Quick Post!

I'm just quickly posting to tell you all that I am still alive and I have not forgotten to blog. Life has been crazy busy. Work has been hectic for a good 2 1/2 months now. I have been training for what seems like forever and I'm on my third person now. Not only that but people have been on maternity leave and we had to let some people go so we've been short handed. Needless to say, work has been stressful. But I am now training 2 very smart people so it's getting better. I am also doing an online course right now to become a medical transcriptionist. It's crunch time for me and so I'm having to study about 3 hours everyday after work. So I just don't have a lot of time. Brack has also been busy with school, work and being on call. But he's been tons of help lately around the house. Thanks honey :)

Any way, I think I have been tagged 3 times though so I need to get to it. I have Friday off so I'll be back to the blogging world then!

3 Years!!

Wow! I have so much to blog about. Here I was worried that I wouldn't have anything to blog about but now I do. I have been tagged but that will just have to wait (sorry Nikki). First things first. I need to write about our wonderful weekend.

This past Saturday Brack and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary. Our anniversary was actually on February 12th but because of work and such we decided to celebrate it last weekend. We started out by getting a couples massage for 80 minutes from Beyond Spa. I completely recommend this, it is so worth it! I think we were both in heaven. We basically were asleep during the whole thing. It was lovely!! Then we went and ate at one of Brack's favorite places, Tepanyaki. We actually got lucky because they said the wait would be 1 1/2 hours and we got called back after 30 minutes. We had fun there too! Then we went to see the movie "PS I Love You". That is a cute show!! Be sure to take some kleenex's though because it is so sad. Brack is so good about going to chick flicks, I'm a lucky lady!! We were spoiled this weekend and had tons of fun together. The only bad part was that I forgot my camera :( How dumb is that? I'm so ticked. Oh well.

So this is a picture from our cruise but since I didn't take my camera...it's all I got.



Well yesterday was our actual anniversary. I thought I had to work late so we didn't really plan anything but then things worked out and I got off at 3:00. So Brack and I went to dinner at Chili's and enjoyed an absolute DELICIOUS dessert. We got the Molten Chocolate Cake. The best part about it was that Bracken had gotten full on his burger so i basically ate the entire thing myself. Then we got home and Brack surprised me with a little gift. He got me a right hand ring! It is beautiful. He is such a sweetheart!!! I am very lucky.

This is my ring, it's really hard to get a picture because I can't figure out how to turn off the flash to get a better picture.

So 3 years ago we were married in the Salt Lake Temple. I was lucky enough to marry the love of my life and for the past 3 years I have loved him more each day! There have been a lot of experiences and things I have learned during our marriage and I wouldn't change it for the world. We have been very blessed!!! I love married life, especially with my sweet Bracken. I look forward to an eternity to spend with him! :)


P.S. I will soon figure out how to make my blog cute! I'm still learning and haven't had time. Also I will put more pictures up from the cruise and I will do my tag, promise!

Family Cruise January 2008

On top of the ship the first day (don't mind the date it was really Jan. 2008)

The biggest thing to hit our home lately would have to be the cruise we went on a few weeks ago. My wonderful loving parents took the entire McGuire family on a Mexican Riviera cruise! It was so fun! We went to Acapulco, Zihuatenajo, Puerto Vallarta, and Cabo San Lucas. Bracken had never been on a cruise or on a beach so it was fun to see him experience things for the first time. It was also fun to see him enjoy so much food! I think he was in heaven! It was fun to be with the be with the family, especially the neices and nephews. We had a blast. Here's a little of what we did:

Brack and our nephew Brody just hanging out. He's so cute!

The first two days were at sea. We spent most of the time just relaxing, sleeping, sitting by the pool and of course eating. On Sunday we were able to hold a family sacrament meeting which was really cool. We reserved a room on the ship that had a gorgeous view and had a wonderful meeting. It was nice to have the neices and nephews help and my wonderful parents put on such a special meeting. On Monday we had another day at sea which ended up being really fun. We spent time to by the pool playing cards, eating (everyday on the deck they had a hamburgers, hot dogs and french fries! The best french fries in the world! They are my favorite food and I ate a ton of them the whole week), and enjoying the sun! It was fun.

Our cute neice Kenslee!

Tuesday was our first stop. We went to Acapulco. My dad had everything scheduled for us that day. We had a taxi take us wherever we wanted to go. The first stop was to a hotel that John Wayne owned and lived in. Which was huge for Bracken because he grew up loving John Wayne with his dad. It had the most amazing view at the top of a cliff on the beach. It was beautiful. Then we went the beach which was really fun. The weather was so nice, I was in heaven. Later that night we went and saw these "world famous" cliff divers. It is a family that has been doing it for years and they have to wait for the perfect size of waves to jump to keep from diving so it is quite risky. But it was fun. Let me just tell you the drivers in Mexico are crazy!! Especially Acapulco, it is crazy busy there with people but the drivers totally scared Brack and I!!

Top: Brack and I at the hotel John Wayne owned; bottom: Brack with our neice Emma

Wednesday we were in Zihuatenajo. Bracken really liked this place, it was more old town Mexico. It was a shopping stop but was on the beach so it was pretty at the same time. It was a short stop there only like 4 hours but we just shopped and looked around. We actually liked it a lot.

Us in Zihuatenajo

Thursday we were in Puerto Vallarta. We didn't really do a whole lot but walk around a look at the old down town area. Again we were basically just walking around the beach. We did a little shopping and looking around. We headed back to Walmart before we got back onto the ship, which was weird because we couldn't find what we needed and everything was packaged so weird. You can tell there must be a lot of theft because things are taped together and locked up and stuff. We got kind of worn out by the sun so headed in early.

Us on the tender boat coming back to the ship from one of the ports

Friday we were in Cabo San Lucas. It was the first cloudy day of the trip but still warm. We started off doing a little shopping at Del Sol and then got a taxi to go to the beach. The water was SO cold! Bracken of course decided to jump in because he's crazy but we still had fun with the kids and hanging out.

Brack and Emma on the beach in Cabo

Each night we went to dinner all together as a family and separated to go to various shows. Truthfully it was kind of nice for Brack and I to not have kids because we were able to be free to do whatever we wanted. I know kids will be better and more important but for us and one of our first vacations since we've been married it was nice to just be able to be on our own. There was a hilarious comedian on the ship, Bud Anderson, we went to all of his shows. He was awesome! Brack and I loved him. We were able to spend time with all of my siblings and spouses and kids and have loved the time to be with family. It was such a blessing. The freedom and chance to not worry about work, cooking, and cleaning for 8 days was amazing. Thanks so much to mom and dad for the trip and the wonderful memories. We will never forget it!

Brack and I at dinner the last night

Finally!!!

Well here we are! I know most people are wondering what took us so long but I finally caved and decided to make a blog! I absolutely love reading peoples blogs but have just felt like our life isn't exciting enough to blog about. Hopefully I can find enough to talk about :) So for now, welcome to our blog! I hope you enjoy!