SwEeT hOmE aLaBaMa

I am sitting here in our new apartment surprised with how amazing my life is. I am for sure spoiled & dont know what i did to deserve such an amazing life. This last Thursday ME gREG &Jax arrived to our new home In Columbus Georgia well technically we are on the line so we live in phenix Alabama as well. Our car is on the Georgia side & our apartment is on the Alabama side. So now I can say I have lived in Georgia & Alabama. When we walked into our apartment my jaw dropped. I have to admit I was a little weary about trusting Greg when he said Apx was gonna be good to us. Its for sure a lot bigger than our apartment or as I call it "the poopy apartment" we had in Orem. Its a three bedroom,two bathroom apartment fully furnished with cable & internet! & when Gregs at work I can go tanning for free and work out in the gym. I love it here as does Greg & I think Jax is loving the fact he has his own room and can run around more . in our old apartment there was no room for him to run around. This last Sunday we went to six flags in Georgia & we got fast passes so we didnt have to wait in tons of lines we were done riding the rides within 3 hrs it was awesome. Greg went out selling yesterday for the first time & he did amazing he got his first sale & today hes going back to a couple houses who were interested,I am so proud of him I knew he was going to do good. He was really nervous & stressed he wouldnt make any sales but I never doubted him He has an ability to make good points & statements I know this because I always loose with arguments ha ha. Other news that most of you know a little about is my cist on my right ovary! I had an ultra sound at the beginning of April & the pain is increasing my doctor told me to monitor the pain because its 4.8 centimeter cist he says when it gets to 5 they have to operate so its 21 days later & the pain is worse so just to be sure I went to a doctor here in Georgia Monday & well lets just say I was crying the whole time. Greg was at work & I had to find the place & not get lost I'm not good with finding places. Well when the doctor came in the room he reviewed my ultra sound paper,looked at me & said why are u here? why did your doctor let u come out here without getting this removed? this has to be operated on imediately!!!I was freaking out he was being so mean to me I asked him if the cist might have burst & he laughed at me & said no trust me it didnt burst!!! I felt very uncomfortable with the whole situation & was shaking & crying when I left the doctors office he told me to get a flight asap & fly home so i can have surgery. Immidiately I called my mom cuz Greg was at work and was freaking out crying telling her how upset I was. My mom was great. She calmed me down told me to go home & take a bath & she would take care of the rest. So I went home said a long prayer & had a bubble bath. I told Greg all about it & he was very upset. He was calling airlines to see how much the flight would cost & he totally was there to calm me down and wipe away my tears. I told him I didnt wanna fly home without him and have surgery without him by my side & unfortunetly that wasnt a possibility because he cant get work off so at least I would have my parents there with me. He held me for the rest of the night & calmed me down. Last night my mom called me & she had called my doctor back home who I have been seeing,he's a great doctor & I can tell he cares about me & my health. My mom told me the doctor said there is no need to rush into surgery that unfortunetly these cists sometimes take months to go away & that these next months will be painful but I would just have to bare through it with pain pills!!! So we were all so relieved & if I do have to have surgery at the end of the summer when we get back to Utah at least I will have my hubby there along with my amazing parents. So last night I took Greg out for ice cream to celebrate his first sale & me not having to have surgery Yet at least!I am so glad we took this oppertunity to come out this summer Gregs doing amazing & I love our apartment ,we are excited to have my parents come visit us in june when we move up to North carolina. This so far has been one of my funnest summers!!

SuMmEr LoViN

I am feeling tons of different emotions at the moment. my mind is full of so many thoughts. This coming monday april 20th 09 Greg ,me & jax will be leaving to Georgia for the summer. Greg works for Apx & he is going to be selling security systems,we come home August 20th!!! I thought I would be a lot more sad & scared but I have a feeling of peace & exictement. Though however I still at times get a bit sad thinking how far away I will be from the rest of the family. I am sad I will not be able to attend school this summer because if we stayed I would be graduating this July! But Greg & I have prayed about this both together & individually & both feel this is the best decision t& that it will help us out so much financially. Greg & I are very different in a lot of ways. He has been living on his own away from his parents since the age of 20 I however lived with my parents until I was 22,so this is a bit more tough for me. Although I thank my wonderful husband because he has tought me so much & has given me the world! We both even each other out with our differences! The feeling I am feeling at this time is excited,nervous,overwhelmed,and anxious! We will be living in Georgia for the month of May than we will be relocating to North Carolina. Apx has set us up in some very nice apartments fully furnished,3 swimming pools,sauna,tanning bed & an apartment thats a whole lot bigger than the one we are in right now!!! ha ha. One thing I am very excited about is on our way out we will be stopping by the navoo temple & all the church history places I am so excited for that & to go through that temple. This will be quite the summer & I am excited to be with my amazing husband & my baby jax. Our family will grow so much on this adventure & its something we must do before we have kids. When we return in August we will be moving into Gregs parents house in spanish fork. The house gets finished being built in july and gregs parents leave on their mission in August so when gregs mom was explaining how the living situation will be she explained that we will be only paying 300 for rent and all their furniture bed,table everything will be boxed up. she said it will be considered Greg & i's house for 18 months and im able to decorate and do anything I would like to do with the house. When I heard this I thought wow I guess living in that small apartment did pay off cuz now when we come home we get to move in to a brand new home similar to my parents and I have a big house to decorate ha ha its such a relief and will help Greg and I financially so much as he starts law school & graduate from hair school. The lord has blessed us so much and for that I am so thankful. As much as I hate saying this I will miss this little apartment. Greg & I have shared so much & have grown tremendously. Yes some dyas were hard especially when we fought but having Greg as a husband made it so much easier he truly is the man of my dreams ,my prince charming. He understands me in a way nobody ever has or will & has shown me how to be who I am today!!

HaPpInEsS Is A wArM pUpPy

On April 4,2009 Greg & I brought home our new baby boy aka our puppy Jax! Jax is a 8 week old,2 pound baby yorkie. We are so happy to have him. He is such a little bundle of joy, He's a mamas boy and loves to snuggle with his mama but loves playing with his papa!!! We went & got his shots on Monday & Greg had to go in with him while I left and was stressing the whole time, I felt so bad he had to get shots.We have gotten him lots of toys,food,& a nice little bed but he will not sleep in it he has to be right up on my chest & snuggling with me. Car rides are quite interesting he always sleeps on them and when I'm driving has to be in my lap. He's very calm and very chill however he does love to explore & meet new friends. Whenever we go to my moms he is always hyper alot more hyper than he is at home. Him & My brother kyle & sister in laws Katee dog tula had a play date this last sunday & he loves Tula I'm not sure if the feeling are mutual but she loves to tease him and than he will chase her and she will jump on kyle & katee ha ha its very cute he loves his cousin Tula!!! I have bought some little clothes for him so far only his little "I Love my daddy" shirt fits but he still has some growing. We love him so much and are so thankful we have him!!!

TaYLoR aNdReWs NeXt DeMeNsIoN hAiR sHoW

As most of you know these last couple of weeks Have been quite busy. On April 2nd I had a great oppertunity to be a part of the Taylor Andrews hair/fashion show. Its a runway type hair show where each group has a certain theme and has a segment in the show where we display our work!! My group had henry the fifth,a very famous artist his work is alot like circus stuff so we are going off of that & the movie moulin rouge. My friend Ashley & I had the top hat girl so we made her hat out of hair. Believe it or not this has given me a great opportunity to use my "crafty" & creative skills as far as making the costume,I always thought that if I didnt go into cosmetology I wanted to go into fashion. Lucky for me I was able to use both skills for this show.We took a simple black tank top and made it into a corset,yes I burnt myself alot with the glue gun ha ha but it was worth it. I was so busy with this hair show I had hardly any time to get gregs birthday together but My mom being the superwoman she is helped me,I decided to surprise him & make him a blanket,it totally shocked him to see that I actually did something crafty other than hair & fashion ha ha. The plan was to celebrate his birthday a bit early due to the hair show. So last monday we went to pf changs for dinner than went & saw a movie & he opened his jazz blanket and a shit & hat I had bought him .This last week was very fun,exciting,busy,chaotic,stressful,and very awarding that I was able to show off my work to friends & family. Our model turned out amazing she got all her steps correct and totally killed it for the big show she was amazing and me & ashley were very proud of her.We were both smiling and staring in amazement as our model showed our work to the very best of her ability.It was so nice seeing my family at the end & hearing how proud of me they were & how much they enjoyed it,it truly was one of the porudest moments of my life.Gregs birthday was on this day & lets just say I have the most amazing husband in the whole wide world he came and supported me and come on what guy wants to go to a hair/fashion show ever especially on their birthday.After that though we went home and had yummy cake and celebrated the last hrs of his 23rd birthday. I am very passionate about what I do,Taylor Andrews has helped me restore the confidence I once had & as I grow closer to graduating in December I see myself improving each day,I dont like to brag about myself & I try not to but when it comes to something I feel very strongly about & take great pride in its hard to not want to share my happiness with others. Some may see it as just doing hair but as for me I see it as a way to express my creativity,a way to put a smile on others faces,a way to help others confidence by doing well on their hair,and a way to show myself that I can do what I put my mind to.

Us girls with worldwide famous hairstylist Nicholas French

oUr NeW aDdItIon

Greg & I are excited to announce that we will soon be adding to our little family with a bran new baby boy......a bran new baby PUPPY boy that is ha ha. I have been a little baby hungry so I gave Greg an altimadum either a baby or a puppy without thinking twice he agreed to a puppy ha ha. When my married friends tell me they want a puppy too I just tell them to use the whole either you get me a puppy or I stop taking the pill ha ha ha. No I wouldn't really do that but it worked. His name will be Jax he's a little Yorkie and we will be getting him from my moms friend Dave he will get to be about five pounds. We are going to go put the down payment on him next week he is only 2 weeks old & just barely opened his eyes. We both are very excited ok ok I may be a little more excited than my husband ha ha I have started looking for clothes & toys and have gotten him a t-shirt that says i love my daddy and little sneakers. He will be the only small boy dog in my extended family so he will be the little pimp to barbie,tula & dusty ha ha. We are excited to add him to our little family & I am so excited I will have him with me in New Jersey while greg works we will have tons of fun playing on the beach. For all you who got disapointed we were not having a baby well our great paln is to hopefully become pregnant in a year than i'll be graduated and while I'm preganant we plan to add either a huskie or a boxer before the baby comes!!!!but who knows plans always change :)

VaLeNtInEs DaY 09

This Valentines Day was Greg & I's first Valentines day together & it was unbelievable. We both opened our gifts like a month ago because niether one of us can keep a secret & be patient.He got me some jeans from the buckle & I got him the 7th season of Smallville, he ended up watching the whole season in one night he is hooked & I wear my jeans alot I love them. We started out the day yesterday like a normal day & I for sure thought he was gonna send me flowers to my school or something but he didnt & I did not hear from him all day I was a little worried because I was at least expecting a text a call or something & its not like Greg to not call me throughout the day when I'm at school. So when I got out of school at 5 I went home & was a little pist he had not called. I than walked in my house and it wa spotless clean,rose petals were leading me back to the bathroom where he had candles lit,and a ocuple gifts he bought me. I actually started to cry because I felt so bad that I was so mad at him he must have spent hours cleaning and preparing. I called him & he told me to take a nice hott bubble bath & he would be home soon with dinner. We both knew it would be crowded everywhere & hate crowds plus he was sick with the cold I had & I have a bad kidney infection so we kept it low key & he stopped by outback to get our favorite-me a steak & him ribs than came home & when i got out of the bath he was in the front room with candles everywhere and a little blanket laid out for our "picnic" We finished off the night going to see shopaholic. It was the perfect day & I was so surprised I love my husband so much & am thankful for him.It was truly the best valentines day I have ever had!!

*~tHe BuRkEs FirSt ChRiStMaS~*

This Christmas was one of the best I have ever had,spending it with my amazing husband was what made it So awesome. We actually switched it up a bit this year, Since we live in Orem and a ways away from my family we opened our gifts the sunday before christmas than went to my parents house for Christmas eve & Christmas. However we saved some fun for Christmas by getting each other surprise gifts & opening them christmas morning!!! He got "me" guitar hero although I am pretty sure he plays it more than me ha ha no all jokes aside It was a great gift because we both love playing it & it gives me somthing to do down here until I start school up again. My surprise gift for him was a watch but two days after I had gotten him the watch he was wearing this watch that I had never seen before I think he peaked at his gift & was hinting to me to take it back & get something else because he already had a watch ha ha but I didnt because well this may surprise alot of you but Gregory is the hardest guy to shop for he is so darn picky about his clothes and we ended up taking back two of his shirts he actually liked two of the shirts I picked out but I it was our first christmas & practice makes perfect!!!! Christmas 2008 was so much fun at my parents house its always so fun to see the kids faces light up & see them get so excited for Santa. Our names we drew out of the basket this year were our neices kendal & Gracie. Greg had Grace I had kendal when we went shopping there was this cute little girls clothing & toy store that was having a sale Greg automatically went to this cute shirt he wanted to get for Grace I told him shes 8 & would prob like a toy better & he insisted on the shirt and a high school musical neclace well he was right as always Grace seeemed to love it she was wearing it the next day & Kendal seemed to like her lip glosses & little pet shop dolls.We were so happy to see them happy. We are very excited for more many christmas but will always cherish & value our first Burke Family christmas.

HoNeYmOoN

Our honeymoon was very fun. It started out staying at the marriott in salt lake which was nice Greg was liking it because Byu football team was also staying there. The nest day we went to see Twilight bless Gregs Heart he i knew I wanted to see it really bad so he got tickets & we met up with my family,he wasnt expecting my fam to come so he originally got tickets in the back row so we could makeout ha ha but his plan didnt work out to well ha ha which wouldnt have mattered anyways because well its twilight I was to concentrated on the show ha ha. He even bought me a shirt that said twilight on the front & on the back it said the forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest.I made him show spirit to so i got him a pin to wear that said so the lion fell in love with the lamb ha ha ha hes such a good hubby. After the show we went to his sisters to steel some turkey than headed to mesquite & road the go carts. Sunday we left for san diego & stayed there that night. Monday morning we left on our cruise. It was an awesome cruise all u can eat buffet & all u can eat chocolate buffet. We loved the hot chocolate because it was a bit cold,until we got to cabo which was 86 degrees I have been to Cabo before with friends for spring break & loved being there with my hubby I love cabo & could actually live there its one of my favorite places. We went horsebackriding on the beach & greg almost got bucked off his horse ha ha it was fun & we had a blast except for the fact greg got offered cocain like 12 times ha ha. One night I got really sea sdick on the ship & kept throwing up but that was just one night. Greg however was really sea sick throughout the trip I felt so bad for him. We celebrated our thanksgiving on the ship it was sad we missed being home for the holiday but thankfully my wonderful parents had thanksgiving for us when we got home bless their hearts it was so nice of them to do that for us. Our honeymoon was great & we enjoyed our time together it was a nice time away.To see our honeymoon pic click on this link http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=11354&l=9aeed&id=1090521655

OuR jOuRnEy BeGiNs ToDaY fRoM hErE tO eTeRnItY~11/21/2008

                                               We are now officially married & we our loving married life. My wedding day was everything I have always wanted & so much more. My mom did such a great job along with everybody else!!!! When I was sealed to Greg It was the happiest moment of my entire life.I never thought that moment would come so I wasnt prepared for all the emotions I felt at that very moment ,It was the best feeling I have ever felt. Words Can not describe how I felt when I was sealed to my Gregory for all time & eternity.I look back on my life & am so thankful for the road that led me to Greg. Nobody has ever made me feel the way my husband does. I fall more & more in love with him each day, he makes me feel like a true princess & he makes me his top priority . To sum it all up he is EVERYTHING I have ever wanted in a man & in a relationship I didn't have to change who I was or what I wanted in life because the best part is he loves me for me & wants those same things as well.I lost Greg when we were about to come out of the temple & greet everybody it was so funny I wasnt even worried, it was hard to feel anything but true joy & happiness in the temple.As we came out with big smiles on our faces & tears of joy, the photographer yelled KISS. As Greg leaned me over to kiss me he accidently ripped out my wedding Vale & my hair got all messed up, it was a very aggressive kiss to say the least haha. I didn't care though, sure my hair was messed up but like I said the only thing on my mind was that I am married to my prince charming for ETERNITY. Everything went great that day my friend Megan kept telling me to not let anything that goes wrong ruin my day, there were a couple things but all in all the day was perfect. I really appreciate my maid of honors especially Payton she did so much to help me she was up with me at 6:00 am to help me get beautiful & her along with the beautiful Ausha were there to help me get ready before the reception. All my bridesmaids looked beautiful & the flower girls were just adorable they kept fighting over who got to dance with Greg.

 Yes my hubby is an excellent dancer unlike me  ha ha. When it came time to throw the bouquet my little niece's Kendall & Ella were ready to catch it, they were so sad when they didn't catch it so I ripped two flowers out of the bouquet and gave them each a piece of the bouquet. The cake was AMAZING we had a big cake and than 4 little cakes surrounding it, so we got to pick 5 or 6 different flavors. We gave one of the little cakes to my parents and one to Greg's parents so we made sure we had a certain kind they liked.The reception was so gorgeous, it was so perfect. I am so happy with the outcome . It was so magical. I love pink so it was full of pink & my favorite flowers Pink roses & pink peonies. We served cupcakes & ice cream & they were so yummy thank you everybody for slaving away making cupcakes.One of the cutest moments of the entire evening was when I was dancing with my dad for the father 's dance my hubby first went & danced with his mom but than went & asked my mom to dance, my mom loves dancing with the stars & Greg just loves dancing so he hammed it up & did a couple dances from the show with her. We both couldnt stop laughing when we had our first dance....I am not a dancer & he kept trying to dip me & do all these fancy things it was so sweet, we danced to "me & you" by kenny chesney & tears just filled my eyes. It was theee most perfect night to thee most perfect day. Our honeymoon  on a cruise to Cabo San Lucas was so much fun , I have a post labeled honeymoon if anybody is interested in hearing more about it.We are now living in Orem & I love our little apartment we have it decorated so cute & tomorrow night we are going to pick ut our  first christmas tree. I start back up in school Febuary first & greg is still going strong at school. I was worried being so far away from family would make me sad but I still go up there & I have my little family here in Orem & we are so happy.We are very excited for christmas we will be staying at my parents house for Christmas & look forward to spending the holidays with them