The Reeves

2010-03-01T20:08:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone check out Zeb's website he's making. It's the BlackDiamondRetreat.com

2010-01-17T12:38:00.000-08:00

What a busy but fun Saturday we just had. In the morning we had a going away party for my best friend Katie, who is moving to Wisconsin. It was so fun to see my close friends from high school and catch up.

Then that evening we had an early B day party for Zeb. His birthday is on Monday but we both have to work that day, so we did it early. We went out to eat with Scott and Sarah and Ginny and Devan at Magleby's. Then met up with Katie and Court after at our place for cake and ice cream. Zeb is the big 29!!! Hard to believe he's almost 30!

2010-01-17T11:31:00.000-08:00

Christmas '09

Here were some of our favorite things about this Christmas...

Going to see the lights at Temple Square

Lights at Hogle Zoo

Decorating the house for Christmas for the first time

Christmas at my mom's

Having my sister Nora and her family stay with us

Stocking presents

Our family gift- new t.v and stand!

And another thing that was awesome in December is we finally got our table refinished and I found a table for our entry way! Our house is finally coming together (after almost a year... but that's okay!)

ANNOUNCEMENT: WE ARE PREGNANT!

2010-01-01T17:05:00.000-08:00

2009-12-20T11:06:00.000-08:00

So last night Zeb and I watched "Julie and Julia" for the first time and I must say that it inspired me in a number of ways. #1 to be a better cook. I want to bust out all of my cookbooks from the drawer they've been hiding in, dust them off and actually use them. And #2 to blog more. Not just to use it to post updates on our life but to actually share more of my thoughts. So I guess that can be my New Years Resolution goals for 2010. Ya, that's doable, I like that!

2009-10-20T14:39:00.000-07:00

Western Caribbean Cruise

So I haven't had my lap top for a while so I'm just updating our blog! Zeb and I spent an amazing week on our first cruise to the Caribbean a little over a month ago. We went with my dad and step mom and had such a fun time! I seriously think we lucked out on this cruise because everyone in our tour group and been on tons of cruises and they all said that ours was the funnest they've been on. We had such amazing weather the whole time, great entertainment, the funnest ship and the funnest people in our group. I'll tell you more about them later, but all around I don't know how our next cruise will top this one!

So, where to start? Well on our way to Cape Canaveral we stopped by the Kennedy Space Center and looked around. I had never been there before so I really enjoyed that. But honestly I just couldn't wait to get to the ship and get the cruise started that I didn't pay much attention. We'll have to go back again.

Finally we pulled up to the ship and all of us were just dumbfounded. The thing was huge!!! We spent a good few hours just wandering around trying to get our bearings and see all there was to see. It was fun watching the ship set sail, and I was totally expecting to get sea sick and I didn't get sick at all- it was great!

Our first stop was Haiti. Royal Carribean owned part of the island and so that's the only part of the island we saw. We went exploring and found "Dragon's Fire", walked along the beach and then both fell asleep in hammocks! It was the definition of relaxing!

We then headed to Jamaica man. We went to Dunns River Falls and hiked up the water fall and had so much fun with all the Jamaican's. They are just as I imagined them to be and what you see in the movie's. It was "Hey man" this and "Hey man" that and "man" after every sentence. I just wanted to take one home with me! Zeb on the other hand had to disagree, he didn't love them like I did. His only reason was because they were quite pushy when trying to sell us stuff and when we were wandering the island he felt like one was going to snatch me or something. You could definately see the poverty there but it was still so beautiful!

After Dunns River Falls the driver drove us all around the island. They drive on the opposite side of the street there and it frieked us all out a little bit. Zeb called it "organized chaos" the way they drive and I couldn't agree more. Everwhere we drove looked like a rainforest with trees that reached up to the sky practically. It inspired me to write a song about it entitled "organized chaos". We'll see how it turns out :)

Perhaps one of my favorite stops was the Cayman Islands. It was unlike any of the others, it was increadibly nice, no one haggeling you for money and you could just tell they had so much money there. Here is where we swam with the stingrays and went snorkeling- it was so much fun!

Our last stop was Cozumel Mexico. We mostly just shopped and hung out there. I loved seeing main street there, it reminded me a lot of the Cayman Islands. Really nice shops, really nice people, not super pushy. It rained on us a little while we were there, but we still enjoyed it.

Besides the beautiful view of the ocean for an entire week, I think my favorite thing was just to have 8 days to not have to think about anything and be with Zeb. I also love the gratitude I feel as I travel to different places in the world. You see so many different kinds of people and cultures- all different, all unique. It really makes me grateful that I live where I live and reminds me again how much I've been blessed with!
So, I'm now planning our next cruise because now I'm addicted... dang it! I'm thinking a Mediterranean cruise! Ya!

2009-08-16T21:31:00.000-07:00

What a week! It feels good to finally catch my breath. I'll spare you from giving you all the details, and just stick to the highlights.

To start the week off we were able to go with Ginny and her parents to the Draper temple to do the temple work for her brother Charlie. What an incredible experience! The spirit was so strong witnessing to me once again how important family is and how powerful the bonds are that connect us.
Also this week my sister Nora was in town. I love the family time we get when she comes to town. She stayed with us Sunday night and of course we stayed up till all hours of the night talking! And who can forget our unique camping experience over the weekend. I'll tell you about that later.
Also, one of my mission companions came to town this week from Texas. Audrey and I were actually companions twice on the mission, in the MTC and then again about half way through our mission. So we got together with Randall, Schellenburg and Bonner and stayed at Hogi yogi until they had to kick us out cause they were closing! It was soooo good to see them and catch up!

One of the other highlights of the week was our family camping trip that turned into a sleep over at Ryan's. So, the reader's digest version is this-
We tried to camp at Murdock Basin up in the Uintah's. The weather man said it was only 30% chance of rain so we thought we would risk it. Bad choice. We were meeting everyone up there Friday after work. My family was going up earlier to have everything set up and be ready for us. We had to meet them at the trailhead parking and then would pick us up from there in the rhino and take us off roading up to the camping spot. We got there and there was no sign of them. We sat there waiting for them for over an hour. The sky kept getting darker and darker with clouds, then came rain and still no sight of them.
Little did we know what drama they were going through. They made it to the campsite and dropped off most the stuff. They broke the trailer hitch getting up there. Then on their way back down to get the rest of the stuff it started hailing and snowing on them, leaving them all soaked and their stuff drenched. When they tried to come get us in the rhino it broke down, so they tried to pull it with the truck and the rope busted.
By the time they got to us practically everything was broken, wet and freezing! Poor things!
It was almost midnight by this point and we were all starving, so we drove back to Park City, ate at Wendy's and then all crashed at Ryan and Sonja's.
And what would ya know- Saturday was bright and sunny.
We were determined to make the most of our weekend and decided to hike up to Bells Canyon.

It was a beautiful hike with a gorgeous view of a waterfall at the top and the valley below. I was especially proud of my mom for making it to the top. She just had surgery on her rotater cuff in her shoulder and was quite the trooper. There were times that we had to help her over some pretty big rocks on the path because she couldn't pull herself up and over them with her hurt arm- but I can't help but make it a comparison to life. There are times when we all need others' help to pull us up and over some of the trials we face in life, but that's why we're here and that's what family is for.

A Great Anniversary

2009-08-12T21:37:00.000-07:00

August 4th was our 2 year anniversary! One of my clients at work hooked us up with a great hotel room at the Marriott in St. George, so we headed down there for a long weekend.

It's funny that just having cable in the hotel room was a luxury to us. Zeb was so excited because Shark Week was on, and sadly it was hard to peel him away from that. Not to mention that Cops and Cheaters was on, which are our favorite too!
We drove to Vegas on Monday to hang out on the strip. We went to the Shark Reef at the Mandalay Bay (I'm seeing a theme here of sharks-we didn't even plan that!)

They gave us these little hand held devices that you held up to your ear to hear facts about all the animals you were looking at. Well, if any of you don't know this about my husband- he knows almost everything about almost all animals! I was trying to listen to my little remote thingy but he kept telling me everything that the remote was, so eventually I just put it down and let him tell me everything about all the fish and sharks. I did manage to stump him on one fact that I heard from my remote- it was about the lionfish. To kill their prey they corner them and then use their poisonous spines to subdue their prey before swallowing them whole!

Now for any of you that don't know this about me- I absolutely love touching things. So you can imagine my sheer excitement when they had a pool full of stingrays that we could touch. I was practically pushing the little children out of my way so I could touch them as they swam by! It was awesome!

Here's a cool shot of one of the sharks. They had all different kinds of sharks- but to me they are all just ugly and scary.

At certain points they had the aquarium all around you so you could see the sharks everywhere- it was really cool!

A shark above us

Some cool jelly fish

Other than that, we ate at In and Out Burger, which surprisingly was Zeb's first time and just hung out on the strip.

In Caesars Palace

Zeb put in a dollar, he lost 98 cents, but came out on top with 2 cents left.

Most of the time we were in St. George. We swam and shopped, went to a movie, ate a lot, relaxed and visited the St. George temple.

I warned you in my last post that this one might get mushy- so feel free to stop reading now. But I must say that probably my favorite part of the trip was just getting to talk with my husband. To have one on one time that was uninterrupted by life and we could just talk! We play this game where we take turns asking each other questions, one at a time and they can be about anything. I think we played this for the entire 4 hours home. It definitely keeps things interesting and it's really fun to think up things that we normally wouldn't talk about! It still surprises me how much I can learn about Zeb and how I grow to love him more and more!

The Swine Flu Blues

2009-07-28T16:04:00.000-07:00

Yep, it's actually true. I got the Swine Flu. I thought I would only see it in the news and hear about Suzy's cousin's best friend once removed who had gotten the swine flu, but I never actually thought I would get it! Never say never I guess!
And to be quite honest, (not that I want to down play it totally, cause it did suck) it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Maybe I was expecting to be hospitalized or something. The first day was no fun. I felt like I had the flu, pneumonia and strep throat all at the same time. And then add a raging head ache on top of that. But after I went to the doctor and got some Tamiflu it got better. Then it was just 7 days of feeling isolated from the world, sleeping in my guest bedroom (in attempts not to give it to Zeb), with no energy, coughing, and a sore throat.
So, that's my brush with death flu that everyone has been talking about. Not much more to report than that! I finally went back to work yesterday, it was not much fun. I had to take breaks and go lay down in between clients in the massage rooms- but I made it!
Now I can focus on our upcoming anniversary! The big 2 years! Be prepared my next post will probably be something sappy and love filled about my husband, and our 2 years married! Hey, I warned you at least!

2009-07-21T21:42:00.000-07:00

It has been a crazy couple of days. My house looks like a tornado hit it because i haven't had a second to clean it up, and I have way more laundry to do than is possible for just two people living here.

Here's what we have been up to!
Friday and Saturday we went camping with my family at cherry hill. None of us had ever been there so we didn't really know what to expect, but it ended up being pretty fun. Zeb and I took our motor home up there (first time ever using it) and discovered it had no ac, so we had to suffer through the 100 degree heat while my brother Jason complained about his motor home being so cold that the ac froze :) Punk!

Zeb just chill'n

Jake,Dawson and Joshua

Everyone hang'n out after dinner

I think some of my favorite moments were:
1) Playing Texas Hold Em in the dark with the lantern and head lights (and I might mention that I won and it was my first time playing!)
2)Watching this random little chubby kid at the pool do belly flops as he was so desperately trying to dive.
3)I love how no matter what when all of us are together the topic of working out or eating always comes up, and we were all sharing our P90x stories.
4)The fact that our motor home started up every time and made it there and back :)

Jason,Lisa and Andrew

Ryan and Sonja

Dad and Neva
(the cutest campers of us all!)

So besides camping, we had the Tool concert on Sunday (I know we are such sinners, but I just couldn't tell my husband no, they're his favorite!) and then on Monday was my Birthday! Yep, the big 26! Most birthdays I feel the same, but for some reason with this one I actually feel a little older, weird!
My cute husband planned for us to go out to dinner for Sushi at Tsunami with some family and friends. Then we met up with Katie and Court for some yummy ice cream. So all in all it was an awesome b day.

We sat at this really cool round table that spun in the corner of the restaurant. It reminded me of our kitchen table growing up, but this one was much bigger!

Katie, Court and Bentley
Jason and Lisa
The Richards

So, that's what we've been up to. Thanks to everyone that came to celebrate my birthday with us. And thanks to my husband for planning it all!

2009-07-08T15:28:00.000-07:00

So my sister Nora found this cool new sight to make videos, so I thought I would give it a try real fast. I have to admit I am a sucker for making little videos, so I'm pretty excited about this!

4th of July

2009-07-08T14:01:00.000-07:00

July is one of my most favorite months in the whole year. December would have to be right after it. I love going and seeing the fireworks, I love the BBQ's, the warm weather, and I love the reminder it gives us of the freedoms we all enjoy and at what expense it came with!
This year Zeb and I celebrated by going to Park City with Katie, Court and Bentley. We shopped at the outlet malls, had lunch, went to main street and then we went to Sugarhouse park to see the fireworks.

Zeb was saying the funniest things during the fireworks. He turned to me and asked me if I would rather be a firework that goes off by itself or if I would rather be part of the finale? I actually had to contemplate it for a minute, but I think I would rather be part of the finale. I've never been one that likes a lot of attention on me, and I love adding to the whole picture- so since finale's are more memorable I think I would like to add to the beauty of it.
Anyways, I thought it was a funny question. Definately not one I would have thought of.
The other funny comment he made was-"Mann I would hate to be lost somewhere and have to use my only flare on the 4th of July!" He is so funny! I busted up laughing and just wished I could be in his head for a day- I would probably be laughing the whole day!

A day at the Mission

2009-06-02T15:58:00.000-07:00

Zeb's sister Rachel came into town and it just happened to be the same weekend that Don and Faye had a family day on their mission. They are serving up at the Heber Valley Girls Camp for 6 months. We got to go see the camp and what they do and play on the lake with the canoe's and paddle boats!

The cutest was seeing baby Jenny try to fit in the life jacket! Does it get any cuter than this picture??

And here's Faye with Paul.
Here's Rachel, Amy and Shane
I was so amazed at how pretty it was up there- it was my first time ever going up there. I'm so grateful for Don and Faye's example to all of us in serving a mission there! We miss them but know they are loving it up there!
And of course we loved having Rachel and Amy stay with us. We hung out with Don and Faye on Saturday and Sunday we had a big family dinner with everyone and then they left on monday. Short but sweet trip. We love you Rach!!!

A 70's Photoshoot

2009-04-30T11:08:00.000-07:00

5 am on Friday was a little early for our creative juices to be flowing, but luckily, Meisha, Chelsie, Jessica and I were able to function just enough to pull together an amazing photo shoot! Our group did a 70's theme shoot with a soul funk feel. April and Ephraim were our models and despite the early hours, practice's, cold weather in hardly any clothes and being burned with blow dryer's, etc. they helped us accomplish just what we were looking for!

Here's Jessica and Chelsie working and trying to stay awake. Sweet April- she looks like the only one happy to be there :)

Here's me doing April's make- up.

Here's Meisha gett'n Ephraim all ready

I seriously love my team so much and I think we did such an amazing job. There were a few complications, like always- to make a long story short, we were going to use a vintage car in the shoot (a VW bug) and the night before we went to pick it up and it wouldn't start! Ya! So, needless to say after a few long hours of trying get it to work to no avail, we had to make a plan B really fast. Sarah Jane came to the rescue and let us borrow her husband's scooter. It all ended up working out great and we had so much fun working on April and Ephraim- they were such troopers through the whole thing!

These are shots that I took real fast on my camera, but as soon as we get the real ones back, I'll post them!

And here's some shots from the other groups' photo shoots. Everyone did such a great job!

2009-04-29T16:41:00.000-07:00

A WICKED night

My mom surprised me with tickets to go see "Wicked"! We had such a blast. We started our night off with dinner at Chili's (yes we got the molten lava cake... mmmm) and filled ourselves full of diet coke (we had been up the whole night before cleaning my house getting it ready for our moving day and were a tad bit tired) Neither my mom nor I knew tons about the musical- we heard from everyone how amazing it was, and we were excited to experience it ourselves. What an experience it was- it was better than I could've imagined it to be! There were times I literally had goose bumps because the music is so amazing (like during "Defying Gravity" when she's floating in the air) And yes I teared up at the end during the last song, partly cause I didn't want it to end, but mostly because the story is so touching! I loved it! Thank you mom for an amazingly wicked night! I love you!

OUR NEW HOUSE

2009-04-01T17:48:00.000-07:00

So- this is it- on April 10th we're closing on our house and it will officially be ours!!!!! We did our final walk through yesterday and it got me more excited than ever! It feels like it's been a long road to find it- we started looking back in October of last year, but every house we liked and put an offer on was usually a short sale and didn't pan out.

People kept telling us that when we found the right one we'd know and everything would just fall into place. ( I felt more like I was dating again than looking for a house :) ) We definitely felt like we saw every single floor plan out there and every single town home in lehi and american fork. We even branched out and looked at The Ranches in Eagle Mountain.

Well, you obviously know the end of this story- we walked through this house, fell in love, went out to our realtor's car and made the offer right then and there, they accepted our offer and we just couldn't be happier!!!!!

So, wanna see the inside??? Here's some more pics...

master bathroom

kitchen

Love is in the air!!!!!

2009-02-17T10:15:00.001-08:00

Zeb is going to kill me for posting this picture, but I couldn't help myself! I managed to convince Zeb to do a mask with me by using my mad negotiating skills! He didn't like it very much, he said it was cold and it dried all crusty on his face :) But hey, it got us ready for our Valentine's date!

We had such a fun Valentines Day. For one, I didn't have to work which was awesome. We spent the morning at the Temple doing baptisms for the dead with Don and Faye, Mike, Tanner and Rachel. It had seriously been years since I'd done baptisms and I really enjoyed it, not to mention it was a great way to start out our day!

Our afternoon was a nap, followed by dinner that night. We gave each other a joint gift this year- dance lessons. It's something we've always wanted to do together and we didn't have time to do it before we got married, so why not now? It will definitely help to improve all of dancing we do in the kitchen, and hopefully help so we can rock it on the dance floor in public too! I can't wait!

There's a few different myths about the history of Valentine's day- but I think my favorite is the one about St. Valentine being imprisoned and falling in love with the jail keepers' daughter and sending her love letters ending with "love, your Valentine". I tell you this because that is one of my favorite things Zeb did for me this Valentines, he wrote me a letter. I'm still amazed at how sometimes the small things, like little love notes, make the biggest difference! His letters are something I'll save forever! When the holidays have passed and the chocolates are good and gone, it's nice to have things that will last beyond that- things we can read and re read and dances we can dance again and again. Thanks for a great Valentine's Day honey! I love you!
I love you Zeb!!!!!!!!

BHR girls in Longbeach!!!!!

2009-02-12T11:46:00.000-08:00

Tera, Randi, Tanya, JC and I went to California for the weekend to go to the Longbeach Hair show. It was a much needed get away for all of us. Our amazing boss paid for our hotel so all we needed was our tickets and we were off!
We were like kids in a candy store when we walked into the hair show. Everywhere you looked there was platform artists teaching new techniques for color or cutting. There were vendors everywhere for make up and hair tools, nail polish, lotions, new products, etc. We walked around for hours just being handed free stuff right and left and stopping for education shows! AHHHHH it was amazing! Not to mention it was so fun just to people watch there. Hairdressers are... can you say eccentric!!!!! They were so fun to watch!
We also had fun walking along the pier, eating at "The Bubba Gump Shrimp Restaraunt", and you could say we made our own fun in the hotel room! Wait, that didn't sound good- all that meant was Tanya and I were jumping from bed to bed and Randi and Tera were on the floor taking pictures! Yep, we felt like we were 5 years old again!
It was hard to come back to the Utah weather, but I'm excited to try out all the new things I learned!

Hot Items for 2009

2009-01-14T10:44:00.001-08:00

In an attempt to share my love for fashion and beauty and still be "in the world but not of the world", I want to share what I've seen is coming (or is here but not going anywhere) for 2009. In my field as a hairdresser I take education very seriously, so since I don't see all of you in my chair at work, I'll just take the opportunity to share it with you here! Are you ready???
- gold gold gold
-purple is huge
-short fringe is coming back
-shorter necklaces
-warm natural hair colors
-balliage technique for weaving
-big gaudy jewerly
-root shading
-flats
-lots of hair accessories:scarfs, pendents, headbands
-whispy up do's
-geometric hair cuts: more blunt lines and bold looks
-shoulder length hair
-lace and frills on clothing and accessories

Hopefully that gave you some good ideas, but before I go, I do need to share with you one of my favorite quotes from Elder Jefferey R. Holland " One would truly need a great and spacious make-up kit to compete with beauty as portrayed in media all around us." Truly words of wisdom.

Respect for the past, hope for the future.... 2009

2009-01-03T14:32:00.000-08:00

Well I can hardly believe that 2008 is over and now we're looking at 2009. 2008 had a lot of memories and good times for us, and some challenges of course, but I am excited for what's ahead. We made some New Year's Resolutions- want to hear 'em?

Zeb wants to get unaddicted to soda and lose 20lbs
Buy a home
I want to do a tri-athlon
Zeb wants to keep plugging away at school (with the goal to finish as soon as possible)
Go on a cruise
And last but not least, I have the goal to not be such a control friek anymore! I sometimes wish I had a magic wand and could control my life so nothing bad would happen to me or those I love- but as we all know that's just not possible. Life is not perfect- so I'm giving up my control, handing it over to the Lord and putting it in his hands!

Who knows what this year will bring with it- lots of change most likely with a new president and a less than stable economy, but I'm still excited for it! Maybe a miracle for my brother, maybe a mission call for my in-laws, maybe an addition to our family :), maybe a diploma for Zeb.... I guess we'll just have to wait and see...

All I want for Christmas...

2008-12-30T20:26:00.000-08:00

A new baby niece that is healthy and happy. Her name is Jenni Marie Reeves.

Is for my baby to have a merry Christmas and love all the presents Santa brought him!

To visit my Mom, Fred and his kids and to give her a long awaited album of our wedding pictures for Christmas. Not to mention enjoy a yummy dinner with them!

To have a party with Katie and her family. She made me a quilt with material from her wedding quilt. We love it so much and had so much fun.

And my sister Nora and her family to come visit for Christmas and stay with us!

Days Before Christmas

2008-12-23T10:30:00.000-08:00

One of the funnest things we've done this month... was make a gingerbread house. I know it sounds wierd, but if you had a husband like mine, you would understand. It was like a 5 day process! It started off being just a fun thing my mom wanted us to do and then email her pictures of it so she could scrapbook it, but somehow that meant it was a contest to Zeb between us and all of my neices and nephews.
I was only given the roof to decorate (which he ended up embelishing after I was done :) )When he was all done it was the best ginger bread house I've ever seen. He melted mints to make stain glass windows and then cut holes inside and installed a light inside. We even put two little ginger people inside (that was my idea- they are suppost to be me and Zeb)
This is the finished product-
He's so cute!!!!!
We've also had fun decorating our Christmas tree. The last 2 years we've gotten real trees which reminds me of Christmas when I was young. There is nothing like the smell of a real tree in your living room. And I am proud to say that I have turned into quite the haggler- I talked the guy's down at the tree lot from $50 for our tree to $35. I was proud of myself :)
And you can't have Christmas without going and seeing the lights at Temple Square. We went with Don and Faye, Matt, Steph and their kids. We ate at the Blue Aguana and then went to see the lights.
And last but not least we had an early Christmas party at my mom's house because Nora and Jason are in town. My mom gave us the sweetest gifts. Her theme was "memories". She made albums for all of us with pictures from throughout the year, she gave me a comb that used to be my grandfathers when he was a barber and had a salon and beauty school. She also gave me a bracelet that used to be my grandmothers, it has trinkets from all over the world that she collected.
It's been such a memorable Christmas already and we still have 2 more days to go until it's here!

A sunny Thanksgiving in Arizona

2008-12-04T11:53:00.000-08:00

Change

2008-11-06T12:25:00.000-08:00

It's amazing how in one moment your life can be going along just fine and then literally with one phone call it can all change. It's quite ironic that the week such a huge change comes about in my life is the same
week I teach a lesson in Young Womens on the subject of change. The Lord sometimes works in mysterious ways to bring us comfort during hard times, and this was one of those ways for me.
In my lesson it quotes:

"Every day brings some kind of change into our lives. It has been said that there is nothing so constant as change, for our lives are always moving and developing."
I also liked this one:

"Sometimes we are free to choose the changes that come to us and sometimes not. But we are always free to choose what we will do when the changes come. When changes occur in our families, especially unexpected and undesirable changes, we can adjust successfully."

Throughout this week I was reminded of the simple things in life. The things I regretfully take for granted every day until trials come to my life and remind me to stop being ungrateful! This week made me re-commit myself to the things I let so easily fall by the wayside. This week made me realize again how precious my family is and they are the only thing that matters! I guess this post is for you guys- I love you! My life would be so empty without you. I really do think you are the strongest people I have ever and will ever meet in my life! Stay strong! I love you!!!

Carving Pumpkins!!

2008-10-22T10:59:00.000-07:00

Tuesday night we decided we needed to carve pumpkins. We brought the t.v down to the kitchen and watched "I am Legend" while we carved, which ended up just being a distraction to me because I got so scared! But check out how sweet they turned out- Zeb carved Sponge Bob square pants, I did the gravestone and Rachel carved the spider and the jack-o-lantern face. It was fun for all!

My New Nephew- Baby Jack Gardner

2008-10-12T13:18:00.000-07:00

I'm an aunt again- for the 14th time! On Friday October 10th, Joe and Megan became parents. But sweet little Jack ran into some complications with his white blood cell count and his platelettes, so they rushed him to Primary Childrens Hospital where he could recieve the best care. They said he should be there for about 7 days. We went up to visit him on Saturday and he was doing so good. He barely cries as they poke and prod him all day long- he's such a trooper. WE LOVE YOU JACK!!!!!!

A look at our first year married

2008-09-30T14:57:00.000-07:00

Here's some of the things we've been up to in our first year as newlyweds. We had fun in Mexico on our honeymoon, camping and hiking in Moab, went to the Hogle Zoo and the Lehi Rodeo, date nights at Thanksgiving point walking through the gardens, Park city with my fam, Don and Faye even bought us a motor home.
But more important than all of that is the day to day things that we have experienced together. I've learned that I want to be Rachel Ray and Martha Stewart all wrapped up into one, because then I wouldn't wash his shorts with his wallet still in them and my cooking wouldn't still be in the experimental stage. I've learned that i use the phrases "I don't know" or "whatever" all too often to escape the all too important aspect of communication in marriage. I've learned that I use cleaning as a scapegoat when I get mad. I've learned that we don't have Zeb's goals and My goals anymore- they all are OUR goals.
But I can't even express enough how much I have learned about love. I love Zeb! I love him more than I ever thought possible. And it's so true that the more you serve someone the more you love them-I thought I saw that fully expressed on my mission, but i was wrong.
Anyways- I'm just sounding more and more corny, so I'll end with saying marriage is even more than I ever thought it would be and I can't wait for all I'll learn in the years to come!

More anniversary pics

2008-09-22T18:14:00.000-07:00

After flying we went out to eat, then to "color me mine"
that night we stayed at the Anniversary Inn in the Italian Gondola room

Our first anniversary

2008-09-14T16:35:00.000-07:00

Zeb and I celebrated our one year anniversary on August 4th. He planned a day full of surprises for me. First thing in the morning we went flying. Yep, you got that right! His boss Mark flew us over the utah lake and all above utah county. He even let me fly for part of the time!

First time for everything

2008-09-14T16:21:00.000-07:00

So this is my first attempt at 'blogging'. I finally gave into the peer pressure and decided just to do it. I'm still a little unsure whether or not we will even have enough things to actually blog about- but I guess we'll see. There's a first time for everything... even blogging!

Fourth of July

2008-07-08T15:55:00.000-07:00

For the Fourth of July this year we went hiking with Kirk and Shayna during the day and that night we watched the fireworks with Katie and Bentley at the Capital