Random Pics

So i was going through Bryce's pics on his computer and found a bunch I had forgotten we had! 

Like this one, look how LONG bryce's hair is!!! hahahaha!! That was when i made him grow it out cuz i didn't like it short....I like it short now though.....good thing he loves me

This is on the drive from Flagstaff to Utah when we were moving all his stuff up after Christmas. We stopped so he could take a couple pics .
This is in the winter some time.....lol after church
This was RIGHT after he got home from his mission when he came to see me the first time I think. Weird seeing myself with blond hair.

Here's the Full List of Books:

I'm Selling these:

The Bracelet: Jennie Hansen

Crecendo: Moyer (it's from like...1995 lol)

Double Image, Don Searle

Love Lights the Way, Michelle Ashman Bell

Pathway Home, Michelle Ashman Bell

Timeless Moments, Michelle Ashman Bell

Remember No More, Pamela Reid

Love to the Highest Bidder, Rachel Ann Nunes

Framed For Love, Rachel Ann Nunes

Love on the Run, Rachel Ann Nunes

Cover of Darkeness, Sian Ann Bessey

The Heart Only Know, Kerry Blair

The Perfect Plan, Jeri Gilchrist

Unlikely Match, Beverly King

Macady, Jennie Hansen

House on the Hill, Annette Lyon

Timeless Waltz, Anita Stansfield

Gustavia Browne, Alene Roberts 

An Honest Heart, Richard M, Siddoway

The Mist of Quarry Harbor, Liz Adair

I'll Find you: Clair M. Poulson

Wake me When It's Over: Wells

Beneath The Surface: Grossman

Digging Up the Past: Blair and Wolfe

The Girls Next Door: Crane

Kate's Turn: Crane

Kate's Return: Crane

Forever Kate: Crane

Following Kate: Crane

Cutting Edge: Savage

Without a Flaw: Bell (i have two so i'm keeping one but the other I'll sell)

On a Whim: McKendrick

Forgotten Notes: Bessey

Vital Signs: Bergera

Final Act: C. Paul Andersen

Storm and Deceit: McCloud

Coming Home: Jennie Hansen

Secrets of the Heart: Jolley

A light in the storm: Heimerdinger

Ariana: A GIft Most Precious: Nunes

Relentless: Clair M. Poulson

Books you can borrow: 

(if i have to mail them, if you could just pay the shipping, that'd be great. ).......oh and you might be able to convince me to sell a few of these if you really try....

Closing In: Kerry Blair

Towers of Brierley: Anita Stansfield

First Love and Forever: Anita Stansfield

Never Look Back: Betsy Brannon Green

Foul Play: Betsy Brannon Green

The Birthright: Lyon

Until Proven Guilty: Betsy Brannon Green 

Hearts in Hiding: Betsy Brannon Green (actually i have two copies of this so i'll sell one of them)

Crossroads: Darrington

Love Beyond Time: Allen (#1 in a series of four. I have #2 and #3 also)

A Time for the Heart: Allen (#2) (for some reason i have two of this book also. lol so i'll sell one of them too)

No Time For Love (#3) 

Don't Close your Eyes: Besty Brannon Green

Above Suspicion: Betsy Brannon Green

Out of Jeruselam Vol. 3, Towards the Promised Land: Moore (i think the first two are at my Mom's house-They're awesome) 

The Guardian: Anita Stansfield (#1)

The Guiding Star: Anita Stansfield (#2)

Full Circle: Anita Stansfield (#3)

When Forever Comes: Anita Stansfield

Someone to hold: Anita Stansfield

Turning Point: Mortensen

Escape to Zion: Daybell (i think this is the third in a series but they don't HAVE to be read in order really..)

Doug's Dilemma: Daybell (lol i have no idea what order they Go in..i think this might be # 2 )

For Love Alone: Anita Stansfield

Abandoned: Jennie Hansen

Breaking Point: Jennie Hansen

Some Sweet Day: Jennie Hansen

By Love and Grace: Anita Stansfield

Finding Paradise: Michelle Ashman Bell

The Secret Journal of Brett Colton: Mangum

Persuasion: Jane Austen (not LDS but still good. :)

Silenced: Betsy Brannon Green

A Star in Winter: Anita Stansfield

Without a Flaw: Michelle Ashman Bell

Beyond Summer Dreams: Jennie Hansen

The Champion

Jana, Bryce really is a champion! You're so right. :)

for everyone else:REASON: 

On Wednesday, Bryce took me out on a date. He got home from work and got showered and changed and we jumped in the car with the picnic dinner he asked me to pack so it would be ready. The drive took 25 mins and he made me cover

 my eyes a bunch of times so i wouldn't see where we were going before we got there. 

We drove down through Hyrum and through Paradise (both very small towns just south of Logan) and through some Hill-y areas that totally reminded me of MO because it was so green and beautiful! One part reminded me of Old State Rd (for anyone who knows that area of MO) because the green green trees created arches over the little curvy road. it was SO PRETTY!

Then we went up through more canyon-ish areas and then came up to what i guessed as being a dam and of course a lake but Bryce said No No, not it. You'll see.

lol it was a RESERVOIR. sorry! haha. It's this little lake/reservoir called Porcupine Reservoir. It's tucked way up in the canyon far away from everything. It's BEAUtiful!!

He found this place while i was out of

 town-down in Flagstaff for Bethi's wedding. He loves Google Earth, so he was playing around on it and found the area,

 figured out how to get there and drove all the way

 there on Sat. to check it out. He found a spot that's kinda

 sandy...rocky...lol. but almost looks like a little mini beach right along the shore. 

So we got up there and put down a blanket and ate our little dinner out there. It was AWEsome!!! I was so excited that it was a surprise!!! I always

 guess/figure out what he's going to do but i had No Idea this time!!! :) dang he just makes me happy!!!

Finished today

Books

I got hooked on reading LDS romance novels in middle school and stayed hooked until the end of high school. So I now have a huge bookshelf FULL of books---mostly LDS romance novels. :) So last time I counted, I had around 100 of them. 

So here's the deal. I don't need 100 romance novels sitting around my house. Even though I love collecting books...it's one of my obsessions. I love having tons of books but...it just doesn't make sense anymore because I just don't love RE-reading anymore. I used to re-read every book at least three or four times but I don't anymore.... 

SO, Jen suggested selling them on KSL but I'm lazy and i don't want to get on and create 100 separate ads....at least not now. so if any of you like reading and are interested I'm selling a bunch of them. Each under $10. Most of them i bought for $15-$18 at Deseret Book or Seagull Book. 

So here's a list of some of the books I'm willing to part with:

Double Image, Don Searle

Love Lights the Way, Michelle Ashman Bell

Pathway Home, Michelle Ashman Bell

Timeless Moments, Michelle Ashman Bell

Remember No More, Pamela Reid

Love to the Highest Bidder, Rachel Ann Nunes

Framed For Love, Rachel Ann Nunes

Love on the Run, Rachel Ann Nunes

Cover of Darkeness, Sian Ann Bessey

The Heart Only Know, Kerry Blair

The Perfect Plan, Jeri Gilchrist

Unlikely Match, Beverly King

Macady, Jennie Hansen

House on the Hill, Annette Lyon

Timeless Waltz, Anita Stansfield

Gustavia Browne, Alene Roberts 

An Honest Heart, Richard M, Siddoway

The Mist of Quarry Harbor, Liz Adair

I also have a bunch more by Anita Stansfield, Betsy Brannon Green (who's absolutely amazing), Jennie Hansen, and a bunch more. If you have a specific book in mind you want, and it's not already on the list, let me know! i probably have it! lol. :)

Pillows and such...

My new AWESOMELY CHEAP pillows!!!! First, i was super excited about the black and white pillow--It was on sale at Target and it's just so dang cute but then i was at Ross the other day and found these AWESOME pillows!!!! They're a goldish color. I love them! So originally they were $40 but i got them for $6.99 each!!!! I HAD to get them!! 

So Far...

So this is my newest/current project .... It's from Jennifer's Photography blog. Isn't she adorable??

A few hours later...

SEVERAL hours later... :) This is the point I'm at right now. I just need to finish the dad's hair and that Mom's hair too. Other than that, I'll be done unless I add a background...yeah, anyway. It's fun. I'm enjoying this one. I love her outfit! I've never done a print like that in a drawing. Plus she's just so dang cute!!

My Future Family

So this is the drawing that my friend Brooke Tolman did for me back in the day ... i think during sunday school one day. 

So Kimberly found the one Brooke did for me...what? like...6 years ago? around the time i was 15 so yeah, about 6 years ago. So she decided to make an updated/corrected version of my Future family....
all i have to say about it is wow, i am gonna have some big boobs and that Bobbers is kinda creepy lookin!

Journal Entry February 17th, 2006

"I miss him. Today i miss him. A lot. There's always the thing in my heart that says things aren't right without him but today it's more than that. I usually don't even admit to missing him to myself, let alone out loud or in writing. I hardly ever tell him in letters that i miss him. Sometimes i'll add in a quick "miss you" at the end but usually nothing more. I don't want him worrying about me or missing me any more than he does. There's always so much i want to tell him. When i see something cool i wish he could see it too. When i hear a beautiful song, i wish he could hear it too. When i accomplish something or finish a hard project i wish he could celebrate with  me. When I take a few seconds before i walk in the house at night to look up at the stars, i wish he could be standing with me marveling at the beauties God has given us. I miss hearing his voice. I miss holding his hand while walking through a store, dancing with him in the kitchen, laughing with him, having him tease me, getting big bear hugs from him, hearing his "old man laugh", the feel of the stubble on his face, his dirty fingernails and calloused hands, hearing him breathe, hearing his heartbeat, listening to him go on and on about cars and trucks, listening to his stories about his little brother and all the fun things they've done together. I miss the comfort i always felt telling him anything and the immediate safety i felt when i was with him. The way i'd turn to him to find him watching my face, the way he'd hold me as long as i wanted him to. How he'd let me fall asleep on his shoulder while he drove, how he'd insist on holding my hand while driving even though it made it harder, the way he listens to everything i tell him and always seemed to care about my opinion and point of view. How he could pul facts about me our of thin air that i couldn't remember even telling him. His curiosity about Everything and how and why things work the way they do. I miss hearing my cell phone ringing at 3 in the morning because he wanted to tell me he loved me or that he couldn't sleep and asked that i just talk to him for a few.  The way he'd remember everything i forgot and how he always knew how to make things right. The ways he'd have me call him after driving somewhere to let him know i was safe, how hard he'd try to get my parents to like him. The ways he handles kids and teases them and in the process becomes a little boy again. How ultimately precious I feel in his presence." 

Honeymooooon: Part one

Yeah so our honeymoon was over a month and a half ago and i'm finally getting to blog about it! HA!

Anyway, so we decided to kind of Half-wing it. we had a couple things planned but left most of our time open so we could do whatever. So after the luncheon we headed out to Park City because Bryce had never been there and I think its just so pretty there. We stayed in a super nice hotel and they even brought us sparkling cider and chocolate covered strawberries when the manager found out that it was our honeymoon! :) We just stayed there for one day and then headed down towards Brianhead.

On the way, we stopped to drive up Kolob Canyon. It was BeautifuL!!!! I have tons of pics! But here's just one from up near the top.

And here we are driving....i think he was seriously driving when i toook this pic...probably not the best idea for the future huh?
This was the backseat of the car during the trip: some of our luggage, and a couple pillows and the hamper filled with snack foods etc that his mom gave us! It was perfect!
I got a bad cold the day before the wedding so i was sick for our whole honeymoon too. retarded!! so that's what the kleenex box is about and then that's our map of Zions nat park and my flip flops and our Atlas! (I LOVe my atlas! we're best friends. She's been with me since i left for college!!)
(This was actually taken after we left Brianhead but ..yeah. pretty huh?)