Fourth of July

This year was the first year that Connor and I celebrated the Fourth of July just the two of us.  And if I do say so myself, we did a pretty good job at making it lots of fun!! That morning we went and played at Seven Peaks and relaxed in the sun.  Then we came home and got cleaned up and relaxed and made some yummy food that is a MUST to have on the Fourth.  For example, Connor's FAVORITE part of Fourth of July is his mom's seven layered dip.  So, the night before we got the recipe from his mom and got all the ingredients we needed and Connor too it upon himself to make it as delicious as she does.  And let me tell ya what, it was TASTY!!!! 

We also made some shishkabobs- Which is one of our most favorite dinners ever! 

And I made a red white and blue layered jello!!!! You can't really see the layers very well in this picture, but I was very excited about it. 

Connor was a HAPPY boy with all the DELICIOUS food we had that day.  

We also went to the movies AND sat out and watched that fireworks before bed!! Does a day get better than that?! I'd say the Fourth of July this year, was a SUCCESS!! 

Happy Late Birthday

I haven't been on here for a long long time and I need to post a lot! My first couple are a couple of late birthday posts!!!

POPI and  Kendra had a birthday in June!!! And I don't want to miss an opportunity to say a few things about these two AWESOME people!! 

My dad is one of the greatest people in the entire world.  And I don't know what I would do without him and he has taught me SO much!  He has a pretty good reputation of being competitive, but is one of the sweetest people in the whole world.  He will do anything for somebody that needs help, and will go out of his way to help someone that is close to him.  He is such a good example to me of being a hard worker.  I have so many memories of my dad coming home from work and then working away on something for the family until the day was over.  Not to mention the many times I didn't understand or know how to do my homework, and he would take the time to teach it to me in a way that I would get it.  

Also, I can't forget to mention that he has actual, magical power!!  Any time I had a bad day or was in one of my crazy Sunday night moods (the family will understand that one), all he had to do was give me a good long hug.  And suddenly I would feel complete peace and comfort again.  I remember there was a while in college where i was struggling with a couple of different things and all I wanted to do was drive home just to get the magical hug. I also loved how when we were little when we had nightmares, we would go into our parents room and wake up our mom and tell her we had scary dreams.  She would then tell us she was sorry and to go see our dad.  We would then walk over to the other side of the bed and all my dad  had to do was hug us for a while.  I remember most of the time he'd still be half asleep, but the hug really did make me feel better!!! He'd hug us until we said we felt better and then we'd then go back to bed.  

My dad has a way of always making me feel better.  School has never come as easy to me as my other siblings, and I remember one year I got a B in a class and I was afraid I'd get in trouble. Because my older siblings would have NEVER seen such a thing on a report card.  Well anyway, I remember talking to my dad about it and he said, "Did you try your hardest?" I then told him I did, then he said "Then I am proud of you." I can't express to any of you how much that meant to me.  He taught me right then that I didn't have to be perfect, but I DID need to try my hardest.  There are a lot of other really personal lessons that my dad has taught me that are too personal for me to share online, but because of some advice my dad gave me, I feel like I decided I wanted a life with the gospel in my life.  I wanted the happiness the gospel gave my dad and mom. I am so lucky to have such examples in my life.  I also will NEVER get tired of hearing my dad tell us how lucky we are to have the mom that we do.  I love that he always treats her so sweet and helps her and loves her so much. 

I am a lucky girl to have the dad that I do.  I love his advice to "not screw up too bad". I love his hugs.  I love how tall he is.  I love that I can blame how unflexable I am on my dad. I love that I got my BIG bones from him.  I love that he taught me to love camping. (my mom taught me that too). I love when he gives me advice. I love when he makes me cool pens. I love that he is so stinkin good at woodmaking. I love that he likes having bird feeders by the window like grandpa. I love how much he loves and lives the gospel.  Thank you dad for teaching me so much about working hard in sports, school, helping others, in my marriage, and for the church.  You are the best dad a girl could ask for! 

CHENJA had a birthday too!!!  I'm SO glad that Kendra decided to come to BYU for school.  Last year she lived just a few minutes from us, and it was so much fun to get to see her so often.  She's back again for another year but so far, we don't see her as much because I think she's having too much fun to come hang out with a couple boring married people.  But when she does, it's so fun! I love how easy it is to get excited and have fun with her.  Out of all my siblings I feel like Kendra has enjoyed similar silly things as me.  Whether that is watching a music video over and over again until we learn the dance, or getting excited about putting a pink streak in our hair or about cheesy Disney channel shows that we secretly love.  Also, she's always let me get excited and talk to her about hair and make up.  Some of my other siblings just don't understand why I have so much to say about it.  Even when she was little, she'd let me spend a couple of hours playing with her hair and practicing make up on her.  I love that last year she'd come over on the weekends and let me wax her eye brows and highlight her hair and do whatever I thought would be best.  Most people will be really specific what they want.  I love doing Kendra's hair because she just says, "I know i'll like how ever you do it" and just lets me do whatever.  Ok, playing dress up is not the only reason I love Kendra.  It's just an example of how easy going and fun she is.  I love how she will also get obsessed with specific songs and play them over and over and over again. I have so many memories of driving around with Kendra because we needed to escape for a little while and all we needed to do was drive and sing and dance our hearts out.  If you've ever been around Kendra, you have probably noticed she has the most contagious laugh.  She is so good at making someone feel like her favorite and is soooo good at acting appreciative for something.  I don't know how she'd get me to help her out with some stuff, but I just loved helping her because she made it so much fun.  It is really fun to be a "Kendra fan".  While she was in High school I loved coming home and going to one of her games because she was so good! It's fun to have a sibling that is so talented.  When we ran the half marathon last year I think she did the same thing as Connor and only ran a few times to train and then rocked it! She's so talented and so stinkin cute and SO much fun to be around.  I know that since she's the youngest of a big family, she probably gets a lot of parenting from the older siblings and I apologize if I have ever done that.  But I think she handles it very well.  Anyone that gets teased from 6 older siblings deserves some type of award!  Thank you Kendra for being my friend and being so awesome!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE SIS!!

Camping

A couple of weeks ago Connor and I decided it was about time we go camping and use all of our cool camping stuff!! I only had one and a half days off from work so we didn't go far.  We just drove up the Provo Canyon and ended up at the Timpanogos Campgrounds.  

Being married really is the best.  I love having a partner in crime whenever I do anything.  

For dinner we made DELICIOUS tinfoil dinners and then made a HUGE fire and sat around the fire the rest of the night chatting and roasting marshmellows.  It was a really fun night,  Something about getting away and  being outside makes you feel really good.

Park City Weekend

 Over Memorial Day weekend Tyleen was able to score a sweet deal on an awesome Condo in Park City for the girls to get away and have a fun weekend together. We got there Saturday evening and went back home Tuesday morning so I could get back to work Tuesday afternoon.  The whole weekend we played, shopped, talked and ate and ate and talked some more. It was my favorite things to do and I did it alllllll weekend with my sisters and mom!!!! 

 

Sunday afternoon, after we all got our naps in and were starting to get a little restless, we decided to go on a walk.  Along the way we came across this fun playground where we played like we were little kids. Karissa and I made each other fly high on the bridge, and then we got everyone to hang upside down on the monkey bars! Karissa was by far the pro and I am a big chicken and took me a while to finally do it, but once I did they were sure to capture it on camera right away!!!  
Mom even did it!!!! is YOUR mom this cool?!?! hahah she rocks! if you can, zoom in on that face, its an awesome picture.

 Crestview is the name of the Condo's we stayed at. A quick summary of the weekend so I won't ever forget how awesome it was:
Saturday night we got there, hung out, fought over Tyleen's hand me downs, ate yummy snack food, then went hot tubing where we chatted and giggled until the policeman came and told us it was time to get out and laughed at how Karissa almost did a flip out of the hot tub just to avoid getting in trouble at all. She's just the cutest.
Sunday we found the church that was nearest to us to go to and I think the ward is used to having a lot of visitors on Holiday weekends but I don't know if they were prepared for how many there was this Sunday.  The people just kept piling in, eventually they made everyone push real tight in each row then were placing people at the ends of each row, then filled all the chairs on the stands behind the bishoprich, then when they opened the curtains the people went all the way back to the stage!!!! There was so many people there it looked like we were attending stake conference!  After church we listened to some Conference talks, ate again of course, talked and talked, played some games, went on a walk and talked some more-My favorite!
Monday we got up and decided we had better exercise because of all the food we'd been inhaling all weekend. Then we got ready and spent about 6 hours at the outlet malls. It was SO fun shopping with my sisters and Mom.  The stores were beyond crowded, but it was fun searching for the good deals and trying on clothes and showing the sisters and having one think its so cute that they go ahead and buy it just by seeing it on someone elses body. It was soooo fun! And let me just say, we did SO good staying happy for that long without getting too hungry and biting each others heads off. -the usual outcome of long days shopping.  Granted, we all had stuffed our purses with little snacks that we had eaten through out the day.  After shopping we went out to eat and had the most DELICIOUS food! And spent the rest of the evening walking around the fun shops and streets of downtown. When we finally got home and settled, we had decided we wanted to go hot tubing again and I want tell this story because we were laughing so hard that Tyleen almost threw up! Alright let me tell you the story...(now remember, it wont be as funny to you becuase you weren't there. But for us, I almost peed my pants and Tyleen almost threw up from laughing THAT hard!)
Alright, so we go down to the hot tub closest to our condo and I put my fingers in and was like "hey guys its not nearly as hot tonight. its only warm." Buuuut for whatever reason we all decide to get in it anyway.  Immediately we regretted our decision.  The water was like room temperature and it was kind of windy! So we were stuck!! Sitting in cold water, WITHOUT towels, and in the wind! WHAT DO WE DO?!?!??! If we get out the wind will make us freeeeeezing, and we didn't want to stay in because it didn't even feel good! buuuut we knew there was another hot tub on the other side of the parking lot by the pool. Finally we decided we were so cold that we WANTED to sit in hot water.  We took a gamble, we didn't know if that water would be warm or not, but we took it! I took off first, and Tyleen followed.  Mom and Karissa took time to put some clothes on over their clothes where Tyleen and I just started running.  Now remember, it is COLD! so I'm dying from the cold and also laughing so hard at the fact that we're running like little school girls across the way to get into a hot tub.  While I was running along all I hear behind me is Tyleen that can't hardly breathe, because, for one IT WAS FUNNY and for two park city is a lot higher elevation than we were used to so any kind of running made us feel more winded (at least that's what we kept telling ourselves).  Finnnnnnalllly, we got to the second hot tub! We flopped right in, and to our luck, was SLIGHTLY warm enough to feel a little bit of comfort.  So we sat there for a little while and enjoyed chatting, yet once again.  I know that doesn't sound that funny to you, but we were laughing so hard I about died!
It was such a fun weekend! I felt like the luckiest girl in the world getting some time away from work and with my sisters and Mom and enjoying their company so much that we didn't need a lot of entertainment.  A memorial weekend that I will NEVER forget! Thanks Tyleen for putting such a fun weekend together for us!!!

MOMS RULE

We love our Mommas!!!

Thank you to all the Mom's and Mother in laws in the world. Especially to mine. I know all of you think you have the best mom in the world, but I have to break the bad news to ya.  I do! I am so lucky to have such an awesome Mom and not to mention the coolest mother in law in the world.  Thank you to both for giving me an example to emulate some day when I have kids of my own. We love you both!!!

Equally Excited and Sad

Well folks, you'll never guess who doesn't work at the Orem Supercuts anymore. Yep, its me. I know I know, you're probably thinking, "wait a minute, WHAT?! you LOVE working there?! What's going on?!" Well, I'll tell ya.  Last Monday, the Area Supervisor had offered me the Manager position at the Provo store.  She went on to say how I have excellent customer service and technique and blah blah blah (bunch of stuff that actually made me feel real good) and anyway, said that she'd think I'd make a really great manager there if I was interested.  So, I called her back and told her I was interested but thinking about it and that I'd let her know when she called to find out the next day.  The rest of the day I was a complete wreck!! You know how you thought I loved working at the Orem store? Well, that is true! I have made really great friends there, and its a busier store so I get a lot of customers coming in AND I've belt up a pretty good clientele! The rest of the night my decision probably went back and forth at least 7 times.  I decided I didn't want to take it because I have so much fun in Orem and that's where I'd be most happy.  Then I decided I should take the Manager position because it's a great learning experience and a pay raise. Back and forth I went.  Finally that night I talked to my manager Sydney and she helped me break down all the pros and cons and helped me really see clearly what would be a good choice. (She is an awesome manager by the way. She's one of the reason's I didn't want to leave!) Anyway, the next morning I had some time before work, so I went to the Temple, and I felt very good with the decision to be made manager at the Provo store.

The call came on Tuesday and I told the Area Supervisor that I would love the opportunity to be Manager. And there it was... it was final! The rest of the week Syd tried to train me as much as she could on how to do the schedules and ordering and she went over paperwork she has to fill out every week and a bunch of manager type stuff.  Then, Saturday came and it was my last day there. Just like that, I was being kicked out.  And let me tell ya what! Saturday, when it came time for me to walk out those doors and go home, I wanted to cry!!! I love it there and it was my last day.  Buuuuuuuuut enough about how sad it is, I am also VERY excited to be the new manager.  There are a lot of responsibilities that come with it, and I'm really excited to take em all on!  I've never been manager before, and I'm really excited to learn and grow in that way.  ANNND I'm sure I'll make good friends there too! So it's going to be an awesome experience and I'm gonna love it! AND on the plus side! Before it was hard to do stuff outside of work with my friends from Orem because if you got the night off, that meant that one of them was working it. so nowwwwww we could get together a lot more often because if we wanted to plan something, we can match schedules to be off the same night! HA! That's glorious news huh?! Yes yes.  Managing the Provo store is going to be a lot of fun and awesome, not to mention only 5 minutes from my house. booya!!! As much as I'm going to miss the Orem store, I'm really excited for this new adventure.  From now on, just call me "Manager Janiece!"

lots to update

Holy smokes its been a while since I've come on and posted something! And I apologize to all those crazy fans I have that are faithfully following me! ha (thanks sisters and mom!) Alright so before I go on to post about whats going on right now, I gotta do a quick update on the past couple months. 

February:

WEEK AT HOME

So over the Holidays, I didn't get to go home at all because of work and spending some at Connor's house. So I decided I'd take an entire week off from work after all the holiday craze settled at work, and spend it at home with my mom and dad.  I don't think I had ever spent that much time where I was the only kid at home before and let me tell ya what! It was a BLAST! I had some ideas of activities I wanted to do while I was home and my mom helped me make sure we did em all!!! If you didn't already know it, she's awesome.  We finished the table runner I was making during Christmas, made a new Easter one, and went shopping for some much needed shoes, make up, did mom and Cort's hair, hung out at Devin and Cort's house where I fell in love with Cortney's house decorations and their stinkin cute little girl foxie Roxie.  Sooooo I don't have any pictures from the week, but wanta see how the table runners turned out?! I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I think they turned out pretty stinkin cute!! Check these suckers out!

Ok I know what you're thinking...Wait a minute, she made TWO Christmas table runners?!? HA! gotcha! thats the BACK!!!! I made it reversable! I was able to get it all sewn together while I was there then left it  and Mom did the cute swirly quilting on top. Didn't she do such a good job!?! I love how this one turned out and now I just have to wait eight months or so to actually put it up! 

Spending a week at home with just my parents was SO much fun! If I could think of what a perfect week off from work would be like, that was it.  I got to be with my awesome, totally fun parents, sew and do crafts, buy nice make up and shoes! (things I always feel guilty about buying.) hang out with Devio and Cort and just hang out! I mean SERIOUSLY! how much better does that get?! You're right, it doesn't! It was SO much fun! 

VALENTINE'S DAY 

This Valentine's day rocked.  I wish I had pictures from it, but I think we were having too good of a time to take any.  annnnd because our cameras are very broken and are hard to use. But anyway, Connor does an EXCELLENT job at being such a caring and loving husband, but for little holidays like Valentine's day, I think he just doesn't know what to do for em. BUT this year he was so sweet.  Every morning he gets up before me and is in the shower before I even start to move around in bed or he's telling me goodbye before I even moved a muscle. (mornings are not the easiest time of day for me.) But anyway, this morning I wanted to wake up and make him some breakfast for Valentine's Day. But he beat me awake again, and when I woke up there was the CUTEST little note and a rose by my pillow. That's like in the movies. So then I made him a big breakfast that included a lot of meat, bacon and eggs. That's what i'd call a breakfast for a MAN! Then I put some food in the crockpot so when we both got home from work and school it'd be good to go! (Thanks mom for all these awesome crockpot recipes!!!!)  Luckily, I beat him home and cleaned up the house and finished up dinner, set the table nice and cute and had it all ready for when Connor got home.  Ok and I know the flower by my pillow was so stinkin cute and nice, but what Connor did with me the rest of the night is where his real sweetness came in.  We had dinner, then the rest of the night we made sugar cookies and decorated them while watching The Bachelor.  And if you know me at all, you would know that a night like that is like the best night ever! I love that kind of cheesy ridiculous lovey stuff and I LOVE decorating sugar cookies with Connor! His cookies are always way more creative than mine, but mine always have more frosting than his. This Valentine's day went down in history as one of the best, and I feel so lucky to have Connor. He really truly is THE BEST.

March

DEVIO'S BIRTHDAY! 

 Devin's Birthday was in March and I missed the opportunity to say a little bit about my big bro!! I was looking through some pictures on facebook to pick a picture of him to use for this post and I had like 9 that I couldn't pick between! All these pictures of him and Roxie are just the cutest! Devin is SUCH a cute dad to Roxie.  He is so sweet and fun with her.  I love how Roxie get so excited and happy when Devin is giving her attention.  I love watching him with her and is such a good Dad.
Devin has always been SUCH a good big brother to me.  Before Devin and I got married there was a while where we were both living at home, where our bedrooms were right next to each other where I felt like him and I got really close.  Some of my most favorite memories of those times were on Saturday mornings, where neither of us had to work, he'd come barging into my room screaming "GOOD MORNING!!! It's a BEAUTIFUL DAY! now let's make some yummy breakfast!" hahah He is such a good brother and makes things so much fun! During that same time of our lives he'd call me up on a Friday after work or something and ask me what our Friday night plans were! and that he wanted to do something fun! I love how he makes me feel like his friend.
Not only did I always feel like he treated me like a friend, he's also one of my favorite people to get advice from.  The Sunday evening tradition scooter rides started out because he took me out to give me some good advice about a boy I liked.  He does such a good job at listening and really hearing what I'm saying and then talking it through with me helps me then gives me good advice and does the best job at helping me make big decisions.  Another time he taught me something valuable that I have never forgotten was when I was pretty young.  He took me with him to run some errands one day and before coming home we stopped to get a milkshake and I told him I didn't want one cause I had no money and he ended up buying me one anyway. He then taught me that us siblings gotta help each other out some times! and that i'll eventually help Jenica and Kendra out some day and we'll all just pay it forward in our lives to each other.  I was really little when he taught me that lesson, but I never forgot it.  I love how giving he is.  There has been MANY times where either it was his advice or being a friend, or dragging me to an activity when I was grumpy because he understood me and knew it'd make me feel better.  Another really great memory I have with Devin is when I got my ACT scores back.  I am a HORRIBLE test taker and I was really nervous about my scores because I knew I didn't do very well. (I don't know if I've even told Connor my scores they're so embarrassing). But, when I got my scores back, the only person I let come in my room with me when I opened em was Devin. Our other siblings are geniuses and school comes so stinkin easy for em, and for Devin and me, I felt like we had to work a little harder for our grades than they did.   After I opened em and saw that they weren't the greatest he knew just what to say to make me feel better.  I remember he went on to tell me that "yeah maybe our siblings got the brains, but we were the lucky ones.  We got the looks and the humor." or something like that.  He was being overly dramatic and funny but it was just what I needed to hear to get me laughing again and not feeling so bad about it.  He encouraged me that I could take em again and i'll do better.
I am so lucky to have a brother like Devin in my life. I'm glad that he is the oldest and has taught all of us how to work hard and have fun no matter what situation and how to be a good parent and work so hard at everything he does. Whether its his church callings, work, his projects around the house, keeping everyone active and getting us all to run a race last year, encouraging everyone to be in the 365 day club with him and just being better. I love being around him and his cute little family.

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY IN REXBURG
A few weeks before St. Patty's Day Dan and Annette told us they were coming into town and then were going to drive to Rexburg to visit Morgan. So we checked our schedules and I got time off and we got to go with em!! We hadn't been there in a long time so we were excited to go back and see all the new buildings and some old friends.  The first night we got there we were able to go visit Connor's old roommates and be part of the gang again.  It felt good to be back with them and listening to their crazy stories and staying up way too late. The next day we got together with Morgan, Dan and Annette and toured the new and improved BYUI campus.  We checked out the new Auditorium, which is TOTALLY cool by the way.  There were sooo many basketball courts in there and an upper level track. The other buildings were all remodeled and cool lookin too.  BYUI as we know it is turning more hip and cool everybody.  I didn't think i'd ever say that, but its true.
The rest of the weekend we spent playing games and going to dinner and visiting and getting to know Morgan's girlfriend Karoline. It was a really fun weekend being with family and friends and relaxing.

PHONE CALL FROM A CLIENT
So this is just a little story that I wanted to share cause I thought it was AWESOME and it made my entire week.  Ok, so there is this lady that has come to me to get her hair done for the past year or so and over a month or so ago she had come in and sat in my chair and told me that she was tired of her hair and that she didn't know what to do she just wanted me to do whatever I thought would be cute.  But since I had been doing her hair a while now, I knew the things that she liked, so I trimmed it all up, reshaped it and then I showed her some product that I thought would ROCK her haircut.  Then sent her on her way.  The next day at work our phone started ringing and so I went to answer it and on the other line this is what I heard:  "JANIECE!!!! I LOOK SO PRETTTTY!!!!"  she went on to tell me that she loooved her new haircut now that she's styled it herself and thank you thank you thank you and that she couldn't believe she found me at supercuts! hahah It was so cute and so nice of her.  That was the only reason she called, just to tell me how much she loved her new hair. So anyone out there that wants to make your hairdressers day, call em up and let em know how much you love it!!! Cause believe me, they haven't stopped thinking about your hair and have been wondering how you liked it.  So to get a call like that, ROCKED! Made.My.WEEK!


April
TYLEEN'S BIRTHDAY

   

 April 1st was Tyleener's Birthday!! I was sad that I couldn't be there with her on her birthday, for one because its a big day and I want to be there with her and another because when we're together we have so much stinkin fun!!! Tyleen is one of my most favorite people to be with.  If you haven't ever been around Tyleen when she is being her funniest, you are seriously missing out.  She'll have me ROLLING on the floor. Tyleen is one of my all time favorite people to play games with. For one, she gets really into and doesn't tolerate cheaters one little bit, and its super hilarious.  Also, if we are playing a game like Charades or Catch Phrase Tyleen and I would OWN YOU! Usually i'm no good at those kinds of games, but with Tyleen on my team, we understand each other so well, we kill it!
Tyleen has helped me a lot in my life.  Whether it was when I was super stressed during my first finals week in college ever and she brought me a couple bags of groceries because she knew I had no food.  (I was so happy to see that food I started crying! It was a VERY nice thing to do!) Or inviting me to do fun things with her and her friends, or letting me come be with her when I was feeling homesick, or just helping me on a school project or something.  She has ALWAYS been there for me.  And I know you've heard me say this before, but I love how Tyleen is so supportive.  Whenever someone important to her has something big going on, she shows her support. In College she would go to her friends sports games, when I graduated beauty school she had a huge banner for me on the wall of her place when I got there and one of my favorite desserts. She'd also travel far to go to sports games for our sisters, or their high school graduations.  She's such a good example to me and has taught me so much about how to be a better friend and a good person.
Tyleen has probably taught me more things throughout my life than most people.  She's taught me most of my cooking skills, (sorry mom, its true. she taught me a lot of the basics) she taught me how to be a good friend and how to support those we care about, she's taught me that I don't have to do something if I didn't want to, or if there WAS something that I wanted to do, I didn't need anybody to do it with me.  She's been a really good sister to have right above me because I've always helped me and had my back in everything.  I'm glad that we've gotten so close over the years and that we have so much fun when we get together. She's just the coolest.


TRENT AND JESSICA'S WEDDING

 Trent finally got married everybody!! Oh it was a GLORIOUS day! I am so happy for him! I had a lot of people ask me what Jess is like because they hadn't met her and wanted to know what type of girl that Trent was ending up with and the thing I always said was that Jess is pretty much Trent's dream girl.  My brothers have always loved curly hair, and what do ya know, she's got curly hair! Trent's always been drawn toward and fascinated by tall girls, she's pretty tall!! He's always wanted a girl that would be chill with how obsessed he is with sports and outdoorsy stuff, and guess who loves it as much as he does?! JESS DOES! She's a PE teacher and a basketball coach. And things I have heard them do for fun is going running together.  I mean come on guys, they sound perfect for each other don't ya think?

It was really special being at the sealing for Trent and Jess.  Brother Walch sealed Connor and me and is a good friend from home and had recently moved to Alpine UT and ended up performing the sealing for Trent and Jess too! It was really neat to be there with them and fun to see how giddy Trent was.  The weather was  kinda weird, sunny, snowy, cold, hot, and windy. A little bit of it all, but it was still a very good day.  The reception was fun seeing a lot of close family friends, and who doesn't love a good party with yummy food? I DOOOOO! It was a great day and I am so lucky to have another awesome sister in law. Welcome to the fam Jess!

I stole these pictures from Tyleen's facebook.  I wish I had more of the wedding, but here's just a few from the day:

We missed Jenica a lot a lot.  So we carried her picture around all night at the reception so she was always with somebody.  We're proud of you Sister for working so hard on your mission.  We love you and miss you!

EASTER

Easter was a lot of fun this year because the family was in town for Trent and Jess's Wedding. We knew Easter was going to be busy this year so we all got together the weekend before to decorate Easter eggs with Zeke and Porter. But lets face it, Kendra and I were the ones that didn't want this tradition to die as we got older.  

 Zeke and Porter were playing with stickers when we got there and for some reason Connor and me were his favorite people to put stickers on. This picture doesn't even show all the stickers that I had all over my body.  I was COVERED.

Every year there is always a winner for coolest looking paper towel and I was winner hands down!!! look how colorful that thing is! Maybe it had something to do with the fact Porter and I were decorating them together and we went through about three times more than everybody else, but still!!!

Easter Sunday the family had to travel back home and Karissa and the little boys were traveling with Mom and Dad home to to spend some time there.  So Connor and I decided we wanted to have a big Easter feast and have Toby and Kendra over for dinner.  And let me tell ya what!!!! WE ROCKED IT!!!! Check these pictures out of the yummy food!

If you can't see clearly here, that is HAM, mashed potatoes, gravy made from the ham, bread sticks, asparagus, Deviled eggs thanks to Kendra, and some fresh pineapple and strawberries!  LET THE FEAST BEGIN!!!!

It was a good Easter.  Church was awesome, food was GOOOOOOOOOOD and after the dinner we played some games with great company! That is what I'd like to call a GOOD Easter.


KARISSA'S BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARHESSA! Karissa is the oldest of the girls and with that takes on the role of showing all her little sisters how to do it right.  And let me tell ya what, she sure is showing us how to do it.  For one, she has one of the cutest little families on the planet.  And for two is showing us how to be SUCH a good mom. I love spending time with her and her little boys because I get to watch and learn how to be a mom some day.  I love how creative she is with her little boys.  During Holidays their house is always so decorated, half with the cool things that Karissa and Toby have made, and the other half is filled with projects that Zeke has made.  I love that Karissa lets her boys make messes and get dirty and eat all their Halloween candy.  Then she takes the time to teach them how to clean or to eat until they don't want anymore and lets them experience SO MUCH.  I love to hear the fun things they are always up to, going on fun day trips to a cool park or a fun hike or just staying home and making cool things at home.  Their house is NEVER a dull place.
Karissa is such a trooper and is always SOOOO willing to help and I love that about her.  I have many memories where I was in High School and had a big test coming up and having Karissa explaining something to me so I'd understand it better, or preparing me for my Lab final I had coming up or how to register for something that was confusing to me.  She's always wanting to lighten someones load and help out.  For example, when I had to move apartments Karissa was right there helping me move everything over.  She just goes and goes and goes and always is thinking of herself last.  I could really learn a lot from Karissa in that sense.  I'm afraid a bit more selfish than she is.  I also love how she can get anyone excited about a project to do, last summer she decided we should have a big play structure in my parent's back yard for our kids to play in and  she helped my dad design it and stuck by his side the whole way getting it all figured out, buying all the stuff and getting all the hard stuff put up.  I love that she never stops until a project is done.
I have really loved living closer to Karissa and her family.  It's been fun having craft days at her house or going over there Sunday evenings playing games with her and Toby or just sitting in their living room playing games. I'm so glad to be living close to them so we can get together and do fun stuff all the time.


TRENT'S BIRTHDAY

So you're probably wondering, "sheesh, half your siblings had siblings in April?!"  Well, let me clarify something for you.  Trent, Karissa, and Tyleen's birthdays are all in the FIRST WEEK of April.  Growing up we got a good fill of cake and when I was little I remember how badddddly I wished my birthday was in April.  All my siblings were getting cool presents and all that attention and I didn't get my birthday until September! I wanted to be a part of the birthday club so bad.  But it was a very fun time of year, even for those non-birthday holders.

Trenty's birthday this year was probably a pretty good one for him, seeing as it was the day after his marriage with his hunny Jess!!! Trent is one of my more quiet and reserved siblings, but one of the best people to have a good discussion with.  When my family gets together we like to talk and have these discussions and when Trenty is there, he always adds some deep stuff that I love.  He's so good at making me think about things differently.  Trent is also one of my siblings that I love having around because he's always so easy going and good company.  He'll never say a hurtful thing about anybody and is so loving.  But don't let that soft sweet exterior fool you when it comes to playing sports. He still gets VERY competitive when he's playing, which still makes it a lot of fun to watch him play.  Being the little sister of Trent going through the same high school as him was pretty fun. I'd have teachers go across my name first day of school then stop, and remember the name Limb then ask, "did you have a brother?!" and I'd say, yess.....Devin and Trent.  Sometimes it was Devin they remembered, but a lot of the times I remember them saying, yes! TRENT! and his friend....and then I'd remind them it was Jarred. Then the teacher would then continue to shake their head back and forth then say, "oh yes.... ooooo those two!" hahah then they'd go on with the rest of the students.  Trent went through High School a few years before me, but was still remembered.  He was a Mr. Smarty Pants but knew how to enjoy himself.  I love that about Trent.  He still is that way, he is smart and does well, and still knows how to have fun.
Trent is such a good brother to me and I am so happy for him that he just got to spend his birthday with his new wifey and join the life of being married, cause, it does in fact, rock.  Happy Birthday Trentyboy!