Catch up

I know, the last time I updated was about a year ago, my bad! A few different people have told me I need to start blogging again so that's what I'm doing. Hopefully I'll be a little better at it this time around! Let me just start out by saying I have spent like two hours on here already trying to change my background and it ended up in a big ugly mess and now I don't know what to do so I decided to just write a post and forget about how the blog looks. Technology and computers and all this stuff and way out of my league!
Ok, lets go back in time and Ill fill you all in on what has been goin on for the past year. August 14th of 2012, Jared and I got married! Everyone already knows that but it seems like it was just a week ago! Time has been flying by so fast!

Cousins! I'm so glad so many of my favorite people came!

 

Here we are walking out of the Temple!

CAKE SMASH!

OK, my whole life I have been waiting to smash wedding cake in my husbands mouth, and I finally got the chance and it was awesome! Yes, he did get me almost as good as I got him, but it was still totally worth it. I had to go to the bathroom after this and wash off all my makeup because frosting was everywhere and I was blowing pink frosting boogers out of my nose 4 days after it happened! Oh the joys of life :)


Our honeymoon was the coolest vacation ever! I tell Jared all the time that were going back someday. We went to Cabo Mexico and it was perfect. We stayed in this big Hotel that sat right on the beach. And it was by far the nicest place I have ever stayed in. They had several restaurants all included in the hotel and 5 swimming pools in the courtyard and free room service and so much stuff I don't know where to begin!

EngAgEd!

 Well most of you already know, so it's not that biig of a suprise. But yes! I"M ENGAGED!!! Here's the story. I came to Rexburg early and I was planning on going back to utah for a while and Jared's family reeeeally was pressuring me on not going, but staying in Rexburg for Easter Sunday. But I was pretty set on going, so on the 6th of April we were at his grandmothers house and his mom told us that she made an early easter egg hunt in the backyard since I wouldn't be there for easter day! And it was in the snow! So, we run out and find all 35 eggs! And i got Jared with a few good snowballs too :) We brought them inside and started to open them all to find the goodies inside! Many of them had chocolate eggs inside! And some of them were filled with mnm's that said "I love you!!!" or "Sierra+Jared" or had a small printing of our faces on them! IT was so cute! And then, some of the eggs had a pice of paper inside that said "PRIZE" on it. Everytime we got one of these PRIZE papers then his mom would throw us something fun, like silly string or a small puzzle! So we opened all the eggs until we were to the last one which when we opened it said PRIZE! So Jared's mom (Bev) threw us a HUGE egg. I opened the egg and it was filled with mnm's! yummy! Jared told me to read what they said, I looked and they all said "Will you marry me?" I looked up and he was on his knee and he asked me himself, "Will you marry me?" AHHHHHH!!!! is right! I know, cutest boy ever!!! :) It was just perfect. I said yes :)

Easter Egg Hunt!

So that's the exciting news :) Here's some other news...I can't cook. Fine, i know that's not news. haha but the other day i decided i wanted to make Jared dinner!!! now heres the thing. I usually have Jared help me cook since he is really good at it, but if he isn't helping its usually something like Mac and Cheese or a good ham and cheese sandwich! But this time I was goin BIIIG! Ya, were talking garlic chicken with cooked mixed vegetables and rolls!!! :) ya, i know, impressive. So I start early and make a chart that tells me just when im suposed to start cooking certain things and all of that stuff. I wanted everything to be perfect! Well anyways...It turns out that Jared dosn't like cooked mixed vegatbles, the rolls were small rocks, and the chicken was darker than the darkest black you can imagine! ya, bad. Sooo...the thing about me being a bad cook is still true. Boo. I think ill learn eventually. :)

Were looking at the ring! He had just proposed!

Now its just wedding planning stuff all the time. But just for a heads up, the wedding looks like its going to be August 14th in the Salt Lake Temple. :) yay! tata!

Since December!

OK people, yes, it was a miracle. Krystalee updated! And it was in English! And it was good! So, I am in Weldon once again for another winter break off of school. I've been here since December and will be going back to BYUI in April. So what have I been doing in Weldon? Well...FUN THINGS! yes, its true. I had the wonderful opportunity to coach the JV girls basketball team at the High School this year. It was SO much fun! These girls are so fun and excited about life, i loved it. My girls are really talented when it comes to basketball too, they loved the game just like me! It was great fun coaching them and we ended up winning the league championship! So that was a highlight for the break.

Jared and I hiked up to packsaddle cave with Kayla and Debbie

RIGHT after basketball ended, literally the same week, the high school decided they needed to hire another aid for the severely handicapped room. Lucky for me I got the job! I work there every day helping out the kids in the room. I worked in there sometimes last winter also so i already knew all the kids. Everyday you are assigned to work with a new student and all the aids rotate between the children. They are all mentally disabled and three of them are in wheelchairs. Each one has different  needs and completely different personalities so you really have to get to know each of them individually. I like working here although sometimes it can be really exhausting.

During the break I have also been going over to the Kent's house to type for Nicole. Nicole has Friedreich's Ataxia, which is a disease that causes nervous system damage where the person looses their ability to use their limbs. Nicole is in a wheel chair and is also blind, hard of hearing and has diabetes. This disease does not affect you mentally though, so she isn't mentally disabled in any way. I have grown to really love Nicole, we have become good friends, I really enjoy typing for her. She talks to me and I type it all down, right now she is working on a book where she is writing her life story. She is just amazing!

This is us at Magic Mountain!

Jared is funny.

Alright, now I'll tell you about the real highlight of this break. Jared! :) heeee. :) I still get butterflies and all blubbly when i tell people about him, he's just so great! He came to Weldon for 3 weeks and visited! It was so much fun having  him here! The day he got here my mom and I picked him up at the airport, I was so excited and nervous to see him I just kept passing back in forth looking down the hall where i knew he would come out! When he FINALLY came out I ran with my arms out and just as I got to him I slipped right on my bum! ya! big slip, right to the floor, Jared kinda caught me...but not really. HAHA the lady who worked there was all asking me if I was OK and stuff. Jared would come with me to all my early morning basketball practices, my team loved him. While he was here I think he got to know about me a little better...one day we were out with my horse, Stella, and we were in her pin. I picked up a piece of poo and threw it at him. Wow, I've never thought people thought poo was so incredibly disgusting until now. He FREAKED out! haha, I mean, it's just a piece of poo, it's not that bad. All they eat is hay...what's so gross? It was funny. He has experienced the Weldon Hazard reputation for breaking down as well. It happened twice while he was here. First time was in the little motor boat we took out on the lake. Just as we got out there...it decided not to work! So Jared and Troy paddled back into shore. The other time was when we got the bug started up and made our way through the back dirt roads to the gas station, just as we rolled in, the car died. So we had to try jumping it and push starting it but nothing worked, so Kayla came and picked us up :) Jared is hyper all the time...I already knew it but this visit just reinforced the fact. I am the primary teacher for the 6-7 year olds and bringing him with me to class could have been a mistake. These kids are already overexcited about nothing anyways, but Jared gets in there and they just go BAZERK! I mean, whoa. And it was his fault too, I look over and catch him untying a boys shoe and poking a boy in the side, and sneaking candy to them under the table while I'm trying to give the lesson. man. One day I got Jared to dance. Yes I did. HE DANCED! Jared does not dance, but now that i've seen it, now I know it's possible! So, all you family, if he is present at one of the family dances in the future, don't let him stand the sideline! Jared is so sweet and kind and cute and just so wonderful to me. :) His visit was so much fun, I'm so happy he could come visit! And the most exciting this is that i get to go to Oregon to visit him in less than 2 weeks! I can't wait!

One last story. A few days ago I go out and find that one of our chickens has died while she was trying to lay an egg! :( poor chicker. So I come and tell Dad and he goes out there and gets her out of the nest and lays her next to a tree to bury her later that day. But he didn't. So yesterday morning i go out to feed the animals and something smells bad, i look over and the black bully neighborhood cat is sitting there eating the poor chicken! So I scare the cat away and run in to get Dad who is in the bathroom going putt. I look out the window and i see the cat running across the yard with the chicken in its mouth! Its going and try's to jump the fence! It couldn't get over with the chicken though but it keeps trying over and over :( It was a terrible scene. So now I'm yelling to Dad to get out there and telling him all that's happening and he starts yelling, "i;m gunna shoot that cat!" well he gets out there with his gun and the cat runs away, so he buries the chicken. It was all crazy.

Tralalalala La La lala

Okay so since Sierra says that I never do anything on this blog I decided that today was the day, I would make a post. Hopefully it will be entertaining.
So, the new year has begun! Welcome 2012! It's so weird to think about, I remember distinctly New Years 12 years ago and it most definitely does not seem that long. Christmas Day was great! (The real one, on the 25th of December). Ty, Cambria, and their family, Troy, Sierra, me and my parents were there. We went to church and enjoyed a lovely musical Christmas program. Our family decided to have the opening of presents and that type of celebration on the 26th rather so that Donny and Alyssa would be able to get to our house and enjoy it with us, they arrived home the evening of the 25th. That night I slept on the couch so that Jeffrey and Amri could sleep in my bed (I know, Best. Aunt. EVER. right?) and in the wee hours of the night I was awakened by the sound of Sierra vomiting. I kind of felt bad for her, she didn't get to open gifts with the rest of us because she was on her death bed.

"Christmas morning"

From that moment on I was fighting the sickness. I would just tell myself over and over, you can't get sick Taylor's coming, you can't get sick Taylor's coming. Tuesday night I picked up Taylor from the airport and it was so good to see him! I missed him so much. One after another a family member would get the flu. It was the ever-haunting sickness.
While Taylor was there we did a few fun things despite the illness lurking around the house. We went shooting, we played games, we raked leaves and went four-wheeling in the power truck, and we played HOCKEY! This was probably my favorite event. We originally went to the church to play volleyball but when we got there all the volleyballs were flat, so then our next idea was basketball but then all the balls (all 15 of them) were flat, so when we saw the hockey sticks we made it work. We played with a chalkboard eraser and it was a blast! The teams were me, Taylor, Sierra and Alyssa vs. Dad, Mom, Cambria, and Tyson. Of course our team whooped them. Sierra was the goalie and I'll let her give you details from her point of view.
Taylor was infected with the illness on Friday the 30th, what a great way to spend time with your girlfriends family! So on Saturday morning Taylor and I left and took the train up to San Jose. This was my first time on a train (I think both of ours) it was fun! We played cards for a bit and Taylor was kinda embarrassing because he kept yelling when he would lose to me :)

Paying the price

We went to the farm to see the animals...It wasnt until we got there that i realized I couldn't jump the fence with the rest of them.

My roommates and i had a big sleepover in the living room. So much fun, I love them :)

Sunday dinner at the Rexburg Hazards. Good times.

Holy crow bar we have not updated in a while. oops, sometimes i just forget I have a blog. Actually, yesterday I got on here to update because i was beginning to feel guilty and i could NOT remember how to sign in! I tried like 5 different passwords and emails and non of them let me get on here! it was a little scary because i thought i had lost the blog forever and knew there was no way I was going to go through the process of starting a new one again! But luckily, Krystalee, the other person who is supposed to make posts on here too (but never does), actually remembered how to log in, thank goodness. :)

Allison was a great therapist for me. She should seriously look into it.

My knee recently after surgery.

Ok, so life right now is pretty much going great. I had my knee surgery on the 28th of September, so it has been like 6 weeks already since I had surgery! woa, that went by fast! I go to therapy 2-3 times a week and it is just great, my therapist is super nice and i like her like a friend :) When i don't go in for therapy I usually go to the gym and go on the bike or lift weights and stuff...yesterday i tried something new. ZUMBA. ya, i have never done that before, but what the heck, why has this great workout been kept from me? you pretty much go in this big room and dance until you drop! it is so much fun! of course I couldn't do all the moves everyone else was doing with my knee and everything, but i sure did do a lot of freestyle and it was AWESOME! (i was in the back so not many people could see me going completely crazy and not doing anything the instructor wanted) but it was so fun! :D I am going again tonight but I think i should tone it down a little bit because today my ankle hurts when i walk and it hurts to raise my left arm...
I really want to go cow tipping latley, it just seems like it would be such an adventure. Krystalee told me that when you go cow tipping then the cow dies...but then I have been convinced by others that this is not the case. So, I want to go! I will let you know If i actually DO go, because it seems like other people arnt as thrilled about the idea as I am, but I am working on convincing them to come with me anyways! I mean, whats the worst that could happen, you get trampled by a raging cow and then have to go to the hospital, no big deal, you would be better in a year or so. you got to pay the price to have fun sometimes! peace.

My first day back to school after surgery. Styling the pink sock.

Ok, so during halloween time I went to the haunted straw maze with my friends. let me just say, the haunted straw maze is WAY more scary than any haunted house I have ever been to. Its like...ya, scary. So we go there and right off the bat the bad guy comes running up to me and already knows my name and is sooo creepy! Once we got inside the maze I am so thankful for Stefka who stepped up and said she would be the one to stand next to me. Chelsea said that when i was scared one time a guy said to her, "restrain her, please!". Can you believe that? here i am, about to be attacked by a freaky monster and the guy wants me to restrain myself? ya right. When we got out of the maze I was so happy to be alive but everyone else was checking to see if their faces were scratched and bleeding and if they still had hair left in their heads. I'm very sorry to have caused such pain, but at the time it seemed it was a life or death situation. The worst part is that as i was walking to the car I turn and the monster man is following me out to the car! WHAT!? for reals? is that even aloud, come on now. I am now running through the cars trying to hide, i get behind one, hit the dirt, and quickly slide under. I see the monster mans feet walking by the car, they stop...they come towards me...they stay there for a few seconds...and then all the sudden he bends over and is looking straight at me! CREEPY! In the end, everything turned out and I am alive to tell the story.

Update, after FOREVER!

Here we are before our clothes are tie-dyed! 

        Alright! Fall semester of 2011 has begun! Ok, it started like 2 weeks ago, but give me a break. This semester I am so excited to have 5 absolutely AWESOME roommates! I love every single one of them with all my heart. Stefka and I are room-roommates, it's fun. I was super excited to be rooming with Stefka this semester because I knew we would be able to play all the time! we both love to do the same type of things like play basketball, and ultimate Frisbee, and whatever active game their is we love to be involved in! However, only a few days before I left for school I got my MRI results back. I have a torn ACL in my right knee. Holy cow, can you say bummer!? ya, it was! I think I felt worse about leaving Stefka with out a play mate than feeling bad about the fact I had to get knee surgery! haha But it's alright, I will be filling my life with other fun activities, they just won't be ACTIVE activities which means I will most likely gain some pounds... all well. Food is good.
          So to start the semester off we decided to tie-dye! yes, it was a great activity! My whole apartment did it along with some friends that were invited. Stefka was our leader because she is a professional tie-dyer, at least in my eyes :) It was a very good day followed by a "cousin night" where Troy almost beat Colby up because he lost playing Super Smash Brothers on the Nintendo 64.
          This weekend was the second weekend and I was on a Temple to Temple Relay team. That was so much fun, we did so well as a team! We started at the Rexburg temple and ended at the Idaho Falls Temple. I ran a leg that was 4 miles long. I think cheering on my teammates was my most favorite part. We had such a good team too, I love every one of my team members so much, they're such fun people I am so blessed to know them :) (except one guy who i just met that day...but he was cool too). I will have to get pictures from Jared of the relay and put them on here for you guys to see!
         Life is good, I love it.

This is a sweat shirt that I tie-dyed!

Summer in the Air!

This is right where I fell out on the Hell's Canyon trip!

That's my Purple Boat on the left!

Hazard Family Reunion! The Red Wood Trees

School has been out for 3 weeks already! these past three weeks have been totally awesome! The first week was the Hell's Canyon River trip, that was a lot of fun I feel out in one of the big rapids, that made me so happy! I love falling out in the rapids, it's my favorite part! Another thing that happened on that trip was that I had to pee so bad in the middle of the night! so i got up and went pee!!! yup...but of course, a few days later I found I had poison Ivy on my bum. HAHA! oops, next time I should probly use a flash light :) The second week was a river trip on the salmon river. We took 55 boy scouts down the river! it was so much fun! The scouts were so willing to jump in and help with everything and they always let the ladies go first, which means I always ate first! yay! There were only 4 girls there tho, so they didn't have to wait too long before they got their helpings :) So the whole trip I was the captain of the HUGE purple boat! yup, that was "captain Sierra's" boat, lol. One day a few of the scouts jumped out to swim a rapid. I told them to swim to the RIGHT side of the river, but they didn't, nope, they held right on to the side of the boat! So we couldn't paddle or else we would hit them in the head! so there we are...getting sucked to the LEFT side of the river. We pull everyone into the boat just in time and then BOOM, we hit a big rock and the boat starts to wrap! we were on there for a while, just ridding on that rock, everyone was high-siding thank goodness! finally, i jumped off and kicked the boat, it spun around and went down a small waterfall! yay! we all lived! That was an adrenaline rush :) good times! it was actually so exciting that i'm tempted to tell everyone to swim left next time we run it ;) This week was the third week, it was the Hazard Family Reunion! It was really fun, we camped for the first couple days up in Big Meadow. we also did a day on the river, and a day up at the big Red wood trees and water slides! Yesterday Some of us girls went down to the airport and picked up Krystalee from the airport!!! SHE IS HOME!!! It was a really fun week, only one person was injured too, that's a good thing. Well people, LIFE IS GOOD!  

When we went to pick up Krystalee we visited Beverly Hills!