Abbee

Chetter BUg

2011-03-09T13:26:00.000-08:00

Look how cute my little guy is :) He brings so much happiness to my life it is unexplainable

I love this hat on him

in his camo

Chett's tux my aunt Collette made for his blessing

Cutie pie

Chett with his grandpa Charlie

2011-01-10T13:49:00.000-08:00

I am not going to make any promises that i will keep this thing updated. With my little guy at home i don't want to do anything but play with him. I am back to work now, today was my first day back and i am missing him soooooo much! I missed my class a lot though and was so excited to see them all again. They are such great kids and I love my job so much that it makes coming back to work a little easier.
Yes Chett finally came, but after one heck of a struggle. I will post the story later, but I just wanted to post a quick update about our perfect little man. He was born Dec. 3rd 7lbs 8oz 19in long. He is so perfect.....i know i am partial, but i swear i could stare at him all day long and not get bored of it for one second. Anthony and I lay in bed at night with him and just talk about how lucky we are and how amazing he is. We do it every night and still can't believe how perfect he is each time we get in bed and stare at him again. I will be posting pictures eventually, but I suck at keeping up with anything now. Maybe I will get better, but like i said no promises. I can't put Chett down long enough to upload my pics and now that I am back at work I know I will be loving on him even more when I get home.

Quick update

2010-11-18T12:36:00.000-08:00

Time is flying by and Chet is going to be here before we know it. We are so excited to FINALLY get to meet our little guy. I am definitely getting uncomfortable and ready to be done being pregnant. I have really enjoyed the experience of being pregnant so far, but now I think everything on my body that could hurt, does, so im really getting ready to have him in my arms instead of my in my stomach. My mom buys all of her children's first crib, we got ours a couple weeks ago, it is so perfect!! I LOVE it!!!! THANKS MOM!!! I will have to post some pictures of it, it is so awesome. We have pretty much everything ready to go so now we are just playing the waiting game. My due date is now the 29th so a few days sooner. The doc says everything looks perfect, he is growing perfect, moving great and his heart beat is very strong. He is in position and I am dilated to a 2 and 75% thinned out so things are moving along. I just can't wait to see our little guy! Anthony is so antsy, it is so funny to watch him get excited thinking that he is going to come. Every time I have a contraction he gets so excited hoping it's time. I have been waking up a lot at night in so much pain and every time I wake Anthony up he is so excited asking Are you in labor? is is time? but sadly I have to tell him no and he gets a little bummed. Work is going great! I love my class and am so sad that I have to leave them, but so excited obviously!!!!!

song

2010-10-07T08:09:00.000-07:00

I had to post the lyrics to this song. Anthony came home the other day after picking up his sisters and they just HAD to show me this song that fit him perfectly. I thought it was so cute, he is just so excited to be a daddy, I love watching him get excited and talk about the future with his little man.

Anything Like Me lyrics

Songwriters: Dubois; Paisley, Brad Douglas; Turnbull;

I remember sayin' I don't care either way
Just as long as he or she is healthy I'm okay
Then the doctor pointed to the corner of the screen
And said, "You see that thing right there, well you know what that means"

I started wondering who he was going to be
And I thought heaven help us if he's anything like me

He'll probably climb a tree too tall and ride his bike too fast
End up every summer wearin' something in a cast
He's gonna throw a ball and break some glass in a window down the street

He's gonna get in trouble, oh he's gonna get in fights
I'm gonna lose my temper and some sleep
It's safe to say that I'm gonna get my payback if he's anything like me

I can see him right now, knees all skinned up
With a magnifying glass tryin' to melt the Tonka truck
Won't he be a sight with his football helmet on?
That'll be his first love 'til his first love comes along

He'll get his heart broke by the time he's in his teens
And heaven help him if he's anything like me

He'll probably stay out too late and drive his car too fast
Get a speeding ticket, he'll pay for mowing grass
He's gonna get caught skippin' class and be grounded for a week

He's gonna get into trouble, we're gonna get in fights
I'm gonna lose my temper and some sleep
It's safe to say that I'm gonna get my payback if he's anything like me

He's gonna love me and hate me along the way
Years are gonna fly by and I already dread the day

He's gonna hug his momma, he's gonna shake my hand
He's gonna act like he can't wait to leave
But as he drives out he'll cry his eyes out if he's anything like me
There's worst folks to be like, oh he'll be alright if he's anything like me

LIfe

2010-10-06T08:09:00.000-07:00

Life is flying by. I can't seem to keep up anymore. I have now been teaching fourth grade for six weeks and LOVE LOVE LOVE it. I have so much fun with my students and love the people I work with. My belly is growing every single day. It is so fun to watch as our little guy gets bigger. Anthony and I are so excited to finally get to meet him in eight weeks. I am scared out of my mind at the same time, but I know I will be able to handle it. I can't wait to see what he looks like and to see his personality. I can already imagine what he will look like. I think he is going to be a mini Anthony and definitely couldn't be happier about that. Anthony is one amazingly good looking man and to have my little guy look just like would be the most perfect thing I could imagine. Other that work and getting ready for Chet to get here we have just been enjoying life and having fun in this new big step forward in our lives.

boy oh boy

2010-07-04T20:31:00.000-07:00

Anthony and I are so excited for this next step in our lives. We found out two weeks ago that we are having a BOY!!!! We are so happy and feel so blessed to be able to have this little guy. We both have always wanted kids and have just been waiting until we felt like the time was right to become parents. Lucky for us, once we decided we wanted to start a family we found out a month and a half later that I was pregnant. We truly are so blessed and are so happy! This will be the first grandchild on Anthony's side and the first grandson on my side. I have 6 adorable nieces, but no nephews. Needless to say he is going to be sooooo spoiled. I am really starting to look pregnant now. I have felt huge for the last two months, but really no one could tell I was pregnant. butI am starting to really get a belly. I am getting use to my growing belly and am feeling great (no more sickness) and I absolutely LOVE being pregnant. It has been so fun and I am so grateful that I can enjoy being pregnant and not be sick the whole time like many other people I know. Anthony has been so cute about the whole thing and he just can't wait for him to get here. I watch him play with my nieces and take care of them and I can already see what an amazing dad he is going to be. I am so lucky to have Anthony in my life, he is such an amazing husband and will be the best dad ever. I can't even wait for our little man to get here!!!!

what's new

2010-03-09T08:24:00.001-08:00

SInce it has been forever since i updated this thing i figured i would do a quick post. I just moved...again! to a cute place in PG, we love it. it is a lot smaller than our last place, but it fits us perfectly. It is a mess right now and everything is still in boxes, but we should get all settled in this week. I am still teaching and absolutely loving it! I couldn't love my job anymore than i do. I am so glad i chose elementary education because it fits me perfect. Anthony is working at a website place and is going to school so i don't get to see him as much as i would like, but it will be nice when he is finished with school and he is doing really good at his job and really enjoys it. other than that nothing too exciting is going on.

nothing exciting

2009-10-27T13:19:00.000-07:00

I really have nothing exciting to write about and i'm trying to waste some time so I thought i would fill this thing out that i stole from Kimber....thanks :)

A- Age: 23....24 in a few days wow that is crazy

B- Bed size: king, thank you gma Vest

C- Chore I love: I actually like cleaning as long as im by myself and i have to be in the mood, but that is like everyday lately

D- Dogs name: Ralphy

E- Essential start to my day: breakfast

F- Favorite color: pink

G- Gold or Silver: Silver

H- How many times have you been outside the USA: never

I- Instruments I play: nothing good

J- Job Title: pe teacher

K- Kids: none

L- Living arrangements: With Anthony and Ralphy in a town house

M- Most popular dessert at my house: I think our newest favorite is nestle toll house turtle cookies...they are so good. but ice cream and popsicles are always gone fast at our house sometimes the same day i buy it

N- Number of times I have stayed overnight at the hospital, not counting my own birth: never

O- Outdoor activity I have never tried but would like to: bungee jumping

P- Pet peeve: i have many, but i think my biggest is when people lie especially about stupid things.

Q- Quote from a movie: no clue

R- Restaurant I could eat at everyday: pretty much anywhere

S- Siblings: 3 older brothers 2 little sisters

T- Time I wake-up: 7:45-8:15 depending on how tired i am and how much i have to do before work

U- Unknown fact about me: hmmmmm can't think of anything really

V- Vegetable I dislike: none

W- What is my dream vacation: all inclusive trip to mexico, bahamas, australia or italy

X-rays I've had: mouth, chest, wrist, back, ribs, tailbone i think thats it

Y- Yummy food I make: ha when i actually cook (which has been a lot lately....weird) i like my chicken but i think anthony would say my roast or steak

Z- Zoo favorite: everything, i love the zoo especially with my nieces and i have three more since the last time i went so looks like a trip has to happen this spring

California

2009-10-12T16:18:00.000-07:00

Anthony and I went to California to go to his uncle's wedding. It was a much needed vacation for the both of us and it was so nice to spend time with each other. The wedding was amazing, seriously the most perfect wedding i have seen in forever! It ended up not being so much of a vacation for us in the end, but we still had a great time together and it was so fun to see his family from California because we never get to see them. His family is so awesome and I wish we would have been able to spend more time with them. We got back from California last Tuesday, we had to drive all night long because we both had to work on tues morning and a bunch of stuff happened that made us not able to leave cali until like 10 at night so we had a 12 hour drive and were both supposed to be at work in the morning. Ya, no way were we going to make it. I was luckily able to get a sub to take my classes so i drove all night so anthony could sleep since he had to go straight to work when we got into town. It sucked to say the least, but after multiple energy drinks, books on tape and a lot of pit stops we made it.

Work is still going great, i LOVE my job its so crazy to get paid to do something you love. It was my niece Constance's birthday on Sat. she turned 1. i can't believe she is already a year old. She is walking already and has the cutest little personality. Jeremy and Sara (parents) had a Halloween birthday party for her with all of the fam and close friends. It was so fun and i love when we all get together. My family is so amazing and I love spending time with them and now that i don't work for my parents anymore i don't see them nearly as much as i use to. Anthony had to work though so he couldn't make it, but it was so fun to see everyone and see all of the fun costumes. My grandma Peterson I have to say had the best costume of all....she made a night stand out of cardboard and wore it around her neck, put a lamp shade over her head with eye holes cut out and had a sign that said "one night stand" haha what a hilarious costume, especially for a grandma to wear i loved it and am going to steal her idea one of these years. I have pictures of it that i haven't uploaded yet, but i will. She put so much detail into it and it turned out so perfect. Thats about everything that has been going on lately. Our lives aren't too exciting, but thats the way we like it, everything just seems to be falling perfectly into place for us and we are so thankful for everything we have. Here are some pics from California, I have some from Constance's b-day but haven't uploaded them yet so when i do i will post them too.
Starting out on our long drive.

On our way to the wedding

such a beautiful wedding

Anthony, his aunt Kim and cousin Bronson

Anthony and his uncle Steven

playing football on the beach

What's new

2009-09-05T15:33:00.002-07:00

Well I have now been teaching for two and a half weeks. I LOVE it! really I have the best job i could ever imagine! I was so scared at first because I know how to set up a classroom because thats what i went to school for, so i know i could set up a class room and the curriculum for the year, but i got the p.e. specialist job at a brand new school and i really didn't know what i was suppose to do. I felt so lost, but I am getting the hang of things now. When i first found out i got the pe specialist job i was so excited because i love every sport and i absolutely love exercising and think it is very important, especially with kids getting so involved with technology games and don't really like to go outside and play anymore. So I was stoked to teach pe and really who doesn't love pe, so i already had that going for me. The school I got a job at is brand new and it is out in Saratoga Springs so it is also close to my home which is so nice(no commute) the school is not 100% finished and the gym and my office aren't done but i have been taking my classes outside since the weather is still nice and i love it and i have an empty classroom to use until everything gets finished. Really no words can even say how much i love my job. it is so fun and i love all of my students, kids are the best and are just so innocent and sweet and also so dang funny. I get to work with every grade too which is so good for me because I have never been able to decide on what grade i would really want to teach so this way i get to experience them all and then when i do get an actual classroom i will know what grade i really want to teach and i will know how to deal with the different age groups, that is if i ever want to not teach pe because so far i love it so much and can see myself doing this even when i have kids of my own because the schedule is so nice and a lot easier than an actual teachers schedule. This is the first time in my life i look forward to going to work everyday, it seems so weird and i can't believe i get paid to do what i do. i would totally do it for free because i love it so much! Anyway everything else in life is going good just being a wife and remodeling our town home which i am having a blast doing too. I feel like everything in my life the last two weeks just keeps getting better and i love it! Anthony is doing great just working and trying to get into classes to get his schooling done, hopefully he gets finished soon! I also am going to go back to school next semester so i can get my masters and i am so excited to go back. I already miss school which i never thought i would say, but i really love to learn so im excited to go back in january. and with my work schedule this is the perfect time for me to finish.

On a totally different note i just have to express my feelings about how annoying people or maybe i should say the internet can be. Okay i know that blogs, myspace facebook etc. are used to keep friends and everyone updated on what is going on in everyones lives, which i love, but i think there are so many people that really take it to the extreme. it drives me crazy! especially when people who really are not that close to anthony or i use our internet things and act like they know what is going on in our lives and then talk about it to other people, my closest friends don't even do that. It drives me crazy, but it drives anthony even more crazy. He wants me to delete my blog so bad because he hates when people that he runs into or people even text him and ask him or say something about personal things that are going on in our lives and most of the time he doesn't even know what they are talking about. yes, i know that by having these things like a blog i am putting my business out there for everyone to see, but i feel like i only put things up that i don't mind people knowing, but what really kills me is when people take what is say in the wrong way or take it in a way that i don't mean. Also why do people live by what happens on peoples facebooks. you know many things can be done or said on facebook that are NOT even done by the person that owns that facebook. I finally just deleted my facebook because for one, someone got my password and wrote some things on there and that has also happened to anthony a while back and said stupid things to people that he would NEVER say, but some people were so dumb they really thought it was him DUH people come on use your brains. I just got so tired of people texting anthony about things that are said on MY facebook. really if people want to know then why don't they ask me? NOT my husband. He thinks it is so annoying and pathetic. One day he came home and was just like PLEASE delete your blog....i have had so many people texting me and asking me about what is going on in your life haha well once i found out what they were asking him i knew it was from my facebook, not my blog. I just deleted it after that because i know that because i was annoyed about it. now i know if i write a status update it sends it to all of my friends, but at the same time things can be taken in so many ways and if you want to know whats up then ask me. obviously i don't care if you are curious or want to know what is going on or i wouldn't have posted the update in the first place. i will definitely admit that i am guilty and totally check out peoples internet sites....hello that is what they are for right? i just hate when people start spreading stuff to others when really they have no clue what is going on and they are just going off of some website. I love facebook, myspace and my blog! i love keeping in touch with everyone and keeping updated on other peoples lives thats why i have them. I know i will get another facebook eventually but i really don't even have time to get on anything and update anything anymore. with my old job i was on the computer all day everyday so i could keep up on them all the time. and plus if someone else writes something on my facebook i wouldn't even know because i don't get on there, so unless someone asks me then all of my friends are going to think that i wrote whatever was said. I just wish people would think about things and actually think hmmmm would they really write that and realize that it is not true. I hope no one is offended by this post because i guarantee that i am not even talking about any of you. There are just a few people i really am not friends with and neither is anthony, but we do know them from school or whatever and then we find out they are saying this or that because they saw our facebook or something haha i just think it is hilarious, but also annoying because so many people think so many things are going on in our lives that are not because of dumb internet sites. i just had to vent my frustrations about it because it is annoying. And if i am willing to put it on my site and you don't know what is going on why don't you just ask me if you really want to know i really won't care or i wouldn't have said anything in the first place and really don't text anthony about what i write, he gets SO annoyed and thinks internet crap is so annoying and then he tries to get me to delete my sites which annoys me haha. Anyway im done going off, but i just wanted to give a quick update on our lives, things are truly going so well for us right now. and i am truly counting my blessings because our lives are just falling right into place and we are both so happy and look forward to our futures. i hope everyone is doing good!

so behind

2009-08-20T12:56:00.000-07:00

ok i haven't gotten around to putting up the pictures from wyoming yet, but i have been way too busy. I found out at the end of last week that i got a job at the new Sage Hills Elem. I am so excited!!!! I feel so lucky and blessed to have gotten a job last minute. i was planning on just subbing this year and hopefully find a teaching job next year, but things always seem to work out! I started working on monday and really sometimes feel like i have no idea what i am doing, but things are coming together and i am so excited to begin my career in teaching. When i finally get the pictures from my old work computer onto my new work computer i will post some pics of the rafting trip.

home

2009-07-26T22:28:00.000-07:00

well we finally made it home. I definitely could have stayed another week. The ride home was soooo long because of my dumb ass! I missed the park city exit so we went through heber which was no biggy, but we (me, mckell, will and taylor) got stuck behind a huge wreck in the provo canyon. truck and trailer tipped blocking all lanes so we spent about three hours stopped in the canyon. it really wasn't too bad though it was kinda fun to talk and get to know them all on a better level. The trip was a blast for the most part. i had so much fun with my family and it was nice to get away from EVERYTHING! but now i feel like i need a RELAXING vacation from this vacation because the river trip is busy busy busy and when you add three little babies and three kids under six and then the whole rest of the crew it was overall exhausting BUT so worth every minute of it. I would get in my car and go back right now if i could and do it all over again! I will post pictures tomorrow when im at work. But i hope you all had a great and safe 24th!

Waiting

2009-07-20T09:32:00.000-07:00

I can't wait to get the heck out of here tomorrow!!!!

vacation

2009-07-15T15:32:00.000-07:00

The fam is getting ready for our camping trip to Wyoming for the 24th.....thanks to the Heislets (sorry if i spelled it wrong) My family is friends with their family and do work together. Two summers ago my parents were invited to go on their annual river rafting trip and my parents decided to go, which is surprising since they NEVER go on vacations anymore. So my parents me and my sisters and Billy (a friend of mine) went. We had so much fun and they were such amazing people to spend our vacation with that my family decided to go every year. Last year my whole family went and it was so fun. It was crazy to get the whole family on vacation together and it is very rare so it definitely is a treat. This year the family is even bigger and going for even longer so im so excited!!!! There are 21 people in my family that are going this year so we are bringing two trailers and a tent to fit everyone. Half of the fam is leaving on Saturday and the rest of us are going in the middle of next week due to work. I'm so excited, i love vacations with the whole fam! Anthony's family might even be going too which would be SO FUN! Anthony has been friends with the heislets (Candice)since he was like 12 so he has gone with them many times. We didn't get to go on our Hawaii trip this year and I am really missing it so this vacation is even that much more exciting since we haven't been able to get away yet this summer. We love to see everyone each year and have so much fun with everyone that goes! I highly recommend going on vacation with any of the families that go river rafting each year, they are all such fun and nice people. They really make our vacation so much better! Thanks again Heislets we love you guys and all of your friends! Here are some pictures from last year and the year before.
These are from the first year we went

on the raft

mckell mom and me

me and my dad

mom sky and me.

Here are some pictures from last year with the whole family

Everyone in the back of the truck early in the morning to go to the river....it was so COLD and the water is freeeeeeeeezing!!!

me, Avery, Anelie and the GORGEOUS pregnant WITH TWINS Lorena

I LOVE this picture of Sara, she is so dang cute and i LOVE her pregnant belly! yes both of my sister in laws were pregnant last year and couldn't go down the river so this year will be even funner.

Here is some of the family after we got off the river.

Poor Anna got a shot of everyone mooning the camera and my mom is checking to see if her daughters really were showing their bums haha

Anthony jumping off the rock

stopping half way through to drop the little ones off before the bigger stuff

on the raft, these guys are the funnest people EVER they made our vacation perfect

Braylee, Avery and Anelie on the river. I hope they can go down the whole way this year.

Graduate!!!!

2009-05-04T16:35:00.000-07:00

It is now official, i graduated on Friday and the day turned out great. It was so fun to see some of my old classmates that i hadn't seen really since December. A lot of them i became extremely close to so it was fun to laugh, talk and catch up a little bit. President Monson spoke at our graduation and it was amazing they also gave him and his wife an honorary doctorite which was such an amazing way to finish off the ceremony. We went to eat at Olive Garden after and like always it was delicious. here are some pics of graduation.

Then on Saturday my three older nieces had a dance competition. It was so cute to see them do their little dances. They are too adorable!!!!

Later Sat I played with my nieces all night which was a blast and we all got to watch my little sister McKell get ready and leave to her senior prom. She looked absolutely beautiful and her and Will are so whooped over each other it is so cute!

Now onto the "job" subject....I have had two interviews now, one on thursday and I had one again today. Cross your fingers for me to at least get more interviews or get hired on somewhere. I have so many more pictures to put up, but it takes too long so maybe i will post more another day :)

Easter

2009-04-17T11:46:00.001-07:00

Easter was so fun, i love when my family all gets together! There is always some source of good entertainment with everyone. On Sat we had an Easter egg hunt at my parents barn. I love watching all of my nieces. I am so lucky to be an aunt to six little girls who I have to say are the CUTEST girls on earth.
Constance, Isabella and Gesenia with my hot momma

The older girls Braylee, Avery and Anelie and gma Vest

Then on Sunday my parents had an amazing dinner with my dad's famous ribs. Anthony and I hid some eggs so the girls could have an easter egg hunt (since they were in trouble on sat and couldn't look for eggs)

We then went to anthony's parents and got an easter basket (thank you staci) with a new guide to readng the B.O.M. which i am so excited to start into. After about ten minutes of being there i started not feeling too well. We go home and i go to sleep just to wake up with the worst migrain.. AND once again anthony is the BIGGEST sweetheart and gets up and gets my medicine a cold washcloth and is freaking out trying to get me to go to the er or call my mom. he stayed up all night even though he had to be to work early the next morning just to keep his eye on me...Best husband EVER! anyway it has gradually been dieing off but it was horrible until wed night. So i finally am back to work today and really hope i don't ever have to experience that again.

On another note, my little sister Mckell turned 18 yesterday WOW that is so weird to me, i was just turning 18, now she is going to be off to college in the fall. Crazy how time flies so fast.

I have the best family ever and aren't my nieces the cutest girls ever?!?! boys better watch out!!!

Also I went and saw the puppies adn they are so cute here is a picture.

I'm going to be a MOMMY!!!

2009-04-08T14:26:00.000-07:00

So i went to the gyno today to get some tests done and came home with a bag full of prenatal vitamins, when i got home i just gave the bag to anthony since he was home for his lunch break. He looked inside and said "whats this? no way! are you serious? babe tell me the truth?" so i said yep the doctor said that lots of women have a menstral cycle when they are pregnant. he says "holy shit, are you serious" at this point i couldn't hold a straight face anymore and i told him that I was kidding, but i had him going, it was great, I always try and trick him to see his reaction and he usually never falls for it, but i got him this time! now when i really do get pregnant he is not going to believe me. however, yes its true i am going to be a mom, but not to a baby.....Ralphy got his woman pregnant and she had the puppies TODAY. She had seven!!!! and we get pick of the litter. I am so excited! Bulldog puppies are the cutest puppies ever. we are going to see them tonight i cant wait. you know those people you can't stand that talk about their dogs 24/7 and act like they are their kids well i have a feeling anthony and i are becoming those people :(.

anyways on another note, my last day of school is tomorrow and my senior project and senior portfolio are due....both of which i still need to due. i worked on my project for 5 hours and only have half of it done so i guess its going to be a late night tonight after work trying to finish it. STUPID me for procrastinating everything. oh well i will get it done. I would like to say thur will be my last day of school ever, but it won't i WILL get my masters, but not for a while, anthony thinks i should just keep going, but i just want to work and make money for now so we will see what i decide.

Now What

2009-03-27T17:36:00.000-07:00

Well I officially completed my student teaching today and it was a happy/sad moment, but now its back to work and actually getting a decent pay check YAY! Anthony got a job at a t mobile corprate store which should be good...good benefits and good pay. Now I need to start my senior project that is due in a week and a half. Wish I would have started that sooner, but I procrastinate everything. I have my district interview on the 6th of april and im so nervous! After that I can start applying and I hope I get a job soon because I am stressing over it. I sure am going to miss the kids I was teaching, I really don't see how teachers do it every year. Well im getting off work now and im going to go enjoy my weekend so i hope you all do the same!

wanna play catch up?!?!

2009-03-17T18:06:00.000-07:00

Well I finally got caught up (mostly)at work, since im only here like 10 hours a week i get behind. Luckily I have bonnie to cover me while im off student teaching.so i thought while i have a minute i will update. Everything is going perfectly. I have gotten use to my busy schedule and actually am enjoying it, but its coming to an end in a week and a half. I will officially be done with my student teaching a week from friday and honestly i am sad, but happy at the same time. Mostly im excited to see a normal pay check, other than that i don't want to stop student teaching, it really shows me that i am going into the right field for my career. I absolutely love teaching, though some days are rough, there really is nothing more i would rather be doing with my life. Other than that a few things have happened....We went to Vegas for nascar (like we do every year) it was so much fun and i loved spending time with my family, they are so amazing ALL of them. It amazes me how different each person in my family is, but we all get along and have so much fun together. Meanwhile in Vegas anthony and I had our one year, Well kind of. We got married on leap day so technically we only have an aniversary once every four years, which is great because then we don't have to celebrate it every year and get each other gifts and all that crap. But every four years we are going to do something BIG we decided.

Well our first year of marriage was honestly different than i expected. I knew anthony for 10 yrs before we started dating and we were glued at the hip for a year and a half before we got married, so i thought it wouldn't be any different even though everyone told me it was. It really was a lot different and a lot harder, but in a good way I wouldn't change any of it for the world. And I honestly couldn't dream of being with anyone besides anthony for the rest of my life. Every trial we have gone through in this first year has only made us stronger as a couple and as individuals. So even though so many people said it is so hard I think it is only hard in a good way. I am so lucky to have such an amazing husband. He is by far the biggest sweetheart I have ever met in a man. He does anything i want and always sacrifices the things that he wants so he can give me something i want even if i dont ask for it, he picks up on little things and knows when i need or want something really bad so he goes and does it for me. he truly is the love of my life and i am so happy to wake up to him every morning knowing that he is the one that will always be there. ya enough with the mushy crap! so i thought i would post some fun pictures of our wedding day and our reception. our wedding day was feb 29, 08 and our reception was may 1 08. We did it this way becuase i was in school and couldn't plan a wedding and we just wanted to be married so we just went to vegas with our families and had a ceremony in a chapel that my dad's friend owns. it ended up being beautiful and i couldn't have asked for more.

Now here is some of the reception photos. I still havent gotten the professional pictures back so hopefully since it has been over a year i will get them soon, but these pics are some my family members took.Honestly i could have done without the reception, big parties where the attention is on me is just not my thing but it really was fun overall. and still i thank both of our parents for everything they do for us still and everything they did for us getting the wedding plans together especially dealing with anthony and i. we are the biggest procrastinators in the world so our poor moms had the extra stress of worrying if we were going to take care of our "jobs" anyway hope you enjoy the pictures.

Ok yes I know this is a blog overload, but take what you can get alright. here are some pics from vegas...and yes my hair is now dark red so tell me what you think.

Back to Life

2009-01-09T11:16:00.000-08:00

WOW have I been lazy. Over the holidays I had two weeks off of work and had no school. Anthony also pretty much had two weeks off becuase he was in between jobs. We really did nothing!!! I had such a great Christmas with our families other than that we just stayed home and did NOTHING. It was a little pathetic, but I really enjoyed it. On New years eve we were going to go out with some friends, but after getting all ready we decided that it would be fun to just stay home and just watch movies and it was by far the best new years i have ever had. We took pictures since we both got all ready to go out so when i remember to bring my camera i will post them. Now its back to student teaching and working and school BLAH....no really i love it and I'm excited to be back in class with my teacher and students they are so amazing! Anthony started his new job on monday and it looks like it is going to be awesome! he took this semester off of school so that i could quit my job and just focus on student teaching and school, but i didn't end up quitting becuase really i would be lost without a job and some extra cash that i know i earned. I'm just not satisfied with anthony handing me his check, it makes me feel bad and plus i know there will plenty of years for that when we have kids. But his new job is going great and he is loving it and he is happy which makes me happy. Now the next step is graduating may 1st and getting anthony graduated next spring. Wow time really flies, i don't feel like i should be graduating college, high school maybe but not college. I guess i have to grow up sometime. well i hope you all had a great Christmas and New Years!!!

BLAH

2008-12-19T11:31:00.000-08:00

Have you ever felt like nothing is going your way? I seriously feel like because i didn't listen to my intuitions a while back everything is catching up to me now and i am, i guess, getting what i deserve. So what im basically saying is when you have a feeling about something LISTEN TO IT. Most of the time you have the feeling for a reason, sadly I didn't listen to mine and once again am going through something I wouldn't be if I would have just listened to my feelings at the time. Well I guess live and learn right? Anyway hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a great weekend!

ya another one

2008-12-12T15:05:00.000-08:00

HIGHSCHOOL

1. Did you marry someone from high school?
yes, anthony and i met when we were 12. I had the biggest crush on him, like mostly every other girl at school.

2. Did you car pool to school?
My sophmore year I did, i would pick up Kari and Lacey for swim practice at 5:15.
3. What kind of car did you have?
1995 green VW Jetta, it was cuter than this one, but this was the only pic i could find.

4. What kind of car do you have now?
jeep liberty

5. It’s Friday night…where are you? (then)
At some kind of party with "the older boys"

6. It’s Friday night…where are you? (now)
Usually just hanging out at home with anthony
7. What do you do now?
didn't i just answer that???
8. Were you a party animal?
ummmm ya, i really wish i wouldn't have been but i lived and learned i guess
9. Were you considered a flirt?
haha not at all, i was too shy to even talk in high school
10. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?
no, i was on the swim team though, this is my swim team pic sophmore year

11. Did you get suspended/expelled?
no, i did have way too much fun in high school, but i was a 4.0 student
12. Can you sing the fight song?
i maybe could sing half of it
13. Who was/were your favorite teacher(s)?
Mr. Allen and Mrs. Clark I liked pretty much all of them though
14. Where did you sit during lunch?
we were always driving around or going to one of our houses to eat

15. What was your school’s full name?
Lehi High School
16. What was your school mascot?
Pioneers
17. If you could go back and do it again, would you?
I really wouldn't want to but if I did i would do it totally differently. I would have stayed single and dated lots of people and not got into so much trouble.
18. What do you remember most about graduation?
My friends and I had so much fun that weekend and I was so excited to move on with my life
19. Who did you go to prom with Sr. year?
I went with Jordan, it was way fun, Anthony and I were actually suppose to go together but we got in a big fight a couple weeks before, still to this day he says he was still going to take me but I had said yes to someone else ha i dont believe him. but he does regret not going with me haha

21. Do you still talk to the person you went to Prom with?
no, i haven't seen him in a long time. his parents are my parents neighbor though so im sure eventually i will run into him. he is an awesome guy!
22. Are you planning on going to your 20 year reunion?
Heck ya!!!!
23. Do you still talk to people from school?
yes i do

a little bored at work : )

2008-12-12T13:48:00.000-08:00

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Gift bags, i hate wrapping, but guess who my parents have do all the wrapping....ME. I have been doing all of the wrapping for my mom and dad and santa since i was 15 and i hate it, but i love being to do a little something to help them out since they do so much for me.
2. Real tree or artificial tree? we haven't decided yet, last year anthony and I didn't put one up in our house because we weren't married yet and i was the only one living there.
3. When do you put up your tree? well we haven't so who knows
4. When do you take the tree down? no clue, we procrastinate everything so if we get one up it prob won't get taken down till like february
5. Do you like eggnog? ya its ok, but not a lot of it
6. Favorite gift received as a child? looking back now it was the huge mansion barbie house my parents made me. It is amazing and way better than anything you could buy in a store. I can't wait to pass it on to my little girls
7. Hardest person to buy for? my dad, he is the type that if he needs or wants something he just goes and buys it himself even if it is the day before christmas.
9.Do you have a nativity scene? yep my grandma just gave me her old set on wednesday
10.Mail or e-mail Christmas cards? Mail
11. Favorite Christmas movie? its called Christmas on 4th street or something like that im not sure
12. When do you start shopping for Christmas? seriously like two days before
13. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No
14. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? my dad makes a huge christmas breakfast it is my favorite thing!
15. Lights on the tree? it wouldn't be a Christmas tree without em
16. Favorite Christmas song? I don't know
17. Travel at Christmas or stay home? we just go to our parents which both of them are less than 15 miles
18. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? sure can
19. Angel on the tree top or a star? star
20. Open presents Christmas eve or Christmas day? one (pjs) on christams eve and the rest chrstams day
21. The most annoying thing about this time of year? people getting stressed over presents and forgetting the point of Christmas
22. Favorite ornament theme and color? I love my mother in laws tree it is Hawaii themed. it is so cute!
23. Favorite for Christmas dinner? i dont really care, i love my moms 9 layer dip she makes on christmas day every year though
24. What do you want for Christmas this year? for my fam to be happy and healthy
25. Favorite Christmas tradition? every year my parents have both the peterson side and the vest side come over for dinner on christmas eve, there are so many people but it is fun to get everyone together and this year anthonys family is coming so i am even more excited! I also love my dads christmas breakfast!

Update

2008-12-12T12:33:00.000-08:00

Well Thanksgiving was perfect, we spent a few hours at my parents house where my family ate, talked and I mostly played with Constance, Gesenia, Braylee, Anelie and Avery. Then we went to Anthony's parent's house and ate some more and sang Christmas songs and made a cd and took family pictures. I have the most amazing family and most amazing in laws. I really couldn't be more thankful for everything they do for us. Here are some of the family pics.

Our little family.

Close up

The Meyers/Turchetta family

and another, yes Ralphy is a part of the fam too

After Thanksgiving break I had a million school projects due so school was my life, now I just have finals next week, which I have done everything I need to so I have no stress...ahhhh so nice.

Isabella got to come home on Tuesday!!! I can't believe it. She is doing so good and is home with her twin sister. It really makes me count my blessings and thank God for everything we have! I have the most beautiful 6 nieces in the entire world and wish i could spend everyday with them like I use to. I love my family so much, both sides, I was born into (in my eyes) the perfect family, my brothers all married perfect girls and I married into the best family I could have ever imagined. I just fell in love with them from day one and they treat me like their own (sometimes better haha) anyways I'm looking forward to Christmas and spending more time with our families. This Sunday we are having a gingerbread house making contest with my family and santa is stopping by to see the grandkids. Im so excited. so im sure i will have pictures of that on monday. I also have a million pics of Isabella and Gesenia that I need to post, they are just on my camera. So monday I will do a picture overload im sure!!!

Tag

2008-11-25T16:47:00.000-08:00

4 Things tag

4 things I was doing 10 years ago

1. Going to Lehi Jr. High 7th grade (I hated jr. high, worst yrs ever)
2. Meeting new people and new friends
3. Having a huge crush on Anthony (seriously ask my 7th grade friends i was a little obsessed)
4. Being a brat, I was such a brat to my mom in jr high sorry mom!

4 things on my list to do today

1. go to school (this morning)
2. go to work
3. go to the gym
4. make dinner, unless anthony already has which will be nice

4 things i love about my husband

1. He spoils the crap out of me not just with material things, but with everything, he treats me like a princess, he does everything for me and he is so loving to me.
2. He is very protective of me and would stick up for me no matter what
3. He admits when he is wrong and always appologizes
4. He is so smart and loving. I could go on and on......

4 jobs I've had

1. private swim lesson teacher
2. great clips
3. beauty express
4. secretary for Peterson Concrete

4 movies I've seen more than once

1. Raising Helen
2. How to Lose a Guy in ten Days
3. Erin Brocovich
4. Knocked Up

4 places I've lived

1. Lehi
2. Pleasant Grove
3. Orem
4. then back to Lehi

4 places I've been

1. Lake Powell
2. Hawaii
3. Idaho
4. California

4 places I want to visit

1. Australia
2. Mexico
3. Paris
4. Brazil

4 T.V. shows I watch

1. The Gauntlet or real world road rules chalenges i love them
2. What not to wear
3. Still Standing
4. King of Queens

4 things you may not know about me

1. I use to be so shy in jr high and high school I would dread anything that i would have to talk to people, but I have officially overcome it YAY!
2. I love kids and want one of my own, but i know that we are not prepared for them yet so we are waiting
3. I have the best family in the world ALL of them are so amazing.
4. I get to quit my job so next semester I can just focus on student teaching and school thanks to anthony working so hard so i don't have to work on top of everything else.

4 People I tag: anyone who wants to fill this out for a few minutes of entertainment

I still need to post pictures, but I keep forgetting to bring my camera to work. I will post some after Thanksgiving.

ahhhh

2008-11-21T17:25:00.001-08:00

So I haven't had time to post for a while. My brother shawn and sis in law lorena had their twin baby girls on Nov. 6th. They were both 6lbs. wow lorena looked amazing, i can't believe she had two babies that big in there. They are adorable and doing great. Their names are Izabella Robyn and Gesenia Rosa. gesenia was able to come home with momma and Izabella is still at primary childrens but is recovering wonderfully. I am so lucky, i have three new nieces that are absolutely perfect to go along with my other three perfect nieces. I will post pictures when i have more time.

Today was my last day of student teaching until Jan. and honestly I am sad. I really love those kids and the Dayna (the teacher whos class im in)Even though they are long days and i have no time to just take a breath, i love it. Anthony quit his job and got another one, well actually 2 so that I can quit my job for student teaching next semester. He is the best and is definitely making my life easier by helping me out.

Can I die now...ok not really

2008-11-03T16:11:00.000-08:00

So today was my first full day of student teaching WOW what a long day, and now im at work hopefully going to get three hours a day in, but that means i will be hear till 8....I know im such a baby, but 12 hour days plus only getting paid for three of them is NOT for me ha. yes and i should be working and not on the internet, but i had to take a break for a min. Anyway I LOVE my class i already knew them since i was there the whole first day, but i got to know them better today and they are wonderful and i really like the girl im student teaching for. She is so cool, laid back and really just makes me feel totally welcome.
Halloween was great we spent it with my family at a family party and then went to anthony's parents for cake and presents that they got me for my b day. wow i have an amazing family and amazing inlaws, really im so lucky!!! Sat we also went to a halloween party. so here are some pics.
This picture is from Dustin Topham's party the week before halloween. Our costumes hadn't came yet so we had to wear our old ones.

Dog the bounty hunter and his wife

These are our costumes this year, batman and jack sparrow

Anthony doesn't have his wig and hat and stuff on but you get the idea and yes i got to put eye liner on him :)

kirie's tag

2008-10-31T12:34:00.000-07:00

I'm going to have to agree with kirie on this, i like doing these when im bored too. i dont know why but they are entertaining.
8 TV shows I enjoy watching
1.real world road rules chalenges
3. friends
4. i love money (which is over now)
5. still standing
6. girls next door
7. king of queens
8. lots of others i cant think of right now
8 Things that happened yesterday:
1. went to school
2. did 2 presentations
3. went home
4. anthony took me shopping for my b day
5. took a nap
6. went tanning
7. watched geepers creepers
8. went to bed
8 Things I am looking forward to:
1. halloween stuff like seeing my nieces dressed up
2. seeing everyone tomorrow
3. anthony's b day
4. thanksgiving
5. christmas
6. student teaching starting monday ahhhhh
7. meeting my two new nieces that are in lorenas tummy
8. spending time with family and my favorite of all....ANTHONY
8 Things I love about Fall:
1. the holidays
2. my birthday even though i don't really like my birthday im begining to
3. the beautiful colors
4. even though i do not loe school every year i look forward to starting again and seeing everyone
5. the extra hour of sleep that will be given back to be when daylight savings ends
6. the breaks from school for the holidays
7. this year student teaching
8. weeing lots of family due to the holidays
8 Things on my wish list:
1. a house that is NOT a town home so i have a yard and a garage
2. a bedroom set and new comfy bed
3. new tv
4. new couches
5. be done with bills but thats not going to happen
6. for me and my family to be happy even though we are i always want that
7. a clean house, with school and work me and anthony have not had anytime to clean
8. time away from work and school for both me and anthony
8 people I am tagging:
no one sorry i think eveyone of my friends has prob already been tagged

husband tag.....ya im bored

2008-10-24T12:43:00.000-07:00

1. Where did you meet your husband? we met at school when we were 12

2. How long did you date before you married? we dated a little in high school, but this time around we dated for a year and a half

3. How long have you been married? a whole 8 months

4. What does he do that surprises you? He is always so giving. He always buys me stuff for no reason and just loves to spoil me

5. What is your favorite feature about him? i don't think i could just choose one, he is too gorgeous! i love his eyes, they are so cool blue and yellow, his cute little nose and his sexy muscley bum

6. What do you think is his best quality? I like that he is very protective because i know he would do anything for me

7. Does he have a nickname for you? he usually just calls me babe, baby, hun, you know the typical stuff and only calls me abbee when he is bugged or something usually. the best one he came up with though is abaloo

8. What is his favorite food? any kind of meat, he loves steak and ribs and buffalo wings

9. What is his favorite sport? football and then wrestling

10. When & where was your first kiss? our first kiss was in high school at abe's house. we were sitting on the stairs talking and he was on the stair in front of me and had his head turned talking to me and then he kissed me.

11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? lay in bed and cuddle and watch one of "our shows" we really just like to do anything together

12. Do you have any children? nope just our dog ralphy, which really is pretty much our kid

13. Does he have any hidden talents? he is pretty much talented at everything he does, but one thing he is good at, but most people dont know is singing. he has the cutest voice i love it

14. How old is he? 22

15. Who said I love you first? he did haha long story

16. What is his favorite music? he likes all different kinds. mostly listens to country but he likes popular stuff

17. What do you admire most about him? i love that he isn't shy and is outgoing no matter what situation he is in. i am totally opposite and am always shy so i admire that he is like that and he helps me be more outgoing

18. What is his favorite color? yellow. i didnt even actually know that until after we were married. i always thought it was blue haha how funny.

19. Will he read this? no he thinks blogs are so dumb, but im on a computer all day for work and it gives me something to do when i get bored or really sick of working so whatever

My nieces

2008-10-23T14:36:00.001-07:00

I just wanted to post some pictures of my new perfect niece Constance and my other perfect nieces. I love them so much and they make me so happy. Everyone of them is so special and I love them all so much.

My niece Braylee who is 5, she has such beautiful long hair.

Avery who is 3. Funniest little tease.

Anelie who is 4. Biggest sweetheart!

Newest addition perfect little Constance

Big beautiful eyes. AMazing!

Three of my nieces and one of my amazing little sisters Skylar. Sky is like my best friend and she is so much like me, she always has sleep overs at my house when Anthony is gone to keep me company...such a sweety.

I have the best family in the world, I am so lucky!!!!

and

2008-10-14T17:07:00.000-07:00

my sister mckell went to homecoming on saturday night with her boyfriend matt. they looked so cute and so i had to put up some pics.

what a weekend

2008-10-14T16:12:00.000-07:00

WOW what a wonderful and eventful weekend I had. It started off with us going to celebrate Kirie's birthday with her and her hubby and a few other friends. We had a BLAST thanks again Kirie for the invite, seriously me and anthony needed to go out and have some fun with friends and it was so fun.

Anyway we get home from salt lake at around 1 or 130 and we are getting into bed and i see that my mom had called me....so i listen to the message and she says sara (my pregnant sister in law) is going to have an emergency c section. OK i am freaking out, she wasn't due until the 31st and she has gone through absolute HELL with this pregnancy and trying to get pregnant so if anything goes wrong i will just die, i call my mom and she says sara had the baby already so i rush to the hospital hoping both sara and the baby are ok. YAY they are doing good. Sara of course is exhausted and sick, but still good and so happy! and baby CONSTANCE is in special care unit so i didnt get to see her except through an open door and pictures, but she is going to be fine, she is still in there now, but should be released soon. She only weighed 5 pounds and looks so tiny up next to my brother Jeremy (he is a big guy if you haven't seen him) She is so beautiful i love her so much already and can't wait to get to hold her and play with her all the time. Congrats to Sara and Jeremy Im so excited to them to finally have their dream come true and have a little adorable healthy baby and have a wonderful family together they deserve it and have gone through so much trying to get there. here is a couple pictures of the cutie!!!!

Arent babies just amazing!!!! Anyway I got home from the hospital at 3 am and got some sleep...then around 10 am on saturday i get a text. One of my best friends Jess had HER baby after 36 hours of labor WOW. So Kirie and I go see her and the baby. He is so stinkin cute! I can't believe all the babies I LOVE IT!!!! Jess and Nate named their little guy Ryker he is so adorable, he was almost 9 pounds and trust me if you don't know jess she is too small to have that big of a baby. but she and the baby are doing great.
Seriously all these babies are making me want one, but then after i really think about it im not ready so i will give it a few more years.

Park City

2008-10-03T09:41:00.000-07:00

Nothing new is going on, just same old work and school. I really am enjoying school so much. It is so crazy how the older I get the more I really appreciate learning and the opportunity I have to go to school. Anyway over the weekend Anthony (being the sweetheart he is) Told me to take the day off and we were going to Park City. He took me on the alpine slide and the alpine coaster, we would have done more but they closed. Then he took me shopping for new running shoes that i desperately needed and bought me a few other items of clothing. Then took me to an amazing dinner at the Porcupine because he knows how much I love it. It was so nice to get away for the afternoon together and forget about school and work and just spend some time together and remember how much we really love each other. Here are a few pics we took. We forgot the camera, but luckily phone are amazing these days.

Back to School

2008-09-19T12:06:00.000-07:00

Well I'm back to school now and absolutely LOVING it. I usually do like school a lot, but last semester I hated it soooo the summer break was just what i needed. Anyways school is going great and I am so excited but sad that this will be my last semester of classes. All of my classes for the past year and a half have been with the same people at the same time. I have really become good friends with everyone and will be sad when I won't see them everyday. BUT I get to do my full time student teaching starting in January and I could NOT be more excited. I LOVE every aspect of teaching and can't wait to have my own classroom with my own students. I have so many ideas and I can't wait to try them out and decorate my classroom. Anthony is back to school now too and he really is so happy. He loves to learn so its good that he is back in classes, but we will be busy both going to school full time and working, but it will only make us apreciate each other even more.
I can't believe how fast this year is flying by WOW!!! I have so much to look forward to in the next four months. Holidays, student teaching, vacations and babies. my two sis in laws are going to be having their girls soon and to me it feels like a week ago they found out they were pregnant. But im so excited to have three more little nieces to play with and love. and since anthony and i want to wait two or three more years it is nice to have babies and kids in the family so i can get my baby fix when i need it.

more proof

2008-08-13T14:09:00.001-07:00

I had such a great weekend. I didn't exactly do too much. Anthony worked all weekend (like usual) and I tried to finish the book I am reading. It was great though we just spent time together and I just relaxed while Anthony was working. Mondays are my day off and Anthony usually has Mondays off too so we always spend the whole day just hanging out with each other. I had offered to watch two of my nieces Avery and Anelie while their mom took Braylee school shopping since she is starting kindergarten this year and because I do not get to see the girls as much as I use to and i absolutely LOVE to play with them. So the girls came over and we just hung around and did random things until Braylee got done shopping and we took all three of them plus anthony's little sisters and my little sister to the pool. This brings me to the title of my post....I know and have always known what a great dad anthony will be when we decide to have kids, but this Monday was a great reminder. Avery and Anelie who are 3 and 4 wanted to paint everyones nails so we went out front of our house and Anthony let them paint his nails and was having so much fun with them.

They were so cute! and BRIGHT pink

They were so carefull and wanted his nails to look perfect.

This is all of our toes when they were finished.

but they still wanted to paint more so anthony let them paint ralphys toes too.

Soooooo funny! Ralphy was not happy though.

This is a picture from when anthony and i were dating and my nieces wanted him to paint their nails.

Anyway after we finished swimming all 6 of the girls wanted to sleep over at our house so, OF COURSE, we let them. Anthony went to the store and got movies and treats. It was such a fun night. the next morning anthony went and got donuts for everyone and made eggs for breakfast. WOW what a great guy. he hung out with 7 girls for almost two days and never complained once. to be completely honest I think he had more fun than i did. What a great guy!!!!

My Hubby

2008-08-07T08:49:00.000-07:00

This is one of my favorite pictures! My two boys sleeping on the couch. We got rid of our other dog finally and I am so happy. I really love our dog Ralphy, but with two dogs our house was a wreck.
Anyway I just wanted to do a little post on my wonderful husband. He is so amazing and does absolutely everything for me. I swear his main goal in life is to make me happy. It is so weird to me because I have never had someone spoil me 24/7. I am just so thankful for all the little stuff he does for me like he always brings me stuff home just to suprise me and goes shopping with me (i hate shopping) and helps me find the cutest things and then buys them for me because he knows I hate spending money and won't buy them for myself. and on top of all of the stuff he does for me he works at a job that he really doesn't like and works his butt off so that I don't have to work and can get my schooling done. I do still work, but I don't HAVE to and when I start student teaching I'm not going to be able to work hardly at all. The thing about the whole situation is I know how bad he wants to finish school so he can get a job that he loves to do and he took last semester off so he could pay for my ring and never said a word to me, even though I gave him so much crap for not going to school last semester he just took all of my "bitching" and never once said that he took the semster off so he could use the money he would have paid for school with to buy me a ring. I did eventually find out and I felt horrible, but he just tells me that being married to me is the most important thing to him. He is so excited to start back up this semester and wants to take a ton of classes, but isn't so that he can work more and I can finish. Sorry I know i am going off and probably don't make sence, but this has been bothering me because school is coming up and we have been discussing the whole situation. Anyway Anthony is just one of those people that LOVES school, he would much rather go to school and learn than work and he is giving that up for me. He is such an amazing person and has the biggest heart. He really would do anything for the people he cares about. I am just so happy that I married him. I can not imagine spending the rest of my life with anyone else. He makes me happier than i could have ever imagined. Thanks hun I love you!!!!

Wyoming Trip

2008-08-05T10:54:00.000-07:00

Our vacation over the 24th was so much fun. It was way too short but it was nice to get the whole family together and hang out. We would go down the river twice a day so we didn't get too much time to just relax, but it was a blast!!!

This is just some of the fam. Two of my sis in laws are pregnant so they couldn't go down and Sky and my three nieces didn't go down this time.

Braylee Anelie and Avery got to go down the first half of the river. They were so cute and had so much fun except the river was so cold they froze their cute little butts off.

Getting ready to go down to the river bright and early.

Family love

Ya i look like I am peeing or something....who knows

I stayed back one of the runs so I could show Lorena where to pick up the girls in the middle before the bigger rapids so they could go down a couple of times.

Typical Peterson photo

Nothing too exciting has been going on. I met the teacher that I am student teaching for this year and helped her set up her classroom. She is so awesome! She is only 2 years older than me and this is her 3rd year teaching. We get along so well so I am expecting to have an amazing experience doing my student teaching. School starts so soon. I thought I would be ready to go back after this long summer (it is the first one I haven't taken classes during since I graduated high school) but it just made me not want to go back even more. I am so excited to do my student teaching though. I truly can not wait to be a teacher.....What an AMAZING and rewarding job!!!! My friend from high school blessed her baby boy on Sunday so we went to that and then to her house after for lunch. It was so good to see a few old friends and catch up.

During sacrament Anthony kept telling me to ask linz to hold her baby. So finally after he asked me a million times he just turned around and asked her. Linz handed little Kaleb to him and Anthony held him and fed him the whole rest of church. WOW! ok i know anthony is really good with kids and loves them, but he always says he wants to wait a few years as do I. Well after this he tells me that Kaleb kinda makes him want to have a baby. Excuse me? where is this coming from? I'm suppose to be the baby hungry one NOT you! So after talking about it we really are waiting a few years, but that little boy made anthony fall completely in love. It was adorable!!!! I am so excited to have kids one day, but I want to be completely ready and I know that I am not right now. Plus two of my sister in laws are having babies so this fall we will be surrounded by newborns. I am so excited and can't wait to see the cute new additions to the family!!!!

Waiting

2008-07-22T09:58:00.001-07:00

Waiting to go on vacation! I can't wait till we are in the car on our way to Wyoming. I swear this summer has been nothing but a vacation for me though, but i still look forward to getting out of town. We are HOPEFULLY leaving tomorrow, but who knows. im the only lucky one who can leave work whenever I want. So we have to see what time all of the boys get off work tomorrow and if it is too late then we will be leaving thursday morning. I'm really thinking about just driving up myself tomorrow and telling all the girls that they are welcome to ditch the boys with me and leave in the afternoon tomorrow. I want to make the most of the rest of the summer since school starts in less than a month and im NOT ready to go back yet. I put up some pictures of the American Idol concert since i had tons of fun at it and i chopped even more of my hair off just before we went. I promised anthony that i was not going to cut my hair again after that so now i have to grow it out again. He loved my long hair, but I get too bored too easy with my hair and have to change it up every so often so i guess now i will just have to color it to get a change instead of cutting it off. Anyway everyone have a great 24th and be safe!!!

update

2008-07-16T11:03:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted for a while so I will do a little update on whats been going on. The weekend of the fourth was so fun. We spent it all with family which was so nice. Jeremy and Sara (brother and sister in law) had a 4th of july/Jeremy's Bday bbq at the cabin.....all you can eat crab mmm so good. Well that night mostly everyone that went to the cabin got sick. First we thought maybe we all ate something but come to find out it was a wonderful flu going around. I was sick for a week and today is the first day I finally feel 100% better and WOW is it nice!!!
We got a new dog the weekend of the fourth too. He is an English bull dog like our other one but he is almost two yrs old. But now we are trying to sell him because of multiple reasons but mostly I just am sick of dogs making my house stink and so if you know anyone looking he is a great dog and AKC registered.
Last night we went to American Idol with my mom and some of the fam and seriously I did not expect it to be so good. It was so fun and all of the singers were amazing! Now I'm loooking forward to our family vacation next week. We are going to Wyoming to go river rafting/camping. My whole fam is going which does not happen very often. So I'm so excited!!!

fun weekend

2008-07-01T15:34:00.000-07:00

We actually did stuff over the weekend. Usually we don't do too much and just hang around the house...but last weekend we actually did stuff every night. Friday night we went to the rodeo with my family which was so fun. I love the rodeo and its kinda fun running into people I know from Lehi that I haven't seen in forever. I offered to watch my nieces on saturday so my sis in law Lorena could take my brother out for his birthday since on his birthday he worked from 5am to 9pm (crazy construction hours) So Lorena dropped my three nieces off at 3 and I had so much fun with them. I absolutely love them and can't wait for the three more on the way. Anyway Anthony and I took the girls shopping for treats and then took them to see Wall-E which I honestly thought was going to be such a cute move, but I didn't think it was as good as I expected. It was cute, but I really don't think I would watch it again. After the movie we went home and Heidi and Abe came over with their little girl. We took them all to the park and had so much fun. Anthony just adores my nieces and he is so good with them. He will be such a good day someday when we are ready. Then on Sunday Anthony actually didn't have to work (which doesn't happen very often) so we just hung out went shopping and took our dog to the park. It was such a good weekend. Im also excited for this weekend I love the 4th of July and on Saturday Jeremy and Sara (bro and sis in law) are having a big bbq with seafood mmmm mmmmm mmmmm I love seafood especially crab and thats what they are having. Im so excited and hope this weekend is as fun as last. Ha ya my fun weekends are pretty lame, but to me they are great, we are already like an old married couple.

This pisses me off

2008-06-20T09:44:00.000-07:00

ya i had to post one more today because of something that just happened at work. I really don't understand what is wrong with people. This jack ass has owed us money forever and finally came to bring me the check, which was quite a bit less than the total amount owed because he is having a rough time with his bills. I know the market is crazy right now and so so so many people are struggling and my sweet dad is too understanding (in my opinion). Anyway so this guy brings the check and then I see him driving out in a sweet porche. WOW if i would have seen that when he drove in I really would have let him have it. I am serious too because that pissed me off so bad I am still pissed I would love to see him right now! This car was prob around 100 grand (all of the office folk came up with the estimated cost). What a jack ass! get rid of your toys and pay your bills dick! sorry but really what is wrong with people!!!! Ok i am done venting, but really if I see or talk to that guy again he will get to see my bad side.....his name is permanentaly ingraved in my head now.

Hawaii Pics....Finally!

2008-06-20T09:02:00.001-07:00

Hawaii Pictures!

This is literally our backyard it was so amazing! Beautiful privat beach.

We were swimming with these guys.....it was so fun!
my hubby loves me!

Hawaii Temple Anthony didn't feel good and didn't make it into the pic. :(
Catching a wave

Mine and Anthony's dads playing basketball, in the front yard of the house
This is right after my dad put his butt on my head....my mom got the pic a little too late tipical dad
my sisters
man i love him!
on the left is the main house and the right is the guest house....AMAZING!

Shopping....for some reason shopping over there is a lot funner than it is here.

We were finally on our way to the airport YAY!

Well since I have been at work since 6 this morning I have some extra time. Ya I haven't been able to sleep all week. Honestly I am averaging 3 hours a night since monday and have no clue why. So this morning when I got up at four and tried and tried and continueously failed to go back to sleep I just decided to go into work 3 hours early. Anthony came home last night YAY! he changed his flight to a day earlier because he missed me so bad.....and needless to say he won't be very willing to do that again for work, which I am happy about.

Lonely

2008-06-17T09:37:00.000-07:00

Anthony left out of town for work yesterday at 4 am and I swear yesterday was the longest day ever. Ya I know I'm a baby, but this is the first time in like 5 months that we have been apart so we are both being babies about it. He will be back on friday so its not that big of a deal, but we are usually glued at the hip so it has been a little weird. But it does make me feel good how much he misses me. I have to admit I like knowing that he can't stand being away from me for more than a day. While he is gone I decided I would be ambitious and finish painting the kitchen cupboards while he is gone and get them all put back together and then paint the kitchen walls. Well yesterday was my day off and I painted all day and still didn't get them done. WOW I really can't believe how long it took me. The kitchen will be done when he gets home though. Anyway nothing really exciting is going on in our lives right now, I still need to put up some pics but ya I need to get some work done so maybe I will later this week.

So Sad

2008-06-11T15:27:00.000-07:00

Well I'm back at work :( I already miss Hawaii. It was amazing! The house we stayed in was so beautiful and our backyard was the most amazing beach ever! Me Anthony and my family tried to change our flight so we could stay longer with anthony's family, but $1000 a person uhhhh no thank you. We didn't do too much but play on the beach and hang out, but we did go swimming with the sharks one day, it was so fun! I will post pictures of our trip and stuff probably tomorrow. Being back to real life SUCKS. I really loved waking up every morning and knowing I had no resposabilities and could do whatever I wanted all day. oh well I guess I have to face the fact that I am home.
Yesterday I took a nap after our all night flight and then went and picked up our dog. Thanks again Sara and Jeremy for watching him! Got home and started puking and didn't stop till two this morning luckily I had anthony there to take care of me......he is a sweetheart. I got up for work this morning with a migrain, but could not miss another day of work so I am here and taking my medicine every four hours to try and fight it off. So since I have been home it has been horrible, I think my body is just having withdrawls from hawaii. '
I get to babysit my friends baby tonight, im so excited. I love babysitting and he is the cutest little guy ever so that should be fun.

See Ya!!!!

2008-05-29T12:04:00.000-07:00

well nothing new has been going on. My house is spottless, seriously even the carpets got cleaned....thanks to Anthony. He really did it ALL.....he is too amazing! So now all I have to worry about before we leave in the morning is packing me and Anthony tonight and taking Ralphy (our cute bull dog) over to my bro and sis in law Jeremy and Sara's house. They were nice enough to agree to watching him for 11 days while we are gone. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!!! Hopefully they will have fun with him, I'm sure he will just sleep all the time and hump the crap out of Boogies (their boston tarrier). I'm betting you will want a bull dog after this week Sara haha. Anyway after those things are done I have nothing to worry about except walking onto the plane. I'm so excited. I know it has been less than a year since I went, but after this school year from HELL I really have been looking forward to this vacation. I hated school so bad last semester, I almost didn't make it through and then I would have had to take summer classes which would make me unable to go to Hawaii this year, but luckily I worked my but off and through the sweat and tears passed all of my classes with almost all A's, but one B- which was the one that would have screwed me over in the teaching program. So anyway I think after that I neeeeeeeeeed this vacation. Ha do you like how I act like I don't have the life. Sorry I know I do I am the luckiest person EVER and I know it. I guess I just like to complain sometimes. Well see you all in like 11 days!!!!

The long weekend

2008-05-27T12:30:00.000-07:00

Well we didn't do too much over the weekend. Anthony had to work the whole time (wonderful world of a sales job holidays are when you work the most). I was planning on finishing painting our kitchen on saturday but I woke up with a killer migrain and was puking becasue it was so bad so i was in bed till five and took enough medicine so I could finally get in the shower and attempt to get ready. We went to my brother brady's to watch the ufc fights then pretty much did nothing the rest of the weekend. Anthony's family left for Hawaii on Monday already so we are keeping our eye on their house and we get to drive anthony's dad's car while they are gone. It is such a sweet car, i feel so cool driving it ha sad but i really do. Its a mercedes sport something or other. Im not into the whole nice sporty flashy cars, but I can't say I don't love driving them especially when the car is so fast it takes your breath away. He is selling it and we are thinking about buying it his dad is going to give us an amazing deal on it if we do so we are a little tempted, but we decided we would test it out this week and see if we like it enough.
We got our house all clean so it won't be a mess when we come home from Hawaii. I HATE coming home from vacation to a messy house. We have so much to do before we leave, I still have to take back a ton of gifts that we got doubles of before we go and i really want to finish my thank you's. In three days exactly I will be walking off the plane oh ya im soooo excited!!!!

2008-05-23T12:27:00.000-07:00

So after all of my doing nothing for the past week, i went home from work yesterday and the house was sooooo clean. Anthony had woke up early before work just to clean it so i wouldn't have to. I felt so bad because he has been doing everything the past week or so. so i decided i would get the painting done before he got off work and i actually got a lot done...yay for me finally not being a lazy bum for once.
Anyway only one week till im off to hawaii and seriously i cant wait. Im going to be working all holiday weekend to try and make up for the week of hours i will miss, but it will be sooooo worth it when im sitting on the beautiful beach in hawaii. I also got like twenty of my thank yous written FINALLY. I still have about 80 more but hey its a start. Hopefully we finish our kitchen this weekend so we won't have to worry about it when we get home from our vacation, but Im not counting on it too much.
Soooo I have to vent about something. I get a text today that says "we are not frinds anymore bitch!" ha i had to laugh because sorry im over that whole high school shit and plus i had no idea who the number was so i wrote back "well thats too bad but obviously we weren't that good of friends in the first place since i don't even have your number" never got a response. i really don't care but i was too curious so i called the number and got an answering machine and ah ha no suprise on who it was. WOW people do you seriously have nothing better to do in your pathetic boring lives to worry about me and if we are friends or not? ha seriously grow up. anyway just had to write that. People are so ridiculous it makes me laugh!

Blogging

2008-05-22T09:53:00.000-07:00

Okay so i have been tempted to start blogging FOREVER and I always read people's blogs and love it for a couple reasons, it keeps me updated on their lives and it passes time at work. I made this blog for one of my class assignments last year and never touched it except to do asignments that I was forced to do. Well now I decided I would start blogging and keep up with the trend.
I will start with just a short intro to my life as of now. I just married the most amazing person ever, Anthony Turchetta. We met when we were 12 and I had an instant crush on him, but so did everyone else that knew him. We became friends and would always talk on the phone in jr high and then our friendship grew and we finally started dating our senior year of high school. But that didn't last too long because he was leaving for college in san diego to play football and i had just got out of a horrible 3 year relationship and the only thing I was interested in was hanging with my friends and having fun. anyway long story short he came back from playing football two years later and we hung out one time and were instantly glued at the hip. Everything just seemed so perfect and it was like we were made for each other. After going through hell and back in our relationship we got married Feb. 29, 2008 and are sooooooo happy. He is the best husband ever and treats me like gold, seriously sometimes it bothers me because i dont think i deserve it with my brattiness and crazy emotions sometimes, but he always reasures me that i do deserve the world i am so lucky to have him in my life.
I am going to school to be an elementary school teacher and only have two semesters left including my student teaching YAY. Teaching is my dream job becuase i absolutely love kids and i want to be a mom and what better job can a mom have than a teacher(same schedules and full benefits). Anthony and I bought a town home in Lehi and are gradually remodeling it and fixing it up. We started on the kitchen last weekend WOW what a pain. It took all day and it is not even half done. Needless to say I havent touched it since Saturday so our kitchen looks like hell and I dont even care. Im hoping we get it finished before we leave to Hawaii next friday, but im not counting on it because i still have over a hundred thank you cards to write from our reception BLAH not looking forward to that either! I guess i shouldnt be complaining because i am going to hawaii in a week YAY. I can't wait to walk off the plane in beautiful Hawaii next friday. Okay im pretty sure i over did my first blog so i guess i will stop now but im sure i will write more tomorrow while im bored at work again.

Technology Sources

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ME

2007-09-04T10:31:00.000-07:00

My name is Abbee Peterson. I am from Lehi, UT and have lived there my whole life until two weeks ago I moved to Orem. I have three older brothers and two younger sisters adn three nieces (who are the cutest little girls in the whole world). I love to be outdoors and be doing active things. I love children and think they are so much fun, that is one of the reasons that I chose Elementary Education. I work for my dad's construction company as a secretary part time while I am in school.