Congratulations 2LT Cooper

Wow, It is finally here and over! It is now official, Garet graduated from Weber State University Magna Cum Laude and commissioned as a 2 LT in the Army going Aviation, which means we will be going to Ft Rucker Alabama for flight school where he will fly Apache Helicopters!!

I am so proud of everything Garet has accomplished! I couldn't be happier for him, I knew he could do it! He has worked so hard while going to nursing school, working, ROTC, and drilling with his aviation unit all at the same time!

His parents flew in Thursday night and went straight to Logan so we got to see them Friday at graduation. As soon as graduation was over we drove straight over to the Wildcat Theater and had rehearsal for the commissioning ceremony.

His grandfather is a retired Major in the Air Force and Garet asked him if he would swear him in... It was an amazing experience!! After, Garets mom Shari and I pinned his rank on him. His first salute was a good friend of his from his unit, this was his first time ever being asked to do the first salute so with his grandfather swearing him in and than his friend doing the first salute it was quite an amazing experience!!

Choose This Day

"Hard as things seem today, they will be better in the next day if you choose to serve the Lord this day."

Choose you this day whom ye will serve- Joshua 24:15

Blessings

I know its November and everyone writes about what they are thankful for and the blessings in there lives! I don't know if anyone reads this or if I just put it out there for me but this morning I am feeling very blessed! These past few weeks have been a little chaotic around here. Garet is finishing his last few weeks of school, working hard for us and we moved last week.

I don't stress very much, I never really have but when I do stress it really gets me. I hate clutter, I hate things not clean the way I like them, and I hate not having control over some things. With this past week being as crazy as it has been I started to get down and upset over things I really have no control over. I don't blog very often, I don't have anything too exciting to say but that doesn't stop me from reading other peoples blogs... Anyway, we got our internet hooked up thanks to my amazing husband and his patience so I decided to read peoples blogs. I started with a good friend of mine who wrote some amazing words about her experience becoming a mother than went through a few others and ended with another one I don't read very often. She had posted an amazing video that I stole hence the last post and I really started to think. I ended up going to the website she got the video from and watching some other amazing videos. As crazy as this last week has been I have been so blessed. My dad and my sister in law helped us move which I am so grateful for there help, we got a month free of rent which is a HUGE blessing for us, and I have the opportunity to be with my sister today when she needs someone to help her!! Than tomorrow my sister in law is coming down to hang out and have her big brother change her oil for her.

I am so blessed to have an amazing husband who loves me with every thing he has, he does so much for us and I hate when he gets grouchy which comes with everything on his plate right now but he tries and works so hard so we can have a good life.

I am so blessed to have the gospel in my life. When I sometimes lose sight of where I need to be I know where I can turn. I know my Heavenly Father is there for me and loves me and really is watching over me.

I am grateful for my friends and family who love me and care for me.

Anyway I just thought I would throw that out there. Hope everyone has a great month and remembers to be thankful for the small and simple things.

Come What May & Love It

"Although it may not come at the time we desire, the faithful will know that every tear today

will eventually be returned one hundredfold with tears of rejoicing."

-Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin

My amazing husband

So Garet is playing the drums and he keeps putting Collin Raye songs on and I just LOVE all of his but particularly these two I Think About You and One Boy One Girl, than he always ends with Unbelievable my Josh Gracin.

Unbelievable

Undeniable, so incredible
Simply wonderful, you're beautiful
Everything I am, and I wanna be
You see in me
I wanna touch your skin
Til it feels like we've sinned
And take you places
That you've never been
Oh baby this is real
The way you make me feel, unbelievable
Got your breath on my skin and the taste of your kiss
Every inch and every curve
Late at night, can't believe when you lie next to me
'Cause I know this is more than I deserve
Got your breath on my skin and the taste of your kiss
Every inch and every curve
Late at night, can't believe when you lie next to me
'Cause I know this is more than I deserve
Undeniable, so incredible
Simply wonderful, you're beautiful
Unmistakable, the way you make me feel
Unbelievable.

I Think About You

Every time I see a woman on a billboard sign
I think about you
Saying drink this beer and you'll be mine
I think about you
When an actress on a movie screen plays lolita
in some old man's dream
it doesn't matter who she is
I think about you
When I see a pretty woman walking down the street
I think about you
men look her up and down
like she's some kind of treat
ooohhh
I think about you
she wouldn't dare talk to a stranger
always has to be aware of the danger
doesn't matter who she is
I think about you
eight years old
big blue eyes
and a heart of gold
when I look at this world
I think about you.
And I can't help but see
that every woman used to be somebody's little girl
I think about you
everytime I hear people say
it's never gonna change
i think about you
like it's some kinda joke
some kinda game
girl I think about you
when I see a woman on the news
who didn't ask to be abandoned or abused
it doesn't matter who she is
I think about you
eight years old
big blue eyes
and a heart of gold
when I look at this world
I think about you
and I can't help but see
that every woman used to be somebody's little girl
I think about you
eight years old
big blue eyes
and a heart of gold
when I look at this world
I think about you
I think about you oooohhh
I think about you
baby I think about you

One Boy, One Girl

He finally gave in to his friend's girlfriend when she said,
"There's someone you should meet."
At a crowded restaurant way cross town,
He waited impatiently.
When she walked in,
Their eyes met,
And they both stared.
And right there and then,
Everyone else disappeared, but...

Chorus
One boy,
One girl.
Two hearts beating wildly,
To put it mildly it was love at first sight.
He smiled,
She smiled.
And They knew right away,
This was the day they'd waited for all their lives.
For a moment the whole world,
Revolved around one boy,
And one girl.

In no time at all,
They were standing there,
In the front of a little church.
Among their friends and family,
Repeating those sacred words.
The preacher said,
"Son kiss your bride."
And he raised her veil.
Like the night they met,
Time just stood still, for...

Repeat Chorus

He was holdin her hand when the doctor looked up and grinned,
"Congratulation, twins."

Repeat Chorus

Gardner Village

My mom and a couple of my sisters and Garet and I went to Gardner Village with some of my nieces and nephews. Garet had fun taking some pics and the kids loved chasing the goats!!

Garet and his new girlfriend

Gabriel with a silly headband and myself

The cousins and their favorite Aunt!!

His face was crackin me up

Kade, Alphonse and Juliana

Kade loved the little lamb

Alphonse and Kelsie

Keslie and her new bff

Cute little lamb and goat

Ethan and a little goat

Kade and Juliana

Ethan and Alphonse

Disneyland, Universal Studios and old pics from the beginning of the year

Ok I know this is kind of long but oh well... So my boss took a few of us girls to Disneyland and Universal Studios so here are a few pics. I didn't get to take a ton of them since you aren't supposed to take pictures on rides which I did a couple times but they didn't turn out the best. Also the last few pictures are from February when I went to Vegas with my sister and her girls for a cheer competition and than Garet and I went to the Aquarium in Sandy and pet some sting rays. Sorry this is such a random post but at least its something!!

This is in front of the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland

In the Haunted Mansion for Halloween they did it as the Nightmare Before Christmas

This was on the Monsters Inc ride at California Adventures

Me and a couple girls I work with at Disneyland

In front of Haunted Mansion

All the light posts had these cute pumpkins on them

The entrance to Disneyland

Universal Studios

Me and Marilyn!!!

Marilyn Monroe

In Vegas at the Mirage, me Kelsie Danica and my sister Carrie

Us touching the sting rays

11 September

For September 11 we went up to Peach Days for the car show, they usually have some good Hot Rods and Rat Rods and this year they had only a few and none were really awesome so we didn't take pics.

After at Weber State University the ROTC was asked to go out on the field and hold a flag while the National Anthem was being played. We (Jake and Alaira) wanted to leave after that but Garet wanted to do push ups every time Weber got points, needless to say they did 3 push ups and than we decided to leave after the 1st quarter.

Family picnic

So my family got together a couple Sundays ago and met at West Jordan park for a little family picnic. My brother Dave and his girlfriend Mel came up from St George and a few people went hiking, since I had surgery 2 months ago and have only been out of my cast for about 3 weeks I didn't go. A couple of my sisters brought water balloons and were planning on having a water balloon toss and instead while they were trying to fill them up everyone else decided to start throwing them. I didn't want to get wet so I pulled out the camera and took a few shots and hung out by my brother so no one would get us wet.

Garet

Kade

Dave and Kevin

Stadium of Fire

I know I suck at this whole blog thing but what do you do?! Anyway, Garet and I had the opportunity to go to Stadium of Fire down at BYU. A couple we know had extra tickets and invited so of course we said yes! Carrie Underwood was there and put on a pretty good show but the coolest was the fly-over and the fireworks!

Garet and myself

Carrie Underwood

CPT Josh "Switch" Larsen

Myself and Emily