*OFFICIAL GRADUATE*

Yup if you are reading this post then you know that.............I PASSED MY ONLINE PSYCHOLOGY FINAL!!!!Yup, I am now (officially on Thursday) a graduate from BYU-Idaho with a B.S. degree in Communications with emphases in Business and Psychology! It has been a long four year journey but I made it and feel AWESOME! So thank you to everyone who helped me get here namely my family for supporting me through school and my wonderful husband who believed in me when I didn't believe in myself to actually pass that super insanely hard Psychology final, also to everyone who kept me in your prayers to pass that dang final THANK YOU!

Here is my graduation picture with complements to Brother Smith the photographer here at BYU-Idaho who took it for me!

*Happy Birthday & 7 Month Anniversary to My Joshy Squashy*

On Sunday was Josh's Birthday and he is now a big 24 years old! I got him some cool new basketball shoes and some shoes for just wearing around...he is very happy about them!

From his parents he is getting money for a gun (all of a sudden he is way into guns..no idea where it came from) and his loving sister got him some gun things to go with his new gun! I also made his favorite cake German chocolate with coconut pecan frosting which was super yummy! We also on Sunday celebrated our 7 month anniversary... I can't believe it has already been that long, before we know it we will be at one year! Anyways after 7 months of marriage we are still so in love and cherish every moment we have with each other, and can't wait to see what the future holds for us. I LOVE YOU FOREVER SWEETHEART MUAH XOXOXOXOOXOXOOXOXOXOOXOXOOXOXO

*New Job*

Well after my months of getting nowhere finding a job I FINALLY was blessed to get a job at Qwest Communications in Idaho Falls. My position will be a customer service and sales rep. and the training is 10 weeks long but of course I get paid for it so I'm not complaining. Since the job involves selling I make commission on everything I sell so there is tons of money to be made at this job, which is definitely a bonus! I work from 10-7pm Monday through Friday and weekends off which is a bonus, not to mention the absolutley amazing benefits they offer which kick in thirty days from the day I started so that is another huge blessing. I am so grateful that I was able to find a job especially with the economy the way it is so thank you to everyone who kept me in your prayers! Also if any of you are interested in any of the products with Qwest let me know, and I'll hook you up!

Mommy and Pappy visit!

Well Josh and I had quite an adventurous weekend! On Saturday we drove down to Utah to meet up with my parents who came from Arizona and we all met up at my sister's apartment in Provo. We had tons of fun hanging out all day Saturday and going to church on Sunday to my sister's ward, which was weird going to a singles ward again lol definitely don't miss those days!

Anyways Josh and I drove back home Sunday night and my parents drove up to Rexburg on Monday to spend a few days up here with us and to see our apartment! On Tuesday Josh had to spend all day at school studying for a test so my parents and I went to Idaho Falls to shop (I got an early birthday present which was this perfume I wanted really bad called True Religion...it smells sooo good and for getting the big bottle I got a free bag!)I also go a pink Harley Davidson ear warmer which is super cute!



We also went to the Titanic exhibit at the Idaho Falls Museum which was really cool and interesting. I have been wanting to go for awhile so I'm glad that my wish to go finally came true, so now when I see the billboard I won't tell everyone that I really want to go ha ha ha! I'm very sad that my parents had to go but they will be back soon for my graduation yeaaaaaaaa!

Ophir Cabin 2009

Every President's Day weekend (also this year Valentines Day)the Bracken family goes up to their cabin in Ophir,Utah. So Josh and I spent the weekend up there with all of his family and we also had our first married Valentines Day together, which was tons of fun because we went bowling and out to a very yummy Chinese dinner.

We also went on a very fun snow quadding ride up the beautiful canyon, which was packed with snow so it took us awhile to get most of the way!


So on President's Day our last day in Utah, Josh's dad took the whole family skiing at Park City, which is a beautiful ski resort and tons of awesome ski runs!

Here are a few pictures of what the cabin looks like from the inside out....



This mountain lion is one of my favorite parts of the cabin because it looks so real and was at one point before its fateful death came

I like to think of this one as Colby and Samantha's Elks long lost little brother ha ha ha!

A few more pictures of everyone having a good time together...

This is Josh and his awesome little brother Tate being a goof ball!

Aubrey and her boyfriend Eric...so cute!

This is the whole Bracken Clan!

*New Addition to the Bracken Household*

For my birthday last year my dear friend Lesli (aka Pez) gave me a gift card to Porters Craft Store. Well I saved that gift card till just recently so I could go and buy a nice decoration for when I was married and had my own apartment to decorate. Now if any of you know how Porters is you know it is basically a girls dream for decorating and tons of fun crafts to make really cute things. So with the great convincing skills of my good friend Lesli she talked me into buying this awesome made by me and Pez creation that now hangs on Josh and I's wall. Josh was not at first so hapy on how much it was to create this wonderful home decoration, but with lots of kisses and telling him that it was a home investment he was OK with it!

*Job Hunting & Test of Faith*

So Josh and I have been in Rexburg for almost a month now and I still have not found a job. I have had a couple of interviews but did not end up getting the position. I am starting to become very frustrated with the situation, because being at home all day with nothing to do is not fun at all (I can only clean so much).I think this is a trial that is testing my faith hard, because the faith I have in finding a job is slowly becoming smaller and smaller with each passing day. However, I'm going to keep my head up and try and keep my faith alive! So everyone keep me in your prayers for finding a job because I need it BAD!

*Holidays & Moving to Rexburg!

It has been awhile since I have updated everyone on our life so here it goes! The holidays were a lot of fun, for Christmas Eve we went to a get together with my family and relatives, and Christmas day we split the day up between my family and Josh's family, we had tons of fun spending time with family and remembering the birth of our Lord and Savior. For Christmas Josh and I received a lot of awesome and necessary house hold items including a love sac which is sooo comfy and a new comforter and duvey cover for our bed, which we are forever grateful to our families for.

This is Josh opening up some dirt bike riding boots, which came in handy for the Bracken family New Years Dune trip!
Josh and I also got Quad shirts for the dunes, mine of course is pink and I also got pink riding gloves that I love as well which match my shirt.

For New Years of course we went to the dunes in Yuma, California, which we had tons of fun, and I have to say I'm becoming a much better quad rider for it only being my second time going. So this is the whole family toasting to a wonderful New Year with many more memories and adventures to come!


After the dunes it was off to Rexburg, Idaho so that Josh could finish school and I start working and getting ready to graduate in April. It was definitely a rough trip getting up here to Idaho with all the snow storms, but with lots of prayers we made it safely to the Burg. We are now living at Hyde Park Apartments, and we could not be happier with our new place that Josh and I got to decorate and make our happy new home!

This is our living room!

Our living room from a different angle!
Our lovely kitchen!

The hallway!

Last but not least our bedroom (Our bed is sooo comfy, it makes it hard to get up in the morning)!

More of our bedroom from a different angle!
So needless to say we had some eventful holidays and a crazy but exciting beginning to the new year! Right now Josh is going to school full time and I am on the hunt for a full time job and am loving being a full time wife! Josh and I can't wait to see what this new year brings us...maybe babies ha ha ha!!!

*Twilight*

Josh and I finally got to see the movie Twilight with some movie tickets that we received as a wedding present. On top of that we went to dinner with a three restaurant choice gift card from a wedding card we just received a few weeks ago (lol keep those presents coming 4 months later). Anyways I have been waiting forever to see it, and I loved it, Josh loved it too, even though he probably won't admit it. So yeah I want to see it again, so if there are any volunteers to go see it let me know!

*Our New Blog*

So as I was trying to be cool like everyone else and change my blog background to a Christmas/New Years theme, I somehow completley ruined my old blog, so I have made a brand new one and love my new background ha ha!

*Our Wedding Day*

August 22, 2008 was the best and most beautiful day of my life! This is the day that my sweetheart and I were sealed together for time and all eternity in the Mesa, Arizona LDS Temple at 10:30 am. I loved the whole day from the awesome pictures and videographer to the yummy lunch-in and oh so very fun reception we had at Villa Siena. I loved the whole day, and wish I could live it over and over again. I owe that day to my mom and dad who made it so beautiful and perfect. My mom is the best at planning a rockin wedding reception!

*Thank You*

I would like to say thank you so much to all my friends and family who came to our temple sealing and our reception. It meant so much to us and we love you so much for it! Also thank you to all those friends and family who came from out of town, we know you came a long ways to share with us in our special day so thank you!

*Going to Lake Powell*

So tonight my hubby and I are leaving with my family to go to Lake Powell are so excited! I have not been for two years so this is a very exciting event for both Josh and I. We will be gone till Sunday so when I get back you know there will be pictures!

*New Internship*

So as some of you know I'm working at a internship right that is way cool, but NOT PAID. Because my dad rocks I got a new internship at the company he works for, and the best part about it is it's PAID, and the pay ROCKS! So needless to say once again Josh and I have been very very very blessed!

*Conference & Being Married*

Josh and I loved watching General Conference this weekend together...especially because we are married so no one can yell at us for laying down together! The talks were amazing and we both really learned so much from all the inspired men and women who spoke. It's also so fun to listen to the talks on marriage and how to help your marriage grow, before that stuff didn't really apply to us and now it does and we both LOVE IT! Everything just seems to be better when your married and I definitley think Conference hit a new high point of greatness in our lives!

*We LOVE the Phoenix Suns*

So I was sitting at my desk at my work (internship) minding my own business when I hear one of my co-workers walking around asking if anyone wants Phoenix Suns tickets. Everyone was turning them down and I of course was like HECK YEAH I want them! So I got 4 FREE Pre-Season Phoenix Suns tickets, section 121 row 19 basically awesome seats, and I also got a free parking pass to top it all off. They played the Charlotte Bobcats and it was a very close game going into double overtime, of course the PHOENIX SUNS WON because they are the best! I'm trying to pull some strings with some of my connections to try and get even better seats for the Christmas Day game for a Christmas Present for Josh so SHHHHHHHHHH!