Massachusetts Runs on Dunkin'

Okay so since we have been out here Bruce and I have noticed all the Dunkin' Donuts. They have them everywhere. Seriously. and we always make little jokes about how they have them on every corner.... Well last night we went for a Sunday drive and on our drive we noticed 3 Dunkin' Donuts in less than a quarter block. No joke. But that isn't even that bad. A while back, when we went into Boston we were on the Duck Tour and our tour guide told us that there are like 4 streets in Boston that between those streets there are NINTEY-THREE Dunkin' Donuts...Just on 4 streets that are like a few blocks long. Crazy huh! There was even a Dunkin' Donut place that is connected to a sushi place. haha. I guess the people out here just love their coffee. We wouldn't know, since we don't drink coffee. But, we are sad to say we haven't even gone to a Dunkin' Dounts while we have been out here. Maybe someday we will see what is so great about Dunkin' Donuts...

Date night again!!!

This Saturday we went to Fireflies, which is a BBQ place and it was really good! We went with the whole group (or what is left of our group). It was for sure a place we would try again. It was really cool because they have this island thing with all their BBQ sauces and you get to go up and try them all to see what you want on your meal and it was really fun. Then they had this BBQ sauce that is suppose to be REALLY hot. It was locked up and you had to sign a waver to try it and I was really thinking about it until I read some of the waver and it asked if you were afraid to die, and if you have any health problems...so I decided I wanted to live a little longer! But it was such a fun night to be able to go out with my husband and enjoy our time together!

Chanteal's Trip to Arizona

For those of you who didn't know I have been in Arizona for the last week and a half. It was so hard to leave Bruce! But I enjoyed my time at home. I left August 29th and returned last night. When I got there my whole family came over and it was so good to see everyone, especially Dakota & Gunnar (my 2 nephews). They have both grown so much the 4 months we have been gone...Especially Gunnar...but he is still the monster he was when we left, if not worse! His nickname is Monster Gun! He is so funny to watch and is into everything! Katrina sure has her hands full. And Dakota is still the sweet little boy he has always been....He's my little baby! I love that kid to death. I went over to Bruce's parents house on Tuesday night and it was so good to see them, I sure have missed them! They are such amazing people and I am so grateful to have them in my life. Then on Wednesday I drove with my mom and dad up to our Riggs Family Reunion! It was a lot of fun...it rained a lot, but it was fun to run around in the mud! It wasn't the same without Bruce there, but I still enjoyed it. My mom, Stacey, Katrina, Kim and I made pearl and crystal Necklaces, Katrina & I did a craft for all the kids we got the plastic beads and made flashlight necklaces and they turned out so cute! Mine says. "Chaney loves Bruce!" Then we played lots and lots of games, and rode the quads and ranger! It was fun. When we got home from the reunion time flew by and it was time for me to go home...I went by the Brooks again to say goodbye and hung out with my family...We got to go to Bass Pro Shop on Monday night as a family and it was really cool! (my dad will use any excuse to go there) we took Dakota and he was going nuts with all the animals and things to look at. We even ate at the resturant that is attached to the store and it was really good. It was a fun night! Wednesday was a bitter sweet day It was sad because I had to leave Auggie behind and I have no idea what I am going to do without him, he has become my little sidekick, but I keep telling myself it's only for a month and a half, and it was hard to say goodbye to my family again...i hate goodbyes! But on the other hand I missed my husband so much and i was so ready to go home. When I got on the plane and they announced we were starting to descend into Boston I couldn't sit still....I was so excited to see Bruce! When I saw him it was the highlight of my week! We drove home and when I opened our bedroom door there were rose petals and chocolate kisses all the way up to our bed, and then on our bed! It was so cute and romantic!!! I was pretty much the happiest girl in the world!

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Auggie!

Well I just wanted to dedicate a post to our dog Auggie! He is the sweetest dog in the world. I took him with me to Arizona and we had to leave him there and I am going to miss him so much! It's funny how attached you become, and even Bruce is attached even though he won't admit it!

E-CaShMaS

For the whole month of June Bruce's office had a program going on called E-Cash. It is just another incentive the company does. How it worked is every week the office would get new goals each person would have to meet so every night Bruce would go in and tell Ashley or Whitney (the girls in the office) what goals he made for that day and they would keep a record of it all month. Well for each goal they made they got E-Cash points and at the end of the month they added all the E-Cash points up and they got prizes! So Brad and Whitney (the office managers) decided to tie in the Christmas theme with it all....E-CASHMAS! After the month went by we had a Christmas Party and they got to open their presents. So the day arrived and Brad told everyone to wear their PJ's and come over to their house. Once we got there we had to sit in the hallway...(they wanted it to be like it was really Christmas Eve) When everyone got there we were all let inside and there was a big Christmas Tree, Christmas music playing, Hot Chocolate and Donuts. Once everyone ate, we sat down and they all got to open their presents.... We got a Nintendo Wii! Bruce has been wanting one forever so that is what he asked for....we went and bought some games and it has been so much fun to play after Bruce has a hard day of work!

I got tagged again....

Well I got tagged by my cousin Jenny so I hope you all have fun learning a lot about me. Okay first I have to list 7 random facts about me; funny, silly, whatever. Then pick some new people to tag

1. I love my husband more than anything in this world and I love being married. I have never met such an amazing person. I feel so blessed to have him as a part of my life and I cannot wait to be with him forever. He knows me better than anyone and is the most respectful, loving, honest, amazing person I have ever met... I could have never asked for a better husband. He amazes me everyday. He has a way with people and can become best friends with anyone he meets. and did I mention he is hilarious! I have never been so happy, and I owe it all to him! I love him with all my heart.

2. I have a crazy weakness for hot baths. They relax me and help me to unwind. When i am happy, sad, or just plain tired a bath is always the thing that makes everything so much better! haha... It is so funny because Bruce feels the same way about playing on the computer, he could look up cars, hunting & dogs to buy for hours and it helps him unwind. Some nights I will lay there with him and look up stuff with him and then there are some nights where Bruce will come home and go straight to the computer and I will go strait to the bath...it's really funny!

3. I have a crazy love for reading. I guess you could say I am a bookworm...I live for LDS love novels. I just love to read about love stories...When I get a new book I almost hibernate until I finish the book. My mom has always laughed at me because when I lived at home I would get a new book and go straight to my room and I wouldn't come out until I was done with the book. Don't worry when Bruce gets home, I put my book away and give him my attention, but when he is gone I read my books. I have gotten to the point that I can finish a book in a day or a day and a half. I love it!

4. I have a abnormally short tongue. Bruce and my family have always made fun of me for it. Seriously, it is so short when i stick it out it just goes straight out, I can't even try to curl it up so I can touch my nose...it's really funny!

5. I LOVE Doris Day movies. When I was little I would always go over to my Grandma Sue's house and watch movie after movie with her. Those were some of my favorite childhood memories. We watched them so much that I am seriously obsessed! Any time I am in the store and see a Doris Day movie I have to buy it no matter the cost. They are like prized possessions to me! They just bring back all the good times I had with my sweet Grandma. And I was so excited to hear that my mother-in-law loves them too!

6. I love to scrapbook. I would rather go to a scrapbook store than a clothing store. It is a really costly & addicting habit but I love it!

7. When I get an idea in my head I have to do something about it right that second....If I don't I can't relax. Sometimes it drives Bruce crazy because I will get an idea and I have to go to the store right then to get whatever I need to do my idea. It could be a craft, a meal to make, or just anything!

I tag: Jessica Knight, Katie Walker, Lori Olsen, Lizzy Rigby, Tiffany Larson, Whitney Smith

Saturday Night.....Date Night!!!

Saturday Nights are always really good nights for Bruce and I. It is the only night of the whole entire week that Bruce gets off a little bit early and we get to spend a little more time together! Tonight we chose to go to Lotus Blossom with a few people in the group and the food was soooooo good! It is like a PF Changs, only better. Can you imagine it? After dinner we decided to go with the group to Applebee's so we could get their amazing Maple Butter Blondie! It was so dang good. Tonight was just such a good night because I got to spend some time with my amazing husband....and that is all that matters to me! I cherish every moment I get to spend with him.

I got tagged!

Alright here are the answers to these questions...Enjoy!

4 Jobs I've Had:
-Goody's Yogurt (my first job)
-Chaney's Hair Shack (my own salon)
-Snip-it's (Hair cuts for kids)
-Challenge & Fun (some weird toy place in Boston)

4 of My Favorite Movies:
-ANYTHING with Doris Day in it!
-Princess Diaries 2
-any Disney cartoon (Little Mermaid, Fox & the Hound, Aladdin ect.)
-Just Like Heaven

4 Places I Have Lived:
-The house i grew up in (Gilbert, AZ)
-My parents house on Ray Rd. (Gilbert, AZ)
-My grandparents house (for like 3 weeks right after we got married)
-Marlborough, Massachusetts

4 of My Favorite TV Shows:
-Friends
-Reba
-What I Like About You
-Everybody Loves Raymond

4 Places I've Been on Vacation:
-Hawaii... (all the islands, we went on a cruise)
-California...
-New York... (not the city, we went to visit a friend is Syracuse)
-The drive out to Boston...we drove through New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts. (I think that's all) But we were able to go to Palmyra & Kirtland on the way out here so it was awesome!

4 Of My Favorite Things To Do:
-Hang out with my Amazing Husband & our families
-Scrapbook (I'm addicted!)
-Organize things
-Traveling

4 Places I want to Visit:
-Argentina (where Bruce served his mission)
-Bahamas
-Europe (Italy, England & France)
-Australia

4 Things I want at this Moment:
-For my husband to be off work so we can hang out all day!
-For Bruce to be able to go home with me when I go visit in a week and a half.
-To be able to decorate my own house or apartment!
-Did I mention I want Bruce to come home! haha

---I tag Jessica Knight, Lori Olsen, Whitney Smith & Jenny Kempton!---

Scrapbook Time

As all of you know, I love scrapbooking! And I figured that since Bruce is gone all day and I don't really have anything to do, I should scrapbook our two years of dating. I have been working on this project for two days now, and I'm not very far along! haha. But it is fun to look back on all our memories and realize how much fun we had together while we were dating! I'll put a couple pictures of a few pages I have done...

Riggs Family Visit!

Oh my goodness, I totally forgot to post the pictures of when my Mom, Dad & Colton came out to visit us! They were here from June 7-June 11th. I know I am like a month behind, but I guess it's better late then never! They were such a lifesaver to me. You have no idea! It was sad, because they didn't get to see Bruce very much because he had to work, but it was okay! They arrived Thursday morning and we ended up going to the mall in Natick. Then we came back to their hotel room and they wanted to take a nap so my dad gave me the keys so I could go to our apartment. This might not sound like a big deal to you...But I hadn't driven a car since I had been out here and I was the most excited girl. After I picked them up, we went out to dinner and waited for Bruce to get off work then we came back to the apartment and I did my little brothers hair & we colored my hair brown. Then Friday my mom, dad, Colton & I went to Cape Cod. It was really cool, we just drove all the way to the tip and stopped at little shops on the way. Then Saturday it was rainy so I did my moms hair, then we just went to the Solomon Pond Mall (its practically across the street from the apartments & their hotel) Bruce got off early so we were able to go out to dinner with him, which was so good for me because I was really starting to miss him! Then Sunday they went to church with us, and my mom was there for my first lesson in Relief Society which was really good then after church we went into Boston with so Bruce could go with us, and so my parents could see what Boston was like. Sadly, they left Monday, but I was so grateful to have them out here the amount of time they were here! I love my family so much!!!

4 months!

Yesterday was our FOUR month mark!!! It seems like we just got married yesterday, I can't believe four months have already gone by. We had a really good day yesterday together and just enjoyed being around each other. I feel so grateful to have such an amazing man as my best friend and eternal companion & I thank my Heavenly Father everyday for the amazing spirit he brings into our marriage. I cherish every single day I get to spend with him and am so excited for the adventure we have ahead of us. Married life is amazing!

Fireworks

Well on Saturday night Bruce found out that this little community was going to have a firework show. A bunch of people got together and bought a bunch of fireworks and decided to put a boat in the middle of the lake and set them off! Well Bruce and I were excited because we didn't get to see fireworks on the 4th so we went and arrived like an hour early. We were not able to be apart of the party but the guy told Bruce we could go on the other side of the lake and there was a parking lot we could park in and go sit on this hill... Well when we got there you could hardly see anything because there were so many trees. So we decided to get out and walk around. Well we had to go through this huge field and while we were in the middle of it Bruce said oh yeah we are going to need to check our legs and feet for ticks when we are done....I freaked out! haha. So we keep walking around and realized the best place we will be able to see the fireworks is from our car and it was a major bonus because it was away from the ticks & mosquito's. So we got back in our car and sat....and sat....and sat and there were no fireworks yet. So we got hungry and bored of waiting so we left! But while we were driving to dinner some people in the neighborhoods were shooting fireworks so we got a little show! Then we went to our favorite & only Mexican Food Restaurant in Marlborough.... Acua Polcos. It was delicious! It was a very good Saturday night for the Brooks Family!

4th of July!

So Bruce had all day off on the 4th of July and we have been waiting for it all summer long! It is his only day off so we wanted to do something fun. We ended up going into Boston with the whole group of Pointe Pest Control guys and took the Duck Boat Tours. We had to be there at 1:00 and the tour took us all around Boston....it went from land to water! So it was fun! While we were in the water there was an old classic car just driving in the water like it was suppose to be there...so we took a picture of it! It looked so funny and out of place. Our tour guide was a little boring, but I didn't care I was just so excited to be able to spend a whole day with my husband. So we went on the duck boat and it lasted a little over an hour then we got on the tram shuttle and went down to Quincy Market and there were a bunch of performers there. We watched break dancers, a guy dressed up as a lady that painted his whole body and clothes gold, and another guy that was just crazy! Then we walked in Quincy Market and it is just a bunch of different places to eat and then people have little booths and sell stuff. Then we took the tram back and went to the Prudential Building, it's like a little mall. So we walked around there for a little bit and then we went home. When we got home we decided we wanted to go to Target and dinner so Brad & Whitney Smith came and picked us up and we went to Target and just played around and spent money...then we went to the Olive Garden and had dinner. By the time we got out of dinner it was pouring rain so we weren't able to watch fireworks. Sad, I know...But we didn't care it was just really nice to be able to relax and have a normal persons life for a day. I was so happy & grateful that I was able to spend a whole day (that wasn't Sunday) with my husband so we could actually get out and go somewhere!!!! So for the Brooks Family...4th of July was a day we will cherish all summer long!

Office Craziness!

Have you ever been so bored you would do anything to entertain yourself? well thats what we decided to do. While we were in the office waiting for our husbands to get off work we decided to play a game. Two people stand infront of the camera and the person taking the picture says something really bizzar like -your walking on the beach and you come across a fat man tanning in a speedo!- Well while the other people are making facial expressions the photographer takes the picture. It is such a funny game! Wow, that day was a crazy day...we also did crazy things like jump off chairs and take a picture while we're in the air. It can be really entertaining sometimes to be in that office! Whitney Smith and her sister Ashley Walker are life savors! Anytime i get bored i go hang out with them in the office and we always come up with something to do! Then when Bruce gets off work I explain to him the events that went on in my day and he just laughs at me and shakes his head! Especially when i told him about our picture game! But when none of us have a car and we have to hang out in the office waiting for the sales reps to call in sales and our husbands to come home you have to get a creative imagination!!!!