:: twinkle twinkle little star do you know how loved you are? ::

i am the luckiest girl i know. i get to wake up every morning next to mr. wood the sweets and joy of my life. he is so great to me and always puts a smile on my face. i love that i am married to such a hard worker who knows what he wants in life. i love you mr. wood i dreamed about you my entire life.
*low

i also am so blessed to have such a loving heavenly father who's hand is in my daily life. he loves us so much that he helped mr. wood get a good new job, move into a great new ward, find a wonderful spacious house to live in, and so much more. he loves us so much that he has given us a prophet thomas s. monson to lead and guide us so we can live with him again. he has given us many temples around the world to do his work at and i love feeling his love when i go to the temple. he has blessed me with the most amazing family in the world. i love my family so much and i am so grateful for the friendships we have. that is what life is all about family and the gospel as long as we keep them the center of our life everything else will fall into place. we love you heavenly father thank you for being our best friend and always being there for us.
*mr. and mrs. wood

:: Zion's ::

Pappy I love you so much and I am so glad that you and mom came down to visit us in St. George. I had a blast exploring Zion's with ya'll.

The Narrows {This was my first time going up this trail and I was so proud of my mom for making it. Way to go mom!} I can't wait for Brady and I do the full hike through the Narrows in the water and all next month!!!

Mum and Pappy at Zion's. It was a blast to ride the shuttle and go on a few small hikes with ya'll. We had not been to Zion's since I was a child and I had forgotten how peaceful and beautiful it was. We were so blessed with a cloudy morning to keep us cool and we were also lucky that few people were out'n about while we were. The sun and crowds came as we were leaving.

This was on the drive from St. George to Zion's while the sun was still rising. It was breath taking. The amazing thing about Utah is how many different types of mountains there are. You can drive any direction in the state and find completely different looking mountains and they are all so beautiful and fun to explore. No wonder Brigham Young said this beautiful state "was the place". Utah is a true marvel of the world and being here reminded me of that as throughout the day I heard more French and foreign languages than I did English. While growing up in this state I have taken for granted where I live and that it is a desirable place to travel. With our move to St. George we have decided to take more advantage of where we are and how close we are to so many different neat places to go and see on the weekends. Now ya'll can look forward to seeing more adventures from the Wood family :)


Thursday night we took Mom and Pappy on a drive through Snow Canyon to see the Red Cliffs. This was my first time to see them also. It was such a neat combination of mountains {I mean plateau: Brady is always correcting me on that and I'm still getting used to the change} of red rock and lava rock {the black rocks} and white sand stone. Brady was very excited to be on this drive. It's not too far from our house and he is going to start going on bike rides through here. It should be a fun challenge for him!

Thanks for coming down south Mom and Pappy we can't wait to have you come again. Love you!!

house projects

i know some of you have been wondering what do i do with my days since i have not been working. well i actually have been keeping myself very busy with projects around the house. above is some art work that i made this past weekend. right now we can't afford to buy professional art work so i decided to try and make some of my own. i thought it turned out pretty sweet.

i took on a big project of refinishing the table and chairs my parents lent us. the chairs were white and now they are a sleek black. the table base was white and now its a metallic chrome. the part that took the most time was sanding the table top and getting the mold stain out. but in the end it was all worth it. we love our table and chairs and we are very grateful for mom and dad letting us use them.

this was a frame i made for my mom for mothers day. it was quite a hit and fun to make.

this is the other frame we made for my mom for mothers day. this one was from kels, allie, and anthony of their cute family. this was the first one that we did and it turned out so cute that we had to make more.

our families

i was in need a something to hang my jewelry on. this is what i came up with. it is perfect for necklaces and it is also a wall art.

if you are in need of some craft projects to keep your summer days busy i hope this will give you some good ideas. my next project is going to be a dresser. right now i am searching for a old 4 drawer dresser to refinish and maybe some bar stools. i will post pictures once i am done.

Rainbows and smiles

On our drive to Delta for America's Birthday Party I saw my first full rainbow. We tried really hard to capture a picture of both sides but it was much too large to get it all. I thought it was so cool to see the entire rainbow in the middle of no where and it put a huge smile on my face. It also made me think of the simple joys in my life that make me smile.
1. Making Brady laugh so hard he snorts
2. Having Nerf gun war in our house
3. Playing skip-bo
4. Seeing a HUGE smile on our nieces and nephews faces when the see us
5. Watching a summer thunder storm on the front porch
6. Dancing in the rain
7. Singing loud in the car with sisters and girlfriends
8. Having a good tickle war with Brady
9. Baking with the Rabner gals
10. Waking up next to the love of my life

Fun in the Sun

Last weekend Megan, Weston, and my Lime guy came down to St. George to visit us. It was much too short of a visit. I am enjoying this city more than I expected but I miss Megs A LOT! While living in Provo Megs, Liam, and I spent countless hours on adventures and having fun. They made the day time hours enjoyable after I was laid off in February. Now that we three Rabner gals are in different parts of the country we realise how much we miss each other and the spontaneity of our friendship and adventures during day time hours.

Saturday we went to a live dinosaur fossil site Museum. This is a TRex foot print. It was a meter stick tall WOW. I was shocked! Liam is very into dinosaur's and had fun digging up fossils.

My Brady Michale is one handsome guy if I do say so myself :)

Friday night we went to the movie in the park and watched Casper the Friendly Ghost. Liam loved the movie and kept saying "look ghost, ghost" it was so cute! It was fun laying on the blankets under the stars watching the movie. One nice part about this hot city is no misquotes. I am loving that part!

See how excited my best friend was to watch this movie! He just brings a smile to my face.

Now Brady has been trained well .... see how he worships me! JK We love each other so much are we are so blessed to be living down here in a nice home and that Brady has a good job that he is enjoying. I have been out searching for a design job and I have an interview on Tuesday with a commercial firm and hopefully all goes well. I am getting very board in the day time without Megan and I am more than ready to get back to work.