MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

This is my one of my FAVORITE times of the year. I LOVE to spend time with my family and to feel the Spirit of giving. I LOVE the snow there is nothing like a white Christmas. and I LOVE celebrating the Saviors life. I am so grateful for the example and life that he lived. I am grateful to be living in a time when the gospel has been restored and we know who he is. Ray and I were reading our scriptures yesterday morning and read the passage when the people of Nephi are waiting for the signs they have been taught would come and the people are threatening to put to death all of the believers if the signs do not come... then the Savior comes to Nephi (the son of Nephi :) and says "lift up your head and be of good cheer for on this night a sign shall be given an on the morrow come I into the world" I feel much like the people of Nephi waiting and knowing that he will come again. I just hope to live a life that I will know him and he will know me. I am grateful for this time of year for many reasons but most of all for the birth and life of our Savior. May we all be a little kinder and a little more aware of those in need around us and of why we celebrate this Christmas season.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Don't Feel Like it

Ok so I am not the best Blogger in the world we all know this infact I am reminded of it often... that "I need to update my blog more" I just don't have many new pics and I'm not very good at just writing but I will give it a try.
Do you ever have days when you JUST DON"T FEEL LIKE doing something? Whether it be exercise, shopping, work, cooking, cleaning, going to church... it could be a number of things but you just don't feel like it. Well that is my attitude as of late mostly with work. Not because I don't want to work just because I have been with my company for so long I am tired of it so I just don't feel like going... I do go I just don't have the best attitude when I am there and it is spilling over into my home and social life... HELP ME! Does anyone feel like this? Is there a quick fix or do I just get to suck it up and move on with my life? The thing that is freaking me out the most is right now I pretty much have job security and with the ecomony I am scared to change and become the new girl on the block AKA the girl they cut first if their company needs to make cuts. I worry way too much!!

Tis the season :) I LOVE CHRISTMAS I haven't felt like it was December for a long time but finally the snow is here is is COLDER than ever and it feels like Christmas :)
SO HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS!!

SWEETHEART TAG

Tagged by Tia....thanks!
SWEETHEART TAG
Answer questions about your sweetheart.
What is your husbands name? S. Ray King
How long have you guys been married? 1 Year 5 Months 25 Days
How long did you date? 4 Months till Engagement 4 months till Marriage 8 Months all together
How old is he? Almost 27 and freaking out ha ha
Who is taller? Ray
Who can sing best? Neither one of us :) but we try
Who is smarter? DEFINITELY Ray thats why he is going to be a chemical engineer YAY!
Who does laundry? Both of us but Ray is really good at staying on top of it
Who pays the bills? I pay all of them I am a freak about finances a little too much GRRR!
Who mows the lawn? Our Landlords :)
Who cooks dinner? Both of us depends on whos home first he starts I finish
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Ummm Ray Im stubborn
Who kissed who first? I suggested it but Ray made the moves first
Who wears the pants? We Sgare the pants
I TAG Ashleigh, Erica, Carol, Courtney, and Lindsey

Lifes Little Bumps

I usually don't do just journal posts I wait till I have pictures to show what we've been up to and I have some DARLING ones of our little nieces and nephews on Halloween soon to come...

I just want to share a little bit of one of Lifes little bumps that seem to be all along the way... it seems that they pull at my heartstrings every so often in a way that I feel Heavenly Father saying " Now Janet it is time for me to stretch you and help you grow a little bit more... its going to hurt a little but I will be here" A little heart surgery is what I like to call it.

Ray and I have been trying for a year to have a baby... to fill our lives with little ones and more laughter and love. I have been thru tests and last week it was Rays turn to have a test. Well we got the results back today... needless to say our chances of having a little one on our own are not very good. Our hearts are so heavy but we are trying to see the sunshine thru the rain. When it is our turn I know that God will bless us with the little ones we have been waiting for. Sometimes it is just so hard when it is not our timing but his. Rays Dad wrote us a letter a few weeks ago and gave us some sound advise that made a great impact but now makes an even greater one he said. " Families come in all shapes, colors and sizes it is not always ideal how them come to us but they will come" How true that is. I have to believe that God has a plan in how this will all work out... I guess I just want to express my gratitude to him for knowing what is best even though we don't undertand. I am grateful to know that he has our best intrests at heart even though we may not see what they are looking back he always has. He sees the big picture and knows when we need to stretch and grow to be a little stronger and a little better.

I am so grateful for the family he has given both of us. We have been so blessed to be surrounded by people that we Love and that support us in all we do. I am grateful for Ray what a great man he is I love him with my whole heart I can't imagine going thru this without him by my side. I am especially grateful for my Sister Ashleigh she is great at helping me see the sunshine all along the way she is such a strength to me! I am grateful for all of my siblings I have the worlds greatest broothers. We all Love and support each other thru lifes little trials. My Brother Jon called me today and said "the world teaches you to live for today it's all you've got... but with my experience living for tomorrow is what gets us thru lifes tough todays" What a profound statement so we'll look forward to tomorrow and know that miracles happen!

Our Sealing Day

Ray and I were sealed in the Bountiful Temple on Friday October 3rd. It was one of the most spiritual moments of my life. I am so grateful to be married to a Man like Ray he the Love of my life and now it is for more than just this life. It was so awesome to have our family and a few freinds be there to share the day with us! Thank You Amanda for taking our pictures LOVE HER she is AWESOME!! Thank You everyone who shared with us! We LOVE YOU!

Things I Love

There are just some things in this life that I LOVE so much sometimes I think my heart will burst!

I LOVE genuine Laughter, I LOVE to hear childeren laugh.
I LOVE the Sunshine and the feeling of a new day.
I LOVE being an Aunt, a Wife, a Sister, a Daughter, a Young Womens leader, a Friend ... and so many more things.
I LOVE talking on the phone with my sister every single day! She is the Worlds BEST sister!
I LOVE how excited my nephews and neices are everytime they see me.
I LOVE powerful music it moves my soul.
I LOVE catching glipmses of what Heaven is like as I watch my family grow, live and love each other.
I wishI could really express the LOVE that I feel for so many things. I think I stood in the Love line a few times in heaven and I am grateful. Below are just a few things that I have been able to be a part of in the last few weeks and THINGS that I am grateful for the opportunity to LOVE!


I LOVE to see little Abbi looking up to Tyke

I love the way McKenna Loves her Uncle Ray

I LOVE my Handsome Hubby! And doing new things together

I LOVE spending time with Family and going to Rodeos

I LOVE Kadence in her little curlers

I LOVE to see little kids sharing on their own and
to see Tyke be such a good big brother to Abbi.

I love when my family comes to stay with is for the weekend
I love Tub time with Ashleighs ADORABLE kids!

I LOVE JarDee and Tyke it's hard to believe how fast
they've grown up they are such good boys!

I love to see how Abbi views the world everything
is exciting to her. I LOVE HER dimples!

I Love the way Mike is holding McKenna and helping her see the world.

There are so many more things that I love but the most important of all is my FAMILY!
There is greater Joy than I ever imagined in having such a GREAT opportuinity to be in families!

Tender Mercies

We recieved the GREATEST news this week!! We have been waiting to be sealed we got a letter from the first presidency last July asking us to wait a year as the time from Rays divorce had not been very long. So we have tried to patiently wait... (Ray is much more patient than I am) and we met with our Stake President about a month ago to start the clearance process over again... so we have just been waiting and then Ray came home from work on Friday I was taking a nap and he came in and gave me a kiss. He then went into the kitchen and started opening the mail... I thought it was a bill from the dentist as Ray had a root canal on Monday so I asked him what he was opening he came into the door way of the living room and started to read
'Dear Brother King
In response to your petition, the sealing clearance that will permit Janet Ann Nessen King to be sealed to you in the temple has been approved as of the date of this letter"
Signed Thomas S Monson, Henry B. Eyering, and Elder Utchdorf (sp?)

We immediatly began to cry our hearts are so filled with Gratitude and an overwhelming sense of Joy! Something about seeing the signatures of these men bore testimony to me again that the Gospel is true. We have a living prophet and Heavenly Father is in the details of our lives. He Loves Us! I am so grateful to be sealed to Ray he is my soul mate I love him more than words could ever express and I am so grateful for the tender mercies of the Lord in our lives! I am grateful that the Lord has made it possible to be sealed to those we LOVE in families for eternity. We are so excited and are grateful for the MANY MANY blessings that we recieve from heaven. It stll makes me cry!

Summer Happenings

These are some of our Summer Happenings NOT IN ORDER I can't get this blog thing down I need to do it more :) We've been Camping, Hiking, Ball Gaming, and Girls Camping... Sorry for the randomness hope you ENJOY!

Ray and I sharing a Smore why have two when you can
share one :) I have a really long Jaw line... I forget sometimes!


While hiking these thornes LOVED my pants they were
everywhere :) The joys of the mountains


Sleeping accomidations DON'T BE FOOLED it was not
as Cushy as it might look we both said in the morning
"We thing the ground would have been softer my back hurts"
not as young as we once were ha ha


I forgot to pack utinsils OOPS so we used slurpee straws
ha ha good thing we had slurpees on the way :)


Eating dinner with straws :)


Getting ready for Rays big Elk Hunt we went to scout elk in the Uintahs


Tyke played in a ball tournament in Heber so we went to watch him he's an awesome baller!


King Mountain this is what we hiked it was the HARDEST hike I've ever done!


A view from the top of King


Keslin striking a pose


Ray and I in Idaho for the 4th of July watching the sunset.


Our Camera has a firework setting so Ray had some fun with sparklers I think it turned out awesome!


Cassie and Darian Climbing King Mountain


Ray and I climbing King Mountain


Rays Bother Cameron striking a pose.

Girls Camp with our 3 WONDERFUL girls! small but mighty :)

Then and Now

20 years ago:
1. I was in First Grade at Howell Elemetary.
2. I wanted to be a teacher when I grew up.
3. I wanted nothing to do with Boys!

10 years ago:
1. I was 16 driving 'Howie' the car that the door would fly open if you took a corner to fast.
2. I was going to Bear River High School.
3. I was working at McDonalds

5 years ago:
1. I got my mission call to serve in Halifax Canada
2. I went to Canada in August
3. I spent my first Christmas away from home.

3 years ago:
1. My Sister had Tasian just after I got home from my mission
2. I bought a new car
3. I went to Hawaii for a week

1 year ago:
1. I got married to the BEST man ever.
2. I went to San Diego for a week.
3. We hiked the back of Mount Timp (9 miles one way!)

So far this year:
1. We went on a cruise for a week to Mexico.
2. I was called to the Young Womens and went to girls camp.
3. I hiked King Mountain (the hardest hike I've ever experienced)

Yesterday I:
1. Came back to work after being out sick.
2. Watched 21
3. Talked to Shelley just after her little boy was born

Today I:
1. Came to work
2. Will go see Shelley and JLs new arrival
3. Will write some much needed Thank You cards!

Tomorrow I:
1. I will work
2. I will go to the temple with the youth
3. I will get some more tests done at the doctor.

In the next year I:
1. Want to have a baby
2. Will be in even better shape
3. Will be closer to being done with school.

TAG:
Ashleigh, Niki & Tia

Happy Anniversary

I just want to say that I have the worlds Greatest Husband! He is my best friend, someone I laugh with, cry with, cuddle with and Love with all of my heart. He is full of adventure, he is so Smart, He works hard and plays hard, He is the Love of my Life. I am so grateful for the blessing of being his wife. It has been a great first year with some bumps no doubt most of which were caused by me but there is no one I would rather work with and have by my side in this life and love forever! Thank you honey for being such a great example, friend, and companion to me and for loving me so much! I Love You!!

Memorial Day Lizzard

Ray cauught this Lizzard when we were camping and
had all sorts of fun with it... as you can see he let
the little kids play with it too :) Poor Lizzard


I love this picture of Abbi... she is a little apprehensive




Tasian, Abbi and Kelli making sure the lizzard is safe.
They loved it... look at Tasian taking caution
Abbi held it and nearly sqoze it to death in her
little hand she didn't want it to get away ha ha

Mexican Riveria Cruise for 6!

Hard Rock Cafe in Cabo San Lucas it's Tradition thanks to Ash
Formal Night With All of us: Me, Ray, Mike, Ash, Kelli & Jon what a great looking group

Ray and I before snorkeling in Puerto V. 5/14/08

Our Last night on the water watching the sunset... And some sweet TANS!! if only they stayed

Rays first Pedicure.... He's a little Tickilish

The Six of us on the ship going to dinner :)

Ray getting a perfect 10 in the Belly Flop Contest

Our First Formal Night Dinner

Our 2nd Formal Night 5/16/08

We had so much fun!! These are no were near close to all the pics we took AND they're not in order obviously!! I can't get this blog thing down I'm not on it enough but we had so much fun we are so glad that we got to go!! And so glad that we got to go with family it is highly recommened! I think we'll make it a tradition

Tagged by 3's :)

How To Play This Game of Tag: Post these rules on your blog. List: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog!

Joys:
1. My family. I love my neices/nephews. I think there is no place I would rather be in the world than spending time with my family... I love just playing, laughing, and being together.
2. Laughter. I love laughter of little chilren and genuine laughter of anyone.. I can't help but laugh too if I hear someone laughing it makes me happee. I love to laugh!!
3. The Savior. I do a lot of stupid things lets not lie... and no matter what I do I have the knowledge that my savior loves me. I love to find strength in who I am when I turn my problems to him and ask for help. I find strength in trials as I let him show me how to make things better. I am grateful for the gospel it has been the source of my greatest Joys.

Fears:
My Husband will tell you that I am scared of everything which is mostly true I am trying to be better though!!
1. Heights I HATE being in the air... I like the ground!!
2. Wolves they TERRIFY me... we were watching a movie last nigth that had wolves in it and I made Ray skip the sceene because I have nightmares.
3. Being in the Hospital as a patient... that makes having a baby a little hard ha ha

Goals:
1. Finish school... now that I might be changing my degree who knows when it will be but it is a goal.
2. To Run a half marathon before I am 30
3. To be a Mom

Obsessions/Collections:
1. Pictures... I want to take pictures of every single moment something happens ha ha our poor kids I am obsessed with capturing the moment
2. Changing our bedroom furnature every other month. I try to do it in everyroom but with limited space it makes it hard. I love the feeling of waking up and having everything be in a new place.
3. Even Numbers at the gas pump... I can't stop on anything other than .oo or .50 it nearly puts me over the edge... also to go along with that I can't handle small debit amounts... the uneven transactions I can almost handle but not small like $1.23 charges YOU"RE KILLING ME!!

Suprising facts:
1. I had nightmares after watching the 3rd Harry Potter we had to turn it off early and I had nightmares for 2 days.
2. We bought new phones last June and I have talked on mine for 358 hours... that is almost 30 hours a month... ha ha mostly to my sister and Ray but I will say from 6-10 my phone rings almost non stop and Ray just laughs
3. I hate watching Will Farrell... I have tried and tried and he drives me INSANE! Random I know but I can't think of anything suprising I'm boring!!


That's it.. I will tag Ashleigh, Natalie, Amy, Monica, Lindsey

I've Been Tagged!!

A-Attatched or Single? Attatched to Ray
B-Best Friend? Ray, Ashleigh, Niki, Shelley
C-Cake or pie? Cake
D-Day of Choice? Saturday and Sunday
E-Essential Items? Hairspray, Cell Phone, Food, and Chocolate
F-Favorite Color? Pink
G-Gummy Bears or Worms? Red and White Bears Yummi
H-Hometown? Howell utah baby!
I-Indulgences? Cookie Dough and Exercise crazy I know
J-January or July? July its summer and Ashleighs Birthday
K-Kids? None workin on it
L-Life is incomplete without? My family
M-Marriage Date? June 8th 2007
N-Number of Siblings? 2 brothers and 1 sister
O-Oranges or apples? Apples
P-Phobias or fears? the Dark don't laugh, spiders, and someone killing me in my sleep ha ha
Q-quotes? "Your life becomes the thing that you have decided it shall be" "The greener grass has spent less time in the sun"
R-Reason To Smile? Sunshine, Being Married to the best man ever, and spending time with my family and hearing my little neices and nephews laugh and be excited to see me
S- Season? Spring & Summer I love the sunshine
T-Tag 5 People? Natalie, Anna, Rachel and whoever wants to :)
U-Unknown Fact? I want a boob job some day! (with Ashleigh)
V-Very Favorite Store? Costco ha ha Don't shop too much
W-Worst Habbit? Eating too much chocolate I"M ADDICTED
X-X-Ray or Ultrasound? Utrasound
Y-Your Favorite Food? Cafe Rio salad & Jasons Deli Taco Salad
Z-Zodiac? Gemeni

X-Lax Cookies

Ok so I have not updated for a LONG time because I am blog illiterate ha ha... however nothing has really happened in our lives latley that has called for a camera... who am I kidding we take our camera everywhere! Ok I just wanted to share one of the funniest stories I have ever heard. Last night I went out to dinner with some friend for a good friends birthday (Jeff). So Aubrey (a sister from our mission) was telling a story about x-lax cookies hence the title. The story goes like this told much better and in person by her but this will have to do. So the Elders in our mission had been pranking the sisters for some time and one night they heard a loud thud at the back door... too tired to check the just let it be and as the night went on the forgot about it. Well the next day happened to be P-Day and so one of the other sisters opened the door and there were 2 HUGE dead rats... that the Elders had left there! So Aubrey called President Gurney (who is a prankster himself LOVE HIM) and she told him how sick of the Elders pranks they were and it needed to be stopped. So President Gurney said "Make them some x-lax cookies" Aubrey said "Are you serious? Can we really? President " Sure you can just don't tell anyone you got the idea from me... I never mentioned it" So they went to the store and bought x-lax chocolate bars and had to make cookies because the Elders had 8 Baptisms (which was another reason for the sisters to get even with them) so they made the Elders a "special" batch with 9 yes 9 bars of x-lax (not enough to kill them but enough to make them wish they would die) and after the baptisms were over they gave them to the Elders and said "Good job on all your hard work we just wanted to give you a little treat, make sure you don't eat them all at once or you'll get a belly ache" so the Elders were so excited (just a side note one of the elders has a british accent and so she told the story in a brittish accent just imagine it) so they went home and the next morning when they got to church Elder Steward (british) said "WHAT DID YOU PUT IN THOSE COOKIES??" Aubrey said "nothing why?" he said " It wasn't nothing I was on the pot until 4 AM" she said "well how many did you eat?" he said "about nine (out of 12)" she said "I told you not to eat so many or you would have a belly ache" ha ha ha it wasn't until much later that she confessed and was known as the sister who bakes with x-lax but the Elders stopped being pranksters. Ha HA HA I hope that you find it as funny as we did :) see what happens when we have nothing new to post

Thank You!

We just wanted to say Thank You everyone for adding us to you blogs and THANK YOU for the compliments. We are way new to the blog thing and so far love it but I am blog illiterate ha ha!! So one day I might be able to send comments seperatly but for now a public THANK YOU!!
We LOVE YOU all!!

The BIG JUDD

Elaina, Silas, & Tyrel having Smaller portions :) They made a good decision!

Cassie and Darian Sharing the BIG JUDD

Ok so we went home to Idaho for spring break and ever since I met Ray he has been talking about going to "Bug Judds" Which is a little hole in the wall Burger place in Rexburg so we went with 2 of his Brothers and their wives and baby silas... Ok we have been home for over a week and still everytime I think about the big Judd my stomach gets a little sick because of the size! It was great fun but never ordering that again... I think their slogan should be "Once in a lifetime burger" Sharing the Heart Attack before the Big Judd

Happee Birthday Ray!!

Today is Rays 26th birthday and this Morning he informed me that he is no longer considered a Young Adult and that "he is now an adult and the young has gone out the window"... so I asked him "does that mean that you are going to make adult decisions and be responsible" He said "Heck No I'm never going to be that adult" Ha ha good times!! I also made him a cake that looked like a Giant Homer Simpson Donut. "DOH NUTS" The cake was not meant to look like a donut but I baked it in a bundt pan and was so busy talking to my Mom that I didn't spray the pan... needless to say it came out in pieces and I had to paste it back together with frosting and decorate it with reices pieces to make it look somewhat appealing so it's a good thing that we like Homer ha ha YEAH FOR BIRTHDAYS!