Why Is My Husband So Amazing.....

Because he took me here for my birthday.........

The lovely Daveport Hotel

Here is the room we stayed in.

Why am I so lame.......

Because this was over a month ago and I never blogged about it. This was one of the most romantic things Brett has done for me and I absolutely enjoyed every minute of it. The Davenport has been one of my favorite places for quite some time now. Every time you are there you feel so fancy and rich (even though we are no where close to any of those). It is also the place where we spent our wedding night so it has some sentimental value as well.

So for my birthday I told Brett that I really didn't need anything and I didn't really give him any ideas for presents. On my actual birthday he got me beautiful flowers and made breakfast for me, so I thought that was kind of it. Well that weekend he got home from work and said he wanted to go work out. So I packed my workout bag and we headed out. Well, instead of going to the gym, he took me to the Davenport. What a tricky guy huh! It was great. We walked downtown, went out to dinner, and snuggled in bed while watching a movie and eating snacks. What a great birthday.

Happy Family Anniversary

On Tuesday we celebrated our 3 year anniversary! This year we had the girls on our anniversary, so we decided to make it a family anniversary and celebrate our family being together for 3 years. We started our night by going out to eat then having some fun at Wonderland. The girls loved it and I think really appreciated that we included them in the celebration. I honestly feel so lucky not only to have Brett as my eternal companion, but to have these two AMAZING girls in my life. They are so great and loving to me and I now cannot image my life without them.

Unfortunately, Brett and I don't really have time at all this week to celebrate just the two of us. This weekend he is going camping with the boy scouts and as soon as he gets back I am taking Kyra to a Young Women's event. But it really was great to have a fun family night! I love my husband so incredibly much and find myself more and more in love with him each day!

Yay Kyra!

We are so proud of this amazing girl. Last weekend we got to surprise her at the Fox Theater for the Chase Youth Middle School Awards. Her school called and let us know that she won a Chase Award for Group Leadership. So we brought her down to the Fox and she had no idea what was going on. Then she saw all of her teachers and some kids from school, so we let her know that she was one of the amazing girls who won an award. She is such a great 13 year old. I honestly could not ask for a better step daughter. Good job Kyra, I love you so much.

Ky's mom and Brett

Ky with Grandpa Mike and Grandma Cindy

3D T-Shirts...The New Middle School Trend

Not quite, but doesn't it look good on Kyra. She had a science project where she needed to make a presentation of a plant cell in a creative way. The more creative, the better grade. Kyra decided to make it into a 3D t-shirt. She and Brett spent about 5 hours working on this masterpiece. I thought it was pretty creative, so hopefully she gets a good grade!

I Love To See The Temple

I feel so grateful that we have a temple here in Spokane to visit so often! The temple is such a wonderful way to grow closer to our Savior, feel the spirit, feel peaceful, and strengthen my testimony. The best thing about going is the amazing blessings that you get. I honestly think that we have been so truly blessed in our lives because of the temple. I hope that I will never forget the importance of the temple in our lives.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is ture about the picture below?

A: Stephanie has been eating way too much and working out way too little during this winter season.

B: Stephanie is about 4 months pregnant and couldn't be happier.


And the answer is...........................B!!!!!!!!

Yes, we are pregnant and I couldn't be more thrilled. Despite being tired ALL the time (as in sometimes I have to crawl under my desk at work while the kids are a recess to take a 15 power nap), having more acne on my face right now then I have ever had in my whole life, and getting sick quite often when I try to make my husband breakfast in the morning, I feel like things couldn't be more perfect. Yay for us!

Who Needs Romance Anyway

So Brett and I have not been able to get out much lately. Our dates have been consisting of sharing a meal from Panda Express (my favorite place to eat lately) then going home to snuggle in bed. Did I think that after only three years of marriage we would be so lame...not quite. But hey we are busy and tired. Well today we finally had a night to ourselves with absolutely nothing going on, so I decided to plan a nice date for us. I was very excited to finally go out on a nice date. I got home from work, put on some makeup, a new outfit, curled my hair, and put on some nice perfume.

I was going to take him out to dinner (to a real restaurant where we actually sit down and someone waits on us, which we never do) and while we were there I had this fun activity for us that would allow us to kind of remember all of the fun things in our relationship. Then I wanted to take him to our lookout spot to sit and talk, and then finally back home to cuddle and watch a movie (we don't spend money on movie theaters unless it's the Garland. I know we are so cheap).

It sounded like it was going to be a fantastically romantic night! Well, this is what happened instead. 5:30 rolls around and I am sitting on the couch waiting for Brett to come home. He calls and tells me he has to take care of some stuff for the Bishop (he is out of town for 3 weeks). So I wait a little longer...and longer...and longer. Finally, Brett comes home about 7:00. He picks me up and we get to run a couple more errands to do church stuff. Finally, around 7:30 we are done and headed to dinner! Yes, our romantic date can start. Except guess what is on Brett's mind the whole night... this issue he had to help Bishop with. He was on the phone the whole ride to the restaurant, and a little while we were in the restaurant. Did I break down a little bit in the restaurant...YES! I wasn't trying to be selfish, but I just wanted one romantic date with my husband.

Well I just have realized that our life is just nor meant for romance right now! Where is Brett while I am writing this post on what is supposed to be our romantic night together....Taking care of more church stuff.

The bottom line is.........I NEVER want Brett to be a bishop!