Fathers Day

Happy Father's Day to all the amazing dads out there. You mean so much to your families. I want to especially thank my husband who sacrifices so much for our family. He is the best father I could've asked for. He is so perfect and loving to Timothy. My favorite part about being a mother is watching Chris and Timothy bond together. Well I have many favorite things but this is one of the many. Dear Chris(baby daddy), I love being married to you, the end! You brighten my days and you're very loving, patient, and kind. God truly knew that I needed someone patient and kind to be my partner. I honestly dont know what I would do without you. You are so perfect for me. As I watch you with Timothy I can honestly say that I love when you calm him down and put him to sleep when I'm running out of ideas. Timothy has a great example in his life. I hope he turns out to be a loving man like yourself. Thanks for all that you do babe and I am so glad we were able to become parents at the most perfect time. Timothy and I feel constantly blessed to have you in our lives. I love everything about you but I admire your talents for being the perfect dad. Thanks hun. Te amo siempre. Perla Rudd

Nursery got ROWDY

This past Sunday as we were in nursery it seriously felt like the longest two hours of my life. I haven't gotten it this bad ever. Being pregnant means you get annoyed with things so easily and it can be very frustrating. Let me draw you a picture.

I was tired, not feeling good, and on top of that hungry. The kids started out pretty good but there were these two kids that kept horsing around the entire time. No matter how much I told them to stop, and I was being very serious they kept going back to that behaviour. Our nursery leader even stepped in and put them in time out and that didn't help but like for two minutes. These two boys were very rambuctious, hyper, and it gave me a head ache. By the last thirty minutes I gave up caring and just let them play since nothing I was doing was working. Plus by the end of class i almost had zero energy left- I KID YOU NOt.
Driving home from church Chris asked are you okay? I said no, Im tired and not feeling good. So I changed to comfy clothes and went straight to a nap right after church. Slept for two entire hours, and I woke up very refreshed and energetic.

I know our calling was given to us for a reason but yesterday was just one of those days I just wasn't feeling good at all. I'm so glad other people help in nursery and its not just Chris and I. The rest of the Sunday evening was much better and Chris and I had a lovely evening. <3



Love,

Best lunch ever..

This week we bought Season 8 of the Office and we are already in love.

We had lunch and watched two episodes today!!

<3 what an amazing way to my spend my free hour.

It was so delicious and it reminded me of our engagements.

Chris didnt like The Office at first, he got introduced to it by me.. He watched it from the very beginning and that's when he started liking it. And ever since then we fell in love, got married and continued watching the office. It holds a special place in my heart. Ha ha Jk but we do love the show.

We watched probably half of season 8 so I'm excited to see what we missed and laugh at how dumb Michael is. Im going to miss him.. OH and season premier will be two weeks from today. I cant wait. It gives me something to look forward to. Hopefully time goes fast because I want to finish this semester and graduate , and then have this amazing baby!! I know Im jumping ahead of myself but if you know me you know thats just the way my personality is.

So heres to an amazing semester and rest of the year!!! did I mention im so excited about septmeber because that means weather has to cool down at least a little bit and our anniversary is in less than two months. I still love him like when I got married. We still got that newlywed love!!!


Love love love you!

Weekend this last.

No doubt about it we all love weekends. Specially me. I am working working school school study and then trying to see my wonderful husband is quite the rush. So on the weekends we get some amazing alone time and get to go on dates, take naps, and just relax for a couple minutes.
I think we can get all caught up in our lives and not get to see the beauty in the small and simple things. Although we still both had busy morning-afternoons, we had decided since early on that we would go on a date. :) We went to applebees and a enjoyed a much needed evening together. The only bad thing was we had to wait about a half hour and I was hungry, and we were sorrounded by the most annoying-high maintanence people I have ever been sorrounded by. It was quite the eventful night, very entertaining. We then went and saw some baby things at wal-mart and it was sooo cute!! I loved looking at all the cute baby things with Chris. It truly feels like a dream come true to be pregnant and look around for our future baby things. As of right now we havent bought many things but just a crib--- haha I know right?? But I can explain. We got it super cheap and couldnt pass this opportunity. We got it for a fifth of the price brand new! We are so happy and excited to get the nursery ready in the next coming months. I am already coming up with some very exciting and fun ideas.
Then after grocery shopping and such we came home to watch some TV and sleep!!! DId I mention I cant stay up past ten and I feel very sluggish all day. Its funny I never thought Id be this way but I guess something had to slow me down.

Sunday we went to church and it was uplifting. We made it early to church and you'd be proud. Lately we havent been too good on being prompt but we are going to make it our goal to be early to Sacrament every Sunday. We need to be the best we can be specially with this baby inside of me, we've got to be good examples and stay on our toes. May I add that our nursery class consisted of three amazing little ones. It was fun we played, we sang, we learned, we ate snacks, and we played dodgeball!! Ha ha . Perfect calling for Chris and I. During our nursery time we had these subs with us and they were lots of fun. Theyre a sweet cute couple and they shared some stories with us. They touched me and I wish I could help out others like them. I wont get into too much detail but they cant have babies & theyve been married for eight years.
And here I am almost married for a year and pregnant. LIfe is too good to be true sometimes. I know they'll be parents someday specially with heavenly fathers plan. I know that whatever happens I have heavenly father and an amazing family to support me. :) Life is good and although it's been a little hard for me I know I can do it and Ill get on my knees as much as I have to. I feel very blessed. I feel loved.

Life is too short to be upset or angry about. I will enjoy everything that comes my way and I will do the best I can to be a wonderful wife to Chris. He has been taking such good care of me. Our love has matured in so many ways with the past year and half that I've been with him.


I love him sooo much!

Talking Sticks Resort Weekend

We had such a good time and it reminded us of our awesome honeymoon.

Friday we checked in about four pm. Want to know what the best part about going on a vacation thats in your own state, the fact that you save tons and tons of money on gas. Not only that but we got to our destination in about less than twenty minutes. That was the best part not having to be in a car for too long. We didn't even have time to waste or be bored.
Once we got there we got our room key and headed straight to our room. The view s amazing we had the pool and jacuzzi view. I kept looking out the window at all times throught the day and night just to check out how many people were out there. I took tons of pictures OF OUR WONDERFUL VIEW. It was such a nice, new beautiful hotel. The only thing that was a little uncomfortable at first was the first room we got had a weird stench. It took me a little while to notice that it stunk like WEED! ewwww and let me tell you once we stepped out of the room to get something from the car I automatically knew what that stank was. Once we both agreed on not wanting to stay there any longer we told the hotel lady in the front and she helped us to quickly get a new room. I was very thankful for that because I dont think I could handle that smell for one more second.
Then we got to settle in and relax for a moment and we decided we would go down to swim and relax. We got to know the hotel pretty fast and everyone there was so proffesional and nice. I like how it is very secured in order to get into the hotel rooms. That made me feel safe and comfortable. The Room was spacious, the bathroom was amazing, and i loved everything about it. I dont think we could've picked a better hotel.
Then we went out to dinner and went by the shopping center that we've never been to. On Saturday we got to drive around scottsdale have lunch at applebees, and just watch some tv, go watch these men play the pianos, and then walk around and get to know the huge hotel. We walked and talk and just hung out. Then at night time we got ready for our hot date. !!! amazing. We went to Chillis- YUMMY. Had the greatest time with my baby. We just laughed, talked bonded and celebrated our birthdays just the two of us. It was very relaxing enjoyabe and again went by too fast.
Then the next day we tried to sleep in, watch tv and the head out at noon..
That was most of our weekend. When we came back we were exhausted for some reason and napped in our bed at home. Although it was the nicest hotel i've ever been to. Nicer than the hotel in Sedona, and the Hyatt in Mesa, i would have to say theres no bed like your own.


We are so grateful that although we weren't able to go to California like we had planned we got to do something else and it was stress free and relaxing. Im so glad we saved our Disneyland trip for some other time.
Thank you Hunnie for the amazing vacation and birthday present.


Love,

Last week went fast

Last week was awesome the office was closed and I didnt have to work.


I went entire week without working whatsoever. No office, no photography, no work. Although I missed it in a very weird way. After I started getting used to it it flew by!!

I got to go to the gym and take my time. I went about three or four solid times last week. I've been going to this hard core boot camp class and it is so tough. It makes me want to puke because it's just that hard. I love the feeling I get once I accomplish my class. It's such a great self-confdence booster.

Another fun thing I got to do a lot of was to clean and detail our house real good. I got to clean out our fridge which I dont think I've ever done since I moved into our house. Chris usually likes to do those sort of things. He's good at them and I'm not because it takes me forever. However I did an awesome job and im glad I did it.

Thursday- Chris had Thursday and Friday off so we got to take advantage of it. We took his truck in for some tuning up and then we went and did some shopping for our birthdays. :) We went and got both of us fun things . I don't think we've gone shopping like this for each other since Christmas. So it was nice to get a few new nice things. Chris got some work pants, two plaid shorts, two dressy shirts, shoes, and tons of BLACK SOCKS. Since I have tons of clothes and are in no urgent need of anything like that I got new red hot high heels, a new purse, and a wallet. Im very content with what I got. Did I mention we didn't spend more than $130.00 for all those nice things we got. I'll have to post pics later just to show you what good taste we have. After that we got some lunch we got COSTA VIDA! yummy yummy.
Then we took a nice little nap, and then we realized how late it was we had to hurry up and get ready for the DBACKS GAME. I was so happy we got to go one more time because here on out I dont know if I'll have time to go again. Dbacks played an awesome game for us. It started out kind of slow but then by the 8th inning it picked up and we tied the game. We went to over time and the in the tenth inning we kicked their bootays. It was so exciting and fun. I loved everyone that got to go with us. My husband, my sister, mom, friends, and mama sharon & papa kirk and of cour my adorable niece. She is sooo adorable and I had the best time playing with her and looking through my phone as well as taking a million pictures.
Here are some pictures of some of the group:





I have so many more but I figure ill post them later once I get a chance to look throgh them. Although this night had some stumbling blocks- such as a flat and then having some key problems we made it there safe and then back home after changing a tire. Im so thankful for my man if he wouldn't have been with us we would've struggled so much more. Thanks Love!

Friday- We got ready to head out to our exciting trip to the talking sticks resort and it was awesome!!! I loved it so much. More details on the next post.


Much love,

My favorite day is SUNDAY.

Hands down. The best day of the week is Sunday.

I love being able to just slow down for one day. It was given to us to rest. I love that.
Althought since this week has been pretty slow for week since I have an entire week off from work and school I've been a little bored. It's funny we complain when we're bored and when we're too busy. I guess we never really know how lucky we are until we're absent from it.

Here are some of my favorite reasons Sundays are the best:

1. No work, no worries.
2. No spending money- no shopping.
3. Family day- we sometimes have dinner with the in-laws or my family.
4. We can just sit back and relax.
5. Bake, cook, play games, nap, and get some "us" time.
6. Most of the time we arent rushed.
7. Refill our spiritual cup.
8. Get to teach our nursery kids.
9. Stay home most of the day.
10. We can go on walks, take pictures, visit friends or do anything as long as we keep the Sabbath holy.

That's why it's the best day of the week. We both don't work. We dedicate to the Lord and us. I look forward to this day because it keeps me sane. Sometimes my weeks go by so fast they become blury.
I am lovin our calling and our house more and more. I am thankful for every little good thing in our lives. I am also thankful for trials. Life is hard sometimes but if we endure to the end its worth it. Stay strong friends. Love you.


LOve you

IM in love and I dont care who knows it

Best nine months I've ever lived.
Thank you for making me feel beautiful and for being mine.
I love it when you come home after your ten hour shifts and you gave me a bigggg kiss!!!
You amaze me in ever way possible.
I am so excited to get a couples massage tomorrow and then a resort next weekend to celebrate our birthdays.
Life is so much more fun when you have someone to love and share it with.
And here's the good news we've made it further than most hollywood marraiges HA HA .

Te amo Christopher.
Love,
Perla Rudd

Getting better at this..

It feels so good to accomplish good things and to make time for really important things. Chris and I have been doing so much better at reading scriptures. We've read almost every day for the past week. I can see how it brings us together and how it really protects us against the adversary. Throughout the year and half that we've been together we do read scriptures from time to time. I would say sometimes a few times a week and sometimes we just fall asleep before we know it. There's one thing that we score a TEN out of a TEN at and that is praying. We have been so good at that. We pray at least twice a day if not more. That has helped us out so much with everyday trials and decisions that we have to make. It makes a huge difference and I promise that if you do this with your partner you will feel the love stronger and it will help you overcome anything. It's amazing we dont have to have any money or be popular to communicate with the Lord it's amazing. He loves us all and I know that as you bring him into your family and marriage, or simply your life he will be there guiding you and holding your hand when things get tough.
I know that the more we try to be better at attending church, listening and taking it in unto your own understanding, praying, reading scriptures, committing to your callings, doing what is right, paying your TITHING, and serving others; we will be happier and find a greater meaning of why we are on earth.
I know that we can't stop life from happening and giving us a hard time from time to time but when you build a strong foundation you will be able to overcome anything. Keep Satan far away from you as you can, and invite Heavenly Father into your life. It's the best thing you can do. I am so thankful that I married Chris in the Temple and that we are sealed for time and all eternity. What a beautiful blessing. It feels so good to know that if we do what is right, the promises Heavenly Father makes will all come true. I miss going to the Temple just within these two weeks that it has been closed. Next week I am going to try to go at least once if not twice. I am so excited.
I've missed the Temple so much you have no idea. Temple dates with your husband or your family are the best.