Family Pictures!!!

We had our very first family pics done a couple days ago. It was a lot of fun even though it was pretty cold outside. Ashton loves to be outside so he did really well considering the weather. So here is a preview of some of my favorites.

Finally....Halloween Pics

So here are the long awaited halloween pics. I was waiting to post till I got some of my costume, but that still hasnt happened. (my friend Jessica has them and she is in Island Park) So this is all ya get. Ashton was a stick person this year. It was kind of a last minute decision to go to the ward trunk or treat. He really enjoyed it though. He walked around with his lil bucket and if he ever got close enough to someone handing out candy he would get a couple pieces. I think he got like 5 pieces total which was just enough for me!!

The Unknown

I've been tagged! By Jess :) The goal is to tell you six things you don't already know about me.
1. I eat chocolate for breakfast every day...no exceptions!
2. My true passion is Interior Design. I would love to go back to college one day and major in it.
3. Idaho has actually grown on me and I wouldnt mind living here for a while.
4. I am drawn to anything green. It is my favorite color and so if it is green I will like it. No matter what.
5. OK so I am gonna stop at 4. I have been working on this for a half hour and still have nothing. Everyone already knows me enough!

Well, I guess it's my turn to tag. I want to hear from Audree and Krisitin.

Vanessa's Super Birthday Giveaway

Vanessa is having a giveaway and here are the prizes. Check out her blog for complete details on how to win.

http://vschmidt.blogspot.com/

Don't Tas Me Bro!

http://www.kidk.com/news/30592809.html

http://www.rexburgstandardjournal.com/articles/2008/10/08/news/36.txt

Here are 2 links to videos of Kurtis being tased. They are kinda funny to watch but you can see the pain too. The shock lasts 5 seconds, but is the longest 5 seconds ever. But he also says that he has had worse with being pepper sprayed in the police academy and a gas chamber in the army.

Tag...your it

So to give back to all you creative bloggers I found a cute tag. Vanessa did this on her blog. So I'm ripping it off.Here's how it works....

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.

b. Using only the first page, pick an image.

c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

d. copy the mosaic image (right click, save image as) to your computer.

Here's mine:

And these are the questions & my responses:

1. What is your first name? Jenni

2. What is your favorite food? Pizza from Pizza Hut

3. What high school did you go to? Lawrence County, KY

4. What is your favorite color? Green

5. Who is your celebrity crush? Gabriel Macht

6. Favorite drink? Water

7. Dream vacation? Australia

8. Favorite dessert? Chocolate Cake

9. What you want to be when you grow up? Interior Designer

10. What do you love most in life? Family

11. One word to describe you? Crazy

12. Your flickr name? Dont have one

This was pretty fun. You should all try it out!

A SHOUT-OUT TO ...ME!

So today I turn 23 so this blog is all about ME.
I want to start off by saying that I feel great at 23. I am still very young an yet I have already accomplished so much. Here are some of the things that I am most proud of: I moved out on my own @ 18 and went all the way to Portland from Kentucky all on my lonesome, I lived in 4 different states all within a years time, I Graduated fom Beauty School and became a manager of a salon within my first month as a Stylist, I managed to find, marry, and hold on to the love of my life, I have the most perfect baby in the world, I was able to be sealed to my family for all of eternity, I survived 2 full winters in Island Park, Idaho (aka Antartica), & we bought our first home! The list could continue but I dont wanna brag or anything. So here is to me and many more years of bragging right and accomplishments.















Not quite sure how old I am in this pic but prob somewhere around 3-4. Aren't I cute?

Here's to you Kristin

1- what is your shnookems' name: Kurtis Benjamin Braley
2- who eats more: Def. Kurtis...no competition here
3- who said "I love you" first: uuh I should know this huh? Prob me?
4- who is taller: Kurtis wins @ 6'0"
5- who is smarter: Seeing as to how I only went to Beauty School & Kurtis has his Bachelor's....that would be...Kurtis
6- who is more sensitive: This is a joke.....Kurtis doesn't even know the meaning of the word!
7- who does the laundry: We both do our fair share

8- who sleeps on the right side of the bed: Kurtis, not sure why though since the left is closer to the bathroom and he uses it more than I do.
9- who pays the bills: Tricky one. Makes the money and pays them is Kurtis...Sends them in and pays them is both.
10- who does most of the cooking:I do definatley. Unless of course I want a grilled cheese or burrito for dinner.
11- what meals do you cook together: uh none. He would just get in my way
12- who is more stubborn: I would say me, but just barely. Kurtis is pretty hard-headed too.
13- who is the first to admit they are wrong: That would be a big fat NEITHER
14- who has more siblings: he has me beat by 4
15- who wears the pants in the relationship: Doesn't the girl always wear the pants? Woot woot! 16- what do you like to do together: I will keep this G-Rated and say movies, play with Ashton, and bike.
17- who eats more sweets: No one can top me and I mean NO ONE!
18- what is his guilty pleasure: Chocolate Milk
19- how did you meet: Originally on his mission. And a big 6 years later Rexburg brought us back together and we decided it was fate!
20- who asked who out first: He ask me. And of course I was all for it.
21- who kissed who first: He kissed me..it is kinda funny though cuz I was leaning over to see the TV and he thought I was going for him, so he kissed me!

22- who proposed: Kurtis took me out for a day of adventure and to many places I had never been. He ended the day with a ring.
23- his best features: Those big blue eyes, they melt me. And darn it Ashton has them too.
24- what is his greatest quality: He can make me smile even when i wanna be mad at him...its not really fair though.

25- I also tag all those who sat through this! But come on...it gave me a new post and something to do!

And here he is.....the love of my life!

Blog Posts

Ok so as everyone has probably noticed I am not the greatest at keeping my blog updated. This is due to a busy schedule and lack of creativity in the world of blogging. So I am looking to you all now to help me out. I need some ideas for a simple and fun blog that I can do weekly. For example......Flashback Friday, Top 10 Tuesday, Super New Saturday. Ok you get the idea. Now get those brains working and get me some ideas. Pronto Squanto I say.

A day at the Dunes & Egin Lake

Somedays I wish I really could step on her and squish her
Daddy and his lil Boy
Floating away
Playing in the water with his bucket

Me, Madre, and lil Pedro
Pulling my gimpy sista around

The happy family
Chillin in my tube

Grandpa Eric playing in the sand with Ashtons new toys
I keep a miniature of Kurtis around cuz I like to carry him in my pocket
Me and the sister

OOH Give Me a Home Where the Buffalo Roam

Yet another trip to Yellowstone this year. It seems to be becoming a yearly ritual. Two years in a row now we have gone to the park around the same time. We will have to see if we can keep it up.
Yogi Bear
One of the many beautiful waterfalls

My pet Buffalo.....they are so cute
Midway geyser basin
Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Ashton's Big Birthday Bash

Ashton just turned 1 on July 18th...sad I know. Time really has flown by this year. But we had to celebrate so we had a party for him at the park. He had 10 friends come and play and eat cake with him.

We had a water toy to play with and lots of water balloons (Ashton had to miss out on the balloons this year.) I made a very special fish cake for him......yeah you can just call me Martha freakin Stewart!!

I was hoping he would just dig right in to the cake but the frosting seemed to get in the way. But he did stick his fingers in it and tasted a little. Then we just fed him some cake (we found out the night before that he loves chocolate cake....thats my boy!!!)

He ate quite the piece before we had to cut him off for fear of a belly ache or something worse. Needless to say he was already hooked and mooched for more and then cried when he couldnt have any.

And then he opened all of his presents, with a lil help from me and the other kids. I think the other kids were as excited to see them as anyone else.

Ashton sitting back just enjoying the day!

Grammi Diana making the Birthday boy giggle!

Spending some time with Great Aunt Jenette!

So we are new here...

Kurtis and I finally decided to join the blogging world after we found out that we are the last people on Earth to have our own. So bear with us until we get the hang of things around here.

Our new Crib

We just bought our first homw 2 weeks ago and we love it. It is so nice to finally have a place to call our own. Its a 3 bedroom with an unfinished basement so we have room to grow. Nice and big with plenty of room for Ashton to explore. So come by and see us cuz we love to show it off. However we are still unpacking. Things got a lil delayed due to the great weather...you never know how long it will last, so you gotta take advantage of it.

Egin Lake

We spent another hot sunny day at the lake on thursday. This time Erin and June came along with us. We had a great time. Ashton got to try out his new float that was given to him by Scott & Elizabeth last year. He loves the water...thank goodness!!! Hopefully I can raise him to be a fish just like me.