Ballet Under the Stars - Year 3!

Wowzers! Can you believe it? Jeff and I have actually done something for 3 years in a row! You may remember this post "Our First Kiss" from last year. Well now we have another year of Ballet Under the Stars to put up!

This year, my favorite piece was from "Rubies"

Amazing!!

There were lots of changes from last year to this year! First, we broke down and wore different clothes and we didn't eat chicken like the last few years. Uh oh. We're breaking the trend!

Also, they built a new bridge over Tempe Town Lake 

And most importantly!! We have a baby!! He's the best. Scotty loved the performance. He was memorized by the music and dancing and kept dancing along! 

I hope the video works. It's my first time trying to post a video! Sorry it's sideways. I can't rotate a video. Just tilt your head ; )

(A nice person took this picture of us)

Some things just never change though. We are still as weird as ever :)

I love my family!!!

Since it was the 2nd anniversary of our first kiss, we HAD to take kissing pictures :)

Happy 1 Week!!

These pictures are of Scotty any where from 5 hours old to 5 days old

Scotty is 1 week old today! I can't even believe it. Time has flown by already. I know it's only been a week since he was born but it feels like we've had him forever. It's This little boy has brought us so much joy! I didn't know it was possible to love someone like this. Every time I think "How could I love any more than I already do?" But each day the love for this little boy and his daddy grows deeper and deeper. Scott really has the most amazing daddy. Jeff is the best dad a kid could ask for and a better husband than a wife could ever dream of. I am the luckiest woman ever. 

I love my men!!!

The Best Year of My Life, pt1

I have been married to the most amazing man for over 1 year now! Can you believe how fast time flies??!?!

We started out our anniversary celebrations by going to the temple. It is so beautiful. It was nice to hear the same words we heard when we were married. It just gives us an added drive to be good and keep God's commandments because we sure as heck want the blessings promised there!

Of course some things have changed in the last year we've been married... like my waist size!

Just a little bigger no? haha

Of course we couldn't let a special occasion pass us by without going to Nielsens. MMmmmm it's so good!

Then we drove up to Flagstaff for the weekend. We had brought lots of talks on CD and such to listen to but we didn't listen to 1! We talked and talked and laughed the whole way there. It's amazing how we never seem to run out of things to say.

This was taken at a rest stop on our way. The clouds were amazing!

Our first kiss...again :)

Just over a year ago, Jeff took me out for a romantic date.
It started out with him bringing me a beautiful flower... just because :)

 

Then we went to Tempe Town Lake to see Ballet Arizona's "Ballet Under the Stars"

 

We got lost on the way because of the GPS, got stuck in tons of traffic, and ended up parking in the VERY last parking space there was (no joke.). We couldn't find our blanket someone had put out for us and then our picnic dinner had gotten kinda cold and we got there so late that we only caught the last 15 minutes of the performance. But it was an AMAZING date. We were both on cloud 9. 

After the performance, we walked around until we found my blanket. Then we took a lovely stroll down by the lake where he kissed me for the first time

 Scroll forward 1 year!

One excited wife picked up one handsome husband from work and we headed out to the lake. (notice the same outfits). This time we knew how to get there AND how to avoid most of the traffic. Good work honey! We actually got to see most of the show!

We even had the same foods for dinner and everything :) But there were a few differences...

1. We're married!!!  2. It wasn't our first kiss.... maybe our 10 billionth one 3. We're expecting a baby boy!!

But somethings never change...

We're still just as goofy and weird as ever...if not more so now!

It was beautiful and so fun to relive a very special date.
These came the next night...

What started as just 1 flower a year ago, has turned into dozens and dozens more since. I love my amazing husband who randomly surprises me with flowers!

I'm the luckiest :)

1 + 1 = 3

If you haven't heard yet, we have BIG news!

We are having a baby!! Well, at least we thought it was a baby until we got our 8 week ultrasound and saw that it was really a gummy bear....

Our Gummy Bear: 8 weeks, 2 cm long

Surprisingly enough, we went back at 18 weeks and found this!

A baby!

And.......

'nough said



The doctor says everything is looking great! He's healthy and very active. His favorite past time is kicking mommy's insides. He's already very strong!

We are so excited for our little man to make his entrance into the world! He should be joining us around Feb 26, 2011. Just a couple days after Jeff's birthday... then it can be a happy birthday for both my men!!

Spring Break!!

When I went to school, I chose BYU over ASU because I couldn't find any way I liked ASU over BYU. More than a year after I graduated BYU, I have finally found one... ASU gets SPRING BREAK!!!

Now you'd think since I'm already graduated that it wouldn't matter to me, but my hunky husband is going to school at ASU and that foreign concept of Spring Break came as a welcome relief.

Although we both still had to work, we managed to find time to have some fun.

We went to a Cubbies Spring Training game and because my father in law rocks, we got to sit in the Mayor's Box right behind home plate. Best way to watch a game. I am now officially spoiled.


The following day, we finally got to utilize the tent we got as a wedding present.



Yep! We went camping! I'm not a real camper but I think Jeff can help cure me of that. We had such a great time.




The weather was perfect for camping and Arizona was so green!! (Ok green for a desert. No comments saying it's not green! haha)


When we returned, I wanted to take a cold shower only to find out that we had no cold water, only piping hot water. Yuck! Thankfully we live near my in-laws and we used their nice cold water.

Saturday rocked! We got up early and went to the temple, which is one of my favorite things to do with Jeff, made a delicious breakfast, totally cleaned our apartment and hung more picture frames on the walls and such. I love having a clean apartment! and having stuff on the walls makes it feel more like home (well except that we haven't put pictures in those frames yet so we have pictures of random people on our walls).

Although this week was a break from school for Jeff and teaching for me, it was not a break from the play. So after all of our house work, I had a matinee performance, got a massage and ice cream between shows, had another rocking show that night, and ended the night by going out with my husband, the cast, crew and friends to Oreganos. We came home exhausted and crashed. But it was such a good day! Such a good week!!

For not being a student, this Spring Break was one of the best I've ever had!!

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Brinton

On January 8th, 2010 I married my best friend who is the most wonderful man in the Mesa LDS Temple. Our family and friends joined us in the Temple for a beautiful ceremony. Normally Jeff is the crier and I am not, but that day as we were both sitting there beaming, I was the one shedding tears of joy. The day I had only dreamed of and imagined my whole life was finally here and I was so overwhelmed with wonderful emotions and feelings I couldn't help it! I felt so blessed to be marrying this incredible man. I did not know it was possible to love someone so much.


The reception was absolutely beautiful. Thank you SOOOO much to everyone that helped. It was picture perfect. Speaking of pictures, I'll be posting more soon.

I don't know what I did to deserve Jeff but I thank my Heavenly Father everyday for him.

The Night I Got Engaged (Not the full story, sorry!)

Jeff's sister, Staci is wonderful and has blogged about several events that have happened in my recent past. Like the night Jeff and I got engaged! She helped Jeff put his plans into action. Read about it here.