if you were 80

what would you do for your birthday?

well sams grandpa t decided he wanted to go cruisin'.

so thats exactly what we did.

but first we stopped in joshua tree for a visit to jenny and nicholas'

then it was cruise time.

here we are opening grandpa t's gifts. shauna made this incredible book. everyone wrote grandpa a letter with a memory or whatever they wanted. it had pictures and everything! so awesome!

grandma t

i love this picture! sam took an aloe vera leaf and made it look like a dinosaur tail! (if you couldnt tell :))

we enjoyed a nice day of karaoke! i sang my heart out to dancing queen!

at thanksgiving dinner.

singing family songs! it was lots of fun to be introduced to new traditions!

we had lots of fun!

And i cant forget to give a little congrats to these three sweeties!

allie aka alice got her mission call- Madrid, Spain! she is going to be the best missionary out there. not only is she the sweetest girl you'll ever meet but she is the most solid down to earth person you could know!

and miss carli aka carcus! shes getting married! Cody is one lucky man! carli is the most tender and loving person in the world! she is so much fun to be with and will make an amazing wife!

and ADDIE! she is getting married next week! she is just the best in every way! so wonderful!

i love you girls! congratulations on all the excitement!

i hope you all had a good thanksgiving.

its december... holy crap.

marriage.

im so thankful that at the ripe age of 19 years-1 month-and 5 days old i decided to marry the man of my dreams.

i guess im a part of the mormon marriage statistic. and guess what? it was the best decision of my life to "join the crowd" :)

on your mark. get set. go!

"just cuz" i want you to know my husband is amazing!

on saturday he ran a half marathon! he has been training for a couple of months to prepare and it was well worth it! he did amazing!

my husband # 55 samuel t.

here he is just getting ready. he is talking with callie ward

steven and sam! gearing up!

the theme was flower power! some people really got into it. our group- not so much!

here they are warming up! get a load of the polka dot guy!

lots of flower power love going on here! they are starting their timers.

the entire 205 runners!

YIPPEE! sammy is done! he did a cart wheel through the finish line! he still had enough energy after running 13.2 miles!

he finished 89th out of 205 people. he ran it in a time of 2 hours 01 minute! i dont think ive ever been as proud as i was on saturday!

rob and britney did awesome too! they both ran it in great time!

showin off his just cuz pride!

steven sam rob and britney. they all did awesome!

i am so proud of these guys! what an accomplishment to run 13.2 miles! im going to try really hard to be in shape for the race next year!

WAY TO GO SAMMY! im so proud of yoU!

until next time

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maybe ill go running?

this is halloween.

this is halloween

halloween

halloween

halloween...

here are some spooooky fall photos i took on halloween day.

we had a pretty good night. it was kind of thrown together last minute, but we had a little halloween dinner party. it was fun and the food was awesome- thanks brianne for the delicious dinner in a pumpkin!

sam and i were bikers. me a cyclist. him hardcore. his facial hair was SICK.

i hope your halloween was full of tricks and treats.

even though i was very unprepared this year- i always love halloween. it is definitely my favorite holiday and time of year.

farewell halloween- until next year

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what happens

when you wake up at 8 in the morning and need to go to the bathroom?

but when you get out of bed you notice that your house feels a bit.. (ok a lot) colder than usual.

and while your walking from your bedroom to the bathroom you notice that in a completely dark house the entry way of the living room is as bright as can be...

this is what happened to me this morning. as i peeked around the wall to the door way i saw that our front door was wide open.

im not going to lie i was a little spooked.

nothing was missing and no one was in our house, so im assuming the wind unlocked and blew open our door...

after making sure everything was in its proper place, i got back in bed.

then i heard it something...

sam and i looked at eachother-





MEOW...

it was a freakin cat!

a cat had taken refuge from the cold in our house!

after 1o minutes of chasing the dang thing around we finally got it out.


moral of this story- when you wake up to your door wide open and your house freezing, dont worry about a burglar, worry about those wild felines!

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today

im wishin that i was in

O-H-I-O 

with my mom, taranch and little miss p. 

i guess ill have to wait three weeks till they come here...

lifes little reminders.

sometimes i forget whats important in life.

ive been thinking a lot lately about where im at and what im doing. i know there are a ton of things that i need to work on, but i have also begun to understand that i need to rely on the Lord to help me. i cant do it all alone.

im grateful for a husband who is willing to help me with everything and loves me even if our house is messy and dinner never gets made.

ive had this quote on the sidebar of my blog for some time now, but i read it today for the first time in awhile and am thankful i did.

"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenk's lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someones garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."-Marjorie Hinckley

this is the attitude i want to have.

im working on it...

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