Team Campos!!!

BIKRAM YOGA!!!

2011-06-23T21:30:00.001-07:00

Well I can officially say that I have now tried "Bikram Yoga." For anyone who doesn't know what this is, bikram yoga is a 90 minute class that goes over the basic 26 posture positions and 2 breathing exercises. Now what makes this so different from other classes is that it is practiced in a room heated to 105 degrees with 40% humidity!!! On average in each class a person can burn anywhere from 500 to 1300 calories! I really didn't understand how this was possible simply due to the fact that the 26 postures are pretty simple but add in that kind of heat I am now a believer. Im not the type of person who sweats that much but by the look of my yoga mat after class you would have thought that I was a 300lb linebacker! No joke my mat was completely soaked, including my hair and my clothes. I must admit at the beginning I was getting a little dizzy from time to time but the whole idea about Yoga is listening to your body so I wasn't embarrassed when I periodically had to sit down. Another aspect that only added to this experience was the amount of men wearing booty spanx and nothing else doing yoga right next to me. I definitely saw way more than I wanted but also I was extremely jealous, even though I was wearing a tank top and leggings I wish I had worn my bathing suit!! It was such a great experience and a great way to detox!!!

The Big 23 WOOT WOOT!!!!

2011-06-18T13:45:00.000-07:00

Well if any of you bloggers out there know me you know how much I love my birthday, seeing as Josh is gone for the summer, this was the first year I had really been dreading my birthday. But little did I know it would turn out WAY better than expected. *WARNING* I'm not bragging I am just detailing my birthday so deal with it!! :) Anyway, about a week ago while dinner at my parents house my mom told me for my birthday me, Katherine, Natalie, Warner and my mom are all going on a girls trip back east!!! We are going for about 2 weeks to DC, maybe New York, Vermont, New England, Maine etc. We are going the first of July and I couldn't be more excited!! I cannot wait to spend this time with my sisters and my mom and of course Warner!!! Of course I will take pictures so I will post our trip once we get back!!

The day before my birthday I hung out with Karly and Nicole who are my sorority sisters and also really good friends of mine! I really love hanging out with these girls and feel so blessed to still have them as friends even after all these years!! We had lunch at Rumbi's (thanks girls) and then spent the rest of the afternoon at the pool!! It was so much fun to just relax and of course laugh all day!!! Thanks again you two!!

Ok so now its my birthday!! I should have known even though Josh is almost 1200 miles away he would still make my birthday so special!! He's so great and seriously knows me! Josh called me and told me to go shopping at Nordstrom and then to a nail appointment that he had set up!!! Luckily I didn't have to go by myself!! My amazing friend Erin came up from Provo and helped me shop away!!! It was so much fun to just have a girls day and be spoiled!! I had to blog about the new shoes that I got cause I'm so excited about them!!! I got a pair of the new Sperry Topsider gold boat shoes!! They are absolutely adorable and super comfy...a great purchase for DC. I also got a pair of new TOMS wedges, I know that TOMS are super trendy but I don't even care, mainly because I like being trendy and up to date and at least I can admit it but I am vain!! Ok back to the TOMS I have two pairs of the flats and wear them all the time but I am really stocked for these wedges!!

This cute picture is of Erin and I outside of NORDSTROM! I loved spending the day with her, she is seriously hilarious and always positive!! It is always a blast to hangout out with her and I am so excited for the rest of the summer so we can play but not happy that she is moving to Boston in august..booooo!! So after our shopping we worked up quite an appetite and had lunch at the Bistro at Nordstrom that place is bomb!!!! After shopping we got our nails done, we both got shellac which I am absolutely in love with and of course me being trendy I had to get the Chanel logo!!! So chic though right?

Am I a nerd for buying myself a birthday present? I think not cause look how freakin cute this beach cruiser is!!! I am so excited to ride around on it, take Norrington (our dog) on a ride in my future basket and riding this to work instead of driving my car. This bike is perfect so we can save money and plus its good for the environment which is why I really bought this......NOT!! but at least it makes me sound like a good person!

And finally to top off my birthday my parents took me out to dinner to the Pagoda in Salt Lake, we have been going then ever since we moved here and it has always been one of my favorites!! We don't really know what type of food it is but all we know is that it is delicious!! And of course it would not be a birthday without my favorite Chocolate Rum Cake from Glaus Bakery in SugarHouse.

So needless to say this birthday was pretty great so thank you to everyone who helped make it a good one....can't wait til next year :)

"Reunited and it feels so good!!!"

2011-06-13T14:25:00.001-07:00

Fun things we did while Josh was in town!!

Bowling @ Fat Cats
Swimming & Laid out
Signed more papers for the House
Ruth's Chris for dinner
Took the dogs on walks
Went to Heber
Scuba Diving at the Crater
Went to the drive in and saw X-MEN
Lunch with Erin and Kasey
Scottish Festival at Thanksgiving Point
Game Night with Erin and Kasey
Went Shopping
Ate sushi

Harley, Norrington and Happy Me at the Drive Ins

Braveheart and I

Team Campos and The "BEDES"

Scuba Diving at the Crater in Homestead Dive #7

GORGEOUS!!!!

Words cannot describe how much fun I had with Josh this weekend it was truly amazing. In all the four days that josh was here there was not one minute that we spent apart 24 hours for almost 5 hours straight was INCREDIBLE!!!! It was so nice, so comforting and just pure bliss to look next to me and see him there. But all good things must come to an end, fortunately though we are married and eternity is going to be freaking sweet!!! Count down begins again another month until I see him again. As my dear sweet grandmother said "WE CAN DO HARD THINGS"

GNO!!!

2011-06-06T16:28:00.000-07:00

My good good friends and alpha phi sister's Nicole, Jacie and Karly and I decided one fine day while we were at afternoon tea...yes we have tea time, we decided that we needed/wanted a night to get away and that The Grand America would be the perfect place to do just that. We found a great deal on a room which included a $100 credit which we could use towards whatever we wanted. After we checked in our room we got ready for dinner and headed across the street to the Little America to eat at the coffee shop. For those of you who haven't been I would highly suggest it!! The food is really good and the atmosphere is so much fun!! When we sat down we quickly decided that we might as well go big or go home and just use our $100 credit towards dinner. We all got steak dinners and together we got a grilled cheese for an appetizer....really who does that?? WE DO and it was BOMB.COM!!!! We had such a fun time at dinner and had plenty more fun in store!!

I know this picture looks racist but trust me its not!!!

Karly and I with our bill for $86.00 from our dear waitress "LAM" last name "CHOP" :)

After we all digested our glorious feast we went back to the hotel to go swimming and to celebrate our dear friend Nicole's 25th Birthday!!! we sang to her on the balcony and even had a cake!!

Words cannot even describe the crazy night we had here is just a short list: Grand America olympics in the room, Pop5 of course, music videos, dragging state, climbing statues, watching newlyweds in the pool (if you know what i mean) and of course documenting the whole night.
Unfortunately that night I forgot my glasses so i had to improvise....

CLASSIC

The next morning we woke up and had lunch. The plan was to meet the Alpha Phis at the Zoo but seeing it as it was a Saturday and sunny outside, finding a parking space was pretty much impossible!! So we naturally drove down to gateway to stimulate the economy!! How great of us I know right?

Driving home from our fun filled weekend and all in all I would say it was a

SUCCESS!!!!!

A shout out to my better half!!!

2011-05-07T01:02:00.000-07:00

Seriously who couldnt love that face??

Well the summer is upon us once again and for the wife of a salesman summer is not an inviting season. Its been a week since Josh packed up and moved to chicago for the summer leaving me behind. This man has been such a blessing in my life in so many ways!! I have never met a man as dedicated, motivated and successfull at what he does for a living. Josh has always been the type of person that if he does something he does it to the best of his abilities and more time than not he is usually the best at it. Whether it be soccer, playing the saxophone, playing ping pong, or knocking doors Josh is the best!!! He never ceases to amaze me with his testimony of the gospel, his desire to provide a better life for me and for our future family and the many sacrifices that he has made for our marriage to be the absolute best that it can be. Josh has always put me as his number one priority and he has never held me back from things that I have wanted to do. He has stood by me as I have switched my major not once, not twice but three times. He has held my hand in hospital waiting rooms and has taken care of me after surgeries. He has always listened to me and I know he knows me better than anyother person I know. He has always been a worthy priesthood holder, takes me to the temple, encourages us to say familiy prayers every night even though he is hundred miles away. Even though josh is in chicago and I am here in salt lake I can feel his love for me and I hope he can feel my deep love for him. I am so grateful to have him as my eternal companion, I cannot imagine living without him, without seeing that smile everyday, without feeling the comfort of him holding me in his arms and without hearing his voice everyday. I miss him more and more everyday and it has been difficult living without him. I no longer have someone to take out the trash, do the dishes :) fill up the brita, hold me when we sleep at night, play footsies with, watch the office with, rush home from work to see, or someone who will just talk with me. I cannot thank him enough for the sacrifice he is making this summer for us and for the difficult job that he does each day. Josh I love you with all my heart, I choose you over anyone and everything. These past 4 years have been absolutely amazing and I am so excited to spend the rest of my life with you!!! I am so lucky to be Mrs. Joshua Campos!!

Love you much Joshua Steven!!! xoxo 18 always!!!

We Can Do Hard Things.

2011-05-07T00:46:00.000-07:00

Words cannot express how much this sweet woman has impacted and blessed my life. My dear sweet grammy lowe passed away peacefully on April 20, 2011. These past weeks have definitely been an adjustment learning how to live without her in our lives and having to go to California to say goodbye. I feel as though a piece of my heart has been ripped out knowing that I will not see her for a very long time. She will not be there when I graduate, when I have kids, for Christmas, holidays, and when we come to California. I don't know who I am going to be able to go on with out her but as she always said "we can do hard things."I know they always say you never know what you have until its gone, well I don't really believe that I think you know what you have you just didn't know you would ever lose it. This is exactly how I feel about my grandmother. I knew how great she was, how strong willed, how sweet and caring and loving she was, I knew how much the gospel meant to her and how she lived it in every single way possible. I knew how many lives she touched and I knew how much she has blessed my life but honestly I never thought about losing her. She was 92 years old but if you knew my grammy you would know that age had nothing to do with this woman. Every morning she would go jogging, she lived on her own in her own house in California, she drove she helped anyone she could and most people she helped were younger than her and in worse shape. This woman was the picture of health and energy. It was all too sudden. I had a feeling for weeks to give her a call but I ignored it, procrastinating it and I paid the price. I put my worries and errands before giving my grandmother a simple call. I pray every night that she knows how much I love her and how my heart will never fully heal until I get to be with her again. I know that she is happy, she is with my grandpa who passed away more than 20 years ago, she is happy because she is with him and that does bring me comfort but still not enough comfort to ever help me cope with this devastating loss. Now I can only live in a way that would be pleasing to her and carry on her legacy, I hope I can make her proud and I hope she knows how much I love her. I know we can do hard things but the hardest thing will be living without her.

Vantage Company Cruise 2011

2011-05-07T00:20:00.000-07:00

This is one perk of having your husband do summer sales...FREE CRUISES!!!

This year we went on the Vantage Company Cruise 2011 and it was AWESOME!!! We had so much fun it was amazing. We were able to make some amazing new friends and definitely came back with some stories to tell.....OH YEAH CRUISE SHIP YEAH!!!

These are the new friends we made well kinda Landon and Jessica Roper, Landon is a salesman with amazing violin talent that he was able to show us in ensenada, Jessica is his wife we didnt get along mainly because I want to fight her every time I look at her face and because she used my sun tan lotion without asking RUDE!!! Jessica I will physically fight you next time I see you :)

Jen and Josh Burnham (cool huh) we love these guys Jen is the sweetest girl you will ever meet and is always up for a a good time.Last year we got to go on another cruise with them to Jamaica where we played fugitive, ate yogurt, josh saved a baby otter and did karaoke!! It was so much fun and we were so lucky we could go on another one with these two!! Her husband Josh is definitely one of a kind from his rockin braids and amazing shirts they definitley make one powerful couple and we are so lucky to know them!! Oh gosh now its onto the BEDES!!! Who knows where these guys came from but Im loving it!!! Erin, oh girl I cannot say better things about this girl she is so positive, probably one of the funniest girls Ive ever met and even though she totally ruined this picture with her skirt I could not love her anymore ha ha jk erin!! Kasey wow kasey is just as funny as erin they are such a cute couple and always have so much fun together, Kasey definitely rocked the jerseys this cruise and rocked the mexican accents in our prank calls on the ship!!!

We love all of you guys and miss you OH YEAY REUNION YEAH!!!

Erin and I at dinner, pretty sure our waiter hated all of us but Im not really sure how he could with such a fine display of beauty and talent that we are!!!!!! Our talent was also used on the dance floor, in the casino, laying out and eating ice cream!!

This is when we got the bright idea to rent dune buggies in ensenada. We were not aware that josh had a death wish that included taking us up a wall of sand on the beach covering not only our buggie but our:mouths, teeth, shoes, bras, hats, cameras, pockets, contacts and ears with SAND AND DIRT!!! unfortunately for me I was screaming the entire time and almost chocked on the sand that flew into my mouth. oh yeah josh broke the beast and our dune buggie fun lasted a whole 10 mins!!!

This right here is pure beauty!!! My entire mission and desire on this cruise was 1: to see a whale and 2: was to eat fish tacos!!! Well I have to sadly say I didn't see a whale but after all of the fish tacos that we bought from the street vendors, I resembled a whale so i will call it good!!

The boys in all their glory in Catalina

Josh, Kasey, Josh and Kam

Love these girls so freakin much!!!!

BD erin, Jenn and Jenn in Catalina!!

BEST CRUISE EVER HANDS DOWN!!!!

Time to catch up continued....

2011-05-07T00:00:00.000-07:00

We are now in December, one thing that I forgot to mention about what josh and I did during the fall months, we got SCUBA CERTIFIED!!! This has always been on my bucket list and lucky me I was able to cross it off. We took our classes with Neptune Divers and had a great time with our instructor Matt. Twice a week we would have class and practice our skills in the pool, on our final week of class we had our open dive course which was out at SeaBase Ut west of the great salt lake. Now this place is random!!! It is literally out in the middle of nowhere and they have made an ocean enviroment lake filled with tropical fish and 12 FOOT NERF SHARKS!!! It was crazy, scary, exciting and nerve racking all at the same time!! I will admit I had one panic attack mainly because JOSH!!! left me at the bottom of the lake with the sting rays....okay he didnt leave me on purpose but come on dive buddy!!! its ok I forgive you. After we had finished our classes we were hooked, even after classes we would just go down to neptunes and dive in their pool it seriously is amazing. Its a good thing we got hooked too because we were headed to... MEXICO!!

For christmas the whole side of my moms family cousins, spouces, kids everybody packed up for christmas and headed to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico for the week!! It was so much fun to be with our cousins in the warm weather, soaking up the sun and having a blast!!! Here is the whole gang

What do we do in mexico: Wake up, eat breakfast, Lay on beach til lunch, go into town eat lunch, go back to the beach, paint pottery, go sailing, swimming, lay out, get ready for dinner, go into town, find the cheapest, dirtiest, place to eat. repeat!! What can I say it was heaven!!! Thanks to my parents I have a great love for Mexico, we have been going to mexico since I can remember and it is very special to us!! Now thanks to Joshs grandparents and parents I have an even greater love for a cute little mexican named Josh :) okay hes only half but still hes the best!!!

Words cannot describe the dive trip that josh and I were able to go on down in Cozumel. The water was like bath water, warm and clear. It was such an amazing feeling to be down in the ocean with all of the beautiful sea life. I have always loved the ocean, it has always fascinated me and I feel drawn to it. Like I said I love the unknown and believe me the ocean is full of it. It was such a great experience that josh and I had together and there is no one else that I would have wanted to share it with than him.

All in all it was such a great vacation one that we will never forget!!! We are missing mexico but we will be back soon!!!!

Time to catch up!!!

2011-05-06T22:59:00.000-07:00

Well seeing as our last post was almost over ten months ago I think its pretty much needless to say that it is time to catch up on what has been going on with team campos. I really dont even know where to begin but I guess lets just pick up right where we left off. First thing to happen in August of 2010 was warner turning one! I cant even believe how fast this little guy is growing and how much I am growing to love him more and more each day!!! I was able to fly out to california for the event and cherrished every moment that I was able to have with him! We made him these little cakes....arent they cute? Next comes september which means school started for me at the U which also meant FOOTBALL SEASON!!! I love the Utes and going to there games it has been so much fun to share that time with josh, get ready for the games, paint our faces, dance with the "Crazy Lady" and party in the MUSS!!

With fall in the air and the football season doing well we were able to spend some time with some great friends at their cabin in cedar city. Colby and Anna and Callin, Sarah and Jared, Brad and Carolee and Josh and Jenn. It was so much fun to get away from school, work, life and just hangout it such a pretty surrounding. We took out the ATV's(not me), watched deer, made bonfires, went to the lodge for dinner, played games, ate amazing food, killed countless mice and of course carved our names in a tree(checked that one off of my bucket list!!)

Now onto October...can I just say how much I love halloween? I know the whole holliday is surrounded by candy which I hate but there is some much that I love about October. I love getting scared abandonded houses, haunted hotels, deserted hospitals, ghost towns, cemetarys you name it!! I love the unknown and the feeling of being scared ahhh i get excited just thinking about it. But before any of the funness :) of halloween could begin josh and I were able to have a couples retreat weekend. We decided to get a room up at Snowbird for oktoberfest and spend the weekend relaxing. It turned out to be a blast, we went swimming, dancing, alpine slide, zip line, hiking, rode on gondolas, romantic dinners, movies and to top it off SCRABBLE on the patio!

OKAY!!! Now we can get to Halloween!! So this year I was especially excited mainly because of our costumes. I had gotten the idea in summer and ever since I then I had been working on them finding the right colors, jewels and hair....sounds great right? Well it pretty much is the best costume ever and I really hope we can use them again this year cause they were a hit. So I finally got everything ready and the costumes all made and I have to give a shout out to the hubbs for being sucha a great sport about the whole thing. He knew that I was so excited about it and he was so sweet to put on a brave face and put the costume on...you will soon understand :) Halloween night we met up with my sister and a group of her friends and went party hopping around the salt lake valley, from the avenues to draper we hit up about 3 parties and it was so great bumping into highschool friends and joshs friends from work at the end of the night we made a taco bell run yummm and then went home and watched a scary movie!! I loved it, it was such a fun night!!! Okay here you go we were.....

TROLLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ha ha love it!!!

Moving onto November, November was a big month for the lowe family it was my moms birthday and finally after years and years and years my big brother nathan finally got married (just kidding bro). but seriously he finally got married it was such a beautiful wedding thanks to my mom and her amazing talent!!

Congratulations to Nathan and Camilla!!!

SMB

2010-08-04T16:31:00.000-07:00

Things Jenn & Brittney Like To Do:

1. Have Sleepovers and talk til 3 in the morning

2. Lunches...of course

3. Chinese Firedrills dancing to michael jackson

4. Tube down the Provo River and get hypothermia

5. Hitchhike with men with no teeth

6. Shop, Shop, Shop

7. Look for signs that are burnt out or broken

8. Crafts/Projects

9. Go on Crazy Adventures

10. This is what we dont like to do.....Take pictures so I dont have any to document our life :(

Except this one........

DaTe NiGhT

2010-07-13T22:03:00.000-07:00

Josh was home this week and we decided to get out of our normal routine and try some new things, Josh fixed me a candlelight dinner and ate outside in the back yard, went on walks, and instead of the usual date night of sushi and a movie we went to....

which is a piano bar downtown. It was incredibly fun and for the first time in a long time we were night owls and stayed out way past our married bed time. So what is keys on main? Well first of all it is pretty much a show but it involves everyone in the bar, there are two pianos at the front of the room like this... At each table there are stacks of request forms where you write down songs you want them to play, seriously they can play any song ANYTHING from Black Eyed Peas to my favorite Journey "Dont Stop Believin" so you write down your request and you put money on it, if you put $20 they will play the song first but the less you put down the less the chance you have of having your song played. It was so much fun to dance around, laugh at the jokes and of course sing along to all of the great songs that were played. If your not scared of bars and need a little excitement and change of pace in your life I definitely recommend Keys on Main!! And at the end of the night you leave happy like this.....

<3love<3

Girls Nights

2010-07-13T21:38:00.000-07:00

Since Josh has been gone I have been hanging out with my girls more and getting my girl time that has been very much needed. I have so many great friends surrounding me and these past months we have done so many fun things.

First we had girls night at my friend Karlys house and we made jewelry, I made a necklace which almost about killed my sanity and a pair of earrings, while the girls made about 5 bracelets and watches each!!

Last week we all went out for our friend Heathers Bacholorette party, we ate at Happy Sumo and then went to Keys on Main which is a piano bar downtown. Love these girls... AOE

Biz, Jlowe and Jace Face

Dinner at Happy Sumo & Keys on Main

INDY CITY & THE WINDY CITY

2010-07-13T21:15:00.000-07:00

My sweet sister and Mom helped make birthday special even though Josh was gone :( Thanks you two!! Little did I know Josh was flying me out to Indiana to see him and my best friend brittney!! It turned out to be an amazing birthday thanks to all my many loved ones!

My family knows me all to well. They know how much I love graveyards, ghosts, weird stories and abandoned buildings, I broke these books in pretty fast and they kept brittney and I entertained for hours by the pool

INDY CITY!!!

Britt and I hoped on the back of this kids bike and got a free ride in downtown indy...seriously who could say "No" to us two??

After hours and days of laying out at the pool, reading scary stories, floating in our floaties and watching thunderstorms B and I headed out on the down starting with a fab dinner at cheesecake.

And of course during some point or another during the trip we had to do something sketchy, so we snuck into a cementary and walked around...unfortunatley nothing freaky happened to us. I had such an amazing time in Indy, it was so nice to be back with my husband and back with my girl Britt. I loved everything from our fondue dinner, to our lazy days in the hotel room and at the pool! A girl could not ask for better people to have in her life!!

THE WINDY CITY!!!!

Josh and I took a day trip to Chicago, it was one of the funnest days I have ever had. We rented bikes and rode all around town, we shopped the magnificent mile, ate at Ginnos East, and went to the lake.

We saw "The Bean" it is a huge bean shaped art fixture in the middle of a random park, they clean it everyday to keep it shiny!

We made it to the Lake, It was gorgeous and even had a beach

We had lunch at Ginnos East which is famous for their deep dish pizza which took 45 mins for them to make. All over the walls were writing, art work and pictures and right where we sat we saw this...

Its a Sign!!!

It was such an amazing birthday and I am so lucky to be living the life I do! I am so grateful that I have a husband who shares my passion of traveling and I am so blessed that I have been able to see so many different places with him!!

Top Chef came to Salt Lake

2010-06-24T16:08:00.000-07:00

Top Chef came to town to do cooking demonstrations downtown! Naturally I skipped class so Natalie, The Bug and I could go down and partake of some great food!! Well Worth It

Waiting for our turn to get into the show

The bug with the judges

Just because we are sisters does not mean that we look alike

Obsessed? Yup!!

Great Food, Good Company, Grand Day!!!

Happy Father's Day to an AMAZING Father!!!

2010-06-18T23:16:00.000-07:00

I took this picture of my dad in some square near some church in Italy a few years ago. The more I have looked at this picture the more that I have realized that this picture pretty much sums up who my dad is.

My dad is the smartest man I know and has proved that to me on numerous occassions. Especially when it comes to the gospel. My favorite thing about my dad is that everything he does in life revolves around the gospel, he truly lives it and it is his life. He applys gospel teachings to simple day things and can find gospel message in hidden places such as the movie "I am Legend." I have known and loved this quality of my dads all my life and in the past years as a bishop the ward, the entire stake and every person in his life can knows this quality too.

Like I said I took this picture in Italy, this is not something alot of people can say. Through my dads hard work and many sacrifices he has provided for our family and given us every oppurtunity in life to experience the world. He has made it possible that I can say I took this picture in Italy or I have seen the Orcas of Orcas Island. Through these sacrifices and his hard work my dad has helped me develop my deep love for traveling and through him and my heavenly father my life has truly been a blessing.

"Travel is more than the seeing of sights;

it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard

What I love most about this picture and about my dad is that he stands out. Even being surrounded my crowds in a tiny italian square, my dad is the one who stands out. He has always stood out to me and to everyone who has known him. He doesnt blend in with the world, he strives each day to become more and more like christ, like we all should, but I truly believe that each day he does.

I love you dad and no words could ever express how much I really do!

Happy Father's Day!!

Love, The Spud

Memorial Day Weekend

2010-06-18T22:45:00.000-07:00

Memorial Day weekend was especially great this year because of 2 obvious things(listed below)

These two are the loves of my life!!! Memorial Day is a day to remember those you have lost and to hold on to those that you love. Each year as tradition my family and I all head up to Kaysville, Ut to visit my Grampa Lowe, its a great time where we can join together as a family and reflect on the great life of Waynard W. Lowe. I never was able to meet my grampa but I have always felt a special connection with him my entire life. I have felt his presence with me as I have grown up and he has been with me through the roughest and most joyous occassions in my life. This year I was able to spend this sacred moment up in kaysville with "my boys."

Josh usually in the past hasnt been able to make it up to kaysville with us and I was so happy to have him with me this year. Josh is one of the kindest man I have ever met and he adores me to death, I am so very blessed to have him as my eternal companion. Josh can always make me smile and no matter how hard things may get sometimes he always knows how to make time to be silly with me. He is always there for me when I need him and more often then not he is there for me when I just need someone to yell at or hold me when I cry. He knows who I am and he loves me unconditionally despite my many flaws. Lets admit it Im a brat, I dont mean to be but I am, he knows it, I know it, its all good. But no matter how bratty I may be he still loves me. He is going to the celestial kingdom for sure, just for putting up with me for eternity...bless his soul.

The other little guy is my nephew Warner, although I dont feel like he is my nephew, as weird as it may seem I feel like he is my ow. I know that hes not but I have almost seen him every single day since he has been on earth and each day my love for him grows more and more. I want to make sure he knows how much I love him and how much joy he brings into my life. With his little hands he touches or grabs my face to pull my nose into his mouth so he can bite it, he grabs my hair and laughs, he loves Beyonce-All the Single Ladies, he gives kisses, he makes the "Fish Face" that melts my heart each time I see it, he blabs on and on with the cutest little voice, he is a lowe so naturally he has a sense of humor. My sister Natalie and her husband are soon moving to Palo Alto, CA for med school, everytime I think about it my heart sinks into my stomach. I dont want him to forget who I am or lose the connection that I have with him now. If he does remember one thing I want him to remember that his Aunt Jenn loves him with all her heart.

Prime example of me being me.....

It was worth it though :)

2010-05-28T20:04:00.000-07:00

J.A.C.K.E.T.S

These girls have been a major part of my life for the past 14 years, starting in elementary and now after missions and marriage we have still remained friends. In elementary school we spent our time doing spit wads in the bathroom, playing night games, and attending millhollow together. Junior high came along and brought early morning seminary, sneaking out and walking for miles in the middle of the night and FLOWMOTION!! High school came along and brought drivers licenses, EFY, Techno music, boys, and senior trip to DisneyWorld!!! Through all of those years and all of the memories the "JACKETS" were born...

Jenn, Amy, Coco, Kasi, Erika, Tori, Sarah

I love these girls and I am so excited for the next 14 years!!!

ALPHA PHI THETA SIGMA CHAPTER

2010-05-22T14:52:00.000-07:00

Me, Melissa and Twin

Game Nights

Ugly Christmas Sweater Party

Dinners and Lunches

I never thought that when I rushed Alpha Phi that I would be apart of such an amazing sisterhood and that I would be friends with all of the girls for the rest of my life. Since I left SUU almost over 3 years ago there are still girls that I talk to on a weekly basis. I am so lucky to have such a great support group whever I go and to know that my sisters will always be there for me. These girls have helped me through some pretty hard times and have also been there with me during my happiest moments. I love our lunches, our monthly dinners and our game nights. I miss our chapters, I miss rush, Initiation and I miss the Skank Train!! I love all of you girls and I am so thankful to be surrounded my such an amazing group of women.

So to all you Alpha Phi's out there.....

AOE

Weekend in St. George

2010-05-22T14:11:00.000-07:00

Brian Regan

We are sooo special!!

Soo Good Looking

Above: Warner Bug in his stroller

Below: Movie in the Park

FINALLY I GET A VACATION!!!

With lacrosse season ending, school ending and Josh leaving for the summer my need for a vaction was way past due. So on sunday I was looking through the paper and found an add for Brian Regan in concert at Tuachan in St. George, I found the dates and out of pure luck our St. George house was ours for that week. So, Doug, Lisa, Natalie, Me, The Bug and Madison all packed up and headed down south. For 4 days we did nothing but sleep, eat, shop, swim and have one of the best weekends that we have ever had at our house(well atleast in my opinion). We went on walks in the evenings, natalie and I rollerbladded, played scattagories with my hilarious mother, of course had cupcakes at TWENTYFIVE MAIN and watched a movie in the park. Needless to say Brian Regan was AMAZING, and I never knew that it was humanly possible to be able to laugh for a hour and a half straight!!! We loved him and are definately going to be following his tours!! It was a great weekend and were truly blessed to have that house, its the perfect getaway.....countdown to the next trip 2 weeks!!

Race for the Cure 2010

2010-05-10T20:54:00.000-07:00

Natalie and I getting ready
Warner and I crossed the finish line together hand in hand

This last saturday Natalie, Warner and I did the Race for the Cure downtown at the gateway along with 23,000 other people. It was so interesting to see who showed up and how many people have been affected by Breast Cancer. All of the survivors wore bright pink shirts, others who had lost their battle were honored by family members. It was sad to see banners and posters that were in memory of loved ones people had lost but it was also amazing to see those who had won their battle and were there to help find a cure. It was really great to be apart of it and to know that we made a contribution to help fighting this ugly disease!!

"Two years we walked with her, And now we walk for her"

Buh Bye Babe

2010-05-10T20:39:00.000-07:00

Well its official, Josh is gone for the summer and I am staying here in Salt Lake. This is the first summer we have been apart in 4 years and I never imagined it would be this hard. Josh recently took a new position in his company which doesnt require him to move to a new city each summer and sell like we have done for the past 4 summers. Instead he now flys to a new office each WEEK stays there for a week and then flys out to a new one. Obviously I am not able to go with him so I am staying here and trying everything I can to stay busy. When I tell people that Josh is gone, surprisingly enough alot of people have looked down on me that I am not traveling with him and living out of a suitcase for 4 months. I am sorry but it would do neither of us any good if I were there. Plus I am staying home to do summer school so I can graduate 2 years early, so I really dont think that it is a bad thing that I am staying. However, like I said it is one of the hardest things that I have ever had to do!! His job has always required him to give everything he has but this is on a whole new level. Its hard coming home and seeing his car in the garage and knowing hes not home, its hard to fall asleep by myself, going to church alone and not having anyone to hold me after a hard day. This is going to be a very long summer but I know that we can make it and I know that in the end it will only make us stronger. I love you josh and if youre reading this I miss you and I need you to come home!! 18

2010-05-10T20:24:00.000-07:00

Wow I cannot believe that this season is already over and I officially have one coaching season under my belt. Im not going to lie I was extremely hesitant about this season, I didnt have faith in my own skills that I would be able to coach. Thankfully to the wonderful girls on my team and to my amazing team captains I was able to be set at ease. Nerves soon became excitement and hesitation soon became courage. I never thought that I would be able to make a bond with every girl on my team but amazingly enough I did. Its funny that Iam almost 7 years older than these girls and I feel like they are my friends.....I dont know if that is a good thing or a bad thing. One of the best parts of this season was seeing my girls improve both in stick skills and in stamina on the field. We didnt win as many games as I would have liked to but what I am proud of is that every game we lost we only lost by 1 or 2 points. It was incredible to be on the field watching the girls and coming together as a team. I am going to change quite a few things for next season and I know what I need to improve on myself as a coach so I am really excited. I love this job and I love all of my girls!! Gimmie Gimmie West West, Gimmie Gimmie Side Side, Gimmie West Gimmie Side, Can I Get A West Side????

ViVa VeGaS!!!!

2010-04-15T17:26:00.000-07:00

I love those moments when youre laying in the sun its shining on your face, its hot outside, you have your music and a good book and you cant help but smile and think LIFE IS GOOD!!!

Have you ever had one of those months were all you need is a vacation? A little time in the sun, maybe some shopping and a little food? Yeah well if you have I know how you feel. This past month has been extremely hectic with my school and lacrosse and Josh's job I have felt like we have had no time to do anything let alone with eachother. So luckily josh was able to take some time off of work and we were able to go down to vegas for 3 days. It doesnt seem like alot but it was the perfect amount of time and believe me we packed it in!!(thats what she said)

XOXO

LOST!!!!!

2010-04-09T17:52:00.000-07:00

WARNERS BOTTOM LIP HAS BEEN LOST WE HAVE NOT SEEN IT IN DAYS!! WE WOULD LIKE IT BACK......or maybe not, this is pretty darn cute!

SuNdAnCe FiLm FeStIvAl!!!!

2010-04-09T17:42:00.000-07:00

The Trani's LOVED Josh!!!
Us with the girl who won the Victoria Secret Fashion Show

Jen, Me and Britt

The sign says " F'ing Hot"......its true!

This year we finally made it up to the festival and our group is growing in numbers :) We went with our friends Parker and Brittney and our friends Josh and Jen Burnham (funny huh). It seriously was sooo cold, I forgot a jacket I forgot how much we would walk so it wasnt too bad. We ate at a little pizza place on the main street and tried to get into a film but was way too late for us. The only celeb we saw was the girl in the picture, even though I dont know her name she still counts, but does not compare to seeing Brittney Spears 2 years ago!! Needless to say we had fun and are gearing up for next year!!

ICE SKATING

2010-04-09T17:36:00.000-07:00

Another lovely night with the Winders, we of course ate sushi at "Simply Sushi" which is an all you can eat bar and one of our favorites. After sushi we went iceskating at the Gallivan Center in the middle of downtown Salt Lake. We had so much fun playing tag, trying to do tricks and of course falling hard on our butts. The night ended with good laughs, a good work out and a rabbit bite for me!

A little getaway surprise

2010-03-08T19:45:00.001-08:00

I want to thank my husband josh for giving me such a great surprise. Everyone knows that life can get to you and sometimes you just need to get away....even if it is just to downtown.

Saturday Josh came home and while I watched TV and waited for him to get ready, he managed to pack a bag with swimsuits, clothes, face wash he remembered everything including my eye drops, took it to the car without me even blinking an eye.

So we drove downtown, meanwhile me being the brat that I am got mad because I hate just driving around not knowing where we are going. Josh kept keeping me calm while we pulled up to the Little America. He had reserved a suite for the night in the tower. It was the best surprise I could have had at that point.

We had dinner in the coffee shop, swam in the pool for a couple of hours, watched movies and got room service. It was perfect....just like Josh!!

Thankyou so much for always thinking of me and making sure I am happy no matter what you are doing! I love you

Happy 1/2, Bug

2010-03-08T19:31:00.001-08:00

Can you believe it? The Warner Bug has been on the earth for 6 months!

Its crazy to think that he has only been here for such a short time but has changed our lives drastically! Why wouldnt we celebrate his 6 months?
Batman themed party for warner but mostly his dad Kyle

His birthday cupcake

Out like a light......it was a big day for the little guy

We love you Warner thanks for making these six months the best we have had!!

Catching Up

2010-03-08T18:55:00.000-08:00

CRUISING for CHRISTMAS

Well here is the down low of what has been going on with The Campos Clan. After an amazing Christmas vacation, life caught up to us and it has taken awhile for us to catch up so here we go. Christmas was great! We spent it with Joshs family down in Vegas, the warm weather, our gym buddies and time spent with the family was much needed. We were able to spend time with norrington which made us miss him even more. The day after Christmas we all hopped into Parkers truck and headed to San Fransisco. When I mean all, I mean Josh, Jenn, Brittney, Parker, Whitnee and Darren. It was a snug 9 hour drive but so much fun! The hours flew by, by playing games. When we got to San Fransisco we met up with Colby and Anna and Brad and Carolee. We spent our time riding in limos, going to the 49ers and of course eating crab yummm

Next Britt and Parker and Josh and I made our way to SACRAMENTO. Seriously who knew you could have so much fun with your friends family? It was a blast. We immediately felt apart of the family it was so great. We hot tubbed, shopped, shopped, ate at Tops everyday, found amazing sushi, went to movies and had sooo much fun! We loved it and want to go back asap!!

After our time in Sacramento we headed to MIAMI!! There we boarded our cruise to the carribean. It was soooo much fun and such a great way to end our Christmas break!! Even though the weather was not perfect, rain and cold we still had such a blast. We did everything from playing hide and go seek on the ship to spending hours in the Kareoke lounge. It was so much fun being there with friends and making so many memories. We first ported in Haiti (where we missed the earthquake by 1 week) there we layed on the beach and played in the ocean. Next we went to Jamacia where we tubbed down a river, hiked up Dunnes River Falls, Had a great Taxi driver who showed taught us the ways of Jamacia IRE MAN!!! We loved all of our many trips and definately have become the traveling couple which we LOVE!

Girls Day at Color Me Mine

2009-12-17T19:53:00.000-08:00

Today, Natalie and I decided to go to Color Me Mine and waste away our afternoon. After numerous years of vowing to never go back because for some reason, no matter how hard and how long we work on our pieces they always turn out ugly. Well today was different, Today we had the Warner Bug with us. Natalie took him to paint his feet to get his foot print, we thought that he would freak out and not like it but being perfect as he is, he just sat there and treated it like a day at the spa.

Our finished Products....Mine is the mug all free hand I might add and Natalies cute little plate and Warners first ornament!

He Loves it, I hate It!!!!!

2009-12-15T19:12:00.001-08:00

I guess being from Vegas helps your love for the snow

Each year I hate the snow more and more but watching him do this make me love him and the snow more!

The finished product......how he found a mini broom is beyond me!!

I love you Josh you make me smile and laugh every day!!

You make winter enjoyable!!

2009-12-11T13:23:00.000-08:00

WARNING!!!!

MATERIAL NOT SUITABLE FOR WEAK STOMACHS!!

This is a result of my 2nd degree burn from my hot glue gun. I put a huge glob of glue on a bell and I dropped it but no worries my finger caught it!! PS this was a week ago and it is still an opened wound......

Now I am just waiting for it to get infected and fall off.

2009-12-11T13:14:00.001-08:00

Finals week is upon us,

1 down....3 to go!!

This year I took a Natural Disasters class to finish up my associates degree and it turned out to be one of the best classes I took this semester. If you have been following my blog you may remember a post that I wrote about "Koo Koos at the U" I showed a picture of my transvestite professor who is now known as Barbara!! Let me tell you she is great and an amazing professor. So for our term project we were supposed to write or draw or do whatever on a representation of a natural disaster. Drawing is something that I have always loved and it is something that helps me release a lot of pressure, steam and stress so naturally I decided to draw. Its called "eye of the storm" and hopefully it will help me pass this class!!

2009-11-28T15:18:00.000-08:00

This is me and my Warner Bug. We both like taking long naps, We are true Ute Fans, We love our milk, stretching and we both love my sister Natalie. Warner and I spend our time laying on the floor, laughing and of course going to lunch and running on errands. We both hate BYU, subarus, Tyra Banks, David Archuletta, slow drivers, and waking up!! As my Grandma says "He's a sweetFart"

2009-11-28T14:59:00.000-08:00

New Moon Experience

Just wanted to say how much I love my husband for putting up with my love for the Twilight Series!!! Not only did he let me spend his hard earned money at Nordstroms to get premier tickets but he came with me and even wore his twilight lanyard! We got to see the movie at 9:30 thursday night and it was soooo good! I dont care if you didnt like it and I hate people who criticize the movie so all you haters I dont want to hear it! I loved it and I cant wait til June when Eclipse comes out!!

We Fondue, Do You?

2009-11-11T18:11:00.000-08:00

Josh and I broke out, and dusted off our fondue pot this past weekend and had a blast. Saturday night we did a fondue night with Joshs family who came up from Las Vegas to visit us and then last night we had another fondue night with Parker and Brittney. It was sooo much fun, we had everything you could possibly want everything from ravioli to lobster tail, yup we went all out that is just how we do it at the Campos house. We started out with a Cheddar Cheese fondue which was pretty much just cheese milk and a little seasoning in that we dipped bread, apples, chips etc. Our next course was a Court Boullion Broth which again is so simple just water and seasoning and veggies, that was for all the meat and seafood we had. Then finally came the chocolate mmmm. But by then we were so full it was ridiculous. Its weird because you only eat one or two items at a time over the span of like 2 1/2 hours and then all of the sudden you feel like Kate Goselin and your pregnant with 6 kids. Seriously its so filling and so worth it. I love doing fondue because it takes such a long time to eat, you end up just talking and eating for hours, we had some great laughs, great impressions and some new inside jokes!! Our fondue night was such a hit we are making it a "Bi-Monthly" occasion until then I need to be getting new recipes and new ideas to mix it up in the future!

2009-11-06T13:41:00.000-08:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!

Eyeball Juice
Witch Hat Cupcakes that we made.... ;)

Ballerinas

Can I just say how much I love Halloween? I dont know why but its just a fun holliday, dressing up, the weather, the decorations, the stories, the candy, haunted houses and corn mazes!! Its so great I love love love it. So this Halloween we went up to Logan to hangout with our friends Colby and Anna Anderson. We drove up on saturday morning and spent the afternoon decorating and cooking for our Halloweeny Dinner :) Anna made Taco Soup, and I made cheese dip and guacamole and Eyeball juice. We all sat around the decorated table told ghost stories and ate yummy food. After dinner we went hot tubbing and had a flour war with the boys. We then went to a haunted corn maze which took forever!! I cant believe how long those things are and how someone actually makes them. I understand that they plow it out but how do you know what image you are doing and where you turn? I dont get it but I guess when you live in such a small town you have the time to figure that sort of thing out. I love Halloween and it was definatley a great one this year!!! The countdown is on

Go Jazz Go or whatever....

2009-11-06T13:18:00.000-08:00

Not watching the game :)

Team Campos & Team Anderson

Last weekend Colby and Anna came down fromt Logan to hangout with us, Josh got tickets to the Jazz game which was really fun. I dont really care who wins or who loses but its still fun to go and cheer for your home team. Anna and I spent the game taking pictures while the boys goofed off as always. I guess the Jazz ended up winning Josh and I didnt get to see the end of the game because earlier in the week we got tickets to the Salt Lake City Ghost Tour. Which was really fun!! If you know me you know that I love scary stuff, graveyards, haunted houses etc. so it was right up my alley. We started off the tour downtown at the Rio Grande and went all over downtown, Shilo Inn, Behive House, Memory Grove, Salt City Jail, Fort Douglas, Salt Lake City Cemetary, It was soo much fun I loved it. So what you do is you get in this bus and they take you around to all of these places and tell you the stories of paranormal activity and stories that they have heard from people who work at these places. It was really neat and such a great Halloween Eve activity!!
Josh and I at the Cemetary....we werent scared we loved it!!!

Salt Lake City Cemetary :)

Cause this is THRILLER!!!

2009-11-05T09:18:00.000-08:00

THRILLER!!

FRONT ROW SEATS BABY!!!

After 14 years of living in Utah I finally got my stuff together and bought tickets to Thriller!! It was so much fun I cant believe I havent been to it before now, Parker and Brittney were celebrating Parkers Birthday and we all went together. I loved all of the dances and the comedy acts were to die for( no pun intended). It was different than I expected but amazing non the least. Some people were more convincing than others and some people were just annoying, they have people dressed up as zombies walking around, crawling on the floor, or on you and breathing heavily on your neck its a little creepy and awkward but its halloween and its the only time that that sort of thing is acceptable. We definately will be going back next year, oh man halloween isnt for another year :(

MuRdEr MyStErY pArTy

2009-11-05T09:03:00.000-08:00

This halloween which after each year is becoming my favorite holliday, we were invited to Parker and Brittney Winders Murder Mystery Party(we hope they make it annual) It was so much fun, they hosted it at their gorgeous apartment clubhouse and had so many yummy treats!!! I made my homemade oreo cookies which are to die for, literally they will kill you if you eat too many, but thats true about any oreo right? well its just two devil foods cake cookies with cream cheese frosting in the middle, which I dyed for halloweeny colors.It was so much fun to see all the cute couples in their costume and the best part is that everyone went all out and got into character. Josh was a poetry reading fireman while I was a stuck up Hollywood actress. Can you find us in the picture?? We loved playing all of the parts and acting out certain scenes, yelling at people and saying rude comments cause, I was a stuck up actress I had to get into character. Unfortunatley one rednecked wrestler was murdered but nobody cared, we finally figured out who the murder was and it was the unsuspecting eve of all people!! It was a blast and such a great way to start off our Halloween Weekend!!

Creative Crafts

2009-10-29T14:07:00.000-07:00

I was at the store yesterday and I found a whole bin of these bright orange pumpkins I wanted to get one but I couldnt think of anything that I would use it for but i bought it anyways. Last I decided that I would draw a design on the pumkin and then cut it out with a nife so i spent three hours cleaning out the insides, drawing a picture on it and then cutting it out. When i finished with it I thought I could put a candle in it to make it glow and it turned out pretty cute!! I put it on the front porch and it looks great!! I wonder if this little idea will catch on.....Happy Halloween!!

I LOVE MY JOB!!!

2009-10-29T13:53:00.001-07:00

So if any of you really know me, you know that I played Lacrosse for 3 years in highschool, I absolutely loved it! Its a fast brutal game that gets you hooked the moment you get on the field. So since I have been out of school for almost 4 years now I have tried to find ways of getting back into the game. When I started school at the U I looked into the girls lacrosse team but soon found out that it was a club sport, which means its not sactioned by the school and not really taken seriously. I figured Id still do it just to keep in shape and get back into the game. Well about after a week after that decision one of my good friends Amy Erickson who is now the Head Coach of my old high schools team, told me that she recieved an email from the ULA(Utah Lacrosse Association) saying that a head coaching position was available for West High School Girls Lacrosse team. I quickly picked up the phone and called the number, I set up a time to meet with the team and the parents on the team and I GOT THE JOB!!!!! I seriously am so excited its unreal!! Its a huge responsibilty and im going to be incredibly busy but I really dont care. The season doesnt start until january so until then i will be busy busy busy getting the team ready for practice and conditioning to start. When the season does start and games begin i will post pictures!

Warners First Halloween

2009-10-25T19:34:00.000-07:00

My Boys
Today we were having sunday dinner over at my parents house to celebrate Joshs birthday. My sister and brother in law came over with warner dressed up in his halloween costume, my whole family died when he came through the door. I really dont think that Im being biast when I say that he is one cute kid, and the cutest kid I have ever seen!!! He is going to be a monkey for halloween all we need is a bottle shaped like a banana and we are all set. Later this week Im going with my sister to Busath Photography to get his pictures taken in his costume so more pictures to come! I LOVE THIS BABY!!!

Weekend Getaway

2009-10-20T14:56:00.000-07:00

ST. GEEZY HERE WE COME....

Colby, Parker and Josh Bowling
Anna, Me and Britt with our Poker Face

Bad picture....Good Friends

Gangs All Here!!

You can never vacation too much!! After Josh and I finished our day at the Anniversary Inn our fun was not over, not even close. I thought it would be fun to go down to our house in St. George and spend the weekend with all of our friends, boy was I right. Anna drove down with us and Colby, Parker and Brittney met us in St. George. It felt so nice to get away to our little house and to be with such great friends!! Friday we arrived around seven and were pretty hungry we had dinner at outback, the boys got crazy :) and then we all went and saw the StepFather which was so scary cause that sort of thing happens ALL THE TIME!! Just watch Americas Most Wanted Im telling you! After the movie we went back to the house and played games, we always play games when we are together because we always have soo much fun! Saturday morning we kinda did our own things, Josh and Colbs went golfing, Parker and Britt went to the temple and Anna and I went shopping and did some serious damage, to the store and to our bank accounts. We found an amazing store in the Outlets called Urban Wear and since we dont live in St. George we made up for the times were not down there to go shopping on a regular bases. After a great morning of shopping we all met back at the pool. We layed out, talked and swam in the 90 degree weather, it was heaven. After a few hours of baking we went back to the house and all got ready, Britt, Anna and I left early to go get a cake and balloons for Joshs BDAY dinner that night at Samuri 21(kinda like bennihanas) the boys met us at the restaurant and we stuffed our faces with goood food. After dinner we went back to the house and had a pretty crazy night of glowstick hide and go seek, running on the golfcourse, playing mafia, bowling and crashing during a movie. We had so much fun over the weekend and it was so fun to be down there with our friends. We are so lucky to have them and to have eachother!

Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary!!

2009-10-20T14:38:00.000-07:00

Josh and I leaving to go the Melting Pot
At Dinner

The Jungle Safari Room and Anniversary Inn

Yes, the elephant was the shower head

Why are we so cool??

Thursday was my sweet husbands 25th birthday. I wanted to go all out this year, well because he always does the same for my birthday and because this past year has been amazing. Thursday day josh and I went to the movies and saw paranormal activity, it was sooo scary and so perfect because we both like scary things, josh likes the scary movies and I like graveyards and abandoned houses. Anyways so after the movie josh had some work to do out of the house so I took the time to decorate and set us a scavenger hunt that I had planned for him. I decorated the clues and our house with junlge themed decorations, cheettah balloons, elephants, paw prints etc. It started at the top of our stairs leading to his bedroom where he was supposed to get dressed up and then follow the clues. Well knowing Josh he skipped the dressing up part and went on the the next clue which was me in our room dressed up holding his birthday present (versace cologne :) So that didnt work but seeing his smile I couldnt get mad at him, so we got ready and I packed everything that we would need for the night. We had dinner at the melting pot downtown and the whole two hours during dinner josh tried to guess what we were doing next. During dessert I gave him his present and he was so excited so at least that surprise wasnt ruined. After dinner we drove to the Anniversary Inn by the U to spend the night. I booked the Jungle Safari room(hence the jungle theme..he didnt pick up on that one ha ha ha) the room was amazing!! An elephant for a shower, the bed on the second floor and a tv in a tree! It was awesome. We spent the night laughing goofing off watching movies and eating treats it was so great!! The next morning we woke up and it was OUR ONE YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!!! Its crazy how time flys when your having a blast. I scheduled two morning massages for us and breakfast in bed. It was such a great night and morning and an amazing year with my amazing husband. Its crazy that you think that there is no way you could possibly love him more and then you wake up the next morning and your love is stronger than the day before. I love you with all my heart and Im so blessed that I have such a strong partner in life and that everyday I get to call you mine!! I love you Josh happy one year!!

Goodbye to my Munchkin

2009-10-13T17:40:00.001-07:00

So as you may know Josh and I are living at my grampas house and probably 2 weeks after we moved in we were told by my uncle that we wouldnt be able to keep norrington at the house. My sweet mom offered to take care of him until the cold weather came, so for about a month or so he has been living at my parents house and its been great being able to see him anytime we want and for him to have such a big backyard to play in, also he has my parents dog Madison who is also a yorkie to play with. We knew that when the cold weather came we would need to find him another home, Josh called his parents who live in vegas and they didnt hesitate. I love Joshs family so much they are willing to do anything for family even if it may inconvience them at times. Im so grateful for them and for everything that they have done and continue do for us every day!! So this past friday Joshs parents came up to salt lake to see us and some of joshs family, I knew that they would be taking norrington back with them to vegas but I didnt know how hard it would actually be. Friday night we met them in provo and said our goodbyes, as soon as joshs mom asked me if I was okay I lost it. I felt so dumb crying so hard in front of Joshs parents but I couldnt help it. Thankfully I had brittney with me to help me calm me down cause ironically enough she had done the same thing like 8 months prior. I thought I couldnt imagine what it would be like to give up norrington and now I know. I really miss him and I feel like a irresponsible owner becuase I want to give him the best care that I can but I know that he is having a blast in sin city and soaking up the sun with his new friends. We miss you munchkin and we love you so much!!---The picture isnt the best, I was crying and we were driving so deal with it-- Thanks britt love ya girl!!

FHE Pizza Night

2009-10-13T17:23:00.000-07:00

My family...well almost all of them

This is my pizza and it was BOMB

Dad, Me, Josh, Kyle and Natalie

My Dad and I writing down items for the game(rootbeer helps me think)
My dear momma lowe is out of town this week so it was upon natalie and I to make sure that our family get fed. Oddly enough we chose the one week my mom was out of town to have FHE which the Lowe family hasnt done for who knows how long. Luckily it was really fun and turned out really well. Natalie and I bought some pizza dough from papa murphys and then went to the store and got all the pizza toppings you could think of...yes even chicken it was a big hit contrary to what natalie may have thought. So we all made our individual pizzas and then my dad taught us the lesson. You can always feel the spirit when you are in my parents house but immediatley as my dad started the lesson, it increased! I love my dad so much and it amazes me how knowledgable he is in the gospel. I can honestly say that my dad applies the gospel to everything that he does in his life, he lives the gospel to the fullest. He is such an amazing man. Well needless to say the lesson was great. After the lesson we ate our pizzas and played a really fun game that Parker and Brittney taught us over conference weekend. It was so much fun to be with the family and to all be laughing and making memories together!! We miss momma lowe though, the house and the family is not as much fun when she isnt here.

Conference Weekend

2009-10-12T14:56:00.000-07:00

Our Great Friends

Whitnee, Brittney, Me and Anna
Darren, Josh, Parker and Colby

This past Conference weekend was one of the funnest weekends we have had in a long time. Friday night we went to Happy Sumo with parker and brittney, played games with Colby and Anna and didnt end up going to sleep until 4 am....yes we are all in our twentys and married. Saturday the boys went to priesthood session at the conference center while us girls went shopping. Later that night we had dinner and game night at the andersons rv. Carolee and Brad surprised colby with a trip to San Fransisco in December for a 49ers game...oh yeah and all of us are invited!!! Were so excited to take a trip with all of our friends. Sunday morning we went to Conference with the Andersons. It was so amazing and as always I felt like I could relate to every single talk. Colby and Anna stayed with us that night for yet another sleepover. Josh and I keep realizing how lucky we are to have such great friends around us. No matter where we are or how long it has been since we have seen them we always pick up right where we left off. I never would have guessed that when I married the man of my dreams that I would have inherited best friends that will always be apart of my life. We truly are blessed for everything in our life and I dont think that we will able to show enough gratitued. We Love you Winders, Andersons and Youngs!!

"If we work in tandem"-wicked

2009-10-07T15:55:00.000-07:00

This past week we chose to embrace the warm weather and make the most out of it while it lasted. Brittney found a little place in provo that rents tandem bikes for $6 a hour! It was such a steal and so much fun. We rode along the provo canyon trail, parker and brittney saw a snake..or so they say :) and josh did a great job peddling us along. It was suppose to be a team effort but my legs got tired to i took a rest for a little while, no worries josh didnt mind cause he didnt know :) It was crazy to see how far we biked in such short time, i guess time and mileage fly when your having fun. It was great to be outside and exercising with great friends. Love you Winders!!

Koo Koos at the UU

2009-10-02T11:38:00.000-07:00

This is Barbara...look at those guns!

Walking to my classes is never boring. Every single day I see a new crazy that I have never seen before, people riding unicycles, doing cartwheels to class and of course people wearing racoon tails. So this semester Im taking a Natural Disasters class to meet my science requirement. On the first day of class I sit in my seat get settled and try and pick out which professor is mine, I see a lady in some capris, a blouse and a cute chunky necklace and then I see a man and I hear a mans voice talking, so the man left and the lady stayed...so did the mans voice!!! Yes everyone my Geography teacher is a HE-SHE!! Her name is Barabra and she had a sex change awhile back, we were all pretty schocked when she introduced herself saying her name was Barbara when clearly her name should be Bob. Anyways its always interesting to go to class and see what she has on and what she has to say to us. She is a great teacher and really funny, just caught us off guard!

Busy and Random September Week!

2009-10-02T11:08:00.001-07:00

Needless to say September has been such a busy month for both Josh and I. I started school at the U and its definately kicking my butt. Josh is working as hard as he always does, his phone never stops ringing he always has appointments and usually works late nights, its not the best situation but were so lucky to be in the position we are. Even though we have been keeping ourselves busy we still find time to do some pretty fun things...Enjoy!!

My parents went out of town for about a week, so Josh and I stayed at my parents house to babysit my older sister Katherine. It was alot of fun, we watched movies, played with norrington in the back yard and we made these delicious and cute Owl Cup Cakes. The eyes are Oreos with M&Ms on them with pecans for the ears and pine nuts for the nose. They are really cute and easy to make. Im sure you can make other animals.....hmmm

Josh and I are living at my Grampa Dons(a.k.a Don Juan as we like to call him) house because of the free rent. Its been really fun living there and being so close to him. He cracks me up all the time and its nice to spend some time with him that I wouldnt have been able to spend if we didnt live there. So one day Katherine and I wanted to go to the beauty school and get pedis because they are only $10!! Yeah I said it $10 for a really good pedicure. Well they only do it wednesday and saturdays so we made the appointment for wednesday and then realized that it was my turn to take Don Juan that day so....we brought him along. He sat down and got a pedicure Im thinking it was his first one but with him you never know. He actually liked it...who wouldnt! It was really fun to take him there and to see him interact with all the younger ladies ha ha ha!

Its tradition and we kept it alive!! The Utah State Fair finally came and I couldnt have been more excited! I love the fair our family goes every year and it never gets boring, they always have the funnest things and best food! This year Parker and Britt went with us, this is us in the Shark encounter cage, we also saw the worlds smallest lady, the rodeo, and of course did the big yellow slide. Later on my family met us down there and we had so much fun. I really love Salt Lake I think its such a great place, now only if I could get Josh to feel the same....

Last but not least our new nephew Warner. I didnt realize how obsessed I would be over this little guy but I just cant stop taking pictures of him. I was over at my sisters house watching him while my sister gathered her sanity :) and Josh came over. He was a little fussy kinda having a bad day so I gave him to josh and right as he had him he calmed down and just stared up at him it was the cutest thing. I love seeing josh with little kids and babys because I can see what kind and how great of a dad he is going to be!! He wants kids really soon but we both agreed that we need to graduate college before adding to the Campos Clan. So for now we will just spoil Warner!

P.S...anyone notice Joshs rat tail? He cut his hair into a mohawk which I LOVE!!! but he has to gel it down for work and it turns into a rats tail, I still love it though

UTAH UTAH UTAH MAN AM I!!!!

2009-09-04T17:24:00.000-07:00

Got my Game Face On

Josh and I sporting our new apparell

Rice Eccles Stadium

Gorgeous scenery

Football season is upon us and I couldn't be happier! Josh and I went with our friends Sarah and Andrew to the U's first football game of the season. They played Utah State University and its pretty obvious who ended up winning (35-17). It was so much fun we had great seats thanks to Sarah and Andrew. A couple of days earlier Josh and I went to the campus bookstore to buy shirts and face paint, we also saw Brian Johnson mmmmm. So far my goal of converting josh to a U fan has worked out pretty well, I have caught him up to speed on the history of the football team i.e players, coaches, records that sort of thing. I applied and enrolled him into the University of Utah and hopefully by the end of our UNDEFEATED(fingers crossed) season josh will be a Ute fan through and through. He always says he's a BYU fan, embarrassing I know but I know that he is only doing that to get a reaction out of me....at least I hope so. The game was so much fun, the weather was nice and the team was on their game. At half time josh and I got Hawaiian food and walked around the stadium. It was such a great night and a great way to start of this years University of Utah Football Season!!! Go UTES!!

Warner Kyle Hobbs

2009-09-02T11:26:00.000-07:00

While i was babysitting him...he's yawning not crying

Right after he was born

Such a little guy for such a big crib

Warner Kyle Hobbs was born August 27 at 5:16 PM at the University of Utah Hospital. He weighed in at 8 lbs 8 ounces and 22 inches long. This is the first grandchild in the family so to say that we were excited is a extreme understatement. Thankfully Natalie(my sister) had a breeze of a pregnancy-no morning sickness, no cravings or mood swings I pray its in our genes!! We never knew that we would be so crazy and head over heels over such a little thing. Josh and I love being Aunt Jenn and Uncle Josh we are obsessed with this little guy and are so thankful to have him in our family. He really is perfect!!

Reading books and getting hooked

2009-08-08T13:16:00.001-07:00

MOOSE

This is the first book that I started reading this summer. I had always seen it and B&N and I periodically I would find it everytime I went in and I would read just the few first pages. It starts out as a pregnant mother sitting in a doctors office. Her doctor tells her that she needs to gain more weight for the baby but she wont allow herself to gain weight after struggling all her childhood and into her adult hood with her weight. The story goes on as each summer through out her teens she goes to "fat camp" their not only does she learn about food and her body but she learns about love, life and eating disorders. It was a good read for the most part, the story was good but I would not read it again without it being edited first. Lets just say their are some unnecessary parts to the story.

Three Cups of Tea

My second book of the summer was a inspiring story to say the least. Three cups of tea is about a man names Greg Mortenseon who attempted to climb K2 but failed. After his attempt he was lost stranded and alon in the mountains of the Himalays. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of an poverty stricken Pakistani village, Mortenson promised the people that he would return one day and build them a school. Mortenson was able to keep his promise and through his actions he was apart of such an amazing humanitarian experiences. Greg Mortenson despertaley tried to counteract extremism by building schools, especially for girls, throughout the breeding ground of the Taliban. This story had me crying and dying to get back to africa. It was inspiring that one man could accomplish such a extreme dream and it gave me hope that one day I might be able to reach out to the children of the world who have only known and lived poverty since the day they were born. GREAT READ sometimes hard to follow but all in all it was inspiring.

My Sisters Keeper

My third book of the summer is My Sister's Keeper. They recently came out with this movie starring Cameron Diaz and I saw the movie before I started reading the book, although Im still reading this book it has seemed that I cant put it down. The story is about a husband and wife who have two children a son and a daughter. At a very young age the daughter was diagnosed with Leukimia. The doctors new that the only way to save the little girl would be to find a donor of bone marrow, blood cells, kidneys etc. They suggested that the parents have another baby through invitro, not creating the baby in the womb but in a petri dish. The baby girl that was born was to save her sisters life and not live a life of her own. The movie was amazing mainly because ALEC BALDWIN is in it and for some reason I love that man. Dont ask me why I just love him. The movie was great and the book so far is living up to it.

I've traveled the world twice over,

Met the famous; saints and sinners,

Poets and artists, kings and queens,

Old stars and hopeful beginners,

I've been where no-one's been before,

Learned secrets from writers and cooks

All with one library ticket To the wonderful world of books.

~ Anonymous ~

Lose It!!

2009-08-01T14:39:00.000-07:00

Who know that a iphone could help you lose weight? Well i definately can and has.(that sounded like a infomercial oh well) Probably during the beginning of June I found this application on my iphone called Lose it! I looked at the reviews and out of 10,479 people writing in about their sucess with the app I decided to download it, conviently I started on the 1st of June. So what you do is you enter in your current weight, and then your desired weight and it caculates how many calories you should be consuming in a day. It has a HUGE list of any kinds of food you can think of so you enter in what you eat and stay under the calorie budget it gives you. I weigh in once a week every sunday morning (studies show you weigh less in the morning). If I have lost weight I enter in my current weight and my calorie intake gets less and less with how much I weigh at that point. It definately has been hard its a diet its not suppose to be easy but you get motivated when the results start to show or when you gets compliments. Having this app is crazy because your eyes are open to how many calories are in simple foods you would have never thought twice about. Josh is more reluctant to go grocery shopping with me now because everything I pick up I have to look at how many calories it has and see if its really worth it. He definately makes fun of me for it but I dont think hes complaining :) Ok so its been 2 months to the day since I started i have hit my halfway mark and I have lost............................11 lbs!!!! It may not seem like alot but I feel great, my clothes are getting loser, my chins are going away I think Im down to one now but its really great. I feel more confident outgoing and healthier really. Its been hard but ovbiously its worth it. I hope that by the time we go on our cruise I will be at my desired weight goal. Iam not telling you how much I weigh now or ever but hopefully that number will be reached before october. Fingers crossed. Life is good!!

4th of July in Washington DC!!!

2009-07-10T09:01:00.001-07:00

Fireworks at the National Mall

Josh and I at the Washington Monument
Josh playing frisbee in the Capitol Reflection Pool...while eating a sandwhich

The Lincoln monument in the distance and the HUGE crowd

Our Boys playing cards with the White House in the back

This is the Washington DC Temple view from the freeway

So this 4th of July we were so lucky that we were able to spend it at our nations capitol of Washington DC. It was a long hot day full of fun. We drove into DC as a team parked our car and hopped on the metro, because so much of Washingtons streets were closed due to the festivites. We had a picnic at the washington monument, listened to the band play and took naps on the lawn. We were then told by "anonymous" that the fireworks were being set off behind the capitol so trusting this person we walked the 3 miles up to the capitol carrying everything blankets food, toys etc. NOTE: I was wearing wedges, I knew I would have to walk alot that day but they were so cute so keep that in mind....So we walked the 3 miles up to the capitol this is ontop of the other 3 miles that we walked to the Washington Monument on top of the 2 miles we walked to the metro so we are at 8 miles so far. When we got to the Capitol building we found this HUGE reflection pool that was about a foot deep, so what did we all do? we walked around in the pool, played frisbee and took a spot next to the pool for the fireworks. The cool water felt so good on our feet and to cool us down. So sitting their for two hours we were finally told that the fireworks were being set off at the LINCOLN MEMORIAL which is 6 miles down the National Mall. So what did we do? We packed everything up and walked back to the moument, after a mile a group of us got tired and hopped in a cab :). Luckily we made it back to the Washinton Monument and got a great spot to watch the fireworks. We also got a great view of the White House, Barack knows how to throw a party.So now we are at 9 miles, so after the firework show which was incredible by the way we had to walk back to the metro, now we are at 12 miles (in heels) When we got to the metro we found that us along with a thousand other people were trying to get into the metro station, three hours later of standing in line we got on the metro, walked 2 miles back to the car. MY FEET STILL HAVENT HEALED!!! After the metro we all went to Ihop which was a great finish to the day! It was a eventful, memory making, fun and exciting 4th of July. We loved it!! Happy Birthday America!

Our Vegas Reception...well what we have of it :(

2009-07-08T17:49:00.001-07:00

Josh with his DP and me with my Coke in the Limo
"I fly like paper get high like planes"

Me and my Anna

Love these two to DEATH!!

I loved the back of my dress :)

Kings Tournament

Josh, Colby and the Ultimate Justin Bobby

Our Amazing cake it was so great

Thanks Alayna

Okay so I would like to say that I didnt have any regrets about our wedding but I just thought of one. Our reception is Vegas was Amazing and unfortunatley I didnt get any pictures of it, Iam sure our friends have some here and their but I will just tell you about it. It was in Vegas and of course we had it at Brad and Carolee Andersons house....its tradition in our group of friends :) it was absolutely beautiful!! There were candles, ligthts, amazing center pieces done by my amazingly hillarious mother in law, the food was so great, my father in law made his homemade rootbeer with dry ice it was a huge hit!! The andersons went all out and got huge fireworks that lit up the sky, its vegas so they werent the dinky ones, Im talking big ones!! Our cake was gorgeous thanks to alyana winder she is so talented and we love her to death, It was such a great night and when we though it was all winding down, joshs parents said they had a surprise for us. Yep they rented a Stretch SUV limo!!! It was so much fun, our friends and us all piled in went to 7-11 and cruised down the strip singing and dancing in the limo. Finally they dropped us off at the Excalibur were we stayed for the weekend. We had such a nice room it was so relaxing and fun!! Our amazing friends colby and anna hung out with us the whole weekend, with late nights in the hotel room, getting sushi at I LOVE SUSHI!!! its amazing and going to the Kings Tournament!! It was so much fun Im glad I found these pics. Thank you to everyone who made it so special!!!

Keeping Myself Busy

2009-06-29T18:30:00.000-07:00

Well working from home 12 hours leaves alot of time for me to find little projects to keep me occupied and keep me from spending all my time and money online shopping. Lately I have felt like my hair is just drab and that it needs some new style to it, so I got the idea of making headbands that are original and that no one else would have, so here they are. The bird one was actually my first one, I like it cause who else wears a bird on your head...no one and I have gotten alot of compliments actually so it seems to be going well. I love doing projects and I like these especially because I always wear head bands and these are stylish, you can throw your hair up in a ponytail add a chic headband and your all set. Its great and its easy. Its been fun wondering around michaels picking out little things and putting them together, everything that I have put on my headbands I have had to create out of something it wasnt. Its been really fun and hopefully as time goes on I will get better and more complex with the designs. Hope you enjoy! Life is great here in Baltimore!

Defying Gravity in New York City!!!

2009-06-22T10:12:00.000-07:00

FINALLY!!!

Driving to New York

Lunch at Cosi's

Waiting to go into the theater

YEAH

Dress of Diamonds

Wicked Chair Still waiting......

OZ Dust Boutique

I snuck in a picture of the amazing stage!!

YOGA in time square...so jealous

Iam going to try my best to describe in words how amazing Wicked is, I dont think i will even come close but i will try. Okay so for a year and a half ever since my sister natalie went to New York and came back with the soundtrack, I have been listening to the soundtrack pretty much everyday (this is no exaggeration ask josh) I know every word every song every key change you name it I know it. When my katherine and my mom went last summer they came back just ranting and raving about it which made me even more anxious to see it. Finally josh and I went to New York for new years this past January, thinking I would be able to see it I was over the moon, everyday we went to the theater to try and get in by doing the lottery. What the lottery is, is they have you put your name in this basket and they draw out 10 or 13 names, if your name is called you get 2 front row tickets for 25.00 each, yeah its pretty amazing but after trying for five days and never getting in I knew that I wouldnt be able to see it which was pretty much dissapointing to say the least. Well it wasnt until josh surprised me with the tickets that I knew that I would be able to see it and I officially freaked out I cant even describe how happy I was. Ok so sunday finally came Josh and I got up super early and set out for New York, we arrived around 11:30 it was so cool being able to drive into the city through the lincoln tunnel and out onto times square! it was an experience to say the least. So we got in found a parking garage near the gershwin theater and waited until it was time. We got lunch around the corner at a place called Cosi's their special is they bring out a plate of smores and a bowl of fire, it was fun roasting marshmallows in the middle of new york, we of course got a hot dog from a street vendor and watched a man get arrested by 8 cops, he tried to steal something and got his nose broken. It was so funny. So after lunch it was finally time to go into the theater. Just being inside there was such a exciting energy it was probably just me but the anticipation was killing me!! When we actually got into the theater I couldnt believe the design and detail in the set was just incredible, I felt like every 10 seconds i asked josh when it was going to start and then finally the music blarred and out came the monkeys. During the entire performance I was choking up until at the end of the second act elphaba flew into the air singing defying gravity ohhh man i lost it!! The music is so powerful and incredible!! The entire day was just perfect Josh and I couldnt stop talking about how amazing it was and how enchanting and briliant the entire show was. On the way home we listened to the whole soundtrack and re played joshs favorite songs. It was so amazing I cant even describe it like i said. Life is AMAZING here in baltimore!!!!

Big 21 part 2

2009-06-22T09:45:00.001-07:00

YAYYY THE AQUARIUM!!!

The Fun Crazy Drive

Poor Turtle

Sushi by the Bay

Part 2: soo Im sitting at my desk waiting for calls to come in and like I said there was a knock and the door, and who was it?? My amazing husband tricked me into thinking he was working for the day. So excited I hurried and got ready and josh and I headed off to the Baltimore National Aquarium. Everyone who knows me knows how much i love the ocean and anything that lives in it. So this was a perfect place to be on my birthday. Josh and I had so much fun goofing off taking funny pictures and looking at all the amazing animals and shows that the aquarium had to offer. The aquarium actually sits on the inner harbor of the atlantic ocean so it was pretty cool to be by the ocean. It was so pretty and the aquarium is huge!! we were able to see everything from sharks and frogs to snakes and dolphins, it was such a great day. After the aquarium we waked down the pier and ate at a sushi restaurant looking over the ocean it was very romantic and alot of fun!! After our adventerous day we came home and all of the boys came over and watched a movie with us. It was such a great birthday and Im so lucky that i was able to spend it with my bestfriend, my amazing husband Josh! Life is amazing is great for us here in baltimore!!

The Big 21!! part 1

2009-06-22T09:31:00.001-07:00

Waking up and walking out...dont judge i just woke up
The boys singing, i didnt blow out all my candles :(

The cute boys getting ready

Josh decorated our apartment all by himself

My twilight cake

Opening my tickets to WICKED

So this past tuesday was my 21st birthday, I wasnt expecting too much because it landed on a weekday and josh works everyday except sunday but to my surprise it was more than i could ask for!! I woke up in the morning having josh ask me to come out in the kitchen and help him with something so i got up and walked into the living room to a surprise party!! It was great all of our reps were there with hats on and all singing, josh got me a twighlight cake which was amazing and we had cake and ice cream for breakfast at 9 am!! It was great!! The boys sang to me and each one said one thing that they liked about me...it was cheezy but the boys are sweet. so after they all went around i finally got to open my present, josh pulled out all the stops on this one and got us two tickets to see WICKED in NEW YORK on the 21st!! It was amazing I have been waiting to see wicked for over a year and a half and I cant believe that it was actually close and I was going to see it!! So after presents and cake the boys left and I stayed at home to work that is until i heard a knock at the door..... (to be continued in part 2)

Go Braves...or Orioles....we dont really care!!

2009-06-15T12:59:00.001-07:00

Baltimore Orioles vs. Atlanta Braves
Pretty good seats, it was extremely hott though

Troy and Josh watching the game and evening out farmers tan

Josh and I recently went to our first Major League Baseball game. Neither of us know anything about baseball nor do we care but it was a fun experience and we had a really good time. The stadium is in downtown Baltimore right next to the harbor it was so pretty and extremely hot! I had to get a cup of ice to continuously cool me down. It was fun relaxing and cheering at the ball park and we definately learned alot more about baseball, although i dont think we will be going out of our way to catch any more games. Later that night Josh took his whole team out to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner because they had scheduled 50 accounts in one day....pretty amazing. Cheesecake Factory was so much fun. They sat us in the back of the restaurant in our own little section. We kinda celebrated my birthday, by cheering and chanting Im positive they wont allow us back again. Great food and good friends make a really fun weekend here in baltimore!!

The Miracle Cleaner

2009-06-10T12:13:00.000-07:00

Ever since Josh and I got married and I started cleaning up after myself :) and a husband without fail almost every week I need a new bottle of Windex. I love the smell, even though it makes Josh want to throwup i use it anyway. Beides the amazing intoxicating smell it seems to clean everything from counter tops, to mirrors to dishes...just kidding. But seriously it cleans everything no matter what. Im not copying this off of My Big Fat Greek Wedding because in all honesty windex cant cure any ailment, but its a miracle worker in its own sense. Put a tablespoon in a load of Laundry or a load of Dishes, they come out smelling better and looking better. If you visit the website www.tipking.com it shows you timeless tips that will help and make your life easier. A woman asked what she could do to take her wedding ring off of her swollen finger here is what Tip King suggested:

Get a ring off your finger wih windex
To get a ring off your finger spray windex on the ring and then slip it off. Windex is better than lotions because it doesn't damage the stones. As a bonus the ring is shiny afterwards.

See there ya go i believe that is miracle working #3 and I am sure there are many many more!! Keep ya posted..

Our Little Munchkin

2009-06-08T09:16:00.001-07:00

Commador Norrington

Asleep in the car on Josh's lap

My Boys

Well if I said that I was obsessed with this dog it would be a understatement!! I feel like this little guy is my child, its crazy but its good. It has helped me to always put him and Josh before me, its been a good lesson. Well i would say obsessed but if you ask josh he would say i am paranoid, he understands though due to a past experience we had last year. Last year Josh and I were doing summer sales in Denver, Co. It was and still is hard having him be gone from 9am-9 pm 6 days a week so needless to say I was pretty lonely. For my birthday he surprised me with a yorkie puppy, I was able to pick which one I wanted and I picked the runt of the littler a little girl, we named her Piper and immediately we were in love. Every day I would take her to work with me and pretty much wherever I went she went. Well as the summer went on every day I became more and more attatched to her, she would sleep on my chest and follow me everywhere. Towards the end of July almost a month away from the summer ending, I was at work on a saturday so no one else was in the office except me and piper. I was up front taking a call, Piper walked in sat at my feet and began throwing up, immediatley I picked up the phone and called the animal hospital, they told me to bring her in right away so I grabbed my keys and left. I thought to myself what the fastest way to get there was, I thought I will just take the road up the hill it will be way fast. Wrong!! Well at the bottom of the hill a cop was waiting for me. Freaking out I pulled over and started crying. I told the cop what was happening and he replied to me "well it doesnt look to serious, license and registration" Twenty minutes later Piper had crawled into my lap and died. I ran to the police car and told him she had died he told me to go back to my car. He then came back and told me he was going to let me go....AFTER TWENTY MINUTES OF WAITING!!!!!!!! crying my eyes out I called josh and he met me at the animal hospital. That night josh and I drove out to a field by our apartment to burry her while josh was diggin the hole guess who came by....another cop. He told us that it was private property and that we couldnt be on the property. SO we packed up and drove out to the airport and burried her there. This whole story is to explain why I am so paraniod about Norrington, that experience was so tragic that its kinda messed me up. Josh and I bought a bell for Norringtons collar so that in the middle of the night if he moves I know he is alive, I limit his chew toys cause Im scared he will choke, I get nervous over the littlest things its so bad but I just cant handle losing another one and go through that heartbreak again. Norrington is such a blessing he has filled that void that I had and Im so happy I have him.

My favorite things about Norrington are:

1) He follows me wherever I go

2) He sleeps right next to me

3) When he sleeps on his back he puts his paws in the air

4) When he licks my face he puts his paw on my cheek

5) He sleeps in with Josh and I

We Love our little Munchkin and are so blessed to have him!!

Temple Night in Washington DC

2009-06-08T09:03:00.000-07:00

(I took this picture :)

This past saturday night josh and I were able to attend a session at the Washington DC Temple. It truly was amazing. There is something about the temple where the moment you step inside the whole world melts away, you are immediatley comforted and at ease. You just feel at peace knowing that you are in the House of the Lord. One of the things that Josh and I enjoy is of course going to the temple, but going to different temples we want to see them all. Each temple is beautiful in its on way but no matter what temple you go to they all offer that sense of peace and comfort. It was also neat to go to the DC temple because my dads Uncle helped design it and my dad also worked on building it so it was neat to know that my family helped with the construction of the House of the Lord. I love this gospel and I know with all my heart that this church is the true church! Life is pretty amazing

Lowe Shrubs

2009-06-06T09:44:00.000-07:00

Over the years I have come to realize that our family is not like everyone else. Our family is seriously sarcastic, we have a way of remembering and quoting movie lines, we talk about food constantly even while we are eating. My sisters have always played a huge role in my life. They have helped me through scary health issues, scary relationships, breakups. They have been there when i didnt ask them and they have been there even when I have asked them to leave. Despite my many flaws they still love me and they still support me. These two girls have blessed my life in so many ways, they have enriched many moments and we have laughed many many times. With inside jokes, movie quotes and special memories our bonds are strong and our love for eachother is deep. I love my sisters with everything that I have and I am so blessed that I will be able to spend eternity with these two angels!! Natalie and Katherine....Lub you Shrubs!!!

BaLtIMoRe, Md

2009-06-06T07:56:00.000-07:00

Well here we are in Baltimore, Maryland. It is definatley an experience living out here. Before I left to get onto the plane all my dad said was "Be careful honey Baltimore is the MURDER capital of the US...have a good flight" Ahhhh well one week into it and no murders yet so far so good. Living in Utah you hear people all the time saying "well we live in a desert" and I never really understood that phrase until I came out here. The Salt Lake Valley in the summer is full of trees and the mountains are so green i just didnt understand. Here in Maryland its a whole new world. Everything is surrounded by huge tall trees, freeways buildings, houses, you name it. Along every freeway all you see is trees! Its incredible but I miss not seeing what were driving by along the road seriously you can not see a thing. The weather out here has been unlike Utah as well. For the past three days it has been raining hard constantly and lightning and thunderstorms everynight. Its good for me because A) I love the rain and B) I work from home soo poor Josh is covered in mosquito bites soaking wet trying to sell pest control. Thats not slowing him down 2 days this week he has sold 12 accounts in one day!!! Thats incredible in the Pest Control Industry he is doing really well and I am so proud of him. I am glad that we are making all this money and that we will actually get to save it!! Josh and I will be moving into my grampas house at the end of the summer for FREE!!!! No rent, no utilities, no nothing its going to be great. Sadly though he is not doing so great but it will be good to live there and spend more time with him! I truly feel blessed with everything that is going on in our lives it seems as though things have slowed down and we can just focus on us. Things are great in Baltimore!! thanks for reading

HeRe CoMeS tHe BrIdE!!!

2009-06-05T10:36:00.000-07:00

Goodbye you Dirty Birds

Adorable Candy Table

The Grooms Cake....its Andrews prized truck

Sarah and Andrew Moffitt

Laurel, Tori, Kasi, Taylor, Jenn, Amy, Amie, Natalie, Brittney, Sarah, Emeri, Lauren, Katie, Duffy, and Jennifer

Jenn, Lauren, Sarah, Laurel and Kasi

Nessa and Gramma Lowe...love them both so much

Us girls!!

Jenn, Sarah and Amy

Best Friends for 14 years

Laurel Hanks and I....were so happy when were together

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Moffitt

Bachelorette Party at Bucca Di Beppo

Josh actually dropped me off in Utah on his was to Maryland because I had one of my best friend’s wedding to go to.

Sarah and Andrew Moffitt were married May 29th 2009 in the Salt Lake Temple their wedding was Gorgeous and Sarah was stunning. We are so happy for them!! Best of Luck We love you guys!!!

Date Night

2009-06-05T09:50:00.000-07:00

Steak and Chicken with Vegetable Kabobs a green salad with rice pilaf and rolls and for dessert we had homemade cheesecake!! Were so domestic

Preparing our date night out on the patio for our boys!!

Janessa and I

If any of you have ever sold over a summer you know how incredibley hard it is and how long the days are. Well one of the joshs sales reps girlfriends flew out for the week and we were able to hangout which was amazing because being the only girl out here is extremely hard but anyways we did everything you could imagine. It was so much fun being with her and we both felt that our boys needed a little pick me up so we went all out and planned a date night for them!!

SoCal So Far

2009-06-05T08:52:00.000-07:00

This is josh and I stuck on a ride because while we were on it california was hit with a 4.7 earthquake. They had to stop the ride, turn on the lights and we had to wait there til someone came and got us. We were escorted out of the ride and had to walk through it and out the backstage it was CRAZY!!!!!

FInding Nemo Submarine Ride(below)
hence the fish face

Josh and I on winnie the pooh ride its my favorite and he is sucj a good sport

We tried this kayaking thing you can do around tom sawyers island it was pretty fun and kinda hard ha hah a

STEAK GUMBO by Pirates of the Carribean

INCREDIBLE!!!!!

Josh and I love love love disneyland, this last time was the 3rd time we have been since we met eachother and it was as magical as the first time we went.!!!

My friend Janessa and I went out on a little adventure, we rented bikes, went fishing on the peir, took pictures with the birdman and his freaky birds it was insane but we pretty much rocked NewPOrt!!

This is Janes Corndogs in New Port Beach its amazingly good and really famous down there, this one by baloboa but the #1 is right on the Newport Peir Board walk. I got a Corn on the cob and a cherry lemonade mmmmmmm

Josh and I looking over the valley of Hollywood and LA. We went up to the Observatory it was crowded but we had so much fun

For some reason it is really hard for Josh and I to stay in one place to long, though his job may have something to do with it, its kinda what we like to do. We have been able to live in lots of places and nothing really stays the same for us.....and we LOVE IT!!! Heres our story. Josh does Pest Control for the summer, this past fall his company did some rearranging and by that I mean going banmkrupt. So josh was found by a few companys and they all offered us great deals, we thought about it and prayed about it and decided on a certain company. Josh spent the next months recruiting sales reps and getting everything ready for us for the summer. Well three days before we are suppose to leave, Josh's reps decide that they want to go with another company who was offering more :) so at the last minute everyone switched and we had no other choice but to go. It turned out to be one of the best things that happened.They sent us to Irvine, CA. It was amazing!!! My Grammy Lowe lives in Orange County and I was only 30 mins from her house, it was great spending time with her and getting her house in order and helping her with whatever she needed she is a saint we all Love GRAMMA LOWE!!!! We were so close to Newport beach, we always went to Hunnington Beach and went to DisneyLand and California Adventure, we went to Hollywood and did so many fun things!!

JAMES TAYLOR @ RED ROCK, CO

2009-06-05T08:28:00.000-07:00

The set list for the Concert!! It was a good one

Some security guard who let go to the stage!!!

JAMES TAYLOR EVERYONE

If any of you bloggers know me, you know that one of my dads favorite singers is James Taylor. All the lowe kids were so lucky that we got to grow up with sounds of James Taylor pretty much all the time. I of course grew to love James and his music and to this day he is still my favorite singer of all time. Last summer in Denver, CO josh and I went to his summer concert tour at Red Rock Amphitheatre, it was incredible. Red Rock is a amphitheatre that is in the mountains and the acoustics are amazing, it was outside it was warm and the concert was beyond words. Josh and I actually got 11 row, we could see everything and everyone. Our favorite part of the concert was when he sang "Shower the People" while he was singing this song it began raining everyone was screaming and dancing in the rain. It was awesome. I love James Taylor and hopefully our kids will love him too :)

2009-06-05T08:04:00.000-07:00

Me and Patrick Wilson. He is on Lakeview Terrace and Phantom of the Opera!

Katie Holmes

Central Park

(left) 30Rock
Statue of Liberty (below)

This past new years Josh and I were so lucky becasue we got to spend New Years in New York City. It was absolutley amazing. We were able to see so many sights and lucky for us we saw 4 BroadWay shows....sadly enough none of them were Wicked :( Oh well I will get my chance one day. The shows we did see were: All my Sons, Little Meremaid(amazing) Phantom of the Opera and Marry Poppins. After we saw All my Sons we stood outside to meet the cast, Katie Holmes, John Lithgow and Patrick Wilson. It was insane but a neat expereince. Josh got to meet Tom Cruise while I stayed at the ESPN zone with some friends and watched UofU win the 2009 Sugar Bowl whoot whoot!! While we were in New York we stayed with a couple of friends in Queens and then took the Subway into downtown each morning and each night. It was quite an experience for both of us, josh had never been there before and I hate the cold but we had a blast. We pretty much got to see everything Empire State Building, Ground Zero, The Temple, etc etc. We were there for 5 days and quickly began to grow tried of our company so most days josh and I went out on our own with our subway map and saw what we wanted to see and had more fun than we ever imagined. We loved New York, hopefully we will be back soon!!!!

2009-04-08T20:03:00.000-07:00

Josh the new Tiger Woods

My sister natalie golfing 5 months pregnant...she did good

Every conference weekend my family goes down St. George to be together. This Conference weekend we played golf, played games, played the wii and went out to lunch. It was fun being together as a family with our new additions. Josh and Kyle(my sisters husband) are great additions to the family. Natalie is pregnant which is another addition!! Were so excited.!! Conference was great as always and being together as a family was needed. Josh and I were able to spend time with my family along with his family. It was a great weekend to get away from the norm and finally be in some warm weather!!!

HARI KRISHNA!!!!!

2009-04-08T19:41:00.000-07:00

Josh and I at the Festival of Colors in Spanish Fork. Its a hindu tradition where they throw powdered chalk in the air to welcome in spring. It was so much fun. There were thousands of people, mosh pits and singing and dancing it was a really fun experience!!!

HARI KRISHNA 2009

Britt, Rachelle & Jenn

Britt and I......Our hair stayed that color for awhile!!!!

Our New Addition

2009-03-25T16:30:00.001-07:00

Meet Commador Norrington!

This little bundle of joy was born Ocotber 30th 2008, he is almost 5 months old and weighs about 5 lbs (he feels like 2lbs) Norrington for short for us is the perfect dog, he is very cuddly and gets nervous everytime Jenn leaves the room. At times we want to shoot him cause has accidents but we couldnt live with out him. Yes he is wearing a polo in this picture he is a pimp!!

Time and All Eternity

2009-03-25T15:49:00.000-07:00

YAY SPARKLERS....dream come true SEE YA SUCKAS

The Car....it was so fun!!!

On Ocotber 16th, 2008 Josh and I were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple for Time and All Eternity. The emotions and feelings of that day are unlike any I have every felt before. It was amazing to see all of our friends and Family there to support us and be with us on our special day. We spent the surprisngly warm perfect day taking pictures, laughing and making memories that will never fade. After our hours on the temple grounds josh and I headed to our reception. We had it in a little italian bistro called Luganos in Holliday, Ut. It was more than I could ever ask for, My mother is known for never being able to do anything simple, she goes above and beyond in all that she does. It truly was amazing. We had time to sit down, dance, cut our cheescake and hangout with all those who came for us. When the night wound down we gathered our things and ran through a shower of sparklers and rode away in our black austin healey 3000(The car from father of the bride). We spent the night at Anniversary Inn, in the Phantom of the Opera room. The day was more perfect than I could have ever imagined and I married my best friend. It truly was a perfect day!

Mexican Riviera

2009-02-02T22:10:00.000-08:00

Josh and I on the Boat leaving Cabo

Josh and I playing BINGO

Josh and I with two of his convertsLOVING MEXICO

Our cruise started in L.A, we first went to Puerto Vallarta there we zip lined in the jungle, ate tacos and attend our very first bull fight. Our next day we were in Mazatlan this was our beach day, josh parasailed, we rented wave runners and played in the ocean. Cabo San Lucas came next, this is where josh served a part of his mission so we rented a scooter and met up with some of the people that he converted, we then went to the beach and played in the waves. Each night josh and I would get ice cream walk around the ship and then hit up the club!! it was an amazing trip and I wish relive it over and over again!

Hello Blogging World

2009-02-02T22:02:00.000-08:00

Well after much convincing I finally decided to set up a blog thanks to Britt. This is all very new to me but I have heard that it is great and that it is addicting....great. Josh and I just got back from a 1 week cruise in Mexico, i dont really know how to add pictures but when I do I will add pictures!