The Woods

The Woods
The Woods

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Happy 6 months......

Of being married!!!! Happy 6 months of being married Riley Woods. Thanks for being the best husband ever. You are amazing and I am so lucky to have you forever. :) I can't believe how fast time has gone by. Being married is the best. I can't wait until we are celebrating a year. Thanks for making me so happy. Love your face. :)

The end.....

Oh wait...p.s. Fez told me to tell you that he is happy that we are married because he loves being apart of our family and he says your are a very nice man for always taking him outside. He is also sorry for waking you up so early this morning. :)

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Life as we know it.....

I really need to be better at updating our blog. We have had lots of fun stuff going on and I need to make sure I keep this thing up to date. Sooooooo here it goes.

A couple of weeks ago we went and took a little road trip to visit Riley's grandma. We were able to help her  get her house set up. She has such a cute little house and we loved it. She even watched are cute little pup for one night so we could go to St. George. We had so much fun and it was a nice get away. I can't wait until we can go back for another visit.

Riley is starting an EMT class that he is really excited about. This is something that he has wanted to do for a long time and we are both excited he can finally start. :) This is going to be a long 6 weeks but it will pay off and be great!

We got new flooring for  part of are downstairs. WE LOVE IT!!! The people that lived in our house before  did not take care of the carpet so this was much needed. I can't wait until we have new flooring every where. :) Fez is still trying to adjust to the hardwood. Poor boy slips and slides everytime he walks.

Speaking of Fez... I can't belive he is 6 months old. Time has gone by so fast. He is FINALLY starting to turn into a good pup. We love him and he is a great little part of are family. It hasn't always been easy to train him but it is so worth it. I love coming home to a happy dog that is so excited to see me.... I know I sound crazy but he has really grown on me. :) Love you Mr. Fez.

Speaking of 6 months... I can't believe that Riley and I have almost been married for 6 months. Wow that went by fast. Who ever said the first year is the hardest is way wrong. Or maybe this is the hardest and it hasn't been hard at all. Ehhhh I am sure we will have are hard time but the last 6 months have been so great. I am so happy that we are married. I think that dating for almost 2 years really has helped with are first year. Being married is great and I really recommend it. :)

Speaking of being married.... Congrats to Heidi and Micah. I am so excited for you guys. July 13th can't come soon enough. Yeah for weddings. I love weddings and wedding planning :) Can't wait for everything to start. I am so happy for you guys.

Speaking of Congrats...... Yeah for Brinton and Becky and new baby Ryan! I am so excited and I can't wait to meet him. He is so cute. Once again... July couldn't come fast enough!!!

Speaking of things coming soon.... KATEE COMES HOME SO SOON!!!! I am counting down the days! Less than 100. YEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She has been an amzing missionary and I am so proud of her.

Anyways...... I am in the young womens in my new ward. I am the beehive teacher. When I first got the calling I wasn't super excited about it but........... I am learning to love it. I have a large group ( getting bigger) of girls that are amzing. It is fun to see how different they are. I learn new things about them each week and I finally have all there names down. Yeah go me!!! It is a busy calling but I am learning to love it.
Are new ward has been a challenge for me. I miss my old ward ALOT. I miss being friends with everyone and I miss the fact that I knew everyone by name. Sometimes I go to church and the only people that talk to me are my young women and Riley. I know I could be more friendly but I really do try. I really like the lady that I work with in the young womens so maybe this will be a good start. It is a VERY VERY BIG ward and I feel like most people already have there friends so they don't need anyone else. I am thinking  maybe it is because people think we are renting our townhouse so we will only be here a few months. Who knows. I sound like this is the first day of junior high. I know it will get better. It will just take time. :) There really are some nice people and I don't want to sound like I am being a brat or complaining. I know I am in the ward I am in for a reason so I will try my best. :)

Well I am pretty sure that is everything. :) If you are still reading, thanks for reading. Love you all!!!

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Wishing.......

- I wish 4:30am wasn't so early.

- I wish my dog would sleep through the night EVERY night like he did last time.

- I wish the weekdays went by as fast as the weekends did.

- I wish the weekends went by as slow and the weekdays do.

- I really wish I had a new car. :)

- I wish ponytails were the new hip hairstyle... Wait, who cares I rock it anyways.

- I wish working full time was only 20 hours a week instead of 40...

- I wish May would come fast and then October.

- I wish that my vaction is Feb. would come sooner.

- I wish snowboarding wasn't so much money.

Just some wishes for the day. :)

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Here is to a NEW YEAR :)

I am going to have to say that 2011 was the greatest and hardest year ever. Here is the recap.

January

-Was a month of learning how to live life with out my brother and sister. This has been hard but I think I have done pretty well... If I do say so myself.
- lots of snowboarding and working was also done in this month.
- This is also the month that Riley and I had a class together at school and we didn't even know it. Good times.

Febuary

- The month of Love .... Duhhh. lol
- Was busy with school
- I sold my car.. RIP Tilley
- I got another car..... She doesn't have a name. You just call her the white honda if you would like.

March

-Mom's Birthday
-Riley and I started shopping for rings :)
ummm I think that is it.

April

-Riley asked... I said YES!
-Brayden was born
-The wedding planning started

May

-Riley and I went on a fun vacation with my mom and dad to DISNEY LAND and SEA WORLD! So much fun.
-Wedding plans are still in motion

June / July

-Summer is in full swing. Lots of work, wedding planning and having fun. :)
-We started the process of buying a house.....

August

-We close on are house finally!!!!!
-Pulling everything together for the wedding.
-My Sweet grandpa past aways
-Thanks to family we were able to get are house ready to be lived in.

September

-I went through the temple.
-I was married in the temple.
-Went to Disney Land again with my cute husband
-Started are fun life together

October

-Fez came into are lives.... :) Love him
-Halloween. We dressed Fez up as a chicken
- Elder Balmforth hit his year mark!!!

November

- Thanksgiving. Love this holiday
- Black Friday shopping with mom and Riley. Soooo much fun!


December

- Riley's Birthday
- My birthday... along with Katee.
- Put up are first christmas tree
- First christmas as being married
- New Years eve.... Dinner at mom and dads house, Talking having fun. Going home, tried staying up late but I only lasted until 11:00 ish. Oh well!!! It was great. low key but great. Now I am starting off my new year with a day at work. :) I hope you all have a great new years. I am excited to see what 2012 brings. I am ready for the ride. I am excited to set new goals. Love you all. have a great Sunday!!!

Christmas 2011 Recap!

Well this Christmas was so great. Riley and I had a great first christmas together. . . . Along with Fez. :)
Christmas eve was busy but fun. We started out the day at the Balmforth family Christmas party. It is always fun to see family and we always have great food. Great party Brand and Mer. Everything was great. After that party when went to the  Siegfrieds. This is a fun tradition that Riley's family does every Christmas Eve for lunch. I hate the food but it is always a good time. And... I may or may not have taken  my own food with me. :) After that, we went home for a much needed nap. Then once again we were off to another party. The last party of the night was at my grandma Harwards house. This is also such a fun tradition that our family has. Now on to Christmas day.....

Colton and Katee called. I loved talking to them. They are both doing well and are so amazing. I love them both so much and I am so proud of them. Christmas day was nice and relaxing. We went to both families and then spent the rest of the day at home. I love days like this.

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas. I love this time of year. I am so thankful for great families. We are so blessed. Pictures are to come. I will try and find some time to download them. :) Love you all.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Happy Birthday to Sister Balmforth and .... ME!

Happy birthday to my amazing missionary sister. I love you and I hope that you had a great day. I can't wait until you are home next you and things can be back the normal ways of life. Thank goodness for that!!! I can't believe I ( We) are 22 years old. What the??? Sunday was such a nice day. Thank you Riley Woods for making my birthday great. I am spoiled. Thanks mom and dad for a fun dinner. I love you all so much. What would I do with out you??? Well here is to another great year of life. YEAHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Friday, December 2, 2011

Happy Birthday RILEY!!!

Yes, I know his birthday was yesterday but  I didn't have time to blog because we were having so much fun. We both took the day off work so we could sleep in and have a great day. I really hope that Riley had a good day like he said he did. Fez was even nice enough to get Riley a present. I love you Riley Woods. I hope that you had a great birthday. You deserve it.  Thanks for always working so hard and being such a great husband. I don't know what I would do without you. You make my life so great. I love that we get to be together forever. Happy Birthday!!!!! Happy 24 years of life!!!!!