Hello!

Hello Everyone. I figure an update is well over due from us. Chase and I are doing really well. Below are some pictures of some random things that we have been up too :)

In July Chase and I got to be a Ma and Pa for Trek, an activity for church. It was one of the hardest things we have ever done, and one of the most rewarding! We had a blast!

Here is our Trek Family. We pulled our hand-cart for 2 days, got to play games on the third, after four days we where ready for showers!!! :)

Here is a fellow Ma and Pa, and our friends, Jill and Jeremy

In September we got to go to Lake Shasta on a house boat with our friends. We had a blast! Here we are all dressed up. It's tradition. PS- Chase is the one in the Gorilla Costume, and yes, we all wake surfered in our costumes :)

We went camping with our friends, Peter and Michelle, it was a fun, and so beautiful

Chase tried to fly fish. Since we have moved to Arizona, he has not caught one fish.... I guess he will have to keep trying

This past weekend we went to Chases parents to say Good Bye to his little bro, Jesse. He is leaving on his Mission to Argentina. We had to take one last family picture, it will be 2 years before we are all together again. It was great to see everyone

Chase and I also have one last little announcement... we are going to have a baby!!!! We are so excited!!! I am 13 weeks pregnant, and we can't wait to find out if it's a boy or girl. We will keep you posted

Random Updates

Hail Storm!!! Yesterday, I was sitting in the house and all of a sudden it sounded like someone was busting the walls down- we ran outside to see the largest hail I have ever seen!!! It was crazy! It did some damage on a lot a peoples cars- including Chase's truck :(

Here are the guys after the storm. By the way, I guess this is a good time to introduce Orey and Coulton who are currently living with Chase and I :)

Coulton is Chases brother, and Orey is his cousin- we are having fun. I have to say that Coulton is a great cook, and Orey is great a doing dishes- it quite a treat and an awesome addition to the family.

A few weeks ago Mom Dad, and Matt (my cousin) came over for dinner. I am so excited that Matt lives here now while he is going through med school :)

Last month Chase did the Lotoja Bike race with Nic, Ryan and Marshal. The race starts in Logan UT, and ends in Jackson, WY. I was not able to go, but from what I heard and pictures that I saw, everyone had a great time. I am so proud of all of them! This is a picture of Chase before he left with his truck loaded and ready to go :)

Weekend in Utah

Chase's little brother (Coulton) got home from his mission, he served in Texas. It was so good to see him!!! We are so happy that he is home!



Chase and his cousin Nicole waiting at the airport

Below are some pictures of Chase's other little brother, Jesse's, graduation from high school

Jesse and mom

Almost the whole family (missing Kenny)

Chase, Jesse, Coulton

Below are more pictures of Chase's other little brother, Chaz's, baptism. He waited for Coulton to come home so he could baptized him.

It was an amazing weekend. We had a lot major events, and I am so glad it was all in the same weekend so Chase and I could be there for all of it. We had so much fun :)

Count Down

I have 54 days of school left, and I am SO excited! The class that I am currently in is tough, and it makes it hard to stay motivated, but I am so close to being done. I graduate June 25 with my Bachelors in management :) HORAY! Other than school, my new job at Arrowhead Health is amazing, I love the people I work with, and I couldn't ask for a better schedule.

Chase is keeping busy with the pool cleaning company. Awhile ago we had this website made, and i thought it would be fun to post it so anyone can check us out- http://www.azpropools.com/. Other then work, Chase has been training for a triathlon, his first race is this month- I'll keep everyone posted. Well, that is my random update- much love to everyone :)

Crafts

For Valentine's Day, my sister Amber found these adorable little Valentine's that we made. They were so much fun to make. We made them for the girls that I teach on Sunday's at church in Young Women's. They are made out of Dum Dums Pops and paper.

*One Lesson that I taught in Young Women's was called, "Sharing Work in the Home". The lesson was all about doing your part in keeping the house clean and doing chore. Anyways, I found this idea from a website called Sugardoodle.net where they used a sponge and created a cute hand out. Well, I took this idea and made up my own thing. The girls loved it, and the next Sunday they call told me that they used their sponge to help clean the house. It was too cute!

More Maya and rain

My Dad made Maya a beautiful collar. Chase and I love it! She is hard to take pictures of, so I did my best. Thank you dad!!!!!

The other day I was in the living room, and I noticed that the light coming in from the windows was pink, I went outside and there was this beautiful rainbow. So, I tried to take a picture, but whenever I take a picture of a rainbow, it never turns out as cool in the picture. But Maya and I enjoyed it for the short time it lasted.

These are pictures of the field across the street from our house after we got all that rain a couple weeks ago. I have been meaning to post these for dad. At one point there was so much water it covered all of the grass.

Rain!

To keep you updated, Chase and I could not find the owners of the dog that we found back in November, so we kept her, and we love her SO much! We call her Maya. We have been trying to teach her tricks and so far all she knows is sit. However, we have been working on playing fetch. Well, it rained today so Chase and I decided to have some fun. We took her out in the field across the street from our house and played in the water. Turns out she loves the water, and could not stop fetching the ball :)

Birthday Fun

This birthday started out with a wonderful dinner with my family that is here in AZ (Amber, Nic, and Gavin) and my good friend Curt and of course my best friend and husband. We went to Fajita's, one of my favorite restaurants here in Phoenix. Dinner was fun, then my sister surprised me and made me a cake! She made Italian cream cake from scratch! And it was delicious! And of course we had candy cane ice cream (it's been a tradition for as long as I can remember since candy cane ice cream only comes out in December).

This fun dinner happened on Thursday, when in fact my birthday was on Saturday; because Chase and I where leaving Friday to go to his parents house in Utah, we celebrated my b-day early....well, I was wrong. Turns out that Chase surprised me and we made a stop on our way to his parents house at the Grand Canyon for my birthday!!!!!!!!!! Ever since we moved to AZ, I have been telling Chase how bad I want to go see the Grand Canyon, and we never went, so he gave me an amazing surprise!!!! I loved it! It's breath taking, and the pictures don't do any justice to how beautiful it really is. We stayed at El Tovar, a small hotel built in 1905. It is absolutely beautiful, and right on the edge of the canyon. We where freezing because there was snow, but had SO much fun! If you go to El Tovar, make sure to eat at the restaurant there, some of the best food I have ever had!

Believe it or not, that is not the end of my birthday surprises. When we got to Chase's parents house on Saturday, they had cake and ice cream for me and gifts :) The funny thing is that Chase's mom bought an Italian cream cake, and candy cane ice cream. I thought that was so funny! And for my birthday, Chase's bro, Jesse and Chase gave me the best gift. I can eat chocolate! Let me explain; Chase, Jesse, and I started a bet back in April that they could not drink any caffeine and I could not eat any chocolate (because we each are addicted to those things). Well, the bet does not have an end date, and I kept begging the boys to let me out, and all they would do was make fun of me and tell me I could not do it- so of course I kept going. So, for my birthday they gave me Lindors truffles and Ghirardelli chocolate and told me that I was out of the bet. My birthday was great!

Behind Chase in the above picture is the Hotel

I also wanted to say thank you to everyone for the calls, and birthday cards. I do not have service on my phone at Chase's parents house, so I was not able to answer my phone, but I loved the messages!

Our new house

Here are pictures of are new house. Chase and I love it! Thank you to everyone who helped us paint, fix up, move, and unpack!!!!