Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!

I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas (a little late I know) and a Happy New Year (just in time). We had a great Christmas at my parents house, and have enjoyed the time off and the relaxation. Tori woke up around 7:00 AM, I had booby-trapped her door so I would wake up when she opened it (bells, tamborine, etc.) and I asked her if she thought Santa came. She said, "No, I don't think he came. But we will know for sure if all the cookies are gone that he did come." I thought that was pretty funny, no mention of all the toys she asked for, but if the cookies are gone, then he must have come! Kinda funny. Anyway, here are some nice pics of us that are recent and from Christmas Morning.

My love, for him

For those of you who don't know, I'm currently in Washington with my family. Brad is still in Utah working hard for our family, and will join me this coming Thursday (I can't wait). We've been apart since the beginning of this month, save last weekend for one full day.

Times like these, when Brad and I are apart, certainly make me appreciate my incredible husband much more than when I get to see him every day, especially in hard times when our future is unsure.

I just want to share with all of you who are reading this that I love my husband more than I ever thought I could love any one in my entire life. Our fairytale beginning is just the start of an incredible life long journey that I get to spend with my best friend in the universe, and what is even better is that I know without a doubt that we will have a happily ever after.

I've been able to reminisce as I've come back to Washington and I see all the places I went in high school and memories have just been filling my mind daily of childhood. I can hardly believe I'm three years away from 30. But I look at my life, and where I was born, and to what family, and to my husband, and even my children, and I know that I've been so grately blessed beyond any comprehension that I could have in this life. I look at the world today and find it so sad that so many people in this life don't feel the love for their spouse as I do, and on top of that, feel it back.

Words in the English Language, and any language on this earth, cannot fully and completely express the love that I feel for my husband.

If I could summarize the entire year into one sentence...

It would have to be the title of my blog, "What fun would life be if it wasn't changing every day?" When I think back on the year, I think of it in two sections. For the first six months of the year, we lived in the same house we had lived in for a year and a half, same ward, same job, everything was stable. Brad's job even seemed stable. We had just refinanced our home and were doing great, almost out of debt, and felt like everything was.... stable.

Then came the change. Brad's company was going through a merger and the merger fell through, it didn't happen. So the company went from 250 employees to 15. Remarkably, Brad was one of those 15. We felt so blessed. Two weeks later, after all the other employees got jobs around the area, Brad was also let go after they rearranged the job responsibilities and he no longer had any. They offered to let him do a different job for 30K a year and we said, "Um, no thank you." So we went to the temple. It's a long story, but we ended up selling our home, and relocating to Cedar City with the intent to move to Saint George in December.

Some opportunities came our way through the months and we ended up back in Utah County with Brad working with a group of investors and now good friends on building a Vinyl Fence Company. He is currently the Vice President.

I feel like this year has thrown us a bunch of turns and surprises and forks in the road, and for some reason, I don't feel like its over. We are waiting on a few things to happen in these next two weeks and I'm anxious to see what life, or the Lord for that matter, has in store for us.

I will comment on what I would like to experience and/or accomplish in 2008. Which I believe will be our most exciting year yet, besides the year that we got married, that was a really really fun year :)

I will go on my long awaited cruise
I will have another child (or twins, we'll see)
I will have a new, BEAUTIFUL home, that we will be in for the ENTIRE year
I would like to read an entire book from cover to cover. (besides the book of mormon)
My hair will stay long and be past my chest by the end of the year, a great accomplishment for me!
I will be a successful investor in the stock market, helping to support our family and contribute to our savings
I will be out of debt

Check out our holiday dance!!!

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More Halloween Pics of the girls

Triaminic Grape Flavored Night Time Cough Meltaway Strips

They work fast!!!

China Doll

So Tori is on a new "Chart System" where she puts up stickers for chores and "tick marks" for doing naughty things or disobeying. So she earned a baby doll. She wanted Amazing McKayla, but I didn't realize that a baby doll could cost $80.00!!! So sweet Victoria told me she could get a different doll because she didn't want to make me buy her something expensive. I about melted! So we found a GREAT doll that Tori says is "even better" than Amazing McKayla. This doll was a $7.88 special at Walmart with all the accessories that she has somehow managed to keep in a ziploc bag and not lose! It's a doctor one where she has measles and they disappear if you rub them. Anyway, so Tori is learning to read and she saw some letters on the doll. She started reading it and she comes to me and says, "Mommy, what does that say?" I helped her read it and said, "China." I kinda snickered. She said, "What does that mean?" I said, "Your baby is from China." And snickered again. She said, "WOW! All the way from China!" So today she went to play outside with a friend of hers that is our neighbor and she said, "Guess what?! My baby is from China!" I just thought it was so cute, its so AUTHENTIC! eheheh.

Halloween Pictures

Okay, so Tori took the picture of me, its not that great, and Tori was barbie for Halloween, pretty crazy. I was a disco chic. Abbie was Dora but she was asleep at the time of these pictures, I'll upload more later when I get them from our friends. :) Thanks!

Pumpkin Carving 2007

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Okay, so we did our little annual pumpkin carving last night and had a BLAST! I'm going to include a little slideshow because there are so many fun pictures, and my husband is SO talented with pumpkin carving, but I had to write a note real quick. Tori wanted to do a pumpkin carriage for her barbie, so her Uncle Mark helped her carve it. He made her take out the guts. Because we needed it long instead of tall, he cut a hole on the side and on the top so he could move the stem. As Tori took out the guts, he kept putting them back in through the other hole (you can see him in the slideshow). It took her about five minutes of taking out the same handful before she realized what he was doing, and we got pictures of all the fun "ewww" pictures! So fun! Mark's friend did a Transformer Pumpkin, Brad did Napolean Dynamite, I did the Candy Corn Pumpkin (it's falling apart now, but it looked great last night!), and Mark and Tori did the Carriage Pumpkin with a door that opens!.

Angel

Something to Blog About

So here is a little questionaire for all of you to blog about since we haven't been doing well at writing in our blogs as much, this is an easy one for you all to fill out, just copy and paste and see if we can learn a little something more about each other.

When did you meet your husband? (Day? Month? Year? Event?) First Impression?
I met him at a Stake Dance, I had heard about him previously, he was a player, but he was pretty cute, and very suave. :) I think I was just barely 15, so that would be 1996. Don't remember what month. I could look in my journal, I know I have some entries in there.

When did you have your first kiss with your husband?
At the airport the day he came home from his mission, March 6th, 2001. We went back to the airport after he got released to pick up a friend of mine. His words before we kissed: "Are you ready?" I just laughed. I slipped him the tongue :)

Do you have a favorite/special song with your husband?
"I can love you like that" from John Michael Montgomery

Do your kids have special songs?
Abbie loves Twinkle Little Star, and they both love Lullaby (Lullaby and goodnight, in the sky stars are bright....) and Dublin's Fair City Mommy Style.

Would you rather talk on the phone or chat in person?
I'd rather email to be honest.

If you had one whole day to yourself, what would you do?
Get my hair done, go shopping, and read a book maybe.

Can you watch scary movies alone?
I'm not one for scary movies at all.

Is anything bothering you?
Finances a little.

Would you rather stay home all day, or be out and about?
I'd say stay at home so I didn't have to get ready and I could stay in my sweats but I'm much happier when I'm out and about.

Are you more likely to be with a large group of people or a few close friends?
~ small group

What are your plans for October?
~ Halloween stuff. Ward Activity, Trunk or Treating, Trick or Treating, Candy Candy Candy... my favorite month!

Cutest moment this week?
~ I'd definitely have to say last FHE, I'll fill you in on tomorrow's adventure :)

What are you doing this weekend?
~ Ward Activity, Birthday Party for a friend, and relaxing.

What is one fear that you can't seem to overcome?
~ Moths? Definitely hate moths.

Are you in a good mood?
~ yep!

What is your favorite thing to wear?
~ My Aeropostale Sweatsuit, anything comfy and warm.

You have 3 months left to live, what do you do?
~ Go on a lot of vacations, make movies and recordings for my family, make a will :) Prepare my family for my departure, and enjoy every day.

You're having a bad day, what's one thing that can make your day better?
~ My husband telling me its okay to have a bad day and giving me a hug and cleaning my house for me :)

If there was a way to know when and how you're going to die, would you like to find out?
~ I think I would, it'd be nice to prepare.

What is your favorite breakfast?
~ crepes or Kneader's Cinnamon French Toast... YUMMY!

Your phone rings at 4am, who do you expect it to be?
~ Andi, saying that its snowing.

What's your worst habit?
~ Being messy.

Family Home Evening

Alright, so Brad and I haven't been that good about Family Home Evening so last Monday we decided to start again with the kids and make sure we do it every week. We started off with our expectations and a short description of what FHE should be like, etc. So Brad read some scripture about having Order and such, and then we introduced job charts and rewards and stuff like that. Okay, so half way through the girls are wired and running in circles around and around and it was just crazy. Mark shows up with his girlfriend at the tail-end of FHE, just in time to see the funniest thing. So Tori just got a "tick-mark" (I'll explain in a second) for hitting the cat and she gets up and says to Abbie, "Hey, that's mine!" and pulls her barbie out of Abbie's hands. I don't think she realizes yet that Abbie is stronger than her, and they start a tug of war with poor Barbie. So they are fighting and poor barbies head pops off and sends both of them flying back with one piece of Barbie with them. Abbie seemed pretty satisfied with the result but Tori was mortified! All four of us adults were dying laughing, it was so funny!

Okay, so we have stickers for the kids to earn, but if they do naughty things they get tick-marks, and 5 tick-marks make 1 BLACK MARK! If they get three black marks in a week, they don't get their reward. It's a good idea and all, but Abbie could care less :) And there are so many stickers and such that I've really only done one day this week all the way, and Abbie ended up with a Black mark. So next week we'll re-evaluate and see how we can actually keep up with chart :) It's a good idea, it just takes a lot of convincing for me :)


I think that Tori got this dress from Nona's inventory, so forgive me for having see-through pajamas on her doll.

Abbie's School Pictures

I don't have a working scanner so this is a picture of a picture, but how cute is she :) Those cheeks just make you wanna pinch them, huh :)

We got Tori's school pictures back from her Preschool. Apparently her hair didn't turn out as cute as I thought it did, it was a little crazy. That's alright, its something for her to complain about when she is 15 and says, "Mom, why in the world did you do my hair like that?" And I can say, "Because it wouldn't do anything else :) " She's still cute :)

Life is still changing, every day :)

Well, just so you all know, we are pretty sure that we are not moving to Saint George anymore, I think we're going to stick with Utah Valley. There is a great school here we'd like to try to get Tori into, and Brad's job is going really well. Going to Saint George would kind of ruin all the great things that have happened in the last 4 months or so. Anyway, sure love you all!

Tucson Arizona

Brad and I were blessed to be able to go to Tucson, Arizona for the weekend. Brad's brother and sister in law, Bart and Jeni, watched the kids from Thursday until Sunday night. It was the most relaxing and amazing trip I have had since our honeymoon. It was so awesome! There were cacti EVERYWHERE! Here are some fun pictures. A few things we did: Went to an outdoor desert museum, kind of like a zoo. (Picture of Brad has a humming bird that almost landed on him, it is to the right of him, by his lower shoulder. We took golf lessons, that was fun! We went horseback riding, we laid by the pool!!! We went out to eat, and went shopping, and had a great time driving for 10 hours there and back. It was so much fun, I'm grateful to have a husband that would surprise me with a getaway like that at a time that I need it the most :)

That's not really that cool!

Okay, so Brad and I just got back from a weekend getaway in Tucson, AZ. It is so beautiful there! I'll add some picks on here in a little bit. Anyway, we got some presents for the girls for being good at their cousin Jesi's house. We bought them the most adorable pink (tori) and white (abbie) cowgirl boots, and then we grabbed a pack of ten for $1.00 glow in the dark vampire teeth. So we got out the cowgirl boots and Tori goes, "Ooohhhh, that's not very cool Mom." Very matter-of-factish. I was shocked! I myself was quite jealous I didn't have as cute of shoes as them. (To this day Brad and Abbie and Tori still all have more shoes than I do, there is something wrong there!!!) So in an effort to impress, I pulled out the vampire teeth (remember these are 10 cents each) and Tori squealed in delight and nodded her head in agreement that those were cool. She and the other kids (Abbie and cousins Jesi and Brian) were entertained for quite a while. Just goes to show that kids don't care about how much things cost. :)

I probably deserve it...

Okay, so it might be hard to see this picture, but I had to take it. This is a picture of Abbie and Tori sleeping in the same bed. You will notice Abbie ON TOP of Tori, as she is sleeping sideways. Now, take note that neither are sleeping in the correct position, the bed actually goes left to right, so Tori is completely sideways and Abbie is almost upside-down. Anyway, Abbie has the bad habit of climbing into my bed every morning around 3 or 4 am, and she ends up just like this picture, only I am Tori, and she is usually in the middle of my pillow. I don't realize that she is in my bed until I no longer have my pillow. I probably deserve this because my favorite sleeping position is sideways, just like Abbie, so I can't complain, only laugh.

I HAVE TO BRAG

I just wanted to brag about my brilliant 5 year old. Victoria officially can count to 100 BY HERSELF! She can add AND subtract anything under 10 (only 10 fingers :) ) and has passed off almost 10 books, reading them through three times each on her own! She's amazing. I'm very blessed to have a child as amazing as her. The most amazing thing about children I think is their great desire to learn. If only adults went to college with the same zeal and determination to learn as pre-schoolers, huh? I think our world would be way more advanced!

IT WAS A POKER

Okay, so drama at the Brockbank house today. Abbie came to me crying saying she poked her eye. It was pretty bad, she couldn't even open her eye, and I kept trying to get out of her what she poked it with. After trying hard to look at it, I realized that about 1/3 of her eyelashes were gone on her left eye! As you see in this picture how beautiful and long they are, that is VERY TRAGIC! I started getting very nervous that she had scissors or something, I couldn't figure out what would take away all those eyelashes and not make her eye bleed. She was so distraught. I kept asking her what she poked her eye with and all she would say is, "It was a poker." I thought that was kinda funny. Anyway, after about 10 minutes (I had already laid her down to try to get her to calm down, I decided to look one more time because it just didn't make sense that her eyelashes would be gone and she didn't know what poked her eye or cut the eyelashes, I opened up her eyelid and realized that that 1/3 of her eyelashes were in her bottom eyelid. They were tucked in there and stuck against her eyeball! Can you believe that?! Her eyelashes are so long that they got stuck under her bottom eyelid. I think she must have rubbed her eye weird or something. So... luckily she still has all her eyelashes, and mommy took the poker out :) Have you ever heard of something so weird?

I thought it was a booger!

So if you look close you'll see Abigail's new beauty mark right next to her nose on the right side (her left). I thought it was a booger for a few days, I kept trying to wash it off, but low and behold it is a perfectly placed beauty mark! I'm so excited for her, is that dumb?

Tori is a Ballerina!

Tori's last birthday present from us, a ballerina outfit, she looks like a doll!!!

Tori's Princess Birthday!

Tori got to go to the Salon and get a manicure and pedicure and got her hairstyled and makeup done. She looked so beautiful! Her daddy bought her some new clothes and a tiara at the jewelry shop. She felt like a pampered princess! She's so fun!

I was getting my toes done at the same time and I asked what color she chose for her nails... she chose BLUE! Can you believe they didn't ask me if that was alright? I couldn't believe that I paid them to paint my daughter's nails BLUE! So crazy. She liked them though, so I guess that is what matters?

Tigger is getting so big! I thought I'd add a few pics on my blog to show off how beautiful she is :) She is so much fun, one of the best gifts I've ever had!

The Storm Hurt My Feelings

So cute, we had the biggest thunderstorms the other day, they were seriously on top of our house! It was incredible! Abbie was asleep and woke up from the Thunder. She started crying and when Tori asked her what was wrong, she said, "The Storm Hurt My Feelings!" She's such a doll!!!

Home Sweet Home, Phew!

Our new home in Saratoga Springs.
Holy cow, this has been a crazy week!
I'll try to name a few things that happened.
First of all, we lost our keys to the Honda, could not find them for the life, and that was right before we were moving. I had them last as far as Brad and I remembered, so I was a wreck because I knew I put them where they went and they weren't there. We found them five days later in a compartment in the Denali, Brad had put them there on accident. Yeah, it was him. At least it wasn't me, Phew!

Then I did my whole self tanner thing and took my ring off. You know where that is going. Abbie came to play while I was on the computer, and she decided it was a very pretty ring, and deserved to be worn... and then carelessly thrown wherever she decides. To my dismay, I went back to put it on and it was gone. When I asked her if she had it she said, "yes, it was me." When asked where it was she said, "I don't know." Like it wasn't a big deal. I was a little frustrated to say the least. Luckily I found it later on that day under a chair with the rest of her clothes in the living room, PHEW!!!

Then on our way here there was a huge rain storm and we had to stop. Well, we stopped in Beaver only to find out we had a flat tire and two bald tires, that set us back a good amount, so fun. We were grateful we didn't wreck or get stuck on the freeway though, Phew!

Then when we got here in Saratoga, the water wasn't on, luckily I am married to a handyman. He turned it on. But then there wasn't any warm water. We went three days without any warm water. Yuk, we were stinky! Then Brad figured out that our gas wasn't on, so we finally got some warm water, phew!

Oh, and then we ran out of gas in over 100 degree weather. That was a blast, what was even funner was our fuel pump going out. That set us back $850! Are you kidding me? No Phew there, nope, that sucked.

But you know what? After all these crazy events all in one week, I'm SO grateful to be here. I live next to a police officer lady, in a beautiful neighborhood, with lots of REALLY nice people, and I'm grateful we are all alive and well. The Lord is certainly watching over us!

Drugs, Homicide, Domestic Violence

So seriously, I am living in a TRAILER (have been for about a month) and I just found out today that there was just a drug deal two trailers down like 30 minutes ago. Woo hoo! I just found out a lady got shot in the head from a stray bullet from a drug deal gone bad in our neighborhood last year! This last Monday a lady was screaming for help in a Domestic Violence, nobody came to her aid (we didn't hear her, it was the middle of the night), I haven't heard of anyone seeing her since, who knows where or how she is. Just so you know, we are outta here ASAP!!!! PRAY FOR US!!!

Angel

How to Create... and Prevent... RAIN!

So Brad taught me something today that I had to blog about. How to CREATE and PREVENT RAIN!!!! This is very exciting, we proved it today AFTER he taught me! We were driving down the freeway, and he said, "You know, I have discovered how to create and prevent RAIN!" I said, "REALLY? How?" He said, "in order to prevent rain, all you have to do is put RainEx on your windshield and buy new windshield wipers." Now this is completely true, as we bought them a week ago and have just been WAITING to try them out! And I said, "How do you create it?" He said, "Get a carwash!" So... we got a carwash today since our car was REALLY dirty, and low and behold, no joke, in about 30 minutes, RANDOM rain cloud doused us with water! But at least our RainEx works!!!! You should try it out!

Princess Diarrhea

Okay, so although this is short, I think it is hilarious. Tori and I were watching the Disney Channel and all the sudden she goes, "MOM?! I want Princess Diarrhea!" I said, "What?!" She said, "You know, the movie, I want to watch Princess Diarrhea!" I couldn't help but laugh... when all the sudden I thought, this would go great on my blog! So Poor Anne Hathaway, Tori thinks her movie is called Princess Diarrhea instead of Princess Diaries. The words that come out of a child's mouth, how precious!

Will the Obsession Stop?

So I went up to Provo on Friday morning (very early) to do some business in the area and to my horror, I realized I forgot ALL of my makeup! Can you believe that?! I couldn't go two days without having my makeup, so I came up with a solution. Why don't I just go get my makeup done at Nordstrom, I'll buy one thing, and have it done for the day and do the same thing the next day. Good idea, right? Wrong. I went to the I.D. Bare Escentials counter and although the lady was so nice, she couldn't do my makeup. I don't know if I'm just really picky, or perhaps my face is hard to do, or if I'm just dang good at doing my own makeup? But I ended up spending WAY too much to buy a bunch of makeup to do it myself. Brad's argument was, you already have makeup, why are you buying more? And although I completely see his point, I have purchased new makeup almost every other month lately, but the last bunch I did was kinda a scam, E.L.F. had this great sale and was supposed to be a new Nordstrom brand, but after I spent almost $50, buying all new makeup, I found out it was a cheap K-Mart brand and it just clogs my pores. So... I had to buy new make up... again. So my question is, first of all, does anyone else share in this makeup obsession or am I just weird or vain? And, do you think the obsession will ever end? I'm thinking that once I finally find the best of every part of makeup (Mac eyeshadow, I.D. eye liner and foundation, Mary Kay mascara, etc.) that maybe I will be content to buy my favorites instead of having to buy a new line of makeup every few months. Anyway, I thought this was a funny story, maybe its boring. You tell me :)

Get the Bumble Bee OUT!

So last night I was trying to figure out what to write on my blog to keep it updated for my sister, Andrea. Brad and I were driving back from Provo to our home in Cedar City. Poor Abbie (age 3) wasn't feeling well and she would wake up every half hour or so crying about something. One time she woke up and was crying saying, "My eye, my eye." I said, "What's wrong with your eye honey?" "It stings!" I looked back and her eye was watering, I'm not sure why, she probably got some dust or fuzz in her eye. Then she cried really loud and said, "The bumblebee won't come out!" I was a little confused there for a second, thinking she might be sleep talking, but then Brad clarified/translated her three year old language and way of thinking, and sure enough, she though there was a bumblebee in her eye that wouldn't come out because it was stinging. Poor girl. She's doing better today, much happier, but it is amazing how these little kids think, and quite funny at times.

What in the world is a tag?

Last four blogs tagged:

Ferguson Authors - Danyelle Ferguson
Lifelong Bookworm
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
What fun would life be if it wasn't changing every day?


What were you doing ten years ago?
Wow, I was barely 16. I was dating my sweetheart! Brad and I went to our first dance together, and we were just getting to know each other. How fun. That makes me feel a little bit younger considering ten years ago I was just barely dating and Andi was married still :) Let's see, I had my cat Noelle, and Muffin, and I think we had Toby. I was a Sophomore I believe. Man, that was a long time ago. I was in Dance Team and Jazz Choir.

I am breaking convention and adding a question here...
Ten years ago, what did you expect to be doing today?
Ten years ago, I had expected to be married for 8 years :) (Only 6) and have 4-5 kids (only two, ages 3 and almost 5). I expected to live in a really nice big house and have nice cars and go on vacations every year (because that is what married people do, right?) And be a stay at home mom, which I am :) And to have a bachelor's degree (not gonna happen) for some odd reason because I'd never probably use it, but I was determined to get it.

What were you doing one year ago?
One year ago I think Brad and I were freaking out about trying to find another job after leaving another dead end job. Trying to decide if we should sell the home or not, and what life was going to bring us next.


Five Snacks You Enjoy:
Sour Patch Kids
Mamba
Cinnabon
Jamba Juice
Cheesecake


Five Songs you know all the lyrics to:
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Twinkle Little Star
I Can Love You Like That
When You Say Nothing At All
I Will Love You (Fisher)


Things you would do if you were a Millionaire:
Pay off my House
Have Bradley (my husband) retire and be with me all the time
Travel the World
Serve Missions
Setup a Mission and College Fund for my kids and grandkids
Go To Beauty School Just to have the skill
Have a massage therapist come to my house every day.


Five Bad Habits:
Eating Sugar too much
Skipping meals
Going to bed too late
Checking my email like an addict
Sitting on the computer way too much


Five things you like to do:
Check my email
Check the mail
Shop
Play with my kids, go to the park, or just for a drive
Watch Movies



Five Things you will never wear again:
Plazo Pants
Fluffy shirts (like the pirate look)
Vests
Stirup pants
Suspenders


Five Favorite Toys:
iPod
Makeup
Denali
My Cat


Where will you be in ten years?
I hope that I'll have four kids total, at least one boy. They will all be in school, hallelujia. Tori will be almost fifteen, holy cow. I hope to be looking like I'm 25 :) I hope that I will have traveled to Italy, Brasil, and definitely been on a few cruises.

I don't know anyone else that has a blog besides who Andi put on her list and what the heck is tagging?

Cedar City, UT

Well, we sold our home in Pleasant Grove and are now living in Cedar City until December. We decided after much prayer and thought to move toward Saint George, so we sold the home, and packed up and found a home in Saint George. Our new Ivory Townhome will not be ready until December so we are chillin here in Cedar City for the time being.

Cedar City as Brad put it is like a little Lake Town. Imagine a little town by a lake that you would go visit. That's it. Not a whole lot here, lots of old stores, lots of dirt, lots of bugs, lots of storms. Some people like the small town life. Me? I'm not a huge fan. I prefer to be less than 5 minutes away from the bank, post office, grocery store, and shopping outlet. So small town life is not my style.

Saint George is pretty cool though. I decided that I can just order Nordstrom and any other retail store that I love online, so that's not that big of a deal. It is pretty there, lots of red rock and PALM TREES!

The girls are in preschool, not sure I'm in love with the preschool. I'm going to give it another two weeks to see, but I might be on the search for a new one. Tori misses the cut-off by 5 days, so she is pretty advanced for pre-school stuff, and all they seem to be doing is teaching them songs like "Where is Thumpkin". They haven't been doing reading or math or anything, so I'm thinking about pulling the plug. We'll see.

Factory Direct Vinyl

We started into a new company, called Factory Direct Vinyl. Brad and I are so excited to be able to work together and to be doing so well. It's basically like having a free franchise. We are going to finish up the summer working in Utah County and Northern Utah selling vinyl fencing, and then as soon as October hits, we'll concentrate on Southern Utah and Las Vegas. We are just so excited for the opportunity and the blessings that this type of work is bringing us (ie: income, time with family, flexibility, etc.)

We are traveling a lot back and forth throughout Utah State right now, but we are enjoying each other and so glad Brad doesn't have to go to work from 9-9 each day. Let us know if you need some vinyl fencing!

Tigger... T.I.Double "Guh". "Errr"

I decided to let you all in on a very exciting thing in my life. Now, I know that many of you are like, "WHY", but keep that to yourself... because frankly, I really don't care. I am SO excited because I got a CAT! I've been wanting a cat for EVER it seems like, at least for 5 years now, and for our anniversary in May, Brad gave me the gift that I can get a cat. We had held off for so long because many of our friends were allergic, but now that we have moved away, and Brad found a cat that is pretty hypo-allergenic, we are excited to announce our newest addition to the Brockbank Family. Miss Tigger! She is so beautiful! She has leopard spots! She is the best cat in the entire world and I'm so lucky to have her as mine.