An Update!

We left our camera at my moms house last sunday, SO this update doesn't have a picture- Am I breaking the blog rule? Not sure, ANYWAYS! Life has been busy, busy, busy! Jeree and Alex came down to visit us- we went to the Draper Open House (so pretty!- the best wood in there), went down to provo, and saw the best movie "Taken." Brent literally will not stop talking about it, "He's so smart, he's laying under that bad guy body and then BAM! he kills them!" It's been so fun to being around Brent's ninja tendenices. this week has been an exciting yet mourningful (is that a word) week. Brent FINALLY is out on his own NO MORE TRAINING! He was one of the best tech guys in his class- the best pole climber! He has some funny stories that he comes home with, the life of installing cable! Also, this week I started school at Paul Mitchell and LOVE IT! My class is awesome- such cute girls. (Next part is for Grandma: We wear your favorite color on me!!!! BLACK!!! hahahaha This actually is a good thing cause by the end I'll hate black so much that I'll never wear it again- I love you Grandma, and definatly think about you when I put on my black outfits everyday. The sad part of this week was my grandpa's funeral: I've NEVER had anyone that I knew and loved die in my life. The funeral was really hard on me, but Brent was there to remind me of the wonderful plan of Salvation. He was such a great man, full of life, and was a huge influence on the progress of my imagination as a child. I love that man so much. OH, my little young women's team is going to regionals or something like that (we don't have this in CA). We had a game today, and there wasn't enough girls on the other team so they let me play! I can't tell you how much joy I get from putting that amazing ball in a metal hoop. I love my girls and they have improved so much. Well, I'll try to get some pictures up here soon! LOVE Y'ALL!!!! OH, and tomorrows our 5 month mark!

Brent and I went ice skating on Monday for Family home evening! It was so much fun, Brent was so cute! The rink didn't validate the parking, so we went into the hotel and asked if they could. We offered to pay for some hot chocolate to validate, but he gave that to us for free too!!!

This is Brent's interpretation of our wedding cake. The cake was made by Lynn Haberle. The picture was originally taken by Lindsay Warren, Brent just modified it a bit. He did this in about an hour. "I love how you pretend to be me."

Brent's Madness!!!

Brent calls it "Alexa in my head"- I'm okay with that :)

Bird Man

In the dancing picture you can see my grandpa smiling in the background, I know it was hard for him to come- but he had to be there.

I found out about a week ago that my grandpa bird has terminal cancer. today i saw that man- even though it didn't look like him the same person i ate dinner with about 3 weeks ago, i knew it was him by the way he played the piano. the person that gave me the love for music one of the greatest gifts i was ever given. i wish the world could hear him play. i could see every bone and his clothes failed to properly hold its fit. i think the only reason i have an imagination at all is because of him. we used to laugh and laugh, and don't forget eat ice cream EVERYDAY! the bird man, the ladies man, the car shows and expensive suits man. "Thats the first mistake I've made since the last one"- Irvin Delbert Bird Jr. my mother asked me to pick a song to sing at his funeral--- it's hard when he's not even dead yet and he has no idea whats going on. I've decided to sing, "Oh Lord my Redeemer" by Jeff Goodrich. its a song my father loved to sing. i guess its the only song i could possibly even think of singing to a man i love so much.

Random memories

Bird man, grand piano, i scream you scream, lincoln cars, black and white photographs, france mission, ming, rugger, wired chairs, glass windows, my first time behind the wheel, same hair style my whole life, stop lights, pink and blue elephants, roots in mendon, swam naked, italian shoes, rolled up towels, smallest kitchen, parents married after a week of knowing eachother, orange juice, handwriting, 711 walks, coke cola, dounts, shag rugs, little america, rubber cement, jokes, litza's pizza, music, christmas, A #1, stink pretty, awful waffles, walk in closet, marble desk, jazz, big shouldered dresses. ..

Our first vacuum!!!

For New Years we volunteered to make pencils with a little bee on the top for CHILDREN. hahahaha the kids were better at it then the parents.

New Year's!

Roommate #2 married! 5 more to go! Brian and Ali Childs.

Always an ADVENTURE!

It's been a busy busy month. It was Brent's birthday on the 12th! It was a funny story- I told all of Brents friends TWO weeks ahead of time that I wanted to throw a surprise birthday party. The southern friends down in Provo got the message loud and clear, but the northern mission buddies somehow read the date wrong. Lets just say to make things easier we ended up having two parties! Brent was more than surprised! This picture is the first party. Brent bowled a 206- best in his life, so I hear :)


I've been cooking, and as you can see sometimes it doesn't go over well- the foods get mad at what I do to them. I never really learned how to cook, so during the time that I've been waiting for school to start I've started watching the FOOD channel and surprisingly has been a good teacher. The story behind this picture - the rolls needed to rise for 3 hours, I let that happen put them in the oven then Brent and I decided to go and work out. 2 hours later "OH NO THE ROLLS!!!!" end of story :) I have been successful with a few dishes such as cookies, banana cream pie, meatloaf, noodles with a homemade sauce, and chicken. The past two weeks we have started the "can't buy anything until everything is gone" it's been fun and interesting to see what kind of meals we can come up with.


For Christmas we were at my mom's and she got them bikes! This video is of my little brother Tristan trying to ride his bike so cute because he can't pedal yet! It was a GREAT christmas and we're excited for the Christmases to come!

Dreams Really Do Come True...

There are very few, but profound moments in someone's life where reality becomes far behond anything they can possibly dream.

"You know your in love when you can't sleep cause reality is better than your dreams."

"Meeting you was fate becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you I had no control over."

My future husband everyone...Brent Romero McDowell.

Good Morning...

This morning was ANOTHER one of those mornings where I just wake up, and I do it early! This picture was about 3 YEARS AGO!!! I just felt an urge, so here it is...Brent Romero McDowell.