Happily ever AFTER!!

WE ARE ENGAGED!!

Trent and I were able to go to Disneyland with his family!

It was so much fun!

New Years day we spent in Disneyland!

That evening we watched Fantasmic and then walked the park!

I was getting so tired and Trent kept on telling me! WAKE UP!!

We decided to take one last ride on Space Mountain. Trent took forever saying bye to his Dad. His dad was done riding rides! Finally Trent met me in line! After space I was even more tired. We got off and Trent's dad was holding a disney sack. Someone asked Trent's dad what he bought and he simply said a T-shirt. No one questioned or asked to see it! I thought that was way wierd.

WE started to walk toward main street and the Castle was lit up so pretty with Christmas lights! Trent kept saying to me wake up Natalie! I was s tired! But we still went to the Castle to take pictures. We had Trent's little sister take a picture of us in front of the castle and then his Dad suggested we get in line for a professional photo. In line his little sister asked if we wanted to go first or if the family should? I thought this was wierd because I didn't expect one of just the two of us. We got to the front of the line and took family photos. The photographer made fun of me because I forgot to turn the flash on. He then said, "Did you know God is a photographer? That is why he created light!" ha ha I laughed so hard!

After family photos Trent and I stood there.

He was holding me so so tight and kept saying I love you! But not his normal I love you! It was a long drawn out I love you!

...and then He gave me our first New Years Kiss! 24 hours late!

He looked at me after and said, "Natalie, will you be my Princess?"

I was caught so off guard.

He started messing in his pocket and then began to kneel on the ground where he asked,

" Will you marry me Natalie?"

I looked at him and said, "Are you serious?"

I didn't mean it to the question I meant it to the time and place!

He had led me to believe it wasn't going to happen for a couple of months! I was so surprised!

and yes, I said, "YES!!"

He jumped up and hugged me and kissed me!

Meanwhile the photographer and his little sister were taking pictures!! :) When we walked up to the photographer he said WARN ME NEXT TIME! ha ha There will never be a next time crazy!

Trent had still not put the ring on my finger! I asked him if I could put it on and then said no you put it on my finger!

We walked over to Trent's family and in the sack his Dad had bought Wedding Mouse Ears!

SO THAT IS THE STORY!! WE ARE GETTING MARRIED!! When we returned to the Hotel my cheeks hurt so bad from SMILING! I am so happy and so excited!! :)

We do not have an exact date yet but we are looking at the end of May beginning of June! If anyone has any yards that would be BEAUTIFUL! Let us know!

Here are some fun picture! I hope you enjoy them!

It's the end of life as I know it!

Today was the end of life as I know it! Well this month is really! I am so excited to be done with school! As Trent can attest to I have been very stressed out the past couple of days preparing for my PRAXIS exam! I passed both the reading and the math sections and in 15 business days I will know if I am going to actually have a chance to get into my licensing program for fall, when I receive my writing scores!! I have to thank the Lord! He truly blessed me through my test! I am so grateful for father's blessings and for a father that is a worthy priesthood holder that could give me one!  With out the Lord there is no way I would have been able to remain so calm through out my test! So Thank you HEAVENLY FATHER!  

Other reasons for beginning a new page in life:

*A TOILET UPSTAIRS-- Yes my family has been sharing one bathroom. It happened to be downstairs so in the mornings I would have to force my self to get out of bed, to hike down the stairs to the bathroom! NOT ANY MORE!! :)

(No Our Toilet does not look like this but I thought it was pretty cool!)

*Heidi and Dave and Anna-- They final came home! At least for Christmas! It was a very exciting reunion as everyone danced around excited to see how healthy they are and excited to see how big Anna has gotten! Of course the cousins attacked her! At one point I walked into the TV room to find them laying on her on the couch! Funny Nieces and Nephews!

*REMODELING almost finished!!--  They laid the carpet in the TV room, refinished the floors and tomorrow is the day for all the shelves and things in the bathrooms! I am excited to have a clean house again!

Life has been busier than ever! But I am ready for a break! I am so excited for December 31st! Why you may ask?? Well Trent has invited me to go to DISNEYLAND WITH HIS FAMILY!! I am so excited! 3 days in the happiest place on EARTH!! I am really excited to go again with Trent! I just love being with him and adding Disney makes it even better!

I AM DONE WITH MY BACHELORS!!!

HURRAY!!! 

I am now officially done with my bachelors degree!! I just took my last final! Pretty sure I aced it! It was so easy! I will have my degree in Human Development and Family Studies: Early Childhood education. It took my a semester longer than most girls my age but I am done! Now I just have to get my license so that I can have my own Kindergarten class someday! 

I am so happy to be done!! 

Now on to all the stresses on my mind: 

* applying for license

*applying for my masters

*getting transcripts

*taking the praxis I

*taking the GRE (writing section)

*getting my background check (Man I hope I pass) 

* getting all my letters of recommendations

* waiting for christmas

*what to get T for christmas (any suggestions)

* Getting my room clean for Heidi and Dave

*Finishing the house stuff

*Calling Jenni (my counselor) 

*Finding out when I can walk (maybe I'll wait until I finish my masters)

*Finding out if my humanities in High School counts as a transfer credit

* OH HOW THE LIST GOES ON!!!'

The other night my mind was going crazy I couldn't sleep because things just kept piling up! I hope that my brain decides to calm down!! 

OH THE FIRST DAY OF SNOW!!!

So I went to work today not expecting 6 inches of snow!! I wore slippers!! Anyway it was fine in the morning but come afternoon there was a ton of snow! I wasn't going to take my kids outside to play because...well I am a baby! Well kids have their way of driving you crazy enough to take them outside in the white out!! When we got outside it wasn't to cold! I love fresh snow days when the snow is pure white and the earth is so calm! I was enjoying it! Despite my slippers! AND THEN IT HAPPENED!! I called to my kids to line up and discovered that two of them were missing! When I went to my door they had already let themselves inside, locking the door behind them! YES I WAS LOCKED OUT!! I was livid! and then to top it off I pounded on the door and they just looked at me, laughed, went and hid in the corner of the room! I ran to the kindergarten door and went and opened my door! 

Needless to say I was frustrated and not so happy!! 

But the kids left pretty early and I was happy for that!!

The best part of my day was morning circle time! We talked about careers and jobs! We asked each of the kids what their parents do for work! WELL KIDS SAY THE DARN-EST THINGS! One kids says... My dad plays baseball (His dad is the U of U baseball coach), another says my Mom is a heart doctor, and helps people (which is true), one child says My dad watches TV, and my favorite response "Them don't do anything"!! 

Everything pays off when you have those amazing comments!! 

12-0, Mountain West Conference CHAMPS!!

THE BLACKOUT!!

I don't Know who's Idea this was but it was a fun change! U of U's game against TCU was called the BLACK out game! The Football team had all new BLACK Jersey's! It was Awesome! All of the true fans were decked out in BLACK! It was mighty cold so I was happy for the BLACK coat I got to wear!

The MUSS had Blackout sweatshirts to buy to, check out Trent's new Sweatshirt!

GO UTES!!

Olivia after finishing our messy Nachos!

After the Game all of the students rushed to field! This became a game ritual after this!

Trying to keep WARM!

Okay

so last week was the year waited amazing game that topped our season off with a undefeated streak!

We not only killed BYU we slaughtered them!

GO UTAH!!

Thanks to BYU's Players for throwing away the GAME!! Truly they were our MVP's!

After Crushing The Cougars

Go UTES!! Rush the Field!!

Crazy Utah Fans!! Check out the Toilet Paper!

Olivia Had a Half of Coke and was off the Walls! Drunk basically!

Erin and I!!

It was a great season of U of U football!

I am curious though, in the 3 years Trent was gone and not on the MUSS, the Utes sucked!

But this year was just a repeat of the first year Trent and I were in the MUSS together in 2004! We went 12 and 0 then to!!

Coincidence??? I think not!

Trent is just our good luck charm!! ;)

GO T!!!

Baby Lillian Jane Curtis

On November 18, 2008 at around 3 in the morning I was awakened by my mom saying,

 "Holly's water broke we need to get to the hospital."

  So I jumped up not realizing what time it was! Got ready to call in sick to my work! Not needed, it was early! 

SO I met Holly at the hospital, and I took the girls off her hands.  I got to take care of Sydney and Cate, while Holly did the Hard work. We watch videos on my laptop until 7:00am when Holly had little Miss. Lily! She is so so sweet, a beautiful healthy baby!  

Here is a slide show of the fun stuff that happened that bright and early morning!

My Cute Kids!

These are my darling kids! I have 16 of them and they are a bundle of chaos but each day I love watching them learn and grow! It is such a reward to see them learn something new!