FaMiLy

  "Much as some of us fight

it, our parents have a

mystical hold over us, the

power to affect our thoughts

and emtions the way only

they can. It's a bond that

changes over time, but does

not diminish, even if

they're half a world away

or in another world entirely.

It's a power we never fully

understand. We're left only to

wonder that when our time comes,

what kind of hold will we have on

our children."  -unknown

    Family is so important. Family is the

One thing that is always there when

everything else seems to be turning it's

back on you.  Family is what will be the 

Last thing standing.

     

          Families Are Forever! 

             

   I came from an amazing family where i learned something from each of them.

My mom taught me so much about life and how to follow my dreams and never

give up. My dad taught me the importance of hard work and Honesty. My little

sister Haley taught me to never be afraid of life to go after the things that 

scare me the most because those are the things that will make me who I am.

My little brother Tyler taught me that life is funny to never forget to laugh

and live! My little brother Trevor taught me you can never have

 too many friends.                     

When I married Jordan I inherited his Amazing Family!

 I was blessed with another Amazing Mom! His family

has welcomed me into there family and I love them all

so much!  Jordan and I were both blessed with such

 Amazing Women in our lives and those women we call

Mom! I am so blessed to have her in my life, I have

an amazing Mom in heaven and an Amazing mom here!

We were both blessed with Amazing Fathers who we

can look up to and I know Jordan is the man he is

today because of his dad. I love Jordan's sisters

they all are so wonderful! And you can't forget

the brothers! Life would not be the same with 

Brothers!   I count my blessing everyday that I

have such amazing people in my life!

 Not only was I lucky to have such an amazing

Man to call my husband, but I am so lucky to have

his family as well!!!

The FiRst YeAr

Most of our life is a series of images.

 They pass us by like towns on the highway.

But sometimes, A Moment stuns us as it

happens and we know that this instant

is more than a fleeting image. We know that this moment....

 every part of it.... Will live on Forever.

         -unknown-

 Jordan and I just celebrated our

           First Anniversary!  

  It's crazy how fast the time goes. For our Anniversary we went up to Daniels Summit. We love that place,

 we went there on our  honeymoon and decided

to make it a tradition. It's so beautiful up there and it's

such a nice place to relax and enjoy yourself. To leave

all the stresses of life and work behind and

 just focus on the moment.  It's not very often I get

Jordan all to myself and when I do, I take advantage of it.

I love Jordan so much and I love my life with him.

He is supportive and always there for me.

I couldn't ask for a better person to spend

my life with. The first year was Amazing and I

can't wait to see what the next year will bring.

ThE TruE mEaning of beAting CaNcer!

              October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!
It's the one Month you constantly see the Pink Ribbon that represents Breast Cancer. When I see the ribbon it gives me a sense of peace knowing there is awareness and people praying and
working to find the cure. I am one of those people!
 I pray for the day when the words "Breast Cancer" will not leave fear in it's wake, that it will simply be an "inconvenience" like the flu, along with all the other types of cancer.

  I lost my mom in the Summer of 2007. To describe how she died is simply "she died of cancer." In that sentence to me simply states, the cancer won. Because when you hear the word cancer, you always see the word battle in some way or the other, in a way it's simply the battle for your life.
 The sentence "died of cancer" has always bugged me (besides the word died & cancer) I could never pin point it or Describe it in words, until now.
 To describe my mom, there are not enough words, but the one that does come to mind is Amazing! She certainly was. An Amazing Wife, Mother, Sister, Daughter, Friends. She was so many things and Amazing  she was at all of them.
 She was diagnosed with Breast Cancer is September of 2001, and with it came a battle! I described her who she was before the words "breast cancer" came into our lives. I'd used the same exact description I did before.
 She was still the same Person! She did lose many things that the cancer took away, like her health, her hair, the many abilities she had, that she could no longer do, but it did not take away HER! It did give her some things, like compassion for those who were battling cancer also, at her chemo treatments she would bring laughter into those sad rooms where they were all lined up in recliners hooked up to IVs and dreading what came next. That chemo room was never the same once she touched it. It was no longer the room of sadness, but of room of hope and new found friendship. That room was no longer the room of doom but yet called " the Party Room."
 That was my Mom! So to describe beating cancer to me, is my mom!
The cancer may have taken her body but it did not take her spirit, her love of life and adventures, nor who she was what she believed in, and best yet, her personality.
 The cancer took many things from her, but it did not take her.
She was still the same Amazing person she always was before breast cancer touched her life.
 Even though my mom is no longer here, she is still living. She is still living though her stories, her courage, and her love.
 And that is the THE TRUE MEANING OF BEATING CANCER!


  Not that leaves me to My first BOOK REVIEW!
I just read Promise Me   How a sister's Love launched the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer  By: Nancy Brinker

I will tell ya, it is a tear jerker. It hit very close to home for me.

It is about Susan Komen, how she battled breast cancer and later died, and before she

died she asked her sister Nancy to promise her that she will make sure that there is awareness

and ways to help find the cure.

That is what Nancy did, she founded the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

I recommend it for anyone who has been closely linked to breast cancer

in some way or is curious.

I love this book because it goes back to when Breast Cancer was first found and diagnosed and

how far treatments and awareness has come.

It took me the whole month of October to finish because, I would cry and have to

set it down for a couple days and then go back to it.

But i really enjoyed reading it and knowing that there are so many people out in the world

that are praying and working towards the same thing I am,

and that finding the Cure to End Breast Cancer once and for all.

Our BoYs

Our HoMer

These are our Boys! Jordan has had Homer for almost 4 Years, and so when

I married Jordan, Homer and Jordan came as a package deal!

                               Our DeEseL

We got Deesel a couple of months after we got married, because

Jordan thought Homer needed another dog around. He just turned 1 and

he keeps us all on our toes, Each day is a new adventure to see

what he's going to chew up Next!

                                                                 

  I had to put on a Picture of Deesel and his tongue!



He always has his tongue hanging out!
This was right after we got him, he fell asleep on the couch
and this is how he slept the whole time!



So these two are like our kids, sad i know, our Camera's memory card is full

of these two.

They are so spoiled! I don't think they even know their dogs! They basically rule the house!

Here's an Example:

My Sister Haley has been living with us and when i get up in the morning those two are

all nice and comftorable on the bed and Haley is asleep on the couch!

Thats how sad it is around here!

But we love em'!

Our HoMe

We just bought our first home in June! We got sick of the apartment and started looking for a house in March! We looked and looked and didn't find anything we loved. Jordan happened to be in Texas for classes when I came across this house, I called the realtor went and looked at it and totally fell in love with it, made an offer and called Jordan and said " I found our Home."

Our House!
Right after we put in the Sod!

My Kitchen!

It's my Favorite part of the House!

Our Wedding DaY

We got Married on October 17, 2009

HiStOrY

 Jordan and I met in September of 2005 both fresh out of High School. Jordan graduated from Sky View High School, he was born and raised in Cove, Utah, it is a little town right outside of Logan and right on the border of Idaho. I graduated from Uintah High School where i was born and raised in Vernal, where Jordan and I are now living. We met through family who set us up, my Aunt's sister is married to Jordans older brother, ( if that isn't confusing enough) and we became instant friends ( my version ) I was just playing VERY hard to get ( his version) though it was three years later when we began "offically" dating, on his birthday to be exact and have been together ever since. He proposed in May of 2009 and we got married in the fall on October 17, 2009. The first couple of months of our marriage, i lived in Vernal in our apartment, and Jordan was still up in Logan where his job was at the time, until he could get a job in Vernal. He'd come down every weekend and then head back up Monday morning. It was hard, and then our luck finally changed when he got a job at BJ Services in January and was finally able to offically move down to Vernal, where we have been ever since.