Jordan's Wedding

They're married!

 My little brother Jordan was married on March 9th 2012 in the Salt Lake Temple. I couldn't be happier for him and his beautiful new wife. Jordan and i have always been very close. Playing as little kids, it was always Jordan and I. We would build forts out of blankets in the living room, watch our favorite movies, dance on our beds to the safety kids, make hats out of buckets and parade around the house, make musical instruments out of paper plates and buckets, and write songs (and believe me, they would have topped the charts :-)) When we were REALLY little we shared a room and liked to sneak out of our beds to watch TV with our parents from the hall so they couldn't see us. We have lots of pictures of Jordan and i fast asleep on the floor in the hall.

 Jordan has always been my best friend. Even as we got older and changed, and maybe didn't do everything together anymore, we have always had a connection. Jordan has always been able to read me like a book. He always knew when i was sad, or upset. Usually if that was the case, he wouldn't even say anything to me, just sit by me and put his arm around me, or rub my feet. Side note - Jordan gives awesome foot rubs :-) Another thing i love about Jordan is that he makes me laugh! And not just me, he has a talent. He is a very happy person and i will always be grateful that he was chosen to be my brother here. He has been a huge blessing to me, and i can't help but wonder at how different i would be now had he not been in my life.

One of the great things about Jordan is, that while i think he and i were best friends growing up, all of my siblings would probably tell you the same thing. He wasn't just a friend to everyone, he made everyone feel like they were his favorite. As we got older Jordan and I became even better friends with our roadtrip to Disneyland. I'll spare the dozens of hilarious stories and memories for now, but we had an amazing time. Its hard to describe what i'm feeling, being so sad and so happy at the same time, but i just wanted to share how awesome my brother is! And share some fun pictures of his wedding day..

Love this picture!

Our family

So happy to have another sister!

I love my Jordy!

His favorite sisters :-)

Isn't she beautiful!?

 Okay, i can't go without mentioning Chelsey :-) My favorite memory of Chelsey was the first time she came over and spent some time with our family. This was either right before or right after she and Jordan graduated. We were playing rock band, and the window just next to her was open. A huge moth just happened to fly in, and when she saw it, jumped up, screaming waving her hands around in the air. Haha! None of us knew how terrified she was of bugs until thent. It was hilarious! When Jordan tells this story, he says he saw it all in slow motion...the moth flying in, him thinking - NOOOOOOO! :-) I love my new sister in law!!!! I can't wait to go camping with her ;)

Gorgeous!

My sister and I

Jeffy and I

It took them 10 minutes to convince Chelsey to do this pose....

Reese's Cheesecake Brownies - YUM!

REESE'S CHEESECAKE BROWNIES

Found recipe at: Pip & Ebby

• 1 fudge brownie mix (and anything it calls for)
• 1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese
• 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 (12 oz) pkg Reese's Pieces
• 1 (12 oz) pkg milk chocolate chips
• 3 Tbsp whipping cream
• 12 large Reese's Peanut Butter cups (chopped)

Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly coat a 9x13 pan with cooking spray.

Prepare brownie batter according to its directions and pour batter into the 9x13 pan and set aside.

In a large bowl, beat softened cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add in Sweetened condensed milk and peanut butter and beat until smooth. Stir in bag of Reese's Pieces candies.

Spoon Cheesecake mixture over brownie batter evenly.

Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until cheesecake layer is set and edges are golden brown.

Let cool for 30 minutes then refrigerate for 30 minutes.

In a microwave safe bowl, add milk chocolate chips and whipping cream. Melt on high for 1 minute checking and stirring throughout so not to overcook. Heat until melted and smooth.

Pour and spread evenly over the top of brownies/cheesecake.

Sprinkle the 12 large chopped Reese's Peanut Butter cops over top.

Store Covered in refrigerator.

Enjoy!

New Favorite Blog!

This is my new favorite blog!! Thesmallthingsblog.com has tons of video tutorials on the cutest hairstyles! Here are a couple of my favorites...

Extreme Couponing

Ok, i have recently recieved some "extreme" inspiration. Jeff and i made the mistake of going to walmart last night because i needed shampoo. I hate the Walmart we live by because anytime you go it is completely insane. But, i was out of shampoo, and I also felt pretty savy because i collected several buy one get one coupons for shampoo and conditioner. Feeling extremely proud of myself, we chose the least crazy checkout line, and still ended up waiting 30 min to check out. Why so long, you might ask? The lady in front of us was half way through her 3 chuck full - piled high cart check out. As the last item rung up, we were pretty sure she had to be close to $1000. She pulled out a novel full of coupons, and after another 20 min of scanning her coupons, (you will want to pay close attention to this next part) WALMART PAID HER $30 to take all of her groceries!!!! Are you kidding me!? We just stood there with our mouths to the floor, and this lady just laughed at me, and asked if i got the Sunday paper. Yeah, no, we don't get the Sunday paper. Apparently she gets over 5 copies, just for the coupons. Apparantely its worth it...so thus starts my obsession with "Extreme Couponing."

Brooklyn

I can't believe my niece will be six months this weekend! She has gotten so big and SO cute! I basically made a fool of myself trying to get her to laugh today, but it was so worth it! Being around her makes me so baby hungry! Jeff just needs to hurry and get done with school!! :)

Bee's Game!

I told Jeffy i wanted tickets to a Bee's Game for my birthday this year. I love baseball! I actually told him this last year, but he forgot, so i bought myself Bee's tickets for my birthday this year :) I figure i can say that because he never looks at this blog anyways. In fact, i can only think of 2 people who even look at this...haha. Anyways, here are some pics from the game:

Disneyland July 2011

Jeff and I had an AWESOME summer! Its so hard to believe its over and Jeff is back in school. Good news is that he only has two semesters left before he starts his teaching internship. He is hoping to get an internship at Wasatch High School in Heber City, where his dad is working in administration. We're crossing our fingers that things go well throughout the next year.
Anyways, to catch up on what happened this summer...
Jeff's parents took us all to Disneyland!!! Wahoo! Jeff's younger brother Brady got home from his mission in the end of June, and we took him back to tour his mission, but mostly to go to Disneyland :) We were there for two weeks, and on our last night in the park we saw Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez! Yeah, you read right. We saw famous people :) They actually got onto Thunder Mountain right as we were getting off, and my mother-in-law was the first to notice them. Anyways - here are a few pictures: