26!

Happy birthday to this guy. . .

haha

Dang he is gettin' old! Gares birthday was on Thanksgiving this year, so that was kinda fun. He definitely got a good birthday meal :]] Gare loves movies so we saw the 10 o'clock showing of Immortals with Keith and Derek. The movie was actually pretty good, it was a 300ish type movie.  And of course we had to celebrate at Texas Roadhouse, his favorite restaurant. We went there on Saturday with the Hirzes and Derek, it was delish. We also saw The Muppets on Saturday, I didn't enjoy it but Gare thought it was fun :]] Remember how Gare has a new BBQ obsession? Well he spent the whole week preparing to "smoke" a turkey for Thanksgiving/his birthday. Haha it was a little crazy but he is a stud and of course his "smoked turkey" was delish and was a big hit at grandmas! Well I sure do love this boy, I am glad we both had time off from school and work, we were able to spend his whole birthday week together :]]

beauty

xoxo, Pres

Happy Thanksgiving :]]

I have so much to be thankful for. . . 

Garett

My family

My friends

Our warm cozy apartment

School

My awesome job

My Car

and all of the little things I enjoy so much.

I hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving, be safe.

xoxo, Pres

Live.Love.Breathe

Astra,

I miss you like crazy! But I am at peace knowing that you are in a better place, breathing easy, dancing, and laughing without having to stop to catch you breath. I am so lucky to have gotten to know over the past. . . I dont even know 10+ years. We met in I think 4th or 5th grade at good ol' STARS :]] We were so little :]] We became instant friends, I remember learning about your CF from the beginning and the "hospy" visits started then. Oh man we had some good times, I remember this one visit (you were able to leave your room then) we went to the little play room and made "IV dolls" and then we spent the rest of the time roaming the hospital hiding form your doctors and nurses haha! We had lots of sleep overs back then too, long days of dancing in your moms studio, playing polly pockets and SIMS! Remember when we would lock the SIMS up and make them do "inappropriate things?" Oh man we were silly! Remember our St. George trip with STARS? You broke your foot but still came along for the fun.  To this day Mandarin Orange Bath and Body instantly reminds me of you, because when we were on this trip you would rub it on your broken foot because it was so stinky from being in the boot all day haha! I remember we pushed the twin beds together so we could be closer and instead of the Disney Channel all night long we just put Bring It On on repeat. Yes, I know every line by heart, because of you. We had the best times! I was so happy when you made drill Stra! I remember taking you under my wing, I felt protective of you, almost like you were my little sister.  Turns out I wasn't that good of an influence, remember getting kicked out of practice several times together? We would walk out with our heads hung low, and then burst into laughter once we were out in the hall, away from Morgans glare haha! I had the best times with you in high school. I am so glad we got to share so many memories together.  You were always such an inspiration, working your hardest even if you were sick, or not feeling well. I think this is when I really learned how serious your disease was.  There were more trips to the hospy, but we continued to make great memories there. Your AMAZING mom never failed with decorating your room.  It was always so cheery.  I remember coming up a couple times and watchin' the Bachelor together. And of course you always had quite the movie selection to choose from.  I miss lugging up all my nail polish and painting you cute little "jelly bean" nails :]]  Remember when we had your nurse, find us some IV dolls to make of old times sake?  We kept shooting them up with our Coke and Dr. Pepper haha! I loved how positive you were, no matter what you were going through you had a smile and were assuring everyone that you were ok. More concerned for everyone else rather than you. You were always laughing. I love your laugh! I will never forget how it sounds and how contagious it is :]] I can't wait until I can hear it again. I know that I will see you again, we are all so lucky to have a beautiful angel watching over us all. Thank you for sharing your love for life with me, and everyone. You are missed by so many. This past month has been hard, I can't believe it has been a month already, a month of you laughing and dancing and breathing freely :]] Love you lots, Live.Love.Breathe. until we meet again.

xoxo, Pres

Its never to early. . .

Today I started listening to Christmas music and I set up our adorable tree :]] Gare is mad cause he said we need to wait until after Thanksgiving, but I say it is never to early. I love it.

And look at that cute tree skirt I made :]] Ruffles and burlap, I love it. I got the idea here, it was super easy, I didn't even have to pull out the sewing machine. My cute Gare helped me cut the strips of burlap, love him!

xoxo, Pres

Hello again. . .

Welp, I have been slackin' with the blog :/ Oops. Oh well I am here now and am ready to document what has been going on in our busy little lives :]] We are still supper busy with school and work. I just started my "field experience" which is like mini student teaching. My partner and I are in a 5th grade class at Barrett Elementary. So far it has been great! The students love us and we have a great supervising teacher.  Gare is still working at the group home, going to class at the UofU 2 days a week and is doing his practicum at an alternative high school 2 days out of the week, he is the "intern counselor" he loves it. Gare also has a new obsession, he got an "early birthday present" from my mom cause he is spoiled. He has had his eye on this weber grill for months and when it went on sale he couldn't take it anymore and bought the thing, haha my mom reimburse him the money and said it could be his birthday present. What a nice mother-in-law :]] Anyway Gare has been BBQing up a storm, and let me tell you it is tasty. So far he has made pulled pork, ribs, chicken, burgers, corn, asparagus, and steak. He is so cute :]] Here is a picture of his beloved bbq...

Yumm :]]

I also have a new obsession, her name is Charlotte, but I call her Lottie for short. She is my new MacBook Pro, and we are best of friends. She is beautiful and can do amazing things. She helps me with my homework and keeps me entertained! Here is what she looks like in her lovely "peacock" case :]] Yes I know I am a dork haha.

Isn't she lovely? :]]

We have also been having a blast at my brother's hockey games! It is so fun to watch him play. One of his last games was against Utah State, they are ranked #1 so it was a pretty big game. It was so crazy!! Fights were breakin' out all over the place. Towards the very end of the game every single player was out on the ice in a massive brawl, even the goalies! Haha it was insane, we lost but it was still a good game :]]

Fight! Check the goalies :]]

Me, Ali, and my mom in our Utah Hockey hoodies :]]

#3 Cade in the box

I have also been doing a lot of reading I am almost done with "The Pretty Little Liars" series I am more than half way done with the last book! I love them, I also stumbled upon this book the other day in the library. . .

It is hysterical! I can't put it down! I have been cooped up in the house for 3 days with bronchitis, so I am very happy that I have this book by my side :]] It is so funny people, and very interesting to see what life is like for a young single mormon living in Manhattan. I love it!  Oh, remember how I mention that I have been cooped up in this tiny basement apartment for three days? Well last night I couldn't take it anymore and made Garett take me to Joannes. Gare's blanket that I made for him over a year ago is kinda disgusting so I wanted to make him a new one. Well like always I left Joannes with more than I came in for. I ended up with a new blanket for Gare. . . and for me :]] Look how cute . . .

His is Marvel characters and mine is cheetah and pink!

Welp, thats pretty much it people.

Until next time,

xoxo, Pres