Whiskey Creek!

Stefan's uncle owns a huge ranch in Idaho called Whiskey Creek and were able to go up there this weekend with Stefan's family! It is so nice there, I would live there if I could! We had a blast shooting, four wheeling, swimming and lava, playing games, and my new found favorite thing GEOCACHING! Who knew that was a thing and who knew it was so much fun?! My sister-in-law Kelly's fiancé Cody is into it and so Stefan, Paige, Kelly, Cody and I went on a little adventure and it was so much fun!! Paige found it at the ice caves.  For those of you like me who don't know what it is…. Basically its a treasure hunt! There is some website where people post the coordinates and you put it in your GPS and go find it.  It's just like a small container or something that has a list of names and you sign your "geocaching user name" and the date.  It sounds weird… because it is… but obviously I am not a professional at this as you could tell from my attempt to explain it. Just take my word, it's fun! I didn't take very many pictures… but here is a few!

Notice my freaking cute Deathly Hallows hat that my cute sister in law Paige made for me!!

We took this picture at the fish hatchery! Which is disgusting how many fish there are, but kinda cool!

Families are Forever

My dear grandma LaRae passed away about a week and a half ago and last week we had her funeral.  I am so grateful for the knowledge that I have that I can be with my family forever and that this isn't the end. I had the opportunity to give the eulogy at the funeral, it was great to reflect on the great times I had with my grandma.  I would always go and stay at her house and growing up I always loved it.  It was a beautiful funeral and we couldn't of had a better day!

For the funeral I was in charge of the table decorations and so I went through tons of pictures to find some for the tables and I found this cute one of my dad when he was little!! I love it!!

At the viewing, Blake helping Callie 

And Lucy and Blake dancing

Logan and his mad skills

Our photobomber Logan

The original 7 Crosland kids! Great to have everyone together, even for just 24 hours. 

Goodbye Teenage Years!

I am not writing much on these posts because I am trying to catch up. Yesterday was my 20th birthday! Stefan made it absolutely perfect!! Friday night we went to my favorite restaurant Taggart and then spent the night at Alaskan Inn. It was perfect! Then on my actual birthday we left Alaskan Inn, went and walked through rainbow gardens, went to lunch and went shopping and really just had an awesome day!

New Home

We are so happy that we were able to get into a house.  We have been looking for the past few months and with an amazing realtor Julie Russell, we found our home!

California!

I have been slacking on my blogging so here is some catch up!  Last fall my mom sent an email to the family telling us to start saving our money and that we were all going to Oceanside California and going to Sea World and San Diego Zoo.  It was the first time the whole Crosland family had all been together since 2009. And the first time we have all been together since Stefan and I got married and Amy had baby Logan.  It was a blast!!

So I flew out with Amy and her kids because both Luke and Stefan couldn't come until later.  I got to sit by cute little Callie Goose! 

 It was Logan's first plane ride! He did awesome!

Nothing like playing with Ponies and Princesses on the plane

I love little Cody Man! When we got to Ben and Carries house he just cuddled with me on the couch.

7 of the 8 grandkids!

Stefan got an awesome V neck tan line!n

On the Pier!!

Both Cody and Lucy had birthday's had birthdays in February so we had a shark birthday party for them! 

San Diego Zoo

4 Zoo's in the US have Pandas and San Diego is one of them! They had a baby and a mom and they were definitely the highlight of the zoo for me! 

Logan in a milk coma

New Year New Goal.

What is Pinterest telling me? That I should organize my pantry and my fridge with individual labels for every single thing, that I should be making all of my cleaning supplies and laundry detergent, that I should have color coded, sticky note filled school notes, that I should alphabetize basically everything I own, that I should be making incredible gourmet meals but not just that taste good but making animals and crazy designs out of every food I make because a regular sandwich just isn't pretty enough, that I should have matching sports bras and shoes when I go to the gym because when I am working out I am really trying to get people to notice the nasty sweaty mess I am, and that I should definitely make decorations for every holiday because really who doesn't need labor day decorations? Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Pinterest, I LOVE crafts but I no longer can compare myself to it or frankly to anyone around me. For the past little while I have felt in a slump. Ya know just when you feel like you are barely getting by at everything? I feel like the greatest part about the new year is new resolutions, making not only bad days but even your good days better.  I was just like everyone else… Had high hopes for my resolutions; hit the gym, eat healthy, staying very on top of school, become this awesome perfect wife with a spotless home and gourmet dinners every night, honestly I had this "dream" in my mind of how perfect I would be and become the 'I don't know how she does it' type of girl.  I felt like I was trying but I always felt like I was failing.  Do you know what I realized?  I can't do everything.  I can't be perfect.  We are all surrounded by those people and see the people on Pinterest who seem to have the perfect life and I have learned they don't.  They may have perfectly spotless homes and gourmet dinners and a rockin' body and do you know what… I am no longer jealous.  I don't have a perfectly organized home but I have fun instead.  I choose to spend my days with my husband, friends and family instead of living at home cleaning… alone and unhappy.  Some people spend there days at the gym and eating trees and crap, I would rather sit around and eat a sugar cookie to be completely honest with you.  Some people may find their joy in that, but I have to realize I am not one of those people.  Instead of beating myself up about not doing everything how other people or even pinterest tells me I should live my life, I am choosing to live it in the ways that make me happy! I cannot multitask my feelings, if I am stressed about stupid things then my mind and my feelings are not focusing on what they should.  Stefan needs a wife that is supportive, that he can laugh and have fun with,  a wife that loves him unconditionally, not a wife caring about what someone is going to think when I tell them what I did all day. Should I keep a cleaner house, cook more meals, study more often, and eat healthier? Yes.  I am going to try but if I don't, it's not worth beating myself up over anymore.   I am not perfect! But I can be proud of that! We were not sent to this earth to do those things. We were sent here to learn and know Christ, and I can't do that when all I am thinking about is worldly things. My resolution this year is simply to focus on the things that really matter.

Thanksgiving!

Oh how I love Thanksgiving! This year we spent the day with my family. Ben and Carrie and their kids were here from California so it was great to spend time with them.  We ate LOTS of great food at my moms and then kept up the Crosland family tradition of a movie after dinner.  We went to see "Frozen" the new Disney movie and it was absolutely adorable! One of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving is when we all go around and tell what we are thankful for. As we went around my niece Blake's turn is next, she sits there for a minute and points at Stefan and I and said "I am thankful for you and you!" and then she was done. I am happy we made it onto her list! Kids are the cutest.  This year I said I was grateful for my cute husband as well as my mom.  I have an amazing mother! She still puts up with me coming over all the time, my panicked phone calls when I am cooking and I've messed it up, going to countless doctors appointments, being there for me during the hardest points in my life and simply for being my constant best friend! I've been blessed beyond measure for the amazing parents that I have. I'm very grateful for them.

I even am grateful for this little pill.  I love how she is always with me and no matter what is happy to see me.  Dogs really are the best. 

And of course I am grateful for all my cute nieces and nephews... This is the newest addition to the family. Baby Logan!

It was a great Thanksgiving being together with the family.  We missed Tyler and Carly and their kids. Next year to the Brown family!