March.April.May

Okay I've been the worst blogger ever! A lot has been going on with us lately, and that means a lot of good. We have been so blessed the past few months that we've been so spoiled. Things never happen when you want them to, but when they are supposed to. This has been a hard lesson for us to learn but we are learning to go with the flow. Anyways, here is some of our recent happenings.

In March we took Livi and Clara sledding with us with our ward. They had a blast, especially Livi. Uncle Reed would take her down on a sled and she would lay on his back and hold on for dear life and they cruised down the mountain. I would be scared if I were her but she loved it. She later told her mom that her and uncle Reed were going so fast that they were almost on fire.

Reed saw a picture online as I was looking at pinterest and said "Why don't you do your hair like that, that looks so easy I could even do it." So I said prove it and lets just say it did not turn out like the picture at all. But he gave a good try. :)

A month ago Reed started a new job which he absolutely loves! It is pretty much his dream job and he couldn't be happier, which makes me happy for him. He loves what he does and who he works with. Its been a long time coming but he is finally where he wants to be. 

Then in April I found out I was accepted into the Dental Hygiene program for the fall! Woo hoo! Its going to be a tough two years but it'll be worth it!

The beginning of May we had a yard sale and sold lots of stuff and most of our furniture because....

On May 10 we signed on our first house and moved in a couple days later!

The house didn't NEED any work done just only things we wanted to do. We started working right away and I'll post pictures soon of our progress.

V-day

Nothing to special went on for our V-day. Reed being the best husband ever made a special delivery to my office with these goodies!


Yes that is flowers, coke and donuts! He even wrote me a special poem. I was so excited I already ate two donuts by the time I could take a picture, just kidding my co-workers ate them.
I sure do love my husband and he sure knows me well. We both worked late that night so we didn't do anything but we went to a movie that weekend instead. Not much else going on around here just staying busy eating coke and donuts!

20/20

In case you missed the memo...
Reed and I were on 20/20 last weekend. Watch below.

January

Our New Years was pretty low key. Reed worked up until Midnight and got home right after the stroke of midnight to come home and give me a new years kiss. We got to celebrate by drinking Martinelli's in these sweet glasses I got from one of my friends for my birthday. We would put them in a China cabinet if we had them but we are saving them for all our fancy dinners we may have in the future.

The 4th we put our boots on and went to a Rodeo at McGee park. It was good entertainment and got to see some cool bull riders. The whole time we dreamed of being a cowboy and a cowgirl and owning a huge ranch. That is our dream to someday own a bunch of land with animals and such. Someday...

Reed finally shaved his man beard off. He left a stache for a total of... 5 minutes, then realized how ridiculous he looked and shaved it off. I'm married to such a nerd, but I sure do love him!

The next weekend the 12th we took a trip to this place with the youth in our ward. Its always a good day going to the temple and getting the refreshing feeling again.

The next weekend we had ABC 20/20 come to our living room for an interview to be aired at a later date, which we aren't sure of yet. It took them 3 hours to set up the cameras! Crazy huh but they got it all done and over with and it was a good time. It is for a show about things that survive the human body. Pretty much they are all crazy survival stories and I, well survived eating my ring and I lived to tell about it. ha

To end our month I just wanted to add a picture of me walking our dog, Rudy. Yes he is just running beside our car. I was going just the next street over to get something from Reed's mom's house so Rudy just went for a little walk with me, yes I know I'm lazy.

Goodbye 2012

2012 was a fun year for Reed and I. We feel like we are starting to feel more and more like grown ups. We probably will never act like grown ups though. This year Reed finished school and got a job, which we have been looking forward for a while now. Now it's my turn for school. We had lots of fun adventures, made many good friends, and grew to love each other even more if that's possible. We stayed super busy by juggling school, work, and church callings. Reed is the 1st counselor in Young Men's, and I'm the 1st counselor in Young Women's. Every once in a while we find some time to throw some fun in. These are some of our favorite highlights of our year.

One of our many snowshoeing adventures.

Participated in 2 dodge ball tournaments

Hiked to some Indian ruins.

The highlight of our year was being able to go to Reed's mission, the Baltic Countries, in May for 2 weeks. It was such a cool experience for me to see another part of the world and meet some people that Reed served and impacted. I met some amazing people and made me love Reed even more as I saw how much those people loved him because he was such a good missionary. It was definitely one of the best experiences of my life.

Another thing that changed my life while I was in the Baltics was these delicious hot dogs. They are amazing and I've craved them ever since I left there. I'm drooling as I write this.

Backpacking trip to Highland Mary's

Cascade Falls

Can't forget another hardworking summer of corn roasting

Fishing at Potato Lake

Reed's trip to Mexico with his brothers.

Hiked Engineer Mountain

Red neck dates prarie dog shooting

Reed's 30 mile mountain bike race

A couple 5k's with my mom

Reed ran 2 tough mudders

2nd annual kickball champs

Last minute road trip to Vegas

We are looking forward to 2013. We hope to buy a home to settle in for a while. I hope to get into a program at our college and we hope to have many more adventures.

Today mark's the date of Reed and I's first date to a church dance 4 years ago. Its crazy how fast time flies and that in a couple months we will celebrate our 4th anniversary. Things haven't always gone the way we have planned but we can't complain because we have most definitely been blessed. We always have each other and that's all that matters, life has been good to us.

Happy new year, here's to many more!

Our 2011 overview
Our 2010 overview