Time for a Change

Let's face it, life is hard.  We all know that, but it all depends on what we do with our life and what we make of it that makes it all worth it.  This semester, I had no idea what classes I wanted to take.  I'm still trying to decide between graduating with an Associates Degree, or if I should go on and get a Bachelors degree.  It is all up in the air for right now. Since I am in the process of figuring that out, I decided I would concentrate on other things in my life besides "figuring out my life" if that makes sense.  I'm taking a Building an Eternal Marriage class, and it is such an amazing class already.  We are required to read in our scriptures for an hour every day, and to write in a 'spiritual journal' while we read.  It is only the first week of doing it, and it has already made a huge difference.  My goals from now until the end of the year, (and for years to come haha) is to develop a personal relationship with my Heavenly Father, and become physically fit.  These are my goals:

1. Read in D&C every day for an hour.
2. Write spiritual insights in my journal every day.
3. Exercise 6 days a week. And to make this even better, i got saweeet shoes yesterday that i LOVE!  There's nothing better than exercising in shoes that you love right? bahaha.
4. Eat better.  More fruits and vegetables. Only one dessert a week.
5. Go to the temple more often.

I know that by achieving these goals, my marriage will be strengthened, my testimony will be strengthened, my confidence will be strengthened, and my relationships will be strengthened.

For now, those are my goals.  I want to change.  I'm going to change, and it is soooo going to be worth it.

" I never said it would be easy; I only said it would be worth it."
Mormon 4:11

And how is this all going to be possible?

Because of this man right here:

There must be something about Logan...

So every time Tanner and I have gone to Logan, we always end up making a big purchase there. We don't plan to, it just happens! Once we got our TV, our Mazda, and now our Subaru. Tanner and I have gone through 2 cars...yes I know that's a lot, and we are done with that, haha.  But we just have been trying to find the car for us.  The passat was a piece of junk, the mazda was good except it got annoying not having cruise and power windows and locks, and the insurance was outrageous.  So... we decided to look for a car once again, and we found a keeper.  We put a list together of the things we knew we wanted, and then we began our search.  The car had to either be a subaru or a camry.  Had to have cruise control and power windows and locks, 4 wheel drive, and a reasonable price. Since winter is coming up, we decided having a 4 wheel drive car would be the best route to go. So we get to Logan, and about the third dealership we went to, I fell in love with this car...except it was $11,000.  Well, that was out of our price range, so we kinda left it in the back of our heads.  Well after test driving, much negotiation, talking them down to a resonable price for us, and much deliberation, we bought the car!!  It always seems like the first car we test drive, we end up getting.  Maybe that's our problem! hahaha no, but we love our subaru legacy and "big blue" is a keeper.  No more getting a new car every 6 months :)  We Love it so far! Here is a picture of our Mazda...haha. It's tradition now, everytime we sell our cars, we have to get a picture with them.  For memories sake ;)

I couldn't find the picture of us with the car, so I will upload that one soon.  But here's our old car haha.




And here is our new subara legacy.  aka "Big Blue"

The proposal...

So I found this video on my husbands laptop, and it is just the sweetest video.  I am so glad he got on camera, so that now we will have it forever.  We can show it to our children, ancestors, everyone.  July 21, 2011 was the day that changed my life forever.  It was the day that Tanner asked me to marry him.  And of course I said yes!  I don't know where I would be right now if it weren't for Tanner.  He came into my life at the most opportune time, and he has made me such a better person in ways I didn't even know were possible. He is such a wonderful, smart, handsome, caring, patient, hilarious, and just the best person that's ever happened to me.  The Lord definitely knew when to put him into my life, because he has made me the person I am today.  I am so grateful that we have almost spent the first year of eternity together, and I can NOT wait for years to come.  Here's the video that changed our lives forever :) Love you so much Tanner. You're the best ever.

nieces and nephews

So....I found these videos and i just think they are so adorable.  I really miss my brothers and sisters, and have really been missing my nieces ad nephews!  Anyway, I don't have a video of Kate of Griffin yet, but I have videos of Courtney, Azely, and Jay.  Oh man, I just love them so stinkin much. I can't wait for the day when all of my siblings will be together.  Love you and miss you all!!

The first video is of Azely.  Every time I watch this I just can't stop laughing.  She is begging for a cookie, and no one seems to be listening to her.  Cracks me up.
The second video is of Jay singing with me.  I love singing with him.
The third video is of Wyatt.  Oh my, this was hilarious.  He was cracking me up!
And the last video is of Courtney when she was younger.  She's just a silly goose. :)
but I love them all so much!!!

gotta love our sunbeams!

So Tanner and I have the best calling ever.  We teach the sunbeams!! Yes, they are crazy little devils, but they teach us something new every day.  I don't think there is a sunday where we don't come home and realize we've learned something from the little tikes.  They are so full of energy, and they are just so excited to learn about Christ, where they came from, church, and many other things.  The Lord must've known what Tanner and I needed when we received this calling.  We both love children, and are so excited to have our own someday.  Having this calling has definitely opened our eyes to parenthood.  I have learned from this calling that parenthood isn't an easy calling, but it is definitely a blessing. These little kids have so much desire to learn, and to do good. Tanner and I try to have a lesson planned out, but usually it doesn't end up being taught completely because the kids have such short attention spans, and their minds just never stop.  We have had so much fun improvising the lessons, and being silly at times, and just having a good time trying to fulfill our calling.  We are so glad we have this calling, and couldn't ask for any other calling.  Here's some pictures from one of the lessons we had.  Tanner and I were laughing our heads off.

                                                            Zander, Brock, Reagan

                                                                  Cam and David

                                                                     Silly David :)

                                                                         Cam

                                                                       Reagan

                                                                          Brock

                                                                           Zander

Tanner and I feel so blessed to have this calling.  It has taught us a lot, and it continues to teach us every week.

A unexpected surprise....

So last Sunday, tanner and I decided we hadn't eaten Sunday dinner just us for a long time. So we had a nice Sunday dinner, cooked by me. While the hubby was downstairs watching the Olympics. When I brought our food downstairs, to my parents house, we heard a strange noise and we couldn't figure it out! I thought it was just a mouse from our mouse detector, but nope! Finally I looked into the fireplace, and I found this little creature...

Oh my heck, it was so funny trying to get this thing out!!! Mom and Dad, you owe us :)

White Fish

 In Ashton, there's a water hole that you have to hike down to, called White Fish.  This is probably mine and tanner's favorite water hole.  It has rocks you can jump off of, and you can also fish.  We love it here.

                                              Tanner and AJ trying to be cool. hahaha.

And trying to be cool...again.  I absolutely love swimming.  Tanner, not so much.  When he was little he almost drowned, and so swimming hasn't been his favorite thing.  However, I appreciate him trying to learn to enjoy swimming, because he knows I love it.  I love my hubby. so. stinkin. much.