TEMPLE!!

well all, we went to the temple this weekend to be sealed!! i must admit, i am pretty happy we are finally sealed! it has been a long road. our pictures are getting ready as we speak...but if you want to check out sneak peaks...you can go to wendy mayo's page on here and check it out!!! thanks again for EVERYONE that came. we really appriciate it!

Cakes Cakes and Cakes!!

well everyone...My sister Molly and i are taking a cake decorating class....and i can't wait!! last night we had our first class and it was so much fun. this next week we will be doing our own and learning more and more. i am so excited about this whole thing. i will keep you all posted and more pictures to come for sure!

alright...i don't know about the rest of you, but i LOVE the salt lake temple. this past weekend, ben and i ventured out to utah. it had been almost 2 years since i was out there and about 3 for ben. it was a long awaited reunion. and being the wonderful picture taker that i am, i didn't take one single picture! so i stole this off of google. our trip began with driving out there on thursday. we left chico about 3pm. we finally reached sandy utah, to where we stayed with bens aunt nancy, about 4am utah time. we had to stop every 2 or 3 hours for me to use the bathroom, eat and then just get up and walk around. i was sick the entire time and we ran into a horrible snow storm in nevada. we put the chains on and by the time we got them on, 10 semi trucks or so, cleared the road, so we pulled over to take them off. we slept in until about 9am and then started our day. we layed around for a while when everyone was at work, and watched a little judge joe brown, then headed to temple square. it was nice to just walk around and hang out. ben and i both love looking at stuff, so we took our time looking at the MASSIVE paintings of Christ. we went to the distrabution center and got ben his first set of temple clothes and me some maternity g's. they are great! then we went to bens reunion friday night. it was fun to watch him. i thought he might pee his pants when he saw some of these elders he served with. and then whole time, they just reminded me over and over that "elder brown was a major sister hater". yeah, funny how we got together. then sat we went to the afternoon session of conference. it was so fun! ben had never been to a conference session. we had really good seats too. we then hung out with family for a little bit and then i went to have a MUCH needed reunion with my friends from high school...beth smailes(taylor), courtney lee and Deanna Madsen(Dickerson). it was so fun! just to hang out and talk! it had been 2 years since i saw beth and i missed her so much! we hung out until midnight and i couldn't stay up anylonger!! sunday we slept in and headed back...it was definately a nicer trip back. it was sunny the entire time! we loved it and can't wait to go again!

well well...

this past week has been rough! we moved in to our new apartment. it is nice to have a small place. we just didn't realize how much CRAP we have! anywho..i took this past week off of work so that i could move and clean and all that...well, this by far has been the worst week ever! i could only clean and move for about 2 hrs before i had to lay down and pull the bucket next to me. i can't eat anything, and then i am starving! the only thing that sounded semi good last night was cheez-its. ben got me some saltines and they have been heaven today for my first day back at work. it was nice to have a week off though. ben just kept telling me not to get used to it. anywho...i feel better today..and i hope it gets better. 3 weeks to go and i will be in the 2nd trimester. as soon as we actually get everything put away, i will post pics of our apartment. just because we moved doesn't mean that we have everything in its place. :)

my baby!

well everyone...this is what our baby looks like as of yesterday! only 223 days to go. i go to my next appt in 1 1/2 weeks. i will post more pics later.

CHICO!!!

We are finally moving to Chico! i am so excited! i will be sure to take pictures when we get settled in and everything decorated!!! can't wait!

baby stuff...

and since we are are now expecting... if there is anyone out there that is finished having kids...and has baby stuff that they would like to donate..or sell we would love to know...please let us know..:)

we love you all and are so greatful for all of the love left on our blog!

newest news!

thats right baby...there is a 2nd line!! the picture isn't as dark as it is in person.

well after much time....well after about 6 months of me trying to get ben on the band wagon, and then him acutally agreeing that it was time, then of 4 months trying and after about 20 tests...we are finally pregnant. we are both way excited. it is definatly time for that new adventure in our lives. now as long as everything goes well, we are due in october. my first drs appt is on wed. so we will keep everyone updated.
this is ben excited. this isn't exactly what he looked like when i told him but he was a good sport for the camera.

New Bedding!!

YEAH!!!! we bought new bedding yesterday. i am so happy. this is the first thing that ben and i have bought together for our new apartment. We are going to be moving to the Joshua Tree apartments in about 2 weeks. next to come is the front room furniture. ben was not wanting anything purple, pink, or flowers. so it narrowed all the options. we went to jc penny, and saw this display, and that was it! ben loved it and i loved the red! anywho...we will send more updates!!

I hate the snow!!

it is snowing in paradise right now and i just want everyone to know how much i hate it!

ok everyone...well i am retarded and i didn't take one picture of christmas or new years... so i am sorry but i have nothing to post. i am really busy though. i am trying to get everything ready. we are trying to make some big changes in our lives. i am trying to really build up my salon clientele, so i can work in there more. we are getting ready to move to chico here in about 2 months and not sure where we are going to go. so we have a lot of kinks to work out. but i will keep you posted. i have been playing a lot on the computer lately trying to make new business cards. i will let you know when i have the finished product! thanks for reading....

fooorrrrttteee nnniiinnnneeerrrsss!!

Ben and I sitting 10 rows from the field...we were so excited to be at candlestick park!! we got there late ofcourse, ben got off work late. once we parked and paid $25 for that...we hiked to the field. we saw all of the parking lot parties...it was pretty fun to see everyones pride in the niners!

the game was PACKED!! it was nice though, we had some room between us and the other seats. i guess not that packed! the players were so close to us. it was neat.

everyone was so excited to be there and all in all the game was great. there was like 3 minutes left and we were tied. within 30 seconds of the game being over..the niners kicked a field goal and won it. it was awesome!!!

and obviously, my favorite part was the cheerleaders!! it was a great game! next time we are definately bringing a BBQ and a cooler, because hanging out in the parking lot for 1 1/2 hrs before starting to leave was not cool with nothing to do! we would do it all over again though!

Are you ready for some Football!!!???!?!

alright everyone, This is probably the most exciting gift ben has gotten. i decided to splurge this year and i purchased us 2 tickets for this sundays football game. the 49ers and the redskins. we are leaving sunday at about 8 am and then going to the football game and spending the night, coming back monday. i am excited and ben is too!! this is probably going to be cold but super fun!! we can't wait.

Haircut anyone...???

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tis the season...

I love Christmas time. it is that time of year again and i love the decorating. it is the best part of the year to me.

this is our christmas tree. it is really bare because it is only our 2nd christmas together. we decided that since we are in someone elses house, we would get a fake tree and try to bypass all the clean up. maybe next year...the other picture is my garland. i made this all from the dollar tree. pretty nice.
last year, being our first year, the relief society pres brought us this little city. it was so nice.
our stockings, just me and ben. and then this santa, i made. i must say i am pretty happy about that. we gad a super saturday activity and we made christmas decor. it was fun!!

temple trip

we went to the temple this weekend for ben's brother. he is going to the mtc in jan. it was fun to see almost everyone...

one year anniversary

This is the start of our anniversary trip. we went to santa cruz and to monterey for the weekend. it was so fun and so nice to spend some alone time with ben. i got off work at noon and i picked up ben from school at 3 and we headed down to the bay. we got a really good deal from our friend that works at marriott. we stayed at the hotel for $45 a night. it was nice. we took this trip with the money i got from my quarterly bonus. it was nice to have free money!

once we got to the hotel, we just dropped off our stuff and went and got something to eat. we had been in the car for about 5 hours. normally it would have only taken about 3 but we hit traffic friday at about 5. go figure.

saturday morning, we slept in and then went to the mystery spot. it was so much fun. the tour was crazy and we enjoyed it a lot. it is this 150 ft diameter circle that is kind of crazy with its law of gravity. and well....you are just going to have to check it out for yourself! go to google.com and type in mystery spot santa cruz. anyways, we had fun!! because there was just the two of us, we didn't get very many pictures of us together.

sunday, we went to monterey to go whale watching. it was so much fun!! i was a little scared, because it was awfully windy. there were 35 mile an hour winds, which made for a really choppy ocean. but we got out about 1 mile from the harbor and we saw 2 humpback whales. they were so cool!! they just took there time, no hurry and came up, got some air, showed off their blow holes and dove down for about 5 minutes each time. it was really cool. we were only on the boat for about 1 1/2 hr and it usually will be 4 hours. so we are going to come back next year, in the spring when the grey whales are giving birth and see that. otherwise, we loved it and enjoyed our time away. i am so glad that we got married and can't wait for many more anniversarys to come.

santa cruz and monterey...

we went to santa cruz and monterey for our anniversary. it was so much fun!! we had a busy week and it is going to be even busier this week. so i will give you a preview and there will be more to come!!

one year!!

so our one year anniversary was on sunday and i wanted to post something, but we just hung out and our BIG trip is going to be this weekend...so i just want to say how much i love my husband and love being with him all the time...he is just so cute!!
pictures coming soon!!!....

happy halloween...

the pirates











we had a halloween party last night and it was so much fun!







the indians

the handicapped boy from the

ringer and 80s girl the farmers and cow

zorro and catherine zeta jones.

it was so much fun to hang out with everyone and play games...thank you all for coming!