Bret and Ashlee

Long over due

2012-01-20T15:00:00.000-08:00

UPDATE! It has been far to long since I have updated. Hopefully now that I have a little (or way to much) free time on my hands I will be better at updating. December is always such a crazy month, I don't know where to begin.

*To start off December I turned 25-birthdays just aren't as much fun when you get older. I told Bret next year I'm throwing a party with birthday hats and all! Don't get me wrong I was definitely spoiled! A birthday party just makes a birthday that much better!

*Our niece Hadlee was baptized! I don't know who was more emotional, me or her mom. Hadlee is the oldest granddaughter on the Pulley side and it just seems to crazy to me that she is 8 already. She was born one day after I turned 17 and it doesn't seem like 8 years ago. We are so proud of her for choosing to be baptized.

*We had our annual onesie party again at Grandma Parker's. Our crew was a little small this year but we still had a blast. We got talking and laughing so hard we were crying. There is never a dull moment with us girls and of course Grandma. She says the funniest things. We just love her! I look forward to this party every year! I think it is one of my new favorite Christmas traditions!

Lucy~Laurel~Grandma~me~Kaitlyn~Shaylee

*We had so many fun Christmas parties this year and I didn't take a single picture at any of them. I have got to get better at taking pictures so my blog isn't just a bunch of words.

*We had such a fun Christmas this year. I LOVED that it was on a Sunday! I wish it was every year! It really helped to set the spirit of Christmas and what it's really all about! We were so spoiled by our parents this year. We feel so blessed to live so close to both of our families!

So Bret and I decided we were going to get a gun safe (my brother knows someone who is giving us a killer deal we couldn't pass up) We decided that since we didn't really "need" anything for Christmas we would just use that as our gift to each other. Of course a gun safe is not my idea of a fun Christmas gift. We decided we would fill each others stocking with fun little things since that's all we were doing for each other. (besides the safe) Well let me tell you-Bret really out did himself this year. He was so excited! I was pulling things out of my stocking...He got me everything I asked for~a pedicure and a gift card to red mango! I was thrilled! I reached to the bottom and felt a ring box~ I pulled out a perfect band to go with my ring. I was so excited and surprised, I cried! It was the best Christmas ever, I felt like I was engaged again and wanted to show everyone my new ring! After I opened it he said "did you really think I was going to let you get a gun safe for Christmas?" He knew I wasn't overly thrilled with it! He is to good to me!

*The last big thing for us in December was Parker's closing. I have so many pictures I think it deserves its own post.
We have had a great 2011~with lots of ups and downs. We wouldn't trade any of it! We have learned so much and grown so much closer to each other. We feel so blessed to be where we are and have the things we do. We can't wait to see what 2012 has in store for us!

Pumpkin Party

2011-11-17T17:20:00.000-08:00

Ever since Hadlee was little we have carved pumpkins with her. It has turned into a fun little tradition. We have added a few more grand kids to the mix and yummy soup to go along with our pumpkin carving. Peyton, Hadlee and Bridger-these girls can not get enough of their new cousin and can't wait til January....they are FINALLY getting a baby BROTHER. We couldn't be more excited for them, especially for their dad!
Baby Bridger-he was born October 6th. I think he was only 2 week old here. We can't get enough of him. He is so sweet and cuddly!

Bret was a trooper and carved Bridgers pumpkin for him

Kimberly and Peyton

Ryley, Parker and Shaylee

The carving crew

Parker, Shay, Taylor, Hadlee and Peyton

They had so much fun carving pumpkins together.

I had to save the best picture for last! I'm sure they will be less then thrilled that I put this on here but I couldn't resist. Ryley's side of the family has a Halloween party every year and they always dress up. This year Shay and Ry were Batman and Robin. I love their costumes!

We have got to start this tradition on the Pulley side!

Don't they look awesome?!?

Girls......

2011-11-01T14:45:00.001-07:00

Just wanna have fun! I love a little "girl time" every now and then! I have spent lots of that girl time with these 4 girls. The 4 of us lived in Provo together from May of 2007 to August of 2008. We have so many fun memories from our little apartment at The Branbury! We were so worried that after all of us got married we would lose touch with each other but....I am THRILLED to say that we haven't! We have been trying to plan a weekend get a way since we lived together-well 3 1/2 years later it FINALLY happened and it was so much fun! Then-Megan, me, Heidi and Becky
Now-me, Heidi and Becky!
A few weeks ago we packed our bags and headed to Park City for an over nighter! Heidi, Becky and I went Friday night and Megan met up with us on Saturday! (We are lame and only took one picture before Meg got there) Friday night we went to dinner and did a little shopping and of course we laughed until we were crying and stayed up way to late talking! Saturday we did A LOT more shopping went to lunch and did a little more shopping afterwards! We were all worn out by the time we were done. We had the best time together though and it was so worth it! I just LOVE these girls and am so happy we have stayed the best of friends! I can't wait for our next weekend get a way!

MORE GIRL TIME

Grandma, me, Lucy, Kenzie and Megan
You may recognize these girls from our "onesie" pj party pictures. Well we decided that getting together at our annual Onesie Christmas Party at Grandma's once a year just wasn't enough so we planned a night to go to dinner. We love getting together and it makes it more fun to bring Grandma along with us! I think she feels like "one of the girls" when we bring her and I love it! We couldn't have asked for a better Grandma! Thanks for the fun night girls-I can't wait for our ONESIE party!

UPDATE....

2011-09-26T22:32:00.000-07:00

YES! We are still alive and kickin! It has been a crazy busy fun summer for the Pierce's this year. Since I have been terrible (terrible meaning taking NO pictures at all) at taking pictures this summer I am having a hard time remembering all of the things we have done over the summer. Here are a few of the things that stick out to me.

*The Fireman's Breakfast-a tradition with the Pulley family since my Dad was on the Department for so many years.

*Boulder Mountain-Bret and his Dad go with a bunch of friends and family every year. It is a fun fishing trip they have done for several years now. We love the stories we hear from this trip.

*Owlz baseball games-Bret's Uncle Blake is their pitching coach. We love a good baseball game!

*Rodeo's-what would summer be with out going to a few rodeo's? We love watching Ryley (Shaylee's husband) steer wrestle! It makes the rodeo much more exciting having someone you know in them.

*Scout Camp Out-Bret was called into Young Men's at the beginning of the summer and went on a fun camp out with the boys! They didn't get much sleep-I don't know who stayed up later, the boys or the leaders?

*Drive In Movies-We love a good drive in movie! We're sad we didn't make it to more this summer.

*Stadium of Fire-This was only the second time I have been. It was super hot but we were in great company and the concert and fireworks were awesome! We love Brad Paisley!

*Camping-we only went once with the Pierce family this year-We did get to try out our new tent we got for Christmas though and we love it! (Thank You Mom and Dad Pierce) Hopefully next year we will make it camping a few more times!

*Cherry Hill-a Parker Family tradition that has gone on for as long as I can remember! We always have a great time with the Parker crew!

*Birthdays and BBQ's-they seem to go together during the summer months. The Pulley side has a few summer birthdays and the Pierce side has several summer birthdays, which makes for a lot of fun birthday BBQ's! One of those birthdays was my sweet husbands! Bret turned 25 in July! Yes he is old! I am not looking forward to turning 25 in a few short months, I don't know why but it seems so old to me.

*The Hunt and St. George-Bret and his Dad spent over a week up at Strawberry hunting! They usually do a little golfing while they are there too. It sounds to me like its more of a vacation then a hunt but they have a great time so that's all that matters! While they boys were hunting the girls in the Pierce family (minus Michelle-she was in Florida visiting family, we MISSED her!)headed to St. George for the weekend to see The Little Mermaid at Tuacahn! We loved the show! It was a much needed vacation! We laughed, shopped and relaxed all weekend and loved every minute of it!

*Released-I got released from my calling a month ago, it is a little bitter sweet. I LOVE the women I served with and miss meeting with them every Tuesday night, although, it is nice having a little free time. I am happy being a Visiting Teacher and flying under the radar without a calling for the moment.

*SOLD-the Tacoma! I know it's so sad but Bret got a new truck that he LOVES (sorry I don't have a picture of it yet) I was kind of sad about selling the taco but Bret is so happy with his new truck. I just need to learn how to drive a bigger truck and all will be well. The taco was just my size.

We are kind of nerdy and had someone take our picture in front of it. We had to have pictures of the first truck Bret bought! We loved that little truck and I miss it already.

I don't know that I should share this, especially on here but for some reason I feel like I need to. In June we found out we would be expecting our first baby.......Six long weeks later we learned that we were miscarrying. I was 1o weeks along at the time we found out. We were both heartbroken. It has been very difficult for us to go through but we understand that the Lord has a plan for each of us and we know He gives us trials to make us stronger. I am so grateful for the Gospel and the understanding we have of it. We have been so blessed with amazing family and friends to help us through this difficult time and we can't thank you enough for all you've done for us. We are both doing much better and are looking forward to the future and what the Lord has in store for us.

All in all it has been a good summer for us! I am sad to see it end but I am loving the fall weather coming our way. Which means the holidays will be here before we know it! Sorry for such a long post-I am proud if you made it all the way through it! I will try to be better at taking pictures and keeping the blog up to date on the little adventures we have.

St. George

2011-05-24T15:38:00.000-07:00

Its better late then never....Bret and I were able to go to St. George twice in April. Brets boss always plans a trip for all of the managers and their families to go to Sand Hallow every year. We were lucky enough to go this year and had a blast! We were able to go again over Spring break-I think this is one of my favorite vacations-we are surrounded by family and lots of great friends. I think this year there were close to 40 of us again-with that many people there is NEVER a dull moment! Here are a few pictures from both trips... Shea and Kyle came along too-we had a great time with them
It was so windy-we had sand every where

He loves his bike-I love this picture, such a pretty view!

Bret and Kyle doing what they love-riding bikes

These next pictures are from our second tripThe first day we always spend the afternoon at Sand Hallow. It's a nice relaxing day where the boys do most of the riding and us girls sit around and talk!

Well from the last 2 pictures you can see that it wasn't very nice for all of us. A few of the guys crashed on their bikes, and Bret got the worst of it. Since his chest protector is broken he didn't have that on, his paddle tire ran over his back and ripped through his shirt and tore up his back. He was pretty sore for the next few days. We are just grateful it wasn't any worse then it was. He's a lot tougher then I am, I'm just glad I wasn't there to see the crash. Looks like we need to get him a new protector before he goes riding again!!!

Our favorite trial-THE BARRACKSTiff and I

I met Tiff through Bret's family and just love her!

The Ranger Crew-yes my dad took this big thing on the trip with us, it reminded me of a little jeep you would ride in on a Safari. He loved it-my brother brought his little boy with us on the ride and we just strapped his car seat into the crew. Parker was as champ the whole time and loved the ride.

We had such a good time in St. George! We love that both of our families can go on vacation together. We have the best family and friends! Can't wait for next years trip!

Mom and Dad....

2011-04-22T16:24:00.000-07:00

No we are not expecting.....but over the last month and a half Bret and I have watched a couple of friends kids so we have had a lot of practice being Mom and Dad. Unfortunately I wasn't very good at taking pictures so I only got a few of the ones we spent the most time with. We had so much fun watching these kids and got a little eye opener to what parenting is all about!MCDONALD'S

The kids were so excited when they found out we were going there and that we were even going to let them play on the toys! Who knew McDonald's was so great?
We even went to Kangaroo Zoo-the kids loved it!
Hadlee and Hanks

And Ivy was an angel the whole time we were there!

The kids stayed with us for almost a week and we loved it! The weather wasn't very good while they were here so we spent lots of time coloring and watching movies-lucky for us they loved doing both! I love the things kids say and how much they love you even if you aren't family. Sweet little Hanks told us "I just really love you guys here" So sweet coming from a 3 year old. They definitely missed there parents and would ask where they were. We were sad when it was time for them to go, I told them we were going to miss them and I thought Hadlee was going to start crying when she told me she was really going to miss us too. We loved having the kids here and miss them already. Thanks Colby and Heather for sharing your sweet kids with us!

2 YEARS!!!!

2011-03-08T14:12:00.000-08:00

Bret and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary yesterday! It was very low key since both of us had to work and Bret had school. We have always wanted to go back to Disneyland ever since we went for our honeymoon and since we went last month we used that as an early anniversary trip! I can't believe it has been 2 years already. The time seems to go by so fast. I feel so blessed to be married to Bret-I couldn't have asked for better. Each year just keeps getting better! We have had so much fun the last year and can't wait for many more to come! Happy Anniversary Bret! I LOVE YOU!

DISNEYLAND!!!!!

2011-02-20T16:58:00.000-08:00

We have been talking about going to Disneyland since last summer and we finally made it! We went the first week of February and we couldn't have picked a better time to go. The weather was perfect-yes it was 70 degrees! And it wasn't' very crowded at all. We didn't have to wait long to get onto any of the rides-most of them we just walked right on. We couldn't have asked for a better time!

(sorry for the picture overload-I couldn't leave any out)

The LONG 10 hour drive.....

We had to find something to do to entertain ourselves-pictures is always a good option.
We had had it by the time we go to California-all we can say is thank heavens my parents car has a DVD player in it! My Dad is a trooper and drove the whole way. I think he was just as excited as us to get there. He even sang a little song to us on our way that made us laugh. It went a little like this "hi ho hi ho off to Disneyland I go..." That's as much as I remember but it kept us laughing. We sure do love our Dad-he is one funny guy! Our husbands weren't with us because they were lucky enough to fly down the next morning!

THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH

We finally made it to Disneyland- Hadlee was so excited to be there. Peyton gets a little bit nervous with big crowds and strange places so it took her a little while longer to warm up to it. The first 2 days we were there she kept telling us she wanted to go HOME, we convinced her that we had to see Mickey Mouse and go on a few rides first.

As you can see, she was less than thrilled to be seeing Mickey Mouse. She did warm up to all of the characters by the next day in the park and then that's all she wanted to do-She kept telling us "I wanna see Mickey"

It just isn't Disneyland if you don't have a picture with Mickey

TOONE TOWN

The kids loved playing on the cars and Peyton loved being able to walk through Mickey and Minnie's houses. I think we all took a turn taking her through them. We are just glad she found something she liked. She wasn't to sure about any of the rides.

I love the pictures the camera's on the rides take. This is the only one we got-I kept forgetting to take my camera with me on the other rides.

BUGS LAND

I think this was one of the kids favorite places. Hadlee found several rides that she loved and couldn't wait for us to ride them with her.

Do we not have the greatest Dad and isn't he a great "Papa"? He was so much fun and went on everything at least once!

And of course we have the greatest Mom and such a great Grandma too!

We all took turns with the 2 little ones-they couldn't go on much and Peyton wouldn't go on very many rides so we would take turns sitting with them. It worked out great having so many adults there to help with the kids. Peyton was just as happy watching everything around her.

I don't think we can count the number of times the guys went on this ride! Every time they would get off of it they were laughing. I think this had to be one of their favorite rides. It was more fun watching them then I think it was going on the ride. We sure love our boys!

The big bear by the guys favorite ride-cute sisters!

TOY STORY

Hadlee loved beating all of us at the game on this fun ride

We are all grateful for this little caterpillar. Peyton LOVED it!

Peyton found something she liked and wasn't affraid of. We were all happy to take several turns taking her on this cute little ride.

Bret and I on the caterpillar

Shay and Ryley

More pictures by grizzly rappids

Shay and I wanted a picture with the huge bear-when we looked at it on the camera we noticed the head was cut off. We laughed and didn't get another one, thanks Mom for being such a great photographer, we love you!

THE WORLD OF COLOR

Thursday night we went and watched this water show they do in California Adventure. It was so much fun and so cool to see the things they can do. I can't describe how neat it was. If you get a chance to go to Disneyland it is definitely worth going to see!

Hadlee was posing for me and Bret jumped in the picture with her-she loved me taking pictures of just her! Such a cute girl!

The best Mom and Dad waiting for one of their favorite rides-INDIANA JONES

More GRIZZLY RAPID pictures. If you didn't notice by the pictures we have by this ride, they all loved it-some of us were a little wimpy (myself included) and didn't want to get soaked like the guys were so we got a few poncho's. They were worth it and neither Hadlee or I got wet. What a fun ride!

California Screamer- Hadlee had watched all of the "big kids" go on this roller coaster several times-even her Grandma and Grandpa went on it. She was a little unsure about it, but the last day her Dad convinced her to go. She was pretty funny when she got off of it-She just looked at her Mom and said "Mom, never go on that, it's so fast." She was a trooper and tried everything at least once.

We had such a FUN time in Disneyland! We sure did miss my brother and his family though. Next time we'll convince them to come! The weather was perfect, the lines were short, and all of the kids were great! We couldn't have picked a better time to go. Thanks everyone for the good time and for spending 5 days with us in Sunny California. We are so blessed to have such great families to go on vacations with. Sure do love you guys! We can't wait for next time!

Sadie...

2011-01-22T12:38:00.001-08:00

Bret and I have spent the past week in Orem watching our parents house and dog while they were on vacation in HAWAII! Yes, we are a tiny bit jealous that they were there enjoying 85 degree weather in January. They definitely deserved the vacation though and we were happy to stay with the pup!This is Sadie-she spends most of her days on the couch sleeping or watching out the window.

She is one spoiled pup!
The first day we were there Bret left his work boots by the front door. Needless to say, Sadie got the best of it! We were both told several times not to leave anything out or the dog will chew it up. Sure enough she got ahold of Brets boot. Poor Sadie knew she was in trouble-she wouldn't even look at the boot. I think Bret has learned his lesson!

Bret and Sadie

We even had a movie night with Sadie! She would sit right next to me and put her head on my lap and wiggle until she was comfortable. She is one funny little dog. We are glad we were able to stay with Sadie so our parents could enjoy a nice vacation in HAWAII! The Henrie's went with them so Shea and Kyle were staying just a few doors down from us watching their dog. It was fun being so close to them and having dinner with them almost every night. We are going to miss being such close neighbors to them.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

2010-12-29T16:59:00.000-08:00

This year for Christmas we were able to be with both of our families on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! We started our festivities off with getting our traditional pedicure the morning of Christmas Eve with Bret's parents! (unfortunately I didn't get a picture this year) I think that is one of my new favorite tradtions. Later that day we were able to spend time with the Pierce side before heading to my parents for our Christmas Eve party. This is another one of my favorite traditions. It used to be held at my Grandma Pulley's but we are running out of room there so my parents offered to have it at their house. We eat a yummy dinner, sing a few songs, and then all of the kids get to open their new Christmas PJ's. I love traditions!SISTERS-Hadlee, Peyton and Taylor
The cutest nieces and nephew-we need a few more boys so Parker isn't so out numbered!

Almost all of Grandma Pulley's great grandkids! It's so hard to get all of them looking at the same time-they are still super cute!

Thank you Grandma for starting such a wonderful tradition that we all love! We hope it will continue for many more years!

CHRISTMAS MORNING

Pulley's

We were able to run over to my parents for a few minutes before heading to the Pierce's for breakfast. Shay helping all the kids with their surprises from Grandma and Grandpa. I love being at our parents houses and getting to watch the kids open their gifts. They are much more exciting then Bret and I.

Parker got a little wagon with blocks in it-I think ridding in it looks more fun too! He is such a happy fun loving little boy!

Pierce's

Anxiously awaiting for everyone to finish up breakfast so we could head down stairs.

Michelle, Nick, Brynlee, Maddie, Me and Grandma Lucy

I love Grandma Lucy!

We have the sweetest, cutest grandma out there!

Before heading down stairs we enjoyed one of my favorite things for breakfast-bisquits and gravy! It is usually something we only have while camping so it was a nice surprise for Christmas breakfast. Before going down stairs it is a tradition to have a family prayer so we don't forget the true meaning of Christmas. Our six year old niece said it-I don't think there is anything sweeter then listening to a child pray. Thank you Maddie for helping us remember the TRUE meaning of Christmas with your prayer. Another tradition I love and hope Bret and I can carry on with our family.

Grandkids on the Pierce side.

We were both very spoiled this year and we are so grateful to our parents for taking such good care of us. Thank you for all that you did-it was way to much. We had a fun holiday season spending time with family, eating yummy food and enjoying some of our favorite tradtions! We hope you all did the same!

Just Married!!!

2010-12-21T21:05:00.000-08:00

My cousin Megan got married this last weekend in the Manti Temple! It was a beautiful sealing-the sealer was so funny and had a lot of good advice to give. A lot of the things he said reminded me of things our sealer said to Bret and I. What a good reminder it was for me. I am grateful I was able to be in the Temple with Megan and Tyler and the spirit that was felt there. We are so excited for you two to begin your eternity together! Love you both!

The Second Annual....

2010-12-11T20:05:00.000-08:00

It's time again for our second annual ONESIE party at Grandma's house! A few of my cousins and I have decided to make this a tradition with Grandma. We used to watch the movie, The Best Christmas Ever all year round when we were younger. We still love it and I think we still even know almost all of the words to the songs. It brings us back to our childhood, and who doesn't want to be a kid again sometimes?!?!The BEST Christmas movie
The onesies are just another "kid" thing to add to the party

Traditional booty shot

We have way to much fun together! Grandma is such a trooper to put up with us crazy girls, we love her and are glad she does it! Thanks for the good times, I can't wait for next year!

The BIG day

2010-11-09T07:12:00.000-08:00

Shaylee and Ryley's BIG day finally came. They were sealed for time and all eternity in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple on November 3, 2010 Just Married
Whats a wedding day without everyone telling you to KISS?

Me and Sandra (Ryley's mom)

Shaylee is so lucky to marry into such a great family-we love the Johnsons!

Could these three get any cuter?

THE RECEPTION

Me and the beautiful bride

These two are inseparable-we love watching them play together.

All the boys

Parker, Frank, Weston, Shane, Ryley, Bret and Jeremy

And all the girls

Ashlee, Kimberly, Sadie, Shaylee, me and JessicaMe and the girls-they looked so cute!

Me and Bret

Shaylee and the girls-pretty in pink

Peyton-she is so stinkin cute!

I may be a little bit bias but I have the most beautiful little sister!

Her dress was amazing-everything turned out perfect!

Mr. and Mrs. Johnson

We are so happy for you two to start this fun journey together-I couldn't be more excited for you guys! You are starting out on the right foot being sealed in the Temple. It was such a blessing to be in the Temple with all of our siblings and parents. I don't know if it' s going to be harder for my parents being empty nester's or for me not having my baby sister there every time we go over. It will be an adjustment-I am not good with change, to say the least. But we are excited for her to be with her best friend and for Ryley to be apart of our family. They are so perfect for each other. We love you guys!

Halloween....

2010-11-09T06:56:00.000-08:00

This year for Halloween we went to my parents house Saturday night and ate yummy stew and soup and carved pumpkins with the kids. I think carving pumpkins with my niece Hadlee is becoming a tradition, she loves carving pumpkins and its even better when two of her favorite Uncles are there to help. Trying to get all 4 of them to look is impossible-but still, they are all so cute!

Peyton, Hadlee, Taylor and our little cowboy Parker
Hadlee brought a huge pumpkin to carve and Ryley wanted to be the best Uncle there so he carved it for her and put Bret and my name on it with a big heart, he was so proud!

Our 3 pumpkin carvers-Bret never wants to carve pumpkins but I think he has just as much fun as the kids. Thanks for a fun, laid back Halloween!

On Halloween day we actually started the wedding festivities with Shaylee and Ryley at their wedding dinner, of course I didn't take any pictures. It was a lot of fun visiting with everyone and hearing all the funny, embarrassing, nice things people had to say about both of them!

The Big One....

2010-10-18T08:14:00.001-07:00

So as many of you know hunting is a BIG deal at our house. My father-in-law finally got his big bull elk tag this year and he couldn't have been more excited! The boys have been talking about it all summer long, we are so happy the hunt finally came around! And they came home with this......we are so proud!Craig-right after he shot him
Two very proud boys!
My dad was able to go and he said it was like watching kids on Christmas morning-so fun for them!

My Dad and Jeremy
They were glad they were invited and had a great time!

This picture is kind of sick but I wanted to put it on here so you could see how wide it was. I couldn't believe it! They are such big animals.

The hunting crew

Richard, Kyle, Bret and Craig

These 4 have been hunting together for a long time. They love it!

Cherry Hill and Dads Birthday!

2010-08-26T14:21:00.000-07:00

For those of you who know us you know that we have been going to CHERRY HILL for as long as any of us can remember. It is a tradition we have with the Parker side of the family. We are die hards and wouldn't miss it. Bret even missed the opening of the archery hunt for CHERRY HILL! It really is the greatest family fun spot! These two are so fun to watch play together. Peyton is always trying to love Parker and he is starting to love her back. They couldn't be any cuter!
Parker~showing us his dance moves while we are anxiously waiting to head to Cherry Hill

Bret, Me, Megan and Tyler

waiting to get our "Splash Passes"

Jeremy and Hadlee

Coming off the Dragon Slide

Jer, Hadlee, Bret, Peyton and I heading to the RIVER RUN

(I can't get Bret to smile normal in a picture, gotta love him)

The RIVER RUN~this is definately our favorite!

Shaylee and Peyton on the Pirate Ship

Taylor spent most of her day roaming around in the stroller.

She'll have alot more fun next year!

Everyone gets pretty worn out by the end of the day.

Bret and Peyton taking a nap.

We had a lot of fun spending time with family and hope the tradition will continue to carry on for our kids! (someday) We all laugh about going to Cherry Hill every year but its a nice little get a way for all of us! Thanks everyone for the fun!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!

Dad, Me and Hadlee

This year for my Dads birthday we had a BBQ with the family. Its always nice to get together and celebrate birthdays! I couldn't ask for a better dad. He has taught us so much. I think the biggest things that stick out is that he has always taught me to remember who I am and to work hard. He has set a perfect example of both of those. He is such a hard worker and will do anything for anyone. And of course he's so much fun! Its a good thing I grew up with a dad that hunts and teases and all that good stuff because Bret is a lot more like my dad then I thought. I wouldn't have it any other way.

Thanks Dad for all you do for Bret and me, we sure do LOVE ya!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I had to share her with you, I LOVE her outfit!

I just can't get enough of her cute little face!

Love ya Taylor!

BIG NEWS.............

2010-08-02T14:48:00.001-07:00

My sister is ENGAGED! They are getting married in the Mount Timpanogos Temple on November 3rd! We couldn't be more excited for them! Ryley is a perfect match for her, he fits into the family perfectly! CONGRATS Shay and Ryley!

Love you guys!

Summer Update. . .

2010-07-14T18:33:00.000-07:00

It has been so long since I have updated. . . we have had a lot going on this summer. Here are a few of the things we've been up to!This sweet little girl turned 2
We have so much fun with Peyton-she has quite the personality for a 2 year old!

Her and her dad share the same birthday~it was fun celebrating with them

We love you Jer and Peyton!

4-WHEELING

We had fun 4-wheeling with these two adorable girls!

RIDING HORSES
Our nieces have been dying to ride my dads horses since they found out he has them.

We took them over there and Bret and my Dad gave them all a little ride.

Sweet little Avery even had a turn long enough for us to get a picture!

Abbie was learning how to get on and ride by herself

Kaylie and Maddie~such cute girls!

CONCERT IN EAGLE MOUNTAIN

Bret and I waiting for the concert to start

Heidi~Becky~Me

We tried taking so many pictures, this is as good as it got!

We had so much fun hanging out with friends and enjoying the concert!

GIRLS CAMP

I got called to be in Young Womens about 3 months ago and had to opportunity to go to Girls Camp this year. I feel like I just got out of Young Womens but it was a lot of fun and definitely a different experience going as a leader.

Our theme this year was SUPER GIRLS

These two girls came up with this fun outfit to fit the theme!
We stayed at the Heber Valley Camp. We were so spoiled to be able to stay in cabins, have flushing toilets, and even a hot shower!

BABY NICK!

I had to save him for last~ I think this is our favorite this that has happend to us this summer! We have another nephew on the Pierce side. Nick was born on June 10, he is now over a month old. He couldn't be any cuter. Check out all that hair!

Only a few hours old and already sucking his thumb~so cute!

The proud Aunt and Uncle~We love you baby Nick!

Blessing and a Birthday

2010-05-05T13:46:00.000-07:00

My sweet niece Taylor was blessed this past Sunday. It was a beautiful blessing. It was good to see all of the men in our family be able to participate. We are so blessed to have so many worthy Priesthood holders in our family!The happy family of 5

(my poor brother-in-law needs a boy)
Cute sisters!
Its so hard to get a good picture of 3 little ones~ they are still adorable

Sweet baby Taylor~she is so cute!

I love her dress. My sisters mother-in-law made it and it turned out great!

She is so talented.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

My beautiful little sister turned 21 yesterday! We all got together for a yummy BBQ. It's always fun being with the family and celebrating birthdays!

Peyton and Parker play so cute together.

They had so much fun with the birthday balloons!

Parker trying to escape the party~he is such a happy, fun loving little boy!

We love having a little boy around!

Parker and Grandma

*I'm no photographer but his face is to cute*

YEA..............ROOT BEER!

She has been joking about buying beer now that she is 21. (don't worry she doesn't drink.) I had her convinced all day that I bought her a 6 pack for her birthday. Yeah right, I'm way to chicken to buy beer. Thank heavens for rootbeer! I finally pulled one over on her!

Happy Birthday Shay! I couldn't ask for a better little sister or best friend~for those of you who know her you know how much fun she is! We hope you had a great 21st birthday!

WE LOVE YOU!

Spring Break

2010-04-21T13:05:00.000-07:00

We went to St. George for spring break again this year! Bret's family started this tradition quite a few years ago with another family and since then it has grown to 7 or 8 families. We have so much fun 4-wheeling, shopping, going out to dinner, laying by the pool, playing games and laughing until our stomachs hurt.

*sorry for the picture over load*

We had way to much fun playing with my camera! We decided to eat somewhere else while everyone else ate at Bajio and we got done eating before everyone even had there food so we had a little time on our hands. The things we do for entertainment. We couldn't take a good picture to save our lives, we were laughing way to hard! This is as good as is gets.

She was still having fun with the camera on her own- Love ya Shay!

Me and Shea waiting for everyone to get ready for our ride on the Barracks!

This is such a fun trail-we go on it every year!

Me and Bret!

I am no photographer and this picture doesn't do it justice at all but this ride is so beautiful!

We had a few stops along the way so why not bring out the camera?

We love pictures!There are several river crossings along the way-we made it through the first one but were a little concerned about the second one. We made the boys go through first-after a bunch of them were soaked some of us girls decided to make a bridge and cross it that way. Needless to say we stayed nice and dry.

Shaylee and Ryley( he must think he's a cowboy or something) riding through one of the crossings.

Some of them got a little scary but we all made it through safe and sound!

I tried to get a picture so you could see how many bikes and 4-wheelers we had but this is as good as I could get. I think there were 24 bikes and 35 people all together. We were so lucky we all stayed safe!

Me, my mom and my mother-in-law

I have the best moms-love you both!

I love my daddy! We were all a little shocked that my parents came with us this year. (they don't vacation much) We all had so much fun with them-and they loved it. I think they'll come again next year!

We drive into a little town and eat at this restaurant-I think the people that work there get a bit overwhelmed when they see all of us coming.

These two boys had the best helmets I have ever seen. I couldn't leave them out.

Gotta love the mohawks!

We had so much fun in St. George! We couldn't have asked for better weather or better company! Everyone we go with is so much fun-there is never a dull moment when you get close to 40 people together! Thanks everyone for the fun and laughs! We can't wait for next year!

EASTER. . .

2010-04-17T17:29:00.000-07:00

I know I'm a little late with this post. (I usually am with most of them :) We had such a fun Easter weekend. It was so nice having it over Conference Weekend. We got to spend a lot of time with our families which we love! This year Easter was really fun for me at our house. Last year the Easter Bunny kind of forgot to come to house-well he really just forgot me. Its a long funny story and Bret(the Easter Bunny) hasn't stop hearing about it since. He made sure not to forget Easter this year. I love Holidays-its fun shopping and getting little surprises. This year the Easter Bunny redeemed himself and remembered both of us! Bret picked out this cute pink basket and filled it with some of my favorite treats and a PEDICURE-one of my favorite things. He's so good to me! He didn't want a basket so his just got put on the table. He got a new pair of shorts and a few of his favorite treats. The Easter Bunny took good care of us this year!
After the morning session of Conference we headed to my parents house for a yummy lunch and an Easter Egg hunt for the grandkids. It was a little cold so we had to hurry. It was so fun watching them-and how excited they get when their baskets are overflowing with eggs.

As you can see it is hard to get a good picture when they have treats sitting next to them.

Hadlee, Parker and Peyton

Sweet baby Taylor!

After the second session of Conference we headed over to the Pierce's to have another yummy dinner and Easter egg hunt. We were so spoiled with two delicious meals. I think our moms are two of the best cooks-needless to say we were really full by the end of the day!

CHARLIE-he couldn't be any cuter!

Everytime I tried to get a picure of him he would walk closer to me.

Its close but still so cute-with his mouth full of candy!Charlie, Kaylie and Ellie

We had so much fun playing Easter Bunny for the kids. We have some of the cutest nieces and nephews! We had such a fun Easter weekend and are so grateful to have both of our families so close.

BABY TAYLOR

2010-03-18T15:25:00.000-07:00

My sister Kimberly had her third baby girl on March 10th.

She weighed 5lbs 10 oz 18 in. long

Hadlee is such a proud big sister!

Just home from the hospital-she is so precious!
My sister has the most beautiful baby girls

PEYTON

While my sister was in the hospital we all helped out with her other 2 girls. I had fun watching this little one! She has quite the personality. She was playing with Mr. Potatoe Head and she kept trying to put his glasses on-so funny! I had to share the picture!

ANNIVERSARY

2010-03-07T14:51:00.000-08:00

Bret and I celebrated our FIRST Anniversary last week. We stayed at the Anniversary Inn Sunday night and Monday we went to Park City! We were a little nervous when we pulled up to the Anniversary Inn. The building looks so old and run down-its kind of in the ghetto. But once we got inside it was really nice! We had so much fun relaxing, watching movies, and just being together! The rooms here are so fun-if you've never been, you need to go. So worth it!The shopping in Park City at the outlets was a lot of fun too. We shopped til Bret just couldn't take it anymore. Just kidding he is actually a good shopping partner- I think he came home with more than I did. We found a lot of good deal and had fun walking all over. The weather was so nice which made it even better!

I can't believe we have already been married a whole year. The time has gone by so fast. We love being married and have so much fun together-we have been so blessed this past year! I don't know where we'd be without each other. I married the sweetest boy anyone could ask for. I have been so blessed with a hard working, loving, forgiving, patient, do anything to make me happy husband. Bret is so incredible. I can't tell you how many times I have come home from work on a Saturday and he has cleaned the entire house-or he's surprised me and washed, waxed, and cleaned the inside of my car, or finished the laundry, he even cooks dinner and does the dishes. The list could go on and on. I always tell him "I don't know how I got so lucky." I'm so blessed to have such a great husband and to be sealed to him for ETERNITY. He means the world to me-we have had so much fun learning, growing and trying to figure out life together.

I LOVE YOU! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Shea and Kyle's Wedding

2010-02-25T16:44:00.000-08:00

Shea and Kyle were married on February 25th in the Manti Temple! We are so happy for them! We were able to go to their sealing, this was the first time I have been in the Manti Temple and it is so beautiful! It was great to be there with them. JUST MARRIED!!!!
It was such a beautiful day-a little cold but good! We were standing to the side of the Temple and we looked up and the sky was so pretty-Bret took this picture-I love it!
We had to do a little touch up to her hair before the reception!
She made such a beautiful bride!
The newlyweds before the reception
Congratulation Shea and Kyle~We love you!

Christmas....better late then never

2010-02-17T16:57:00.001-08:00

I know that I am 2 months late posting Christmas and we have alreay had another holiday but I really wanted to post about our first Christmas. Better late then never right? Bret told me its kind of embarrassing that I'm posting Christmas 2 months late so to Bret-sorry for embarrassing you. To everyone else-enjoy the WAY LATE Christmas!

We were so spoiled on Christmas! We got to have our own little Christmas at our house before we went to our parents houses. It was a little different not being home for Christmas but we had so much fun together Christmas morning! I was so excited to give Bret his presents. Christmas is one of my favortie holidays!

We got so spoiled by Brets parents. Us with all of the fun things they gave us!

Christmas morning at my parents house. No all of those presents were not for us. My mom loves Christmas and always gets a little carried away with presents. We were so spoiled there too!

Thanks to both of our parents for all that you do for us and for making our Christmas so fun! We love you guys!

Our first Christmas morning together!

Not the best picture-way to early to be ready for the day

Bret's favorite Christmas present-A CABELA'S gift card. That is all he asked for from everyone so he could buy a new gun-between me and our parents he got enough to buy it! He couldn't have been happier with the gift cards. (as you can see)

I think Bret is the most fun person to watch open presents. He would get so excited every time he opened a new one! It made Christmas morning so much fun at our house!

Our first tree!

Thanks Bret and to both of our families for making Christmas so much fun!

PEDICURES....

2010-02-17T16:46:00.000-08:00

I think my father-in-law might kill me for putting this on the blog but there's a good story behind it. Craig (Bret's dad) is always teasing Bret about occasionally going with me to get a pedicure. . . Bret's reply is always "don't knock it til you've tried it." So we FINALLY talked Craig into going with us. We went on Christmas Eve and had a lot of fun! He actually liked it and has been asking when we're going back! I think we are going to have to make this a new Christmas Eve tradition for the 4 of us!Craig and Nancy enjoying their pedicures
So in Bret and Craigs defense to all of you men out there who may be reading this and wondering what these 2 are doing getting pedicures. "Don't knock it til you've tried it"
Who doesn't love getting there feet rubbed and their back massaged at the same time?

TUBING!

2010-02-17T16:37:00.001-08:00

I have been meaning to post these forever. Just before Christmas I was able to watch my sister-in-laws cute girls! We decided to do something fun and take them tubing! Bret's parents took the three girls and Bret and I to Soldier Hollow! We has so much fun-If you haven't been there you need to go! It was a little cold but the girls were such troopers!Ellie, Abbie and Kaylie

They couldn't be any cuter!
Bret and I in the sea of tubes!

The whole gang!

Thanks Craig and Nancy for taking us all tubing! We had such a great time!

Love you guys!

More December FUN!

2010-01-26T14:52:00.000-08:00

I know these pictures are from over a month ago but I still want to post them! (there will be a few more posts to come from all of our December fun~sorry its taken so long) We made gingerbread houses with some friends at our house! We had a lot of fun making them and trying to get our to stay together!Us and our sad house
As you can see it was barely holding together-it fell apart right after we took this picture.
Next year we'll just buy the kit~maybe we'll have better luck!

Pam, Spencer, Kyle, Shea, and Bret

Having fun making our houses!

SWEATER PARTY

This picture is from a different night. We got together with all of my old roommates for an ugly sweater party! My cousins sweater took the cake-as you can see! Megan glued all of the ornaments onto the sweater she bought at D.I. So funny!

The back side! Love the sweater Meg!

I can't wait to make one for next years party!

The Best Christmas Ever Onesie Party

2010-01-11T13:38:00.000-08:00

This year some of the girl cousins on the Parker side decided to start a new Christmas tradition with Grandma. I have to give you a little background-when we were little we used to watch this movie called the BEST CHRISTMAS EVER over and over until I'm sure we drove Grandma and Grandpa crazy. It is a cute Christmas movie that has lots of fun songs and dancing! It has been a long time since we have all watched it together but needless to say, we still remember the songs and dances! We all decided we would wear our onesies. We even got Grandma a pair. You are just never to old for some things! The movie! Its kinda blury but I had to show a picture of it!

I couldn't figure out how to make it straight~I'm not very good at this yet.

Grandma modeling her new onesie~Isn't she the cutest!

We had to have a picture in front of the tree

Bret was a trooper and came to be our photographer for a while! We had to have lots of pictures! This one is his favorite!

A little booty!Kisses

Strike a pose! Grandma looks a little concerned about what was going on!

We Love her!This is me and Shaylee's favorite picutre. We could not stop laughing. I look like a giant baby! I have the most fun little sister! Love ya Shay!Sisters~Megan, Kallie and Kenzie

Poor Grandma~we wore her out!

We had so much fun together with Grandma! She was such a trooper. Wearing her onesie and taking way to many pictures with us crazy girls! We love her and couldn't ask for a more fun Grandma! We are excited for this new tradition and can't wait for the next Best Christmas Ever Onesie party at Grandmas! Thanks for all the fun girls!

2010-01-07T21:53:00.000-08:00

I still have so many more pictures to post! I will post the rest soon! Don't give up on me yet!

Birthday Fun!

2010-01-07T21:29:00.001-08:00

FINALLY! Sorry its been so long since I've updated. December was such a busy but FUN month for us. We had so much going on. We started the month out with my birthday! I am so lame and didn't take any pictures on my birthday. My niece Hadlee's birthday is the day after mine so we both celebrated! Here are just a couple pictures we took! The family singing to Hadlee and I!

23 candles wouldn't fit on that cute little cupcake!

Hadlee, Peyton and I! I love these girls- They are so much fun!

I just want to thank everyone who made my birthday so great! I was spoiled! I'm sad I didn't take any pictures. My sister and I spent most of the day together. We went shopping at Gateway to lunch and then she took me to get a pedicure! One of my favorite things to do! Later that night we had some of our family over for cake and ice-cream! It was a fun day! Thanks everyone for spoiling me! Love ya!

THANKSGIVING

2009-12-07T15:08:00.001-08:00

This year Bret and I had Thanksgiving with the Parker's (my moms side of the family) Both of my moms sisters and all of their kids were able to come! Grandma was so happy to have everyone there. It has been a long time since all of us have been together. We all had a great time eating, talking, laughing, and taking pictures together. THANKS to everyone who helped make such a YUMMY dinner! We are so blessed to have such a great family!Grandma with her girls and their husbands
Grandma and the boys.....

and the girls....

All of us toghether!

I don't think the boys got the memo about the group hug

Grandma with all of her grandkids and our spouses

We had a great time taking pictures!

Me and my beautiful sister~ Love ya Shay!
And last but not least me and Bret after eating way to much for dinner
FULL and HAPPY!

After we had dinner with the Parker's we were able to head to Orem to spend time with the Pierce's. Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures there. I will be better next year. We had a great time eating yummy pie and spending time with them. We are so lucky that our families live so close. We are so thankful for our families and all they do for us!
We hope you all had a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Pulley Family Pictures

2009-11-29T13:32:00.001-08:00

The whole fam-we couldn't have asked for a better day!

The Walker's

Kimberly, Jeremy, Hadlee and Peyton

And one on the way-they're expecting another girl in March!

The Pulley's

Frank, Ashlee and Parker

Bret and I

Daddy's Girls!

Couldn't have asked for a better dad!

We love you!

The grandkids with Grandma and Papa!

PRINCESS DISNEY

2009-11-14T22:28:00.001-08:00

Anxiously awaiting for Princess Disney to start! This was our 2nd annual trip to see the show! I know we might be a little to old for this but we are all still kids at heart. We had a blast and have decided to make it a tradition! Someday we'll have an excuse to go.....when we have girls of our own. After the show we went to lunch and shopping! Thanks for the fun day girls!
We loved the elephant-he was huge and funny! When he left the ice he shook that big booty!
Had to be there, it was so funny!

Check out dopey's sweet moves....the dwarfs were so cute!

We can't leave out the hosts-Mickey, Minnie and Goofy

I had to put this one in. If you look hard enough you can see GUS-GUS. He was such a cute chubby little mouse! One of my favorites!

I left my favorite for last. I love Cinderella!

It was nice and sunny when we went into the show, but not so sunny when we came out. It was snowing so much. Thank heavens we had hoods-well most of us. Poor Heidi only had a little scarf. Isn't she cute!? We ran and laughed the whole way to the car.

Summer Fun

2009-06-01T21:59:00.000-07:00

This is going to be a long random post of our summer adventures! We went camping with the Pierce's and some of their friends this summer a few times and had a blast! We love camping with them! And yes that BIG fish is one I caught! Bret's dad bought me the cutest pink fishing pole. I don't hunt with Bret but we love to fish together!
The Lehi Round Up!
Sean and Chloe

My parents even love the rodeo! They are one cute couple! Love them!

I think my niece likes the rodeo more then any of us! She's already a little cowgirl!

One of our friends took us boating this summer and this was the only good picture I got. That's Bret on the knee board!

Bret has loved being able to go riding with my Dad this summer!

He has become quite the cowboy!

4-wheeling is always fun when my sister is there.

Love ya Shay!

Getting ready to head up the mountain

The girls-Me, Ash and Shay

HONEYMOON. . .

2009-03-08T21:50:00.000-07:00

We went to Disneyland for our honeymoon-besides the fact that our luggage got lost we had a blast! I didn't get many pictures but here are a few!
This was a buzz lightyear ride-I think? Bret loved the toy guns!

We had to get a picture by the big A!

We can't wait to go back! Hopefully next time our luggage won't get lost!

THE RECEPTION

2009-03-07T17:44:00.000-08:00

At the reception-everything went perfect! The Pulley side and...

The Pierce side

I had to put a picture of my cake-I loved it!

ENGAGEMENT

2009-03-07T17:09:00.000-08:00

I decided to try this blogging thing out! Two of my friends have been trying to help me and it has been rough. Hopefully I will be able to figure it out! I'm going to start from our engagement so bear with me!

Bret and I met in October of 2007. One of my best friends Shea set us up! We dated for 13 months before Bret proposed. We went to Texas in November to visit his sister and her family. He told me that he was going to take me ring shopping for my birthday (which is in December) but little did I know he already had the ring in Texas. We went to a place called the River Walk-he proposed there. I was so suprised! He even picked out the ring by himself! I love it and was so excited to start our new journey together!

Pierce Family Pictures

2009-03-01T11:24:00.000-08:00

We had family pictures right before we got married. I'm lucky to have such great in-laws! And the cutest nieces and nephew! Love you guys!
The Hickmans
Ellie, Natalie, Kaylie and Abbie

The Hipples
Nichole, Brynlee, Isaac and Madelyn
We are missing Avery in the picture-she was born in July.
Its already time for new pictures!

The Meegans
Michelle, Charlie and Jack

Maddie is such a character! So cute and fun!
We love her!