For Christmas, Justin got us Lady Antebellum tickets and TODAY IS THE DAY! =D I'm SO--- excited to go see them in concert! I absolutely LOVE them and all their songs. Justin is taking a liking to my kind of country music which has been lovely! Today is also Valentines Day! I admit, I'm not a HUGE fan of Valentines Day. I don't like the color pink, not a fan of chocolate and don't really care to get flowers that end up dying. I know...depressing right? Not depressing at all. I do LOVE having an excuse to get dressed up and go our with my Just. I'm not into the whole lovy dovy romance thing but if it's a day to go on a date with my hubs, well then. I'll take it! =) Especially if it's going to a concert with him!
As of lately there's nothing new. Just been off and on sick with this up and down winter. I wish it would just make up it's mind. We're heading to St. George this weekend with Justin's parents to get some more of grandma Lee's things and Jacobe has a baseball tournament in Mesquite. We're taking Owen along. It will be his first trip with us. We're going to try to go on a hike. I'm sure he's going to love it! He loves going on walks. Even the word "walk" get's him so excited. We have a new primary class. We teach 9 kids and they are all darling! I absolutely love teaching primary but I admit there are a few tiring days.
Well, I best go get ready to go to dinner and see my Lady A! =) Until next time....c ya!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Friday, December 30, 2011
Improve and Do Better
So this year, our New Years Resolution is to just improve who we are and do better. With that said, below is a list of what we will do better and improve at.
- Attending the Temple: We don't take advantage of this blessing hardly at all and it makes me sad just thinking about it. We always say we need to go but that doesn't mean we do. This is when the whole, "It's easier said then done" shouldn't even be a problem. It's REALLY not that hard to go to the temple and this will be first and foremost on our list.
- Time Efficiency: I admit we waste our time. There's a lot of time's after work when we will just sit and do nothing because we can, not because we should. We will try to spend this time visiting friends & family, getting something done on the 'List' of things to do, spend quality time together, going to the temple, etc. I'm not saying siting and doing nothing is bad. We just do it a lot it seems.
- Cooking: There are many nights when eating out sounds so much easier than cooking a meal. It may save time and sound more convenient but let's be honest, is it the cheapest? NO... Time for me to be a better wife and cook. Maybe setting a menu each week will help.
- Finance: This kind of goes along with eating out. We want to pay off the Nissan and put more money away in savings. We want to set a goal to pay off all our debt and put more money away in savings.
All in all we want to be able to feel like we are overcoming our weaknesses and doing the best we can and improving each day instead of feeling like we are falling behind. I'm sure there are other things we can do better and improve at and when things come up, we will do our best.
- Attending the Temple: We don't take advantage of this blessing hardly at all and it makes me sad just thinking about it. We always say we need to go but that doesn't mean we do. This is when the whole, "It's easier said then done" shouldn't even be a problem. It's REALLY not that hard to go to the temple and this will be first and foremost on our list.
- Time Efficiency: I admit we waste our time. There's a lot of time's after work when we will just sit and do nothing because we can, not because we should. We will try to spend this time visiting friends & family, getting something done on the 'List' of things to do, spend quality time together, going to the temple, etc. I'm not saying siting and doing nothing is bad. We just do it a lot it seems.
"Lost time is never found again."
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin
- Cooking: There are many nights when eating out sounds so much easier than cooking a meal. It may save time and sound more convenient but let's be honest, is it the cheapest? NO... Time for me to be a better wife and cook. Maybe setting a menu each week will help.
- Finance: This kind of goes along with eating out. We want to pay off the Nissan and put more money away in savings. We want to set a goal to pay off all our debt and put more money away in savings.
All in all we want to be able to feel like we are overcoming our weaknesses and doing the best we can and improving each day instead of feeling like we are falling behind. I'm sure there are other things we can do better and improve at and when things come up, we will do our best.
Here's to trying to do better and improve!
Monday, December 5, 2011
Meet Owen
Owen is the newest member of our family! He's a Miniature Australian Shepherd. He is 8 weeks old and has been so much fun! He's a very smart pup. He already knows his name, how to sit, and is potty trained. We absolutely love him!
His favorite spot while I'm working
The first night he whined unless he was right next to me or Justin so our good friend gave us this teddy bear and said that it may help. It did help and he loves that bear! Thanks Carrie! He even play's hide and seek with the bear.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Kunkel Fam!
I LOVE having a BIG family! It's hard getting everyone together to take pics but I managed to find some of everyone!
Parents and Kids
Alsop Family
(Chris, Heidi, Alyssa, Kendra, Christopher, Zachary)
Kehl Family
(Craig, Shannon, Bryston, Asia, McKayla, Austin, & McKenna)
Morgan Family
(Eric, Mindy, Eli, Chase, Lucas)
Sisters
(Mia, Kaylee, Mindy, Shannon, Heidi, & me)
Brothers
(Jared, Jacob, Jason, Jarom)
Comstock Fam!
We recently took pics with Justin's side of the family. Justin's dad took them himself and I must say he did an AWESOME job!
The Whole Fam!
Us
Jord & Christine
The Bodell's (Tanen, Kylie, Talen & Easton)
Love these boys!
Jake (Isn't he a stud?) He will be in high school next year.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Hello Again!
So I am going to start being a better blogger! I look at other friends and family blogs and they are so fun! It's nice reading them and looking at their pics so I have told myself that I am going to get better. Now to just play a little catch up on the past 4 months. Here goes...
We have lived in our townhome for over 4 months. We got a calling in our ward to teach the CTR 4A class. Yes, there's 2 CTR 4 classes and like 3 sunbeam classes and who knows how many others there are. Our ward is HUGE but it's mainly because of all the kids. LOTS and LOTS of kids. Babies born here and there and everywhere. It's a GREAT ward and we've loved it. I absolutely love teaching primary! We teach 7 of the cutest kids (5 girls and 2 boys). They love coloring, playing games and making things so our lesson's are usually 5 minutes and we do something fun that goes along with the lesson. They have colored us the cutest pictures that we have put on our fridge. They had the primary program in October and I enjoyed being a part of it! Hearing little kids sing is the cutest and I felt the spirit so strong during the last song, I am a Child of God. A couple of the kids in our class sang solo's/duet's and it was adorable. We're sad we won't be teaching them when the new year starts but excited to get a new class!
In September we went to Goblin Valley with our friends. I can't wait to go next year! We also hiked Little Wild Horse Canyon. We hiked the full 8 mile loop. The first 4 miles was so neat! But the last half wasn't as cool. I don't think we will hike the full loop again but at least we can say we did it once. The first night we were there, it was really uncomfortable. I told Justin we should bring an air mattress but he said that the ground would be soft enough to not need anything but our sleeping bags. WRONG... It was miserable. It was so bad we drove 45 minutes to the nearest town to buy a ridiculously priced air mattress. It was well worth it though! The next 3 nights were great!
Halloween wasn't the same this year. Since it was on a Monday my parents did their yearly party the Saturday before. We had our ward trunk-or-treat the same day we went to. Justin and I dressed up as Mario and Luigi and Justin's brother Jordon let us borrow his big bowser poster and we put it in our trunk. The kids loved it! We had a lot of fun. After, we went to my parents for chilli and hot dogs. The following Monday was Halloween and we went to my sister Mindy's to go trick or treating with the kids and eat taco's. My nephew Lucas who's 1 tried sneaking some more candy. It was so cute!
We had Thanksgiving dinner early in the month with my family since 2 of my sisters and their families were going to Texas for vacation. We had Thanksgiving with Justin's family on Thanksgiving day. Justin's grandma was here as well! His grandma hasn't been feeling very well so she is staying at his parents house. It's nice having her here for the holidays!
We finally got a Christmas tree this year and it was fun decorating our own tree for the first time! We even have a couple decorations. We got most of our Christmas shopping done on Black Friday. Tonight for family night I think we will wrap the gifts. I love Christmas! Especially when we are able to serve others. I was reading a book and loved this quote, "Charity is the Pure Love of Christ". I want to make something with the quote on it and hang it up in our home.
We have lived in our townhome for over 4 months. We got a calling in our ward to teach the CTR 4A class. Yes, there's 2 CTR 4 classes and like 3 sunbeam classes and who knows how many others there are. Our ward is HUGE but it's mainly because of all the kids. LOTS and LOTS of kids. Babies born here and there and everywhere. It's a GREAT ward and we've loved it. I absolutely love teaching primary! We teach 7 of the cutest kids (5 girls and 2 boys). They love coloring, playing games and making things so our lesson's are usually 5 minutes and we do something fun that goes along with the lesson. They have colored us the cutest pictures that we have put on our fridge. They had the primary program in October and I enjoyed being a part of it! Hearing little kids sing is the cutest and I felt the spirit so strong during the last song, I am a Child of God. A couple of the kids in our class sang solo's/duet's and it was adorable. We're sad we won't be teaching them when the new year starts but excited to get a new class!
In September we went to Goblin Valley with our friends. I can't wait to go next year! We also hiked Little Wild Horse Canyon. We hiked the full 8 mile loop. The first 4 miles was so neat! But the last half wasn't as cool. I don't think we will hike the full loop again but at least we can say we did it once. The first night we were there, it was really uncomfortable. I told Justin we should bring an air mattress but he said that the ground would be soft enough to not need anything but our sleeping bags. WRONG... It was miserable. It was so bad we drove 45 minutes to the nearest town to buy a ridiculously priced air mattress. It was well worth it though! The next 3 nights were great!
Goblin
Little Wild Horse Canyon
Halloween wasn't the same this year. Since it was on a Monday my parents did their yearly party the Saturday before. We had our ward trunk-or-treat the same day we went to. Justin and I dressed up as Mario and Luigi and Justin's brother Jordon let us borrow his big bowser poster and we put it in our trunk. The kids loved it! We had a lot of fun. After, we went to my parents for chilli and hot dogs. The following Monday was Halloween and we went to my sister Mindy's to go trick or treating with the kids and eat taco's. My nephew Lucas who's 1 tried sneaking some more candy. It was so cute!
Justin with Eli, Chase and Lucas
The week after Halloween we had our nephew Talen sleep over. He really wanted to see Justin in his Mario costume since he didn't get to on Halloween so Justin, being the coolest uncle there is, put on his costume for T. As you can see, Talen too has his costume. He put his spider man costume over his batman so he has the muscle's. We had fun having him sleep over! He had the cutest conversation's with Justin. One I loved was this....
Tal: "Just"
Justin: "Yeah T"
Tal: "I love you"
Tal: "I love you"
Isn't that the cutest? He also did the BEST impression of the You Tube video 'Charlie bit my finger'. He cracked us up and we sure love him.
We had Thanksgiving dinner early in the month with my family since 2 of my sisters and their families were going to Texas for vacation. We had Thanksgiving with Justin's family on Thanksgiving day. Justin's grandma was here as well! His grandma hasn't been feeling very well so she is staying at his parents house. It's nice having her here for the holidays!
We finally got a Christmas tree this year and it was fun decorating our own tree for the first time! We even have a couple decorations. We got most of our Christmas shopping done on Black Friday. Tonight for family night I think we will wrap the gifts. I love Christmas! Especially when we are able to serve others. I was reading a book and loved this quote, "Charity is the Pure Love of Christ". I want to make something with the quote on it and hang it up in our home.
Our very first Christmas Tree!
Loved this quote
Made these jars to go with every Holiday!
The candy doesn't last very long when you have a husband who LOVES sugar!
The candy doesn't last very long when you have a husband who LOVES sugar!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Wonderful Story
I saw this on another blog and had to share it on ours. What a cute family and story on adoption! Justin and I want to adopt too (not now) but when we're ready to have kids! =)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C_wLYveIaaQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C_wLYveIaaQ
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