*3 Year Anniversary*

Happy 3 year anniversary to my sweetheart and best friend. The last 3 years have been amazing and I'm so happy that we are forever!! Love you honey xoxooxox!

*The biggest loser..well almost*

I have been battling to lose weight really ever since after I got married back in 2008. It has been the biggest struggle for me because I LOVE LOVE LOVE to eat and I just like yummy foods in general. So of course I got prego and then really packed on the weight eating whatever I wanted and never working out (although I worked 40 hours a week so that had something to do with it). Anyways, after I had Jaden I vowed to loose the baby weight, and all the extra weight I had put on before getting prego. Well I worked out 5 days a week but only lost maybe 5lbs which was frustrating to me because I was working out so hard. Well my oh so kind brother finally told me that it was time to loose weight for real this time, and that dieting was going to have to be hard core along with working out really really hard. Thus began the battle of seriously loosing weight eating really only chicken, salad, and apples along with working out 5-6 days a week sometimes twice a day. Well my hard work has paid off, which I'm not where I want to be yet but still a work in progress. My brother Jason is a personal trainer and though he is brutal with dieting and working out he has truly helped change my life for the better. I have so much more energy now and just feel better about myself so thank you so much to my awesome brother!! This post is not to brag in any way but hopefully gives inspiration to anyone who just wants to get healthy and in shape.

*Called to serve*

This is important enough news that it deserves it's own post! My wonderful brother in-law Logan received his mission call while I was in Arizona. Which was such an amazing experience to be there for, and am glad I could be a part of it. The mission he will be serving is:

Argentina Buenos Aires West

He will report to the MTC October 19th, the day after Jaden's 1st Birthday. We will miss Logan very much, but know that he is serving the Lord and blessing lives, Congrats Logan WE LOVE YOU!!!!

*Bracken Family Vacation*

Well this summer has been to say the least very eventful so far. Josh's family does a big vacation every year and usually we go to San Diego,However this year they decided to do an East Coast vacation which included the following:

*Hill Cumorah Pageant

So being LDS you would think I would know what this was about but yeah no I didn't haha. I did find out though that it's all about the Book of Mormon and the Hill Cumorah is where the golden plates were burried. I can now proudly say I understand The Book of Mormon. So if anyone doesn't understand go see the pageant cause it does a great job of breaking it down in a way slow people like me can understand lol.



*Church History Sites

We visited the Joseph Smith Farm, the Sacred Grove, and the first Book of Mormon publishing house, all which were amazing to visit.



*Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls was amazing. We took a ride on the Maid of the Myst right up to the falls and of course got SOAKED! It was SOOOO humidly hot that we were all happy to get wet.




*New York City

We finished off this wonderful vacation with fabulous New York City!! We went to the top of the Empire State Building, Ellis Island (toured the immigration building), Battery Park, Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero, Time Square, Central Park, The store DASH (my sister in-law Aubrey and I are Kardashian fans haha), Chinatown (which we ate at the most AMAZING Chinese food restaurant), took a tour bus all over Manhattan, and into Brooklyn and the Bronx. My amazing father in-law also used his company connections and got Box Suite New York Mets tickets. It was so nice and I don't think I'll ever be able to go to another baseball game in regular seats haha.










This was an amazing vacation and it was made possible by my wonderful in-laws, so thank you so much to them!! From New York, I headed back to Arizona for a week to visit my family, then ended in Idaho for a family reunion. I am now back to reality in Washington, which it feels good to be back into routine, cool weather and to be home with my hubby again!