we are a family....

so sorry!...one more thing...

i absolutely, positively, cannot WAIT for these guys to come down and visit (well, a portion of them)! we sure have been missing them in the bowers' household!!! so, in just a few short weeks and we will get to spend all day every day with them!

i seriously cannot wait!

i'm so happy today.....

 
boy, am i a happy girl!...sometimes it is just the littlest things that make oh so happy!!

i'm happy because today has been SO great!
and these are the reasons why:

1) on my way to work i had the most delicious, the most bubbly, the most wonderful LARGE diet coke i have had in a LONG time! maybe because i decided to give it up for my new year's resolution which clearly did NOT last...and no thanks to this girl (she tempted me with one & ever since i can't stop. bless my heart)...so, i just had to stop off for a swig!

2) found out that my most awesomest (new word), studly, all-star of a husband did a killer job this semester...ps. which was the hardest yet! and found out some super fabulous news to go along with it (med school related...don't get any thoughts!)...more on that later. :)

3) loving every minute of my job, the peeps, the never ending yummy food & just the pure joy & satisfaction it brings!

4) fell in love with chipotle...let me make something clear...it has NOTHING on my cafe rio!!!!!!

5) cadbury eggs are FINALLY for sale...every year i have to stock up. it makes johnny want to puke, but i could eat these little morsels of pure joy for every single meal...morning, evening, and night! i will not stop, i cannot stop! is there an AA program for addictions to cadbury eggs?

6) date night with hubs since it is his spring break...dinner & movie...sounds pretty lame, but oh boy am i looking forward to it!! i love having him home, not stressed, and able to giggle with me all night long!

bring on the day...because i am so happy today!

All You Need Is Love….

All You Need Is Love….

I am in love with love. I love every second of love. I love the way it feels, I love the way it looks, I love how happy it makes me, I just love…LOVE.

1 Corinthians:

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love is…

Having nightly sleepovers with my honey…

Staying up WAY too late watching my reality shows…

Sunday naps….

A great hair day….

The tingly feeling you get from the man you love…

Awesome pack of bubble gum…

The sunset on a warm summer’s night…

Frozen yogurt covered in yummy fresh fruit…

Darling, precious, cuddly babies…

Sleeping in way too late….

Making cookies and eating way too much cookie dough…

Laughing until your stomach hurts with good friends…

Causing major damage to your credit card on a well-deserved shopping escapade…

Diet coke which fizzles on my tongue….

Rainbow sprinkles from a delish cupcake….

The comforting voice of my mom….

Random texts from my hubby telling me he loves me….

Throwing fabulous parties…

Words of wisdom from caring grandparents…

Leftovers in the fridge…

Packages in the mail and random surprises…

Undeserved success and recognition…

Chirping birds when spring arrives…

Laying out way too much and getting fried…

The excitement of Christmas Eve & Christmas morning…

The joy that comes from overcoming something and the smell of sweet success….

Singing in the shower….

Growing spiritually, mentally and emotionally…

A very successful workout…

Staying out on the lake all day…

AZ and the warm weather…

This makes me smile....

“You had me at hello.” [Jerry Maguire] 

“I do know that if I don’t ask you to be mine, I’ll regret it for the rest of my life”
[Runaway Bride]

“I love that you get cold when it's seventy degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend a day with you I can still smell your perfume on my clothes, and I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night.”
[When Harry Met Sally]

“I think I’d miss you even if we’d never met.” [The Wedding Date]

Love is a many wonderful things….but, what I love even more…is that now more than ever before…I actually know what love means. I have a husband, best friend, partner in crime, soul mate, my everything…by my side. I have a man who loves everything about me…the good, the bad, and the ugly! :) I have a man who I adore and love endlessly. I have a man who is my knight in shinning armor. I have a man who will laugh with me until our tummies hurt. I have a man who will still build forts with me and let me be a kid again. I have a man who makes my hurt go away. I have a man who makes my heart flutter and makes me weak in the knees. I have a man who makes me a better person each and everyday. I have a man who I look at every single day and think…”how did I get so lucky!” He is my everything. I love that I can tell him “I LOVE YOU” a bazillion times a day and he never gets sick of it! Most of all I love that I can dedicate this post to him, because if it weren’t for the love he shares with me I would never truly know what love is. I can’t wait to be that old couple walking hand in hand down the street…I can’t wait to have a family with him….I can’t wait to grow old and still not take my eyes off of him…I can’t wait to spend forever and ever with him. As Winnie The Pooh said, “If you live to be a 100, I hope to live to be 100 minus one day, so I don’t ever have to live a day without you.” I love you with all of my heart my Johnny Drama.

Whether you are young or old, brunette or blonde, tall or short…I wish you the very best Valentine’s Day ever!!! Spread a little love…get down right (you know :)) because aunty Callie says so…and let everyone around you know how much you love them…Never let a day go by without letting those you love know how much they mean to you.

XOXO-

Callie

The Medical School Life & Wife

Oh my goodness…I officially win worst blogger of the year! I have been M.I.A. for months now…so, here is to a “bring you up to speed” post!

ARIZONA-We have been here for almost four months now (holy smokes! I can’t believe it!) and we are loving every minute of it! Upon our arrival to this blessed sun-filled city, all I heard was how miserable Medical School will be for both Johnny & I. I was a tad scared to say the least. I came down here not knowing anyone except for a few family members, no job, & pretty much a husband who I thought would be taken by the Medical School Gods…boy was I wrong! Here is a glimpse of our complex....

The minute we got down here we knew this place would far exceed our expectations! The time is just flying by! Johnny is loving his classes and has made some wonderful friends! He is one hard worker and I just love and admire him for all the effort he puts into everything he does! He goes to school until about 3 or 4 in the afternoon and studies all evening…no ESPN and sometimes forgets to eat?! What? Who just forgets to eat?! Crazy! Anyway, He typically has tests every Monday and sometimes Fridays, so I bet you can guess what our social life looks like!  He is doing so well and I am so proud of him! He got his official white coat when he first started….he will be a Dr. before we know it!

As for me, I am so overwhelmed with gratitude. What pleasant surprise Medical School has been for our little family! After a couple of weeks of visiting a few news stations in Phoenix, I was blessed to find a fabulous position at FOX 10 News. I just love it! I love the people, the environment, my position, pretty much everything! Johnny loves it too, so I don’t bug him and go stir crazy all day! It has been such a wonderful opportunity to work for such a great station…I can’t wait for what is to come!! Another Medical School bonus has been my wonderful friends. Heavenly Father is watching out for us! I have some of the best girlfriends a gal could ask for…they have taught me so many great qualities and make me want to be a better person every single time I am with them! I have learned how to cook (mom, don’t pass out!), I am attempting to be craftier….(I will let you know how the homemade Christmas presents turn out after I get some reactions!) We call ourselves the Housewives of Glendale (would you expect anything less of me?)…we have girl’s nights, go out to eat, watch movies, go running, stay up way too late laughing way too hard, but I LOVE IT! It has really been such a blessing to have such a great group of girls, especially when our husbands are hard at work all day long!

Johnny and I are really looking forward to going home for the holidays and spending some quality time with our family! We miss everyone so much and can’t wait to eat way too much Café Rio, ski, see new additions to the fam, pretty much just do whatever we want…with no school and no work! Hip hip hooray!

TWENTY SIX!!!

Ok, so I realize I have be absolutely HORRIBLE in keeping everyone updated on our lives, but that is about to change!

But, before I get to the big move, show pictures of our new place and our new lives...I just had to tell my best friend, my better half, my love, my little stud muffin HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Johnny turned 26 on August 4th. I honestly don't know how I survived the first 22 years of my life without him. He is my everything and I am so happy to be on this adventure with such a good partner in crime! I love, love, love him! I am so lucky I get to spend forever with him! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

ps. does anyone know how to fix our picture when you open the blog? HELP!

the bowers crew...let the journey begin!

This precious blog has been created to keep all of our loved ones and darling friends...up-to-date with our ever changing, wonderfully, fabulous new little life!

My greatest accomplishment has been marrying my AMAZING husband...he is my everything...and I can't wait to spend forever loving him more and more than I already do.

A day in the life. Johnny and I have been married a total of a month, 11 days and just under 23 hours!! Can we get a booyah for that! I love that I get to take him home each night, snuggle, say prayers, I love you's. I love waking up to a kiss and I love you, talk about starting your day off right! I love eating breakfast together...I get my yogurt and granola (yummy yummmy yummy) and he has his honey bunches of oats. We say our goodbyes and then rejoin either by making dinner together with little june bug at our side. (In case you don't know...we live with my beautiful grandmother who brightens our day! She is a ball to be around and definitely isn't your typical grandma. We love her with all of our hearts and are so grateful for her.) We love movie nights...cafe rio...diet cokes (ok, well I do.), football Saturdays (ok, he does)...road trips...Friday and Saturday date nights...pretty much just spending time together! He is my love and I thank my lucky stars he is mine....forever!

I have always promised myself I would start a blog when I got married...that's when you know you are grown up and need to share you're new found "wifey talents" as I like to call them! I seem to be completely enthrawled and somewhat obsessed with blogs...I think they are such a wonderful creation...so here goes nothin' and let's hope this little joy in my life will last! Here's to being madly in love and to life's crazy adventures! Enjoy!

Ps. I'm going to be posting "a bright spot in our day" moments...today's: spending the evening with our best friends...dinner at the train place. movies, treats and games! Just like the good ole' days! Can't wait to catch up and spend time with them! Yay for good friends!