Something to do...

So here we go...


4 Random things I love about Cord:

1.I love his crazy loud laugh
2.I love how he is always just himself and doesn't try to tiptoe around it
3.I love how he can always make me (and Ave) laugh
4. I love that his favorite thing is others hurting themselves... lol and that he loves his little girl

4 Jobs I've had

1. File clerk
2. Leasing agent
3. Waitress
4. Mom...

4 Movies I have seen more than once

1. Wedding Singer
2. While You Were Sleeping
3. Love Actually
4. and sadly Man from Snowy River every day for the past forever!

4 Tv Shows I watch

1. Scrubs
2. HGTV
3. Amazing Wedding Cakes
4. Arrested Developement


4 Places I've Been

1. New York
2. Hawaii
3. Utah
4. Florida

4 places I've lived

1. Nevada
2. Utah
3. Arizona
4. .....

4 Favorite Foods

1. Pizza
2. Braised Beef tips
3. Burgers
4. any dessert...

4 Places I'd Like to Visit

1. Scotland
2. Europe
3. Egypt
4. South American Ruins

4 People I tag

1. Ashley W
2. Kennedy
3. Megan
4. Jen Nicholl
5. Melina
6. Erin

So I added two big deal! Go ahead ladies! Something to do when you're bored. =)

HALLOWEEN!!

So this year is Avery's second Halloween technically but for all that matters it really was her first. We got her a Monkey costume and dressed her up and I went and took her Trick-or-Treating! I don't care if its weird to take a one year old Trick-or-Treating i believe you have to go! Well we had fun alot of our neighbors really decked out their garages and did haunted houses and just fun decorations. We got a ton of candy! The police were even out aptrolling and giving out glow necklaces! Well, I thought i'd been gone only an hour, but it turns out I'd been gone two! Cord had been driving around looking for us, I felt so bad! And to top it all off we got invited to our friends house and now couldn't go because it was too late! Oh my I felt horrible! I hope I can make it up next year!
But Avery had fun, and Cord and I got to hang out with eachother so it was ok. Hope everyone else had a spectacular Halloween!

October and Avery's Birthday

Well hello again everyone! Sorry it's been so long, we have been busy. Well alot has happened! Cord and I have traveled a bit. For conference weekend we went to Eagar, it was nice to see Tammy and the girls and Mike and Ryan and Trist. We have fun hanging out and listening to conference. We had a BBQ and played games. it got a little crazy....but it was a blast! Thanks Tammy for hanging with us!

Avery turned one this month! We went to Vegas to see my family, and all the new babies! (My sister Kennedy had a girl Rory, and my sister in law Megan had a little boy Aidric) They are soo cute! So while down there we had a little party for Avery. Family and friends came and we had cake, pizza and a good time. Avery got a few presents, thank you everyone for the gifts! They are great and Avery of course LOVES them! She got some clothes and toys and a really cool Alphabet caterpillar stuffed animal. =) She is almost walking now, soon we won't know what to do with her running around everywhere!

Also, this past week Steve came up and he and Mike helped Cord to extend our loft! It's not completely done yet, but it looks amazing and Cord and I can't wait to finish it! Thank you Steve and Mike for all your help!

Also, Cord and I just got a new calling in our ward. We are now Nursery workers! I know, Avery is gonna get to go into nursery a little early I guess. I hope its fun!

Halloween is coming up. I'll post some pics of Avery in her costume soon. She is soo cute! I put up some decorations, my halloween signs and of course spiderweb, which I thought looked cool until the wind blew it down. Lame.

Well that is all that is new with us! Hope y'all are doing great! Have a happy HALLOWEEN!!!

Man we have ALOT to cover....

So we had our family reunion this year. It was a blast! Cord got to golf, and I got to see my family and go visit the old ranch. We had huge dinners, and breakfast! Mmm... It was just fun to go and see everyone. Im jealous my cousin Taryn got to go repelling with my Uncle cory though. Avery loved being outside at the ranch. She was just laughing while crawling around in the grass attacking my little cousin Jansen. =) We found this little icecream/sandwhich shop there and it was sooo good!! I swear I ate there everyday. Below is a slideshow of the pictures I took!

Last Friday we celebrated Cords birthday! I dont have too many pictures from it because my camera was almost dead. It was fun though. I took Cord shooting at the range and we got to shoot pistols! It was fun, and then we picked Avery up at Johnny and Melina's (thank you for babysitting!!!) then all went over to the park to play frisbee. It was so nice to play again! i miss it. Then we headed over to Jennifers to BBQ and swim. Thank you Adam for grilling up the burgers! Everyone just hung out and watched Olympics or swam. it was fun. Sorry Jen for raiding your home til all hours but thank you so much for letting us use your house!
Thank you to everyone who pitched in on the food and present, and who just came! You all made it a great birthday for Cord!
Btw Cord's present was Tom Petty tickets!!

Well the concert was Wednesday August 20th. Cord and I got ready and drove the hour and a half to Glendale. Our seats were way up top so we couldn't really see much. So we went and got ourselves some T-shirts (long line!) then went back up and ast by Mike and Ash after Steve Winwood was done playing. Adam came over to see our seats, he was in a box with some billionaires and Nicole (lol) and we all decided we should sneak down to the front. So we went down and walked right past the little ticket guy and wandered around trying to find seats, when Tom Petty came out! So we ran to the front and were right there about 3 rows back for the opening song!!! It was amazing!!!!! After about 2 songs though the ticket guy came up and asked us for our tickets then told us to get out once he realized we didnt have them lol. So we followed Mike thinking he was gonna go to the back to find seats but he just ran right on out. So we went back to our normal seats in the bird nest to enjoy the rest of the concert. It was stil fun because we had some crazy folks dancing in front us. Poor guy had No moves left! Oh well.
Thank you Jessica for babysitting so late!!! It was so much fun!

August

Well August is here now and July is past. Not much has gona on this week, Cord has been studying for his CNA which he takes tomorrow, and Ive been cleaning and working. Avery is doing just fine, just growing and moving. She took her first tumble down the stairs yesterday. That was no fun. It was only a few stairs, though, and she is ok.

Well I have a few pics of when roniboob was down, but only of Ave not of Roni. lol

Isnt she cute? lol I know they are not the best pics, I had to take them with my phone.

Above is a video of Ave crawling around at the park. We take her there alot, but this is the first time she has crawled in the grass there. She doesn't really know what to think of the grass lol. it looks like she doesn't like to touch it but is still happy to be outside.

These are some more pics of Ave at the park taken with my phone, of course. She loves being outside with Addi! Well thats about all we have been up to. How is everyone else? Anything fun going on?

Update

Ok so sorry its been forever! I have no pictures becasue I lost my camera charger and so i cant use my dead camera. Sad! Well Cord and i went to Vegas a few weeks ago to attend the sealing of my brother and his wife. I almost didn't get to go because of course I forgot my recommend. How do you ask? I have no idea. But luckily I got ahold of the bishop and he called the temple to vouch for me. The weekend was fun though, cord and i hit up a casino, we had a BBQ, and hung out with the fam.
Avery is getting so big! She is 9 months now and is standing and walking along everything. She gets into everything now too! She makes a new sound too, can you guess what it is? Dadadadada! She doesnt know she is saying da-da but it sounds like it. =)
Cord and i FINALLY finished the cabinets, and our backyad has some semblence of a lawn. More weeds than lawn though. lol Cord takes his CNA test this week, I hope he passes so he can become a CNA. That would be nice.
Roniboob was down here this week. He came for a few days and we had a BBQ at Johnny's after swimming at a public pool. The guys did dives and crazy flips off the high dive, while Melina and I hung out with Raylin and Avery. It was fun! Then on Wednesday, Cord, Roni, Willis and I went to see The Dark Night! It was great! I liked it alot. After that my mom came in to meet me and we went shopping. We got Ave some toys and stuff it was nice! Ave likes her big girl toys too. =)
My mom stayed til Friday and then had to go back for megans shower. i wish I could have gone but sadly I had to work. Thanks for coming MOM!!!
Today was fun. I woke up and made cookies and cleaned then we went to church. Ave gets real loud in church so I spent most of it walking around, lol. But I have finally made some friends so it was cool.
Well thats my update. How is everyone else summer going?

Memories...Thanks Melina!

Melina had this on her blog, looked cute~!

Here are the directions:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.

I'll respond if you do!

Vegas

So as you saw below my little sister had her baby. He is soo adorable as babies are. I am so proud of her. I can tel she will be a great mom! We had a good time in Vegas. Cord was sick and then I got sick for about a day with some 24 hour stomache flu. Now we all have coughs (wierd to go with a stomache flu buyt there ya have it) but are feeling better. We got to visit with everyone and swim. Ave loves the water! Im glad for that since we do live in a desert lol. Well other than that we didnt do much. On our way out of town Cord and I ate with CC and Donald and I got a tray of waters dumped on me, but other than that it wasnt too crazy. How is everyone else?

Tyson Kai

My little sister Cecily had her little boy Tyson Kai yesterday!! He is 6 lbs 15 oz and 19.5 inches long. Is he just soo cute!

Our week in Eagar

So this past week Cord and I went to eagar to visit. The first night we all went camping at Brown sawmill. it was a little chilly but not too bad. We girls went on a walk, and then we all just hung out by the fire and talked. Velda made us hobo-dinners which we cooked very slowly in the fire, but it was worth the wait! Thanks Velda!

The next morning it was really windy so we got up at like 430 and packed up. Then we had breakfast at Velda and Steve's. It was Alex's birthday so we made a cake and then Brando grilled up some pork chops! Then Alex blew out her candles and opened her presents. She got some good stuff if I do say so myself. =) Then we all watched some Brian Reagan.

The next day we went over to see Mike and Ash and Cord helped the guys put in a new door at their grandmas. Then we went shooting! The guys were so funny with their pups running around after them. Then we went in to town and ate at Brando's. Soooo good!

That night Cord and I went and played some basketball with Mike, Ash, Trist, and Steve Tucker. We won some and lost some but it was a blast!

The next day it was time to leave but we snuck in a little early morning walk and then sunshine smoothies at Sonic with Mike and ash. Thank you to Mike, Ash, Velda, and Steve for a very fun week!!!

Welts (Is that how you spell it?)

Ok so here are the welts Cord got from Nate Nicholl. They look horrible! Nate an Cord were both already out when Nate shot him but its ok, Cord got some revenge...

Family Reunion

SO this weekend was the Allred family reunion. We had it here in Mesa and it was soo much fun! I don't think we got much sleep, it was kinda non-stop action. For us anyway. That first day we all woke up and went to meet at Jen and Nates to head out to the lake. We got out alittle later than planned but we did get out there. It was cold and rainy so the lake was empty but it didnt stop us from tubing!


Here is Cord and Mike getting ready to go out on the very cold lake! They are so funny together. I dont know why but when you see them together you cant help but laugh lol.



G-ma mary and Doug and Caroline came down too!






Take a look at those faces! Pure glee....










Ash and I went out together


Here we are getting ready. Nate is not very nice when he is driving the boat. I flew off everytime...Maybe i just stink at holding on....

On Sunday we all went to the temple for family pics and to see the Joseph Smith movie. It is a great film, and we were able to get some good pics.
Cord and Ave look so cute together dont they!?




Here is Emily and Ave! SHe was

having blast even though she had not taken a nap at all really.
Im glad she did so good.

On MOnday Morning a bunch of us went out to paintball again. The Trist was ready for some action. He won the night before when it was only him and I. I could barely see it was soo dark and I was checking to see if he was where I was getting ready to shoot and Wham! He shot me right in the facemask. Quick little bugger...

Mike was ready to get out there and hurt somebody. He got beat up pretty bad during the game. He got shot in the neck and it startd bleeding and fell over and twisted his ankle too, poor guy. Cord got shot many times too. Nate got him a couple times int he side. His welts are almost black, its nasty but worth it. After that game, Nate and Cord attacked Mike Ryan and Trist as they came back in. Lol it was a free for all and "some people" got hurt pretty bad...

Nate and Emily put off the drive home to paintball with us. EMily got it in the face. She looks soo sad lol. Im glad they stayed though! They ended up leaving after and then coming back again for breakfast, they just couldnt stay away. =)


After everyone left Nate, Jen, Cord, Weston and I all went 4-wheeling. We had soo much fun running through mud puddles and over rocks! Nate and Jen almost got stuck in a huge puddle lol. Thanks to Jenna, G-ma mary and Velda for babysitting even though it got a little nuts! You guys are great!

Here is Cord and I out in the sun four wheeling!

Well it was a fun reunion! I had a great time and so did Cord. Im glad to get some sleep again though but I cant wait for the next one. Thank you to everyone for the great food, fun and company! I hope to see you all soon!

Cedar and Paintball

Well Last weekend Cord and I went to cedar to paintball and hang with Ash, Mike, Emily, MJay and Jordan. It was soo fun! As you can see we played some paintball. It was a little toasty out but we endured the heat to have the pleasure of shotting eachother. lol

Here is Emily and Avery! Sitting and having a good ol' time! We were so glad she came to see us! Thanks Em! Im glad Mjay came down and hung out with us. We miss you guys!

Thanks to Ash and Mike for the food and letting us crash! Here is Mike with his gun and Em and Ash gettin ready to kick some butt!!!

Cecily's Shower

Well I have alot I need to post lol I am slow I know! A few weeks ago was my little sister Cecily's baby shower! It was a blast. I flew down thursday and hung out with everyone and helped set up and everything. Ave had fun on the plane and we all had a good time at the shower



This is Cecily! She is already about to pop lol but she wears pregnancy well. She looks soooo beautiful im jealous! I didnt look that good when i was preggo. =)





This is CC and Her Mother in Law and Gma in Law. FUN LAdies!!! She's lucky like me to have awesome in-laws!



And here below is her crazay sister-in-law Julie. I LOVE this girl she cracks me up!

Update

I know its been awhile so sorry for anyone who reads my blog lol. Well not much has happened since my last post. Cord and I have officially begun the renovations on our home. We began with the cabinets as you can see in this photo our kitchen is a little crazy. I love the color though! We went for antique white and we have had a few messups but all in all i think we r doing okay. My mom came down for a few days to help us out. Thank you mom!!! SHe always does so much for us!

For this weekend Saturday after work we went and hung out with Johnny and Melina! It was fun! We ate pizza and played settlers. Avery did so good! I was so proud. Poor thing got pretty tired though and just konked out.

Melina is about ready to be done i could see. I understand Melina, its almost over! Yay!

Speaking of babies, my sister Cecily is due in June! Im sooo excited! She is having a little boy, name is still not picked yet, but he is gonna be soo cute see!

O i cant wait! Well, If anyone knows me they now i have this thing about making myself face my fears (not necessarily large fears like bears and murderers, but little ones like stage fright and jumping off the wall lol) So sunday we went to our ward for only the first part of sacrament meeting. I wont lie, I totally forgot it was fast sunday! Im used to not fasting from being pregnant and I have missed every fast sunday so far. I need help! lol SOMEONE remind me puh-leeze! Well anyways we went to our ward because Cord had to say the opening prayer. Well as were sitting there cord turns to me and says if i have to say the prayer you have to bare your testimony. My own little prompter lol. Well that got me thinking. I hadn't bore my testimony in probrably 6 years! So i decided to do it. It took me awhile to get up but I did! It felt soo good. It was really short but its done and now hopefully i wont be so scared to get up now! SO that was it for us. Lets hope this week goes well!

Oh and HAppy Birthday Emily, Mike, Matt, and Ryan! And Anyone else i missed im sure there are more I just cant remember all these May Birthdays!!!