Attention: All Secret Blog Stalkers

I really need all your email addresses if you want to continue reading my blog. I love everyone who finds my blog interesting so even if you are not on my friend list you should definetely let me know your information so I can add you and you can access my blog when I go private. So, please let me know so I can get it all squared away. I don't want anyone to miss out on some exciting posts to come... I mean we are talking about Hawaii and other things that have been going on this summer so please let me know.

email: blythestarkie45@gmail.com

Two Years Down and a Wonderful Eternity to Go!

I am so thankful for the last two years they have been so great! I can't wait to see what eternity holds! I love my husband so much and appreciate all he does for me! These are some of our beautiful wedding pictures and it still seems like just yesterday. I don't want to know how my mom feels probably seems like just yesterday we were her little babies and now she is an empty nester. Time flies too fast to not enjoy every minute of it. So, I love you honey and thank you for enjoying life with me!

What I find myself looking forward to before our trip...

We are so looking forward to next week when we get to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. We have our tickets for Friday night since we are not able to go to the midnight showing or on Thursday! We are so excited! This will so nice to have some other things to look forward to before our trip to help pass the time.

I am also really excited to get glitter toes for our Hawaii trip. They sound like they are awesome plus they are way cute so it is a win win.

This Sunday I am teaching Relief Society. This will be my first time giving the lesson and I am rather nervous. The lesson is on Redemption for the Dead and I don't really know what I am going to do with this topic yet. All I know is that I better be prepared soon because I am running out of time. If anyone has ideas or would like to say anything about it please do so.

Lastly, Cooper has been rather fun during the summer. He is a crazy little dog that loves to be his crazy self. His latest thing that he LOVES are his walks and chasing the little ducks that are on the canal. He could do this for hours and hours if you let him. We are rather entertained by our little guy and that also helps pass the time until we get to go to Hawaii. Our little puppy is so much fun and we adore him. Cooper's other favorite thing about summer is bird watching and sun bathing.... This picture captures both. What a nerd.

P.S. Colby and Diane got to witness Cooper's but wiggle for the first time during our family night. Rather funny but embarrassing... Sorry you two! I know you laughed but I am sorry you had to see him lovin' on his girlfriends.

Summer Vacation Where?

We are really looking forward to our trip that we have planned to Hawaii. We will be going to Oahu and staying in a hotel on Waikiki Beach. We are going in August and celebrating our two year anniversary. We are also going with Colby and Diane, who are so much fun, and they are going to celebrate their one year anniversary! Yay for the newlyweds! You two are awesome and we are really looking forward to having a ton of fun!

It worked out perfect and we got an awesome deal for the flight and hotel. Not to mention that our hotel is pretty sweet so that makes it even better! This trip really could not come fast enough because I am wanting a break from life so bad. It will be fun to snorkel, see Pearl Harbor, hike, attempt to surf, and just relax on the beach. I also keep hearing that I must try their snow cones because they are wonderful. We'll see though... we are going with the snow cone expert so she can be the judge, right Diane? ha ha! There will definately be some awesome pictures to come and some great stories to go along with them so if you want to read these please let me know because we will be going private soon.

Following the Private Club

I chose this picture of Cooper because it looks like he wants his privacy. He just gives you that vibe being all tucked away in the corner of his bed.

Well, now is the time to go private. We have been wanting to go private for quite some time but have been unsure how to do so. This is why we have been blogging about our dog Cooper and have not really used our names. I know... a little crazy beings that we don't really have kids but you just never know with the crazy people in the world. So, if you would like to continue reading our blog then please let us know.

I plan on posting more about our family and keep up more frequently once the whole world is blocked and it is just those people that we know and love reading our blog. We have some upcoming fun adventures planned that will have some good stories so if you do not want to miss out please let us know. Leave your email address and I will make sure that I get back to you once we make the final steps in going private.

We LOVE warm weather... keep it coming!

We are so happy with the warm weather we have been having! Cooper especially loves it.  His favorite thing is rolling in the grass and sun bathing.  We went up to the cabin this last weekend and it was so nice to get away and hang out in the warm weather.  Cooper swam in the creek and we would go on walks so I am sure he loved the get away even more than we did.  Now we can make some more trips to go shooting and start thinking about camping.  Isn't summer wonderful?

So, after a year of being in our ward being the cute little nursery leaders we were finally released.  I was called as a Relief Society teacher (total opposite of nursery... yikes!) so I am hoping that things go well.  I am rather excited to teach and be able to learn instead of teaching little lessons for two min. tops. (Attention spans don't last too long)  My cute little hubby got called to be the Executive Secretary and is doing great at it!  He is such a wonderful example to me and I am so grateful to have him as a priesthood holder in our home.  He strengthens me and makes me feel great about my calling.  I also love the helpful information he gives me about our wonderful gospel that I don't understand sometimes.  He is so good at explaining things and quoting scriptures.  I really feel that it is the perfect calling for him right now and he will do great at it.  We have been so blessed and I am so thankful that we are going to have these callings to gain experience and grow spiritually.  

Now... I can't say I am so excited about my husband's calling for one reason... I have been so good at trying to go unnoticed for the last year and a half that we have been married and I have done so good at it so far and then this calling comes along.  We would sit in the back of the chapel and then we had callings in primary and nursery so we weren't seen much by the bishop.  My plan failed when my hubby accepted his call... We were finally caught!  Oh NO!!! I hate speaking in church it is just so nerve racking.  We are going to be speaking this coming Sunday so everyone say prayers that all will go well.  I am really proud that my husband knows my dread of speaking.  They originally wanted us to speak the whole time but he told them, "I think my wife would appreciate some youth speakers."  Thanks for getting my back honey!  I am glad that you know me so well!

New and improved???

OK, so it's been awhile since I did some updating.  I know that I have said I will post pictures of the before and after surgery for Cooper but I just haven't really thought to sit down and blog about it until now.  The funny thing is that I am not really blogging about the surgery right now but something even more exciting.... Cooper got his first hair cut!  I was really nervous about how it would turn out but I really like it and it is a HUGE improvement from how it was getting.  Lets be honest, I love Cooper and think he is the cutest dog in the world but holy smokes he needed some help to make him the handsome dog that was hiding under the massive winter coat come out.  I am posting the before and after pictures and you all can decide for yourselves.

Before the Hair Cut (Wow)

After the hair cut... How cute huh?