New Year, New Me!

Well, I made it until my 3rd kid before chopping my hair. I was ready for a change. Like I mentioned before, I went through a hard time after having Graham. I was depressed and stressed and everything else. Don't worry, things are looking better. I decided I needed a change. So, I chopped my hair off. I wanted to go a little shorter but I can always go shorter. I'm so glad to be back near my sister. My regrowth was getting really long. So here is the new me!! :) So far I like it! I do miss curling my long hair. I didn't like it short and curled as much. It'll take some getting use to.

Mickelle's 26th Birthday!

My birthday was pretty low key. My friend Amber asked me if I had any fun plans. Lunch with Bryson and cooking club at night. She said I must be getting old if I didn't have any fun plans.

I had been so excited to go to Texas Roadhouse for my Birthday. I had been craving steak and ribs. We pulled up to find out they were closed! Bummer!!! I was so sad and starving. We ended up going to Macaronii Grill. It was okay, but wasn't what I was craving.

Bryson got me a new jar for the blender. It is bigger and I can fit more things in it. We always over pack the original jar for smoothies and it would take forever to get it to blend. My new one instantly does it! I love it! We have already used it countless times. My sweet in laws got me some new charms for my Pandora bracelet. A castle that resembles a Disneyland castle and a pair of scissors for my love of sewing. My sister Brittany sent me flowers and it was such a sweet surprise. She is always so thoughtful. Sadly I didn't get a lot of pictures!

Mickelle's 25th Birthday!

I turned 25 last month. I have seemed to just forget my age. I feel like it isn't really important anymore. I am constantly trying to remember how old I am. Did I really get married at 20? Graduate college and have my own classroom at 21? Have a kid at 22? That all seems so young to me. Time flies!


It was nice having Bryson's parents and brother with us the weekend before my birthday. It was fun to spend time with them and go out to eat! Eating out has become such a luxury for us. Before law school, we ate out lots. Now, it's only for special occasions.


On my actual Birthday April 16, Akoy like to say Happy Birthday all day long to me. Randomly, he would say, Happy birthday Mom. He actually continued this for a month until I got him to start saying it for Bryson's b-day that is coming up.


The day was like any other day. Bryson had school and I hung out with the kids. I curled my hair. I don't do this enough. Later that night we went to Akoy's gymnastics class. Afterwards we went out to eat to Macaroni Grill. We all dressed up and had a good night. I loved spending time with my husband and kids. 

Bryson decided to invite our friends over and have a Cold Stone ice cream cake after we got home. Most everyone was able to come on short notice. It's weird to think, I will only have 1 more birthday in Nebraska. I miss being around our families but we are lucky to have such good friends.

Yes, those are matches... very fun!

One of my cute friends brought these over a few days later

Happy 4th Anniversary to the Most Amazing Woman in the World!

In honor of our 4th anniversary today I would like to let all of you know a couple of reasons I am so madly in love with this woman:
1) She is the most loving and nurturing individuals I know.
2) She loves me no matter how ugly I get or how annoying I may be.
3) She is the most beautiful person I know.
4) She never stopped writing me on my mission.
5) She has some pretty awesome brothers, sisters and parents
6) She sees me for who I can become and not necessarily for who I am.
7) She taught me everything I know about kissing.
8) She love my family no matter how many black sheep she comes across.
9) She likes all things Disney, just like me.
10) We both like Hawaiian pizza.
11) She adores our children.
12) She's really good at finding deals on clothes before we ever need them (very good forethought).
13) She will cuddle with me during movies that she doesn't even like.
14) She's organized.
15) She's responsible.
16) She's not the best singer but she tries.
17) She's punctual.
18) She's educated.
19) She makes sure I go to church every Sunday and helps me magnify my callings.
20) She likes parties.
21) She loves children.
22) She doesn't mind spur of the moment vacations or outings.
23) She enjoys reading the same, dorky teen books like I do: Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Fablehaven, etc.
24) Did I mention that she's absolutely gorgeous even when she's just barely waking up in the morning.
25) She's good to reminds us to say our night prayers.
26) She doesn't make me change all of the diapers and throw up.
27) She was willing to put her life on hold so I could go to law school here in Nebraska.
28) She doesn't mind living in the Cornhusker state.
29) She remembers where my stuff is.
30) She's ok with ending our arguments with, "We'll see who's right by watching our celestial videos in the next life."
31) She makes me happy.


Obviously this is a non-exhaustive list. I hope it gives everyone an idea of why I love Breanna Mickelle Gregory so much. I'm excited for what the next 1,234,235 years have in store for us and the eternities afterward.

Mickelle's 24th Birthday!

Lucky for me, my birthday fell on a Saturday this year! Which means, I got Bryson all to myself! :) Bryson did help our bishop move stuff at 7 in the morning, so I enjoyed playing a few games on my phone while he was gone. Bryson got home and made me breakfast in bed! I did sneak a bowl of cereal while he was gone. (You can't keep a pregnant lady from food too long!) :) 
While I got ready Bryson cleaned up all the house and even vacuumed! Akoy woke up at 11! Some days he has been really sleeping in and it has been kind of nice! It worked out perfect because he could forgo a nap for the day. 
We stopped at our local Hyvee and Akoy met the Easter Bunny! At first he wasn't sure, but after a high five, he liked him! 

After seeing the Easter Bunny we headed up to Omaha for the afternoon. We had heard there was a Chick-Fila in Omaha so that would be lunch. After our phone taking us there, we had no idea where the restraunt was! Apparently it is inside the Mutual of Omaha bank building and only employees can eat there. In addition it was closed on weekends. It is the only Chick Fila in Nebraska! Crazy! It's a good thing I'm headed to Utah in a few days. 
We stopped at Costco and had all the free samples we could and then got a few things and headed to the Apple Store. Bryson's iphone somehow got a little crack across the screen. After some waiting and playing with the new ipad they replaced Bryson's phone. :) We walked around the rest of the mall and got a super cute cardigan from Gap *just in case* we have a girl. ha.. I've bought a few girl things lately that I have found for good deals. I really think we are having a girl but I'm still holding out for another boy! 
Bryson took me to dinner at Outback and it was delightful! I have been craving a good steak this pregnancy. Akoy was getting a little cranky towards the end with out a nap. So we distracted him with putting the coasters on his head. He likes balancing things, so it made him happy again. We stopped and picked up a Coldstone icecream cake.

 Bryson and Akoy

 Akoy and I

The Art of Balancing

Enjoying a lemon (with ketchup) 

Bryson surprised me with already having a few friends over to celebrate! They had even decorated our place with some streamers and balloons. Apparently when everyone was trying to get in before we got home, our door stopped working! We have a weird microchip key that unlocks it. It went crazy and they had to call our matienece worker to figure it out! Luckily the made it in our apartment right before we walked in! It was quite a surprise! I couldn't find our camera (bryson hid in the center consul in our car and forgot) So these are the only 2 pictures we got of the party.

Me and the Cake ;)

Blowing out the matches :)

All in all it was a great birthday! Thanks for everyone that wished me happy bday! It was a great day! 

Mickelle's Birthday Cake!

Bryson invited all the family over for an ice cream cake. It so so yummy! Thanks everyone who came! Here are some pictures. Unfortunately, Akoy started to get sick that night and has had a rough week between a fever, throwing up and another ear infection. Poor little guy! I was also sick and had been in bed all weekend so ignore my sick looking face! At least I got a shower :)





He just cuddles, and it is so cute. I love it!

Thanks again everyone! :)

Mickelle's 23rd Birthday

Here were my plans:

Wake up- Curl my hair. I really enjoy curling and don’t get around to doing it much anymore. (which I still did)

Quick Dentist apt

-School- No real teaching just a lot of fun stuff going on (Math rotations, Country Report Presentations, Celebrate my B-day, Grandparents Day!

-Dinner at Tepanyaki (I go every year, it’s my favorite!)

Here is what actually happened….

I don’t want to make this post all about complaining but I do have to admit, my birthday this year was a drag. Earlier in the week my teeth started to hurt. It kinda felt like some of them were moving. I wasn’t sleeping because I was in so much pain. I figured with my most recent trip to the dentist to rebuild a broken tooth and put a cap on it, maybe my bite changed and it was causing some teeth to move. On Wednesday I decided to call the dentist and make an apt to get it checked out. Of course their next appointment was on my birthday. Oh well, it should have been a quick appointment. I arranged to have Kelley come in for an hour to take my class while I went. My dentist couldn’t find anything wrong with my bite and after awhile of being puzzled he thought maybe I was sleeping weird and it was moving my teeth. Problem- I wasn’t sleeping. Finally he did an x-ray and come to find out one of my front teeth had become abscessed. He sent me to a Endodontist in Draper, their next apt was at 1:15. Dang.. My tooth was killing me so I took it and went back to school for awhile. Kelley came back for the remainder of the day. I was really excited because it was Grandparents Day and I was going to make popcorn with my machine, and so many fun things planned! Plus we were celebrating my birthday, so we quickly did that and then I left.

Bryson took work off so he could take me. This guy tried to drain my tooth but couldn’t find anything to drain. After a couple hours of working on it, he ended up putting a calcium thing up their to help fight the infection and then put me on an antibiotic and told me I would have to do formula for a week. I finally got this nursing thing down and now I have to stop and pump and dump. I have a lot of milk so that wasn’t the problem for Akoy, I just hate wasting so much milk. So I left the dentist still in pain and now couldn’t nurse. I’ll admit, I wasn’t in the best mood. I think Akoy knew I wasn’t, he was being super fussy and crying the whole way home. Usually he is great in the car.

We got home and I started my medicine and took a nap. I felt a little better after a bit, but not good enough to go out to dinner. So I canceled my plans, and as I wrote on facebook, “I am postponing my birthday until further notice” ha.

The pain pills he gave me didn’t really work that night, Kelley (Bryson’s mom) gave me some lortab to help me sleep, it was great until 2:00 this morning. Then it wore off. Finally I sent Bryson upstairs to get me another one at 5 this morning. Helped then I had to wake up to pump since I had not feed Akoy all night. It sucked warming a bottle up in the middle of the night instead of just quickly feeding him and putting him back to bed. All morning I have felt so sick because of the Lortab. Pain is gone, but now I’m just throwing up instead. Not a fun weekend.

Last year, I was in Cabo for my birthday, this year I was in pain all day and didn’t get to do anything fun. Needless to say I will be postponing my birthday until I can actually enjoy it. It was Bryson’s Idea and I liked it.

So that was my not so fun birthday… I will update ya on my birthday that I am re-doing this year.

*On a side note, this afternoon has been a little better. The lortab wore off so I’m not sick anymore, just in pain. Hopefully this can get better soon, I swear it was worse then my labor!

After I got home from the dentist, Kelley watched Akoy as I took a nap and then I played with him for awhile. I did have a good time with my little boy, here's some pictures to show we had a good time.

Akoy got this Car's set for Christmas, but he also got a lot of other toys as well. I decided not to open it yet because he has many toys to play with. This past couple weeks he takes the set off the bookshelf and can get it open. I still don't want to open it because it will be fun if we wait. He gets it open every day and I put it back together. It's kinda fun to watch.

Loves his new Easter Book