Will and Chelsea Thompson

Easter Eggs!!!!!!!!!

2011-04-18T19:00:00.000-07:00

Tonight Will and I colored eggs for Family Home Evening. I love this tradition. I think when we first got married, Will thought I was crazy because I wanted

to color eggs every Easter. After about two years, he really began to enjoy it.

I love to sit down at the table and chat with my best friend while we color eggs.

XOXO-Chels n Will

Spring Time=Finals Time

2011-04-17T20:59:00.000-07:00

Will and I at Toronto Supercross

Blake Wharton

Flower bouquet we made for my Grandpa's Funeral. It turned out so cute. I think my Grandpa would have loved it. Tanner, me, Billy, and Will after the BYU Lacrosse game BYU boys playing Lacrosse Me, Ceci, and Sheryl at the BYU Game----go Cougars! The poster I made to cheer on Shorty. Me by Shorty's bike in the pits. Indy Supercross Me and Seb before the track walk in Indy K Dub during the intro at Indy

Well it's official. I have completed another semester of law school. Thank goodness. I can't believe how fast this semester has flown by. Will and I have had so much fun these past few months and I have been so busy with school and our activities that I have not been up to date on our blog. Will is still in school at Oakland University. He has one final this week and one next week. I took my taxation of business entities final last Tuesday and yesterday I took my modern real estate transactions final. I had a really great semester. I feel like this was one of my funnest but busiest semesters. I took an estate planning class and LOVED it. This last week we had such awesome spring weather. It was like 70 degrees and sunny. However, today the wind was raging and we have snow in the forecast...YUCK. I am sooooo ready for Spring, meaning rain and sunshine, not snow.

To catch up on what has happened recently I think the most significant thing that has happened was that my Grandpa Dale passed away. Will and I were able to fly back to Utah for the funeral and to be with my family. I knew the morning that my dad called exactly what had happened. I cried for an hour straight when I got the phone call but then I knew I needed to get myself together and get a plane ticket home. We were able to fly out the next day. Will's mom came and picked us up from the SLC Airport. I couldn't wait to see my dad and give him a big hug. I knew he was hurting. It was hard to see my Grandma Carla sad and I couldn't not cry at all. The funeral was beautiful and I know that my Grandpa was in heaven watching down and comforting all of our family. It was so nice to hear all of my dad and his siblings stories about growing up and the time they had with my grandpa. I thought it would be nice for me to write a couple memories that I have of my grandpa. I spent so much time at our farm when I was little. I loved to be there. I was what my uncles would call me a "grease monkey." So I had a lot of time with my grandpa at the farm. I remember riding with him on the tractor while he was scraping the corrals. I remember that he would always get me a cup of tang whenever I was thirsty at the farm. I remember his dickies coveralls with his fisherman like hat. I am lucky enough to have one of his white hats that he gave me when I was in high school. I remember that he always had a candy in his pocket for everyone...jolly ranchers and werthers were my favorite. I remember deer hunting with him when I was little and eating roast beef sanwhiches with miracle whip and pepper. I remember the smell of his brown milking boots and yellow overalls. I know that last one sounded funny but after milking cows there is a very distinct smell that permeates the clothes and whenever I smell that I think of him. I remember the last time I got to see my Grandpa alive was last Christmas while Will and I were home on vacation. I remember giving him a kiss on the lips(of course if you know my grandparents) and him telling me he loves me and is proud of me. That is a moment I will always cherish. As I had to leave my family to head back to Michigan with Will, I had the opportunity to really think about how blessed I am to have the knowledge of the Gospel and to know that my grandpa is in heaven and that he is part of an eternal family. I know that I will be able to see my grandpa again and that is the biggest comfort to me. Love you Grandpa Dale!!!

The other things that took place during this semester were that Will and I were able to go to Indianapolis, Indiana to watch Supercross. Will's friend Sebastian Tortelli got us VIP Passes so we spent the entire day in and out of the pits. We were pretty much surrounded my all of the riders. I finally got to meet Andrew Short (one of my fav riders) and I was super disappointed. Not the nicest or most cheerful friendly guy. No worries though, I am still a fan. We did get to see Bubba, Malcolm Stewart, Chad Reed, Ryan Villopoto, Ryan Dungey, and all the other riders. Because Seb trains Blake Wharton, we were able to sit with Blake and his mom. It was so fun to hang out with them and get to cheer on Blake( I call him BW21)! Will and I got to do the track walk before all of the practices began. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity for us. Will walked with Seb and I kind of hung out by the equipment and watched all of the riders. I am sure I had a big huge cheesy smile on my face I was a little star struck. I was like two feet from Villopoto and Mike Alessi during the intro and riders meeting. Needless to say, we had a BLAST. We drove home after the race and it was over a 4 hour drive plus the time changed so by the time we got home it was 5 am and we had church that afternoon. It was a long drive but so worth it.

We also got to go to to Toronto Supercross in Canada with Julia and Oliver Lee and Ben and Ashlianne Drewry. We had a blast. Seb got us 3 VIP Passes and we took turns going down into the pits. I got a pic with Malcolm Stewart and unfortunately in his race, he crashed and was unable to finish the race. We all had a lot fun and it was fun to cheer on our favorite riders.

We have been watching Swamp People again!!!!!!! WE LOVE US SOME SWAMP PEOPLE. There is nothing more than I love than cuddling on the couch with Will and hearing Troy say, See ya later alligator. If you don't get it watch Swamp People and you will understand. Will and I laugh so hard everytime we watch it and make sure to use the quotes we learn from it each week when we talk to each other.

Will and I were able to house 2 BYU Lacrosse players while they were on a team trip in Michigan to play some games. We had Billy and Tanner stay with us and it was a blast. I felt like I had two brothers living with us and I think Will felt the same. We watched them play Michigan State and Central Michigan University. We all watched the NCAA tournament at night together. It was a really neat experience and we would gladly help out like that again.

Now, we are in the process of trying to figure out what is next for us in life. We have some plans in the forecast, but we are trying to check out all of our options and determine what our next steps will be. I have one more semester of classes and then an externship in the fall. Will is still studying psychology and has been accepted to a different school but our lips are sealed until we find out if that opportunity will work.

XOXO-Chels n Will

Arenacross Toledo

2011-02-07T19:00:00.000-08:00

Sorry about the 1/2 upside down pics....blogger wouldn't let me turn it the right way. The pic above it what it looked like when we got to Toledo and the snow was still coming down.

Watching the races with my best friend!

Huntington Center

Will and I went to Toledo, Ohio this last weekend for our

anniversary getaway and to watch some arenacross. The

roads were horrible on our way to Toledo...it was a snowy mess.

I was so glad we left as early as we did or we would have been

in a bad way. We got to the hotel, took a dip in the hot tub,

took a nap and then woke up and went to Bob Evans for dinner.

I had a yummy chicken pot pie and will had meatloaf. It was

delicious. We went back to the hotel and played this game called

criminal suspects we picked up at Meijer. I'm pretty sure it's designed

for kids but we had a blast playing it. I went to the gym and worked

out on the treadmill while Will tried to figure out how to watch the UFC

fight. We woke up the next morning and headed into the city to watch

the races. The event was at the Huntington Center. As soon as

we walked in the door, you could hear the dirt bikes and smell the fuel.

Will was like a kid in a candy store. We watched his buddies team race.

It was so fun. We watched races for like 4 hours and it was one of the most

entertaning events I've been to. My favorite was the little kids on their 50's and

60's.....so cute I can't even explain it. We had such a great time. We headed home

and made it in time to go to to the Ellis's for Superbowl party!!! That was a blast.

Thanks Ceci and Chris for the delicious food, amazing party, and a victory for the

PackerS!!!! :) Overall, we had a super great weekend and it was much needed.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

4th Anniversary!

2011-02-04T09:00:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Will and I celebrated our 4th Anniversary. Will worked all day and then has school all afternoon and night so we squeezed in dinner while he was on his break from school. I had to go to my school for a meeting with the Dean, which I ended up being 2 hours early for.....darn blackberry....I thought I was all high tech and scheduled it in my phone but I scheduled it for the wrong time. When I got back from the school, I found on our staircase up to our living room two while jewelry boxes. Will got me the cutest buttefly necklace with earrings and some big bling bling earrings....he knows my style :). When Will came home from work at 2, I gave him his present. I got him a new Fox backpack. He has been complaining of his old military backpack for ever but would never buy himself a new one, so guess what, that's what he got. He loves it and says it helps his back because it's not as heavy. I met Will at TGIFriday's for our annivesary dinner(classy I know) in between his two night classes. I ended up ordering some pasta and honestly it was freakin' NASTY. I as bummed so I just had a side salad. Will had a 3 part sampler and his was delicious. I had been working all day on making my first fondant cake. I thought our annivesary was the perfect excuse for baking. I am now obsessed with fondant. It's so fun. I was surprised at how easy it was to roll, cut, and decorate with it. I made a red velvet cake with buttecream icing and fondant. I surprised Will with it when he came home from school. He loved it and was so excited I finally tried to use fondant. We had a great anniversary and it blows my mind that we have been married for 4 years...2 1/2 of which have been spent in Michigan. We are truly blessed to have each other and to have such great family and friends. We are planning on going to Toledo for the weekend for Arenacross for our anniversary get-away. I am excited to stay in a hotel with a nice pool so I can swim some laps. I'll post pics when we get back!! Have a great weekend everyone!

XOXO .....Chels n Will

SnoW DaY 2011

2011-02-02T17:42:00.001-08:00

Today was my first Snow Day....woo-hoo.....Cooley canceled school. I had so many plans and goals to get accomplished today.....including reading and writing a brief....BUT in normal Chelsea style I did nothing on my list.....instead I did what I wanted to. I had such a great lazy but fun day. I even got to spend all afternoon with Will. He worked from 6-12:30 and then brought my Jimmy Johns for lunch. He also filed our tax return this afternoon! So my day started off around 8 this morning. I woke up ate an orange and watched the morning news. I was super interested in finding out what the storm totals were. We ended up getting about 6-7 inches, which was not even close to the 12-18 they predicted BUT I feel like I lucked out....school wascanceledand we didn't even get that much snow. Anyways, here is what my

day consisted of:

Cleaning my kitchen....it's about time!!! I love a clean kitchen...it makes me want to cook :)

Will's dinner: Cashew Chicken on Rice

My new fav hobby: YOGA!!!---->

A Clean Bathroom!!!

SNOW DAY!

This is the snow out our front door.

Will and I both really enjoyed our snow day and even better: It's our 4th Anniversary tomorrow!!!! I LoVe FeBruAry!!!

Chels n Will

Pro Bull Riding 2011 @ the Palace

2011-01-29T21:55:00.000-08:00

Today was such a great day....that is after I got out of class at 12! While I was in school, Will worked on his truck and put new brakes on it. He picked me up and we ran some errands. We came home, I fell asleep on the couch and Will did too when he came back in from fixing the broken light on my car.....long story......The best part of the day was we went and watched Bull Riders at the Palace. Will and I love watching bull riding on TV but watching pros live was sooooo much better than we expected. It was so fun to be surrounded by peeps with cowboys hats on, wranglers, boots, and country accents. The crowd was sooo rowdy and we loved it. I was so surprised at the rockin music they played...lots of Kid Rock of course since we r in the "D". I couldn't tell you who won but it was a riot just being there.

PlayIn' CatCh UP!

2011-01-27T20:47:00.001-08:00

I have officially been such a horrible blogger these last few months!!! I am way behind and I'm not even sure exactly where to start to try to catch up. So instead of trying to catch up I am just going to start off the new year with a blog for 2011. We spent New Years at our home this year watching Dick Clark's New Years Rockin Eve. We actually stayed up the whole time....usually one of us falls asleep before midnight. It's crazy to think that it's already 2011. New Years always reminds me of my friend, Kendra. Growing up we spent almost every New Years Eve together watching the ball drop and listening to the live music on the tv. Back then I used to think that 20 was old, now I'm 25, almost 26, and it blows my mind how fast time goes by. Will and I both started new semesters. Will is taking 12 credits at OU and I am doing 10 at Cooley. I have a writing class, taxation of business entities, modern real estate transactions, and estate planning. I am really enjoying this semester so far and I LOVE my Estate Planning class. Will is taking a psychology class, geography class, and a philosophy class. He is still working at Veolia and loves that he has only has class Tues and Thursdays this semester. We usually spend our Friday afternoon and nights trying to find something fun to do. We've been to the movies, out to dinner, and lots of trips to the mall. I started playing on a Cooley Intramural co-ed basketball team. We play Mondays and Wednesdays and I LOVE it. It's so fun to be able to play ball again. Our team is really awesome too. It's so awesome to have Will cheering for me. This last game, I dove on the ground to get a loose ball and when I got home my leg was so bruised and hurt so bad. This morning when I woke up I had a reality check that I am no longer 17 years old....I felt like an old lady with broken bones and sore all over....but it's worth it....I love b-ball. Since it's January, the ground is covered with snow as usual. It hasn't been too bad of a winter, I think we've only had like 3 or 4 really bad storms.(knock on wood we don't get a huge storm 2morrow). Anyways, that's what's been going on so far. I have lots of pics to upload but my laptop just notified me I'm running on reserve battery power and it's late so I am going to hit the sack. These are just a few pics we took back in Utah in Dec. Hope all is well with everyone and Happy (late) New Year! :)

Hawaii 2010

2010-10-14T18:02:00.000-07:00

On September 16, 2010, I boarded a plane in the D and headed for Honolulu Hawaii. My first flight was about 5 hours long. I landed in Seattle and had about an hour layover. Then I boarded the plane headed for Hawaii. I was so excited I could hardly stand it. The plane from Seattle to Hawaii was a little over 5 hours and the flights ended up being great. As soon as I stepped off of the plane in Hawaii the humidity and hot weather was amazing. I walked through the airport so excited to see my mom and dad. As I stepped through the doors in theo baggage collection rooms, I saw my mom n dad waiting for me with the cutest purple leigh. I ran over to them and hugged them and started crying. I was so happy to see them and so excited for this trip. We left the airport and loaded in the cute black jeep my parents had rented. We rolled out to Wally World to pick up some goodies and then headed to the condo. The condo was super cute. It was a two bedroom two bathroom beautiful condo in Kahuku, Hawaii. We all went to bed and the next day my dad had to work so my mom and I headed to Sunset Beach. We sat on the beach all day and did a little swimming. We also went to Ted's Bakery where I got the BEST carrot cake ever. The next day my dad only had to work half a day so he met my mom and I at the Polynesian Cultural Center. It was really neat to get to see all of the shows. The Samoa Show was sooooo funny. The guy had me crackin up the whole time. We also saw Tonga that day and then went to the Luau. The Luau was fun. We got to see hula dancing, singing, little kids dancing, ate great food, and I even had a pina colada slushie in a pineapple. My dad bought me a really cute black and white Hawaiian dress at a little shop in there. My mom spoiled me rotten and bought me slushies and some cute Hawaiian Jewelery. The next day we headed to Pearl Harbor. This was one of my fav parts of the trip. It's such a blessing to get to see all of the monuments and read, and hear all about the story that took place. It always brings tears to my eyes when I see the monument but when you step onto the USS Missouri Monument, it took all I had not to break down. The spirit I felt was so strong. It's so strange to think that underneath you lie all of the soliders that were stuck inside the ship. After visiting the monument, we went to the SWAP MEET. It's the biggest swamp meet in Hawaii and takes up a whole stadium parking lot. We did lots of walking and lots of shopping. My parents bought be so much cute stuff and one of my fav things was a BLUE n GOLD Hawaii towel. Had to represent for Michigan. My dad had to work the remaining days of my trip so my mom and I got to spend a lot of much needed time together. We went shopping, swimming at the pool, walked down to Turtle Bay Resort Beach, ate lots of yummy food, and had a BLAST. Everynight I was there, my mom, dad, and I went to dinner at a different little restaurant. One night we went to a steak house down on the golf course and I had the BEST STEAK EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We went to the Kahuku Grill one night, Papa Olie's, and Breakers(2x's). Breakers is a cute little burger joint up on the North shore in Haleiwa. I loved loved loved this place. It was started to get crowded with surfers to catch the swell. We got to go to Sunset Beach one night and watch the sunset and it was beautiful and relaxing and something I will never forget. Probably my fav part of the trip was going to the Dole Plantation. I am totally obsessed with pineapples and would love to own my own plantation someday. We had the best pineapple frozen yogurt and did some fun shopping. I wanted to ship pineapples home cuz they were so delicious and fresh and the best ever!! I was able to get a nice tan and spend so much one on one time with my parents, which is super unusual having three sisters. This was a once in a lifetime trip for me. I am so thankful that my parent invited me out to visit them. I had a blast and can't wait to go back someday.Thanks again MOM n DAD!!! Love you both!

Where did SuMMeR Go????

2010-08-27T09:03:00.000-07:00

Will, Me, Ash, n Lowell at the concert

At the concert

Amazing Sunset

Detroit Temple

Will ridin' at the track.

Back tothe Future :)

At the Dream Cruise

So I know I have not posted for awhile and a lot has happened. First of all, it's the end of August and I can't believe it. I swear it feels like summer flies by and Fall goes quickly too and then onto winter! Will and I have had a great but really busy summer. We were able to go home to Minersville in May and then we had Darci come live with us for June and most of July. After she headed home we hit the books. I had three finals in the middle of August: Security Regulations, Equities and Remedies and Taxation. They were all pretty tricky but by the time I took them I was just ready for a summer break. I have three weeks until I start another semester which at this point I am about 1/2 through my vacation. Will just took his last two exams at Oakland Community College and handed in his last paper and he is officially graduated and will start at Oakland University in September. He decided to get his degree in psychology and I am happy for him cuz i think he will be able to accomplish a lot in that area. We have had such a beautiful, hot, and humid summer this year. There have been some days it has been 90 degrees with 90% humidity!!! I love the humidity but sometimes it's just tooooo much. We also went to the Kings of Leon Concert with my friend Ashley and her husband Lowell. It was a great show. We have been down to Riverside Park to feed the duckies and Will has spent a lot of time at the track riding his bike. We also went to the Woodward Dream Cruise and saw awesome cars. I loved it. We parked in front of the temple, set up our shade tent, and just watched as all these awesome old cars cruised. We even saw some of them race. I always make such great plans for stuff that I want to accomplish while I am on break from school but what I end up finding out is that spending my time out of school with Will is what makes me the most happy and all of the other stuff will still be there waiting for me when school starts. Will and I usually have a one week time period where both of us are on vacation from school. We usually try to plan stuff everyday together cuz we know that between his work and both of us in school most of our time spent together is while one of us is on the desktop doing homework and the other on the laptop. Will has been able to go out to Lakeville a couple of times, which he LOVES and I am so thankful for friends who let us enjoy their homes and lakes:) We also have found something that both of us love and look forward to every Sunday night::::: SWAMP PEOPLE. It is one of the funniest shows ever and we watch it and just laugh for hours. We are still teaching our Sunday School class and our love for those teenagers grows so much each Sunday we get to teach them. We even went and watched one of them play football yesterday. Nothing like football season!!! We are very blessed for everything and everyone in our lives and we just want you all to know that we love Michigan and have been so blessed out here and in our lives. I read a quote the other day that said, With two people anything is possible as long as one of them is God. I like to think of it as myself and Will as one person and with God in our life we can do anything and can accomplish what has been set before us. Life is GREAT!!!!! :)

ECLIPSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-06-30T08:12:00.000-07:00

So last night Me, Darci, Christina, Julia, Angela,Michele, and Robyne went and saw

the midnight showing of Eclipse. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE It! It was

bar far the best movie in my opinion. Earlier that day, Darci and I went

to the mall and picked out some cute Team Edward and Team Jacob shirts

to wear and we even got some cute little clip in colored hair extensions. We got

to the theater at 10:30 expecting to wait in line like last year for New Moon but

luckily they let our theater be seated right when we got there. We weren't able to get

seates with all of us by each other but it worked out anyways. The movie was awesome.

It was so fun to have Darci out here and be able to see it with her. She is so Team Jacob

and I am so Team Edward and it's fun to argue about why which one is better

than the other. I loved Edward's hair in this movie and it was so awesome to see Bree Tanner in the movie. If you don't know who she is read Stephanie Meyer's new book: the Short Sweet Life of Bree Tanner. It made me have such different feelings toward the newborn.

We had so much fun and I am so blessed to have such an awesome sister and great friends!

IF U SAW THE MOVIE LEAVE A COMMENT AND TELL ME WHAT U THOUGHT! pEaCE!

Birrrrrthdays and Backstreet Boys Concert

2010-06-23T07:58:00.000-07:00

So this year Will turned 27 and I turned 25!!!! We both had school and were busy but we made sure to make it a special day for each other. It was so fun to have Darci out here with us on our b-days. I made Will this awesome Moto-X cake which I think turned out super cute. He loved it. Will got me a bikini-birthday cake cuz he has been singing that new Katy Perry song that talks about California girls and their bikinis and so he thought it would be funny to get me that cake. Thanks so much to everyone for their b-day wishes and gifts. We both had awesome b-days. Also Darci and I went to DTE Energy Music Theater to see the Backstreet Boys in Concert. It was super fun. We had a blast and it was so fun to see soooo many girls standing up screaming...it reminded me of my *NSYNC days..haha!!! But when the concert was over this crazy rain storm came through and we got stuck in the parking lot for over and hour and there was even a Torndao warning at our house. CRAZY. We made him home safely though. :) Willy's 27th B-day

My 25th B-day

We also went and saw Karate Kid on my b-day and we all LOVED it. I totally recommend it!

At the concert.

Trip to Utah and Davi's Graduation-May 2010

2010-06-23T07:32:00.000-07:00

So in May, Will and I went to Utah for a visit. We had a blast and our families were so great to us and pretty mush spoiled us rotten. We also were able to see Davi graduate from Seminary and from BHS. It was awesome awesome awesome and it really makes us realize how blessed we are when we are able to go back and visit our families!!! Me and Davi at Cafe Rio...YUMMY!!!

Me, Nix and Davi after her seminary graduation

Sistas

Me, Dylann and Nix

Some of the fam

The Fam(minus Will...he was taking the picture)

Flexing after our volleyball tournament.

This tournament was the first time that all four of us sisters were able to play with each other. We had a blast. Thanks to my sisters, Kassie, Heidi and Nanette for letting me play v-ball with you. It was one of my favorite parts of this trip home.

Mom, Me, n Dad

DJ, Davi and ME

Me n Nix

Will and Me and Grandpa June and Grandma Carol!!

We had to sneak this picture cuz Dilly Bop doesn't really like her pictures taken.

Will and Skip

Cute!

Dylann and Nix riding the Dumbo at Wally World

Me n Dylann

Me n Drake(he is gettin sooo tall)

Will's Graduation Mixxxxxx

2010-06-23T07:08:00.000-07:00

Will's Graduation Party.
The Malone's were so nice to let us
use their beautiful home and awesome
swimming pool to have Will's party. We
had awesome food and amazing friends!
Me, Nick, Johnny B, and Madeline

Christina, Julia, Marissa, Robyne, Ellen and Skip

Robyne, Dave, Doug, Skip and Ellen

Julia, Justin, Abby, Marisa, and Ollie

Brandt and Ashley Malone

Skip, Will, Brandt, and Ashley

Will's Graduation from Oakland Community College!!!!!!

In May, Will got his Associate's Degree in Technological Sciences

from OCC. His graduation was held at the Palace, which is where

the Detroit Pistons play. It was a huge graduation with hundreds

of students but it was awesome!!! I am so proud of Will and Woo-Hoo babe

way to go. Skip and Ellen came out for his graduation and we had so much

fun with them. We got to show them how beautiful Michigan is. Enjoy! :)

Will and Skip outside the Palace of Auburn Hills.

Will at the top of the walking path at the Palace.

Woo-Hoo college grad!

Love my Willy!

Will, Ellen and Skip

Ceremony is over and it's official!

Walking in!!

The Palace inside.

Woop-woop!

Before graduation

Before grad.

Like Father like Son! :)

We took Skip and Ellen to eat at the Sagebrush Cantina which is like our favorite Mexican Restaurant and Skip had the Super Burrito......it was HUGE!!

Another semester down....Woo-Hoo!!!

2010-04-18T16:42:00.000-07:00

These are just the Easter baskets I made for my visiting teachers. I thought they turned out pretty cute!

Us at Yates Park in Rochester Hills

Yummy homemade ice cream from the cider mill!

Cider mill

Will checking for any steel head fish!

So Will has informed me that I have been slacking on the blogging and honestly I have. But......good news is that I am on break in between semesters and I am going to do some blogging. Will and I have been so busy this last couple weeks that time has truly flown by.

Will has been working hard in his welding classes and is really enjoying his politial science classes. He has made some really awesome projects in his welding class and has really taken a liking to it. He has also been riding his dirt bike a lot lately. He got some new red rims and tires and his bike looks sweet!!!!! He has been riding with his friend Ollie mostly and his other friend Jim, who just recently got baptised, has been coaching him. Jim is awesome....he used to ride moto-cross and was a champion and has been helping Will out a lot. His job is going really great too. We are so blessed that Will has such a great job with the economy the way it is. He will graduate from OCC in May with an Associate's Degree and I am so proud of him. He has really become such an awesome student and works so hard always. Its also Supercross season so every weekend we are watching Supercross. Will is cheering for the Honda boys and I am a DUNGEY fan!!!! We both love Justin Barcia and he is so much fun to watch. We can't wait to watch the finals in Vegas...too bad we can't go!

I have been going crazy, drinking about 2 mountain dews a day, for the last week or so trying to make it through finals! This semester I really had too much fun and not enough studying until the last minute. I think that is the procrastinator in me( I think it runs in my family). I took my Property II final, Bus Org Final, and finished off with my Con Law II final today. It was really weird going to school and taking a test on Sunday but I think it worked out okay. I truly realized how blessed I am to have such a great husband. I know that I am a beast during finals cuz I get so stressed and exhausted but Will is sooooo good not to push any buttons and just let me deal with it. He cooked me dinner almost everynight and did all the cleaning, laundry, and even went through hundreds and hundreds of notecards with me. I have gotten to be really good friends with a girl from my school named Ashley. She loves her Robert Pattinson and Twilight so we hit if off real well. It's nice to have good friends at my school and at times I feel like the people I go to school with are my little family. I have really been enjoying Michigan and it grows on me everyday. I love love love Utah and I really miss my family but I love Michigan too and there are so many amazing experiences we've had out here I wouldn't change it for anything. The weather has been wonderful and it's sooooooo green outside. I love seeing the green grass.

So today after my final I was just itching to get outside and do something since I spent the last week couped up in my house and the school library. Will and I went to a little cider mill and to Yates Park. It was a blast and so pretty. We also played a little frisbee outside and went for a walk around our complex. Hope everyone is doing great.......we sure are!!! Love ya'll!

Jazz v. Pistons 2010

2010-03-11T09:52:00.001-08:00

Will and I got awesome tickets from our landlord to go watch the Jazz play the Pistons here at the Palace!!! It was so much fun. Will's friend Brandt went with us and we had a blast. We go there early enough to watch Korver warm up. We got a few pics before the game. Our seats were row 10 right behind the Jazz bench. It was an awesome game. It was so cool for us to see them so close up. D-Will, Korver, Memo and Booz all played really good! Will was cheering and yelling so loud....he was stoked. It was his first time seeing the Jazz play live. We did have a few Pistons fans look at us funny as we were jumping up and down cheering everytime Korv or Memo hit a 3-pointer. We love our Utah JAZZ!!!!! PS: Darci and Davi I was soooo close to getting u Korv's autograph....maybe next year!

VaLenTinE's DaTE!!!!

2010-02-20T11:47:00.000-08:00

Riding in the LIMO!

Ollie, Julia, Doug, Christina, Will and Chelsea

The Ren Cen

Detroit River

Overlooking Detroit

Ray's Ice Cream ...YUMMY!

Will surprised me this year and took me on the best date ever for Valentine's Day. He told me I needed to get dressed up and be ready at 4o'clock. Right at 4 a huge gray limo pulled in our driveway. I was soooo excited. When I got in the limo, Doug and Christina and Ollie an Julia were in there too. All these guys totally surprised us girls!!! We went to dinner in downtown Detroit at a restaurant on top of the GM Tower(called the RenCen). The restaurant was called the Coach Insignia and it was top notch delicious! I ate chicken and Will had a steak. We also went to a little ice cream shop afterwards for dessert. We had such a blast and it was the best Valentine's day ever!! Thanks Willy...I sure do love ya!

SnOw DaY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-02-10T16:01:00.001-08:00

Today Will studied so hard for his Poly Science test, drove to school and found out school was closed for a SNOW DAY!!!!! So he came home and we decided to play in the snow and we built Will's 1st snowman!!!!!! It was so fun. The snow was soooo powdery but Will was creative and we made it work. Now we are drinking hot chocolate and enjoying the night!

Our 3rd Anniversary in Frankenmuth!

2010-02-05T09:41:00.000-08:00

Will with his hunting gun for the Wii!!! I got him Cabelas big game hunter and it is sooo fun!

Eatin Anniversary dinner at the Black Forrest...YUM!

Me n my alfredo!

Lots and lots of leftovers!

Frankenmuth Bavarian Inn...such a cute little village!

Ice sculptures!

an angel praying

Go Spartans!

Will....hehehehe!!! I love this one!

And of course Will made me pose with the female one!! HA!

Giant Lizard!

My flowers from Willy!! !I love love love them. They are so pretty and the bright colors make me feel like its already springtime! :)

We had such a great time on our anniversary. We drove up north an hour to a little town called Frankenmuth. It's a little village and it's all olden and antique and we both loved it. They had a winterfestival going on with some sweet ice sculptures. We ate dinner at the Black Forrest and it was soooooooooooo good. We were both stuffed to the max. Even though we were only an hour away from our house it was so nice to be able to turn our phones off and escape the "real world" even if just for a day. We came back to our house early Thursday mornin and played Wii like all day long. :)

HaPpY 3rD AnnIvErSarY WilLy!!!!

2010-02-03T03:57:00.000-08:00

So this is what I woke up to this morning!!!! I am such a lucky girl!!! Well today is Will and my 3rd anniversary and I wanted to do a blog this morning and talk about why I love Will and why I am such a lucky girlie!!!
Since I first hung out with Will before he headed to Iraq I knew there was something special about him that was going to touch my life forever. I didn't know that it was going to be that he would be my eternal companion but I did know that he had touched my heart in the short time we were able to spend before he left for Iraq. The day that Will left for Iraq it was my birthday and as soon as he left I cried for an hour and thank goodness I had my mom to help make me feel better. I felt like my best friend had left. While Will was in Iraq I got to know him through emails and phone calls. He always knew exactly what to say to me to lift me up and motivate me to be my best. I remember the first day we were able to get the webcams working and as soon as the picture cleared up and I saw his smiling face my heart melted and I knew that this was more than a friendship and that I wanted to spend my life with him. The time Will spent in Iraq was not always easy for our relationship by any means but it sure did make us realize the time we get to spend together is priceless. When he came home for leave in October and surprised me is probably one of my favorite memories I have. Will always told me that I should try out for the WNBA cuz I was soooo good enough to make it and he always told me to go to law school if I want to. I was never really confident that I could do either of those things but in Will's mind, he was positive I could accomplish anything. I love Will because he is such a hard worker and I know that I will never have to worry about money problems because he will always find a way to pay the bills and will never give up until we are taken care of . I love Will because he loves to help people and is soooo friendly. Wherever we move or wherever we live I have no worries that Will will ever be w/out friends. He is so outgoing and makes people feel so important! I love Will because he is a honest priesthood holder. There are many times this last year that he has given me blessings and that means the world to me. I love Will becuase he lets me dream and fulfill my dreams. I know it takes a lot for him to sit by and watch as I go to law school when he could be chasing his dreams but I appreciate it so much and I can't wait until I can work and provide for him to follow his dreams. I love Will because I know when the time comes he will be the BEST dad. I don't have to worry that he won't change diapers or help me when we have a baby...he will be the first one up in the middle of the night and the last one rocking our kids to bed. I love Will becuase he loves me for me. It's not always been easy being a 6' tall girl but Will has made me feel so comfortable about being me. I love that he always tells me to wear hills even though they make me taller than him cuz he loves it. He always tells me that one of the reasons he married me was because of my heart and because of my genes!! He loves that I am an athlete. Will lets me act like a 10 year old and goof off when I need to. Besides the fact that I think Will is the most handsome man, his heart is as big as can be. I have loved these last three years of my life and although there are challenges along the way there is no one I would rather be holding hands with facing these challenges than my WILLY!!! Happy 3rd Anniversary Willy...I love you forever and always!

TaDa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The trailer is finished!!!!!

2010-02-01T14:24:00.001-08:00

Catch Up!

2010-01-28T16:18:00.000-08:00

So obviously I have started a new semester in school cuz I have not blogged for sooooo long. I actually finished my homework early tonight so I decided to do a catch up of what's been going on in the "D." Will and I had a great New Years Eve. I was bound and determined that Will would actually stay up until 12 this year...since he never has since we've been married. We went to dinner at Max n Erma's...YUM!! Then we went to the movies. We got home and of course watched Dick Clark's New Years Rockin' Eve and we both made in until midnight. Then we got back to being busy with school n life! We both are back in school. Will is taking three welding classes and a political science class(YES) and I am taking Property II, Con Law II, and Bus Org. I have great teachers and I really enjoy my classes. Will has been so busy in our garage fixing up this trailer and we both will be so glad when he is done. He decided after this project that he needs to take a good long break before he starts another one. He has been working so hard on this trailer and it's pretty awesome what he has done. I will post some before and after pics when gets done painting it. I have been spending my time doing lots of homework, playing my WII(I am finally on level 9 of Mario), watching Teen Mom and running on my treadmill(P.S. I LOVE having a treadmill. I was really missing out w/out one!). We had an activity with our Sunday School Class and took them to play Laser Tag and had pizza and played the Wii. It was awesome and we are so blessed to have the calling we have. We sure do love those kids! Other than that we have just been so anxious to get out and play in the snow...hopefully this weekend or next we can go sledding or ice skating! We hope all of u who read our blog are doing wonderful and are enjoying 2010 CUZ we sure are!! We love you all and I will post some new pics soon! PeACe!

Merry Christmas!!!!! :)

2009-12-25T15:53:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!!!!

2009-12-25T15:32:00.000-08:00

Super Duper Up-Date/DeCemBeR

2009-12-19T19:39:00.001-08:00

Where we got our tree! :)

Rollin' with the tree in the Yukon!

I finally got Will to let me take a pic while he is in his new Air Guard uniform!!

Our casa!

I found a before pic of the trailer Will is re-doing!

Me n Stanley in front of my school....Woot- Woot for Cooley!

Our package of my Grandma Carol's homeade candy..mmmmmmmmmm...seriously the best gift ever after my last final!

This is the stack of notecards I memorized for this semester!

Will is almost done with the trailer, he is working on guilding the end tailgate..but it looks great!

Toffee!

Suga Cookies!

Hey all!!! So I have not updated for quite awhile and now that I am out of school for a couple weeks and Will only has one more day of class this semester, I am finally sitting down and taking the time to update our blog. (and watching Christmas Vacation at the same time!)Well December has been such a busy busy busy month and both of us can't believe how fast the time has flown bye. Will has been keeping busy rebuilding a trailer for one of his friends and he is getting lots of practice at his new favorite hobby:welding!! And he is dang good at it too. I have some pics below of the trailer he built....if only I had pics of what it looked like when he started..needles to say it only cost $100 and barely worked but it's great now. Will has taken all but one of his finals and has been kicking butt at school! He works really hard and luckily he has a great job that he has extra time to study. When we got back from Utah for Thanksgiving, I was soooo anxious to get a tree so the very next day we went and found a little tree farm thingy and went to work picking out our tree. There are no pines for sale so we went with a Douglas Fir and I loved it...it smells so great. It was funny cuz the guy that was selling us the tree told Will to back off cuz he's the tree surgeon and let him trim the tree....Will and I were laughing so hard! We got our tree up and decorated and I already had our house decorated before we headed to Utah. I also put up our fake white tree in our kitchen and a small fake white tree in our entry way....I know....I just love trees...the more the merrier! The last week has been sooooo busy for me with finals and soooo stressful...by far the most stressful exams I have had. I had two judges for teachers this semester and it's harder to prepare for their exams. But to be honest...they are over and done and I am not looking back only forward and I really don't want to talk about law school until I have to go back in January. So Will has been quite the shopper this year. He saved up his military money cuz he said he really wanted to spoil me this year and I told him not to but a couple days later there were about 7 presents(2 huge ones)under the tree to me from him....so I am EXCITED!!!!!!! Will is having the Elder's Quorum over to our house on Tuesday for a chilli cookoff and to watch BYU in the bowl game...I am excited for them..it should be fun. Oh yeah...so I really wanted to get Will a recliner for Christmas so I have been keeping my eyes peeled on craigslist which by the way is FABULOUS here in Michigan...we have bought so much stuff on it...ne ways....I found this lazyboy recliner that looked really new and in great condition so as soon as Will got off work, I made him hop in the Yukon and we headed off to Farmington to pick it up. Well, we ended up buying it but it was not really what I had expected or what Will really wanted but it's growing on us. It's actually like an oversized love seat that reclines. It's nice but HUGE!!!! I like it but we're still debating on whether to keep it or look for something else. So today is the first day of my official winter break and first thing this morning I headed outside in my full on snow gear bound and determined to make a snowman. Unfortunately the snow we got overnight was really soft and would not stick together and the guys who shovel our snow got quite a kick out of my attempt at a snowman and Will even thought it was funnier. I also made some toffee(which I am still working on getting the temperature needed figured out being at such a different elevation), sugar cookies and dipped some pretzels. I really love this time of year. I love being able to use the talents my grandma,mom, and sisters taught me to bake goodies and make crafts and be able to share them with my friends and their families. I LOVE baking and it's so relaxing for me to be able to bake. Well...Will is on the couch asleep and I am going to upload some pics and finishing watching Christmas Vacation, so goodnight to all and until next time! Peace n Love!

M-town Trip Thanksgiving 2009

2009-11-30T16:58:00.000-08:00

Me n Nix!!!!

Me n Dilly bop

Me n the girlz

Nix n Dilly Bop

goofy dirlzzzzz

Will so happy to be cruisin his S-10 in M-town!!! Ps as soon as I took the pic we hit a huge bump and i cranked my head on the roll cage!

Nix, Dj, n Davi at Applebee's on the Girls Day out.

McCall n Nix

Me n my mommA!

Me, McCall, Nix, DJ, n Davi!!

My mom and dad when he landed coming back from North Dakota!!!

Grandma Carol and Grandpa June

McCall blowin out her candles...Happy b-day!

Me n Dilly in our matching outfits!

Surprising McCall w/ a treat for her b-day at applebees

me n nix

Dad, McCall, and Davi playin' rock band

DJ rockin the guitar while davi sung and my dad on drums...our band's name is GUs Gus

Me, Willy n DJ at Denny's for breakfast before my dad flew out.

The crew at breakfast!

M-town ride in the hills!!!!!

October 2009 In a NUTSHELL!!!!!!!

2009-11-08T19:01:00.000-08:00

Will, Ollie, n Vaughn gettin ready to hunt!

Will's 1st Whitetail deer!

The fish...he cauht one on a pole and one with his hands

Me n will at the Lake Orion v. Adams Football Game. Our ward had a tailgate party before the game because some of the kids in our ward go to Lake Orion High and Some go to Rochester Adams, so when they play each other its a huge rivalry. We had great food and an awesome time with all our friends. We sure do love our ward. And LO won the football game....Go Dragons!!

LO Football Field....their marching band was awesome!!

Me n Ash n Brandt at the University of Michigan(notice all the blue and yellow) v. Delaware State Game at the Big House in Ann Arbor.....AWESOME!!!! That was the biggest, cleanest and had the best food ever!!!!!!!!!!I can't wait to go see another game.

Ashley and Brandt Malone(That's right!!)

U of M Football Field

Me N Willy...GO WOLVERINES!!!!

I ran in a relay marathon with some of our really good friends. I was the fourth leg of the relay and only had to do a couple miles. I got to run around Belle Isle which was sooo pretty and I had a blast. The relay started in downtown Detroit and went around the City and ended back in the Downtown Area. There were thousands and thousands of people. It was sooo crazy but I am so glad I did it. Will was able to go to the checkpoint with me and we hung out for a couple hours waiting for the other runners to tag me so I could run. When we finished running they gave out goodie bags full of healthy treats and had a party. Normally I am a chicken and get super scared being in Downtown Detroit but not that day...I felt soooo safe and everyone had sooo much fun. Thanks to Ollie and Julia for gettin me involved!!

Me runnin at the starting line...P.S. it was only 29 degrees!!!!!

Me, Julia, n Ollie after my run.

Me n Willy(my best supporter)!!!!

Me n Paws(Detroit Tigers Mascot)

The Crew!!!

The Crew standing in front of the map of the whole route.

So we made it a point to get some good ol' Sagebrush Cafe food one day for FHE. So this is officially the biggest burrito and taco salad we've ever eaten and they are Delicious!!!! YUMMY!! Anyone who comes and visits us....u will get some yummy Mexican food.

And of course...I had to make sugar cookies for Halloween. I made about 5 batches of cookies...I was icing cookies for hours and hours and hours but it was worth it. I also found a new icing recipe that uses whipping cream and its super yummy!

More icing

Will's Tall Boy(Monster Energy Drink) Pumpkin

Our Pumpkins....The "S" pumpkin is for Flat Stanley(he is a friend of Nixan's that she sent to us to stay with us for a couple weeks so we thought we had better include him in the pumpkin carving!!)

October is such an awesome month. We both love the leaves changing colors and the weather cooling off a bit. I also love love love Halloween. This month seemed to fly by but we sure did make lots of fun memories and had so much fun w/ great friends.

Happy Halloweeeeeeeen!!!

2009-11-01T15:24:00.000-08:00

This is Rosalie from the movie!!!

Me n Willy

Me as Rosalie

Me n the Jackson's

Me n Julia and her kiddos

Me n Willy

Me n Flat Stanley outside the casa!!

So I officially have been such a blog slacker lately but for good reason...we have had some major computer issues and I have not been able to get my pics uploaded BUT it's finally working again and now I can get back at it. So yesterday was Halloween and we had such a great day. Ne one who knows me at all knows I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!! I love dressing up and making goodies and seeing all the kiddos in their costumes and handing out candy. So this year I made about 200 sugar cookies and a whole bunch of popcorn balls to hand out. Will n I went to a trunk or treat our ward and another ward put on Friday night but we didnt' recognize ne one so we decided not to stay. Needless to say I was pretty bummed not to hand out my goodies. On Halloween day Will woke up early and put up our blowup scary guy outside our door and got our battery powered candles lit up in the pumpkins. I spend the day making sure I had everything for my costume and getting caught up on stuff while Will went with Vaughn to Brandt's house and "geeked" on computers...his words not mine. Ne ways Will went and got pizza for dinner and I got in my costume while he was gone....I have been so excited to dress up this year. I love Twilight and I really wanted to be a character from the books. I decided the easiest one for me to be would be Rosalie when they are playing baseball. I tried the best I could to make all the little details pretty similar to what she wore in the movie. The Jacksons came by and Tyson looked cute as superman and Taryn was a little lamb.....so cute!!!!! Then we had a couple other kids come by and trick or treat but not near enough to get rid of our load of goodies. So we went over to the Lee's and dropped off a whole load of cookies and carmel popcorn balls. Their kids were sooo hyper it was cute. They were having such a fun time and they all stayed in their costumes so we could see them all dressed up. We came home ate some goodies and then watched the world series....too bad NY won!!!! We had a really great day and Will even promised me that he would dress up every other year!!!!

Golfing w/ the Lee's and Northern Michigan w/ the Malone's!!!

2009-09-19T21:09:00.000-07:00

This is me n Willy at the Bald Mountain Golf Course...we had a blast!

Julia teeing off and Ollie and Will watching her hit the "big bertha"!!!

The rest of the pictures are from our trip to Northern Michigan. Our friends Brandt and Ashley Malone invited us up to their families summer home in Boyne, Michigan and it was soooo much fun. Will n I were sooooo excited and sooo impressed w/ how beautiful it was up there. Of course on vacation we did a lot of eating, relaxing, chit chatting and watching lots and lots of football!! Go BYU And U of M!!!! Will even started talking to this one dude and he pulled out a huge salmon and Will was right there to help him out...it was awesome!!!

This is the bridge in Charlevoix that opens up every half hour to let the big boats through!

Camp fire, smores and a great time!

The guys fixed me n Ash a great dinner, huge shishkabobs, steaks, veggies, bread and corn on the cob!! YUMMY!!!!

Petoskey, Michigan......so awesome.

Brandt and Ash preparing for mini-golf!

Me n Willy....check out willy's face!!

Grill master Will

The group overlooking Lake Mich.

This is the Malone's cute living room. Their home is sooo stinkin cute!!! Loved it!

UpDatE!!!!!!

2009-09-09T12:01:00.000-07:00

So I thought it was about time for an update.....since it's been way too long. Well summer is over and Will n I both have started school again. But before school started we had an awesome Labor Day Weekend. We went to the flea market on Saturday and Will bought some tools and they had a car show down there and we got to see lots of really sweet cars. We spent the rest of Saturday relaxing and cleaning and organizing and Will is working on building some bamboo fly rods for fishing. On Monday (Labor Day) Will went golfing in the am with Doug, Oliver, Ray and Vaughn. He said he had a blast. He even got an Eagle. I had to stay home to finish up on my cases for Property. Then I went for a run down at Orion Oaks Park and came home. We both got ready and went to the Pollard's in Lakeville for a BBQ and Lake Bash. We had soooo much fun with all the families that were there. We ate burgers and corn on the cob and went out on the pontoon for a ride. The weather was super nice. Also, Oliver talked me into running a leg of a marathon in downtown Detroit in October so I am pretty excited about that...I am doing the short leg only aroud 3 miles so not too shabby!!!! I started school on Tuesday and I have three classes this semester: Property I, Con Law I, and Evidence. My Property Class has 103 students!!!! It's HUGE!!!! I have already met some really nice people and I am excited for this semester. I am still awaiting my grades from last term....hopefully within the next two weeks I will find out what I got. Will started school again as well. He is taking Intro to Machine Tools, MIG Welding, English, and History. He got straight A's last semester. I am soooo proud of him. He is still working for Veolia and enjoying his job. Him and Ollie and Doug have been plainning some trips to go ride their bikes and I am so grateful Will found some friends that like to ride. I was able to go shopping with some of my school loan money and get some new clothes for me and Will and anyone who knows me knows I LOVE to shop but I have been trying to be better about not spending too much money but Will was in need of some new digs as was I. I love living right by the Great Lakes Mall....the shopping is excellent. My new fav store is Burlington Coat Factory cuz there is soooo much more than coats for great prices. This weekend we are heading up to Northern Michigan with Brandt and Ashley Malone for a vacation at their place in Boyne. We are super super super excited. I also heard that my aunt Kaylene was in a car accident.....we have been praying sooo much for her and I am so glad she is alive and I can only hope she continues to get better. I have been missing our families sooo much lately but that usually happens when I have to head back to school. I often think about our nieces and nephews getting ready for the first day of school and how big they are getting. Also it's Davi's senior year and I wish soooo badly I could come home and get to see one of her soccer games but I know that it's too expensive and Michigan is where we need to be. We have really grown to love it out here, it's definately different but there is sooo much to love out here. Oh yeah.....FUNNY PART: yesterday we were coming home from the Mall and Will swerved in the oncoming land and flippped around and put the flashers in the Yukon on...jumped into the street to save a HUGE turtle that was crossing the road a couple blocks from our house. This was the biggest turtle I have ever seen in the "wild." Will attempted to pick it up and it turned it's head and snapped at him so he set it down but cars were coming so he picked it up again and sprinted across the road with it. It was sooooo funny. He was soo scared of that turtle. Our fishies Miagi and Flower passed away but Ducky is still going strong and actually seems to be better alone than with other fish. Well....that's about it for the update. Hope everyone is doing well!!! {PeAcE!! }

3's of You Tag!!!!

2009-08-12T08:04:00.000-07:00

You've been tagged; so you are supposed to fill in the 3's of YOU.
At the end, choose 3 people to be tagged.
If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you. Have fun!

Three names I go by:
1.Chelsea
2.Chels
3.Chur or Chech

Three jobs I have had in my life:
1. Receptionist @KKO and Kohler and Eyre
2. Teacher's Aid at Moonridge Academy
3. Cal Ranch Baby!!!

Three places I have lived:
1. Auburn Hills, Michigan
2. Minersville, Utah
3. Cedar City, Utah

Three Favorite Drinks:
1. WATER
2. Gatorade
3. Raspberry Lemonade

Three TV shows that I watch:
1. One Tree Hill
2. Project Runway
3. DEA

Three Top Places I have Been:
1. St. Maarten/Puerto Rico/St. Thomas
2. Australia
3. Hawaii

Three of my favorite restaurants:
1. Macaroni Grill
2. Cheesecake Factory
3. Costa Vida

Three things I'm looking forward to:
1. Graduating from Law School and being an Attorney!!!!
2. Having Kids with Will and being a Mommy!!
3. Christmas(I love it sooooo much!!!)

Three people I tag:
1. Tori
2. Kirstie
3. Megan

Mom, McCall n DJ visit to DeTroIT!!!

2009-08-02T20:26:00.001-07:00

Welcome to the "D"!!!! Woo-Hoo!!!

Sunrise at the airport in Detroit.

My mom n DJ eatin lunch at Johnny Rockets right before we went and had our eyebrows threaded!!

Me n McCall at Johnny Rockets

McCall and DJ after a long day of shopping

Me n my mom relaxing after shopping

The Girls(minus doh-doh, she didnt' get to come this time) Golfin' at Mulberry!!! woo-hoo!!

McCall n her cart

Willy n my mom

Oh cute!!

Me n DJ n my mom

Me n Willy taking a break from riding the paint creek trail

The crew on our bikes riding the PCT

Eatin dinner at my fav...Macaroni Grill

Men Willy at the Detroit Shock game

The girls at the game

So my mom, McCall, Dj came out to visit us this last week. They flew in Thursday morning at about 5:30. Willn I picked them up and headed for Auburn Hills. We got to our house and Will headed to work for the day and I took them to Tim Horton's for breakfast. YUMMY!!! Then we headed back to the house and all took a good long three hour nap. We got ready and went to the Great Lakes Crossing Mall to shop. We found cute clothes, ate lunch at Johnny Rockets, and even had our eyebrows threaded....it was awesome and I totally recommend it. After shopping we were too pooped to go to a movie so we headed back to my house and hung out. We stayed up late talking bout the past and about how grown up McCall's kids are getting. On Friday, Will took the day off of work and we went golfing at Mulberry. It was soooo much fun. We got three carts and it was a blast. My mom was kicking butt!!!!!! I didn't feel very well and I got really dizzy so we left and came back to the house. Will grilled up some yummy burgers and we also went for a walk around the complex and to the Flea Market. Then we went and checked out my school. It was sooooo much fun to finally get to show my family the place where all my hard work is going on!!! :) Saturday we went for a bike ride at the Paint Creek Trail. We borrowed some bikes from our friends, Oliver and Julia(Thanks so much) and we had a blast. It's sooooo pretty and I was glad to share this with my mom n sisters. Then we went to eat at the Macaroni Grill(my fav) and after we got extremely full we went back to my house and played Nintendo(which we got at the flea market). We also watched Australia!!! Sunday my mom n dj went to church will with n I and it was great. I had the opportunity to bare my testimony and also have all the awesome people in our Lake Orion ward meet my mom n sista!!!! We LOVE our ward out here and I am so happy that they got to meet some of my family. McCall made a great spaghetti dinner for us. We ate and then went and watched the Detroit Shock play the Connecticut Sun. Detroit lost but we had lots of fun. Then we went for a walk around my complex and finished watching Austraila and played the Nintendo. I am soooo happy my mom n McCall and Dj got to come visit us. It was sooo great for us to get to share the love we have of Michigan with our family. This place is very special to us and this whole experience has been a true and complete blessing and learning experience. We miss and love our family every single day but it's so awesome to get to have them have a vacation and let us take care of them for a couple days!!! We love you guys!!!

BBQ...Motorcycles...Friends....and a CraSH!!!

2009-07-25T17:49:00.000-07:00

Okay....so on the 24th Will n I went over to the Gibson's house for a BBQ!!! Will cooked some awesome ribs and everyone else cooked some great food like salads, chicken, shrimp, dutch oven potatoes ....well we took our motorcycle out there cuz their backyard is where Will built a track and all they guys get together and ride out there. There was me n Will, the Gibson family, the Lee family and the Jacksons. We were all having so much fun riding the mini bike and four-wheelers and watching Will race around the track going Mach 90!!! So on the very last lap Will was going to ride we were all sitting on the grass watching him, he went around the first corner fine and hit this little jump and landed fine...I looked away for a split second and when I turned back I saw the worst thing I have ever seen.... Will went flying in the air over his handle bars and his bike flipped forward a couple time and I watched Will lay on the ground with his bike right beside him. Some of our friends were screaming and I jumped out of my chair and sprinted across the track to him cuz I know Will and he didn't get up fast so I knew he was hurt. When I got over to him he had stood up and was walking his bike off the track. I looked at his face and it was cut up and bleeding and he was about half out of it. Ollie came over on the 4wheeler and Vaughn came over and Will kept saying he was okay but he was out of it. He took off his helmet...which was busted....and his face was all dirty and bleeding(see the pic below). He hurt his wrist pretty bad. Ne ways.....needless to say after that happened I was a wreck. I have never seen Will or anyone crash like that right in front of me and I had to hold back from crying cuz I didn't want to scare all the kids but I just want to say how important helmets and gear are to wear when riding. I know that Will would have been way more beat up than he is had he not been wearing his gear. I am so glad that we have great friends who are so good to us and that we were able to go spend the day with them. Ne ways.....I love my Willy and I am sooooo grateful to the Man upstairs for watching over him ;)

We got a new car!!! woo-hoo!!!

2009-07-19T18:02:00.000-07:00

So on Saturday Will n I decided to go check out this big car liquidation they had at the Pontiac Silverdome cuz we have been looking for a new car and we thought...hey what the heck lets go check it out. So we went there not even thinking we would find nething we liked but of course we found this Mazda 6 and after Will drove it we both were pretty much sold on it. It's a 2005 and I am really impressed with how clean it is. So of course the first thing we did when we got home is WASH it and then of course it rained cuz it's Michigan but oh well. Ne ways we are really blessed to have been able to get this car at such a good deal and we were really needing another one. Woo-HOo!!

Also...Will built a workbench in our garage on Saturday. It looks awesome...I don't have ne pics of it finished yet but this is him building it. It's great cuz he built it so it has shelves for storage and all his tools go nicely on it!!!

Favorites Tag

2009-07-05T17:39:00.000-07:00

FavOriTeS TaG
ice cream? Cookie Dough
season? Summer
hobby? sports/shopping/music
song? way to many to count but at the moment.......Billie Jean
band? Metallica/Fleetwood Mac/Parmore....and many more
female artist? Beyonce and Gwen Stefani
male artist? way to many......but i really like Kanye
place to hang? ne where Willy is
book? To Kill a Mockingbird and Twilight series
blog? All of them
pastime? tons of them but one of my favs is having sleepover at Kendras house outside on her trampoline and we would dance to Paula Abdul on her mom's shop deck and also when we would pretend we were Metallica or NSYNC!!! Also..taking state in b-ball 3 x's in High School and gettin named 2a MVP and gettin to go on the Jazz court at half time and get a trophy and I remember how short I felt standing next to Ostertag!!
grade? 4th or any of high school
color? Pink
date? movie n dinner or suprises
flower? yellow rose
city/state? Oceanside, CA
movie? Grease, Footloose, Twilight, ne thing w/ John Travolta, Elf, Christmas Vacation
day of the week? Saturday or Sunday
person to tag? I tag everyone on my blog list and anyone else who reads my blog. Do this tag cuz it's fun and I want to get to know more about u!!! :)

4th of July Weekend!!

2009-07-05T11:45:00.000-07:00

Chad Reed takin 2nd place

Okay....so thi s is what happens to me after four hours of sitting on grass waiting for the races to start....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!

Happy Campers!!! :)

Just got dirt flipped on me from a rider!!

Red Bud MX

Flyin High

Ballerina Bella Osterich n Me!!

Will is the King of our Castle

The Wizard of Osterich!!!

Silver Beach, St.Joseph, Michigan

My 4th of July Cookies....YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For Independence Day weekend...Will n I headed over to Benton Harbor Michigan, which is on the Western Side of the State. We stayed overnight two nights at a nice hotel in Benton Harbor!!! It was really sweet...they had a nice pool and hot tub and I played in the pool while Will relaxed in the hot tub. We ate at IHOP the first night there and got milkshakes and drove over to St. Joseph and walked along Silver Beach. It was really pretty. The sun was setting and it was sooooo nice. On the 4th we drove about 20 minutes to Buchanan, Michigan to watch Pro-Motocross at Red Bud Track. It was really really really busy. There was like 20k people there. We set up our chairs and walked around. The track was HUGE!!! We set up our little area with chairs and a blanket and our cooler full of H20 and of course Rockstars!!!! We ate some yummy homeade corndogs and shaved ice...of course...it's a must on the 4th!!! We watched the races and of course I was cheering for Chad Reed and Will for Ivan Tedesco. Chad Reed won the 1st Moto and took 3rd in the second so he took 2nd overall. Josh Grant won the 2nd moto. But the best part was at the end of the 2nd moto when Reed and Tedesco were fighting for 2nd up until the finish...Tedesco won but it was awesome!!!!!!!!! We decided to leave early because honestly we were totally smoked out. Everyone around us was smoking like crazy and after a couple hours there my stomach got really sick from the smoke. Also people were getting beer on my blanket so we both agreed it was time to leave. We headed back into town and decided to go find somewhere to eat dinner. We picked Pizza Hut cuz it was the least busiest and sounded the best. After dinner we decided to go back to the hotel and go swimming. We swam and then watched Home Alone 2 on TV. It was soooooo fun for us to get to spend so much time together relaxing. We just got home and unloaded the car and now we are going to watch AK and Tiger play some Golf. GO AK!!!!!! Ne ways...we had a great holiday and we are both so grateful to live in America........ God Bless America!!!

MJ, Ribs, Deck, and Golf

2009-06-27T18:44:00.000-07:00

1st of all, I have to do a little tribute to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. I know there has been a lot of controversy surrounding his life but honestly he is the reason pop/all music is the way it is today. I have had really mixed feelings about his passing and I think it's because I am such a fan of his music but not so much his lifestyle. Ne ways, I just wanted to share a couple MJ moments I have. First, I love Billie Jean. I can remember hearing it and always breaking out into a full out dance. When I took dance when I was little I remember dancing to Rockin' Robin and ABC,123!!! One time at EFY, I had a counselor who loved MJ and at one of the dances they started playing Billie Jean and she grabbed all of us girls and took us on the dance floor and showed us how to dance to it. It was so awesome. Also, I remember watching Centerstage at Snow College with my roomies and rockin out to "The Way you Make Me Feel." Also, Fall Out Boy remade and "Beat It" and it's great!!!!! Ne ways.....I love to dance...not that I am very good at it but ne song that makes me hop up n dance is so great and almost every MJ song does that. I just want to say thanks for the music memories Michael Jackson.....ThRiLlER!!!

This is Will holding some Ribs he went and bought on 8 mile today....yeah I said 8 mile but don't get alarmed...it's not the exact part of 8 mile the movie was filmed in!!! We spent about 30 bucks and got a crap load of meat! Woo-hoo!!

Will stained our deck yesterday and today and it looks so awesome. Good job honey!!!

Will n I went golfing yesterday at Hampton Golf Course and it was a blast. I love my new grips and my shoes. I beat Will on the first hole....which is sooooo rare!!! :) He beat me every other whole of course...but we had so much fun. I love golfing and I am so happy we found something to do that both of us can enjoy and relax together.

This is my random post about what the heck we have been up to the last couple of days!!! Enjoy! PeaCe!!!

My 24th B-dAy!!!!

2009-06-17T08:52:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was my b-day and it was sooooo much fun. First I need to say thank you to my amazing husband and family and friends. I was worried that I would just have a hard day being away from my family on my b-day but Will was awesome and planned so much stuff to keep me busy and made it a great great b-day. My friens Julia, Christina and Nicole suprised me after class and took me to the Macaroni Grill for lunch. It was great. Then I came home and Will suprised me with a beautiful rose and cake and I opened all my presents. I got so much fun stuff. Will got me hot pink grips for my clubs and new white and pink golf shoes and a sweet bread maker(which I have been wanting for awhile). My parents and sisters got me the cutest watches and shirts and TWILIGHT!!! I also got money from my in-laws and other family members which is great cuz I have been wanting to go shopping really bad!!!! WOO_HOO!!! Will had class that night so I went to see My Life in Ruins with Nicole Jackson. We had fun. Then I came home and Will n I ate cake and ice cream and went to bed. I am so blessed to have such great friends and family. Thanks everybody for making it such a great 24!!!!!!

Happy 26th B-day Willy!!!!

2009-06-15T03:59:00.000-07:00

Startin the day off right...bein goofy!!!

Blowin' out Candles

Uh....I'm pretty sure u didn't turn 62 Willy!!!!

presents

Homeade Cashew Chicken

Happy B-day!

The Crew

Will n his stickers for his bike.....he was sooooe excited!!!

So yesterday was my amazing hubby Will's 26th Birffffffday!!!!! I wanted to make it super special since it was one of our first birthday's away from our family. I decorated our house the night before and set out all his presents. When we woke up Sunday morning I made Will a yummy breakfast and then he opened his presents. I got him the sticker kit for his bike that he really wanted. He couldn't wait to put it on his bike. I also got him a new calculator for his math classes and some other fun stuff. He got lots of great gifts from friends and family and he wants to thank everyone for the presents!!! :) Then we went to church. We teach the 12-13 yr old Sunday School Class and we had our lesson and then we had cheesecake cupcakes I made to celebrate. The kids in our class were super excited to have an excuse for xtra yummy treats. After church, we came home and I asked Will what he wanted for his special b-day dinner and he wanted homeade cashew chicken. I whipped it up and it was sooooo yummy. After we ate, Will put his sticker kit together (ps he is number 223 on his motorbike) and then we had some friends over for cake and ice cream. Will told me his two fav cakes are rainbow chip and german chocolate.....so I couldn't choose, so I make them both. We had the Jacksons, Tammy, Chris, Jeff, and the Malones over. It was a lot of fun and we all ate way way too much. Then we all watched the NBA finals and I won't mention how the game turned out cuz no one in the house was too happy about it. We both had soooo much fun but most important to me was that Will had a very special day. I love my husband and I am so blessed to be married to him. I have never met someone who is as giving and willing to help someone as Will is and I just wanted him to have an xtra special day to be able to spoil him!!!! I LOVE U WILLY!!!! :)

PS: so I forgot but I wanted to mention that the day before Will's birthday he built a motorcross track at the Gibsons home and it is awesome. He was on a bobcat mini ex. all day and he created an awesome track. I will get some pics of it on here soon!!

Memorial Day Weekend

2009-05-25T13:45:00.000-07:00

The beach at the resort!!!

Our first picture at the East Bay on Lake Michigan

Dinner at the Red Mesa

Walkin' on the beach in the am!!

Will's new fav treats.....chocolate covered rice krispy covered in cashews!!!

Will got talkin to this hot dog vendor and he asked me what my name was... I told him and he created this cute liitle hot dot man with a smiley face and said this was especially for me!!

Will setting up our tent!!

Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes National Park....

On the dunes

Beach

This is called the Dune Climb....the picture doesn't even do it justice for how steep it is. People clim it and its funny to watch them crawl up it on their hands and knees.

Will found this golf putter(fish head) at a store and thought it was pretty sweet.

Roastin Mallows.....When the mallows flamin........

Linin up my putt at the Bay Resort Golf Course.

This is a little store in Traverse City with a BIG HUGE Bear out front.

Will showin off his hobo dinner cookin skills

Will and his main man Greg......just got done gettin their fire wood.

Now the mallows flamin!!

My fav pic

Will's torch

Grillin sausage on his pocket pal

Yikes.......I just woke up

trying to get a tan on our pale white skin

Will buildin us a fire

drive hom

Packin to head out

Okay so I know that I have not blogged in FOREVER......but please forgive me. I decided to forego everything that I missed blogging about partly because I can barely remember it and start again. So last Thursday, Will n I began out treck up to Northern Michigan for our Memorial Day getaway. We went out and bought a tent, camping supplies, new cooler, food, badmitten game and all the camping necessities that we didn't have. We left Thursday around 3 and headed to Traverse City. It was such a fun and pretty ride. There were actual mountains and the woodlines were so dense with huge trees. It took us about three and a half hrs to get up there. The first night we stayed at the Grand Beach Resort right on the beach. I couldn't believe how pretty the beaches were....it felt like being in California. We hung out that night in town. We went to Front Street(which is a cute little section of town with all these cute old shops) and we bought some homeade ice cream and Will had a chocolate covered rice krispy with cashews on it. Then we went backt our hotel and chilled on the beach and took some pics. We ate dinner at a great Mexican restaurant called Red Mesa and it was YUMMY. The next day we headed off to find out campsite at the Platte River Campground and to check out the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes. We were under the impression that Will would be able to ride his motorcycle at the Dunes so we had it serviced and ready to roll. We found our campsite and got a warning about racoons and BeArs!!! I was a little freaked out but Will assured me it would be okay. We set up camp and then headed to find the dunes. The Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes is a National Park and there was no riding allowed so we just toured the area and played in the sand. It was one of the most beautiful parks I have ever seen. Then we checked out Lake Michigan and drove around the area. We found a cute town called Honor and ate dinner there. We roasted marshmallows and made smores back at camp, rode our bikes and then hit the sack. We got up early the next mornign and packed up camp and headed for our next campsite which was back in Traverse City. On our way we found a cute golf course and decided to play 9 holes. We played a 9 hole par 3 course and it was so fun. A couple of times I hit the ball like five feet from the hole. The mesquitos were really bad thought. This campground was right across the street from the Bay out to Lake Michigan so the beaches were awesome. We set up camp,went and bought a volleyball and played beach volleyball. We went back to camp and Will and our neighbor camper man (Greg) went and tracked down some good fire wood and got a couple fires burning. Both our neighbors at the camp ground were offering us beers and one party even had a keg and when we turned them down they looked at us shocked and asked.....You guys don't drink? When we said no....they both said....uh well alright then but if you decide to start you can have one of ours. It was pretty funny. One lady said what are ya Mormons? and we both said yeah we are and she said well shoot....my bad. It was funny. Oh I forgot to mention the trouble with the Yukon. Basically the whole trip the battery was dying and we had to get jumps multiple times. Ne ways so that night Will cooked up some yummy hobo dinners and we made smores of course. I can't have a campfire and not cook smores. We walked across the street and down the beach at sunset....it was sooo pretty. The next day we got up early ate breakfast and headed out to find a basket for my beach cruiser. We didnt' have any luck but we did get to ride our bikes down the beach right at the waters edge and it was fun but boy do our beach cruisers need gears!!! We hung out on the beach all day and got a nice tan, played a little badmitten, did some shopping and chilled at camp. We both had sooooo much fun and it was soooo relaxing just to chill and camp and not have to be rushing anywhere. Now I am sitting at home trying to get motivated to do some homework for class tomorrow and Will is sound asleep!!! We loved this trip so much that we planned another trip up there next month!!! :)

SO LONG 2ND SEMESTER OF LAW SCHOOL!!!

2009-04-23T11:23:00.000-07:00

This is Will n I sooooo happy and excited now that my finals are OVER!!! Peace out law school for two weeks.

I am holding all of the notecards from this semester. We think that there is about 600-700 cards. It's crazy cuz I took three courses: Torts II, Contracts II, and Civil Procedure and there are about 200 cards for each topic and I memorized every stinkin card!!!! Just lookin at them right now makes me think I must be crazy!!!

These are the cards laid out in our kitchen.

Now that is one big STACK of Law!!!!

Today I took my final exam for this semester and I am so relieved and stoked. Will has been such a huge help to me. He has stayed up so late helping me study and I am so grateful to have such a great hubby. We decided to take some pics of the amount of notecards that I have to study to prepare for these finals. Hope you enjoy!!

Homeade Cashew Chicken Noodle Casserole

2009-04-23T11:20:00.000-07:00

Will n I got brave the other day and tried a cashew chicken recipe and put it on some asian noodles. It turned out sooooo yummy!!!

Hello Mr. Easter Bunny

2009-04-11T14:16:00.001-07:00

Today Will n I went with some our friends, the Jackson Family, to some Moto-X races in Millington Michigan. It was sooo fun. The track was huge and there were probably like 100 huge camp trailers parked with people staying all weekend long. I had no idea moto-x was so big out here . We watched the 450's go huge over some big jumps and my fav was the little 50's racing. There was a kid with a red mohawk on his helmet racing a 50 and it was so darn cute. We had a blast!! And we got to meet the Easter Bunny he was at the race handing out goodies:)

Coloring Easter Eggs

2009-04-10T19:04:00.000-07:00

Sorry this is a bad picture: This is Will's egg that he drew a picture of his camping scene on it. There is a tent and mountains, it turned out really cute.

I love me some egg coloring!!!

Tonight Will n I decided to color some Easter Eggs. It was really fun. Will drew a camping scene with mountains and a tent on one and I drew Easter bunnies and little crazy designs. When I was getting the dye ready I put the wrong tablets in the wrong color cups cuz I couldn't tell which one went where, ne ways after the first eggs we figured out which colors were which!! I really love Easter Holiday and this is one of the only times I have been a little homesick while being out here cuz I know my family is camping this weekend and playing volleyball and eating lots of mini-eggs and having fun but I just look forward to the time when Will n I will be back closer to home. I am really glad to have such a great supportive hubby who tries to keep me busy with fun activities during the Holidays!!! Ne ways we hope everyone has a great and very Happy Easter and we love you all. HAPPY EASTER!!!

6 on 6 TaG!!!

2009-04-03T03:46:00.001-07:00

Post your 6th picture in your 6th File!!!!

This is a picture of me, Will, Darci, Bo, McCall and Brandon in November when we went home for the Elk Hunt. We went golfing down in Milford and it was a blast!!!!! It was so windy but so fun!! We miss and love you guys!!!

SUPERCROSS IN TORONTO!!!

2009-03-29T12:40:00.000-07:00

Me n Chad Reed:)

The Finish Line

Bubba

The track

Rogers Centre

Just chillin during the practice sessions

Chad's Bike

Welcome to Ontario

The bridge from the US to Canada!!!

Okay so Will I woke up yesterday morning, got ready packed up the Yukon and headed to Toronto. It took us about an hour to get to the border and then went thorugh border patrol and we were in Canada. We stopped at a Husky gas station and stocked up on some Canadian goodies. They have such great chocolate....it's cadburry candy bars and I can't even explain how good they are. It took us about four 1/2 hrs from our house to Toronto. Toronto was beautiful. It is right on the lake and it almost feels like being on a beach in California. The weather was awesome. We parked the Yukon and headed to check out the riders rigs and bikes. I am a Chad Reed fan and Will is a Bubba Stewart fan and if you're not familiar with motorcross, they are like enemies. We checked out Chad's bike and then went and saw Bubba's. Then we went inside and got some goodies and sat down to watch the practice races. The track was awesome and we were on the 7th row and they had the first 4 rows marked off so it was like being on the 3rd row. It was sooooo loud we had to wear ear plugs. We watched the lites and then the 450's practice. Reed and Bubba both looked awesome. They go soooooooooooo fast. Will ate some really good thai-food at the arena. Oh yeah the event was inside the Rogers Centre where the Toronto Blue Jays play and it was sweet. The final race was great. Bubba won...he was flying and Reed took second. I was kinda sad cuz you could see how disappointed Chad Reed was but I thought it was a great race. We stayed after for a while and watched Bubba and Chad give their interviews. Then we saw Reed leaving and Will grabbed me and said I know where Reed is going to come out let's go so you can meet him. We went outside and sure enough we met him coming out of the tunnel right where Will said he would be. We both told him he rode great but you could see how upset and disappointed he was. Will took a picture of me with him and Will said Okay Chad lets' see a big smile. I was laughing so hard. My hubby is so cute and funny. I was sooooo excited and I still am. Then we saw Bubba come out of the tunnel and he was crowded with people immediatly but Will was able to get a pic of him. We had soooooo much fun and we both love Moto-X soooo much. It really gets us both excited to ride our bike!!! Ne ways we headed home and got home this morning at about 4:30, got up and went and taught our Sunday School Class. It was a great weekend:)

Detroit Institute of Arts

2009-03-27T08:07:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago we took a trip to the DIA and it was really fun. It was my first time being downtown Detroit!!! They had tons of exhibits and it took us about four hours just to browse everything.

These are just a few of Will's fav exhibits.......we took sooo many pics it would take all day to upload them all:)

Catch UP....

2009-03-26T10:42:00.000-07:00

I am so behind on everything I want to blog about so this is going to be a Catch Up. First of all Will n I wanted to wish Skip a very happy belated birthday on our Blog. It was his birthday last week. I hope he enjoyed our little singing of Happy Birthday on his answering machine and we both hope he had a great birthday. Will's dad is amazing and he has always made me feel like a part of his family and like one of his daughters. I am so happy that he is Will's dad. He has taught Will so much and is such a great example to us both. WE LOVE YOU SKIP!!! Also we want to wish Katy and Kyle and girls a congrats for their new baby boy Kyler. He is super duper cute and we can't wait to get to see him in person. Will n I have both been super busy with school and work and trying to have some fun when we do have time to relax. We watched the movie Australia the other night and it was awesome. We loved it and recommend it. We are getting ready to head to Canada this weekend to go watch some SuperCross. I am a Chad Reed fan and Will is a Bubba Stewart fan and they have been so close the last couple races.....we can't wait. It's going to be on tv on Sunday at noon Eastern Standard Time on CBS and we have excellent seats so look for us on TV!!!!:) Also, my little sis DAvi went to prom and I got to see some pics and she looked so pretty and her dress was beautiful. Ne ways...I gotta run n pick up Will from work. Till next time.....PeAce!!!

HAPPY 17TH B-DAY DAVI DIANE!!!

2009-03-16T20:22:00.000-07:00

So tomorrow is my little sis, Davi's, 17th birthday. Yes she is a St. Patties girl. I am blogging about it now cuz I probably won't have time tomorrow. Ne ways I am having a hard time grasping the fact that my littlest sister is turning 17!!! Time flies when you're having fun. I have always had a really special bond with Davi(by they way we all call her Doh-Doh or Doh-Doh Bird)!!! When she was little we would always be entertained by her sillyness. She would act out scenes from Jim Carrey movies at like age 8. She would spin around on the floor and do the scene from Liar Liar with the pen and he is trying to say pencil. I know that Davi is a really strong person because she has been through two knee surgeries and she is so young and that is something I dont' know that I could've done. She is really special to me and Will n I love her tonz. I am really sad that I won't be at her Junior Prom this Friday and thinking about it makes me want to cry.....but I just keep thinking about what Will tells me " sacrafice today for whats ahead tomorrow." I remember watching McCall get all dolled up for her prom, having my three sisters with me as I was getting ready for prom and doing Darci's hair for her prom and I really wish I could be there to see Davi but I want her to know that I love her very much and and I am really proud of the person she is and I hope she has a great birthday:)

Ice Moto-X

2009-03-06T12:19:00.000-08:00

Will n I went with our friends, Ron and Stacy last night and watched Ice Moto-X. It was quite the experience. I had no idea that motorcycles and quads could race on ice. It was really fun. The heats they race in are really short, they only do four laps but there was a ton of heats so it kept it entertaining. All Will could talk about when we got home was how good his Philly Steak sandwich was........so needless to say I'm sure the next time we go to any event at the Palace, Will will be picking up a Philly Steak sandwhich. Ne ways, we ended up leaving early cuz Will had to work and it got a little repetative but nonetheless we had fun:)

ps: sorry there are no pics...i tried to upload a video of the bikes racing but it didn't work:(

The Golf Dome and Mansions....just another day in Michigan!

2009-03-01T18:59:00.000-08:00

If there is one thing Will n I can't wait for is some golf weather. We love to golf and have been getting really excited for it to start to warm up so we can go play. This last Saturday we decided to go practice at this big huge dome golf place they have and we had a blast. I was really rusty and struck out a few times........but after awhile I was hitting the ball pretty well. Will was awesome. He was hitting so straight and so far. We had a blast. We decided that until it starts to warm up out here we are just going to have to keep practicing at this dome. After we were done golfing, we decided to go for a ride and see some BIG houses. They have some of the most beautiful and huge homes out here we've ever seen. We were driving along admiring all of them when this one caught our eye and Will slammed on the brakes and we flipped around. Now let me say the pic doesn't even do it any justice. This home had an 8 YES 8 car garage on the back. 4 car stalls on the top and 4 in the basement. I bet it had 8-10 rooms or more.......It was sooooooo huge and soooooooo nice. We saw a lot of other really nice homes but this one took the cake!!! We had a lot of fun on Saturday. Today(Sunday) we went to church and had a blast. WE love being in the Lake Orion Ward. There are so many great people we've met. We are teaching the 12-13 yr old Sunday School class and it has been a real blessing and we really like it. We went over to the Gibson's house after church for some dinner and Christina Gibson made the best Waffles Will n I have ever had. She uses yeast so they rise and I'm going to get the recipe this week cuz they were soooooooo good. We had a lot of fun over there. Oh yeah...and we went to the Detroit Temple on Fri. night with my friend Tammy from school. It was a great session and we are so so so blessed to live 20 minutes away from the Temple. Ne ways....we are doing good and just truckin along. Will has spring break this week and I'm getting into the really busy weeks so our blogs might be less but I will try to keep everyone posted on what we've been up to!! PeaCe!!

FishieS!!!!!!!

2009-02-25T12:56:00.000-08:00

So today Will n I made a little addition to our house.....we bought two cute fishies. Mine is the black moor and it's name is Ducky(thanks Dilly Bop) and Will's is the goldfish and his name is Gunner(cuz we got a little plastic cannon to go in the bottom of our tank.) Ne ways: we are excited to have them!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry this pics r blurry......the camera and fishtank didn't like each other too well:)

ValenTine'S Day!!!

2009-02-15T15:10:00.000-08:00

We were so excited to get to spend the day together. Will planned lots of fun activities for us to do!!!

These are my 12 long stem roses that Will suprised me with. I love getting flowers. I am not picky about what kind or color or anything.... I just think flowers are so beautiful!!

Will made me this bread box for my kitchen. He mad the staind glass in his art class. It's really awesome. I am super lucky and blessed to be married to someone so handy dandy!!!

I made breakfast for Will and I made heart shaped pancakes and sausage. I was going to try to do the eggs too....but Will likes his egss over easy so it would've just been a mess!!!

Today was the very best Valentine's Day I have ever been. Will spoiled me rotten!!! I love him so much. He took me shopping and bought me some cute jewelry and a couple shirts. I also got a really cute scarfs. We went out to eat and I didnt' want anything fancy so we went to Pizza Hut. We spent the rest of the day just chillin at home watching movies and eating strawberry shortcake!! We hope everyone else had a very Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!

Suns V. Pistons Game!!!

2009-02-09T14:14:00.000-08:00

Stoudamire!!

Allen Iverson(this is the only pic of the pistons we took the whole time!!)

Steve Nash n Grant Hill at Captain's Meetin

Steve Nash warming up.

Sorry..... I have to apologize. I was crackin up at Will and of course the camera caught it!!!

Will, Mike and Vaughn

Stoudamire shootin a foul shot!!

Last night Will n I went with our friends Mike and Vaughn to the Pistons v. Suns B-ball Game. Our landlord Patrick hooked us up with some tickets and they were awesome. We were only a few rows up from the tunnel the suns came out of!!! Will is a huge fan of Amoire Stoudamire and I luv the king of the court Steve Nash. It was soooo fun to see Steve Nash walk out with Shaq right behind him. Shaq is hUGE!!!!!! It was a great game and we had a lot of fun. I had to take the third quarter to do some reading, Mike and Vaughn thought that was pretty funny but hey I gotta study whenever I get a chance. Stoudamire played great but Nash didn't do sooo well. We stayed after and watched them leave. It was really cool to be so close to the players!!!

SuGar CoOKIEs!!!!

2009-02-07T20:10:00.001-08:00

So today I got the brilliant idea to whip up some Valentine's Day sugar cookies so we could take them to our primary class tomorrow and since it was Saturday and I didn't have anything else to do but homework so I figured it was a perfect day to bake. They turned our really cute and really good. Will took some to our neighbor and Will said he ate four of them before he got into his house!!! I love to bake cookies but it's a job!!!! It took me about four hours to bake and decorate them!! But they are worth it. YUMMY!!!

Woo-HOo 40' run!!!

2009-02-06T11:16:00.000-08:00

Woo-Hoo. Today it is like 40 degrees and I totally had the urge to go for my first Oustide run of 2009 and it was great. It is the nicest day we've had all year and honestly since November!!! I just run the loop at my house 2-3 times, depending on my energy. I am sooooo happy I got to go for a run outside...to me there is nothing more relaxing than listening to my ipod while running outside. YAY!!! Hopefully there is a couple more days like this before the next storm hits.

VaLenTinE's DaY TAG!!!!

2009-02-04T14:05:00.000-08:00

Answer the questions about your sweetheart…
*What is your husband’s name? Will Noble Thompson
*How long have you been married? 2 years, 1 day and 3 hrs!!
*How long did you date? June 06-Nov-06(and a little bit b4 he went to Iraq)
*How old is he? 25
*Who eats more sweets? That would totally be Me!!! Will likes his sweets but he won't eat them unless I make them for him. I will just eat sweets ne time they're around!!
*Who said I love you first? That would be ME!!! I knew right away I loved him.
*Who is taller? We actually measured the other day and I'm a little taller than him.
*Who can sing best?oooohhh that's a hard one but I'm gonna have to go with Will.
*Who is smarter? Will is smarter when it comes to building and fixing and I'm smarter when it comes to school work and organization. So we equal out pretty well.
*Who does laundry? Mostly me, but Will does do it when he sees it piling up.
*Who pays bills? Usually I do cuz I have more time on the computer to do that kind of stuff.
*Who sleeps on the right side? I do.
*Who mows the lawn? Neither of us...our landscaper does that for us!!
*Who cooks dinner? Will does more than I do.
*Who drives? I love to have Will drive but lately our schedule has been so crazy that I drive him to work, school and back home again.
*Who is first to admit they are wrong? Will is. I tend to be stubborn with stuff like that.
*Who kissed who first? Will kissed me first!!
*Who asked who out first? According to will....I did but according to me...he did!! So who really knows!!!
*Who wears the pants? I think that we both wear the pants but when it comes to a big importantn decision...Will gets the final say cuz I trust his judgment better than my own.
I tag Kendra, Megan, McCall, Julie, Amber, Chelise, Katie, Jessica and Kirstie!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!!

2009-02-03T18:00:00.000-08:00

THIS IS WILL N HIS BRAND NEW NEW BALANCE SHOES I GAVE HIM. THEY'RE PIMP IT'S OFFICIAL!!!!

ME N MY 2 ROSES FOR 2 YEARS!!! I LUV ME SOME ROSES!!!

WE ATE AT THE MACARONI GRILL FOR DINNER ITS OUR FAV!!! I HAVE A REALLY GOOD CHICKEN SALAD AND WILL HAS CHICKEN PARMESEAN!! PLUS WE GOT FREE CAKE SINCE IT WAS OUR ANNIVERSARY AND MY FAV REASON TO GO THERE IS CUZ YOU GET TO COLOR WITH CRAYONS ON THE TABLE!!!! AND ACTUALLY WILL HAD JUST GOT OUT OF MATH CLASS SO WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR OUR FOOD HE HAD ME GIVE HIM SOME MATH PROBLEMS AND HE WORKED THEM OUT ON THE TABLE!!! HE'S ALWAYS THINKIN!!

THIS WAS WHAT WAS LEFT OF OUR CAKE!! IT WAS GOOD BUT WAY WAY TOO MUCH!!

CRACKIN ME UP!

THIS IS US OUTSIDE THE MACARONI GRILL!!!! SOMEBODY LOVES ME!!!

SO TODAY IS MINE N WILL'S 2ND ANNIVERSARY AND I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE HOW BLESSED AND LUCKY I AM TO BE MARRIED TO SUCH A GREAT MAN. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BLOG ABOUT HOW MUCH I LOVE MY HUSBAND!!! HE IS SOOOO KIND AND ALWAYS PUTS WHAT I NEED BEFORE HIS OWN. AT ONE POINT IN COLLEGE I HAD DECIDED THAT I WAS GOING TO BE A TEACHER RATHER THAN GO TO LAW SCHOOL AND WHILE WILL WAS IN IRAQ, HE KEPT TELLING ME THAT IF I WANTED TO BE AN ATTORNEY I SHOULD JUST DO IT AND HE SAID HE BELIEVED IN ME AND KNEW THAT I COULD DO IT. I DON'T THINK THAT I WOULD BE IN LAW SCHOOL TODAY IF IT WASN'T FOR HIS SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT. WILL COOKS FOR ME ALL THE TIME. I USED TO FEEL LIKE I WAS NOT THE BEST HOMEMAKER BUT NOW I REALIZE I JUST MARRIED AN AMAZING GUY WHO LOVES TO COOK AND CLEAN AND DOES LAUNDRY!!!! THERE IS NOTHING THAT WILL CAN'T DO. ANYTIME ANYTHING IN OUR HOUSE BREAKS OR SOMEONE NEEDS HELP FIXING SOMETHING....WILL CAN FIGURE IT OUT. OUR FURNACE BROKE ONE DAY AND OUR HOUSE WAS FREEZING COLD AND WILL WAS ABLE TO TAKE IT ALL APART AND FIX IT AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER LIKE IT WAS NOTHING. I AM SO IMPRESED WITH HOW HARD HE STUDIES SINCE HE STARTED COLLEGE. HE WORKS ALL DAY AND THEN STUDIES AND GOES TO SCHOOL IN THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. HE IS JUST AMAZING AND BESIDES THAT HE IS SO MOTIVATED TO WORK OUT AND BE FIT, WHICH IS GREAT CUZ I NEED ALL THE MOTIVATION I CAN GET. NE TIME I TELL WILL I WANT TO DO SOMETHING OR BE SOMETHING OR HAVE SOMETHING HE MAKES IT HAPPEN. OUR RELATIONSHIP HAS GROWN SO MUCH THIS PAST YEAR AND I AM SO LUCKY TO BE MARRIED TO MY BEST FRIEND!!!! I LOVE YOU WILL!!! HAPPY 2ND ANNIVERSARY!!

MY FAV THINGS ABOUT MY HUBBY:

1. HIS DIMPLES

2. HIS HEART

3. HOW HARD HE WORKS

4. HIS EGG/SAUSAGE/ENGLISH MUFFIN BREAKFAST SANDWICHES

5. WHEN HE SINGS TO ME AND PLAYS THE GUITAR

6. OOOH BABY UR A CLASSIC.....

7. DOVE

8. HE TEACHES ME AND INVITES ME TO BE A PART OF EVERYTHING HE DOES

9. HE BELIEVES IN ME NO MATTER WHAT I WANT TO DO

10. HIS TESTIMONY

George St. Pierre is #1!!!!!!!!!

2009-01-31T22:06:00.001-08:00

Woo-Hoo!! GSP just beat Bj Penn n we are super excited. It was a great fight and BJ took quite the beating. GSP hardly looked tired after the fight was over!!! We had a blast tonight. The fight card was great. Machita kicked Silva's butt!!! I was pretty shocked watching that fight how bad Tiago looked. We had about 8 friends over and ate lots of yummy Mexican Food and of course some good ol' Chocolate Jumbles. A couple people who came had never seen UFC before and it was great to see them get excited about it. Ne ways It's like 1 in the morning but I was toooo excited not to blog about GSP's VICTORY!!! Woop-Woop!!!

GO GSP!!!!!!! UFC FIGHT NIGHT 2-MORROW

2009-01-30T16:59:00.001-08:00

WOO-HOO!!! WE ARE SOOOO EXCITED FOR TOMORROW'S UFC FIGHT. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SINCE THEY ANNOUNCED IT. WILL N I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS SHOW ON SPIKE EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT THAT HAS BEEN SHOWING GSP AND BJ PENN'S TRAINING AND PREP FOR THE FIGHT. THIS LAST SHOW GOT ME SOOOO FIRED UP AND EXCITED!!!! YAY!!!! GO GSP!!! WE R HAVING A HUGE PARTY AT OUR HOUSE TOMORROW TO WATCH THE FIGHTS...WE INVITED A LOT OF FRIENDS WHO HAVEN'T HEARD OF UFC SO IT SHOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING. HOPEFULLY WILL N I WON'T SCARE THEM OFF SCREAMING AT THE TV N CHEERING GSP ON!!! IF NE ONE HAS ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE FIGHT....LEAVE A MESSAGE!! NE WAYS L8ER!!!!

LooKin 4 PiCs!!!

2009-01-30T05:54:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody!! I am in the search for pictures from Our Wedding reception. I am going to be getting back into scrapbooking and I am having a hard time finding any pictures from our reception. If you were at our reception and took any pictures if you could please email them to me at roxydoll_03@hotmail.com I would soooooo appreciate it. I have the pictures that Breezy took for us, but I would also like some more of the family and just of ones of everyone hanging out and having fun. I know it was a couple years ago...but I'm a little behind. Ne ways!! Thanks 4 ur help and have a great day!!!

DaNCE DaNCe!!!!

2009-01-21T19:09:00.000-08:00

I have some great news!!!!! One of my fav bands: FALL OUT BOY is coming to Michigan on May 8th!!!!! I just got the email tonight and I am soooooo excited I had to blog about it. Will n I got their new cd for Christmas and I listen to it all the time. They are coming to Eastern Michigan University which is only an hour away!! WOO-HOO!!!! I have been waiting for them to tour again. The last time I saw them I went with Darci n Davi and Bo. We had sooo much fun and I can't wait to go in May!!! YAY FOR FOB!!!

oNe TrEE hiLL!!!

2009-01-20T18:36:00.001-08:00

Okay so anyone who has known me very well for the past 6 years knows my love for One Tree Hill. It is my fav tv show ever!!!!!!! Honestly I have sooo many fun memories of watching this show with my friends and family and now I get to enjoy it in Michigan. I first started watching it at Snow College my freshman year with Megan Bracken and Sarah Barnes. Then I watched it at home with Darci and then in Cedar with Tori and Miranda. Will was not too fond of it at first but it's growing on him. Every now and then when I'm watching it I will catch him standing in the kitchen watching it from the cut out and asking questions about what's happening to certain characters. It's pretty funny. Ne ways my favorite character is Brooke Davis. She is super woman. She is strong and independent and is the best friend a girl could ask for. I used to hope that her and Lucas would end up together but now that they're not...I'm happy he is with Peyton. Ne ways I just wanted to do this little blog to have any other 1 Tree Hill Fans leave a message and blog about why u love one tree hill and what characters r ur favorite!! and if you don't know one tree hill or don't like it....leave a message about ur fav show!! PeaCe!!!

8 Ft Snowpile!!!

2009-01-18T16:22:00.000-08:00

We just wanted to post a couple of pictures of what the piles of snow right out our front door look like. It's pretty crazy. The big one is like 7-8 ft. tall and the rest are about 4-5 ft. They have been in our yard for over a week now and continue to get bigger each day. We had lots of snowfall yesterday and we were excited to see what our pile outside our house looked like this morning before we went to church. We also saw some 30 ft tall snow piles in the mall parking lot. We will try to get some pictures of them and post em as well!!!

HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY DILLY BOP!!!

2009-01-12T11:59:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone. FIRST OFF WE WANT TO WISH DYLANN SOPHIE DAVIS A VERY HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY AND TO TELL HER WE LOVE HER AND WE HOPE SHE HAS FUN AT HER MICKEY MOUSE BIRTHDAY PARTY!!! Today was my first day back at school and I had Civil Procedure. It went really well. We were informed that during this class we are going to be getting up in front of the class and speakin a lot, so I kinda got nervous but I figured if I am going to be an attorney I better get used to that. I also just dropped Will off at OCC for his first class. He is in Stained Glass as we speak. I am sooooo excited for him to be able to start his college education. We had a huge storm the other day and there is soooo much snow on the ground...too bad there are no hills to go sledding. Peace!!!

Woo-Hoo for Macaroni Grill

2009-01-09T19:36:00.000-08:00

So I just wanted to blog about how much Will n I love the Macaroni Grill!!! We went there tonight and met our friends Vaughn and Nicole Jackson and their little kids Tyson and Taryn. It was sooo much fun. They have the best chicken salad ever. I can't remember the exact name of it but it has chicken, tons of spinach, bacon, and a really good dressing. Will always gets the Chicken Parmesean and he loves it. So if ya ever get a chance to eat at the Macaroni Grill, TAKE IT, it's the bomb.com!!!!!!!

WILL IS GOING TO SCHOOL!! AND THE GYM WAR IS ON!!

2009-01-07T17:25:00.000-08:00

WILL'S FIRST COLLEGE TEXTBOOK(MATH)!!! YAY!!! GO HONEY YOU'LL DO GREAT!!

Will n I have both decided that 2009 is going to be a different year for us. We have decided that we are not taking the best care of our bodies and we are changing a lot!!! Will has started this new body by Arnold (ya know the Terminator) program and I have just finished a two-day fast to cleanse and started my own training session. In this last week we have seen some real changes in our bodies and in our attitudes as well. It's a lot easier to be in a good mood when you feel healthy inside. Also this week we went and got Will's registration complete and him and I both start school this Monday January 12th. I am so excited and proud of him. He will be working full time and taking 13 credits in the afternoons. Oakland Community College is really flexible so it works out great for Will's work schedule. He is taking Math, 2 Art Classes, and a Humanitites class. I am taking Torts II, Contracts II, and Civil Procedure this term. I have a feeling this semester is going to be crazy!!!! I only hope Will n I can find time to continue our gym routine. Will bought this really cool boxing speed bag kit with his gift card from Davi for Christmas(thanks doh-doh) and he is going to put that in our garage and teach me how to box. I have been watching UFC WAAAAAY too much and I really want to learn how to box and eventually learn everything. So today Will n I got to talk to Dylann on the phone and she kept telling us it's almost her birthday and we would ask her how old she is going to be and she would say "THIS MANY" and I know on the other side of the phone she was holding up four fingers but it was so cute and funny we laughed all day about it. Dylann told us that she wanted something from Michigan for her birthday. I can't wait till we can have some family and friends come out here and visit us so we can show everyone what we are doing and where we're living and share all the fun we are having. Ne ways, I have to get back to organizing some stuff for school, but we hope all is well with everyone and that everyone has a great week!!!

YES MAN!!!

2009-01-03T09:11:00.001-08:00

Will n I went and saw Yes Man with Jim Carrey two days ago and it was soooo funny. We totally recommend it but it had a couple of parts that were a little gross so I wouldn't take any kids to see it. Also...... we finally have insurance. It's the very first time since we've been married and it is such a blessing. I went and filled a prescription yesterday and instead of paying $150 for it I only had to pay $30!!! WOO-HOO.

Christmas Vacation in M-town!!!

2009-01-02T10:24:00.000-08:00

This is our family picture after our Christmas Party in Richfield.

Me n Will(Cheesy as ususal!!))

Drake opening his Christmas Eve Present.

Me n Nix!! PEACE.

Me n Dilly Bop being Monkeys.

Dylann and McCall Christmas morning showing us her presents.

Me n Dylann Christmas Eve with her new Pet Shop!!!

Darci, Davi, and Mom!!!!!!

Nixan and Brooklynn

Christmas Eve w/ the family. In this picture: Brooklynn, Nixan, Dale, Grandma Lila, Dylann, Grandpa Craig, Liz, McCall and Cameron.

Me, Will, Grandma Carol and Grandpa June!!!

Me n Will/notice Will's binos he got at the party!!!

Sledding in M-town

Darci, Nixan and Dylann

Will on a very small snowboard(he wiped out a few times, but finally hit the jump and nailed it!!)

Will teaching Dylann how to snowboard.

Will n I had so much fun on our vacation home for Christmas. We were able to spend time will all our family members and just had soooo much fun. It was really hard to come back to Michigan but now we're back......It's all good. It's nice to be in our own house and be able to sleep in our own bed. Ne ways, while home we stayed at Skip and Ellen's(thanks so much for everything) and enjoyed their fireplace to warm us up after playin in the snow. We took Nixan, Drake, and Dylann sledding and got Dylann and Nix on the snowboards and they did awesome. They are better than me for sure. Will also taught me how to snowboard and after a few falls I finally got the hang of it and it is sooo much fun. Will got me the cutest snowboard gear for Christmas and I was really happy because I hate to be cold. Skip and Ellen had a family Christmas party at their house and it was really fun we exchanged presents and played games and ate yummy food. Will got a really nice mp3 player and I got a very nice electronic picture frame. Thanks so much Skip and Ellen. We also went to a family party at Linda and Kevin's the next day. We ate a great breakfast and opened presents. Will got a new phone and I got a GPS for our car. Thanks sooooooo much. I can't even express how badly we needed a GPS out here in Michigan. My biggest fear is having to detour from my normal route and getting lost somewhere downtown but now I don't have that worry anymore. That afternoon we headed to Richfield for my mom's side of the family Christmas party. It was sooooo much fun. We ate and ate and then played a game where we put a whole bunch of presents in the middle of a circle and then we take turns openeing them and stealing and trading them. It was fun. Will got the gift he took which was binoculars, which is great since he didn't have any out here in Michigan. I got a cute neclace and bracelet and then I also got a purse that I brought. We sang a couple Christmas carols and it was so fun. Will n I both love spending time with Grandma Carol and Grandpa June. After the game was finished we all started playing a little basketball inside the church gym. I got to go shopping with McCall and Darci and Will hung out with Brandon, my dad and Grandpa June. I also got to see my cousin Shayla and that was great cuz we are really close and I feel like I just don't get to see or talk to her much cuz we are both so busy. On our vacation Will was able to spend time with his friends and go calling coyotes and looking for buffalos. I spent a lot of time at my parent's home cooking, hanging out with my sister's and sleeping. Will n I also spent a lot of time at McCall's house. I am so glad her family lives in M-town. We went to our annual family Christmas Eve party at McCall's and ate some yummy Mexican food. It was so fun to see her kids and all my famliy so excited for Christmas. The kids were running around and you could see the excitedment they had. We played bonkos and I won a table prize. WOO-HOO!! Thanks McCall and Brandon so much for all your hard work and preparating and making Christmas Eve sooooo much fun. Then we opened one present and some of my family headed home to prepare for tomorrow. Will n I stayed that night at their house and the kids woke us up at 6:15 to go see what Santa brought them. Drake, Nix, and Dilly Bop all got tons of fun toys and to see their faces was priceless. We played for a couple hours at their house and then went to my parent's house for our annual Christmas breakfast. AND OH MY GOODNESS, it was great. My mom makes this amazing breakfast casserole, which my dad makes us promise we won't make it or eat it only on Christmas, and my dad makes Crapes. It was sooo good. Thanks mom n dad. Then we opened presents. I got some awesome cute boots from McCall, gloves from Will and a gift card and electronic picture frame from my parents. Thanks so much for the gifts everyone. We got back to Michigan and unpacked our bags and it was like Christmas again to see all the good stuff we got!!!!!!! We spent the rest of Christmas day moving around from house to house playing games and resting and munching on Christmas goodies. We also went down to my Grandpa Dale and Grandma Carla's house. They seemed really good. I was excited to see them. My grandpa had been having some hard health times, but he seemed great!!!!! We spent the days after Christmas watching UFC(I'm pretty bummed Forrest Griffin lost, but oh-well), sledding, drinking hot chocolate, looking at the lights in m-town and enjoying time with family and friends. We also went bowling with my family in Cedar City. It was fun. My dad is so funny when he bowls, he does this little victory dance if gets a strike. I love it. Will n I both bowled crappy the first game and the second game Will bowled great and I did a little better. I kept teasing Davi about this boy at the bowling alley and she got mad but she knew I was joking. I also spent a lot of this vacation with Darci. I can't hardly believe how grown up and mature she is. It's crazy to me that she's in her third year of college. Go Darci!!! Ne ways, after bowling we went to see the movie Valkyrie. Skip met us at the theater. IT WAS GREAT. I totally recommend it to anyone to go see it. We have so many great and wonderful memories from this vacation and thanks to everyone who helped to make it soooo great. There's no place like HOME!!!!

Woo-Hoo!!! 2 down 1 more to go!!!

2008-12-10T10:20:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone!!! So today I took my second of three finals and it has been really really interesting. I don't really know how I feel about them yet, there is so much information going through my mind on what I could've done better...but oh well. Tomorrow I am taking my criminal law final and then Friday Will n I are heading home for the Holidays and we have never been so excited to come home. There is nothing better than spending time with your family and celebrating Christmas. I don't know how much I will blog while I'm home. So if you don't hear from us for awhile, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!!

Uh...yeah studying........that's my life!!!

2008-12-04T17:59:00.000-08:00

So I know I have not written in a while a very long while but we have just been really busy. Will got a new job and is getting all registered for school at Oakland Community College and I have finals in 4 days!!!! YIKES!!!! I am actually at the library right now. I needed a quick break from studying so I decided to say hello to everyone and we are so excited to come home next week. Take Care!!!!(and keep us in your prayers)law school is sure tough!!!

Big NeWS!!!!

2008-11-17T15:58:00.000-08:00

Will has applied to go to Oakland Community College and we will know this week if he can start school in January. I am sooooo excited for him. He so deserves to go to school and he will finally have the opportunity to out here. WOO-HOO!!! GO WILL!!!!!

HellO Again Good Ol' MiChiGan!!!

2008-11-17T15:52:00.001-08:00

Yes, it's official. Will n I made it back home in Michigan. We had so much fun Utah and it was reallly hard to leave. We had quite the experience on the tarmac waiting for our plane to take off. The pilot got on the speaker and told us that the plane was having mechanical issues and we wouldn't be taking off for a while, so we sat in the plane for over an hour before we finally got to take off. I was really nervous cuz I could see the mechanics outside working on the plane and sitting there for an hour, your mind tends to wonder and I started freakin myself out. Will pretty much slept through the whole ordeal which is great, I wish I could have. Ne ways besides that our flight was good. We got back to Michigan and it was SNOWING!!! I was so excited I wanted to come home immediately and put up my Christmas decor... but I didn't...yet!!!! Will quit his job and is going to be working for a water treatment plant. I am back in the grind of school and I decided that in order for me to stay awake and make it through these long next three weeks, I am going to totally need to drink at least one mountian dew a week. This is big for me becasue I used to drink soda when I was younger but I quit in high school and now I am going to start again all for the sake of an education. I'm going to post some pics of how pretty it is out here with the snow on the ground and some pics from our trip home. It was so fun to have Thanksgiving early with both of our families and just to see everyone was the best!!!

UtAH BabY!!!

2008-11-11T12:40:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone. Will n I are in Utah for a couple days!!! We are so excited to be home. We surprised all our family and it is so much fun to be back in M-town!!!!

Will

2008-11-06T10:33:00.000-08:00

So today is mine and Will's engagement anniversary. It has been two years since Will proposed to me. I know it might seem kind of silly having an anniversary for our engagement but it was one of the best days of our lives. We had been through a lot together at that time and when Will told me he loved me and wanted to be with me for all eternity, I felt like the luckiest girl in the world. I just wanted to take a second to blog about Will and how grateful I am for him. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that I would really go to Law School, that was until Will encouraged me and promised me he would take care of us so I could fulfill this dream. He works so hard every single day and when he comes home at night all he wants is to see how my day was. He is the best. I am so happy to have Will as my husband. I'm a very blessed girlie!!!
_peace out

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

2008-10-31T17:22:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone!!! We want to wish ya'll a very Happy Halloween and hope you have tons of fun!!! We put up our goblin decoration tonight with some scary music playing and it turned our really cute. We even had a few trick or treaters so we're excited. We had one lady tell us she loved our decorations and one little boy who took off running when he heard the creepy music. I felt bad so I explained to him that it's fake and it's only a decoration then loaded him up with some candy so he was happy. Also, since we didn't really have anything planned out as far as costumes go, I went to the store and bought us Michigan State T-Shirts(Go Spartans) for our costumes. I can't believe how competitive Michigan State and University of Michigan fans are. We were standing outside putting up our decoration and a couple walked by and said to us, Hi, GO BLUE(University of Michigan) cuz we had our Michigan State Shirts on. It was pretty funny. Our neighbor downstairs came over for dinner and we cooked some steaks and dutch oven potatoes. It was a really great Halloween and we hope you all are having a great one too!!

Will carving out the top

2008-10-29T10:21:00.000-07:00

Carving out the face

2008-10-29T10:19:00.000-07:00

CarVin the GINORMOUS puMpKiN!!!

2008-10-29T10:16:00.000-07:00

So yesterday night Will n I took on the job of carving out our 100 lb pumpkin. I thought it was going to be so hard and it would take us forever. I was really shocked when we cut the top off the pumpkin and there wasn't hardly any seeds inside. It only took us about a 1/2 hour to carve it up. It's soooo cute. We both really love it. Hope you enjoy it too. We're trying to bring in some trick or treators with all our decor and stuff cuz I stocked up on candy and I'm going to make some popcorn balls to give out. So hopefully we get some kids or Will and I are going to be really full come Halloween night!!

7 Things and Crazy 8's TAGGED!!!

2008-10-28T09:08:00.000-07:00

LUCKY 7'S
7 Things I Can Do...
1. Study All Day
2. Run a 5K
3. Bake Goodies!!!
4. Be a Great Wife
5. Play Basketball/Volleyball
6. Ride Motorcycles
7. Spend All Day with Will(if that was every really possible)

7Things I Cannot Do...
1. Get on the top of a Ladder (I'm scared of heights)
2. Kill a spider without a lot of tissue
3. Study enough.....UH!!!
4. Cook Cinammon Rolls (they're never poofy enough)
5. Change a tire
6. Quit thinking about how lucky I am to be married to Wil
7. Go watch the Pistons tomorrow(too much homework)

7 Things That Attracted me to Will!!!
1. His dimples!!
2. His passion for the Gospel.
3. He is so straight forward and tells it like it is
4. He thought it was so cute that I am so tall(it's hard to find a guy like that..trust me!!)
5. He was always talking to me about runnin and being fit...He's very motivational.
6. He cooked breakfast for me and told me he likes to cook
7. I dont' think there was anything that wasn't attractive about Will to me!!(and there still isn't)

7 Things I say Most Often...
1. Hey Babe....
2. Hey What's up.....
3. Dovey.....
4. What did you think of the homework?
5. What do you want for dinner?
6. Can i go shopping?
7. How do I do that?

7 People I admire:( I know I listed actually more than seven but they're all people I really admire)
1. Will
2. Mom/Dad
3. Will's parents
4. My sisters!!!(McCall,DJ, and Doh-doh)
5. Grandma Carol
6. Shayla
7. Coach Marshall

7 Favorite Foods...
1. SPAGHETTI(ALL TIME FAV.)
2. Salad w/ home-made ranch!!
3. Grilled Chicken
4. My dad's bbq hamburgers
5. Grandma Carol's macaroni salad
6. Fresh Watermelon
7. Steak(when it's not mooing at me)

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8 TV Shows I Like To Watch
1. One Tree Hill
2. Little People, Big World
3. Clean House
4. The Hills
5. Sunday Night Football
6. Man v. Wild and Survivorman
7. Little House on the Prairie(yes...i know i'm a little old for this show)
8. Project Runway

8 Things That Happened Yesterday...
1. Read my Scriptures
2. Went to Contracts Class
3. Ate Lunch
4. Went back to the Library
5. Fixed some leftover for dinner
6. Ate dinner w/ Will
7. Worked out at the gym with Will
8. Watched One Tree Hill

8 Favorite Places To Eat...
1. Macaroni Grill
2. In n Out Burger
3. Any little Koney out here
4. Olive Garden
5. Costa Vida(oh how I miss it..I cant' wait to eat a grilled chicken salad!!!)
6. Milt's
7. Rusty's
8. Arby's

8Things I'm Looking Forward To...
1. Thursday afternoon(School will be done for the week)
2. Halloween
3. Spending Saturday with Will
4. Taking Finals
5. Going home for Christmas
6. Seeing all the nieces and nephews
7. Decorating for Christmas
8. Cooking my first Thanksgiving turkey

8 Things On My Wish List...
1. Will could go to school
2. We were debt free
3. Will didn't have to paint anymore
4. To go to a concert
5. To not procrastinate my homework
6. Be able to drive home when I needed to
7. I could get over my 5 k hump and run more
8. Grandpa Dale would get better
8 People I Tag...
1. McCall
2. Kiesha
3. Kirstie
4. Megan
5. Katie
6. Darci
7. Kendra
8. Shayla

Driving up to my School

2008-10-27T13:33:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of what I see every morning driving into my school. It's sooo pretty. There are huge trees that line the whole driveway. It's like having a school right in the middle of the forrest. I LOVE IT!!!

My School!!!

2008-10-27T13:30:00.004-07:00

This is the front doors to the Cooley Law School. It's only about 1 year old and it's soooo nice inside. They have brand new everything and it's all top of the line!!! I am really liking school and even though it's really tough, I know it will be worth it.

Chrysler Headquarters Building

2008-10-27T13:30:00.003-07:00

The Chrysler Building

2008-10-27T13:28:00.000-07:00

I get to drive past the Chrysler Building every morning when I leave school. It's one of the most beautiful buildings I've ever seen and it's huge. This picture doesn't do it justice. My school is actually right across the street from Chrysler headquarters.

Fire Hydrant Red Bushes!!

2008-10-27T13:25:00.000-07:00

It' s so amazing how many colors the trees turn here. They get so bright and pretty. These were our green bushes about two weeks ago and now they are red as the fire hydrant behind them.

CrAsH!!!!!!!

2008-10-26T18:03:00.000-07:00

Okay so we had quite the experience today coming home from church. Will wanted to show me this huge castle he saw the other day so we took a little detour from our normal path home. We checked out this huge castle which we found out was like a huge Christmas store and diner and like reception hall. I keep saying huge cuz it was HUGE!!! It was seriously like three blocks long. Anyways, we were on our way home and it had been raining cats and dogs and we were on Baldwin. We live just off Baldwin but we were on the North end where there is always traffic. We were cruising right a long when all the cars in front of us slammed on their brakes and Will well being quite the Michigan driver waited a little too long to brake and when he did I looked in my mirror and saw a saturn slam on their brakes and swerve to the right to avoid us, unfortunatley for him the dodge truck behind him didn't swerve to get out of the way. The truck hit the saturn which his our jetta!!! YIKES!!! I yelled Look at the Saturn just in time for Will to swerve to the left to avoid a total crash. Will was so mad and I was just in total shock!! We pulled over with the other two cars only to find out we had not a scratch or dent on the Jetta!! Will talked to the guys and they worked out their insurance issues and we headed back down the road. I am sooooo glad that nothing happned to our car and to any of us!!! Afterwards, we just couldn't help but laugh cuz it was soooo crazy. Ne ways the Jetta is doing great and Will and I are okay dokey too!! Will n I also want to give a CONGRATS shoutout to Mitch and Kirstie Moore. They had a little boy, Braxton Mitchell Moore and we are sooo happy for them. I took my final for my Intro to Law Class last Friday and I'm so glad I will now have Friday nights to spend with Will. We went to the movie last night and we decided to go see W. the movie about George W. Bush and we both thought it was the dumbest movie ever!!!! We left about 45 minutes into it. I can't explain exactly why we didn't like it but it was not entertaining at all. So we decided to walk around the mall since we were there. We watched UFC last night and we saw such a good fight between Anderson Silva and Patrick Cote. I was so bummed when Cote's knee got hurt and they had to call the fight. There totally needs to be a rematch between those two when Cote is healthy. Anyways... peace out and have a super great day!!!