the george

yes, you are on Brian & Sarie's blog, I know you might have been thrown off by the three posts in only half a month. Don't worry I'm sure we'll get right back on schedule with about 1 a month soon, since we just started Widow Season #1 for the year. But for mean time I wanted to post some evidence that we do actually see each other ... every once in a while. :)

My family spent the weekend in St George. We thought it would be fun to hang out in a warm place for a few days. It was really nice to be away from the norm. We didn't really do a whole lot, which was PERFECT. Life isn't as wussy as a football game there are no timeouts, no media stoppages, no back-up players when you're not at the top of your game, and no water boys. Life at our home is BUSY and we wouldn't have it any other way. So, every once in a while it's nice to take a break and just be together.

 football buddies

Family pic

 The growing family, we aren't too far from the top.

 brother and his boy

#myhusbandiscoolerthanyourhusband. just sayin'

so HAPPY we've got forever together.

 What it would look like if we had a kid. HAHAHA maybe, someday.

I think this is so CUTE. 

My brother is a good dad, he learned well from his dad.

 If my parents didn't love being grandparents so much it
would take a lot of pressure off me.

 When I got to the top I decided to chill for minute and enjoy the view.
Yes, these are my hiking shoes.

 the crew hiking

 studly husby

 yes we did climb up this ... what we didn't realize is that
down is much, much harder. :)

 Lovin' it!

Backyard, CHECK.

 

 Brian thinks he is so funny. Don't be too fooled by the work gloves.
He spent most of his time in yard messing around with the dog. haha. love it.

then we brought in some dirt

evened out the yard.

Then Aaron and Brian did the trenching for both yards.

bought some sod.

Typical: the only time I can work at home is when it's dark. 

Thankful for the little "flood" light in the back.

my friend Stefanie and I laid about 1/2 of it one night 

and then I did almost all of it the next day.

 

Then I finally finished on Jan 6. Yes, in Utah I laid sod on Jan 6th. Beautiful weather. 

So while I might not be an expert cookie maker, yet. I did put in our backyard, so I think I should get back some good wife points. I could sit at my kitchen table and look out at the beautiful grass for hours! It's such a great sight. I do have a little bit left, but not much. Can't wait until Spring when it is all green and gorgeous.

sucker.

Brian, "You are so odd, how did I marry you?" Continuing, "I must have been totally scammed."

Me, "you picked me!"

Christmas Love!

I think the best part about Christmas this year was getting to spend a lot of quality time with my little ones! Brian and I took off on Friday and spent some time shopping in P.C., then spent the night in the same hotel we did the night we got married. (and that was just the beginning of the weekend.) We spent Sat afternoon with B's fam since his brother came into town from CA. After that we tried to pull everything together we would need for the next few days and headed to my parents house to spend Christmas Eve with them. The brohas and I had a good time and we opened up some fun presents; finally we feel asleep. 

Christmas was pretty chill this year, we woke up, went to church, came home to brunch, and then opened a few more presents before taking off to WY. What's in WY you wonder? Don't feel bad we are still wondering that same thing. JK, kinda -- there's almost nothing there. Brian's cousins live up there, so we went to spend a couple of days with the Evanston Crew. Abbie loved her first road trip and couldn't get enough of playing in the snow. However, she didn't so much love the 4-point deer that tried to get in a tussle with her in the backyard. Even though she looks big she is pretty much a total sissy. The Abbster and I went on some fun walks Monday morning while everyone else slept away the sunrise. (Apparently staying up until 2 is some excuse to sleep in ... who knew?) We made it back home late Monday night. 

I can't even remember much of what we did all of the long weekend, but I know it was fabulous. Now, I'm looking forward to more fun this week with my fam!

 I love our little family!

and then sometimes there's just the two of us.

 We are soooo festive ... HAHAHA

In case you didn't get our Christmas card (because half of them are still sitting in my bag) here's the jist of it:
Christ lives, He loves each one of us, and He wants us to have joy.
We also love Him, and we are striving each day to fill this life with joy.

Merry Christmas!

Halloween

 me and the pup dragon

Brian aka dragon trainer

 pretty much the best part of halloween, and the only thing we did to notice that October 31st was not just another random day.

 I love the scary teeth

Gma and the Emer Monkey

Julia had a good idea for next year, Abbie can be Emerson's horse and he can ride her as the cowboy. I think we can definitely make that work! saweet.

ps. I just noticed that this is the first post in two months, not that I'm an avid writer on this blog, but I will try to do better at recording us. 

Shout Horray!

I'm a couple of weeks late, but I'm going with it's better late than never on this one.

Brian Warren just had a birthday the end of August. 

We celebrated by going to two of his favorite restaurants, Red Lobster and Tucanos.  We had a fun night out on Saturday with a couple of our friends, Dave and Annita. I unfortunately had to ditch out a few minutes early to get to my game on time, but still had plenty of time to enjoy some yummy salmon--My favorite! Brian also had salmon and shrimp. I love watching him eat at the R.L. because he claims to hate seafood ... that's my Brian for you.

On his actual birthday his family came over to the cottage along with a couple of his best friends and their families. Yes, that's right, families. I guess you know you are getting old when your friends start having kids on purpose. :) We had, at Brian's request, ice cream and cake--German chocolate and rocky road.

Monday night we went with my whole family to Tucanos and had a blast! Lots and lots of good food, as always. Then headed back to the cottage just in time to get in a little R&R before bed. That was the end of a 3 day celebration for the husby. 

love this guy! 

JUMP!

awh, cute . . . . . shoes.

(These fabulous shoes made their debut at this photo shoot!)

So over a month ago now, Brian's family got together for family pics! We had so much fun taking all these pictures. Seriously, it was hilarious! I laughed so hard I cried ... 3 separate times! It was lots of fun to all be together hanging out. Even though a few people thought the colors were a pain to find for everyone and weren't quite sure about it, I think my idea worked out pretty well. And, we even got a few cool pictures!

When we said jump apparently we scared the little brothers. hehe.

I have to admit, I am really lucky I married into a family who gave me
AWESOME brothers and sister-in-law!

My favorite of the group

silliness makes life loveable

the classic.

This picture of the in laws is priceless!

Warren has a legit smile on his face.
Brian forgot he IS HOME from his mission when he got his hair cut.

We got a washer, we got a washer, we got a washer, hey, hey, hey, hey! Oh, and a dryer too, but it hasn't quite made it's way up there yet. :) My dad decided to help us out as a birthday present to me. I'm pretty happy about the idea. I will miss carting my wash across the cities to do it at their house, but I think I will recover from the sadness.

We haven't named her yet, any ideas?

Last but not least, please love on the following graphics. haha. I was trying to find an image of the huge ad BYU had about "leggings don't make outfits modest" because of the obvious reason -they are completely immodest, well I couldn't find it, but I did find these two gems! Brilliant!

I am in full support of the figth against GLHP Syndrome. It's disgusting and really a quite hideous fashion statement ...
Pants are awesome, people should wear them! love :)

is it possible . . .

to be completely in love with something that hasn't YET done anything good for you???

YES, yes it is. I'm so thrilled with my new little garden, even though it's just freshly planted and a ways away from producing edible products--I LOVE it.
I've spent several hours on a few different Saturdays getting this little guy ready for planting. Yesterday, I was finally able to get the plants I have ready into the ground! (Green beans and sweet peppers and zucchini still to come.)

I could just sit on the patio and watch it grow for hours! I can't wait until it grows some more and actually looks legit. I will post more pics in a few weeks! I have a feeling though that we are going to have more food than we will be able to eat. I am excited to have surplus to share! (this might be counting my peppers before they've grown, but I'm ok with that today!)

April Happenings

Now that Brian and I actually go home at night, I started cooking dinner again. Here are a couple of the fun meals we've had lately. I love me some good new recipes to experiment with. (I'll have to post some soon.) (Also, there is a link list on the right to some of the food blogs I frequent, in case I'm not the only one who is in need of some good new ideas.)

Did I also mention I LOVE LOVE LOVE that we have a bbq! There is a chance I might not use the kitchen for anything other than marinading this summer! woot woot.
Brian really wanted to get away after busy season and since we had a FREE 3 night stay in Vegas we headed south for the weekend. My Stephie and her husband Brett and Brother Nate joined us for some good fun. Thursday night (which was also my birthday) we all went out to dinner with Trent (another friend/brother). Friday we did lots of good shopping (well Stephie and I had lots of fun shopping the boys just sat outside the stores chattin it up). Then went to Phantom of the Opera at night. I'll add pictures of that too once Stephie puts them on her blog and I have a chance to steal them :)
This is Brian's idea of "plenty of gas."
I decided that I would start my birthday week by building myself a SWEET AWESOME blue birthday fort in my family room. I used only my blue blankets and sheets to construct the beauty you see below! Happy 23rd Birthday to me.