Quick Trip

Last Thursday night, Kyle, his mom and I went to an event up in Payson. We then stayed the night at the cabin and stayed the next day till after dinner. It was a very needed "quick trip". It was beautiful up there and the weather was wonderful! We had a very sunny day, up until the late afternoon it decided to storm..which was awesome. There was a lot of thunder, which is my favorite :) Cortney, Justin and their family were there and had been there for almost a week, along with Cortney's parents. Apparently they had found some really cool mushrooms and a frog that would change colors according to its surroundings. Well, I went on a search for those mushrooms, and it wasn't very hard to find them. I was only out for a few minutes, and I had already found several. They are so cute! And the colors were amazing...I had never seen a mushroom like that. Here is a picture of one of them...

And, of course, I had to get pictures of Ashlyn and her happy self :) Enjoy!

Soldier Homecoming Surprise Mix

I love...

Do you know those days where you are easily frustrated or feel more sad/emotional than normal? Well, yesterday was one of those days. I lied there in bed, trying to fall asleep, thinking to myself "this is ridiculous"..so I started to think of things that I love. Things that make me happy :0) So here is my list of things that I love...

• Kyle


• Dancing


• Rain


• Singing


• Playing the piano


• My dad


• My mom


• My siblings


• Roses


• Daisies


• Sun flowers


• Rainbows


• Sunsets


• Photography/Taking pictures


• The color Blue


• My Heavenly Father


• The Scriptures


• Puppies


• Babies


• Blankets


• My car (Red Chevy Cobalt 2008)


• My life


• The love of those around me (i.e. Kyle, parents, my Savior..)


• The gospel


• The temple


• The prophet and Apostles


• Sour Patch Watermelon


• Mexican Food


• A White Christmas


• Swimming


• Baking cookies (and other foods) and giving it to people


• Seeing people happy


• Sweat Pants


• My wedding ring


• Watching movies


• Coloring


• The color PINK


• My favorite color, Lime Green


• Just any color really...

• Making people happy/feel good

• Toby (my parents dog)
  

• My LIFE

So..Live life like there is no tomorrow....Start each day as if it were on purpose....and always remember.....LIVE [well], LAUGH [often], & LOVE [much]

Fun In the Sun

Here are pictures of events from the summer. Enjoy!

My cousin, Jill, got married in June in the Mesa, Arizona temple.


A Tea Party event in Tempe. We represented Brenda Burns also, she had broken her hip just days before this. Poor thing :(


Another Tea Party, in Phoenix

I want this puppy....

Kyle is wayyy strong :)

4th of July up in Heber. Awesome, huh?

The grandkids..except for babies.

Sydney! haha, so cute.

I babysat Brooklyn and Brent a week or two ago. Brooke and I played a Princess game, which is why she is decorated with pretend jewelry. We had lots of fun :)

Walking Through Past Memories

Today I took a walk to some past memories..the elementary school that I went to, Hermosa Vista Skyhawks, and the home that we lived in for almost 11 years before we moved to Illinois. These are just a few pictures that I took..I had some fun with the camera, trying to be creative..but oh so not creative. haha. Hope you enjoy!

I miss my little friend...

About 8 years ago my parents decided to get a little dog, a Shih-Tzu in fact. He has been our family pet since then, and we have loved that cute little thing to death! Especially me!! He is such a little sweetheart of a thing, and whenever you were having a rough day you could always count on him to make it better. He was such a cuddler, which I loved the most. Well, now that I am away and married, I never get to see the little runt. I miss him a lot. Anyway, I came upon a bunch of pictures of shih-tzu's just recently, but I found this one that looked just like him when he was a pup!

I would give just about anything to have a little pup like this. Toby is adorable, this one is adorable, but let's face it, Shih-Tzu's in general are just adorable! I love them all, and I want one terribly. But, sadly, I can't have one :( Maybe one day though....

Happy Birthday Brent!

Brent turned one! Ryan and 'Drea had a party for him up in Tempe at this little water..park? But, it was fun, and as you can see the kids had a lot of fun. :) Enjoy!!





Sydney is just so cute, haha. I caught her just standing there making this face. Obviously she was in her own world.

And even Brent got to enjoy a little bit of water fun!

Oh the Summer Days of Arizona

Kyle and I have been busy, busy, busy!! Each day there is always something for us to do. We are closing in on the primary election (August 24th), and things are becoming more crazy. We have been busy with posting campaign signs all across the state, painting signs, going to Political Forums, Tea Parties, District Meetings and so much more! It has been a very industrious summer for us, and even more for Kyle's parents. But, it has been fun and I can tell you that I have learned and gained so much from what we have done this summer. I never thought I would be so intertwined in the political life, yet I have always thought it would be cool to be a part of.

Aside from work, we have also done a lot of fun things this summer. Cabin trips are our favorite :) I will post some pictures of those trips soon...hopefully tonight. But, other than cabin trips we have been to family birthday parties, weddings, and my cousins homecoming. But, most importantly.....We had our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!! Yes, you heard me right, we are no longer "newly weds!" We have officially "survived" (as people like to say) our first year of marriage!! We are pretty excited about that. Although the first year was tough (as most people's first year of marriage normally is), it was a blast and we absolutely love being married(yes, we still love each other)!!! :) Things are going great, and we are excited to be in our second year of marriage already. We are now looking for a place up in Provo for when we head back up(which will be at the end of August).

Well, we love you all! Hope all is going well with you.

KBP <3

The Burnt Forest after 8 years...

I was able to visit my parents property (which we now call "The Burnt Forest") up in Heber this past Monday. It looked to different and weird to me. I hardly recognized it. Someone had gone through the place and chopped down all the trees that we didn't get to from before we moved to Illinois. Now, the property is full of fallen/cut down burnt trees. Although, there are a lot of small green trees (which some were planted by us after the fire), and then some big green ones in the front of the property. But, to me, it looks so...open, and empty. :( Hopefully one day we'll be able to make good of this place and make it wonderful and beautiful again.
Here are some pictures that I took:


This is toward the front of the property.




The burnt trees that are laying every where throughout the place.


By the canal.



The canal toward the back of the property.






Where the small cabin once stood.


The water well, and in the back is the shed that we built after the fire to store tools for chopping down trees.


This is the "bridge" that was a little precarious and has since gotten a little worse.

Sweet Home Arizona

Much has happened since my last post....I seem to be a little behind. I apologize.
A Quick update: we decided to move to Arizona for the summer to make a little money for the next year or two. So, we are here now. We arrived early this morning, at about 1am. Kyle's dad is re-running this year for corporation commission, so Kyle and I will be helping a lot with that this summer.
I absolutely love Arizona and I am so glad to be back! (Even though it's going to be a tough summer, especially for Kyle...) But, it will be nice to see both sides of the family.
I hope to post some pictures soon...until then, "good afternoon, good evening and good night!"
B.K.P.