9 more days until this girl gets home!!!

Jack Turns Two!

My family went to the Zoo to celebrate Jack's 2nd birthday.  We were lucky enough for Nick and Shan to be in town for his birthday.  Bran and I had never been to the zoo together before so we quite enjoyed ourselves.  

Zions

We had an awesome weekend down in Zions to celebrate the wedding of our good friends, Rylan and Taylor.  It was a beautiful wedding.  Taylor's attention to detail is amazing.  We loved being with good friends in such beautiful surroundings.

Lance Armstrong

I just finished this book and loved it.  Lance's determination and will is inspiring.  Although I don't really agree with his personal life I still think he is amazing.  I recommend all to read this.

I have felt like life has gotten too big and crazy to keep blogging the last few months, plus there is Brandon's blog that keeps everyone up to date on our life. But, I feel like I owe it to this blog to make a post. I guess whenever I log on I get too overwhelmed to post anything, feeling like I need to say something deep or profound, but I'm just not going to. Life is great, Brandon is great, we are happy.

I've been looking through old pictures thinking of memories. Here are a few to share with you.  (Apparently they are in backwards chronological order)  

One of my favorite things about going camping with Brandon is that his true woodsman comes out.  Give him an ax and he'll be getting firewood all night.

Rex, Brett and Bran

Our honeymoon

Wedding day

The day I went through the temple

Painting our first place

The day we got engaged

The day I was sure he was going to propose... but waited another month

Havasupai

Brandon climbing

Building sandcastles with my niece

Chi O dance

Seattle

Jackson Hole

Shooting range

Lake Tahoe

Conichiwa

I got to talk to this girl tonight.  No one understands me better.  Love you Sister Aland.

Elizabeth Kimberly Design

This post is a little late, but I got a new job in October that I absolutely love.  I work as a design assistant/office manager at a small, but very successful design firm, Elizabeth Kimberly Design.  It is owned by two fabulous designers who I absolutely love.  They are incredibly talented.  I love watching them work and create beautiful things.  This seriously is what I have always wanted to do and the job completely fell into my lap.  I couldn't be more happy.  Take a peak at their talent at elizabethkimberlydesign.com

Happy New Year!

A few weeks late, but I had to post about our fabulous trip to Catalina Island for New Years.  We stayed in our friend's condo with friends and had so much fun.  Here are a few pictures that summed up the trip.

Here we are on the ferry on the way over to the island.

Josh and Brandon at the look out point.

Sissy, Rose and I dancing it up at the Chi Chi bar.

This is where we were at midnight.  This band in the background was so cool.  They were literally 90 years old and still jammed their old school jams together every new years.  It was so fun to dance to their 40's music.

If any of you are wondering, yes, I did get Brandon out on the dance floor.

Rose and Jordan.