February

Life is crazy! I am still trying to figure out where time goes! So I figured I should update our blog about what we have been up to. We were able to go home for Brett's birthday and I got to go to Danae's bridal showers. Brett didn't have a very exciting birthday, but we celebrated it in Vegas the month before. I did get him a few things (this was a joke gift, he is always teasing me that my temperature is messed up and wants to take my temp, but we didn't have a thermometer. So I got him one.) We had a yummy steak dinner with his family when we got into town on his birthday.

Valentines day was spent at Danae's bridal showers and then we went to dinner and played games with my parents and then went swimming. It was a very nice day! Her showers turned out really nice and they got lots of food and other things. I was glad I was able to be there! We had a very nice trip seeing our families. We always love going to visit! We both have AWESOME families that we love so much!

That next week was the parade of homes, so we got tickets to go see those. It was fun and something different to do. The homes were incredible! I have no idea how people can live in some of those millions of dollar homes, but they are fun to see anyways. We enjoyed doing that.

This is a house that was off one of the golf courses. The water from the pool went off the edge into a smaller pool. The picture doesn't do it justice! Both these pictures are that pool.

Brett loved all the huge bbq grills outside, with granite countertops around them. How would that be?

This pool was amazing! It had two water slides. Behind the waterfall is where the jacuzzi is, and in the cave part there is a sitting area and a flat screen tv in there. You can watch a movie and swim at the same time! Wow.... This whole house was amazing though. It had a climbing wall, putting green, full court raquet ball, half court basketball area, and a two story gym all in the basement! It was incredible! And of course it has a theater room, which all of them had.

I loved all the HUGE walk in closets! They were as big as a bed room. It doens't look big in the picture, but it was super big. Big enough I would be willing to share it with Brett. Ha ha....

There are lots more pictures to show, but I don't want to bore you. We really enjoyed seeing there unbelievalble homes. I recommend going sometime if you have never been!

The weather has also been beautiful down here so we have been doing as much as we can outside. I love it down here! We took Joseph on a hike, and went on other hikes as well.

Schoool has been crazy for both of us. He is always studying between his classes and getting ready to take the DAT. (That is the test you take to get into dental school.) I finished my nursing classes and took all my finals, except one that I take in April. I started my preceptorship on the Labor and Delivery floor. I love it!

This last weekend Danae received her endowments, so we were able to go to Manti to support her and go to a session. It was wonderful! It made me think back to when I received mine, and also about our wedding day. We had not been through a session in Manti since we were married, so it was neat to go. Danae and Jake looked so happy! They are getting married this Saturday in the Salt Lake Temple, so that will be wonderful as well. We are so happy for them!

That's about all we have been up to. We are both excited for spring break next week, and for the end of the semester! Hope eveyone is doing well!

All about my man....

This is for Jenny! She tagged me a while ago to do it, but I have been busy....so here it is.

1. What is he doing? Brett is studying for a physiology test he has tomorrow. He will do great on it!
2. What dressing does he get on his salad? He doesn't like salad, but when he does he puts tons of ranch on it.
3. What's one food he doesn't like? He is not a big fan of chocolate....crazy guy! He doesn't like bland things either...
4. What does he say his first impression of you was? He says he thought I was cute, but I was on a date with one of his friends. However, this didn't stop him from flirting with me.....
5. Drink he orders every time you are out? Mountain Dew of course
6. Where did he go to high school? Carbon High in Price
7. What size shoe does he wear? 10 1/2
8. If he was to collect anything what would it be? He collects knives and guns, but they are not with us since we don't want to haul them around.
9. What is his favorite type of sandwich? one with lots and lots of meat and cheese
10. What would he eat every day if he could? String cheese and Mountain Dew. He would love it if I made chocolate chip cookies for him everyday....
11. What is his favorite cereal? He hates cereal.
12. What would he never wear? He will never wear tight pants.
13. What is his favorite sports team? We don't have tv so he will watch anything when he gets a chance. He loves football.
14. Who did he vote for? McCain.
15. Who is his best friend? Me.....and DP, Russell, Chris, Trent, Jordan, oh he has so many boys he is close to. But I think those are the main ones. Sorry if I didn't name someone!
16. How did he meet you? At his friend's birthday party. I was there on a date with one of his friends.
17. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do? Eat junk food....
18. How many states has he lived in? Just Utah. But he served his mission in Guatemala!
19. What is his heritage? Italian
20. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what would it be? He doesn't really like sweets, we got him a cheesecake for his birthday this year.
21. Did he play sports in high school? wrestling, football, and soccer
22. What could he spend hours doing? anything outside.
23 . What's something cool about him? He is very sweet and thoughtful. He also knows how to fix anything and is always willing to fix it (He hates when things are broken). He also has a strong testimony of the gospel. He is amazing! I think I am the luckiest girl to have him!

Happy Birthday Brett!

I just wanted to let everyone know today is my hubby's birthday! He is the big 23! He had to go to Cedar today for class then when I get done with my class we are headed up to Price for the weekend! It should be a great trip. We are excited to see our families and celebrate his birthday. I am so grateful for Brett and all he does. I love him so much! Hope everyone has a great day as well.

Vegas trip!

A couple weekends ago we decided to go to Las Vegas for a couple days to celebrate our birthdays. We have been wanting to go down there for a while, and it finally worked out. Natalie and Trent are amazing and decided at the spur of the moment to come and go with us. We are SO SO happy they came! We don't get to see them much, so it was great to spend time with them. We saw all the sights and went to the jousting show at the Excalibur, which is always a blast! Brett and I had both seen it when we were younger and enjoyed seeing it again. We didn't come back with any money, we came back negative. I guess we all learn! We loved the fountains at the Bellagio! They are so amazing! It was fun to get away and have a break from our busy lives and spend time with Natalie and Trent! We miss them lots!

The Excalibur

All of us at the show

The world's largest running chocolate fountain! I had to put this on because you all know I LOVE chocolate! Yum!

Trent and Natalie with their "virgin" drink on the ride back to St. George.

Thanks for coming you guys! We had a blast!

It was a great trip to celebrate our birthdays! Brett got me flowers and took me out to eat on my actual birthday. Thanks for all the birthday wishes! We love and appreciate all of you! Now we are just back to our usual routine! Nothing too exciting. We can't wait for another get-away. That one will be to Price for his birthday and Danae's bridal shower!

Christmas and more!

We hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season! We sure did! Brett went on his trip to Mexico and had a great time. He went with his group of pre-med and pre-dental students to volunteer down there. He had a wonderful time volunteering with DP, James, and everyone else!








I was stuck here in St. George for that week because of the snow storms I was not able to make it home. It was weird having nothing to do!
When he got back from Mexico we were able to make it up to Price to stay for a couple weeks with our families. We really enjoyed seeing family and friends! We had a wonderful holiday! We were able to spend time with family playing games, watching movies, and eating delicious food! Thanks for making our first Christmas GREAT!

Above is Grandma Riche when we were at her house on Christmas for Christmas eve dinner and presents. She is an amazing lady who is a great blessing in our lives! We missed all of Brett's cousins that weren't able to make it! Hopefully we will see them soon!

This is Jason, Heidi, the girls, and their new puppy Boo that Santa brought them. Nicole (the one in the red shirt) was really excited about the puppy, but the other two girls weren't as excited. It was fun to see them unwrap the puppy at Nana's and Grand-dad's house where Santa left the puppy. He is a really cute puppy!



Here is baby Joshua. He is getting big! He is a happy little boy!
















Along with those things we were able to go snowboarding with friends and out to dinner with them. We had a blast! My Uncle Gary also took the two of us flying in his airplane! That was fun too! I had not ever been in a small plane, we flew around Price and got to see things up close that I never thought I would see like that! It was way fun! Thanks Uncle Gary! We missed seeing my cousins this year since Salinda is in Japan and Gabe was working. We also didn't get to have the Needles Christmas party, but next year! We look forward to seeing everyone!


For New Years Eve we spent the night with the Riches playing games. We had lots of fun! Here is a picture of everyone just after the new year.










Of course on New Years day was Mom N. birthday! We had a fun day with her playing games and being together.

Now we are back to work and school. Brett has a hard semester with lots of classes, but I know he will do great like he always does! It is my last semester! I will graduate with my RN in May. I can't wait! We hope everyone enjoys this new year and the journeys that await all of us!

Our first Christmas tree...

Even though we are going to be up in Price for a couple weeks, we still got a real Christmas tree. Brett didn't want one, but I don't think Christmas feels like Christmas til you have a Christmas tree. However, it isn't decorated very well since we don't have a lot of money. But it's still our first tree. We went with Jeremy and Heidi to get it. Heidi and I kept picking out smaller trees, but the boys wanted big ones. Silly boys.... I think my favorite part is our nativity scene and stockings. It's always fun to get in the Christmas spirit and remember the birth of our Savior.

We are so happy to be done with school for the semester! I am looking forward to my last semester of school for a long time and being a RN. Brett is just happy to get another semester done, he still has a long road ahead but he is looking forward to being a dentist.

Guess what happened in St. George today? It snowed! It snowed most of the day, but not much stuck, thank goodness! Can you believe snow in St. George? That is just nuts! The snow makes the D blend in....

By the way Danae is getting married on March 14th for those of you who were wondering.

We hope that everyone is enjoying the holiday season and remembering the true meaning of Christmas. We are so grateful for the birth of Jesus Christ and the life that he lived for all of us. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Thanksgiving weekend...

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and are enjoying this holiday season! We had a fun weekend. I had to work from 6 to 6:30 on Thanksgiving day, so poor Brett stayed home and loaded the car and studied. I am grateful I have a husband who is willing to sacrifice his Thanksgiving dinner, since I had to work. When I got off we headed out for Price. It had been storming all day in St. George, so I was super stressed about the roads but they ended up being fine. Thank goodness! On Friday we got to spend the day with the Riches and go to Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma Riche's. It was fun to see Tim, Terri, Justin, Michelle, and the rest of the gang up there. It was sure yummy!

Here is Brett wrestling with Caleb. Sorry its the only pic I got up there....

Denna and Happy

On Saturday we spent the day with the my family. We had fun. The boys went rabbit hunting while the girls ran some errands and talked. Then Brett put on the body suit to get chased by the police dog.
The dog is in "Attack School" so he needs all the practice he can get.

Getting ready....

After with slobber and blood on the suit...


After he played with the dog we had our Turkey Bowl. Here is dad stretching for the big game....
Brett, Justin, Ryan Falk, and I were on the winning team against Jason, Dad, Jeremy, Heidi T., and Lance. They tried hard, but we beat them! My mom made a big dinner and Riches (except Danae) came over to eat after the football game. After we were done eating Denna got a call from Danae, she got engaged to Jake Jenson! The cute couple...

Her gorgeous ring!

We are super excited for them. Denna and Happy are happy too. They still haven't picked out a date, but they will be getting married in the Salt Lake Temple. We will keep you informed on all of that.
Sunday we went to church with my family and saw both of our families and headed home. What a long ride! It was a fun weekend! We love both of our families so much! We are truely blessed with great families!

Nicole and Jason

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