JULY FUN!!

The 4th of July is one of my FAVORITE holidays! I LOVE IT!!! We had a blast this year. First we went to Bear Lake with our friends the Gardners and had so much fun in the sun and water. They always make us laugh! Then Saturday we spent the day with my mom and sister (Dad and Staci gone to a tournament, Bran in Bearlake, and Ali with a significant other) Since June, Nolans been telling me how much he wants to go to the 4th of July breakfast for Kaysville city. He had always done this in Salina and so he wanted to continue the tradition. Our friends Brian and Maile also joined us for the fun! We started out early and had breakfast and then enjoyed all the festivities...Parade, fireworks, food, ect. It was a blast!

The girls eating their "not so great" breakfast

OK.. I just have to show off this bow..its probably one of my favorites I have ever made! And look at the cutie wearing it...PERFECT

Waitin for the parade to start!

Uncle Nolan playin with Brylie

CUTE!

Ok...so we were pretty crazy at the parade...screamin, dancing, stealing necklaces out from under the kids hands (mom) :) This is Maile yelling at a guy on a float. Look at Nolan..He is a natural! He'll make a good daddy one day.

BEAR LAKE

Rach and I modeling our matching swimsuits! Some girls make a big deal out of having matching clothes...But we LAUGHED and thought it was cute! Great minds think alike!

JOSHY SQUASHY playin in the sand!

Last but not least....NOLAN'S Sand creation...can you guess what it is???? HA HA he is so proud of this!!! IT's a MOTOCROSS track!!! My little boy at heart!

COME ONE AND ALL....

I haven't really wanted to take my bows to a "career" level. I have wanted to keep it a hobby that I enjoy. But I have always wanted to try selling them at a boutique booth, like at a fair. Well the opportunity toally came my way thanks to my wonderful cousins Tina and Cami. They make cute little dresses called "Sunnies" and they wanted to do a booth at Farmington Festival Days. So they got me on board and now we will have the CUTEST booth!! SO please join us and check out all of our cute stuff!!! It's JULY 11th (in 2 weeks) right by the Farmington Pool, Park, and elementary school. They have a parade that morning and then a carnival and entertainment! We will be there until 5:00 that evening!! I will give a sneak peak of the products we will have in a later post! HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!

Still Honeymooners of 3 years!

Today is the day 3 years ago that I married the man of my dreams, now my dreams are reality and it has been the most amazing 3 years of my life. Nolan thankyou for choosing me and hanging in there through our crazy dating years, I love you more than anything and you have made me the happiest I have ever been. YOu are such an incredible husband. Happy Anniversary! I LOVE YOU!

It is so crazy to think it has already been 3 years! I still feel like a newlywed and people are always telling us how much we still act like it! I absolutely LOVE being married and I seriously can't imagine my life with out Nolan.

One of the best things about being married is you can hug, kiss, and cuddle as much as you want and there is always someone to wake up next to!

I am so greatful that we were able to be sealed in the temple and I am so grateful the blessings it has brought us!

And we are also so greatful for our families and friends who have supported us through these last 3 years especially the while he was in Iraq.

I love remembering this day every year. Nolan said it's our very own holiday! I seriously just get giddy when I think of Nolan and our relationship. Sorry I have probably wanted to make you all throw up with all this cheesyness!!!

Late..late and even more late..

So this is going to be a little bit long because I am a little LATE. LATELY we have been enjoying the summer weather and the summer holidays. It has been so nice to enjoy a few days off work and some free time doing fun things. Here is what we have been up to LATELY....

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND:


The weekend before memorial day our friends invited us up to their cabin! We had so much fun relaxing..playing FUNNY games, fishing, hiking and being together! The cabin was a ways up from Monte Cristo...

FRIENDS..Brian, Maile, Brylie...Thanks for inviting us guys!

One of my favorite parts about the trip was one night before dinner Nolan and I decided to go on a little adventure hike...it was so much fun we were goofing off, and being silly, and talking, and taking pictures throwin rocks down the tunnel, laughing, freaking out about a spiders nest I sat on, and more laughing. It was the ideal one on one time together!

We also went fishing...here is my little fisherman! I learned how to cast a reel in...and what do you know...I caught the first fish of the day! Lets compare the two fish that were caught that day....NOLAN'S FISH.. It was about three inches long!!!! WOW!

MY FISH!!!!!! I was pretty proud, and so was Nolan! Hey what can I say..I learn from the best!

Nolan playing in the tunnel on our hike

Nolan showing off his bracelet I made him on our hike...it was my "hiking gift" he gave me a flower for his "hiking gift"

CHEESE!!!

Nolan couldn't get enought of this tunnel!

GOOFING OFF on our hike!! Pretty good for not being in gymnasitcs for YEARS!!

Pretty good for a guy :)

So cute!!! THey fell asleep after a long hard day of fishing!

MEMORIAL DAY:

Sunday we were sitting around the dinner table trying to think of things to do for memorial day. Boating is way to crowded now on memorial day so that was out, and we didnt' want to do the usual family activities...movie, bowling, games ect. So I suggested we go for a mile run!! To my surprise most all of us agreed!! We were so excited! The rules of the run: it's not timed, you can walk or run or whatever you'd like, everyone finishes!! So off we all went to run!! (that is us at the finish line. (Mom was sick) (not pictured)

The family that runs together stays together!

Shanna the runner (notice her Rocky shirt)

Ali the cute runner

Janica the runner (does anyone look good when they run?..NO)

The troops at the starting line...STRETCH!!!!

Dad the runner!!! Thanks for running everyone!!! I hope this becomes a tradition!


TRYING OUT OUR GREEN THUMBS

Nolan and I decided that we wanted to plant somethings...BUT OH THAT'S right we live in apartments...so we did what we could given our circumstances...each chose a plant and put it in a big planter....

Nolan chose strawberries and I tried yellow squash and we also did some flowers.

So this was a while ago and the squash plant is getting huge, the flowers are sprouted and growing...the strawberries have come in but we never get to eat any before the dang birds eat them!! But all in all its going pretty good!

Whats on your to do list?

The juggling act: Lately my mind has been OVER COME by "to do's" is that because I am not working on the list, or because there is too much on the list? Maybe a mixture of both! I think a part of it is that I can't get enough of Nolan and when we both get home from work at night, all I want to do is hang out with him. This usually involves cooking and cleaning up dinner and then doing some activity until its time to get ready for bed! So I guess there is my answer..I am not working on my list! What's on your "to do" list? Not that anyone cares...but I had to come up with a fun way to organize my list..why not blog it??? In no particular order folks:

1. Clean my house-every last bit of it...bathroom, bedroom, vacum, laundry, clean out fridge ect.

2. Wash and clean out my car

3. work on my boutique stuff for the fair

4. Exercise

5. Plan our anniversary

6. Take back stuff to the mall and to walmart

7. Find a swimsuit

8. Take care of the bill hanging on the fridge

9. Get a baby shower gift

10. Organize my craft stuff

11. Call my mom

12. Make dinner

13. Organize the pantry

14. Water the plants

15. Shower and get ready for the day

16. call the dentist for my hurting jaw

17. plan and organize our free chicago trip courtesy of the army

18. fix the hole in my purse

19. take pictures of a cutie pie wearing my boutique attire

20. Play with and entertain my little guy WILL

21. realize that this list is going to take sometime and that it will never have an ending...but that what a great way to keep me busy this weekend while Nolan is at drill!

Military Ball i.e. (Dining out)

This weekend we had the opportunity to go to what is called a "Dining Out". We had to dress in formal attire and follow strict rules. It was so fun to get dressed up for a prom-like evening with my husband! To give a little background to understand the pictures: There is a ceremonial thing called a "grog bowl" during the ceremony a number of men bring a bottle of alcohol and say a few words about a signifacant part of the army and then dump the alcohol in a big bowl. Needless to say this turns into quite the mixture and flavors of alcohol. For those of us who don't drink there is a Non-alcoholic one mixtures include: Milk, fruit juice, lemon juice, V8, tabasco sauce ect. It is gross! Then while giving the toasts the men must drink the grog! Also if they break a rule they must also drink from it. I actually tasted it and it was Nasty!!!

The evening was actually pretty entertaining and totally different from anything I have ever been to. Everyone must ask permission to talk to the "president" and all sorts of mandatory rules. There was dinner and dancing, and mandatory toasts, Nolan was asked to give a toast to the ladies! He did a great job! I am so proud of his service and bravery thanks babe!

Lets start by seeing how amazingly HANDSOME this young man is!

SO Hot..gotta love a man in uniform!

Gettin ready to go!

Nothin better than a kiss from my soldier!

Sista STACI!! (the softball champ)

Awww..auntie Jani with Brylie Bug!

Me just admiring how handsome he is!

Bryan, Maile, and Brylie our awesome friends and neighbors supporting us and seeing us off!

Oh the grog bowls....YUCK!

Can you see all of them plugging their noses?

The ladies

The strapping young soldiers!

Nolan's group

Our army friends: us, AnnElise -Tim, Julie-Tanner

Thanks again to all you soldiers who serve our country! This night was just another reminder to me how grateful and proud I am to my wonderful husband...Sergeant Nolan Poulson!

Late Birthday Post

April 30th was Birthday..I turned 23 and I now understand why all these years, older people would say I hate getting older! Well i do too! Despite the getting older part my birthday was awesome! On my actual birthday I took the day off, Nolan had flowers delivered to my door in the morning...(this is a tradition he started way back when we were dating) SO CUTE! Than we went and got a couples massage and hung out. For dinner we went to Tepanyaki it is one of my absolute favorites! It was an awesome day. On sunday we celebrated it with my family. My mom made a FABULOUS meal. She made CAFE RIO SWEET PORK SALADS!! SHe even had to start the night before it was a BIG process and a lot of hard work! AND OOo it was SOO good it tasted so much like the real thing! THANKS MOM!! We opened presents and had a pinata!! It was a blast! 6 young adults at a pinata watch out! Thanks family for a nice birthday!

Birthday girl with the hot hubby!

Savvy playing in the wrapping paper!

New skirt!

Ok this is hilarious! None of us wanted to wear a thing around our eyes so this is how we got dizzy!! Nolan of course knocked the pinata out of the park on his first try! There was candy, toys, and money in it!!