BJ & Sabrina

BJ's Hunts This Year

2010-12-04T17:18:00.006-07:00

It has been so long since I have blogged but I feel like I haven't done much but when I was thinking about it I realized BJ has done alot so I'm gonna try and play catch up.. BJ has been busy hunting as usuall and he got lucky this year and filled all of his tags..
The day after Thanksgiving we loaded up with our friends to go down south for the weekend and try and find some elk.. We had a great time and we had a successfull hunt..

This was BJ's first elk!! He was so excited!!

This was the end of October on the usuall Deer hunt.. We had alot of fun with all of our friends and again it was a great year..

He's trying to act tough but really he was super excited..

I swear we are cursed.. It doesn't matter what time of year it is, it always rains or snows on us at least once.. Good thing BJ is always prepared to "Ralphy" me up with a bunch of layers..

This hunt was in September in Wyoming.. I didn't go but BJ went with 4 of his friends who all had tags and they were done filling them all by 10am.. I was sad I didn't go because that's my kind of hunting..

This is BJ's good friend AL who he finally got to go hunting with him.. I'm pretty sure it was his first antelope.. Doesn't BJ look like a proud father.. HAHA..

BJ's Turkey Hunt

2010-05-31T10:25:00.006-06:00

We went down to Boulder for Memorial Day weekend and it was also the end of BJ's turkey hunt.. The very first night we got there we decided to go for a drive after getting everything all set up.. BJ spotted some turkeys in the trees so he got his gun and started to run into the trees.. I of course waited in the truck.. The next thing I knew there BJ was walking out of the trees with a big huge old turkey.. It was awesome!! He had to run along ways to catch them and he had a perfect shot.. That means we both got out turkeys this year and they are 2 different species so that was pretty cool.. Way to go honey!!
BJ took me fishing of course and he has been making me put my own worm on and everything so it's been quite an adventure.. We were fishing for about an hour and catch 6 fish.. It was fun.. I love fishing.. I think that is my favorite part about going camping..
BJ caught this GINORMOUS fish..
Of course BJ took ALL of our guns and everyone got together and played shooting games.. It was so much fun.. W went through so many clay pidgons.. I think me and Jennell and Lauren did pretty good to keep up with the boys.. BJ was cute and helped the little kids shoot at targets.. They loved it.. I swear they were lined up for almost an hour so they could have a turn..

So you might recognize this tree. It has out names carved in it and is almost 3 years old.. We put our trailor right in front of it so I made BJ look at it everyday and finally the last day I suckered him into taking another picture with me by it.. I keep telling his this is history!!

One morning BJ said he was gonna go fishing at a different fishing spot.. He was gonna go check it out and come back for me later to go.. Well 5 hours later he shows up and this is what he was doing.. His truck got SO stuck and they spent along time trying to get it out and they ended up digging.. BJ came back soaked.. Finally when his truck wouldn't make it any farther they decided to get out the wheelers and go the remainder of the way.. I guess he decided that there was no way I was gonna go through that to go fishing but I think he had the time of his life getting his truck stuck and so dirty..

We had alot of fun as usuall with our friends.. This is the 4th year that we have done this camping trip and we are so glad everyone was able to make it..

My Turkey Hunt!

2010-04-11T14:22:00.006-06:00

I got another turkey!!

My great husband always taking care of me.. He didn't make me touch the bird.. He ran and got it after I shot it..

My parents came with us so they could actually see that I hunt and we went down the night before to start hunting and hopefully find some and watched them fly into the trees to sleep for the night.. It was awesome because they are such big birds to see them fly..

This is not the bird I shot but one of the best ones we saw.. I think my parents we amazed to see the turkeys and how they interact.. We had a great over nighter and we are glad that my parents came to enjoy the expirence.. Good food,, Good hunting,, Good road trip..

South Dakota

2010-03-28T18:53:00.004-06:00

BJ went with his friends to South Dakota on a Goose Hunt!! He had alot of fun and got alot of birds!! He said it was freezing and wet the entire time!!
Nate - Al
BJ - Red - Ryan
This is the end of day 1

The boys holding their birds.. They are way happy and I'm sure they are going to make this a yearly event.. It was a long drive with 5 guys in a truck but well worth it!!

I Got One

2009-10-31T09:57:00.002-06:00

Yep that's right I killed a deer!! It was so exciting and one of the Best times of my life!!
Of course my husband is amazing and took me and made sure that I killed one!! I'm not gonna lie it was hard and I missed once before but it was worth it to kill this big guy!!

We had a great time with our friends!! It was the very last night when it started to snow and we stood outside around the fire still just soaking it all in!!

This is my husbands doing!!

New Garage

2009-10-09T17:11:00.004-06:00

I've been begging BJ to build me some shelves in the garage and laundry room and I finally got them!!
My parents came down to help and while the boys did the building the girls cleaned out the house to fill the garage up!!
BJ and my Dad did a great job, they make a great team and I feel like I have a bran new garage and laundry room.. So much storage!! I love it!! Thanks Guys!!

Road Trip

2009-07-07T21:49:00.003-06:00

This weekend we randomly decided to go on a road trip.. We decided after our honeymoon that these are our favorite kind of trips and we have so much fun going new places and trying new things.. We went to Jackson Hole and saw the Bar J Wranglers.. BJ loves them and they put on a great show.. It was fun to see them at their Chuckwagon Ranch..
We went to the Grand Tetons next to Jackson Hole.. It was really awesome and we got alot of great pictures.. We didn't realize that Yellowstone was like 50 miles away but we didn't have enough time to go there so I was a little sad but this trip was a good start..

We went to Rexburg Idaho and went to BEAR WORLD! ! ! I'm not gonna lie I was so freaking excited for this.. It was a lot of fun.. There was a petting zoo and we both got to pet some deer and goats and there were chicken and turkeys everywhere.. It was aweosme..

I was super scared.. I was afraid to look back because I thought the deer was gonna eat my hand so we have a whole bunch of pictures of me petting it just not looking untill finally BJ got mad and I just glanced real quick.. This is for sure a forced scared smile..

All in all it was a fun quick trip.. It was a great 4th of July and I love spending time with my husband..

Memorial Day

2009-06-06T12:54:00.004-06:00

We got a new trailor and can I just say I love it.. We took it out memorial day for the 1st time and that's the way to camp.. It rained pretty much the whole time so we were able to break it in really good.
In August of 2007 this was carved.. This is how it looks almost 2 years later..

We spent alot of time fishing of course.. We had great luck this trip.. The first night we went out BJ caught 6 and I caught 5.. It was alot of fun.. The other days we would we only caught a couple but atleast we don't stink like some of our friends..

We took our guns and shot them.. Lots of competitions.. It was usually down to Brody and BJ who won.. We had about 45 minutes of sun so we had to hurry..

This is my adorable husband.. He dresses himself for these kind of occasions.. He didn't know I was snapping pictures of him.. But this was the perfect moment.. I know it sounds funny but seriously my heart melts when I see him like this..

BJ shooting his new shotgun he got for the wedding.. It's sweet!!!

This was a long drive but so worth it.. Every spot you were in was a breath taking view.. We were so high up and had to go over a bridge.. Super scarey..

Us standing on the bridge of Hell's Back Bone

This was one of many pictures.. I make BJ take a picture of me with every single fish I catch.. They are all starting to look the same but I just get so excited and I wanna make sure we have proof that I caught a fish..

Turkey Hunt

2009-05-09T15:20:00.003-06:00

This morning we woke up at 2:00 am and went Turkey Hunting!! We had so much fun!! Red drove us and me, BJ and his friend Tyler had tags and we all got one!!
This is mine!! I made my parents come down and see it before BJ cleaned them.. I am pretty sure we are the only people in our complex that have 2 turkeys hanging out on their back porch..

BJ's turkey was huge.. When he shot it it was all puffed up.. I'm sure that's not what you call it but sounds good to me..

You can tell how excited he was.. This was his 1st turkey ever!!

And me I am a bundle of joy at 6:00 am in the morning.. This is my new pink cameo shotgun BJ bought me and the 1st animal I have ever killed so it was a big day for me.. Such an awesome expirence.. We drove 4 hours and had 3 turkeys killed and in the truck in less then 25 minutes.. That's my kind of hunting.. We were home by noon..

HONEYMOON in APRIL

2009-04-30T20:50:00.007-06:00

Lake Tahoe..
San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge

Roosevelt Elk were all over the place in the Redwood Forest.. We just pulled off the side of the road and took these pictures.. I didn't use my zoom or anything.. They were just chilling..

We went to Ocean World in Crescent City.. It was alot of fun.. It was a little town so when we went on the tour we were the only ones in the group.. It was a great 2 hour personal tour..

Me and BJ both got to pet a shark.. Obviously you can tell I was freaking out.. BJ acted like it was second nature to him.. He wouldn't stop playing with them..

The tour guide asked BJ if he was scared of seainenemies.. Of course he had to act tough so he said he wasn't.. The next thing we knew he had his tongue pressed again this nasty thing for 10 second,, while it stung him.. It made his tongue go numb.. He said it didn't hurt but who know if he was just trying to show the guy up..

We went to a place in the Redwood Forest call Tree Mystery.. We took a skyline ride through the tree tops.. It was alot of fun.. On the trail to get up to the skyline ride we got to see all sorts of AMAZING really old trees.. I think BJ was in Heaven even though instead of thinking how beautiful it was I know he was thinking how fun it would be to cut the trees down..

We hiked to this really cool tree that got struck by lightning I don't even remember how many years ago.. I just remember a long time.. But the inside was hollowed out.. But the outside was still growing.. It was really neat..

HA HA.. My husband is a tree hugger!!!

This was cool.. It was 5 trees grown together into one tree.. They said it would take like 500 years for this to happen.. People get married in front of this alter all the time.. It was beautiful so I made BJ pretend like we were getting married while I set the timer on the camera so we could take a picture..

BJ in front of a tree that tipped over and the roots were out of the ground and it was still alive after hundreds of years.. It was awesome.. BJ was amazed.. He was seriously a little kid in a candy shop around all these trees..

So in front of Tree Mystery, it has a huge Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox.. You can tell how excited BJ was.. There was alot of carvings and statues about his myths and stories..It was alot of fun.. BJ's favorite part was getting up front and personal with the ox.. There was some old ladies out front watching him.. Laughing.. Then they offered to take our picture.. I think they wanted him to leave the ox alone..

Us in front of the tallest tree ever.. It was 357ft tall.. It was cool..

Of course we had to drive through a tree.. Who goes to the Redwood Forest and doesn't drive through a tree.. I made BJ take me to this and I was so excited.. We had to pay to get in and it took us a whole 3 minutes to do it.. But I soaked up every second.. We drove through so many times we got our $$ money's worth..

Crescent City, California.. It was so beautiful to drive along the coast.. We had so much fun on our road trip honeymoon.. We listened to great music and saw different things.. All the time.... We had no place to be and no agenda.. I couldn't have asked for a better honeymoon..

Thanks BJ!!

2009-02-16T17:29:00.007-07:00

BJ surprised me before the ceremony and got me a Tiffany's necklace.. I love love it.. It was so perfect.. He always does such a great job (with the help of Emma).. I had no idea and was so shocked.. Obviously you can tell how excited I was.. He did a double surprise and for christmas got me the matching ring..

I surprised BJ and got him a Browning Silver 12 gage shot gun for his wedding present.. I gave it to him the night before the wedding at our family dinner.. I wanted everyone to see him open it.. He wanted one so bad and I told him we needed a computer more so he was pretty surprised..

Deanne, Stephanie, Jessica, Me, Shellie, Shawna, Ams

Me and my Best Friends
Tessa, Me, Shorty

Me and My Sweet Hubby

My adorable neice Brooklyn was the ball of the party.. She followed me around the entire night holding my dress and flowers.. She was so excited to be dressed up.. She is such a princess.. But her little smile is the cutest and seriously made the night so fun.. You can tell she loves her pictures taken.. This is just one of many.. She's just always so excited and has so much fun.. I love her so much!!

We're Married! ! !

2008-12-23T00:21:00.002-07:00

BJ & I got married this past Saturday! It was perfect!!

Antelope Hunt

2008-11-17T19:03:00.004-07:00

On Saturday we took off to the Pahvant Mountains to go on an Elk hunt.. Things didn't go as well as planned,, there was 6 guys with the same tag in our group and we didn't see one elk.. So after the Sunday morning hunt we decided to head down to Boulder to go Antelope hunting.. BJ got one right off the bat.. Super cool..

Everyone in our group.. left to right.. Brody, Zack, Brad, Red, BJ, Jennell, Gary and David in front..

It was way fun to see him kill his first antelope and do all the skinning and gutting.. I got it all on tape but I thought I'd spare everyone the gory..But he was so happy and we spent all day today cuttingand wrapping it up...

Me and BJ.. We went for a drive and it was so pretty.. The leaves were still colored.. They hadn't all fallen but it was really pretty.. We had never gone up this way before so it was fun to explore..

Arizona

2008-11-10T21:00:00.004-07:00

This weekend I went to Arizona to see BJ.. I just happened to have a family reunion this same weekend so they both worked out perfect.. It was a nice drive down.. My family all followed each other and we made it safly.. In Flagstaff I went to Payson and my parents went to Pheonix so I was on my own ( of course BJ's friends girlsfriend Ashley was with me ) but we found it all by our self.. That night we hung out with the guys from work.. It was nice to see where BJ has been spending his time the last 6 months.. It was a nice little city.. Just small and simple.. BJ loves it there.. It is actually really pretty..

On Saturday we drove down to Pheonix and got lost of course and it took us twice as long as it should but we finally made it,, late but we made it.. It was so great to see my family.. We don't get to see them hardly at all so it was so fun and nice to be with them.. We are pretty close with my Moms brother and his family so they are really the only ones we know but it was lots of fun.. That night we drove down to Goodyear where BJ was born and raised untill he was 10.. It was so cute.. He remembered his address and everthing.. As we were driving there he was telling me stories of things he remembered.. Driving to the hospital with a rag on his chin to get stitches.. and the neighbors being little old people they called grandma and grandpa.. and walking to school.. It was super fun to hear all the stories.. We drove right to it and drove by.. I tried to take pictures but they didn't turn out very good at all.. BJ would slow down.. Apparently it's not nice to sit in front of peoples houses and take pictures of it if you don't know them.. So all I could get him to do was drive by it twice... After that we headed back to Payson and of course stoped at Bass Pro Shop on the way.. It was nice.. It puts Cabellas to shame.. We spent a couple hours walking through it.. We ate at a nice resturant they have in there.. It was super good food.. It was a great night..

The next day we just hung around Payson.. We went antique shopping.. Which was awesome.. They have lots of little stores with lots of cool things... I kept thinking that Emma would love it and that is so Emma.. Everything just looked like things she would like.. But anyways.. We watched a movie and had dinner.. Nothing to big but just spent time toghether..

Then.. of course I woke up the next morning and drove home.. All 11 hours of it so dreadfull.. It was crappy weather and I was just thinking of ways I could stay there with him of he could come home early but nothing was to brillant.. So here I am home and unpacked and just ready for my BJ to come home..

So that was our great weekend in AZ.. I guess you could call it a vacation...

BJ's Hurrican Ike Pics

2008-10-20T04:28:00.004-06:00

I'm super struggling.. I cannot get my slide to add as a post.. It won't let me because it's a widget but I've put slides on before so I don't know.. If anyone can help that would be much appreciated.. I made it cause I wanted everyone to see some of BJ's pictures from Texas.. We have a whole bunch but I picked some of my favorites.. It was crazy to see all the things he did and the places he had to work.. Again I'm so proud of him for going down there and working.. It's so dangerous and the not knowing what's going on kills me.. But he did it and with a smile on his face.. It's good to have him home but I hope you enjoy the pictures.. I never figured out how to fix the slide show so I just moved it to the bottom.. I'm so sorry.. I hope you will still look at them but that's where they are.. The 1st slide on the bottom of the page.. ENJOY!!

WE'RE ENGAGED! ! !

2008-10-10T21:35:00.003-06:00

So this was the perfect comming home present.. BJ came home from Texas and suprised me with an adorable engagement!!! It was prefect!! December is going to come fast so we have lots to do but we are so excited!!! I love you baby,, I'm so glad your home! ! !

2008-10-04T23:23:00.004-06:00

HE'S COMING HOME! ! !

Monday will not come fast enough for me!

Texas

2008-09-22T19:28:00.002-06:00

These are some pictures BJ has sent me just off of his phone so the quality isn't very great but, he's working hard and very long hours.. They start at 6 in the morning and don't get off till 9 at night.. The 1st picture with him in it was a huge fallen tree and as you can tell the roots are completly out of the ground.. He said there were limbs that were 30-40 feet off the ground while it was tipped over so he had to climb the branches the opposite way to cut it up.. So crazy.. He said it took a couple of hours but it was pretty cool.. And the bottom picture was just from yesterday.. He said the only thing holding this tree up was the power lines.. I was freaking.. I can't believe they send guys up a tree in that condition but BJ always tells me that's why he's got a job and you gotta do what you gotta do.. But all in all he's doing a great job and just trying to make the best of it.. We still have no idea when he'll be home but as long as he stays safe I will just keep talking his ear off every day and texting him as if he were home.. So hopefully when he gets sick of that he'll know better and just come home!!! I'm just wishing!!

Hurricane Ike

2008-09-13T16:46:00.006-06:00

So those of you who don't know BJ has been working in Arizona for the past 2 months.. It has been a very long 2 months but we have made it this far.. His schedule is work 10 days and come home for 4 days.. So as you all know me I count down the days for him to be home.. Well he called me yesterday and told me that he was going to Texas to help with the Hurricane disaster.. So he's leaving today from Arizona and going straight to Texas to work.. We have no idea for how long or where he will be.. He's pretty excited, he likes helping and he's the perfect person to do it because he's so dedicated and knows how to get any job done.. This is not his first time he's done something like this.. But he went with a good additude and can't wait to help all those people get their power back on it things cleaned up.. I don't think it's really hit me yet because he shouldn't be home till next weekend but I'm nervous and worried of course but I know everything will be fine and work out for the best.. I'm just so proud of him that he's able to go and do his job that he's so good at to help all of those people.. Let's just hope it doesn't take to long.. I'm already going crazy from missing him.. So I just wanted to give an update on what's going on with us..

Camping at Strawberry

2008-09-13T12:03:00.009-06:00

A Few weeks ago we went hunting up at Strawberry.. It was alot of fun!! We both took a week off of work and who would have guessed we spent that entire week camping.. It was super nice, me and BJ got to spend 3 days with just us.. We drove around and looked for critters.. I thought I was a pretty good hunting partner since I was the one who spotted the first elk,, it was even on our first night there.. We would get up at like 5 in the morning and get all cameo'd out and off we went.. We went for a hike one day and that's all I could take, that's when I changed my mind about being his hunting partner, I'll leave that up to Brody!! It was a great trip, after our time together his friends came up and spent the rest of the weekend with us.. We always have a great time.. BJ spotted a bunch of moose for me.. I always get so excited especially when they have horns and are so close to us, we got some good video.. I don't know about any of you but this is so new to me I've never been around elk or moose or camping in general so I would have to admit the places BJ takes me and the things we get to see are seriously some the the neatest thing I've ever expirenced in my life.. ENJOY!!

Happy Birthday MOM!

2008-08-30T22:04:00.007-06:00

So this is a very belated birthday but I've been planning it for a while just haven't gotten around to do it and I'm missing some participants in the family who are being typical boys and taking forever.. So sorry again for the belated birthday Mom we have a few words to say to you.
Stephanie - Mom is kind, generous, and authentic. Trevor and I love to stay with mom and dad when we come up; she makes us feel at home and goes the extra mile to make sure we have everything we need. She does what needs to be done. If she sees something that needs to be done, she just does it. I greatful to have my parents. They have taught me so many things growing up that have shaped the person I am today. Our mom is a great example of who should be as a mother and wife.
Shellie - Happy Birthday Mom. We want to say that we love you. We hope that you have an awesome B-day. We are lucky to have you for our mother. You have taught us to put our families first and to be there for each other. We really enjoy being with you and being together as a family. Happy Birthday with all of our love. Shellie and Michael Happy Birthday Grandma. Thanks for being our grandma. Your the best. Its always fun to go to your house to go swimming. Hope you have a great birthday. Love Braxton and Cameron
Shawna - You look amazing...I hope I look as good as you do at age 60!!! Mom, I always look forward to and enjoy spending time up at your house with my kids. You have such a compassion for others and a kind heart to serve. I appreciate your great example of enduring to the end. Thanks for making us a forever family and always showing me the way. I am awlays thinking of you and dad and wish you the best...Thanks for all you do!
Sabrina - Mom words can't express how special you are to me.. We have become so close these past few years and I can't tell you how glad I am to have you not only as the Best mother but as a Best friend.. I love our days we spend together getting your hair done and nails and pedicures and lunch.. I love out late night chats.. And I love most of all that I can call and talk to you whenever I need and your always up for it.. You are a true definition of a mother.. I hope when I have children I can be as great as you are.. Thank you for everything.. I hope you had a great birthday and I'm sorry this is so late and unfinished!!!

Sleep Over

2008-08-14T21:58:00.004-06:00

So Shawna asked me to watch the kids last night while she and Caleb went to the movies.. I had worked all day and was super tired so I figured it would be easier just to have them sleep over.. We watched a movie and had some popcorn and before I knew it it was after midnight and the kids weren't even a little tired.. So I made them come to bed and told them we could turn a movie on in my room while we fell asleep.. Well it didn't take long and I was out for the count.. The next thing I knew CJ is waking me up telling me the movie was over.. I turned off the tv and made sure the hall light was on for them.. Emma was so cute she was all over the place and had to be touching me.. I'm not used to having a little one next to me in bed so it was weird for me but having her cute little hands touch my face making sure I was there was precious.. I don't know how we did it but we made it through the night.. I was nervous that Emma would get scared or they would just all fight cause we were in the same bed but they were great.. We had fun.. I think since BJ is gone it's the next best thing to sleep with 3 snuggling kids.. They were adorable.. They even slept in for me tell 9:30.. It was awesome.. So when I got up this morning I had to grab my camera and take a picture of how we slept.. It was pretty cute..

My Adorable Niece!!!

2008-07-24T20:28:00.005-06:00

So I spent last night over at my sister Shawna's house playing with her and her kids.. I hate to admit it but my niece Emma is pretty much the cutest thing alive.. She is growing up so big.. She just gabbs away like her Mom and aunt Bubba.. We painted her fingers and toes and she was walking around in a pair of Shawna's heals all night.. She has a princess nightgown that whenever she is at home it is on.. And her Dad bought her a little jewelry set and every piece of it she was wearing.. She's adorable!! That's all there is to it.. I was adding some new saying to her vocabulary to match her attitude and so I wanted you all to see a little bit.. It's seriously my favorite.. I've watched it a bunch of times and I still laugh my head off.. ( You need to pause the music player at the bottom so you can hear her voice )

4th of July

2008-07-08T10:03:00.000-06:00

We went camping for the 4th of July with our friends.. It was a nice getaway!! We went up to Strawberry again.. But this time it was freaking HOT!!! I was dying and there were flies everywhere.. I got eaten alive and I'm still paying for it.. BJ keeps teasing me cause I smell like calimine lotion.. I wanted to stay in a tent so thanks to my brother and sister I was able to get a tent and a blow up matress.. I don't know what my deal was but I wasn't sure BJ could put the tent up.. But it was easy and he reminded me of his boy scout years.. I just thought it was cute watching him try to put it up.. It didn't take long and he did a great job.. We went fishing a couple times and we had absolutley no luck.. Hours of sitting there and nothing was caught but a stupid crab.. But it was still okay.. As usuall BJ takes care of me and always is offering to change my worm or put a new spinner on.. So I really do enjoy it.. After we throw out our polls we put the pole on a rock while we sit and wait.. It was so cute, BJ got a buch of little rocks and tried to stack them.. I seriously think he spent 5 minutes.. They kept falling over and he just didn't get it.. GO GET A BIG ONE.. But he finally got it but I couldn't help snap this picture of him playing with rocks.. We thought we'd try the fishing thing one last time and once again it was so hot and BJ decided since we weren't catching any fish he would work on his tan.. He's gonna kill me that I put this picture up but I thought it was so funny.. His farmers tan is bad.. To sum the weekend up we played alot of cards which I did great at.. I won twice and BJ just lost our dollars.. We also played speed and I warned BJ how good I was but it was fun kicking his butt.. We would go looking for critters and go for drives.. Which was so nice.. It was to die for beautiful and so nice to spend time with BJ.. We had a great weekend and a good 4th!!

Hiking the "G"

2008-06-27T22:04:00.000-06:00

So,, today was interesting.. I talked Braxton into hiking the G with me.. I swear when I was little we did it all the time.. Seriously I remember doing it at least once a year.. Well I thought it would be a fun summer activity for us to do,, BJ had to work and I didn't have to and we've already been swimming at Mom's pool alot so I've tried to break it up a little.. Well we got a some what early start 8:30am was the soonest we could get there.. Braxton was so cute, he packed a backpack with his trail mix and beef jerkey and a canteen of water.. The canteen weighed a million pounds so I told him no way are we carrying that so we just took some water bottles.. Well we headed up the hill and I'm not even joking.. It was freaking hard.. There were 3 hills at the beginning that I told Braxton if it didn't get better at the top we were turning around.. Luckily it evened out a bit but I made Braxton take the backpack.. I figure he's young and in shape it's the least he can do.. After that part we didn't just fine.. It took us about an hour but it was worth it.. We did get on the wrong trail one time and that sucked.. We had to do a little back tracking but we eventually made it.. We hung out and took some fun pictures.. Braxton was trying to catch lizards.. We had lunch plans with Shellie so we headed down and I swear it only took 20 minutes if that to get down.. It was alot of fun but I felt pretty stupid how hard it was,, I'm glad Braxton was with me to keep me going.. I told him when I have kids I will be in even worse shape so I won't be able to take them hiking so since I'm taking him to do a bunch of fun stuff that will be his job.. He agreed with a big smile on his face!!

BJ & BRAXTON FISHIN

2008-06-20T21:34:00.000-06:00

So, BJ didn't have to work today so he was so cute and invited my 13yr nephew Braxton to go fishing with him and some of his buddies.. When we called to invite him I made it very clear to him that I wouldn't be there and he would just be with BJ all day and he was still wanting to go.. In case any of you don't know Braxton he is extremly shy so I wasn't sure he would be okay with BJ.. (We all know how BJ like to tease).. So Mike (my brother-in-law) took Braxton over to Walmart at 10:00pm to go buy a fishing license so he could go.. BJ told Braxton to be ready to go at 6:00am.. They got off fishing and when they got home I talked to them both to get the stories of how it went.. Well we all know boys and they don't say much but Braxton pretty much had the time of his life hanging with the big boys.. It took him a while to catch one but once he got the hang of it and caught his first fish he got excited.. BJ said he did really well for fishing a river for the first time.. They didn't get home till 2:00pm so it was a long time but good fishing!! It was cute to see them bond and spend time together.. Braxton has never been around these kind of things and this was a whole new expirence for him and I know BJ loved to be the one to teach him.. I'm proud of them both!!

Tagged...

2008-06-20T18:54:00.000-06:00

So,, I am agreeing with Emma that these are not that fun to do but since I found out about you guys, I wanna tell about me too!! But then again I disagree with April because I wish this was the real tag because that would be way funner to do then sitting on my butt on the computer..

20 years ago.....

1 - I was 3 years old and I was living in salt lake with my 7 big brothers and sister..
2 - I don't remember anything other then a yellow screen door on the front of the house and everytime it open and closed it made a really loud noise.
3 - ???

10 years ago.....

1 - I was 13 years old and trying to figure out how the hell to control curly hair.. Sometimes my mom would iron it and other times I would put it in velcrow rollers but it was not pretty.. FRIZZ FRIZZ FRIZZ!!
2 - I got my braces off after 2 years of hell and headgear (I wore it only at nights) But I had no more buck teeth.. Thanks Mom and Dad!!
3 - Shawna got married this year so that meant she moved out and I got my own room which my mom painted for me purple and I got a new bed!! It was in the scarey basement so I don't think I even slept down there for a long while..

5 years ago.....

1 - 2003 was a great year,, I graduated high school and beauty school..
2 - I moved out on my own with some friends from beauty school and pretty much had the time of my life!!
3 - I went to New York for the 1st time and it was one of the greatest things I've ever done.. Broadways, Hairs shows, shopping!! What more could I ask for!!

3 years ago.....

1 - This was a big year for me.. I bought my first condo in Pleasant Grove with the help of my parents and spent the entire year furnishing and decorating it..
2 - Of course who could forget,, I met Emma this year also (sorry to copy but it is imporant).. She introduced me to her brother BJ so he could come get his hair cut and look where things are now.. I got a Best Friend out of it and the most AMAZING Boy Friend ever!!
3 - I bought my very own car this year all by myself.. I'm a brat and my nice graduation present from my parents wasn't good enough,, I traded in my purple 2000 Nissan Altima for a car payment.. It was adorable though and I thought I got a stealing deal.. Everyone has to learn but I think the 2004 Mazda 3 was worth it..

1 year ago.....

1 - I bought my 2nd condo out in the nicest wind city ever, Saratoga Springs..
2 - Followed by taking the biggest step ever and living with my Boy Friend...
3 - Finished by him giving me a Tiffanys pearl necklace for Christmas!! He learned fast what makes girls "me" happy!!!

So far this year I.....

1 - Went to Hawaii with BJ and went deep sea fishing and caught a 12lb fish!!
2 - Got my instructors license and a job at a beauty school to teach..
3 - Graduated from a walmart fishing pole to a new Cabellas fishing pole and I might say I am quite the fisher woman!! I'm a natural..

Today I.....

1 - Started work at 7:00 in the morning and worked all day long..
2 - Went to dinner at Bajio with BJ
3 - Rented bekind rewind and fools gold and are starting to watch them as we speak.

Tomorrow I.....

1 - Am going to sleep in untill I can't sleep anymore... and enjoy every second of it because BJ has to work again and he hates that I can sleep in every day..
2 - Go swimming with Shawna and the kids at my Mom's pool!!
3 - Go to the rodeo with BJ and Shorty and Tessa and eat lots of strawberries and cream..

In the next year I.....

1 - Will hopefully sale my condo so we can buy a house..
2 - Go on an amazing vacation somewhere i've never been before???
3 - Am going to leave this one blank so you can fill it in with what ever you would like too..

I am not going to tag anyone cause April and Emma already have done it and I don't think anyone else of my friends would do it.. But it was harder then I thought to think of all of this stuff.. Thank April,, for making me think so hard on a Friday night..

Happy Fathers Day Dad!

2008-06-15T12:14:00.000-06:00

So, I will make this quick but just so you know I could probably write an entire book on how great my Dad is.. My Dad is a very special man, he is a great husband to my Mom and the best Dad to his 8 children.. He has lived a great and meaningful life.. My Dad is the hardest worker I know.. He has done the best job providing for his family and teaching us the qualities and values in life we need to provide for our own families.. He is not only a Dad but a Best Friend to all of us.. I think everyone of my brothers and sisters think they are the closest to him because that's how he makes you feel.. Like you are the most important person ever.. I love my Dad for so many reason but one of the most imporant is because so many people admire him for his greatness.. He is always so willing to help anyone in any situation and for that reason alone he is loved by many.. I love my Dad so much.. He is so fun to be around, he's always fun to talk to,, full of wisdom and knowledge.. One thing that makes my Dad so special to me is at least once a day I get a call from him saying he just wanted to hear my voice to make his day.. I love you Dad,, Thank You so much for being the BEST Dad a girl could ever ask for.. I found these pictures that I had of him and I think they are the cutest.. He's such a good looking guy!! Happy Fathers Day Dad!!

Country Gold Tour

2008-06-15T11:59:00.000-06:00

So,, Last night BJ took me and his parents out for a great night.. We went to dinner and to Genola Jams! It was down in Spanish Fork at the rodeo grounds.. Leroy Van Dyke, T Gram Bell, Jim Ed Brown, T G Shepard, Hellen Cornillias, Moe Bandy were the performers.. It was a good show.. BJ and his parents sure enjoyed it.. They knew every single song.. There were jamming out with all the other old people.. Luckily we weren't the youngest there but pretty close.. It's always fun to go to those kind of shows.. You jut sit and relax and listen to some good old country music.. BJ lives for these kind of things.. I knew he was excited to go because he passed up a whyoming scouting trip with his friends to go.. He has seen this tour 3 times and the state fair this year will make 4.. We listen to this kind of music so I'm starting to pick up on it.. I do like it.. It was a great Fathers Day present for his Dad..

LumberJack Competition

2008-06-08T14:57:00.000-06:00

So,, We had Braxton and Cameron this weekend cause it's Mike and Shellie's anniversary so they went outta town.. BJ was super excited for the LumberJack Competition so we decided to take the boys.. I wasn't sure if they would enjoy it but they actually had fun.. We walked around to different booths they had displayed and it was pretty cool.. There was a bunch of birds and we didn't even realize they were there and then they would just move and it freaked me out.. We saw an owl and a eagle.. It was Awesome.. I think the boys learned alot.. It rained off an on throughout the day but it took us a while to get seats in the stands and once we did we were not going to move.. So we sat and watched 4 hours of competition.. It was crazy what the guys would do.. The funnest one of all was the speed climbing.. It was nothing like we'd ever seen.. It for sure made it worth going.. One thing that happened that was so funny was BJ told Cameron that this was a once in a lifetime expirence and that he was 23 and this was he first time going to one of these competitions and he was only 9 and he got to go so he better enjoy it.. Well when we were leaving he said to me,, did you know that this is a once in a lifetime expirence.. He was so happy that he got to go.. They were troopers.. 6 hours of watching Lumberjacks makes out for one long day.. We also took them to Cabellas and walked around.. It was alot of fun.. They haven't ever seen the big animals and the fish.. BJ was making sure they could expirence our kinda life.. All in all it was a great weekend.. Of course I ran out of batteries so I couldn't take anymore pictures but we've been playing the wii like crazy.. I think mine and BJ's arms are gonna fall off.. I don't know how the boys can do it for so many hours... They were up tell one playing it.. But it is alot of fun.. This morning BJ took Cameron outside to play on this little sprinkler thing we have outside the house and he was scared to get in the freezing water so BJ chased him around and they both ended up getting soaking wet.. Of course BJ wasn't in his swimming suit but he was having fun.. For a while I couldn't tell who was enjoying it more him or Cameron.. I think he was chasing him for an excuse to get wet.. We love spending time with the Nephews and Neices!!

Campin at Strawberry

2008-05-27T18:47:00.000-06:00

We went camping for memorial day weekend with BJ's friends.. We went fishing and 4-wheeling.. It was not so good weather but we survived with smiles on our faces..
So the coolest thing ever happened.. I wanted to see a moose all weekend.. Everyday we searched for one but I never saw one.. BJ saw one but I wasn't with him.. I was in bed sleeping cause no one wanted to go fishing at 6:30 in the morning.. But BJ and his friends did and of course they saw one and he didn't take the camera.. But as we were leaving camp and we were headed down the road one ran in front of the truck.. BJ had to lock up the brakes so we wouldn't hit it.. It was so cool.. I was screaming cause I was so excited and trying to find my camera at the same time.. I got some good pictures.. It definently made the hole weekend.. AWESOME!!
One of the days everyone busted out all the guns and we shot them.. It was way cool. I never hit a target but it was fun to shot at them.. BJ did good as always..
I was determinded to learn how to use the chain saw.. BJ was a great teacher.. He helped me cut down a tree and then I cut up the wood.. (Well really BJ did it and I just had my hands on the handle) but it was fun to pretend like I knew what I was doing!!
BJ was so cute.. One of his favorite shows in AX Men on the history channel and it's about a bunch of loggers and so when he was cutting fire wood for us he would tip the tree and tie it up to the wheeler and drag it back to camp.. You should have seen the smile on his face.. He was so proud of himself.. It was so cute.. Really!!

We went fishing all weekend and it was alot of fun.. Even though it was freaking cold and so windy we still had great luck we all caught fish.. Of course BJ helped me so much.. It seemed like everytime he was setting up my pole he always got a bite. It was pretty funny but we all had a great time and caught a bunch of fish..
So this is where we lived for 4 days.. We stayed in our friends trailor with them and I just wanted you to see what it was like.. On our way up there it was snowing and raining and so so muddy.. I don't think it stopped the entire first day.. It was freezing.. Everything was muddy the truck and trailor were nasty..

Late Night Fishin

2008-05-18T09:39:00.000-06:00

Last Night we went to the Lindon boat harbor and went fishing. We started around 7:00 it was pretty windy so I was a little nervous, I didn't think I'd last all night. BJ and his friends go fishing all night and have a fire and this was the first time I'd been so I was excited. I caught 2 fish. They were super big to me but the boys told me they were just baby cat fish. But it was fun! I had quite a few bites but I'm not so good so I missed a bunch but I guess that's fishin. BJ was trying something new so he could catch a huge one. He waited a long time but it finally happened and it was worth it. He's a good fisherman, he does all the work and just lets me do the fun part of reeling in. He always touches the gross worms and stuff and tells me where to cast and when to pull, he's a great teacher. BJ's friend Derek caught the biggest one. It was a 9lb cat fish, it was awesome. All in all we had alot of fun, we had a fire and we were there tell midnight and I caught a bunch of fish so of course that's all the matters. I'm just happy BJ takes me and lets me be with him even though he spends more time taking care of me then fishin himself.

2008-05-11T19:23:00.000-06:00

So, yesterday morning I woke up super early to get ready for work.. Okay it was like 6:45 but that's early for me especially on a Saturday.. BJ didn't have to work so he got to sleep in.. Well,,, you should have seen how freaking cute he looked sleeping.. all curled up and snuggling with the pillow.. So I grabbed my camera to take a picture.. and it must have been to dark in the room cause when I started to take it a red light was pointed on his face to foced and he woke up when the flash went off.. So the picture was totally ruined and I woke him up and got in trouble.. Oops!!! But it was adorable..

2008-05-03T22:22:00.000-06:00

I just wanted to give a special Thanks to my Best Friend and BJ's sister Emma for being so Special. She is an important part of our life and we want everyone to know that. We love you Emma!

4 Corners

2008-03-31T19:33:00.000-06:00

On our way home from New Mexico BJ let us stop somewhere fun, at least I thought it would be fun. 4 Corner, I was so excited and BJ went out of his way to take me there and when we got there I was so disappointed. It's just a bunch of flags. No gift shop or nothing. It was super windy so we hurried and took a picture and left. So future reference, don't bother stopping at 4 corners. But I will have to say we took a different route home and it was so beautiful so there was some good to our adventure.

New Mexico 2008

2008-03-31T19:13:00.000-06:00

BJ's family decided to make a trip down to New Mexico to visit his grandparents. It's a 12 hr drive. We drove all through the night and as soon as we got there BJ got right to work trimming trees for his gramps. There was 47 pecon trees. His Dad and Gramps helped and they worked so hard all day long. It was a great trip and so good to spent time with the family and Granny & Gramps.

HAWAII 2008

2008-03-31T19:10:00.000-06:00

For BJ's birthday we went to Hawaii!!! It was awesome. We stayed with his sister April and she and her family took us around to do everything we wanted and then some. We had a BLAST!

New Years Eve 2007

2008-03-31T18:27:00.001-06:00

On New Years Eve we went to dinner with Chad and Lauren and then went over to our friends for a party. It was alot of fun being with everyone. Later that night we went back to our house and Shorty and Jordan came over to finish up the night. There was alot of guitar hero going on and a burnt pizza to finish up the night. All in all it was a great New Years.

Christmas 2007

2008-03-31T18:17:00.000-06:00

We spent our 1st Christmas together at our house and it was amazing. We watched a movies on Christmas Eve and read How the Grinch Stole Christmas. When we woke up BJ surprised me with a Pearl necklace from Tiffany's and I got him a Colt 45 revolver. We are very spoiled but had the Best Christmas ever.

Thanksgiving 2007

2008-03-31T18:15:00.001-06:00

Halloween 2007

2008-03-31T18:07:00.002-06:00

Hunting 2007

2008-03-31T17:54:00.001-06:00

New Years Eve 2006

2008-03-31T11:41:00.000-06:00