On my mind*....

Things that have been on my mind lately....

- Devin and Stacie are moving to Scipio this weekend. I am so so sad:( I will definetly miss my nieghbors ( and cousins), office party nights, them inviting us over for dinner, game nights, BBQs, Carter, Brooke and just being able to go over there whenever. While talkin to Stac in sacrament today I was really fightin the tears. We will for sure miss them.

- In sacrament today the closin hymn was 'For the Beauty of the Earth'.. i got half way through the 1st verse and couldn't sing the rest. As I teared up I kept reading along with the song. The words in that song are so true and so inspiring. I am so grateful to be apart of such an amazing church:)

- This time of year is such a happy time but the begining of this month is always tough. On Nov 9 was the anniversary of my moms death. 20 years... I texted a few people that day and was so grateful for all the many positive responses.. I texted Happy sad 20 years!! Here are some replys.. Aunt Margo- Happy for her, sad for us.. Love you! Sister Shannon- I know you have made your mom so proud and I know she is lookin down and is proud to be your mom.Cousin Bree- Nat your mom is so proud of who you have become and what you have done with your life. Dad-20 years ago today our lives changed forever. I know you all have made your mom proud because you have made me proud:) Ryan- It feels like a dream. Jared- I cant believe its been that long. Love you Nat. I really loved what my Aunt Margo said about happy for her sad for us. I know I should aways be positive on that day and think of how happy she must be. I hope you all don't think i'm just like a walkin zombie on this day I really am happy I just always think of her and have her on my mind through out the whole day.

-As I look at little babies I wander if I'll be a good mom someday.The thought crosses my mind and I just hope i'm not one of those who has to wait 10 years to have kids. I think a year would kill me. I get so antsy somedays. I will cry cause I want one so bad then I think about it and I'm so grateful for where i'm at in life right now and having a baby just would change alot. I really need to enjoy the journey. I need to be patient and have faith. For when that day comes when we start a family I know it will be my turn and I hope I can be half the mom that my mom was/is to me:)

-Our home teacher had an awesome thought for us today. On my entertainment center I have a little decoration that says 'Give Thanks'. He thanked me for that. He said that after Halloween, some people get so riled up in Christmas that they forget about Thanksgiving and "Giving Thanks".. It's one of his biggest pet peeves ever! We do need to sit back at this time of year and be grateful for the many things we have been blessed with. Some things we go through in life are hard to be thankful for at the moment. Once it's passed by you begin to be grateful. God knows all things:)

- I am so grateful for family. I love my family and the Dyreng family. This weekend Kera, Adam, Mckell, Taylor, and Jake and I went down to Mesquite. It was so fun. It was so fun having them come and spend time with us. I love family. Honestly being with family is the best joy in life. All the riches in the world would never be able to replace family. I am grateful for the relationships that I have with each one of my family members. I love it when Jake and I go to St. George and we always stop by Jared and Shannons and hang out with baby Brogen. I love that little boy as if he was my very own. I love bein close to family. Somedays I wish we didn't have to have jobs and that we could just hang out all day everyday playing cards and watchin movies, playing nintendo, scrapbookin, reading, colorin wit the kids, playing 'Bear' with my dad and siblings. Eating, making yummy food. I could talk about my families forever. I'm so grateful I get to be with them forever..

- I can harldy wait until Thanksgiving and Christmas. I hate to think about the pounds I will probably gain over the holidays but I can't wait to see all the relatives:)

- I love my drill girls. People have been askin me alot lately if I will be doin it again next year. I hate the thought of leaving these girls I love them all as if they were my little kids and sisters. Its hard to say right now.. alot could change in a year. From the very beginning I told myself I didn't want to get myself sucked in. I wasn't even lookin to be apart of that. Then when the opportunity came up I thought what the heck what is one year goin to do. Honestly I love them. They are some of the cutest, talented girls. Go Talons:)

-I love my Jaker:) He is the best man/husband/best friend ever invented. He does more for me than you can believe. Love you babe!!

-I wish I could spend 1 day with my cousin Nicole in Washington:) I miss her everyday of my life and wish we didn't live so far. This woman is A-MA-ZA-ZING. Love you:)

Hope everyone has an awesome Thanksgiving!!

Bunco, Thriller, & Halloween*

Yesterday (Nov. 1) was my grandpa Blad's 92nd birthday.
92 and goin strong:) I love my grandpa blad.. he is the neatest
and most postive man you will ever meet in your life. Now everytime
time I go home I make sure I go and see him because it may just
be my last time. Thats why I just had to be there for his little birthday
party.. I love this man so much and it will be hard when he does go
but i can't wait for him to be with my grandma Loueda again:) love you
grandpa!!
This is my cousin Mike & Sarah's little boy, Dakota..... he was a football player
and he sure was proud to wear his costume:)

Aunt Sharon and Stacia:0) Gotta love those witches..

Camille and I.. how bout that hot dog nat?

My dad and Jako...Funny story: so as you can see my dad
was a wolf for Hall he put on an old tie for a tail. Well he was
standing with his back against the fire and all of a sudden
he sees all this smoke and he forgot that he had a tail.. hahaha
it was the funniest thing ever!

This is also my cousin Mike & Sarah's little girl, Brielle:)

Every year for Halloween my parents, U Phil & A Sharon, and
U Blaine & A Virginia give out hotdogs and hot chocolate to all
the trick or treaters in Kanosh.. its been a tradition for a bout
10 years now and its so fun to sit around the fire and watch
all the kids come in their costumes.

Mollie and her daughter, Daisy... 2 little witches:)

Cutest Molls:) hahaha

This is my cousin Stacia and Josh's litttle girl, Taylee..


Love that smile:)

Cutest little Tinkerbell...

Josh's mom, Stacy made her costume...



My cousin Shanette's cutest little kids...

Aspen the witch..

Brylee the Bratz Diva..

Cadence the Fairytopia Princess..

On Halloween Eve, Shanette had a Halloween party at her house.
It was such a blast.. There were lots of fun people there in the
greatest costumes... Everyone brought the yumiest food and we
played some way fun games..Here is Le Lani and Justin..




Keri and Jordan.. hahaha

Stacia and Josh:)

Jake and I..

On thursday ( Oct. 29) My mom, dad, me, Millard Drill team,
and some of the girls' parents all went down to St. George to
see Thriller. This production is AMAZING people! Its a must see:)

The red haired girl, named Natalie:), was on SYTYCD for 2
years in a row.. My drill girls Sydney and Demi are with them.

Matt Dorame and Thayne Jasperson were also on SYTYCD and in
the top 20..



During intermission this guy proposed to his girl friend and it
was so cute! What a proposal huh? I have always thought the perfect
proposal would be to have scary zombie people around:)

Before the show all these zombie people walk around and get
in your face and its just funny and scary at the same time.This
one inpeticular wouldn't let Sierra by.. it was hilarious!


Millard Drill team:)

Some of my Canyon View Drill Girls got to dance in the pre-show
before Thriller started. I had never been to a pre-show before so
it was really fun to watch my these girls. They did awesome!
Sumer, Tessa, Sydney, and Demi:)

So this has nothin to do with any of the topics but I thought
is was so cool. One morning the sky was like this, and it covered
the whole sky.. well as far and long as I could see:)

For October's bunco we always dress up. It was at Shaunas house
and it was such a blast.. its always fun to see what people dress up
as. Eryn had the best witch costume I had ever seen. I had never
wanted to be a witch before but when I saw hers it made me want
to be it next year.. haha loved those eyelashes.



Shanette..

Linda..

Stacy..

Me..

Kim..

Keri..

Eryn..

All of these events were such a blast this year:) I can't wait for next year!!!

Girls Trip to SEATTLE*

On our little shuttle ride to the AIRPORT!!!

The great Salt Lake from the air.. I have actually never seen
it before!!

Our "duck tour" guide wore many a hats on our little tour
ride.. he was FREAKIN HILARIOUS!!

Diane and I being all smiley on the duck tour!

This is Jakes sister Kristyn and her husband Thomas and son, Aiden.

The "Cowboy hat"

Just a random pic of the scenery:)

A "fuzzy blue hat"



If any of you have seen Sleepless in Seattle you will know this
is there house:)

Kristyn got to put on the "duck hat" cause it was her birthday.
I must say she has some pretty wicked awesome moves:)

This is the house that Jason from "the bachelor" stayed in
when they were filming it ( I think so.. haha)

These were just some random students gettin there row on!
I have only seen this on tv so it was fun to see them up close..

So Seattle rains a lot!! When we were on the tour I saw the
sun starting to peep through the clouds so I had to snap it:)

The "Pirate hat"..

The "chicken hat"

The "Indian chief hat

If any of you go to downtown Seattle you will have to check
out the Duck tour. You should request this dude also cause we
was the bomb.com!! Just ask for the bald guy:)


So this is what we rode on for the Duck Tour.. It took you down
town Seattle and showed you all the highlights and places to eat.
The cool thing was it goes in water to so once we saw all the highlights
of the town we went right into the water.. HOW FREAKIN AWESOME!
Then thats where we saw the rowboaters and the houses and what not.
We also got to see where "Greys Anatomy" was filmed but I had just
put my camera away and we drove past it to quick..


One of the days while we were there we went to this place
called Leavenworth. It was a RIOT!! You would have thought
we had walked right into Germany.. They had so many fun stores
and we had German food for lunch. It was such a neat place.. My mo-
in-law took some awesome photos though so once I get them I
will post them. If you go to Seattle I recommend it:)

In one of the little fun shops we went into we found these cutest
beanies/ headbands.. When we put them on Diane offered to buy us
all one. What a sweet sweet soul:) When we walked out of the store
everyone was looking at as and we got so many compliments
and they were askin where we got them. We were almost to go ask if
we would be gettin some of the pay from them cause I bet 20 people went
into the store to go check em out:)


We went into another fun store and Kristyn insisted we
put on all these "lovely" coats.. hahah it was so funny!! Everyone
came up with AWESOME poses.. hahah love meags!!

Cute Jennie:)

Doesn't Diane look so cute in HOT PINK!!

OHHHH YA KERA!!

You work it Kris.. haha
I put one on here of me but i'm not sure where it went.. oops!

On our ride home from Leavenworth me and Jennie were
having a little fun in the back. I found a strap in our FABULOUS
MINI VAN and back we went.. hahah it was so funny!!

So on our trip we were just wishin our cousin Mckell was there
with us. So our first night we called her at midnight and told her
she was coming haha.. Kristyn was so nice to use her sky miles and
getting her a ticket up there. Mckell had school and a test to take so
once she got done with that she was on her way. Friday night we
went to the airport (which Diane had no idea Mckell was coming up..
we told her Jennie left a bad at the airport the day before and we were
goin to pick it up.) I took a picture on the way to the airpot showing
everyones emotions.. hahahahahah love it!!

This was Dianes face after seeing MCKELL!!!

Together at last!!



On Saturday we went to Pikestreet Market. It was a really fun
place and it had millions of little booths of so many different things.

When we first got to Pike street we went to see this huge squid.
While we were admiring it the guy picked it up and started chasing
Jenniek with it.. it was so funny but had it been me i probably
would have pooped.. lol

This little old man was pretty random and creepy. He would
just walk around and shove this crab in peoples faces..

So this guy was workin at the little fish shop and I asked him
to put on a show then he told me to come here... uhh ohhh..
What did I get myself into? Anyways he put this bottle of water
on my head and him and this other guy were throwing a HUGE
mother fish over my head and they would try not the knock the
bottle down. They were very good at it. I of course was watching
this fish come right at my face.... I got a picture with him afterwards
and you can tell from my face that i did not want to hug him for the pic..
hahaha when i tried to let go he wouldn't let me so I was like HELP ME!!
it was a fun experience though!!

At one of the booths this lady had made all these beautiful
boquets of flowers. She put a cabbage in one and I though it was
so original! Way to go booth lady:)

This lady was at another booth and she was cool!! I had to take
a picture of her hair and her random tattoos.. If you notice she
has a little swirly tattoo right on her temple/side of face.

I couldn't help myself but take a pic of cute Jennie:)



Kera and Mckell..

So there were these musicians just playin in a little alley way.
They were pretty good and they were sellin a cd for $5 bones.
How could you pass that up... the cd is actually quite good. There
band name is Morrison Boomer... look em up!

We went to this HUGE gum wall... is was quite the site!!
Of course I had to contribute!!


So one day Jennie was like 100% of clothing we so gotta
go there... Which I would have thought so to. But come to find
out it was a strip club.. haha pretty clever huh!

The trees were so pretty up there!!

Just having a little picture moment on a cute little bridge!

We went on a fairy ride over to Bain bridge.. It was so pretty
over there and the fairy ride was fun:)

Cutest Mckell:) shes single guys!!

So this picture is a little blurry but I still had to post it.
This view was A-MA-ZING-ZING!!

Cutest little Aiden and his dinosaur friends!!





We went to this water place and could see these sail boats
coming in and this one boat had a huge sail so they had to lift
the road for it to go out..

This was a troll under the freeway and it was freakin huge!!


Last but not least.. The day after I got back from seattle we were
in Gunnison and I asked Jake if he wanted to work out with me.
He went downstairs and got on all these old uniforms from high
school and from when he went to basic.. haha i about peed my pants!!
Check out that point on his right foot!


Our trip to Seattle was freakin AMAZING!! I'm so glad we got the chance to go up to Seattle and be with our beautiful and amazing sister in law and sister, Kristyn. She was such a great hostess and there was never a dull moment! It was so fun to get to be with everyone and also, to get to see Jennie( she lives in Arizona) I love it when we have girls weekend and can't wait for the next one! Love you all so much and miss you already:)

Conference Weekend- Muchly needed*

I have no fun pictures for this post so its goin to be so boring. oh p.s. Jake had the camera on the hunt so that is why.. ANYWHO. This weekend we got to go home to Gunnison thursday night and Jake got up in the early morning to go hunt with all his family and Diane, Kera, Meagan, Hallee, and me went on our way up north shoppin. It was a freakin blast! Then on Saturday we had "Granny Jen Day" (its a sewing day) and all the girls on Dianes side gets together and we have a big sewing party. Its one of the funnest days ever.. Not to mention gettin together with all the girls while the men are out hunting. I didn't have a project to work on so I had my own little projects there awaitin me. I did several hair cuts and it was super fun. I cut Megan Petersons hair right off.. She has had long hair pretty much her whole life so it was so fun. CHANGE IS GOOD MY FRIENDS. Then we cut Aunt Janenes hair, cousin Rebeccas hair, and Aunt Margarets hair..And of course we had a way yummy meal. Pretty much every meal when we get together with them is like gourmet. SO YUMMY!! On Sunday we of course watched Conference (which I LOVED by the way.. Is President Monson not the funniest guy ever?) and I did some more hair and nails. Funnest weekend ever!
Jake was so nice to come home from huntin to watch conference with me. I was so excited that he came home and I was so excited that I got to be with him for conference. He usually has monthly drills on this weekend so we never get to watch conference with each other. This year they gave em a break though so I was so glad:) I LOVE MY HUSBAND! I love goin to Gunnison. We always have so much fun when we go whether its playing games, doin hair, watching movies, sewing, eating , or just sitting around talking we always have the best time! Its so fun getting to see everyone! I am so glad we have 2 wonderful homes and 2 amazing families... YAY FOR LIFE!!!

3 different Homecomings- 2009

The Millard Selgaes getting there dance on!. I am proud
to say I have 2 amazing dancer/sisters out there:)

This is Asher's little girl Maggie.. She is so dang cutee! She
was proudly sayin everyones names so cute:) I love it when
they can talk!!

Ash, Mags, and Me-- it was so good to see her! love you ash:)

The girls were doin a dance with the cheerleaders. We
started this tradition my senior year and it looks like it
has turned out to be a great one.. So fun!



Tami and I-- she got homecoming queen in 07 and I got
it in 06/.... Love you Tam!

Lara, my best friend ty ( that night at the game was my
first time seeing him since being home from the mish) and
i hung out that night and we were in the car listening to
music and singing LOUD!!

We had such a blast!!

I love Tys face.. welcome to my highschool days of the many
funny faces.. hahahahahahaha

My little sister was able to go on her first date and it was
to Homecoming. She looked so pretty and even better...
she made her dress. Well I guess she didn't make the whole
thing but at the bottom it use to just go long but she cut it
up and put beads on it and totally made it so cute! She's
so talented!!..... oh and her date Kade



Look how cute her little hair thingy is.. I would have never
thought to do that.. She pretty much got all the talent in
that family!

This was at Tys homecoming lucheon. I have some of the
best friends in the world!!
L-r Rhetts g friend Kysha, Rhett, Tyson, Me, Cody, Mark
Felicia, Milo, Ty, Vuthy, and random girl.

Man I miss these guys!

Tyson, me, Ty-- Tyson just returned home from Cali but
I wasn't able to go to his so it was so good seeing him also.
They are my besties!! We sure have been through alot:)

One of my good friends Felicia--she got queen in 08;)

Another Classic:) lol

Ty lives on a big farm kinda out side of Fillmore and
during Highschool we always would go out to his barn
and we named it the 'APARTMENT'.. we all spent alot of
time out there and had lots of parties:) I had to take
a picture of this sign to their road.. Tender mercy. haha

These next few are so random but I wanted to post
about my house also ( for further details.. read below)
This is our dining room.

Our family room..

Computer room and sitting room..

The kitchen..

The backyard..it goes alot farther back then what
it shows in this pic..

My beautiful home that I really miss!! If you notice
in the back yard on the far right you can see a little
2 story cabin that my dad build for me for my birthday.
I loved that place ... ( until i saw a spider) hahahah

Side view..


Lots of fun pictures my friends:) Thanks for staying tuned! I always look forward to this time of year.. Homecoming.This year it was an especially big one for the returning of my 2 best friends from missions. Also.. I hardly get to ever go home to Kanosh and I just love every time I do get to so hence the "3 homecomings".
It was so fun goin to the football game that night. I harldy know anyone who plays football but I really enjoyed watchin my sisters dance and goin around and catching up with all my friends that were there. Man it was such a good time! I totally needed it. I hope every Homecoming I will be able to go home no matter how far I live. I was so sad Jake wasn't able to come with me. He had to work the weekend and I missed him millions:) Homecoming in Millard though is pretty much a big reunion. Alot of people come home for this game.. Fun fun!!
Next was my best friend Ty's homecoming talk on Sunday. I'm so glad I was able to go to it. My cousin was actually giving his Farewell talk up in West Valley and his sister was also blessing her baby that same meeting. So when that came up on the same day as Ty's homecoming I was so torn.. its seems like things always happen like that and I HATE choosing. I was able to see then the weekend before so I did go to Ty's thing and I'm so happy. He did such a good job on his talk. He was such a good missionary and I could feel the spirit so strong. One thing I love that he said was about this experience he had with this guy. The guy could feel the spirit so strong and he said you know Elder Ashton, Out of all the effects that girls, drugs, and alcohol have had on me I have never felt anything like the spirit has. I love that!! Ty really was such a good missionary. I know that his mission does not stop there though. I'm so grateful for his friendship over the years, and for always being the best example to me!
Third, it felt so good to be home! Like I said earlier I don't get to go home alot and when i do its like every 2 months and i usually do a little hair. I love being home. There is just nothin else better than the feelin I get when I drive onto to main. I always let out a big sigh and I love that drive through town. I love the house I grew up in. It looks alot different house now than what I grew up with. Its a 130 year old house but my mom has remodeled alot and has made it look so dang cute. I can't wait for when I have kids and I get to take them home and tell them all the stories of my child hood.. I hope someday I can find an old house and fix it up. Ya never see people building houses like this anymore.. They are becoming rare ( especially in K town) so thats making it more and more special!!
Goodbye:)

Happy 27th!!!

I'm a little late on this post:( but Jake turned 27 on September 16! Happy Birthday Best Babe!! I can't believe he is already 27... thats freakin OLD!! haha just kidding....On the morning of his birthday I got home from drill team and made him breakfast and then he had to run to school and then he and I both had to work the whole day.. It kinda sucked that we didn't get to spend his day doin something what he wanted. After work and school we went out to eat at the Ninja and then came home and watched a movie. We both weren't feelin that great so it was a very low key night. I felt like such a bad wife not even having a cake for him, but we went to Gunnison that weekend so we had yummy zucchini brownies that Kera made. THEY WERE DELICIOUS! Thanks Kera. So we sang to him so hopefully that put a complete on his birthday:) he he One fun thing we did get to do though was go to the BYU/Florida game. My brother had tickets and he just happened to get sick so he couldn't go and we were already up there so we bought them and the game SUCKED! The cougs let us down and I was so sad!! Anyways here are a few reasons why I love Jake:)

- I love him:)
- the most unselfish person I know
- he is always makin me laugh no matter what time of day it is
- he always helps me around the house
- he supports me in everything
- he is such a hard worker
- I love his love for our families
- I love his love for the gospel
- He will be the best dad to our kids
- he knows how to fix anything and everything
-he comes from such a good family and respects his parents so much
- he is so fun to go on road trips with
- he is always so fun to play games with and always wins:)
- he is very thoughtful of me and people around him
- I love how any song I think of he pulls it right up on the computer and starts playing it on his guitar.
- he focus really hard on school and work tryin to better himself and reach to the top
- he gets me everytime he puts on his army uniform
- he is always tryin to educate me in every subject ever made:)
- he is so complimentary towards me
- I love his prayers
- he is always tryin to better himself and our marriage
- he eats bread sometimes like its goin out of style
- I love when we go on motorcylce rides
- he always carries me to bed cause i get so tired on the couch.. haha
- he is so good to my family and parents and treats them like there his own:)
-he watches One Tree Hill with me despite the fact that he hates it and makes sure he tells me every episode:)
- he hates the one ladies laugh on SYTYCD ( as do I)
- he LOVES my hair short
- he is soo good to help me with projects that I have around the house even though I rearrange alot he never complains about having to nail this picture here or there
- he is a very good listener
- I love to snuggle with him the most
-he plays speed with me even though he HATES that game!
-He loves my love the most:)

There are a million other things I could write about Jake. I feel so blessed to have him in my life:) He has been nothin but good to me since DAY 1!! I can't wait to have a family with him and to spend eternity with him. It might not be enough though- I love his love the most!!

SuMmEr HiKeS*

Jake and I decided to get away after school and work
one day and we went to Zions. Jake has been wantin
to do this hike all summer!! We did Angels Landing:fun,
hard, steep, scary, chains, hyperventilated, 1500 ft cliff,
scenery was GORGOUS!! We forgot our nice camera so
the pics are taken with my phone... I definetly felt like
I was a minority there. I had never really been
to Zions before and people come from all over the world
to be there. We met so many people from Germany and Paris.
To think that I am just minutes away from this place:) I highly recommend
it if you want a fun, challenging, hike!

This was taken bout half way up! The picture that
Jake drew of Zions is what you see in the background:)

This is one of us on the very tip top of Angels Landing.
Holy crap we were so high. We were on top of this 1500 ft
cliff.. We finally made it!


The last half a mile you have to walk on the side
of the cliff to get to the top. You had to hold on to
this chains in order to not fall off.. ahhhhhhhh!
Good think these were pretty thick chains and well
nailed to the cliff..


These next 2 pics are random but I had to post them.
This is my little nephew and cutest boy Brogen. I love
these pics they just took of him!

Isn't he the cutest???


Back to AL-- Here is a picture of the many switch backs
you have to hike. They were really interested but kinda
annoying:)


These next ones were takin at Kanaraville Falls. Our
cousin Brian, Kelsey, Randon, Jacie, & their cute little
boy kayden invited us to go. This hike was so fun!. You pretty
much walk in a stream the whole way up and then you eventually
make it to these really pretty water falls that you can climb up. Its
fun cause you don't have to go a millions miles to see something cool.
The whole hike is really cool and REALLY pretty:) Thanks guys for
coming down and for inviting us to go with you! We need to make it a
tradition:)




Our friends Whitney and Ty Ulrich happen to be up
there also. I love them:)


Jake and Random were goin down the cliff slides.
The moss made it really slippery and the water was WAY
super cold. I think Jakes face could have told you that!! lol






Brian and Kelsey:)


I love all these little narrowed parts.!