Well we had a great weekend! Friday night we had the privilege of going to the Temple :) I absolutely love going to the Temple.. I felt the spirit so strong that night, and had the best time! There is just nothing better than that.. On Saturday night all the girls got together and went to the Relief Society Conference. I am so grateful that I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, I'm so grateful that at a young age my parents taught me about Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. I KNOW that the church is true, I know that if we read our scriptures, say our prayers, and follow the commandments the Lord has asked us to, that we will constantly be blessed. I'm so thankful that my parents took us to church every Sunday, and helped us to gain a testimony.. I just can't even imagine where I would be without the knowledge of the gospel. I hope that I can always be a good example for Alexis, and help her to gain a strong testimony of this church..

Today was another great day. We were able to go the Uncle Richards and Aunt Francine's ward and listen to Trevor give a talk. The whole family made it out, and it was nice to see everyone. Trevor did a great job! Afterwards Keri came over to the house and played with Alexis for hours :) Alexis had such a great time.. and told Aunt Keri lots and lots of stories!! I can't even tell ya how much Alexis loves visitors.. Keri went over to Grandpa and Grandma Carter's house with us.. and we had yummy food and visited!! It was such a nice, relaxing weekend :)
Goodnight.

Yesterday was a good day.. Jonathon's little football team had a game.. they lost, but it is always fun to go and watch :) Alexis has a new little buddy, that is always at the games because his brother is on the team. His name is Drew and he is 5 years old. Yesterday he came up to me and said "Can I play with Alexis?" It was so cute that he remembered her name! They played the whole entire game.. She followed him around while he rode his skateboard (yeah he skateboards actually really well for his age!) He even brought her a peach!! Celena got a picture of them together, I'll have to get it from her! Anyways she is just so cute.. she can make friends wherever she goes.. Although she is still very bossy. I get a little worried sometimes with her.. she is always trying to tell Aleah what to do.. Sometimes it is to protect her, but other times it's just to be bossy.

Today was cleaning day :) I always clean on Thursdays so that I am all done and don't have to worry about laundry or anything on the weekend. I don't mind cleaning day.. for me it is always a little relaxing.. I know I'm crazy :) I turn my music up and Alexis and I get started!! Jonathon and his dad worked on the yard again today.. I never knew that there was such a thing called and edger.. that makes your yard look even better! So they did that and it is looking really good :) To bad winter is on its way!!
After dinner Alexis and I headed over to Grandma Carters to watch Grey's Anatomy with Aunt VaLynn. (I have a t.v. but Grandma has a huge flat screen!!) Anyways Alexis got to see her cousins Aria and Levi that are up here visiting :) They are getting so dang big.. it is crazy! Grey's was good.. I never really got into it until last season, but it is definately one of the better shows out there!! Well I really wish we could've gone to Monticello this weekend.. After I don't see my family for a while I start getting anxious to see them!!
Well Alexis is fast asleep, and I'm off to bed as well.....
I loved reading Jonathon's post below.. It makes me happy to know that he appreciates the things I do! He is always telling me how thankful he is.. I'm a lucky girl :)
Goodnight.

I never write anything on this blog but just wanted to say i love my wife and appreciate everything she does for me. I'm probably making a mistake for writing on this cause i know she is just gonna make fun of me for my punctuation. Anyways i started thinking today and audrey and i are coming up on 4 years so just wanted to tell audrey thanks for everything from picking up my dirty laundry to dealing with my monthly change in hobbies. Love you babe.

Today was a long day.. On Tuesdays the afternoon receptionist goes to school all day, so I work from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm. I don't mind my job one bit, in fact I love it.. but that is a long work day no matter what... When I got home Jonathon had the lawn mowed and looking beautiful :) I love our yard.. that is one of my favorite things about this House!! When it is mowed and looking wonderful.. it is so great :) I got to hang out with my baby girl and play with her! Lately she is into taking (seriously, no joke) 2 hour long baths.. She can sit in there FOREVER!! She never wants to get out.. it is crazy.. I have to refill her water just so she won't freeze to death. She is a cutie :) Now I get to stay up late and watch movies and eat unhealthy junk because I don't have to be to work till 11:00 am. I LOVE sleeping in!!
Goodnight.

Well tonight was the official start of what will hopefully be FHE with all Jonathon's side of the family that lives here in Utah. We started reading a book call "The Peacegiver." It seems like it is going to be a great book to read, and a great thing to start out with. We've been trying to set something up for a long time.. but Jonathon has ALOT of family.. So it has always been insane trying to get everyone in the same place at the same time.. We are going to have it every Monday night at Celena's house.. and hopefully stick with it. I know that the spirit is strong in that setting and I'm so glad that we are going to be doing it.
Alexis ran around the whole time with Aleah and Christian.. it is nice that she has cousins her age :)
I'm missing my family :( It feels like to much time goes by before I see them again. I wish they lived right next door!! It would be so nice.. I hope to see them soon...
Goodnight.

So Alexis actually stayed in nursery for about 10 mins by herself today :) It has been such a nightmare trying to get her to stay in nursery by herself. So usually Jonathon or myself has to stay in there with her.. or we just take her to our class with us.. So I guess we'll try again next week.. :)
Today was a such a beautiful day... and we went and had dinner at Jonathon's moms house. It was really good :) Alexis had a great time playing with her aunties and Aleah... and of course Jonathon enjoyed watching football with his Uncle and his Dad... I think that football shouldn't be aloud on Sundays.. Oh well.

Long Journal entry

I need to post more often for Journal purposes.. So it may be boring, but it is nice to read later on..

Today was a fun day.. I was able to go to one of my very best friends baby shower. Christine Meehan is having a little girl, she is only about 23 weeks along, but her and her husband are moving to California in just a few days so she wanted to have one with friends and family. It makes me sad that she is going to move so far away.. It makes me more sad to think that I've let a lot of time pass where she was only about 45 mins. away and I didn't go see her more often. Christine and I are completely opposite people, we always have been.. We don't do a lot of the same things.. but she has always always been such a great friend :) She has always been a true friend.. Something you don't find very often. I love her to death and hope the very best for her and her little family! It was also fun to see a few other people that I hadn't seen in a while. As I drove home I was thinking about all those friends that I was so close to back in the day, who I rarely ever see now.. It is so crazy how you grow up, and have your own families.. and don't see those friends that you spent countless hours with. I was very lucky to have a good group of friends that made me laugh everyday :) I'm glad that we have things like Facebook to catch up with old pals.

So after the baby shower.. Jonathon, Alexis, and I went across the street to Grandma and Grandpa Carters house to watch the BYU game (they have a gigantic flat screen T.V.) I'm so mad that BYU lost.. It was such an important game :( It is a lot of fun having G'ma and G'pa across the street..

Jonathon's dad moved to Utah a few days ago... We haven't seen him for 3 years and before that Jonathon hadn't seen him for about 5 years.. He saw Alexis one time when she was about 4 mos. old.. So it is nice to have him here.. He is staying in one of our bedrooms down in the basement and will probably stay here until he finds a job, and gets settled here. And also Chad and Kelly are going to move up here hopefully soon, and they will be staying with us, so he knows that as soon as they are ready to move here, he'll need to get his own place. He came here from Oregon, and is pretty excited to finally be around his family. It is always a little different having someone live with you.. And in the past we've let family members live with us.. and it just didn't work out. I'm thinking and hoping that it will be different with Jonathon's dad because he is very respectful. We are excited to be able to get to know him, and Jonathon has just been on cloud 9. He is loving having his Dad around. I know he had been wanting this day to come for a long time.

I am loving loving that it is getting a little colder :) I love fall.. I love Halloween.. I love Thanksgiving.. and of course I LOVE Christmas!! I love getting all cozy in blankets and watching movies in the winter.. and playing in the snow! I'm just so excited :) I DON'T like driving in the snow.. and I definitely don't like waking up and going to work when it is still dark outside.. But those are things I'm willing to live with.

It seems like Summer flew by this year.. In fact I keep saying it just skipped us. Maybe because last year when we lived down by Lake Powell we were out in the sun, and at the lake all day :) But I just feel like we didn't get one..

We are all doing great.. Except I still have a little bit of a cold.. but I get sick with a cold every year so it's no biggy.. Jonathon is doing good.. he has his really good days with tile and then those slow stressful days.. It is scary owning your own business. He warned me that it would be hard the first couple of years.. and that is true. I am so proud of him though.. but I can't help but stress sometimes.. That is just the way I am. So we hope and pray everyday that he'll keep getting tile jobs so that he can give his employees more work, and also of course support our family. He is still helping coach Sterlings football team, but so far they've lost every game.. And of course he is a boy and even if he isn't playing he still gets bummed when they loose. I know it's been good though, he gets to spend a lot more time with his little bro.

Alexis went to the baby shower with me.. and got more compliments on her gorgeous hair :) She is always getting compliments! She is the best daughter ever.. I'm so blessed to have her, she makes me so happy.. and Jonathon and I are always cracking up and things she says and does. She has such an imagination now.. the other day she came running up to me and said Elephant (her stuffed animal) needs CPR, he is hurt.. So I gave him CPR and then she said he needs band aids too! So we patched Elephant up!
She always gets my phone.. picks it up and says "Cody, where are you?" (she loves her cousin Cody.) Or she'll say "Mom, can I call Bummy Ree?"
Everyday she asks me if we can go to G'pa and G'ma Maries house. She misses them all the time. She talks about all of her family all the time. She'll ask about Derek, and Cocoa :) The other day she kept asking if Kelly and Chad were coming to our house....
She is such a cutie.. Right now as I'm typing she is dancing to "Happy Feet." She still loves that movie.. It is crazy that she can still watch it.. It makes me a little sad though because it reminds me SO much of Ticaboo.. That is where we were when she watched it 24/7. So it is just one of those things that reminds me of Ticaboo... I sometimes still get sad that we don't live close to everyone like we did then.. It's crazy that a certain song, or smell, or movie in this case reminds you so much of something :)
Alexis is just growing and growing.. I swear she doesn't stop.. And although I love watching her grow into this little lady, I wish I could freeze time sometimes and just make her stay little.. She is still cuddly and I just don't want that to ever go away.. I don't want her to stop needing me...

Anyways Jonathon is getting back into working out, so him and his dad are working out right now.. I know this is really really long.. but my blog is definitely something I have to keep a journal on.. so people don't have to read this.. So if I ever say anything to personal just know it is for Journal purposes :)
Goodnight..

My beautiful baby girl :)

I love taking pic's of Alexis.. I seriously could take pictures of her all day long.. I think she is just the most beautiful thing in the world :) Last night I got her ready to go to the football game... and made her smile for a few pic's :) I love you Alexis!

Journal Entry :)

For Journal purposes... I wanted to write a little update on our family..

Jonathon is getting busier and busier with the Tile Business. His phone starts ringing at 8:00 a.m. and usually doesn't stop until he goes to bed.. It is crazy sometimes.. but we really need it to keep up!! I'm not gonna lie, I was getting a little worried... I am very proud of him for not giving up when it was getting hard.

He is having such a blast coaching Sterlings football team with Dennis.. Today was their first game, unfortunately they lost :( Jonathon wasn't very happy about that.. But I know he loves getting to be with his little brother more often!

I am pretty much the same.. I've just been working in the mornings still, which I like more and more every day.. I work with a great bunch of ladies :) I haven't lost anymore weight than the 13 lbs. I lost about a month ago.. But I have been eating pretty much anything.. and have kept it off.. I am really hoping to get back in the groove and loose 10 more :) Other than that, I'm enjoying getting to go to football practices.... and hanging out with my little family :)

Alexis is just getting crazier!!! She NEVER stops:) She is always going, going, going... She has a schedule:
8:30 am. Wakes up and watches Little Bear
9:00 am. Eats breakfast with her Dad
9:30 am. Takes bath.. and Dad attempts to comb her hair.. (he is getting better!)
10:00 - 1:30 Plays with her Dad, toys, runs and jumps :)
1:30 pm. I get home.. and we play, play some more!! Usually go outside, or play in her room.. She tells me all kinds of stories about her day with her dad :)
6:00 pm. Asks if we are going to go to Aleah's??? I'm not kidding..EVERY DAY!!
7:00 pm. Dinner with the Momma and Daddy :)
7:30 pm. Cookies and Milk with Dad!!
9:00 pm. She usually watches an episode of "King of Queens" with us!! It is so funny :)
9:30 pm. We all read scriptures, and say our prayers..
When she prays (which she has to do every night) she says... "Heavenly Father please help that we don't fight with Aleah, please help we have a good day, We don't say BE TARTED (that is her word for retarded.. and she knows NOT to say it, so she tells everyone else NO to).. then she says Please help momma have a baby in her belly.. (So So cute, she really wants one).. and then she says Thank you for the food :) and than In the name of Besust (Jesus) Christ, Amen." Her prayers are so cute.. And it seems like she always says stuff that we need to be reminded of!!! I love her very much... She is in that stage where she tells everyone what they CAN'T do, or what they need to do.. If we burp she says "Say Excuse Me" or if we say anything such as... Crap, Dang, Darn, Retarded, Stupid ya know those things that you say sometimes.. She yells "WE DON'T SAY THAT WORD!" She is a great example for Jonathon and I!!! We love her more and more everyday.. and she keeps our life interesting :)

The other day Alexis and I were driving somewhere and out of no where she said... "Mom, you need to go on and airplane.. You will have a lot of fun.. and you won't be scared. It will be so fun!" I said well are you going to go with me? And she said "No, you will have so fun!" So I'm not sure where she gets some of the things she says, but they sure are funny!

I have to write down one more.. before I forget.. She is very into dancing.. She always has been.. And the other day she said "I'm going to dance for the boys!" I was like WHAT? And she said "I'm going to be a Cheerleader with my friend Aleah, and we are going to dance for the boys!" She loves watching the "CHEERLEADERS!" She is very very girly.. but is also very TOUGH! Jonathon throws her around all day.. and does some pretty crazy tricks!! She is very active, and a lot of fun!!