Day Three

A picture of the cast from your favorite show

Grey's Anatomy

I have been a fan of Grey's since Season one!! I love it so much!  I love the drama, I love the stories and the real life mixed with fictitious stories.  It's great.  I like how each season has played out and I love wondering what is going to happen each week.

Another show I have gotten into this year is
No Ordinary Family

 No Ordinary Family is about a family who acquires super powers on a trip to Brazil.  They think they are the only super heroes, but soon learn to find out they are not the only ones.  This show reminds me a little bit of the Incredibles, and I love it!!!

Day Two

A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest

Other than Samuel, my brother Chris is my best friend. He is currently serving a mission for the LDS church in South Korea.  Today is his 6 month anniversary, and he has 18 more months to go.  I really miss him, but I am so proud of him and his decision to serve the Lord and dedicate his life to His service.  Today was a bit hard because my sister-in law was having a rough day.  I was talking to her and she was tearing up and she mentioned how she wanted to talk to Chris.  Chris always knew what to say in these situations and would always stay up late talking to her.  A few more things were said, and I was tearing up myself too. And I started missing him and wishing he was here. Chris and I used to stay up late talking too.  We talked about everything and did so much together.  I can't wait for him to get home.  Things will have changed so much! 


Another thing about Chris is he has a very special relationship with Amilee. She has always liked him.  She would get excited every time she saw him and she never had to get used to him.  It was so sweet and cute and you could see how happy he would get when she was around.  When Uncle Chris gets home, Amilee will be almost three!! Crazy stuff!  i love him and miss him!  

the 1st day

I guess I will start today while I have some time!!

I love this picture, though it is almost three years old!!
Ten facts about me
1. I truly do love being a mom and staying home and learning and doing new projects!
2. I think Amilee is one of the cutest toddlers/babies I have ever seen.  She is more cute than normal.
3. I change my hair all the time.  I am a natural blonde, but I have had black, red, brown, bleached and a little bit of pink hair.  I get bored and want to try new things.  It keeps things fresh.
4. I wish I had better knees so that I could still dance and dance everyday.  I miss it a lot.
5. I love, love, love Grey's Anatomy!
6. I can't wait til the day when Samuel and I have own house that we can decorate and paint however we want.
7. I think that California has truly become my new home. I am really enjoying it here.
8.  I love singing and want to be able to share my talents more than I do now.
9. I love photography also and truly enjoy capturing all the beauty around me.
10. I love my Samuel with all my heart!! He is my life and I am so glad we have each other forever!!

I am giving in.......

I have decided to give in to do the 30-day challenge!!!  I have been so bad about blogging lately, so I hope this will help!! These are the ones I am going to do!

A picture of yourself with 10 facts

A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest

A picture of the cast from your favorite show

A picture of your favorite night

A picture of your favorite memory

A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day

A picture of your most treasured item

A picture that makes you laugh

A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most

A picture of the person you do the most ****** up things with

A picture of something you hate

A picture of something you love

A picture of your favorite band or artist

A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without

A picture of something you want to do before you die

A picture of someone who inspires you

A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently

A picture of your biggest insecurity

A picture and a letter

A picture of somewhere you'd love to travel

A picture of something you wish you could forget

A picture of something you wish you were better at

A picture of your favorite book

A picture of something you wish you could change

A picture of your favorite day

A picture of something that means a lot to you

A picture of yourself and a family member

A picture of something you're afraid of

A picture that can always make you smile

A picture of someone you miss

Pictures!!

Chris right before going to the MTC!

Amilee not sure what she thinks of the grass!!

She is already a great model!!

At the pumpkin patch!!

Dad's birthday!!

Amilee was an Octopus

Yosemite!!

Helping to decorate the tree

I am really good at dishes!!

Making my cake!

Family pictures!

I think it is fall now.....or winter....

Okay, I haven't written since August, so it has been a while and a lot has happened!! Oh man!! I will post pictures in the next blog.

August-I finished up with school and took finals and did really well.  We moved in with my parents to help save money.  Samuel got a job at Costa Vida, and my brother Chris went into the MTC.  It really was quite a busy month for us; we always had something to do.  My grandparents from OK came and stayed for a little over a week and it was really fun and nice to see them. My grandma brought her jewelry stuff for me to borrow, and since then, I have made some really cute bracelets and continue to make more.

September-In September, we decided that we needed to move to Yuba City, California, so we did.  Samuel's boss at Costa Vida in American Fork knows the boss here at the Yuba City location, so he helped Samuel get a job out here.  Samuel's mom and step dad came out to Utah to help us move.  My parents were sad to see us go, but know we needed to be here.So anyways, we came out here to California.  We live with Sam's mom and step dad and sister Katie and family friend, Isabella, so it is a crowded house, but really nice.  Steve put up some temporary walls around the living room and dining room, so we could have our own space. It has been really nice so far. Samuel was able to start working a few days after we moved in, and is now in charge of catering, so he has been learning the ropes of that.  I joined ward choir, and we started practicing for Stake conference.

October came quickly. Amilee started adjusting quite well to her home.  She also started taking her first steps. We had general conference and we watched the Saturday sessions at home, but for the Sunday afternoon session, we went to my brother in law's, John and Michelle and baby Daniel.  It was fun seeing them and seeing Amilee and Daniel together. they are so cute.  I also joined the Stake choir and we sang in this festival with a few other churches.  It was really fun, and a great missionary tool.
I made Samuel a Halloween quilt for his birthday and it turned out great!! We had a fun Halloween party for him.  We also gave out candy to the kids and attended our Ward trunk or treat!

The first weekend of November, we went to Yosemite National Park.  It was beautiful!! There were so many breath taking views.  Going to places like that help you to remember all the beauty the Lord has placed on this earth for us!!  The next weekend, we went to John and Michelle's to celebrate Daniel's first birthday!! It was very fun and nice to be with family.  I also spoke in church this month, and we became more and more used to our callings.  We went to Thanksgiving at the Family Cabin up in the mountains, about 3 hours north of here.  It was fun, and Amilee loved the snow. We took her sledding and it was great fun.

And now we are here in December-last weekend, we celebrated Amilee's first birthday!! She loved everything about it.  We had a princess theme, so everything was purple and pink.  It was very cute!! We are just getting ready for Christmas, and our trip to Utah to see my side of the family! It's been great!! Pictures to come!

So it's August!!!

I cannot believe it is August!!  I last posted in the middle of April, so I guess we should get caught up.  But first a cute pic!!!

Such a cute girl!! At the end of April, Samuel's nanny and long time family friend, Heidi got married.  We were lucky enough to be part of her special day.  Chris and Parker came up to Temple Square to watch Amilee, so we could attend the sealing.  It was really nice.   Here are some pictures I took of Heidi and Don

Jolene also came for the wedding! She watched Amilee while I helped with Heidi's dress and took some pictures!!! Here are so pics!!

We also went to see Tanya and Trevor and Abby!! Here are a couple pics of all the girls

 

At the end of April, I started back to school for Spring semester, so life got much busier for me.  The first few days felt like torture because I wasn't used to leaving Amilee for those long amounts of time.  I really enjoyed Spring semester.  It was great!!!

Aunt Michelle and Cousin Daniel came to visit with us also.  Daniel and Amilee are one month apart and so cute together.  Here a few pictures!!!

They love each other!!! Daniel is so cute, and so much bigger than Amilee!!!!

May went by pretty uneventfully.  However, for my birthday, we spent the day in Park City and did some shopping and that was really fun.  I got a lot of Bath and Body Works stuff, which I love, some new tennis shoes, a new bag and a few other little things.  My mom and dad got me nail polish, which I wanted, and a really cute picture frame and we had a nice dinner at my parent's house to celebrate mine and Chris's birthday.  It was really nice.  Samuel worked outside for grandpa during the day and worked at PJ's at night, while I just went to school and did homework.  

Jolene came out in June, while Katie and Rylea were at EFY.  We had a great time together.  She helped me get started on a quilt for Amilee that I just finished a couple of weeks ago.  Jolene, Samuel, Grandpa and Amilee went to Antelope Island one day while I was at school.  Here are some cute pics!

They had a great time!! I really enjoyed my time with Jolene!! In June, Chris got his mission call to Korea!!! He leaves for the MTC August 25!! I am so excited for him, but I will miss him a lot!!! it's a bittersweet moment, since we are so close!  Amilee also went swimming for the first time.  After she got used to the water, she loved it.  She got an ear infection at the beginning of the month though, but it didn't really phase her, so that's good.  

Amilee also learned how to crawl and pull herself up onto everything!! She is way fast and can do the stairs and basically everything.  She walks around everything too, so someday soon, she will figure out walking~!  We are in trouble!!  She says dada and it is so cute!!  

July has been a bit of a crazy month for us.  I went to the dr because my knee was really bothering and found out I needed surgery.  So on July 9th, I went in for knee surgery.  I got a lateral release done and it has been a slightly rough recovery.  I am doing physical therapy and things are coming along.  We couldn't really afford for Samuel to take off work during my surgery, so my little brother came and stayed with me to help out with Amilee and while I needed things.  My visiting teaching companion Jena came too.  I am so grateful to them.  I am also grateful for my visiting teachers because they brought dinner the first couple of nights.  It helped out so much.  Oh in June, I also finished up Spring term and started summer, so while having knee surgery, I still had to keep up with school, and I think I did okay.  We went swimming last week with Daniel and Michelle, but I don't have the pictures on my computer yet.  It was fun and cute to see them splashing together.

In a couple of weeks, we are moving to Lehi in with my parents and we are really excited for lots of reasons.  We need some change and are grateful for this opportunity!! I hope all is well!!!