catching up

Summer is going by pretty fast, but Brodee and I have been both pretty busy.

1) Birthday!! Well it's official I am now 23 years old...geez..old! :) My birthday was on the 26th. Brodee took the day off and went to Twin Falls to hang out. Later that evening after the baseball games we had a small birthday party with the family at my house.

2) Swim Lessons! I have been taking Carlee, Jed, Libby, Chase, Ryan and Ren to swim lesson in Almo for the past few days. It's a good way to keep me busy and it's fun to swim with them. Holly came with me the first day.

Front seat passengers

 3) Hanging out with friends!! Brodee and I have some really cool friends...Scott and Joyanne...we love hanging out with them. On Friday night, we went into town and at dinner with them at Shon Hings, swam in the canal by Scott's parents house, ate ice cream from DQ and sat in a hot tub. It was a really fun night.

This picture is funny because Brodee HATES the water!! He doesn't like to be in it. Therefore, the only way we could get him into this "stomach deep canal" was to have him on a tube with a life jacket. It was the funniest thing ever watch him carefully get into the water. He even left his boots on...I dont think a single part of this body got wet!! Ha It was so cute though to watch this situation. We had a blast though floating this canal though.

4) Things are the house!! The chickens are getting larger! They are all laying hens and getting ready to start laying their eggs. The goat "Whitey" is doing good. He is getting a personality. It is fun to watch her outside. The garden is growing so well...and so are the weeds ha. We are going to have carrots, peas, lettuce, spinach, potatoes, tomatoes, and pumpkins. The trees we planted are growing pretty good..only a few have died. We have done landscaping around the yard and we love it. Brodee and I both enjoy being outside especially when it is nice!! We spend alot of time outside :)

It's been a year! Happy Anniversary!

My alarm rang at 5:00am as I sluggishly crawled out of bed to get ready to go. Michelle did my hair, mom gathered my dress and put in the car and we were off. With dad driving, mom in the passenger seat, Holly, Michelle and me in the back seat we were loaded up as we ventured with anticipation to the Twin Falls Temple.

 There I stood with my mom in the Bride's room anxious to see how the day would pan out. I carefully put my temple clothes on and left the comfort of my mom. As I walked into the room, there he was sitting in a chair as nervous as ever. His leg was twitching uncontrollably and it began to make my stomach fill with butterflies. Thoughts of the unknow filtered into my mind...after the longest thirty minutes of my life, Brodee and I walked hand-in-hand down the hall to the sealing room. As we walked in friends and family filled the room. This was real! I was finally getting married! With a smile on my face and moments later, I had done it...I had married my best friend! :)

One year ago, that day was as real as it could be. Last year, I married the most amazing man and what a year it has been.  For our anniversary, we took a little get-away vacation for the weekend...we ventured out of Malta (which Brodee doesn't like doing) ha and went to Salt Lake/Ogden area. We went to the zoo, out to dinnerat the Joseph Smith Building, shopped at Tai Pan, and enjoyed the luxeries of our hotel. It was pretty fun. It was a nice break, but it was good to be getting back.. We EVEN enjoyed our wedding cake top. :)

The highlights of our year as a married couple...

- bought a house last August

- bought a Dodge Truck

- started a farm : goat and 11 chickens

- lived with both of our parents back and forth until we finally settled where we are now

- went to movies

- attended the temple

- had friends and family visit frequently

- visited friends all over Idaho and Utah

- aruged over silly things...such as Toyota vs. Dodge or how something should be done

- been busy with both of our jobs

- attended Holly's graduation

- went fishing

- hiked to Independence Lakes

- Moved "the castle" from Malta to Elba (suppose to be our fiirst home)

- has our first christmas and hanging lights outside experience

- family dinners with both our families every other weekend after church

- laughed with each other

- AND just lived life

I sure do love Brodee and all that he does! I'm so lucky =)
I can't wait for the next years to see what is in store for us!!

Spring break at it's finest

For the past 12 years or so, every spring break has always been trips either from Malta to Moscow or Moscow to Malta, but this year, I didn't venture on that long trip with Holly and my dad and neither did my mom; therefore my mom and I have been bonding pretty much every night. With Bordee working long hours now that the weather is getting warmer I have alot of time to myself. However, my mom and I have been busy doing many different things..well actually just one major thing and that was making these lovely curtains for my house. I actually just got the fabric the other day. I ws so HAPPY!! Since we moved in ,back in August, I have been trying so hard to find that fabric that I fell in love with and I do have it around my house here and there, but I really wanted to make curtains, but couldn't found it, UNTIL Loralee was in Wal-mart in Jerome and there it was!! She is so nice and  picked me up some, and that night, we made them!! My mom is such a good sewer :)

They turned out really nice and I was super excited to put them up :)

Also a while back I bought these frames at a craft show and was needing to put them up but never seemed to fine time, until...now!!

And last but not least, the Chickens!! :) How are they getting big so fast, jeez, they really aren't friendly anymore and it is sad, but I do try to catch them, and hold them, but man that is a job! You walk to one side of the box and they run to the other, then you move over to the other and they move to the other side..it is almost impossible and without fast moving hands, let me tell you , you will not catch one of them!!

Well that is what my spring break is consisting of lately, but hey it's only Wednesday ;)

Little bit of this and a little bit of that

Well it for sure has been a long time since the last post, but alot has been going on in our lives. So hear is a recap of the last few weeks...

Brodee decided that he wanted to start this lovely project of building a chicken coop, so you know what that means...CHICKENS!! Yep little baby chicks, and let me tell you they are so cute! This is the beginning of what it looks like, we still have a lot to do, but it's coming right along.

In the meantime, meet the chickens! There are ten of them, 5 black ones and 5 yellow ones. They are all laying hens...except maybe for 1; we think he might be a rooster.

The night that we bought these chickens, it decided that it was going to snow AND kick our power off for 12 hours. This resulted in no heat lamp for the little fellows...which meant they were being held in towels to keep warm and being warmed in the box with a candle and tin foil. Believe it or not, non of them died!

Another big thing, was that we bought a truck! It's a Dodge and we sure do love it! And it actually gets pretty good gas mileage which is always a plus. :)

 And...LAST BUT NOT LEAST...the BIRTHDAY BOY!!!

Happy Birthday Brodee!!

On March 17th he turned 23 years old!!

Somethings about Brodee:

 He never stops moving, he is moving all the time: working or fiddling with something.

He likes to drink warm water.

He thinks Malta is the "City."

He never gets cold..when you touch his skin it is always warm.

He loves the DI.

Almost everytime we go to Sportsmans, he buys a knife.

He always walks behind me and shuts ALL the lights off in the house...quite annoying!!

Eats ketchup with everything.

Doesn't like butter on his toast.

Faithful home teacher.

He has a unique laugh, you can find him in a crowd of people with one little laugh.

Favorite color is blue.

He really likes popcorn on Sunday nights with salt and a little bit of butter.

Of course the cute little couple..HOLLY and Emmet

We had both families over for cake and icecream on Sunday for his birthday!

It has been a great, and fast moving past weeks, its crazy how time flies when you stay busy with different things. :)



Happy Valentine's Day 

What made my day great...

1. Now where would Valentine's Day be without Flowers?? However, not flowers from Brodee, BUT from the Boden family...that's right they love me!! :)

2 .Also, I got to eat dinner with my mom, dad, Holly, and Brodee at Cattle Country!

3. I also managed to get all sorts of chocolate candies, heart-shaped nick-nacks, and a variety of infamous Valentine's Day cards from all my kids in my class. Pretty much they all said, "You are the best teacher ever!" Made my day!

4. I also have never laughed in front of and with my entire class as much as I did to the point where tears where streaming down my face. The things they say...

5. The annual school Valentine's Day party was a success! The kids loved it, the parents did a fantastic job, and they all left with a sugar overload. Perfect way to end the day  :)

For not liking Valentine's Day, I would say it was a pretty good one!! :)

Wishing him a Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Dad!!

 My dad turned 48 years old today and is still going as strong as ever, is what he tells us :) Brodee always tells me, "There is only one Mr. Scott, and he cracks me up. He is such a good guy." And let me tell you, Brodee is completely right...there is only one man like my dad, but we sure do love him!

He is supportive of his children and wife, kind, loving, encouraging, and courageous. 

He keeps to himself, down to earth, and enjoys everyday in his life.

He loves teaching high school History, coaching football, boys basketball, and experiencing the near-to death adventures of teaching drivers ed. 

He loves to tell stories, visit, and make sure you are doing okay.

He loves watching football, basketball, hunting shows, COPS, and 80's music videos.

He loves the Idaho Vandals, going to 'Dad's Weekend' in Moscow with his kids, and taking road trips to Moscow.

 He loves cleans vehicles, his red Toyota truck, and mowing the lawn to perfection.

My mom said, "He is a good person, he is always kind and treats other nicely."

He loves to get a laugh out of my mom, pester her until she cracks a smile, and makes sure she just has a good day with the crazy things he formulates to say to her. :)

Holly said, "He pesters and bugs me all the time, but I know he does it cause he loves me."

Happy Birthday Dad!! We sure do love you!! :)

"It's my birthday!" is what we have been hearing

"It's my birthday and I am 9 years old today!" he told us all day. And guess what...he was right!!!

Today was Adam's aka "Shorty" birthday! He turned 9 years old and I would say he has had a pretty good day. Since the boys basketball tournament is going on, he decided that he wanted to spend his birthday with Brodee and me; he sure is a lucky boy ;) After school we did several things...made dinner, visited Holly and my mom, had Holly and Emmet come over, played the board game Sorry, ate cake and ice-cream, played xbox and watched a movie.

Right before playing Sorry, I told Adam that he needed to go and get the Sorry game. He told me, "But I can't reach it." So I headed downstairs with him to get the game off the shelf. Little to my knowledge that Adam indeed could reach the game this time. After I teased him he proceeded to tell me that, "Since it's my birthday and I am 9, I guess I am getting taller too!" Haha I laughed, but I sure do love this boy!!