Trials, Tribulations, and Blessings :)

Welp! My life is about to significantly change and I thought that deserved a blog post! First a little back story, if you will. (sorry if I bore you!)

Once upon a time, there was a newlywed couple about to celebrate their first anniversary. They lived in a super cute house just right for them and their sweet pup. He was going to school full time on a cheerleading scholarship and she was working full time helping to pay the bills. They loved the ward they were in at the time and served diligently anf faithfully in the Young Women's and Young Men's programs. Their life was fabulous, but they felt something missing from it. She wanted a baby So so so bad! She had had baby fever since she was about 12 years old. :) He was skeptical and nervous about the idea of becoming a father but they prayed about it and decided to stop preventing it from happening. They both thought that it would happen rather quickly! A few months after this decision was made they moved back home closer to family. She went to her previous job and he transferred to the 4 year university in town on scolarship with cheerleading. They got an apartment but things soon went awry and he was forced to quit school and get a job. Even then, they seemed to be struggling to pay the bills and make ends meet. (While still trying to get pregnant.) They eventually came to the decision (through prayer) that he should join the Army. He left for basic training and AIT on their second anniversary for a period of 7 months total. They were the hardest 7 months of their lives! They were reunited around Christmas time but had to pack and move 21 hours away right away! (and got a new pup!) When they got to their new town they found a cute house and everything seemed perfect. At this point it had been 2 years since they had started trying to have a baby. They now had FABULOUS insurance that allowed them to see a fertility specialist! :D They learned that there was nothing wrong and that it just simply wasn't the right time....? She felt she had no purpose in life because she couldn't find a job and she couldn't get pregnant. So, she decided to make something of herself and go to school! She registered for classes and can't wait for the fun, new, and exciting changes that are about to take place in her life!!!
The End.


sort of...

After over two years of monthly heartbrakes and disappointments, and many a tears shed, Bryce and I decided to stop trying to control the baby situation. He saw that I was extremely unhappy with my life in general and, through tears one night, managed to pry out of me that I was thinking of going to school. Perfect he said!!! Since then I did a placement test, met with a counselor, registered for classes and paid for everything :) My classes this semester are an education class, (everyone has to take it, it teaches you to be a good student..?) Math, English, and Psych...  I am OFFICIALLY a full-time college student!! YAY!!!

I literally could not be more excited! I have thought about this over and over for a while now, but just dismissed it because school is super expensive and we are trying to get OUT of debt, not add more. In the end though, we prayerfully decided that having debt for a college education is the best kind to have. :)

We are so excited for this school year. Not only will I be going to school, but Bryce will be having some awesome opportunities at work! Cross your fingers he gets into the program we NEED him to get into!!! I'll go more into it if he does. It will mean LOTS of changes next year so stay tuned!!

(YAY for college!!!)

An outing to the park :)

So I may not have kids yet, but I have an awesome husband who likes to have fun and see what exactly our dogs will do for us :) Thus, our walks through the neighborhood have now turned into a walk to the park to let the dogs slide down the slides! hahaha Our fatty Murphy loves it the most! Bella is usually terrified of everything, but after a few visits to the slides, we finally got her to go down!

Warning: No dogs were harmed in the making of these videos. Or forced! they run down on their own!!

Sorry they are such poor video, I have an old camera. and I don't know how to flip them so they aren't sideways.. FAIL

Just one of those months... (super long picture post!)

These past few weeks (7 to be exact) have been nothing but difficult for us. It seems like ever since we moved to El Paso we have been hit hard with one thing after another. First it was the unrelenting sickness. More commonly referred to by me as the 'crud'. It came and it stayed and it conquered for about 3 weeks. Then, it was the storm here that took away our water for 4 days, and having to work with our AWFUL property manager from hell (who never answers her phone when we need her, or fixes any of the things in the house that NEED to be dealt with!) about the busted water pipe in the backyard.  Then we got hit with serious car troubles that have still not yet been resolved.  Along with those car problems came the inevitable money problems. I am still looking for a job and thankfully I have a few promising leads, but nothing certain. And of course, last but not least, the annoying bickering and overwhelming stress that accompanies money problems. :) But through it all i know that we have been making good choices for us and that these are just bumps in the road! SO! I need to just post about something positive and remember the things I CAN be grateful for right now :D

I'm blessed that I am not being chased by a lion. (Chances are somebody, somewhere is!)

I'm grateful that I know what chocolate tastes like! (especially lately!)

My awesome family!!

My beautiful mom and sisters :)

How much fun I have with my siblings :D

Kaleb Huskinson



 baby Jay Huskinson :)

left to right: Bradley, Will, and Chris Marshall

Tanner and Connor Backus

left to right: Hannah, Hayden, and Marshall Case ( yes the names are right!)

left to right kids: Maddie, Joey, and Jack Brannelly

(don't mind my crazy bro-in-law) ;)

I absolutely LOVE every single niece and nephew that I have! I am the luckiest aunt ever!

(We are just super classy ladies)

The best friends a girl could ask for... :)

a beautiful home

And last but not least!!!

an AMAZING husband who loves me no matter what. (plus he's super duper hot!)

See, I have lots of things and people who make my life very happy :) I just needed a reminder today!

Before and Afters... You're gonna wanna see this!

So if you read my last post you know I was pretty pathetically sick recently. Like the kind of sick where you lose any sort of energy and therefore any motivation to do absolutely anything in the house. Dishes piled up, laundry piled up, dirt in the corners piled up, and I was piled on the couch with blankets and pillows and kleenex. Friday I finally was able to go to the doctor and walked out with a whopping SEVEN prescriptions. Told you I was sick :/ Anyways, yesterday I got the urge to do ALL the laundry in the house and just be done with it. This was a major task, but I completed it :) Haha Now you can look at the before and after photos and judge and then congratulate me :D

Is this not daunting?!

 :)

 Nicely folded or on their hangers!

 The piles they are in, are the individual loads I did. 9 in total! Yikes...

I feel pretty good about myself :) Tomorrow I'll have the before and after kitchen photos... If I find the courage to actually show anyone. ha



Love is in the air.... and germs?

Hello world! I have been quite absent about blogging for the past cough*year*cough, and I am back and better than ever :D I WILL catch every one up on our new life here in El Paso, my crazy new callings, and our cute adorable house, blah blah blah.... But for now, I am jumping on the love train and going with the flow!

Since today is obviously the second of Feb, I will tell you of two things :) One love, and one hate. Now, don't get your panties in a wad over that icky word, or the fact that it's the opposite of what this month is all about. After I tell you about my experience with this "thing" you will find you are hating it right along with me. :) Promise.

I hate being SICK! ALL. THE. TIME. We have lived here about 6 weeks now and I have only been healthy for about 2 of those weeks. I have made a body indentation on my couch. I have watched 3 seasons of Law and Order: SVU. I have gone through 2 bottles of Nyquil, one bottle of Dayquil, and one HUGE bag of cough drops. I have rubbed Vics Vaporub on my chest countless times. I have filled 2 trash cans with tissues. I. AM. DONE. Like, so done! I hate being sick!

Why have I not gone to the doctor you say? I hate the doctor. It has taken me this long to work up the courage to go, and when I called the base hospital yesterday they told me I was not registered and that Bryce needed to go in and do that first. So I'm sitting in bed, DYING, and I call Bryce to ask him (pitifully) to go over there and register me, and he informs me that the battery light in the car has gone on and he is taking it to get looked at first. (we have one car so it's first priority) I am sad that I can't go to the doctor yet, but I have faith that it will all work out. Maybe.....

NOT! It took them 4 hours to get to it, and then they said they couldn't fix it for another 6...?????!!!!!! WHAT?! I AM SICK! Well I get over the fact that me going to any doctor is just not happening on this particular day, but I am still sad that Bryce won't get home till about 2 hours after he normally would. Sad. (Oh and by the way, poor Brycie is super sick too) It ended up that they couldn't fix the car last night and the manager at Firestone had to bring Bryce home. Ridiculous. Now we have no car.

Brightside? It SNOWED :D And we get to stay in all day and drink theraflu and rest. :)

OK, pity party over....

What do I love today you ask? SNOW. I love snow so much! I was so soo sad when my family informed me of their white christmas, and then a few weeks later of their blizzard. Jealous! But, it has now snowed twice in El Paso, and it is so neat! I can't think of a better way to describe snow covered palm trees :) pictures you say? Ok!!

Pretty huh? At least a different kind of pretty. :)

So that is what I love today. What do you love?