Big D, Emdizzle, and Ashman

David

2012-02-14T19:32:00.000-08:00

I don't know what happened to me around David's birthday but I completely forgot to do a birthday spotlight on him. I figure that Valentines day would be a very appropriate day to make up for that. David is my husband. One of the greatest qualities that I love about him is that he puts everything in the proper perspective. He is concerned with what God wants, this has really been a great blessing for our family. David always makes sure that we read scriptures as a family, that we pry and go to the temple. He is always helping me when I am weak in these areas.I remember the first time I ever saw David I thought to myself "I could see my self marring a guy like him". I have such wonderful memories of us dating, David was always, and still is very creative with our dates. David is sososo funny! I love when we're dancing and goofing off because he has the funniest moves and loves making me laugh. When we were in the hospital together waiting for things to progress with having Bridger, I remember laughing so much because of all the jokes David was telling me. That helped me to not be so nervous or tired.
David is very helpful, gentle, kind, and handsome.David is in his second semester here at Colorado State University. He is working on getting his Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy.
David is a great father, I am so glad I have him.I love you!
Happy Late Late Birthday, and Happy on time Valentines Day!

Happy Birthday Valerie!

2012-02-07T13:21:00.000-08:00

Today, February 7 is my oldest sister Valerie's birthday. Here is a spotlight about her: Val is the mother of two twin girls, she is extremely smart, and she is an expert at planning events, and organizing things. Val is married to Brandon Illguth, and they are expecting a little boy at the end of March. Val loves to read, in high school she got a 5 (the highest score you can get) on her reading A.P. test as well as some other A.P. tests she took. When we were little Valerie would read the newspaper Everyday, and she really enjoyed it. I still don't read the newspaper( I should). She is also very creative, I remember many nights growing up she would tell me really cool stories that she made up, I always wished that she would publish them. She is still very crafty and makes neat things for her home, Brandon, and the girls. Valerie has always supported me in things I have done. In high school she would give me coupons when I was really busy with school that would say that she would do my jobs at home for that day to help me out. In dance company we had to make a poster that described who we were. Valerie made this poster for me, she drew lots of fun things on there that really described my personality. Val graduated from snow college and then went to Utah State University Where she met Brandon and then graduated in Economics. Every year when I do my taxes I give Valerie a call. She use to work for H&R Block. She is always able to answer my questions, I couldn't do it without her. She is also good at gardening. Val is a very good planner and she has very good advice. I like to run ideas past her sometimes and ask her questions because it helps me to make sound decisions.

Have a great Birthday Val! I love you.

2011 video

2012-01-30T08:27:00.000-08:00

we are almost in February now but we decided to make a slide show of the year of 2011. It was so fun to look at all the pictures of the past year. I can't believe how small Asher was at the beginning of last year. ENJOY!

After Christmas crafts

2012-01-07T21:03:00.000-08:00

I was really busy before Christmas finishing craft presents for family and friends. I thought about having a nice long break from Crafts after the holidays, but I got some fun fabric from my mother-in-law Sandy for Christmas that inspired me to do more. This week I did a lot of crafts that I was so excited about, so excited that I wanted to share them.
This is a crayon holder apron. Don't you love Asher's two year old "I want to dress all by self" outfit?
it rolls up and ties for storage. I saw this at my favorite toy store here in town and wanted to replicate it.
This is a hat I crocheted for Jennifer's baby shower. Her little girl might be entering the world very soon! This is from a pattern that my sister-in-law Angie gave me.
This is a draw string bag for Asher's favorite Christmas gift...his train set.
This is an apron for Hillary which was meant as a Christmas gitf but I got burned out. Now she can use it up at BYU-Idaho, where she just started school. She can make many yummy meals, maybe for cute, single, nice, RMs (poor Christopher, her BF who is leaving on a mission this summer)

December and Christmas

2011-12-25T20:44:00.000-08:00

This was our first Christmas that I wasn't in school so this meant that I had time to plan lots of fun activities and really enjoy this wonderful time of year. David's semester also ended so we had more time to hang out as a family. Here are some of the fun things we did this month.
Sugar cookies with Jill and maverick.

Gingerbread houses with Jennifer and AlexMy CTR 5 class acted out the Nativity story.

We went Ice skating
Heard a story from Santa at the best toy store.

Saw the lights at The GardensMade Ornaments

The boys wrestled
Had a Christmas Eve Dinner with our friends Lirong and nangwei

Celebrations

2011-12-04T13:09:00.000-08:00

We had a great Thanksgiving! We headed down to Colorado Springs to hang out with David's side of the family. David's Brother John his wife Angie and their son will were there. The drove all the way from Georgia.We went bowling, did some zumba, went on walks, went to chucky cheeses got to ride grandpas' bus and of course ate lots of yummy thanksgiving food.
The boys had a lot of fun on the bus. They each got to honk to horn!We went out to Olive Garden for our anniversary
This is the gift I made for David.David got me a "date kit" It had lots of fun things in it that we can do on dates, like dominoes to play with. He also got me a Plato's Closet gift card :)
We had fun playing games like KaMPS, Spades and Catan, with David's family as well.

The next week we celebrated David's birthday.
We had a fancy candel light dinner at home and watched the movie Treasure Planet. David was pretty sick on his birthday but by dinner time he got to feeling very well, and was able to enjoy his birthday.
Here is Bridger celebrating his three month birthday. Isn't he just SSSOOO cute?

Bridger's Blessing

2011-10-23T19:14:00.001-07:00

Bridger was blessed on Sunday the 16th. I am grateful for the power of the priesthood, and that David holds that priesthood so that he could give our special child a blessing.I am amazed by the Love our Heavenly Father has for us, He really cares so much for our welfare. As I have become a mother I have come to realize the strong love that a parent can have for a child. It is different then any other type of love.Its great to have Bridger in our family.

Baseball Birthday!

2011-10-22T20:34:00.000-07:00

On Saturday the 15 we had a two year old birthday party for Asher. It was a blast! We had the kids decorate cupcakes like baseballs.

We also did a Pinata. David was the one who ended up breaking it. all the kids tryed twice, and were only able to dent it.

Lindsey brought her big tarp and the kids loved playing with it (so did some of the adults :) I love this picture because each child looks like their having a great time.

Since it was a baseball birthday it wouldn't be complete with out a game of baseball. At first the kids would hit the "T-ball" and then just run in circles but then they sort of got the hang of running to the bases.

The prep work was crazy but a lot of fun. I had no idea a birthday could take so much work. The day before the party was spent cooking. I also made this Pinata on Friday, my first ever. I was so glad it worked out, because at midnight the night before it looked more like a chicken then a baseball.

Lindsey is great with cakes. She made this adorable cake for Asher. Underneath the fondant was a layer of ganache chocolate frosting, it was so good.

We had a cheese ball and crackers, and a fruit tray that Hillary prepared. At her work she prepares tons of fruit trays all day so she was able to make it look professional. Something that made the party really special was all of the great people we were able to celebrate with. David's parents and the Rockwoods were there. My parents and Hillary came from Utah, Lindsey and Rocklond came from Texas, and my Aunt Diane was able to come as well. We also had really great friends there. I think Asher really enjoyed his birthday.

Asher Morgan Haralson

2011-10-19T13:25:00.000-07:00

Asher had his 2nd birthday on Friday October 15. He has grown so much! David and I sure do love him. Her is a little birthday spotlight about him.

Favorite color: green, I think, but when I asked him he said brown

song: A child's Prayer, but only the second verse. He sings "Praaaay, kingdom, kingdom"

Food: Fish sticks, cheese, cookies

Fruit: Pineapple

Toy: cars, balls, and his trike

Asher is not a baby anymore he is such a big boy. He loves coloring, reading, playing at the park, going to the library, wrestling with David, singing little songs with me, and giving Bridger kisses. When I grocery shopping with him he grabs my finger and pulls me to get things that he wants. He talks a lot. I love it when he says "help me mama" This is how he counts 3,4,6,12! When I tell him that he can have one cookie he instantly says "FIVE!" Asher is a good big brother and loves Bridger. He likes to pick out outfits for Bridger to wear. Asher is very social. He loves other kids and loves to say their names. He always tells me the names of his friends and then say if they are a boy or a girls. He calls the park "Kids park" Asher is so helpful, he helps me clean up and he likes to do the dishes with me and also cook with me. Just last night we made cookies as a family. Asher was helping put in the oats that I would measure for him. David and I must have turned or backs for a moment because we tasted the cookies before putting them on the cookie sheet, they were over powered with salt. Asher had pored who knows how much salt into the batter and we hadn't noticed until then. That gave us a good laugh. We tryed to triple the recipe to balance out all of the salt but even that didn't work so we just had to throw it away.

Asher is such a sweet boy and we are so lucky to be his parents.

Happy 50th Birrthday Dad!

2011-09-21T19:41:00.000-07:00

Today, September is my Dad's fiftieth Birthday! Dad is wonderful at everything he dose. I hope he has a great day, and I'm pretty sure he will. The family has been thinking for the past couple of months "how can we make Dad's fiftieth awesome?" Well everyone sort of came up with their own great ideas. Valerie put together a memory book for dad. It has thoughts and memories about dad from many people who know him. I think that book will be a real treasure. Lindsey put together two very special Cd's for dad. They contain hymns and songs that have great value to him, sung by none other than his wife and children. We have all been spending the last couple of weeks recording ourselves singing certain songs and then Lindsey edited them all together to make it sound like we were all together to record. We even got Billy to sing lots of songs on his misson. Hillary got frames and printed updated pictures of all of our families to place in dad's office. And me, what did I do? Well nothing like that, but I did have a super cute grandson, and grandchildren just happen to be one of Dad's Favorites. So I think Dad's had a wonderful birthday. I love him so much and I am always grateful for his good example.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!!!!!

Our first week

2011-09-11T20:12:00.000-07:00

We all love bridger, he has been a joy to have in our home. He is sure a cutie, and Asher is a really good big brother.

Now We Are a Family of 4!!!!

2011-09-02T20:42:00.001-07:00

Emily when first induced

Emily on yoga ball (obviously before the really hard contractions - look at that smile!)

Right when the baby came out

Mama holdind Bridger soon after delivery

Getting cleaned up by the nurse

Doing test on Bridger to make sure he's healthy

Baby relaxing after being cleaned up

More resting...

Grandma with her 2 grandsons

Bridger with cute beanie

Mama with the boys!

Bridger putting his hands over his face (he did that a lot)

Aunt Jennifer, Bridger, and his cousin, Adulus

Asher admiring Bridger in dada's arms.

The new Haralson family of 4!!!!

Friday morning (Sept. 2) at 2:04am Bridger McKay Haralson was born at Poudre Valley Hospital here in Fort Collins, Colorado! We found out earlier this week that, just like with Asher, Emily's fluids were low with our second son, Bridger. They scheduled Emily to be induced on Thursday morning at 7:30am. Bridger's due date was Sept. 15th, so he would be born about 2 weeks early (Asher was 4 days late) . Anyways, the oxytocin didn't really kick in until about 9:30am (after hooking Emily up to IVs and such and going through all the paperwork). It was a very slow process, turning up the oxytocin about a point every half an hour until Emily got to 9 on the amount of oxytocin she was receiving. Bridger's heart rate started to drop so we stayed at 9 for awhile. Emily started off dialated at a 3 then moved to a 5. She stayed around 5 to 6 for awhile. Emily wanted to try and do this whole thing natural (she had an epideral with Asher). Our rule was for her to ask me 4 times for an epideral before I would let her get one. Anyways, the contractions started coming slowly for most of the day then started to pick up in the afternoon. Through the entire day we were able to try all kinds of things to help with the pain (and help get the baby out) like walking, listening to soft music, swaying on the yoga ball, and relaxing in the jacuzzi. It seemed like it was an eternity for Emily because I think from about 8pm to 1:30am Emily had contractions coming very fast and hard and had lots of back pain. It began to be very sad for me around 1:00am when Emily was in so much pain, and I couldn't do anything but to keep cheering her on. She asked I think 3 times total for the epideral, but everyone there (the doctor and nurses and me) were all encouraging her to go on. Well, she went on, and just as she thought this would never end, her water broke and the baby was ready to come out. Emily pushed through about 4 contractions before the baby came out (it was only about 10 minutes of pushing total). Emily was so amazing! I am just so proud of her! It was such a long and grueling day, but we are so happy Emily and Bridger are both healthy. Bridger was a bit small at 5lbs 7oz but 19 in. long. He looks way different than Asher did. He doesn't have much hair at all, and the hair he does have is blondish/reddish. He seems to have the big Haralson nose and lips. Anyways, thanks everyone for their prayers and support. We are doing great and both Emily and Bridger are healthy. I also want to thank my sister, Jennifer, and my mom for helping take care of Asher all Thursday and Friday night while we did this whole thing. We couldn't have done it without their help.

David Starts School Tomorrow

2011-08-21T21:19:00.000-07:00

David is starting his first day of his Marriage and Family Therapy Program tomorrow at CSU. I am so excited for him, and I think he will do great. Its going to be a lot of hard work, but I know he can do it. This is a picture of him with his 9 books, 5 of which are for one class. BUSY! Good Luck to David on the start of his program!!!

David has also just started a blog about what he is learning in his program. I invite you to check it out and read along with his expeiances with his schooling.

www.healingforthehome.blogspot.com

Quilt

2011-08-17T19:20:00.000-07:00

Blankets and Quilts are important for Babies.

This is a picture of Davids blanket from when he was a child. His grandma Haralson made it for him, he was into dinosaurs.

Here is my quilt from when I was little. My great grandpa Loveless made it for me and gave it to me right after I was born. He past away just a few days latter. This quilt was my favorite for many years, and was on my bed until I was at least twelve.

Here is the crocheted quilt I made for Asher last year

And here is the quilt I have just finished for the new little one to come, in less then a month.

This was my first quilt, and I really loved making it, I am very happy with how it turned out. There are some mistakes, but now I will just have to make more so that I can improve upon what I have learned. David and I wanted a random pattern for it. It was really hard to make it random, and still look good.

I like how the back turned out. I am so glad That I had David to help me, and Jeniffer who inspired me by the cute quilt she made for Adulus and for letting me borrow her rotary cuter, and other supplies, Thanks to Brittney to who told me lots about quilting and gave me some great websites.

Mom visits Fort Collins!

2011-07-26T19:46:00.000-07:00

Last weekend my mom came from Salt Lake to visit us. She got a ride with a nice lady in our ward who was attending a Zumba training class in Denver. It was a great visit. Mom loved seeing Asher. She hasn't been on a bike since her misson (over 25 years ago) so we had to get her on one because that's just what you do in Fort Collins. After she got used to the bike we biked to our favorite little lake. I pulled off to the side of the bike trail, and mom said "where is the dock" I just laughed. We walked down a little path to our humble muddy "dock" and pumped up the boat, it only takes ten minuets. Mom got in and then Asher and me. It was very peaceful. Asher had fun splashing himself in the face.

We were very tired when we got home, but I still really wanted to show mom how hip hoppin' down town is on a Friday night. I got her to go, and she really loved it. Down town is a lot of fun, they have street performers, and a live band on Friday nights. Lots of people dine outside and most people are even a bit dressed up. Mom liked the fashion that she saw. Asher splashed around in a fountain right under the band. He was dancing to the music and would clap whole heartily when they were done playing. It was so great having mom visit.

Lindsey Lee Picket

2011-07-16T19:55:00.001-07:00

This is my sister Lindsey, She turned 24 yesterday, July 15. Lindsey has always been a wonderful sister. She helped me in so many ways while I was growing up. We went to Jr. high together, she was in ninth grade and I was in seventh. She taught me how to handle Jr. high and what to get involved in to have a meaningful experience (musicals, and Dance Co.) We also got to be in high school together for one year when she was a senior and I was a sophomore. These years of school were so enjoyable and positive for me, and I know one of the reasons was because Lindsey was such a good example. It was very hard for me when Lindsey moved out and went to a school five hours away. Since that time she has done a very good job and staying in contact with me and still staying close.

Lindsey has always had a very good sense of humor. I can remember many times when she would begin to tell a funny story and she couldn't get through it because she was laughing and crying so hard.

She is also loaded with creativity. She has always made fun little crafts out of whatever is available. Now she is using that creativity to write a novel which is pretty neat. Lindsey graduated from SUU about a year and a half ago, in elementary education. She is married to John Picket and has a two and a half year old son named Rocklond. They are living in Houston Texas. Lindsey is a good mother, she is very sweet to Rocklond and helps him to learn what is right and wrong. She dose fun creative things with him, like putting on a puppet show. She is also a good wife to John, they get along very well and are a lot of fun.

Happy Birthday Lindsey!!!!

Boats

2011-07-09T20:03:00.000-07:00

For the fourth of July we went to a local neighbourhood boat race before David had to go to work. Since he worked on the fourth we celebrated on Wednesday the sixth on his day off. We had a little BBQ and a fourth of July cake (It was so good and made me feel very patriotic)

David has been telling me lately that he had something up his sleeve. He cam home from work last night with this: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Raft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So before he went to work today we went out on a little pond about ten minuets away from our house.

We had a blast, and plan on using this boat a TON this summer.

Diaper Bag

2011-07-02T13:06:00.000-07:00

This doesn't look like the bag of a soon to be mother of two boys, but I am proud of it because I made it. I am really enjoying sewing right now. I just got a new calling as the CTR 5 teacher, I have to bring a lot of things to church for our class, plus I now have a huge quite book to take to church as well. Last Sunday we had like four different bags to carry around. I knew that I needed something big so I drew up a design and got to work. I feel like I should have learned how to sew in elementary school to teach me problem solving skills. I learned more in an hour of fixing mistakes on this bag than I did all of my sixth grade year reading "story problems".

Here are some pictures of Asher lately. He is 20 months old and will be two in October. He is at such a cute age right now. I love being at home with him. I never knew being a mother could bring so much happiness. Some of his new adorable words are: "Lellow", Waffle, Football, stuck, tools, mos-motorcycle, bus, BIG, Child (meaning-I want to watch the Child of God Mormon message for the 50Th time)

He went and grabbed this pot out of the kitchen and put it on his head after seeing the little boy in the book do it.

Birthday Fun

2011-07-02T12:44:00.000-07:00

My birthday was on Wednesday. In the morning we had breakfast then birthday cake. David made me a cookie cake and a very beautiful "Tangled" birthday card. I was impressed with his artistic skills.

In the afternoon we went camping for my birthday! We went up the beautiful Poudre River Canyon. David got an awesome fire started right a way.

I set up the tend, and Asher helped carry things

It felt so good to be camping, it has been a while

David's Foil dinner fell apart and then burned, mine was perfect.

Asher didn't even like the idea of a tin foil dinner so he found his own food

The mosquitoes got really bad so we all went into the tent and sang songs, it was very fun. I loved being with my family and being in the mountains. One thing I always like about camping is the smell of it, I love the smell of the pine trees, flowers, fresh air, and camp fire. We also saw a lot of beautiful wild flowers. It was a wonderful birthday!

Miracles

2011-06-27T21:29:00.000-07:00

I believe in miracles, and I know that God loves us.
In March David got accepted to the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Colorado State University.
We were told that we would be hearing about an assistantship by the end of the month.

End of March---nothing

April---nothing

May---nothing.
In April we moved with faith to Fort Collins, Colorado.
David searched for a job and found one at the end of May, working an hour away in Cheyenne Wyoming at a detention facility. We were, and still are very grateful for the job. At the begining of June David's Mom, Sandy called and told me that they were going to fast for David to get an assistantship at CSU. I had long given up hope that We would get an assistantship. David and I discussed it and we decided to put forth faith that this could happen. We asked my parents to fast as well. We went into the fast with full faith.
About a week and a half latter David received a call from a Dr. Fetch inviting him to a assistantship interview. A week latter David was offered the assistantship :) Once school starts David will work five minutes from our house, and he will be helping with a lot of research, doing stats and fine tuning his writing skills. This is going to be GREAT experience for him.This really strengthened my faith and my testimony of fasting. Fasting really works!

Quiet Book

2011-06-24T12:15:00.000-07:00

Here is what I have been working on since I have been done with school. Almost ever time Asher went down for nap time I worked on this. I have LOVED making it. David helped me a lot as well.

One of Asher's Favorite pages. Balloon color matching

This picnic basket one is all David's He cut out the pieces and sewed them down, and he put the belt together. He let me teach him how to sew. He helped me on a lot of other pages too. He is good a drawing things and at coming up with fun creative ideas. Many nights after putting Asher to bed we would turn on music and work on Quiet book pages together. We wold laugh a lot and enjoying working together.

I found most of these ideas on blogs. This was a huge project! I am sort of sad to be done because it was such a blast, but I am ready to move on to other projects.

This is a side craft I did a bit ago to hold up my necklaces so they don't get all tangled.

Happy Fathers Day

2011-06-19T13:05:00.000-07:00

This is a spotlight about my dad since its fathers day.

William Duncan Loveless V

My dad loves writing and he loves to preserve family history. He works in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in SLC at Temple Square Hospitality. For the last three years he has been very diligent in going to Gold's Gym five times a week at 5 a.m. All of his hard work had really paid off as he has lot over 100 lbs! He has a very healthy heart and he feels much better.

before:

After:

My dad has always been a great example to me. He helped me to build confidence while I was growing up and he taught me the gospel. Ever since I was little a can remember having PPI's (personal Priesthood Interviews) with him often. He would ask me how was doing and find out who my best friend was at the time, and what my favorite things were. The interviews were always fun and meaningful. I loved talking with my dad. He also did dating role plays with us to prepare us for dating. We would do them on Sunday night. I LOVED dating role plays. One of my most treasured items also comes from my dad. He gave me a book when I was baptized. It was a book that he had written about my first eight years off life. I loved reading about the day I was born and then all of the funny things I did as a little child. My siblings all received a book about them when they were baptized, I really enjoyed reading their books too. These were some of our favorite night time stories. As we got older my dad would take us on photo shoots. This made me feel special and beautiful. My dad has always given me great advice and always has been there for me when I need a Fathers blessing or just someone to talk to.

Happy Father Day Dad! I love you!

Birthday Spotlights

2011-06-05T20:23:00.000-07:00

Some pretty neat people have just celebrated some very important birthdays...

My little Brother Billy on May 31st

and
My little sister Hillary On June 3rd

Billy is currently serving his mission in Tuscan, Arizona. He just turned 20! which sounds so old for my little brother. He has been on his mission for nine months, and is doing great. He is working hard and learning a lot. One of the things he is learning is Spanish. I am very proud of him and the choices he has made to serve a mission. Billy is a very talented French Horn player. Before his mission he was playing and studying French Horn at BYU. I am touched by his faith and sacrifice for putting off his french horn for two years so that he can serve the Lord. i love getting letters from Billy because I can see that he is changing and growing up, but that he is also the same goofy little brother that I love so much.

Hillary turned eighteen on Friday, not only did she celebrate her birthday but she also

graduated from Kearns High School.

Hillary has been involved in student government this past year as the Senior class vice president, she has showed a lot of leadership in that. Hillary is very talented in many areas. She is very smart, especially when it comes to English. she has read and continues to read more books then anyone I know. I love asking her for new book suggestions. Hillary is also really good with fashion. She helps me pick out cute clothes, and helps me to stay away from styles I think are cute but no one else would. She always looks cute. Hillary also has loved being involved in the Z-news program at her school. She will be studding broadcasting at BYU-Idaho this winter. He teacher says that she could work at channel 2 in SLC if she wanted to.

Hillary is also a dear friend, she is very caring and sincere. she also has a very silly side and always makes me laugh. I love her so much. She will always be my cute little sister.

TIME

2011-05-17T11:53:00.001-07:00

Family...isn't it about TIME?

David is searching for a job here in Fort Collins, and I am done with school. We have had more time together as a family than ever, and we have LOVED it!

David and I have been able to read book together, and we have been able to take Asher to the park a lot. We eat all of our meals together, and we clean the house together. I never knew life could be so fun and relaxing. David keeps saying this is too nice and that we will probable get a huge trial soon.

Alex and Jennifer have been wonderful. They have helped us get settled into Fort Collins. We went hiking up to Horse tooth with them on Saturday.

I have also had time to do crafts. I made these little tiles in my ceramics class, I painted them and then decorated Asher's room with them.

I also started a quite book which I have always wanted to do even before we had Asher and even before I was married. Asher loves playing with other kids quite books so I'm really excited to make one for him.

We are trying to help Asher learn to say prayers. Before we go to bed we David and I kneel down and Asher dose this.

Washington/Oregon Trip!

2011-05-15T19:40:00.000-07:00

I know its taken us a long time to finally post about our Washington/Oregon trip. On April 13th we took off to Oregon and Washington to visit Emily's aunts and uncles (the Mumfords and Hunts) and my old friend, Brandon and his family. On the way there and the way back we stopped at my sister Kathy's house in Boise, Idaho. We had so much fun visiting everyone! Thanks to everyone who made this trip possible by providing a place to stay, food, and a lot more. Well I posted about a 100 pictures so enjoy! Everything took place in reverse order than the pictures but I don't feel like rearranging all the pictures.

My friend Brandon, Donna, and their daughter, Abby

Asher sliding down a whale with Sara and Katie Hunt

Emily and Asher on the Space Needle - Asher was not too happy up there.

Me posing in front of the famous Haystack Rock on the Oregon Coast

Asher and I having a blast in front of yet another rock. Remember this all happened in reverse order.

Emily and Asher enjoying the view of the Oregon beach.

Asher's photoshoot in Karen Mumford's backyard.

Emily's photoshoot again in Karen's backyard.

Thrwoing rocks with Asher. He loved it!

Climbing Beacon Rock. Karen Mumford was so nice to lead us up the mountain.

Asher and I at a fish hatchery. This is the giant Sturgeon!

Visiting Multnomah Falls. Below is the actual Falls. It was really amazing! And the best part is that was completely free to see it (besides gas of course)

Emily enjoying the power of one the many waterfalls in Oregon.

Eating a yummy Mt. St. Helen's cake at the Mumfords.

Just getting off the tram that goes over Portland, Oregon.

In the Science Museum in Portland - there was an Egyptian Exhibit.

Asher enjoying the playroom in the Science Museum.

Emily posing by the Porland Bridge and the city itself.

Asher and I's first stop in Orgeon so Asher could get his wiggles out.

Moved into Fort Collins, Colorado

2011-05-06T11:36:00.000-07:00

We are all moved into our new home here in Fort Collins. (Don't worry, the barn in back of us is not where we live)

We have only been here for five days, and this apartment already feels like our home. It feels even more like home then our past two places of residence. We liked the tralor but it was too big. The basment apartment was an awesome deal in a lovely neibourhood, but it was much too SMALL!!!

This apartment is just our size.

Look, it has two bedrooms! Asher dosent have to sleep in the living room anymore :)

There are a lot of windows

Its not fancy or anything, but we sure love it, and feel very comfortable here. We are so grateful for the many people who helped us move.

We're expecting!

2011-04-23T18:19:00.000-07:00

We made a cake with pink strawberry frosting and strawberries in the shape of a question mark on the top. We cut the cake to show are family what we are having.

Pink Inside = Girl

Blue Inside=Boy

Watch to find out what we are having...

Graduating!!!!!

2011-04-08T07:20:00.000-07:00

Christmas

2010-12-26T15:11:00.000-08:00

This Christmas was wonderful! David and I both agreed that it was very nice to relax after so much hard work this semester. On Christmas eve we had a "Jesus Dinner" We we ate foods that would have been eaten at the time of Christ. We had Fish, loaves of bread, olives, grapes, grape juice, cheese cubes, Peta's and hummus

The tree was beautiful, and I got to listen to my favorite Christmas song "Christmas is is here again!" by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Asher climbed up on one of his presents and helped grandma look at all of the fun presents.

It was exciting to see Asher open presents he loved ripping paper and then he was surprised that something was inside for him.

Reflections on Book Making

2010-12-26T13:23:00.000-08:00

This past semester I was inrolled in a book arts class. I was always interested in this class but never thought I would actually take it. It has been a great joy, and I have enjoyed it very much. My two good friends Dannelle and Tristan watched Asher while I was in class, wich was an amazing blessing. David was also very supportive and he really cheered me on with the neat things I was learning. I learned alot, more than most college classes. Here is a picture of a book I made FIVE months before I took this class. It was made with old cereal boxes, nasty flimsy paper painted with cheap water colors and glued together with a glue gun.

And here is my final project for the class. This is a book I worked on all semester. I gave this book to David for Christmas. I wrote our love story from when we started dating to when we got married and I bound this leather book with the skills I acquired all semester. It was created with book board, covered in leather and lokta, it was bound and sewn in the cord method.

I am just amazed at all of the neat things I learned. I find a lot of joy in making books and I treasure the knowledge I have gained. It is very exciting to create something new. David was so excited on Christmas to receive this gift. I hope that I can continue to make books throughout my life.

Asher is now one

2010-10-31T16:05:00.000-07:00

On October 14 Asher turned one.

"I'm one"

It has been so fun having Asher this year, he has changed our lives and we've loved it. Here is a highlight on Asher.

Favorite book: Rain Drop plop

Favorite animal: Dog

Food: Bananas, muffins, sweet potatoes

Place: Smith park playground

Friends: Dad, Mom, Stanley girls, Odin and Porter

Toy: Animal sorting barn

Best skill: taking things out and putting them back in
Cereal: LIFE

He know has 8 teeth, and is working on walking. Its so nice to have him front facing in the car seat we love to see his smiling face when we drive around.

Happy 1st birthday Asher!

Today was a fairytale

2010-10-10T13:40:00.000-07:00

David and I always look forward to our trips down to Utah. Valerie had her baby shower for her twin girls. It was a neat shower she got lots of very cute baby girl outfits. Asher and David came at the end. Asher help clean up by pushing the camping chair around. This is his method of getting around, who needs to learn to walk when you can do this?

David and I went to about five different stores to find Asher some birthday clothes. We had a lot of fun and we were so happy with all of the cute outfits we found for him. His first birthday is on Thursday and he was desperately needing new clothes. Here is a picture of him in one of many new outfits.

That night was my high schools home coming. David and I have never been to a dance together before (well we did go to some at BYUi but they played lame music and they weren't as formal)

Hillary told me that I could were one of her very pretty dresses. I tried it on and loved it. We packed David church clothes and he was to were those to the dance. They weren't very fancy and I had forgotten his church shoes. We poked our heads into Billy's old closet and found a treasure: a tux with a bow tie, and vest. Then some nice shinny tux shoes. Within minutes David had it on and he looked sharp! It took me back to our wedding day, he is a knock out! It was a Cinderella like transformation. So we can thank our fairy godmother (Billy) missions are great.

We had a blast at homecoming, we danced like crazy with Hillary.

Shadow box

2010-09-04T20:59:00.000-07:00

So funny story, I was at my friend Sacha's house and she was moving to Kentucky, I was saying goodbye. She said "there are some things we don't want outside of our door we're trying to get rid of so if you want anything, I mean not that you want our stuff like is great or anything, but you know if you want it you can take it" little did she know I already had a a pile of her stuff out in Asher stroller. One of those things was a shadow box...something that I had wanted for a long time. I have some beautiful things from my wedding, but no where to put them.

So that was back in April, and now its September and school starts next week I NEED TO DO my project.

Janelle had me over for a craft night while our husbands watched the first BYU football game and Asher played with Tupperware. I worked on my shadow box and Janelle worked on her quilt, and by the end of the night I had this...

What we had been up to...

2010-09-04T13:01:00.000-07:00

Asher has been busy with the new blocks David and I made for him.

He has also been posing as a baby model for Baby Spas-a hot new item sold at IKEA

David well David has been using his freedom from the honor code and growing out his beard- What an attractive rebel :)

I have been reading "glimpses" a book about Marjory Pay Hinkley. I love it! She was a mother during the 40's and 50's so hear is a picture of me in 50's like fashion.

Here is a finished picture of the shelf boxes I made with Cheryl and Valerie last month.

The Happy Family

2010-08-29T16:21:00.000-07:00

Asher has really started to LOVE bath time

Fun with flower

We have had a wonderful time being out of school! Asher is 10 and a half months old now and he is so fun as he gets older I keep thinking "this is the most fun age" and then he gets older and a keep thinking the same thing. He now gives us hight fives and he loves talking and splashing in water

Asher loves kids he had so much fun with them.

David and I are enjoying being out of school and are excited to not both be college students ever again at the same time.

Schools out

2010-08-04T12:42:00.000-07:00

My friend Jessica had her misson farewell in SLC and Lindsey was going to be in SLC and I was out of school so Asher and I headed down to Utah. It was a very fun visit. Asher and Rocklond we so cute together. Asher wanted to do all of the things Rocklond could do. When Rocklond laughed so did Asher.

Aunt Hillary let the boys play with the inside of the piano.

Asher liked spending time with Grandpa.

On Wednesday I got to spend the day with my Aunt Cheryl and her cute kids. We went to the library and the park. Her kids were so cute with Asher and he really enjoyed being around other children. Valerie came over and did a project Cheryl had planed for our visit. We made box shelves. It was a lot of fun and I got to use a table saw for my first time. I will have to post a final picture of how the look on our wall at home. It was nice to hang out with Cheryl I learned a lot about raising kids she is a great example.

I also got to hang out at Val's new apartment. She is preparing to have twins in November. Its so exciting.

Asher and I were so glad to be home and to see David again

Next we went to Yellowstone with Valerie and Brandon. It was beautiful and fun. I loved Yellowstone waterfall. The whole park was beautiful. I love camping!

It was so fun to be with Val and Brandon they knew so much about Yellowstone and made sure we saw all of the neat things to see.

If you haven't ever been to Yellowstone you should go and on your way you can stop in Rexberg and visit us!

Graduation & Work!

2010-07-28T11:07:00.001-07:00

This last Friday (July 23) I graduated with my Bachelor of Science in Sociology! It was so much fun having my mom and dad and Bill, Rhonda, and Hillary all come up to see me. For Commencement, I had the opportunity to read the scripture. I read Jacob 2: 18-19. Elder Richard Hinkley was the main speaker that night and he spoke on applying yourself, denying yourself, and not taking shortcuts. It was so good! So, everyone came up on Thursday evening and we had sloppy joes and french fries that night. That night Emily, Asher, and I went over to Bill and Rhonda's hotel and we all went swimming. The next day, we went to the spray park for a brunch. Asher was so cute in the water. On Saturday, everyone left including Emily and Asher. They both went down to Utah with her parents to visit family and friends. Emily will be back tomorrow (Thursday). So, I've been looking for an after-graduation job, cleaning up around the house, reading books, watched a movie, etc since she's been gone. Also, lots of very nice people have invited me over for dinner while Emily has been away. Enjoy the pictures!

I should go ahead and tell everyone about a miracle that happened the other day. So, I have been looking for a job for awhile now for after graduation. I've wanted one doing PSR work (you work with struggling children in their homes) so that I could use my degree and get good experience. I had several interviews in Idaho Falls, but none of them called me back. So, Monday morning I set off to call every single PSR agency in the area. Monday and Tuesday I spent all day calling or dropping off resumes wherever they were hiring. On Tuesday, I went to an agency in Rexburg who said they might be hiring soon. I introduced myself to the manager there, told him I have some experience, and told him I speak Spanish. He looked over my resume with me and then said he'd get back in touch with me. He called me 20 minutes later and said he had some work for me, but needed an official interview. I came back later at 3pm for an interview (again, I had lots of time - no job, no calling at the moment, no school, and Emily and Asher down in Utah) . I came in at 3 and by the end of the interview they offered me the job! Right after the interview we brought up a criminal background check I had last August and filled out all my employment paperwork. So, my training will start next Thursday. I will do about 20-30 hours to start off with doing PSR work and whatever other time I'm not doing PSR I will help with some office work until they can get me some more clients. The place I will be working at is called Child and Family Resource. It was such a miracle! I know the Lord was looking after me and my family. I know God heard the prayers of those who were praying for us! It's such a blessing to be able to get a full-time job in the field I was looking to get into and to have a job in Rexburg where I don't have to commute to work. Sorry, no pictures yet of my new job.

29 21 4

2010-07-06T14:47:00.000-07:00

We celebrated my 21 birthday last week! David and I dressed up and went to Red Robins something we have wanted to do for along time :) David bought me some midnight pomegranate lotion so now I smell really good. We had a fun time together, it was nice to have a romantic date.

This past weekend was Wonderful as well! Hillary got her drivers licence so she came up to visit us for the fourth of July. We had a blast! She is such a sweet girl, she made us dinner and cookies and she even did our dishes with out us even asking her too. She also babysat for us so that we could go on a date. She loves Asher and he loves her. They had a lot of fun together.

On Sunday (4th of July)David helped Hillary and I make Empanadas from his mission we decided to have a "caveman dinner"

No plates or utensils. I guess we were celebrating the fact that we have democracy, and that we are not caveman.

Or maybe it was celebrating the freedom to be goofey.

On Monday we tie dyed t-shirts with red and blue to be patriotic. Mom sent up some little white shorts for us to ti dye for Asher.

We were very surprised with how well the shirts turned out.

While our shirts dried we went swimming at Rigby Lake it was cold but they had a neat slide boat in the water that lured David and I out into the water

Asher really loved the sand. He liked grabbing it and letting it seep out of his hand. He also loved all of the rocks in the sand.

Thanks for visiting with us Hillary!!!

May!

2010-06-06T16:39:00.000-07:00

Hooray for May! This month Asher got 2 new teeth! He is also getting so big and strong - take a look at him in his crib! (nap time is a bit harder now)

Just recently he's been able to stand up supported by the couch, crawl (rather slowly still) , and wave. He can say the words DADADADADAD but he dosent know what they mean yet. And he has said things that sound like MAMAMAMAMA but again not really to say mom...or at least thats what we think

Also, we continue to do the Farmer's Market every other week. We implemented fruit leather and it sales like hotcakes! We did strawberry, blackberry, peach, and tropical (coconut, orange, and banana).

We are also doing bowtie noodles only - they are way cute!

We wish would could workout ,but there is just not time so we have adopted the title of "activelifestyle" We live about 15 minutes from campus and we walk (or run sometimes) there and back 2-3 times a day. (Nice because it saves on gas too! :)

We are also excited about the future: We're going fishing this next Saturday! (it's free fishing day here in Idaho) , we're going camping the following week, and then its Emily's B-day on the 29th! We're still trying to decide what to do to make it special. Then we have our Yellowstone trip and graduation the end of July!

Although we are still really busy, we have learned to not be in such a hurry! Everyone should read the talk "Don't Be in a Hurry" in June's Ensign! It changed our life! Here is just one goodie of wisdom from that talk "We will move faster if we hurry less" Neat concept

Farmers Market

2010-05-04T19:27:00.000-07:00

Well it has been a while and a lot has happened! We MOVED! Started school I got my hair cut, Asher started Solids, David and I started new on campus jobs. We have been busy! Things that have been neglected...The blog.....Harry Potter....Dishes.

On Friday night we had our first Rexberg Farmers Market. It was so much fun and a huge success! David and I had a blast. Last year we attended the market several times and would have fun walking around and looking at stuff, we really loved the feel to it, we would dream of maybe one day being in it ourselves and now here we are!

Thursday we prepared for the market by getting our food handlers permits what a fun test... Then we cooked all night! David was busy making Pumpkin, chocolate, and vanilla Pizzelles. These are Italian crunchy cookies, the smell will drive you out of this world so Good!

I made home made noodles in four different flavors: spinach, tomato, whole wheat and white.

(This was taken twards the end we did have a lot more pizzelles to start with)

Asher was a wonderful and supportive baby through all of this. Here is an update of how big and cute he is getting. We sure love our sweet little goofy boy!

The biggest Sweet tooth is....

2010-04-11T18:39:00.000-07:00

Glucoses-obsesos-too-oftenada(G.O.T.O.)

Symptoms- Head ache tooth arch

Signs-always wanting sugary yummy desserts

Risk factors- Being a college student

Why do I give you all this information? because David and I have been diagnosed with this disease which is quickly spreading across America. Asher is at risk for developing this disease as well.

Lately David and I CRAVE something sugary and yummy after every meal. For many weeks we just told ourselves that this was normal. We decided to face the truth and now we know that no this is not normal.

At parties why is it that everyone is okay with 1 or two cookies? but then I have to have three well maybe four and I am sure no one will notice if I have five Oh and this sixth one I promise it is for my husband.

Maybe its because we like to make things special? Why is it that we associate sugary desserts with things being special? Its okay if every once and awhile we celebrate with dessert but we are finding the oddest little things to celebrate just so that we can have our sugar fix.

Our cure is that we will limit ourselves to one yummy sweet thing a day (this week: Chocolate chip pumpkin cookies :) I feel that we have just accustomed our taste buds to love sweetness. When we tell ourselves that "O I just have a little sweet tooth right now" NOOOOO we always have a sweet tooth this is NOT an excuse! We have just trained our bodies to want things that are sweet. I think we can help our bodies by calming down on the sweetness, and after a while we wont have those little cravings every 1.5 hrs.

If you have any secrets about how you are able to beat your addiction to sweetness we would be much obliged to know.

I Emily Haralson am a sweetaholic. I have been sober for 5 hrs.

Wish us luck!

Easter Weekend

2010-04-07T18:42:00.000-07:00

We had a great weekend. It started with taking Asher swimming for the first time. the water was a bit cold but Asher seemed to enjoy it.

It was great listening to conference and boy did we learn a lot! We opened some Easter gifts. Asher was able to sit up!

We made Easter Bird nests. We thought they turned out very cute! They tasted great.

David and I felt the pure joy of being Asher's parents. It was special watching him play with toys and rip up tissue paper.

Last week Asher started eating Oatmeal for babies. It is a messy and fun ordeal.

Some Projects

2010-04-01T12:50:00.000-07:00

So I changed my minor to art education. I was talking to Lindsey and she said "no offence but have you ever done anything artsy? My answer "well no" I did win the reflections contest in forth grade, but that was about all I could think of.

I have recently been interested in book arts so I decided to make a book for Asher.

First I drew the picture then outlined it in black pen, then I colored it with water colors. I never liked painting with water colors, but now I really enjoy it

next I cut the pictures out and modgpogde them onto cardboard.

Here is how it turned out...

It was so much fun and a huge learning process.

The next project...

Our friends said that Asher reminded them of Winnie the Pooh. I like Winnie the pooh and I have to say that I agree. This was inspiration for crocheting a Winnie the pooh amigurumi doll

This was really a lot of fun, and didn't take too much time. It was cool to see how everything came together.

I am very happy about these crafts because when I was a teenager I was TERRIBLE at crafts so this is exciting for me.

I will give these to Asher as his Easter presents.

Here he is just sitting with excitement for his new toy and book

Pictures of Asher

2010-03-22T11:49:00.001-07:00

Asher is a bit over 5 months old now! He is changing so much everyday. Its crazy how babies can learn a new skill in a day or even in an hour. we are enjoying watching him grow up and trying to treasure everything he dose.

Asher loves reading Harry Potter with Dad and mom.

He is getting really good at sitting up (with a little help)

he can push up on his arms a lot higher now and will sometimes curl one of his legs under himself. He wants to crawl.

he is also getting much better at grabbing

Asher and I like to goof off together. He laughs when I do funny voices when I read to him.

This little bouy loves to smile he is so happy!

On Saturday night David and I were doing some crafts I guess Asher wanted to join in, he was pulling all of the papers in front of me. They were his favorite toy because they made such fun crumpling noises. Like every other toy this paper went to his mouth. He had so much fun with it and was very cute.

Family History

2010-03-13T18:58:00.000-08:00

I have been the family history consultant in our ward for a little more than a year now. It has been a lot of fun and I have really gotten into it a lot more. I did these family collages in photo shop. Pictures help me to understand a little more of what family history is all about. This makes it real and exciting for me.

Can you believe the similarities between David and his great gtreat grandpa Lattimus?

Rolly Polly

2010-03-07T13:45:00.000-08:00

Asher rolled over for the first time yesterday! He is sure a joy to have, full of energy and life we sure love him!

I made some spinach noodles the other day They are a good celebration for St. Patrick's day

I made some chicken noodle soup with some of the noodles. We LOVE homemade noodles they taste so good and they are very fun to make

no matter what we tried...

2010-02-25T19:35:00.000-08:00

We just couldn't get David's hair to follow the honor code. We tried so hard

conservative hairstyle.....

after conservative hairstyle...

...

So even though we all loved it (including Asher)

The hair had to go

I used clippers instead of scissors it went so much faster and looks mucho better. I think David looks great with his new due. (Asher looks great with his old but still cute due)

Photo Shoot

2010-02-16T17:50:00.000-08:00

Our friend Kate did some family pictures for us. She is great at what she does. We had so much fun and are really impressed with how they turned out.

On eating well

2010-02-08T12:20:00.000-08:00

Who said that eating healthy had to be disgusting and had to be expensive.
David and I are getting sick of sandwiches for lunch.
I love taco salad and could eat it for every meal.
this week we decided to do Taco salad for lunch.

Nutritional and Cost highlights on this nutritious lunch!

Total fiber for the whole meal......18g (an adult needs 20-35 grams a day, and usually only gets 10-15g)
Total fat..........................................14.5g (3.5 from the Chili 5g from the wheat thins, 6g from corn chips) you need to consume less then 65g of fat a day
Saturated fat..................................3g
The ingredients all together cost about $17.00 (that's not including the fact that I will use a lot of the ingredients in other meals too).
So each meal is about $1.70
It provides enough for 10 Lunches. So five days worth for two!

David eats his lunch at school in between classes. I put everything for the saled in a big Tupperware then in a separate glass jar I put the chili so he can heat it up and pour on top of his salad.David doesn't like salad like at ALL but he loves this and expresses his gratitude for a yummy lunch. I really enjoyed it too. It was delicious and I felt so great after eating it.

So if you want to give it a try here are the ingredients:

2 bunches green leaf lettuce
2 bags Santitas Corn chips
Pace Salsa
2-3 cans Nalley Turkey Chili (lots less fattening then regular)
Fat free sour cream
Green Onions
1 box Wheat Thins
4 ROMA tomatoes
10 pieces of fresh fruit. Apples and Pears both have 5g of fiber per piece of fruit. Buy what is on sale you can usually find apples for .89 a pound. If you want to save money then buy 5 oranges and have half an orange a day. (less fiber but still an ecellent serving of fruit!)

Good Luck! Enjoy

Cute Giggles

2010-01-31T17:33:00.000-08:00

Check out this short adorable video of Asher Laughing!!!! It melt our hearts!

Aint no pioneer woman!

2010-01-25T19:09:00.000-08:00

No I didnt do a natural child birth. (I got a very strong epiduralideral, didn't feel a thing it was wonderful)

No I don't grind my own wheat kernels with a rock to make flour

No I don't make kitchen rags out of warn out cloths

But...

Anyone who knows me knows that I love to be BUSY. I am off track and am trying to stay just that. Asher Keeps my hands full most of the time, and we have a lot of fun, but when I have time I try to developing my talents :) some things I have always loved are learning how to make different food items and becoming more self reliant. Through this I have found that I am doing things sort of like a pioneer woman might.

Making my own homemade noodlers

White

(I made Tuna Noodle Casserole with them, David Hates Tuna but he loved this! special thanks to Campus Cuisine of Brandon's)

and wheat

making beans from scratch

Makeing bread

and good ol molasses cookies

Using cloth diapers with Asher

I also learned to crochet this cute beret

I have really enjoyed my time at home. Asher is a ray of sunshine in the cold Rexburg winter. It has been great trying all of these new things out!

Happy Husband and son

What a way to celebrate your three month B-day!!!

2010-01-15T12:31:00.000-08:00

First Week of School!

2010-01-11T20:40:00.000-08:00

So, this was my first week of school and man, Pres.Clark can sure be tough sometimes.

I'm so excited, though, because I will be done this July! It has been a really fun week for me. My teachers are all so good! Thank Emily for the picture. She is so funny:)

All About Asher!

2010-01-08T12:40:00.000-08:00

Asher is growing a lot here is a little spot light about who he is.

Favorite food....milk

Favorite color...blue

Things he loves to do... Stand, take tours around, look at things

Least favorite things... Baths, diaper changes in the middle of the night.

His talents... SMILING, talking, observing, and wiggling

Talents he is good that he wants to get bad at... Spitting up

He loves his hands ...

His Favorite songs... Patty Cake, The ants go marching, a Childs Prayer, Give said the little stream.

This is how he gets around cold Rexburg...

This is where he sleeps...

He loves his Dad

and his mom...

...and we love him!

A Very, Merry Christmas!

2010-01-01T19:05:00.000-08:00

Our weekend started at the Salt Lake Temple doing 200 year old Polish family sealings. All of our family was able to be together. Lindsey and Rocklond came up from Texas and John came up on Christmas Eve.

We did many fun things such as Ginger Bread houses, chocolate covered pretzels, and decorated ornaments.

We also had a family picture taken. We drew names of who to make a present for in the family. Dad got us and made us a clock like the one in harry potter that tells where each member of the family is at a certain time, what a creative idea we love it!

David and I had a fun time making presents for each other. David's favorite gift was a Family Home Evening board. My favorite gift from David was a little dresser that I can put by my bed. .

After Christmas, David and I were able to go on a date downtown to see the lights. It was beautiful!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years from Emily, David, and Asher!

Hats happy birthdays and holidays!

2009-12-04T17:19:00.001-08:00

Happy 24 Birthday David!!!!!!!

We put our Christmas decorations up.

Our fisrt anniversary

2009-11-23T09:17:00.000-08:00

Sunday November 22 was our one year anniversary! we celebrated on saturday by going to Gringos (we went there on our second date) we had our favorite dessert--Fred Ice cream.

David made a movie of the pictures from this last year for me, he also made me a candy gram.

At dinner David had everything set up all romantic like a rose and a candle. I made a scrapbook of wedding photos and made his favorite cookies, peanut butter blossoms. After dinner we watched "Its a wonderful life"One of our favorite movies! On Sunday we ate our cake top that has been in our freezer all year.

Asher was very interested in it and really wanted to try some. (don't worry we didn't let him)

Asher's Blessing

2009-11-15T14:40:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody I had my blessing last weekend!

The weekend started with me making some bread

Then on friday Sandy Jennifer and Adulus came into rexburg

It was neat to have them finally meet Asher, and visit with us.

Then on Saturday Val Brandon and Jessica came up, and that night mom and Dad and Hillary came. We had a baked potatoe dinner.

The next day we had a nice surprise John and Dan drove up from Colorado and we got this nice picture of the three generations.

Here is our little family, the blessing was so neat! I still can't beleive I am a mom. Asher is a great baby and David is a wonderful husband and father the three of us have so much fun!

2009-10-29T13:51:00.000-07:00

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Video of Asher

2009-10-21T16:57:00.000-07:00

My family came to visit and they recorded Asher. If you would like to see this video then click on this link :) Its worth it!

http://2668964.blogspot.com/2009/10/visiting-newborn-asher.html

More pics!

2009-10-17T15:54:00.000-07:00

We're home and Asher looks cuter then ever! He's healthy and he's eating a lot. We gave him his first bath as our date and then we went on a nice Autumn walk. We hope you like the pictures! We love our sweet baby boy.

Asher Morgan Haralson

2009-10-15T12:22:00.000-07:00

Here are the pictures everyone has been waiting for. Asher was born at 2:10am on Oct 14th. He weighs 6lbs 11 oz. and is 19 in long. As you guys can tell, we think he has a Loveless nose but Haralson hair. Asher and Emily are both very healthy and we are glad to be home already. I know he is our baby and all, but he is so very cute!

Getting ready for the baby

2009-10-10T14:21:00.000-07:00

Yes today is our the due date for our baby. Not much news yet, but here are some great pictures: This is our beautiful crib that we love.

Janelle and Dani, two wonderful girls in my ward through me a baby shower on September 30.

It was a really fun party. We had a fun game that was to show that motherhood is about super multi tasking. You had to talk on the cell phone hold the baby and hang up laundry. This was done like a race.

Everyone is so kind and now we feel very prepared for this baby! Thank you!

The stork is almost here!!!

2009-09-20T20:55:00.000-07:00

Our baby is due October 10, this is just around the corner! We think it would be fun to have everyone guess what we are having. So if you would like please visit this link and let us know what you think.

http://2668964.blogspot.com/2009/09/predict-what-emily-will-have.html

THANKS!!!!!

Fun with Crafts

2009-09-13T17:52:00.000-07:00

I have been getting little projects done here at home that I have wanted to do all summer

First David and I got these basket things to put the baby's clothes in

Second I went to a party at my friend Jessica's house. She has a vinyl business and she helped us make cool calendars on picture frames. She is very crafty and has great ideas.

Then I put up hooks that my mom gave me to make things easier

Friday night David did the nicest thing. He planned our date night as a craft night so that we could finish some little family crafts that we had been wanting to get done.

Here is what we made:

A picture for the babies room

This craft (below) was inspired by val, I have wanted to make this ever since she made hers. This is going to hand above our babies crib. The frames will have pictures of the baby and the foot print, and stuff like that.

A long time ago someone made a rock like this for my grandparents. It said "The Bill Loveless Family" and is now sitting in front of my parents front door. I always thought it was really cute. I told David about it, and told him that I wanted to make one for our family. We had the most fun making our cute turtles.

It now sits proudly outside our door

first week of School

2009-09-13T11:03:00.000-07:00

School started on Thursday David is off track and I am going to school. My favorite class is Methods of Health teaching. This class is everything I need to know for teaching High school health which is exactly what I want to do so you can see why I like this class.

With the starting of school we have also started babysitting. When our baby comes and after I get back to good health Channing, a friend from the ward is going to watch our baby while I am in classes. She has a little girl named Jaden that I am watching in the mornings while she is in class. David and I had so much fun with this cute little girl. When we go out people look at us weird because I am so pregnant but then we also have a newborn with us.

I am a bit nervous about how the semester will play out, but I am going to take it a day at a time, Pray and read my scriptures and get ahead in my classes.

Cheap really is cheap

2009-09-07T13:11:00.001-07:00

This is a new concept that I have learned since getting married and being in charge of having a clean home. When I was single I always bought the cheapest brand of everything. I was never disappointed with my purchases and I never noticed them preforming "cheaply". Well I don't know if I just got pickier after getting married or I just care more because now I am the mom of the house and if things are grows and dirty then it is kinda my responsibility.

There are a few household items that have taught me this valuable lesson.

DISH SOAP

I used to buy the dollar container of dish soap. I was happy about it at the store but then when David or I would do dishes we felt like we were pouring red water that smelled faintly good into our dishwater. The water would be bubbly for about 2 minutes. I felt like I was not even cleaning the dishes. I would pour more soap in about ever five minuets. Now we pay a little bit more and our dishes are much cleaner. I actually almost could see myself potentially liking doing the dishes now :) (The fresh grapefruit smell is wonderful!)

LAUNDRY DETERGENT

This SUN stuff is terrible it is so tempting at the store because it is five dollars cheaper then every other detergent, but for a good reason. It dose not clean clothes and it dose not smell good. I love the smell of detergent, it makes me so happy to smell like it all day. I love it when David's clothes smell like really good detergent!

TOOTHPASTE

The cheap stuff dose not last very long. I thought the reason was that David was just using a celery size amount with each brushing, but instead it is just that this toothpaste is thin and dose not have much to it. It dose not leave a good clean feeling in your mouth either. Colgate is fresh and thick, it is lasting much longer.

So I have now learned that spending a bit more at the store makes a big difference. I hope to see these items lasting longer because they are quality.

Last day of Work!!!

2009-09-05T19:37:00.000-07:00

Friday was my very last day of work. It has been a wonderful job and has really prepared me to have a baby. It is so funny to think before this job I had no idea how to mix up a bottle of formula our how to make a delicious bowl of rice cereal. My co-workers are all so wonderful, we had a lot of fun and stuck together to get through the crazy busy days. I think I have changed over 200 poopy diapers over the last several months. The kids have really touched my life. They love the fact that they have been able to watch my belly grow over these months. Here is one of my favorite things that happened at work, The little Boy in the gap shirt on the front row is named Sam. One day during nap time he was supposed to be quite and taking a nap, but instead every once in a while he would yell out this phrase "Shaky booty butt" I could not help but laugh I though it was very cute. Things like that made work so fun!

It is sad to be done I have learned a lot, but I am really excited to stay at home and raise my own child with David.

Under Pressure!

2009-08-31T19:33:00.000-07:00

David and I signed up for the married student gardens at BYU-i this summer. We have helped plant and weed this garden. We have learned a lot and are very excited to do our own garden next year. (David wants to plant watermelons!)

Lots of fresh produce is coming in. I picked lots of corn and green beans a couple of nights ago.

Then David learned how to can from the lady who runs the gardens, she also let us borrow her pressure cooker.,and last time we visited my Salt Lake my mom gave us 12 canning jars, we were set. So on Saturday morning David and I ventured into the world of canning and canned six cans of green beans.

While the beans were doing their thing in the pressure cooker we boiled and bagged the fresh corn. It is the best tasting stuff in the world! I love corn on the cob.

It felt really good to start our food storage and learn something new together. We rewarded our hard work by cooling off at Monkey Rock with some good friends. I got to hold my favorite animal, and David had fun in a "how far can you throw a rock" contest between the guys. he still has his good pitching arm! The water was freezing, but it actually felt really nice.

Life's a Dance

2009-08-25T19:52:00.000-07:00

David and I made up a dance for our family talent show. We liked it and wanted to share. David made up the second part he didn't think he could choreograph, but he did a great job. I liked his dance moves they make me laugh.

Haralson Party!

2009-08-11T08:51:00.000-07:00

All of the Haralson family gathered together in Colorado Springs. We had a lot of fun activities. Sandy threw David and I a surprise baby shower. We got so many wonderful things for our baby! The last gift was an adorable stroller and car seat in one. I could not believe it!

Thank you to our family for helping us get prepared for our baby!!!

The next day we were spoiled even more. John changed and taught David how to change break pads. Then he fixed every problem that was wrong with our car. This helped us so much.

Here is a old and new break pads picture. We were close to ruining our rotters. David had a really good time learning about cars and bonding with dad.

Here are all of the grand kids with great grandma Haralson.

On Sunday night we had a talent show

We had singing dancin' juggling stand up comedy and a lesson on tying fly fishing knots. Jennifer and Alex put together a really neat slid show of the family. It was so cute and had so many awesome pictures of the family. We were so glad to get a copy so that we can watch it often.

On Monday night we played bunco! Whenever you got a bunco you had to get a picture with this hat on. It was an intense game and everyone got way into it. We are all competitive!

Aunt Linda made some amazing churiso Burritos. They were a hit with everyone. (David will cringe when he sees how bad my Spanish spelling is)

It was such a blessing to get to see our family. I am so grateful to have married into such a FUN FUN FUN family. Everyone is so nice. I liked hearing every ones Georgian accent come out a little stronger since they were all together. We were sure sad to leave and we hope to see everyone again soon. Thanks for being such a great family! Thanks for the memories.

We survived but at what cost?

2009-07-23T17:33:00.000-07:00

This week was our last week of school! Here is a terrible picture of what happens when you are too busy to do your least favorite household job.

Before you turn us into the Idaho department of couples who have extremely gross dishes, take a look at what we were able to do when we finished all tests and classes.

Its like magic!

This semester was great, and David and I learned a lot. We are so excited to have more time together and to get more prepared for our baby.

I was talking to Sandy and she told me that when she was finishing college she always had her own celebration for finishing her last final; She would make cinnamon rolls! I thought that maybe I should celebrate finishing my last final too. After my grammar test I went to the pool and swam some laps. The cold water felt so nice in this heat. That was my wonderful celebration, it was very relaxing. David finished his last final today and he tried the swimming thing too.

The baby is getting bigger and bigger here is an update:

Weekend in Utah

2009-07-18T16:02:00.000-07:00

We had a fun visit down to Utah last weekend. It is neat how really bad situations can turn out so good. David and I almost had another tire blow up on the freeway on our way down (someday we want to move to Mexico and ride bikes everywhere) We stopped in Malad and stayed the night at a Motel. I was in a bad mood, but the next morning everything turned around and we had so much fun. We got a new tire in five minutes, the place had great service! Then we went to a little grocery store and got bagels, fruit and chocolate milk, David had a donut too! We were so happy to have a new tire, the rest of the drive was so much fun. We went to a family party at my

Aunt Lori's. Here are some great pictures:

(I guess Valerie is our Celebrity on this blog post she made it into most of the pictures)

Happy 20th Birthday Emily!!!

2009-06-30T20:14:00.000-07:00

On June 29th We celebrated my birthday. The day before we had a little party, with some friends. David made really good pumpkin pie! and I made a chocolate cake. We played the drawing game, and mingled in our backyard.

Then on my birthday, David surprised me after my last class with a bouquet of flowers. We had dinner in the beautiful gardens here on campus. He made the most amazing meal! Chicken cordon blue (best chicken ever), noddles, Italian bread, and (left over) pumpkin pie. I didn't know he could cook like that, it tasted like a restaurant. Then he pulled out more surprises and gave me a book of 100 reasons why he loves me. He has been writing one thing down a day for the last 100 days! I couldn't believe it. He is very thoughtful. Then he read me some information about the day I was born, that he had gotten from my mom and dad. Wow I was shocked, with all of the wonderful things he had prepared for me, he made my day magical! We went home and watched the movie "Return To Me"

I just wanted to thank everyone for making my birthday so special for me.

Baby!!!

2009-06-22T13:57:00.000-07:00

On June 3 we went and had our second ultrasound. It was hard not to find out if we are having a boy or a girl. Here is a short video of our favorit clips, maybe you can tell if it is a boy or girl.

This is me. I am growing, and now 24 weeks along

Memorial day weekend

2009-06-05T09:06:00.000-07:00

Memorial weekend was such a nice brake for us. We have been really busy, so it was nice to have so much time together. It was great to relax have fun and visit with the family. Hillary and I painted our toe nails. I have had plan boring toe nails for six months so this was very exciting! She also gave me a lot of finger nail polish, so I can look cute for David :) David went with Brandon, John and Billy to Leatherbeays to get Cheesy fries (This was sort of a delayed bachelor's party for our wedding) We got to see all of my siblings and their spouses. We got a family picture but I do not have it, so this goofy picture of David and I will have to do.

We got to see two of our newest nephews. Rocklond and Atalus were both very adorable. David and I went down to Provo on Saturday to visit Jennifer, Alex and their cute new little boy, Atalus. We played a really competitive game of blokus with Alex and his dad (Blokus is one of my favorite games)

I

Rocklond is four months old now! He was a lot of fun to play with. David and I had fun getting him to laugh. His laugh is very cute!

It was my brother Billy's weekend to shine. We made it to his concert at Abravanel hall on Friday night. He did a great job preforming. He did well on his solo too. We stayed with my parents and had a very nice visit. We made home aid Bagels for the family one morning. They were delicious. Billy have his eagle scout project. We tied blankets for the Primary Children's Hospital, then we had a nice BBQ!

Here is a picture to show how nice it was to come home as well. Rexburg is so beautiful! We are very glad that it is spring, and almost summer.

Crafty

2009-05-08T13:45:00.000-07:00

This is a bit late, but I really want to show it off because it was so much fun. David and I made this Easter craft during conference.

I got schooled in my hand stiching by David he could do it better than me.

We also decorated these eggs to put on the tree. The hardest part was blowing out all of the gooey egg stuff.

First Week of School!!!

2009-04-25T18:10:00.000-07:00

David and I both started a new semester on Monday of this week! We started by walking to campus, we are sick of driving. All of our classes seem to be really wonderful! Our teachers are great too. Here is what David is taking

Family Interactions
Theory of Sociology
Mass Media
Human Relations and Leadership
Public Relations
Book of Mormon part two

Davids favorite teacher is Brother Tatum for Leadership. He is a very eccentric teacher. He loves telling stories and he has done so much in his life. My classes are...

Education Psychology
Old Testament
Human Anatomy and Physiology
Health program planning
Advances Business writing

My favorite class is Old testament I learned that I know nothing about the gospel. My teacher is a very out going guy and he packs a lot of info into our class, I love it!

Well This week went well, but it was a bit hectic getting into this new schedule. The major ups this week have been seeing each other on campus, eating lunch together, and walking to school together. The down has been a more messy home (stinky dishes) , but we realize that we are adjusting to a different daily schedule.

Connection between Speeding and Progesterone

2009-04-13T17:30:00.000-07:00

A new study has been conducted that has found correlation between Pregnant Woman getting speeding tickets. Scientists have come to believe through extensive research that the Pregnancy hormone, Progesterone causes women to have an increased feeling for the need for speed. NFS is the reason why many women are pulled over and ticketed. Doctor Whitfield of Phoenix City said "It is wrong that these pregnant women are being pulled over, it is not at all their fault, and has nothing to do with the fact that they were running late or that they just like to drive fast. These women are completely Innocent" Pregnant women who have been ticketed with in the last year can go to their county courthouses and be reimbursed until April 23, 2009.

HA HA This is definitely not true, but it helps me laugh about the weird fact that I have been pulled over and ticketed for speeding twice in the last two weeks. I have never even been pulled over before. Well hoped you liked my news release.

Drive safely!!!...I will be :)

Fun Date!

2009-03-30T14:59:00.001-07:00

I should express my gratitude for Emily and how wonderful of a wife she is. In my Eternal Marriage class they talked about the importance of date night. So many people in class lamented that they don't go on enough dates with their spouses. I was so happy to know that Emily and I don't have that problem! Emily asked me on a date for the Friday before last (Mar. 20th) . I had an interview at 5:30 that night. I called Emily to see if she could come pick me up around 6pm. She picked up the phone and said "Sorry, Emily is not here right now, if you would like to see her, she will be on a park bench in Smith Park."

So I started running to Smith's. I got there a
little early ( She didn't expect me to run but I
was just so excited) Then I saw her! She had a
cooler in her hand and began to set up a little
picnic. She brought blankets and I came to
to greet her. We ate such a yummy casserole
I always forget what she calls it- LPC? We also
ate some homemade rolls. It was so filling!
After eating, we read children's books together.
We read Amelia Bedelia, Frog and Toad, I Spy
Fantasy and a Discover China book. Those
books were so funny! I definitely want them
to read to our children! After reading the books
we threw the frisbee and football and ran into
our friends, Jentry and Olin, who were playing
basketball. We then played basketball with them.
We then went and had desert with our friends and
headed back home exhausted. It was such a fun
night!
I'm so glad that Emily and I work hard to keep our love alive by going on as many dates as we can. I'm so thankful for her. She has to be the most amazing person that I know. She is so thoughtful and fun. It's crazy to think that we are already starting our family together! After October it won't just be the two of us! We will have our baby just in time for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas!

Family Home Evening

2009-03-23T17:43:00.000-07:00

Last Monday night it was my turn to plan the lesson for FHE. I kept putting it off and then the electricity went out on our street so I realized I should take that time and plan the lesson. Our wards goal is to have one lesson a month out of the Preach my Gospel Missionary Manual. I planned a lesson on Charity out of that Manual. David and I decided to give more service for the next week. David did very well and shared this story with me.

At work David noticed a friend was eating his dinner that his wife had brought for him. He was just picking at it not really eating it. David soon noticed that his friend did not have a fork! David remembered that he had a fork with him that he had packed with his lunch that he had not used, so he got it out and gave it to his friend. His friend was very grateful, and surprised that David just happened to have an extra clean fork on hand.

Just thought I would share so that we can all remember how easy and simple service can be :)

so...whats it like to work at a Day care?

2009-03-18T17:45:00.000-07:00

I have been working at a daycare for the past month or so. I work 9.5 hours usually, and I take care of the youngest babies. The day always goes by so fast because everything is always so busy. These kids are so cute and I just love them all.

Today I sat with one boy and read to him what all of his Pokemon cards were called. He was so amazed that I could read!
Landon a little boy who comes everyday is almost two and he is always getting into trouble, but he is always good for me when we play Roley-pulley. His new favorite thing to do is to roll the ball far away from me and say "get it" I say "no, you get it"
There is a four year old girl named Joset when she was laying down for her nap I asked her what she was going to dream about, she said "I am going to dream about all of my brothers, cleaning my room" When I asked that same question to another little boy he gave me a very concerned look and said "I am all out of dreams" He looked so lost and sad.
Ava is almost two and she hops everywhere she goes because she is always so happy! Yesterday (St. Patricks day) she came in with green sweats and her hair in a bun on the top of her head, thats not all, her hair was dyed green she looked like a little leprechaun.
Sam a two year old is very independent. I need to take him to the bathroom every hour or so just like all of the other pottie training kids. Before I got to know Sam I would pick him up and walk him to the bathroom then he would be so mad that he hadn't done it him self that it made the whole bathroom experience impossible. then gradually I would here him say "Sami do it" and I realized that he just wanted to do it by him self. So now I go tell him "Sami go pottie" If he says "no" than I say "purple Skittle" and he walks to the bathroom all by him self and all I have to do is put a new diaper on him and give him a skittle. He is always so proud of him self and yells "Sami did it"

I love my job, and I love what I get to learn everyday. Some days are hard because there is so much going on and five things for me to do at once, but I feel like I am getting more efficient everyday. What a wonderful job to prepair me for this baby!

Its A Baby!!!

2009-03-14T12:10:00.000-07:00

Here is the wonderful news that we are so very excited for...I am Pregnant! I am 10 weeks along, and I am due October 11, 2009! Last night for our date we went to Walmart and looked in the baby section, it was so much fun and we are excited. When we found out it seemed surreal that we were going to have a baby, but now having this ultrasound we really believe this is happening. We are so pleased to be starting our family.

February!!!!

2009-02-19T17:33:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful valentines day! We had a beautiful Italian dinner at the Haralson Bistro :) We watched The movie Frequency. It was nice to have David there during the whole movie and especially the intense parts. After dinner I sent David on a "Why do I love you scavenger Hunt" It was all over our neighbourhood, he had to use a compass and a flashlight. He said that he was smiling the whole time because he enjoyed it so much. I had a great time putting it together. Then I gave him a prayer rug with his name on it because I have had one that Grandma Maryann gave me and wanted to make one for David. David gave me a card that He made on the computer. It had pictures of us on it and lots of things he loves about me and what he looks forward to in our future together.

Last weekend we went down to Salt Lake and got to see Lindsey and John and meet little Rocklond! He is such a cute baby, and we loved holding him. He moves his arms a lot and makes cute little faces.Another thing that has been really great this month is our family history class that we are teaching. We really enjoy it! David and I switch off throughout the lesson on the topics that need to be taught. I really enjoy hearing him teach, he is so good with his words, and he makes things make sense. We are touched by how much the members of our class get involved, they all seem so excited. We are grateful for the spirit of Elijah that makes this subject so exciting. Our first week we wrote letters to relatives that we wanted to know more about. Here is a picture of every ones letters.

The Blessings From Heaven!

2009-01-31T16:04:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was such an amazing day. Many of you know that I have been looking for a job up here in Rexburg for the past few months, it has been the hardest thing I have ever been through. It has been a good experience though, David and I have grown closer, and our love for each other and the Gospel has increased, I have also learned how to exercise my faith especially when it is hard. Well back to Friday, I got a call from a lady that I interviewed with two weeks ago, and she offered me a job! I start on Monday! I am working with an elderly lady with M.S. The Job is Tuesdays and Thursdays for eight hours. I hear that she is quite an amazing lady, and I am excited to meet her. I also get to wear scrubs! There so cute! I will still be looking for another job for M-W-F. This is such an amazing blessing. David also got a call yesterday from a landscaping business and they want to interview him on Tuesday. Wow so many opportunities this seems unreal. We celebrated by going to Crago's Pizza! All you can eat gourmet pizza. The best pizza was a baked potato and bacon pizza, I know it sounds weird but this is Idaho, and it really was the best pizza ever.

Yummy Yummy

2009-01-05T11:07:00.000-08:00

David and I have been having a blast up here in Rexburg. Here is a picture of our igloo. The wind is so strong that it pushes the snow of our roof into these beautiful designs.

Christmas was really fun. We enjoyed being together, and finale finding out what we got for each other. Here is a picture of David with his favorite toy (G.I. JOE) and then a picture of me with Ella Enchanted one of my favorite books. Then the other picture is of the almost finished dresser. It looks really great, I was so excited to see it on Christmas.

On Saturday night David and I had a lot of fun baking together. Whenever I have made granola in the past it has always been eaten way to fast, so I taught David how to make it and he made 14 cups of apple granola! He had a lot of fun mixing it in the biggest bowl that we have (a crock pot) While David made granola I made Bread. We had a wonderful time together I never knew we could have such a fun feeling in our home from cooking together.

Extra! Extra!

Hear is a funny picture I really like:

A Mixin' Man

2008-12-28T15:14:00.000-08:00

Here is a video of the day our pipes started working after two hard days with no water!

David Haralson

2008-12-19T09:19:00.000-08:00

David Mathew Haralson, Age 23

I really enjoyed reading about Brandon when Valerie did a blog about him so I thought it would be fun to do one about David. David works at Progrexion where he helps people with credit repair. He has worked there for over a year. He is a manager which means that he helps motivate everyone on his team.

Last Saturday David and I went to his work party. It was a lot of fun, the food was great and they had a comedy group come for entertainment. David received a 25 dollar gift card to Olive Garden for being the first employee to reach 1000 sales! Everyone clapped very loud for David. He is a very hard worker and he really cares about people.

David also started a little Christmas project! He bought some wood and is making a dresser for our bedroom. He has had a lot of fun with this Project! David also likes to read, last night we went to the library and picked out a book for each other to read. David picked "The Giver" for me and I Picked "The Bronze Bow" for him.

A bed a bed we have a bed!

2008-12-17T12:03:00.001-08:00

After our honeymoon we opened our presents in Logan, at Valerie and Brandon's Town House. We got a call from My sister Lindsey. She informed me that A couple of people wanted to help us get a mattress for a wedding present. A half an hour later she deposited money into our account online (oooo technology) We stopped in Idaho Falls and search all over the town. I think that we were the only peple in the town who were searching for a mattress on black friday. We found an amazing mattress and box springs at Down East of all places. We felt really good about getting it. The only problem was that the store did not do deliveries and we drive a Chevy Malibu. We went to Auto Zone and bought those pulley things (I don't even know what there called let alone how to use them) We fastened the mattress and box springs on top of the car.

David did a great job tightening them. We drove down the freeway at 55mph while I watched to makes sure the mattress didn't slip off. We made it safely to Rexburg and set up our bed. The next day we bought this beautiful comforter it is so warm! Thank you to everyone we pitched in to keep us from sleeping on the couch!

Honeymoooooon!!!!

2008-12-15T13:52:00.000-08:00

Well, here are our Honeymoon pictures we promised! The first is our fancy hotel we stayed in and then the rest is when we were up at Bear Lake. The second is a picture of the condo that we stayed in. The honeymoon was absolutely amazing. It was beautiful and it was so so relaxing to just be with Emily with no cares in the world. We learned so much about each other and it was definitely a time in our lives that we will never forget. We went out several times to go on hikes but mainly stayed inside and relaxed. Well life is good right now being married. We are still soooo much in love!

Yeah!! We are Married!!! :)

2008-12-11T09:46:00.000-08:00

What a wonderful day! Davis and I really enjoyed our wedding day thanks to every ones service and help. I always loved David and I did not know that my love would grow even more after getting married, but it did. It is touching to know that we are now sealed together. There were so many neat things that happened, and it is just amazing that everything worked out so well. It amazed me that there were so many people to help. I was a little stressed before the reception, and I was able to sit down and get my hair curled by Hillary, and the reception got all set up and the food was all prepared! Amazing! I will always remember how beautiful the gym was. It was also wonderful to see both of our families at the same time in the same place. After the wedding we headed to bear lake where we celebrated our honeymoon. Stay tuned for a post about our honeymoon and how much fun it was. I would write it now but the laptop is about to run out of battery.