Happy Birthday Babe!

I just wanted to wish Mandy a Happy Birthday! She is the best wife I have ever had! She is what keep me going and makes my day seem that much brighter. I am so thankful for her and the important part that she plays in my life. It is hard to imagine that it has already been 7 months, but I can honestly say they have been the best 7 months of my life. Thank you for all you do and for who you are! I hope you have a wonderful day. I love you so much! -- Koby

What Does This Mean?

This morning I woke up and wasn't too hungry so I decided I would eat some eggs for breakfast. I got the eggs out along with milk, cheese, a bowl, and a pan. I cracked the first egg and this is what I found.....



Two yokes!!!!! Is this normal?! I'm not sure if anyone will believe me or maybe I'm just being dumb, I don't know. I have never seen this before!!!

While I'm on here I might as well give a little update! Koby and I both started another semester and I don't think we will be seeing much of each other again. I work three days a week now which felt so over whelming but is getting better now that I am getting things figured out. We were asked to speak in church on the 8th of February. We haven't been up to much lately. But we are happy and healthy for the most part!!:)

This is How We Do It!

New Year's Eve was slightly different this year! Normally we either go to my parent's house or to our good friends the Sorensen's house and play games, visit, catch up, and then after midnight and a cup of bubbly we go out to breakfast! This year it was just my family. We went to the church and played tornado, Wii, and Wacky Six! We also rode around on the wiggle cars! It was so much fun, but we missed the Sorensens and Koby! Koby was in New Orleans for the Utes BCS game (he can blog about that later if he so chooses). Last year I was in Ecuador and had to miss out on the "traditional" New Year celebration, so it was nice to be home this year!! Ecuadorians make a dummy to look like themselves and burn them at midnight, "burning" their old selves and sins with the dummies. I hope that Koby and I can be together next year so I can finally have a New Year's kiss!! :) There is always something that stands out each year that we go to breakfast. One year there was a fight, another someone ordered "Classic Eggs", but this year the memorable thing was the waiter! Tight pants, glitter on the EXTREME side, and big blue bunny ears!!!! I tried to get pictures with out being too obvious, but I didn't get a very good one. All in all it was a fun night with lots of fun memories!! Thanks fam!! You da Bomb!! (LOL!)

PS melissa has a lot of pictures so hopefully she'll post them soon!!

Our waiter there in the background!

Yes, Classic Eggs is a heading, not a meal. I'm not sure who would think it was a meal! I never would that's for sure! ;)



The funniest picture of Jare!!! (Sorry, I just HAD to put it on here!)


Me looking so sad that Koby was not with us! :(



Landon playing with the ball! He loves trying to make baskets!

Simply Havin' A Wonderful Christmas Time!

I won't go into the details of things because that would be far too long and no one would read this post, so here I go. We had a wonderful Christmas time! We were able to spend time with both sides of the family and enjoy their company. We did a little Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve morning and then headed up to Logan to spend a little time with Grandma and Grandpa Lott and my siblings. We left in time to make it to Terry and Rhonda's for the Bawden part of our celebrations. We spent Christmas Eve night and then Christmas morning with my parent's and did some visiting of relatives on the way out to G & G Shook's house for Christmas dinner. After dinner we paid a little visit to G & G Hensley. We are so blessed with wonderful family and all that we could ever ask for!! Thanks everyone for a fun filled Christmas!!!! :)

I Spell Tree F-R-E-E!!

Koby and I have gotten a lot of our Christmas decorations for free this year! A lady in our parent's ward was getting rid of a tree and we were lucky enough to get it. It also had lights with it, so we didn't have to get those. My dad got some ornaments, lights, and other decorations from work. My mom bought me a fake wreath so that I could decorate it. It is a sort of tradition I guess, when one of my sibs or I got married my parents give us the following before Christmas: all my old ornaments, a tree stand, "our first Christmas" ornament, and an under-the-bed box. My mom collects Nativities, so we also got to chose a nativity sceene to take home. The only decorations we paid for were the star for our tree and some wooden letters that I decorated!!! We are super excited for Christmas and can hardly wait for it to come!!!:)

What we paid for....

What we got for FREE.....

Some Fun Days!

Here is just a little update, well hopefully it will be little!! :) Thursday was the third annual (I think) Forgotten Carols night! Jare, Lind, my parents, and Koby and I went to dinner at the Training Table. I have never been there in my entire life so it was a new experience for me! After that Lind and Jare decided that we needed a little something to munch on while we were at the play, so we stopped at Shopko on our way and picked up a few treats! Ok, it was more than a few. Each person got one! We met up with my friend Amy and her husband Keven and our family friends, Kat and Brian! We had a wonderful time as always! I just LOVE the Forgotten Carols!!! It makes me ready for Christmas. I love the songs and I love the feelings I feel when I hear them! At the end I had a couple people I was thinking of and wishing they were there with me, but could not be that night-Melissa, Tim, and Spence!! I'm SO happy and thankful that I am part of a forever family!! I couldn't live without my family! Thanks mom and dad for taking us!!


Friday was such a fun day!! I didn't have work and I had a few errands to fun in Logan. My mom brought some stuff by for me to take to my grandparents and for a short visit. I went up to Logan and dropped my books off at the bookstore so that I could get paid for them! I was so lucky because my best friend Kristen was at her apartment so I got to go pay a little visit! It was SO good to see her and just sit and talk for a little bit! I miss her so much!! After that I went to my grandparents and picked up some presents and visited a little bit. They helped me figure out where a reception was that I was going to that night and it's a good thing too! I would have been wandering around Logan, when it was in Wellville! My grandparents left to go play cards with their friends so I waited around at their house while my friend was driving up to meet me! One of my good friends from Ecuador got married on Friday and her reception was that night! My friend Kelsey and I got there and went through the line and then waited around for our other friends to come. It was such a wonderful reunion when other familiar faces appeared at the reception! My first roommate in Ecuador came and her older sister who was also a great friend of mine! I also got to see two other really good friends from Ecuador!! It was such an awesome night that I will never forget!! Here are just a few pictures of us togther again!!

THE best husband in the world-and he's mine!!!

What kind of husband wakes up at 3:50 in the morning, when he has to get up early for class and work in just a few short hours? MINE! I woke up with a horrible migraine at 3:40 am and made myself get out of bed to take something to make my head feel better and ended up making myself sick. I decided to just stay on the couch because I didn't want to wake him (and his breathing was bothering me). Then I just kept on feeling sick to my stomach so Koby made me a nice little bed on the bathroom floor. He even asked if I wanted him to lay by me on the floor! Luckily I never threw up, but I didn't feel quite like myself the next morning! I'm so thankful that I have such a loving husband that would do about anything for me!! He is always so kind and loving especially when I don't feel well! I love you Koby!!!!:)