Christmas Holiday

This Christmas we went to California. We stayed with Nathan's parents. All of Nathan's siblings were there in Madera CA except for Kyle who is serving a mission in Chile. It was fun to see Pieter and Angela his wife and their adorable children Amira and Corban. Amira is full of energy and lots of love. Corban is such a sweet baby, he smiles a lot and is very interested in everything going on around him.

It was also really nice to see other family members this Christmas season. We got to visit with Grandma and Grandpa Brosi, Grandmama, Aunt Patricia and her daughter Kay. Uncle Gary and his son Evan, his daughter Maegan and her husband Sean also came to Madera to visit. It was so much fun. Gary took us to the I-Max theater to see Avatar in 3D. It was fun.

We are so grateful for all the many blessings we have. This was a wonderful Christmas. We are grateful for all that we have been given. One of the best gifts we got this year was from Mom and Dad Peruch. They have been working hard on it for some time now and it's now complete. Giuseppe's grave stone is in place and it's beautiful. Check out the pictures below.

Above: This is the front of the stone. Those beautiful flowers were placed there by Grandma Brosi.

Above: Back of the stone. There is a poem here, I don't know if you can read it this small.

Above: Nathan and I with our little Giuseppe's stone. We are so pleased with how it turned out. Thank you Mom and Dad Peruch for working so hard. In case anyone is wondering, we are most likely going to be laid to rest when we die in the plot next to Giuseppe. Then Mom and Dad Peruch will be at the other side. But we aren't worried about that for a long time.

Also some exciting news:

WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER BABY IN JULY!!!!!

Our Latest Adventures

This is Brent and Jessica Landes. We went to their wedding in October 10th. It was beautiful. They looked so great together and we were honored to see them get sealed in the Las Vegas Temple.

In this picture they both have their eyes open. It was so neat at their luncheon after, it was a Disney theme. It was also very classy at the same time. So Fun!! We are excited to have them in our ward too!

This house is right across from the Las Vegas Temple. It is beautiful. I love it! I want it! Maybe someday I can have a huge house like this but for now I love our little condo!

This is the Manti Utah Temple. It is so beautiful. We went to Utah for about a week and took the opportunity to go to Manti on our drive home. I am so glad we did. This Temple is georgeous. It's huge and every room is an experiance. The murals and the archetecture are amazing.

Even the outside of the Temple is amazing!!

While we were in Utah we took some time to visit with Henry, Janel, Heidi and Tabby. We ate at a pizza place and had lots of fun. This picture above is of Nate and I with Henry, my brother. We missed Kate, she had to work.

These three beauties are Heidi, Tabby and Janel. They were so fun to see again and we are glad that we got to see them all.

Nate and I.

Tabitha and Janel.

The O'Connor Family Visit

We stayed with my parents and all the other O'Connor kids that are still at home. It was lots of fun. They are all growing up fast.

Sawyer just walked out of his room in this sweater one night. They said that it belongs to a teddy bear. I guess he just wanted to get some attention or something. It sure made us laugh.
Nate and I. I'm so strong!

Henry and Kate!

Both couples together.

Henry and Kate are so cute together!

My brothers Hiram and Levi with Nate.

Phoebe and Levi. They took a while to stop picking on each other enough to actually take a good picture. I love them!

This beast is a 9 pound rubber band ball that my brother Hiram made. It was huge! If you are wondering about the bounce factor...YES it does bounce. It's almost as big as a basketball!

Nate posing for a picture with the biggest rubber band ball we have ever seen!

Emma & Joseph Knight

My sister Emma got married on August 29, 2009 to Joseph Knight. They were sealed together for time and all eternity in the Palmyra New York Temple. It was so great to be there to share in such a special moment with the newlyweds. They are a great couple and I know that they make each other very happy. It was raining when they came out of the Temple but they stayed positive and got some really cute pictures with umbrellas. The pictures here are from the reception that evening in Pennsylvania.

Instead of feeding cake to each other they had their own cake and took a big bite out of it at the same time. It was really cute and unique.
There was a little "Emma and Joseph" as the cake topper.

I just love Nate's face in this picture. He's so cute!

For those that do not know him, this is Hiram. He's my little brother. He's so handsome and he's smart too!

The happy couple! They both looked wonderful.

Joe, Emma, ME, and Nate.

Another one of both couples.

I guess we are old news not that there are so many other married couples. Two years we have been married and we have loved every minute of it.

This is my little brother Sawyer. He's 9 in November. He's the only one left that is shorter than me. It's so sad, Saywer has a lot of growing left to do and I'm sure he'll be taller than me before I know it.

Beautiful Emma. A little story about the dress. So I bought the dress for my wedding, then Kate (Henry's wife) wore it for their wedding, then Emma wore it too! Emma had a lady from her ward totally change the look of it though, they added the lace and just kept the white underlayer from my old dress. It's kinda neat how we all wore the same one.

Here are all the girls. Me, Emma, Phoebe and my Mom.

Emma and I.

This my friends is Phoebe, my "little" sister. She is probably a foot taller than me and she is only 13! I feel so short when I go visit them all.

Canada

Before we went to my sister's wedding in Palmyra NY we took a short trip to Canada. Toronto Canada that is. Nate has a goal to go to every Temple in the world, so we decided to knock Toronto off the list while we were so close. so enjoy the pictures.

Me on a bench located on the Toronto Temple grounds

They included French in almost all their signs, even the Temple

Nate pretending to drink of the fountain of water on the Temple grounds

Us in front of the Temple, it was so beautiful

This is where America meets Canada

Here are the flags at the boarder, Ted Kennedy died that's why the American flag is at half mast. I wonder if Canada enjoys flying higher than America.

Repelling

A couple of weeks ago we went rock repelling with some of our favorite people. Melanie and Jared were there along with Mom and Dad Peruch, the Cooks (Braeden and Alisha) and three other girls the Hansen family knows. Melanie's dad took us all out there for a good time. It was so fun. Nate and I even attempted some cool moves that expert repliers (SP?) Jared and Melanie showed us. Alisha and I on the way down.

Nate "Look no hands!"


Alisha and Braeden

Jared and Melanie

Dad Peruch did a great job and looked great in his hat too!

Here is another one of Mark (Dad Peruch) on the way down

Nate and Braeden

Alisha (eyes closed) and Braeden

Nate and I all geared up!

New Hair Cut & a Little Tina Fey?

So for my birthday I got my hair cut. I thought it would be nice to have a little change. I like it a lot but I still cannot seem to escape Tina Fey!! I was at Nate's soccer game sitting there on the bench and this guy on the team starts talking to me.

Soccer Player: Hey you!

Me: (I turn toward him) Who? Me?

Soccer Player: Has anyone ever told you that you look like Tina Fey?

Me: Yep, I actually get that a lot.

Soccer Player: That is so cool. I looked over at you and was like no way that lady looks just like Tina Fey!!

END OF CONVERSATION

Looking like Tina Fey did really bother me until I realized that she's like 40 years old and I'm only 22. So getting my hair cut didn't work. I still look like her I guess. What do you think?

Tina Fey

ME