Lydia & Matt

Video's From Our Wedding

2010-05-21T12:12:00.001-07:00

Worst luck ever! LOL

2009-06-23T08:12:00.000-07:00

Okay, I know it has been forever since I have posted... Well the main reason is - my camera BROKE! I have almost gone insane without it! Anyway, it is going to cost way to much to fix.. so until I save up a little $$ with all of the wedding stuff - its going to be a while before I get any pictures. So.. i will try to update every once in a while - i just don't think its as fun without pics..! Anyway, we are all doing great and hope all of you out there are doing well also! Love, Lyds

Paul & Tamara's Big Day!

2009-05-18T12:32:00.001-07:00

Paul and Tamara's wedding was wonderful! It was probably the funnest wedding I have ever been too! They enjoyed theirselves so much and I think so did everyone in attendance. They actually met because of their two dogs - Boomer and Boomer... so they were also in attendance. It was the funnest day ever! I want them to know how excited I am for them and their new life together! I love both of you so much!

My very favorite picture.. paul's tender heart. ;)

Congratulations Paul & Tamara!

2009-05-04T07:58:00.000-07:00

Paul & Tamara’s big day! My brother is getting married this Saturday, May 9th, 2009 at the Jordanelle State Reservoir Park Reception Center. I am so happy for them and I hope they have a great life together. Congratulations!

Easter Fun!

2009-05-04T07:47:00.000-07:00

I know I haven’t blogged in forever ~ In fact, thanks to some good emails for the push to get me going again! We had Easter down at Salem pond. It was so much fun. I was sicker than a dog and ended up going home to bed and a vaporizer. I think this is the first time we have had our whole family together in many years. We were also thankful to have my future in-laws there, Ed and Susie and Grandma Broadbent along with Sarah and Kristopher. Paul’s future mother in law was also able to make it and some of our great family friends, Pam and Joe. It rained and rained but my awesome dad built a great fire! It was potluck and everyone brought some great things. My great mother got chicken for everyone and all of her little extras that she always does. I know Easter is over but it is a time of thanks and gratitude for the things the Lord has blessed me with in my life. I have the best parents ever. I have the best fiancé ever and the best siblings ever! I want all of my family and friends to know how much I love all of you! I hope we can always remember the true meaning of Easter. Thank you to everyone for making my world a little brighter!

Richard receives the Melchizedek Priesthood

2009-05-04T07:34:00.000-07:00

It was a special day a few weeks ago when Richard received his Melchizedek Priesthood. We are so happy for him and his choices.

Congratulations Hayley & Lubain!

2009-05-04T07:31:00.000-07:00

Okay... so here ya go.. One more! LOL.. Congratulations to Hayley and Lubain on their engagement. They will be getting married on August 1, 2009. Love you guys!

Hair Show Competition!

2009-05-04T07:24:00.000-07:00

Hayley won first place at a competion at her cosmetology school. She qualified to compete at Richfield campus where she took 2nd place. She did this beautiful up-do. She is so good at what she does and I think she has found something she loves to do.

Happy Birthday Kristopher!

2009-03-20T09:39:00.000-07:00

Okay.. so the birthdays are crazy this month! Today is Kristopher's birthday. He is Matt's nephew. He is so cute and he absolutely loves Spongebob Squarepants! Sarah looked everywhere for an actual Spongebob cake and we couldn't find anything. So..... last night she came over and we made this cake. I thought it turned out great! He will be so excited! Happy Birthday Kristopher! (He is the little boy in a lot of Matt & I's pictures!)

Congrats Erin & Richard!!

2009-03-20T09:35:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to tell Erin & Richard congratulations on their engagement! They are so cute together. He treats her like a queen, just like she deserves! They are getting married in August! We are soooo very happy for them and I love him just like a brother! It's going to be a crazy year, but also what a fun and exciting one! My brother Paul and Tamara are getting married in May and Erin in August! Fun Stuff! Congratulations! I love you both!

Happy Birthday Matt!

2009-03-20T08:59:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday Matt! For Matt's special day, Grandma took everyone to McGrath's Fish House. Thats where the great big fish hat comes into play! I thought it was right up Matt's alley to have that thing on his head since he lives for fish! LOL. After a great dinner, we went back to his parents house where is mother had fixed an excellent oreo cake. We had a great time! Happy Birthday honey!

Happy Birthdays!

2009-03-20T08:27:00.000-07:00

Okay.. I know it has been forever since I have posted. Here are some pictures of the things that have been going on. We celebrated my beautiful Mom's birthday and had a great time. We also celebrated Erin's birthday a couple of weeks later. Richard bought her this gorgeous dress, and Hayley and Richard baked her a birthday cake. For all of you that don't know, he calls her Shorty..... so thats what's on the cake. She looks fabulous in her new dress! Happy Birthday to both of you! I am so glad that you are my family!

Chance to Win from Lv'n Chic

2009-02-25T08:53:00.000-08:00

My cousin Ramey's sister-in-law, Lib is doing something way fun at her Lv'n Chic website. You can win something homemade from her. This is what she wrote on her blog. You have to go to her website to enter!

Here are the details: You know how much I L.O.V.E. to be creating things All.The.Time! So, Here's your chance to get something really fun and unique from ME!The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations: 1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make! 2. What I create will be just for you. 3. It'll be done this year (hopefully sooner than later.) *I'll just add, within the next couple of weeks* 4. You will have no clue what it is going to be. 5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange. :) *But I probably won't :)**

The catch? Oh the catch is that you must re-post this on your blog (You can leave out all the bolded statements as they are ones I added myself). The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me you did will win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!***I'll be checking to make sure you re-posted this on your blog, besides who doesn't like to pay-it forward, especially with home-made goodies :)****I'll be contacting you if you're a lucky recipient, so make sure and leave your e-mail****If there happens to be more than five of you just dying to participate, we'll have a drawing for the winners, and if I like this enough - I might continue it once a month or something :)

In order to play you have to go to the blog site below and post your comment there. Thanks!

http://www.lvnchic.blogspot.com/

GOOD LUCK!!

SURPRISE!!!

2009-02-06T08:06:00.001-08:00

Okay.. I am still in shock...MATT PROPOSED!!! Matt and I have been together for two years this month and last night he proposed at a Valentine’s Banquet. He was so cute. I had no clue! Anyways.... just wanted to let everyone know. I want Matt to know how much I absolutely love him. The ring he picked out is absolutely gorgeous! I love you honey!

Snowy Days

2009-01-23T15:46:00.000-08:00

This last weekend we went up to my brother Jamie’s cabin and spent a couple days with them. We had such a fun time tubing and enjoying each other’s company. This was the first time that Richard and Lubian had been tubing. Richard couldn’t believe we were riding a four wheeler on a frozen pond! It was so funny.

Hair-Hair-Hair!

2009-01-23T15:37:00.001-08:00

Okay so as most of you know, Hayley is in hair school. Matt and I went one night for a "makeover". She did a great job! She even tinted Matt’s hair with blue gel! I think he looks sexy! Great job Hayley!!

Hapy New Year!

2009-01-05T12:25:00.000-08:00

It’s a New Year! We had a dinner for New Years Eve. My parents were able to come out - and get into a little bit warmer weather! LOL.. We just had dinner and everyone had the flu - so pretty much party poopered out and went to bed! It was nice being together as a family and with Matt. He means so much to me! I hope this new year is filled with lots of joy and blessings for everyone.

Home for the Holidays!

2009-01-05T10:03:00.000-08:00

Christmas was a lot of fun. This was the first time in a very long time that I was able to go "home" and spend Christmas. It was nice to be there. We had Christmas Eve at my Grandpa’s. We then went home and opened gifts and just had a great time having everyone home together. Tamara, Lubain and Richard were able to join our family for the holidays. We did many fun things. We had our family pictures taken, Lubain gave out free haircuts and we had guitar hero races to see who was the best. We also got a surprise visit from Santa Claus to make sure everyone was being good ;)! What a good lookin Santa! (Thanks Dad!) I just want my family to know how much I love them and what a great time the holidays were spending it with each of you. The only thing that would have made it perfect would have been to have my sweet Matt there. He was able to spend the holidays with his family, along with his sister & her family from Portland. It was fun to see everyone! I love you all!

A Fantastic Weekend!

2008-12-16T08:08:00.001-08:00

We had such a fun weekend this last weekend. We started on Friday and went to Applebee’s for dinner and then rode tracks to see the lights at Temple Square! What a beautiful and spiritual place to be - especially with the ones we love. The lights were so gorgeous and I love night pictures of the temple. Saturday we finished up all of our Christmas shopping and then went to dinner and bowling later on that night. Sunday we went to church, had Sunday dinner and played Dance Dance Revolution! Matt made his almighty famous cake to die for! We had such a great time. In the pictures are Matt & Lydia, Hayley & Lubian and Erin & Richard. It has been so much fun to hang out together and I am so glad we are family and such great friends! I love all of you!

Thanksgiving Blessings!!

2008-12-04T10:30:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving! This was such a special year for Thanksgiving for me! It was the first year in nine years that I was able to go home and spend Thanksgiving with my Grandpa! I love him so much. He is such a special person. Since my Grandma passed, he hasn’t had an easy go at it. He has been so lonely and I can’t even imagine how hard it is for him. I miss her so much that my heart aches and I think about her daily. He has such a great heart and it was really fun to sit and talk with him and hear all of his stories. I could listen to them for hours. It was fun to be with my family and have everyone home at the same time in a very long time. The house was packed and cozy, just how we like it! My mom made amazing rolls and pies and my Dad does an awesome job at the turkey carving! We had so much with the Phillips, Angus’ and Pivas. I enjoy so much spending time with my family. I think some times we take each other for granted and get so caught up in our daily lives that we forget to call or drop in to check on them. The only thing I missed was that Matt wasn't with me on this special day. I just want my family and Matt to know how much I love each of them. I am very blessed to have them in my life!

Great Friends...

2008-12-04T10:25:00.001-08:00

We had a friend pass away a couple of weeks ago that we worked with. I was able to get this cute picture with Caroleann and Brenda. They are such great friends! I miss working with them and seeing their smiling faces every day! They both have been such great examples in my life and I appreciate all they have done for me.

Girls Night Out!

2008-12-04T10:22:00.001-08:00

We had girls night out a couple of weeks ago and had a blast! We went to the fragrance festival at Dillards and then afterwards we went to Sizzler and had dinner. It was such a fun night. Its always fun about once a month to hang out with all the gals! Thanks to all of you for being such awesome friends! Love you all!

Neil's Homecoming..

2008-11-11T10:32:00.001-08:00

My cousin Neil just returned home off of his mission. They had a small dinner right after the homecoming. My dad’s family was all there. It was fun to see so many of them. I haven’t seen a lot of them for a really long time. I love this picture of my mom and dad! They are the best parents any girl could ask for. I am glad that I have been blessed to have them as great parents and awesome examples to all of us. They would do anything for anyone. I look at the service they do for others and I wish I was half as good as they are. I am so proud of them and I love them so much. I couldn’t do it without them. They have always been there for me. I love each of you forever and forever!

Meagan's Baby Shower!!

2008-11-11T10:17:00.000-08:00

My cousin Meagan is having a baby boy! Sally, Daisy and Whitney had her a baby shower on Saturday and we were all able to attend. It was fun to see everyone I haven’t seen in a long time. She got a lot of nice gifts. They had soup bowls and relish trays. It was a fun Saturday. We are so excited for Bill and Meagan! Congratulations!

Matt & I...

2008-11-04T15:42:00.000-08:00

After Sunday dinner at Matt's house, we played duck, duck, goose with the kids. These are some cute pictures of Matt and his niece Tatum and nephews, Kristopher and Carson.

(Kerstin - I stole some pictures from your blog! I hope you don't mind! I LOVE this one of Matt and Carson!)

Happy Halloween!

2008-11-04T15:06:00.001-08:00

Okay.. So you are never to old to dress up and have fun! We had a Halloween party and here are some of the photos of everyone and their costumes. Hayley decorated the house absolutely darling! It was a fun night....

Erin....

Hayley - I mean Bubba & a Surprise visitor...

Sammie Skeleton, Hayley - Bubba and Molly Cowgirl

Terry & Jamie - Little Red Riding Hood & The Big Bad Wolf!

Elvira & Elvis

Elvis

Summer & Nun Brenda

Baby Caleb & Kendahl

Vince & Lindsey

Elvis...

Alex - Mr. Hugh Playboy

Gavin.. Skeleton

Sarah.. Pirate

The kids hangin out...

ELVIS has entered the building!!!........

2008-10-31T09:12:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween to everyone! Matt - I mean Elvis is lookin HOT! You are all invited to our Halloween party tonight! Starts at 7:00 p.m.! See you all there!

Girls Weekend in St. George!

2008-10-28T13:14:00.000-07:00

So my sisters decided to plan a girls weekend - again for my birthday! I told you they spoiled me! They are awesome sisters! We rented a condo in St. George and went and seen the production Thriller at the Tuachan. It was so much fun. It was me, Hayley, Erin, Summer, Kim, Elisha, Korina and Irisa. We went swimming and shopping and even did a fast run to Mesquite for a seafood dinner! We had the best time. It was so much fun! Thanks to all of you for the great weekend! I am looking forward to the next one!

More Birthday Surprises!

2008-10-28T12:43:00.000-07:00

Okay, so this birthday can we say i got major S-P-O-I-L-E-D!! Matt got me a beautiful dining room set for my house. It is one of the new square distressed tables. I absolutely love it! He is so thoughtful in what he gets me. I love that he takes the time to make it special for me. I just want him to know how much I love and appreciate him every single day. Thank you so much for the beautiful table. My mom, dad and sisters got me a new track light for my kitchen. Boy! Can we say gorgeous! I absolutely love it. I don’t have a picture of it yet because we still have to put the pendants on it. It turned out to be so awesome! I also got a couple of darling outfits! I am so excited to wear them. They are way cute - but my sisters always have great taste! They always look beautiful! My family is so great to me. They are seriously the best parents and siblings a girl could ever ask for! This has been the best birthday ever! Hayley, Vince, Lindsey, Summer and Brady planned a big party at the Prestwich Restaurant. They were all there, along with my cousin Sammie and our awesome friend Molly. It was also Vince’s birthday and Summer’s son Gavin’s. We had such a great time! Thanks to everyone for making it such a special day!

Birthday Surprises!

2008-10-28T12:37:00.000-07:00

Matt, Kristopher and Sarah came to surpise me a couple of days early since I was leaving town for my birthday. Kristopher (with the help of Ed, Susie, Sarah and Matt) made me this beautiful and yummy - okay very, very yummy birthday cake. Thank you so much Kristopher!!! You are such a great little buddy! Love ya!

Kendahl's Blessing

2008-10-28T12:27:00.000-07:00

Our good friends Vince & Lindsey had their baby Kendahl blessed a few Saturday's ago. She is such a beautiful little thing. You forget how tiny and precious they are. My mom got her the booties and bib she is wearing. They looked adorable on her. Here are some pictures of her special day.

Saying Goodbye

2008-10-28T12:19:00.001-07:00

Sorry - this is way belated! Okay, so my awesome friends gave me a going away party when I left Springville Police. Vince and Summer threw a party for all of our friends and co-workers. It was awesome! They had dinner fixed for everyone. They put stuff out all over the table and it was a create your own kabob. It was one of the coolest dinners I have ever been to! The kabobs were delicious! They had three different kinds of meats with different marinades. It was to die for! It was one of the hardest days ever to leave Springville, but I am now on a new destination in life at Spanish Fork. I have really enjoyed my new job, especially now that i can look forward to every weekend off. I miss dispatching and escpecially all of my friends. I will keep in touch with each of you! Thank you to all of you who made work so much fun and all the great times we had! Vince, Lindsey, Summer and Brady - thank you so much for the party - you are such awesome friends! We have had so much fun together! I got some cute pictures of some of the ones who were there. Thanks to all of my friends and co-workers! You are the greatest!

Saying Goodbye...continued

2008-10-28T12:16:00.001-07:00

Saying Goodbye...continued

2008-10-28T12:03:00.000-07:00

WMAS BBQ

2008-09-16T14:12:00.001-07:00

On Saturday we attended the annual bbq for the wmas club. It is a salt water fish club. We had such a great time. They shot off a cannon full of candy for the kids and they had a blast gathering all of that up! They had a fun blow up slide that the kids loved. We also participated in a couple of contests and ended up winning $40.00 in gift certificates and Hayley won Matt a polo shirt! Boy was he excited! We had such a great time and wanted to thank everyone who put the bbq together! You did a fabulous job and the food was great!

State Fair!!

2008-09-11T16:33:00.001-07:00

Last Saturday Matt's Dad took us all to the State Fair. We had such a good time. We visited all of the booths and vendors. We walked through the petting zoo and Matt even put on an apron and joined the kids in planting a garden! LOL... I thought he looked cute! We went to one of the show barns and found a poster of a pig I painted when I was 12 years old! I couldn't believe it was still there! The year I painted it, I actually won Grand Prize and won tickets for my whole family to attend the State Fair! It was a long time ago! YIKES! Matt's dad saw a booth that you can stick your hand in hot wax while you are holding a rose. It kind of makes it more sentimental because it is your actual hand. I think Susie will love it! She is gone for the week to visit Matt's sister who had surgery, so she will be surprised when she gets home. One last thing - I am asking everyone to please pray for my sister. She had a kidney stone surgery, she had a kidney stone the size of a quarter and she has been so very sick. I hope she gets better soon! Keep her in your prayers! Thanks to all of my great friends and family out there! I love you all!

The State Fair continued.....

2008-09-11T16:22:00.000-07:00

The Reef Tour

2008-09-11T16:07:00.001-07:00

As most of you know, Matt and I belong to a fish club. They had a reef tour where you go to peoples houses and view their tanks and set-ups. We had a great day and saw some awesome tanks - yes Matt was drooling! It is amazing the time and money these wonderful people put into caring for fish. I hope one day we have a tank as beautiful as these!

The Reef Tour continued......

2008-09-11T16:01:00.000-07:00

Matt's new ride!!

2008-08-21T15:57:00.000-07:00

Okay, so most of you know that Matt works at RC Willey out by the airport and goes to school at Salt Lake Community College. He lives in Lehi, so the money he puts into gas every week is a lot! He had been looking into cars that run on compressed natural gas. We have looked for quite a while and we even took a road trip to the Manti area to look for some that were for sale down there. It runs on both natural gas and regular fuel, so when the natural gas is out it automatically switches to regular fuel. The price for natural gas is .87 cents a gallon, which is a lot cheaper than regular fuel. He found this suburban on KSL. I don't really know if the guy who was selling it knew exactly how much it was worth. Matt got it for $14,000 which is a great deal compared to the ones we had looked at. Yes.... it is a family wagon. LOL... But, Matt loves to camp and so it will be fun to take it camping and be able to pull things with it. I am really excited for him. He deserves the best!

Demolition Derby...

2008-08-21T15:33:00.000-07:00

On Saturday the 16th we went to the Utah County Fair. They held it at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds. We got to walk around and check out all the animals and booths. Later that night we got tickets for the demolition derby. For those of you who don't know what a demolition derby is.. it is the funnest thing ever to watch! People take old junky cars, remove the fuel tanks and chain it in the back seat. They put huge pipes and crazy paint jobs on the cars. They then compete with 6-10 other cars hitting each other just like you would with bumper cars to see who pretty much is the last car running. They have to get a hit every two minutes or they are disqualified. Some of the cars get pretty banged up. They have a powder puff for the girls and boy does it get wicked! There was a girl who actually t-boned another car and it rolled and landed upside down pinned the other driver in the car. It was a crazy time! They had fireworks afterwards. We were all tired from a long days fun!!

Four Wheeling Trip

2008-08-13T16:31:00.000-07:00

For Hayley's birthday we decided to go on the department ride with my co-workers. We went up Palisades Canyon near Manti, Utah. There were about 30 riders that went. Dale and Caroleann did a great job at guiding us the whole day! We went through some great mud holes and we looked like we hadn't taken a bath in months! It was one of the funnest things I have done in a long time! The last picture is overlooking the valley that we had just come through. It is beautiful there!

24th of July Fireworks... A few days late!

2008-08-13T16:17:00.000-07:00

We did fireworks on the 27th at Matt's house. Just a couple of days late! LOL.. Kristopher, Matt's nephew had a great time. He gets so excited and Sarah just had a great time relaxing and watching the show. NO.. Matt did not get beat up. He had just had his deviated septum fixed a couple of weeks ago and he was still pretty bruised and banged up. He looks great though! Hopefully he will be able to breathe a lot better! We had a great time!

Camping at Payson Lakes

2008-08-13T16:10:00.000-07:00

Well geez... It has been just about forever since I have posted anything on my blog. This summer has been so crazy. We have done so many fun things. In June, we went camping with our neighbors up Payson Lakes and had an absolute blast! We did dutch oven, corn in the fire, played tons of fun night games, cards, swimming and last but not least...fishing!! Well tried...the lake had so much cotton on it, that Matt and I were pretty frustrated by the time we got done and did not catch one thing. O well... I think we will be cleaning our reels for the next few months from the cotton that has dried on our fishing lines! Our good friend Molly let Hayley, Matt and I stay in her camping trailer and it was great! Thanks bunches Molly! Her are some pictures of the great time that we had!

Camping at Payson Lakes

2008-08-13T15:48:00.000-07:00

More Camping Pictures...

2008-01-04T14:26:00.000-08:00

I just want to wish each of you a Happy New Year. It is a new season and time to start the year off right. I wish each of you many blessings this coming year. "Don't be afraid that your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin." Happy New Year!