Finally we have grass!

We finally have grass in our yard. First of all we want to thank my dad, mom, Dave, Kim, Dallas, Kevyn, Brendon, Dusty and Sylvia for all of the awesome help. I think between mine and Dusty's yards we wore my dad and brother out, we had 5,900 square feet of sod to lay and on friday we put in a sprinkler system at my house. Kevyn and Dallas came up on Saturday to help with sod and they started our little piece of fence that we are putting in. A thanks to kev for coming up poor guy has been fighting stupid kidney stones for the last two weeks, I don't think he slowed down one bit though. Bre and I have also been painting the back fence, the part that is wood, it looks really good. It is crazy to see how much different a yard looks when there is grass.

Before picture After Picture

Also this week is finals week so not only did we have a long weekend the week has been crazy too. I can't wait for school to be finished, this is the first year that I wont be fighting fires or gone somewhere for the summer so it should be pretty exciting. This thursday after my 1 o'clock final we are heading down to California to stay with Kevyn and his awesome wife to be. I just checked the weather for the weekend and it is supposed to be a whole lot nicer then it is going to be here, so yeah I think we picked a good weekend to leave.

Staying busy

Well here is a quick little update. Bre and I don't see each other very much especially during the week, we sometimes get lucky and see each other in passing at school. Thankfully we get to have Saturday's and most of Sunday together. Even though we are staying busy we are still loving life together, all I can say is Bre is awesome and I love her to death. Oh and Sadie she is growing like a weed and sometimes she is as obnoxious as a weed but she is fun. Well that is it for now.

THE HOLIDAYS

Derick and I continue to argue about who should be in charge of the blog, this is why we are always so late on updating. But the holidays were awesome. Christmas Eve Derick had to work until ten but I went to a traditional family dinner and had a blast. But I came home and we spent the night just the two of us. Christmas morning was just the two of us as well. It was one of the nicest Christmas morning I've had in a long, long time. After we opened presents we went to my dads house and had traditional scones and honeybutter with chocolate milk, eggnog, or o.j. The boys spent all day playing the Wii, while I did a make over on all of my sisters.

Christmas Morning Breakfast

Make Over

On New Years Eve my family came to my house and we had a blast playing games until midnight hit. Then of course the boys went out searching for rabbits and the girls laughed our butts off continuing playing games. All of our throats were sore from laughing so much the next day. We were all up til about 5:00 am. It was a great break from school. But now we are back in our busy schedules. :(

New Years Kisses

Break for Christmas

Finally the semester is over and no more english! Bre and I both passed all of our classes this semester and now we are just excited to have a break for the next three weeks. I was going to get on here and write about a tradgic event that took place last week but I was to busy with my STUPID finals, but anyways Dusty and I were out running the dogs Sadie and Daisy when we came across a nice buck well as we were turning around I ran over my little 5 month old Sadie, it was the saddest thing ever. When we got her home Bre took good care of her and within two days she was running around and playing just like always. Bre and I we call Sadie our little drama queen because whenever she gets hurt she lets everyone know. This might be the last time we update until after the Hollidays so Happy Hollidays everyone!

Here is our little drama queen she is getting big

I'm thankful for...

I just wanted to get on here and tell my wife how thankful I am for everything she does for me. Bre is a very patient and understanding person, she kind of has to be while being married to me. These last two months I have been working at the Juvenile Justice Center here in cedar city and I have basically been on call/part time, so my schedule has been crazy. I wasn't able to spend much time with her between working and school, but now I just got hired on full time there so I should have more time to be with her. Thanks for your Patience honey I love you!

Here Is Your Update:



Last time I updated this blog was when the semester started now the semester only has a few weeks left. Since the last update there has been:



1. Hunting Season: Derick hasn't been able to hunt as much as he usually would like to but the little bit he has hunted he has loved. He killed a cow elk and a 18in. 2x3. We now have more than enough meat to last us a very long time. I went to the annual family deer hunt and had a blast. Especially with that Dalton. He has got to be the funniest boy out there. I also decided to try and go on the early morning hike with Derick and Rob. Derick originally told me that we would not be doing much hiking. (I was worried I wasn't going to be able to keep up with them) Well we definitely hiked AND I could not keep up with them. I had to tell them to just go on with out me. I think that is the last time I will get up at the butt crack of dawn to go hiking. :) But it was still fun.



2. New Job: Derick got a job working at the Juvenile Justice Center. Although, he works crazy hours and will only get a few hours of sleep in two to three days, he likes his job. And we are very grateful to both have jobs. I don't work much still but I am getting more responsibility and doing some case management. I really enjoy it as well.



3. Dericks B-Day: Dericks birthday was on the 7th. The day before his birthday Rob, Lori, Dusty, Sylv, and the boys took Derick and I out for a birthday dinner at one of Dericks favorite places, Ninja. It was a really fun night being out with everyone. Thank you, We love you guys! Unfortunately, on Dericks birthday he had to go to drill so it wasn't much of a birthday for him. But, later that night I took him to yet another one of his favorites to Texas Roadhouse. Then we got an ice cream cake from DQ and went to my sisters house to celebrate both Derick's and my sisters birthday (whose birthday was the next day) with my family. We then took the ice cream cake home and I put the box in the fridge and went to bed. Well it's and ICE CREAM cake.. Der, Der, Der... it has to go in the freezer. So we ended up having this pudding cake that I scooped up into a bowl and it is now in the freezer.



So other then school and other small things this is the long over due update.

Well, we are so bummed that the summer is over cause it was an awesome summer between the Jamaica trip, all the derbies, buying a house and holiday events. So, we are now back in school. Both Derick and I are taking a full schedule at SUU and I am working 20 hours a week at the Southwest Center. Derick is working hard to get our yard looking good and I am slowing decorating (or trying to decorate) the inside. We definately love having our own home. We also got a new nephew in the family and in a week we will have another one. NO. no kids for us, not for a while still. :) The only kid we have is Sadie, our new puppy. She is so fun to have.