I miss...

I miss....

this guy lots today...

I guess it's a good thing when you can hardly wait until he gets home every night.

I've thought a lot about what makes him so amazing latley. Here are 10 things this week why I love my johnson.

1. For being patient with me while I'm super emotional and diclectin addicted.

2. For changing more diapers this month cause I'm so nauseous.

3. For driving so amazing-he's the best driver in the world-and I don't get car sick when he drives.

4. For being supportive and excited for my new company.

5. When he tries to sneak off the air conditioner in the middle of the night cause he is freezing...I always catch him.-remote steeler- so putting up with me being sooo hot.

6. For having our 1-2 hours of alone time at night together when we usually just chill and watch how I met your mother reruns or read each others funny blogs.

5. For making our boys laugh-especially when he can tell I've had a long day with them

4-for being the best taquito cook ever

3-for working really hard for our family- I appreciate how early he gets up every morning and it shows me how much he loves me

2-for morning forehead kisses

1- him thanking me for dinner and sneaking away the whole box of chocolate chip cookies I make for him.

Thankful Thursday

I forgot yesterday today I am greatful for that little light in the oven so when I bake cookies I can see if they are done or not. It's fun to watch stuff cook. I'm also very greatful for a healthy family. My sister has been sick latley and they think she has krohns disease. I feel so bad for her and wish I were closer to give her a hug. I'm greatful all of us are healthy and that harrison didnt have to come home on oxygen.

I'm greatful today

FOR...
The leaves that are so gorgeous and yellow going over the bridge to my house in Cranston. They are so vivid especially against the blue of the river. It's like Heavenly Fathers way of sending me flowers. And I'm greatful I have good eyesight to see things like that. I think I'm going to be cheesy and start doing thankful thursdays to remind me of all the great things in my life.

my fairy god mother

I just have to say how much I appreciate my fairy god mother coming and cleaning my house today. I love walking into a room and just seeing how sparkling clean it is. I feel so much better knowing my house is spotless . It sure is nice to know I have lots of people who love me. My sinks tubs floors and bathrooms are all clean- that would be like 4 days of work for me inbetween watching my boys. I'm very greatful today.

Irish music

so i got my old cds out yesterday theres nothing like old music to bring bck lots of memories i listened to my old mixes of dance recital music and could still remember half the dances in my head some songs reminded me of rainbow- a show choir i was in and i listened to my chamber quire cd's - it made me miss a lot of great friends- and then came my irish cds- i havnt listened to them in years- i forgot how much i love irish music- especially riverdance- i love to hear the sound of feet on the floor its so cool- i got chill listning to it and every time i hear songs that give me chills it makes me want to open my own dance studio i can see a dance in my head or i think this move would look so cool at this point in the music- maybe that should be my job- dont you just hate having to make deciscions-amazing that a piece of irish music could make me contemplate changing my major yet again- i wish i could figure out my brain what do i want -brandon keeps telling me i dont need to know everything- hes so perfect for me so chill while im neurotic- i totally am so in love with him.

Reminiscing about Rexburg.

When I think back to the happiest time in my life I would have to say the summer of 2004 was definatley a highlight in my life. I ended up going to BYU- Idaho. I had been accepted to BYU and was planning on attending in the fall. But i wanted to do something fun for the summer and my mom talked me into going. Thank heavens she did. I went up without knowing anyone i was going to room with. It was the biggest blessing in my entire life. I met two amazing girls there who will forever be a part of my life. Cori Miles and Emily Tappert. They really taught me how to come out of my shell and live every little moment with vigor. I've never laughed harder in my life than when i was with them. They are both from redlands california and have a good friend named Sachin Tekade( he was Brandons roomate) Sachin came over to our apartment Nauvoo building 311 and brought Brandon ad thats how We met. Playing cranium on the floor of our apartment- and right when i saw brandon i knew there was suppposed to be something between us. Sachin is another reason i loved rexburg so much. He one of the most interesting people I know. Very witty and speaks his mind. Whether it was a who wants to go to denny's- at 2 in the morning or who you rather be eaten by 10 sharks or ride on a horse through the burning desert being chased by a sandstorm. Or whether it was him coming up to you and purring or barking like a dog or trying to kick our other friend John Spooner- just to watch john push him over. Sachin was just fun to be around and the life of the party. I'm so glad i have him as a friend. cori and emm also had a friend named drew simpson. Drew was very adventurous and shared the same love of sharks with sachin. I have lots of great memories with him also - like singing disneysongs really loud in my car in front of all the efy kids trying to freak them out- climbing the walls of the gazebos at the byui gardens -making fun itineraries, having coloring contests and throwing fruitloops across the room trying to cath them in our mouths.Which brings me to Brandons other roomates trevor, brent,bryan,rob,matt and spooner- all of these guys made life up there so fun and entertaining. From watching them all play x box till 2 in the morning to burning a couch on the sanddunes and having the police comeand tell us to pick out the nails-lol without a flashlight and without the fire to see where they were-lol-jumping off waterfalls at monkey rock and going dam sliding in if-buying a quart of ice cream and sneaking it into the movie just t hear sachin the whole time saying whats behind that door just as he opens it - never watch a movie with the man. Rob and i had a humanities class together and for one of our projects he took pictures of me in a filed i still love those picturs he got an a i got a c on that assignment he still owes me!-watching him and sachin play volleyball with intermurrals was fun- and i loved plying soccer on the ridge team- even though we lived in nauvoo and the boys were at the ridge- thanks spooner for making that so fun. To Brent who always made me laugh with smart sarcastic humor and helped my hubby ask me out along with melissa- ahh but melissa and i thats a whole other entry. Making movies-trev your the best sherrif anywhere-And the night we took a mask put it on brooms and raised it up to the girls apartments and shot there windows with a air gun theyd look out there window and scream- so funny and the time where we bought hot peppers and went around to aprtments and dared people to eat them- i just have so many fond memories of rexburg- this is probabally a lot of jumbled thoughts but it will help me remember someday how special these people were to me. Luckily i decided to stay at byu-i after this great semester. You truly have to make your own fun in rexburg and everyone gets so close. I love it there. And i love all the friends I made while I was there. ill talk later about winter and other semesters.

Getting engaged...

Can i Just say I have the best husband in the world. When i tell how we got engaged everyone guy in our ward goes up to Brandon and says man you gotta knock it down a couple so we look good :) Yes i will say that at least to me i have the most romantic engagement story ever. So During the summer I was still in rexburg Brandon was doing his internship in Calgary. We were away from each other and it was awful- despite the time i flew to calgary and suprised him he he eh- Thank heavens for instant messenger. We both hate the phone funny eh..anyways( dont worry we still called each other) I had a break during the summer semesters -back when they still did that at byu-i and i asked Brandon if he was going to come to idaho to visit me over the break- he said that it sounded like fun but he downplayed it and i was all worried he wasnt excited to see me. Then a couple days before he was supposed to come down he gets on im and says get your stuff packed cause were going to california! Hed bought me a plane ticket to go to california. My old roomates Cori and Emily are from Redlands and we planned on staying with them when we got there. Brandon got to idaho and we literally jumped in each others arms-he came during a huge rainstorm- one that filled the gutters on the slope of colonial house- ill always remember it caus ei was worried about him getting to my apt safe and sound. We packed our bags and I can't remember if we left in the morning or that night- we drove to utah to my parents house and spent the night then the next day my dad took us to tha airport in slc. We flew to vegas had a layover there(once again thank heavens for the dvd player)then flew into ontario airport. We rented a car-gotta love joels connections with the avis dude. And Brandon was thrilled when the lady said wow your getting a great deal on this! From there we drove to redlands to Cori's house. It was so fun to see all my dear friends. I seriously think i was supposed to be born in redlands cause we have tons of friends from there..anywyas cori had just had surgery so she was on the couch and emm was sitting on the couch eating a popcycle. We talked for a while and i had to go to the bathroom and while i was gone brandon asked cori and emm if his special package arrived- aka he shipped the ring to california so i wouldnt find it in his bag. Cori and emm didnt know it was a ring- so they were excited- brandon hadnt even seen the ring yet cause he purchased it from canada at a store in idaho falls. It was the first time hed gotten to see the ring too. That night anisha(sachin-brandons roomates twin sister) emm brandon and i drove to universal city walk- kind've like downtown disney and just spent the night there having fun eating dinner. The next day we were planning on going to disneyland -and if any of you know me and how much i love disneyland- I basically coudnt sleep the whole night- brandon for another reason... to be continued