this definitely gave us something to think about:)

Rocky Point!

For quite some time Jordan has been promising his bff Brad and Jessie, Brads wife, that he would take him to Rocky Point to stay in the condo that we stayed in on our honeymoon. Its so awesome down there Jor just wanted to share it.  So finally the oppurtunity presented itself and we took it!! We were also SO lucky to have Sarah and Steve and Amy and Bob AND all of their children come with us!!! We all fit nicely into to the 3 room condo that Pat, Sarah's mother n law, so generously lets us stay at.  She's the nicest lady ever.  Its so nice and chill down there we want to take everyone with us!  So sign up and reserve a room for the next time we go!!

Night swimming in the ocean..is kinda creepy.

Eating Paletas ALL the time.

The beaches are flooded with HOTT men!

And hott women!! Slash reall pretty sunsets! Slash bon fires.

Fireworks and little boys with braided hair.

And lots and lots of really good food.

At least Bearett is happy right here! :)

Family Road Trip

Our biggest feat of the summer was the Brewer family reunion!  It was held in a little town right outside of Yellowstone national park.  It was gorgeous weather and gorgeous scenery too!  Jordan and I, being on a very strict budget, rode in the 12 passenger van with all his  younger brothers and sisters all the way up to Idaho.  Craziness!!!  I think there were 10 of us in the van and occasionally Jordan's little nephew would ride with us too.  Its been a while since I've been in a van that full!  The drive was somewhere around 20hrs.  But we had some exciting stops along the way and took lots of pictures!  On the first night of our road trip we stopped in Salt Lake and spent the night at Jor's G-ma and G-pa Baldwins who are currently serving a mission there.  

The Salt Lake Temple

We were able to do a session here the next morning before we had to get back on the road again.  Nolan, my father n law, made it a point to try and stop at every temple we drove by.  Here we are at the Logan Temple.

The Logan Temple was soo BEAUTIFUL!

We just did a quick drive by of the Idaho Falls Temple.

Once we finallyy got there we were pooped!  The family reunion involved Jordan's moms side and most of them were able to make it.  It was lots of fun hanging out with all of them and getting to know them.  They were all awesome and nice!  I think there was somewhere around 45 people that came and everyone crammed into the same house!   Not that the house wasn't big but it was just a LOT of people.

So the third day of the trip everyone went to Yellowstone, which was mostly just more driving, but we saw some pretty amazing sites!

I don't know how this happened but its pretty beautiful!

Doug, Jor, Daniel, Kaley, and Taylor at one of the many geysers we stopped at.

Old Faithful!  We barely made it to see Old Faithful.  We had to run from the parking lot to make it there on time.

Top Model!!

Sooo pretty out there!!

This rainbow was at a waterfall called Lower Falls...I think.  We had to hike down a very steep, metal staircase with about 350 steps.  The hike out was pretty trechorous, definetily could feel the burn. 

   My new hat!                                                              Hot tubbin!

We had lots of fun up in Idaho!  I am so lucky to be apart of such an amazing family.  Cant wait for the next reunion!!

On the way home we stopped at the Rexburg Temple.

The temple is on top of the biggest hill in town so everyone can see it

And thats the trip in a nutshell!

For some reason the computer won't publish it the way I really made so sorry if its hard to read!

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9.9.11

I have sadly lost touch with my blog this year.  Mainly because of the death of my computer and then my camera.  But now Ive fixed the cam and got a new compu so I will be attempting to keep this thang updated! 
A lot has gone by since christmas that I havent been able to document since my camera broke and that I cant really recall now. I guess the biggest event was Jordan and I's one year anniversary.  Since it was like 3 months ago its not too hott of a topic anymore:(  But definitely a success!!
The summer has FLOWN by!  So fast it didnt even stop to give us a monsoon....seriously we got barely anything down here in the valley.  Which was kind of a downer because I love thunder storms and rain!  There is always lightning in the distance but never where we're at.  School has started for Jordan and I'm starting up to job search again.. same ol' stuff if you ask me.
We have had a few awesome trips this past month which are all worth a definite post of their own!!  So I will spend these next couple days trying to unravel our exciting stories:)

Tis the Season

So things have been going great for Jordan and I.  We went to good old Kingman to my parents house for Thanksgiving.  It was CRAZY there!  All ten kids were home with all the spouses and grandkids.  Id say about 50 people crammed into my parents haulipia getaway.  But for most of the day all the older grandkids played outside and the babies stayed inside so the house stayed relatively quiet...pshh who am I kidding!  And then being the crazy family we are we had to take a family picture in the freezing could mountains with tons of cold, crying babies..needless to say the pictures didn't come out very well...well except for the one at the top of the page.  I think that one looks great!  And after pictures we had a great dinner and then of course all the guys went and played basketball. 
Later on that night me and jordan got up the nerve to go into town for the walmart black friday sales.  We were lucky! We were able to get in and out quickly and only had to wait in line for like 30 minutes!!!  Id say it was a success!  Then on Friday morning we had to leave early so I could make it back in time for work.  It was so nice to have everyone together, especially glad that Toni and Craig and their kids could make it down this year.

Since Thanksgiving Jordan and I have been having sooo much fun getting into the Christmas spirit!! We are so excited for Christmas to come and already have all the shopping done!  Last week we got a cute and perfect tree! It was so much fun decorating it and we are convinced that everyone that sees it is jealous! haha! We made gingerbread houses with jordans fam for FHE, went and saw temple lights with Jason and Ashley, watched the first presidency's christmas message, went to the ward christmas party, went looking at all the pretty christmas lights in the neighborhood and drank hot cocoa!  I feel like I have really gotten into the christmas spirit this year...usually I'm not very excited about it but I think it will be the best christmas yet!  Im also excited that we can spend it with jordans family, they are so awesome!  But Ill miss you all so much! Stay warm and safe:) Merry Christmas!!!

Busy Bumble Bees

So a lot has been going on lately! About 2 wks ago we moved out of the house we were staying, into our REAL first home! Jordan’s friend and his wife were living in San Diego all summer selling pest control, so for the first month of being married, we crashed there until we got our REAL house was all situated. Now we are completely moved into our wonderful home! I will NEVER move again! Haha We love our new home. Finally something that can be ours! Our first night there was quite the adventure!! Earlier that afternoon while we were moving all our things in, Jordan sprayed the house for bugs. We left for a couple hours to eat dinner at the N-Laws and then Jordan went to help his brother Jason move stuff into his new place. So I headed home to unpack our stuff. I was HORRIFIED when I walked in on, dead and alive, COCKROACHES everywhere! The scariest thing probably in my whole life! I didn’t know what to do or how to handle it so I decided it was best for Jordan the Bug Man to do the clean up and the rest of the killing. I went back to my N-Laws to hang out until Jordan was done. That night we cleaned up over 20 cockroaches. Lying in bed we could see them crawling on the walls!!! I hardly got any sleep that night. And the next morning we cleaned up at least 20 more! And we still find one or two…or three every couple of days.

I guess I’m beginning to get used to seeing them around. I usually only find them dead and have only found a few live ones running around….you know once you think about it their not that gross;) NOT. I think what might be attracting them is the honey dripping out of our wall and tile in the dining room. Yes, we have honey dripping out of the wall!!

It’s the weirdest thing. I guess there used to be a bee hive in between our wall and our neighbors. They killed the bees but left the hive and now honey is literally oozing out of our wall!! A couple other random things about our new home is that the fridge doesn’t fit in our kitchen so it’s sitting in the dining room. It’s kind of annoying having to walk out of the kitchen to get to the fridge but it’s livable. And the dryer doesn’t fit in the laundry closet, so we have to take a piece out the wall so we can put it in there. Other than that we love it here! We have been sooooo blessed since we’ve gotten married! Every piece of furniture we have has been given to us for FREE! Even our vacuum! Well, our dining room table cost us a whopping $45, with the chairs included! Amy Shupe found it on Craigslist and when we went to pick it up we offered to buy 2 lamps from the lady but she just gave them to us!

So the weekend after moving into our home we left! And headed off to Oklahoma for Jordan’s older brother Jason’s wedding. The Baldwin’s had 2 wedding this summer too! We left Thursday at 5pm and drove ALL night! Once we arrived in Amarillo at about 3am we were exhausted, so we stopped in some random parking lot and slept for a couple hours. I’m not sure how long it took us to get there, but I can promise you it was too long! But well worth it! All of the family was there and the wedding was so beautiful! There were trees everywhere and it overlooked a really pretty lake. We had so much fun hanging out with all the family! On Sunday, after sacrament meeting we left Tahlequah, OK. and headed home. We left at noon and got home at 2 in morning! Yes, we are speed demons! We have been to our share of weddings this summer too! Jason & Ashley, and they had 2 receptions, Jordan’s cousin got married, my friend from Kingman Kamber Butler and more to come. It seems like all our friends and families are getting married!

Since we’ve been back we’ve been fixing up our little home and getting ready for school. I’m excited for school, now I have something to do!! Haha (unfortunately I’m still on the job hunt). So I can put all my time into my classes. I’m taking 2 Elementary Ed classes (one of which is online and doesn’t start until Oct 18th), a math class on how to teach math, and a world religions class (just because I need one more credit to be full time). Jordan, however, is NOT excited to start school. In fact, he is dreading it and is stressing out! He is taking all classes to go towards a business associates degree. This means he has to basically start all over! It’ll take about a year and half to get it. And two more years on top of that for a bachelors degree. So he isn’t too happy about how that’s panned out but what can ya do!

Some humore on our way to Oklahoma

Oh Dang! He looks goood!

We hung out with Grandma and Grandpa Baldwin almost all weekend. They are awesome! I really had fun with them!

Kamber's wedding:)

Outside the Wright House

Elder and Sister Slade! Our favorite people from Thatcher! We ran into them at Jordans cousins wedding. They knew mom and dad way back from Tolleson. They remember Toni and Haley too. They are the coolest little couple!

The Joys of Married Life

Jordan and I have been married for 3 weeks now! Woo! Such an accomplishment. Things have been really good. Jordan got a job at Blue Sky (a pest control company in Mesa) that he has had like 3 interviews with already. I guess they just couldnt make up their mind but Im glad that they finally did! I however, am not having much luck with my job. I guess the manager was confused when I asked for days off for the wedding and honeymoon, because she schedueled me on all the days I was gone. Now Im not getting any hours because they think that Im unreliable. So Ive been looking for a new job, I hope I can get one soon, because it is boring at home all day! I think Ill go crazy if I have to spend another day at home!