Change of plans

Well I don't know if any of you have been watching the news but there are some of the most severe blizzards in the east in 25 years, so due to all the snow we weren't able to do the church history tour, we couldn't even fly out there. I just flew home from Florida with the rest of my group so I didn't have to travel by myself but thanks everyone for all the advice and words of comfort anyway. I have been really busy with work but I am going to get some pic's from the cruise up here ASAP. And by the way we had an INCREDIBLE time!

Here we go...

Well, tomorrow Kade and I leave for our cruise! I am really excited, but kinda stressed, I know it will be awesome once we get there, it's the getting there that is the problem. See, after our cruise I fly straight up to Palmyra, NY to meet up with my family for the church history tour, so really I am packing for 2 weeks for completely different climates. Kade has to get back to work and school so I am just going to be spending the time with my family. I am excited but kind of nervous, ok I am SUPER nervous because I have never traveled anywhere by myself. I have to spend the night in Florida by myself and then catch a cab to the airport and check in and fly by myself to New York, SCARY!!!!! Most of you are probably laughing at what a wuss I am, I mean I have traveled to a lot of places in my life, just never alone! O well, I will just have to get over it and know that I will have a great time if I make it there alive! Haha! So peace out for a few weeks, I hope things go well for everyone while I am gone!

I'm back and have been tagged!

So I've been gone for a while, things around the Ence household, and McArthur household have been crazy but I decided I better respond to Mick's tag so here goes...
Five things on my to do list:

1- Get over being sick
2- Finish my sharing time for primary this Sunday
3- Start packing for both my trips
4- Find something fun for Hunter to do(He is staying with us this week, our house is boring for kids)
5- Find something for dinner that Kade and Hunter will both eat!


Five places I have lived:

1- St. George (where I was born)
2- Santa Clara
3- St. George (with my grandparents in between each of the 7 houses my parents built in Santa Clara)
4- Hawaii(Funnest time of my life)
5- And finally.....St. George with my wonderful husband!


Five jobs I have had:

1- Babysitting up until I was 16 and had the ability to do other things on the weekend
2- Durangos Mexican Grill (for about 1 month until my parents made me quit cuz they thought it was dangerous working late)
3- PCC(Polynesian Cultural Center) as a waitress at the Ambassador restaurant(it was a blast and i got to meet awesome people from all over the world)
4- SWFCU teller
5- Office Manager of Rich Electric, Inc.


Five favorite snacks:

1- Candy, candy, candy (my husband gets upset at my sugar intake, what can i say i'm an addict!)
2- Anything & cream cheese (it could be a bagel, crackers, i pretty much like anything with cream cheese on it)
3- Cookies & Milk
4- Fruit
5- Veggies with Ranch (they're gross plain!)


Five things I would do if I were a millionaire:

1- Have a nice house
2- Travel to impoverished countries with humanitarian aid groups
3- Travel just for fun!
4- Buy lots of clothes!
5- Buy lots of clothes for my kids!


Five things I miss:

1- Having a husband (but he's done with school in the fall so I will get him back soon!)
2- Friends that have left us for lame places like Cedar!
3- The beach, living right next to it
4- Sometimes I miss living with my parents because i had no obligations or responsibilities
5- Eating whatever i wanted and not exercising and staying thin

Hope you all enjoy my brutal honesty!

Who says we don't have kids?

So our precious little puppy Zoey did the craziest thing last week that I must share with you all. She loves stuffed animals, she loves them so much that she rips them to shreds. She knows exactly where the seams are and she will patiently pick at them until she finds her in and then rip out every last bit of stuffing. After cleaning up several of these instances I wanted to discontinue stuffed animals in our home but Kade thought it was the funniest thing ever (since he didn't have to clean it up) so he kept sneaking her some of her favorite toys! Sidenote: For those of you who have kids is this how it is? He loves her so much he gives her what she wants when I'm not looking? I'm assuming so and I'm not looking forward to that. ANYWAY a little while ago she found her alligator (one of the few survivors from Christmas) and ripped into it. I saw she was having fun and had already made a mess so I decided to clean the kitchen before I tackled her disaster. When I returned to the family room I found most of the stuffing had disappeared! What the...!!!!! Yep, she ate it! Almost an entire stuffed animal's worth of cotton stuffing. Zoey had cotton balls coming out both ends for 3 days and 3 nights! Needless to say that was the straw that broke the camels back and Kade and I are in agreement that Zoey doesn't get anymore stuffed animals! For those of you who have been trying to convince us to have kids, we ask, "Why? We already have one!"

Winter Wonderland in Zions

We decided to take a Saturday Hike up in Zions to see the beautiful snow and icicle waterfalls. It started out pretty fun, we went to the Emerald pools but the upper pool was closed so then we decided to head over to weeping rock. When we got there sheets of ice were falling and icicles were crashing down and people were freaking out but we wanted to get a closer look so we passed the "Closed Trail" sign and snuck up closer to weeping rock. The trail was clear and easy except there was a patch of ice we didn't see until it was too late, poor Hunter slipped and his face hit the ice before he could even get his hands out of his pockets. His braces went right through his lip and he looked like he had just been in the fight of his life. It was a fun day but we all felt bad for H-dog!

Christmas!

Well I know that it has been FOREVER since I've posted but I promise I will get back on top of things here. Now that Kade is back in school I will have tons of free time to myself! So as you can see I am now a brunette, who'd a thunk?!?! So everyone let me know what you think, you can be honest! We had a great Christmas this year, I hope all of you did too!


This is Christmas Eve at my parents. They got a love sac for an early Christmas present to themselves and Zoey decided that it should be hers, she's in the middle in all the blankets(her favorite place to be!)


Everyone thinks we look a lot more alike now hm.....


Zoey getting all her presents out of her stocking Christmas morning (is that stocking not adorable!) It was really fun with Zoey, its not the same as kids on Christmas morning but its a lot better than a couple of boring grown ups!

Kade totally spoiled me and gave me.... a CRUISE!!!! We leave on March 2 and I am so excited. We are going to Jamaica, the Grand Caymans, Cazumel and the Bahamas! I can't wait. We hope that everyone had a great Christmas, a little late!

McArthur Family Pictures

Here are some pictures from the McArthur families Christmas pictures. They were taken by my good friend Mikki and as you can see she is amazing, i would highly reccommend her for any event! When i look at the ones of me and liz it almost makes me cry to think that in a few months she won't be here!