..........TwILiGhT..........

This year for the big movie, the guys went! Blake was so giddy ;) Jake and Brad, I think, were just curious. Blake read the book last year and thought it was the best book (or the least whiney on Bella's part) I thought the movie was great! I think we all really liked it. Just re-affirmed my love for Edward....so romantic! We missed having my mom, Nicole and Kendra there...

Jill and Jake are in town with their boys! I love having them around, they have so much personality and are just so fun! It's impossible to get a picture of Nolan! but here is Lukie helping grandma load the dishwasher and just hangin' out with grandpa.

We love when family visits. These picts were from May when Kendra was here, so a little late ;)

Silly Girl :)

Meh-he-co

Blake and I had so much fun on our cruise! We always enjoy the water, sun and all the food we can eat! It was nice to spend some time together and experience the things we did.

Here are a few pictures to highlight our trip....

Even though I felt too pushed by the people selling stuff, I still had fun in Mexico.

We shopped, ate authentic mexican food (and didn't get sick!) and we boogie-boarded for hours! The ocean was our absolutely favorite part and it was great to get some sun!

We were ready to get off the ship on our last day at sea. I threw up the entire day and Blake wasn't feeling well either. I still sway... either out of habit or my body still thinks i'm on a boat.

{ South Carolina }

Now What?!

Trent, my mom and I went to see my little brother graduate from basic training. The first day we were there was family day. After finally getting through security, we parked in a huge field and went from booth to booth to see all the ARMY stuff we could buy. We are now, definitely representing our troops ;)

We sat in the heat waiting till we could see the soldiers...waiting.. then we saw smoke bombs being thrown out of the trees around us and out of the smoke came the American flag being held by three soldiers. The feeling from that sight was unexplainable! Then, it got better. Behind the different colors of smoke, 1,100 troops came marching out to the ARMY song. This is for sure something every American should witness!

After every parent rushed the field, we picked Jonathan out of the crowd and tackled him with more hugs than he appreciated. That day, we couldn't take him off base, but we had some time to spend with him.

The second day was his graduation. We sat, again, in the heat and waited to see him. Watching them enter in their formations was really cool, and they announced all soldiers that deserve Honorable mention. Jonathan was already promoted (or whatever ) to Private First Class, meaning he's awesome. He also received the 'sharp shooter' title, meaning he's a great shot. His platoon, Foxtrot, was by far the most disciplined.

After graduation, we were aloud to take him off base -his first time in 10 months! We saw a movie, did some shopping and grabbed some unhealthy food. His first request was to have anything with carbonation or sugar in it hahaha.

We could feel so much emotion all around us. I witnessed a soldiers propose to his girlfriend and another meet his baby for the first time.

Even though Jonathan wasn't able to come home for two weeks like we thought, we are so so grateful for the time we had to see him. I can't imagine how much he misses family, friends and his own stuff. He is now in California learning the language they assigned and making sure he isn't having any fun. He is learning FARSI, which is a mid-eastern language. It's Persian or something, they speak it in Iraq, etc.


Congratulations little brother! We sure are proud of you and miss you every day! Can't wait to see you SOON

The Soldier's Creed:

I am an American soldier.

I am a warrior and a member of a team. I serve the people of the United States and live the ARMY values.

I will always place the mission first. I will never accept defeat. I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade.

I am disciplined, physically and mentally tough, trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills. I always maintain my arms, my equipment and myself.

I am an expert and I am a professional. I stand ready to deploy, engage and destroy the enemies of the United States of America in close combat.

I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.

I am an American Soldier.

Mr. & Mrs. Eccles

Congratulations Christian & Sam!

My cousin Christian just married his best friend on the 11th! (isn't she beautiful?!?)

They had a gorgeous reception at the Ben Lomand Suits in Ogden, and the building was so pretty! The architecture of the rooms is so cool. What a great place to have a reception!

I want to have another wedding.... to the same person of course!

Love Brad

I got to see Chris!!

Me and my cute cousin, Lauren

Ryan & Anna

Love Ann

Cute Jack!

my cute cousin Jeanette

Jack.... fast asleep and drooling

Such a fun cake

Nick

Aka: mini Christian

Beautiful Bride!

Handsome Groom

Can we sit down yet?!

Mother of the groom... Aunt Jilllllll

Aww... royal!

They got their marriage started off right... they didn't shove

Yummy Treats! beer bread, hug-hes salad and cheese cake

They weren't messin' around

Of course Lauren caught it... pshht

Their wedding was such a pretty one!

Sam was disgustingly gorgeous... and Christian looked hott ;)

* Kinda Spoiled *

....WE'RE GOIN' ON A CRUISE....

Blake and I have been working our butts off to try to save enough money to enjoy ourselves one last time before medical school. When we finally had a little bit saved, we started considering our options. We had so many different trips in mind. Moab (to see family and hike), California (to see family and the ocean) New York (my #1 desired destination) or on a cruise. When we started thinking about it, our honeymoon cruise was pretty dang fun! We met great people, ate amazing food, and had some fun on the ports. The selling point? well the food of course! We will be headin' off at the end of April.

This time we will be going on a Mexican Riviera cruise! I'm so so excited to see mazatlan and chill in the water in Cabo!

• Changes we would like to make this time around:
  

We will ABSOLUTELY build a base-tan before to avoid burns...

Blake will win us MORE shopping moneys...

We will spend more time in the waves!

• Thing we want to repeat:
  
  

We loved loved loved the food! but we will probably eat a little bit less... or try

Make great friends...

Take some beautiful pictures!

Yeah, Blake spoils me and I love it! He worked so hard so we can enjoy ourselves. He even worked a couple doubles to get overtime- meaning he worked his 2-12 shift AND stayed till 6 in the morning covering another persons' shift!