National Guard

Skyeler is officially in the National Guard now. He went and got everything finished and settled November 17th. It was a very long day for him, it started out at 4: something am and he spent the day at MEPS getting his physical and signing a contract. Then he went down to the National Guard Headquarters in Draper where I was waiting for him along with Katrina and Cameron to swear in and make everything official. But before all of that he went and got a uniform and exercise clothes. Its weird because he isn't going to take any of that stuff with him to Basic.






Thank you sooo much for your support Cameron and Katrina. You guys are so amazing and I am so blessed to have you as my friends.



So now we wait till February 6, 2012 for him to leave for basic at Ft. Jackson in North Carolina where he will be gone 10 weeks then he goes to Georgia for air-born school for 3 weeks, then after that to Maryland for 28ish weeks for is AIT (job training) as a Combat Documentation / Production Specialist. AKA a military filmmaker. So hopefully he can come back and get a job with the churches media department. That is the plan anyway. We also hope that he can test out of or knock off some classes at UVU when he gets back because of all of his training. We will see what happens though. Seems like things don't always go according to plan but at least we try to have a plan. I just hope something good will come of it and that our lives will turn around for the better.

I know that this will be a time of growth for both Skyeler and I. He will be out having someone yelling in his face to motivate him and getting knowledge and skills for a career that he will absolutely love and I will finish school and hopefully find a job with something I will enjoy and feel that I can better other peoples lives and be an example to them. Its weird knowing that I was suppose to go into Psychology for what I want to do but then now that I am so close to being done not knowing what to do. I want a job where I can help others realize that life can be better no matter what has been given us. I want to help couples strengthen their families and marriages. Especially blended families. I feel that I could really help others through my experiences that I have had. I know I could do all that as a marriage and family counselor but I don't want to go to school for it. So many things to think about.

So we will see how things go the next couple months and find something good in all of it.

Hike to Ensign Peak

When Skyeler and I first got Ezio up to Bountiful we went on a hike to Ensign Peak. You can see it on your way to Bountiful if you look at the right spot. Well anyway we had a lot of fun and it was quite interesting as well. Here are a few reasons why: We had Some random lady tell us that our dog made her day. :) and we ended up running into this guy who is from London and works as a film editor. He was in Salt Lake for that reason and he had his little kid there with him on this hike. Well his child loved our puppy and it was really cute watching them. As we were watching the kid and the puppy the guy was asking us if we had seen Lilo and Stitch. We said yes and long story short we were told that he knew the guy that made the movie and that Stitch was based off of a Boston Terrier! We then mentioned Toothless from "How to Train your Dragon" and he said that the same guy made that film too so Toothless is also based off of a Boston Terrier. We really had the feeling that both of them were but now it is confirmed they are.




Another thing that was really interesting is that Skyeler's ancestor is the Author of "High on the Mountain Top" and we saw this neat sign that explained things and it was very awesome for Skyeler to see this.



It was a lot of fun to go there. I hadn't been there since a Youth Conference in High school so it was a really cool. I'm sure when it gets warm I'll go up there again.

Shortest post ever.

It's my 4th anniversary today. YAY!!!

Being Crafty

I am going to admit that I have been a little addicted to pinterest.com. But I will say that I have made something that I found really cool from that site and it goes great with our anniversary that is on Thursday!!



I think it turned out great!! We basically made a frame and painted the back piece of wood that the 12in X 12in back-splash tile sits on, then hot glued our letters and decor.

Here is a closer look of the top portion.


Let me know what you think of it.

4 Years ago TODAY!

So 4 years ago today I was getting ready to be married in one week. As of this morning it has been 4 years since I went through the temple for the first time. It really is kind of weird thinking how fast time has been flying. I would post pictures about this day but if you actually want to see pictures or find out about my day you can read an older blog post. hmm I was blogging exactly a year ago. Weird.

Other than that Skyeler and I have been trying to make some big decisions that will affect our life big time. (no, not talking about having kids) But this decision will defiantly push that back quite a bit. I will tell you what I'm talking about in a later post. Even though many of you already know what I am talking about.

Hopefully you guys will come back and read my blog again!