puppy is getting so big!

Look how big Izzy is getting :) she is cuter then ever :)

One of her favorite things to do it cuddle up with brian.




and then after she finds a really comfy spot on him she falls asleep and sometimes they nap together.



We love our puppy so much!!! :)

New addition to our family!

As I write this, our new puppy Izzy sleeps on my husbands shoulder, content in her new home.

The play by play so far? One licked, then abandoned puppy treat. One pee pee + one poop accident (no concept of potty training in the breeders home. Could be trouble ahead.)

One entirely happy Brian and Rachel, after a night of restless sleep :).

we got new couches!

So we decided we needed to get rid of our couches and buy a sectional. We love our new sectional because it has a great big ottoman in the middle so that everyone can put there feet up. So here are a few pics

Halloween.

This year i decided not to dress up for halloween at work. I just couldnt find anything I wanted to be. But i still thought i would put up some of the pics i took from work.


this is my Boss Tammy


this is Monica


this is Hiedi

This is only a few of them. But of course these are some of my favs.


So we really didnt do much when it came down to Halloween night we just stayed home and ate sushi. It was fun just hanging out with my hubby but it w0uld have been nice if we would have gotten some trick or treaters. Maybe one day when we move into a house we will get some and i can really decorate the outside of my house :) This year i was only able to put a couple things up. The little blocks that say boo on them are from my sister and the pumpkins are from party lite candels.

Governor's Gala

Last night we attended the governor's gala which is a fundraiser the gov puts on every year to raise money for his election in the coming year. Since bri just got hired on with the campaign we were able to go. It was such a great night It was fun to get all dressed up and get my hair and make up done. Brian also looked really nice in his tux. The best part of the night was watching the preformers who did little parts of some different musicals. The one we liked the most was The Wiz part.

here are a few more pics from the night.


this is my neighbor katie and me


this is brian, mike and Chuck

Happy 29th Birthday Brian!

Brian is now I year closer to being 30 and ofcourse I love giving him a hard time that he will turn 30 before me! So from what I can tell Brian had a pretty good birthday. We went over to his parents house and had cake and opened presents. The cake was made by Ashlee one of my good friends and it was soo yummy! Here is a pic of the cake and how excited Bri was to blow the candles out :)

Football Season Has started!

Go BYU! The Maxwell household is very excited for the upcoming season and we are so glad it started off with such a great win! BYU Beat Oklahoma last night 14-13 it was a great game. We had Brian's family over for the first game. It was great to have them all here and cheering on BYU. In the coming months all are welcome in the Maxwell house to cheer on BYU!

Happy 5 Year Anniversary!

I cant believe it has been 5 years. It has been a great 5 years and I am so glad to be married to Brian :) I can not wait to find out what the next 5 years will bring. thanks Brian for all the great memories you have given me so far and for the many down the road :) I love you so much!!!!!

here is our wedding video from that day! It is so nice to have this so i can watch it over and over :)

More from Vegas

This was from our vegas trip and I have to say watching the water show was the best part of the trip!

Maxwell Family Vacation

This past weekend Bri and I headed up to Midway for a family vacation with his family. It all started on friday night with the guys going and playing some golf and then girls headed to the Park City outlet mall. I had such a fun time hanging with my mother in law and sisters in law. I really don't get to do that very often and it was way fun! Then after we were done with the outlets we headed into Heber and had dinner at the dairy keen. Then we headed back to the homestead where me and bri just crashed from such a long day!

The next morning we headed back into town for breakfast with the fam. Then we kinda had whatever time until we were ready to check out of our rooms. Brian's mother thought of a really cool game we could play where we would rotate from station to station and earn point. Like we played air hockey and foosball and pool and then the person who got the most point out of the rotations won. Emily (brians sister) won! It was a really fun activity. It was nice to just get away and be with the ones you love. Here are a few pics from the trip :)

some of the girls :)


some of us at Dairy Keen


the fam at Breakfast :)

Happy 4th of July

The one thing I love about the 4th of July is the fireworks!



I always look forward to the 4th because it is kinda the middle point of the summer. This year really hasn't been too hot which has been great. But that does not mean that it won't get hotter. I am not a big fan of hot weather even though I did live in Houston for 15 years maybe that is why I don't like hot weather anymore :) So now to the 4th of july. We ended up going to Brian's parents house for breakfast and it was so yummy! Then that night went went to his Aunt Nancys house for dinner and fireworks. It is always fun to see Brian's cousins. They have the cutest kids so I of course had to take pictures! Here are a couple of them :)


Here is Macy isn't she so cute!


Here is Cohan



Here is Andi and Brooklyn



And then here are some more pics I took too :)

Here is Liz and Eric




and here is Karen and Cory




We really did have such a great time with the family. To bad it had to end. Well I hope everyone else had a wonderful 4th!

Here are the Pictures from our trip

This was a water fall on Las Vegas Blvd.

Here are some pictures from the Bellagio We met up with Ryan and Jodi and there kids :)

here is Brian and Ryan

We also went to the Bellagio Gardens which were so cute! Here are a few of those pictures.







here is the chocolate fountian also in the Bellagio it is way cool :)





here are some more pics with Ryan and Jodi

Vegas Vacation

So this past week we went to Vegas for vacation. It was my first time there and it was so much fun! We left Monday morning around 11 30 and we got to Vegas around 5 30. Brian drove the whole time. He is such a great hubby to do that. I am not a big fan of driving long distance. So we stayed at the MGM Grand. We got a really good deal. We had the buffet included in our room price. So basically we spent 93 dollars a night and got food for free! It was a pretty sweet deal. So i have some picture but right now I am too lazy to put them up. So I will post more later :)

Happy Graduation!

Brian has finally graduated. He actually graduated back on the 8th but we didn't have his party till today. Here are a couple of pictures from the party.

Here is a picture of all the yummy food! Karen made the best pulled pork ever. She was so great with putting this all together thanks Karen!



Here is the graduate! He is so happy to finally be done. I mean it only took him 8 years to do it. I guess I am a pretty good distraction :)




here is Brian, Jared, and Lance they have known each other since before high school

My new purse!

So I just got this new purse for my b day yesterday and I just wanted to show it off because it is way cute! It is called a miche bag here is the website https://www.michebag.com/ but I also took pictures of mine :)
here is how the purse starts

here are the shells you put on the purse

this one is my fav


this is way cute!


this one is if i want to have a nice night out on the town!

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Some pictures I took

I was driving home from work a few weeks back and I thought the sky looked really cool so I took these pictures

I am 28

On Tuesday I turned 28 I was not too excited to be 28 since i seriously thought I would have had a baby by now. But i know things happen for a reason and one day I know I will be a mom. It was a great day my hubby came home with 2 dozen chocolate covered strawberries from Cummings chocolate. They were the best! Then we went to Red robin for dinner and i got my free burger and a free sundae. It was a pretty fun day! The next day i got some really pretty flowers from my mom she is so sweet to send me my favorite flower!