2 months....

I am soooo excited. It is exactly 2 months to the day till I will meet my future husband at the temple and marry him for eternity! For now it is a lot of planning and some stressing along the way...

Honestly we are doing so good as far as being ready. We have the venue, the temple date, my dress, bridesmaids dresses, food, decorations, etc... Now I find myself searching online for stuff I can do for the wedding. :( I've officially decided I'm probably crazy, but can you blame a girl for being excited?

Here is my little plug for addresses. If you read my blog and I haven't asked for your address or you aren't on the address list that Grandma Hellewell just send out, will you please send me your address so I can send you an invitation. Thanks

Engaged

Sorry, this isn't much, but I was realizing that I hadn't even posted that I was getting married. So, for those of you that don't know I am getting married January 15th in the Bountiful temple. My fiance's name is Justin McEwan. He is amazing and I am so lucky to be marrying him for eternity.

Cute kid pics

Hey everyone. I know i'm horrible at blogging lately. I am super busy lately it seems...although I do seem to have time to jump on to facebook so I should find more time for my blog :P

On monday this week my family went to Antelope Island, a state park which has antelope and buffalo running wild. It was pretty fun. It used to be a running ranch and the ranch house is open to walk through. The kids really loved it, and the adults had fun too. Here are a few pics from our trip. Enjoy :)








I didn't have any good pics of Liam...so he isn't included in these pics, but I'll upload one soon. Hope everyone is doing well.

pretending to be mommy

Well, it has been way too long since I've blogged. Feel like I'm super busy all the time. My job is moving along. This next week is my last week on orientation and then I'll transition to being an official PICU nurse. I'm getting excited. I also just got called to the RS presidency so my sundays are pretty busy now. Other than that I'm trying to spend time with my family since all my immediate family lives nearby now.

This weekend my sister and brother-in-law are running this relay that is like 100 miles non-stop. So, I recieved the job of watching the kids. Lucas has decided that I'm his "other mommy" he calls me mommy all the time. I'm definitly not ready to be a mom of 5, but it is going ok. Most likely because my mom and dad have been relieving me with taking at least on kid at a time.

Well, we are about to go up to Park City to see Chris and Jared finish their race so that is all for now. HOpe everyone is doing well.

Real Life

Well, I'm sorry it has been so long since I updated. I would say I've been really busy, but the truth of the matter is I've been so lazy and boring that I had nothing to write about....

So, I started at Primary Childrens Hospital yesterday. I'm so happy to be back at work. I can't wait to get on the unit. Right now I'm just going through orientation which is kinda boring... I've met a few nice girls that I'll be working with though. I think it is going to be a great thing.

For the last few weeks I've just been enjoying my free time. I've spent a lot of time with my sister up in Syracuse which has been great fun. I continue to go dancing every thursday night which is great fun, even though I'm not so good. I've gotten to know a few guys that have good potential but not really anything to report on the dating topic... :(

Well, I guess that is about it really. I'll write again when I have more to report.

check out my sisters blog!!!

Most of you who follow my blog probably follow my sisters blog too but if you don't already go check out: morethoughtswithchris.blogspot.com

She posts free giveaways from different blogs which are great fun. She wins all sorts of fun stuff pretty frequently.

Right now on her blog she has a giveaway going for a great family friendly outdoors kit from Yoplait. It has all sorts of fun things to do outdoors. So, if you have a family, some friends or know of someone who has some ;) then you should go over and check it out.

a few pics and updates

So, last week I met my friend Jina to look at apartments together. While I was waiting for her I took a few pictures of the temple. Here are a few of my favs.






Jina and I ended up finding an apartment in Midvale, right on the Sandy/Midvale border. The apartment is nice. Don't know enough about the area to know how it is. I hope the ward ends up being a good one. The day we met up to look at apartments one of my other good friends came down from Rexburg with her husband a baby. It was great to see Kristina and meet her son. None of my pictures of us together turned out that great so I wont share those...

I'm still kinda living between my apartment and my sisters house. I don't have any of my furniture yet. It should be here on tues or wed next week. For now I'm enjoying spending time with my niece and nephews. The older kids are on spring break so we are having fun. On Monday we went to the zoo. It was my first time and I thought it was great. I hope to go back some time soon. Here are a few random pics from the trip to the zoo.














We also went to the tree house museum yesterday and I took the older three kids to see Monsters vs. Aliens. The kids enjoyed the movie and were really good. I think tomorrow will be more of a relaxing day. I'm really looking forward to this weekend. I LOVE Easter. I love all that it means and just in general love the holiday. Spring time is so beautiful and I love chocolate, getting dressed up in a new outfit for church, being with family, and easter egg hunts. I'm especially excited since this year I get to spend the holiday with the kids. I hope everyone has a great Easter!