Brittany

Lovey Eyes

2012-01-25T19:04:00.001-08:00

Now I probably wouldn't have anything to write about on my blog if it weren't for GentDawg, he likes to be called that! No joke, our internet is literally under cdoggent.... Anywho I always have a day that I am super lovey dovey and I guess that's when I decide to write on my blog. I am very grateful for this awesome individual in my life, he loves me no matter what; when we are happy with each other, when I make him mad, when I annoy him! It amazes no matter what we can look pass things and still see the love! I once heard something, now I am not saying I quote because this is me paraphrasing but I heard someone say when you are mad at your partner look into their eyes and think about why you fell in love with them and focus on that rather than the silly thing you may be disagreeing about. I think this is amazing advise not only when you are in an argument but even when you are having a happy go lucky moment. I know I have definitely been focusing on this and it seems to be helping my own self get over things a little faster and being happier with life. Now go out and try it... you just might like it!

Yo boyfriend

2012-01-06T13:31:00.000-08:00

So I like this boy, my problem is that he keeps texting me and texting me.
Our Convo today
Me: I'm really digging that it's Friday!!
Him: Oh you got big plans this weekend?
Me: Just to hang it with a hunky dude
Him: Oh yeah is he your boyfriend?
Me: I guess you could call him that. He doesn't look like the man I
married a year ago! He has a gnarly beard now!
Here he is!!!

*We have this weird joke going about boyfriends and girlfriends, I always tell him next time he has his girlfriend over to make sure she cleans up her dark hair because its EVERYWHERE!! {because I have a MAJOR shedding prob} And he texts me about my boyfriend {perfect example above!}*

Brace yourself

2012-01-02T09:54:00.000-08:00

My new look for 2012!!!

Travel Bug...

2011-12-20T14:08:00.000-08:00

I never was the traveling type but I guess when you marry one you turn into one. As a child I hardly ever traveled anywhere, my farthest destination was Minnesota (by car) to visit my uncle in prison, I didn't go to California until I was 16 and didn't go to Disneyland until my 18th birthday! Don't get me wrong we did travel but not all that much, I don't know if any of us really like to because all that goes with traveling is a lot of work! Well since being married I have experienced some great trips! We have been to Hawaii, California a couple times, Las Vegas, Camping, and the last huge one Argentina! Well lets say I am a bit trip hungry right now even though we just got back. I was told I get to pick our next trip and I can't decide where I want to go! I have a couple places in mind tho.... Maybe I am dreaming with some of these but it doesn't hurt to dream sometimes!

Venice, Italy

New York

Australia

Tahiti

Kindness is what matters

2011-12-18T20:47:00.000-08:00

"Let us as Latter-day Saints reach out to others not of our faith. Let us never act in a spirit of arrogance or with a holier-than-thou attitude. Rather, may we show love and respect and helpfulness toward them. We are greatly misunderstood, and I fear that much of it is of our own making. We can be more tolerant, more neighborly, more friendly, more of an example than we have been in the past. Let us teach our children to treat others with friendship, respect, love and admiration. That will yield a far better result than will an attitude of egotism and arrogance."
Gordon B. Hinckley, April 2000 Sunday Afternoon Session

My dear husband was reading this talk in church a while back and it really has lingered with me. I feel like as I ponder this, I realize times in my life where I may have acted as such a "holier-than-thou" person but I also see where I was on the other side of receiving someones such attitude and noticed I don't like it. Why is it that we get into these types of attitudes? We are no better then the next person, we are all striving to do our best is what I imagine.

I think I may be a little sensitive towards this subject because of my family background as being converts and some may not following the exact ideas that people think are right in the church. I struggle with emotions of some of the decisions some of my own family members have made in their lives but who am I to judge them? I don't know the wills of their hearts and the struggles they may be dealing with emotionally, only Heavenly Father does. I am here to be there for them, to show my unconditional love for them, and be the greatest example I can be.

As stated I am by no means perfect, I struggle daily with interacting with different people that I normally wouldn't be friends with. I am glad Gentry did come across this talk because it definitely holds a place in my mind and makes me think of my actions daily!

Mr. Magoo

2011-11-26T20:29:00.000-08:00

Oh my dear Carster's! His birthday was back in October but oh well its never to late to post about another little cutie! This little guy was an added surprise to our family! He was and is a such a stubborn little guy! I think he gets that from the Lemire side! He brings so much joy to me especially since he got out of his boring stage where he was mr no expression! He is growing so much and running around everywhere! He loves his big sister more then anything and wants nothing more but to do everything with her! He has the funniest little personality now a days and puts a smile on anyones face! He is getting to the point where he knows what you are talking about but he is pushing his limit to see how far he can go with the cutest little smile! Gentry and I started calling him snaggle tooth because he only had 2 teeth on the top but they were both on the same side and his top left was barely coming in, he looked so silly but I can't help but still call him that sometimes because that tooth still hasn't came in fully! He follows after his auntie Brittany and LOVES his baby blanket, he tries to be sneaky sneaky and take it out of his bed thinking that we forgot he isn't suppose to take it out of his crib sadly he is wrong and we know better! He is the baby boy love of my life! He is such a dreamy little guy and I love seeing him and seeing the little changes in his physical features and what he continues to learn!

I love you little man! Happy 1st birthday about a month ago!

All of these pictures capture his personality SO well!!!

The girl who stole my heart...

2011-11-26T19:51:00.001-08:00

I know this title sounds dramatic but its true Shelbie Lynn stole my heart just 3 years ago! It still brings tears to my eyes when I think about me, Amanda, and Brandi standing outside the hospital door and hearing this little girls first cry. We all looked at each other with tears in our eyes thinking how could this little girl mean so much to us and we haven't even seen her or held her yet, all we heard was the first little cry she let out. We were nothing but ecstatic and wanted to run into the room and see her but were stopped by a door blocking us and nurses not letting us in. Probably 10 minutes later but what seemed like forever we were in the presence of someone amazing! This little girl has brought nothing but happiness to my life and our families! She was a miracle and I am blessed to be her aunt forever! Whenever I hear her say I love you Berttany you are my best friend, I have to hide my tears! She has grown up so fast, I just want her to be a little girl and just lay in my arms like she use to but she feels the need to get bigger and smarter by the day! Saturday she and I were cleaning her room, hunting for bows and hair ties, taking a nap with snuggle bear, and having our very first tea party! At the beginning of our nap she was just talking and talking so I asked her if she wanted me to tickle her back because I know it makes her fall asleep and her response was "You can do whatever you want" and she turned over and lifted her shirt! I tickled and she was out cold! When she woke up I was their to snuggle her because she was scared I left her in her room by herself! I love that I live so close to be able to see her whenever I want and to make memories with her! I know she is just going to get bigger and bigger but I am happy I get to keep these memories with me forever!
Happy Birthday my lovely little lady, Shelbie!

Argentina

2011-11-26T18:43:00.001-08:00

Argentina, what a wonderful place. I loved being their and learning the ways of other individuals. To start off we took a total of SEVEN plane trips, needless to say I am over plane rides and have done my fair share of them for awhile! We took 2 to get to Argentina, 1 to Iguazu Falls (North of Buenos Aires), 1 Back to Buenos Aires, 3 Back to the States! We strolled the streets of Buenos Aires where I tasted my first taste of real Argentine food off of what we would say looked like a hot dog stand, which wasn't too shabby. I do have to admit that by the end of the trip I was very sick of Argentine food because it is all meat and I just needed some sort of vegetable, which are very hard to find. Argentina is the place where I took my very FIRST public transportation. We took the train to many different areas along with buses and taxi's. Their driving is much different then ours, I would pick ours in a heart beat! I do need to state that I NEVER saw an accident as crazy as the driving is. Public transportation is where you witness very random people along with what I would say is a very personal act, aka breast feeding with no cover. I did witness it first hand and did have it happen right next to me on the bus, my first thought was of course this had to happen to me! That's not all, while the mother was breast feeding her 2 year old he was trying to give me a high five, I had no idea how to react! There were times when we took the bus to go visit some of his friends! The first time we got lost, which was a bummer and he got a little down in the dumps! We went to church and I could tell the whole day he was worried that people weren't going to remember him which some did recognize him but couldn't remember his name and some really didn't remember him but one individual did remember him and the reaction was almost heart melting. We had someone in the ward take us to this families house that he LOVED visiting and we walked up and they didn't remember him BUT the person he wanted to see wasn't there. So we sat and talked to the family and some man rides up on a bike and see's Gentry and gets the biggest smile on his face and says SHUMWAY!!!! There were no words to explain how happy I was that this guy remembered him! They talked like old friends and Adrian (his friend) told him that he was looking through his photo book the other week and was just thinking about him! We stayed for hours and ate and Gentry got to enjoy his time with his friend as I sat embracing the nice weather and spanish! haha After about a week we went to Iguazu Falls which is in the northern part of Argentina and was just named one of the 7 natural wonders of the world! So I have now been to 2 and still have 5 to go! This place, oh my, there are no words to explain. Pictures don't do it justice, I don't think it is humanly possible to capture the beauty of this place. The waterfalls and the jungle are beyond beautiful! We zip lined in the jungle, hiked through the jungle where we were a river away from Paraguay, and rappelled down a waterfall. We walked the bridges to the waterfalls and also took a boat ride where they took you to the waterfalls that border Brazil and Argentina. We also took the time to visit Uruguay for a day, where we took a ferry! In Uruguay we met up with a family that is related to someone in our ward! We went to a Tango show where my dear lovely husband sang to some Korean family which left me laughing hysterically. Here is how the story goes, we sit to eat this tasty 5 star dinner and we have Koreans on my left and people from Spain on my right. He is very social and is talking to both couples, me not understanding because the Spain couple only speaks Spanish and the Koreans can't speak English well at all. His dad served his mission in Korea and taught him a song in Korean so he told the couple he only knew one thing in Korea and this is how it goes and began to sing, the kicker is the lady started singing it with him!!! It was beyond hilarious, sadly we did not get a picture with the couple. There is so much more we did but I think I touched on what was the most exciting to me!
I never thought I would be the one to travel but I have been very blessed to be able to experience such amazing places in my short year of marriage. I am very grateful for the time I had to spend with my husband and return to his neck of the woods where he served for 2 years. There are parts that make me sad to see the way some people live but there are also parts where I see that they don't really care what they live in and just love life! I wish that we all could sometimes get away from all the materialistic things! So people have built their houses underneath the freeway with trash for their roofs and we are over here worrying about how we should decorate our walls or making all of these holiday crafts! Don't get me wrong I am beyond guilty of these things but I think it has changed my point of view and have been more focused on whats really important which is family and experiencing life! I want nothing more but to have my house in place but I also want nothing more but to see the ones I love happy and healthy and enjoying life!

Here are some pictures that I like, there will be more on facebook but for some reason it wont upload and I don't feel like messing with it any longer, so stay tuned to my facebook if you want to see more!

This is supposedly this widest street in the world. where you see trees there are roads on the other side too... notice the Argentina flag in flowers. I must say they do LOVE their countries colors and have them EVERYWHERE!

Adrian is in the red shirt which is his friend that remembered him. The little girl is a DOLL! She was very entertaining!

Waterfalls...lovely right?!?

This is in Uruguay, the man in the blue is brothers with someone in our ward

For you, I did take a picture of the driving! That is a 2 lane road with 3 cars! Buses also drive crazy and flick their lights and honk their horns and then cross the road!

Busy streets of Buenos Aires. They have pedestrian streets which this is one of them and cars aren't suppose to drive down them, but sometimes they do anyways!

Our first flight!!

Another picture of the waterfalls

My girl hero

2011-11-17T16:53:00.000-08:00

I am not very open about my pains and struggles in life, maybe its because I don't want to look weak or like a whiny baby. I have become very aware of many peoples life stresses or trials and it reminded me of the one I have had since I was in behives. This is where I am becoming a little open with my situation, which you must know its not easy for me to do. When I was around 12 or 13 I found out my mom had cancer, my world came crashing down on me! How was I going to go through life without a mom? How am I going to get married with out my mom there? How am I going to have babies and them not have their "Boosha"? I have taken so much of my time with her for granted. I get upset with myself when I get frustrated with her for not understanding something I am trying to say or when it doesn't seem like she cares what I am saying at that moment. I know she must have a MILLION things going on in that head of hers and I am worried about her listening to me, how selfish? I am so grateful for the time I have had with her and what a strong and independent woman she is. I am so grateful for the way she raised me to be and what a great example she is to me! I want nothing but to be as good of a mother to my children as she is to me. I am so happy for the time I continue to have with her, she is nothing but amazing in my eyes! I love you mom and I am grateful I'm in this crazy loving family with you!

1 year down!

2011-11-06T20:01:00.001-08:00

I decided to skip days 2 & 1 and just talk about the year!
This year has been nothing but wonderful! We have had our mad moments, sad moments, happy moments, annoying moments and us moments but who doesn't?! That's what happens when you bring 2 different people together and they experience living together! I could have done a lot of things different in this year, but I think if I had I wouldn't have learned the things I needed to learn. I always love to learn how to make myself a better person, if I do anything right that's it. I don't take criticism very well but when I do hear those things I will try to change myself into a better person. I have done this throughout my marriage and I plan to continue this so he and I can continue to have a strong unbreakable bond. I am so happy with the little Shumway family we created just a year ago! Most people make fun of me because I call him a dream boat, but I only do that because I sometimes think I am in a dream! Its hard for me to think this is my life and this cutie is mine but then I soon realize its not when I get to wake up to him every day! I am lucky and all of you are lucky to have that special someone too! It bothers me when people say they have the best husband ever, I do have the best husband ever, but he is my best husband ever and everyone else has their best husband ever too!! {if that makes any sense}

Forever is going to be great with this guy, I can sense it!

November 6, 2010

November 6, 2011

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2011-11-03T18:20:00.000-07:00

He doesn't mind that he does match sometimes! It is so weird to me, I don't like it!!

This picture is where he got the nick name blue machine thanks to me!

You see the blond with that weird red shirt and flowery bottoms, that's my guy!

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2011-11-02T20:19:00.000-07:00

This is his signature pose! Don't mind the lady on his shirt, he no longer wears this bachelor shirt!