It Survived!

We had this really great rose bush by our stairs, but since we expanded the deck and put in a gate we tried transplanting said rose bush in hopes that it would survive. We were a little nervous, but guess what, it survived! My husband has always made sure no matter where we live we have a rose bush. See, he has this little Sunday tradition of going outside to get the newspaper and cutting me a rose while I make breakfast. I love that he is a hopeless romantic!

And in honor of pioneer day we did a huge breakfast with our friends/neighbors, then we did a big bbq for dinner. I made up these fun shishka bobs and because of a misunderstanding, they got a little too done, but it was fun! Yeah for a long weekend!

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You

I am way excited now to chop up all 23 zucchini Phillip picked from the garden this morning! Thank you!!!

And here are a few pictures from said garden (minus radishes that already came and went and pumpkin and butternut squash which haven't blossomed yet)!

Dinner From The Garden

Other than the rice/chicken I threw together, we had a delicious garden dinner! We are so grateful for the blessing of growing a garden! Everything was yummy and we can't wait to try what it produces next!

Pooped!

They really do just wear each other out! This moment was caught after a morning run and weeding in the garden for two hours!

Drum Roll Please...

After TWO years we now have a bathroom door! Thanks babe for figuring out a way to allow our guests to not feel so awkward!

Live & Learn

This adorable face...

Who loves to do adorable things like cuddle..

Did this not so adorable thing to our family room!

Found the RED paint - check

Made RED paw prints all over our bed - check

Ate my Geology book - check

Ate a roll of paper towels - check

We still LOVE her and are pretty okay with the first really bad thing she did. We could hardly scold her as we were laughing so hard. We knew we should have put her in her kennel for those 30 minutes because we could tell she was upset we were leaving. Oh well, live and learn!

ScrapFest 2009

This year our ScrapFest was in Park City, Utah! Thanks again to Molly's aunt and uncle who have an unbelievably beautiful condo where we were all treated like queens! I mean hello our own big beds and bathrooms?! The best part was, there was a maid service so we didn't have to clean afterwards! Although we shared a lot of emotion, and some germs (we had a sicky), it was so memorable! Thanks again ladies! Miss you - until next year!

Me and Beth picked Sarah up at the airport and took her to the temple since she hadn't seen it in 15+ years! It was so neat!

What goes up...

Must come down! Alpine slide!

Don't worry we didn't tell them that Molly was pregnant!

Our yummy late night snack!

Proof that we did scrapbook!

Me playing around with Molly's camera!

Sarah playing around with Molly's camera - ugh!

Sarah and I were outside taking photos and we saw this fence behind the condo and we looked harder and both screamed (out of excitement) because there was an old cemetery! We grabbed our shoes and snuck in through the fence to see all these cool headstone. Some had moss and most were from the late 1800's. It was an unexpected surprise!

My idea - but I had Sarah take it!

We are all nosey when it comes to cemeteries (right?) and we were thrilled to find this little treasure at the caretakers cottage where it said the names, ages, and reasons for death!

Scrapfest 2009!

The Fruits {Vegetables} of Our Labor

Today was a rewarding one!

It has rained nonstop for like 15 days so our garden has:

1} been neglected so it is over grown with weeds and

2} been producing beautiful plants

We still haven't figured out why watering the garden does nothing yet when it rains things pop up over night!

Phillip working in the garden.

Shelby watching and wanting to help but she had already had one bath for the day and the mud would have been cause for a second.

Our first pick from the garden!

And 100 later, we still have 3/4 of a row ready to be picked and eaten!

Nap Time

Sushi...YUCK!

I swore I would never try sushi. It has never appealed to me. Well the day after I got back from Arizona our friends invited us to go out. I figured Jenni and I would just get something else, but then I decided that maybe I'd just try one bite. So on the count of 3 the two of us took a bite!

I can't say I LOVE it, nor do I LIKE it, but I ATE it. It was just ok and I think I'm just not a fan of sea weed. Me and Jenni did get a yummy spicy dish with veggies, noodles, and beef.

Will I try sushi again...sure!

Arizona

My trip to AZ started off a little rocky with a two hour delay. The highlight though was running into one of my friends Crystal Schofield from third grade! It was so fun to chit chat and catch up! The first thing my mom, Tim, and I did when I landed was hit up Gecko Grill (of course) then us girls got amazing pedicures! They used these hot stones and we were in heaven! I had them paint my nails too.

We ended the night seeing Wolverine. The next day my dad and Stacey picked me up and I spent a wonderful week in Pima having all the Mexican food my heart could desire! I tell you what I was almost sick of it when I left...almost! These were the moments I will remember.

(By the way that is Max, Shelby's dad and his tongue is the biggest thing I've ever seen! It's so big it doesn't fit in his mouth and is sunburned on the end).

I was able to spend the weekend with my mom and Tim again plus my brother and nephew. We spent the morning having water fights (yes my mom let us play inside too)!

Then me and this rad chicka went to lunch to celebrate her birthing day! She was sooo embarrassed!

And at the end of the day/trip I was able to go to my aunt Shawna's wedding! It was really fun and I wish her and Jim the best!

I was sad to leave, but my hubby and diggity dog missed me too much to stay any longer! Thanks for all the fun memories everyone!

*Moments not pictured but oh so important:

Sitting around at grandmas house talking and fighting over who got to sit in front of her for her to play with our hair (I won because I am the favorite oldest granddaughter and I was visiting).

Seeing Angels and Demons with my dad and Stacey.

Spending 4 glorious hours at Scrapbooks Etc (You wouldn't understand unless a} you've been there before or b} you are a serious scrapbooker)!

Singing "The Wheels On The Bus" with my nephew over and over and him being able to sing it all by himself to me on the phone now!

Having a delish bbq at my grandparents (oh man their new kitchen rocks)!

Seeing my grandmothers beautiful life story that she has dedicated her whole heart to.

Spending my traditional Tuesday afternoon with G-ma and Lynn (Casa, Medicap, Walmart, Thrift Shop, and the Scrapbook Store).

Random Updates

A bunch of random stuff has happened lately, so in no particular order...

We finished spring semester with good grades!

We've now started summer semester...full time ugh!

I am working at the Graduate School at Utah State part time!

We have a new addition to our family...SHELBY!

We've taken a few extra naps (Phil and Shelby have synchronized their snoring)!

We got our garden planted - finally!

Phillip & Shelby spoiled me for Mother's Day with beautiful flowers, a yummy breakfast, and wii fit! We also had Phil's mom & dad, and his sister Machelle & Tim (her husband) over for dinner!

We put up a fence for Shelby to play!

And this adorable couple got engaged!!!

Thank You

I have to say thank you to my dear friend Crystal Schofield who I haven't seen in over 10 years! She just happened to be on my flight to Arizona last week and we were able to sit by each other and catch up a little (last time I flew to AZ her sister was on my flight)! She shared THIS amazing talk with me and I want to share it with you!

I promise to have an update soon on all our crazy happenings!

Who Knew?!