Merry Christmas!

Hello All!

Christmas is finally here and it definitely sneaked up on us! We have had a great year in 2011. Here is what we have been up to:

Chase-Chase had been working with Wells Fargo as a Home Loan Originator up to just this month when he made a move to Waterstone Mortgage. He is really excited about his new job and is busy as ever! Anyone looking to buy a house, Chase definitely is your man for your loan!He has been going to seminars upon seminars and his newest adventure Real Estate Radio. Chase was chosen to be on the radio providing financial advice (especially mortgage advice) along with another co-worker. He could be on the air as soon as next month! He is busy preparing for that! More to come when he is live on the air!

Kendall-In the beginning of the year I was coaching for Red Mountain Club Lion volleyball team. I was coaching 14-15 year old girls...they definitely gave me attitude all the time. We had a slow start and every parent hated me, but in the end the girls really enjoyed the season and improved and liked me in the end! Every Tuesday I was playing volleyball in Queen Creek in a league, but unfortunately that stopped when I tore my ACL in March. Luckily no surgery, and my knee is doing a whole lot better. Few months after that we discover that we are PREGNANT! I am 26 weeks and 5 days along now. Just under 100 days to go! Now I am just working at my same job at Longevity Alliance Inc. and preparing for a sweet baby girl to grace her presence next year in March.

We are definitely looking forward to a great 2012! So much ahead of us and goals to check off our lists. We are excited for the new adventure of being parents not only to a dog, but a baby!

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IT'S A ...

We found out back on Nov. 1st that our baby will be a GIRL! (obviously takes me a while to blog about it) We couldn't be anymore excited!!! I knew all along that I was having a girl (50/50 chance right?)! If it was a boy, it was going to be a big surprise for us. I am 21 weeks and over the hump and half way there! I can't wait to dress her up with dresses and big bows. Chase can't wait to hold his baby girl! We have not done anything with her room yet, we want it to be perfect so we have a lot of planning to do. We can't wait to meet our little girl!

BIG Update!

Well I haven't blogged in forever and I am trying to be better since our lives have changed a lot since I updated last. Before I get to the BIG news...I will inform you what we have been doing recently. Chase has been at a new job at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and he is a Mortgage consultant and I am still at my same job and I am busy as ever! Well...that is pretty much it we are consumed with working all the time and we cherish the weekends! We were able to go away twice to California this summer for our mini vacations. We are really looking forward to the holidays this year.

But the big news....after being married for 3 years it's about time we have a baby! Yes that is right I am PREGNANT. I am 16 weeks and I am due March 26th. Everything has been going good except for the constant morning sickness. It's really crazy to see the ultrasound and hear the baby's heartbeat. We are very very excited! In a couple of weeks we will find out what the sex of the baby is, we aren't those people that can wait for a surprise. I have a feeling it's girl, Chase feels like it's a girl too, but he said the features in the ultrasound looked like him. We can't wait until we find out so we can prepare the baby room and buy some baby items! Soo we will update on the sex soon! Any one want to take a guess?

Kendall

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It's been a while...

So it has been like a decade since I have updated my blog which is really bad... There hasn't been too much going on. To recap over the summer... At the end of May we drove to San Francisco for one of Chase's best friends graduation. He graduated from the police force academy? It was fun to get to see his friends and family, but the drive was a good 14 hours. Chase got into a car accident! Scariest thing ever, but he was safe and sound. It wasn't his fault a crazy lady spin uncontrollably in her car and clipped the truck and drove him into the median. Chase got a citation for avoiding an accident. He went to court and fought it and he won! We also went to Universal Studios just out of the blue for no good reason. Well Chase hasn't been there before and we had so much fun and I got the best farmers tan. Another great event that happened in June is that... we moved into our new house! We love it here and we really love our ward! Plus we got called to the Primary and we teach the CTR 5's and they are crazy kids, but they all are really cute and we look forward to seeing them every Sunday. We went to Chase's family reunion up in Salt Lake City in the end of July. It was fun to get away from Arizona and meet new family members. In August, Chase started online classes for an online school to get his Bachelors Degree in Corporate Management. His assignments are due every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday by midnight and we are up til midnight doing his homework! He works full-time and is in school full-time so I like to help him out and do the best I can. We had our 1 year anniversary! We went to the hotel we went to after our reception... the Royal Palms in Phoenix. We ate really expensive food and in the morning we got room service and laid out by the pool. Chase had his 23rd birthday! All he wanted was a puppy... yes he did get his birthday wish. We got a cute black lab from Indiana he is the cutest little thing, but he is getting pretty big. His name is Hunter, we were going to name him Moose, but that was his brothers name. We enjoy him a lot, he has a lot of little corks about him. Chase's parents came into town for a whole week and we had a lot of fun with them! We went to the lake on the Friday they were here and we took Hunter and Chase's childhood dog Brit to Salt River and they had fun playing in the water. I think we will go back again Hunter really likes it. Recently we bought a new car... A Jeep Wrangler... not my first choice, but Chase really wanted one and he said it is for Hunter so he can jump in the backseat after the river. Chase found his dream Jeep in St. George, Utah and he told the guy... he was actually a bishop up there and his name was Bishop Hooker... that he really wanted it and would fly up as soon as our Altima sold. Which it did Saturday afternoon, Chase got a free flight with his miles and flew to St. George bought the jeep and drove to Vegas to spend the night over at his dad's place and drove home Sunday. He really likes it and I am glad I don't have to drive it because its super loud and then its a manual. I am a little skeptical about that or even learning. I am just a little afraid to stall in the middle of the road. Anyway that is the world of Chase, Kendall, and Hunter right now. I am sure I missed tons of little details. Oh by the way, looking for a job right now. I hate job hunting it sucks because everyone else is looking for a job so its so tough to actually get the job. I have had some interviews, but none successful. Getting my hopes high! Here are some pictures below of our life (ps. we are not picture takers and all pictures are taken from our IPhones).

Driving in San Francisco

Chase and Brenton after his graduation.

Kendall, Chase, Brenton, Suzy, and Rod after graduation.

Went to the Giants game! So fun and sooooo cold! I am glad Brenton let me use his big Giants jacket. Even though I despise the Giants.

Chase and Brenton at the game.

Chase got into a car accident! My poor truck!

Universal Studios! It's me pretending to be the Hulk.

Chase does it better.

Our house! Pictures of the inside coming soon...

Anniversary flowers

Hunter as a little puppy!

Hunter again.

The night we got Hunter!

He's a cute dog!

All wet after the river.

Another little post, I just got a call from my volleyball coach this afternoon and told me that the school was giving me an award. I never ever got any big awards for school so I was in shock! She said that I will be getting an academic award next Tuesday so I am really excited for that. I have had a 4.0 GPA these past two years they better pay off! Anyways school is almost over and I am so over it. I am down four classes only two more classes. I can't wait for summer, but I can't relax I will be working all summer. The only downer is that I don't have a job?!? So I have been applying to a ton of jobs so we will see how things turn out.