Always remember to live

The whole concept of thinking everyone has to live with solid routines, a lack of dreaming, a lack of possiblilies, a lack of passion - is just crazy to me. This world is an amazing place. There is passion everywhere, in everything. And it is sad to me that most people don't see it, or don't embrace it more often. Who would want to live without passion?

People grow up and forget the drive they one had when they were younger. They believed they could do anything, become anything. Then they get older and they realize... now I have all this responsibility. It's not what I expected. Well I think they're wrong. I know they are. This life is a game - and it's all about how you play it. It's the people who never stop dreaming that make something of themselves. It's about taking risks. That's where the energy is. And once we all find that- life is just fun. All of it. And you become to enjoy every day your alive. With the good, the bad, the pain, and the joy. And guess what? It's freakin awesome.

My Valentine

How did I get so lucky? I ask myself that question every day.. It's like everyday I have the opportunity to live in a fairy tale...

For those of you who don't know our story.. it started a long time ago. I was only 12 years old, and I remember exactly the way I felt the first time I saw him. Many people don't believe in love at first sight , and I don't even know if that's what it was. But something inside me knew that this person was suppose to be in my life. And I have never stopped loving him since that day.

Trent is my best friend. The one person in this world who knows me better than I know myself. And it makes me smile when I hear other people say that they want their relationship to be like ours, or want to find someone to love the same way we love each other.

People always said the first year of marriage can be the hardest. Some say that after a few years the love can fade, or change. But with us that has never been the case. I love that man with such a passion, that it is hard to be away from him- even until this day. He is my everything, and I would give anything just to see him smile.

People ask us all the time how we can have such a good relationship, him and I. And I don't know if there is really an answer for that. We just let each other be who they are - do what makes us happy, and help each other out along the way. I think that's one big benefit of knowing someone so completely. Just letting them take risks, and being with them when they fall. And laughing about it afterwards. Both of us are pretty relaxed people. We don't care if the towel is buched up on the rack.. or if both of us just don't decide to clean sometimes, because we get caught up in each other - and the two precious lives that we brought into this world.

Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart....

Thank you for letting me love you so completely.

Good times!

Wahoo. Go Green Bay!! Ok ok.. so we aren't huge football fans. But we did watch the SuperBowl and had a lot of fun. We had a hard time deciding who to cheer for, but since Jack has a Green Bay jersey.. and the fact that they haven't won the SuperBowl as many times as the Steelers - we had to go for Green Bay. What a fun game!! It's probably best I don't watch too many sports- I get way to involved, haha.

Josh came over and we had some good food :) . And all the funny commercials always make it fun to.

So I decided to go ahead and print my entire blog into a book. I realized I may not be the best scrap-booker - but this will be fun to hang on to and show our kids when we get older. It also gives me incentive to take more pictures, and write about what's going in our lives more.

I think it turned out really great! I plan on printing out a book every few years or so.

Bradley and MaryAnn Sapp came to see us last week. It was so fun getting to see them again. They have such a cute little family. And AmieLynn and Jack played so good together. And Blake was so excited to see a little person smaller than he was. I realized just how much of a little stinker Blake is going to be when he gets a little older. He's a little tormentor - haha.

Yes.. and this is proof of how my kids get dressed when I go to work. Trent doesn't see any problem with this. Haha. Poor little guy!!

Oh and I just had an offer accepted on a house!! It's a cute little cottage looking brick house above Harrison in Ogden. It's going to be a fun one to fix up!! It has a ton of potential. It's in the same neighborhood my mom grew up in. We should close on it the first week of March. I told Trent that if he fixed it up really nice, I would consider moving into it. We will see. It would be nice to have no debt whatsoever.. but it would be farther from work for both of us - and it only has two bedrooms on the main level. Probably won't happen.. but who knows when it comes to us! We will probably end up finding some good renters- hopefully a good family, or a newlywed couple that's going to Weber State.

Bradley and MaryAnn.. Aren't they cute? Until next time!