*The Brackens*: December 2010

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Our little baby is growing UP

Looking at pictures of Jaden when he was just a little new born and pictures of him now (2 months old) he is getting so big so fast. It makes me a bit sad to see him grow so fast, but he is becoming so fun to play with, watch him learn, and smile ALL the time I LOVE IT. His first Christmas was fun haha, although he didn't get too much excitement out of it since he so little. However, being in Arizona made for the best Christmas ever for Josh and I. Josh will be starting his job in two weeks so we are excited for that, and hopefully in the next few months get serious about looking for a house! Jaden's blessing will be this Sunday but that will a separate blog post w/ details and lots of pictures

Monday, December 13, 2010

Blessings & Moving On

Wow so much has happened since I last blogged I don't really know where to start. Well most of you already know that we have finally moved back to Arizona which we couldn't be happier about. The biggest blessing happened to us when Josh was offered a job with Boeing in Mesa which was a HUGE surprise and MERRY CHRISTMAS to us!! So now starts the journey of settling in Arizona and finding a house, which I am soooo excited about, and basically starting a new chapter of life w/ our little family. I will definitely miss a few things about Idaho which are: Our awesome ward, no traffic, yummy cold tap water, our family doctor, and the very little crime in Rexburg (which of course the only crime I witnessed was our crazy neighbor below us shooting her gun off) other than that I am glad to be out of Idaho and into beautiful Arizona with all of our family!!

Jaden is now two months old and growing up so fast. He is getting so big to me, but watching him grow is so much fun, it seems like he learns new things everday and smiles more and more! He has his two month old check-up this week and will have to get his shots :( which I'm sad for him but it's for the best.

Jaden's first walk in AZ..riding in style!!

Our speical deilvery from Santa!!

Grammy getting Jaden all clean and ready for bedtime!!

Grandpa Bracken w/ Jaden and Cousin Ashley

*How We Met*

Josh and I had both been up to BYU-Idaho for our first time in January 2007, but NEVER MET each other while we were there which was weird since you usually know everyone in such a small town like Rexburg. Anyways we both came home in July after our school year was over and got a job. This is where the magic started at a company called Magellan Health Services. It was a brand new company so we all had to go through training, and on our first day of training we had to go around the room and say are names and a little about ourselves. So I stood up first said my name and that I was going to school at BYU-Idaho and I was going back in January. It then came around to Josh's turn and he said his name and that he went to BYU-Idaho too and he was going back in January too. We looked at each other and it was from that point on we were inseparable.