We're ALIVE!!

Yes, we are alive. After recieving mutiple phone calls from my dear sweet cousin Whitney Denise telling me that I was "officially fired from blogging". Then my amazing sister Breeann telling me that I am lame and she is tired of seeing Bridal Veil Falls as my most recent post, I decided that maybe it was time to do a blog update hahaha! Life as been so crazy that it's been hard to find the time to blog. I will say that I have missed it however and so I am turning over a new leave and I am going to be better about keeping my blog up to date. So this post is mainly going to be just pictures of the FuN sUmMeR that Corey and I had and what we have been up to the past 6 months! I am going to pick up were I left off, so Bree don't kill me but, this will be the last time you see bridal veil falls, these are just some pics we took while up there. Our summer was filled with fun activites: Powell, Florida, Camping, Fishing, Swimming, and Holiday!!

The words written above me are "LOVE SHACK"


driving to the falls

RoDeO's my best friend the new Mrs. Shaylee Johnson at the Lehi rodeo watchin her man Ryley.

me and corey, corey has seeds in his mouth.....of course


Sha, mom, and papa


lEhI rOdEo

the other men of my life


momma,brae, me, and super model kell in the back

4th of JuLy!!

"Stadium DeSirE"

swimming at the Zermatt

hot momma's.. auntie kim, brae, me and mom

Lake Powell!

What can I say about lake powell beside that I LOVE IT and that we had so much FuN! This year we had Dee, Bud and Tara, and Amber (the hobbs) come to Powell with us. We had so much fun, too much fun actually. Many, many memories were made and lots and lots of laughs were shared. From tubing, to wake boarding, to knee boarding, to the best part SkInNy DiPpIn and everything that happened while skinny dipping :) (you girls know what i mean...."mom get in the water"... and who could foget mom's "pOsE" hahah) We also had quite the fun drive home, especially when Shad and Nat's timing belt broke in there car while we were in the middle of no wear!. So question....How many people can you fit in a DuRmAx?...... Answer: 7 adults! Thanks so much mom and papa for the fun trip! We love you so much!!

The powell gang!

knee boarding ( got up on my first try....very proud husband :) )

after Corey pulled my strap off

Core wake boarding

LoVe this

papa's crash!

mom and papa

the boys tubing, Bud, Corey, and Shad

BoYs

Sha, Amber, and me

nO hAnDs

FlOrIdA

WeLcOmE tO mIaMi!!

This summer us sisters and our wonderful Aunt Verdalee were lucky enough to fly out to Florida to visit Bree and my babies!! We got to be there for 5 days, 5 days that went by way to fast! We went to the pool every single day and visited the beach a couple of times! It was so great to see how brave Sophie and M.J. were. They have absolutely no fear of water.....which to be honest i'm not to sure if that is a good thing or not. I absolutely loved the late nights, the talks and the stories and memories that we made while we were there. We had activities that we did every single day so pretty much it was none stop fun. Bree, me and brae got up every day and did our "BrAzIl BuTt LiFt" every morning :). My brother in law was nice enough to go to the store and buy us a bunch of our favorite treats, that we didn't even touch......ya right, lets be honest we ate em all, and we definitely didn't need them. We had so much fun and it was so hard to leave but I am thrilled to see them in February!! Now I have to say that I have the most AMAZING older sister in the entire world. I wish I could be just like her. She has gone through big hard things in her life this past year and she is still the strongest person, if not even stronger now, that i have ever met. She is so forgiving and has the strongest testimony of the gospel. She is such an incredible mom and wife. Her husband is the luckiest man in the world because he has her, and her babies have an absolutely beautiful angel for a mom. Bree I hope you know how much I love you and how much I look up to you. I have looked up to you my entire life and always wanted to be just like you, even if you were rude and told me to go home after i had rode my bike all the way to Britney Gilles house to play with you :). You are truly amazing and I miss you like crazy! I love you! I have to also thank my Aunt Verdalee who made it possible for us to go on this trip. Thanks so much Aunt Verd!

champ-i-one and soph troph in the ocean

BeSt GiRl

M.J. after Kell had him try a lemon....the face says it all!

Sophie is quite the swimmer and has beautiful diving technique :)

This kid has no fear!

All of us at the pool!

One night we went to the Melting Pot for dessert, thanks to aunt verdalee, as you can tell M.J. truly enjoyed it along with the rest of us! Thank you aunt verdalee!

Bree and Mike! I love this picture of them! We love you guys so freakin gmuch and miss you like crazy. Can't wait til FeBrUaRy!!

The most amazing older sister, example, and role model in the world!

don't ask hahah

Our Gap bargain, matching sister dresses, and don't forget our precious ponies in the corner posing with us!

CaMpInG!

We went camping out to Flaming Gorge this year cause Robin drew out for an elk tag! Our camping adventure all started when Corey and I got totally and completely lost trying to find our camp site. This was no little detour it was about a 2 hour detour all because we took one turn to early, it was definitely a drive we will never forget about. Thankfully the Lord was watching out for us and gave us just enough time and phone service to call papa and figure out where the heck we were. When we finally arrived to our destination we had a bunch of fun waking up early scouting out elk, fishing, havin a fire, playing games and messin around on the four wheelers.

Papa's HUGE fish!

BaBy ShAdOw!!

okay so we look disgusting, well atleast i do, but we were camping so whateve, don't judge

my lil fish

BYU CoUgArS!

G000000000000 COUGARS!

mEmOrIaL dAy!

For memorial day this year we had my family come over to our house out in Saratoga. The boys played tennis and us girls went roller blading. The boys then went and played disk golf while us girls made lunch and cleaned up. After lunch we went out shooting!

boys played tennis while us girls went blading.....obviously no blading pictures will be posted! :)

who could resist this! Barron girls with guns!

unfortunately dad got a flat while trying to find a spot for shooting. The story with this.......Mom and dad pulled up behind Corey and I. Corey jumped out and you could hear the air leaking out of the tire. So my amazing husband calmly and collectively says, "Oh hey you got a flat tire so just pull right here so we can change it". My parents just laughed at how calm Corey was like it was no big deal. I am so grateful that I married such a handy man! :)

FlAt

my two favorite older and younger brothers in the entire world!

this is a huge step for my older bro. If you don't know my brother he doesn't do anything and i mean ANYTHING dangerous or anything that you might get hurt doing. So to see him riding Core's pit bike was honestly a "BIG DEAL" Just like he likes to think he is! haha jk bro you know i love you!

CaVeMaN FoOtBaLl!!

CHAMPIONS!

My little brother Bronson is probably the most talented Barron child my parents have. He is an amazing pitcher and quarter back that led his football team to an undefeated season and to become the 5th grade football ChAmPiOnS! Now obviously they could have done it without the most incredible and dedicated head coach, Coach Barron! :) My dad is honestly the best coach and dad that you will ever meet. He'll take any team and make them champions and make every single player feel like they are important! I love you both so much and CONGRATS!

pRoUd parents and HEAD coach of the MVP
Brons!

Brons in action!

StUd!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DO MOST INCREDIBLE DAD!

I am truly so blessed to have been raised by such amazing parents! I have the best dad in the world and an angel and saint for a mom. My dad is a man who has always taught me to put the lord first and showed me how to do it by his example. A man who has always fulfilled all his callings and priesthood responsabilities. A man who always taught me to do my best and give my 110% anything less than that was unexceptable, because i was a BARRON. A man who has always and continues to support and provide for his family, and putting his personal wants and needs aside to do so if necessary. My dad is the most honest, loyal, trustworthy, selfless, hard working, loveing and good looking man you'll every meet. Dad Thank you so much for always protecting, loving, providing, teaching, and taking care of me and the family. Thank you for always pushing me to be the best and expecting me to be the best. Thank you for always being a worthy priesthood holder and blessing our family because you are. Thank you for all the countless night of carrying me up to bed, staying up for me to make sure i got home safe, for the prayers, the blessings, the patients, the games you were at, the cheerleading events that you dreaded but always came and supported us girls at. Thank you for your unconditional love! None of us kids would be who we are or where we are if it weren't for you. You are not only the world greatest coach but more importantly you are the world greatest dad! Thank you and I love you!

Britt

Love this guy!

boys!

daughters

bRiDaL vEiL fAlLs!

On Monday night Corey decided that he wanted to go for a drive up the Canyon. I was so pumped and excited because I absolutely love going on drives in the canyon plus I've been asking him for weeks now to go up there. Growing up we would go on family drives all of the time. We'd roll the windows down but still have blankets incase it got chilly, and listen to our family favorite songs....which usually meant my dad picked them and they were "oldies" but we love "oldies" so it was all good. So needless to say I was excited. Well before I know it we are getting on the freeway headed to Orem. So I asked Corey "aren't we going to the canyon" Corey "babe i just want you to sit there and not worry" so that is exactly what I did. (The whole time I'm thinking why don't we just go up AF canyon and around the loop and come out of Provo canyon, it just seemed to make more sense to me.) So we are now in Provo canyon and it comes to me, we are going to go to Bridal veil falls, he had mentioned hiking it about a week ago. I didn't say anything though I just waited until he pulled off and parked. So we get out of the car and Corey is pumped. I look at him and say "you realize we are both in flip flops right?" Yes me and my husband would both be in flip flops and don't think that would stop us from hiking up to the falls......It didn't! Luckily the hike isn't strenuous but I'm not going to lie it kind of freaked me out sliding rocks and flip flops just don't go together!! We then continued by walking across the freezing cold water and water falls to the other side. It was beautiful and was a lot of fun. I love doing things like that especially with Corey, I'm always up for an adventure and challenge.....obviously I married Corey! :) haha. No I love my husband more than anything and he really hasn't been a major challenge :) (he hasn't been one at all). I am sure I have been a much bigger challenge for him. Thanks for a fun night Corey! I love you!

Race #2

Corey had his 2nd race on saturday! He did really well, and was running a lot faster then the 1st. He ended up taking 5th because of a few brain farts in the final race, bu he can only get better from there. Corey is very competitive, however, I will say that I am so glad that he doesn't explode or freak out when he doesn't win. Of course he is disappointed but he continues to have a good attitude. I could definitely learn from him, I tend to not be so pleasant when I lose......must be a Barron thing :). I have to thank my brother in law Shad (and baby Shadow (nephew)) for coming out and helping Corey, he totally saved us. We would have been in big trouble if Corey had to rely on me because I don't know the first thing about his go-kart, not to mention it is pretty freaking heavy. So thank you Shad for not only coming out to support Corey but to help him out as well, we love you! Corey has about a month long break (hallelujiah) not that i don't love watching Corey because I do but it is seriously exhausting. I really shouldn't complain because Corey loves it and it makes him so happy :) plus he is really good at it, it could be a lot worse. I will give you the details and final results after our next race! :) p.s. I'll get some pics up soon :)

GiRlS NiGhT

Last night me, my sister in law Sha and her best friend Tatum had a GiRlS nIgHt! It was so fun. Me and Sha were starving so we went to Zupas :) It was nice to just have some one on one time with my awesome lil sis Sha. After dinner we drove out to my house where we totally phsyced ourselves out when my door bell rang and we heared what sounded like one of my kitchen chairs sliding across the floor. Tatum came out a little later but when she got there we had to run to smiths (listening to 525,600 mins from Rent :) ) to get our "treats". Upon our return we attempted to make our own face masks. Needless to say it didn't quite work out the way it was supposed to haha. So instead we washed off the mask that was dripping down our faces and put on my "Mint Julip" mask. That worked out much better! The only thing with the "mint julip" is that it honestly gets so tight on your face that you can't smile or laugh, which was so freaking funny. Once our masks were on we watched The Time Travelers Wife, one of our favorites! I honestly love that movie!! It was so much fun! I absolutely love those 2 girls! There will definitely be more of those GiRlS nIgHtS!! Love you girls!! xoxo

(I do have to thank my amazing cousin Whitney Denise for introducing us Barron women to the "Mint Julip", Love you Whit)

Our mask ingredients

Sha trying to make our mask "fluffy"

Me using the blender, trying to make it "fluffy"

Tatum, Sha, and me attempting our first mask!

Goofs!


Mint Julips


Love it!

Sha and Tatum


Tatum

Happy Birthday Kell!

Today my beautiful super model little sister turned 13 yrs. old!! I can't believe the Kell is already a teenager!! Braquell is one of the most incredible people that you will ever meet!! She is gorgeous on the outside and even more gorgeous on the inside! Once you get to know Braquell her true personality comes out and honestly I wish I had a personality like hers. She is absolutely hilarious and I love her so much! Braquell isn't just my little sister but one of my greatest friends and is one of the greatest friends you could ask for! I love you so much Braquell! I hope you know how truly incredible you are and how talented and gorgeous you are!! So many people look up to you and want to be just like you. I know that because I am one of them! Thank you so much for being my little sister and letting me be your big sister. I am so grateful for you and for all that you do for Corey and I. We are so lucky to have you as a sister. Our family would definitely be incomplete with out you! Happy Birthday, I love you "kelly manelly" xoxoxxo!

And so it BeGiNs!!

Corey's racing season officially started on Saturday!! So at the butt crack of dawn we were up and on the road to Tooele, where the wind never seems to NOT be blowing!! It is always fun to watch Corey race, even if it does make me so nervous and sick to my stomache the first couple of laps and of course the last 2 or 3 laps. I really do love it!! Corey did pretty good he says "I'm a little rusty so, this race is all about trial and error" Corey was running a little slower than usual but he still did pretty well and ended up finishing in 4th place. No matter how well Corey does or how high he places he always makes me proud!! It'll be exciting to see how Core does this year! We are excited for next year though because Corey's brother Ryan and good friend Grady will be back from there missions and hopefully back to racing as well!! I'm so proud of you babe!! Love you!

Corey in action!

Me and Corey. Honestly you can never look cute out at the track so please don't judge us by this not so cute picture!! Thanks so much!!

My hunk a burnin love!

Corey and Papa working on the kart!! When he isn't racing this is what they are doing! Thanks for your help Papa! We would be lost without you!


At the starting line. Waiting for the green!

The Kart!

Getting ready to head down to grid

Memorial Day Weekend!

We had a fabulous Memorial Day weekend. We started it out by going shooting on Saturday with the Hansens! We love going shooting and we have been sad that the weather hasn't really allowed us to. So we were pumped to go on saturday even though it was a little windy it wasn't anything that we couldn't handle!! On Sunday we celebrated my amazing at Verdalee's birthday!! I love my aunt so much. She truly is incredible and has been a second mom to me and all of my siblings! Thank you for everything you have done and do for us aunt Verdalee, We love you so much!! On Monday (Memorial Day) it is tradition for all the Barrons to meet at my grandpas grave. We all meet there put flowers on the graves and then take a couple of pictures. Following the grave side my grandma always treats everyone to the one and only Chuck -A- Rama!! It is always fun to get the whole Barron family together and spend some time with one another. That afternoon we had a Hansen Family BBQ! The food was delicious like usual! We then went and visited Corey's uncles grave, grandma and grandpa Willsons grave (my mother in-laws parents) and then Great grandma/grandpa Willson grave. It was so nice to have a long weekend. Corey and I both needed it! It was also great to spend time with the ones that we love the most our families!

The Barrons! :)

Bryan Barron Family: missing Mike, Breeann, Sophie, and M.J. Bateman, and my older bro. Brigg!

Seriously look how cute my sister in law is!! I love her belly :)

Bryce Barron Family

My sweet Grandma!


Grandpa Barrons grave!

Shooting! :)



Corey and Shad

The lovely Sha! I love you girl!

Look at this mischeivious face! He is definitely a Hansen boy!


Shad, me, and Sha

Gangsta style


being goofy

I love this picture. The main reason is because the 1st time I ever went shooting was with Corey when we first started dating. He was so excited to take me! So he brought his camera and took all of these pictures. Well he had his sister Sha take a picture of both of us shooting very similar to this one. Then he went and got it framed and gave it to me as a gift. It was the sweetest thing ever!! I love it!

Corey

My incredible husband!


Me

Papa!


Our nephew "baby Shadow"