Slacker....I know!

It has been a little minute since I posted last, but I'll be honest, nothing has really happened! haha.
Christmas was great fun! We spend Christmas Eve in Payson at Victor's sister's house with the rest of his family. We did our gift exchange, and had yummy food, and then braved the cold, and bad roads, and we headed up to Highland! We spend Christmas morning with Victor's brother and sister in law! We love spending Christmas with kids, and since we don't have any, his family gets us! Christmas afternoon, we went down to my Grandmas! It was so good to see the whole family! Even some people that I haven't seen in a couple years! It was great! Victor spoiled me with gifts, as usual. He bought be a skull Candy ipod dock, some clothes, some CDs, a hot air popcorn popper, which I love! He opened his cross stitch (that I STILL haven't finished) and was really excited! Just the reaction I was going for!

For New Years, we were party poopers. We were in bed by 8:00, and asleep by 10:00! In our defence, we were sick! It was fun though, we played a couple games, and just relaxed. New Years day we pretty much stayed in the house all day, played some more games, and watched movies together! I love the holidays for so many reasons, but one big one, is I get to have my husband home with me!

With the new year, came a new primary class for us! We will miss our old class, but we were excited to get a new class too. The new class is like a whole new calling. The kids actually sit, and listen, and aren't talking the whole time. It's funny how only having 5-6 kids is a lot easier than 10-12! haha. We still see our old kids, and we still love them just as much!

Victor also came home one day, and told me that he's going out of town next month, for a week. And, of course, it's the week of Valentines day! But that's alright. We're not that big into Valentines day. We usually just do dinner, and a small gift. This year his gift to me is a trip back to Montana to see my parents, brother, and niece and nephew. My gift to him...well, I haven't figured that out just yet. I'm trying to come up with something I can put in his bag before he leaves! I need to get thinking though, because it's only like 2 weeks away! EEK!

This last week, the sick fairy hit me AGAIN! 2nd time this year, and it's not even February. Yesterday was the first time in a week that I haven't felt like I might die! I was surprised when I made it through the weekend with both of my lungs still in my body! I was convinced I was going to cough one of them out! Good thing I didn't, because something weird is happening to me, and I actually look forward to the gym every night! And it's starting to pay off! I'm down 5 pounds! Not bad for really only working out for a week. haha. Hoping to lose 5 more before I head to Montana! Wish me luck!

I hope the new year finds you and your families well, and happy! Here's to hoping 2013 will bring everything you want/need!

Winter 2012

Hello friends and family who actually read our blog!

I just have to say that I love this time of year! I love the Spirit it brings, and I love how happy everyone is!

I guess I'll start with the biggest news, Victor and I got a new niece on the 14th! Gwendalyn Elizabeth (Middle name after me) Granneman was born on December 14! She's a cutie for sure! Ben is such a good big brother to her! I hope that they stay close, like Jake and I were! I can already tell that Gwen has Jacob wrapped around her little finger! It's a good thing he's such a good dad!

Victor and I got our Christmas tree, we had it all decorated, and then it fell over! haha. We spend an hour last night trying to get it to stand up straight, and we finally ended up tying it down. It's stories like these that we will one day tell our kids!

For Christmas this year we will be going up north to Payson on Christmas Eve, Highland Christmas morning, and then Orem Christmas night! I'm so excited to see everyone! I have missed my family so much since we got married and moved down here! I also got some very exciting news the other day, that one of my friends who has been MIA for the last 2 years or so, is back! I'm so excited to see her! We were so close, and it was really hard when she left! I'm so glad she's back, and doing well!

New years eve, maybe we'll have friends down for a party (Mtn. Dew, and chocolate) and movies/games! It should be fun!

I hope you're all doing well!



Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Just for Holly

Well Holls,
 Here is a post for ya!

What have we been up to? Here's a quick re-cap

• We got our Christmas tree on Sunday, and got it decorated! I love Christmas time, and I love decorating our house for the season!
• We repainted our house. We went from a blue color, to a tan color! The blue was just too hard to match things to. We LOVE the new color!
• Victor got his cow elk! I LOVE elk meat! It's so yummy! Tonight we're having an elk roast!
• Victor has been busy with Search and Rescue! I love that he's so willing to help other people, but sometimes I worry about him, and what he sees!
• My Mom and dad came down for about a week for Thanksgiving! It was so nice having them here! I can't wait for them to move here! Aaron, Marci, & Rex came down for the day! It was so much fun having family down here.
• I'm going up north this weekend to spend sometime with Victor's family! We are going to Temple Square to see the lights, and to do some shopping! It's going to be so nice! A much needed Girls night or two!
• I'm getting close to being done with Victor's Christmas present! I'm just over 2/3 of the way done, but I probably won't finish it for Christmas. It might turn into a Valentines day present! Oh well, As long as I finish it, I'll be happy!

I think that's pretty much it!

Dramaless life

Well,
 It's been a week since I've stayed off the drama that is FACEBOOK. It has been SOOOOO nice! It's not consuming all of my time. I feel like I've been a better wife for my much deserving husband, I either have dinner done by the time he gets home, or at least started. The other day I shampooed our carpets, and did dinner, all because I haven't been wasting all of my time on facebook. In the mornings, instead of checking it, I read the news, or my scriptures while I eat breakfast, and it's amazing how much better my days go. I do miss catching up with everyone, but this is a much needed break from it.
This coming weekend is going to be a busy one! Marci and little Rex are coming down to help me go through the rest of our in-laws house so it will be ready for the renters to move in, and then I work on Saturday. Then my mom and dad might come down and visit, and we may have one of Victor's buddys down for a visit as well. It's a good thing we got a house with a spare room so all of these people actually have somewhere to stay! haha. I'm also hoping to be able to work on Victor's Christmas present a little bit this weekend. I can't believe Christmas is only 8 weeks away. I gotta get my butt in gear if I want to finish it by Christmas. EEK!
Anyways, that's it for now! :)

Sanity

I have decided that I will be blogging more, and facebooking less. I have actually deactivated my facebook account due to my sanity. I need a little break from the drama that is facebook. I have also decided that the most important people in our lives, are the ones that like to read our blog. So thanks to you!
These last few months have been CRAZY! Here's a quick recap

• For the 4th of July we went up north to visit family! It was so much fun seeing everyone again.
• August was my dad's birthday, but luck him, he had to have his galbaldder removed on his 60th birthday. Poor guy.
• September was a busy month. We went on our anual trip to Vegas, and this time it was non-eventful. No getting sick (at least not bug sick) no toothaches, and no getting lost! It was delightful. We went to the wax mesuem this time, and it was a lot of fun. Victor even got into take pictures with the people. It was awesome!
• Also in September was hunting season. My mom and dad came down for a visit, and my dad went out hunting with Victor and I! I was so close to getting my first deer, but I missed it by 6 inches because I stupid ATV came up the road and scared it! :(
• We went camping quite a few times in September! It was awesome! I forgot how much I loved camping! We haven't really gone for a while.
• We also went to Zion's with my in-laws! It was a fun last trip before they left on their mission for Jamacia, but more about that later!
• The last 2-3 weeks of September were spent helping my in-laws pack and clean their house so they can rent it out while they are gone. It was a lot of work, but I think we did a good job!
• The first weekend in October, we went up north to have one last dinner, or what was supposed to be a last dinner, with Rex and Cathie before they headed off to Jamacia! It was so nice to have the family together. We got famiy pictures (Well most of the family, we were missing one sibling) and had lots of fun. That night, when we said good-bye I cried like a baby! Everytime I thought about them not being there, I would cry! But we are so excited for them. The next weekend, I ended up going back up north to take them a suit they needed for the MTC, so then I had to say good-bye all over again. but this time it was a bit easier, probably because I thought I would see them once more, which I didn't. But, I was okay with it, because I didn't want to have to say good-bye for a third time!
• We also are watching Rex and Cathie's dog, Buddy, while they are gone. The poor thing misses his home. He got out of the yard last week, and, it took him an hour, but he found his way home. He was sitting on the back deck when we finally found him. I think Dash drives him a little crazy!
• Last week, Victor went on a cow elk hunt, and filled his tag! I was so excited for him! Yay for having meat in the freezer! Him and his buddy, who also had a tag, each got one that day, and they were only like 100 yards from each other! it was an exciting day for sure!
• These past few days I have had crafts on the brain, so I keep fixing littling things around the house. I have finished decorating our table for fall, and we put a tile backsplash behind our stove to give it a finished look, and I have also made a new towel rack for our bathroom. This weekend, I'm hoping to shampoo our carpets, and go finish cleaning the in-laws house before the renters move in next week.

Our Table for the fall

our tile backsplash

So that's a little bit about what has been going on with us. I will be blogging a lot more in the near future, so check back! :)

Lessons learned

This post is more just for me to get my thoughts straightened out, but if you have thoughts or advice, I would love to hear it.
I've been thinking a whole lot lately about what I'm supposed to be learning from things that have been going on. First, I'm pretty sure that somewhere down the road, I will need A LOT of patience. It seems like everything in my life right now is teaching me patience of some sort or another. From waiting for my car to get here, to waiting for my hubby to jump on the baby train, to dealing with our 4 year olds without ripping my hair out, it all comes back to one thing...my lack of PATIENCE. Victor tried to teach me patience while I waited for him to propose...but looking back, I realized that he was right to wait...so is he right to wait before we jump on the baby train?! He always seems to know more than I do...I would like to think it's the Lord giving him inspiration for our family, but sometimes I think he's just stubborn, and just wants to wait, because people keep pushing him (and by people I mean ME)
I didn't think it would be too hard to wait a couple of years for a baby, but now that the time is here, It's breaking my heart to wait. Everytime I take a birth control pill, I just want to curl up in a ball and cry. It doesn't help that everyone around me is getting pregnant, or having babies, or saying stuff about their babies, things like "my baby rolled over for the first time." or "my baby slept through the night." Don't get me wrong, I love our life together, I couldn't ask for a better husband, or life. He has provided me with such an amazing life, I'm really so lucky....I just feel like we're missing something. but it comes back to the patience. When the Lord wants it to happen, it will happen...I just have to keep telling myself that. When my life is supposed to get crazy busy, it will. But I just wish it was happening now. I'm ready for that next chapter in our lives. It may be my husband that is keeping it from happening physically, but I know that the Lord has his hand in everything. That is the one thing that is keeping me from going totally crazy...if the Lord wanted it to happen...it would...even if I am taking the pill.
GAH....so confused.
On to my 4 year olds....I love my primary class, the kids are so cute, and they all have their own personalities...that's for sure. but once again, I keep thinking, "what am I supposed to be learning from the calling?" I sure hope the Lord doesn't have 9 kids up there for me...but even if he did...I'm pretty sure they all wouldn't be 4...! haha. Like I said, I love the kiddos, they are just hard for me to deal with sometimes.
Anyways, I'm sorry to vent to you, but like I said, if you have any words of wisdom, or advice...it would come in handy! I'm not sure what the Lord has in store for my life, but I would like to think that he's preparing me for whatever it is, and all of this will come into play one day.
Thanks! :)

My Birthday

Why hello there!
This past week was an eventful one for sure! Wednesday we went up to a new BBQ in town (and by town I mean like 30-40 miles away) for my birthday dinner! It was super yummy! Then We headed over to my in-laws for cake and ice cream! My wonderful Mother-In-Law searched high and low for the new Carrie Underwood CD for me! I was so excited! That was the one thing I really wanted, so I was super excited! My Mom and Dad also sent me a card with a check in it to "pamper" myself which means I'm finally getting my hair colored! I'm so excited! Friday can't come fast enough! Thursday, which was my actual birthday started out with a big hug and kiss from my hubby! It doesn't get much better than that! Starting the day off with the one person you love more than life! GREAT! I came to work and got a cute little teddy bear, and some flowers from the people I work with! Victor then called and said if I wanted my present, I had to go visit him on my lunch break.....so I did! He bought me a new pair of Oakley sunglasses! They are awesome! I've been needing some new ones for a while now, since the ones I had were like 5 years old, and they pulled my hair out every time I wore them! They are dang cute! I'm so spoiled!


My pretty new car!

Around 3:00 on Thursday, I got a call from Classic Motors, the car dealership we went through to get my new car, saying it was going to be here by 6:00 for sure! We were so excited, and just in time to wind up a great day! BUT 6:00 comes, and I still haven't heard. They then called at like 6:15 saying it was here, but the guy that needed to look over it and make sure everything was working right went home at 6:00. I was so bummed...but I still had a great weekend to look forward to! We were going camping up at Fishlake for Victor's Search and Rescue conference! It was sure to be a good time! Free food, lots of people with guns, and out in the woods. FUN! On the way up we saw a Moose! We were so excited! There aren't a lot of them around here, so we had to stop and take pictures, but the darn thing kept turning his butt to us, so I didn't get a good one! We finally got to our campsite just as dark hit, and my awesome husband, told me to stay in the truck while he got everything set up! We couldn't find our bug spray just yet, and he knows I can't not scratch bites....so I stayed in the truck! It was so nice just being up there, with no cell phones, no facebook, just us, and my in-laws. It was great fun! We went to the conference, and learned a lot. Lifeflight came in, and took a couple people around the lake, and that was awesome to watch! We ate lots of free food, and froze our butts of! It was wonderful!


our new touch screen music
system!

On Saturday we decided we were going to come home early so we could get the car and figure out how to use everything! We got the navigation system, and I had NO idea how to use it! So we spent a couple hours in there figuring out how to use everything! I'm in LOVE with this car! We had it custom built just for us, in fact, there is a paper in the glove box that says "This car was specifically built for Victor Murdock." SOOO cool! It was on my bucket list, to buy a BRAND new car! I was so excited! The car had 10 miles on it when we got it. I think we're up to like 86 now because we had to take it out, then we had to take Victor's parents out! it's so much fun!
On Sunday, we seriously slept more than we've slept in a LONG time! Saturday night we were in bed by 9:30, and we both slept through our alarm, and didn't get up till 9:30...then after we went and taught our primary class we went home and slept for another 4 or 5 hours! Then we were in bed again by 9:30 last night! haha, oh well, we needed it!


Anyways, I hope you all have a great week! :)