This past weekend Kade and I went to the temple with Sam and Stacia! It was so much fun! It was kinda crazy finding a place to park but we ended up making it! We did a session there at the Salt Lake Temple. It is such a gorgious temple. It was kinda neat, because we had to walk all the way from the Hilton(thats were we finally ended up parking), and on the way, you just saw the busy streets and all the people going their ways, and then you enter the temple and its just so peaceful and quiet. I couldnt help think of all the comotion going on outside the walls and we couldnt hear any of it. What a blessing to be able to go to such a place and get away from the world. I love the lights at Christmas time at Temple Sqare!!! They are beautiful! Kade and I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!!! We hope all is well with all of you!!!!!!

This picture makes me smile!!!!

I just had to post this!! I took this picture over the weekend-when we were at my moms house for dinner. I absolutley love this picture!!! It makes me laugh, and smile, and laugh some more!!! This is Stetson, my sister's youngest. She was holding him up and then she would swing him downward, and he just kept laughing!!! It was so funny to watch!! What a cutie!!! Thank heavens for kids!!!

Weekend Fun!!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend with your families!!! Kade and I had a blast! We spent the Thanksgiving holiday with both of our families and it was much needed! We both cant get enough of our families! We love going to see them! My family does a little tradition every Thanksgiving morning.....we all go out and skeet shoot. I really like it. We have a lot of fun, although sometimes Im the only girl there. Except Stacia came this year!!! And she can shoot a gun! We are usually out shooting for an hour or more. Then we come home and eat at 1:00. We also stayed with Kades family and hung out there. We played the Wii and laughed a lot! Kades family is always know to get a little rowdy but we always have a good time. Thanks everyone for the fun weekend! Love you all!

Snow College Football Game!!!!!

This past weekend we went to Kade's little brother Tyson's football game. It was way fun! Kades whole family usually goes and they get pretty rowdy in the stands!!! It was Tyson's final game of the season other than thier bowl game. They are undefeated!! And they are ranked number one in the nation! They have had an amazing season! Im excited for their bowl game! It will be awesome! Good job Ty!!!!!!! Your awesome!!!!

Happy Veterans Day!!!!!!!!!

So yes Im still alive! I know I havent posted forever!!! I got a new job and Im still doing hair so Im crazy busy. But its a good thing:)

I just wanted to tell all the Veterans, HAPPY VETERANS DAY!!!! And especially my dad. He is so special to me! Im so thankful for his service to our country! He has a lot of character because of his experiences. Love ya DAD!!!

Haunted Forest!!!!!!!!!

For Young Womens we went to the haunted forest!! It was so much fun to go with the girls! We all just buddied up and huddled together! We almost wounded each other from holding on so tight!! I think Aubrie was digging Harris:) Stephanie Fiso was my partner through thick and thin!! hehe! We were both kinda scared but we made it! (This top picture is the before and the bottom was the after)
What a creepy little lady!!!

A Little Hike

So Kade had Monday off and we decided to go for a little hike up the canyon above the temple. It is so pretty up there. I love all the neat rock formations. And what a view of the temple!!! So pretty! Its was nice to go and just spend some time together. Sometimes life gets stressful and you just need to get away from it all:) This is a great place to do that!!!!!!

Fall Time!!

I love the fall!!! I love all the colors! And I love being with Kade up in the mountains. We went for a little hike yesterday to see the leaves and to see if we could hear any elk, bugling. And we got both!!! There were amazing colors in the trees and we heard lots of elk bugling everywhere! It was so fun. I just wished we had more time!



You are probably wondering what this is. It is one of those snow drift gaurds that protect the roads from getting snow piled up on them. I thought it was cool because it looks like it goes on forever:) It was at the end of our hike so we were kinda just messing around.

Just some thoughts

So today, Monday, I attended my cousins funeral. And what a beautiful service for him. It was a celebration of his life and his service to others. There were so many things that I learned about him that I never knew. It really makes you stop and think about how important family is to you. It makes you want to get together with family and extended family more often to make memories, because the memories are really what lasts. It makes you want to throw your arms around them and tell them how much you care! Life is to short to worry and stress about the little things. The gospel of Jesus Christ and our Families are the most important things we have. Im so thankful that I have the knowledge of the plan of salvation, that families can be together forever!! This life is just a stepping stone to where we will be someday! Im so thankful for ALL of my family, immediate and extended, and I love them all so much!

Jeep Ride to Marble Hill

This week has been fun but busy! We have been out of town for a solid week and its good to be back. Kade has been hunting, I went with him for a few days and then I was staying at my moms helping her remodel her house. But on Sunday, for our usual twice a month dinners at my moms, we (before dinner) went on a long fun jeep ride to a little place up on the mountain called marble hill. There are all these little rocks that are almost perfectly round....like marbles. It was cool to find them. It was nice to end the weekend with a Sunday jeep ride. It was fun hanging out with my brothers family, and my sister-in-law's family.
This is Cortley being teased by Kade.
The boys were having a contest to see who could throw their marbles the farthest.
What a view!! This picture doesnt do it any justice at all!! You feel like you are on top of the world when you are up there.
Cortley showing me her little marble.

Check Out My "Photo Blog"

I started another blog to post pictures that I have taken that are a little more professional. I am starting to get into photography a lot more but am definately not professional yet!! But we all have to start somewhere right?? My new blog is ciarasphotos.blogspot.com if you want to check it out!!! Let me know what you think! (Above pictured, Sam and Stacia, I loved this photo)

Happy Birthday Grandpa!!!

It was my Grandpa Cooks birthday party on Saturday. It was one of the funnest parties I've ever been too. It was a Hawiian Luau. All of my cousins were there, and there were NO KIDS!!! The kids were specifically not invited which was the greatest idea ever, it made all the cousins mingle and get rowdy!! What a blast!! We started off the night with some yummy dinner, and pina coloda smoothies!! Then we got right into the games!! There were a lot of games. I liked watching everyone do the limbo!! hehe!! Then after games they lit the candles and some fireworks and sang to my grandpa. We all had cake. Then the best part of all, was story time. My grandpas kids told memoies of grandpa that they had. Some stories were gut splitting and some were tear jerkers!! Im greatful for my family and for my grandpa!! Im blessed to have the great anchestors that I do. I love you grandpa, Happy Birthday!! And a special thanks to my Aunt Jewel for the great party!!!
The birthday cake! Thanks heavens for (the number candles!!) 89 candles would be a lot!!
My cousin Rachel-we go way back!! We were best buds in high school! I love her to death!
Mom and Dad with their lays on:) They had to match I guess!!
Whats a party without the fireworks:) Fun fun!!

Cabin Time!!

This weekend was so much fun!! We went to our cook family cabin. I just love staying there. At the cabin we have ponds for fishing and paddle boats, horse riding, 4-wheeling, and whatever else you want to do in the mountains!!! Kade and I have always loved the outdoors! Its just our way of life! We always have yummy food and tons of fun!! I love spending time with the family. It was so neat because all of my brothers and my sister was there, and there was a point that we were all in the kitchen at the same time!!! Without family, life would mean nothing! I want to tell my family how much I love them and thank you for the fun weekend!!
The new Mr. and Mrs. Cook:)
Our yummy dinner and warm fire!
It was so much fun to have Stacia's family come to our cabin! They are wonderful people! Her mom was a trooper-she rode my horse!!!! I thought that was so cool:)
And of course...........My very adorable parents!!! My dad and I are so much alike. We both love horses and we both love to tease!

Sam and Stacia's Wedding (The Big Day!)

Kade and I had so much fun at Sam and Stacia's wedding. And ofcorse he had to pull some weird faces as usual! The whole day was just a beautiful, fun day!!! Its sad that it had to end!

Stacia's bridals were amazing!!! I loved all of them.......this one on the pink couch is so neat!
What a beautiful woman!!

Cutting the cake! They didnt even shove it in each others face!! They were so nice.
It was so fun to watch them dance!! All the little kids just daydreamed as they watched them. Im so happy for Sam and Stacia as they begin their lives together! They are awesome together. I wish them the best of luck. I love you guys so much and am so glad you are together!!!

Sam and Stacia's Wedding!!!! Yeeey!

This is Sam and Stacia coming out of the temple. It was amazing!! In the temple you could feel the spirit so strong! I just couldnt stop crying! What a beautiful day!!!
Stacia and some of the grandkids from the cook side of the family.
Me and my big bro!! What a handsome guy!!!
I dont know if you could find a cuter couple! I just love how her hair is so blonde and his is so dark! They look so good together!
The reception place.