26 years old!

 We just got done with a surprise family birthday breakfast for brad! Brad is 26! He was woken up by his nephews ringing the doorbell and we ate Brad's favorite french toast sticks and yummy oatmeal pancakes with juice, choc milk, and fruit. He has to work a 12 hour shift today so we had a birthday morning instead of birthday evening. I'll bring the cake into work so we can enjoy birthday cake later on :).

Kody showing off the candles that him, lucas and kate put in brad's bday cake.  The cake went back in the fridge but we had to sing and light some candles :).

 

I got brad an awesome golf club that is for dogs. The club picks up tennis balls and you swing the club just like a normal golf swing and it goes flying for a dog to chase. The kids were crackin up watching bullet jump so high to try to get the ball out of the package.

All of Brad's b-day presents had to do with his birthday truck. Oklahoma State University license plate covers, tire gauge, tie downs, bungee cords, gum, air freshener, and cleaning wipes. He is in heaven.

Happy Birthday Brad - I LOVE YOU!

End of Spring Semester and Summer begins

Sorry for the boring Journal-like Update... I am mainly doing this for myself so when I feel like catching up in my journal I have something to look back on. But for those of you who like to read feel free :) haha.  

No pictures yet... It's Brad's birthday on Friday so we will have some by then. Just an update for everyone. SADLY unexpectedly (it's a long story) we had to move out of the house we were renting, I'm just sooo sad to leave the garden we planted and I hear it's growing awesome but I don't dare go look at it because I don't want to break down in tears!  We now live in a town home that is nice and we can't complain one bit besides it costs more in rent. We have access to a pool so that has been awesome. I've been inviting the nephews over a lot so I don't feel dumb being at the pool by myself in the mornings ;). Bullet also loves our morning walks over to Shauntel's to play with her dogs while we exercise. So all in all the move has been great, we were just super sad to leave our awesome hook-up.


Brad got an early birthday present... a toyota tacoma 05'. He has been DROOLING over tacoma trucks since we've been married and it finally came time to buy a second car. He is in heaven and it has been SUPER nice having 2 cars. Our scooter is great and we love it but there are days where it is nice to not have to have the windy ride beat you to death :). Now we just want to go camping and vacationing... we can't wait for Granite this summer!   

I got a 4.0 this Spring semester! I was excited about that. Finals went well and I had a week break and now summer classes begin. I have to take summer classes in order to start the Elementary Education program this fall. I'm taking a 5 week class and a 8 week class... they will fly by but I'm going to be super busy. I'm going to have to talk one of my professors into letting me take the final early so I can make the Granite trip... I CAN'T miss that!

It's been nice having our own place so that visitors can stay. April and Anna are coming memorial weekend and my awesome friend Kendria and her husband are coming for a night while they are out in Vegas for a Garth Brooks concert. I'm so excited to see them. So if anyone ever needs a place to stay, we have spare room for anyone!

Brad and his brother, Wyatt, played in a sand vball tourney a while ago and they were close but never pulled off a win. So.. they want to redeem themselves so they entered in a tournament up north to play in a couple weeks. They have been practicing in the mornings so hopefully they can pull off a win against the teams who live and breath volleyball!

Other than that we live up any spare minutes in the day cause we have been so busy lately... hence the lack of blogging. work work work :). I can't believe we have lived in St. George for 1 Year now... It's been crazy busy and we will see what the future has in store for us. For now it's just learning how to play the patience game.

Finished Pillows

 I'm happy with the results of the pillows I made! Finally, my bed is finished :). My parents and sisters came over conference weekend - what a blast. My mom taught me how to do piping and she helped me make my decisions on colors and placements. Anyways, if anyone has been wanting to make pillows - do it! It's much cheaper than buying them for $20-$50 for each pillow at target and it really isn't hard. Plus, you can choose your own fabrics. 

Spring Break

has been an awesome and much appreciated. Brad has had it off too since he works as an ESL assistant at an elementary school so it has really made me excited that we are both going to be teachers because the breaks are awesome.We have just been working every night at Frostop, so lucky to be able to work there.

We have played a ton of sand volleyball this break... so much fun. St. George has such nice weather that I've actually gotten to get some sun in this 70 degree weather :). Brad and Wyatt are playing in a sand vball tourney on April 2 so they wanted to get some practice in. They should do pretty good, they are super athletic, it's ridiculous.

We planted a garden and I started some flowers seeds! My flowers have finally started to spout! I can't wait to transfer them outside in a couple weeks. In the garden we planted cantaloupe, corn, carrots, and cucumber. The only problem is, apparently bullet still uses the area to lay in and run back and forth because I have seen my hills change shape and there are footprints all over... grr. We will see what sprouts in the next week or two and then I will see what I need to reseed. Dang dog :)

If you look closely at the rows you can tell when bullet has ruined them... I don't dare fix them because I don't want to cover the seeds....

Frostop made Marketing Ads at the clothing store, Maurices! Someone brought their mailer into us at Frostop and showed us the picture they used... so awesome. Brad and I went in there the other day and they had this huge banner on their wall (the banner cuts off the logo a little but but the postcard showed the whole thing). So cool! Do you think they cropped the girl in?! We can't decide.

Brad's parents and Shantel got new Great Dane puppies! they are so stinking cute. Tyler surprised Shauntel with one after Kim and Andra got theirs... she was in shock...

 Tyler went to get Shauntel a puppy while we all were working at Frostop the other night. I left work a little early while they were mopping and hid in Kody's closet with a phone camera to record the surprise when Shauntel got home.  Tyler told her that Kody needed to tell her something... Kody couldn't stay awake :).

House pics

The new Garrett residence! If anyone wants to visit we would love visitors! (Or if you are on a road trip and need a place to crash, we would love to have anyone!) We have a guest bed and bath just for visitors :)

Hint Hint... dad, mom, and lex... and the Harrisons!

 Kitchen

 Living Room with patio doors to front yard/park.

  Master bedroom

 

 Room off of garage/weight room/craft room  &   Laundry room

 

  Brad's hammock fits perfect. That path in the background goes to the neighborhood park.

Bullet's yard... he is loving it and loves when cooper comes to play.

The only problem is I have a huge list of stuff I need to buy... spare bed, new couches, rugs, towels, etc... I could go on forever. I will have to choose one thing a month I guess :). First thing on the list is to make the pillows for our bed! 

We love our new house! We are just renting it for now and crossing our fingers that brad lands a teaching job here in the upcoming months.

February has been good...

 It was my Mom's and Mom In-Laws Birthdays!!! Happy birthday you great  ladies! Shauny and I made this edible arrangement above... super easy and fun. I will definitively be doing more of those in the future. Fruit is expensive right now, but you could easily make a huge one for under $10. A great alternative to cake for the Garretts who are non-sweets people :).

 

Garrett has bee having fun in Bullets kennel. We've had to use it lately because bullet sneaks out of the fenced yard. He squeezes until he fits through the bars of the fence... dang dog! We won't have to worry about that for long though.....

WE ARE MOVING INTO A HOUSE! It has a fenced yard, 2 bed, 2 bath, awesome mater bath, huge kitchen, mud room for washer and dryer, right on a park... etc. I could go on and on and on because I'm so excited! Its just down the street from brad's parents so we will be in the same ward. Hopefully it works out where we can rent this house for a year or more until we can buy a house. Oh, it's a happy day! We've been so fortunate and blessed to live with brad's parents for almost year. It has really been super easy and comfortable, but I'm excited for brad and I to just be in our own place again.

 We just bought this dresser... unique I know, but we needed something that would match our dark brown ones, I think this will be a great piece to mix in with what we have.

 I also got new bedding! We have been wanting a duvet and down comforter, so I finally broke down and got one. I'm going all white and putting the throw on the end of the bed. Since pillows are anywhere from $20 - $50 at stores, I'm to cheap to buy them so I'm making my own... this is one of my favorites that i'm going to make...

I'VE BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION PROGRAM AT DIXIE STATE COLLEGE OF UTAH! 

I'm super excited and I start this Fall 11'.

Favorite Quilt yet...

The picture doesn't give it justice but this quilt is awesome - so touching and I hope it is an endless memory for this family. Thanks Coach K for letting me do this for you!