Family Pictures 2012

We FINALLY got our family pictures taken after a year or so of trying! ha Here are few a my most favorite ones, hope you enjoy!!

Silly Faces!!
Brayden with his aunts & uncle

Me & Kys
(this pic is one we have made a tradition of getting every family photo shoot!)

Adam & I
(i know he is technically not family... yet but a girl can hope right? plus we were the cutest couple being photographed!! ha )

My handsome model, nephew.. BRAYDEN

The 5 kids oldest to youngest, not necessarily tallest to shortest, thanks to our high heels!!

Family Pic 1

Family Pic 2
(one of my favorites)

Family Pic 3
(another favorite!)
To see all of our family pictures you can facebook Dream Photography or you can visit Kortney's blog website at: kortneyphotography.blogspot.com (prices are listed on the blog)
Or to schedule your session email her at: dreamphoto@live.com
ME & KORTNEY (aka our AMAZING photographer)

Photographer Bio: Kortney Olds
Kortney has been taking pictures forever!! She has started her own business but works as a photographer at Sears Portrait Studio as well. Not only is she my cousin but we have been best friends since the beginning of time & i would highly recommend her as your next photographer!! She does an amazing job for a price that is affordable!!

"I think that pictures are the best way to remember the past and that is why i believe that everyone should have them. It is my goal to make it affordable for anyone to get pictures because everyone deserves memories!"-Kortney

My Christmas from Adam!!

So, Adam was super creative with my Christmas present this year & he wrote a story for me & t threw in some gifts to go along with it. Some are inside jokes but i'll do my best to describe each gift at the end of the story..

Once upon a time in a small town called Hurricane something extraordinary happened. A series of very fortunate events occurred & brought two people together named Adam & Whitney. (Gift #1 A&W root beer bottle w/ candies) When they started to get to know each other their dreams began to come alive! It was JUST LIKE HEAVEN. (Gift #2 Movie Just Like Heaven) They did all kinds of cute things together which included dancing, going to the look out point, & eating two candle lit dinners. (Gift #3 Candle) Could you believe that? Then on a very cloudy morning a dream caught Whitney away!!
Adam searched for her but just could not find her anywhere. He decided to take a journey to the nation of sand where the wise old bilagona (that's Navajo for white person) sat ready to share his wisdom. As he passed through the long sleeved big hair village aka (Colorado City), over the Jacob Lake candy cane mountain, & down into the valley of the root beer jellybean river he finally arrived at the wise man's mesa.
Seeing the old man sitting outside his double wide trailer Adam approached him on bended knees & pleaded to know where Whitney was & how he could get her back. After the old man put on his bifocals, stepped back a foot or two & looked Adam in the eyes, he told him, " I perceive that her heart is locked. There is a book with a mark in it & i see many hands. I see an image of her face framed in a dream. "
Adam looked at him for a long time, cocked his head & said, "Wait...what?" The old man said, "Never mind, go down the path to the dead cow, turn right at the tire, feed my dog Cooper & run towards the sun, there you will find what you are looking for, & here, take this."
The old man put a wrapper gift in Adam's pocket as Adam ran away & said , "Got it," GOT IT!"
When he arrived at the end of the road, finding nothing, he fell down in despair & thought, "There must have been some mistake." He looked up at the sky & then it dawned on him; if he fell asleep his dreams might bring her back. He reached in his pocket, opened the gift, & placed it next to his heart. (Gift # 4 legit blue dream catcher)
The dream began to unfold as he drifted away into a deep slumber. From the mist of the dream walked out a black cat with yellow eyes & said, "What are you looking for?"
Adam answered saying, "I have lost my Whittles & don't know where to find her." The cat responded, "Why should I care? She doesn't matter."
Adam looked right back at that cat & said, "What matters is that i care." " Well what does she look like?" Adam described every detail of her face as the cat drew the image in the air. (Gift # 5 Picture of my face, drawn by Adam) When it was complete, Adam framed the image in his mind. (Gift #6 Picture Frame)
"Yes, that's her!" The cat then agreed to take him to where she was but on one condition that when he finds her again he had to see her for who she really is.
Adam agreed to the cat's request & in a moment she was before him. As he stood looking at her, he noticed that she couldn't move forward because her heart was locked. (Open # 7 heart & key chain)
Adam asked the cat, "How do i release her from this bondage?" The cat replied, "Read the words from the bookmark & the answer will come." (Open #8 Bookmark) Adam then looked at Whitney, & without breaking his gaze said,"I see your true nature & Whitney, I love you just the way you are."
Immediately the dream was broken & Adam said, "Hands off, she's mine!! " (Gift # 9 Tee Shirt w/ colored hand prints, & words "Hands off, She's mine!")

Gift#1 A&W Root beer Candies- A&W for Adam & Whit for those of you who didn't get it...
Gift #2 The movie Just Like Heaven.. it is one of my favorites & i have been searching for years for it... Adam looked it up on Amazon. com & ordered it for me!
Gift #3 Candle (in memory of the 2 candle light dinners we had.. one cuz the power went out & the other at his parents)
Gift #4 A legit, cute, blue & white dream catcher (i'm excited cuz i've never had one before)
Gift #5 Adam drew my facebook profile picture & did an excellent job! (pictures later)
Gift #6 He gave me a cute as heck picture frame that says Memories all over it
Gift #7 Chain with a heart shape & a key hole in the middle of the heart & on the other end of the chain a key that fits into the hole.
Gift #8 Bookmark that says: "Be strong & of good courage, you are truly royal spirit daughters of Almighty God. You are Princesses destined to become Queens. Your own wondrous story has already begun. Your once upon a time is now." -President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Gift #9 Tee-Shirt... pretty much self explanatory

Thanks Babe for the cute gift, i loved it!!

Adam

I decided that this post is going to be dedicated to Adam. I don't get on here as much as I'd like to but i just wanted to share some of the exciting things we have done & just tell you all the reasons i love him!!

-It was so fun playing futsal with our families on Thanksgiving & the day before, it'll definitely have to be an annual thing!
-Going to the temple to do baptisms with you & being super nervous cuz you wanted to baptize me, i can't wait to go back many times in the future with you! I think this day was the first day we kissed too!! :)
-Our first date, going to see lights at Tuachan.. but getting there & not really any special lights on so wandering around talking, which was very fun :) then going to get ice cream at iceberg & watching a movie at my place.
-Dancing in your living room, with only the christmas tree lights on. One earphone in my ear & one in yours playing the music from the ipod! Seriously the most romantic thing ever!! :)
-1st Road trip up north to see you.
-Watching Sherlock Holmes 1 & 2 with you & your cousins. (both EXCELLENT movies, even though i fell asleep in the 2nd one & twitched a little bit! haha)
- Going to Temple Square to see the beautiful lights! It was seriously the prettiest thing ever!!
- Going with you to the Stephan family christmas party, i was so nervous but having you by my side the entire time i was able to do it!

- Doing the Turkey Trot with our families, we better do it every year!!
-Listening to you tell me about the scriptures & interesting things you've learned!
-Your Buick!! I love sitting next to you in the middle seat!! :)

-Our first kiss, i know i told you a few times that i wasn't going to let you kiss me because i didn't want it to be hard when you left...We'll after 2 days of saying that we were sitting on the couch & you told me i had 5 minutes to leave or else you were gonna kiss me but that 5 minutes really only last about 1 minute. You said ok 30 seconds & i'm gonna kiss you, so i stood up & said i was gonna go, even though i knew i couldn't leave without kissing you. We hugged each other for about 3 minutes then kinda pulled back & you put your forehead to mine & just looked into my eyes & said are you sure i can't kiss you? I couldn't take my forehead away from yours.. the butterflies were seriously eating me alive, so i just gave in... but i was totally right though, kissing you made it harder than crap to say goodbye to you.
-Holding hand with you, every time we are together just makes me so happy! I dread the days i wont be able to do that everyday!
-I absolutely love that your not afraid to let people know we're together! I've never had a boyfriend hold my hand, hug me or kiss me in public/in front of people! It feels nice so have that affection! (even my aunt told me she was shocked to see me holding hands with you in front of people cuz she's never seen me like that, but i love it!!! ha)
-Your creative Christmas present! I absolutely loved it, even though you made me open it in front of both our families! haha thanks babe!
-& last but not least... I loved when you were at my apartment & we were looking at pictures of your cousin on facebook & you wanted to show me a band that you really liked (cake) so you pulled up your favorite song on you-tube & played it, then we went back to looking at pictures... My most favorite part of that all was the smile you had on your face during the entire song, literally your grin went from one ear to the other ear!! I have never seen you so excited about something, it seriously melted my heart & i am positive i fell more in love with you, if that's even possible!! It was so cute!!

I love you Adam James Stephan!! :)

Oct, Nov & Dec

Well, it's been forever since i got on & posted so i decided.. since a LOT has happened recently i'd add a new post!! I'm gonna try to keep up with this blog, so we'll see how it goes....

October:
-My (niece)Louise Doris Nuckles was born (technically i'm not her real aunt but i claim her mom as my sister/best friend so i figure that makes her my niece!!) She is so precious!!!
-We (me, shaun, shay, allie, megs & lacy) won the costume contest at DSC Halloween Dance!! $50 & 10 punch Zumba pass!!

KISS THIS!!

November:
-Started a few new traditions! 1st annual Turkey Day Futsal games & 1st annual Turkey Trot race with some of the Stephan Fam! Can't wait til next Thanksgiving! It'll be epic!

Participants in Turkey Trot (l to r)
Shauni, Kyson, Adam H, Me, Justin, Angela, Mom, Melis, Sky & Adam S

-Cut down our 1st ever Christmas Tree for our apartment & decorated it with white lights & random pictures of us from the year! (pics later)

December: (there is really only 1 important thing that happened this month so far worth blogging)
-Adam & I started dating
( A little about Adam.. He recently returned from his mission in Chile. We actually met through his sister, my sister-in-law (no relation, ha) About 9-11 months before he came home Melissa told me she had a cute brother on a mission that would be home in October & that i needed to be single when he got home so i could go on a date with him. I told her i'm sure i would be single in October so i'd go out with him. Little did i know that i'd meet him & fall for him! Adam is probably one of the sweetest guys i have ever met! He is different from every other guy i have dated & i am so grateful for that! I honestly don't deserve him! (not even kidding) He moved up north for school this coming spring & i am already missing him tremendously!! I don't know how i'm gonna survive til Summer!! Bring on the road trips! Thank you Adam for everything! I'm so glad for the memories we have made & can't wait for many more that are to come. I would be lost without you! You are the best! :)

Me & my handsome boyfriend Adam Stephan

Trust Issues!

You see that girl, yeah her. She seems so invincible right. But just touch her and she'll wince. She has secrets and she trusts no one. She’s the perfect example of betrayal. Because everyone she trusted, broke her. I know i am one with lots of trust issues because the second i trust someone i ends badly!
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Life is hard, love is strange.
Nothing last, people change.
People talk just a little too much.
You never know just who to trust.
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Love grows where trust is laid, and love dies where trust is betrayed.
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Its hard to trust people now days some don't understand your situation, some have big mouths, and some just don't listen.
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Break my trust once. And everything changes from there. (so true, it's hard to trust again)
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Everyone deserves a second chance, but trusting them won't be the same.
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It takes years to build up trust, and just seconds to destroy it.
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People ask me why it's so hard to trust others, i ask them why it is so hard to keep a promise.
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But maybe this one helps a lot:
And when your world seems to come crashing down,
and the people you thought you trusted have betrayed you, smile.
Smile, and make them wonder why.

I will be the first to admit that i have trust issues! Almost everyone I've ever trusted, has betrayed that trust. There comes a day when you realize that you can trust no one but yourself!

Look At Me Now...

So, my friend Luke showed me this song & i am still amazed at how fast she can rap! I am not usually a lover of rap music but this is...AMAZING!! I wish i could sing as fast as she does!! Holy Smokes!! She went on the Ellen DeGeneres show & when asked what inspired her to rap said she loves to rap in the shower... i gotta start rappin in the shower!! :) ha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khCokQt--l4

I get lightheaded just listening to her!!

New Happenings!

So, i decided it's been forever since i've posted! A lot has happened so i'll just give a few short bullet points on all the recent happenings then later i'll post about them in more detail!!

• I moved to St. George
• Fourpulling
  
• Ashley picked JP :) & i'm ecstatic about it!
• Buena Vista YSA ward
• New Friends
• Vollyball/Futsal Nights
• We got internet FINALLY!!
• New Zebra Chair
• My new journal (made by me at steamrollers)
• Full-Time at work!
• 90 degrees House!!
  
• & last but not least... Sean's home! Another good friend is home from the mission! He served his misison in Tampa, Florida! I would be super happy he's home except the fact that he is gone up to school, so it's like he never really came home!! ha Oh well, Welcome Home Sean! :)
• & tons more!!
  

photo compliments go to: allen hackworth