Brian and Hilary

Been Awhile!

2012-02-04T11:38:00.001-08:00

Its definitely been awhile since I last blogged! I mostly just like reading everyone else's blog because mine is so boring!

A week before we moved home from Texas, Brian had surgery to get his gallbladder out and is feeling much better! That darn gallbladder, who needs it anyway :)

It took me 3 months to get a job and now I work at the Idaho Kidney Institute as the Medical Assistant! It's the best job I have ever had, and also the most stressful! The Doctors are absolutely amazing and are incredibly smart, I'm pretty darn lucky, I love the people I work with.

Brian is working with Mountain West Electric as an electrician apprentice. He has an awesome boss that we really like. We're pretty excited to have a good stable career that won't make us move every summer!

Harley has been to the vet three times since we've moved back. Between eating things he isn't supposed to, to being attacked by a big white dog, he's had an eventful couple months!

I got a new camera but haven't taken many pictures, however we are planning on getting family pictures in the spring and I will definitely post those!

Idaho!

2011-09-03T12:00:00.000-07:00

I lost my camera so no pictures :(

Good news though in two weeks we'll be on our venture home to Idaho permanently! We are estatic, Brian got a job with Mountain West Electric. He was in the apprenticeship before apx came along and with the help of some friends he is going back! And I'll finally be able to finish my classes on campus!

shortest post ever, but we might be MIA until we get everything settled

Oh, Deer.

2011-07-24T18:18:00.000-07:00

Life has been much better lately.

I love my job! I love the ladies I work with, it is definitely an entertaining place to work. The offenders leave me alone for the most part, every once in awhile one of them will cat-call at me like they haven't seen a woman in a long time but someone usually always tells them to shut it for me. The guards are nice and the system is set up very well so I feel safe.

Brian is doing good too, just work mostly and we still don't know what exactly we want to do so for now we'll just keep working until we figure it out.

Texas is so hot, in fact the hottest it has been in awhile. We hit the record of most days over 100 degrees in one year. Harley doesn't want to go outside so the poor thing will hold it until early morning or late night or until we carry him outside ourselves. We had heard that wildlife has been dying because we haven't had rain in so long and of the heat. Then the other day we got proof of how thirsty these animals are. We couldn't figure out why Harley was going insane at the window until we looked out and saw six deer in our lawn. Two mommas and four babies. Drinking away at the hose we had on. We love them, I've seen them watch me some mornings as I leave for work. Aren't they the cutest things you have seen?! Sorry the pictures aren't good. We had to take them from inside our windows and every move we made it seemed like they could hear us so we were trying so hard to be quiet.

That's mostly all we've been up to, has anyone seen the new Harry Potter? We are completely nerded out on it, I wish it was true!

New Job!

2011-06-16T12:47:00.000-07:00

It didn't take as long as I thought it would and I got offered the job I really wanted last week! It's with Hendrick Medical Hospital here in Abilene but I'm out at one of the Texas Prisons! My mom is not very thrilled with the prison part but I'm pretty excited! Criminal work is my new major so I'm anxious to see if it's something I really want to do!

There's a part in the prison where I have to walk all by myself with just the guards up in the towers watching, to the medical building, and the offenders are out and about walking as well. I think that's the part where I lost my mom on how awesome of a job it is!

I didn't take this picture, but this it what it looks like.

May 2011

2011-06-01T14:21:00.000-07:00

When we did the summer installing, at the end of every summer I would be dying to go home and see my family. That type of homesickness hit me about three months ago and got worse and worse! Poor Brian had to hear the complaining multiple times a day! Then at the beginning of the month, we found out we were expecting! So incredibly crazy! It completely caught us off guard and the shock never went away. It must of been the pregnancy hormones creep in on me because I cried all the time, for no reason whatsoever! Finally I came home after a long day at work and bought a plane ticket to go home!

Of course, my work wasn't thrilled at my actions, and told me there was no way they could let me go, so the next day I put in my two weeks, and was so relieved to finally see people that I loved! I didn't go to the doctors right away to confirm if the news was true, I trusted the four tests I took but I finally scheduled an appointment to go in. I knew something wasn't right a couple days before my appointment but I kept myself busy to not think of what was happening. I pray that no one has to hear the news that we did, all they could confirm was that our baby didn't live past five weeks. The shock from when we found out to the shock at the appointment felt the same and I took it a lot harder then I thought I would.

I know someday we'll be parents and maybe we'll be able to use the name that I clinged onto the whole time. What a wonderful husband I have by my side, I could gush for hours on how great he is to me and how he treated me last month! And now to gush about my parents, they cheered me up a billion times more and did everything that I wanted to do! I don't know when we'll be able to move home, but I'm hoping to sometime later this year, I never realized how much I love my home state until you live away from it for so long.

Exhibit A on cheering up: we found these glasses in my sisters old room, I about died when my dad put them on, then my mom and I joined in, I wish everyone could of been there the hysterical laughter was so fun.

I am so incredibly obsessed with my neices and nephews. Camilla and Trent are so much fun for me!
It was my sisters birthday while I was home and my favorite part of her dinner was when they sang to her at Garcia's, she took it like a champ however Trent glared at us the whole time! He was so embarrassed!

Catching Up!

2011-04-10T15:30:00.001-07:00

Nothing much has been going on with us lately, maybe that's why I've put off blogging for so long! We both mostly work and work and work! I start school in like a week and a half and I can't believe that it's already here, I'm kind of sad about it I really enjoyed my break! but after this semester I only have about 3 more classes until I have an associates, and then I'm changing my major...again :) Brian is still the Service Tech for Apx/Vivint, (I still like the old name) but we decided that's not something we want to do forever and have thought about a few different options, when we chose one I'll update about it!

We had our third anniversary last month! Abilene is probably the most boring town in Texas it does have a lot of bars and churches but not much else than that! So we were pretty much forced to go to the zoo, in 95 degree weather so excuse the sweat and Brian's bratty face. I absolutely loved the giraffes, there's a certain time in the day where your allowed to feed them but we didn't stay long enough.

Winter so far

2011-01-08T15:49:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone had a great Christmas! We were very blessed and got to come home and see our family and friends! It flew by, and we enjoyed every minute of it, I sure missed everyone. Sorry if we went MIA throughout the week, it seems like every holiday we end up getting sick with something and we got a combination of the flu/cold/respiratory infections, thank you mom for taking such good care of us! Can't wait to come back and see everyone, who knows maybe I'll come home for a semester!

My sister and I

I'm so in love with my sister's two kids, if she would let me, I'd take them home!
I'm surprised myself that Camilla didn't cry when I held her, she seems to only love her mother haha

Cute Trent, I don't think I've loved a child as much as I love this boy!

It seems like everytime we move with Apx, we find some amazing people. These girls are my co-workers and I'm so thankful for each of them! This was at our Christmas party! The next morning I couldn't find my camera anywhere, ends up I left it at my boss's house, when I got it back on Monday I had about 20 photos that were straight up hilarious. Like this one:
From left: My boss Jody, Jax, Myself, Ashley, Jennifer, and Jill
Yep I love them!

I have a lot more pictures, but uploading them takes forever and I'm not that patient!

Macadamia Nuts

2010-12-14T16:26:00.000-08:00

Where to begin! We had quite the weekend in our home! On Saturday we took the HHR to the drive in, opened up the back and watched our new obsession of Harry Potter, so much fun! And since it was a drive in, we got to take Harley. However, while we were watching the movie, Harley got ahold of some macadamia nuts that a customer had given Brian. 24 hours later, we are in the Animal Emergency room, did you guys know that nuts are toxic to dogs, especially macadamia nuts? Harley had temporarily paralyzed legs, hypothermia, and a high fever! Yes, all three of those symptoms are from the freaking nuts! For everyone that knows us, know how much this little guy means to us, and we were both a wreck including Brian, which scared me even more because Brian usually holds it together for the both of us! He's doing a lot better now, and started to walk again yesterday, his fun little attitude is slowly coming back as well. Maybe someday we'll look back and laugh that he was so sneaky...but until then...damn you macadamia nuts!

Oct/Nov

2010-11-27T16:53:00.000-08:00

I'm getting a little bad at updating, and now I have so much to update that I don't even feel like doing it haha. But I got a new job working in a dental office, so far so good, it's a tad stressful now and then but I like it hopefully they'll let me go home for Christmas. And Brian's job is going good, he has some new people to train down here and he got a sweet new ride!

My parent's came down this week for Thanksgiving, it was probably the fastest week of my life! I wish they could of stayed longer we had so much fun with them visiting!

Hope y'all had a good Thanksgivin'! :)

"Well Obviously!"

2010-10-02T05:00:00.000-07:00

Does it make me an awful person that I've watched this over and over again and I laugh every time? The girls at my work started quoting this the other day, and yes this was really on the news about two months ago!

"Ya'll need to hide ya kids, hide ya wife, and hide ya husband because they rapin' anybody out hur."

My favorite part starts at 1:00

Video Via Youtube

Bugs, Bugs, and MORE bugs!

2010-08-24T16:12:00.001-07:00

We've been in Texas about two and a half weeks now and we really like it. Its HOT all the time. We have found one thing we don't like though - Abilene doesn't have a drainage system, seriously what city doesn't have a freaking drainage system!! and lucky us, we found that out the hard way! We arrived into Abilene around 9 p.m. and we got seperated on the highway and Brian's phone was about dead. I was totally freaking out and had to turn around and before I knew it my car splashed into this huge puddle of water that looked like this (not even kidding)

I don't know how my car got out of it but I did, must be those awesome driving skills that I have! Just kidding, I'm the worst driver ever. There hasn't been another bad rain storm since then, and I'm really dreading the next one. We're already considering trading in our cars for a truck because Brian will get a company car in awhile and there's no point having three cars.
Moving on...there are so many bugs here. Some that I didn't even know existed, to prove my point here is exhibit A:

I'm convinced it's a half spider half moth. Brian says it's just a moth. Sorry the picture isn't very good, I stood on the steps of our porch and had to zoom in, there was no way I was getting that close to that bug. Then the other day, I went to take Harley out and there was a lime green spider that was enormous, I didn't have the guts to take a picture of that one. I even tried googling it to know what it was, that was a bad idea. I had dreams of bugs for like two days.

We did find a place just outside of Abilene in the city Clyde and we love it we have our own yard. The people are way nice here, I can't believe how helpful everyone is. Our ward is about twenty minutes away and it's small but we like it. We miss our families and friends and it's been quite an adventure so far. Doesn't this make everyone want to move down here?! Just think...no snow in the winter and football is HUGE! We are in love.

Abilene, Texas!

2010-07-31T16:49:00.001-07:00

I'm bad at posting news, I think everyone already knows but I guess I'll blog anyway while Brian gets ready for the night, he seriously takes longer than I do! It all started while Brian was out this summer, and we had this crazy idea to apply for a service technician position, it was random and out of the blue but we thought we would try anyway. We liked the description of the job, it's hourly and offers benefits, what's not to like about that!? Since Brian was busy, I would apply him for them and I'd call and tell him the locations that were open. At the very beginning we both agreed that we did not want to go to Texas, haha which is so funny now but we really didn't want to go there! A little time passed and we never got a call, and it got a little frustrating because he qualified for every opening! Finally, with some help from friends (thanks Crystal and Shawn!) we got a position and where is it at? Texas! We are so thrilled and excited for this new adventure and Texas really feels like the place we need to be! He starts the 9th of August and we're moving some of our stuff next week and find a place and then my mother-in-law is driving down a few days later with the rest of our belongings! I hate not knowing exactly where we are living and everything but it all feels right to us, so now our families and friends just need to migrate south!

Summer Lovin'

2010-07-05T21:33:00.000-07:00

Summer is flying by so fast I can't believe it! I've been keeping myself busy so I'm sure time will keep flying until me and Harley fly out in August to see Brian, we are so excited some nights I can't even sleep. June was crazy, we had so much stuff going on like...

Harley turning 2! I know I still can't believe how much he has grown and the attitude that has grown with him! And yes we love our dog that much that we actually know his birthday.

My mom and I did a 50 mile bike ride! It was so much fun well up until mile 37ish, then I really started hating life but I would do it again in a heart beat, so if anyone wants to go on a bike ride, call me! We even did a Lazyman Ironman which consisted of 112 miles biking, 26 miles running, and 97 laps in the pool! Don't worry we had a time limit, we haven't gotten our shirts for it yet, but I'm just so happy we actually got it done!

This was before the race obviously because I'm still smiling! Anyone notice the yellow swim floaty? Hahaha my dad cracks me up, he put that there so our bikes wouldn't rub together! If anyone knows my dad they know how freaking hilarious this is, my mom and I were laughing so hard we couldn't even drive the car!

I was so excited to celebrate the 4th of July especially since I'm home for it! Then I got the flu can you believe that talk about perfect timing I was so mad! So I missed all the family barbeques, parades, and all that fun stuff! Thank heavens I spent the weekend at my parents, they took good care of me! My dad was so awesome and even took me to the fireworks, so I did get to see that even though I layed in the car during the finale, I'm such a loser! So don't judge the pictures I was sick all weekend!

Me and the littliest of Brian's sisters, Mari. She's a life savor and comes to stay with me some nights.

Me and krista! I love her to death!

Brian's sister Cami came up from Boise! I was so happy to see her last time she visited I was gone seeing Brian. I love this girl!

Pittsburgh!

2010-06-02T12:21:00.000-07:00

I finally made it out to Pittsburgh and had a blast! It was so much fun, thanks to all the wives for spending time with me, I am blessed to have such great friends! Sunday was our day to be together so we decided to spend it with just ourselves and went into Pittsburgh. We rode this thing up to the top of Pittsburgh, it's like a little cart that's connected by two cables, we felt totally safe the whole way up!

On Monday Brian dropped me off at the airport, my flight was suppose to leave at 3 so I was there at 1. Surprise surprise there was a storm in the Detroit airport which was where my connecting flight was so we were delayed. It's amazing what friends you can make in an airport while waiting for 6 long hours. I sat next to a girl named Val who was trying to get to London and we both sat next to this guy who was some kind of commander in the Army I forgot his name. My situation was pretty crummy but to be stuck in an airport on Memorial Day and talking to a solider that is serving our country really opened my eyes at how blessed we are. I'm so thankful for the people that risk their own lives so we can enjoy our freedom!

And I'm even more thankful for my parents who picked me up in Salt Lake at 1 in the morning and drove all night to get me home! How did I get so lucky to have the best family, friends, and husband?! It's fun being home now, my sweet dog really missed me! Ever since I've been home, he's been watching me like a hawk, I feel super important!

Husbandless

2010-05-10T16:49:00.001-07:00

Life has been so crazy these last few weeks, and they have flown by so fast! Okay that's kind of a lie, it's a little slow but I'm so anxious to see my husband it's amazing how much I miss him! But I've been staying busy with all the homework I have. And Harley is my little blessing by keeping me company. I think he's handling the seperation better than I am! He doesn't sit by the door and wait for Brian to get home, well not as much as he did a few weeks ago anyway. I cannot wait to see what he does when he sees Brian though, but that's not for like another 3 months for the little guy!

Brian's been doing good too. At least that's what he tells me! Last I heard he had to move into a hotel until they get some of the apartments figured out and I'm straight up praying he'll be back in the complex by the time I get there so I can hang out with the wives instead of stay in a hotel room all day! But I cannot wait to see him, phone calls are nice but it's not the same as seeing your husband everyday!

Anyway I don't have anything awesome or exciting to share, except that I'm still alive and surviving this 2000 mile seperation! I am quite proud of myself, I've only slept at my parents once, I am growing up!

And here's a few pictures from last week, I wish I had more pictures to share but I always forget to take my camera so these ones are from my phone. I visited my sister and my neice and nephew: Trent and Camilla.

Trent is straight up adorable, if Hailey would let me take him as my own I totally would! Oh and he told me that he loves me! It totally melted my heart! I sure love this boy!

I know I look disgusting in this picture, but that's what I look like lately! I've turned into a work out aholic! And since I've worked out everyday, I sleep pretty good and trust me after a month of sleeping by yourself, you would do the same! And I love the look Camilla has on her face! She is only 5 months old but is already sassy!

Hope everyone has a good week!

Small Update

2010-04-09T14:36:00.000-07:00

I decided to do a little update since Brian and I are going to be crazy busy this summer, I won't have much time to blog!

First - I passed all my finals with flying colors and I'm so excited that I thought I would share! I even had to figure out when I will graduate for one of my classes and in Fall 2012 I will have enough credits to student teach and then graduate! Seems like a ways off but I'm hoping it will go by fast!

Second - Brian has moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the summer working for Apx Alarm again, and I had to stay behind this year for school and such. I'm way sad! But I'm going to visit when I can, and fly out there with Harley for a few weeks in August when school is over. And I have to say that I have an amazing my family and family-in-law, they have all offered to stay with me and keep me entertained! I apologize in advance for all of my whining about being lonely, I can't help it! I would probably be the worst army wife ever so lets hope Brian doesn't decide to ever do that!

Third - My mom and I are working out hard to run a few races this summer! I'm excited/nervous/and straight up exhausted all the time, but I'm glad my mom is keeping me in shape and keeping me busy!

Also Brian and I are having a little competition on who can get the most toned up and healthy this summer (I think he made that bet hoping to keep me busy) whoever wins gets a small shopping spree. So to all my good girlfriends out there, feed him as many cookies as you want!!

Here's a couple pictures of our 2nd Anniversary from a few weeks ago! We went shooting targets with Brian's sister Krista and her husband Danny.

Also if anyone knows of any good airlines that are nice and friendly about dogs flying as a carry on please do share! I've been researching every airline possible but I'm being paranoid that I'll show up with Harley and they won't let him fly or something. Thanks!

Going Private

2010-03-16T11:10:00.000-07:00

We've decided to go private with our blog. So if anyone would like to still read it could you please leave your email addresses for me! Thanks!

I thought this was hilarious!

2010-03-05T15:32:00.000-08:00

TO BE 6 AGAIN:

A man was sitting on the edge of his bed, watching his wife,
who was looking at herself in the mirror.
Since her birthday was not far off he asked what she'd like to have for her birthday.
"I'd like to be six again," she replied, still looking in the mirror.
On the morning of her birthday, he arose early, made her a nice big bowl of Lucky Charms, and then took her to Six Flags Theme Park. What a Day! He put her on every ride in the park; the Death Slide, the Wall of Fear, the Screaming Roller Coaster, everything there was.

Five hours later they staggered out of the theme park. Her head was reeling and her stomach felt upside down. He then took her to a McDonald's where he ordered her a Happy Meal with extra fries and a chocolate shake.

Then it was off to a movie, popcorn, a soda pop, and her favorite candy, M&M's. What a fabulous adventure!

Finally she wobbled home with her husband and collapsed into bed exhausted.

He leaned over his wife with a big smile and lovingly asked, "Well Dear, what was it like being six again?"
Her eyes slowly opened and her expression suddenly changed.
"I meant my dress size, you retard!!!"

The moral of the story: Even when a man is listening, he is still gonna get it wrong.

45 Lessons in Life

2010-02-23T16:56:00.000-08:00

Everyday my mom sends me emails. Some are funny, sad, and some are just plain good! I was reading through some that she sent me awhile ago, because I save them and I found this one and I love it! It just makes me happy! Enjoy!

45 Lessons in Life

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step

3. Life is too short to waste time hating someone

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick, your friends and parents will, so stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement. Starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate. Resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with the past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret. You shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath, it calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful, or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to have a second childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, and then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age, wear purple now.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words. "In five years, will this matter?"

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone and everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business...

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.

37. Your children only get one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you are loved.

39. Get outside everyday. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we threw all our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time; you already have all you need.

42. The best is yet to come.

43. No matter how you feel, get up, get dressed, and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

The Day of LOvE♥

2010-02-14T20:59:00.000-08:00

We hope everyone had a great Valentines Day! Our weekend didn't consist of much, we aren't really the romantic type of people, and we only really like this day just for the presents. And I did just take a whole unit of poetry in one of my English classes, I should of picked a sweet poem for Brian, but I couldn't after a whole month studying it! Moving on, Brian bought me a summer dress because I am craving summer! I seriously cannot wait for the warm weather! and he also got me some other clothes. Pretty much any type of clothing is what makes me happy, and my sweet husband knows that! and I bought Brian a microphone thing for his xbox so he could talk with his friends while playing his games (which Harley has already chewed up so I have to go buy him another one). Although I will say that I am very grateful and am extremely blessed that I have a husband that tells me how much he loves me every single day!

*Please don't take the picture personal, we just thought it was hilarious! We actually like Ashton Kutchers thoughts on Valentines Day, he said we should have one day where we just hate people and every other day just love the heck out of them! But that wouldn't be very Christ-like would it?

More Harley

2010-01-27T22:51:00.000-08:00

I'm sure everyone gets so tired of hearing me talk about my sweet little pup, but I can't help it I think he's the cutest thing ever! Today I started looking at the pictures of the first day we got him and I can't believe how big he has grown and he's even developed the funniest attitude ever!

Our sweet little one:

-Always sleeps next to me, sometimes he'll snuggle up to brian but thats on a rare occasion

-He barks at everyone and everything, he thinks he's so tough and I think its down right funny

-He's only gotten along with one other dog in his whole year and a half of living and that would be Lucy Palasky, I can't wait till they get to see each other again!

-He barks and figits in his sleep

-If I start singing, sometimes he'll start barking back at me (I think he's trying to sing back, not because my singing is awful)

-He decided to explore the city of Rexburg on the day of Thanksgiving and I bawled my eyes out until Brian found him fifteen minutes later

I could keep going but I should probably stop or I'll be at this all night

We sure love you Harley♥

The very first day we got him! He was so little, I can't even remember him being that small!

The way he looks now, can you tell he's developed a little attitude with us?

Our Christmas

2009-12-28T21:44:00.000-08:00

We hope everyone had as great a Christmas like we did! Not only are we thankful for our friends and family this time of year, we are extremly thankful for our Savior!

We weren't the only ones spoiled rotten this year, Harley was too! those aren't even all the toys he got

Brian said we look exhausted in this picture, but its christmas we don't get much sleep!

And Harley was exhausted too!

Brian's family the morning of christmas

Our christmas tree that Brian decorated himself!

2009-12-10T09:21:00.001-08:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Nov. Update

2009-11-28T09:57:00.001-08:00

Wow this month has gone by so fast and I only have 3 1/2 weeks of school left the end is in sight! I'm so excited to be done with anat/phys, although I do have to say, besides the smell the cadavers were really cool! I have winter semester off but I signed up for night and online classes to get ahead, and I did change my major to be an english high school teacher and I'm really excited, I have about 5 more semesters and then I will be done! Brian is working but we might put him in school too, and is getting ordained an elder on the 13th of December, I'm so proud of him he is working so hard so we can go to the temple. Other than that nothing else has been going on in the Stewart household, I will post pictures in a few days of our christmas decorations, Brian decorated the tree all by himself, I think I married Jolly Ole Saint Nic...our decoratons were up 2 weeks before Thanksgiving!

2009-11-01T19:33:00.000-08:00

Halloween was so much fun for us! Brian got way into the Halloween spirit and decorated our place and even bought six bags of candy! The sad thing is though, we only had one trick o' treater, so we are a little bummed about it.We had such a hard time trying to pick out a costume for Harley because they were all so cute, but we decided on the pumpkin, maybe he'll be a cow next year because I fell in love with that one too.

And one of my favorite things about Halloween is going to see my mom! She works in the theatre builing up on campus and I go see her everyday anyway because I seriously have the coolest mom in the world! But every year she dresses up in some extravagant costume because she works with the costume shop that designs the actors clothing for plays. This year she picked out a really awesome dress that was all red and a huge hat that had a feather in it! oh and also she played the song, "Lady in Red" all day long, isn't she adorable?

Update on everything else: I'm still in school until the middle of December and then I'm off track for winter, and even though I love everything about the medical field, I'm thinking of changing my major to be a high school teacher, but that's just a maybe I'm still trying to decide, and Brian is just working still but he might be going to school too. My mom and I have started working out everyday together and I love spending time with her, even though I can barely keep up with her, it feels good to work out hard and run a little faster and longer everyday! We are going to be running a 10k together this next June! She might be a little more excited about it then me, but I think I'll be able to do it! And me and Brian are working hard on getting sealed hopefully around March, we're really excited about it but can't decide which temple to pick, we love the Las Vegas and San Diego temple, but who knows maybe we will stay around here!

Fun Weekend

2009-10-19T13:50:00.001-07:00

This last weekend we had a lot of fun! We hooked up my best friend Jessica with one of Brian's friends Jake Rammell on a double date with us!! The first thing we did was go skeet shooting and I'm really really good at shooting guns and I absolutely love it but this time I didn't hit one so I'm blaming the gun, plus it made my shoulder very sore ha and I found out that Brian is pretty good at it too so we think we'll go get our hunting license one day and go hunting. Then we went to a bbq with Jake's family and then off to a haunted house! We decided to go to Dr. Slaughters in Idaho Falls and it was pretty good, I like them after I go through them because I'm a little chicken. But while waiting in line some monsters would walk around and try to scare people, well I think they were keeping tabs on me and Jessica because they always seemed to find us and then we would run in circles around Brian screaming while they chased us! They aren't allowed to touch anyone but they get pretty dang close! While we were getting closer to go in this one monster went to touch my face and I said don't freaking touch me and maybe I added a few words to that but I did not want it to get close to me! And I totally don't regret it because not only did it leave me alone after that it left Jessica alone too so I saved us both. Oh and after I told it off it looked at Brian and said, "You have a charming girl there!" hahaha I think its so funny for some reason. Then another funny thing while we were going through it - another couple we knew were in front and this one scary monster had a fake knife or maybe it was a real one I'm not sure I didn't get too close but he held it up to the girl's face and her husband leaned into it and said, "do it I have insurance!" haha why I think thats funny I have no idea but we had so much fun! Thanks Jessica and Jake for going with us!

Happy Birthday!!

2009-10-11T12:17:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to the man:

♥ that works so hard

♥ loves me with all his heart

♥ and is always positive no matter what happens to us

♥ I love you!!

What a Week

2009-10-02T18:04:00.000-07:00

We have had quite the week in our household! Our week started out pretty normal but halfway through Brian started feeling a little sick and we were both stressing out way bad about certain things and that didn't really help our situation! So we took his temperature, and what do ya know he has a pretty high fever, and his muscles ached way bad, had a stuffy nose and a way bad sore throat. And yes it is true my poor husband has been infected with....

Swine Flu

So when I went to the student health center later in the week, I got my blood tested and everything while I was there ,and all I have right now is just a low fever so lets hope it just stays at that! But let me tell you the prescription for swine flu isn't cheap, so if you start to feel sick drink tons and tons of liquids and take lots of medicine, because its definitely not fun watching your spouse go through it either.

Because I'm not in the mood to study

2009-09-25T10:07:00.000-07:00

1. When is your "engagement" anniversary:
I can't remember that date, sad I know
2. When is your "marriage" anniversary:
March 28, 2008
3. How long have you known your spouse:
we've known each other like 2 1/2 years
4. How long did you date/court before you were engaged:
3 months
5. Where did you meet your spouse for the first time?
he picked me up, kind of like a blind date
6. What is your spouse's full name:
Brian William Stewart Jr.
7. Do you have any children:
nope but we consider harley like one
8. How many - boys/girls:
none but harley is a boy
9. Do you have any house pets:
yep harley, we love him lots
11. Do you live in the country or town/city:
um town
12. What are some of your favorite activities together:
anything, we have fun doing whatever
13. Do you have a favorite vacation spot:
no we haven't really been anywhere that we absolutely loved
14. When did you first kiss?
on our first date
15. What church do you attend?
the LDS one down the street from us
16. Did you get married in a church? Where?
we got married at the Loft in Rigby, we can't decide where to get sealed in a few months yet
17. What town is your current address at:
rexburg
18. Do you work or stay at home:
I go to school full time
19. Where did you go on your honeymoon:
down to pocetello
20.What was the funniest gift you gave when dating?
on brian's birthday he kept saying he wanted another tattoo so I bought him a spray on tattoo kit from Toys R Us
21.How long have you been together?
2 1/2 years
22. How long did you know each other before you started dating?
2 months
23. Who asked who out?
we didn't really do the whole you wanna go out with me, we just ended up together everyday
25.Where do you each work or go to school?
Brian works at Binghams and Sons and I go to school at BYUI
26. Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
um Apx was a hardship haha, we don't handle drama very well
27. Did you go to the same school?
Nope we were high school rivals ha
28. Are you from the same home town?
nope
29. Who is smarter?
I'm more book smart and brian is more street smart, make sense?
30. Who is more sensitive?
I am for sure
31.Where do you eat out most as a couple?
we don't really eat out much but I sure love quiznos and subway
32. Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
to Maryland
33.Who has the craziest exes?
Well I wouldn't call brian's ex girlfriends crazy, but some did stalk him when we were dating that was interesting
34. What is something that first attracted you about him/her?
his funny sense of humor and his blonde hair blue eyes
35. Who does the cooking?
we both do
36. Who is more social?
we both are
37. Who is the neat-freak?
I am, more like an OCD clean freak though
38. Who is more stubborn?
I am
39. Who hogs the bed?
I do
40. Who wakes up earlier?
I wake up way earlier for class
41. Where was your first date?
We doubled with our good friends to the greenbelt and fed the ducks and then went out to dinner
42.Who had more boyfriends/girlfriends?
um we both dated a lot, but brian probably
43. Do you get flowers often?
sometimes I do
44. How do you spend the holidays?
we split it, and then switch it every year so we are with our siblings too
45. Who is more jealous?
we both can get jealous, but I am probably the worst
46. How long did it take to get serious?
Serious? haha thats funny
47. Who eats more?
brian most of the time, it depends how hungry I am though I can shove a lot of food in me
48. Who does the laundry?
I do
49. Who’s better with the computer?
I am ha
50. Leave a piece of advice for the other couples:
don't get mad over things that happened in the past

First Week of School

2009-09-18T09:02:00.000-07:00

The week I've been dreading is finally passed and it is FRIDAY!!! I'm so happy, I didn't realize how hard my classes were! when I signed up for them in summer I thought "hmm...anat and phys I can do that I'll just study every night..." well I was a little wrong!! I felt pretty good about going to the lectures and I actually understood everything, but then I went to the lab yesterday and felt like they were talking in some other lanuage from understanding what cells look like and the different types of them and then from the different tissues to cartilages whew its a tad tough! But the girls I sat next to in my lab said that I look like I'd be a nurse, I took it as a good compliment. Here's just a few pictures of what I learned, and we have to memorize them all and take a test on them next week! I'm a little stressed out about it!
Brian has been so nice about my stressing out, and he's helped me study a little bit, I made him stand in an anatomical position and pointed out the terms I learned and then laughed, he didn't think it was very funny and I must of just been really tired because I got a kick out of it, it must be waking up every morning at 6, I definitely didn't do that once this summer! Other than that class, I like most of my other classes and have made some friends, me and another girl in my math class are the only ones married so we decided that we'd be partners and that we needed to stick together. I'm even a little suprised how nice everyone is, I'm really liking the BYUI campus. And I was way excited that I found our camera but it won't work! So no pictures again, sorry but when we get a new camera I will take a lot of pictures.

Demolition Derby

2009-09-13T18:13:00.000-07:00

On the fair's last night we got invited by one of Brian's friends to go to the demolition derby. I have never been but I had a lot of fun! I love the fair, I love watching all the people and how they act, as brian says I'm a people starer because I just stare at people, but I can't help it! We didn't sit in the stands because the people that invited us we're actually towing the cars off after they had all wrecked so we got to stand right in front and watch all the action then go tow them off! Now I hate to be dirty, but I got covered in dirt and mud and a car even flung a ton of mud at us and I got hit pretty good, but I still loved it!

Brian modeling the tow truckIf you look closely you can see these logs that they put around the cars and they aren't suppose to go out of it, BUT on one round I was just standing there minding my own business when not one, not two, but THREE of the cars flew out of the boundaries right in front of me and we're still moving when suddenly brian flew his arms out in front of me and grabbed me out of the way! I felt pretty special about being saved!

Just an Update

2009-09-04T14:49:00.000-07:00

We are now back in Idaho and loving it! We got back last Wednesday night after an eventful drive, poor brian probably got sick of me changing the songs on my ipod every minute and my bursting out in song, and all of my giggle attacks because I was so tired but we did make it safe and sound! Brian started work and I start school on the 10th and I'm very nervous. I changed my major around so now I'm taking classes so I can apply for the nursing program sometime next year. I'm even taking a physically fit class, but when I signed up for it I didn't know what the MILS stood for in front of it, I just figured it was just a fitness class, but when I asked my advisor what the MILS stood for, he stared at me with this blank stare before he said thats a boot camp class with the military! I think that I will still take it, or at least attempt it! and we even got moved into our apartment and I'm so happy! We got all our pictures hung up so it feels more like a home. Sorry I don't have any pictures this time, but I did however find my camera that we left in storage so I can take better pictures!

Gettysburg

2009-08-29T15:58:00.001-07:00

Our last Sunday in Rockville we decided to go to Gettysburg with our good friends Sarah and Illya! We had so much fun! It is the cutest little town I have ever seen. We've heard that it is somewhat haunted, which I have mixed feelings about - I can either handle scary things good or I can't handle them at all! I would love to go back someday though!

Us in the car ride, Brian always does funny faces when I try to take a picture

Sarah and Illy, we love them to pieces!!

So this building has a funny story to it. I had to use the bathroom so bad while we were walking around and seeing all the shops but none of the shops said they had one, or they were just lying to me which I think they were. But Illya said he knew where a bathroom was since they had been in the area before. So we start walking and following Illya. Well it ends up that this creepy-looks like it should be in a horror film-bathroom is in a CEMETERY! So I made Sarah go in with me because I was a little freaked out, okay no I was very freaked out! Then to make things even better, Sarah decided to hide and jump out in front of me, but I still love her even though it was so not cool!

Quotes

2009-08-18T15:00:00.000-07:00

I love quotes! I love days like today when pretty much all I do is look up quotes and look at quotes that my friends have put on their blogs or facebooks. I even have a notebook at home that I fill with sayings that I like and I think are good. Here are some that I really like:

"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get the chance, take it, if it changes your life, let it."

"Never let reality get in the way of imagination"

"Find arms that will hold you at your weakest, eyes that will see you at your ugliest, and a heart that will love you at your worst."

The Best Week

2009-08-05T19:39:00.001-07:00

Since we got out here in Maryland, I have been counting down for this week. My mom and grandma flew out to spend 7 days with me! We have had so much fun, I'm considering not taking them to the airport. We've been to so many places and have done so many things like: a double decker tour around D.C., Arlington Cemetary, the zoo, to the movies, even a lazy day when all we did was watch movies, and what makes it so much more fun is we got lost everywhere we went! I love my family so much and am very thankful for all the good times we have together that bring us closer!

Me and Brian on the double decker tour bus

Me and Brian on a Harley Davidson, I texted my dad this picture and said we sold our car and we were riding home on this and he didn't text me back!

My mom and grandma on the tour bus

And behold my favorite picture of the whole trip!

I told my grandma that I wouldn't post this picture but I can't help it, it is so funny! Here's the story: we were so tired from walking everywhere that we stopped for lunch, while we were having lunch an awful rain storm started! After awhile we decided to trek out in the rain, we only had one umbrella and my grandma had a poncho-we said that we would go to CVS pharmacy to buy another umbrella but she said she'd wear it. As soon as she put it on my mom and I burst out in laughter! We couldn't even breathe it was so funny to us, what was even more funny is that she wasn't the only one wearing one! We laughed for about a half hour until the rain stopped and she took it off. We later went into the Library of Congress to use the bathroom and she forgot it there! So the poncho is now forever lost, but it did give us a good laugh!

Hilary and Harley

2009-07-24T19:07:00.001-07:00

You may think its silly, but yes Harley is my best friend! Brian bought him for me about a year ago because I was by myself a lot. He is such a great little companion and keeps me company all day long, our names even rhyme...a little. He is my audience when I sing and dance in the kitchen and sometimes he even joins me, he's mine and brian's refferee when we disagree (he barks at us), He even sits at the door waiting for Brian to get home and he follows me everywhere like he's protecting me from danger, my personal body guard. And despite pushing us off the bed, his extreme hyperness, and his urge to go outside every 20 minutes, he is the most loving dog, and our many days consist of this:

What a good little friend!

Being Married

2009-07-20T13:47:00.000-07:00

During our interview with our bishop before we got married, he told us that even after we're married to go on dates every week, I didn't think much would change but since we've been married a lot has changed since our dating days! like...

1. ticklish: I can't tickle him whatsoever when we were dating he didn't really care but now he gets way mad, and he thinks it's totally fine to tickle me and if I try to tickle him back, I get this line, "would you like to pee your pants because I will hold you down."

2. We have our own language: for those of you that know harley our dog, you know how excited he gets when we say outside, potty, go, bye bye, ready, etc. so we got sick of dealing with all the hyperness and now say things like: p to the otti, o-u-t, g-o, and the list goes on, the nice thing though is that harley doesn't understand it

3. Our dates now consist of going to redbox and thats it, we haven't gone to a nice sit down resturant for about 4 months, and I think its fun going to pick a movie out

4. We both steal the blankets: I think this will be a life long arguement, we should really just get two queen size beds and put them side by side.

5. I use to love taking drives with brian, but now that we've drove all across the U.S. like from Idaho to Illinois to Florida from Florida back to Idaho and now Idaho to D.C. I don't care if we take a vacation just a few hours away, I would rather fly.

Even though our dating days are over, he's still so incredibly sweet and I've been very blessed to have such a sweet husband.

Destructive Harley

2009-07-10T13:54:00.000-07:00

Our little dog Harley is a big part of our lives and he makes my days without Brian so much better. He is a smart little thing and he thinks it's funny when he steals our stuff, especially my razors and chapstick and chews them up. He has also started hiding his toys so we don't know where there at, I'm currently trying to find his little duck, somehow it has disappeared. So this morning we went to Petco to get him more dog food and saw this cute little toy, we just had to get it since his toys either get destroyed or he hides them. While I was doing my homework I noticed that he had his back turned towards me and kept looking back at me like he was hiding something. So I walked over and saw that this cute little face....

had destroyed this new cute toy that we got him....

I don't know how he can destroy a toy in less than 2 hours. Guess he's just talented.

A Year Too Late

2009-06-08T06:55:00.000-07:00

So I found the wedding cd pictures of our glorious day and uploaded them to our computer. I konw its been over a year but I thought I'd share my favs for those that didn't come!

My cake was probably one of my favorite parts, I wanted no white on it at all! I think it turned out pretty good, I noticed people during the night would stop and look at it!

our ringsCutting the cake, my face looks like I'm about to do something way mean, but I didn't ha
The back of my dress
My parents and Brian's parents

The Last Few Weeks

2009-05-30T18:10:00.000-07:00

We've done a few fun things these last few weeks, we took a little trip to the nations capitol with a bunch of our friends and had a blast! We first wanted to go to the air show, but we got a little confused on the metro and ended up being late! Little did we know that they closed the gates for the show at 2 and it was 2:30 so we watched it from an arby's. Then we waited and waited for the bus to come back so we could go back to the metro. It was awhile and we started wondering if it was going to come back at all! So we found a taxi driver that would take us back, that was very interesting! All six of us squeezed into the taxi, that was filled with cigar smoke because our driver was smoking them, and headed to the metro. Our driver was very friendly, and started singing to us, not just a little singing but bursting out in song! It was so funny, I couldn't control my laughter! Then we made it to D.C. finally! but the Holocaust Museum was closed and thats what we really wanted to go see, so we walked around for awhile, the boys chased pigeons in the park, and then we went to the Space and Air Museum. We had a lot of fun, and are so thankful for the good friends that we have out here! Here's a few pictures of our little trip!

Family Pictures...sort of

2009-05-06T16:10:00.000-07:00

so since we've been married we haven't taken many pictures of us and I really want to get familypictures done soon...so here's my version

Harley was yawning in this one, its so hard trying to keep him to hold still

So Far...

2009-05-02T15:39:00.000-07:00

Since being in Maryland, my days go by slow while Brian's gone, but Harley makes it more entertaining when he barks at everyone that goes by on the street below! Except the other night I had a dream he fell out the window 5 stories down! So now he's not allowed by the window anymore.