B is for BABY... Wait.. WHAT!?!?!?!?

Yup That's right!!!!!! WE'RE PREGNANT!!!!! 

Derek and I are soooo excited to be parents! 

This year is the year of the Babies in BOTH the Shuler and Turner Families!

Kaylene Turner Myers- Westin Anders Myers Born Feb 24th

Krysti Shuler Taunton- Baby Girl Due in April

Jennifer Shuler Kever- Baby Boy Due in May

Ellie Nickens Turner- Baby ? Due in August

Auslinn Turner Shuler- Baby ? Due in October

We couldn't be happier that Baby Shuler will have so many cousins his/or her age.

I'm scheduled to Graduate Nursing School in August and Lord willing I'll waddle 

across that stage 7 months pregnant. What a sight! :)

Not looking forward to being so pregnant in ALL of the summer months here in Florida, but hopefully I'll find ways to keep cool. 

We may be young but we are more than thrilled to be bringing this baby into our Eternal Family. 

We can't wait for all of the experience this pregnancy will bring us.

Things You Learn When You Move To The South (Part 1)

19 years of life 

12 years of grade school

2 years of college

and after ALL THAT I still was not prepared for the things I've learned since moving to the Dirty South :)

I thought I would share a few of them with everyone:

It's not a car- it's a truck (The two are NOT interchangeable!)


 "Buggy"- A shopping cart


 "Hows-yur-momma-n-them"- How is your momma and family doing? 


"Let me hold your phone?"- Can I borrow your phone? 


"Bless his/ her heart."- They are stupid or they did something stupid


 "Yonder"- and undisclosed location that passes as directions 


"I'm fixin to"- I'm going to do something 


"We're kin"- somehow, someway, by marriage or blood (or in some cases both J) we're related 


"Slow time or Fast time?"- Half the ward lives in Eastern time (fast time) and the other half live in central time (slow time)! This makes family events, ward activities, or going to school VERY difficult! 


"We were out hunting on that one road, that;s after the red road, and close to the chinky pin road, that we caught the dogs at that one time"- I will NEVER EVER be able to hunt solo with  Derek and his Dad!!!


 "Even a blind squirrel can find an acorn every now and then"- Everyone is lucky from time to time 


"Pecan"- it's not pronounced "Pi-Con" like they say out west- it's "Pee-Can". Get it straight!


 "He/She's a Good un' "- They're a good boy or girl


 "It was a sorry looking deer"- It was sad or pathetic 


Stay tuned for more lessons on "Speakin County"!

Cause I'm A Redneck Woman- And This Is My Life

When You get married and move to the south have MANY new adventures! Here are a few:

 You create Redneck Slip-n-Slids

 You catch Crabs- Lots of crabs!!! :)

 You get a Florida License

 You sit with the Love of Your Life on the most beautiful beaches

 You almost cut your finger off!!! Not really but that's what it felt like!!!

 You get called as the Young Women's Secretary

 And supervise said girls on a 5 hour car trip to Orlando for baptisms

You and Your Hubby go to Trunk or Treat as your high school stereotype-

 (Derek was a Jock and I was a Nerd- Fitting? No?)

You get a really sorry looking Christmas tree

 And add your first married ornament to your collection

 You get into Nursing School!!!

 And spend WAY too much on school books

 and supplies...

 You shoot your first deer! (And make your husband SOOO proud! :))

And you start Nursing School!

We Took A Back Road.... And Got Stuck!!!

Derek and I went out in the woods hunting with his dad. Welllll.... we were trying to catch up with one of his dogs and we decided to take a cutoff road and Derek tried to make it around a mud hole. The key word in that sentence being TRIED... needless to say we got stuck and I mean stuck BAD!!! I'm talkin water in the floor boards!

 Nothin Sexier Than A Man With A Gun :)

Yup you can't even see the tire on my side!

I Got My "Mad Wifey" Face On!

A Little Black Dress Is Nice, But I'll Take My White One Any Day!

Before I went to Florida to get hitched and all that great stuff, my sister and brother in law came down for my endowment and my wonderfully 8 month pregnant sister took me out and took some bridal shots of me.

TO SAY IT WAS INTERESTING WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT! Here I was in a wedding dress and my 8 month pregnant sister was waddling around after me taking my picture! Here's a few of my favorites :)

 This is where my 8 month pregnant sister tries to squat so she can be lower than me!

 AND when THAT didn't work she stood on her tippy toes and made ME lean forward! :)

 Pretty much the ONE and ONLY serious shot she got because after that I couldn't stop smiling!

 What you CAN'T see is that I'm pretty much lean in back and my arms are shaking so Kay could be eye level with me!

 Kaylene was standing on a huge boulder to get the next two and they're pretty much my FAVORITE ones! :)

 Later that day at the Temple- notice how pregnant she is!

Love my Grandma Turner! I hope that one day when I'm her age I'm just as sharp, quick witted, and loved as she is!

We like to party!

Our reception was absolutely beautiful! We wish that all my family could have been there to celebrate with us but  it was everything we could have wanted and more!

 Food... YUMMY!!!

 Derek's Groom's Cake

 My Bouquet

 Our first Dance- "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not?"

 Daddy Daughter Dance- "Butterfly Kisses"

 Bestie Wesley Surprised Me!!!

 Besties- Wesley and Jessica