life today.

my laptop is feeling a little under the weather so i've been slackin a little with my blogging but hopefully she will be back to normal soon. for now i'll just do a picture-less post.
here are just a few things that are making me smile today.
my sister kady and her 3 kids are in town for a bit and we're loving every minute of having them here. it's been so fun to hang out, laugh, shop, and catch up. i love these kids so much. it's crazy how fast they are growing up. i'm loving their little personalities. today i took tessa for a ride so that she would take a little nap and i loved it. we were in the car for about 2 minutes before she was out cold but i kept driving. i loved looking in the rear view mirror and seeing her sleep. it's little moments like those that remind me how much the lord knows and loves each one of us. it's going to be YEARS before i'm ready to have children of my own but these kids make me so excited to be a mom ... someday.
i ran yet another 5k yesterday for west haven days and i didn't beat my last time but i felt a lot better after this race. i didn't have anyone really pushing me so i was pretty proud when i finished and realized i never stopped to walk to or take a break. pretty sweet. i took 3rd place in my age division and i got a medal. what will i ever do with a medal? who cares... i got a medal!
i leave for spokane on friday to visit colb and i'm super excited. i only get to go for the weekend but i can't wait to see him. to be honest the whole long-distance thing didn't really bother me when it first came up, i was sure i could keep myself busy and these four months would fly. well here i am. not nearly as busy as i had hoped and he's only half way done. but then again, he is half way done. he's working hard and trying to enjoy every minute. hopefully this weekend drags and after that the next two months can fly. my fingers are crossed.
i talked to the bank on friday about getting the money to fix my sad little car and they approved me. i'm kind of excited to get a new hood and bumper and to not have a caved in roof. i'm anxious to have it back to normal. i'm actually thinking about selling it once it's fixed. just for something new. we'll see.
colby and i are planning to attend the temple in spokane while i'm there and i can't wait. i love the feeling i get when i'm in the lord's house and more than that i love that i can bring that feeling home with me. what a blessing to have colby in my life and to have the chance to attend the temple with him. i love that he holds the priesthood and continually keeps himself worthy to do so. he's amazing. love him.
i bought a new pair of running shoes yesterday. the ones i usually wear are in decent shape but i bough them about 5 years ago and i thought i could use a little upgrade with all the running i've been doing. i can't wait to get out and run again. i'm secretly planning on bringing em to spokane so colb and i can run together. hopefully he's up for that.
i met with the bishop today to renew my recommend. he might be the coolest guy i've ever met. he truly loves his calling and cares about the people he is serving. what a great blessing to have someone so amazing over our ward. he's the greatest.
tomorrow all my siblings are heading to the aquatic center for a day in the sun. we went last year when kady came home for a visit and it was a blast. i can't believe it's almost july and i haven't been swimming yet. sun here i come.
well that's it for today. life is good, great, and wonderful. i'm loving every minute of it.

hip hip hoo-ray!

every year for father's day logan and i take a silly picture of ourselves and frame it. i love having a good reason to take a funny picture. who doesn't love yet another picture of their kids being, well, childish.
logan completed his first day at a real job today. it's about time. he's nearly two decades old so mowing grandma's lawn and washing my car doesn't exactly cut it anymore. turns out a mission won't pay for itself so hopefully this helps. i asked him what the first check was going to buy. thinking he was going to say - an ice cream cone for his favorite sister that takes him everywhere, buys him everything, and lets him ruin her car without a mean thing being said. instead he said beer. we'll see how that goes i guess.

i know the rain makes it feel like we've all moved to seattle and that it's the month of april but i must say it was nice to break out the favorite scarf just because i can.

two extra reasons why i love my life

i was just enjoying my day off trying to think of a reason to update this crazy blog and i felt a little lick on my big toe ... ah ha! i've had a dog almost my entire life (except for the cat we had when i was really little) it's something so small that has always put a smile on my face. when i got married we wanted a pet but didn't want to pay the extra fee for a dog so we settled for a turtle ... not the best idea i've ever had. not that it was my idea. the turtle was a lot of fun. for about the first eight minutes we had him. he was more work than he was worth and it wasn't until after we had brought harley home ...he was a fast turtle ... that we were told turtles can sometimes live for 50 to a hundred years. talk about committment. luckily in the new house we didn't have room for speedy gonzales so we gave him to my cousin isaac who now treats him like a hollywood star. that turtle wouldn't have me back for all the fish in the sea. when we decided to buy a house and then found the one we wanted we packed our bags. moved in to my mom's crib. and bought a pup .. although he remained nameless for a few days he had my heart wrapped around his little paw within minutes and those dark blue eyes still make my heart melt.
when i packed up and took a road that lead life in a new direction i knew i wouldn't be able to do it without the love of my life, the one little guy that loves me no matter what and knows exactly what to do to make me smile.
so here we are, living he dream at my mamma's house and lovin every minute. the hardest part about moving home was .. well moving home. i remember the first night i wanted to go out with my girlfriends and my little brother told me to be home by 11:00 and my heart sank ... i looked and my mom and silently begged for no curfew. living at home with no curfew was a challenge getting used to. i'm settling in just fine.
back to the reason for this post.
when i was a senior in high school, for christmas, my mom got the kids a dog. she let my nephew (who was strongly pursuaded by his uncle taft) give the fur ball a name. steve. still to this day i love when he barks at the people walking by and i get to yell it across the yard. someday i know a passerby named steve will stop and give me that look that says .. what?
steve and bentley get along great and bent is constantly reminding steve of his years as a young puppy. bent sleeps in my bed. he always has. he always will. when steve realized that bent got to sleep in the house and he didn't, he wasn't happy. one night i decided to let steve in my room just to see how he'd do. it was in the top 5 worst nights sleep i'd ever had. but i kept letting him in thinking he'd start behaving and after 6 months, we're all sleeping soundly. i love these guys. they make me laugh atleast once a day. every morning when i'm getting ready for the day steve runs in to the bathroom and starts tipping over the garbage can, and just like i do every day... i snap my fingers really loud and say no. and just like he does everyday, bentley grabs steve by the tail and drags him out of the bathroom. it's a great feeling to start the day off with a laugh.
bent and i have learned a lot over the last year and a half. i dream that together, along with a tall, dark, and handsom man, we can grow old together. he is the love of my life and i couldn't live each day without his energy and kisses. he's my partner in crime. my cuddle bud. and the only one i can count on to get up in the middle of the night to sneak a treat or two with me. i truly feel blessed to be his owner. i have high hopes that with all the treats and toys i give him, he'll choose me as his owner in the next life. i'll keep you posted.

every once and a while they both sneak up on me and start giving me kisses. somehow i got a picture of one of those times.

this would be steve before his summer hair cut. i love his hair like this.

it's not often that i let them on the new furniture, i was feeling generous.
love him. you can't really tell in this picture but we both have blues eyes.
you can see those gorgeous eyes in this one though. his eyes. not mine. :)
and him.

GROWING UP!

I've always been on the vertically challenged side and mostly because I don't know any different, I've enjoyed every second! Growing up I had lots of dreams where I was awkwardly tall and I always woke up in a panic! My boss at Smith's always teases me about my height and gives me a hard time when I ask him to get something off the top shelf, we always just end up laughing! I have a good friend at work that has me stand up against the wall every once and a while and draws a line, then he tells me that someday he knows I'll grow up!
I went to my yearly Dr visit last week which of course was nothing too exciting! I don't mind going the Dr but I don't jump up and down at the opportunity! I'm always curious to see what the scale says I weigh but I've never been interested in knowing my height! I got a physical in ninth grade and Dr White told me I was 4 ft 11 & 3/4 inch and since then I haven't really cared to know... Heaven forbid we round up!
I started taking a vitamin as soon as I started in the pharmacy because you never know what the patients will bring in and leave behind and I've always had a crazy love for milk! I like to joke that someday these two will get together and help me get bigger! Well I guess they have! I was told at the Dr last week that I've grown a whole inch in the last year! I'm officially 5'1, Pretty exciting if you ask me!


It seems to upset my stomach a lot lately but I sure love a big glass of milk with a side of cookies, it's one of my most favorite things!

I randomly picked a vitamin I thought would help me fight the viruses and so far it's done most of the job!

A nice break!

Colby's grandma passed away last week so he was able to take a break from work and come to Utah for the funeral. He got here on Thursday and got to stay all weekend. Somehow I was was able to find someone to cover my shift at the Pharmacy and go with him to the funeral, it was a great service! The circumstances were a little crummy but it was so good to see him and I know it was a much needed vacation so I'll take what I can get!

His BiRtHdAy isn't til June 29th but between his 2 year mission and his summer-sales jobs he hasn't celebrated it in 4 years! I'm a HUGE birthday fan (it's probably a little ridiculous actually ..) but I think they should be celebrated to he fullest so I thought it would be fun to get everyone together and celebrate just a little before he had back home ... It's still so weird that he lives in another state!... Brock and Holly took us out on Saturday for a delicious dinner at Boston's and of course we made a stop at Colb's new favorite, The Red Mango! My Mom made him a birthday dinner on Sunday and his parents had us over for cake and ice cream! I'm going to Spokane the first week in July so the we'll celebrate a little more when I get there, Who doesn't love a birthday that goes for weeks?
Colby is having a great time in Spokane and he's almost half way done! I'm definitely ready for the end of August when he'll be all done but for now I'm keeping busy with work, spending time with friends, playing lots of soccer, and running whenever I can!

Love Summer BbQs!

Last week Colby's parents invited us over for a BBQ and it was so fun. I love that even though Colb is away for the summer they still want me to hang around! Brock made some delicious burgers and they even opened the pool up for us. My mom was babysitting Lincoln for Taft and Lesha so he came along with us, He was such a happy baby and kept us laughing!
It was so good to sit back and enjoy great company, hopefully they aren't sick of me at the end of the summer! :) Thanks Carter's for having us, let's do it again soon!

Graduation day!

Me and Logie ... I can't believe he's graduated, I feel so old!

Little Linc is growing up so fast, I love this smile!

Most of the family ... We were thinking of you Peterson Family! Jon is holding Lincoln and it makes me so excited for them to have kids! Some day ... Abby's cute dress makes her look a little pregnant but she's not, it's just the way she's standing!
Logan graduated on the 28th and we're so glad it's over! My Mom has worked so hard to get us all through school so we thought she deserved some flowers to let her know how much we appreciate her. It was fun to get everyone together and it's always nice to have an excuse to party!

Logan got in a car accident right after we left the Dee Event center and that made for a little bit longer day but we're just glad everyone is safe, hopefully everything turns out okay with that!

We had everyone over for pizza a little bit later and we had so much fun. We have some pretty funny little cousins who love to entertain. This picture is of Logan and Marley with their pony tails, Logan cut his hair into a mullet for graduation and he cut it soon after but it was funny while it lasted. Hopefully we'll never see this hair cut on him again!

Bored? Blonde? A little of both ... an Update either way!

So I've figured out that I get bored with my hair super SUPER easy and because of that my hair is suffering ... Don't worry I'm learning! My favorite hair stylist Anica trimmed and high-lighted it for me and I LoVe it! I love going to their house and seeing their cute little family, I also got to meet little Izzy and she is beyond precious! Her blond curls are too much, she really is one stinking cute little girl! Hopefully I'll get a few pictures at her blessing one Sunday!

I recently took a trip to the beautiful Spokane to visit Colby and it was so fun! Spokane is gorgeous and I swear I could live there! It was really good to hang out with Colb and to catch up, I really can't believe how much I miss him! I've been home for a week and somehow coming home and getting back in the swing of things was a lot harder than I imagined ... I'm trying really hard to stay busy and keeping myself distracted but time doesn't always fly the way I hope! I'm going back over the 4th of July because he has a few more days off and I'm pretty excited! Maybe I'll get some pictures this time?? He's enjoying his summer and he's working really hard! He's always super positive and I can tell he Loves his job and that makes supporting him in doing what he loves that much easier! I'll be the first to tell you that I could never send off a missionary ... EVER and I'm anxiously awaiting the end of the summer!

Mom and Logan leave for Cali tomorrow and I'm super bummed that I can't go but I've already taken off way too much work! I'm a little freaked out to stay at the house by myself with the two wimpy dogs just because I haven't done it for a while but I'm sure I'll be fine. I just hope they have a good time and more than that I hope they return ... My Mom keeps talking about moving to Cali while Logan is on his mission ... I don't know how I feel about that ... We'll see! which reminds me ... Happy Birthday Tessie, Congrats on the preschool graduation Owie, and I can't wait to see the video of your baseball game Cal, go get em!

I started another indoor soccer team, this one is at Ogden Indoor on 12th street and I'm loving every single second! I'm playing with a bunch of good friends and we're having a blast! I love playing with these guys and I forgot how much I love 12th street! Somehow I got put in charge of the team name and when I went to register us my mind went totally blank ... I couldn't think of anything serious, funny, or even stupid so I quickly googled 'soccer team names' and I was given 700 options ... I went with my lucky #14 and we ended up being the 'Alley Cats' ... FREAKING AWESOME ... if you ask me! A few of the players give me a hard time every week but we just end up laughing ... So far we're undefeated and rockin every game! We'll see how the rest of the season plays out but we're having fun either way!

Ps .. you're not getting any pictures because my laptop is currently down .. again! Cross your fingers tight and hopefully the computer wiz brother in law of mine can work his magic, I owe Jon big time ... maybe I'll make him some cookies? A cake? Brownies? Bread? Rice Krispy treats? You choose Jon!