Another Delivery Man

I had a special surprise today, I had another delivery man stop by,

I have had a Magazine Delivery Man,

A Milk Man, A UPS Man, A Bread & Vegetable Delivery Man,

and A HOSTESS Delivery Man.

But now I have a Uniform/Linen Delivery Man come to my house!!

This is Bryan's new job with Unifirst.

He is training to be a delivery driver and is very excited!!!

Happy 44th Birthday Sweetheart 12-12-12

 Bryan and I were laying in bed talking and cuddling and talking about the upcoming events that will take place on this day, then of course we started crying just thinking about our daughter who will be getting married and leaving our family and starting her own and how fast the time seems to have gone.

We were blubbering and crying and all of the sudden the lights got flipped on and there stood Cecilee and Cambria with breakfast for Bryan's birthday.

They look at us and ask,

"What the heck are you guys crying about?"

 Good thing I had my phone right there so I could capture this wonderful morning with our girls for Bryans' birthday.

They brought an omelet, bagels, cuties-oranges, and Chamba Chai

Then Cambria gave her dad her birthday present, a handkerchief with her card on it.

After he read it, he just cried and hugged her for a long time.

He is having quite a hard time but is slowly getting stronger.

It was a beautiful morning with her 2 oldest daughters. They love their daddy!!!

Bryan's New Job

My husband got a new job with UniFirst, it's a linen delivery company.

Right now he is the Warehouse Manager and also going on different routes with the other drivers.

Eventually he will be having his own route. 

He had to shave his GOATEE off, just like UPS.

I'm so thankful for my husband and the wonderful man that he is.

He is always so willing to work so hard for our family and always keep us laughing!!!

Moments on the sidelines

I love to capture moments on the sideline of my husband and Trevor during football games. Bryan has coached Trevor since he was in the 3rd grade and Trevor really doesn't know any different to NOT have his dad on the sideline with him. I love to see Trevor make his way to his dad's side and ask him questions about the game or get his tips of what he should be doing better.

At this game Bryan was seeing that Trevor was being DOUBLE TEAMED and as soon as Trevor came off the field Bryan ran over to him and showed him a few things to do.

After those suggestions, Trevor had another amazing game.

Moments like these are priceless.

I've seen Bryan give Trevor knuckles or a tap on the helmet as a guesture of,

"I am proud of you and you are playing awesome!"

Bryan doesn't ever want to praise him too much, for fear that he will get cocky or a BIG HEAD!!!

Happy 21 Years Babe!!!

Wow, has it really been that long?

I have known Bryan for 30 years and we have liked/loved each other on and off since then.

FIRST OF ALL~

Bryan saw me for the first time at a Seminary Open House for our stake and asked his friend, Kalani~

"Who Is That Girl?" He responded, "Oh that's Tonya AhQuin"

Bryan responded so "Matter of factly", "I am going to marry her one day!"

We wrote notes to each other our Freshman year in seminary and left them in each others scriptures, because we went to different high schools our freshman year.

We then went to the same high school from our sophomore year to graduation.

We had our first official date our Senior Year for Homecoming,

and since then everything pretty much is history.

He served a mission in Sydney, Australia from 1988-1990.
(I "Dear Johned" him twice and promised him that I wouldn't date him when he got home.)

He got home May 30th, 1990,

We got engaged Sept. 13, 1990

and Married June 22, 1991.

In July 20, 1992 - Our First born Cambria blessed our family then

September 2, 1993 - Cecilee surprised us with her arrival

(Cambria was 4 months when I found out I was pregnant again)

September 2, 1994 - We made a HUGE MOVE to St. George, Utah

January 5, 1996 - We built our first home in Ivins, Utah

March 6, 1996 - Our only son, Trevor was born

November 1, 1998 - Our baby Sydnee of our family was born

April 5, 2004 - We built our dream home, still in Ivins are fews blocks up from our old neighborhood.

We've had many wonderful milestones during our 21 years of marriage.

Who knows why I say the things that I say.
Obviously we are meant to be, but he is TOOOO good of a man for me, but I am grateful

that he loves me and puts up with me.

He is so patient, loving, kind and makes me feel beautiful.

I love him so much and can't wait to spend many more years together!!

I love you Bry!!!

Technology...

 I told Bryan that I received a notice from our ASB President from High School about our 25 year class reunion, that they are planning. He asked me where I got the notice and I told him on FACEBOOK. So he wanted to see his FACEBOOK page. Since Bryan doesn't get on the computer very often, he needs help from his children. When he opened his page there were 7 messages, 32 friend requests and 15 notifications. Sydnee just laughed, Oh yah and LOTS of HAPPY BIRTHDAY's which made his day, a month late.  So Sydnee sat down with dad and gave him a class of FACEBOOK 101 and How to use the Cursor 101. It was pretty funny. He refuses that he is getting old, but the glasses give it away and the gray hair.

 He cracks me up. But I will grow old with him ANYDAY!!!

Elder JP Neilson

Bryan has coached quite a few boys and have really gotten to be close to a group of young men. This YM in particular has been one of Bryan's favorites. HE coached him as a Freshman and Sophomore and helped coach him as a Junior and Senior. He has been called to serve in Ohio as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Bryan went late to his open house because we didn't know about it. Cecilee came home and said,"Dad, JP's Dad and JP were looking for you at the open house. They kept asking if you were coming, they wanted to thank you." So Bryan hurried and threw on some clothes to run over and give JP a quick hug and wish him well. He is so proud of these young men who chose to put off their worldly activities to serve the Lord. He will be a great missionary.

The hand signal is, "JV for Live" Their JV year they took region & had a blast!!

My husband is another YEAR OLDER!!!

My sweet, loving, wonderful, handsome, husband turned 43 today!!!! My girls brought him home his pizza from Pizza Factory and he absolutely devoured it. We love that about birthdays!!!

This was the only picture I got of him on his birthday. But we tried to spoil him rotten, considering he hates his birthday during Christmas time. He got new shoes, lots of cologne, UA socks, and other stuff.

I love this man so much, I can't even believe that we have been together for 25 years. Time has just flown by, but he is the most patient, loving man to me.

 HE NEVER gets mad at me and ALWAYS tells me that I'm Beautiful. 

I love you Bryan with all my heart!!! Thanks for being my eternal complanion!!

T R A D I T I O N S ~! ! !

We started a tradition when they were little to get a new ornament every year and it has to do with something that represented something they did during the last year.

My husband LOVES Shopping!!!!! Can you see it on his face?

The girls looking for anything to make into an ornament

Cambria was at work so we picked her out flip flops to represent her trip to Hawaii during the summer. Cecilee got a barbie head that looked like her, Sydnee got a snowlady cheerleader, and Trevor picked out a Hamburger to represent his high school off campus lunches.

When they move out they will get their box of ornaments to decorate their christmas tree of their own.
I write their names and year on their ornaments so they will always remember!!
I love TRADITIONS!!!

Morning Prayers

Every morning before Bryan leaves for work (@ 2:30am) he comes to my side of the bed and holds my hand and prays while I sleep. I try to be awake to hear his prayer and say AMEN, most of the time I do. I love hearing him pray for our family's protection and for my dad's recovery and for his own safety as he drives to Overton/Mesquite. I can count on his prayers every morning before he leaves, even if he's running late. This morning at 8:00am I received a call from Bryan and he said that he was sitting on the side of the road for the last 2 hours waiting for help to come. He said that he had a BLOWOUT on his front drivers side tire. My heart sunk when he said that, I know how serious a BLOWOUT is, but especially on the front tires and the drivers side. He said that he felt it and the truck swerved, but lucky for him there wasn't another car along side of him and his truck was going towards the edge of the road. He felt like he was protected and watched over. Thank goodness for the POWER of PRAYER and the protection that we receive from our guardian angels. Thank you for watching over my husband. That scenerio could've been soooo bad, but I know for a fact that he was protected. I love my husband and his example to have his morning prayers every day!!

Football Season is starting!!!

We love this time of year!!! Yes, I realize I don't have a husband for a few months, but I know that he is doing something that he LOVES!!! I love that he is out on the field with Trevor and that he is sharing his love with his son. I love watching my son play and watching my husband coach. He absolutely loves the game and loves teaching the boys everything he knows about the game. There is NO OTHER word to describe the passion that they both have, it's LOVE!!!! I am excited for my son this year, he is a sophomore and he is playing VARSITY

Here is Trevor just 4 yrs ago with his big uncles Adam and Max

Here he is with his dad last year as a Freshman

Here he is last year after his game against DIXIE

This was Trevor's first game last year as a Freshman.

Here's Trevor his Sophomore year - 6'1" - 172lbs and still growing

My handsome BOY!!! I took this picture with my phone

Father's Day 2011

For Father's Day we had everyone from my family over for a dinner for the gentleman. Since Cambria was in Hawaii for Father's Day we SKYPED her. We enjoyed seeing everyone in Hawaii and she loved seeing the whole family. It was so much fun.

Bryan, my dad and his dad and Max and Clay

Happy 20 Years "In Sickness & In Health"

I can't even believe it's been 20 years. I still can remember our wedding day like it was yesterday. It was the happiest day of my life, thus far, but now looking back over 20 years, we have had more happiest days since then. The birth of our 4 children, watching our children grow and develop into the gospel and into this society, becoming wonderful individuals, building our 2 homes together, watching one of our children graduate from high school, etc.

Everyday seems to be a happy day for me. I love my husband so much, we have grown together through the years. It's funny, in the vows it says," For richer, for poorer, IN SICKNESS and in Health..." Well for our 20th Anniversary, I had something planned for us as a surprise and we were going to go to Vegas for the night, to the hotel that we stayed at for our honeymoon. Well I came home sick from work and have been sick all night. Then Bryan came home and he was sick too. So the morning of our Anniversary we were both in OUR bed, puking and so sick. Oh well, "In sickness and in health" hahahaha I told you, we do everything together!!!

Happy Birthday to my Best Friend

I love this man more than anything in this world. He has helped me become the woman that I am today. He helps me to believe in myself and to help me love myself and see the beauty in myself. Our lovestory is like "Johnny Lingo" he took this low self-esteem girl who believed she was ugly and helped her see her beauty inside and believe in herself. That's what made her beautiful, was what was inside.

I always ask him, what were you thinking in liking me and thinking I was beautiful, because I did not see it.

I love the way I feel around him, I love his big strong arms around me, making me feel safe. I love how we fit to each other like a puzzle. I love the priesthood holder that he is, and the father that he is to our children. I love him so much and I feel so honored to be chosen by him, to share our lives together for eternity.

Happy Birthday Bry!!!!

Stake Flag Football

Flag Football has started for our stake and my boys love it!!! They woke up early this morning and went to play, when I got home from shopping with the girls, this is what I found. Think they are a little tired? They must have played hard. My husband always thinks that he is in high school again, until the next day!!! hahahaha

Trev's Football Season 2010

These are the Freshman Coaches: Head coach: Rob Ward, Coach Oliverson, Coach Loo, Coach Horlacher & Coach Campbell
Trevor #21

The whole team and the coaches

Coach Ward introduced the Captains, who were voted on by the players.

Trevor coming off the field for a timeout.
Me in the sweltering HEAT! I felt like a rotiseirre chicken, it was so HOT!

Trevor punting the ball.

Well Football Season has begun and Trevor is playing Freshman Ball. He is so much fun to watch. He loves the game and plays with everything he has. Bryan is coaching the Defense on the Freshman team, he loves coaching his son.

To a WONDERFUL 19 years!!! :)

Happy Anniversary to my amazing parents! It's hard to believe that of all the things that don't last in this world, love does! I have the most amazing parents ever, who would do anything for any one of us kids. Their legacy and love just keeps growing with each year and each experience shared together and shared with us. Now that I've graduated and am starting my own life, it's crazy to think that I'm going to be looking for this special kind of love sooner or later...

My parents have been together for about 25 or 26 years, but have been married for 19 years today!! It all started when they were 13 and my dad saw my mom for the first time at a seminary open house after moving to California from Utah. First thing he said was, "who is that.....I'm going to marry her one day!" can you say confidence much? Well after beating the crap out of a kid for calling my mom ugly, two or three "Dear John" letters, and even a pillar of fire along the way; they sealed the deal and were married for time and all eternity. What a magical and uncomprehensible blessing that really is. I am sooooo grateful for my parents and the example of true eternal love they show me. Their examples mean more and more to me as I keep getting older. I hope to one day find a love like theirs. They like to kid around with each other a lot and might get annoyed with each other, but at the end of each day I know they go to bed more in love with each other than they were the day before. My parents are soo amazing and I know that I am soo blessed to be their daughter for eternity!! I hope they have the most amazing anniversary ever because they truly deserve it! I am soo grateful for them and all that they do for me!!!! I LOVE YOU MOM AND DAD!! And I hope you have a memorable day!! I LOVE YOU ETERNALLY!

Love, Cambria Irene Horlacher

Scrimmage Time

LOVE THIS PICTURE!! I guess Bryan really yelled at Trevor on the field and was apologizing to him. I guess, that's what you get when your dad's the coach. He only wants the BEST for his son.