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Last year when my brother got married we recieved a pine tree to plant. I had of course all these great ideas for this little guy (the pine tree that is) but the love fern idea took the cake!

Meet "Fern" our love fern (pine tree)!

As you can tell our love is going to last forever just like this (already dead) love fern.

I am and will be forever in denial about the "liveliness" of our fern.

Its eternal. Just like us.

p.s. who knew love ferns (pine trees) were so hard to grow?!

-L

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WARNING: CHRISTMAS/NEW YEARS POST

Enter this waaaaaay too long post about the most joyous time of the year at your own risk. :)

O Chrismukkah, O Chrismukkah

Moses lamb is freezin

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Tis the season to be jolly

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There are so many wonderful things about December and I'm not just talking about the the fact that I only worked one Friday this whole month! YEAH! Which of course is a bonus... but more

about the many holidays. the wonderful memories. family and friends. FOOD. Its just as I like to put it... STRAIGHT UP BOMB! :)

First of all here is some pictures of the holidays around the Hammer household. :)

We put the Nativity under the tree this year. Its something my momma told me about and I just love the idea of not putting any presents under the tree until Christmas Eve and until then keep Christ the center by keeping him as our gift under the tree. Also one day I hope our kids will play and recreate the Christmas Story with the Nativity we put under the tree.. We did take a risk though with Charlie. And a few times I had to tell him to drop the "flock". "Charlie we don't chew on the flock!" :)

This picture is for the best secret santa friends EVER. ;) Kristali and Justin.

We spent Christmas in Wyoming again this year with my family. The week leading up to the trip was a little bit of a roller coaster..

Monday: we are flyingto Wyoming

Tuesday: well I think we better drive

Wednesday: screw it we are flying! (as long as the weather holds up)

Thursday: we need to drive :(

Thursday 9pm: We start the adventure driving

Thursday 11pm: Charlie goes potty.

Friday 230am: Why the crap did we drive? I (Tyler) am a freaking pilot!

Friday 630am: arrive.

I of course am WAY too excited to sleep so I'm up at 9am to celebrate! We had the best time. Its sooo fun to have a 2 year old brother. He loves buses and snuggly and dog. And Charlie loved someone to play with!

Here are the highlights. Mr. Hammer got me the best present ever! Something I REALLY wanted and I didnt even have to ask for it! (yeah, thats how cool we are.)

..... a tripod!

And with that tripod we took what I think is an amazing family picture! And other wonderful pictrures...

NEW YEARS!

We met up with some friends (Billy and Lauren) and headed to EVE in SLC. To make this short it was a blast but completly FREEZING. The coldness was unreal!

This picture was taken right after our first New Years Kiss. ;)

All and all it was a GREAT ending to 2010.. Welcome 2011!

-L

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Story time..

Press play.

Once upon a time Mr. Hammer and I were in love denial.

I remember so clearly the moment I knew he loved me which had me questioning my feelings. (which were LOVE also) We were driving back from Ogden and I as usual was leaning over the console staring at his amazing facial features. (It sounds so silly now. ha) I believe we were in his car. Which is weird cause we drove PEG everywhere... still do. ;) Anyways... this song was playing and Tyler was singing it to me... as usual. You see this song was a regular in our drives. But this time it was different. It felt different. It seemed to overwhelm and suck the air out of the car because there it was in his eyes.

Love.

There was no more denying it. I remember feeling lightheaded. I didnt know what to do but never before had I enjoyed not breathing so much in my life! The song ended. Now what?

As we all know I am not one to mess around or beat around the bush. It is what it is. So... later that night we were cuddling watching Pearl Harbor again for the 40th time. (I really wanted to see this classic but we always seemed to end up distracted ;) This was one of those distracted moments... I was staring again into Mr. Hammer's eyes and he was staring back and he said "I wish this would last forever".

("YES! This is it!" is what is going through my mind)

Not wasting anymore time I said "Well, do you love me?". (In case any of you are wondering this is two/three weeks after we meet, a meeting of his parents, a somewhat bad 4th of July boating trip with my family, a break up and a make up. :) Mr. Hammer says.... HE LOVES ME! So of course I am like... I LOVE YOU TOO!

....Happily Ever After.

(Thank you KC and JoJo)

The End.

L

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We recently experienced the most wonderful day of our earthly lives!

I didnt think it would make that much difference in how I feel about My Mr. Hammer because I already knew I would be with him forever. Now that its real its the most amazing feeling and has changed my whole life and how I feel about him, our marriage and how I treat everyday life. There is no better feeling than to know you will be with the ones you love the most for internity!

Here is a glimpse into our day thanks to the wonderful Briar!

-L

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Alrighty peeps so I have not been a very active blogger lately... sorry. :(

We have some amazing news! Mr. Hammer is now my Utah State Flight Instructor! :) Thats right! Hes going to be getting in airplanes with people who have never been so close to an airplane before and the plan is he is to return home every night unharmed... :D we are VERY blessed and excited!

Other than that...Here is the update in pictures of some of our highlights. :)

Anniversary Day Picture!

Conference Weekend w/ the Family

(I dont think Gavin can take a bad picture!)

Jordan, Rachyl, and Mike visit/Celebrating Rachyls Birthday

We now are relive Tylers glory days with his drum set....in our dining room.

The last couple of months wouldnt be complete without a friendly fun adventure with Billy and Lauren (that is his Lauren ;)

...And so much more! As I always say... Im going to do better at blogging!! Until we meet again...

-L