tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42943998354881860072024-03-12T21:52:02.646-07:00My Life as a NelsonBecause of the distance between my family and I, I figured that this would be a good way to keep them updated on how things are going. Hopefully I will be able to keep it up-to-date so that it serves it's purpose!Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09818958227190883203noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294399835488186007.post-6357873675584791162013-11-16T18:24:00.003-08:002013-11-16T18:24:38.574-08:00My Home is a Place of Peace and Comfort<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While I loved being in Canada with my family, I find so much comfort and peace being back in my own home.</span></span></div>
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home, but Emily came back to Utah with me and spent the month with us. It was
amazing having her here. Leaving my family was the hardest thing I have done in
a while. They were such help and provided so much love and support while we
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbrj9gcyKNXCfUnhHUE2Yq6DMCBAbwzLtyN53ftV0C7O2HOA8d-AorqeyHce4DatXEfjcMhZrJabYt30FibgfGxbko0-BHvg1ryo0Lr-JECyI1lsyhUD42pHI-RVPICq8hadr4X2Anm-1/s1600/154.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Emily was here for the month of September, and while she was, she attended two institute classes, we took various hikes throughout the canyon, attended the USU rodeo, the demolition derby, watched Alex play soccer, shopped, floated the river in Lava, ID and just hung out! It was so fun, and I loved that she had that time to really connect with Brooklyn :) </span></div>
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We also had the opportunity of showing off Brooklyn to everyone here in Utah! Alex's family came to Logan to visit on a few occasions, and Brooklyn finally got to meet her American cousins! Cindy threw me a shower at her home to debut little Brooklyn and welcome her into the family :) Everyone loves her of course, and people started calling her "the china doll". Brooklyn has been very spoiled, especially from her Grandma Cindy. On a few occasions I have found outfits in her closet that Cindy has put in there haha </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-9dA7vgGfGvmShVa53Ac-sBmdnHVnHqo1j8GYP-n13WGuL1fJIlE2uQ0YCerBeEX1H1p64I-QG0cC1FgaeFg3cBRiCLD0xg-TtLBrs7tPCgYOklTvxMI5AxqKpKZYS3OEqotzdmrreko/s1600/346.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-9dA7vgGfGvmShVa53Ac-sBmdnHVnHqo1j8GYP-n13WGuL1fJIlE2uQ0YCerBeEX1H1p64I-QG0cC1FgaeFg3cBRiCLD0xg-TtLBrs7tPCgYOklTvxMI5AxqKpKZYS3OEqotzdmrreko/s320/346.JPG" width="240" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> So at the end of September, my parents came down and babysat Brooklyn while Alex and I went to Tijuana, Mexico with Vivint Gives Back. During the summer, salesmen were given the opportunity to donate a certain number of sales in order to go to Tijuana and help build homes for people in need. We flew into San Diego, were able to go to the beach and enjoy the weather before we drove across the border the next day. We stayed in Tijuana in the LDS church building's gym haha Alex and I had the brilliant idea that we would share a sleeping bag... it sucked. However, the experience was amazing. </span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabsCpJBSkcqdimfvbjPyj54k-49QcIhF5qMLLuLvZYaCcXysqgzkmwIa3KVULWmf-FQ1igCC-hJZtjHPNEKdyYE1xaVCF3Vc8DfMTSGs3KCIKvJGqPdzjW-I-U98NqPy-F-gj65IlQRTn/s1600/352.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabsCpJBSkcqdimfvbjPyj54k-49QcIhF5qMLLuLvZYaCcXysqgzkmwIa3KVULWmf-FQ1igCC-hJZtjHPNEKdyYE1xaVCF3Vc8DfMTSGs3KCIKvJGqPdzjW-I-U98NqPy-F-gj65IlQRTn/s320/352.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We were able to build homes for three families. These families had built their homes out of scrap pieces of cardboard and whatever else they could find lying around. One of the daughters had commented that she is most grateful that she will no longer get wet inside her own home when it rains. We provided shelter, comfort and a sense of security for these families who had no means of achieving it on their own. It was such a rewarding experience to be able to forget about ourselves for three days and serve complete strangers. I have been on service trips before, but it was such a different experience being able to share that with Alex :) While we were there, they hosted a fiesta type night, we danced, were entertained by locals, and one of the best parts of the trip; having all our meals made by locals! SO good. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwQffIr9QOlZnkqi9XhRKHohGGR-Va1MGo5-Lu79PcPt6gAgIV6_D5zFicRMBVGT2HaFB5zlU0kQiBoPjNWoUuq2VkAwp-YyY8KffuG_Y0pwHCp9fyB4hG5u7KRpWuwkdkXt3vWpkAhRc/s1600/362.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwQffIr9QOlZnkqi9XhRKHohGGR-Va1MGo5-Lu79PcPt6gAgIV6_D5zFicRMBVGT2HaFB5zlU0kQiBoPjNWoUuq2VkAwp-YyY8KffuG_Y0pwHCp9fyB4hG5u7KRpWuwkdkXt3vWpkAhRc/s320/362.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The welcome home however, was not what we expected... Brooklyn was sleeping and so naturally I went and woke her up... Well she was not a happy girl after that. She was a bit weary with me and Alex claims he scratched her face with his whiskers and so the entire night she would burst out in tears whenever he looked at her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was really sad! For about a day, she acted a bit strange, but then things were back to normal after that. Then I again had to say goodbye to my Mom, Dad and Emily as they headed back home the day after we got back. They loved having the week with Brooklyn and I loved them for coming to babysit. Although I would like to think that they made the trek just to babysit, I can’t. They had tickets to General Conference which was the weekend we were gone, so it worked out perfectly!</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_1BxgVy7CGpZTmiOE8wi4u2vGDlWVq50CeNUt08mplfvRxN7BmxsciTM-mXcaxG30Bk6evpxPKC2pJQgAJ5m7z92Q-esRK6WwvTKjWdkiGWP6ohIa9Cb1jjq4vEbyJZGIcqZp5q11pwc/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_1BxgVy7CGpZTmiOE8wi4u2vGDlWVq50CeNUt08mplfvRxN7BmxsciTM-mXcaxG30Bk6evpxPKC2pJQgAJ5m7z92Q-esRK6WwvTKjWdkiGWP6ohIa9Cb1jjq4vEbyJZGIcqZp5q11pwc/s200/010.JPG" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alex was able to get his schedule worked out so he only had class on Tuesdays and Thursdays and one night class Wednesday. So we have been able to have a long weekend every weekend! It has been so nice to have Alex around so much. So when fall break came up he had five days off class, so us and the Huish's decided one night to pack up and leave to my parents place in AZ! We were literally sitting in our living room discussing the trip when we booked a hotel in Vegas, and left within the next couple hours haha love it. We had such a fun time. We stayed in Vegas the first night, then to Surprise AZ the next and even had the opportunity of going to visit Shane's sister just a couple hours away from my parents place. We stopped at Hoover Dam, played cards, laid out in the sun, swam, the boy’s hunted scorpions and geckos, and mostly just relaxed! It was so nice to get away somewhere warm. Oh, and the Huish's told us that they are expecting a baby! Her due date is May 28th! The same as mine, how fun! Some good times with good friends :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It has been so fun to be back with our friends, going to the pumpkin walk, celebrating birthdays, USU basketball and hockey games!! <span style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;">Brooklyn loves the games haha It is way loud so we bought her ear protective muffs which are HUGE because I couldn’t find kid ones, but hey they work and she doesn’t mind :) She is such a content baby. She doesn't fuss when we are out and about, and falls asleep when she’s tired without whining haha </span></span><br />
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Brooklyn has now experienced her first Halloween in which we
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snowfall! She absolutely loves being outside, and is even more intrigued by
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And of course as we all know, babies need their immunizations, so again lucky for us, Alex had a work meeting/year end party in Calgary so we were able to get Brooklyn's shots done. My family was able to come to Calgary and we went to the Telus Spark center. I had never been and it was so fun! So many cool things to explore and I loved seeing Emma, Crystal and Tanner. Ella is so big and so funny! Loved seeing them again. I honestly have the best siblings for being willing to drive two and a half hours in a snow storm to see us! I love them so much. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And Brooklyn sits! She is 5 1/2 months and
she squeals constantly, loves to play with her toys, and can sit up :) She is
getting so big so fast... I can’t handle it! I still think she is the cutest
thing alive and am excited to spend my days with her every morning. I am the
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Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09818958227190883203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294399835488186007.post-80555839771289437552013-07-22T14:07:00.001-07:002013-07-22T14:07:42.095-07:00Brooklyn Mae We had a GIRL! Brooklyn Mae joined our family on May 26th at 1:17pm and we could not be happier! She is now 8 weeks old and I am finally getting around to writing her birth story :)<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRRp_PsMTAgIUqjvRqFCO9xfOaaG9cvlvBh72lWhqpTMPF7XclJ3NPT81d5IcSI-RJl7fovw_MZB_T_BgC8z_0RIFveQ6VHAIJvPZm5xttQRiRAvsnGs1lWUJy2VHPulMsuUp18FPD0_g/s1600/333.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRRp_PsMTAgIUqjvRqFCO9xfOaaG9cvlvBh72lWhqpTMPF7XclJ3NPT81d5IcSI-RJl7fovw_MZB_T_BgC8z_0RIFveQ6VHAIJvPZm5xttQRiRAvsnGs1lWUJy2VHPulMsuUp18FPD0_g/s200/333.JPG" width="200" /></a>My due date was May 24th, and when that had come and gone I was definitely getting impatient and anxious. For the entire month I had been trying different means of bringing on labour such as bouncing on exercise balls, only taking the stairs, taking Hugo to the off leash park everyday, and doing lunges on a regular basis haha. However, Brooklyn was on her own time schedule and everything worked out for the best.<br />
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On the 22nd I was having a really hard time feeling her move, and so decided to go into the hospital for a stress test. When we got there, her heart rate was dropping down significantly and so they kept me there for a few more hours to monitor her and to try and determine what was causing the sudden drops. But after a few hours they let me go home but made an appointment for me to return the next morning for a follow up. At the follow up they determined all was well and I was good to go. I was really glad I had that experience because when it came time to deliver her I knew exactly how to check in, where I was going and what was going to happen. It made everything a lot easier and I was more calm about the prospect of going into labour for real. <br />
So Saturday night (the 25th) came and at about 7pm I started feeling strong contractions that were about ten minutes apart. I was in my apartment by myself, and decided that if these were real contractions then I had better clean my apartment and get things ready, just in case. Then they started going down to 8 minutes apart, and then 5 minutes apart. So I called my sister in law (I didn't want to get my mom all excited if I was having false labour, so I decided Crystal would be the most calm about it) to ask if what was happening was real or not. I didn't know if I should call Alex yet and tell him to come home from work or if I should just wait it out for a few hours till he got home, or what I was to do. I was trying my best to appear calm but my mind was racing! After talking to Crystal I went next door to ask Michelle Forsyth what I should do and she suggested that I stay at her apartment and wait things out for a bit. So I did, but they kept getting more painful So I called Crystal back and she told me to call Alex. So I did and he decided to come home, that we should probably go to the hospital and if they sent me home, then that was okay. So that's exactly what we did! He got to the apartments about half an hour later and we left! We got to the hospital with my contractions 4 mins apart but I was only 2 cm dilated. So we waited at the hospital for a few hours to see how fast I was dilating and made it to 3 cm but was progressing slowly. So they gave me the option of staying or going home. We decided to go home. Back at the apartments I tried to sleep but was in too much pain, so I tried reading a book, sat in the bathtub for a long time, ate some food and by 5 am decided that I couldn't handle it anymore and that we needed to go back (ps. Alex thought I had slept the whole time...ya right!). So we checked back in and I was 6cm dilated. So they kept me :) We were in there for a couple hours and then I got moved into the delivery room where I got my epidural. The epidural was great by the way! I could still move my legs yet I couldn't feel the pain of the contractions. Oh, Mom, Dad and Emily were also at the hospital with us by this time. So we were all hanging out, having a good time. I felt great. I was pretty nervous and my whole body was shaking pretty hard, but I wasn't cold, it must have been from the adrenaline? So it seemed pretty quick from when I had the epidural to when the nurse said we were to start pushing. That was a scary thing to hear her say haha I had no idea what I was supposed to do or what was about to happen. Dad and Emily left the room and Mom sat patiently on the bench in the corner. <br />
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So I started pushing at noon, and it took me a while to get the hang of what I was doing haha I was getting so frustrated and by the end was bawling of course because I was so exhausted and just wanted my baby out! Alex was amazing through all of it. At first I was self conscious because I had told him he wasn't aloud to look and he was totally peeking! But I soon got over that and was able to figure things out. I was really glad in that moment that we didn't find out because it gave me the extra energy to get her out! And so she came out at 1:17, a baby girl :) She is definitely not what I expected, I was expecting a blonde boy, and out she came a head full of dark hair with girl parts haha I of course in the moment thought she was beautiful but the poor girl had the BIGGEST cone head, honestly it was probably 2 inches above where it should have been... so sad! But by the next morning it was completely down to normal haha So anyways, she came out and they handed her to me and then took her away to be cleaned and weighed and what not. But then the doctor called for the anesthesiologist and for Dr. Lee. The anesthesiologist put me under for a couple minutes and so this is where I tell the story from Alex's perspective. If you haven't yet had a baby or get grossed out easily, don't keep reading till the following paragraph. Alex said that they put me out and then this little Asian Doctor came in. I guess my cord had detached from the placenta and my doctor was quite a large lady, so this Dr. Lee had to come in and put her arm (up to her elbow!) inside of me to grab my placenta... Then as Alex is standing there, the doctor starts asking why I'm not waking up, and upon hearing that, Alex gets worried and scared, and doesn't know whether to be over with Brooklyn or me at that time. But they get the anesthesiologist back and tells them that he gave me a little bit of a higher dose just to make sure I didn't wake up while her arm was all up in me haha gross. <br />
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So after that was all cleared up, the doctor gave me nudge in the face and called my name and I instantly woke back up. I had no idea what had just happened, I was just happy because they were handing Brooklyn back over to me :) <br />
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Then before I knew it we were being escorted up to our postpartum room, which was super nice. It had a queen sized bed and a menu to choose what we wanted to eat from, with benches for family and lots of room for visitors. All of my siblings were there to welcome Brooklyn into the family. It was really nice to have everyone there and to have their support. <br />
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Then the following morning, Brooklyn had all her blood work taken and they told us that she was jaundice. So she spent that whole next day under the lights. I missed her soo much that day. The only time we were aloud to take her out was to feed her, and that wasn't the most pleasant of times haha But she loved it under those lights and slept the whole time, so Alex and I got our rest. Alex was a huge help and such a good Dad. He loves her so much and it definitely showed :)<br />
so we got to finally go home on the morning of the 28th and we were definitely excited to be back in our own element. And when we got back Michelle had decorated our apartment with posters and balloons :) It was really cute and super sweet of her. Oh and a huge thanks to Eleni and Tim, and Jeisson for taking care of Hugo for us while we were gone... It was a HUGE help and made our lives a lot easier. <br />
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So now Brooklyn is 8 weeks and is so alert that it makes things really fun :) She is on a pretty good schedule and is honestly a pretty easy and calm baby so far. At only 6 days old we went to Emily's Grad, she had her first fathers day and went to her first rodeo! She had the cutest baby shower thanks to Crystal and Kelly for doing that for us :) And just this past week we went camping! She is very versatile, will go anywhere and to anyone (unless its nap time, then I think she calms down quicker with me), and smiles in response to people now! Its great! She was blessed on June 30th by her father. It was a beautiful blessing and she was beautiful in her dress and afghan made by my Nana :) We were lucky enough to have her Grandma Cindy there to witness it. Cindy was able to come for 8 days and get to know her newest granddaughter :) It was also the week I got my wisdom teeth out so I was more than grateful for her company and help while I was recovering from that. I am so lucky to have such loving in-laws who are so willing to help where they can. Brooklyn is very lucky. <br />
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I keep thinking that I am going to become immune to how cute she is, but I don't think it will ever happen. I can not get enough of her and feel so blessed to be her Mom. It still seems so weird that I am a Mom... so far it hasn't been as hard as I imagined it would be. I am really surprised at how comfortable I am in this role. I thought the lack of sleep would kill me, but I honestly feel as though I am more happy now than I have ever been in my life. Of course some nights at 3 am I get impatient but then as she calms down, that overwhelming feeling of love comes over me and I cant help but laugh at how stupid I'm being. I love being a mom, and I love my little girl and my husband. Alex is an amazing father, and I am so glad to have started this journey with him. There honestly is nothing else I would rather do than be here with my little family. And I am so grateful for my mom and the love she has for me. My parents have shown amazing amounts of service for my family and I cannot thank them enough for all they do. <br />
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<br />Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09818958227190883203noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294399835488186007.post-85970604401141924232013-05-20T11:17:00.002-07:002013-05-20T11:17:25.146-07:00You Never Realize How Much You Miss Something or Somehwere Until You Come Back.<br />
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Alex and I have been so blessed lately and things are going along so well!
We are both so excited that the semester is over, especially Alex haha so we
packed up the car right after Alex's last final on the Tuesday and headed to
Salt Lake for our immigration interview and then left from there Thursday
morning to Edmonton :)<br />
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So our initial interview was awesome! We brought all our proof, but for some
reason my fingerprints and what not were not on my file... The agent said that
they were probably not linked properly and that we could go and he would just
find them and approve our case. Well five minutes after leaving the building
the agent called me and told me that they were missing and that he was able to
get me back into the office to have them done right then! This is honestly
amazing because normal protocol would be to just send me a letter requesting
that I come in with a specific appointment date made later in the month. The
problem with that is that I would have already been in Canada without a travel
document to come back into the states with haha I was so grateful for his
efforts in calling us back immediately and getting me an appointment right
then! Such a great guy. So because of his efforts, my mother in law received my
green card the other day!!! Such a huge stress off of our shoulders for now :)<br />
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So we are now mostly settled into our apartment, we only drove the Subaru up
so we weren’t able to take much. Our apartment is quite spacious and so it
feels super empty but it made moving in quite a bit easier and faster. We have
two rooms, but only one bed so the other room is for all of our babies things,
which isn’t much as of right now haha And we are on the third floor which makes
things annoying because we have to take Hugo down stairs to pee every few
hours. It’s not bad right now because I am trying to walk and what not as much
as possible so this baby will come early but once we have the baby it will be
super inconvenient. But that’s life. Alex and I were thinking of getting a
shallow planting box with grass in it and putting it out on the balcony for
Hugo to pee in...? We'll see. <br />
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But Alex has been enjoying the opportunity to be back selling and is doing
well :) He had his first 3 day yesterday so he is getting back into the swing
of things and it’s great!! It has been weird, definitely an adjustment, not
having him around as much... It always takes some getting used to, but I’m sure
he enjoys coming home to a very excited wife every night haha And I have been
picking up a couple of my little sisters shifts at my older sisters Boutique in
Sherwood Park so that helps pass the time. And of course having my family
around has been great :) Had a family dinner on Sunday which was way nice. One
of my cousins just had the cutest baby girl and my other cousin and aunt are
expecting in July! Lots of babies!<br />
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As for our baby, everything is going well. I feel great and uncomfortable
all at the same time haha I’ve started having more regular and intense
contractions which are good signs. I will be 39 weeks along as of Monday so any
day now the baby can come and we would be more than happy. Sooner than later
would be great because I am definitely ready to move from being pregnant to
full on mom! Crazy thought but I really don’t think Alex and I could be any
more prepared... Not that we know what to expect at all, but from others
experiences, I think we are as ready as we will ever be. Crystal and Tanner
have been more than generous in letting us borrow their car seat, swing, bath
tub and clothes!! It all became even more real driving around with a car seat
installed and having my hospital bag at my side all the time haha I am a bit
paranoid I’m sure, but I would rather be over prepared than not at all... <br />
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Oh and I’m 21 finally haha Thanks to Michelle Forsyth I woke up to my door
all decorated with hearts! Then Alex took me to meet my parents, Ems, Crystal
and Ella for Dim Sum downtown, my favorite! And then I went back to my parents
while Alex went off to work and I just enjoyed the nice weather and then headed
back to the apartments for a really fun dinner with the other Vivint wives.
They are all so sweet, I can’t get over it! Then to end the night I met Alex
after work and we went to the movie the Great Gatsby with my parents :) It was
a great day and I am glad I made it to 21 before I had my baby haha Thank you
to everyone who made my day so special!<br />
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And that’s our experience so far and we are loving it! It has been so nice
to be here in Edmonton for the summer. You never realize how much you miss
something or somewhere until you come back. That’s how I feel anyways. And
sorry there aren't any pictures, I have been writing this post off of a
computer without our pictures on it, so I might come back and edit with
pictures, but for now, all our pictures are on facebook anyways!<br />
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Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09818958227190883203noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294399835488186007.post-90080112449140875022013-03-18T18:23:00.002-07:002013-03-18T18:23:21.749-07:00The Past 5ish Months!I am horrible at keeping up with this blog, and I apologize.<br />
A lot has happened in the last couple months, I don't even know where to start...<br />
I'll start with the biggest news... I am PREGNANT! This shouldnt be a huge surprise to anyone by now, but still very exciting! I am now 29 weeks along and have started to really enjoy it :) The first 17 weeks were pretty bad, and I ended up in the hospital once with severe dehydration. The baby was definitely taking me for all I was worth. But I would rather it do that than face complications. So the baby is growing right on schedule and should not come any earlier than the 20th of May. The past few months have been especially exciting as now I can feel the baby moving on a regular basis.It definitely become real for Alex being able to see and feel the evidence that a little human is growing inside of me! And for those who noticed, I do not refer to the baby as he or she because we are not finding out the sex... for those of you who know me, that would seem way out of character for me, and it is. But Alex doesn't want to know. If I were to find out on my own, I would end up spilling the beans and I would hate to ruin it for him. I am getting used to not knowing and am liking the idea of it being a surprise, crazy!<br />
The next biggest news is that we bought a house! We are now homeowners and are loving it! We bought a bungalow with a walkout basement in Logan, Utah just a couple blocks away from the university. It has hard wood flooring throughout the main level, updated white kitchen cabinets, wood burning fireplaces on both levels, and sits on a quarter acre with apple, apricot, plum and cherry trees. We are hoping to turn this house into an investment property and build a kitchen into the basement to rent out. The basement has a perfect layout with a separate entry and a big empty room which used to be his shop where the kitchen would fit nicely. It has been so fun to move out of our 300sq ft. apartment into our 3800sq ft. home haha We can finally have our friends over! This past weekend Alex's best friend Brayden Tye got married to Kristen Brunson and they are now living in our basement :) His family owns a plumbing company and will be helping us to get that addition all set up and ready to go for us to install a kitchen at the end of the summer! We are glad to be able to have someone living in our place for the summer and having a company we can trust working on the kitchen downstairs is a huge plus.<br />
And as most of you know, we got a puppy! His name is Hugo and he is a Maltese-Poodle. He will be 4 months on the 21st and is about 5 pounds. He has been perfect for us! He is on a good schedule to where he goes to bed around 10:30-11 and wakes up at 7am to go to the bathroom, then just hangs out and sometimes sleeps along with us till we wake up for real haha He loves to cuddle and we have trained him to sit on command, to walk into his kennel on command (he loves his kennel), and is potty trained for the most part :) if he has an accident, its right at the back door haha<br />
Another blessing has been that Alex's office has joined with the Edmonton South office and so instead of moving out to Victoria for the summer, we will be living in Edmonton!!! Now Alex will be able to be there for the birth of our kid for sure! I will have the constant support of my family and friends back home, and we get to be part of one of the strongest offices in Vivint. That means we will be more competitive and everyone who knows Alex knows that he lives for competition! We are both confident that this will be one of his best summers yet and of course I will be way happy and everyone knows that a happy wife = a happy life :)<br />
Alex and I have been able to take a couple trips together, one in Vegas for our one year anniversary, Alex won a cruise to Jamaica with some guys in his sales office, and then we just recently returned from Surprise AZ where Alex and a couple recruits were able to work and us wives could just enjoy the nice weather and relax! Alex went with the crew last sunday and I flew in and met them there wednesday because I had the opportunity to take Paige to the MTC!! We were able to attend a session at the Salt Lake temple, go shopping, and just talk about where we are now and how crazy it is!! Paige going on a mission and me having a baby... Who would have thought?! I am so glad I had that time with her, she is honestly going to be such a great missionary and I could not be more proud of her and what she is doing! The East coast is blessed to have her serving their area.<br />
Well I think that is all haha Its hard to cover so much time... My procrastination definitely got the best of me this time, sorry!<br />
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<br />Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09818958227190883203noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294399835488186007.post-22169104684592465242012-09-24T18:10:00.001-07:002012-09-24T18:20:50.683-07:00Bitter Sweet<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUggoEG57duV54w_8HxlHxYrD6r9R2z24QQZ3hU_LzBD4x3niGNt3GGvvq9gW1AKq_irXXfLJP_rUG5juLGqn0OzrB3Z2s-HeuZh4LQmR24TFhk3qQwp44EbXc0XY3FvqMR1a_FxDVW-l/s1600/2012-08-05+20.39.37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUggoEG57duV54w_8HxlHxYrD6r9R2z24QQZ3hU_LzBD4x3niGNt3GGvvq9gW1AKq_irXXfLJP_rUG5juLGqn0OzrB3Z2s-HeuZh4LQmR24TFhk3qQwp44EbXc0XY3FvqMR1a_FxDVW-l/s320/2012-08-05+20.39.37.jpg" width="320" /></a>I am having very mixed feelings as I start to write this blog... Alex and I have 11 more days of bliss here in Canada before we head back to Logan. I am excited to be going home to our normal routine where Alex doesnt have to work all the time and we can finally enjoy being together! But on the other hand, I am leaving my family again... at least its not a long time until we see eachother again since there are only a few more months until christmas! But I am very excited to get back to our american family ;) Alex is definitely home sick. He doesnt really say it out loud, I know he is when he starts calling his family EVERY day haha<br />
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So we are currently living at my parents house which has turned out to be alot more beneficial than we could have thought. They have been a great support, especially my mom who is constantly looking for gluten free diets and what not. Alot of good has happened lately which is amazing! Our luck has finally started turning around. Alex hit his goal this summer with 105 sales :) I was so proud of him, he toughed it out till the very last day of the season and worked so hard. Love being married to someone who knows the value of hard work and commitment. As soon as we were done summer sales, we house sat and dog sat for Crystal and Tanner when they were in Arizona. It definitely rid me of my puppy fever and no longer want one right now haha Alex is pretty happy about that.<br />
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Now I just get to relax and enjoy the time I have left with my family. So far Alex and I have been to two receptions together, we have gone to Elk Island Park with my parents and went canoeing and had a fire, were able to be at the little Pizzey family reunion, we have gone on bike rides, done gymnastics (so sore) haha, gone fishing, hungout with fun couples, have watched a few of Nicks football games, babysat Ella, and lots of Sunday dinners. We are trying to enjoy the time we have here which makes sales alot harder to focus on, but its been good. Main reason Alex stayed was because I wasnt allowed back into the states haha so silly. But some extra money in our savings account always helps!<br />
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<br />Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09818958227190883203noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294399835488186007.post-21415481729800612392012-07-10T22:04:00.004-07:002012-07-10T22:04:58.817-07:00OH CANADA! Home sweet home and LOVING it :)<br />
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not blogged about ANYTHING since being here in Calgary! I really should have
been because a lot has happened… both good and bad. First off I LOVE being back
in Alberta, I am extremely sentimental about every little thing, even the look
of Alberta license plates haha Cindy can testify to that! She spent the entire
15 or so hours with me in my car on the drive up to Edmonton. I don’t know if I
should feel sorry for her or explain how lucky she was to spend that time with
me ;) But I came home to my new baby niece Ella who is honestly such a gorgeous
baby. Blonde, big blue eyes, and well-tempered, just like her mom and dad. She
is a very lucky little girl to have Crystal and Tanner as her parents. I am
loving life being back together with my family. There could not have been a
sweeter reunion. I love them all so much and it has been amazing to be close to
them again. We are living in an apartment complex on the south east side of
Calgary. Our apartment is huge compared to our place back home… Alex and I
cannot see eachother at all times, there are corners and rooms that we can
actually disappear into haha They are newly renovated and clean which is great,
and I have tried to make it as homey as I can. But I want to paint the walls so
bad! They are white and boring and driving me nuts, but that’s what you get
when you only live somewhere for four months. Alex has been enjoying work and
is on track to have his best summer yet, so we are both very happy, and it has
been nice to reunite with Michelle Forsyth and her cute little family </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> We have a fun group of girls here this
summer all supporting our husbands haha Sarah Bonnett is from Las Vegas and has
two little boys, Amanda Forsyth from Lethbridge and Karli Johnson who just
recently reunited with her husband after two months of being apart! So it has
been very fun being around the girls and the four kids in going to the Zoo,
Calaway Park, Elbow Falls, and the spray park! You name it and i am sure we
have done it haha I go home quite a bit and then Alex joins me on Sunday, we
had the opportunity of going to my cousins wedding! Blake and Lindsay are way
too cute and I could not have been happier for them. It was nice for Alex and I
to witness their marriage and to be there as they were sealed for time and
eternity. It reminded us of the covenants that we made to each other 6 months
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married for 6 months!! Alex doesn’t think six months is anything to celebrate,
but he came home with flowers and some sparkling juice and took me out for
dinner because he knew I cared </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can honestly say that these
past 6 months have been the happiest and saddest times of my life. I have made
hard decisions and sacrificed lots… and it has been worth EVERY single penny.
Alex and I are so happy, I could not have asked for a better man in my life. He
knows how to handle me when I am crazy, cares for me when I am sick (which has
been a lot lately…), and makes me laugh when I am mad or stressed. We have so
much fun together and try to do as much as we can together when we get the
time. Alex leaves at 12 and doesn’t get home till around 10 every week day and
then Saturdays he leaves at 8:45 and gets home at 10… We only have the
mornings, a couple hours at night and then Sundays to be together, so we try to
make the most of it! In the mornings we usually take an hour or so to just lay
in bed and cuddle and be lazy, and then we will usually go for a walk. Our
nights end in us cuddling and watching part of a movie, however, Alex cannot
stay awake in movies to save his life… it’s a bit ridiculous. But Alex and I
have been to Banff twice now, we love it there. On Canada Day we took Zach and
Karli to Banff and went on a hike up to Johnston’s Falls. It was such a pretty
hike and the falls were gorgeous! I could stand beside a waterfall and just sit
there for hours on end… </span></div>
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been dealing with. I’ll start with the stomach pains that I have been having. I
don’t know what to call it and neither do the doctors, I have been to two
different ones and have now been referred to specialists. I have been in for
multiple blood tests, ultrasounds, breath tests, all kinds of tests and
everything has come back fine, but i am still in pain… Possible diagnosis are
GI, crohns or colitis, or endometriosis. The last two would be the worst case
scenarios and we are just trying to rule them out as possibilities. GI is most
likely what is going on in which I will have to change my diet and be very careful
what I eat which isn’t ideal but not horrible. I have been having episodes of extreme
pain every month or so, constant pressure in my stomach abdominal area, am
constantly tired, food doesn’t seem to be digesting properly, as well as other
annoying symptoms. I have been dealing with it since last September…so I had
just had one of my stomach episodes, and on the day that those happen I cannot
stand up straight, walk around, nothing, and then my stomach is uneasy and sore
for a few days following. Well two days later I burnt my foot way bad!! Talk
about bad luck, oh my heck! So stupid… I was boiling water and the cup with the
hot water slipped out of my hand and spilt down and onto my poor foot! I was
wearing socks and I was in so much pain that I was not thinking clearly and I
ripped my sock off taking most of the skin on my foot with it… it was the most
excruciating pain, well besides the Stomach pains but those come and go
throughout the day and the burning was constant for a couple days. So Alex got me
a bucket of water and that helped but it still killed and I didn’t know what to
do next! So of course I hopped on Facebook and asked for opinions haha \then I
called health link and they told me to go to the hospital. That was a horrible
experience!! First, I had to take my foot out of the water to get to the car
which was so freaking painful. But Alex, as strong as he is, carried me and my
bucket of water so that I could have it on the drive there haha it was so
embarrassing walking in because I was balling obviously haha and couldn’t
really explain to the reception what had happened. But they got me in a
wheelchair, my bucket and all, and got me in right away. But then they had to
wrap it, which means taking it out of the water, and I thought I was going to
die haha (dramatic I know) and so they gave me T3 and a shot of morphine and it
almost did the trick. It took a while to kick in and even then I thought they
had given me a placebo because it still freaking burned, but it was somewhat
bearable now. I am just glad it happened when Alex was around so he could drive
me and just be with me! There’s no way I could have driven there on my own. So
that’s the deal with my health issues.</span></div>
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is as frustrating as ever. I really wish I had just paid a lawyer to do it,
looking back now I definitely should have. Firstly, our post office in Logan
decided the send the notices that immigration was sending back to them instead
of forward them to Cindy as I had requested… Immigration of course paused my
application without me knowing… So that was hold up #1. Secondly, I was told
before I came to Canada that I did not need my fingerprints done in order to
receive my Advanced Parole which allows me back into the United States. An
immigration officer recently informed me that I DO need the fingerprints done
in order for the document to be processed and completed and you can only get
them done in the United States. If he is correct, then that means I cannot get
my advanced parole document which means I cannot go back to the states without
immigration denying my request for permanent residency. So basically, I’m
screwed. I am waiting for the notice to be sent to Cindy that will notify me
whether or not I actually do need my fingerprints done, and if I do, then there
is a border patrol guy who is trying to help me get across. Because I still
have a valid student visa there is a possibility that I can get back across on
that without immigration throwing a fit. So right now I am just kind of
waiting… if I can’t get across then I will have to re file from Canada which would
keep me here an extra year. Alex and I are already planning on taking a
semester off and traveling Europe. Even if things go well, my travel document won’t
come till after the semester starts anyways, so while we have no children, no
mortgage, or real obligations we may as well take advantage of it! Taking a
semester off does not change when Alex graduates, it just makes what would have
been an easy semester a harder semester so it’s not a big deal school wise
either. We plan on selling post season, and then backpack Europe for the month
of October and then take a cruise from Spain on the 5<sup>th</sup> of November
for 13 days, ending in Florida. But we will know for sure what we are going to
do when Cindy receives the notice…scary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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months here in Calgary, and like I said there have been some great times, and
some not so great times haha but as Alex always says, “everything will be fine,
it will all work out.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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home for a weekend in what feels like forever! This will probably turn into a
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The first trip we went on was a cruise that we spontaneously
decided to go on with Brandon and Brooke Major and Jenna and Addison Gines. We
honestly decided to go and book the trip all in one night a week before we were
to leave! Craziness. It was a Mexican cruise that left from LA with Carnival
Cruise lines. We drove in two vehicles down and stayed at Jenna’s family’s
condo in St. George. Her brother lives there and is hilarious. The boys had a
good time beating the last level in the Mario brother’s game on WII. So
ridiculous. We then drove straight through to LA and got on the boat!! It was
honestly so fun. We ate a TON (Alex gained 18 pounds!!) and enjoyed playing
cards and doing as many activities as we could. We met two really fun young couples who were at our dinner table with us, and a funny tongan. So funny story; we were having lunch at the buffet area and i fell asleep... so natually everyone thought it would be funny to leave me. Well this big tongan guy saw what was going on and decided to come cuddle up to me!! i woke up thinking it was Alex and was very suprised when it wasnt haha good joke guys...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anyways, our first stop was at Catalina Island
where we walked around and saw the shops and walked up to this old temple? I
think it was a temple, but anyways, it was surrounded by a beautiful walk
through a garden full of every possible plant that grew on the island. It was
really pretty. Weather was a bit chilly and overcast majority of the time, but
comfortable. I was silly and laid out on the deck with my leggings folded half
way up my calf. I found out later that it had made a perfect tan line across
the middle of my calf! Looked great when I wore shorts, or when in my skirt the
following Sunday. Embarrassing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next
stop was at Ensenada. This was probably our favourite stop. We first walked
around the flea market and Alex bought himself a hammock (he’s very proud of
it) and I loved bartering and got the best deal of the day! One man told me I
was a very tough girl ;) Alex loved that haha for the afternoon we rented a
golf cart and got all six of us on it and just cruised around! We didn’t read
the rule book and decided it would be a good idea to go up a way steep hill to
the top of the island. Well it stopped half way and the boys had to push it up
the hill while I drove haha the way down was just as adventurous as we feared
the brakes would go out and had to zig zag across the road the entire way down
hahaha it was great. We then broke the rules again and drove it down on the
beach where we ran into this ten year old boy<span style="color: red;"> </span>who
was offering rides along the beach on his horses. Alex and I took him up on his
offer and rode along the beach. It was so fun! He had a full sized horse and
then a smaller mule and at one point he made Alex and I ride together on the
small little mule haha it was honestly so funny. We loved it. By the way, for
anyone who doesn’t know, Alex is absolutely in love with horses! So I was really
happy he got the chance to do that </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
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that afternoon and stopped in Vegas and walked along the strip. Brandon had
never been so it was fun to see him all excited about everything. We were then
supposed to drive to St. George and spend the night but Alex was driving and
decided that it would be better if he just drove the entire way home!!! I was
so mad. The rest of us didn’t want to sleep in the car all the way home but he
just figured he was doing us all a favour by getting us home earlier haha what
a boy… So that was our cruise in a nut shell! Such a good spring break </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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parents, Emily and her friend Carly. It was so nice to be in some hot weather
for a while! My parents have a home in a retirement community just outside of
surprise. We went to three of the March Madness games, so fun! First two games
were the sweet sixteen rounds and the last was an elite eight game. We loved it
so much, it was so nice to spend time with my family, and Alex and I both love
basketball so it was beyond fun </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
The rest of the time we lounged in the pool and hot tub, went to a spring
training baseball game! I found out that Alex knows a ton about baseball so he
could tell me exactly what was going on and why they were doing such things, it
was cool to see him like that. We went to the hunger games haha just a good
time all around. I love my family; they are so fun to be around! Even though it
was only a couple day trip I had been excited for literally months.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The following weekend was General Conference and so we went
down to Salt Lake and watched it at Alex’s mom’s house. Blake and Lindsay who
had just gotten engaged came down and so we got to hang out with them a little
bit. Alex got priesthood session tickets for him and his Dad to go which was
way fun for Alex, and so Blake went with them and Lindsay and I just hung out
around temple square. It was really fun to catch up. Alex also had a mission
reunion that weekend where we went to a temple session and then had dinner at
the church. The Lindleys are part of our family, and so it is always nice to
visit with them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Easter with his Mom, Richard and Shaylee and Jeff. Alex sold in Pocatello
Saturday while I hung out with the family and we decorated Easter eggs with his
nephew Carter. Jeff tried to one up my eggs but failed… Shaylee, Jeff and Carter
ended up coming with me to pick up Alex later that night and we went to Lava
Hot Springs, one of our favourite activities! When we got home Cindy and
Richard had deep fried a turkey and it was delicious! Next morning we hunted
for eggs with Carter and went to the small ward there in chesterfield. It was a
great weekend; I really enjoyed spending time with his family </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The next weekend we packed up on Thursday and went to Zion’s
National Park with our group! The Gines, Rio and David Grange, Nick and Lauren
Hancey, Hayley and Jerry Axtell and Amanda and Trent Hagman. We all headed out
at different times and we went with the Hagman’s late Thursday night and stayed
in Provo and left early Friday morning. When we got there we met up with the Gines
and Granges and went on a small hike and then explored around! It is so pretty
there, I couldn’t handle it! I love camping so much. But unfortunately it
rained that night and so us girls just stayed in our tent and put hair wraps in
each other’s hair while the boys explored alternate hikes in the rain. We slept
in the same tent as the Hagmans and it sucked! It rained and stormed all night
and the tent ended up flooding and Trent kicked a hole in the tent haha funny,
but brutal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And to top everything off,
we woke up the next morning to snow!! In April!! Killer. But we made the most
of it and were joined by the others who came in the middle of the night. We
went on a couple different hikes which were really super pretty. The red rock
looked really cool with the white snow sprinkled on it. A very unique experience
we are told. But when we were done hiking we decided it would be smart to go
into St. George to hangout for the night. Half of us packed our stuff and
decided to stay the night at Jenna’s condo because of the tent situation. Such
a good idea haha so we went to St. George and Rio called up her grandparents
who lived close by and we got access to a heated pool and hot tub. SO nice haha
then just played cards and watched star wars. I was so confused the entire time
though. I had never seen star wars before, and we didn’t watch the first one
and so I just thought it was stupid. Jenna’s brother didn’t like me saying that
haha oops! Oh and Hayley is a chef so she made us ribs and peach cobbler, soo
good. We were spoiled. So we slept well and went back to Zion’s on Sunday and
went and climbed Angels Landing. That was a really fun hike, but I am a FREAK!
At one point it gets pretty steep and so they have a chain that is bolted and
goes all the way to the top. And so it was pretty slippery because of all the snow
that was up there, and anyways I was SO nervous that everyone else around me
was going to slip and fall to their death! I wasn’t nervous for myself, I was
completely fine doing it, but at one point, this old man was climbing back down
and slipped a little, well, I started hyperventilating…I couldn’t have anyone
in front of me because if they slipped, even the slightest, I would freak out!
It was horrible. But overall, the hike was gorgeous and so fun, I loved it! It
was really neat because we were able to go on hikes where there aren’t normally
waterfalls and on some, there were five or six just streaming down a huge
mountain. So cool! So I definitely recommend to anyone who likes hiking to go
to Zion’s Park. It is well worth the trip </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So that is our CRAZY life! Not one weekend where we have
been at home… horrible I know. The rest of the week is still full with school
as we only have two and a half weeks left till we come back to Canada! Alex’s
mom is coming up this weekend to help me deep clean while Alex goes up and
helps Rich fix up the cabin. Then Cindy and I will join them up there for the
rest of the weekend. Another weekend gone! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My life doesn’t seem to relax for even a moment. It has been
very eventful and fun </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
I honestly wouldn’t change a thing, except that maybe my immigration papers
would have NO MORE PROBLEMS and that they would go through smoothly and
quickly! But I am so grateful for the friends that I have made and for a
husband that I absolutely adore! We have so much fun together, every day he
makes me laugh and I can’t handle it haha we definitely fight and pick at each
other but that’s what we do! Whenever I am grouchy he will start grunting and
saying how he is just so mad, and repeats it over and over till I start
laughing. What a terd! He has established a very good means of diffusing my
anger haha <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So I am sorry for the late post and that it is soooo long!
But Alex is at soccer and I just got back from a relief society party with
nothing else to do for the first time in months!! Which I am very grateful for.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09818958227190883203noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294399835488186007.post-7055763365961991592012-02-26T10:53:00.002-08:002012-02-26T10:54:09.834-08:00Gotta Love the Married Life!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPbBDwxO8dLa8bPyhHRSHXzYxiB11apzKhzdpGecaAzauqhjYQixh8120Ssa3Opi1khkzWwHEr10dk92JUg5Ap-sPPOtD6tOwW9WtibovWS9x1kDT4oxmEz9ezty137dWnfmYeJ-DG0Wa/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPbBDwxO8dLa8bPyhHRSHXzYxiB11apzKhzdpGecaAzauqhjYQixh8120Ssa3Opi1khkzWwHEr10dk92JUg5Ap-sPPOtD6tOwW9WtibovWS9x1kDT4oxmEz9ezty137dWnfmYeJ-DG0Wa/s320/014.JPG" width="320" /></a>So Alex and I have now had our first valentines together and it was fun :) I had never before had a boyfriend on Valentines Day so I was a little more than excited for this one. He bought me my favorite meal (Chik-Fil-A spicy deluxe chicken burger) and some sparkling apple juice with candles haha some candies and other goodies... and I surprised him with a white and milk chocolate fondue and a scavenger hunt for coupons! We then sported our Aggie pride and went to the basketball game and later enjoyed a movie night together in our apartment :) <br />
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But besides a great valentines, we have been integrated into a game night group with friends from our young student married ward! It has been really fun to have people to hangout with who are in the same stage of life and don't have kids yet so they are available to go out and play haha Last week we hiked up to a cave in Green Canyon and had a winter campfire. We roasted starbursts which is something that I have never heard of and was a delightful surprise! They are so good! But we loved being in the cave as Alex and I have never been up there, we're still rookies when it comes to Logan's outdoor wonders. <br />
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Utah is great as there is so much to do! A couple weekends ago we had the privilege to go to The Utah Jazz game!! That was pretty fun and we both enjoyed that. Vivint paid for us to go and for Alex's recruits as well, so he was a bit stressed about keeping them entertained and kinda left me to do my own thing but I was at a Jazz game and enjoyed it none the less :) <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg_iNpTaAQXX2NEa0yb0VN0l85_TKiN0-bBr2bjxsQlWC6lz9eG_erG0BR0YSGnTeD3oQNsMvE9w2ykIXM5wNUkTVr4d-A-kvlVPoAUnIjBLZ1dRLxmj2j2YC0NLmj72iGDoS9fyFa442V/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg_iNpTaAQXX2NEa0yb0VN0l85_TKiN0-bBr2bjxsQlWC6lz9eG_erG0BR0YSGnTeD3oQNsMvE9w2ykIXM5wNUkTVr4d-A-kvlVPoAUnIjBLZ1dRLxmj2j2YC0NLmj72iGDoS9fyFa442V/s320/007.JPG" width="320" /></a>We have also been going up to Lava hot springs a lot, I love them as they are the closest thing to a hot tub. I miss the one back home... I have been dying to get into one since we went snowboarding last weekend at Sundance. Alex's mission president invited everyone out to go skiing and paid for us all plus a private lunch... It was gorgeous outside and was amazing to be up on the top of a mountain and be able to overlook the others. It really makes you appreciate where you live, I love seeing the mountains everyday :) <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAEB4WmQT3sM7IbPgN-MBV6mjq4b7bMJhU7KKZto_WtRHImK8vWrGg0asHnf8qxuuUNwVVbHKuiCgO4A8ciYPhVVQwpDiI-UqM6cEzEheB4mGWLfXv5rgxto3nHmcZEOE6hEQmeyU5wKFw/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAEB4WmQT3sM7IbPgN-MBV6mjq4b7bMJhU7KKZto_WtRHImK8vWrGg0asHnf8qxuuUNwVVbHKuiCgO4A8ciYPhVVQwpDiI-UqM6cEzEheB4mGWLfXv5rgxto3nHmcZEOE6hEQmeyU5wKFw/s320/025.JPG" width="238" /></a>But the day had its challenges as it was only my third time snowboarding! It was really fun though, I learned how to carve the last time I went so at least I can do that. But I cant just go straight down the hill which is a problem. I am really slow and don't do well with crowded hills haha But Alex was very impressed so that made me feel good. He would always go down a ways and then wait and tell me how well I was doing haha I knew he was probably just saying that to make me feel good but even so, I didn't discourage him from saying it ;) Then to say thanks for being so patient with me, I ended my day earlier than him so he could do a couple runs at his own speed which I'm sure he appreciated haha.<br />
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But other than that, school has still been keeping us crazy busy. Alex has started going to lectures from big time business men and women and so I started going with him to occupy my time as well and they have turned out to be really interesting. And then after the lectures we go to the gym together. Alex says that he will teach me how to play soccer and we will just kick the ball around, but what he really means is that we can go and play in a GAME with all his soccer friends!! what a trickster! But there is no way! I don't know the rules and I haven't developed a good touch yet. So if he wants the ball shooting around all over the place then ya sure, I'm the girl for that. So I just end up playing basketball while he goes and plays his game haha <br />
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But anyways, life continues to become more and more busy, but it has been way fun, and married life just keeps getting better. But I still don't really feel like I'm married, I feel exactly the same as when we were dating but just better haha But I figure thats probably a good way to feel :)Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09818958227190883203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294399835488186007.post-60166764730462061672012-02-07T19:21:00.000-08:002012-02-07T19:21:45.223-08:00I Love You More Than Yesterday But Less Than Tomorrow.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So everyday just keeps getting better and I now feel like we have settled into a pretty good routine. Mondays we have our own FHE with specific jobs in which we rotate every week. One person prepares the message and the other makes desert! This past monday was Alex's turn and I thought it was pretty cute/funny so I had to share. He made this wonderful pudding pie with an oreo crust, and in case you cant make out what the little oreos say ( because I couldnt either), it says A <3 K haha What a romantic ;) <br />
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So lately Alex and I have been driving up the canyon and exploring the river and mountains which is always fun, and just focusing hard on school! I just got through my first round of exams and Alex is just going through them now, so goodluck to him!<br />
The rest of the week is pretty mundane, except that the basketball team I play on is very entertaining. I am probably the top player on my team which shows how much we suck! So that's not as fun but its good excersize and its still basketball so its good. I'm more aggresive than ever which is a scary thought for anyone who has ever played with or against me haha Oh and Alex went and bought a desk that mounts to the wall, a lounging chair which he is in 24/7 now, and a DVD rack. All very exciting things which contribute to turning our little apartment into a home :)<br />
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So just a little emabarrasing story to end this post. Alex's sister, cousin, two aunts and uncle are doing a challenge to go to every temple in Utah in a certain amount of months ( I cant remember how many) and so this past week was the Logan temple. So we decided we were going to join them, but that morning I could not find my reccomend and being as emotional as I have been lately, started balling and decided there was nothing that could be done and I just couldnt go. But Alex being the determined and caring guy he is, decided that we would go to the temple anyways to see if there was anything they could do. So we went and told the front worker the deal, and he went looking for the Temple President. Well it was already ten minutes till the session was to start, and then five minutes till the session rolled around and the Temple President had just come to address my issue. By this time I had just told Alex to go in and if I made it then that would be awesome but if not then I would see them after. Well the President looks me up and says im good to go, but there is only 3 minutes till the session starts. I tell him my family is in that session and so he runs me to the change room, gets a lady to help me get dressed, it takes 1 minute to get me out of the change room and he escorts me to the ordinance room, litterally speed walking/jogging through the temple!! He opens the door, stops the session just to let me in!!! I was two minutes late and oh my heck was it ever embarrassing. The entire session I was balling, not only because I was embarrased but because I couldnt beleive how amazing the Temple President was in helping me out. I was so overwhelmed with the love of my Heavenly Father and of the temple workers. So this is a love/hate experience. But made me realize how important the temple is and how much it meant to me that I be there. I loved it because of course the entire time I am saying sorry to all these people helping me out and every one of them just keeps telling me how happy they are that I am there. LOVE IT! <br />
And all Alex could say about it was how weird he felt being in there alone and how happy he was when I came running in there haha I love him so much, whenever im upset he'll tell me that he loves me more than yesterday but less than tomorrow. That everyday he seems to love me more.<br />Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09818958227190883203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294399835488186007.post-56102344483357457692012-01-28T13:44:00.000-08:002012-01-28T13:45:26.500-08:00A little tour of where we live :) Ive tried to show most people through skype but I think this makes it a little easier to see!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444;">This is our cute little house! We are the little entrance off to the left of the front entrance. and I thought this was pretty funny... we have to use old skeleton keys!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: small;">... Magically tranforms into our living room!! We love having our futon, it makes the space alot bigger when people come over and the memory foam cover we got makes it just as comfy as any bed! The size works perfect, Alex and I fit just well enough that we dont have to sleep touching all the time, though most of the time I wake up to him cuddling me anyways haha</span> </span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444;">This is our little bathroom, I tried to get a picture of the shower which is off to the right behind the door, but it didnt work haha its too small in there!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">This is our kitchen, the second and only other room in our home :) But it has been a perfect size for Alex and I and I love it. It also serves as the homework table until we buy a desk for the living room haha we have been looking at one that mounts on the wall and folds back up against it when we arent using it! Super nice for that room becasuse there isnt much room as it is. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">This is a picture taken from one end of the apartment to the other. Just to show you exactly how small it really is haha</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">The right corner (with our backpacks and HUGE printer), is where we will put up a desk :)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;">And this is our view from our front door :) Alex and I have made a goal to try and go 3 times a month. shouldnt be too hard since it takes 40 seconds to get there!!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444;"></span>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09818958227190883203noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294399835488186007.post-73744096837413354322012-01-27T11:22:00.000-08:002012-01-27T11:36:54.057-08:00Summary of the first month!Alex and I will have been married 1 month next Friday, February 3rd, which is very exciting! The first month has been amazing, and hectic all at the same time... We live in Logan, Utah which is a valley, or a bowl that is surrounded by mountains. It is a small town with gorgeous rivers and walkways. I love it here, and am grateful to live right across the street from the Logan Temple. We live in a basement studio apartment, so it consists of the living room/bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. I think I have done pretty well at making it cozy instead of just small haha But it has been really fun, Alex and I are never more than two feet apart so its a good thing we love each other!<br />
We both started college full time, and it has been really fun to be able to go to school together everyday.Alex is working on a double major in marketing and entrepreneur business, and I was going into finance but am thinking about taking family studies instead.<br />
Alex has been working a lot with Vivint, as a co-manager and has been selling in Idaho quite a bit which is good, but which means I get to stay all alone at his cabin which is literally in the middle of no where. However, it is nice to be able to curl up by the fire and do whatever I please. He also plays soccer Tuesday nights, and I play basketball Thursday nights, so we both have our releases which I think helps haha <br />
Immigration has been the major stress in our lives and I am finally thinking I have things figured out, but as of this semester I wasn't able to qualify for instate tuition, so I am forever indebted to my parents. Any girl would be very lucky to have them in their life.<br />
This will suprise my family for sure, but you should know that I can actually COOK!! I have gotten ALL my recipes off of pinterest and Alex has been very impressed with them all haha I have made sweet and sour bacon chicken, BBQ chicken, made my first moose roast thanks to the advice from Dad, enchiladas, and others but I cant remember them all... and I know I am missing the most impressive ones... oh well. <br />
Also, something that is very unique to Utah which I think is hilarious, walking around campus you will see many kids walking around with scriptures in their hand haha <br />
On the topic of church, Alex and I attend a newly married student ward which is ONLY couples with a few babies... It was very weird to see, as everyone just sits with their husbands, so it is just clusters of two scattered around in the chapel, but I have learned to love it. Everyone is in the same stage of life as you are, and the releif society is way fun. <br />
So the first month has been so fun, and everyday I love Alex more :)Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09818958227190883203noreply@blogger.com2