The BEST sister Ever!!

Well I can't believe that March is just about over and I haven't posted anything. This month just flew by.... Chase has been working 65 hours + every week (got to love tax season and overtime!!) I have been working tons, doing arts and crafts and working out!! I hate not seeing Chase until 10 every night but it's nice not being rushed at the gym, there's nothing like a 3 hour workout!

There is somebody though that I want to send my prayers to and that is my wonderful sister, Audrey! My sister and I have never really lived that close to eachother. She got married and moved to Texas when I was in 6th grade. When our dad passed away she moved back to Utah for a couple of years & then I moved to Connecticut. When I got home from CT. she moved to Canada and then I left for Sweden. When I got home from my mission in Sweden she moved back to Texas! Instead of feeling picked on because I feel like I never see her, I have been trying to feel more blessed that I get to talk to her so often. My sister is one of a kind! She just had a birthday this month so Happy Birthday! I honestly can't even tell you how old she is? But anyway, I just want to tell her how much I love her! She has the cutest family! She was just blessed with the first grandson in the family. When we went to visit in December Nathaniel was just a couple of days old. This little guy was definitely sent from our Heavenly Father and has a plan for him. From early on in her pregnancy they could tell that he was going to have heart problems. The Lord has definitely prepared them for this time in their life. He has already had one surgery when he was 3 days old and now he is getting ready for his next surgery this coming week. Again this is when I feel so picked on that we don't live closer. I would give anything to just run over and babysit the girls while Aud and James go to the hospital with Nathaniel. So I just want to tell the Ashby family how much I Love Them! I know this next surgery came a little earlier than planned- but you guys just hang in there. You know that we are here for you! Baby Nathaniel is in our prayers! He is such a tough little guy. I just continue to remind myself that he knew when he was in Heaven with our Heavenly Father what his life would be like. Again, Audrey I love you so much and look up to you and your strong faith. You are the best example to all of those around you. You're 3 little girls and baby boy couldn't have a better mother and father!

Hey everyone- Yes, I have a pretty awesome husband. It's not very often that you see someone's blog with their husbands post. Well it probably won't happen again for a while. Like he said he is getting super busy with the tax season. Got to love this time of year, especially when your husband is an accountant. It's almost 8:00 and he's still not home and it's not even March!! So keeping that in mind let's all hope that I can use my time wisely and 1- keep my blog updated, 2- go to the gym at least everyday for at least 2 hours & 3- possibly get some scrapbooking and cards done.

Well, here are some of the pictures from the last little bit!!

My ipod died before Christmas so Chase got me this cute little pink one for when I go to the gym & running. I absolutely love it!!



Chase & I got matching North Face coats and he was super happy!!



This is Christmas Day at Chase's house in Delta!!



Christmas with all of the girls!!



As Chase mentioned after Christmas we left for Texas to go and see my sisters family. She just had a baby that was still in the hospital so we went to go visit, help them move in and mostly to play with these 3 DARLING LITTLE GIRLS!!



While it was freezing cold & snowing back home in Utah we were enjoying the 80 degree weather in Texas playing with the girls!



Chase and little Miss Merinda!!



Clarissa, mom & Elisabeth at
Mom's b-day dinner in Texas!



Elisabeth & DeAnna



As soon as we got home we went to Brianhead for date night and went night tubing!! Here is Chase with his famous winter beanie!!



This is the only picture we got of me... as you can see I am going down the hill backwards. I struggle doing things the easy way!!




Well, these are just some of my most favorite Young Women. We had a big birthday party for one of their Tuesday night activities. Sad to say our ward just split and I have been released from this amazing calling. I just love these girls!!



Chaser just recently turned the big 26!! I tried my hardest to spoil him all day!! I think he had a good day? We had a really yummy dinner and met all of our friends for ice cream!!



For Valentines we spent the weekend up north with family and going to State Wrestles in Orem. Here is Chase with another one of our adorable neices, Sienna!!



We then made our way to Delta for the evening and went bowling with my mom & little brother!!



Last week I spent it up north going to a Dental Convention with Vannessa & Jeanette (girls that I work with). We had a ton of fun! Besides the classes all we did was eat, laugh & shop.... that's my kind of weekend. Too bad my camera died after this first picture was taken. I will hopefully be getting some more, so stay tuned for more!!



On the way home from the dental convention I met Chase in Delta so that I could run a 10k with my brother Jeremy and his wife Cortney. This is becoming quite the tradition. It wasn't as cold as last year and that's all that mattered to me! It was an awesome run and got me excited for this years races to come. I am excited for the next one... It's a triathlon, first one of the year!!

I just sat down with my wife tonight, and noticed that we didin't have a post since November sometime. With that being said, I am going to catch everyone up on what we have been up to. This is a very good time for me to actually be sitting down, because for the next few months, my wife won't even see me most likely. It's now tax season, and I am getting pretty busy at work. So long days and late nights are soon to be happening. I have really begun to love what I do. Now that I have been working with the firm for almost two years now, I have began to really get to know the clients that we serve. I decided to take a break from school for a semester so that I could focus directly on work. I'll be going back to finish up what I have left this summer.

DeAnna is a sweetheart. I don't know anyone who works as hard as she does. She has been really busy as work and with all of her other activities that she does. Church has kept us both pretty busy with the callings that we have. But today at church,we found out that we got switched into a new ward due to new ward bounderies. They created a new ward in the Enoch stake, and in the process, they changed the areas of all but one of the wards. So right now we have no callings! But im sure that we'll be getting new ones soon after we get moved over. I did pick up a new calling as a stake auditor. I am excited about this one, because it seems to fit. Scouts, my previous calling, wasn't my "cup-of-tea." DeAnna has been busy as a member in the youngwomens presidency. Now she'll have some more free time for all of the other things that she's involved in.

After Christmas, DeAnna and I took a trip to Texas to visit family and had a blast with everyone there. We helped James and Audrey and their family move in to their new beautiful home and help unpack TONS of boxes. We are also excited for the new addition to their family with new baby Nathaniel, and we can't wait to see him again. We are still loving our new home and plans for the yard are in the making. As soon as tax-season is overwith, we are getting it all put together. DeAnna is busy getting ready for races coming up in the spring and working out almost every day. Her "flex her muscles show" in the morning always puts a smile on my face. (Im glad someone has muscles to flex) We'll be posting photos next time, but for now this story will have to do. I'm sure you'd like to see something different than these crazy purses (we all know I do!!)

Hey everyone-

Well I just thought that I would let you all see these fun purses that I sell. I am not sure if you have heard of the Miche Bag? But in April I started selling them and haven't stopped loving them. The cool thing about this purse is that you never take anything out of your purse. All you do is change the outside and make it look like you have a lot of purses.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE NEWEST SHELLS

-The "Mini Miche" is the first purse you can see with the 3 shells. These are smaller purses meant for little girls or those that like that size.
-The second purse has the Black Tiffany Shell
-The third purse has the Camille Shell

They have tons of shells that are still coming out. If you have any questions or comments you can email me or just leave a comment. Remember Christmas is coming up and I would love to help you with any Christmas shopping!!

Last weekend we went to the annual Air Show in Las Vegas. For those of you that don't know Chase's family is way in to planes. Chase's dad, brother and many other relatives have their pilots license and their own planes. Chase will start working on his license when he graduates with his Masters next Spring... I can't wait!!

Tara, Me and Susan

The brothers:
Chase, Jared and Jake (Todd was there but just not in the picture)

Chase in front of his favorite "Thunderbird" plane.

Me in front of the famous "Thunderbird" plane.

Chase and Jared enjoying the new Cirrus plane that was on display.

You can't really tell but there is a tiny sky diver at the beginning of these pink lines. That was something new this year with all of the skydivers. Someday that will be us, Chase and I can't wait to try skydiving.

So I know this is a totally random picture... but I just had to post this picture of my cute hubby.
My brother just bought this old tractor and it ended up at my moms house. Chase was pretty excited when he saw it and had to jump on and test it out.... I guess you could say he is definitely a true farmer at heart!! I just love this guy so much!!

Last weekend Chase and I took my mom golfing at the good old Delta, Sunset Golf Course. Chase bought me golf clubs our first Christmas. Unfortunately I have not used them as much as I should... but I am trying to do better. We had a ton of fun and I actually didn't play too bad!!!