What is going on in our life...

Well not too much has happened recently. Brent & I are both working 2 jobs. We joined Primerica in September. We are building a business with PFS and are working to help families. We work from contacts and referrals. Let us know if there is anyone you know that would be willing to sit down with us for a few minutes to learn more about what we do in helping families and showing people how to become financially independent! This business is truly amazing. We look forward to helping as many of our friends and family that will let us and also becoming business partners with those that see the same value in this business that we have! Brent is also done with another semester of school. He is now studying frantically for his finals. Brent I am so proud of you! This semester has been really busy and hard. You had a lot on your plate but you stuck with it. Good luck with your finals.

Thanksgiving 2008

Brent & I have so much to be thankful for. We have so many wonderful and caring family & friends, our home and our jobs, the gospel and the spirit and happiness that it brings, and our ever-growing love that we have for each other, and so many other things. We are so truly blessed!

This year we were at the Cox's for Thanksgiving. It was so nice to see a lot of family. Most of the family was there. We missed not seeing Karen and Michelle. Early Thanksgiving morning, the boys and Caitlin went to the park to play the annual football game. It was really fun for me to watch. Brent had fun colliding with Darin. Below are some video clips and pictures of the game. Thanksgiving was really eventful! We were all fortunate to share the experience of Darin receiving his mission call. He was called to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Washington Everett Mission. Congrats Darin!! We also received news of Karen's engagement to her boyfriend Ryan. We are so happy for you guys! Brent's family cooked so much food. It was so delicious! We ate way too much and felt sick the rest of the day (but it was well worth it)!

Later that day Brent and I left to travel to Manti, so that I could stay with my family while Brent had to go back to Cedar City to work. We were at least able to visit with my family a little bit before Brent had to leave. Friday morning, Mom and I decided to sleep in a little and go up to Provo for "Black Friday" shopping. It was so much fun having a girls day. Paige even came along. We didn't do much shopping though on account that there were so many people. It was so nice to be out and about though! Saturday morning Cameron and I went to stand in line to get christmas tree tags. It was so cold!! Cam and I got very creative when it came to keeping us warm. We were laughing so hard! I really enjoyed the time I got to spend with Cam. He is the funniest person I know! I also got to spend a bit of time with Dad. It was nice to be daddy's little girl again and to be able to snuggle up to him while watching a movie. Sunday morning we all decided to trudge up Manti Canyon and look for our trees. Below is a picture of me with my petite little tree. Mom and Dad were calling it a "Charlie Brown" tree and that they should strap it to the top of their car as a joke. I think its cute and perfect for our apartment though.

A New Niece

We just received news that Brent's sister Cindy and her husband David are expecting their 3rd child. In addition to their 2 cute little boys (Braden & Carter) they are now going to have a little girl in April. Congrats to Cindy & David!

Our Awesome Halloween Party!

On Halloween Jenessa and her friend Lea came down from Orem to party with us. We also invited our friends Kevin & Shanae from Cedar to join us. Most of us dressed up. Brent was a Amish guy, Nessa was a speed bump, Lea was a Ninja, and I was a fairy. For the party we did a Murder Mystery dinner. The characters were Gregory Graves, Bella Bones, Jack Lantern, Penelope Crust, Todd Sweeny, and Tara Cardolli. The mystery was trying to find out who killed Grimsby Graves. We had a lavish dinner and went around the table asking questions. It was so funny and delicious. At the end, Shanae turned out to be the killer. It was a total surprise. After dinner Shanae & Kevin left and the rest of us decided to play Nessa's favorite game. We played the "suck" game but with candy corn instead of peanut M&M's. It was so funny watching us try to pick up candy corn by sucking through a straw. We were laughing so hard!! We spent the rest of the night playing games and watching a movie.

In the morning while Brent was in a meeting, we played Raving Rabbids on the wii. It was so funny! Our arms hurt from moving them so fast and our tummies hurt from laughing so hard. Later, after Brent got home, we went to St. George. We played a round of glow-in-the-dark miniature golf. It was all decorated for Halloween. It was so fun! Brent got the best score out of all of us. After the exhastingly hallarious game we went to the Blue Bunny ice cream parlor. It was so yummy and it was just what the doctor ordered. Nessa liked her treat so much she had to lick the plate clean! It was the best party ever! I can't wait until we can do it again!

Here are some pictures of our fabulous party!!!

Our Trip to the Pumpkin Patch and Our Silly Jack O'lanterns

On Monday the 27th of October, Brent and I went to Paragonah to the pumpkin patch. We went a little to late in the season. Most of the pumpkins were gross and squishy. We did manage to tromp through the patch enough to find 3 beautiful pumpkins. It was cold but really fun and wonderful to do something together. We got some fun pictures. Brent insisted on having the camera this year... so 90% of the pictures were of me. He is so funny!

The next day is when we decided to carve the pumpkins. We only did 2 of the 3 but I think they turned out awesomely! Brent gutted out both of them because it is one of the only things that grosses me out. I know, I know... I'm pathetic. We then both designed and cut out the faces for our own Jack O'lanterns.

"I had a pumpkin, a big fat Pumpkin
It was growing on a vine.
Then I carved a jack-o'lantern
and it turned out just fine."

Here are a few pictures -

Smash Mouth Concert

This past weekend my family and I went to the Smash Mouth concert at SUU. Brent was unable to go with us because he had a class in St. George. We really missed him! Cam brought his best friend Rachel to take Brent's ticket. It was the first concert Rachel, Cameron and Paige had been to and they were very excited. When we got to the college we were excited to find to find that our tickets were not only for front row seats but also dead center. We were sitting right in front of the mic! The concert was a blast! We eventually moved up to the stage (so that stupid kids couldn't get in front of us). Dad was able to shake hands with Steve (the singer) and I touched his shoe! lol. This year we were glad to see that the security was successful in stopping stupid people from getting on stage. One tried and was escorted out very quickly.We danced and sang along the whole night. It was so much fun! It was a great concert and I was glad to have my family there to share it with me. I just wish Brent was able to come with us.

Baby Blessings

This was the 3rd week in a row that we have attended a baby blessing. On the 31st of August a friend of Brent's, Jarom and Leslie Hlebasko, blessed their daughter Jayden. It was very cool to be able to be there and support them. Jarom is a quadriplegic so it was a very sweet moment to see him be able to hold his daughter and bless her.

On the 7th of September, my cousins Ryan and Melanie Sorensen blessed their daughter Janey. Janey was born 3 months early, weighing 1 pound, and has had many miracles in her life thus far. She is now about 7 months old and such a sweet spirit. She has one of those smiles that makes you just melt and be happy. It is nothing short of another miracle that she is still here and that Ryan was finally able to give her a name and blessing. It is truly amazing to see how far she has come and how much she has grown.


September 14th Brent's brother Mark and his wife Emily blessed their first. Brent & mine's third nephew, Scott. It was really nice to see family and to relax. Scott fits right in with our family. He is a mirror image of Mark. It was wonderful to be able to share that moment with them and to visit with our family.