HAPPY BIRTHDAY JORDAN!!!

Today is my Jordan's birthday...yes I lay claim to him. He is MY JORDAN and I love him so so so much! He is the greatest husband ever and I am so grateful that he was born today..24 years ago. Jordan I hope that you have the greatest birthday ever! I LOVE YOU!!!

UPDATES

Hello everyone! So it has been awhile..I'm sure you've all been on the edge of your seat waiting for an update...so here it is. Life has been really good! Busy...but good! School is crazy for both Jordan and I but we still manage to find time to have weekly Prison Break and OFFICE parties, and watch the new 90210 (Jordan loves it ;))

Tonight I like to give a SHOUT OUT to our little nephew Ben who turns the big number TWO tomorrow. He lives in Alabama, has a pet cat who is shaved like a lion, and is the absolute cutest little soon to be 2 year old ever. WE LOVE YOU BEN! Have a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

The latest news in our family...Jordan has a new side job. Jordan has started his own business. For those of you who know my husband, he is the biggest hunting, gun loving, camouflague wearing guy you'll ever meet. I have watched more shows on the HUNTING channel than I ever thought possible. Anyway back to the point of this paragraph...if ANYONE out there has a husband who loves hunting/gaming...Jordan now has a gun license which means that he is a firearm dealer. He can pretty much get you any type of gun that you'd buy at Cabelas or Sportsmans Warehouse for much much much cheaper. He'd love to help anyone out, if there is anyone interested. Even if you have questions just let me know and I'll pass it on to him.

Well that's about it. Life is good! School is out in 10 weeks. Twilight the movie comes out on November 21. Jordan and I are going to Washington DC on October 23-27. I'm so excited! We are so blessed! We love you guys! Keep us updated on your lives! We love hearing from you!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROOKE!

Jordan and I would like to wish my little sister Bizrook (Brooke) a very HAPPY 19th Birthday. We love you girl! You are an awesome friend and an even GREAT sister. WE LOVE YOU! (She hates this picture...sorry girl..love you!)

New Addition

CONGRATULATIONS to my brother Nick and his wife Megan. Baby Lydia (BLANK) Tarbet was born today at roughly 5:02 pm weighing in at 6 lbs 15 oz. She is so beautiful! She has so much hair...I can't believe, but she sure is BEAUTIFUL! Yay Nick and Meg.

Here is a picture of Mom and Baby Lydia. SO cute!

Demolition Derby PARTY!!!

I love Demolition Derby's. They are truly the most entertaining events EVER! Here are some pictures from Logan derby just a few weekends ago. Jordan and I went with some friends. This blog is dedicated to my brother Chris who loves derby's ALMOST as much as I do...CHRIS we love you guys and can't wait for you to come home! Love you!

ONE WHOLE YEAR!

Jordan and I have been married for ONE WHOLE YEAR today 08/11/2008. I didn't think that I could love anyone as much as I love Jordan. He is my best friend and I am so grateful that he chose to spend forever and eternity with me. He is the kindest, most loving and patient guy that I know. I love you Jordan!


PS: We have a new little nephew born August 5, 2008. His name is Calvin Christopher Tarbet. He is the cutest little guy ever!

UPDATE!!!

Life is GOOD! I know that you guys aren't really concerned with what's going on in my life, but I'm going to pretend and tell you what's been going on the last little while. First things first....I love camping! We've been three times in the last month and I love it...despite the missing toilet. All three times that we've been we have gone up Logan Canyon. We went with Jordan's family and than we went with my family. Our first spot was right next to the river, clear up Franklin Basin and I loved it! It was so beautiful! Our next spot was up Right-Hand fork clear up to the top, almost to Old Ephraim's grave. It was a little scary, because we were so far away from civilization...I was certain that an escaped murderer was going to get us (I watch far too much Law and Order). It was certainly pretty though, and it was a lot of fun!

Secondly, Jordan's little brother left on July 2 for his mission in Sao Paulo Brazil. :( He is going to be such a great missionary and I am so glad that he made the choice to serve a mission. My cousin Caleb left for Loundrina Brazil July 9. He and Tyler will be in the MTC together...they will be the greatest missionaries!!!

Thirdly, I love the Fourth of July! I really really really do! It is the greatest holiday...mainly because of my family reunion. It is the one holiday that nearly everyone on my Mom's side of the family gets together. My mom come from a family of 10 children. I counted up everyone a while back and there was over 150 people on my moms side of the family...this including cousins, their spouses, and kids. It is my favorite reunion because it is a HUGE party. This year we went to my dad's house down at Camp Williams. We ate, swam, ate, played games, ate some more, went rappelling, and just sat around. It was a lot of fun this year! My Dad, Jordan, Alex (little brother), Megan (sister-in-law) and I went golfing at the Ranch. One of my dad's soldiers works there and got us a great deal. It was a lot of fun! Alex managed to hit a house. I very nearly knocked my dad out, and Megan who is 7 months pregnant beat all of us, but Jordan who won by 1 stroke. It was a fun day! We watched the Thanksgiving Point fireworks from the back porch, and ended the day with a family fireside. I love my FAMILY! I don't know what I would do without them!

Last, but not least....I got a new job! I am now employed at Zions Bank in South Ogden. I love my job at McKay Dee, but I needed a job that was a little more stable. I applied online last Tuesday..went in for an interview on Wednesday morning...they called me Friday morning to offer me the job. I'm so excited! I worked at Zions in Smithfield before we moved down to Ogden and I loved it...so I'm excited to work there again. I will, however, miss my babies at the center like CRAZY!!! I love them to pieces!

Alright...well that is everything that has happened in the last month. Life is GREAT!!! I hope that everything is great with all of you.

PS: My friend Kira gave me the Twilght series to read. I am embarrassed to say but I read the first 2 books this weekend, and I am half way through the 3rd book right now. I love it! The 4th book comes out August 8th and sure enough I'll be in line at Barnes and Noble at midnight on the 7th. I'm such a NERD!!!

Here are some pictures.................


These are from the family reunion.....Caleb (yellow shirt) is in the middle of a group hug!



My mom and Jordan rappelling. It was so fun to see my mom jump right of the edge and swing down. I wasn't nearly as brave! I almost threw up! :)

T*A*G

Whitney tagged me so here it goes.....

3 Joys:
* Jordan
* Family
* Logan, Utah

3 Fears:
* Spiders and snakes...eewww gross!
* Earthquakes
* Losing my wedding ring (I agree with Whit on this one!!!)

3 Goals:
* Stick with a major so that I can finally....GRADUATE
* Have kids some day.
* Become a 7th grade teacher

3 Current Obsessions/Collections:
* Hell's Kitchen (love this show)
* I love the babies that I take care of, they are so stinking cute!
* I love laying in the sun!

3 Surprising Facts:
* I hate speaking in public, which is funny because I want to be a teacher.
* I love winter!
* I love decorating, but I hate my apartment so I refuse to decorate too much. I can't wait to move back to Logan so that I can decorate my own house. Yay!

3 Fellow Bloggers to Tag:
*Jenna
*Steph
*Mandy

My Weekend of Adventure!

Hello everyone! So I have already proved to be an awful blogger, but what can I say... I'm new at this. I went golfing with my dad, Jordan, Nick and Alex last weekend. It was quite the adventure. Let's just say that I'm not so sure that I love golfing anymore. It is much to "mental" of a game for me. Once I hit one bad shot, my game pretty much went downhill from there. It was a lot of fun! It started out pretty ugly because just as we started to golf it started to rain like crazy. I was soaked! Jordan looked just like he had jumped into a swimming pool. We just pushed through, by the time we got to the 3rd hole it was nice and sunny. I won't even tell you what score I ended up with, but I did have fun, and I won't be giving up on golf just yet.

Not only did we go golfing this weekend but we had a serious badminton tournament. It was so fun! I am awful at badminton. I got hit in the face at least a dozen times by my very own husband, but in the end I beat him. The tournament consisted of about 6 different pairings. I don't know who ended up winning, but we played for nearly 3 hours straight, only taking a break to eat cake for my Dad's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

This weekend will be almost as exciting, because I am going camping...in a tent. I'm not much of a camper because I like toilets and showers so this should be interesting, but fun...I hope. We are going up Logan Canyon which is beautiful so it'll be very pretty! Wish me luck!

Summer Blues :(

Alright so this summer is going to be a rough one, for me at least! I have been a lifeguard for the last 7 years and this will be the first summer that I'm not going to spend my every waking moment at the pool. Sad for me! The one thing that will get me through this summer are my kids at the Child Development Center at McKay Dee. I work with the most amazing, darling, and funny kids in the entire world. I work in the infant room which is ages 6 weeks to 6 months. I have 4 babies that I take care of all by myself. If this doesn't prepare me for motherhood someday, I don't know what will. All I know is I pray that I don't have quadruplets! ;) 4 babies is a lot, but the fact that the babies I work with are hilarious entirely makes up for the fact that they barf, poop, and scream 75% of the day. I love them!

My husband on the other hand will have a wonderful summer. He will be spending his summer outside managing a landscaping crew. He will be happy and tan, unlike me who will be blue and pasty. Oh well! What can you do?!? It looks like I'll be spending my Saturdays at the pool in Logan, hoping to catch some rays.

PS: I've become a fan of golfing the last few months. I took a Individual Sports class at Weber and I had to learn how to golf. Now I know what you are thinking.. "Kate and golfing...a bad mix." Well I thought so too, my last golfing experience was with my cousin Jess. We spent the entire time on the cart playing polo/golf. It was fun! We managed to break the mid point pole in half when one of our balls went the wrong way. Quite the disaster! So I was a little hesitant when I started the class, but now I can officially say that I LOVE GOLFING!!! It is so fun! I went golfing a few weeks ago with my husband at the country club in Logan and I scored 3 pars and a birdie. Wahoo! I'm taking my Dad golfing this weekend for his birthday, it should be interesting because the last time that he came with me was when I played polo/golf. I have to prove to him that I am a better golfer, otherwise I'll be teased the rest of my life. WISH ME LUCK! Until next time....

The Beginning

Hey everyone! So after looking at everyone's blogs a million times, I've decided to join the blogging world. Wish me luck!