The Demke's

What is has almost been a year!!

2011-03-26T19:27:00.000-07:00

Ok I know what you are thinking, what she is back!! I know I have been horrible, I am going to get back on track, I have gotten too many complaints about how they are sick of seeing posts about camping....so I updating.

WE HAD A BOY!!! baby James Floyd Demke was born Aug 7, 2010 he came out with flaming red hair and I said take him back haha no not really but lets be honest I never thought that we would have a red headed kid, but he is the stinkin cutest red head ever. He has been the best baby ever I know the lord was looking out for me and knew exactly who to send to us, James has been such a blessing and I love him so much.

So I thought I would share a few of the current photos to get me started back into blogging I hope you enjoy, and I promise I will keep this a regular accurance.

Yep I was born in 2010

Already drinking the hard stuff (no not really)

I am such a happy boy!! starting to sit up!!

Grandpa has way to much fun with me on fridays when he babysits.

Christmas time at G-ma and G-pa rushtons house with all the bears (where is james)

Christmas Time!!!

He got his very first fishing pole grandpa is excited

We have had such a fun time with this sweet little guy he is our angel and our everything cant wait to post about our next big thing!!

July 4th celebration!

2010-07-10T20:35:00.000-07:00

Going to the cabin is something that we love to do, so for July 4th were else do we go but up to the cabin. Of course it is an hour away, and we all know pregnancy is not good for the bladder, it took me 2 stops to the restroom to make it... not fun.

Craig likes to play with his food while we make it haha, he was such a big help though
Of course the men had to do a manly project... and that is when the tire swing was born.

And the women... we put together a quilt for baby James, so cute!!

me sportin the beatles shirt at 8 months prego!!

ps. I was in the target the other day and bought cute baby James a beatles shirt, it is so cute I cant wait till he is big enough to wear it!!

A very special Fathers day!!

2010-06-26T13:50:00.000-07:00

This year we were able to celebrate 3 amazing dads.

Even though baby James isnt here yet I still wanted to let Craig know that he has already started to show signs of being an amazing daddy. I know that when baby James is kicking so strong its just because he wants to come out and play with his dad, and every time craig puts his hand on my stomach when he is kicking he always seems to calm down. So I gave Craig a book with a fun little bookmark for craig to read to baby James, and that night he read that book to him for the first time. He is going to be an amazing dad and I cant wait for us to meet our cute little one.

We had an amazing dinner with Craig's family to celebrate Tom, he has been such a wonderful example to Craig we are so blessed.

And even though we were camping on fathers day we still managed to bring up a german chocolate cake!
I love my dad, he has always been there for me, and I have been truly blessed to be his daughter!!

G & G reunion

2010-06-26T13:23:00.000-07:00

This year the G & G reunion was camping up at Pine Valley. You know a camping trip starts out bad when it takes you a hour to find the campsite... yep we were last ones to show up and we thought we would just be able to find everyone, we were wrong we drove for ever and then finally decided to ask for directions from the ranger, but after two bathroom stops and alot of driving we finally found it.

Craig had a little shadow the whole time (look at those cute little pouty lips) do you think we need a boy in our lives?

It wouldnt be camping with out fishing, I swear my Grandpa was in heaven when all the grandkids would come up and want to go fishing. With raising 4 girls my dad was always baiting and gutting the fish we caught, but I am surprised how gutsy my nieces and nephews are, they love to put the bait on themselves and are for sure not afraid of the fish.
The fish were tiny!!!

There was also alot ALOT of down time, which ment time for a little snooze... sorry Heidi I had to put this one on there.

Helping out with dinner.

Is Kayson really getting this big? He is almost taller than his mamma. I cant believe he is a deacon now time is flying!!

Me and my honey... Camping at 32 weeks pregnant was no piece of cake, I had to get up at least twice every night to go walk to the porta potty's and my cute honey would wake up with me so I wouldnt have to go alone... needless to say we didnt sleep much, but I am so grateful for him and his love for me.

They are just too cute!!

The originals... yep me and my mom often wear the same shirt haha!!

4 girls I dont know how they did it. I am so blessed.

The pool is up, summer is here!!

2010-06-22T17:20:00.001-07:00

Yep I put the pictures in the wrong order... go me

Every summer my parents put up what they call the poor mans pool, it sits above ground and gets used alot by the grandkids we love it!! Last year our cute little dog annie chewed a hole in the pool, so as a result this year we got a bigger and better pool, which ment more labor to put it up so we called in the recruits... the Gunn family!!

They thought they were peguins when the water was first being poured in to it!

Yep little spencer was such a big help

And miss Emily kept taking all the pieces to the pool, no wonder it took forever!!

This was the beginning, with the finally stages being a big giant pool.

Being pregnant in the summer time having this pool has really helped to relax in and excercise in, since I cant get up at 5 am any more to go to the gym.

Emily turns 8

2010-06-22T17:09:00.000-07:00

Cute little Emily Emily Emily was baptised the end of May and I swear she was so spoiled for her birthday, the weekend of her birthday she got to ditch her family and spend the weekend with grandma and grandpa, us (her favorites), and aunt hailey, then we had a big celebration for her baptism, and to top it off the next week we decided to go to her favorite resturant Samuri 21 where she got a cheesecake that she didnt even share with the rest of us haha, but lets be honest how could you resist such a cute little face. I love her so much and we are both so proud of her.

Not only was Emily baptised but so was her cousin on the Gunn side Abe.
My dad had to give a talk on the holy ghost which he did an amazing job... he is such a great speaker, no wonder they called him to be a high counsel men, someone needs to bring some humor to the third sunday.

My parents are so happy to be grandparents.

Tile Job

2010-06-22T16:56:00.000-07:00

In May Me, Craig, Craig's brother Joe and his wife Jen drove to Salt lake to help lay tile in my Grandma's house, well I didnt do much tile laying I left that up to the boys. They ripped up the carpet to have a fresh start.
Yep snow, what a weird spring and summer that we are having I cant figure it out. We woke up to snow in the end of may... so weird.

While the boys were having fun bonding and laying tile Jen and I went shopping and played around, it was a blast. We went to all these cute little boutiques and baby shopping I loved it.

The tile turned out so good, I love having a handy man husband around to always be willing to lend a hand.

Hair be gone!

2010-05-21T13:54:00.000-07:00

It is about time.... My parents cat has a ton of long hair, I mean a ton, they didnt want to pay to get it shaved again so they bought a shaving kit. Both Craig and my dad took turns chipping away at all the layers of hair, it was so fun to watch.

The start

The hair coming off
"It's a girl" craig had to make sure he wasnt going to be taking anything off when he started trimming. (the cat was not hurt during this attempt).

look at how much weight she lost.

The end result, a bucket full of hair.

Am I really 25!!

2010-05-11T13:42:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

Am I really 25 years old? How did I get to be this old? I still think I am 21 I have started to forget how old I am getting... not fun!

I was having kind of a downer day because I had to work on my birthday, it was during the week, and I just didnt feel very special you know. So Craig being the wonderful man that he is gave me the best birthday ever. For weeks I have been telling Craig that I want to take a nice long bubble bath (seeing as how being pregnant you cant get into hot tubs), and that I wanted to get away from where we live for a night. I didnt think that he was listening to me, but he continues to surprise me.

After I got home for work Craig told me to get ready and that we were going out, he told me to wear socks (meaning we were going bowling in mesquite). I thought that we would go to Mesquite bowl and eat then come home... but I was wrong. We got down to mesquite and went into the Casablanca (where I thought we were eating) he got in line to check into our room and totally surprised me (seeing as how I was just talking about staying the night just before we got into the hotel). He had a room already booked and ready for us. We then went to the best place to eat while being pregnant, thats right the buffet, it was so good I ate like 10 egg rolls and all the nachos and ice cream I wanted...it was so good. Then I got my bubble bath and nice relaxing jazz music I was in heaven. After I got an amazing night sleep we went home, it was such a nice night I am so greatful to be married to my best friend who continues to surprise and amaze me I love him.

The flowers I got on my birthday from my Honey, they are so beautiful.

My sister gave me her baby boy clothes to borrow yay so cute!

After we got back from Mesquite Craig and I worked on our mothers day gift and my bench project.

Remember my $3 bench I got at a yard sale? this is what it looked like before.

This is what it looks like now, we still have a ways to go but we are getting closer!

For Mothers day we went over to Craig's moms house on Monday for a nice dinner, it was great to have everyone together. I attempted to make a fruit flower bouquet, since mom is on the HGC diet this would be so much fun for her to eat, and I cant believe it turned out so good.

For my mom we made a picture frame that can house all of her picture she had on her corkboard, all she has to do is slide the pictures into there place and it looks so cute, plus we added part of her corkboard to post some of her letters from grandkids.

Baby Boy!!

2010-05-04T15:30:00.000-07:00

After much waiting and stress we finally found out what our little baby was going to be, and we are so excited to announce we are having a little baby boy. I am so excited!!

We decided on names early, we (and when I mean we, I mean craig) wanted our kid to have a power name, something that had meaning behind it. We finally came to love the name James Floyd Demke. James, for craig's grandpa, and Floyd, for my dad's dad who died before I was born.
These are some pics of our ultrasound showing us that he is a boy and his little feet and face, so cute.

This is a better picture (well I know you cant see it very well) of his cute little face, I cant wait to meet him.

This is me at my sister Haileys graduation, 6 months pregnant. Sometimes I feel bigger than I am.

Craig doesnt get too excited over things till he can see it, so right now this is hard for him, not being able to see baby James and all. But there have been two really special moments when craig has been excited... 1) was when we had the ultrasound and saw that we were having a boy, he was so excited he was grinning from ear to ear. 2) was when he actually saw baby Jameskick my stomach, we both just stood there in awe saying wow that was cool.

Being pregnant is not what I thought it would be... I cant run, breath, walk with out feet hurting, paint my toenails, bend over, or control my moods, but even with all the limitations I am so excited to meet this special little boy.

Spring is in the air.

2010-03-31T18:41:00.000-07:00

Yay!!! I love spring time, if only the weather would knock it off and behave then I could really enjoy spring. I have also been feeling very crafty as of late and wanted to share my finally finished projects...
This is the boppy pillow that I have been working hard to cover, it was cheaper in the long run but a pain in the butt to finish, but I think it turned out cute and the best part is that it will fit for either a boy or a girl yay!!Next up my decorative vase idea... well it wasnt my idea I got it off of tencowchick.blogspot.com, but it was so easy to make and really got me in the spring time mood.

These are the only ones not finished but they will be once the baby comes. I bought these at a yard sale for .10 each, they were painted ugly blue and had ribbon around them, but instantly my creative juices were flowing and I had a plan to pait them black and put cute little black and white pictures of the baby's hands and feet in them . So cute I cant wait. Next I couldnt forget about easter (or my HUGE sweet tooth) so I thought I would make rice krispy treats but shape in the form of easter eggs and them dip them in chocolate and sprinkles, they were yummy but hard because I had to harden the chocolate in the fridge, oh well still fun.And what would spring time be without baseball? my answer would be nothing, but Craig would have a different answer. Craig promised me that he would go to a baseball game with me and he would bring a book to read, it was a great compromise, the only problem is that my little niece taylor and him had a bet of how many times I would have to go to the bathroom.... no funny.

Can you tell my dad loves the sport, and cute taylor is almost as tall as me and she is only 11 crazy!!!

And then nothing says bring on summer like a camp out. Due to the fact that we couldnt find anyone to substitute our primary class we could only go for the day while Craigs family braved it in the cold air to ring in spring. I forgot I had my camera until the end of the day when we were eating our tin foil dinners (which were amazing) and of course I forget the flash and miss my picture perfect moment.

So this is spring to me camping, baseball, and crafts love it cant wait to see what else it brings!!

Two amazing years!!

2010-03-02T14:32:00.000-08:00

I truly mean that these last two years, being married to craig, have been amazing. Of course we have our challenges, everyone does, but at the end of the day our love overcomes any of our trials. Craig is truly my best friend, the one I want to share all my thoughts and excitement with. I feel so blessed to be walking through life with him, and starting a family.

Recently I have been sucked in to the reality show "the Bachelor" every monday night. Craig is such a good sport and watches it with me, and even though I get into the show and have my favorite people I would never want to find love that way. People sometimes ask... why do you watch that show? My answer... every time I watch that show It makes me appreciate the relationship that Craig and I have, and that we dont have to be apart of that dating scene again, we found each other and I am so happy. I found the love of my life and we have been married for two AMAZING years, life is great.

Along with being married to the most wonderful man we are so excited to expand our love to our new little baby due in Aug. I cant believe that our family is growing. I am starting to talk to the baby now and trying out our new names "mommy" and "daddy", it feels so good. We are nervous and excited for our new adventure.

So to celebrate our second anniversary, and our last trip before the baby comes we decided to go to California and play at disney land and the san diego zoo. At the first of the year we participated in the disney program where you give a day of service and get a ticket to disneyland.

This was my favorit part of disney... Toon disney, I truly got to act like a kid... Craig got into the spirit.We had to get Craig a churro the only thing he wanted haha.We got completly soaked on splash mountain.we waited in line for 30 mins to ride Peter Pan, the only ride Craig wanted to go on, I dont think it was worth the 2 second ride.Craig wanted to go to the San Diego Zoo, we had such a great time even though it was raining.This was the tram that overlooked the Zoo.Craig loved the gorillas, because they look like him haha just kidding.My favorite animal was the panda, we saw a baby panda eating an apple and it was so cute.Our hotel was within walking distance to the beach, it felt good to put my feet in and get all wet.
Craigs famous silouette picture of me being 4 months pregnant, with the huge waves in the background.

Football, Food, and Romance

2010-02-15T17:38:00.000-08:00

This year has been great it seems like every weekend we were so excited to watch as much football as could, so when the superbowl came we were totally excited especially cause we got to know the teams pretty well, and lets just say we were so excited to see new orleans beat peyton manning whoo hoo!!

We went to my sisters house and had so much food it was great. My dad made BBQ dutch oven chicken, we had cabbage salad, stuffed mushrooms, veggie trays, and my father in laws amazing coconut bread so yummy.

The commercials were great except for the one movie trailor of Avatar the last airbender I missed it because I was in the bathroom. Lame so mad!!!

YAY Valentines day!!

I love my Valentine, Craig is my most favorite person in the whole wide world, whenever we are together we always have fun. After a weekend of westerns (not my favorite) craig owed me chick flick weekend and it was great, well except for the lame movie we went and saw... When in rome not so good I was so upset I wasted a chick flick date night on that movie. After that we went to eat at our favorite place Benja's it was were we had our first official date and we have been going for special occasions since, but I was sad because I couldnt have the sushi due to pregnancy... oh well craig promised me once the baby was born that we could go for sushi again.

For valentines day we wanted to show how much we love our families so we made valentine fortune cookies with a little chocolate inside and a fun fortune it was great fun to make, and I think every one liked getting them.

I also wanted to be romantic so I made a yummy molton cake and then took craig to the red rock (where craig proposed) and we had a little picnic with yummy cake and sparkling cider and watched the sunset. I love Craig so much I am so blessed to have him in my life, he is my everything I love you craig!!

Baby Demke

2010-01-18T11:23:00.000-08:00

I knew I was pregnant as soon as Thanksgiving came, I mean I was at the gym running on the treadmill and started bawling over an infomercial, that is not normal. So come the first of December I took a pregnancy test (4 to be exact) and was consumed with such peace and happiness I can not explain, Craig on the other hand it took him a day to let it all sink in.
Since that day we could not keep it a secret, we wanted to shout it off the rooftops we were so excited. Many thought we were crazy for telling everyone with only one month down but ehh, we didnt care they get to suffer with us haha.
Then the morning sickness came and boy was that not fun, I mean I am not used to having to get up in the middle of the night to eat some crackers because my stomach is growling at me... not fun. But through it all I have been somewhat consistant in my running and dilligent to get out there, I cant wait for spring so I can run outside for longer distances (I hope). I am so sad that with the Baby's due date Aug 16 I will not be able to run the St. george marathon... oh well there is always next year.
We went to our first Dr. Visit and I couldnt have picked a better Dr. he seems great and I feel more comfortable about it. We were able to get an Ultrasound and see the "little bean" and hear the heart beat. I cant begin to convey how sweet that sight was to see... this is really real!!!
And even though out situation right now (with craig in school) is not ideal we know that this is the right time, the lord has made it known to us many times through prayer and temple attendence, this child is ment to come at this time. Like I said in my earlier post we feel like we have been blessed and are continueing to live our lives the way we need to in order to support this sweet innocent child. We are the happiest parents and cant wait to meet this sweet bundle of joy... so hurry up these months are going by so slow haha!!!

Time is FLYING by!!

2010-01-18T11:15:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the lack of Pictures, sad to say that I did not have my camera with me during the holidays, oh well next time.
Thanksgiving was great spending it at Craig's sisters house was alot of people and alot of fun, we played foosball, ping pong, games, and you cant forget the WII... we had alot of fun.
Christmas was another crazy double family holiday, but worth it. We spent Christmas eve with Craigs family eating the most amazing crepes (love them), then woke up extra early to see my nieces and and nephews open their christmas, it is more fun to see cute little kids open gifts.
New years what a blurr I think I ate everything but the kitchen sink, and I paid for it the next day. But playing games and watching the fireworks off my sisters deck was alot of fun.
I love both of my families they are such a blessing to me and Craig and as we close the door on 2009 I cant help but think how blessed we have been. thank you to all and we love you.

Feeling Creative

2009-11-17T13:26:00.000-08:00

So lately I have been having alot of fun yard selling with my mom and sisters ( they have been doing it for years, so I get to learn from the best). With all the junk that there is, sometimes there are great finds, and for $3.00 I found the cutest little bench, and with alittle elbow grease I can transform this old bench into a new refurbished bench... I am so excited. I promise I will post the outcome when I am finished haha.Also I thought I would be creative when it came time to sign up for a clock party that my ward was throwing together. I had no idea how much work would go into making this clock but none the less I succeeded (with the help from my sister heather) in making my first vinyl clock, and I thought I would share my creative side.

Halloween

2009-11-01T08:53:00.001-08:00

Craig and I had a pretty good Halloween, the weather turned cold, the colors on the leaves were changing, and there was candy everywhere. Now for those of you who know me I love chocolate... I mean I LOVE chocolate, but lately (the last year) I have not craved chocolate like I used to, which is good. Then comes halloween.

Craig and I decided to go to the corn maze this year, because every year craig always says lets go to the corn maze and we never do. So this year we did it, we went with his cousins and ended up getting lost from them when we tried to take some pictures, but we all made it out alive and safe the only problem was it was cold.

For Halloween this year we decided to dress up Craig as the swine flu and me as an old lady looking for her lost dog (which happend to be on my butt). We didnt have a party or anything to go to so we went to my sisters house to see her kids dressed up, and boy were they cute. So that was it, no games, no dancing, just tons and TONS of candy which led to sugar high kids. And no of course I had to restraint when it came to chocolate surrounding me, I ate it thats right I ate it!!

October already!!!

2009-10-10T12:46:00.000-07:00

I think I am worse at blogging then I am at writing in my journal, but I need to update it has been a crazy summer!!

We have had a fun time traveling around the state of Utah this summer. We got to spend some time in Moab for July with Craig's family. Other than craig getting sick the day of our 5 hour drive we had fun camping out and then river rafting the colorado river the next day. We were able to paddle in a two man boat alone, it was scary but fun none the less.

Next we were off to Park City for a fun family reunion with the Rushton's. Our sweet Grandma was there and was having such a fun time despite her Alzheimer disease.

Other than traveling we have also been staying close to home, swimming, bbq's, and fun game weekends at the cabin. When the pool was wrecked by Annie we knew the summer was ending.

All summer long we have had our lives turned around while my sweet Grandma suffered from alzheimers. I have been so blessed to be living with my parents during this time, to see my dads love for his mom has been such a blessing. My Grandma passed away in August, no suffering, no more confusion just peace.

And finally after 5 months of training with Geoff for the St. George marathon it finally came. We ran the 5k Swiss days before the race to get prepared, and I was prepared. I ran the marathon with so much excitment I couldnt believe it, I tackled all the hills and won. For the First time in 4 marathons I made it in the time I actually wanted. 4 hours and 30 mins YAY!! so until next year.

Another one bites the dust.

2009-06-02T13:31:00.000-07:00

On Friday's I typically get asked by my patients if I have any fun plans for the weekend which usually we dont, but this last weekend I was excited to announce that we have a demke wedding to go to. Of course the reply to this is oh a wedding uh, but my response was oh no this is a good thing I absoultly love demke weddings.

In the last 4 years the demke's have have gone through 9 weddings and these are just not your ordinary weddings I mean the whole weekend is packed with fun activities ranging from bbq/pool party at uncle hal's, then the wedding, then a breakfast get together the next day, I mean when we party we go big haha.

I love these guys I swear they can always put a smile on your face.

Of course Geoff and Niccoles wedding was spectacular it was so much fun from the amazing pasta bar, to the chocolate fountain, and then the best part was the photo booth, I mean this thing was so cool.

The wedding ceremony was so special, not only did I get teary eyed (which is expected) but craig got a little emotional it was so cute. Criag and Geoff are a year apart and they have been the best of friends growing up and we are so happy for both geoff and niccole that they found each other. I swear these two youngsters are ment for each other. So thanks geoff and niccole for getting married so that we could have a chance to party harty.

The top hat was a huge hit (wait a sec is that abe lincoln?) good choice geoff

Rushton Reality Reunion

2009-05-19T08:42:00.000-07:00

So every year my family gets together for our grandma and grandpa reunion, it just so happens that when you get married you are automatically in the running to plan a reuinon, and ours was this year WHOO HOO!! We decided the location would be the cabin (check), we decided it would have to be in may since baby 7 comes in june (check), now for a theme... this was the tough part. After much debating Craig and I wanted to split the family into teams and make them do reality tasks (check) now it was time for the reunion.

We divided them up with spouses and cousins on opposite teams so we could really see them go at it. The best part of planning this was that we got to be the judges haha. We had 7 challenges

1- project runway (they had to decorate their own shirts)

2-twister (on a huge twister board)

3-Ipod Idol (which was so funny)

4-Amazing Race (with a puzzel twist)

5-Tug a war (it was over in one second)

6- skits (I cant believe that my dad got into it)

7-apprentice (this was the tie breaker)

Even though the Yellow team, I mean the dominators, won every one got a prize and I think every one had a good time. I have an amazing family and when we all get together we have so much fun!

We got Bison Jams, We got Bear Jams, We got Elk Jams, and We got Huckleberry Jam

2009-05-12T10:37:00.000-07:00

Bison Jams

Bear Jams

Elk Jams

Between spring and summer semester Craig and I decided we needed a break, I wanted to go to arizona with the sun, and Craig wanted to go to Yellowstone with the freezing temps. So guess where we went... thats right Yellowstone and it was the most amazing trip. So I thought I would give you a run down of our 5 day adventure.

I cant believe that I am old enough to rent a car, that is crazy!

11 hours in a car is such a long time.
We rented an amazing car that we did not want to give up, drove through wyoming to jackson hole then through the grand teton national park only to discover that the south entrance to yellowstone was closed until may 8 we arrived may 1. With a little back tracking ( a 5 hour back track) and some scary snow storms we finally arrived to west yellowstone.

this was Jackson Lake in front of the Grand Tetons, but with all the clouds its hard to see that they are grand.

Old Faithful Blew whoo hoo
Even though it was a little chilly we had so much fun looking at the view, seeing the wild life, and checking out the geisers. The best story I have to say was when craig got out of the car to stand twenty feet a way from these 4 bison, the only problem was that he started to move his feet and yell at them when they immediatly jumped up and came toward him. So what does my husband do... jumps straight through the window ( I didnt think he could fit through the window) I about peed my pants watching him run from these huge animals.
You would think that with so many people taking pictures of him every day that he could at least trim the beard.

One morning we woke up to 2 inches of snow on our car, but that didnt slow us down we are from southern utah and we plowed through those snowing roads. All in all we had such a good time together, I am so blessed that we were able to go on such a fun trip together... now it is back to the real world

Positive thinking leads to a Happy day!!

2009-04-28T13:12:00.000-07:00

So Tuesdays are my days off and comes pretty close to being my top favorite day of the week if it did not involve cub scouts (AARRGGHH), I get to blog, clean the house, make bread, go to wal mart at 6 in the am (nobody in the lines), and run. So since I knew that it was tuesday blogging day I was trying to decided what thoughts I wanted to write about. I read this e-mail that my mom got about this man and his amazing positive attitude:

This man always has a positive attitude, he said that in the morning when we start the day we have a decision to make, is this going to be a good day or a bad day, and through out the day we are consumed with many different situations that make us decided if we will react with a positve attitude or a negative attitude.

There was obvious more to the story but you get the basics. So I was thinking alot of this through out the day especially because I had such a poopy attitude yesterday while I was mowing lawns for my dad. My poor papi was taken to the hospital with a heart flutter (no worries they are running tests tomorrow) he is unable to do any physical activity until the tests are done. So instead of being grateful to help my dad out I was uspet that I had to go mow this yard at 7 pm. So I decided that I needed to change my attitude, and you know what today has been such a good day.

To go along with my positive attitude I thought I would share some of my favorite things that make me happy.

*Craig ( you know, he knows exactly what to do when I am being unreasonable, he makes me so happy)

*Oyster Crackers (weird I know but my favorite, but only the western family brand)

*the sun (I miss the days of laying out at lake powell with Kaydee, or going to green valley, or even swimming-who has time)

*I love cotton (not like in clothes but when it blows off trees, it reminds me that my birthday is coming up, it always happens around this time of the year)

*smelling clean toweles (this is why I love doing laundry)

*brownie batter (I know gross but I am telling you it puts me to a happy place)

*a Hug ( I think we should have a national hugging day)

*clothes that are too loose (cuz that means I am losing the belly haha)

*Craig working on his music (even though he doesnt spend any time with me while he does it I know this is what he loves, so then that makes me love it)

*Sunday afternoons of doing nothing (except for this last sunday)

this is just a few from my every growing favorite list.

This last sunday my parents took us out to eat for helping them mow lawns, and what does craig order... a heartattack waiting to happen, I mean this burger was huge it had bacon and 3 kinds of cheeses. In order to work off that burger he helped my dad dig a hole around the irrigation so they can put a new pipe in, or something like that. so I got to sit and enjoy why my honey bunches worked off his burger haha!!

A little bit of everything

2009-04-14T08:27:00.000-07:00

HONEY BUNCHES DAY!!
I think that is my new favorite day and I wish that I could have honey bunches day ever day. Last wed I had to drive up to Salt Lake City for some school stuff. I woke up that morning anxious for the long up and back drive with out craig, he tried to get it off but was unable to. In the morning though he had a very strong impression that he needed to go with me up to SLC, he ended up calling in sick and we drove together and it was so nice I really needed is love and support. The best part of the whole day was that he let me go shopping at my favorite store (Nordstrom...love it) he kept calling the day honey bunches day which ment I got to do anything I wanted to do (with in reason) and that ment shopping whoo hoo, plus we ate at PF Changs (that is where we ate the first time we met). So now I am just waiting for my next honey Bunches day.

We also went to conference last weekend, it was such an amzing experience to be there when the prophet walked in, we were all standing way before he entered just because we were all so excited to see him. I love that feeling of reverence when you are there. That was Craig and I's first time going to conference and I am glad that we had such a great experience. Another great part about that weekend was that we got to hang out with Criag's sister and her husband, it was so funny that we had to travel to SLC to hang out with each other, but none the less I am glad that we did and we had such a fun time with them Kevin and Craig are so much a like. We got to stay with my grandma and I am so blessed that we were able to I really enjoyed seeing her, I dont get to see her that often and I am so greatful for every chance that I get to be with her.

Also this week was EASTER whoo hoo and tradition is a big HUGE easter egg hunt in the front and back yard for all of the grand children. We had a blast hiding them especially Craig cuz he would hide them hard for the older kids haha. After the kids had their easter hunt then it was the adults turn. My parents hid camoflauges ester eggs with numbers in it and that ment which prize we got at the end. it was so much fun. I love being with family I am so blessed that they live so close to us. I love being together even if its just playing games together I love it I look forward to the next holiday.

Easier the second time

2009-03-31T11:51:00.000-07:00

We went hiking the other weekend with Craig's cousin Geoff and his wife Niccole (we love you niccole your already family), and let me tell you angels landing, although tough and challenging, was actually easier (small amount) than last time. We had so much fun even though I couldnt breath on the way up, coming down is way more easier. Now in all my 23 years I have never actually finished Angels landing... I know I know what a shocker right. But no seriously I have always been so terrified from hearing that people have died on this hike, (ok for those of you that know me know that this is typical Hannah, hearing one part of information and believing that that is the norm) but I did it... I DID IT!!! WHOO HOO I climbed up to the very top and it was amazing. I would have to say that I am pretty proud of myself.

Another Scouting Adventure

2009-03-17T11:16:00.000-07:00

This last week my parents left for Hawaii...YEA we have the whole house to ourselves, except for the cat. We woke up to cat puke right in front of our bedroom door (which craig stepped in and I had to clean up at 4:30 in the AM). I hope that the cat survives the whole 2 weeks. It has been fun to cook again, we had Craig's cousin Geoff and fiance Nicole over for dinner on Mon. it was so fun to laugh and hang out with them.
I also had my cute cousin tessa get married this last week, so I drove up to Salt lake with my cousin Amanda. It was amazing to go to the SLC temple and see Tessa and Brent get married they are so cute and I am so excited for them to start the lives together, and let me tell you she was beautiful I love seeing brides cuz I am reminded that I was one of those once and I loved every min of it. I did however miss Craig, I know I know lame I was gone one day and I missed him so much. The things I missed...

* Keeping my feet warm at night.

* holding my hand.

* him driving, me sleeping.

* his weird 70's music.

* his wonderful morning breath.

* his complaining that he would be hungry.

* and I guess I just missed his touch.

So yea, I guess you could say that I missed him and I am glad to be back home.

Also this week, there is one good thing about scouts... it provides me oppurtunites to take pictures and create a new blog, so thank you you cute little scouts. Yes, after many hours of proving our points of why we should or shouldn't go on the hike I gave in to his big brown eye's, those things are deadly. Some how craig has a way of telling me how his way is always the right way even though I sometimes think that my way is right... on no it is not, so henceforth that is why I had to get up early on a sat morning no good. I was set to pout for the whole 3.5 miles, but when I saw those cute little boys totally excited to learn about nature I was actually really glad that we went on the hike.

The best year of my life

2009-03-03T12:14:00.000-08:00

Has it already been a year! It seems like we just got engaged, it cant already be a year later. None the less the first year has past, and it has been the best year of my life... no seriously it has. I had a moment this past weekend where I got so depressed thinking that this was it, our one year moment!! For some odd reason I thought that every anniversary should be just as exciting and eventful as the wedding was, but yet there were no fancy dress no photographers and no chocolate fondu fountains, it was just Craig me and a couple of sushi rolls. I thought about the "no party anniversary" idea all weekend and came to the conclussion that I am so lucky to even have found Craig, that I dont need to throw a party every year just to show how much we are in love (brilliant I know it just came to me an apifany (spelling) if you will). But no seriously how did I get so lucky (thank you Randy) to have found my other half, I mean the poor man has to deal with my rollercoaster mood swings and my bad habit of locking my keys in the car, and yet he loves me through it all.

I know I know 1990's called and they want their candy poster back, but hey it was a cute inexpensive card.

yea Craig was freaked out that the cake was in the freezer for a year so he didn't eat it, but dont you worry my mom is still eating it as we speak (a week later).Craig promised me a fun time at jumpin jacks ( I love being a kid) and I promised him Hiking, great compromise.I love my honey bunches and I am looking forward to the many more years that are you yet to come, happy anniversary honey!!

The last 3 months

2009-02-10T10:32:00.000-08:00

I cant believe that it is already Feb. It has been 3 months since my last post and I have so much to update. Christmas was great, it was our first "official" christmas together and we had a blast the only problem was trying to split our time between two families but I think it worked out pretty well. We had to drive to Enterprise to be with my sister Heather for chirstmas, and yes if you remember that far back it was pretty much a blizzard that night pretty much the scariest thing we did.

We spent christmas eve at Craig's parents house where everyone in the family had to do a little program it was fun especially Meegan and Amanda's game where we had to do skits with the props they gave us

I got Craig a national park pass he loved it it was exactly what he wanted. (that is what I get for marring a geology major, a year of hiking rocks whoo hoo).

I got my china that was promised to me at my wedding...its only 10 months later haha Thanks mom I love them!! And of course Craig got me a gift that is really for him the Ipod touch but let me tell you it is amazing I love it!

The day after christmas Craig got really antsy and wanted to head out to Zions, so off we went in the bitter cold. We hiked weeping rock and almost got attacked by all the melting icicles just hanging there.

Craig and I have been called as Wolf den leaders in the cub scout program...are you serious, I mean I grew up with no brothers and we dont have kids what were they thinking. It has been an eye opening experience with 8 boys who are all 8 years old, some days it's too much.

Last week me and my sisters drove to Cedar city for my cousin Tessa's bridal shower and of course the little man David gets to come and hang with the girls (does he not remind you of an elf?)

Last week Craig wanted to go hiking in the Bloomington caves, now I have never been there and didn't realize how far away it was but he had a map from some guys that he works with so we decided to go, and invited Joe and Jen to come with us.

3 hours later and many times staring at this amazing map we finally found the caves, I felt so bad for Joe and Jen when Craig started beating the stearing wheel because he was frustrated.

none the less we had a good time hiking through the caves and I will not mention how many bruises I have so as not to discourage you from trying the caves out, I will however suggest bringing gloves.

And this is as after the hike I am so glad that I am alive haha what an adventure. And that is what we have been up to for the last 3 months I promise I will update more often haha.

My Honey Bunches

2008-12-09T05:43:00.001-08:00

On Dec 7th it had been a year since craig proposed to me, bringing back all the memories of the love, laughter, and all those bridezilla moments. We went to our favorite place to eat, Benji's (we love their sushi) same place we went on the night he proposed. While at dinner we were able to kinda reflect and talk about all of our favorite memories that we have had together over the last year, we came the conculsion and lets be honest nothing can top the honemoon. With all seriousness I can honestly say that I have found me the best man to spend the rest of my life with, I wont lie though some days its hard to live with his ego but dont you worry I always bring right back to reality.

I love my honey bunches and I am so glad that he asked me to marry him!

Rushton Thanksgiving

2008-12-03T18:35:00.000-08:00

We started thanksgiving off with a bang, a double birthday party for my two nieces (no they are not twins) Taylor and Erin, we sure know how to party. With two turkey birds in the oven and craig and I encharge of mashed potatoes, a pie, and appetizers who has time to eat cake and wrap gifts (I tried to resist the temptation to wrap the gifts in christmas paper since I am so excited for christmas, it was hard very hard).

Turkey day for me was kinda a let down I will be honest it all started when I didn't have faith in craig being able to make the mashed potatoes, I had to learned that I have to have faith in him because he doesn't always have faith in himself. When we got to Heidi's we had so much food I cant believe what was she thinking have appetizers before turkey and stuffing, I got full off of the stuffed mushrooms. My appetizer well yea lets just say it was an experiment of cheese stuffed into puff pastery with raspberry jam trust me it tasted better than it sounds.

Every year I always hear so many fun stories about my family and black friday shopping and so this year I was finally old enough (and didn't have to babysit) to go, but it kinda sucked when all we did on thanksgiving night was look at all the ads in the newspaper, thats right no games, no movies just ads.

our christmas card to everyone this year was a compilation of craig and I's favorite christmas songs, since we dont have kids to show off in a cute picture we made a fun cd. we gave every one their cd on thanksgiving and all craig could think about was if anyone would even listen to the cd.

Black friday was crazy and of course where do me and Heather thats right target we got in line at 4:30 in the morning and waited for the doors to open at 6, it was nice we had a good sisterly bonding moment. When the doors opened at 6 I couldn't believe it we were one of the first to get in there and I was walking (not running like everyone else) to the electronics when I see this big lady running past me with a shopping cart already full of stuff, I dont get it how could she all of the stuff already it was insane, crazy lady and crazy people to get up and shop aggresively that early in the morning.

30th Birthday

2008-11-18T05:54:00.000-08:00

Who would have thought that I would marry someone 7 years older than me and that he would be turning 30 (what an old man j/k). Craig recently hurt his back at work and thinks that his back knows that he is turning 30, thats why it started to hurt him. what a funny guy I married. So for the big 3-0 I decided to blind fold Craig and take him to vegas. why vegas you might ask, well because they have this crique desoli (I dont think that I spelt that correctly) concert where they perform to beatles music. Ever since I have known Craig he has loved the beatles I mean he even wants to name our future kids after names in beatles music and come on have you heard the song "dear Prudence" yea I dont think so, but anyways I know he is a big fan and so I wanted to do something special for him.

I knew that I would have to get Craig completely lost before going to vegas other wise he would know instantly where we were at, and because of my way out of the way detour he had to go to bathroom 46 miles away from vegas so the surprise ended a little sooner then I expected. we stopped at moapa valley gas station and of course they were cleaing the bathroom, so while craig ran around trying to find a bathroom he pinched my butt as he passed by, the funny thing was that it was not me that he pinched. Craig had mistaken this cute older lady for me, he was moritified after he pinched her I mean he was so embarressed it was so hillarious. You know that is why I love that cute guy, he makes me laugh no matter what he does.

We stayed at the stratosphere, it was your typical vegas hotel I mean you didn't have to go very far to find a casino, a bar, mcdonalds, a buffet, drunk people (lots of drunk crazy people), and this was a new one for me an adult only pool area 25 floor (I didn't want to ask what this was about all I know is that we stayed away from the 25 floor). For us Vegas is a big part of our lives it was where we first met, we went on a blind date to a hinder concert in vegas 2 years ago so for that reason vegas will always be our special place (what am I saying special place in vegas, sin city, great we sure did pick a winner to be our special place).

Since we had more than just one day to be in vegas we did a few other things. First off we decided to go to the body exhibit and let me tell you this was the coolest thing that I have seen in a long time I am not kidding. at this exhibit they show you every part of the human body that you always wanted to see I mean I saw the tiny little bones in your ear canal that I have only seen in books before, it was amazing. When we bought the tickets for the show they had a package deal where you could buy a buffet dinner as well, wise decision not to buy the package after seeing all of your insides. come to find out when we got home Craig was telling all his buddies at work "that he wanted to go to a place where people had no clothes on so I took him to the bodies exhibit" what a crazy husband I have.

finally the last thing we did was walk around MGM after eating at the rain forest cafe, we saw lions and tigers and bears oh my, ok no really we just saw lions. Then we walked through the M&M factory I couldn't believe that craig had never been through that, all the times he has been to vegas and that was the first time. Its been a long time since I have been there too and since then they have added a little 3D movie thing about m&m's it was a little cheesy but it sure did make us laugh. All and all I think that Craig's 30 birthday surprise was a success and for sure one that he will never forget. until next time vegas.

Freddy Kruger is dead

2008-11-05T19:34:00.000-08:00

I cant believe that Craig's 3 brothers wrote a murder mystery plot for 14 people, that right there is amazing, but was it fun? Well the answer to that question would have to be yes and no, I mean dont get me wrong I love being a part of a huge family but come on, when everyone is try to explain why they are not the murderer then the evening begins to draw on....and on...and on. The main idea behind the murder was that we were all supposed to be dressed up as characters who were going to Freddy Krugers halloween party, of course Freddy ends up dying but who killed him? Craig was a warewolf (because he is the only one in his family with facial hair) and I was a witch (hanilda...trust me we all had a hard time saying the name). After we accused each other for 3 rounds they finally through in a twist where we were all in a dream and then suddenly we were our own self, only this time Fredrick Kruger was dead along with his son Freddy (who just happend to be a very realistic fake dead body in the upstairs bathroom, totally creepy). So for the second half of the murder I was the extremly good looking scientist who was helping Fredrick with deadly virus...only I was not getting paid by Mr. Kruger so I wanted to kill him, and Craig was the hitman who Fredrick would hire to kill people...only craig was tired of not getting paid for his killings so he wanted Fredrick dead. On and On we go through this very long, very thought out murder when we finally found out that my husband the hit man was the real killer. All and all it was such a fun night we had a really good time and I am so happy that I didn't have to write the story.

Moving

2008-10-29T11:26:00.000-07:00

After two months of dreading the "the Big Move" it finally arrived. Moving in with my parents took alot of "are you sure" moments before we finally decided that this was the right decision for us. With the economy as bad as it we just thought, hey we are not in debt we are going to school we mine as well save a little extra for the future. I mean lets be honest you never know what the future is going to hold. So Craig asked all of his family to help as move, for the second time in 8 months, I dont think they were too happy with us. So now our address reads... 270 south 200 east small room in the basement, I have learned the fine art of packing (who knew that you could not fill a box with all your heavy books. oh well just like every one has told us.... this is a learning experience, and this too shall pass.