man oh man oh man

sometimes i get really behind in my blog (like now) and just want to give up.

lets start off by saying sometimes bad things happen and it seems like everything is against you. like when you come home from christmas break and your suit case full of your favorite clothes, shoes, and other miscellaneous things (including your new christmas everything you haven't worn) gets stolen. or when your water stops working in your apartment because the pipes froze and your landlord won't do anything. OR when you drop your phone in the gutter full of ice chunks and filthy cold water.

BUT then good things happen. we have had WAY TOO MANY NICE PEOPLE help us out with gift cards and money to buy new clothes. it was the nicest thing ever and i am in complete shock. my mom got right on the pipes situation and we got byu housing involved and that got taken care of fast. AND then just when i was about to leave my phone i reached in again and found it. say whaattt. real.

lessons learned from these experiences: don't save things for the "perfect" time to use them because you might just lose them. i am WEIRD with my clothes, i'm aware. some of the things i lost i was saving for the perfect day to wear. for example this AMAZING dress to wear over leggings. can you say perfect outfit?

ya well i got it for my birthday and never wore it because i was saving it. baha that backfired when it got taken!  or the hair products i saved to use when i REALLY needed them, and now they are gone. so this has turned into an inspirational talk. use your stuff yo!

thats all. point of the story is i just can't believe how nice people are.  thanks everyone for helping out! it really means a lot!

i love this quote from President Hinckley:
“Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out."

sometimes life is really hard and you just need to remember heavenly father is there for us and everything does work out eventually. 

Lots of visitors here in Provo!

the chatman family came to visit and it was fun to see them!

jessica spent the night which was the best, she is so dang funny. apparently there is a helium shortage in the world so we naturally had to suck the helium of the few balloons i got from work.  it sure was an adventure.

grandma and grandpa came and visited us also. it is always fun seeing them in provo! we had a great time.

alicia, james and their adorable two kids came to provo too and we got to see them! then stephanie, rob and henry came. we just have visitors left and right!  jami came down for a weekend too!  han, em and their friend shelbie came one weekend to visit us. it was a partay! awful waffle was delicious and so filling. we are smart and bought a whole gallon of milk!

went to get our hair done and it was quite the adventure. we had em drive for a second, scary! :)

provo is great because everyone comes to visit! lucky us!

trip home and to twin falls

we went home to see Les Misérables and it was the BEST trip ever. we got our family pictures taken by meredith (a good pal from fruitland) and they were the bomb.com. some pictures from the trip!

on the way home there was sun shining on us which messed with our sleeping situation. so we made a fort. kait has a blanket on because she is cold with the ac blasting for us in the back. way to take one for the team kait! we also drove down with syd and mccall which was a partay! just like old times road trips with the biddles.  sure love syd and mccall and loved having them home with us!

 

went bright and early to get the iphone 5 when it came out for lo! there were not that many people there waiting for it in idaho ha.

fruitland soccer game to watch my sistas woot. also took this cute kade kid to mickey ds for lunch during school. spoiled rotten.

before les mis we went to red robin for my birthday dinner. yum! les mis was honestly the best thing ever. LOVED IT.

our family pictures turned out great! here is just a few of the best pictures.

then we went on another trip to twin falls for han and em's state soccer game.  everyone was there but jami and it was a great weekend!

it was fun to watch han and em play and see the fam!