Brent + Lacey

One-Two, Buckle Your Shoe!

2012-01-16T21:18:00.000-08:00

The beautiful flowers Brent gave me for our anniversary

I have the best husband ever!

Snapped a picture right as Ryan Dungey won the final race!

One week ago today Brent and I celebrated our two year anniversary. That's right, two years. Sometimes it feels like just yesterday was our wedding day, other days I can't even remember my life without Brentos. Either way it has been a remarkable two years, in which we have learn more about each other than I ever expected we would, and yet we still have so much to learn. The actual day of our anniversary Brent had school till late that night, so we celebrated this weekend with Supercross, tacos, and hiking. Brent made me the best present ever; I had found a craft on Pintrest I wanted to make. However, me being my uncrafty self never even attempted the project. Lucky for me I have Brent, who made exactly what I wanted but better by framing a sign that says, "I love you because:" surrounded by pictures of us, underneath which we write on the glass with dry erase markers notes to each other. I love it, and most importantly, Brent and I love each other.

Christmas, New Years, etc.

2012-01-04T15:32:00.000-08:00

Well, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years have come and gone, and I am finally ready to start blogging again after being post overloaded with my blogging class, which I had to write for three times a week. It was fun because I worked on a cake blog for my mom (see here) but I needed a blogging break. Here are some of the things we did over the past couple of weeks.

We had a little gingerbread house making contest, sadly we lost!

I was the only one to catch a fish when we went fishing with my family.

Went to the desert to ride the dirt bikes, and had tons of fun with my sweet nephews!

Shot the guns

Took family pictures

Went rock climbing with Landon and Kate.

Brent belaying

Brent got a new bike for Christmas so we took some long bike rides!

Videos of the rock climbing adventures will follow, and trust me they will be worth your time to watch!

Fall Weather...Finally!

2011-11-02T20:58:00.000-07:00

What's new... I am of course late on posting our Halloween pictures! Halloween was great, but the best part of this week is that it finally feels like fall... and when I say fall I mean under 90 degrees. Yay!

On another note, I now only have 17 days left before I take the biggest test EVER, this is the one that will decide if all my years of school pay off and I can get the job I want... so we may be absent for the next two weeks in hopes that I will pass.

Oh, and just for clarification... I was a zebra... not a cat!

Time, it’s a flyin!

2011-10-24T22:14:00.000-07:00

Wowzer,Halloween already? I just cannot stay on top of my blog! Basically the past month we have been doing school and work, and interning, and work, and school… that is about it. Today however was noteworthy. My watch that I had sent out to be fixed finally arrived in the mail after the company that was fixing it lost it for eight weeks. After trying, waiting, going to the store many times and calling a whole lot more my new iphone is finally on its way… and I cannot wait! After having my old iphone for three years it is time for my upgrade, and it has been tough getting a hold of one of those little babies, there is quite the demand for it here! We also carved pumpkins and made sugar cookies with our sweet little nieces and nephews, best part of the day. Brent and I had a special little helper with our pumpkin!

It was some serious planning between these two!

He was helping me cut out our Jack-O-Lantern's face, pretty fun! Oh and I got my hair cut, trying something new with some straight across bangs and a straight down the middle part!

Voila! The finished product!

September 11th

2011-09-11T15:05:00.000-07:00

Sorry the picture is so blurry, it was really late.

Last night, around 11:30 p.m. Brent and I were driving home from a friends house, and 9/11 and all that had happened came up in our conversation. I had brought up that around Tempe Town Lake flight attendants had set up nearly 3,000 flags, one for each life lost ten years ago. We decided to drive there right then; a storm had just passed through and the weather was so nice and perfect for walking around the lake. Each flag had a card attached with a name and short explanation of the person who had passed. It was shocking to see all of those flags and names, lined up in rows, covering an entire park. One card that I read had the name of a man who was 34 years old working in the south tower at the time the plane hit his building. His wife was pregnant at the time, they were expecting a daughter. He was relieved that it was going to be a girl, because he believed that if they had a boy it would be just like him, and he wouldn't be able to handle it. His body was never recovered from the destruction after the towers fell. Two weeks later his wife delivered a baby boy, not a girl like they had been told they were going to have. Written on the card was a quote from his wife saying their baby boy looks and acts just like his father, and is the best gift he could have left her. This is just one story I read last night, out of thousands that occurred.

I am so thankful for all of the blessing I have as an American.

Happy Happpy Birthday!

2011-08-28T19:29:00.000-07:00

Friday was Brent's birthday. The big 2-5... yep, 25 years old. I am married to an old man. Quarter of a century old. To celebrate we went to dinner with friends, swimming, lunch just the two of us, graffiti his car, ate a giant cookie, went swimming again, ate pizza and cake, opened lots of presents, ate again and ate more cake. Needless to say it was a weekend of eating... diet starts Monday. And sadly, we have no pictures of the events. But did get one of the cake my mom made for him. She asked him what kind of cake he wanted, and he jokingly answered "A pirate cake" (something he had seen on Pinterest). So, She made him a pirates cake. He loved it, it even has a ship on it.

Each layer of the cake was one of Brent's favorite flavors, funfetti, chocolate, and cherry chip... yum!
Brent got lots of presents, and lots of treats... just some of his goods...

Well, school is now in session, again, so back to the real world. Happy Birthday Brent, hope you had a good one!

I have to confess....

2011-08-07T21:14:00.000-07:00

I use Wikipedia... that's right, I am an English/education major who uses Wikipedia. Sometimes it just so helpful to quickly google and find an article written in simple words that gives you the quick facts about something. Except for, the other night as I was furiously trying to figure out the meaning of some French Revolution poetry for my final paper for my summer course, I found the perfect post about a poem I was writing about, so I scrolled to the bottom of the page to look at the references, so I could find where the information came from. Low and behold it was my very own professor. I died when I read his name! That is ASU for ya! No getting anything past your professors because they probably wrote a book on it at some point! So then I became curious, how many of my other professors have had that have written books on the subjects they teach.... well, turns out all of them! And I'm not just talking the text book, these people are publishing all sorts of books. Apparently one of my professors even has a series of very popular novels. You win this time professors, guess what you are saying to me really is valid!

On another note, I finished my summer classes this past weekend. I now have a week till fall starts. It is my last semester of actual classes. Yay! My life revolves around school, pretty boring, but hopefully that won't be the case one day.

Gettin Wormy!

2011-07-24T21:17:00.000-07:00

Isn't this what everybody does on the weekends? And yes, those are worms in his hands...

This last weekend we went up to Snowflake for a little Ray family reunion. It was pretty fun! Of course we went to the Pioneer day parade, always a pleasure! I think Brent was more excited about the candy than the little kids were! We played ladder ball, shopped, shot guns in my aunts backyard (only in Snowflake!), went to a rodeo, watched a girl get smashed by a horse, and won cinnamon twists at Taco Bell. Oh yeah, and Brent caught worms with my uncle... supposedly to use for fishing! just another successful weekend!

The parade, if you look closely Brent has a Tootsie Roll in his hand that he caught from a float!

Oh, the sweet joy of winning!

Rodeo, Yee ha! I would say we are definitely dressed appropriately for a rodeo

Recent activity

2011-07-10T20:19:00.000-07:00

Last week we we're able to make a quick trip to California; my first session of summer school was coming to an end, then the second session started this week so we figured we better take advantage of the two day break. So last minute the night before we left we decided we'd join my family over there, it was so worth it!I wrote a paper in the car, andwe made it in time to go to Disneyland. Then the next two days went to Newport and Huntington Beach. While we were in the water Lexis screamed the majority of the time, while we were swimming out she screamed, if she caught a wave she screamed, when we were waiting for a wave she was panicking convinced that we were being pulled out to sea. It made it fun, I just got to laugh the entire time. Then we caught a crab, well really Brent did, and ate breakfast at the Sugar Shack, all around it was a successful day at the beach.We all got terrible sunburns, and now peeling like crazy. On this trip Brent also decided that Disneyland really is fun, and I haven't been lying this whole time.

Don't mind my crazy hair, it got wet on a raft ride and wasn't the same all day!

For the 4th of July we celebrated with two pool parties and BBQ's, watching fireworks, then our own little fireworks show. All around a pretty successful 4th.

Sadly, while we were in California Brent got the news that his Grandpa Skousen had passed away. His funeral was on Thursday, which was also his 98th birthday. He had a great life, and taught Brent a love for medicine. He was a doctor for many many years and ironically even delivered my own father. He was a great man who will be missed by all.

How do all you people have time for this?

2011-06-14T21:52:00.000-07:00

Once again I have lost track of time. And just what have we been doing for the past month... I had about a week break before summer school started and ever since then it has been kicking my trash. Three classes in five weeks was not the best idea on my part, as a matter of fact I have two papers I need to write tonight and am procrastinating.... count them TWO... TONIGHT! So needless to say I work and do homework and that is my life. Brent works all day every day, and sleeps. That is our life right now. One day I will graduate...one day. Needless to say blogging is the least of my concerns, I just can't keep up.

However last Friday I did get to go see Les Miserables with my mom and sister. It was amazing! So good as always, I'll admit it, I cried... again.

In other news today is flag day. Exactly six years to the day since my Grandpa Lines past away. He was a truly great man who gave me my nickname (laceylou), instilled in me a love of popcorn and Oreos, flew fighter planes in WWII, and loved his family dearly. Can't wait to see you again Grandpa!

Oh Momma!

2011-05-08T21:51:00.000-07:00

(my mom and I)

Happy Mother's day to my mom... and all those mommas out there! I cannot wait to be a mom, and know it will be the most important thing I will ever do. I have learned so much from my mom, and all the moms around me about what it means to be a mom. My mome has sacrificed everything to be a mom, trips, fancy clothes, school, a career, money, a clean house, possibly even her sanity... And I know that, although school is important, I want to be a mother someday, even though it may not seem glamorous or important to others, it will be the most rewarding part of my life. Thanks mom, You're the best!

The last few weeks have been super stressful, hence the not blogging. Finals are this week so we should be back in business soon!

Happy Birthday Reece!

2011-04-15T08:13:00.000-07:00

Today is my big sisters birthday.... I think she would be upset if I told you how old she is! She is the person who taught me how to do my hair, drive a car (we are never going to speak of that night in the parking lot with the stick shift again!), not be afraid of the dark, wake board, and even gave me my name. She is the best big sister a girl could ask for and is such a great example to me, especially of how to be a great mom one day. Happy Happy Birthday Laurice! Hope your day is the best! Please come soon!

Lucy I'm home!

2011-04-10T22:32:00.000-07:00

This is what my hubby has been working on for past few weeks. I am so glad you are done with that floor and shower Brent, our date nights have suffered because of it!

Do you ever get the urge?

2011-04-05T22:08:00.000-07:00

To cut all your hair off? I get the urge often... and just had to do it! I'm just a short hair kinda girl. And yes, I took this picture of myself on my phone, it is blurry and cheesy but it is the best I could do! I felt like a teenager trying to take one of those myspace pictures... maybe in the future a I will post a better picture when Brent and I go do something fun and aren't swamped with homework!

Out with the old... in with the new

2011-03-27T20:17:00.000-07:00

For weeks I have been complaining about how my Nikes hurt my feet...it has almost been an excuse to not run long distances. I have wanted new running shoes, but have been unable to part with them because they were just so dang cute! Spoken like a true girl. Well, that and aren't tennies supposed to last you forever, and almost become a part of who you are because of everything you've been through together? Then the other night, out of nowhere, Brent came home with this snazzy pair of asics. According to him they are the best running shoes ever, and will not hurt my feet. What a thoughtful husband! And I think he did a pretty good job of picking out a cute pair... So goodbye to the cute shoes that held me back and on to longer runs and tighter buns... or so I hope!

Where does the time go?

2011-03-18T17:19:00.000-07:00

Wow! It has been over two months since I have posted anything to our blog. Life has just been crazy busy. Lets see, what has happened in those two months? Valentines day, my birthday, pink eye, homework, homework, and more homework, school, work, St. Patrick's day, and oh yeah I have started the long process of going back to being a blond( I think I have an addiction). All in all life has been good!

For my birthday we had LOTS of food.
And ice cream cake!

I had pinkeye which was not fun, but Brent bought me a new pair of jeans so it made up for it.

On another note about food, this is Brent new favorite place to eat. It is Mongolian BBQ... and we love it! You buy a bowl, then fill it up with what ever you want, then you bring it to these people and they cook it right in front of you. It was Brent's first time, and I kept telling him he needed to fill his bowl to the point of over flowing cause it cooks down... well when it came time to cook his it wouldn't fit in just one bowl, they had to put it in two... and we are pretty sure they were making fun of us in their native language! Guess I led Brent astray... Wouldn't be the first time!

First of many

2011-01-16T13:01:00.000-08:00

It has been a year and a week ( 372 days to be exact) since Brent and I were married. CRAZY! One year down... a lifetime more to go. It has been a fun year, and I learn more and more every day just how much I love my husband.... and how much he loves me. For our anniversary he made me a jewelry chest to keep and organize my trinkets. Pictures will be posted when it is finished, its still a work in progress, but just what I wanted and so so sweet! He also came home with some beautiful flowers to brighten my day and our house. I love this man!

This week we also went to supercross with my little sister for her birthday, it was really fun! Lexis seems to know everything about every rider... and maybe a little bit of a crush on all of them... oh to be high school again! We also had a little fire in our fire pit and made s'mores with some friends, so yummy and fun, even though Brent looks pretty serious in the picture!

It has been a great winter break, but now it is back to the real world.

Here are some things I've learned since being married....

Brent hates my hairspray...
Making dinner is not as fun as it looks in the cooking shows
At times boys can be icky... but really I knew that before!
That marrying Brent is the best decision I ever made
I love Brent

Happy New Year!

2011-01-05T10:56:00.000-08:00

Sorry there are not very many pictures to show for the past few weeks... but I was not about to post pictures of myself on Christmas morning, just Brent! Our holidays were great, we were able to spend lots of time with family and friends, went to the desert with my family to ride our bikes, celebrated New Years by going to a Jimmy Eat World concert, and ate lots of food! This coming year should be a good one!

Holy Christmas! its tomorrow...

2010-12-24T09:48:00.000-08:00

We're so excited for Christmas, and have been having tons of fun with family and friends!

P.S. Brent is the only one in the picture because it proved difficult to take on of both of us when we were the only ones there!

catch up

2010-12-09T07:05:00.000-08:00

Brent and I's gingerbread house.

My mom's and lexis' house they made... despite what they say I didn't copy lexis' snowman, she copied mine!

These past few weeks have been busy, so we have just been trying to keep our heads above water! But finals are almost over, and we are ready for a break! Thanksgiving was great, We had lots of fun with derrick and laurice and our cute cute nephews. Last Monday, to take a break from homework and the craziness, we went to my mom's house for a gingerbread building contest. Brent and I are convinced we won... but we really didn't have a judge so its hard to say (thses pictures don't really do our house justice!) I love the holiday season... well minus the finals!

Happy Halloween... Why am I always so behind?

2010-11-04T09:46:00.000-07:00

Here are our Halloween pictures... just a few days late this time! I'm getting better at this whole blogging thing. We went goofy golfing and to backyard tacos with some friends Saturday night. Backyard tacos is our new favorite place to eat... it's this little Hispanic family that makes tacos in their backyard and sells them and they are so good! While we were golfing this toad hopped on to the course... Nasty! Brent and I dressed up as twins, if you look close enough we have on matching everything down to our watches. I was trying to decide if I was dressed more manly or if Brent was dressed more girly... I think I was more manly. And the best part of the night was the fact that we discovered that Iceberg's is back in the valley, our shake was awesome!

Oh, and Sarah don't be mad that I posted these pictures!

Long time, no post!

2010-10-14T21:48:00.000-07:00

Life has been crazy, and therefore my blog has suffered. Between school, work, interning, and trying to keep my house clean I've been a little stressed. But life has a way of teaching you things, and this past week has done just that. It has been a tough week for my family, nobody is ever ready to lose somebody they love. But through this I've learned what is really important in life, its not how well I do on a test or how much money we make. Its about spending time with people you love and living life in a worthwhile way. So from now on I am going to take life one step at a time, and not stress the little things, cause they don't really matter in the long run. Always be nice to those you meet, you never know what is going on in their lives.

This post has no pictures because my computer has an attitude and decides to work only when it wants to... sorry! Next time there will be some!

Happy Happy Birthday Brent!

2010-08-27T12:20:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was Brent's 24th birthday. That morning when I told him happy birthday he said, " Oh yeah, I forgot" Who forgets their birthday? While Brent was at work I found his car and wrote all over his windows. He was seriously embarrassed that I had done that! I guess for a guy pulling up with every person you work with and seeing "I love you" written all over your car could be embarrassing. We went to dinner last night to celebrate and the buzzer they gave us was number 24, pretty ironic huh? And then we ended the night with, of course, a free dozen doughnuts from krispy kremes. So good! Hope you had a great day babe! Love you!

I just can't help myself...

2010-08-22T14:47:00.000-07:00

I just can't seem to keep my hair one color for too long! It is all back to brown, well bronish red. It is definitely different from my blonde, and I really like it!

California here we come!

2010-08-18T10:58:00.000-07:00

This is a ride Brent just had to go on, but I refused. He is in to the big, fast, dropping, upside down rides, thats just not my cup of tea!

We took a little trip to California last weekend. We needed a break before school starts this week. It was really fun, we went with Brent's brother and his wife. The beach was really cold so we went to the Orange County fair, Knotts Berry Farm and ate at some really cool places! Fall semester here we come!

Fourth of July

2010-07-06T14:22:00.000-07:00

This weekend was great! Between swimming, being right under fireworks, family, Brent's softball games (his team won both!) and BBQ's it was a good fourth!

And isn't Brent the cutest?

Life is delicious!

2010-06-13T19:58:00.000-07:00

That’s right, I am posting all about food! My parents have been out of town, so we have been staying at their house and I have loved having a big kitchen to cook in. This morning we made German pancakes with peach butter and fresh peaches, picked right off the tree only minutes before we used them! Brent loves German pancakes and we found the recipe on fashionablyfoodie.blogspot.com it has some awesome from scratch recipes! Yes, we made this all completely from scratch! I found this blog from Laurice’s and I am addicted. I have made some awesome dinners from there like lettuce wraps, creamy chicken fettuccine, fish tacos and black bean burritos. You must check it out!

Then this afternoon my grandma ray call me and told me to come pick some veggies out of their garden. Gotta love my grandparents, they have the best garden I’ve ever seen! We also got to see my uncle Kendal and Aunt Elaine; we didn’t even know they were in town! It was really fun and we got tons of fresh zucchini, carrots, tomatoes, cucumber, and green onions! My grandpa even gave me some of his famous zucchini relish, which is my favorite, and he doesn’t make it very often, so I felt pretty loved!

Life has been really good for Brent and I lately! Brent joined a softball league and he loves it! He plays whenever he has any free time. There will pictures to come! I have a full schedule of summer school and for right now I’m workin two jobs. Life is crazy, but great!

oh Mexico...

2010-05-03T22:16:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we went to rocky point with Brent's family again. We had lots of fun! Brent loves it and thought it was really funny when he buried me in the sand right as the waves were creeping up on me. It was really windy all weekend but so definitely worth it.

Happy Birthday Reece!

2010-04-15T07:59:00.001-07:00

We love you! Hope you have a great day!

Our humble abode

2010-03-12T16:30:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures of our little house for all who have been asking. I left out pictures of our bathroom and bedroom, because those just aren't important, and probably not clean enough to be posting pictures of! Our kitchen table we bought for $25 and then I panted it and recovered the seat; Laurice has inspired me! We love our little house, it is perfect for us! oh, and sorry the pictures are so bad, it was the wrong time of day to be taking them, but I'm always here at the same times so its the best I could do.

Check out my man!

2010-03-04T17:41:00.000-08:00

Brent has been doing some side jobs, and this is his latest! Can you believe he did this all by himself? He did an awesome job, so if anybody wants some tile, hit him up!

2010-02-09T14:06:00.000-08:00

We have officially been married one month today! So I decided to put up some more pictures.

These are the ones my sister in-law Kate took for us. Somebody told Brent the other day that we've made it longer than some couples do, how sad! It has been the best month. Married life is the greatest.

Last week we went snowboarding, and needless to say I am horrible. Brent, on the other hand, is really good. I'm embarrassed to admit, but I thought that he was going to be so annoyed with me while I literally spent all day falling down the mountain. I would stand up, fall down, stand up, and fall down over and over till I reached the bottom. I kept telling Brent just to leave me that I would be fine without him and that he should go have fun, but he would not leave me. He did all he could to help me learn and at one point when I was really mad and so frustrated with my inability to snowboard, he came up behind me, put his arm around me and said, " Did I ever tell you that I love you." How could I be mad about that? I know I've said it before but I'll say it again, he's the best.

Happy Birthday Jenny!

2010-02-07T09:20:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Jenny! We were thinking of you this morning; We wish you didn't live so far away. We miss you and Love you!

When you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody...

2010-01-27T21:17:00.000-08:00

I am finally getting to posting about our wedding! These are just a few of the many pictures to come; these are from our photographer Danielle Moyers. The pictures that Kate took are coming in the mail and will be posted when they arrive! We love all of our pictures, and really had so much fun taking all of them!

Here are some of the highlights from that amazing day; it really was the best day ever! We got married at 12:45 so I had all morning to get more and more butterflies in my stomach (the good kind of course). My awesome brother in-law Derrick drove all over town looking for vanilla coke for me to drink. Then my mom and I were off to the temple, the drive felt so long. As we pulled into the parking lot I could see Brent walking in. Seeing him made all of my nerves go away, we were about to be sealed for time and all eternity and why would I be nervous about that with somebody as right for me as Brent is.

The sealing was amazing and of course the highlight and most meaningful part of the day. The spirit that was there and the love I felt for Brent was indescribable and something I will always remember. When I walked around the corner, after getting dressed, to see Brent who had been waiting for a long time for me was the best feeling. The look on his face, the words that he said to me, and the fact that he had been crying, I will never forget. When we got in his car to leave he had left a present for me on my seat with the sweetest card. He is the best!

Our reception that night was so fun. Thanks to everyone who came and helped out we appreciate it! As we were leaving for the night my dad decided to jump in the back of the car and said to us, “I need to have a little talk with you”. YIKES! I think the look on my face says it all!

Sorry this post is so long, this isn’t even the half of what happened that day. The important part is that Brent and I love each other and we’re married!

Happy birthday lexis!

2010-01-19T21:30:00.000-08:00

We celebrated my little sisters 16th birthday with her by going to dinner and of course doing candles(this year they were just matches) on delicious cheese cake. We had so much fun! We love you lex, happy birthday!

p.s. wedding and honeymoon pictures to come, I just need to get my house cleaned and organized first!

We're Married!!

2010-01-18T19:37:00.001-08:00

We went to Cali for a week for our honeymoon and we had so much fun! We stayed in Oceanside at the porters beach house, went to the beach every morning and night, went to the price is right, but sadly did not get to play (even though we had sweet just married shirts), went to San Diego, ate giant German pancakes, went on a huge ship, cruised on bikes, ate at some awesome restaurants, window shopped at some interesting stores and just loved life!

Married life is great, I could not have asked for a better man in my life. He makes me happy; I look forward to coming home every day knowing that he’ll be there. I love you Brentos!

Coming soon...

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