Hot dog of a day!

Cackle, cackle, screamy, screamy, happy, happy HALLOWEENY!!! I opened the door for trick-or-treaters tonight and found this!!!

Happy day! Bri got his diploma.

He is excited, can you tell?

I am proud of him. It is a little odd with him finishing up summer semester, but he will walk in December-with me.:)

We took Millie out in her hot dog costume. She got us some candy from some friends.:)

We went to a party tonight thrown by some ward friends. We forgot to take pictures there, but here we are before. Me-baby, Bri-Frank, Millie-Hot dog.:)

Happy Halloween

Tonight we carved pumpkins with some friends. I am sad because Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, and I have had to work the last couple, and this year is no exception. So, I got off work tonight at 9, and when I got home found some friends, and some pumpkins ready to carve. It was fun. Rockband was enjoyed also. We didn't get to play long since we started so late, but here are the results. Thanks for coming peeps!

Bri's on the left, mine on the right

Middle-Danielle and Spencer's, top right-James'

Fun day:)

Today was a good day. Even though my biological time clock is off from going back and forth with being up in the day, then doing precepting at nights and working nights, I had a fun day. Bri and I woke up at 6 and went to breakfast at Dee's with some of our ward friends. It was yummy, and I had quite possibly the best hot chocolate I have ever had there. Then later in the day my friend Jill and I decided to make some earrings. We went to Joann's, where a huge sale was going on and got our supplies. I got the tools I need, a box for my beads and cute beads. It had been so long since I have done something crafty. I can not wait to be done with school, because that is all I want to do. I want to sew, make more jewelery and Jill wants to go make pottery. Yeah, I can't wait. Working, school, and precepting has made my life a little hectic and I am pretty much running out of gas. December can not come quick enough. Speaking of precepting, I am loving it. I have been at Primary Children's, and I really enjoy it. I hope to work there when I am done with school. Kids are just way more fun than adults.:)

Jill and I

Jill is having a baby, if it is a girl, we will make her some cute bracelets.:)

I made some Christmas earrings and some dangley ones.

I know, I know, I know

I am a horrible blogger. I know. It is about time for an update. It has been too long and too much has happened. Some quick highlights...Bri and I road tripped out to Texas in August. We stayed in Colorado on the way there and back with my Aunts Linda and Lynel. We had lots of fun there. We then proceeded on to Decatur, TX to see my Uncle Tad and the fam. We then cut across TX and stopped in Lubbock to see Brian's sister and her fam. We went through 7 states in 7 days. It was awesome and a much needed vacation. We had a lot of fun on the drive and the 30+ hours in the car were nothing.

As of late, school has started for me again and I am working full time. I love my job and the kids I get to take care of. I have learned much. Brian turned in all his paperwork for his Bachelors degree and now is waiting for it to post(Weber takes 1-2 months.. slow).

We recently ripped out our entire basement. We have it down to beams and cement. We are going to redo all the dry wall and electricity. We are putting in a sump pump and hopefully carpet when all is done. It looks really different. We are glad to have a friend in the ward who is going to do it all for us. We would rather pay a friend, then a company. Plus, his wife wants a nice new kitchen and with all the hard work at our place, he can probably earn it for her.:)

Lastly, our little Millie. She is wonderful. She makes me smile all the time. I love looking down and having her right there. She is getting so big, too fast. She is getting really good at learning to come. I can't imagine our lives without her now...yes I know that's weird. She is just too much fun.

Baby's room..not one coming yet, but when the room is done, we will work on that:)

Our room, next to baby's

Cute Millie

Hi Millie:)

She's here! :)

We finally got our puppy! We finally decided to name her Millie. She was old enough to leave her mom over the weekend so we went and got her yesterday. She is so cute and makes me laugh. Everyone told us she wouldn't sleep for a week and would cry the whole time. She did cry on the drive home which was sad, but was just fine when we got home. I bought her a green squeeker toy and put it in her bed and she laid down right on it and went to sleep. She slept the whole night! I had to go to school all day so she got to play with Brian on his day off. He loves her and keeps holding her. I think she is going to be a great addition to the family.:)

Hi Millie

Sleeping on Bri

Saying hello

Ha how could you not look at that face and smile?

Puppy love....

Brian and I have wanted a dog for some time now. We just haven't seriously looked into it. Well this past weekend our neighbors asked Brian if we would tend their dog for them while they went out of town. He told them yes and came home and told me. I was a little surprised and hesitant. They dropped Ringo off on Thursday and we have had so much fun with him! Oh my heck, I can't describe it. He just made me so happy and made me laugh. He always wanted to play and would follow us around and keep us company. When I got home in the mornings from work, he was waiting at the door for me. I didn't want to give him back. We brought him to play with both our families. Belly loved him. The really surprising one to me that loved him was my mom. We only had one dog growing up and we all hated him. We have never been dog people, but when we brought Ringo over to my mom's she loved that he ran around and didn't mind that he jumped up to sit with her on the furniture (she said I was mean for telling him to get down). She fed him some of her popsicle. Really it was quite shocking to me. She loved him and of course so did Sadie. She kept calling him "Reno" and wanted him to follow her everywhere. We set up his food and water and she kept bringing him to get a snack and drink. Seriously too much fun. Anyways...we loved Ringo so much we started looking online at buying a Wiener dog too. We found some in Layton and went to see them on Saturday. They were to die for and so tiny. I picked out a black girl that is so cute. Belly came with us and loved them too. They aren't ready to leave their mom for another month, so we just have to wait and get ready for her. We are pretty excited!

Ringo the bestest doggie ever!

Ringo trying out the dog run. We need to get rid of the ivy inside.

I think we should name her "Minnie"

Too cute.

Changes....

It is time for an update. Brian just mowed the lawn, so I went out to see how it was going and looked at some of our flowers. They are so pretty, but I wish that tulips hung around longer. People keep telling me I need to hang our laundry out on our clothes line because that makes them smell so good. I might have to give that a whirl. We were going to rip them out, but I thought they would be good for a baby swing one day.

Anyone know what kind of flower this is?

That's my Bri and our big tree out front

Back yard

Back yard again. Brian is going to build a tree house in that tree one day for our kiddos (and himself I think). It is a perfect tree for one.
Does this look like it needs something....I think so too...

Other big news is Bri and I both got new jobs! I started working as a nurse at Ivy Lane Pediatrics this week and really love it. It is home health care for kids and lots of fun. I love being a nurse.:) Brian has been looking for a new job for a little while and has been praying hard to know what to do. He graduates with his Bachelors degree in August and wanted to find a job that would value his education and pay him for his efforts in earning a degree. He went to an interview at Midland American Auto Care in Roy and they called him the next day to come back in again and offered him the job. He went to the temple and feels really good about it so he starts in two weeks. He is going to be their lead technician/front end work guy (steering, suspension, alignments, brakes, etc.) and gets four bays just for him and a brand new alignment rack to use. He is really excited! He is sad to leave his friends at Midas, but is excited about the new experience and pay raise! I am excited for him too.