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I never thought I'd see the day.... that I was finally in the 200's for Brady's mission. I'm so very excited!! I can't believe he comes home this year. I can't believe how much I blog about him. Hahahahahaha did you catch that? Anyway, I'm really excited :) 1 week from today is Valentine's Day.. I'll get an email from my sweetheart (that he sent a long time ago) and I get to open up my Valentine's Day package!! :) AND I'm going to Lady Antebellum's concert with my pal Taelor :) This is my last February without Brady and I cannot wait to be with him next year... eeeek! :) I hope time keeps on flying!! ♥

It's A BOY!

I hope my sister doesn't mind that I'm copying her, and well... blogging about being an aunt :) My sister is having a baby boy due towards the end of June, 2012! :) I'm so stinkin' excited!! She found out yesterday, and basically... everyone and their DOG was dying to know what it was... They're naming him Sawyer.. which I just have completely fallen in love with... I cannot stop saying his name because it's just so stinkin' cute!!! :) Little Evan and Sawyer can be pals now :) Woohoo!! Anyway, she posted some pictures of her own, her awesome doctor put some photographs on a CD for her, so it was really neat to go through the pictures and actually see the baby! I'm really excited to see him in person, I wish these next 4/5 months will go by fast!!!! :) I'm so excited to be an aunt again, it's one of the greatest blessings ever :) I love Evan so much and I can't wait to add Sawyer to the group of "Current Family Favorites" :) So happy for you Lins & Mitch!

Twins

After the Super Bowl, my beh friend came over, and we swapped music (she got all mine.... I still have to work on her iTunes... over 2,000 songs!!!) and gabbed, had a cookie and then we went cruisin! :) It's our thing to do. And it's so fun. We just drive wherever and sing really loud to really awesome songs. We let all of our anger and frustration go, and we don't care about boys and life, and how disappointing things can get. Then we laugh and tell each other how grateful we are to have each other.

We share memories.

We exchange "you're the best"'s,

and we just laugh and take silly pictures.
Then we have our mom take pictures because we match clothing.

Then she makes us share a ponytail because it's funny.

Then she has us take pictures laughing really hard (pretending)

but then we end up laughing really hard anyway.

Then we go to Village Inn because I was craving their French Silk pie,

but I was also really hungry for food. But Abby isn't hungry, just munchie,

so we decide to share a meal. She has the soup, I have the sandwich and

she takes a bite of the pie, hates it, so then I finish eating it :)

We get really excited for crackers, and then laugh about how tired we are.

We drive home, and part ways for another week of work and school.

Until the weekend, when we do it all over again.

I love my beh friend :)

Super Bowl 2012

I've never really been a fan of the super bowl... But maybe that's because I don't understand football, and I don't really have a favorite team (which I need!!! I want to wear paraphernalia...) but my family has always been big on it. We used to have parties when we were little, and then we just kind of stopped for a while, but this year my mom decided to have family over for a little food and football watching. There were many of us who wanted the Giants to lose, and the Giants to win. We ate lots of food, talked, laughed, and played with the adorable, family favorite :) A.K.A. Baby! It was so fun! I loved every minute of it, even if I didn't really watch the game, nor did I really care who won.... maybe next season I'll get a favorite team, and really care? :)

Valentine's Day Craft 2012

I love crafting :) The girls in my family usually (try) to get together at least once a month to make a craft for the month, sometimes holidays, but for the months that don't have holidays, we'll just have to make something. Anyway, we decided to craft today for Valentine's Day! Last year I crafted with my sister and her friends, and just did the word "LOVE" and this year, the Wood Connection was out of EVERYTHING so I had to do the word "LOVE" again, but the letters were cuter this time, and I'm still happy with it :) We'll definitely be crafting for St. Patrick's Day a lot sooner!! My sister made a door hanging craft, that was a heart with an arrow through it, and my sister-in-law made the word "LOVE" with a rope that hangs and says "IS ALL YOU NEED" (or something!) Lol and my mom and sister just watched baby the whole time :)

Reading 2012

"There is something wonderful about a book. We can pick it up. We can heft it. We can read it. We can set it down. We can think of what we have read. It does something for us. We can share great minds, great actions, and great undertakings in the pages of a book."
- President Gordon B. Hinckley :)

Lately, I've become obsessed with reading. It all started the Summer of 2010, when I was at the library everyday, writing down names of books to add to my "to-read" list! It was so fun! I stinkin' love the library!! I would just buy the books, but seeing as I'm a poor college student, I'll just have to wait on that. Anyway, I've just really wanted to jump into reading. I'm a pretty slow reader, and I hate it! I guess I just need to find books that I cannot put down! Cause I've come across a few of those... anyway, I want to expand my reading interest and read books that I never thought I'd pick up! My list on goodreads.com is pretty large (600+ books to read) and I need to get crackin'!

Last year, I made a goal of 10 books to read in 2011, and I ended up reading a total of 12 :) Woohoo :) Hahaha so this year, I'm determined to read more! I set a goal for 2012, as 20 books! I put a little widget on my sidebar, so my readers can know how I'm doing. I really want to make my list bigger, so if you have ANY books that I could possibly read, please feel free to let me know :)

I was recently invited to join my neighborhood's book club, which I'm totally excited for, but I'm not sure I can make it each time, since I have Institute on the nights they meet, but I'll do my best to stay involved! I am currently reading two books: Life's Lessons Learned by Dallin H. Oaks and Not My Type by Melanie Jacobson. Sometimes I really wish I could read at work, and at school but my priorities and mind have to be somewhere else in the meantime.... so, good luck to all the readers out there in this world :) I hope we can become reading buddies and maybe share some books, and insights.. Wish me luck on reading 20 books this year (with everything BIG happening) and I hope you all set a goal for yourself too :)

Just 10.

 Well isn't that an exciting site to see?

Yup, my best friend has 10 months left of his mission.

I can now count the months on both hands!

Remember this?

This was taken 1 whole year ago, TODAY!

I'm so grateful for him.

I don't know what more to say than what I have already said about Brady. I've had some exciting things happen this past month and I'm really happy. I have some pretty great plans for this year, and exciting things to get to and I'm really grateful for all the opportunities that are coming along this year. School is so very important to me, and I'm just in shock with myself that I'm graduating with my AS in Psychology this fall. I'm the very first in my family to graduate from college and it's weird, but I can't imagine myself not going to school. It's just kind of natural for me. I have a medical condition that is the root of my drive, I want to make sure that if any of my kids have to deal with something I have had to during my childhood, that I have a solid degree to fall back on. Brady is very supportive with schooling and is always willing to help. In fact, he wished I would have taken my science class before he left so he could help me... Hahaha, good thing I'm taking it when he gets home so he can help me with the final :) ;) I know we'll both suffer going to school and working but I think it'll be so good for us and our future. Ahhh, I love talking in that term, "future;" it makes me very happy.

Anyway, I'm sort of rambling. I've just had some big realizations of how much I love Brady and how important he is in my life. I honestly cannot picture myself with anyone else but Brady. I had the most real dream last night; Brady and I had just gone through the Temple and made sacred covenants with our loving Heavenly Father and (I know, super cheesy! LOL) I have never felt at more peace. I have never felt more content in my life. This dream was holy, and I could SWEAR Heavenly Father was apart of my dream last night. I've never felt so happy waking up :) I know Brady I need to be together. We have to get married; no matter the cost. I keep letting silly things get in my way, and ruin my days, but I'm not remembering what matters most. Institute has been giving me some great lessons lately, which means Heavenly Father is definitely looking out for my weak heart, and making it strong.

This wasn't really about 10 months, like I wanted it to be. But I only have 10 more months until Brady gets home. I have great plans and I'm excited to start blogging about a lot of them! I'm so grateful for my blog readers, even if many of them DON'T read all of this.. My best friend comes home. He'll never leave me again; ever. I thank Heavenly Father every single day for this wonderful man in my life.

I love you Brady :)

I cannot wait to see you in 10 months!

Eeek!!