My Hubby graduated from BYU-Idaho this last semester. I am so proud of him and all that he has accomplished. Kelly and Kolby were given the Newel K. Whitney award. This award was given by the professors from the Business Department. They chose the top ten students from the graduating class and the twins were two of them. I am so proud of my husband and I am so thankful for the example he is to me. He always puts all of his heart and effort into whatever he is doing and never gives up. Thank you sweetheart for leading the way and for all that you do for me and for our family. I love you. Congratulations Graduate!!!!

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Pregnancy

Pregnancy is such an interesting and beautiful thing. I always wondered what it would be like to be pregnant. So many thoughts ran through my mind. Would we know when we should start trying? How would my body handle being pregnant? Should we wait until I finish school? Would we be good parents? How would we teach our kids all the things we were taught? I've heard all the stories of how hard it is, and to make sure your ready because life will never be the same, but these warning statements are always followed by people saying that they wouldn't trade it for the world. Just as all things in life this is another stage we go through to help us grow and become close to our Heavenly Father and each other as a couple. I know that it will be hard, and sometimes I may think how can I do this but at the same time I can't think of anything more rewarding than helping bring a little angel into this world who will teach us more than we could ever learn on our own. Sometimes it can be so overwhelming knowing all the amazing women out there who have made such an impact on my life especially my own mother. I think everyone believes this but I believe I have one of the best in the world. Those who know my mother can attest. I hope one day I can be just like her. She has instilled in me my passion for wanting to be a mother and has shown me how much joy it has brought to her life. Here is how our adventure began... My Grandpa Griffeth passed away this last December. He would always tease Kolby and I about how we didn’t have any kids yet and how he wanted to meet them before he passed away. I would always say I only have a little longer with school so we want to start trying after the summer of 2012. Then I would be done with school and it would be the perfect timing (in our minds). Well Heavenly Father had a different plan for us. I went in to my yearly appointment and had a feeling that I needed to ask my Doctor if I could be pregnant. I had been on birth control for over three years now and ran out just a few days before my yearly appointment but surely nothing could have happened that fast. It was still in my system I thought ☺…. Well the Doctor said you never know maybe just wait a little while before you start taking your birth control and see. So we waited and waited… it seemed like forever. I went to the store and bought an early pregnancy test. We ran home and tried it out. A few minutes later we got the results, it was POSITIVE!.. But the line was faint. What did that even mean? Were we pregnant? Were we not? So of course we googled it because Google has all the answers and Google said there is no such thing as a false positive. We were in shock. I started crying out of excitement and nervousness and Kolby just sat there in shock. The next morning Kolby had to go to Rexburg for school so we waited again until it was nighttime when he got home to take the 2nd test. We got the same result. It really bothered me that it was a faint line because I still kept thinking maybe I’m not pregnant if it’s only a faint line. I didn't want to get my hopes up. So I called over my neighbor Kelli who is one of my best friends and asked her. I didn’t know who else to ask because we didn’t want to give it away if we were pregnant just yet and she had no family ties to us so it seemed like a safe bet. She asked around and told us the same thing that Google did, that there isn’t a lot of false positives. So just out of curiosity I went to the store and bought one more test. I took it that morning with Kolby there and two minutes later there was a DARK LINE!!!! We were pregnant!!!!!! I could really believe it now. I was a little overwhelmed because this baby would be joining us while I was still in school during my hardest semester, but I had a reassuring feeling that Heavenly Father knew that WE could do this. All those questions I had before about when would be the right time and would we know all went away. I learned that we can plan our lives out all we want but we have a Heavenly Father who knows us better than we know ourselves and what is best for us. I feel so lucky and blessed to be able to have this opportunity. I know it will be hard but I am excited for this journey to begin and I couldn’t be happier taking it with anyone else. After finding out that we were pregnant we went to our first doctor appointment. At that appointment we found out that we became pregnant a week after my Grandpa had passed away. Some say it was coincidence, I say it was planned. I am so grateful for the opportunity to be a mom and go though this beautiful phase in my life. I feel so blessed to have so many amazing women in my life who have been such great examples to me and hope that one day I can be just like them.

Family Pictures

My wonderful friend Noelle Murray took our pictures clear back in October. She did such a great job and we are soooo happy how they turned out. Thanks so much Noelle! More posts to come soon!

4th of July

Even though Kolby had to work from 9-6 (bummer) on the 4th of July we made the most of our day by having a office bbq, playing basketball, and watching a firework show. While thinking about this summer and the little time we get to spend with each other the quote comes to mind, “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” We are very thankful for the great job that Kolby has, he works so hard for our family and sacrifices so much for us. We look forward however to the day we get to be home with our families who we miss so much.

3 on 3 tournament



Some of the gang

Some of us at the firework show

Day on the Lake...

Today was one of the best days we’ve had this summer. Due to the fact that we are gone all summer we only get to go boating 1-2 times a year so whenever we get the opportunity we are all in!!! This is the first summer we have rented a boat and jet ski’s and it was so much fun. Every week the guys have to sell a certain amount to win a dinner goal. All of the guys decided to save the money they would receive from the dinner goal and rent a boat. It couldn't have been a better day either. We drove to a city called Detroit Lakes and spent the whole day grilling burgers, playing football, driving around on the boat & jet skis. It was so much fun to be able to experience a piece of what a real summer feels like and to be with so many friends.

Here is my babe and I getting ready to go and live the dream!!!!

The Twins

Some of the gang

Kelly and Beau

All of us getting our grub on

The Chefs

Olivia, Tyson, Judy, Steve

Enjoying the sunshine...


Some of our friends out here have an amazingly beautiful dog that is well trained and we decided to take her on a ride with us


Wes, Ilse, and Ava

Matt & Kelly

We think he is something special

The twins holding hands while jumping.. cute, really cute

Mike, Ben, Kelly, Matt, Kolby

We had such a wonderful time and even got a little suntanned which we have been waiting for forever. We love the sun and wish it would stay out for the rest of the summer!!!

One of the last dinners on the boat.. :)

This dinner night was so fun. We for sure had the best waiters on the ship! They were so awesome, a little quite at first but toward the end of the week their personalities started to come out and it was a lot of fun.
Me and my Sweetie


Some of my favorite girls Ann and Heather

We ended the wonderful trip docking in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. We then were able to spend some time there relaxing before we headed home. It was such an awesome cruise and we would recommend it to anyone. Thanks so much to my sweetheart for working so hard so that we could have this wonderful adventure. I love you Kolby.

One of the Last days on the Boat

These pictures were taken on one of the last days on the Boat. It was such a beautiful sunset. Unfortunately I was in the cabin due to motion sickness but I am so glad Kolb took the opportunity to take some fun pictures!
Some of the guys!








Oh how I love this boy