2009 BABY!

Hello fellow blogees! It has been such a busy holiday season...I have no clue how people get on here and have everything so up to date. Not me my friends. I take my sweet time. So savor and enjoy what your about to read! Haha anyway. Christmas was very eventful. My whole fam dam came down and stayed at my mom and pop's house. This should have been and I repeat SHOULD have been awesome except for the fact that EVERYONE had the stomach flu! First my niece got it, then my sister in law and from then on people were dropping like flies. So Aaron and I being the logical beings and germ freaks we are, got out of there stat! We woke up the next morning and opened our presents with Jack. He is getting so fun and so big! He was actually pretty into his presents, so I got rid of all the boxes and string I saved for him just in case. He was screaming and crawling everywhere...basically losing all control! haha no not really, but he was crawling from toy toy playing with everything. Later in the day we headed over to the morgue aka my parents house and got in and out of there, seeing as we wanted no part in the stomach flu epidemic. We then ventured over to Aaron's aunt Cindy's with all of his mom's family! They always make thee best food! Not to mention it is always good company. While we were there I felt a rumble in my tummy and asked Aaron to head home. I spent a wonderful Christmas night puking my brains out! It was FANTASTIC! It gave me a great jump start to shedding those Christmas pounds. Later in the week (quick transition I know, but who really wants to hear about my throw up situation?) Aaron's fam came down! It was alot of fun to get to see them and spend time with them. We had a small Christmas after-party at Analee's with presents and food to boot! Then new years eve rolled around and with everyone feeling better we had to PARTY(it's really fun putting things in all caps, try it)!First we went out to breakfast, it was Delicious. Then we tried our hats at bowling. It was awesome. I took bowling in high school and have loved it ever since. You better believe I won one game and the other game I beat Aaron by a point...he was devastated! We did our resolution exchange which is exactly like doing a white elephant gift exchange. I ended up having to make the best grilled cheese sandwich by the end of the year, Aaron ended up with being on time to church every week, which is kind of lame because he is! Anyway I'll let you know how the sandwich thing goes. We set up the movie outside with a big screen and surround sound and watched Transformers, those of us with babies stayed inside and watched Ghost Town, it was really funny. We had my moms famous Chocolate cake which is an absolute dream and waited for midnight! I rang in the new year with a smooch from my sweet cheeks aka my man and drank some martinellis with the rest of the clan! We have had such an amazing year. 2008 will definitely be hard to beat. But bet your bottom dollar we are sure going to try for an amazing 2009! We love all of you and our thankful for all of our friends and family. You are all such a blessing in our lives and we aspire to be like most of you haha no, but seriously. We love you all happy 2009!

Hubby Tag

HUSBAND TAG

Whats your husbands name? Aaron Michael
How long have you been married? 1 1/2 years
How long did you date? 6 months
How old is he? 27
Who eats more sweets? I do unfourtunately...just compare our thighs
Who is a better singer? Aaron can sing like a bird
Who is smarter? Me haha...we might be equal...he has a degree
Who does the laundry? Aaron does, I ocassionally lend a hand
Who pays the bills? We both do
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? My man
Who mows the lawn? No lawn yet...but soon!
Who cooks dinner? I do
Who drives? Aaron "Gasman" Elder...there are 2 reasons why he has that name...
Who is the first to say they are wrong? He is really sweet and admits to it quite often even when I'm at fault.
Who kissed who first? I kissed him...call me what you want!
Who asked who out first? He asked me, through many texts.
Who wears the pants? ME DUH!
I tag, Christy, Michele, Christi, Jenna, Randa and Chelsey

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Happy B-Day Mom!

Hello... This is Aaron for this post. Well my mom's bday was this past December ninth, I can't believe another year has gone by. Time cruises so fast. We celebrated her bday by going to the grave to sing Happy Birthday with Analee and Charly, then me, Laura, and Jack went to Dairy Queen and got birthday treats in her behalf. I miss her so much, I am so grateful for the knowledge that families can be together forever. I am confident that it is not just some good thought or idea, but that indeed, through our savior and his gospel we will be with our loved ones for the eternities. When we go to my mom's grave we usually tell stories about her and share memories, but this time we thought for a change we'd update her on all that has happened since she has passed. Wow a lot of stuff has happened that she has missed out on, but I know she was with us in spirit. I love you mom!! Happy Birthday!! We all miss you very much!

Uncle Dave and Aunt Michelle came into town this weekend and we had a lot of fun playing Guitar Hero World Tour and hanging out. We went to the Suns/Knicks game last night and it was Mike Di'antoni's return back to AZ. I was so upset because he got a standing ovation and I was hoping that the crowd would have boo'd him out of the building. But, to my shigrin, we were the only ones in the whole arena booing him. Jack had a great time. It was also Laura's first game and she loved it!! Well... I hope all of our friends and family are having a great holiday season. Enjoy the updated pics

ThanksGiving and Christmas Lights

Happy ThanksGiving!!!




Jack on Great Grandpa's Horse



Me and Jack on Thanksgiving



Getting into his 1st ThanksGiving Feast!





Yummmmmm!



I love that smile



He's crawling around everywhere!



Getting into mischief... literally



Our Christmas Tree



At the Temple lights

Happy B-Day Sweet Cakes!!

Well I wanted to get on here and tell my sweet baby momma how much I love her and Happy Birthday!!! Sunday was Laura's Bday... it was really cool. The festivities started Saturday night where we went to dinner with some friends to Cheesecake Factory and had so muy deliciouso food! Then Sunday morning I made Laura some bomb french toast and sang her Happy Birthday to wake her up. We had stake conference at 10am so that was cool, and the we were able to relax the rest of the day. We were able to sprinkle in a little movie watching with The Love Guru, which wasn't as bad as people made it out to be (Liberal Media). We ate some great frozen pizza from CPK and topped it off with a great cake! Then we went over to her parents house for more cake and ice cream... yum! Laura I love you so much! I am the luckiest man on earth to have you as my eternal companion. You are the greatest wife and such an awesome mother to Jack. I hope you had the best birthday ever. I love you.

Halloween was soooo fun!! As you can see from the pics below we were 80's rockers, and Jack was a litte bear. It was so fun. We went to a little neighborhood potluck and then handed out candy back at our house. My sis Analee, bro-in-law Charlie, and nephew nate came over and Nate was a cowboy, it was so funny. There is also a pic here of Jack's little friend Teagan, he was an ASU football player, what a stud. Anyway, enjoy the pics:


My sweets on her Bday



Teagan and Jack



It's gonna be a great year, like the show



Laura and Jack at the Pumpkin Patch



Happy Halloween!



What up



Little Bear



Nate and Jack



Eating real food! hahaha



At the pumpkin patch again



Funny Faces!!



Good times



Me and Jack... and a pumpkin

Prayers

Well I am not really sure how to write or post this because it is a little uncomfortable for me to do. I was recently diagnosed with precancerous cells in my cervix as well as dysplasia. This means alot of things, mainly that this could progress into something more serious. Its a weird feeling to hear the doctor say that I could have a form of cancer. I'm 23 almost 24. It is just crazy to me. I have known for a little bit and it has now just hit me. I guess things happen for a reason. Heavenly father only gives us challenges that we as individuals are strong enough to handle. I'm grateful to be able to test out my strength and faith in him, but also scared out of my mind. Anyway I go in for my biopsy on the 19th to see exactly what I am dealing with. I would appreciate all your prayers. I know that it my seem weird to ask for, but I really feel that I need as many as I can get right now. I feel lucky to be diagnosed with something that is treatable. I am grateful for Aaron and my family's support. I'll post any new updates, but for now please keep my family and I in your prayers. Thank you!