Reunited!!

Macy is in town for spring break this week!! I am so happy she is here. Alyssa was able to come up for the weekend and we all got to hang out. Macy brought her boyfriend Brek- who she really likes.. He is a returned missionary which is different but he seems really nice. On Saturday night we did a triple date which was really fun! I miss hanging out with both my sisters at the same time... It does get a bit crazy because we are all cooky and we feed off of each other but it is a blast.
We went to The Olive Garden to eat and then went back home to play games. We invited my Mom and Jerry to eat with us. We did a little photo shoot while we waited 45 mins to get into the restaurant. At least it was a nice day outside.



Alyssa and Kellen


Macy and Brek


The cool kids


Sassy Sisters


Suave


L-O-V-E

Adjustment

So my back has given me a lot of problems in the last few years. But mostly in the last few weeks it has been unbearable. I cant sit longer than an hour without a sharp pain like something is stabbing me in the back with a pencil.
My Chiropractor is a great guy. he was my dads chiropractor for years and years before he died. I went to see him this morning. I love going to his office because I feel like a celebrity. First they take you into a room where i lay down and they put a stem machine with pads hooked to my back... these send electric pulses through the pads and it feels amazing. They also put a heating pad on me and leave me there to relax for about 10 mins. Then they take me into another room where a girl gives me a massage for 10 mins... when you think of massage you think relaxing right? No. This hurts bad. She digs into me pretty hard and I am sore after but it really helps.
Then I go into see Dr Clifford. He is great-- What I have is displaced joints where my ribs connect to my spine. He knows just the right thing to do to fix me all up- plus he adjusts my neck too while I'm there. I also have a "short leg". Yes it is a real thing... and Dr Clifford is also working with me on that as well.
I will go back again early next week if it starts to bother again.
Yeah for Chiropractors... without them I would be bedridden.

Happy Half Century

My sister Alyssa got her engagement ring this weekend. It is beautiful. Their wedding date is set for Aug 4.




Yesterday was Brett's mom;s 50th birthday. I spend a while yesterday making her birthday card which turned out pretty cute.




Today we went over to Brett's parents house for dinner and after dinner was Debbie's party. She is a wonderful woman and I am grateful to have her in my life. Happy Birthday Mom! I love you.







We got to play around with Mandi's kids. They are growing up so fast.






On another note. We bought a new dog bed for Mimi. She really needed one and we found a really nice big one at Costco. She loves it!

Our very special Valentines Day

Last night we were able to watch our niece Brooke and nephew Cameron while their parents went our for their early valentines dinner. Cameron loved our dog Mimi while Brooke was scared of her. Cam was petting her and giving her kisses which was really cute. We watched half of Ratatouille and then went to the mall and got dinner at Chick Fil A and came home and watched most of Finding Nemo. Brooke had lots of fun playing with Brett in the play house and Cam slept for most of the time and then was amuzed by the jack in the box toy that we found for him.







Today we woke up and got ready and had Ernies for breakfast. Brett got me flowers and wrote me a beautiful poem for valentines day.



Then we headed up the Salt Lake. We actually stopped at a car dealership at the auto mall and almost bought a car... Mandi and Adam were able to trade their car in for a newer bigger car for the same monthly payments and we decided that if we could trade our car in and get a small SUV (Honda Pilot) for the same monthly payments then we would do it. It almost worked out for us. The monthly payments were going to be a little high and so we want to keep looking.

After that we went to The Living Aquarium. It was really cool. I love places like that... Anywhere you can take me that has animals I am sure to love.










We had planned to go to The Cheesecake Factory for dinner and figured that since we were done by 3:30 at the aquarium that we would be able to get in and eat at a decent time. We got there and there was a 2 and a half hour wait. So we decided to go try to get in to The Mayan. Brett has been to somewhere like it before. I had never been there. It is a Mexican restaurant that is like a jungle setting with trees and such. It also has a show where people jump off these cliffs into the water while we were eating. It was really cool. The food was mediocre but the show and the whole atmosphere was awesome. I'm really glad we went.









So we had a good "Love" day together. I love you sweetie- you are my everything.

My Project

I have finished my project for the month. I got the idea from something I saw at Roberts. I got wood frames and stretched canvas around them and painted them black. The blocks are frames with canvas wrapped on them too. The rest was done with scrapbook paper and metal embellishments. It was fun to make. BRett is really artistic so he helped with placement of the pictures and it turned out great. THey are now hanging above our bed.

Quick Trip to Montana

I was at work on Friday and I was talking to my sister Macy who plays volleyball for Montana State University in Bozeman. She was having a really bad day and was sad that my mom couldn't make it to her end of season volleyball banquet that was on Saturday morning. I texted my other sister and asked her if she wanted to drive to Montana to surprise Macy. We ended up deciding to take Brett and Kellen with us.

We went to the BYU men's volleyball game on Friday night and went home to get a little sleep. Our alarm went off at 2:45 in the morning and we were out of there by 3 in order to make it the the volleyball brunch that started at 11. WE traveled in our PJ's but stopped at a Chevron in West Yellowstone to change and get ready.



(yes I am wearing shorts and it was FREEZING!)

We made it by 11:20-- a little late but oh well... we walked in and Macy's coach was talking to all the girls. We walked in and stood behind her. It took Macy a minute to notice we were standing there. She started bawling and then introduced us. We had brunch and there was a program. Then we went to our hotel and got a little sleep.



After a few hours of well needed sleep, Macy came over to the hotel and she took us over to her dorm and over to her gym and showed us around a little. We picked up some pizza for dinner and went back to the hotel and played games. We had a lot of fun.





We woke up this morning at 8:30-- had breakfast and were back on the road by 10. The weather was not that bad on the way there. On the way back it was a little worse- especially when we got to Utah. It took us 9 hours to get home today. But it was worth it to see Macy and to make her feel a little less homesick.

My Babies

Today we went over to my brother Brian's house to hang out with him, his wife Nadia and my 2 nephews- Malachi and Micah and my niece Mariah.
We had a yummy dinner- chicken and veggie skewers which Brian (the BBQ king) made outside in the cold. We played with the kids and then watched The House Bunny with them.
It has been way too long since we have hung out with them.

Draper Temple Open House

Yesterday Brett and I and his family all went up to the Draper Temple Open House. (Thanks Mandi for getting us the tickets)
We met at a church and watched a short film and then got on a bus that took us up to the temple.
It was beautiful way up there on the top of that hill. The view was amazing.




The temple itself was amazing. It was really pretty inside-- just like temples should be. I am glad we got to go do that.

I remember the Mt Timpanogos Temple Open House and Dedication. My mom sang in the dedication choir so we got to be there. It was so cool... Crazy that it was over 12 years ago.

After the Open house we went over to his parents house and had a delicious meal-- ribs...mmmm.

Travel

My friend posted about where she had traveled last year and I thought it would be fun to do it too...
These are all the places other than my own house that I slept last year....

Odgen- (camping)
San Diego
Orange County-- 2 different trips
Las Vegas-- 2 different trips
Manti
St. Louis
Mesquite
Pocatello
Salt Lake

So there was a bit of traveling last year... I love love love to travel. Hopefully there will be more of it this year... These are the places I plan to go this year.

St Louis- to see Trevor and Elise
Puerto Vallarta Mexico
California
Montana- to see Macy
Road trip to somewhere??? with my sisters

Cricut-- my new favorite toy

Today Brett took me to Roberts Craft- where we bought my new cricut machine. It was my Christmas/Anniverary present. We got a really good deal buying it all in a package set. I have wanted one of these since I started scrapbooking. The thing is amazing!! I played with it for a while and I just cant believe what it can do-- it will definetly change the way I scrapbook.
Brett is getting a new phone next week for his Christmas/ Anniversary present from me... A little late but worth the wait-- for both of us.

Nicklecade, New Years Eve and Yankee Snatch

On Tuesday, Brett and I and Alyssa and Kellen went over to Nickelcade. We had a lot of fun winning tickets to buy cool stuff.

New Years Eve we all decided to go ice skating. We were all having a fun time skating and then there was a group of boys that were about 8 or 10. They were skating with these orange cones and I decided that I was bored and so I wanted to steal a cone from one of the kids. My first two attemps failed and by the second time they knew what I was up to. The 3rd time I was successful. After that it turned into this war-- 5 little boys against the 4 of us and 4 cones. We totally kicked butt. Although I think we all ended up falling at least once-- I got my pants all wet. At one point we had all 4 cones. We declared ourselves the winners as we had to get off the ice so they could smooth it. We were all gathered and took a group picture. It ended up being a really fun time skating. Leave it to me to start a war with a group of complete stranger little boys in a public place. We named the game Yankee Snatch...:)

After that we went over to Nana's house to hang out for a while. Then we headed home to play some games into the New Year. It was a fun night.

3rd Anniversary

Today is mine and Brett's 3 year anniversary of our wedding. We slept in this morning and then braved a few stores with a few returns from Christmas. We bought a Super Nintendo from Savers yesterday and this afternoon we went and got the power cord and two controllers for it. That was our anniversary gift to each other. Brett took me to see Twilight again and then he took me to Red Lobster for dinner. After dinner we went to Provo to pick up 2 games for the super Nintendo-- Super Mario World and Donkey Kong Country- (both of our favorites from the past) All together we got the whole Super Nintendo system, cords. controllers and 2 games for $35.... what a deal! After we picked up the games we went to Coldstone for dessert and came home t0 play our new games. We had fun with each other today. He is by far my favorite person to spend time with because we have so much fun together. Im grateful to have him. I love you Honey!

Here are a few pictures from 3 years ago....