HAPPY 4TH ANNIVERSARY JARED!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY JARED! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT HAS BEEN FOUR YEARS TODAY. I REMEMBER GOING TO THE LOGAN TEMPLE AND BEING MARRIED FOR ALL ETERNITY! I AM SO THANKFUL FOR YOU! YOU ARE A WONDERFUL HUSBAND AND AN OUTSTANDING FATHER AND YOU MEAN THE WORLD TO ME. I LOVE EVERY MINUTE THAT I HAVE BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE WITH YOU FOR ETERNITY! YOU HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE IN SO MANY WAYS AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO GOOD TO ME. WE HAVE DONE SO MANY THINGS IN THE LITTLE TIME THAT WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER. JUST TO NAME A FEW, BEEN MARRIED, MOVED TWICE, HAD A BABY, MANY VACATIONS, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. WE ARE GOING TO LOGAN TONIGHT TO THE ANNIVERSARY INN, COURTESY OF JARED AND WE ARE GOING TO PLAY HARD. HALLE KAY GETS TO COME TO AND THAT WILL BE FUN! SO, THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR THE TRIP, LET'S GO PLAY HARD!

A LIST OF THE TOP 4 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT YOU:

1. YOU ARE A GREAT HUSBAND AND FATHER, AND SAY "I LOVE YOU", EVERYDAY!

2. YOU LOVE THE GOSPEL AND OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.

3. YOU ARE VERY COURTEOUS TO THOSE AROUND YOU.

4. YOU MAKE ME SMILE EVERYDAY AND MAKE LIFE WORTHWHILE!

ONCE AGAIN, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! I LOVE YOU!

SODA SPRINGS POKER RUN

THIS PAST SATURDAY, BIG CHRIS AND STEVE-O HEARD ABOUT A SLEDDING TRIP THAT THE CITY OF SODA SPRINGS WAS PUTTING ON FOR A FUND RAISER. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK ME TWICE TO GO, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK AND I'M IN. IT WAS ACTUALLY A PRETTY COOL SET UP, THEY CALL IT A POKER RUN. YOU HAVE FIVE STATIONS AND YOU GET TO DRAW A CARD AT EACH STATION AND THE PERSON WITH THE BEST HAND WINS. I ALMOST HAD A FLUSH, 4 HEARTS AND A DIAMOND, WHICH WOULD HAVE PUT ME IN THE WINNERS BRACKET. WELL, THESE ARE A COUPLE OF PICTURES FROM THIS WEEKENDS TRIP, I HOPE THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO GO AGAIN.

BIG CHRIS AT OUR SECOND POKER STOP.

THIS IS STEVE-O, HE HASN'T BEEN SLEDDING THAT MANY TIMES BEFORE, DIDN'T TAKE HIM LONG AND HE WAS A PRO.

FATHER AND SON

TWO THINGS TO LOOK AT IN THIS PICTURE.

1. IF I WOULD HAVE WRECKED, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FOUND, CAMO ISN'T THE BEST TO WEAR WHEN YOU ARE IN THE MOUNTAINS.

2. LOOK AT THE MOUNTAINS BEHIND ME, IT WAS LIKE THIS THE WHOLE TIME. BIG OPEN VALLEYS THAT TOOK YOU EVERYWHERE.

THESE ARE OUR POKER FACES, CAN YOU TELL THAT WE DIDN'T WIN ANYTHING.

THIS IS THE WHOLE CREW, CHRIS'S BROTHER GREG WAS THE ONE THAT INVITED US TO COME, IT WAS FUN TO SLED WITH ALL THE GUYS.

CUB

CUB 1 from JARED BERNT on Vimeo.

CUB 2 from JARED BERNT on Vimeo.

CUB WALKING

CUB CAME DOWN TO L&K TO HANG OUT WHILE TONYA WENT TO WORK FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. SHE WAS WALKING ALL OVER THE PLACE, SO I GRABBED MY CELL PHONE AND LET HER GO. WE WILL GET BETTER VIDEO LATER.

YAY FOR HALLE! (AND RANDOM OTHER LITTLE THINGS!)

THIS PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAVE MARKED A HUGE "JOB WELL DONE", IN MY BOOK. HALLE IS FINALLY WALKING. IT HAS TAKEN HER QUITE AWHILE. SHE WAS VERY CONTENT JUST CRAWLING AND SHE WOULD WALK IF SHE COULD HAVE ONE LITTLE FINGER ON SOMETHING FOR SECURITY BUT THE MINUTE SHE LET GO, BOOM! DOWN SHE WENT. IT HAS BEEN SO FUN WATCHING HER OVERCOME THIS OBSTACLE AND TEACH HERSELF THAT SHE CAN DO IT. ALSO, IT IS AMAZING WATCHING HER LEARN THAT SHE CAN HAVE FAITH IN HERSELF AND TEACH HERSELF HOW TO DO THINGS. SHE IS WALKING PRETTY GOOD BUT IS STILL WOBBLY AND INSECURE SOMETIMES...BUT THAT WILL TAKE TIME. WE ARE SO PROUD OF HER AND HAPPY TO WATCH HER PROGRESS! WE LOVE YOU HALLE GIRL!!

NOT THE BEST PICTURE, YOU DON'T GET THE GIST OF HER WALKING BUT, THIS IS WHAT I CAN SHOW YA FOR NOW! YAY! YOU GO HALLE GIRL!

ALSO, YESTERDAY HALLE AND I WENT WITH MY SIS, NIKI AND HER SON TREVOR TO IDAHO FALLS. WE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THEM. WE WENT AND FOUND ME A NEW KITCHEN TABLE (I WILL TAKE PIX OF IT ONCE I GET IT!), THEN WE SHOPPED, ATE LUNCH, GOT THE KIDS A MILKSHAKE, AND JUST TALKED WHILE THE KIDS PLAYED. THEY DID SO GOOD IN THE CAR AND SHOPPING. IT HELPS, THAT THEY LOVE PLAYING TOGETHER ALSO-THAT MAKES IT MUCH EASIER FOR NIKI AND I TO HANGOUT TOO. THANKS FOR COMING TO PLAY, WE HAD A VERY FUN TIME WITH YOU!

HERE IS HALLE GIRL WAITING FOR AUNT NIKI TO GIVE HER SOME MILK SHAKE-SHE LOVES GOING TO IDAHO FALLS SHOPPING!

THIS IS COUSIN TREVY WHOM WE ADORE! HALLE AND HIM HAVE BECOME VERY CLOSE SINCE HE MOVED HERE IN OCTOBER. THEY LOVE SEEING EACH OTHER AND WATCHING HIM DO THINGS (SINCE HE IS 6 MONTHS OLDER THAN HER) MOTIVATES HER TO DO/LEARN THINGS. CUTE PICTURE TREVY! THANKS FOR COMING TO PLAY!

AND, LAST BUT NO LEAST, I HAD TO ADD THIS PICTURE. HALLE WOULD NOT STAND STILL TODAY BEFORE CHURCH SO I COULD GET A PICTURE OF HER IN HER NEW DRESS FROM GRMA BERNT BUT I DID GET THIS CHEESY GRIN AND I COULDN'T RESIST! THE DRESS WAS ADORABLE AND NOTICE: 2 PIGGY TAILS-YAY! FOR MORE HAIR! ALSO, I HAVE DISCOVERED AT CHURCH, HALLE HAS ANTS IN HER PANTS, SHE NEVER QUITS MOVING (NOR DOES ANYONE ELSE HER AGE-SO IT'S NOT JUST HER!) BUT THAT DOES MAKE GOING TO SACRAMENT QUITE A CHORE FOR JARED AND I SOMETIMES, HOWEVER, WE WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING!

LOOK AT THAT CHEESER-I JUST WANT TO HUG HER AND KISS HER TO PIECES! LOVE YOU HALLE GIRL!

IT IS AMAZING HOW FAST THEY GROW UP. HALLE IS THE CENTER OF OUR LITTLE UNIVERSE. SHE GIVES HUGS AND KISSES, PUTS HER HAND ON HER HEAD FOR" I'M CONFUSED", EATS, DRINKS, DANCES, AND MAKES US LAUGH UNCONTROLLABLY. SHE IS SAYING SOME WORDS LIKE DADA, AND DOGGIE, AND AN OCCASIONAL DIFFERENT ACTUAL WORD. WE ARE SAD TO SEE HER WALKING-THIS MEANS SHE IS GROWING UP, BUT HAPPY TO KNOW SHE IS MOTIVATED AND CAN TEACH HERSELF NEW THINGS. THE BIGGEST THING I BELIEVE FOR HER THROUGHOUT THE REST OF HER LIFE, IS BEING SURE OF HERSELF AND BELIEVING IN HERSELF, AND SHE IS SHOWING US NOW AT SUCH AN EARLY AGE, SHE IS! WE LOVE OUR LITTLE CUBBY AND SHE MEANS THE WORLD TO US! CONGRATS ON YOUR GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS SO FAR, AND ON THE MANY MORE YOU WILL HAVE! LOVE, MOM

PARTY LIKE IT'S 2009!

THIS YEAR FOR NEW YEAR'S WE HAD ALOT OF FUN. ALMOST ALL OF JARED'S FRIENDS HAVE MOVED AWAY FOR COLLEGE AND WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. THIS YEAR WE HAD A GET TOGETHER AND IT WAS FUN. ALL OF US, (THE DUDLEY'S, MENNEAR'S, CADY'S, MARSHALL'S, CASEY AND HIS LITTLE GIRLIE FRIEND LYNDLY, AND US-WITH HALLE) MET UP AT THE NEW PLACE IN TOWN-RUBY TUESDAY FOR DINNER! WE HAD TONS OF CONVERSATION AND CATCHING UP AND ALTHOUGH WE WERE THE ONLY ONE'S THAT BROUGHT OUR DAUGHTER, SHE WAS SUCH A GOOD GIRL AND ENJOYED BEING OUT WITH ALL THE ADULTS. AFTER DINNER WE CAME HOME AND HUNG-OUT IN THE BASEMENT SINCE HALLE WAS ASLEEP UPSTAIRS. WE PLAYED A TRIVIA GAME WITH EVERYONE, WATCHED SOME TV, DID SOME CATCHING UP AND I PLAYED WITH DUDLEY'S 2 WK OLD SON. WHO MIGHT I ADD IS ADORABLE! WE HAD A GOOD TIME. WE WERE ALL SO STUFFED FROM DINNER THAT WE DIDN'T EAT MANY OF THE TREATS WE BOUGHT AND WE ALSO FORGOT THE MARTINELLI'S JUICE IN THE FRIDGE. WE HAD FUN AND WILL HAVE THEM OVER AGAIN LATER IN THE WEEK TO EAT ALL THIS FOOD AND DRINKS! (SORRY I FORGOT MY CAMERA SO THERE ARE NO PIX!) WE HAD SO MUCH FUN AND IT WAS GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE! WE CAN'T WAIT TO ALL GET TOGETHER AGAIN AND HANG-OUT! WE LOVE YOU GUYS, AND HOPE YOU HAD FUN!

FUN, FAMILY, AND CHRISTMAS!

SO, I HAVE BEEN PUTTING OFF THIS POST BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG ONE, SO BEAR WITH ME. WE HAD A SUPER BUSY FUN-FILLED WEEK AND I HAVE TO GET IT ALL ON HERE. LAST FRIDAY WE TOOK OFF TO SALT LAKE WITH KIM-JARED'S SIS, AND HER FIANCEE, JOHN. WE LEFT IN THE YUKON, IN THE BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS TO MEET JARED'S FAMILY DOWN THERE, STAY AT THE KIMBALL, SHOP, AND LOOK AT THE TEMPLE LIGHTS. DRIVING ALONG, THE ROADS WERE JUST FINE. WHEN WE HIT LAYTON, THERE WERE PILE-UPS, SNOW, WIND, ICE, AND A YUKON GOING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 32 MILES AN HR. IT WAS HORRIBLE WEATHER BUT WE MANAGED TO MAKE IT, AND HAVE A GREAT TIME. WE WENT TO LUNCH AT PF CHANGS, FOLLOWED BY SHOPPING AT GATEWAY MALL, WHICH HALLE LOVED-EVEN IN THE SNOW, AND THEN MEETING TREG AND HIS GIRLS AT THE HOTEL. WE ATE DINNER IN THE HOTEL ROOM AND THEN BRAVED THE SNOW FOR THE TEMPLE-JARED STAYED AND WATCHED HALLE SINCE IT WAS LATE, SHE WAS TIRED, AND IT WAS SNOWING-I WENT THOUGH AND HAD A GREAT TIME. THANKS FOR BATHING HALLE AND PUTTING HER TO BED. THE NEXT DAY, WE WOKE UP, ATE BREAKFAST AND THEN HEADED HOME TO GO TO NANNA AND PAPA'S PARTY...

HALLE, JARED, AND I BEFORE WE DECIDED SHE SHOULDN'T GO LOOK AT THE LIGHTS AT THE TEMPLE, I THINK THE PICTURE TURNED OUT PRETTY GOOD~ THANKS GRMA BERNT FOR THE ONE PIECE SNOWSUIT-LOVE IT~

KIM AND I FREEZING AT THE TEMPLE WITH A SNOWFLAKE RIGHT IN BETWEEN MY EYES!

ALL THE GIRLS AT THE TEMPLE: BRIDGET, TIFFANY, ME, KIM, ANNIE, AND GRMA BERNT
SOME OF THE LIGHTS AT TEMPLE SQUARE

ONCE WE GOT HOME WE WERE A BIT TO LATE, TO MEET THE FAMILY FOR LASER TAG SO WE WENT TO NANA'S. HER AND GIGI WER WATCHING THE KIDS WHILE THE ADULTS WENT TO PLAY TAG....WITH 4 KIDS, WE JUST HELPED OUT. ONCE THE ADULTS GOT HOME WE ENJOYED, PRIME RIB DINNER, A WHITE ELEPHANT EXCHANGE, OPENING GIFTS FROM PAPA AND NANA, AND THEN LISTENED TO HALLE. SHE WAS ONRY AND HAD SOME GREEN BOOGIES SO I NEW A COLD WAS ON THE WAY....UH-OH! JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS. NANA SNUGGLED HER ALL NIGHT AND HALLE AND NANA ENJOYED IT. SANTA CAME, SCARED HALLE TO TEARS AND SHAKING BUT EVERYONE ELSE SEEMED TO LOVE HIM, ESPECIALLY THE ADULTS! THE WHOLE FAM WAS TOGETHER AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME. THANKS FOR THE AMAZING DINNER AND EVERYTHING ELSE!
SANTA, HALLE AND I~ YOU CAN TELL SHE WASN'T A HUGE FAN!

ALL THE GIRLS IN THERE NEW JAMMIES~HALLE, JENNA, AND JANIE
TREVY, SANTA, AND AUNTIE NIKI! TREVY LOVED SANTA!

THE NEXT DAY WE WOKE UP AND WENT TO CHURCH, HALLE HAD ENOUGH BY THE TIME YW HIT. JARED BROUGHT HER HOME AND PUT HER TO BED SO I COULD HELP WITH THE LESSON. LATER IN THE DAY OUR FRIENDS, THE HIGBEE'S WERE UP WITH THEIR FAM FROM BOISE, THEY STOPPED BY FOR A BIT, AND IT WAS SO GREAT TO SEE THEM AND THERE NEW LITTLE BABY, KATE! WE LOVE YOU GUYS! THANKS FOR STOPPING IN!LATER THAT DAY WE CARAVANED WITH MY SIS AND HER FAMILY DOWN TO LAVA, FOR DINNER WITH GRPA AND GRMA MENDENHALL. WE SHOWED UP AND HAD A DELICIOUS HALIBUT DINNER, EXCHANGED GIFTS, ENJOYED EACH OTHER'S COMPANY, RELAXED, AND FINISHED THE NIGHT OFF WITH MY FAVE, COOL WHIP DELIGHT! SO YUMMY, THANKS TO THEM FOR HAVING US AND EVERYTHING ELSE! HALLE WAS STILL MOODY AND ONRY-YUCKY COLD!

JARED, HALLE AND I AT PAPA TAB'S~HALLE JUST WANTS TO OPEN THE GIFTS-CAN YOU TELL? I WONDER WHERE SHE GETS THAT?
PAPA TAB, NIKI, TROY, AND TREVOR

PAPA TAB, TREVOR, HALLE, NIKI AND I

JARED AND TROY TRYING TO LOOK COOL IN THERE NEW CARHARTT'S-PRICELESS~

ON MONDAY, WE WENT ABOUT OUR USUAL BUSINESS, BUT JARED DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK WHICH WAS NICE. WE WERE SUPPOSE TO HOOK UP WITH HIGBEES FOR LUNCH AT OUR FAVE SPOT, EL HERADERRO- BUT THEY WERE SNOWED IN AT THEIR PARENTS. WE JUST HUNG OUT AND RELAXED AT HOME AND LATER ATTENDED THE MERRILL/HARTLEY CHRISTMAS PARTY AT THE BERNTS HOUSE. WE MET UP FOR A NICE HAM DINNER, FOLLOWED BY A WONDERFUL PROGRAM THE GRANDKIDS PUT TOGETHER AND PLANNED OF THE NATIVITY, HAD GREAT COMPANY, SANTA CAME AGAIN-SCARED HALLE TO DEATH A SECOND TIME- WE OPENED SOME GIFTS AND THEN THEY ALL PLAYED GUITAR HERO. HALLE WAS STILL WHINY AND NOT HER BEST SO HER AND I CAME HOME AND PUT HER TO BED. WE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH ALL THE FAMILY AND LOVED DINNER AND SEEING EVERYONE! THANKS BERNTS!

JARED AND HIS BROTHER TREG JUST HANGING OUT~

HALLE AND BRIDGET PLAYING, TANDI WONDERING WHAT IS GOING ON...

LILLY AS MARY, AND BODEN AS JOSEPH IN THE PLAY-ADORABLE KIDS!

IS IT OBVIOUS HALLE WASN'T THRILLED WITH SANTA, LESLEY SAID I WOULD LOVE THIS PICTURE, SAD BUT TRUE~

ALL OF THE KIDS AND TREG AND STACEY ROCKING OUT TO ROCK BAND!

ON WEDNESDAY, CHRISTMAS EVE, JARED WAS AT WORK MOST OF THE DAY. HALLE AND I WENT AND DID SOME SHOPPING WITH AUNT NIKI AT THE MALL AND THEN WE WERE GOING TO GO TO LUNCH WITH HER AND TREVOR. AFTER SHOPPING, I CALLED THE DR FOR HALLE. I THOUGHT A DREADED EAR INFECTION WAS COMING. THEY SO NICELY GOT US IN THAT AFTERNOON AND SAID HER EARS LOOKED FINE BUT SHE HAD A SINUS INFECTION AND ON TOP OF THAT SHE IS GETTING 2 TEETH. SHE IS CLINGY AND MISERABLE, AND IN SO MUCH PAIN IT IS SAD. LATER THAT EVENING HER AND I RAN TO FINISH UP SOME SHOPPING. THEN WE WENT HOME AND THE BERNT'S CAME DOWN AND WE ALL OPENED OUR PJS TOGETHER. THEN WE PUT HALLE TO BED AND I FILLED STOCKINGS AND WE PUT TOGETHER HALLES TOYS-SO FUN TO BE PARENTS THIS TIME OF YEAR! WE HAD SO MUCH FUN!

HALLE, ME, JOHN, KIM, BRIDGET, TREG, AND ANNIE IN OUR NEW JAMMIES!

BRIDGET, HALLE, AND ANNIE IN THEIR JAMMIES, LOVE THESE GIRLIES!

ON CHRISTMAS DAY WE WOKE UP AND DID GIFTS AT OUR HOUSE. HALLE LOVED HER TOYS AND JARED AND I LOVED WATCHING HER. WE TAPED IT ON THE VIDEOCAMERA SO THERE ARE NO PIX BUT IT WAS ADORABLE! THEN WE GOT READY AND WENT TO BERNT'S FOR BREAKFAST AND DID GIFTS. IT WAS GREAT AND THEN HALLE WAS READY FOR A NAP! WE CAME HOME AND GOT HER DOWN AND THEN I FELL ASLEEP. JARED STAYED UP WITH HIS FAM FOR A BIT. THEN HE CAME HOME AND WE SPENT THE DAY TOGETHER-RELAXING AND PLAYING WITH HALLE! IT WAS GREAT! HOWEVER, CAN I JUST TELL YOU THE AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT FELL ON XMAS WAS RIDICULOUS-JARED STAYED OUTSIDE OFF AND ON ALL DAY SNOW BLOWING. THERE WAS 7 INCHES THAT DAY, IT NEVER LET UP. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL BUT ITS BEEN AWHILE SINCE I HAVE SEEN THAT MUCH SNOW. WE COULDN'T REALLY DO MUCH OUTSIDE BUT JUST HANGING OUT WAS THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER! AND EVEN THOUGH HALLE WAS SICK, SHE WAS A TROOPER AND SEEMED TO HAVE FUN! WE HAD TONS OF FUN SEEING OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND SHARING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WITH THEM. WHAT A MERRY CHRISTMAS!