Well, it's official! After a month of being in Boise, ID....My little brother is now in Cuernavaca, Mexico! He looks so happy to finally be there! We can't wait for him to be able to teach the gospel and learn spanish! He's the giant.... (sorry sean :)

I find myself with absolutely no time. AT ALL. This whole working 50 hour weeks and going to school 3 nights is getting a little bit old... as well as never seeing Bradley.... That sucks big time! Even with how busy we are we have had a lot of things go on... 1. We bought a new car a cute 2010 Toyota Corolla Sport (we are super sporty :) 2. Bradley got about 10 interviews and about 6-8 offers for a job this summer! We were soooooo blessed! He got to choose the one he wanted the most and he chose to work for the National Law Center for Inter American Trade. "They develop the legal infrastructure to build trade capacity and promote economic development in the Americas." So... that includes North, Central, and South America and if he gets hired on after school he could potentially be traveling all over. I really hope that he enjoys the work that they do! 3. We sold our Malibu in an hour... sooo basically we posted it on craigslist and I got literally 50 calls (21 of which left voicemails) and an hour later we had cash in our pockets. Pretty crazy... We both can't wait for spring break we are going to take a day off of work and go up to Phoenix and go to the temple and a jazz/suns game!

WOULD YOU VOTE FOR A MORMON FOR PRESIDENT???? I'm hearing this question more and more and I want to let people know not to be afraid!!!! I want those of you wondering what we believe in to know the basics and to realize that even though we (members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) live a different lifestyle does not mean that we don't believe in all of the things that this country stands for, being good citizens and quality people. Putting a mormon in office isn't going to force mormonism on the country or make you change your way of life.

So I wanted to start off by informing those of you who don't know what our beliefs are, by using our Articles of Faith. Background info: there are 13 Articles of Faith which describe what we believe in. "Two years before he died, the Prophet Joseph Smith wrote them in a letter to a newspaper editor, John Wentworth, who had asked for information about the Church. Ever since the Articles of Faith were written, they’ve inspired and directed us in the basic principles of our gospel. They enhance our understanding of certain doctrines and help us commit to living them." -Mormon.org Some of the wording may be difficult to understand so if you have questions you can either ask me... or if you want to remain anonymous research it on mormon.org. :) Thanks for stopping by and I hope that this gives you a better understanding and that you can accept our beliefs, just as we accept yours.

1. We believe in God, the eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.

2. We believe that men will be punished for their own sins and not for Adam's transgression.

3. We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.

4. We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the gospel are: first, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, repentance; third, baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.

5. We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.

6. We believe in the same organization that existed in the primitive church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.

7. We believe in the gift of of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.

8. We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly: we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.

9. We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

10. We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the ten tribes; that Zion (the new Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.

11. We claim the privilege of worshipping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.

12. We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.

13. We believe in being honest, true, chaste benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men: indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul-- WE believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things and hope to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report we seek after these things.

This is going to be picture overload... basically everything from Christmas til now... We went to Utah over the break and enjoyed a lovely week with family and friends. We attended Brad's cousin Matt's wedding which was so much fun, shopped a ton, went to a jazz game, and just relaxed! My parents and Jenna came down last weekend and we went to tombstone and bisbee. We almost made it to Mexico.. didn't realize we were actually so close. eek. Enjoy the pics!

At the Jazz game Kandace and I got on the jumbo tron 4 times.. we got creative...

the next pic is us... you can only see my arms though :(

We've turned our puppy into a model...

It's AMAZING what she will do for treats.

Even after we were done taking pictures she stood there like we were gonna give her anymore... haha

anyways!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ROXY...

Roxy's Christmas P.J.s

Just thought I'd throw in a pic of her in my favorite vest... cute huh??

didn't give treats for this one.. thats why she's not looking... or maybe

she's trying to chew it and get it off... :)

This guy in the middle...

he's my "little" brother

and he is leaving on his mission on wednesday.

When we left I cried. and cried.

He is soooo funny and has always lightened the mood in our home filled of estrogen. He's put up with a lot from my sisters and I. and has been completely spoiled by my parents. You can't help but love him... he's a sweetheart too. While we were visiting for Thanksgiving it happened to fall on the weekend of his farewell. I have never seen so many kids at a farewell. OH MY GOODNESS!

He will sure be missed!

can't wait to hear about his adventures in Cuernavaca, MEXICO!!!

WE LOVE YOU SEANER!

i have been soooo anxious to share this news with everyone...

Maybe a lot of people don't know, but Bradley was adopted.. and this past like 6 months have been crazy because we weren't like full heartedly(is that a word), desperately searching to find his birthmother, but it just kind of happened and went more smoothly than finding any birthmother could be. So... I must share how it all began..

brad had only wanted to learn more about his birthmother/family/health history when he got back from his mission when he was 21. he always knew he was adopted and is sooo grateful for his parents and the family that he has. so he registered on the websites where if a match was found each side would be notified, but nothing ever happened. when we met and he told me he was adopted it sparked my curiosity as well. we would talk about it every once in a while and he would always say i feel like i've done what i know i can and she hasn't registered so there's really nothing else we can do.

last year my sister got pregnant and adoption was all that brad and i could think about. both of us thought that she would be better off placing her child for adoption and that way she could finish school and do whatever else her life had in store for her. we talked about this a lot since there was always conversations about her pregnancy. my mom mentioned that a girl that i went to school with was a birthmom and talked to my sister about adoption. this certain girl is amazing in the birthmom "world" she is involved in scholarships for birthmoms and other events to promote adoption. i decided to see if she knew anything about finding a birthmother and what do you know? she sure did! we gave her the information we had and she contacted one of the social workers on brads adoption. this social worker just HAPPENED TO KEEP A JOURNAL.... (taught me the importance of journals...) and read to us the events surrounding the three days between brad's birth and her placing him in his parents loving arms. how amazing was that?... pretty amazing i'd say.. brad didn't say much, but maybe cause i'm such a girl i was freaking out. BAD!!! after that things just happened and within a week or so Brad received a call from his birthmother he wasn't able to answer so she left a message and her name Jodi A. You best believe we were trying to find out anything we could about her and her family until brad was able to talk to her the next day.. that included doing some facebook stalking..... :) it was so wierd! So they talked and we had emailed and facebooked (again a word??) one of her daughters and got to know a little bit about them and made plans to meet a month later during our trip to Utah. sooo the day has come and gone and it was such a neat experience. Brad has had a lot of questions answered and now has this part of his life that he had been wondering about. He spent time alone with her and her husband and daughters, then later on I came and we met their family (aunt, uncle, cousins, grandparents). So sorry for the lengthy post! and now a gazillion pics..

Brad and Jodi

The whole family (- jodi's brother who lives in idaho.) left to right Davis and Kelsi(cousin), Kolton(cousin), Alex(1/2 sister), Me, Sam(1/2 sister), Brad, Jodi, Glade, Julie(aunt) and Bill, Grandpa and Grandma on the floor- Korbin and Kayla(cousins). (hope I got the names right!) Brad with Grandma-She has dimentia and cant talk and I'm not sure if she understands all that much either, but something was going on that night and brad could not leave her sight or side at times. I really think she knew exactly who he was.Us with Jodi's familyAunt Julie, Brad, Jodi, and Gma and Gpa see any simliarities???? :)

Hope you enjoyed our little news! brad's cleaning so i better go help....