Happy Birthday Dayle!

Dayle's 26th Birthday! Another Year Older and Hopefully a Little Bit Wiser Too!

So it wasn't the biggest birthday bash ever this year. Dayle didn't get home from his CPA review courses until around 10:00pm. But when he did I had cake and presents waiting!

And on Friday night we had friends over and played games all night! It was a blast! So really the party just went on longer because we didn't get to celebrate it right away!

Happy Birthday Bryent!

One year ago today our son Bryent Derrick Dalling was born. And later that day his Heavenly Father took him home again. Because his mission on earth was complete.
We love him dearly and are so blessed to know that he is our
son for all eternity!

And this year we have started a tradition of eating Angel Food Cake
on his birthday. Because he is such a sweet little angel.
My mom and other family did the same thing.
It was a sweet celebration!

So to our son, we are thinking of you today.

Summer Fun

I love the summer months. For the last few weeks I have had one of my sisters staying with me. And next week my little brother will come. It is such a blast to go swimming and play with them!

Also Dayle and I have discovered that we love to grill. Cooking and cleaning is SO much easier and when the weather is nice there is no where we would rather be than outside! So hurray for summer! We love it!

Plants!

So now that we are in Georgia I have found that my favorite flower ( the Gardenia) can be grown here. In Idaho it was to cold and windy for such a plant with such a picky nature. So I potted one and it is on my door step! It was lots of fun picking out the plant, a pot, and then getting home and putting it all together. It is about 3 1/2 feet tall and has been in constant bloom since I got it! I love the fragrance that these blossoms have! Since we are in a town house though every thing has to go into pots or hanging baskets. For that reason I can't wait until we get a house!

I also planted some tomatoes and strawberries in hanging baskets and they are thriving in the warm weather. I'll have to post pictures once they are full of fruit!

Down South

In January Dayle and I made it to our new place in Georgia! It has been a busy couple of months since we have been here and we are loving it! We have been to the beach a few times... and hope to make it many more as we are so close now!

Dayle is loving his new job and is glad that tax season is over and things are back to a normal pace!

As for me, I am taking classes online through BYU-I this semester and enjoying getting to know our new neighbors and friends better!

I did however get reintroduced to the crazy drivers here in the south when I was in a car accident in February. I was fine but we had to say good-bye to our wonderful SUV.

Life is great and we are happy to be here!

Graduation!!!

So here we are at the end of the year and what a year it has been. We have moved back from Georgia, moved into an apartment, had a baby, accepted a job in Georgia, went to my brother's wedding in Boise drove to the reception in Alabama, are packing and moving out of our apartment and into a new one. And the whole time we have been in school. Wow! What a year!

But now we look at it all and we have Diplomas! Dayle and I walked together at graduation this year. It was a wonderful day filled with a great sense of accomplishment on both our parts. Dayle graduated with a Bachelors in Accounting and I graduated with an Associates. I hope to continue my education in Georgia. So we will have to see what page that unfolds for us. One really fun thing that I did before the week of graduation was have a surprise party for Dayle. It was so fun, we invited all of his old friends and family.

Only a week and a half until we move! I can not wait to unpack and have my house organized that way I want again!

CHRISTMAS!!!!

I am so excited for Christmas. It has always been my favorite holiday. Last Saturday Dayle and I bought a Christmas tree. It looks so pretty. We had fun putting it up together. We also went to the Black Friday sales and got the rest of our Christmas shopping done. So we are ready. Everything is wrapped and under the tree waiting for Christmas morning. I can not wait to see Dayle's face when he sees what I got him! So the count down begins. May everyone have a Happy Holidays!