HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. ALASKA

i just want you to know that i am absolutely crazy about you.

if it isn't too obvious already.

i can't tell you enough how lucky i am to be your wife.

you are SOOO hard working, loving, and really really strive to give your family the best life possible.

i couldn't ask for more.

berlyn has no idea just how cool of family she is coming into,

she will be so blessed to have you for a dad! soo very very blessed.

well i could go on, but i am sure you already know how much i care about you.

TONS OF LOVE COMING YOUR WAY!

-ang

p.s. happy 26!

being sick sucks.

today i was sick.

yuck.

so while in bed and watching tv i went through cory's pictures.

it seriously took me down memory lane.

this november will be year five for us.

i just want EVERYONE to know that my husband is amazing.

he is so hard working and is going to be a great dad.

i love him.

 (jos..you should love this.... CHICO)

 january 21st. 07 - it snowed in arizona

 cory being cory

(i hope he doesn't mind i put this picture up)

(hot chocolate + provo temple = happiness)

 i max theater for... you guessed it... U2 3-D!

 date night.

 arizona. before he shipped off to alaska for the summer.

 can you believe two arizona kids met and moved to alaska? yea i can't either!

i finally went to alaska to visit him during the summer.

umm... that fish is gross.

all in all i picked a great guy!

THANK YOU CORY FOR EVERYTHING

YOU DO FOR OUR FAMILY!

the house. or should i say OUR HOUSE!

yes.
we actually did it.
after months of underwriting.
many many phone calls, faxed papers, and long hours.
(all of which cory did. can i just say that my husband rocks, like seriously ROCKS)
we finally got our home.
OUR PERFECT FIRST HOME!
it is sooo cute!
now i can't wait to actually live there!
yes you heard me right. . .  we are not living in our newly bought home.
sad huh.
underwriting didn't like that for the past year we haven't had any bills (except a cell phone)
i guess they wanted proof that we could pay bills on time.
anyways, because of this we had to put 20% down on our home instead of 10%.
yikes.
there goes our savings.
so we had no choice but to stay in bethel for the next 6 months or so to rebuild what was lost spent.

BUT
even with all the blah of not being able to live there
we are still so proud to have reached our goal of purchasing a house after one year in bethel.
it was hard. but now that our baby will have a place to grow up it is totally worth it.

i still can't believe cory can get his arms around me and my big ol' pregnant belly.

this is a picture of our backyard and the awesome view from it.

my internet is being super slow, i will put more pictures up soon.

i cried.

pic taken 12.07.10 (21 weeks pregnant)

look what i found!
i wrote this blog post a little over three months ago.
you will be glad to know that now cory and i are completely happy with how things turned out for us.
but.
just in case my kids ever ask how i reacted to finding out i was pregnant.... this is how! (read below)

written sept. 5th. 2010.

my anxiety has left.
finally.
i seriously think cory thought i was going mad.
people talk about birth control making them crazy.
luckily i never had that.
birth control didn't change me at all.
but let me tell you.
finding out that all the things you did not to get pregnant didn't work,
that is scary has hell.
the first week i cried. i cried a lot.
first to my sister while holding a pee stick shaking uncontrollably on the toilet.
(the PLUS SIGN showed up within three seconds. the second test was even faster)
i called brittany first.
she is the GREATEST secret keeper on the planet.
i am the worst.
i have gotten a lot better now that i am out of high school,
but honestly don't tell me something unless you want cory to know.
no matter the secret, cory will find out.

the next person i told was cory.
i cried.
he hugged me.
i cried.
he told me everything would be fine.
i cried even harded.
he laughed that i was crying so hard.
i stopped crying (only for a second) to give him a dirty look,
then of course, started crying again.

next to know were my two right hand girls.
arizona girl: kayla
utah girl: maelyn

poor maelyn i probably called her phone 1000 times. stupid movie she was in.
but when she did answer i got exactly what i was looking for.
MAELYN ADVICE.
seriously people, she is good!

kayla was also a big help.
she is a mom already to a gorgeous boy named recker.
she, like me, got prego before her first year anniversary
so she had tons of advice.
*sigh* she is amazing.

the next person to know was my mom.
i didn't think that i was going to tell her so soon, but i couldn't help it.
she called and just wanted to talk (we talk almost everyday)
this time i think she could tell that i was a little sad.
after i barricaded myself in the cafeteria and hid under a lunch table i told her.

and guess what i did...

I CRIED. THE MOST UNCONTROLLABLE TEARS YET!

so a special thanks to you all.
sorry you had to hear the tears all the way from alaska.
but you guys were great and helped tons.

year one. {complete}

one year older.

our marriage that is.

last sunday was our anniversary.

so i thought i would give you a

a look into our wedding book.

i love this book.

i love him.

happy one year.

flower thief.

cory brought me flowers today.
i think for three reasons.
1. he hardly ever brings me flowers (so he is trying to make up for lost effort)
2. i haven't been feeling up to par. one word: yuck.
3. month eleven of our marriage officially begins today.

i still don't know how he found them.
i never see flowers in bethel and i know they don't sell them at stores.
maybe he stole them from a yard?
or maybe he was a gentleman and asked if he could take them. . .
(ya. because that sounds like cory...ha)
however he got them, i think they are quite lovely.
thanks babe.
happy eleven months.

my boy is back in town.

today is the day.

hip hip hooray.

seriously. that was a long time cory.

i think we need to put a ten day limit on vacations apart.

geeez.

well, it will be good to have you home.

one more thing...

you are taking the kids tonight. i am going crazy.

*disclaimer*

sorry about the cleavage in this photo.

it didn't look that bad until it was blown up.

you can blame it on a weird camera angle.

1.2.3.4.5 - SIX!

It was six months ago to the day that Cory and I officially tied the knot. We can't believe half a year has already gone by! We have already had more adventures in six months then some couples have in their first 5 years! Married life has been a breeze, honestly, it really has. Other than packing up and moving clear across our continent, things have been great. We think that we work so well together because we dated for a LONG time. Try 3 years LONG. But because of that time we now know each other extremely well. ALL in ALL things are good. Who knows where we will be in the next six months. All we know is that we will still be together, constantly craving sushi, and planning for our future.

(we makes goals for everything)

the first picture we ever took together!

december.31.2006

cory turns 25!

pic uno: cory being a pirate with my new yoga mat

pic dos: cory doing what he loves

pic tres: cory's 22 birthday. (don't worry)

it's a birthday candle.

five. 5. cinco. V.

today is our 5 month anniversary.

i know i posted about our last one, month four

BUT

in my defense

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when you live in middle-of-no-where ALASKA finding a topic to post about can get rough,

so for your enjoyment... you get another anniversary post.

five. 5. cinco. V.

these past five months def have won the many adjective award

exciting . adventurous . hard

new . lucrative . freezing

surprising . bliss . lonely

. . .

the main thing that i have learned from these past five months is that things don't go as planned. first of all i don't handle change well, no better yet, i CAN'T handle change. my poor husband has put up with my tears, complaints, and bad cooking. he actually has been exactly what i needed him to be. when i had a mental break down (which happened a lot when we first got to bethel) he would do everything he could to get my mind off home. on many occasions he pulled out ticket to ride, enchanted, and ice cream.

. . .

although being married i see mr. brian less then i did when we were dating, i am really grateful he is in my life, and i am even more grateful he knows how to put up with me!

i'm a statistic.

While looking for DIY projects for my little craft archive. greensubmarine.

I came across a statistic. . .

A National Sleep Foundation survey reported that 23 percent of married Americans sleep alone .

omgosh! i'm a statistic!

the second i saw this i showed cor.

we laughed and laughed.

Cory is still in training for his new job. He works four 12 hour shifts then has four days off. Right now his shifts are from 8pm to 8am. He lives while I sleep, and sleeps while I live. Today I saw him for a total of 30 minutes. I get home, hang out with the girls, then wake Cory up at seven. YES seven pm. He then goes to work, I go to sleep. At eight I call my cab, he is walking in to door as I am walking out. He heads straight upstairs and then up more stairs to bed.

that is life as we know it. it will change soon. but for now,

i do sleep alone.

month four begins.

four months ago (yesterday) i married my best friend. he is perfect for me in every way. not every second is fun and games, but for 95% of the time things are great! just in case he ever decides to read this blog i wanted to have some pictures of the U2 concert(s) we enjoyed on our honeymoon. HE LOVES U2!

- cory if you ever read this, these pictures are for you! happy 4 months babe.... LETS GET SUSHI TO CELEBRATE! yummy gangster roll.

finklestein & bogford bogneilious the 3rd

(title of post?)
- - - our nicknames for eachother. i'm bogford.

blessed.