Monday, February 23, 2009

Happy Birthday Michelle and Mom

Happy Birthday to two of the best people I know!

Michelle celebrated a birthday yesterday. She is Brian's sister. Michelle is one amazing person. She is a seamstress like no other - she could make anything and for the past few months she has been sharing her talents with others as a teacher in her neighborhood. Michelle is also an awesome mom. You can tell how much her kids adore her. She is a wonderful example. Michelle was always always always nice to me while I was dating Brian. I was always excited when I knew her and her children would be around. She is truly incredible and we love her more than she knows. Happy Birthday Michelle!

My mom's birthday is today! Sometimes I feel like there are no words to explain my mom. She is truly fantastic. She is always doing something - so busy. She loves being a part of things. She works hard and is determined to do her best. She's a great example in that. She is a great mom and grandma. She is also a wonderful friend and I know a lot of people would be lost without her. I am grateful to her ... Happy Birthday Mom!

A Time to Remember

So many memories in so little time. I am so glad that I keep my camera with me so I can always have these memories.

This is a picture of my two cute nieces , Allee and Tyler, having a sleepover at Grandma's house in their new pajamas.


This is one of the dance classes I teach - Revolution. Such cute girls...


And this is Courtney's work Bridal shower. She's getting married this weekend... She's awesome and I am way excited for her!


And here is Brian and I on Valentine's.
What an adventurous day!
We started the celebration with lunch at Do Do's with Weston and Christa. Yummy! The we went to the Museum of Natural History - Picture Below. So cool... loved the spiders. Then we went to Synders and bought some lamb and spare ribs. Then off to Harmons for other treats. Then the boys made us a candle lit dinner which was fabulous - lamb is good. And we watched Madagascar 2. AWESOME!

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Our Valentine's Gifts!


So I wanted to tell everyone what Brian and I got for Valentine's and then later I will post about our cool Valentine's day activities. We were very practical and got something we both really wanted/needed.



Brian got me this awesome workout DVD set of Jillian Michaels workout. Jillian (if you didn't know) is a trainer from Biggest Loser and I love her tactics. She's very tough and would kick my trash if she was my trainer. I have a goal to workout at least 5 hours a week, so I am VERY excited to incorporate these new DVD's into my routine!!!





I bought Brian this Baby Hoochie Mama Elk call for hunting.
The Baby Hoohcie is smaller in size and is good at producing those authentic sliding notes that are so characteristic of cow elk. Brian has wanted this call for a little while and I was excited to give it to him - Watch out Elk, Here we COME!

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Some New Memories

This first picture is Tyler on her 6th birthday. We had such a fun day. Tyler had a High School Musical Make-over Party and I was the hair stylist. Her friends got their hair done, make-up done, nails painted and played dress-up. Then Tyler had her family over for pizza, ice-cream and cake. She's such a wonderful little girl.

Here is my niece Taylor in December. She was SO tired of taking pictures.

The next two pictures are Allee and Tyler - Blowing kisses :). Dreams are a wish your heart makes!


About Me

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We have been married for over 8 years. In those 8 years we've lived in Taylorsville, St. George and Cedar City and now have our first home in West Valley City. Brian is currently a pharmacy technician and attending school to become a pharmacist. He loves the outdoors: hunting, camping and 4-wheeling. He's also taken up some interest in backpacking. Stephanie is working as an independant contractor doing photography, data entry, graphic design, cleaning, finances, etc. She is also an admin for Zions Securities. She is still teaching at Clayton Productions, has her own photography business (Wood Photography) and a little craft business (Woodn't You Know). (website http://wood-photo.blogspot.com or www.myspace.com/woodphotography). Stephanie is also attending WGU and hopes to have her degree finished by the end this year. Stephanie loves scrapbooking, movies, poetry, photography, bike riding, dancing and the outdoors. We're loving life and living it to the fullest we can!