Kari's Bridal Shower

We picked up Chad to help us decorate for the bridal shower!
Reed and Ryne came and crashed the party!
They were dressed up in their Halloween costumes,
a soccer player and a golfer!
Lisa took glamore pics of everyone that came.


Here's Kari with both her old mom and her new mom!


My 3 beautiful daughters!
Kari opening her gifts! We went to Utah for Kari's bridal shower on Oct. 24th. Lisa planned the whole thing, which is what Bridemaids do. We had shopped in Mesa for all the cute decorations and they really made everything cute. Lisa flew into Salt Lake early Friday morning, we picked her up, then went to work decorating this little tiny living room. I did the food, a pretty green salad, fresh fruit, carmel apple dip and cheesecake. Lots of Kari's friends came, the place was standing room only, so we couldn't even play all the games Lisa had planned. We did watch a cute video of Kirk talking about Kari and answering certain questions. It was all fun and Kari is definately the "happy bride to be!"

So here are the kids in their Halloween costumes for the ward trunck-or-treat event. Milea won the cutest small person costume category and Kaemon chose a big bag of Skittles for her for the prize.

DRUMROLL PLEASE... Presenting Reed's new ride

So I just wanted to show off my new BEEMER!!!

Yes it is an actual BMW... Ya I know, high roller.

SO here it is... Reed's new ride! Sweet eh?

Well there it is, questions, comments, or if you just want to talk to me now that I am so cool and have drive a BMW my phone number is 928-245-7334.

Nanna and Pomp are back!!

I love my Nanna and Pomp!! They were missed when they were gone all summer!

College pics

Update on My Life

Ok so I know everyone is wondering what I have been up to and it is keeping them up at night so I will post what has been happening lately in my life. I stay pretty busy with school and my sweet job on the grounds crew (yes, again), and trying to have a little bit of a social life. So here are the highlights of my first month at college.

Ryne and I eating a feast. Steak, Corn on the cob, steamed vegetables and potatoes. Ya, Ryne and I are pretty much the best cooks ever.
BBQ with the boys. The night of Womens Conference we decided to to a BBQ at Raintree.
At Tami's Award banquet thing for living scriptures. The food was great, I ate like 4 Chicken Cordon Bleus... but it was dang good.
After the Awards banquet we met up with Kim and Hilary, Yes that is Kim with the mask (which is really a fruit rollup haha)
On our way to Conference, Ryne and I are pretty stoked!

The temple after Priesthood session. Ryne and I got into the Saturday afternoon session and Priesthood Session. It was sooo good. I love conference. There are so many things to learn and apply in our lives. There is always something just for you.

This past Friday I went to the Homecoming dance with Ari Alius. It was fun, we went and ate at Macoroni Grill and then went to the "enchanted" dance. Kirk hooked me up with the black shirt, Ryne hooked me up with the black pants and black shoes, and I got this sweet bright pink tie to match her dress. Next to us are Paul and Jen. It was pretty fun

Ari and I had lots of fun playing around with my sweet camera. This is a pretty cool picture...

So that is a little taste of the life of Mr. Reed up at BYU. Fun stuff.

Kari's bridal shower invitation

When at first I thought they were never gonna turn out at all, these turned out so cute! Thanks to all my helpers. So the story goes----Kari asked me to be her maid of honor and I of course accepted. I am so excited for my little sis!! So I am trying to plan her bridal shower in Utah. I didn't realize how much school owns my life! I have been soo busy with mid-terms, studying and writing papers that I just couldn't do it all. I own it to my helpers Becki and Barry!! you are lifesavers. My oh so adorable Boy Friend was so kind to pick up the invitations stuff all the envelopes, put the label on, and, you'll love this, at work behind his desk he placed a little stick on rhine stone on each one!! TOO CUTE!! So her shower is gonna be Hollywood glam theme! Mom and I finished all the shopping for the decor and its gonna be well--- G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S!! I'm excited to spoil KARI!!

PS READ THE POEM cuz mom and I worked hard on it! wink, wink. Mom and I would get the giggles trying to come up with rhyming words and then mom would totally shoot some down. ouch. It was funny!

Conference Weekend

Barry and I drove up home to enjoy a weekend in the mountains. Mom's food was yummy and conference was so uplifting!! Inbetween sessions we took a drive up by Big Lake and found snow and beautiful colors. I've been pretty stressed out with school mid-terms (AHHH) and it was a nice breather!!

cutest nephew ever

He's just cute that's all!!

XOXxoxooOOxX, auntie lisa

Hola mi familia!

Hey here are some pictures finally.. they are kinda random tidbits of my life. I saved a turtle that was in the middle of the road and sent it back into the wilderness. (my hair is kinda funnny) haha. O well.   My roommates are so awesome. I got very lucky and could not ask for better people to live with. I'm loving college. Anyway.. gotta go!

HI...

Well  its time to make a post! life sure gets busy when college starts! Actually I don't know if life ever does slow down and I'm glad because it's always fun and interesting..  I think I am learning how to be better about prioritizing..  I forget who said it but there is a quote that says as we focus on the things that are truly important the other things in life will either fall into place or drop out of our lives completely . I have seen that prove to be true in my life. Hmm my pictures don't seem to be working right now. I will put some up soon showing what I have been up to! I love you all!

A Lake Powell trip

Barry invited me to go to Lake Powell over Labor Day. His boat was the only one going and if I didn't go he didn't go soooo I went. This is my roommate Lori Smith from SnowFlake
James cooked up some of the tastiest MEALS. yes that is a ginormous steak. The night b/f he grilled up fajitas. TASTEY goodness. This is Reina and Jon Passey Barrys best friend.
Waiting for the house boad with frozen yogurt at the Marina! I love frozen yogurt and the LAKE
Here is captin James Gardner. He and his brothers/cousins are the crew that invited Barry.... yes yes the Garnders that grew up helping G-pa at Milligan every summer. We had a lot to talk about. They know more about G-pa than I do. It was a lot of fun to see how much they respected and looked up to Grandpa Melvin. One of the guys, Dan, could remember that G-pa used to rope him around his neck when he was a little boy, and James remembered that when I was a little girl I would snuggle up on his lap and fall asleep. hee hee!
We played a lot of sand volleyball. (after the court was evened out to perfection) I never knew I liked v-ball so much. I'm not bad for NEVER playing.... I'm getting the serving thing down (KINA)
There was a random group of people that went including Jake Clark. It was a great mix of people we all had a lot of fun!!
Nothing beats the beauty of Lake Powell. This was on our way back in and the water was SOO chopy it was like we were in the ocean!! holy moly it was a bumpy ride. Hold on to your hats and don't stand up!
OH yes I learned how to play poker... yep. Lets just say I should never gamble.... I lost it all

Good Times

MY week off... what i've been up to....