The Nusery part 1

SO the work has begun on the nursery. We spent our entire Saturday cutting, measuring, painting, cleaning etc. etc. We had a blast working on it together and I could not be more proud of both of us. It is my own biased opinion, but I think it looks great! What do you think?
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I LOVE IT! So far....

Memorial Weekend

Brian's sister Julie along with her ward (FV3) have done a triathlon on Memorial weekend over the past 3 years. This year Julie and Kristin convinced Brian to join them. Being the he is a little concerned about gaining sympathy weight, he agreed. I could not believe that he agreed to do it and after only a few weeks to train, here is what he looked like on race day.




I could not be more proud of him. He started a little rocky on the swimming but finished strong on the bike and run. Great job husband!

Mother's Day

I have the best husband in the world! I was surprised when I woke up on Sunday morning and went to use the restroom. He decorated the whole things with streamer (knowing the would be the first place I would go)wrote me a lovely message on the mirror along with buying my 14k gold diamond earrings, a gift card to get a massage and a really sweet card. I felt so special even though the little guy is still inside me. Thank you dear!

1 Year!

OK if any of you were skeptical about Jojo and I, we made it to 1 year!!! I can't believe how fast time has gone by. It really has been an eventful year but so amazing to. Thank you My Love for being such a great husband!

We decided to go to California for our anniversary. Our first stop was San Diego and Sea World. I had not been there since I was a little kid and I must tell you we had a blast!


We loved watching the Shamu show "Believe." Brian was having so much fun that he forgot he was the one with the camera! I only got a few pictures towards the end of the show.



We also really enjoyed seeing the polar bears, dolphins and star fish. We were there for about 6 hours and saw every show and just about every exhibit. We did not even stop to eat!





After Sea World we drove to Huntington to spend the rest of the weekend at the Hyatt where we spent our wedding night. As luck would have it, my friend CJ was playing downtown. So after making our traditional stop at Wahoo's we stopped by to see him play.


The rest of our time was spent with just us roaming around the beach, hotel and enjoying some delicious food! It was such a great weekend and it really made both of us miss California so much more! We will be back someday.

It's Baby time!

Ok, so here is my post all things baby! I am new to this whole thing and it has taken some adjusting so far. Here are a few pictures of some big moments along with belly pictures.

Ok here is a picture of me and my first pregnancy test. I 100% believed that it would be negative and I that these pictures would be just for fun and would be deleted later. Haha


So Brian snuck in a picture of me anxiously awaiting the results.


After this first test was positive I quickly took two more. And to my amazement they were all positive!


One month along and slowly feeling like food is my biggest enemy!


Two months and down 9 pounds. I was not eating much but at about the 4 months mark that all changed!


We have been pretty busy lately so I dropped the ball and taking pictures. Here I am at 5 months and getting larger every day!


Oh ya, IT'S A BOY!!!!!!

Grandpa Giles

My Grandpa Irving Giles passed away at the end of March. He was one of the most caring, selfless, spiritually strong and intelligent men that I have ever known. I am so lucky to have had him in my life for so many years. Even though the funeral and the death were kind of quick, it was a great, wonderful and sweet experience to be able to sit back and take a moment to remember and honor him.

Because I live in Arizona and he was in St. George around other family, I did not get to participate that much in the planning of the funeral. I did however get to put together some pictures for a table at the service.


My Grandpa was in the Navy for many years. He received a full military burial which was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. There were several retired Navy men that were in their 80's and older that helped out with the service. Seeing them shoot off theirs riffles was a sight to see!


Here is a picture of the burial sight along with the plaque where all their names are listed. It really is a beautiful place.


My Grandma has not been feeling too well herself and was not up to sitting through the graveside service. My Dad was then appointed to receive the flag in my Grandpa's honor.


Here is all of us sitting around my Grandma. When I was younger I kinda thought she was a mean old lady. As I have grown older I have come to appreciate her sense of humor and her forwardness. I love spending time with her, she can make me laugh so hard without even trying. I love you Grandma!

What a fun job!

So for those of you who don't know I am a medical assistant for a sports medicine doctor. There are a lot of pros and cons to my job. One of the perks is getting some great tickets to some really fun sporting events.

My bosses family are big hockey fans. They were unable to go one night so Brian and I jumped at the chance. We are not huge hockey fans but we always have a lot of fun going to a live game.


We didn't take too many pictures but here is one with all of the players on the ice.


The Coyotes won! Good way to go guys!!


One of my patients is a retired NBA player so he recently hooked me up with some great tickets to see the Suns vs. Clippers. Brian had a church meeting so I took my Mom as my date.


Here is Shaq, Nash and Lou sitting on the bench. Shaq is even larger in person than I thought he would be.


Nash at the free throw. I had never been to an NBA game and this was a great first experience. Thank You Bob!!