My Sweet Niece Brinley

We have recently found out that our sweet little niece Brinley has Leukemia. It was a really hard realization for our family especially for Brinley's parents, Matt's sister and brother-in-law. Brinley is one of the sweetest little girls around and it is really sad that this has happend to her. Throughout this process she has had various doctor visits, scheduled and ER visits, many medications, broken bones, mood changes, new eating habits and still her parents are pressing on. I truly and honestly feel priveledge to know Kristin and David. They are such incredibly strong people. Many people would get mad and cry "why us? why our baby? how could you do this to us?" Kristin and David have taken this situation head on with the Savior right by their side. They are such great examples of charity, patience, and faith. They are dealing with what was handed to them and instead of being angry they are being faithful and know that Heavenly Father has a plan for them and this is just a part of the plan for them. They truly are admirable people. On top of having to deal with a child with cancer, Kristin has two other girls and she is pregnant! Which to me makes Kristin even more of an amaing person! I am so greatful for Kristin and David's examples to me. I am so greatful for the gospel in my life! I seriously cannot express that enough. The gospel is truly beautiful! Heavenly Father loves us so much and it is such a wonderful feeling to have constantly. Before I joined the church I always knew and heard that Heavenly Father loved us, but I had never been encircled by his love before until I joined the church. He truly does love us so much. I am so greatful to have such a loving Heavenly Father. I am also so incredibly greatful for our Savior's love. I have needed his love and his shoulder to cry on various times in my life and he is always there for me. I am so greatful for all of the family members that Matt and I have that are such great examples of charity, patience and faith. Heavenly Father's works are truly beautiful.

How we met....

Hi! So Matt and I are very new to this blogging thing. So sorry if it is a little rough at first. So here is a little back story on us.....We actually met at the end of 2005 when he came back home from his mission. I was living with Misty at the time and we randomly threw a Halloween party. Well Matt was part of a rap posse called The Fabulous Flowells and they performed at our house that night. I thought they were awesome! Matt and I never really talked though. I think that Misty introduced us and we both said hi, but that was the end of that. At the end of the Spring school semester in 2006 I decided to go home to Hawthorne for the summer, but the day before I left I decided that I wanted to see the band Twenty Mule Team that Misty had been raving about. It was an awesome acoustic show!! And sure enough Matt was the drummer, but I didn't think anything of it. I just remember the guys in the band were some pretty cool guys. Then I came back after the summer was over and Misty and I saw that Myspace was giving away free tickets to see the Killers here in Vegas!!!! So OF COURSE she and I and Katie and Katie's lil bro stood in line at Tower Records EARLY in the morning to get our free tickets. Come to find out Katie and her lil bro could not go to the concert and it was that same night. So Misty had already picked Timmy to go with us. But we still had one ticket. In my mind I wanted to ask Matt because he was so intriguing to me. He seemed so nice and he was so gifted with music which is so awesome! Well Misty went down a list of guys that we could take and I was secretly hoping that she would say his name. And the last name she mentioned was his name. And I was like YES!!! Lets ask Matt if he will go!!!! She called him and he said yes. I came to find out later that he really wasn't into The Killers, but he wanted to go because I was going to be there. ;) That night was seriously so amazing!!! It seriously felt so magical!!!! And after that night we never stopped hanging out. Getting to know Matt was simply amazing! He seriously is such an amazing person. We finally started "officially" dating on September 5, 2006. He proposed to me on January 29, 2007 and we were sealed in the Las Vegas Temple on April 14, 2007. I am so greatful that I have Matt! He is so wonderful! I could not ask for a better Husband and Best Friend! Well that is a little bit about our story. More to come in the future!!! :)