My love. :)

So as I said in my last post, Jeremy is at AT for two weeks right now. I am down in Hurricane because they couldn't decide if they would let him come home at night or not and I promised my parents I'd come, so here I am. :) I am only staying til' Friday, then I am going back home and hopefully Jeremy will get to come home still ha ha. Anyway, I thought it would be good for me to post about me and Jer a little bit. I just love him so much and he's just so dang perfect for me! I miss him. I've been thinking about him a lot since I only get to talk to him for a few minutes a day and I remembered what he texted me yesterday...

Me: "Hey love. :) How are you this morning?"
Jer: "Good. Bleeding. :)"
Me: "Why????"
Jer: "I punched a box, Ha Ha Ha! :)"
Me: "Why???!!"
Jer: "I was just trying to be a ninja, pie. :)"

Bahahaha. Once again, he is so perfect for me. :) I wish I could have seen that... (btw, pie is what we call each other, I know, nerdy, but awesome).

My favorite things about Jeremy:

• Him. All of him.
• His Irish dance.
• The way he shakes a water bottle before he drinks out of it.
• His OCDness once he starts yardwork or cleaning.
• How he snores and I wake him up to make him roll over & he never gets mad at me.
• His dancing in general.
• How he studies the Gospel everyday.
• His testimony. 
• The way he makes me laugh.
• His hair in the morning.
• How he lets me watch chick-flicks every time we watch a movie even if he wants to watch something different.
• How he sings WAY loud in the shower so the neighbors will hear and think we are weird.
• How he makes popcorn and kool aid for me when we watch a show.
• How he is always willing to give me a much needed massage.
• How he works SO hard for our family.
• His sense of humor...

I could go on and on. Forever. About all the things I love about him. Can't wait to see him in a couple days!! :)

Get comfy...this is a long one... :)

So I missed an Easter, Mother's Day, and vacation post...so I am going to just toss in some pictures and tell in short-form everything that happened. :) ha ha.

Easter was great, we always have a huge Easter egg/basket hunt with clues and everything...this year was a little different for us because Bridger was actually old enough to walk and play outside! Honestly, him and his cousin Calum (they are only two weeks apart), didn't really care about their Easter baskets and all the fun, awesome toys inside...they liked walking around picking up the boiled eggs...sticks...rocks...making the pinwheels in Grandma's garden turn...ok, pretty much anything BUT play with the Easter stuff ha ha. It's okay though, as long as they had fun. :)

 Bridger. :)

 Calum. :)

 Roxie & Kelly (above)

Tajia (Below)

 Calum & Grandpa

 Bridger & Daddy

 My beautiful mother. :)

Bridger and his favorite boiled egg. :) that he smashed and left on the ground...he thought it was pretty interesting for about two minutes. 

Mother's Day was sooo nice. :) Jeremy woke up early and made wheat crepes with fresh berries and cool whip for breakfast and it was melt in your mouth delicious, I probably had like fifteen. At church all the women were served cheesecake during the third hour and I got to chat and catch up with a lot of my friends. After church Jeremy gave me my present...MASSAGE COUPONS! Best. present. ever. I've already used five. Poor guy ha ha. Nine of them were fifteen minute massages and the last one is thirty minutes, I think his initial plan was for me to like space them out over the year, but I can't do that, I love massages way too much! They will probably be gone by next week. :) Saturday, my parents came up and stayed with us and my mom gave me a forget-me-not plant for my flower garden and a book written by President Uchtdorf which was really sweet, I loved it. She also helped me clean my kitchen and organize my basement (which was much needed ha ha). Thanks mom. :) I made our mom's some homemade honey-citrus sugar scrub that turned out awesome! It really does make your skin so soft, I love it. I should have made some for me...

Two weeks ago we went on vacation to Tuscon, Arizona for a week. It was really fun, but it would have been better if I had not been sick! Besides being sick, my mom is like the energizer bunny and can keep going for, seriously, forEVER. So everyday we were busy (outside) in like 150 degree weather site-seeing while I thought I was going to die. I liked the pool though. :) ha ha. I really did like it, mostly because I had time with my family. We went to this place called a "biosphere," we went to a desert museum, and visited some "old town" place that was really cool. Bridger did great on the ten hour drive too and from Tuscon, I was very proud of him!

 He was copying grandma and wanted to lay out. ha ha. :)

 This is in the Biosphere, we had to go through a little tiny tunnel in the shape of a triangle.

 This was at the Sonora Desert Museum, it was in the middle of nowhere! It was SO hot and I thought I was going to die...so after I took the picture below...

 And this one...

 We hung out in the shade and ate icee's and goldfish. :) Bridger plays this game where he squeezes Jeremy's nose and Jeremy honks, he thinks it's hilarious, it's so cute.

 Bridger and Grandpa on the trolley ride up a mountain. :)

 My mother. :)

 Bridger helping Grandma with her work, he is a pro at technology.

Us in jail! (it's fake, don't worry) I love Bridger's facial expression, it looks like he's all sad in there. baha.

 I love Bridger's face in this one too, ha ha funny boy, if he spoke our language he would be saying, "get me out of here!"

 Us going for a train ride! Whoo hoo!

 Handsome boys...

He was getting impatient for the train to start going, here is a little scowl ha ha. :)

Swimming. :) 

I thought when I finished school I would have all this time to chill and play with Bridger and do yoga and read and all this other stuff, but for some reason, I STILL don't have time! How does that happen? Ok, I guess I sort of replaced school with a business idea Jeremy, my dad and I have been working on, more about that later. maybe. :) Most people wouldn't think it's that exciting...but I think it's awesome! So, we'll see.

Jeremy left for AT this morning for two weeks. :( That means I have to stay home alone (Bridger is with me, but he's like 1, so that doesn't even count) for two nights...then I am heading down to Hurricane after church for two weeks. It will be nice to spend some time with my parents, and they LOVE having Bridger down there to play with. :) I sure miss my man though...

BS in Psychology...I'm graduated!

Oh heavens. I do not even remember what happened in the last three weeks since I posted last! geez. I sort of started to freak out about three weeks ago and got really stressed out which is the reason for the lack of posts... The thing that was stressing me out so bad was that women's conference was Thursday and Friday last week, then we were supposed to go straight in to vacation, but I still had homework! I was like, no way. I just wanted to be done! So Jeremy and I tried to cram three weeks of homework in to a week and a half. We got everything done except a final and I had a final project to turn in, which I finished Monday!!!! So I am done. All done. finished. graduated.... .. .... ..... .... ... ... .... free. :) Do you understand how that feels? I have taken one summer break from college. I have been going to school for like 18 years straight, no joke, and this semester I was taking a whopping 18 credits while trying to be a mom and wife...ha. ha. (It's amazing how being busy helps you appreciate the freedom...) Thank goodness for Heavenly Father, that's all I can say. So, Monday, Jeremy and I took our last final for a class we took together which took me like five hours! It was ridiculous. Then I had to finish this huge research prospectus that I had no experience writing, so that was just a bit overwhelming (I will have to post about the subject of my research, it's a.m.a.z.i.n.g).

My family was playing games at the table where I was working while I worked on that the rest of the day/evening, I had a stiff neck, a stiff back, no shower, pj's on, crazy bed hair from that morning, a glazed-over look on my face, and mind exhaustion building...I reviewed it one last time, announced that I was finished to everyone, then I said "I am pressing submit!!" and started counting, "1....2.................3...." and pressed submit. I was like freaking out that the internet connection was shutting down or something because it said "submitting" for like three minutes, I just about died while my entire family sat staring at me, cracking jokes about how I would have to wait until tomorrow. no way. It finally went through and I stared at the computer screen trying to let it sink in that I had submitted my very last assignment. I jumped out of my chair and started screaming in a whisper since Bridger was in bed, dancing around like a nerd and pumping my fists in the air. I was literally like shaking and I felt like this huge weight had lifted off my shoulders. All at once the past few years flew through my mind and I realized that I can finally move past all that now. It was a really amazing feeling that I will never forget, it made all that school completely worth it to me. :) The feeling of accomplishment, knowing how much work I put in, and how much I gained from doing all of that, the way it built my confidence, it is unforgettable and I will never regret working toward and achieving this goal. ever.

I am not walking at graduation, I could care less about attending a ceremony, I am just happy to be finished! I am still trying to get used to the fact that I can do other things besides homework during Bridger's naps now...like...blog without feeling guilty. :) ha ha. Or maybe even....take a nap...that hasn't happened in over a year! I continually catch myself thinking, "ok, what's due today, tomorrow, next week?" "Where's my computer, gotta check Canvas.." or whatever...Then I remember! It's great. :)

I probably sound really crazy with all of this emotion about school lol. It's just that I have been working on this goal and waiting for this day for a long time, ever since I was a little girl I knew I would get my Bachelor degree, maybe more. After I had Bridger last Spring, I really wanted to give up, people kept telling me to just "take a break," "there's no hurry," but inside I just ignored them because it was too tempting and I knew that I was in a hurry...in a hurry to be a FULL-time mom and wife and graduated! It was hard, I am not going to lie. I would never tell anyone that school is easy, sure, there are some easy classes and once you get the hang of things it gets smoother and more manageable, but there will always be a few challenging classes, teachers, assignments, and tests no matter what degree you choose. I actually really loved being a student and going to school, I love interacting with other people who are interested in Psychology and that is one thing I will miss...school sort of forced me to exercise my mind and kept me continually learning and growing, pushing myself to do better. Getting an education can give this sort of...empowering feeling, and a feeling of confidence that doesn't come from anything else, which is why I love to hear about other mom's and women who choose to get a degree. But I now have to find something to replace that just because...that's how I am. :) lol.

Anyway, now what I am going to do in my spare time??? Well, I will be reading books to learn about something I will mention later. And most important I will spend more time with my husband, and play with my boy, of course. :) I love them. so much. They hold my heart and my very being. :) I am so glad I am done. :) Whoo hoo!!

This post is already extremely long...so I will post about Easter, research (which sounds boring, but it's not), women's conference (which was awesome), and vacation next time. :) I just realized how behind I am...