THE COUGHRANS

A new year!

2012-01-08T18:28:00.000-08:00

Looking back on this past year I cant believe all that has happened.

graduating hair school in oct of 2010 and getting a job that i love a few weeks later which ive been at since.

finding out that we were pregnant in november of 2010.

losing my dad to cancer in march.

celebrating 4 years of marriage in june.

delivering the cutest baby boy ever in july.

till now- now we are here in 2012 happy and healthy and in short, blessed beyond belief. it was a year of highest of highs and lowest of lows. looking back i cant believe how much we have grown. im so grateful for the overwhelming love that has come into my life, i cant imagine a day without my little wellington. im so grateful to my heavenly father for all that he has done this past year for me, both emotionally and physically. im excited to see what this next year brings!

Christmas and pranks!

2011-12-06T12:38:00.000-08:00

its christmas time! my favorite time of the year! adam and i have had so much fun putting lights up ourside for the first time, decorating, baking, etc. this is our little place from the outside!
its hard to see, but this is our porch with some big ornaments hanging
this is my favorite christmas gift! my sister made this for a relief society project.. thats right, MADE this!
haha.. random picture, but this is what happends when people spread rumors on facebook that i am pregnant again! our downstairs neighbors took advantage of the fact that i forgot to logout on their computer... and so i decided to be nice and rake up all of the leaves from our backyard! this is their back door.
our nativity scene
tree

coffee table- same as last year, but still my favorite idea ever
and last but not least... look what adam made in class! he is AMAZINGLY talented.

Wellingtons finished room

2011-12-06T12:29:00.000-08:00

i realize its been forever... i forgot to post wellingtons finished room!

thrift store picture frames plus printed off pictures from the web= art!
and that can thing on the left is his formula container! i decided that i needed a spot to keep all of the pacifiers safe from annie (she thinks they are toys that she can play with)
my mom got wellington a nativity scene

Halloween!

2011-11-10T09:22:00.000-08:00

We have been having so much fun torturing Wellington... I feel like my photos have doubled since having him! I cant believe fall has come and gone (for utah that is)... Wellington will be 4 months old next week!

We had fun carving pumpkins with our friends...

and i had fun laughing at everyones costume at work...

Wellington was a monkey, i was a 50s housewife and adam was steve jobs
I am such a slacker on our blog, but thats ok, that means ive been having fun doing other things! i have been enjoying playing with my little guy and cuddling him as much as i can. i have also been having a lot of fun at work 3 days a week. at first i was so worried that id miss my baby too much, but i think it just makes me appreciate him that much more when i have my days off. doing hair and seeing all of my sweet clients and friends at work is a lot easier than taking care of a new born thats for sure! adam has also been able to spend time with Wells and its cute to see how close they have gotten. Other random updates, i now teach the 8 year olds in primary! they are fun. Adam is working on some fun projects in school. I am working out with my friend three days a week.. we go jogging with our strollers or do a work out video... then just visit. well thats about it!

i was attacked...

2011-10-03T14:49:00.000-07:00

i was seriously attacked by this HUGE spider... gran-it, i walked into his web, which was in my carport in front of our house. but then adam came out and took care of him... by spraying him with wasp killer.
Wellington has discovered how to control his hands.. a little bit. he tries to hold his bottle whenever we feed him, and this time he was actually strong enough to hold it up on his own. well, long enough for me to take a picture.
he has also found a love for his blanket. just put the blanket on him and hes happy! its really cute.
he is such a happy boy... he makes me a happier person just by looking at him. i still cant believe that he is mine! and this is what 2 1/2 months of being a mommy has taught me...
my kitchen can become very messy...
but its ok... because sooner or later it gets cleaned. (thank you adam for documenting what a huge mess you ended up cleaning up). and even though im a neat freak at heart, i cant help but get caught up in staring at my little guy and cuddling him. im pretty sure hes the cutest thing ive ever laid my eyes on.

events

2011-09-19T11:32:00.000-07:00

this post is random.. but here we go! since moving to our new place our dishes have been getting bad.. really bad. and finally after trying different types of dishwasher soap, we found one that works miracles! it is a life changer!! i couldnt believe how bad our dishes had gotten. after doing one load i got really excited and washed the rest of our dishes.

wellington is 2 months old now! here he is all ready for the byu vs utah game... which we will not speak of.. he is starting to smile a lot and loves anyone who talks to him.
he is sleeping a bit better throughout the night.. here he is in some 3month-6month pjs.. i dont think they work out too well for him. he is huge! he is almost 13 pounds and an inch away from 2ft.
we decorated for fall! this is our coffee table.

and it was adams 28th birthday on the 7th.. yes, 28!! its sad that this is the only picture that was taken.. and adam took it. oops! we had a few family members over for a bbq and eclairs which mom helped me make for the first time.

besides that, i am going to be going back to work tomorrow! i cant believe three months have passed already. ill be working every tuesday and thurs from 2-9pm and every saturday, whatever time im needed. then adam has been going to school mon-fri from 8am-1 and works at postmart every monday and wednesday from 1-7pm. so that is our crazy new schedule. i have mixed feelings about going back. i dont want to leave wellington because i know how much ill miss him and im afraid that ill miss some big event, but im glad that our schedules work out so that adam will be the one to take care of him. i wouldnt want to leave him with anyone else besides his dad. adam has been so good with wellington. its so cute to see them together. adam can get the biggest smiles from him and he has the magical touch when it comes to putting him to bed. i am excited to be able to be back in the salon doing hair though. i looked at my schedule for this week and i already have a few requests from my old clients. it will be nice to have some adult time... thats what i keep telling myself that is... ill have to update about how things are going when i start back up. haha..

While you were sleeping...

2011-08-31T11:58:00.000-07:00

We have been having fun with Wellington... even though he is only 6 weeks old, he has already gone fishing
slept under an owl
gone para-shooting
and made lemonade from his very own lemon tree

he is amazing.

Wellington's baby blessing

2011-08-15T16:07:00.000-07:00

We blessed Wellington on sunday! it was nice having close friends and family all gathered at Norm and Kathleens home. a big thanks to them for letting us use their home, and to my sister sarah for driving all the way out from CA to be there. thank you so much to all those that were able to be there, it made the experience that much more enjoyable. adam did a great job with giving the blessing- it made me cry of course. and our little guy was so cute, very alert and didnt cry, which made me happy! after the blessing my sweet cousin took some more pictures of us. and i promise that i tried to narrow them down... i just cant though. im pretty sure im the most obsessed mom out there. i just cant get enough of my Wells!

quick update on us- we are all doing great. wellington is now 4 weeks old and is sleeping pretty well through the night, he usually sleeps 5 1/2 hours, then 4 hours, which has been amazing for me. this just means he is very alert during the day which is also more fun. he loves looking at everyone and loves being talked to. he is a pig during the day though and i feel that he is growing like mad! ive had work off and am soaking every minute up. i will be going back part time at the end of september, but until then we are enjoying taking naps, cooking, game nights, movies, having people over, and pinching wellingtons cheeks and legs! (ok that last one was just me).

things have changed!

2011-08-04T14:59:00.000-07:00

things have changed a lot since little Wellington has been born! my laundry looks different..
we have been taking a lot of naps...
i no longer look and feel like this...
my feet are no longer in pain!
and they no longer look like this
annie has been changing as well! she has been feeling a bit neglected...
so she took up a new hobby.

OUR FAMILY IS 1 BABY BOY BIGGER!

2011-07-21T11:21:00.000-07:00

Well, we had quite the adventure the day we went in to be induced... apparently the Orem hospital we planned on delivering at, didn't accept our insurance, so we had to wait until sunday to be induced in American Fork Hospital. Thought it was kind of funny cause we switched insurance plans so we could deliver at either.. I guess we were misinformed.
Once we were there they hooked Becca up with some pitocin and she was off and having contractions. She wanted to wait a little before she had the epidural, but changed her mind once the contractions came fast and strong. When she called the nurse for the epidural she was a little late because the epidural man was in an emergency C section... so she had to wait another hour. When she got the epidural she was in a happy daze just smiling.

Little Wellington Jon Coughran was born 7/17/11 at 8:44 pm weighing 2 oz shy of 9 lbs and 20 1/2 inches long. Wellington (my (adam's) middle name) Jon (Becca's fathers name) had a full head of hair which made Becca a very happy mom. I couldnt hold back the tears when Isaw the little guy.. and couldnt say a word for 15 minutes. Birth is truly a miracle.

Becca cant get enough of the little guy.

In some pictures Wellington almost looks like a little asian or indian baby
Here he is all dressed and in his car seat ready to go home!

This boy loves to sleep... feel like he got a little of that narcolepsy from his mom jk

We have had a number of visitors and Camille (becca's cousin was nice enough to share some of her photo taking talent with us and snapped a few of the following pictures.

This last picture is just another table I painted for the baby's room...

this is my life now...

2011-07-11T17:09:00.000-07:00

this is all i have been doing really... just walking and walking and walking. my due date has come and gone... i am now 40weeks+2days. this baby just isnt ready to come out! we hope he comes soon, but at the very latest, he will be induced saturday the 16th at 7am.

Family Reunion!

2011-07-03T11:28:00.001-07:00

We had such a fun time at the family reunion in Grace Idaho. Even though I was 38 weeks pregnant and people thought i was crazy for going... the people at the family reunion understood! every 3 years my family on my dads side gets together for a few days.. all 150+ of us... all descendants of these two amazing people in this picture... my great grandma and grandpa. its my ggmas 95th this week.. and my ggpas 99!
we did the usual... bowling. we even caught a picture of my grandma teaching some distant relatives how to improve their bowling score. hahha.. thats my grandma.
the bowling alley in Grace is waaayyy fancy.. you had to keep score yourself, and that blue thing there is the projector!

and i thought id throw in a picture of my bowling ball.. (39weeks and counting!)
we had baseball in the park
and my hot husband was the pitcher... which is a big deal that he's good enough to pitch at our family reunion... we take these games very seriously!
my siblings!
i got my brother beat!
and like i said, we take these games very seriously... and i am proud to present Adam and Hayley as the top bowlers.. adam was the top bowler in the mens category, and hayley in the womens.. good thing they had separate categories or else adam wouldnt have come home with a trophy!

the good old J-R inn!

"never had AC and never will, so dont ask"
we had fun playing a lot of ROOK, eating, and begging sarah for massages. it was so much fun catching up with everyone and spending time with my siblings and cousins.

and this is a video of my great grandpa singing a song that is no longer even in the primary hymn book! our family puts on a huge talent show, which is one of my favorite things to watch.

I'M BACK!

2011-06-05T16:04:00.000-07:00

So... this is what I have been up to.. I have been working, packing, moving, unpacking, decorating, and growing a baby. Lets just say i am tired. But we have 4 more weeks and this big boy will hopefully be out of me! Heres a little sneak peek at whats in his room. i still have a lot to do.. but here are some old picture frames we got at DI that we painted and we picked out pictures of animals to put in there.

Adam painted this for me... and the crib is going underneath.
this was me like 2 weeks ago, so im even bigger than that, but right now i dont feel like taking a picture of my huge self just barely fitting into one of adams shirts. thats for another blog.
adam finished a huge project at school.. he made this from start to finish. he designed, picked out the wood, cut the wood, etc etc, painted it then put it all together. and i think he is amazing!
and this was a cool picture that i took when we were down in california in good old patterson. idk why i just really wanted to put it in here..
and this is the rug that we got for the babies room. im excited to finish it soon and show you pictures of our new apartment. so stay tuned!

I will miss him

2011-04-04T16:23:00.001-07:00

There's so much to be said about my dad and I have no clue how to put my thoughts together to say all that I want to about him. But I wanted to catch everyone up to speed about these past few days.

My dad died last Saturday, march 26th... Three days after coming home from our trip to visit him. We knew it would be our last so I just soaked up every minute with him and every word he said. I got to hold him and be comforted by him. I got to play games with him and talk and talk with him. I enjoyed the little things that i never even paid attention to before, things that are only him. I saw his big grin, listened to his snoring, watched how he ate... Just like i remembered it, with his left hand in a fist, just like I do. I love all those things that make him him and I'll remember them forever. I am so glad that I was able to see him before he passed. Not a lot of people get the blessing of knowing when their loved ones will go. Some people go so suddenly... But not my dad, he held out till everyone else was ready to let him go. He even held out for my moms birthday... Which was the day before he died. He was able to give her flowers.. And even though he was too weak to speak, my mom was able to talk with her sweetheart and thank him for her gift. Then she got a phone call and went upstairs to talk. My brother told me that our dad was so sad to not be by his Grace even for a few minutes, that even though he couldn't walk by himself, he forced my brother to help him up the stairs so that he could be by her side. Stunned, my mom said, Jon you sure went to a lot of trouble to come all the way up here, and he nodded and said, a lot of work. Then he laid on the bed and caught his breath and my mom just held his hand... Until he took his last and final breath the next night.

I got the call that night about my dads passing and even though I was sad and still am, a peace and strength has come over me. It's a feeling of comfort that only a father can give... But this time instead of being held and comforted by my earthly father, im being comforted by my heavenly father. I still have good and bad days... And times when I start to cry and feel sorry for myself... I think of all the dreams that I had that my dad was maybe going to make it long enough to see his first grand baby. I went to the store to get my mom a picture frame that said grandma and me for her birthday.. And all I could find were grandpa and me ones... As I was frantically trying to shuffle through them I finally fell on the floor of that dumb store and started balling. I cannot tell you how much i wanted to buy the picture frame that said grandpa and me on it... But then somehow I pick myself up, wiped my tears and got my strength back. The strength to go on, keep living, keep finding things to be happy and grateful for... Because that's what my dad would have wanted. I can just hear him saying suck it up Beck, I am fine. I am happy here.. And best of all, free of pain. I imagine that he's up in heaven rocking out on his electric guitar and playing for all of the other angels.

I know that I will see him again. I am so glad that families are eternal. I am grateful for all of the good things that are happening in my life and because of this experience i have learned to be grateful for each day that I am given. I have learned to hold onto my loved ones longer and tell them how much I love and appreciate them more often. I love my dad so much, and will miss him even more! But I know that everything will be alright because this life isn't the end, it's only preparing us for the eternities. And knowing my dad, it wouldn't of been enough for him to just meet his first grand baby... He wanted to meet and get to know all of them. He is probably having fun with them right now. And as promised, when I meet my baby in about three months, I will be able to know that my dad was the last one to have kissed him before sending him off to me.

my dad

2011-03-22T10:12:00.000-07:00

My dad, simply put, is amazing. I have always been a daddys girl. He has been a great father to my 3 brothers and my sister and I... and an even better husband. So when we found out in October of 2009 that he had cancer at the age of 50, it ate us all up inside. He did chemo treatments, and it seemed at times that we were seeing a miracle. He was such a fighter. Then about a month and a half ago we found out that the one chemo that was working for him.. he was all of a sudden allergic to. He was in the hospital then for about a week... there was a point in time when he didnt have a pulse for 30seconds... but then he came to. Once again, my dad is a fighter. His health since then has been touch and go. All that they could really do was treat his pain, since there werent any other chemo treatments available. He had been doing alright up until a week and a half ago, when he became so yellow from the jaundic and just sick in general that he decided to retire and be home. I have been calling every so often to see how he was doing, and to see if i should come out sooner than planned (i had planned to go out and see him april 2nd). Well on friday when i called he said that he almost checked out the night before, and that maybe i should come down a bit sooner. I left work and was on the road to ca within 2 hours.

Coming home has been bitter sweet. My heart dropped when I saw him. We all know that its just a matter of time. I am so glad that I am able to see him most likely for the last time. I am having a hard time even thinking about leaving tomorrow. I am having a hard time imagining life without him. I am hoping that he could stick around until july when i have my baby boy... his first grandchild. I am heartbroken that it would take a miracle for that to happen, let alone a miracle for him to make it till easter. My mom talks about having so many plans and dreams of what retirement would mean for her and my dad... it is painful to watch my mom cry... and it is annoying to me that that is all i can do recently... cry. This is how i am feeling. So for those of you that want to know and have been wanting to ask, please dont unless i bring it up. There are times when i congradulate myself for going so long without thinking about it and crying... no matter how short that time may be.

Now that im done with explaining the sad stuff, let me explain the good feelings i have towards all of this. I know for a fact that Jesus Christ lived and died for us. He made it possible for us to return to our Heavenly Father, and for us to live not only in this life, but in the next. Families can be together forever.. death is not the end. I know that when i have my baby, that it will have just been kissed by my dad. And i know that when he is blessed, baptised etc my dad will be there in spirit. My dad will always be a part of my life, and i have been so blessed to have had him around throught my amazing childhood. He is the best dad ever.

and i said yes

2011-03-14T07:14:00.000-07:00

Adam proposed to me four years ago on this day! I have never really thought about all that we have been through and how much we have grown together over the years... mostly because we havnt been married for so long, but today it just hit me... we have grown so much! (or should i say i have grown so much.. 4 years ago i was only a senior in high school!)

Who would have thought that my parents would LET me get married a month after graduation?! People ask me about it and all i can think of is how crazy in love i was.. crazy enough to not realize how young i was. All i knew was that i couldnt imagine not marrying him. So i told my parents, that since there was no doubt in my mind that i was going to marry adam eventually, why not do it early and make sure that it would be a temple marriage? They had no doubt that adam was a great guy... my dad just asked adam if he was sure that he could handle me... (boy did he not know what he was getting himself into!)

My friends in high school remember the day i sat down at lunch and told them about this awesome guy i met.. and that if he wasnt so old, i would marry him. i said that a week after we met, and i was 16. Then, a year later they were shocked to find out that i was actually dating him... Then a year after that they were shocked that they were brides maids.

... and so was i

then a year passed..
2 years passed...
and 3 years passed...

and in june it will be 4..

... then in july we will fill one of these...

and looking back, i remember good times

-our first kiss on the beach.. and the hospital trip afterwords
-falling asleep on our futon that we moved to our balcony
-having dinner by our fireplace
-getting my first pet together
-going on trips
-cooking together... and the funny mess ups that happened along the way

and i remember the hard, sad or scary times...

-getting in a fight over buying socks when we couldnt afford to waste money
-the fear of packing up everything and moving to another state just because of a feeling we had
-adam getting laid off, then me getting fired.. in the same week
-how adam held me and still holds me while i cry about my dads cancer

We have been through a lot together... and we still have so many years to go. There is something that my dads illness has made me realize more than ever... be grateful for the time you have, and be glad for the wonderful blessing of being sealed in the temple. What a comfort it is to me, that on the day when i said yes, it meant that i was saying yes to forever with my sweetheart.

photos!

2011-03-03T12:18:00.000-08:00

i was trying to remember what we have been up to, but all i could think of was the every day to day things.. so i took a look at our pictures and this is what i found...

we bought a used car! we are sooo happy to have a second car again.

we have been hanging out with friends and family a lot as usual.. and dad was able to find a new victim to hypnotize...
helen! this is my good friend who finally came back from italy!
haylie and i were focusing, and all helen could do was laugh.. dad was very funny with his indian chants while pretending to hypnotize us.
and this is me at 20 weeks. and now that i am 22 weeks there is no way that i can even button those pants.

we went to our first ultrasound on valentines day to find out what we are having... and like i thought, its a boy!! adam was so funny when we were there.. i think it finally hit him that there is something inside of me. he looked at the hand on the screen and said, our baby has fingers already? hahha... yes. and i thought i was a clueless parent to be. i was talking to one of my friends and she was telling me about how a babies umbilical cord stump has to fall off... really? i just thought it would have a normal looking belly button after the doctor cut it off and tied it. i feel like i dont know anything. all i know is that i have never loved anything more. and i am so excited to meet him already. and for those of you that have been asking about names... we arent going to tell you! all you need to know is that its going to be a weird name, and half of you will make fun of it. so thats why we arent going to tell until he is born.
so like i said, we have just been hanging out with family... and we are SO happy to have amy and greg and their cute kids so close! this is haylie out celebrating after being baptized. she was so cute when she was telling me about it.. she ran up to me and said becca i got baptized today! i asked her how it went and how she felt and she said, i was nervous first but then when i went into the water it felt like heaven. her answer was so cute it made me tear up. she is such a sweet spirit.
and here are the girls ive been hanging out with! idk what they were laughing at but i think this picture is cute. erin came down and it was so nice to see her and jezden, even though the visit was short. we missed mark and their other kids.
and this is ms bella! she is such a girly girl. she loves to cuddle and will convince you into giving her a cookie just by how cute she is!
and the boys! Ty is a little wrestler! and even after being dropped twice by someone who will not be named, he is the happiest boy. and freeman is getting so big! every week we see him i feel like he has grown an inch. he has been loving his uncle adam.. but i think its just because he has angry birds.
and last but not least... christmas! i forgot to post pictures of it... and its sad but all i could find were these... but i wanted to show off my awesome decorating skills in our coffee table. this is exactly why i had adam build it- so i can fill it with with fun things.
so i know it was all really random, but that is what we have been up to!

finally an update!

2011-02-02T09:42:00.000-08:00

UPDATE! this is what i have been up to! i read until my eyes water, then i rest them for 5 minutes and read again... i finished the series and now i am sad.. what should i read now?
i am 17 1/2 weeks along, i havnt thrown up yet and i have decided that i am just not going to! i love being pregnant, even though it makes me a little extra moody, extra hungry and really emotional. adam has been amazing though... and we are SSOOO excited to find out what it is on valentines day! i say boy, he says girl. we will see.
i am loving work! this is a picture of jared and i... one of my favorite people to work with.. he is SO funny, and yes, he is very much so gay. which makes sense since he makes a cake for everyone once a week, and is going to start blogging about it.. how cake makes people happy and better people to work with. the tittle of the blog is going to be CAKE- changing lives! everyone at work is so kind and helpful and they push me to be so much better. i am excited to finally be "one the floor" full time! my new schedule is tues-fri 1-9pm so that will be hard (since adam gets out of school and is home by 1:30).. but what can you do? and then saturdays are kinda random, mostly 11-7. our plan is for me to work while adam goes to school, and then in the summer he will work and i take 3 months off to spend with the baby, then go back full time/part time whichever we can handle with juggling our schedules so that he or i can be home taking care of our baby while the other is away. and soon enough adam will graduate and we will see how our plan changes then! (i am already dying to be a stay at home mommy so the sooner he gets done with school the better!)

adam has been busy with school and loving it.. but what he likes to do out of school is go to byu games and cheer on his love.. Jimmer! we are so glad that we have our all sports passes!
it was my birthday! so adam took me shopping! (one of my favorite things to do!!) and i got a few clothes... which we all very stretchy and comfy... and now im very glad that i have at least something to fit into.

so that was random... and im sure ive missed a lot.. but hopefully we will be a bit better on blogging! but for now that is it!

WE MOVED! (2 months ago) PICTURES!

2010-12-27T17:31:00.000-08:00

Our new home is called Belle Monet
and this is the Chateau where we reside....
Outside
and We have a GARAGE.. so nice

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guest bathroom
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Biggest walk in closet yet
master bath... with....

A JETTED TUB!!!!!

the club house has a racquetball court

Exercise room

A movie room!

and a pool.........the end

i took a test...

2010-11-24T22:33:00.000-08:00

and i am pregnant! my estimated due date is july 9th! adam and i are sooooo excited. and i am doing great, i am a bit nauseous each morning, but havnt thrown up yet. we are shocked that it happened so fast! it hadnt even been a month since we started trying! but we couldnt be happier.

Adam has been busy

2010-10-25T21:58:00.000-07:00

I (Adam) have been having fun at school making random projects this semester.

My class was divided into 6 groups of 3 and were assigned to design and mass produce a product. Since we only had a budget of 200 bucks, we had to make one for each class member.. about 20 projects or so...

Adam's group decided to make a little holder for all of your pocket stuff, Keys, Wallet, phone, change.. and an ipod charger (the picture above is a vinyl spray we made..)

Here we are using spray flocking the inside that resembles a nice felt type of material

and THE PICTURES THAT FOLLOW are ADAM's Idea.. color! All the other projects were

made with natural wood (All they guys in my classes seem only to like natural wood color)

I like to cover it all up!

The Final Projects came out a little less than 5 bucks each.. we only used 2 maple boards!

Could we actually sell them and make money?? who knows.. but it was fun.

Mine now sits by side my bed to dock my phone or Beccas Ipod.

ps. let us know if you like our new song!

I have been a crazy mess.. and now im employed!

2010-10-22T16:22:00.000-07:00

I graduated from school on the 30th of Sep.. took my written test on wed the 6th, practical on the 7th... then relaxed for the weekend. Then monday the 11th i went to send in my resume to my dream job.. i had already introduced myself to the manager months before, and told her to look for me, because i was going to be applying there! i asked if they were hiring, the front desk lady said i dont think so, then the manager looked up for a second, then smiled and said, i remember you! she asked if i could come in for an interview for the next day! i interviewed and it went amazing. they asked me for a second interview for the next day, wednesday the 13th to show them "what im made of"... i felt like i didnt do my best at all!!! i had to do a cut (that they showed me right after giving me a mannequin head).. and told me to do it, then give her highlights. then they LEFT! i was so nervous i felt like it took an eternity.. and they said that they would get back to me within a week.. and FINALLY.. they called me today!!! I GOT THE JOB! i will now be working at an Aveda salon called Remedez. i start tuesday and i cant be happier...
this was me right before going to interview.. i wore my "confidence shirt"

the past few weeks have been crazy, we are trying to find a new place to move to, pass tests, apply for jobs, all while trying to have faith that everything will be ok. i have to admit, im usually great at having faith, but this time i was able to lean on my amazing husband. i am so blessed to have him, and so blessed to have found a job so soon. i felt so stupid for turning a job down that i was offered a month ago, but i really felt like i needed to stay in orem and work for the job that i really wanted. all i can say, is God is good.. and he loves me!

I PASSED!

2010-10-09T22:12:00.000-07:00

I am so glad that I will never have to be in the white room of judgment and doom again! This wonderful state facility smelt like a dentists office, and was only a convenient hour and 1/2 drive from my house... I had to get up at 6am to be able to make it there on time.. and I only had to be in that awkwardly silent room for 4 or 5 hours... my mannequin head and scissors as my only familiar comfort..

ok I lied... my friend Helen went with me (thats us in the weird empty waiting room). But still... I was too nervous to eat anything, so by the time 1:30 came around, I was emotionally and physically drained.. but I did it! Adam was a great sport, driving us and changing the tires as he waited... in addition to dealing with his stressed out wife.

hair!

2010-10-04T09:30:00.000-07:00

i wish i would have gotten a before picture of her! this is my friend jessica's mom (jessica is below)... she had a bushy grandma cut, and some blonde/brown highlights with grey regrowth..

jessica, after her 6 inch cut!

jessicas blonde highlights

lindseys before..

lindseys after!

i forgot her name.. but i just remember that she had a friend cut her hair, and she said that she just wanted a trim, and she ended up giving her an a symmetrical cut (meaning her left side is shorter than her right side... just what everyone wants right?)

after! fun a-line!

doing hair is so much fun!

i have finally completed 2000 hours of school! im done with school. right now im studying like crazy for my written and practical test for the state to actually get my license. so i have my written on wednesday, which is a 120? test that takes random questions from my book. then thursday is a 5 hour long timed test, and everything is done on mannequin heads. i have to show them every type of curl, a womens cut, 4 different perms, 4 types of color applications, acrylic nails, a facial, mens straight razor shave (which i have never done, and will never do!), and a mens cut. im not nervous about having to do all of that, im just nervous about having to be in a different place, with people i dont know not being allowed to talk to anyone, having them just watching me and taking notes on their clipboard for 5 hours. so thats what i have going on this week. wish me luck!

football!

2010-09-27T13:18:00.000-07:00

We have been having fun going to the BYU football games.. even though we lost very badly in the last game because all of our amazing playings from last year graduated.... its good to know that some things never change... like cougar tails, cotton candy and frozen lemonade. (you can tell that Becca is writing this!) For the first game we took our friend Helen.. and it was her first official BYU football game! It was a blast.

Ice Skating in the Summer

2010-09-12T12:08:00.000-07:00

Yes there is still Ice skating in September!

Adam has great talent and could be a pro figure skater!

Becca on the other hand needs help with balance

Becca did much better with this old man walker thing.

Adams Birthday surprise!

2010-09-09T11:14:00.000-07:00

We had a lot of fun for adams 27th birthday this year! we had cake with family on sunday, on monday we went to 7 peaks with our friends, tuesday was his actual birthday and i made him do a scavenger hunt to find his present. so this is kinda how it went...

junk food ofcourse... since he wasnt going to get his present till wednesday...

clue number one... he went to different random spots in the house...

i was trying to give him clues... but he wasnt getting it

then finally under the tiger blanket was his present...

a nights stay at anniversary inn! we have been wanting to go to the jungle room, so i booked us a night for the next day, and had called in to his work and all weeks before... it was sooooo hard to keep from him

we had so much fun! we even hid a note under the crocodiles arm.. and its kinda dangerous to climb to him, but we will see whos brave enough to do it... we left a note about it in the journal in the room. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM!

just you wait.... or that aint nothin!!

2010-08-26T22:16:00.000-07:00

People come across it every day.. one upping statements. For all of you who have heard the statements, or sadly have been the one saying such a statement, you know how it goes...

example number one...

friend #1- I am so tired.

friend #2- You think your tired, I was up all night because... (whatever it is... you are the one upper in this situation.. and you could go on and on about how you didnt get A WINK of sleep because of this or that, but either way, your friend is left in the dust by your one upping statement)

example number two...

friend #1- I am so excited about getting married next week!

friend #2- Just you wait till you're married... your husband will annoy you by doing this and that, and your first year of marriage will be the worst.. youll fight all the time... blah blah blah (once again, you horrible one upper, you took the statement of your friend and turned it into an ALL ABOUT ME experience.. and because of it, your friend feels like you just swooped in on their happy moment and turned it into something negative.. and about you, that's what Brian Regan calls a ME MONSTER)

I know that sometimes one upping is a hard habit to break- but believe me, no one loves you for being a one upper. Your friend/coworker or whatever could be cringing every time you do it, and because of that, might not want to tell you things of a particular subject because they know where that will be headed... back to you. What is even worse, is when the me monster really wants the negative attention... thats what i call being a sympathy seeker. However for those of us that are unaware that we are/could be one uppers you should ask yourself this... am i being a good listener? is this story im telling going to help/uplift/spread positivity? does my friend even want my advice, or are they just venting? did i interrupt my friend with my ME story just now?

I know that i can sometimes be a one upper- everyone can. I just think we all should try our hardest not to be. There are different ways to still get your point across, but in a better way.

Example #1 (re-do)

friend #1- I am so tired.

friend #2- Why were you up so late? Fun night, or could you just not sleep?

friend #1- I swear my neighbors must be river dancers.. they were making so much noise, i couldn't sleep well at all!

friend #2- I know how you feel... last night I kept on waking up to my downstairs neighbors mariachi music!

(conversation goes on, both people were able to tell their stories, they just had to put their "listening ears on"... but in reality, their caring concern ears on... thats called a conversation, not a one upping situation)

Lets all try to be better listeners, and in the long run, better people... the end.

this is what a me monster looks like.. just kidding!

family

2010-08-08T10:16:00.000-07:00

Can i just say that i love love love my family?? Last week my family came down for my cousins wedding! We had a great time playing games, eating food, talking and laughing. This video shows just how weird we are... and i love it. Thanks mom, dad, james and brian for coming down and staying with us!

party time!

2010-07-27T12:41:00.000-07:00

so my friend had a Las Vegas themed birthday party... so i dressed up in my best... as a Las Vegas tramp of course! i thought it would be funny...

so did my friend kallee... but she was a bit more classier than i was...

we did our make up just right...

and we get there and everyone was dressed like this... in their normal clothes... including the girl throwing the party! OOOPPPS! it wasnt too embarrassing for my classy dressed up friend, but my leggings were not going anywhere... everyone loved it though... but it was sad when other people came, and thought that that was just the way i dressed for parties.

oh well!

Yellowstone

2010-07-19T14:25:00.001-07:00

Mom and dad (coughran) invited us to stay at this cabin up in Idaho for the weekend... they were there with nancy selling jewelry and dads pottery, so we decided it would be fun to get away for a little bit.

these were the pots that dad was hiding in his car... he didnt want to sell them so i did! everyone loved them.

the cabin..

the oh so fancy restaurant we went to... all of the cups werent matching... and half of them were for beer...

during our meal a CUTE little dog was begging at the door.. i just had to pick him up! he ended up being the restaurant owners dog... they said he has a habit of getting out of the fenced in backyard and coming to the restaurant! how stinkin cute is he!

and how stinking cute is he!

the next day we drove to yellowstone.. it was so pretty up there, and it was my first time going... that i can remember at least.. adam and i had fun walking around and enjoying nature.

old faithful

then we went into town and looked at all the cool things... adam really wanted this hat...

and i really wanted this! it would have been perfect for dads office!

3 years already?!

2010-07-01T20:40:00.000-07:00

We went to see eclipse... and it was AMAZING!!! this is my "pure joy" face... i couldnt believe that we were able to get tickets for the movie premier at 9pm instead of midnight! my friend won them, and she said that she'd give them to me, in exchange for a wedding present... and i said done!

adam was ok with it too.. because he just didnt want to watch it at 12am,-2am the day of our anniversary because he had plans....

for this! a gorgeous Austrian themed hotel in Deer Valley

we were able to walk around and marvel at the wild life and great views.

practically no one was there, because its summer... but it was so pretty and great to get away

our key weighed like 5 pounds... no joke

and our room was so adorable... you cant see it in the pictures, but all the little details were so fun

the doors were all antique with large handles.. im guessing adam was struggling to open the door in this picture.

the bed was comfy...

the strawberries were delicious!

but my favorite part was that they carried Aveda shampoo, body wash and lotion... now ill actually USE the shampoo stuff i steal! (i even took some from the bathroom that was in the hot tub area later that night.)

The Place we stayed at had a restaurant on the main floor (4 diamond rating best in Utah!)

then i found out that we were seriously... the ONLY guests in the hotel since they just re-opened for the summer

so dinner was fantastic, but kinda weird that everyone was waiting on just us...

fondue...

adam was adventurous and tried duck! he loved it!

i had salmon.. and who knows whats underneath it.. i couldnt understand anything on the menu, but it all complemented each other so well.

for dessert adam had a "fried donut"??

and i had apple pie?

then there was breakfast.. yum.

The next morning we went to the SLC temple and experienced our first live session. After that we went shopping! We have been saving our tip money for a few months, and it was great to be able to save for something fun, we usually just blow it all on In-N-Out and ice cream.

Adam and i had so much fun being able to just relax and enjoy each others company. we also had a lot of fun trying to hide the fact that we were taking pictures of everything that we ate! It was definitely a night to remember. I love how much thought he put into everything. I know that i can always count on him to just dazzle me. He is always full of surprises... and i am grateful to spend each and every day with him... I loved this years anniversary, and i look forward to the MANY more to come.

My New Wife (again)

2010-06-27T10:23:00.001-07:00

Becca, Becca, Becca.. what ever will I do with you?

Well If anyone got to see my wife as a blonde.. It was short lived.

Always having to change.. i guess thats what you do as a Hair Stylist.

Im going to have to get used to this "new hair style" every 3 months..

You can see her color a little better in this video:

all of this for FREE

2010-06-03T20:05:00.000-07:00

adam checked the mail today, and saw that we got a page of coupons from winco... then he saw that a lot of our neighbors just carelessly threw the coupons away in the garbage can next to our mailbox...
... so we decided to take them off their hands! it took a few trips between the three of us, and we could have gone more with all the coupons that we had still.. but i got too scared... they were noticing i think. it was quite a rush. we are ready to have a huge bbq!!! (we plan on going back tomorrow). thank you winco!!

snow and camping

2010-06-01T16:35:00.000-07:00

last monday it snowed in orem!

the monday after that the high was 80... so we decided to go camping.. but snow was still on the ground up there!
we still had so much fun.. we bought extra extra large marshmallows for smores
brian really loves smores
adam, not so much.. he made his own dessert
this happened to me a million times.. smoke must really follow beauty
we warmed our feet ... it really was so cold
but this makes it all worth it... i love camping for this reason alone! adam is enjoying cooking breakfast for me, as you can tell.

baby shower/hair cut

2010-05-20T17:01:00.000-07:00

This is my new hair cut!

Adam made this for mothers day for grandma... he made all of these flowers from scratch! (just scissors and paper)
and this is my friend.. i threw her a baby shower a little while ago

everyone had lots of fun
and thats what we have been up to!

Guess who's here!!!?

2010-05-17T10:45:00.000-07:00

my brother brian is going to be spending a month or two with us for the summer! he arrived last week, and we are excited to have him! now this might sound bad, but he is the only person in my family that has never annoyed me. (and for living with him for so many years that says a lot). i love how easy going he is and how much fun we have together. it should be a fun few weeks having him here in utah... and who knows, maybe i can convert him to staying and becoming an official utard.

hair show!

2010-04-26T09:11:00.000-07:00

We put on a hair/makeup/fashion show at school. The theme was the elements of earth... the first pic is of fire! (my favorite out of this is the girl on the left... her hair felt like leafs, it was so smooth, its cool to see what people can do with just a can of hairspray and a hair straightener)
this was water (my fav out of these was the ice princess.. we all laughed that she had too much glitter on her lips to be able to smile.. so that was her happy face all night)
earth (my fav is the girl in the middle.. her hair symbolizes a tree)
infinity (i dont think that was an earth element but ok).. my fav is the girl in the middle.. they made her hair look like dreadlocks which is very hard to do.. i felt bad for her when they were trying to wash and comb that out though)
and my group was air! i helped with her hair.. but my amazing friends helen and mickie really pulled it off! she looked amazing.

and i made her dress (you know when the wind blows and theres trash blowing around? well that was my inspiration for her)
the 2 girls to the right- there dresses were made out of pillow cases that we found at DI.

we all had so much fun, and everyone did a great job. all the money from the show went towards an organization that provides clean drinking water for other countries. our grand total of money raised (from a walkathon, garage sale, and the hair show) is around $7,000.

Micheal Buble and new salon stuff!

2010-04-20T20:34:00.000-07:00

Look at my amazing finds! Aveda had a garage sale on Saturday and I bought myself my very own salon chair for only $40 (they run for $250-800).. they didnt want it because the fabric has a small rip in the back... and i got the mirrors for free.
and look what Adam and I did! Adam made a frame for the mirror, and i painted it black to match a new little desk that we found at Ikea!

Annie was my first client... the chair is her new hang out spot. But it is also my new vanity for doing my hair and make-up (Adam likes me being out of the bathroom), and it will be nice to have for when my friends come for a quick cut/style etc, so that instead of paying for a haircut at my school, they can come over on my day off and pay me instead. Wont it be nice to not have to sit on my dinning room chairs in the middle of my family room guys?

A few weeks ago I got to go to a Micheal Buble concert! My mother in law invited me along with my sister in law and two of her friends. We had so much fun!! Adam and I love listening to his music, and he sounded even better in concert. Here is his entrance... and yes that was me screaming and talking

Hawaii pictures!

2010-04-05T10:34:00.001-07:00

here are just a few of our pictures! we took a million... we has SSOOOO much fun. we went para sailing (which was our favorite), on a sunset dinner cruise, shopping a lot, snorkeling, the polynesian cultural center, out to eat every day, and we walked the beach and layed out a lot. I loved being able to just be with my sweet heart and being able to relax and soak up the sun. it was just what we needed!

adam and i had crab for the first time!!!

the fair was in town!!!

do you like adams shorts?? he forgot his swim trunks when we went snorkeling.. so he used mine! i think he looks very cute in them.
do those shorts look familiar?

new projects and decorating!

2010-03-15T13:26:00.000-07:00

These pictures are all reversed, but i cant remember how to move them... so oh well! Ill start off by saying, that decorating is one of my all time fav things to do! I love doing little projects with adam... and i LOVE those little chicks (above)... and even though it isnt easter yet, i have already decorated for it. (sorry st p-day!)
i forgot to post pictures of my pot rack and stools that i had been wanting forever! sweet adam let me pick them out for my birthday... its so hard for him to let me pick out my own presents... but he understands that if it took ME all day to pick them out... then it would have been a nightmare for him to try and get exactly what i wanted to complete my little kitchen!
and we also forgot to show you guys the finished project of our table and our red door/picture frame... adam cut a rectangle out of our table, then nailed some wood underneath and we grouted in the tiles that we wanted! With the door, I had been looking for an old door to be our headboard, so when i found this for $2 at a garage sale i got soooo excited.. but then i decided that i liked it in the kitchen instead.

but forget about that stuff! all of our old projects seem like a piece of cake compared to what adam can do now! He made this coffee table- and i dont mean he nailed some things together and painted it, i mean he picked out the wood, cut it, cut the edges (idk what thats called), made the track for the drawers, measured, cut, painted etc etc.
this is what I saw at Ikea a year ago- i loved the idea of the glass top to show whats in the drawers.. but i wanted it a little taller, and to be a rectangle, so we tweaked the idea to what we wanted. we still have to pick out some knobs for the drawers.
he is amazing! Now i know my sister in laws Erin and Amy are both laughing because both of their husbands are amazing at this stuff too... but im just in shock that i have my very own handy man that can build me custom made things. It is awesome!

and now onto our next project.... Adam is building me a behind the couch table out of our old crayon coffee table

We are going on a trip!

2010-03-04T17:20:00.000-08:00

Dearest tax refund...

Thank you so much for coming! My husband and i have decided to spend you so wisely...

we are going to go on a trip! Hawaii is wonderful this time of year, and we have never been.

19 days in counting!

with love, Adam and Becca

Aveda

2010-02-22T11:56:00.000-08:00

Dallas Roberts has officially become Aveda Institute! We are all pretty excited about the change, even though Aveda is a "tree huging" company.. we now recycle practically everything.. including hair. all of our products are at least 97% all natural which i think is awesome, especially for our hair color line, it is sooo much less damaging.. However the weird rules are that we arent allowed to have drinks unless they are in our reusable containers, and all of our food has to be in tupperware. The owner also made an announcement that he didnt want to see us with any junk food... but i set him straight about that... junk food is too dear to my heart to not fight for. So i told him that i would bring my junk food in tupperware and that is that. He is a sweet guy, so he understood. (and we caught him eating skittles so i think that helped too).

The best thing about the change is that we have AMAZING teachers, we are learning A LOT more, now we have to perform a hand massage and scalp and shoulder massage along with a make up application (for the girls)... with any of our services... for free to our guests. Everyone is loving that, and i like to see people happy.
any who! We did hair competitions last week... my partner and i won 2 out of the 4! (that was out of 7 teams). The category above was for the craziest hair-do (that still had to look pretty)

my partner in crime!
there were walls up before
and booths all there. I will be sure to take pictures when all of the construction is done.

Valentines Day

2010-02-15T21:02:00.001-08:00

Valentines Day was so nice! Adam started it off on Saturday "his day" to pamper me.. and Sunday was my day to pamper him.. idk why we do that.. its just nice making valentines day longer, and its nice making the other person your slave for a day.

He sent me flowers and gave me my favorite chocolate, then when we got off school and work we went out to eat and walked the mall. Then we came home and he surprised me with cheese cake.. (food is the way to my heart), and got me a boar bristle brush that i have been wanting.

The next day we went to church and then i came home early and decorated the house... adam and i love forts- so i made a small one with our bed in it. I then made dinner and we watched the movie UP.

It was so nice being able to spend time together and do cute things for each other. The only sad thing is- I gave adam a "free 20 min back massage coupon" that he has yet to redeem.

PS the steak turned out good! next time i will marinate it in something different.

steak!

2010-02-08T17:06:00.000-08:00

Valentines day is going to be a very special day for me... it will be the day that I cook steak for the first time in my life! I was very excited when I got the idea (what a concept.. make steak myself since Valentines day is sunday, and all of the restaurants are very busy anyways). So I was practically skipping along the aisles as I went to pick out steak, then when I got there I realized that I have no clue when kind to pick out or how the heck to cook it. My family only BBQs it, and I dont have a BBQ. So- question of the week dear blogspot buddies...

how do I cook it? Should I do it in the oven or on the stove top or both. How long will it take, what temp do I cook it at etc. I was told to marinate it 24hrs in advance, and Im planning to marinate it with salsa. If you guys have any advice whatsoever I would be grateful!

Its About time!

2010-02-02T10:16:00.000-08:00

Becca has been dreaming about this day for years... She got her very own washer and dryer! We got one heck of a deal .. plus they gave us a years worth of detergent too! Sorry mom and dad.. we will be seeing less of you.. and your bills might drop a bit, but now you can come over and wash your clothes here... and maybe we can make you dinner too.

I faced my fear!

2010-01-31T08:50:00.000-08:00

I forgot to post this, so sorry mom and dad, this isnt the one where I will tell you what we got...

but, I was so proud of myself! I have never pierced my ears before, and I am deathly afraid of needles... but i figured since I will only be allowed to wear all black for the next 8 months (for school) I should spice it up with as much accessories as I can.

I must admit, I was terrified while sitting in that chair... whenever I am nervous I play with my fingers. As I was getting that awful gun shot into my cartilage these little teeny boppers came in and started giggling because of what a wimp I was being. But I dont care because now I have these...

and after the 6 weeks are up, I can take out the studs and put these bad boys in! Let the count down begin.

food facials

2010-01-30T08:28:00.001-08:00

I love cosmetology school... seriously! We do the funniest things to ourselves and the funnest things to others... we have washed our hair in beer (it adds amazing protein and shine to your hair.. but it smells horrible), we have done fashion shows, gone to senior centers (where we always get hit on.. and some how i get asked out to go dancing every time), and we have done free updos for activity days groups. We have met so many amazing people, who oddly open up and tell me their life stories. The other day I gave this lady a haircut, and she seamed so sad... and she ended up telling me that she just turned 50 and that she hasnt been feeling so good about herself... and by the time i was done with the cut and style she was glowing. I love making people feel special... it makes me feel special. I love coming in and knowing that I will come home with a funny story to tell my husband. I am so glad that I am doing this for myself. The end. Oh, PS.. I met one of the COSMOS for BYU!!!! (i wasnt suppose to tell anyone.. but i cant help myself)
this is a hot towel wrap... it is the most amazing thing in the world.

the best food facial recipe was the first one that i did... it is baking soda and water... cleans out your pores and makes them smaller, while also tightening your face.

On a different note, I am very excited about the next post i will be doing... adam and i went shopping for something last night. The only hint I am giving is that my mother and father in law will be just as excited about this new thing as we are!!!

MY WIFE IS BLONDE????

2010-01-27T07:41:00.000-08:00

She shows up to my work like this! She loves doing crazy things on other people... so she thought she would take an adventure herself.. she is so cute.

we have been busy!

2010-01-18T12:30:00.000-08:00

January 10th i turned 21 and adam threw a surprise birthday party! i had absolutely no clue. thanks to all that showed up, and especially to my sly husband... it made my day!

we have been playing a lot of games with friends lately... and i have been wearing all black practically every day because our salon Dallas Roberts has been sold to Aveda. there have been a lot of changes at my school... an all black wardrobe being one of them!

as promised, i must embarrass my father in law... he figured out how to use the camera on his computer... we had fun warping our pictures. this one is my all time favorite, and i have it saved to my phone, for whenever i need a little pick me up and a good laugh.
also, we went out to eat the other week... and dad was contemplating leaving...

adam and i have fun going to the byu basketball games.

we made gingerbread houses with our friends!

i made a wreath out of the left over branches from out tree!
our tree

poor adam is excited for spring... so that he can ride his scooter to school and work... instead of walking
and i am excited for spring so that people will stop mistaking me for a Muslim.

the end! sorry we have been so bad at updating.. thats what happens when you go to school 9+ hours a day.. work on the weekends.. and have a social life!

Family Pictures

2010-01-17T15:30:00.000-08:00

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It was so nice being able to have Christmas with my family. We were able to get family pictures done (note my mom and sister in laws(dark hair) new haircut and new color! We had fun eating a lot and playing games. It was nice being able to reconnect with everyone and have a CA christmas- snow free!

trying to catch up!

2009-12-19T09:24:00.000-08:00

thanksgiving! i know it happened a month ago.. but thats what happens when you have school 9 hours a day mon-fri then work EVERY single weekend. so here are some wonderful pictures of what we did on thanksgiving... we ate and took naps. we had so much fun being able to be with family. we spent it with mom and dad, grandma and aunt pam and uncle richard and all of their kids. thank you for all the good food mom!

now on to christmas coming up in a week! we are ridding with norm and kathleen out to ca tonight! we are going to be at my parents house, and will have fun going to sam and megans wedding! i am getting so excited to see all of my family, i have already balled my eyes out just by thinking about seeing them. my dad is now stage 4 of cancer (the worst stage and most dangerous) it means that the cancer has spread throughout his blood stream. he started chemo 2 weeks ago and from what i hear he has already lost a bit of weight, and his hair is thinning and his skin has a yellow tint to it. however with all of the heart ache that my family has been going through, we have been just focusing on the positive, because since the chemo, the amount of cells with cancer so to speak, has gone from a 14 to a 12, and the lower the better! its hard to explain everything, but the important thing is that we have faith that he is getting better, and we are so thankful for the doctors and for all of the prayers and fasting that has helped my dad and family.

this christmas is a huge deal to me, i dont know when i will see my family all together again like this. my mom is so excited to stuff everyone full of food, my dad is ready to make his lame jokes that i love, and my siblings are ready to catch me up on all of the stories. we are going to take a family picture, which we havnt done with everyone since i was twelve. so i will post a lot when i get back! i hope that we all will just soak in the good memories this christmas, and not worry about the little things!

Our new apartment

2009-11-08T11:31:00.000-08:00

Outside of our door...

we are loving the fireplace

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our room..

master bath..

guest bedroom

guest bathroom

future laundry room...

we are in love with our new place.. and some day soon (hopefully) i will take advantage of the gym we have here too.

Halloween!

2009-11-07T13:03:00.000-08:00

Adam and I had so much fun dressing up as refs at the BYU game the weekend before halloween. One of our yellow flags ended up on the field!

He even made the B himself..
and these are some of my friends from cosmetology school. it was fun being able to come to work/school all dressed up.
Halloween night we had our cousin kent over and we watched movies and had caramel apples.

crazy things happen, but it always works out

2009-10-31T12:11:00.000-07:00

Adam and i are all moved into our new place! We LOVE it, and will post some pictures soon. Thank you to all that helped us move (especially dad for staying up the night before to finish rebuilding his new trailer, so that we could use it).

Also, for those of you that dont know, the mom of the girls i nanny got laid off, so i got laid off last week. However I just got hired on at Target, and even though its not my favorite job, I am so grateful that I found a job sooo fast. So i will be working there until she finds another job.

Also, another stressful thing that happened last week was my HUGE test for cosmetology. I am happy to say that I passed all of them and i am officially working "on the floor" cutting hair and so forth.

ALSO, another thing that I found out last week was that my dad is diagnosed with cancer. It came as a huge shock, because he was fine a few weeks ago, he just had a stomach ache that wouldnt go away. He had some tests run, and they found some little polyps (i think thats what they are called) in his stomach. They didnt look like cancer, but they still went into surgery to remove them (along with a foot and 1/2 of his digestive system and his appendix). While they were in surgery they found a baseball size tumor, that they removed (which was tested for cancer and came back positive). He is a level 3 (one a scale of 1-4 with 4 being the worst) already. So right now he is recovering from his surgery and will start chemotherapy in a month.

Last week was honestly the worst week of my life. It felt like my whole world was crashing down- i had to go through moving, loosing my job then interviewing for others, dealing with huge tests, all while knowing that my dad now has cancer.

I have had to really depend on Heavenly Father, and i know that he has been carrying me through all of this. I have such a strong testimony that he really does love me and that everything will work out in the end. I am so glad to know that no matter what happens, my family will be together forever, and that life never ends at death. I also know that whatever doesn't kill you, will only make you stronger.

We are moving again... but this time its because of our baby!

2009-10-18T14:43:00.000-07:00

Ok i wish we were moving because of a real baby... but no, its because of our cat Annie. The other day i came home with a note on the door saying that they saw my little Annie, and that it is our first warning (with a nice $25 fine)... and that if they see her again, we will be evicted. Sad, so we have decided to not take the chance of having her spotted again, and just move anyway. We could get rid of her and stay... but yeah, no NO way. Like i said, she is my baby and thus the move. But i will miss this...

its the biggest most amazing kitchen ever... and i have yet to find one better (in an apartment that is).

and of course, im finally done decorating our house! Thats when you know its time for us to move.

our cat knows how to FETCH!

2009-10-04T21:51:00.000-07:00

this is crazy... i always tell people that our cat is dumb.. but i guess she isnt! look what she started doing tonight all on her own.

finally an update on us!

2009-09-21T22:37:00.000-07:00

we have been up to a lot lately, and its hard to find time to post it all and talk about it, so here are just a lot of pictures... everyone is posting pictures of their babies, so i figure ill post a picture of mine! (i know dad's laughing at me for posting this, but oh well) this is annies first big catch. its good to know that she's doing her job!
of course, the first week of hair school, i decided to get a hair cut, and this week i am planning on dying it... and why not, its FREE!!! (i know i look really tired, and thats because i am, oh well)
the curling iron we have is crazy, it spins, and doesnt have a spring, so our fingers get a wonderful work out
i am scared of my manikin dolls, and keep them in a locker at school instead of bringing it home with me... I think this ones name is Helga. I make her look pretty.
adam really wants to be this for halloween.. but we dont even know what it really is..

we went to Swiss days a few weeks ago, and they had so many cool things!

it was really busy but oh so fun!

Also! BYU's football season started, and we are loving it. we will not speak of the first home game. the end.

My Wife

2009-08-17T08:47:00.000-07:00

Well, I am not a big blog writer unless it has something to do with sports or something new I want to show off to the world, but I thought it was time to write about MY WIFE. Over the last few years I have learned a lot about Becca. I thought I knew everything, her favorite size spoon with cereal, her obsession with pinching baby's cheeks, and all of her looks she gives (confused, sarcastic, angry, hungry etc.) Becca is a very difficult person to handle and she admits to this often. She agrees that I am the only one that could handle her, but after thinking about it.... in reality SHE is the only one that can handle ME. I don't think anyone else can handle my A.D.D ,obsessive, competitive,complaining, big headed self. Only Becca can handle me and this I am sure of. She knows how to comfort me when the dodgers lose in extra innings, she keeps me in line when I don't feel like doing things (like school, work...) she even pretends to like things that I like. Becca works too hard sometimes... OverCleaning, OverDressing, and even OverEating sometimes. She will be an amazing mother! She is always staring at babies during church, when walking by baby clothes at target she has to stop and look through them , and even gets emotional when she sees a white baby dress. Even though it is her life long dream to be a great mother, she knows there will be a time for it and waits patiently. I know it is hard for her to see all her friends having babies and complaining to her about their pains and informing her how many months or weeks they have left, but she waits quietly for her time. I love Becca more than anyone on this planet and she knows it. She is my Family and my Life and I would be lost without her. Even though she cant find Washington DC on a map.

you know you are married when...

2009-08-07T19:23:00.000-07:00

you know youre married when you are excited to go to the movie theater... and its a dollar movie theater...

and just before you go, you pick up some candy (to sneak in of course)...

and the candy you get is bought with a free candy bar coupon that you found online. (yeah thats right, try going to www.houstononthecheap.com/

free-candy-mars-real-chocolate-relief-act)

this is the life. i know it may seam funny, but we are having the time of our lives. i love being married. its the best decision i have ever made. im perfectly happy being broke newly weds, and i am seriously excited for tonight! i love you adam, and thanks for still taking me on creative fun dates.

prayers are answered...

2009-08-07T18:57:00.000-07:00

this is going to be a few blocks from out house in orem!!!! oh glorious day.

tantrums are horrible!

2009-07-29T10:32:00.000-07:00

little becca who i nanny just turned 8... and she still throws tantrums whenever she doesnt get things her way. i hate having to deal with them, but i know that if i just ignore them or give her what she wants, she will walk all over me. however, they are always over stupid things. for example today...

today they girls were ridding their bikes, and becca asked lizzie if she would go back into the house and get her her shades... well lizzie said no, that she should get them herself if she wants them. so she came inside crying and becca tried to convince me of how horrible lizzie was for not getting shades for her. i then told becca that even though it would be nice of lizzie to do so, that it wasnt her job and that she didnt have to get her her shades. so she cried some more... and some more. i then said, becca, you are a big girl and can get yourself what you want. and she screamed NO I CANT! so i told her that she should either go get her own shades and be nice, or go to her room and not come out until she was happy. she chose the second. when she came out 15 mins later i talked to her about controlling her temper, and then she went outside again to ride her bike. BUT then a minute later i heard her screaming again at lizzie. she was upset that lizzie was going to go inside to get a drink of water and rest for a little bit. i then told becca that she could still ride her bike, and that i would watch her until lizzie came back out to play. she screamed NO and hit me, (at that point i just wanted to spank her little butt... but shes not my kid and there is a better way to handle it)... so instead i said excuse me? we do not hit. you need to go back inside and calm down. she wouldnt go, so i picked her up and carried her all the way to her room, while she was kicking me the whole way.

its been 20 mins now, and i guess she is still not calm and happy, but when she is... she has 10 sentences to write...

i will not hit becca c. and i will not scream.

and i also threw in a picture drawing assignment... she is going to draw herself being nice and happy today.

and on top of that, we are not going anywhere fun today (we were planning on going bowling). but what stinks about all of this, is that i really wanted to go bowling today, i always want her to be happy and to behave. but if she doesnt, then that ruins my day, and we all suffer. kids are crazy, they can be little angels one minute, then demons the next. either way i still love her, but is it too hard to ask for a day without a tantrum???

camping!

2009-07-22T08:02:00.000-07:00

adam and i love camping, and we finally got a chance to go! so we went up american fork canyon and found nice relief from the heat!
we chose the shadiest camp ground that had a stream going through it.
we had fun gathering wood
... and using their small bathroom
and taking fun pictures while exploring the woods

im so proud of my new tan! sam sopp still wont admit that i am tan!
i loved how fast adam could make a fire! thank goodness for boy scouts!
there were a lot of flowers up there
we went for a hike after dinner

then the best part! smores!
adam likes to melt his chocolate for his smore... i think its the weirdest thing
and breakfast in the morning! you gotta to love camping!

cosmetology school here i come!

2009-07-18T19:05:00.000-07:00

who would have thought that the girl who accidentally dyed her hair orange would be doing...
this to other people??

So i am pretty darn excited to be starting cosmetology school in september. Adam kind of gave me the idea, after i cut his hair and was really excited about how well i have gotten at it, and how instead of taking 2 and 1/2 hours to cut his hair (that was me 2 years ago when we got married).. to now, cutting it in 15 minutes... (it could be less if he would ever let me use the buzzer on the top part instead of cutting it by hand). He mentioned how great it would be to be able to cut my own kids hair, along with other peoples while i am a stay at home mom. I couldnt agree more! Ever since he mentioned that, i have been researching and found out that there are at least 12 hair schools right around where i live! I chose Dallas Roberts because it is the only one that has been around long enough to offer Pel Grants, so practically all of my school will be paid for. I will be having a very busy year but i am glad that i will have a skill that will last a life time and have a great way to earn extra money while im a mom, and some money until i become one!

the alpine slide!

2009-07-18T18:55:00.000-07:00

this is a video from our trip.. i was really wanting a seat belt or something on the lift.. and half way through it, we saw that there was a bar that went down... that would have been handy.

home made mashed potatoes!!!

2009-07-11T18:27:00.000-07:00

every time i got to applebees i always get their steak and loaded mashed potatoes. i love their mashed potatoes- they are creamy, cheesy, and oh so delightful.

i am ashamed to admit this, but before today i had never made mashed potatoes. no doubt, ive made my share of INSTANT m.p. but never the real deal. my mom only made real mp at thanksgiving, so i was use to the taste of fake potatoes.

anyway, long story short... i tried to make them how they are at applebees... and they turned out wonderful! i didnt even look up a recipe, and i heard that you are suppose to boil them until they are tender, so i did so, then blended them up, because i am too impatient for a potato masher. and thats it, i cant stop smiling, and i have no clue why i am so excited, but i am. excited and proud.

this is part of our vacation...

2009-07-03T15:50:00.000-07:00

our computer is in the hospital right now... we are seeing if it can be saved, or if it has to be let go, so we are using the slow internet at adams work... it wont let us post any more pictures right now... so here are some of what we did on our 2 year anni! adam suprised me by having our bags packed when we got home... and we went to park city for a night at an awesome caben and out to eat at a fancy steak house! then we tried out the park city slide and their rollercoaster.

PICTURES! CA trip

2009-06-22T22:12:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday we started our trip to LA with Adams parents. We stopped half way and stayed at Amy's house... it was weird having the house empty and not being able to beat Greg at games, but it was still nice not having to drive the whole way. (thanks amy and greg!)

Then the next day we drove out to LA and did some shopping...

and look what i got... im still excited about my new mexican shirt.
then we went out to eat and it was amazing to have real mexican food again!

after that we checked into our hotel on the 20th floor... and adam and i were both scared to get too close to the window. but the view was great!
awww... the all you can eat section at the dodger game... and my other new shirt! how is it that its ok to go clothes shopping on vacations, and yet not on a normal day or the week???
we had fun at the game despite all the crazy drunks behind us...
and all the trash.
and then the next day... we went to six flags!!! and guess who we convinced to go onto a roller coaster with us??? we also convinced dad to go on another extreme roller coaster... Goliath! you should have seen his eyes. and the whole way he was clenching onto his seat. it was priceless.
and who can forget the cool characters.. batman had a nice six pack!
but our guys looked even better!
until mom and dad convinced us to go on a water ride around 10pm... we "wouldnt get that wet"
but then i felt better when we changed our clothes and went out to eat. chocolate makes eveything better.
the next day we spent the night in vegas
did a little gambling... ok maybe not.
and went to ceasars palace
and didnt dare ask how much things cost...
but this little guy was too cute... not for $1,050 though.

oh yes, and last week at a garage sale i got a free icecream maker! and it works!!!

and that is the end of our story.

ShirleyJ!!

2009-06-09T11:41:00.000-07:00

A month or so ago a new cooking store opened up a few blocks from my house. Today I went in for the first time to see what all of these excited relief society women have been talking about. Now, I know why they were so excited... and I am too now.

So they sell different powder mixes that you just have to add water to. They come in bulk, and have a shelf life of 20+ years, and compared to canned food, it is ten times cheaper. They have a lot of different products for pancakes, brownies, muffins, pizza sauces, meat spices, gravies etc. Their main one is a cream soup base and sauce mix... and they have tons of supper easy recipes on their website, shirleyj.com.

But best of all.. when I went in, they gave me a free sample of their cream soup base... and I am excited to try something new and easy for dinner tonight. I know I get excited over stupid things really easily... but come on, free samples?? I'm in love. They also have free weekly cooking classes. Yay! Utah has changed me... I love scrap booking, and I get excited about food storage products.

a fun night!

2009-05-31T21:08:00.000-07:00

we went to maceys and discovered their ice cream cones... their large ice cream was a dollar, and the small was 50 cents!
becca got a large... who knew they would be bigger than her face!?
then around midnight we decided we wanted to go camping... in our kitchen
we had to test out our new sleeping bags. it was a night to remember!

new scooter

2009-05-29T12:34:00.000-07:00

this is our new scooter... the same as the old one... only in red!!! we were excited to find it $400 less than what we paid for it before.

The fabulous new me... and a gay song

2009-05-22T13:18:00.000-07:00

my highlights were growing out, so I decided to dye it back brown
and after some getting use to.. i have decided that i like it. hahaa. thanks jessica for helping me!
and this is annie sleeping on our color crayon coffee table! on a side note, i dont know if any of you ever make up little songs that you sing about people, or in this case, your pets (i know im supper lame and obsessive for doing it)... but i do...

and im trying to work on one for annie... (and the song goes along to a really annoying name rhyming song... like anna bo banna, fe fi fo fanna, anna! ) ok, so here some of my ideas...

annie bo bannie, you have the cuttest fanny, fe fi fo fanny, annie..
annie bo bannie, you are faster than manny, annie! (thats manny ramirez)

if you have any ideas for other verses, feel free to share and help me out, so that i can complete my gay song.

Adam's Car Accident

2009-05-14T12:18:00.000-07:00

On Monday Adam got into a car accident while riding the scooter home from work. He was going down state street and some guy pulled out of a parking lot and tried going all the way over into the center divide... and he didnt happen to see Adam. Adam ran into the drivers side door, and our scooter is now basically bent in half and undrivable. Luckily it wasn't Adams fault, and the other guy's insurance will cover the repairs or the money it will cost to replace it. Meanwhile Adam's legs look hideous (sorry hun, but they do), and he has a broken rib. I am so thankful that he is alright. I don't know what I would do without him!

Mothers Day for me?!? Yayyy!

2009-05-13T13:11:00.000-07:00

I love mothers day at church, especially when they give me my all time FAVORITE chocolate bar. Adam loves capturing my excitement.
And this was me before church... I told Adam to just take a picture of my food, but he wanted to capture me at my best... in my awesome pjs and glasses. hahaa.. please ignore the clashing, and know that you probably clash in your pjs too!
And that is my "mothers day meal" from the friday or sat before... I think Adam just wanted to go out to eat, but who am I to say no to my addiction to stake and mash potatoes?!?

As my amazing husband puts it, Mothers Day is a day dedicated to women and all the hard work that they do. I love how sweet he is, and how he pretends that he didnt get me anything, and then as soon as i believe him, he goes behind my back to surprise me. I love how he respects me and truely appreciates all that I do, and how he is more than willing to give me a nice break. I also love that he doesnt like eating plain chocolate! I can't wait to see what he will do when we actually do have little kids of our own! Also, I wanted to thank Norm, my sweet father in law, for teaching his son how to treat his special lady in his life. He truely does show by example!

OK I AM MAD!!!!

2009-05-06T17:22:00.000-07:00

Our apartment comes with internet and cable in the rent, and now they have switched to a different cable company since the other one went out of business. So we were out of TV for 2 days, not a big deal, even though i missed the biggest loser... but today they installed the new cable and i nearly cried from joy! we had HGTV and TLC (all of my amazing home renovation shows are on there, and TLC's what not to wear is my fav show!!)... then, the catastrophe struck!

After I came home from work I turned my TV on and now we only have 7 channels... and they are all local junky ones.. before we had about 20. So now we dont even have FOX, NBC or ABC... we have nothing of importance! I am able to handle not having HGTV or TLC... but come on, no Office or Biggest Loser?!! Thats all I've got! Those are the only shows I watch. I feel upset for being lead to believe that we were going to have all of these channels that I saw right after they installed it.. but no... NO! I dont get upset often, but when they mess with my Office watching or Biggest Loser veiwing, things get personal. Thank goodness it isnt thursday because this has to get sorted out before then... or life as I know it will be over! (ok i know im being overly dramatic, but you get the point.)

Mothers Day

2009-05-04T11:37:00.000-07:00

So mothers day is coming up and with every sweet commercial i am reminded of how much i really love my mom. As i was rushing to the fridge to eat her tuna pasta i made, i was thinking of how much i really miss her! As all recipes go, the person who gave it to you always makes it better (or at least that's how i always feel). I miss hearing her laugh, her expressions as she tells me stories, and watching her cook. I am so glad that i had a stay at home mommy growing up. I am grateful for all the time that she put into loving and nurturing me and for all of the sacrifices she made for our family. I know that there are times when I just don't feel like cooking or cleaning for my husband, and i couldn't imagine taking care of five kids on top of that. I hope to some day be just as amazing as she is. And even though we are a few states apart, I want her to know that I am thinking of her and miss her like crazy, especially on this mothers day. I love you mom.

Additions to our home!

2009-04-20T10:44:00.000-07:00

addition #1- the x box 360 that i won at an easter egg hunt! (I think I was even happier when they included the receipt.. so that we could return it and spend the money on something we really need).. arent i such a girl? i think im going to spend my half on clothes and shoes!
addition #2! our new 11 week old kitten! we named her Annie.. our fav thing about her is her crazy looking tail.
her hobbies include climbing drapes and shower curtains (oh i cant wait to see her face after she gets declawed and realizes she cant do that anymore).. meowing and purring even if you just look at her, cuddling and drinking out of our drinks. Her least favorite thing is getting sprayed by our handy dandy spray bottle when she misbehaves.
addition #3- snow! yes, even though it is mid april, our "front yard" is adorned by icky white stuff.

Random Events!

2009-04-13T20:31:00.000-07:00

Many fun and amazing things have been happening... ok not really. However, you are already reading this, so you might as well humor us. So! Big event number one!!! We made moms amazing 7 layer bean dip for the first time.

Becca is officially drawn to the "baby carts" every time we go shopping.. and she gets very excited pushing it around, and even more excited when its ice cream that Greg and Amy pay for... and guess what Amy! It's not low fat!!

We went on a long walk around town the other day.. and we found the strangest house!!! No joke, they can literally see the grass growing from their window.
I don't know how much sunlight they get, but we were very tempted to climb their roof.
Also, Ian recently got his head deformed. So keep him in your payers.
Also.. Becca now has facebook! She didn't even notice when Adam took the picture of her while she was on.
And last but not least! We are official Utards now!!! Adam had a moment of silence for the occasion.

California Trip

2009-03-29T16:33:00.000-07:00

we re-visited the same restaurant we went to on our first date
this was then...
and this is now!
we went to our favorite antique mall in Monterrey

and to the beach

and golfing with Joe! and yes i hit the ball in the water.. just like old times!
and look what we found on the road at Casa De Fruta!

We had fun surprising my family! They had no clue that we were coming to visit. We also enjoyed seeing our friends Toni and Traci and our brother Joe along with Katie and Georgie of course! We wish that we could have visited even more of you guys!

In need of advice!

2009-03-06T12:24:00.000-08:00

I am not a mommy, but I have the responsibility of taking care of two girls, 7 and 10. I feel like I do a pretty good job most of the time, but then there are times that I feel like I am going to go crazy. Is it normal to feel this way? Kids are so unpredictable and its hard to always feel like I am doing the right thing so here are some examples. If you have any suggestion of what to do, it would be AWESOME...

1- should i argue about not bringing your umbrella everywhere.. when its not raining?
2- they have a snack every day after school before they start there homework (usually grapes and cheese).. and yet they are always "hungry", should i ignore that so they eat their dinner later?
3- little Becca (7) always gets distracted while reading.. if she doesnt know a word, she stops reading and tells a story or asks a random question. should i stop her and help her with the word, or listen to her funny story? i dont want her to hate reading, and she gets frustrated easily.
4- they always want a staw with their drink, should i let them have one every single time?
5- they have dance class every tuesday, and i let them pick out their clothes.. should it matter if they clash or not?

i guess it always comes down to the little things. i know that you have to pick your battles, but whos to say which is important enough to argue about? i dont want to make little things a huge deal, or have to punish them for something so little but i also dont want them walking all over me. any advice?

the girls + my wedding dress = a good time

2009-02-23T20:43:00.001-08:00

i love the two girls i take care of. it is the best job ever! we always end up doing fun/crazy things. it makes me want to have kids and do this all the time! (on the good days at least).. so today they came over to my house.. and after seeing a picture of my wedding dress, they wanted to see it in person. so i took it out, and we had the greatest time. first it was the vail, but then they some how convinced me that i should try it on, since they "couldnt go to my wedding".. cuz i didnt even know them yet. then it came to.. can i try it on? and of course i wanted to see how cute they would look in it, so i said yes. they are the funniest girls i know and i cant wait to have some crazy ones of my own!

pictures!

2009-02-18T17:39:00.000-08:00

my hair!

im an organization Nazi.. i labeled everything

our living room

I made Adam a bouque for V day!

all out of his fav candies.

videos!! new hair/ apartment

2009-02-18T17:11:00.000-08:00

For v day adam surprised me with taking me to Salt Lake to get my hair cut and highlighted. Its the same place that Amy goes (thanks for giving him the advice!) and it was awesome. My plans are to keep on going back! and to go even more blond next time.

And this is our new apartment! We love love love it. We now have a second bedroom, a dishwasher, and live on the top story so we dont hear our river dancing neighbors any more! (Thank you mom and dad for helping us move in and I'm sorry that you almost died from our light fixture!)

New Bed!!!

2009-02-04T20:15:00.001-08:00

We got a new bed !!!! We upgraded from a full bed to a queen... and oh so super soft.. Nice pillow top..

-- Post From My iPhone

Our Lili

2009-01-29T13:20:00.000-08:00

this is when we first got her, right after we got married

As some of you may know, Lili got really sick about 3 weeks ago. We took her to the vet and tried different kinds of medication and nothing worked. She just stopped eating one day and would throw everything up if we force fead her. After a week and a half of her not eating we took her to the vet for the third time. This time we found out that her kidneys had failed her and that there was no cure. So last week we ended up letting her go.

I am sooo sad about this but I'm glad that we found out what the cause was. It's just so sad that she died at only 1 and 1/2 years old. I don't really want to talk about it anymore, or answer any questions because it just makes me cry. I just want all of you that didnt know about it, to know, so you dont randomly ask me about her. Anyways, our plans are to get a new kitten as soon as we move (Feb 13th) to Orem.

BYU vs Wake Forrest Mens Basketball

2009-01-18T23:15:00.000-08:00

We waited in the cold wind a few hours before the game.

Nothing is better than Free shirts for everyone (whiteout)

The game was intense (worst reffed game in the history of BYU.. fans were throwing things.. at one point the game had to be stopped and the coach had to settle down the crowd, I was very very angry ( adam) Booing was so loud it scared me I thought there was going to be rioting

Second largest crowd ever in the Marriott Center (short of the record by 10 people) more than 22,000 people it was so hot.. people fainted

It was a fun game ...but sitting in the student section made in more fun (not funner)

Building a snowman

2009-01-18T23:07:00.001-08:00

We originally went to go sledding, but we didn't have a sled.. and every store was sold out.

Becca wanted to roll a ball as big as she could
Becca's brother Brian missed his girlfriend while visiting us

Adam spent most of the time finding the grass

High Five Buddy

Christmas post !!!!!!!!!!!!!! (ALMOST A MONTH LATER)

2009-01-18T22:30:00.000-08:00

BECCA GOT HER SENTSY CANDLE!

WHAT IS BETTER THAN CUPONS (COO PAWNS) FOR MASSAGES AND OTHER THINGS THAT CANNOT BE PURCHASED :)

ADAM IS WEARING HIS BRAND NEW BACKPACK AND HOLDING A CAN OF POPCORN!

BECCA WANTED TO TRY A CRIMP IRON...

YES ADAM LIKES TO MAKE FRENCH FRIES (DEEP FRIED)

OH NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

BECCA FINDS IT HARD TO DO THINGS WITHOUT ADAM (OPEN JARS, CANS, AND BUCKETS)

OUR CANDLES WERE RUNNING LOW ( WE HAD SOME FROM OUR 1ST ANNIVERSARY) SO ADAM WENT TO THE PLACE WE STAYED AND BOUGHT SOME MORE.

ADAM HAS ALWAYS WANTED A NICE RAZOR... HE NOW HAS ONE (SELF CLEANING EVEN)

FLIRTY APRONS!!!!!

TWO OF THE BEST GAMES I KNOW!!

BECCA GOT A VACUME!!!!!!!! A NICE ONE.. SHE VACUMES ALL THE TIME... (MAYBE I SHOULD GET HER REALLY NICE DISHWASHING SOAP)

OF COURSE WE HAVE TO HAVE A REAL TREE!!

WE HAD TOO MANY LIGHTS ... LAST YEARS TREE WAS A LITTLE LARGER

WE LIKE THE LOOK OF STRUNG POPCORN... AND WE (BECCA) HAVE JUST A FEW SCARS FROM THE NEEDLES.

Sealing and Thanksgiving trip!

2008-12-07T17:14:00.000-08:00

my beautiful family! and ofcourse, im the only one not looking!

my amazing brothers!

and adam and i... i love pictures!

We had a blast driving out to CA to visit my family and spend Thanksgiving with them. Most of all, I was excited about my sister Sarah getting sealed to her hubby the day after Thanksgiving! It was wonderful seeing all of my family together (minus my little bro whos not old enough) in the temple together. I am so greatful that I am sealed to my amazing husband for time and all eternity and I am so thankful that we were able to go down and be a part of my sisters sealing and endowments! I am so glad that familys can be together forever!

Halloween and such

2008-11-03T18:40:00.000-08:00

Our computer cord is broken so we have to cram all of this important blogging info into one...

We had fun going to the thrift store and seeing what costume we could make up.. and this is what we thought of.. can you guess what we are?!

Also, at the game last week we saw this adorable baby!!! I (Becca ofcourse) almost died! I had to take a picture...

ps... we were examining the B.O.M and noticed this picture.. it really was written for our day!!

BYU Again!!

2008-10-15T13:31:00.000-07:00

Heres Becca with the Band... warming up....,, Its hard when... its in the 30's!!!

It was cold... but we dressed warm

Uncle Steven was there....

So was uncle Richard... and... Dallin, Jackie, Sam, Nate, Dad, Becca and I.. Jackies friends.. and Sams roommate Spencer... Well anyways.. we won again.. and It was amazing... 21 - 3... I must be good luck, I have been to 3 games and have only seen the other teams score a combined total of 3 points... while BYU scored 122 points

My life is complete again!

2008-09-26T11:16:00.000-07:00

The OFFICE is back!!!! I (Becca) almost cried when i heard the theme song last night.. i was so excited to see it. If you havent seen it... repent!

also...

I am addicted to the Twighlight books! (thanks to amy and everyone else in the world thats reading them). You know that a book is good if you put it down only because your eyes are burning from forgetting to blink! Im on the 3rd right now and I cant wait until she becomes a vampire and marries him!!! (she has too.. idk what jake will ever do with his life though).

so whats everyone else's take on it? either the office or the book.