seen each other Country Dancing but never really said much to one another. Then one night I went to a lawn chair party (really fun...just get a group together & take your lawn chairs and hang out in the front yard) and I was talking with some friends when we saw a twinkie yellow 1986 (I think that was the year) yellow van with some one surfing the roof & the others in the car singing and having a great time. Well the driver of that vehicle is now my husband! We talked all night & I had never laughed so hard in my life! I asked him for his number at the end of the night and I put together the first date! It was so worth it!

4. How did your engagement happen? Jordan was doing the twelve days of Christmas for me and each day I got a gift. On the 5th day of Christmans I had to work that day and so Jordan told me that when I got home I needed to hurry & get ready and wear something nice (at that point I had a feeling it was going to happen). I walked into my apartment and their were rose petals and decorations all over! He came and picked me up and we went up to a fancy resteraunt up little cotton wood canyon (that's were we went on our first date). His buddy Steve had gone up earlier and decorated the table with flower petals and a vase with roses. We ate dinner and then Jordan gave me my gift for the day. Now everyone knows what comes on the 5th day of Christmas right??? Well I opened it up and there wer 4 gold rings and one was missing. At that point I was waiting for him to pull out my engagement ring but he didn't! He just said that one must have fallen out! I was so mad and I wanted to cry because at that point I was thinking, "Oh my goodness...he really isn't going to propose tonight." We were scooting out of the booth to leave when he stopped and said that something was poking him in the back and he pulled out another ring box! He got down on his knee and popped the question! It was AMAZING!

5. Did he ask the parents permission? He most certainly did! He took them dessert to butter them up :)

6. Was the ring a surprise? Who picked it out? That is kind of a funny story as well...When Jordan and I had been dating for like only 1 month me and my girlfriend Amelia went up to Park City to go shopping and we stopped in at Zales to try on rings for fun. I found a ring that I absolutely loved! We went and met up with the guys later that night and I pulled it up online to show Jordan and he went up the very next day and bought it! Some people thought he was crazy but I think that it was super cute! When you know you know!

7. Where was your wedding ceremony and/or reception? Our sealing was at the Salt Lake Temple, we had the luncheon at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and the reception was at my parents Stake House...

8. What were your wedding colors? Bright Pink and a light orange! It was beautiful!

9. What was the weather like on your big day? It was the craziest day when it came to weather! It would be blue skies and then all of a sudden it was snowing like crazy! It went back and forth but it was great!

10. Where did you go for pictures? We did our engagement pictures at a park by the capital...I don't know what it is called. We did my bridals at Joseph Smith Memorial Building and on Temple Square. Our wedding day pictures were at the Temple and the Church

11. What was your wedding song? It was Rascal Flatts...(I don't know the title of the song, horrible I know)

12. What was your wedding favor/gift? We didn't do wedding favors...Sorry guests!

13. Did you smash the cake? No! We were very nice to each other.

14. Wedding night? We stayed in the Honeymoon Sweet at the Grand America. It was AMAZING! (Thanks to the doctors Jordan worked with)

15. Favorite part of your wedding day? Just spending the day with my best friend and knowing that we get to be together forever! There is no better feeling I tell ya!

16. Least favorite part? Seriously everything went PERFECT!

17. Would you do it all again? Absolutely! The wedding day was the best day of my life!

School Update

2009-04-22T13:08:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone! I just wanted to give you all the latest update...Starting this Saturday I can do sculptured acrylic nails on the public! YAY! Feel free to come in if you would like to have them done! Don't forget that you can get a $2.00 off coupon at the website on the below post. Thanks for your support!

Pampering Anyone?

2009-04-16T08:25:00.000-07:00

As most of you know I started nail school last week and it has been a BLAST! I love it so much! I wanted to let everyone know that I am now able to do manicures and pedicures on the public starting this Saturday. YAY! I wanted to post the prices of the services at the school and as I learn new things I will update and let you know. Right now I am only doing Saturday appointments but eventually I will be able to do them Tuesday evenings through Thursday. If you make your appointment on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. then you get the service half price. Also if you go to www.colormynailsschool.com and click on "price list" you can print off a $2.00 coupon :) Remember, right now I can only do manicures and pedicures...

Manicure $10.00
Pedicure $20.00
Sculptured Set $12.00
Tip Set $18.00
Regular Fill $12.00
White Tip Fill $12.00
Acrylic Toes $20.00
Acrylic Toe Fill $10.00
Soak Off Nails $10.00
Repair on each Nail $2.00
Colored acrylic $5.00 extra

You can call 801-561-9112 to make an appointment. When you call just let them know that you would like me to be the technician. The school is located at 85 E. 7200 S. in Midvale. Thanks everyone!

Jordan Turns 25

2009-04-02T18:31:00.000-07:00

Jordan turned 25 on March 26th. He had to go to work that day and he said it was super busy and not a fun day at all. He also had to take a test for school that day...it is never fun to have to do that let alone on your birthday! He got through it though and was happy to come home. I had planned to decorate our house with crepe paper and balloons. He was so surprised when he walked through the door. I had made reservations to go to Color Me Mine to paint pottery. I really like it there. It is a little pricey but it is fun to do every now and then. If you like to do stuff like that you should try it. After we were finished there we went to dinner at Zupas! Yummy! We then went and met up with Jordan's brother and his wife for cake and ice cream. I bought Jordan the movie Ringer and two shirts. He also bought himself two new toys for his toy room. It was a fun day and we are super excited that he can now rent a car and not get charged a ton of money! LOL!

Off To School

2009-03-22T17:32:00.001-07:00

I just wanted to let everyone know that on April 7'th I am starting nail school! I am so so excited to get started! I have been trying to decide what I would like to do in the future and for the past couple of years I have really been thinking about nails. It is something that I will be able to do from home when we have kids. I am super excited & I will let everyone know when I am finished so you can come to me! I will be going to Color My Nails School in Murray. Classes are Every Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday evenings from 5:30-9:00 and Saturday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. I will keep you updated on how it goes!

Rexburg, ID

2009-03-22T16:26:00.000-07:00

This past week we had the opportunity to take a couple days off work and drive up to Rexburg, ID to spend time with Jordan's family. Jordan's brother Josh from New York was invited to come back to BYU Idaho (he graduated from there) to give a speech on what he does for his career. He works on Wall Street for Goldman Sachs. Tyler & Stephanie drove in our car with us on Wednesday night. Thursday we spent the morning on campus listening to Josh & the other people who were invited. Josh did a great job and it was fun to listen to what he had to say. He is a very good public speaker. That evening we all ate dinner with Aubri's (Josh's wife) family at their home. We then went over to the hotel where Jordan's parents were staying to swim. It was so much fun to watch our littel niece Lexi swim in the water. She is fearless! Friday morning we all went to the campus football field to walk around the track and let the little kids run around and get some fresh air. The weather was so nice while we were there! I even got my first sunburn of the year! I never thought it would be in March in Rexburg where I would get the first sunburn of the season! Later that evening some of us went shooting. Guns make me nervous, but I have to admit that I had a lot of fun shooting them! We shot both handguns and shotguns. After we were finished with that we all drove up to Island Park to stay at Aubri's parent's cabin. It is the biggest cabin I have ever been to! It is very homey and we had such a fun time. We played games & ate dinner. Saturday we got up and just hung out around the cabin until around noon. We drove into West Yellowstone for some lunch. We ate at a little Countryside Diner. It was yummy food! Most of the small stores were all closed for the season so we only stayed for a few hours and then went back to the cabin. We all played a few more games and then it was time to say goodbye. We wanted to get home so we could have Sunday to relax and get ready to return to work and school. It was such a fun vacation and it is always so much fun to see Josh & Aubri & Lexi! We all went for a bike ride Thursday evening
Jordan holding Brandon & Lyndsie's little boy BraxtonThis was my first attempt at doing a little girl's hair (I have some work to do)

This is a picture of the Grand Teton...Jordan actually climed the Grand Teton with Aubri's family. they do it a few times each year! CRAZY!At the college there was a photography class that had their pictures up on the wall and we saw this one and thought that it looked a lot like our nephew Kade (a younger version) so we just had to take a picture of it so we could show Heather & Dustin!

This is actually Kade! I can't believe the similarities!

We Made It!

2009-03-22T15:06:00.000-07:00

On March 14 Jordan & I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary! It is so crazy how fast time goes. It seems like just yesterday was the big day. I can honestly say that this year has been one of the best years of my life! Jordan is by far my Best Friend! He is always there when I need him and he is always making me laugh. This year has been a time for us to really get to know each other better. We have both discovered things about one another that we didn't really know when we were dating. If you are married you probably know what I mean. It was a new thing to actually live with one another. Jordan is such an amazing husband! He is always thinking of me and making sure that my needs and wants are taken care of before anything else! We have made a lot of fun memories in this first year and I can't wait to make many more! The night of our anniversary Jordan had planned the date. He took me to Five Alls to eat. This place is amazing. I know I have talked about it before. After dinner I knew he had something else planned but I didn't know what. He "missed" our exit to our house and drove to downtown Salt Lake to the Hilton Hotel. It is always fun to feel like you are on a small vacation! We walked into the room and he had rose pedals on the floor and 24 orange & pink (our wedding colors) on the bed with my gift. It was so cute! He packed a small bag for me with my PJ's and swimming suit. Kind of a funny story about that. So I always wear board shorts when I go swimming so the last time I bought a suit I just bought the top and used an old pair of swim bottoms so I didn't have to pay for something that nobody was ever going to see. Makes sense right. So Jordan brought me the top (without the pads in it) and the non-matching bottoms with some shorts. Well, the shorts he brought were not my swimming shorts...He brought me my volleyball spandex that I wore when I was a sophomore in high school! HAHA! Let me tell you, it was not the cutest thing that's for sure, but he tried so hard and that's what meant so much to me! We opened our gifts from one another...I guess that the 1 year anniversary is "paper" so he bought me two books that I have been wanting. Confessions of a Shopaholic and the second book to that sequel. I made him a calender for our house that has pictures of us and also a book titles "Our First Year" which has pictures from the whole first year of our marriage. It was such a fun anniversary and I am looking forward to many more!

New Calling

2009-02-25T08:33:00.000-08:00

Last night Jordan and I went to meet with one of the members of our bishopric...Jordan was released from the young men program and I actually kept my calling as a Sunday school teacher. They gave both Jordan and I the calling as the activities committee chair people. We are both excited about it. I honestly think Jordan likes this calling because it is something that he only has to do like once a quarter. LOL! We like to plan parties so it will be great. It was kind of funny though because after he told us what they wanted us to do he started telling us what we are going to do for the next 3 parties. I thought that's what are calling is for, to plan the parties. He was saying that they want to do the same stuff they did last year...that's no fun. We are going to see if we can change it up a bit...We will still incorporate the things that they want to do but also add new stuff. Anyway, we are excited!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2009-02-15T12:15:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was Valentine's Day and it was such a fun day. Jordan and I had talked about whether or not we were going to get each other a gift and we decided that since we already have a birthday and Christmas there was no need to get each other something for Valentine's. Instead we spent the money on going out for a nice date. We went with Jordan's family to see He's Just Not That Into You in the early afternoon. It was a funny movie but just like any other movie they could have done without a couple of scenes. Watching that movie totally made me think of all the dating mistakes I made. I could have used that movie a couple years ago. HAHA! After the movie was over we went to a Chinese Restaurant in South Jordan called Joy Luck. It was really good food. We then drove over to Color Me Mine. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a little place where you go and pain pottery. It was really a lot of fun. I painted a plate and Jordan painted a mug. We then went home for the evening. Jordan had told me that he had some plans for dinner that night and I was really looking forward to it. I think it is safe to say that I married one of the most thoughtful men there are. He made me my favorite meal and decorated the table with treats and flowers. (He even had us dress up nice) So cute! Below are some pictures from our fun evening. I hope that you all had a fun day as well!

Just Hangin Out

2009-02-15T12:06:00.001-08:00

A few weeks ago I was able to get the day off from work and go up to Layton to hang out with Heather and Kade. I love when I get to do stuff like that. It is always nice to get to just chill with my family. I just took a couple of pictures of Kade and so I wanted to post them.

Job Extension

2009-01-18T17:27:00.000-08:00

I forgot to post the update on the job. Wyndham gave me a 1 month extension to finish closing up accounts. My end date is now February 1'st. This was great news for us because now we will have our health benefits until the end of February. There is more good news. I actually already have a new job in line. A few other people who lost their jobs with the same company moved to a new company called Elevate. They called me up and asked me to come and work over there. I am so excited and I wanted to thank everyone for keeping us in your prayers. I know that it is because of our faith that something came up so quickly! I will keep you updated on how the new job is. I have been working over there a little bit but I will go there full time as soon as my time is done at Wyndham for good. Thanks again!

Christmas With The Hall's

2009-01-16T11:52:00.000-08:00

On Christmas Eve we went to my parents house to have an enjoyable evening with them and my Mom's family. We ate dinner and played some games. Heather and Dustin put together the Newlywed game for us to play. When they did the questions they made them so that our cousins could also join in. It was really funny to hear every one's answers. Don't you worry, Jordan and I won! We know each other so well! After everyone went home for the night our immediate family watched a Hallmark movie (so touching) and then it was off to bed. Me, Jordan, Heather, Dustin, Kade and Braden all slept downstairs. It was a lot of fun to wake up the next day together and open gifts. Jordan and I were able to get each other some really nice things. Here are pictures from the parties.

Early Christmas Eve

2009-01-16T11:22:00.001-08:00

This year we celebrated Christmas Eve a little early with Jordan's family. Josh and Aubri came in from New York and it was the year that they go up to Idaho for Christmas with Aubri's family so we decided to exchange gifts early. It was so much fun. Jordan's parents took us all to the Five All's restaurant. If you have never been there you need to! It is so yummy and really a fun experience! You start off with a tropical smoothie drink, then they bring you the best little bread sticks with a clam dip. It is the best dip I have ever had! After that you get a Swedish meatball. You get a salad, choice of either soup or fruit, then the main dish. I always get their salmon. It is divine! You then get a ice cream treat and when you think they are done bringing you food they bring out your check with a homemade macaroon! I am telling you it is so worth the money! After dinner we went back to Craig and Susan's for gifts. Lexi of course got spoiled (being the only grandchild) and she was so fun to watch open everything! I don't think there was one thing she didn't like! Craig and Susan were so sweet to us and they gave everyone food storage, candy, and everyone got $50.00 to go pick out what we wanted. If you don't already know, Craig loves the dollar store and every Christmas he goes there and picks out some really great things for all of us. Scottie also got everyone some new tennis shoes! They are really cute and he did a really good job picking them out. Thanks Scottie! Christmas with the Griffeth's was a huge success!The Whole Griffeth GangJordan and Tyler being themselvesLexi and AubriMe sitting by the nice fire getting warm!
Tyler, Stephanie, Eric & Paige brought this outfit back for Lexi from Egypt. I'm not so sure she likes it...

Christmas Cookies

2009-01-16T11:10:00.000-08:00

In December my good friend Katie and her husband James invited me and Jordan to their house to make Christmas sugar cookies. It was so much fun. I love hanging out with those two. Jordan and James got really creative with their decorating. They would make certain shapes into something totally different. It was so funny! We were also able to play with their two cute boys! Katie made us pizza and hot cocoa for dinner. Thanks Katie and James!Katie, Me & James having fun decorating
Jordan and JamesLittle Asher decorating awayJordan with cute Jaden

Bad News

2008-12-19T15:54:00.000-08:00

Well bad news...I lost my job! We found out on Tuesday that they closed our whole office. I handled it pretty well because I was prepared for it. Now I am just wondering where I can find a new job. My last day at this job is January 2. If anyone knows of anything in the Salt Lake area please let me know. I would also be willing to be a nanny. Actually, I would love it if I could find a nanny job. Thanks for all of the support!

Hard Times

2008-12-10T17:13:00.000-08:00

Times in this world are not easy for some! If you don't know already, I work for a company called Worldmark By Wyndham as the accounts payable processor. It has been a great job for me but next week I am not sure that I will still be there. On Monday we received an email from the CEO of the company saying that they are preparing to downsize. It is estimated that 4,000 employees will lose their jobs. They are going to eliminate some of the sales offices, corporate employees, regional employees, as well as marketing programs. They say that every office will be affected by this. I have a chance of being laid off (is that the right laid?). The day the email came out I was really worried but then I talked to my family about it and I knelt down and prayed and I am not as worried now. I am preparing myself to lose my job and putting together a plan if that happens. This is a hard time in our world today but I know it is all going to work out. I will keep everyone updated.

Kade Turns 1!

2008-12-09T19:52:00.000-08:00

On November 26'th our cute nephew turned the big 1! We went over to my Dad and Mom's house for the party. We had chili for dinner and of course cake for dessert! Kade is so so cute and he is so fun to be with. I felt so bad for the little guy because he wasn't feeling so good on his special day. He just wanted to cuddle. It worked out nice because when it came time for gifts and cake he had started to feel a little better. He is at that age where he was a little more interested in the wrapping paper rather than the actual gifts. Once we took away the gift wrap he was really excited about the toys. Heather made him the cutest cake. It was the Caterpillar on Baby Einstein. Kade loved it!

Biggest Loser

2008-12-09T19:31:00.000-08:00

I don't know if any of you watch the Biggest Loser but we totally do. It is on right now and I can't believe that Ed gained 2 pounds!!! What was he doing? I am so happy that Michelle made it to the finale though. I think she is such a cute girl! I hope that she wins the whole competition. If Vicki wins I will be so stinkin mad! I can't stand that woman! I think she is so cocky and I don't think that she deserves to win. I can't wait for next week to see what happens. When we watch this show it make both Jordan and I want to go work out and get into shape. We haven't yet, but we will! I think it is good for us to watch this show because it reminds us that we don't ever want to have to go through the same thing that these people have gone through. Enjoy the show!

Turkey Time!

2008-12-09T19:19:00.000-08:00

I know that I am really late with this post so sorry. I also totally forgot to take pictures on Thanksgiving! I don't know what I was thinking...Obviously I wasn't! Thursday morning Jordan and I went with his family to see the new movie Bolt. It was a really cute movie. I liked it. If you have small children I think this is a good one for them. We then went back to Jordan's parents house for dinner. The whole family wasn't there this year and it was weird to not have as many people around the table. Eric and Paige and Tyler and Stephanie were able to go on a cruise to the pyramids and they flew out on Thanksgiving morning so they were not there this year. It was Jordan, me, Craig, Susan, Grandma Nilson, Uncle Rex, Scottie and Courtney. We had a really yummy turkey dinner and relaxed. It was really nice. I do have to admit that I did have a sad moment during the day. It was my first Thanksgiving that I wasn't with my family. Change is hard for me. I got over it though and it was a great holiday! Jordan's parents decided that they wanted to get a new TV for their home and what better time to buy one than on "Black Friday". They looked in the ads and found one they liked at Wal-Mart. At 7 that evening Susan and I went down to the store to make sure that was the TV they really wanted. In the end they decided to get a different TV that wasn't a "blitz" item which meant that we didn't have to stand in line early in the morning! YAY! We went back to the house and watched a Christmas movie that Grandma had bought. It was really cute. Jordan and I then decided to go to South Towne mall around 12:30 to see if they had any good sales. Not worth it...the sales they had were sales that they have every other day! Lame! We then went home and went to bed. It was a really fun day! Once again sorry I don't have any pictures.

Date Night

2008-11-23T18:28:00.000-08:00

On Wednesday of this past week Jordan called me at work and told me to make sure that I didn't plan anything for Friday night because he had something planned for us. I was so excited for that night! Friday came and I got home from work before he did. When he walked in the door he had red roses for me. So cute! The date even had a theme. It was "Your Favorite Things". We got in the car and he handed me an envelope and told me that it would lead us to our first stop. Below is what each envelope said:

1-Roses are red, Violets are blue, Tonight's your favorite night so let's go get Cafe Rio for food! (I love to eat at Cafe Rio and so that was what we had for dinner...)

2- We just finished the Rio and it was Great! Now let's go get some icecream at Chick-Fil-A!

3- The main was awesome, the dessert was grand, you look beautiful tonight so; Damn! (excuse the language :)

4- I know that all along I've been against this movie...but let's go to Twighlight, It's girls night out HEHE! (He is so sweet to take me to this movie. He was so against it. The funny thing is is that he didn't mind it. At one pointe in the movie he leaned over and said, "I'm kind of into this. It's intense." I have to admit that the movie was a little cheesy but I liked it.)

5- Now the date is ended, I sure had a fanstatic time! I'm so glad your my wife and you're all mine! I LOVE YOU!!!

How sweet is that??? It was the best night ever! He is always doing cute things like that and I just wanted everyone to know that I love him so much and he is AMAZING! I hope this romantic side of him never dies! Thanks Babe!

Called to Serve

2008-11-23T18:20:00.000-08:00

Today I was able to go and hear my cousin Jordan's mission farewell. He did such a great job! It seems like just yesterday we were sitting with him (when he was a baby) around the dinner table asking him what a baby looked like when they would eat and he would make the funniest fish face! He has now grown into a fine young man and will do an AMAZING job serving the Lord. He spoke to us about Gratitude and how many people we have out there to be grateful for. He will be serving in Salt Lake City at the Family History Center and the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. I just want him to know how proud we all are of him and that we are here for him and he has all of our support! We love you Jordy!

Babysitting Fun

2008-11-23T18:08:00.000-08:00

On Wednesday Heather and Dustin got to go the Carrie Underwood concert at the E Center. Since we live right by the E Center we volunteered to watch the little monkey Kade. We went to the Training Table for dinner with them and then they walked across the street to the concert. We decided that it would be better for us to drop them off and pick them up so they didn't have to pay for parking. We took the little bubba back to our house to play. He is so much fun to be with! Every time I see him I can't help but smile. He is such a smart little guy too! I don't know if this will make sense, but I am going to try. Do you know those little plugs that you have to put into your TV sometimes and they will hook into like an Xbox or a DVD player? They are usually red, white and blue? Well we had some that were on the floor by our entertainment center and he found them. We decided to let him play with them and he knew exactly what to do with them! He picked them up and walked right over to the VCR and was trying to put them in the holes! It was so cute and funny! That entertained him for at least a half hour. We played with his toys for a while and then Jordan played peek-a-boo with him around the coffee table and he was laughing so hard I just had to capture the moment! I wish I had it recorded so you could hear his laugh...it is the best sound in the world! We love that baby!
That is seriously the cutest smile!I LOVE this picture!! He loves Jordan!

Christmas Decorating

2008-11-23T17:57:00.000-08:00

Now some people may think that we are crazy, but we already have our Christmas decorations up. On the Saturday that we got home from New York we decided to go out and buy our tree. We got home and decided instead of storing it for a couple more weeks we might as well just put it up. It is our first tree and it was so much fun decorating together! If you don't think that that is crazy, you will think I am crazy when I tell you that we are pretty much done with our Christmas shopping and all of the presents are wrapped and under the tree as of today. In the pictures I am going to post we had a few gifts but now there are more and we are done! It actually feels nice to know that we won't have to fight the holiday crowds next month and we won't have to use our December paychecks for Christmas. We started a Christmas fund in August and I have to recommend it to everyone! We just opened another savings account and each paycheck we put some money in it. Some checks we wouldn't put anything in but most of the time we were able to. It was so nice to know that we already had money saved up! That is something that we will continue to do forever (especially when we have kids...I hear it's not cheap!) Oh yeah...when we went to the store to get our tree Jordan found a Wal-Mart store that you put in your Christmas village and he just had to get it! Some people may think it's tacky, but we think it's pretty cool! If you know anything about Jordan you know that he loves Wal-Mart!

New York New York!

2008-11-23T14:55:00.000-08:00

I know that I have already posted a little about our trip but I didn't get to get a chance to tell about it all. I am just going to start from the beginning. We left Salt Lake on the 8th of November. We flew into Buffalo, New York because we bought our airline tickets from Southwest and they don't fly into JFK. It worked out perfectly since some of our friends, Doug and Rachel, are living there. Doug is currently going to Dental school there. When we landed we went and picked up our rental car (we don't think that we will be renting a car again until Jordan is 25. They rack of the price so much if you're not!) We decided to go say hi to Doug and Rachel and then we were off to Staten Island to see Jordan's brother Josh and his wife Aubri. The drive took about 6 and a half hours so we arrived there at around 11:30 pm. We said our hellos and then we were ready for bed. On Sunday Jordan and Josh went to the New York Jets game. They had a blast! Aubri, Lexi and I went into the city and ate a very yummy lunch at Le Parker Meridian Hotel. It was a little burger joint. We walked 5th Avenue and looked in all the stores that I will probably never be able to afford! It is amazing to me that people walk in those stores and throw down $150 on a t-shirt! Even if I did have the money, I don't think that I would. That night we met the boys back at Josh and Aubri's and ate pizza. Monday rolled around and Josh was able to get off work to go to Philadelphia for the day. Philadelphia is only about an hour and 20 minutes from Staten Island. We went to Independence Hall and to see the Liberty Bell. For dinner we just had to get Philly Cheese Steaks! We went to Jim's Steaks. It was really really yummy! As you probably saw in my last post we ran into Darrin Williams and Ronnie Brewer from the Utah Jazz. I don't know why I get so awe struck when I see someone like that. They only play basketball. It's weird if you think about it. That's just their job. They were extremely nice guys. It was interesting because only 1 other person in the restaurant recognized them. Our day in Philadelphia was a lot of fun! Tuesday we slept in and took our time getting ready. Josh had to go back to work so the rest of us went to Times Square. It was fun to just walk the streets and people watch. We went to the M&M factory and the Hershey Chocolate Store. Lexi loved the M&M factory. She walked around and just explored the whole store. She found this little green M&M backpack and she adored it! We also went to Toys R' Us and Jordan was in heaven! We walked in and I got one picture of him and he was gone. He left Aubri and I in the dust! He did find a couple GI Joe toys that he purchased and we bought Lexi her first box of animal crackers. She thought it was so fun! That night we went and met Josh for dinner at a little chocolate restaurant. There was a pipe all across the ceiling that had real milk chocolate flowing through it. The dessert was the real reason why we chose this place. Both Jordan and Josh ordered syringes that were full of chocolate and Lexi was loving it! Aubri got a banana and chocolate crepe and I ordered the cheesecake. It was a fun time. We then took the subway down to Ground Zero. You couldn't really see much but I think that there is a very somber feeling there. It is weird that it has been 7 years since that tragic day. Wednesday was our last day in New York City. We met Josh for breakfast that morning and then he was off to work again. Jordan, Aubri, Lexi and I went to the Natural Museum of History. It was fun and neat to see all the animals there. We also went and walked around Central Park. That is the biggest park ever! After that Aubri and Lex went back home and Jordan and I went back to Times Square and stood in line for tickets to Jersey Boys. We got $27.00 standing room only tickets which means that we would stand the whole show. I wasn't so sure about that at first but if we got a seat we would have to pay $127.00 so we went for the standing room. The way it works is there is a bar that you can lean on but there are people right in front of you in seats. The guy that was sitting in front of me seemed really irritated that I was behind him. He kept looking back at me. Toward the end of the first act one of the ushers came over to us and told us that we could sit in some of the empty seats in the back of the theatre. It was awesome! We paid $27 and sat in $127 seats! I loved it! Thursday was the day we said goodbye to Josh and Aubri and Lex. We had such a fun time with them and we wish we could have stayed longer! Thanks Josh and Aubri! On the way back to Buffalo we were able stop in Palmyra. We went and saw where the first Book of Mormon was printed, the Joseph Smith Farm and Hill Camorah. It was a very spiritual experience! I was so happy that I got to see that for the first time with Jordan. We both learned some new Church History facts. We got to Doug and Rachel's around 6 that evening. We enjoyed a nice meal that Doug had prepared for us and then just hung out and relaxed. Friday we woke up and went to Niagara Falls. We could only see the American side because I don't have a passport. It was still amazing! We then went to the outlet malls and got most of our Christmas shopping done. The Gap was having a huge sale and Rachel was able to get us both extra 30% off coupons because it was friends and family weekend. That evening Doug was so excited to take us to get famous buffalo wings. Jordan and I weren't so sure about them at first but we have to admit that they were so so good! Lately Jordan has been craving them and they are not the same here. We also were able to go see the new James Bond movie. I actually enjoyed it. It had some good action scenes. It was one busy day but it was so much fun to catch up with our good friends! Thanks Doug and Rachel! Saturday the 15th came so fast. We both were saying that we would have been fine staying another week. I do have to admit that it was nice walking into our home and sleeping in our own bed again. New York was a success and we had a BLAST! Thanks everyone!

Halloween

2008-11-16T15:35:00.000-08:00

I know that this is out of order and Halloween was a while ago, but I have some fun pictures. This year Jordan was Batman and I was Catwoman. It was really fun! We went to Aunt Pat's Halloween party and ate sloppy joes and hung out with the family. Jordan's cousin Blaine was the Joker this year and their costumes worked out perfectly!

Day Two!

2008-11-10T16:52:00.000-08:00

Today was our second day here in New York. We woke up and ate breakfast and the boys played a couple games of football on the xbox. At one point Lexi decided she wanted to join in the fun! She was so funny to watch because she really thought that she was playing. Every time the boys would yell at the TV she would stare at them like they were crazy! We all finally got ready for the day and it was off to Philadelphia to visit some of the history sites there. I had never been there before and so I was really excited about it. We went to the Liberty Bell site and to the building where the Declaration of Independence was signed. It was pretty interesting but I do have to admit that we had a really boring tour guide! Lexi got bored by the middle of it and Josh and Aubri had to take turns taking her out so she could walk around. We then went to get a famous Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich at Jim's Steaks. It was really yummy! The most exciting part of the day happened in that restaurant. Jordan and Josh went to grab the car and park it while Aubri and Lexi and myself went into the restaurant. Not too long after we got there in walked two tall men. I automatically knew that I had seen them before and I told Aubri that I thought they played for a basketball team. Then one of the workers behind the counter was like, "Hey, don't you guys play for the Utah Jazz?" Sure enough they do! It was Derron Williams and Ronnie Brewer!!! Aubri called Josh and told them to hurry up so they could see them. The two boys walked in and went right over to them and shook their hands and then they were kind enough to take a picture with us. They really were nice guys! They were there because they play Philadelphia tomorrow night. We then ordered our food and went upstairs to sit down and eat. We could have sat right next to them but we thought that might be weird so we sat a couple seats away from them. I decided to take a picture of Josh and Jordan and made sure that I got Derron in the back ground. Make sure that you check that picture out. I am pretty sure that they knew what I was trying to do. After we were finished eating we decided to walk around the city for a little while. We stopped by the cemetery where Benjamin Franklin is buried but we couldn't go in because it was closed for the night and they charge you to go look at it so we just took a picture outside the cemetery. It was a great day and we can't wait for tomorrow! (I also posted the pictures Jordan took at the football game.)

We Made It

2008-11-10T06:21:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! I just wanted to post that we made it to New York and we are having a blast! We have been having a lot of fun with Josh and Aubri and little Lexi. Lexi has grown so much and she is so funny! She has her own little personality now and she is sure to tell you what she wants and what she doesn't want. It is cute! I was worried that when we got here that she would scream and cry and not want us to hold her at all but it was totally opposite (at least for me). We got to their house around 11:30 on Saturday night and they were kind enough to make Lexi stay up until we got here. It took a minute to warm up and then she came right to me and just cuddled with me. Jordan didn't get the same reaction. It took her a little longer to warm up to him...HA HA! Anyway...yesterday was Sunday and Jordan and Josh were lucky enough to go to the New York Jets game. They had a blast. The jets were playing the rams and they killed them! The score was 40 to 0! (I will post those pictures when we get home.) Aubri, Lexi and myself went into the city and walked around on 5th Avenue (this is where all the major shopping is) we saw were Rachel Green on Friends works :) Bloomingdale's! It was a huge store! We ate at a little Burger joint inside the hotel Le Parker Meridian. It was so good! We then headed off to a candy shop called Dylan's. It was a really cute little shop. We then got back on the subway and went to catch the ferry back to Staten Island to meet the boys for dinner at the house. We played games and then off to bed! Today is Monday and we are all going to travel to Philadelphia for the day! I will probably post about everything else when we get home. I just wanted to tell everyone that we made it and we are having a great time!

New York Here We Come!

2008-10-25T11:49:00.001-07:00

Jordan and I have planned one of our first big trips together since we have been married! On November 8'th we are off to New York! We really wanted to plan something for our 1 year anniversary in March but Jordan heard that South West airlines was having a $99.00 deal on certain flights and so we knew that we should go now and celebrate early. We are going to fly into Buffalo because they won't fly us to the JFK airport. We will rent a car there and then we are going to drive about 6 hours to Staten Island to stay with Josh & Aubri. We don't have an itinerary of what we are going to do yet but we know that we will be doing a ton! It actually worked out really well that we are flying into and out of Buffalo NY because Jordan's best buddy is going to dental school there and so we are going to get to spend a day with him and his wife as well! We are so excited! Don't worry...when we get home I will post all the pictures :)

Pumpkin carving with Aubri & Lexi

2008-10-25T11:37:00.001-07:00

While Aubri and Lexi were here Jordan and I were able to carve some pumpkins with them. I wasn't sure how Lexi was going to do but she absolutely loved it! She even tried to eat the insides of the pumpkin! It was so fun to watch her. Aubri would be pulling the seeds out of it and then Lexi would do exactly what her mommy was doing. Put your hand in the pumpkin and put the guts in a bowl. It was the cutest thing! Thanks for the fun Lex!

Lexi's 1'st Birthday Fun!

2008-10-25T10:58:00.001-07:00

On October 10'th our cute niece Alexis London Griffeth turned the Big 1! Aubri and Lexi were able to come to Utah to celebrate on October 13'th. (Josh had to stay home in New York to work). We missed you Josh! It is always so much fun when the NY Griffeth family gets to come and visit. We always have so much fun. We all went over to Grandma & Grandpa Griffeth's house for dinner and then party time! Grandma Susan got some really cute party hats and decorations and the cutest cupcakes for everyone. Lexi was so fun to watch. She would get so excited about her gifts and her own special cake! We let her eat her own cupcake and I am pretty sure that she really enjoyed it. Here are some of the pictures of the fun night... The Birthday girl waiting for dinner
Playing with Aunt ShawneeStair fun (Lexi loves playing on the stairs)She's almost to the top!She made it!!!

Lexi is ready to party!

It's a tea party!

Can I please eat it now??

YUMMY!

Present from Uncle Jordan & Aunt Shawnee

Gift from Grandma & Grandpa

Pretty dress from Uncle Eric & Aunt Paige

Fun book from Uncle Tyler & Aunt Stephanie

Doll from Grandpa & Grandma

Conference Weekend

2008-10-18T12:29:00.000-07:00

Over the Conference weekend Jordan and I were able to go up to Aunt Pat's cabin by Park City with the family. It was a lot of fun! We went up on Friday night. Jordan and I rode up with Craig and Susan and Stephanie. The plan was to meet Eric & Paige at the restaurant but due to horrible traffic they didn't make it in time. The rest of us enjoyed a nice meal and then off to the cabin it was. We arrived and took all our stuff in and decided who was sleeping where. We then waited up for Tyler and Scott and Mary (Scott is dating Mary) to join us. They got there around 11:00 and then we all went to bed. On Saturday Scott, Mary, Tyler, Jordan and myself drove into Park City to go to the outlet malls. It was really rainy but a lot of fun! We were able to fine some nice things. That night Scott and Craig went to the priesthood session at a nearby church (they were the only boys who brought church clothes...whoops). While they were gone the rest of us played cards and had a good time. Once the other two got back to the cabin we had Paige's birthday dinner! We had turkey, mashed potatoes & gravy, rolls, carrots and cake of course! It was a really fun and yummy dinner. Sunday we woke up and listened to conference and had a very good breakfast that Susan made for us. We left after the first session to go home and watched the final session at home. It was a very fun and spiritual weekend! Thanks Griffeth family!!!

Grandpa Hall's Birthday Party!!!

2008-09-27T16:46:00.001-07:00

On Saturday it was our Grandpa Hall's birthday party. He is going to turn 80 on October 9th. We all went to a park for a picnic lunch and some games. It is always nice to see my Dad's side of the family because we only see them on the big holidays. The family is just too big to always get together. It is always fun to see everyone's kids and how much they have grown! We ate BBQ meat, baked potatoes, baked beans, rolls and salad. It was really yummy! After we all finished eating and got to visit for a little bit it was time for Grandpa to open his present. We all chipped in and bought him a wii system. He loves the wii! His face was priceless! It was then time for the relay game. My aunt Cydne put together a fun relay game where we split up into two teams and we had to run and put on some of Grandpa's clothes and then run back to the other side. It was so funny to watch everyone try to run in stuff that didn't even fit them. Eventually we all just started putting the pants on our arms and the gloves in pockets. It was a really fun party and we all love our Grandpa so much and I can't wait to spend another 20 years with him!!!

Friday Night Date Night

2008-09-27T16:18:00.000-07:00

I planned a date for Jordan and I to enjoy on Friday. I wanted to do something that we wouldn't normally do. Our usual dates include dinner and then a movie. I decided that since Fall is coming and the leaves are starting to change that it would be fun to take dinner up the canyon and just enjoy the scenery. It's funny because I used to think it was so weird when my mom would want to go and look at the leaves but now I appreciate the beauty of it so much more! There weren't a ton of leaves, but enough to get some nice pictures. We went and picked up some Cafe Rio and then it was up Little Cottonwood Canyon. We went up to the Alta ski resort. That is where we went on our first "date" and also where Jordan proposed! It was so pretty and it was about the same time of the year that we went up there when we first hung out. It definitely brought back some memories! After we finished our dinner and walked around the ski resort we went back home and made sugar cookies. It was a lot of fun. The first set that we made didn't turn out at all and so I was pretty upset and actually just wanted to give up but Jordan kept on going. We finally got the dough to the right consistency and the cookie cutters worked. We had gone to the store earlier that evening and bought some icing and sprinkles. All in all it was a very successful date night and it was really nice to do something different!

This is the restaurant that we ate at when Jordan proposed

Our Creations

Missionary Dinner

2008-09-27T16:02:00.000-07:00

On Thursday Jordan and I had the opportunity to have the missionaries in our ward over for dinner...Elder Noel and Elder Whalin. It was the first time in our marriage that we were able to do this. It was actually really fun! I made zucchini casserole, roles (store boughten of course) and fudge brownies. They were either really hungry or they really liked it because they took seconds. We were able to get to know a little about them and they got to know us as well. Elder Noel is from Canada and Elder Whalin is originally from Missouri. He was living in Japan before his mission. He lives in a military family and so he said that he has been everywhere! It was actually interesting because his dad lives up by Logan and his uncles live down south. We asked if he ever sees them and he said the only time he can see any of them is if they are all at conference. I thought that was pretty interesting. Elder Noel has been out in the field for 22 months and Elder Whalin 18 months. They are both almost finished! We made sure that we told them a few movies to make sure to go see when they get home...(Iron Man, Batman, etc...) Before they left they were able to give us a spiritual message and tell us about some of their investigators. It was really very interesting to hear what kind of people they were currently teaching. Before they left I asked them to stay for a quick picture and they were kind enough to do so. Jordan, Shawnee, Elder Whalin, Elder Noel

Good Advertising!

2008-09-23T18:31:00.000-07:00

Today I was able to take the day off of work and spend some time with Heather and Kade. We spent the morning at her house and then we decided to go run some errands. We were driving down the road in Clinton when we came upon a sign that caught our attention. We couldn't believe what it said and we thought it was hilarious and so I had to stop to take a picture of it and wanted to share it with all of you! Hope you think it is as funny as we did...It's gonna be a fun day for some lucky animal! HAHA!

Getting Prepared

2008-09-19T19:49:00.000-07:00

I have always known that we should all be prepared with food storage. Jordan and I have very limited storage space and so we didn't have any food for that reason. It seems like every Sunday at church we get a pamphlet on food storage and I would look at it and then just put it in the desk drawer and not think about it anymore. We talked about the idea and decided that it was time to make room for the food storage. We spent our Monday evening at Harmon's and Costco stocking up. I feel like we have a really good start. We bought Water, Macaroni & Cheese, Applesauce, Green Beans, Oats, Chicken Noodle Soup, Pancake Mix and Spaghetti-O's . We got home and felt so happy and good about our purchases that we decided it was a picture moment! I actually feel really comforted to know that we have that food if we need it. I know it's not a lot, but it would definitely get us by if it had to. We are going to continue to add to it whenever we can. Jordan says that he isn't looking forward to moving all of that food when we move :) I think he will be OK though.

We are so proud!

Saturday Fun

2008-09-19T19:33:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday we invited Dustin and Heather and Kade over to our house to spend the afternoon and evening. Unfortunately Jordan got called into the hospital in the afternoon so the rest of us decided to go to Gateway for an hour or so. We just wanted to get out of the house. We walked around and had some ice cream. It was really funny because Kade would open his mouth when no one was even trying to feed him. He loves that stuff! We then went back to my house and let Kade crawl around while Dustin, Heather and I played cards until Jordan got home. We then went to this Chinese restaurant that we love called Chef Ming in Sandy. It was really yummy! Kade sat in his big boy chair and would randomly start laughing. It was probably the cutest thing I have ever seen! He loves the attention! Back to our house it was...Heather put Kade to sleep and then we watched Baby Mamma. I absolutely love that movie! It is really funny and cute. A very enjoyable day!

Kade laughing

Dustin & HeatherJordan & Shawnee

Testing Begins

2008-09-19T19:25:00.000-07:00

As you all know Jordan is in his first semester of nursing school. I have found out that for the next two years I won't be seeing much of him. These past few weeks for him have been full of work, class, tests and studying. I am very happy that he is working so hard. He has decided that he is actually really enjoying his classes and he is learning a ton already. He took his pharmacology test last week and got a 98 out of 100! I am so proud of him! It is so great to see all of his hard work pay off! Keep up the great work Jord!

Nursing School Begins!

2008-08-23T09:12:00.000-07:00

Jordan finally got his schedule for his first semester of nursing school. He only has two classes each semester for the next 2 years. Both of his classes are on Wednesday and so he won't have to work that day. His first class goes from 8-12 and his second one is from 1-3. I guess he will probably feel like he is at work. I am so excited for him to have this program started! He was extremely blessed to have gotten accepted so quickly. I am so proud of him and his hard work. I know that these next two years may be rough, but I know he will do great! I love you Jordy!!!

Rock Band Stars!

2008-08-23T08:57:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago I got a phone call from my Dad asking me if maybe Jordan would be interested in joining a rock band contest at the Davis County Fair. If you all know Jordan, you know that he didn't hesitate in saying yes! He loves to entertain and wasn't about to pass up the opportunity. My little brother Braden got together two of his friends to join as well. Braden and his buddy Tyson played on the guitars while Austin played the drums and Jordan sang at the mic! We got there and looked around at the competition they had to go up against and from what we saw, there was really only one other band that we thought may be competition. The judges scored on costume, skill, the actual score on the game, and entertainment value. We were pretty sure we were going to do great on all categories. They called the band up, "SABOTAGE", and they were ready to rock out! They had to sing two songs on hard level. They chose "Dead on Arrival" and one more that I didn't know. We waited for the last bands to go and then they announced the bands that were going on to the final round. They made it through the first round! In the last round, everyone had to sing the same song. I believe it was called "Danny California" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. They did amazing! It was then time to find out who won...SABOTAGE!!!! All 4 band members won an Ipod Nano! The boys were all so excited. It was definitely worth it to do this. Good job boys!!!

Camping Anyone?

2008-08-23T08:38:00.000-07:00

The last week of July my family went up to Tony Grove to go camping. It was a lot of fun to just hang out and not do much! We played cards, sat around in our camping chairs, and laughed a lot. On Saturday afternoon we decided to drive over to Bear Lake being that it wasn't too far from where we were. Collin & Braden were so excited to get in the Lake. We played at the beach for a little bit and then we went and got those yummy rasberry shakes. I wish that the rasberry shakes down here tasted as good as they do up there! It was so much fun to watch little Kade play in the sand. He absolutly loved it! Almost as much as the big boys :)

Welcome Home Elder Griffeth!

2008-08-23T08:21:00.000-07:00

On July 4th I was able to me my last brother-in-law of the Griffeth family. Scott served a mission in Italy and he loved it! We all got together on July 4th to help with the yard and get everything ready for his arrival. We had a fun BBQ before and then it was off to the airport! He arrived around 8pm that night. The whole family was so excited to have him back home. It has been fun getting to know him...

Toys, Toys, & More Toys!

2008-08-03T14:31:00.000-07:00

Some of you may not know that my husband has quite the hobby. He collects toys. We have dedicated the extra room in our apartment to his beloved toys. A lot of people think that I am crazy for letting him have a room for this, but the way I see it is that we aren't using it for anything else right now and we agreed that I could do whatever I wanted to all the other rooms in the house and he could have the extra room. In the pictures below, notice how he places things in groups and actually hangs toys from the blinds and corner of the walls!

Park City!

2008-08-03T14:19:00.000-07:00

A few Saturdays ago, Jordan and I decided we would venture up to Park City for the day. We went to the outlet stores (mostly window shopping), and then went out to dinner. We got Jordan a couple of new nice dress shirts, and I needed new running shoes. I have to say that it was such a fun day. It was just the two of us and we didn't have anywhere to be that day, no worries. We decided to go and eat at Squatters. They have a bunch of different choices of dishes. It was pretty good. We then went and saw Walle. It was a cute movie, but Jordan and I did find ourselves getting a little bored in some parts. Maybe if I see it again, I will enjoy it more. We were pretty tired by the time we got there.

California Here We Come!!!

2008-07-26T11:32:00.000-07:00

In June our friends Jake & Malia invited us to go to California with them. It was a spur of the moment, and we are so glad that we were able to get out of work to go. The first thing that I think about when vacation is brought up is if we can afford it. It ended up being a really inexpensive trip. Jake has a natural gas car and so we only paid $30 each for gas the whole trip! It was amazing. The only bad thing about the car was there was no air conditioning. It was so so hot! I think I probably complained the most...The sad thing about that is that Malia is pregnant and she didn't complain at all! I value my AC that's for sure! Before we came home we made sure that we bought a spray bottle and every time we made a gas stop we would fill up the bottle. We stayed with some family friends of Malia's so that was nice that we didn't have to pay for a hotel. We got there late Thursday night so we just visited for a minute and then it was off to bed. Friday we went to Sea World. I absolutely love Sea World! We hit pretty much every show and had an exciting time! It was Jordan's first time ever going so that made it even more fun. He loved the little otter in the Clyde and Seamore show. Every time that otter would come on stage, Jordan would make some comment about him, "That silly little otter". Jordan wishes that they had a show just of the otter. Shamu was so big! There were two shows that Shamu did, one in the daytime and one at night. Jordan and I both felt that at the night show Shamu didn't even do much. It was mostly just the trainers dancing around. Kind of a disappointment. We went their to see the amazing Shamu, not the amazing Trainers. I guess we don't always get what we want though. It is incredible to me that these people get in these huge pools with these killer whales and train them to do tricks. I don't know that I could ever do that. We enjoyed the rest of our fun filled Sea World day. Saturday we spent the whole day at the beaches. We went boogie boarding, made a sand turtle, and castles, and just splashed in the water. We put sunscreen on at the beginning of the day, but who knew that it would come off in the water :) We all ended up really burnt. Not a fun night! Sunday was another long hot hot drive home. We ended up spending some time at the natural gas stations for a while waiting for the tanks to gain enough pressure to let us fill up. That was probably the worst part about the trip, but it was still a BLAST!!! Thanks Jake & Malia!

BBQ Fun

2008-07-26T11:19:00.000-07:00

For Father's Day Jordan and I were able to go and spend some time at my Grandparent's home in Morgan. (I know Father's Day was quite some time ago, but that's how far behind I am.) We had some fun laughs and great food! Below are some of the moments captured...