confession

This week I have learned something about myself....
I could spend hours in places like...

Why you may ask?

Maybe it is my Organizing fetish.

Maybe it is a strange love of Office supplies.

Maybe I'm just weird.

Also, Dishwashers and I have a love/hate relationship.
Here is my plea:

Why must you cause problems when I need you most?  I've been feeling crummy and the dishes have piled higher than normal.  Please don't break down when you are only 2 months old!

Geez, I wonder if we can get a refund?

Quickie

I fully believe that life just does not slow down.  This can of course be a good thing, however,  blogging does not usually end up at the top of the list.  So here's the rundown:

Mike

• Still working at Fusion Imaging and absolutely loving it.  He works extremely hard and has some great success because of that.
• Primary teacher of the 6-year olds and wow, they are a rowdy bunch!  He is great with them though and they of course love Brother Mike.
• School...well let's not go there...online is rough to keep up with.

Kourt

• Started working at a Chiropractic office in January.  It was a scary move to make because America First is a great, consistant job.  Higher pay, better hours, closer to home, and a great future outweighed that though and I made the change.  It has been so great and a HUGE challenge.  I love it though and am starting to feel more comfortable in my role as office manager.
• Spends Sundays in the Nursery...and I LOVE it.  Those kids are so darn cute and it definitely makes the two hours I spend with them go by really quickly.  I don't know what I'll do once I have to start actually going to a class!
• School...once again, let's not go there...

We are also planning an addition to our little family...our puppy will hopefully be born this week!  I can't wait!

wishing for...

this...

and this...

and this...

i've got some serious spring fever!

two thousand nine

What a year!  When this year began, I never imagined that I would be where I am twelve months later.  Here's our year in a nutshell...

 

january

• began month 5 of dating

february

• Valentine's Day surprise date in the cabin

march

• "I melt every time you look at me that way..." Rascal Flatts concert

april

• this guy (and his "big green tractor") stole my heart

may

• fishing trip, truck rides, and.....

• LOVE

june

•  The Engagement

july

• 4th Celebrations

• Engagement Pictures

• Bridals/Groomals

august

• Mr. & Mrs. Adams - August 4, 2009

• Honeymooners

september

• Cabin Dwellers

• Racoon Catchers

october

• Park City get-away

• Big Nerds

november

• HOME OWNERS!!!....pics to come!!!!

december

• Merry 1st Christmas

• And a Happy New Year!

What Makes A Hero

What Makes a Hero

What is it that makes a hero?

Super Vision:

The ability to see into ones’ soul and uplift.

Protective Instincts:

Especially for one’s family for they are God’s greatest gift.

A Pure Heart:

To house love, the strongest power of all.

Fight:

One must complete their duty no matter what the call.

Super Strength:

Not necessarily in the muscles; it comes from within.

Hope and Knowledge:

That the hero will win.

Mike's cousin Robbie finished his test here on earth about a week and a half ago.  Robbie was one that Mike always looked up to not only as a cousin but as a brother.  I have only had the opportunity of meeting Rob a few times.  However, I have learned a lot about him the past couple of weeks.  Rob had quite the battle in his life and I think he came out victorious.  Rob is definitely a hero.

We love you Rob!

Here's the link to the obituary.  Read here to learn more about this great hero...  http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/saltlaketribune/obituary.aspx?n=james-adams&pid=136933924

"Happiness pulses with every beat of my heart." ~Emily Logan Decens

Since we've been married we...

Went to the fair and saw the biggest pig of all-time

Have had LOTS of bon fires with family and friends

Bought a motorcycle...that needs some fixin'

Fell in love with Cali and Fred

Many WARM fires in the cabin

Caught and released a racoon...we were trying to catch that pesky porcupine

I had a FUN girls night painting pumpkins with my two best friends Anna and Marianne

Had our first snow...gotta love the cabin view

Spend lots of time loving our niece Brynlee Kay...

Watch many episodes of the Office on the iphone

And of course LOTS of time bein' the goofs that we are...

We also are buying a house!!  We close around November 20th!  Pics to come....

Update...

I swear time is going by faster and faster.  A month passes by before there is time to enjoy it.  Fall is here!!  My favorite time of year!  I LOVE watching the leaves change.  Last Sunday Mike and I took a walk around the farm and already we could see some color coming.  So beautiful!  September was a busy month for us.  School, work, and photography seem to take up most of my time.  Mike is crazy busy with his business plus working another job. 

We also spend our weekends watching our brothers play high school football.  Mike's brother David is in 9th grade and is playing for Northridge High.  He plays both sophomore and varsity.  He's such a stud!  Mike's siblings all attended Layton so it has been an interesting transition cheering for the enemy. 

My brother Kyler, or more lovingly known as Bub, is a senior playing for dear ol' Davis High.  I have to say I'm going to be sad when the season is over.  I've watched nearly every one of his games from little league on up.  Growing up Bub's Football = Fall.  Here's to a great second half of the season!

 

In other news...Mike just got a new job that is going to be AWESOME!  The company is Fusion.  They made the signs for the Olympics that we on all the buildings.  Fusion does some really neat things and basically can make anything you ask.  Mike will be doing sales for them.  We are really excited for this opportunity and I know he is going to do a great job.  I'm so proud of you Mikey!  So to celebrate that exciting news and of course my birthday we had a weekend of pampering and a trip to Park City. 

We started the weekend off with a lovely massage...

Then off to dinner at the Macaroni Grill...

Then lovely Park City!  It was GORGEOUS up there with all the fall colors.  We got up there late Thursday night then spent my birthday on Friday shopping and going to a movie.  It was such a fun trip and needed break.  Thanks Mike for such a fun birthday!! 

It is quite a treat watchin' this guy buy shoes.  He analyzes everything about them...seriously EVERYTHING, tries on a couple different sizes, makes sure he can dance in them, asks me at least 10 times if I like them, and then he gets them.  After the purchase is made he talks about the shoes for the next hour and wonders if he should take them back.  It was HILARIOUS!  I'm glad you love your shoes Mikey.  They were a great purchase!

Yay Fusion!!

Gotta love the fall!

Mike wanted to watch the BYU game so bad and amazingly we could not find a single place in Park City that would be playing the game so we just jumped in the car and drove to where else...Heber City.  We were going to his mission reunion in Midway later that night so we didn't want to drive too far out of the way.  Wow, I've never been there in my whole life but we drove down one street and that was basically it.  Poor Mike was one sad boy that he wasn't going to be able to see the game.  We decided to just pull over to a restaurant and Walla!  TV with the Y game playing.  This is the happy boy!

That's the look of "Please don't take my picture. I'm busy watching the game."  I seem to get that alot...oh well that's what happens when you marry a girl with a camera!

After the mission reunion we picked up one of Mike's friends in Taylorsville to give him a ride back to Layton.  We stopped at a gas station because my sweet hubbie ALWAYS needs to have something to drink. :)  I stayed in the locked car so that I would not get killed.  I saw Mike and Mark coming out of the store so I unlocked the doors.  Suddenly a horrendous noise came from the car.  Apparently if the keys are inside of the car and not in the ignition you can't unlock the doors without the car alarm going off.  So the whole city of Taylorsville could hear this violent alarm since we couldn't figure out how to turn it off.  We drove down 3900 South with it blarring.  I'm sure people were wondering why in the world would we steal an '03 Honda Accord!  Finally it turned off on its own but once Mark opened the door to get out at his house...she blew again..at midnight..in a quiet neighborhood.  It was SO funny.  That thing screamed and yelled all the way home to the cabin.  Mike and I had tears from laughing so hard.  Finally we figured out how to fix it and all is well.