Just the Three of Us!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

2011-10-31T13:59:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween from our favorite peacock!!!

McKenna is 6 months?!?!?!

2011-10-14T08:53:00.000-07:00

My sweet little McKenna Val is 6 months old already! Where has the time gone??? She is such a sweet baby, and we LOVE having her around. She spends as much time on her belly as possible, and loves being up so she can see what's going on. She has started rolling everywhere, from one end of the room to the other. She gets up on her head and knee's, (yes I meant head) and moves back and forth for a minute and then usually ends up going backwards. She loves her binkie when she gets tired, and she will suck her thumb through the binkie(picuture below illustrates what I mean). I was so glad that if she was going to "suck" her thumb that it was through the hole in the binkie, till the last week when she figured out she can just put her thumb in her mouth as you can see from some of these pictures. So far she just chew's on it.
She LOVES eating "real" food now, and when you feed her her cereal or baby food, she makes this mmmmmmm sound after every bite. It's so cute. She isn't to sure about the gerber puffs yet, but I'm sure she will decide they're ok! She says mmmmm mmmm mmm mommma, and we've even heard dadada. She will go to anyone who wants to give her any kind of attention, and smiles ALL the time. She is still pretty stingy with her laughs, but we hear them more and more. Maybe we are learning how to be more funny!!! She love's dogs, and thinks they are really funny.
She has two teeth and they are soooo cute, she love's to sit and chomp with them. And she is so spoiled by everyone around her. She has pretty much wrapped us all around her little finger!
We love you so much McKenna, and we're glad that you choosed us!!
6 months stats:

Weight: 16.1 pounds 53%
Height: 27 inches 90%
Head: I forgot! but it's all good :)

McKenna's 4 month stats

2011-08-10T14:48:00.000-07:00

McKenna had her 4 month check up today, and she did so good! She was smiling at the doctor through the whole exam, and only cried for a minute after her THREE shots. Nothing a little Tylenol wont take care of. The doctor says she seems to be functioning at a 6 month level, we got a smartie pants on our hands. Let's just hope she's not walking at 9 months! Ha ha!
weight: 13lbs 4oz (42%)
Height: 25.5in (90%)
Head: 16.2in (55%)
I had to post this picture, it's her favorite position as of late! EVERYTHING goes right to the mouth whether it's attatched or not!

Definitely worth the wait!!!

2011-08-01T18:09:00.000-07:00

We left McKenna at my mom's house while we went to a movie, and this is what she had on when we picked her up! Thanks mom, and You Are Right!!!

More what?!?! McKenna of course!

2011-07-06T16:49:00.000-07:00

I should probably rename this blog all things McKenna, cause that is our life these days. And you wont hear us complaining about that! We just think she's the cutest thing ever, and wanted to share a few more pics!

McKenna at 2 months already!

2011-06-21T20:19:00.000-07:00

I can't believe McKenna is two months old! That went by a lot faster than the 8 eternal days I went over due with her! We took her in for her two week check up the other day and she did so good. Four immunizations, one oral, two in one thigh one in the other! It was so sad for Jeremy and I, but she was a champ! All it took was a little Tylenol and she was back to her smiley self! The doctor says she's perfect, which of course we allready knew!
These are her two month stats:
Weight: 9.94lbs (24%)
Height: 23.5 inches (86%)
Head measurement: 15.4 (54%)

McKenna's blessing day!

2011-06-21T17:07:00.001-07:00

McKenna's first photo shoot!

2011-06-21T07:52:00.001-07:00

Just a few new pics

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McKenna's first easter outfit, Chillin in her swing, hanging out in her bouncy chair, and a couple of pictures of how we got a little sleep that first week!

I JUST LOVE BEING A MOM!!!!

2011-04-19T11:29:00.001-07:00

I've had so many thoughts running through my head since McKenna was born. I'm so grateful that Heavenly Father trusted us enough to send us such a sweet spirit. It's amazing the kind of love a baby brings into your life! I've always heard people talk about it but to really experience it is amazing! I love being a MOM!
I never thought I could love someone so much. She just makes everything better! I never knew I would enjoy being up in the middle of the night so much! Who knew you could have so much fun bouncing, and rocking, and soothing a baby all night long! I love looking into her eyes and seing such innocense and pure love. I love how warm she feels in my arms, and her super soft skin. I love wrapping her up tight, and watching her sleep. I love listening to her Daddy talk to her and tell her how much he loves her, and how beautiful she is, and how mommy will take her shopping and daddy will take her in the mountains! I love watching her daddy change diapers! He does such a great job even on the poopy ones! I love dressing her up in all the cute things we were given, and taking her around to show her off! She literally just lights up a room! I love feeding her and looking in her eyes, watching her panick because its just not fast enough, and listening to her little snorts! I would do anything for this little girl! And I cherish every moment I get to spend with her. I would cradle her in my arms all day long, and protect her from everything if I could. She is just my favorite (along with her daddy of course)!!
And these are just a few of the many reasons why.... I LOVE BEING A MOM!!!!!

Introducing McKenna Val Peterson 7 lbs 10.3 oz 20 inches long!

2011-04-10T20:07:00.000-07:00

One week to go!

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This is for mom! She wanted one more picture of "the bump" so here you go!

Baby showers and more!

2011-03-27T12:21:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun having baby showers, and got totally spoiled in the process! I had a work shower and we went to Olive Garden for dinner. We laughed all night long it was so much fun! Unfortunetly we never got the camera out! Then we had one with the ward I grew up in. Marnie Threw this one for us and she is seriously one of the most creative people I know. She had the cutest cake made, a string of baby socks hung with paper for advice, a table where we made modge podge blocks for McKenna, a table for everyone to create their own bath salt sents to take home with them, and great food to eat! We had a great time. Then we had a family shower at my Grandma Ringers house. We had amazing food to eat, and fun times sitting around chatting!

We also finished decorating McKenna's room! Jeremy's mom gave us some cute pink baskets, and I had no where to put them so "McKenna" asked grandpa Ringer if he would make her a holder for them, which grandpa turned into a book shelf as well! Thanks dad! We love it!

The "Bump" and some accessories!

2011-02-20T14:28:00.000-08:00

The "bump" picture! I've had a lot of people asking to see a picture of me pregnant. I haven't really had much to show till now, but she finally decided to start sticking out at 34 weeks! She is still so high that I can still wear some of my pre pregnancy pants if I'm in the mood to be uncomfortable but stylish! Ha ha!

We finally settled on a car seat and stroller. Jeremy wanted to strap in a stuffed animal and go for a walk just to see how the stroller was going to work, but we decided we might get to many funny looks! So we just strolled it around the kitchen instead!

Jeremy's birthday fun!

2011-02-20T14:22:00.000-08:00

Jeremy had a real hard time trying to decide what he wanted to do with all that birthday money he got! It was hilarious watching him run through all his options. But alas he made a decision and decided on this 0 degree mummy bag and a thermarest pad to go underneath. This is how I found him for about three days after he bought them!

Jeremy's favorite spot in the house!

2011-01-23T12:25:00.000-08:00

Ever since we got this new arrival Jeremy has been in heaven. He just sits there and rocks, and rocks, and rocks!

Peterson wedding celebration!

2011-01-23T12:23:00.000-08:00

Derrek and Kali were married the first part of December, and we got to go to the wedding celebration the first part of January! It was a good time and we are so happy for them! We love you guys!

McKenna's room so far!

2011-01-04T17:40:00.000-08:00

We had a great time putting this room together! I started out wanting to do a gender neutral room, and this is what we ended up with so far! Ha ha!

OH YA......IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!

2011-01-03T20:45:00.000-08:00

Our awesome Crib!

2011-01-03T20:40:00.000-08:00

Jeremy's parents gave us a crib for Christmas!!!!!! And we love it, it's been fun to get everything put together. Thanks Alan and Diana!

Santa

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We even took some time out to sit on santa's lap!

The Oakridge Boys!!

2011-01-03T20:29:00.000-08:00

We also got to go to the Oakridge Boys Christmas concert! I have to admit I have been to more of their concerts than any other group. Thanks to my mothers undying love for them. We had a lot of fun singing along to all the oldies!

I'm back!

2011-01-03T19:05:00.000-08:00

So apparently I have taken a bit of a break from the blogging world, and have heard from everyone that it is time to get back into it! I don't know what happened, other than I got pregnant and then sick, and then stayed sick, and then my computer got a virus. And those are my excuses!
So I guess I will start with our cruise. Which totally screws up my excuse that I was too sick to blog, cause I sure felt good enough to go on the cruise! My parents surprised us this year and took the whole family on a cruise for Christmas. We had so much fun, and I only threw up once! Which up to that point I had only had two days in a row without throwing up. So that was huge for me!
We went to Cozumel, where we got to go to Tulum and see the ruins. Then it was off to Belize which was our least favorite spot, but where we spent the most money. Then we went to Roatan...our favorite island. Jeremy, Casey, and Brendan all got to go zip linging, it looked like so much fun. They wont let you do anything like that when you're pregnant, you all of a sudden become a liability! So we did some good shopping and took pictures. Then it was off to Grand Cayman. Also a beautiful island. We got to spend some time on the beach, and Jeremy and Jason even got some snorkleing time in. The rest of the time we spent on the ship laying in the sun, water sliding, swimming in the pool and eating, eating, eating!!! I can't believe how much the boys actually consumed!
The day we got off the boat we had a long wait till we got on the plane. We went to the Everglades park for a boat ride to see alligators. I'm not sure I'm a huge fan of being that close to alligators but it was pretty cool. We had such a great time and made lots of memories! Thanks Mom and Dad, for everything!

GUESS WHAT??!!

2010-08-21T19:56:00.001-07:00

Need I say more?

Gardenzilla!

2010-07-27T20:33:00.000-07:00

This is what our garden looks like presently. It's crazy, I think we may have planted everything a little too close this year. We totally didn't expect it to explode like it has. And if you look close the whole thing is super big at the front and slowly gets lower toward the back?! The only thing we can figure is that the front gets more water. Go figure! But we love having fresh vegetables!

Summer Fun

2010-07-27T20:24:00.000-07:00

Whether at BearLake or just up the canyon, we've been having a great time enjoying the warm weather outside!

Our new bed!

2010-06-29T20:10:00.000-07:00

Jeremy's parents are moving and they gave us a bed frame. We were way excited to finally have a nice bed! It was brown, and we thought it would look nice black. So after a few cans of all surface spray paint this is the finished product! We love it!

Fun with some Friends

2010-06-29T20:02:00.000-07:00

Jeremy is always itchin to get up in the mountains. So we called up some old friends and went up the canyon for a hot dog roast and some awesome smores! It is so nice to be able to be outside and not freezing! It was good to see Jess and Brady too!

Some of my latest projects

2010-06-16T15:41:00.000-07:00

So Jeremy's parents gave us a cupboard that they bought from an auction in Redmond years ago. It was stained with this really ugly orange stain. They painted it black and it looked really cute. Kristina (his sister) moved and didn't have room for it anymore so we got it! I decided to sand it down because the paint had started peeling off and I didn't want to just paint over it again. The sanding process was interesting....but ended up being totally worth it. Once I got all the paint and stain off I thought it might look good red. So I tried it and I LOVE it! Its fun having a little bit of color in the room!
And for the front door, Jeremy's mom gave me a Cricut!! Its really fun to use, although there was one night I ended up swearing at the darn machine while Jeremy stood by laughing! So I figured out how to make the welcome sign fit the door. Then there is this really fun store in Lehi called Rod Works. It's definately worth a stop. I found the dragonfly decor, and added some cute flowers to brighten it up! I really like how it turned out.

FInally a Fence!!!

2010-06-16T15:32:00.000-07:00

This is the newest addition to the ongoing project we call our house! A Fence. We weren't planning on getting one so soon, but all our neighbors got one and we became the walk way for all the teenagers in town to cut through to the church parking lot behind our house. And since the church has unlocked the gate there have been quite a few people coming into the back to fish the river. And after watching kids walk through our garden, and having seeds uprooted from a dog we decided it was time. We feel a lot more protected and we love it!

Peterson Photo Shoot!

2010-06-09T14:31:00.000-07:00

All us Peterson's decided it was time to get together for a little photo shoot, and here are the results of our magnificent smiles!

Mothers day heartache

2010-05-16T10:29:00.000-07:00

My sweet cousin Katie and her husband Tagg recieved news on mothers day that their baby's heart had stopped beating. Zachary Tucker Peterson was due to be born on July 4th, but Heavenly Father had a different plan in mind, and called him home. Its been a rough week for all of us, and I can't even imagine the heartache that Katie and Tagg are experiencing right now. A girl that Katie works with posted this song for her and it is so amazing that I had to share it as well! WARNING....you may want to grab some kleenex before really listening to the words. Katie and Tagg have been such examples of Love and Strength, but could use all the prayers they can get right now. Please pray for them, I know Heavenly Father hears our prayers! And though at this time we wonder why, we know that our Father knows all and we trust in his plan. We love you Katie and Tagg!

Kristina's Graduation!!!

2010-05-05T20:49:00.000-07:00

Kristina GRADUATED from SUU this last weekend,and is now a nurse! And we had the opportunity to attend all the festivities! Here are a few pics of some of the fun times we had! Congratulations Neener you are awesome!

Family BBQ!

2010-05-05T20:19:00.001-07:00

We had a BBQ and marshmallow roast at our house the other day. Jason and Lynn brought over their new fire pit and we pulled out the campchef and away we went! It was a blast. Hopefully it will get warm and stay warm so we can do it again!

Lucky me!

2010-04-13T18:29:00.000-07:00

These are just a couple of examples of the cute, things my husband does for me! He really is so thoughtful, and never ceases to surprise me with his kindness!
I'm so lucky to have you forever Jeremy! I love you the mostest!

Family Pictures

2010-04-05T19:24:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to share a few of our new family pictures!

Laundry with my husband!

2010-02-22T20:20:00.000-08:00

So tonight I have been working on getting some laundry done. Jeremy is always really good to help. We had already finished two loads and were watching tv when the third load was finished drying. This load happened to be mostly Jeremy's dress pants for work. If we don't get them out immediately they wrinkle pretty bad! When I heard the dryer buz I asked Jeremy if he wanted to go get his pants out, to which he let me know that he was tired of doing laundry and wanted to know when we would be done with it, all while laughing and joking around. We started giving each other a hard time, and were laughing pretty hard. While waiting for him to get everything out of the dryer so I could put the things from the washer in to dry I started tickling him to which he replied...."I'll drop these...(short pause), and I don't want to pick them up!" Ha ha! Thats why he's my favorite!! Never a dull moment for sure!

Birthday Fun?!

2010-02-21T14:16:00.000-08:00

Apparently its not fair that I posted a picture of Jeremy on the saddle, and not of myself on it in December for my birthday. Its not my fault the pictures weren't on my camera. Good thing Jeremy scoured the house looking for his camera and found it! ha ha!

Happy Birthday Jeremy!

2010-02-21T14:04:00.000-08:00

So I'm a couple weeks late on this post but life happens right!!! Jeremy's birthday is the 4th of February. We went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse, one of his favorite places to eat. I told the waitress it was his birthday so they brought the saddle over and yelled happy birthday through the whole place! Before he got on the saddle his dad told him to remember...."Son...if you get bucked off..just get right back on! It was hilarious! And just so you know....he was able to stay on! Love you babe!

Some of our new projects

2010-02-03T09:52:00.000-08:00

So I had three frames that I bought and ended up not liking for the purpose that I origanally got them for! So I decided I wanted to try modge podgeing them and making them more fun to hold our family pictures! I didn't know how to go about it at all, but had heard of people doing it before. So I looked online and got a couple of ideas, bought the glue and paper, and this was my results! I love them! And when I brought them home Jeremy couldn't believe that I had made them! I love modge podge!
Ignore the blue marks on the wall, I still need to fix them!
I also put up a new shelf in the kitchen (correction....Jeremy put up the shelf with my help, and I decorated it!), and I finally put up a shelf and some decor in the bathroom!

Our new storage shelves

2010-02-03T09:43:00.000-08:00

This is Jeremy's latest project around the house! We had a bunch of food storage from the summer, and no where to really keep it! So Jeremy applied some of his work principles for keeping the shelves at optimum storage capacity, and created a shelf for us that works great! Love you babe!

Jeremy's adventures

2010-01-03T10:59:00.000-08:00

I finally got a hold of Jeremy's camera so you could see some of his adventures lately. He went deer hunting in October with his dad and all the boys. They had a great time, and Jeremy was able to shoot a deer while his dad was there. Good thing we knew someone who wanted the meat!! Yuck!!
And his latest and greatest is ice fishing. He teamed up with a couple of guys from our ward right after Christmas and decided this is the winter sport for him! He's been twice in the last week and has plans for more! He's even got me a fishing license and ice fishing pole so I can try it too!

Christmas

2010-01-02T21:31:00.000-08:00

We had an awesome Christmas this year. It was Jeremy and my first christmas as a married couple. It was fun just having some time to spend together. The whole month of December was crazy and seemed to just fly right by! We had a fondu dinner Christmas eve, and after dinner we all got to open our Christmas eve gift....pajamas. This year everyone got 49er pajamas except for Jeremy and I. Jeremy is a Cowboys fan for some reason, and now because of him I have cowboy pajamas! He also got a dallas Jersey, and a Dallas coat which he wears proud! Don't worry I still support the 49ers!
Jeremy and I, Chris and Jen, and Jason and Lynn stayed at mom's house. Christmas morning the kids woke up to find all their presents from santa! It was so fun to watch their faces as they realized what they had gotten. Jasey got an amazing doll house that santa made her! Every time you asked her what she wanted she said santa was making her a doll house and she wanted a barbie doll. She got them both!
After opening all our presents and spending some time with my family we headed to Lehi to see Jeremy's family. The day after Christmas we went shopping, and then up into the hills shooting. It was fun to spend a couple days with Jeremy's family.
We were totally spoiled this year between a deep freeze, camp chef stove, and lots of clothes. Thanks everyone for everything, we love you all!

Thanksgiving fun

2009-12-02T17:35:00.001-08:00

We went to Lehi to spend Thanksgiving with Jeremy's family. We went down Wednesday night after Jeremy got off of work. Thursday morning we went to see Blind side, which if you haven't seen it, we would definately recommend it. It is an awesome movie! Just make sure you go to the bathroom before you go in the theatre! Its a longer one, and we all ran for the bathroom as soon as it ended! Then we went back to Jeremy's parents house and ate Thanksgiving dinner., after a short nap we watched My sisters keeper, which Jeremy's parents have been trying to get us to watch for a long time because they play "our song" in it! It is also a good movie, but make sure you have a lot of kleenex with you when you watch it.
And to top it all off, one of their neighbors called us a half hour before the Jazz game started and offered us four free tickets! So Chasity, Alan, Jeremy, and I all went to the game. It was a lot of fun spending time together. We ended up getting home at 2 in the morning. We tried to drag it out as long as we could! Thanks for all the fun times!

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Merry Christmas Ya'll!!! Ya, we are a little excited at our house for christmas to get here. Or maybe its just me....I got the tree up and everything decorated today!!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Food Storage

2009-11-04T13:37:00.000-08:00

Since we got married and bought a house with a yard, all Jeremy has talked about is how we need a garden so we can have food storage! He was like a kid in a candy store when it started growing! Once the garden started producing we bottled at night, and on my day off every week! Jeremy was there as much as he could be! It was crazy. We bottled rasperry jam, four batches of spaghetti sauce, tomatoes, garlic and basil tomatoes, chili sauce, salsa, apple sauce, peaches, and pears. It was insane, but its fun to see it all pile up downstairs! Jeremy is planning a shelf building project so we can rotate everything, and keep it all organized. Thanks aunt Charlotte, and Mom for all your help with everything, we couldn't have done it without you!

2009-11-01T14:50:00.001-08:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
These are a few of our favorites, and us all dressed up for halloween!

We have a yard!

2009-10-18T15:18:00.000-07:00

Our longest summer project is now finally complete! We had no grass. We had a yard of dirt. We decided to hydroseed instead of sod. Which turned out to be a lot of work but totally worth it! We tilled and raked the dirt so many times I was worried that the neighbors might think we just liked our dirt to look nice! I took a while to get enough loose soil to spray the seed in this rocky clay filled soil. Once we got it ready and they sprayed the seed, we had to put caution tape around the whole yard. It took about five weeks but it was fun to watch it all come in! And I no longer have to dust and mop my house everyday! We can even walk on it without our shoes on! We love grass!

2009-09-24T20:30:00.000-07:00

Just had to share a picure of two of my favorite people! Could they really be any cuter?!?!?!

Fun with the girls

2009-09-24T20:19:00.000-07:00

Mom bought us tickets to go to "Time Out for Women" this year. Its like a mini BYU womens conference. It was so much fun to hang with the girls and be spiritually uplifted. We heard incredible speakers, and listened to some great music. We learned from Michael Mclean, that when you're stressed out all you have to do is sing OOOOOOO! And you will feel a lot better. So don't be surprised if you hear me all of a sudden start singing OOOOO! I'm pretty sure its gonna happen! Thanks mom...Love ya the mostest!

Labor Day

2009-09-09T10:45:00.000-07:00

For Labor day we went to the annual Ringer reunion in Brian Head. We had three cabins between all of us. We went four wheeling, paintball shooting, Ate a ton of food, watched movies, played games, and laughed a lot!!! One of my favorite comments of the trip was Connor playing with brendan and Jared. They were all pretending to be Harry Potter. Connor pointed his wand at Brendan and turned him into a frog, to which Brendan replied, "I'm not a frog" Connors eyes got big and he said "a talking frog?!?!?!?!?! He knew his spell had worked! Its so fun to get together with everyone once a year! Thanks everyone for making it happen, can't wait for next year!
On our way home from Brian Head we stopped and ate at Texas Roadhouse Steak house. Jason and Lynns 8 year anniversary was the next day and Mom happened to mention this to our waitress. Next thing we knew there was a saddle and a bunch of waitors and waitresses yelling YEEHAW, and Jason was sitting on the saddle! Lucky Lynn had the baby! HA ha!

Heart Surgery

2009-09-09T10:23:00.000-07:00

Over Labor day weekend my sister Charlotte and I both had heart surgery! We both had what they call a PFO which is a hole in your heart. Everyone is born with one but its supposed to close when your 2. 1 in 4 people have it and don't even know it, and some people never have a problem with it. The hole is in the part of your heart where the blood comes in to be sent to the lungs for purification. But some of this "bad blood" can leak through the hole and go to your brain causing all kinds of problems if there happens to be a clot. They think this is what caused Charlottes strokes, so hopefully with this fixed now she wont have anymore problems!
The surgery takes about 35 minutes, and they don't even put you out all the way! They go up an artery in your leg that goes directly to your heart and they plug the hole! We had to stay over night in the hospital, and they released us the next morning after an EKG. Its so amazing the things they can do!

Me right after surgery!

Jeremy chillin in the hospital!

Rodeo Fun

2009-08-09T21:16:00.000-07:00

We went to the Cache County Fair and Rodeo with Jess and Brady this weekend. It was a pretty good time! We had Fair food and funnel cake, and the stomach aches to prove it. A good time at the rodeo even though the cowboys were having a rough time gettin it done! And a good time playing games after. Gotta love the Fair and Rodeo!!

Wakeboarding

2009-08-09T20:41:00.000-07:00

Jeremy's sister Kristina came up to visit this week. It was so fun to have her here, and a great excuse to get out the boat! She is just learning how to wakeboard, and she rocked it while she was here! Thanks for coming.....we had a blast!!

Bear Lake

2009-08-09T20:17:00.000-07:00

The family reunion in Bearlake this year, happened to be over the 24th of July, and was so much fun! I went up Thursday morning and played all day in the sun. Jeremy came up Thursday night with Jared Connor and uncle Dave. We ate dinner and then went to Pickleville playhouse. Some how Jeremy ended up on stage....I have no idea how that happened. Ok I do, so we knew that they were going to ask for people to come up and help. So we had the whole row behind us, (which was aunt Charlotte's family)point to Jeremy and we were all pointing as well. Michelle, (my cute cousin that is in the show) came down the isle and grabbed him. He turned to me and said "what is wrong with you" and he was headed for the stage. They sang the song she'll be coming round the mountain. His verse was she'll be wearing pink pajama's when she comes. And he had to say O la la! Some how he got confused and when the mic was pointed at him he took it and started singing the whole song! It was hilarious, brought down the house!
Friday we got up and headed for the beach. We were first out on the boat where we wakeboarded and skied. That afternoon a storm blew in and there were some pretty big waves. So we took the opportunity to play in the water for a while. Then we decided we better get the boat out of the water. That proved to be a bit intense! We were hitting ten foot waves on the way back. It took six of us to get the boat out, two of which we didn't even know! We had some campfire fun and then off to bed.
Saturday we were all pretty sunburned! Jeremy especially, somehow he "forgot" the sunscreen the day before. But we managed to have a good time anyway! Thanks everyone for a great time!

Grandma's funeral

2009-07-15T20:42:00.001-07:00

This last couple of weeks has been kinda rough for Jeremy and his family. His Grandma (his mom's mom) passed away after almost a week in intensive care. Jeremy was asked to play the piano at the memorial service, and during the conversation somehow volunteered me to sing a solo while he played the piano!!!! I love to sing and have done a lot of it in my life time, but I have NEVER sung a solo in my life, and was sooooo nervous! But I knew it would mean a lot to him if I did it! We had two days to practice, and he is amazing! He practiced every free minute he had and learned the song well enough to accompany me! I was so nervous! For some reason when I sing I get so nervous in front of people that my throat swells and I shake so bad my knee caps shake! Needless to say we prayed really hard that we would be able to perform the musical number, and not cause more pain in the process. And good news..... it worked! It went pretty well all things considered! Not that I would like to do it again, but my first experience definately wasn't as bad as I had imagined.
After the memorial service we went to Jeremy's uncles house and had a bbq and chatted with the family. It was a lot of fun, and I ejoyed getting to know more of Jeremy's family. Thanks for making me feel so welcome in your family!

4th of July

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We had a great 4th of July! We started the day with breakfast with Grandpa Lehman. A yearly tradition. Then Jeremy, my dad and I all went four wheeling up to Old Ephraims grave. It was a blast, but there were a lot of people up there, and as you can see we were all eating each others dust! After that we went to Great Grand aunt Charlottes house for a party. Jeremy jumped in the pool, and splashed the rest of us standing outside the pool. We played frisbee golf which Jeremy won the mens prize and I won the womens prize! Horse shoes was another option. Then it was time for the bbq. After we ate everyone gathered for the waterballoon volleyball which eventually turned into a huge water fight that ended with the guys all throwing each other into the pool. Excluding Jason!!! For some reason they couldn't get him off the ground! I wish I had a picture! Then there was the red white and blue dessert contest.... and thanks to the jello cake strawberries and blueberrys, and everyone that voted for me, I won! And there was some stiff competition! Then to top off the night we lit legal fireworks, and watched the neighbors not so legal ones! We had a blast!

Softball

2009-07-08T15:05:00.000-07:00

Jeremy's favorite summer sport is softball. He is on three different teams right now, two co-ed teams and one mens league! On the co-ed teams he is not allowed to hit home runs, which at times has been a struggle for him! It is really fun to watch him play. He would really like to get on a competitive team for the fall and maybe play in some all night softball competitions! Good luck babe...keep up the good playin! Love ya!

Trek

2009-06-28T21:05:00.000-07:00

The day after we got back from Redmond we had the opportunity to go on the pioneer trek in Wyoming with my parents ward. It was an amazing experience, and made the sacrifice that the pioneers made so much more real. We put up tents in the wind, had no flushing toilets, or running water for four days. We pulled handcarts for three days straight. We had the opportunity to go into Martins Cove, participate in two river crossings, and do the Womens pull. And helped cook meals for everyone there.
Thank you mom and dad for inviting us to come with you! It is an experience we will never forget!

Introducing Redmond

2009-06-28T19:24:00.000-07:00

Jeremy finally took me down to where he grew up! Redmond Utah....the middle of no where! When we got there we went down to jjwd's. Its a store down there that kinda has everything. Come to find out, someone opened a registry for us there, so we went to check it out. We ended up finding a griddle. Then we drove around the town and they pointed out different places, and homes where people live that they grew up with. Then it was back home for a bbq with his family for fathers day. The next morning Jeremy's dad woke us up at 7:30 a.m. because the hot air balloons were over the lake. Once a year they do a fly over the redmond lake and it happened to be while we were there. It was really cool to watch them rise over the lake and float around. One landed right across the street!
Then it was time for church, where the bishop got up and had to explain that he bought chewing tobacco because he had a recipe for killing squash bugs and it called for chewing tobacco. Rumors spread like wildfire in a small town!
Then it was time for some shooting. The guys had a great time, and I even got a couple shots in! I even hit one of the clay pigeons...total luck!
We had a blast and it was really fun to see that part of Jeremy!

2009-06-15T15:49:00.000-07:00

Jeremy and I decided that we needed new sunglasses and these were a perfect fit! Just kidding, we definately have better taste than that! Mom and Dad took the whole family to see the movie UP in 3D. It was a blast and is such a good movie....a must have if you ask us! It was fun to watch my niece's and nephew's trying to figure out how the glasses made the movie come right off the screen!

Our first Garden

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And the best part about it is its actually growing!

This is our second project. Planting a garden in the backyard! Gotta love those garden veges!

Our Home

2009-06-15T15:17:00.000-07:00

This is Jeremy and my first project togther, our home! It was quite an experience from start to finish. It took us a week and a half after closing to get the previous owner out! He left a little bit of everything in the house, and took off with our microwave! That is stealing. We told him if he brought it back we would give him his stuff because it legally belonged to us now. Of course we didn't want any of it just the appliance back. We finally had to put all his stuff out in the driveway the night before a snow storm to get him to show up! Which worked,and he took half his stuff! Good thing there was another snow storm coming!
Once we got him out it took us about a week and we had all the holes patched (the previous owner had a bit of a temper), and the whole upstairs re-painted. Thank goodness the downstairs wasn't finished yet! It was so fun to see it all come together! We had so much help from so many people, thank you all! Special thanks to dad who did a special texture by hand on the yellow/gold wall. We love it and he did a great job! Your amazing!

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Hawaii!

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Pictures from our Honeymoon. We also went to Pearl Harbor, but those pics are on Jeremy's camera somewhere so just pretend you saw them!

The Reception

2009-06-11T19:09:00.000-07:00

These are pictures of the Reception! Now Friends who were there... do not be offended if you don't see any pictures of us together. Most of them were taken on your camera's and I don't have a copy! I would love to have copys of them if you would like to email them to me!

Wedding day pics

2009-06-10T21:41:00.000-07:00

These are some of the wedding day photos outside the temple. We had so many of our loved ones and friends there to support us! Thank you for being there for us on our awesome day. We love you!

Bridal Pictures

2009-06-10T20:48:00.000-07:00

The day I had my bridal pictures taken we brought Jeremy along in a nice little tux and had most of our pictures taken together. We didn't have a lot of time the day we got married so we opted to do it together early! The snow had all melted, and two days before 0ur pictures were taken it snowed 1 1/2 feet! I was so mad, I did not want snow in any of my pictures! But I think they turned out pretty good anyway! Enjoy!!!

Engagements

2009-06-10T20:06:00.000-07:00

These are a few of our engagement pictures for your viewing pleasure! It was 22 degrees the morning we took these, we were freezing! But we managed to smile through it!

2009-05-04T18:50:00.000-07:00

I thought I would try my hand at this whole blogging thing again! So here goes!