Some Oldies, but Goodies

I have decided to post some pictures of the summer Darren and I got engaged. He was in Oregon selling security systems. I flew down there the first week of June and he proposed to me on the Oregon coast. We were next to Haystack Rock (they filmed part of Goonies there). We hung out there all day and at sunset he got on one knee and told me he wanted to watch the sunset with his fiance. AAAAWWW!!!
Driving home from the coast after he proposed. I loved showing off my new fabulous ring!
Hanging at the coast. It was beautiful.


Later that summer we hungout in Portland for the 4th to watch fireworks at the waterfront.
Being silly and newly engaged on the 4th.
Waiting for the fireworks to start. I just think Darren looked kinda cute in this picture. :)

Weight Loss

The past few months have been a real rollercoaster for Darren and I. During all the stuff that has happened we both have gained weight. During my pregnancy and miscarriage I have gained 15 pounds. This has totally shocked me. Especially since this has happened all since June. Darren has gained weight having to deal with me. :) We both are ready to move forward. We can't wait to lose our weight and have already started on the right foot so far. We both have lost some weight starting this last week. We are sharing our weightloss with everyone and hope everyone can help encourage us. Feel free to join with us and get your own weightloss goal.

The end of our trip (part 3)

As the week was ending so was our trip. Darren and I decided to relax the rest of the time, because we had been getting up early and doing lots of fun things. We went to Venice beach and hungout all day. The very last thing we got to do was spend a night at Lake Arrowhead. Darren's Aunt and Uncle were nice enough to take us to their cabin there. This trip was a blast and I can't wait till we can do another fun trip again.

Us chilling at Venice beach. That beach is a very fun beach full of lots of crazies.
Nice tan line on my arms eh?


Darren enjoying the boat ride at Lake Arrowhead.
Darren's uncle was nice enough to take us on his boat.
It was Octoberfest at the lake and everyone was drinking and going crazy. It was funny to watch.



At the lake having fun in the village.

Happy Anniversary!

Today is our 2 year anniversary. We have had a blast spending it in California and with each other. I have married the best man. Since our wedding he has made me the happiest girl. I couldn't ask for any more. I love you Darren. Thanks babe!!

As you can tell I am so happy here. I just married the man of my dreams.

Isn't he good looking...mMMmMMMmM good. :)
I just loved the back of my dress. Goodness, I just loved being in this dress.

Our California Trip (part 2)

We have been having so much fun in California. Darren likes to plan tons of activities, so that's what we have been doing. The highlight of our trip is Disneyland and Club 33. It's been so fun being able to spend our 2 year anniversary in California and getting to spend some time with one another. I love Darren.

This was a fun day. Darren took me to get on the Price is Right. What a blast that was. We met some crazy, fun people. Which was good, because you spend hours and hours waiting in line to get on the show. When we got into the show they had some fun music on and everyone was dancing and singing. It was crazy people were dancing in the isles and going nuts. IT WAS FUN! Drew Carey was the host and was pretty hilarious. In between tapings he would ask question and just talk to the audience. Whenever someone would lose he would tell them what they did wrong and what he would of done.

I must say, I didn't want to get up early and get on the show. Darren literally had to drag me there. I was wrong though. It was one of the funnest experiences in my life. I didn't want to be called up. Thank goodness I wasn't. I just got to enjoy myself on a classic tv show with Darren.

They wouldn't let us have camera's so this picture is the best we got.

After the Price is Right we tried to find a In and Out. We found one as you can see after taking the wrong freeways and after an hour or more in RUSH HOUR we found one in Sunset BLVD. Yay and it was totally worth it.
Later that night Darren's aunt hooked us up with Dodger tickets. What a fun game. We got to watch my new favorite team and have dodger dogs.
This is at Disneyland. Halloween was just getting started at Disneyland so everything was decked out in Halloween stuff. We are in front of the Haunted Mansion. They changed it to the Nightmare Before Christmas story. It was cool to see the mansion changed up.

Darren right before the big drop at splash mtn.
This is in front of the "infamous" door of club 33.
We are waiting for our food at the club. They guy who was helping us was telling us about all the famous stars who ate there.
I thought this was funny. This was the toilet at club 33.

This is part of club 33. This is the telephone booth there. This same telephone booth was used in the movie, The Happiest Millionare. ( I thought my sister Kari would appreciate that)
Right as you walk in Club 33. We are in front of the elevator.
On the main st in Disneyland.
I thought this was hilarious. We are right in back of the parade. When it would end people would get up and follow it so they could leave the park. It would keep stopping so the characters could sing and dance. By that time we were ready to just leave. Guess you had to be there :)

BYU Game and Our Trip (part 1)

Darren and I started our big trip by going to a BYU game. After the game (which they wooped WY) we headed to vegas to stay at my aunts condo. The game was a blast.
The first fun thing we did was go to the Beatles show in Vegas. It was soo crazy. I can't even explain what its about. Everyone just needs to go. It's amazing. Their is all this circus acts among other things to alot of Beatles songs. Very cool.
This is Darren in front of the Beatles lounge. T is for Tintle right?

The next fun thing we did was go to sea world. It was sorta like a zoo for fish. It was fun, but we agreed would be funner to take our kids someday. We are at the Shamu show. We didn't get drenched. YAY! At the dolphin show though, this poor lady was getting drenched by the dolphins. It was like they had a grudge against her. They wouldn't stop splashing water on her. It was like buckets pooring down. She was drenched, but we weren't :)

Darren thought this picture was cool. Above my head is this shark. I dont look nervous at all.

Darren petting something, haha, at Sea world. I think it's a eel?


This was before the ride at Sea World.

This is after. We are completely soaked. Note to self, never ride Sea World rides again.
We hung out at Ocean Beach in San Diego after Sea World. It was relaxing and fun to watch all the surfers.
We ate at this really good restaurant in Old Downtown San Diego. They had the BEST fried ice cream EVER.

Golf, Girls Night Out and Pink Toes!

The past couple weeks have not been too eventful. We both got to do a couple things we have been wanting to do. Darren got to play golf a couple times. I got to have a girls night out with some friends from high school, which is always a blast and full of giggles. Now we are counting down till our well deserved vacation to disneyland on saturday. YAY!! Darren was in a golf tournament with his dad today. They took 4th place and he won a ihome for our ipod. My husband is amazing at golf. Now I have taken it upon myself to find him a sponser. I am married to the next Tiger Woods!!! My friend does glitter toes. I finally got them done and love them!! Everyone should get them done.
Me and a couple girls from high school having a girls night out. We ate at cheesecake and then hung around the mall. Gee it sounds like high school all over again.
My high school friends being goofy. I love these girls!

A Day Out

Today Heather and I headed up American Fork Canyon on the Harley to hike up to the Timpanogos Caves. To our surprise, the caves are only open on weekends, so we decided to do a ride through the Alpine Loop. It was a most beautiful ride. For those of you that haven't done this ride yet, you should! I know this sounds corny, but I literally felt a great spirit as I saw the back side of beatiful mountains that God created. Just see our pictures below.

Afterwards we headed to our OBGYN only to find out that he was just called to deliver a baby. We rescheduled for next week... ugh... we just want to know that everything is okay and that we can "move on" with our lives.

What a LONG week......

WOW! This has been a really long week for Darren and I. Darren sure has been sweet to help me through this hard time for the both of us. We are also so suprised at how many people have had so much compassion and showed their love. THANK YOU! We really mean it!



On Friday, we went up to Logan. Darren ran on Saturday. He had to get up really early so we decided to stay the night at my brothers. It was fun to get away from Bountiful. Darren did run his race. I was so proud of him. He didn't even get to train all week long, because he was with me and he finished in better time then we both thought. GOOD JOB BABE!

Darren just about done with the race. GO DAR!
I was yelling at him and saying hi, but he couldnt hear me. Or was he ignoring me?

The three finishers in the family. Phillip, Hayley, and Darren
Darrens sister and him. She was faster then Darren. GO Hayley.
This is lyric my little niece. Funny story about her. She kept watching all the runners go by. She was getting really curious about them. Finally she asked if she could run too. So she started running to the finish line with my brother. It was soo cute.

Heather update...

The last about 48 hours have been very eventful for us, and we are finally all settled down and resting.

Yesterday (Tuesday) Heather wasn't doing so well all day. Finally around 4 o'clock Heather called me in desperation to go to the hospital as she was having contractions. I quickly drove home from work and found her on the floor almost completely passed out. From that point I picked her up and took her to St. Mark's Hospital Emergency room in Salt Lake. Heather was doing horrible the whole drive and somewhat relieved to find herself in the emergency room.

After a little wait we finally got her in a room and the nurse drugged Heather all up. After a couple minutes she was felling much better. Apparently Heather had had a lot of the miscarriage naturally already, but we wanted to be at the hospital in case anything else happened. After a lot of waiting, she got an ultrasound to see if the D & C was still necessary. However, being late at night our OBGYN wasn't at the hospital, so we decided to come home and continue on with our D & C today at 12:30 (Wednesday).

This morning Heather felt a little better because she was all drugged up. We were told to come back to the hospital this morning to have another ultrasound. After a lot more waiting, Dr. Yamishiro decided it best to have the D & C to get rid of some left behind "stuff" and clear things out to avoid any possible infection of any sort. So around 3 o'clock today Heather went in for a quick same day surgery, and everything ended out ok! Now we are at home and waiting for the Relief Society to bring us dinner!

I just personally wanted to thank Heather's parents for all of their support in this whole thing. They have been by us almost the whole time. I also wanted to thank my parents for coming today and being willing to help us if we need any help. Your visit mom and dad meant a lot to us today. We are more than grateful to everyone else for your constant prayers and acts of kindness. It's very relieving for Heather and I to know that we have so many people that love and care for us. This whole experience has been hard for us (Heather especially), and we know that the emotional pain will never go away. However, we know that it's probably just one of the challenges that we were sent to deal with.

Again, thank you everyone for your prayers and support. We love you all!

Sad news...

SO today was our first prenatal appointment. It didn't turn out as well as we had hoped. They doctor did a ultra sound and they couldn't find a heartbeat. The doctor said I was carrying twins and they stopped growing a few weeks ago. Darren and I are both devestated, but will move on. I go to the hospital on wednesday for a dnc. For a few weeks we will be taking a blogging break to get our emotions intact. Keep us in your prayers!

Please have sympathy on me!

I've completely stopped losing weight.

No, as you're probably wondering, this isn't Heather.  This is Darren.  My half-marathon is next Saturday, and I'm totally pumped.  Except for one thing, the pounds have not been falling.  My gut isn't getting any smaller.

They all say that when you run and train for marathons, you're supposed to lose weight.  This was the case for me as I started around 225 pounds just about three months ago.  I actually came all the way down to 203... about a month ago.  I still weigh 203.

Which leaves me wondering, why am I not losing weight?  Actually, it just dawned on me... Heather's pregnant.

I must be pregnant too.

Just a quick post.

I know! I know! I am totally slacking on updating my post. I really didn't think everyone wanted to hear about all my morning sickness I have had. :) Darren has been doing great on his half-marathon training. Just a little over a week till he runs it. I am so proud of him! I just got a new calling in my ward. I am in YW now. I am the personal progress advisor. This should be fun. Other exciting news is in one week we get to go to our first baby appointment. I will be a little over 9 weeks and we are both stoked!