A New Year, A New Leaf!

Seriously...who ever came up with the whole turning over a new leaf thing, it doesn't even make any sense...whatever. Anyways, I am soooo excited for a new year, I have so many things I am going to improve about myself this year-no matter what! Will and I are making a list tonight of all the many things we are going to do differently, and start to do come Jan. 1st 2010! Here is a sneak peak at what I will be up to:

#1. Be Happier, No matter what the situation!
#2. Go to Church every Sunday, Go to the Temple at least once a month, and study my scriptures daily!
#3. GET ORGANIZED!!!
#4. Lose this extra 10 lbs of baby weight that is hanging on for dear life!
#5. Set aside more time for art, I want to do at least one Piece every 2 months!
#6. Really start pursuing our Xango career
#7. Start going to the cannery and stocking my food storage like I'm s'posed to!
#8. Decide once and for all if I am going to start My photography, and If I do, pursue it Full Force!
#9. Send an Email to Elder Brummond at least once a month!
#10. Find More Opportunities to serve others

So now that I have posted it I have to accomplish my list or everyone will know If I did or didn't!
Anywho...December went by ridiculously fast, I can't believe its over~! My Birthday was the 21st, and it was a fun day, regardless of having to ride in the car for 6 hours on our way to Casper for the holidays! Will bought me that most amazing gift, even I forgot I had wanted it so much! He got me the Planet Earth blueray dvd set!!! Ahhh! ITs My Favorite!!! I have wanted them soooo bad for soooo long! I am so glad I have such a sweet and thoughtful Husband! He took me shopping for new clothes too! My wonderful families gave me money for new clothes, seeing as how all of a sudden, I hate EVERYTHING I own... bah. So Christmas was for the most part, a great time. I love seeing family, and it makes me realize how much I hate not being closer. There was the usual family drama, and I am really ready for everyone in my family to be all grown up and happy so that I no longer have to feel the need to fix everything...its hard not to. When you are on the outside looking in it seems so easy, but I remember my road to Happiness, and believe me---it was not a smooth one. I am just so grateful for the gospel in my life, it truly saved me, and I know it is the only path to happiness. There is no better comfort than to know who you are and what you are working for in this life and the next, and to know that there is someone always on your side, who feels your pain and knows what you are going through. So, I am just going to continue to pray that my family will someday come to the realization that we are all eachother has, and we all love eachother no matter what we say. FAmily is everything. There is nothing more important, and there never will be. I wish Christmas would have been a little bit more joyful this year, but I think we did the best with what we had, and thats all that mattered. Some good things that happened, is that I came to Love my step-sisters so much more this year, they really are so funny! We took them sledding (they live in Louisiana and don't get to experience this much) and they were sooo nervous! We drug a sled behind the corolla, and it was just hilarious to see them all dressed up in snow gear and having fun! We also went once with tubes behind the four wheeler at Jim and Sue's, and I haven't seen my mom laugh so hard in such a long time, she was sooo funny! She would not let go for the life of her, I thought she was going to break her arm! She is the most giving and caring person I know, and I hope she knows how much I love her. Life doesn't ever seem to give her a break, but I am so glad that my little Ryann can just light her up when we are there! Ryann sure did love Christmas, not so much the gifts, but most definitely the wrapping paper! She got so many cute gifts from Santa!! Anyways, I know I write such a novel everytime I get on here, I need to just get on more often and write smaller posts, but I guess that will just have to be another resolution! I wish you all the very best New Year, and Hope that We can All Keep to Our Word and accomplish the Things we Set out Too with Success!!! XOXO

Lately...

Holy cow! I can't believe my baby girl is 4 months old today, it is going by so fast, but I LOVE watching her grow. This week she has found her voice, which I love the majority of the time :). She is starting to reach and grab at things, which led her to the discovery of her Toes! She is so stinkin cute laying on her blanket grabbing her toes and jibber jabbering away!!! The bald spot on the back of her head is finally noticeable.. :( oh well, she still has plenty more hair on the top of her head I guess! She is such a blessing in our life, and is truly the light of my life!!!
We put up CHristmas lights this week, purple lights in our room and Ry's room, and pretty white ones downstairs. We also put up our Tree... yes a stupid fake one. :( We are hoping to go and get a real one, but we will see! Will and I bought a container full of ornaments last year full of bright pink, Teal, Lime Green, Red, and Purple Ornaments--and loved it last year, this year it is officially "The Mardi Gras Tree", and we don't love it!!! :) Too bad ornaments are so darn expensive...or I would get new ones every year!!! So Will tells me maybe next year...
And guess what I did today!!! I made Pumpkin Pies!!! Real homemade ones!!! This last Thanksgiving, I missed out on the pumpkin pie before everyone else finished it off, so I was bound and determined to have myself some good ol' Pumpkin pie before christmas! I'll be honest it was more work than I had planned, but they turned out so yummy!!!
While we were in Vernal for Thanksgiving, I got to take some beautiful Maternity pics for one of my greatest friends that I have known since I can remember, Jessi Labrum. She just has the cutest little Belly, and her and her Husband Colt are so photogenic, it was no task at all to make the pics look great!!! I am so happy with the way they turned out, and I also dabbled into the Adobe Illustrator Program and made her a super cute Christmas Card to send out with her new pics on it!!! So that is my creative endeavor for the week~
As for everything else, Life is crazy as usual, and time flies by like I can't believe. I am so glad to be home in Logan, settling into our new condo, and our old married student ward that we love so much! The holidays are so much fun, but I must admit I am more excited for next Christmas when Ryann can rip open some presents on CHristmas Morning!!! Will and I decided that we are just going to get her a cute present or two, and then just wrap loads of Boxes that she can just tear into and play in!!! I mean seriously, half the fun of Christmas is ripping all of the wrapping to shreds!!! (unless its super cute, then I go all pack-Rat and try not to rip it so I can use it again, don't tell!!!)
Anyways, I am soooo grateful for my wonderful family, and all of the beautiful snow in BEAUTIFUL Logan, for my Amazing Husband, and beautiful little Ryann Bean!!!
P.s.-Elf is Most Definitely My FaVORITE Christmas Movie EVER!!!

Greetings From Pocatello!!!

So i am really, really going to try and keep up on this thing...Pray for me! So this last week, we have been up in pocatello, id.  will is selling for rocky mountain insulation, and it is going great so far!!! i feel like we are such a bunch of traveling gypsies, we never stay in one place for a whole month! it is fun though, because i am such a restless soul :) Anyways, we will see how this week ends, and if he does really well, like he has been, we will be seeing much more of pocatello, and there is talk of long term position in the company! one awesome thing that i am already way stoked about is they are doing a promotion that if a rep sells 50 accts. in the month of december, we get to go on an all expense paid cruise-which would be fabulous!!! keep your fingers crossed!!! so all week i have been here in this hotel with bethany (skyler's wifey) and we have been somewhat bored seeing as how pocatello is not the most hoppin' place! but we are making do... today we are watching the hills and we are going to paint some christmas ornaments that we got from joann's yesterday! (did I mention I am soo excited for Christmas!?) then we have tickets to go to the new twilight tomorrow night, and that will be super fun~!! Saturday we are finally headed home, and i am soooo excited because I finally get to spend some time with my BFF Ali, I am going to take some pictures for her to send out in her graduation announcements and it will be a great opportunity for me to build my photography portfolio even more~!!! Well, that is the crazy week for us brummonds!!! Other than that, Ryann is getting sooo big, she is 3 & 1/2 months and I cant believe it!!! She is so stinkin chunky, i just love all her baby fat! she also recently started to giggle, and i dont think there is anything that could melt a parent's heart more than the first time you hear your baby's laughter!!! Ahhh! I just love her! 

My Blog...FINALLY!!!

So I have officially started a blog! i know, it's about time, it being the 21st century and all....


So will and i live in logan utah, and we absolutely love it here! we met 2 years ago in casper, wyoming, which is where he grew up! we started dating in december of 07', got engaged in march of 08' in mazatlan Mexico, and were married july 10th, 08' in the bountiful utah temple. we now have a beautiful daughter named ryann elise, who was born on August 6th of 09'. she is our pride and joy, and is so much fun! Will has a degree in fine arts photography, and i just took general classes in college...hehe. he is a man of many trades, he is currently working as a painter here in logan, does some sales for apx alarm, and is also working our newest endeavor, xango.  I am a stay at home mom, and i am also trying my hand at photography, which I love! we have so much to be grateful for, and love being a little family :) so, thats us for the moment, and now if you are interested, i will keep you posted on the news going on in our little corner of the world! :D


-Tiarra