Brett and Mickenzie

Week 26

2012-01-22T17:46:00.000-08:00

I feel like I've been so busy lately but I know when baby girl comes I will think twice about that statement. I need to post pictures of her rooms and some sewing projects I've been working on. It's too cute not to share. Hopefully I will get better about blogging as a get larger and spend more time resting but for now I'm taking advantage of every ounce of energy I have.

Week 21 and Ultrasound

2011-12-24T17:36:00.000-08:00

This week marks 21 for me. I can't believe how fast time is going and that I'm more than half way done. I better get myself in gear and get all these projects done that are piling up. I have to say I love being pregnant. I don't love the back aches but I love seeing my tummy grow and baby girl moving it's the best. I feel so blessed to be carrying my little girl and can't wait to hold her in my arms.

We had another ultrasound at the first of the week because last time they didn't get to see a few things. It was short and sweet but they let us watch her move around for a little bit and it made my day. She was so much more active this time bouncing all over the place, using my bladder as a spring board, yawning, talking and moving her arms. I loved seeing her profile although it looks the same for pretty much every baby it's just amazing to see your baby and all her little features I can't believe she is ours and no one elses.

We got some cute video of her but this is the best part when she yawns

WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!!

2011-11-30T21:55:00.000-08:00

If you haven't heard yet we are having a baby and couldn't be more excited. Baby is scheduled to arrive April 29th.

This was our costume for halloween. It was so fun telling our family they went crazy. Brett's hat said Bun Maker.

Last week we had our ultrasound to see if it was a boy or girl. We asked the tech to not tell us but notify the lady we hired to bake a cake. The cake was either going to have pink or blue frosting on the inside. We had a our family over later that night and it was so exciting to cut the cake. AND ..... IT'S A GIRL!!!! We were really shocked because all along we figured it would be a boy because everyone is having boys. We felt that was confirmed when our baby had its legs crossed and the ultrasound tech found what it was so quickly. From the time of the ultrasound to the cake cutting I was 90% sure it was a boy so needless to say I was completely shocked.

We had technical difficulties so the video is pieced together but you get the idea

Untitled from Mickenzie Bringhurst on Vimeo.

You can tell I'm happy from the mile wide grin I have!

When I was 12 weeks my belly popped out so I took my first prego pic and started a journal. I meant to do them more often but my belly didn't really change until last week and I have a feeling it's going to get large soon.

Dusting off the camera

2011-11-20T16:46:00.000-08:00

Some of my friends asked that I do some picture for them this fall. I'm always a little hesitant because I'm my worst critic. Being around amazing photography I always seem to feel like I'm falling short. I know that there isn't any way to get better than to practice. So I had some lovely models to practice on.

Emily's Baby Shower

2011-10-30T16:01:00.000-07:00

I had the opportunity to throw my good friend Emily a baby shower for all her Pocatello friends. I couldn't have done without the help from our awesome friends. It was so much fun and I can't wait for her little guy to arrive.

To go along with the circus theme we did a photo booth and I love how they all turned out!

Bryce and Beki

2011-09-25T12:30:00.000-07:00

September was a very busy month for us with weddings. We had 4 weddings in three weeks a little crazy but awesome that I got to see my cousins so much! I love my dads family so much and wouldn't trade any of them for the world!

Bryce and Beki coming out look at how happy they are! (sorry for the amateur photos it was with a cell phone)

My amazing sisters (cousins) they have adopted me into the fam

All my dads siblings. How great it was to have them all at the temple. One of the best things about weddings.

Brenda, Shauna, Valerie, Lamar and Deloy (my dad)

My Grandpa Stuart's name was Albert and this is his sister Alberta haha! The most hilarious part was their mom didn't even know the names were similar and no they weren't twins. We call her Betty White haha! She is the cutest and sweetest old lady I want to be like her!

Surfing

2011-09-15T16:51:00.000-07:00

We finally got to try surfing and now I'm addicted. It's so much fun being able to carve into the wake without having to use a rope it's just you. It took me a couple times but I started to catch on. I can't wait to try it again and get better.

Haha don't mind my goofy grin I was excited!!!!

We spent all day out on the boat with lots of friends. The girls took a ride on the monster tube. I was having a hard time finding a spot to sit so I sat on the back which was ok until I landed on top of everyone haha!

Brett loved surfing! He didn't have as big of a wake that I did but he was getting the hang of it.

Discovery Flight

2011-09-13T15:11:00.000-07:00

My boss was so nice and gave me a gift certificate for a Discovery Flight at the AV center. One person gets to fly the plane and the other sits in the back. I wanted to let Brett do it because I knew it would be something that he would love. I was a little bummed at first that I wouldn't get to, but now that I've done it I'm glad Brett did it. I didn't understand how much control they would give you and that would totally freak me out. Brett loved it! He basically did everything but land the plane and adjusting the controls. Our pilot was so nice and made it a really fun experience. I would highly highly recommend doing it!

Brett decided to fly from the co-pilot seat which I was totally ok with, but they will let you fly from the pilot seat. So crazy for someone that has never done it before they assured me it was safe.

We spotted our house

Brett turning us around. Boy when your in a little plane basically sitting in the tail a small turn feels like your about to flip over.

My little tiny seat in the back

American Falls Reservoir. I couldn't believe how full the reservoir is the water extended way beyond the large body of water. It looked like a tropical marsh.

I have flown in big planes a lot but never get to see this perspective. I won't lie I was a little scared of landing in this tiny plane. When your approaching the strip it seems like you are going so fast but the pilot gave us a smooth landing.

It was such a blast I can't wait to do it again. Now Brett is bugging me about getting his pilot license like we have a need for it or something. I think we will stick to discovery flights for now.

Our life is crazy but we love it!

2011-09-11T14:43:00.000-07:00

Life has been so crazy lately and the poor blog is suffering. Brett worked all summer as an intern with the administration at PMC while working his regular job at PMC in the evening. He basically spent every day all day at the hospital. I heard very little complaining from him and he loved his internship. The crazy kid was even sad to stop doing it. The admirable thing about Brett is he loves helping people whether or not he is getting paid or there is something in it for him.

Brett was heavily involved with the Cancer Center grand opening and I was able to be there and see what great efforts he put in. Prior to the grand opening he sang the National Anthem at the home town heros event at the hospital. It was a very prestigious event attended by many well known people in Idaho including senator Crapo. You can watch the video below of Brett singing. It was a very busy and eventful day for sure!!

The marketing department took him to lunch last week to say thank you and coined him the best intern of the year. Every person I talked to raved about how much they love him and enjoyed having his help. I'm so very proud of him and all his hard work!

Brett is now back in school for his last semester yahoo!!! I thought things would slow down after school started but I think it's the opposite. We have had many weddings, and family trips that have kept us busy but fortunately we have been able to do most of it together.

We went boating the evening that there was a really big fire in Pocatello and it made for the craziest sunset. It was way too cold for me to get in but never to cold for Brett. If I haven't bragged about him enough I think he is pretty handsome too!!!

Josh Groban

2011-08-26T22:50:00.000-07:00

A long time ago my parents and their friends the Newsom's bought tickets to go to Josh Groban in SLC. It ended up that both husbands couldn't come so they decided to take the daughters. Ashley and I were more than happy to have our arms twisted into going. I wouldn't say that Josh Groban is my favorite artist that I would listen to every day but I will say that his music moves me like no other, and he has an amazing voice. I just may have been moved to tears during his concert, with the live orchestra and everything you feel the music so deep. I learned that he also has a great personality and is pretty funny. It was such an awesome weekend. I'm grateful to have such an amazing mom. I'm a fan of girls weekends!!!

After a day full of shopping we ate dinner at Macaroni Grill

We stopped at this cookie place I love at the gateway to get the most delicious choco chip cookies ever. Although you can't take food or drink in I did seem to hide this giant box of cookies along with my water and two cameras. If felt so naughty but it was exhilarating at the same time. We went as far as to scope out which guy was peering into the bags the least. REBELS!!

My awesome cute mom. Thanks mommy for taking me I love you!!!!

Mom, Me, Jackie and Ashley sweating to death waiting to be swooned by Josh

When we sat down we thought we had decent seats to the stage little did we know this stage was going to come out of the ground directly in front of us and we were on the 8th row. We all died a little inside when we first came out that close to us. We weren't expecting it at all. He did songs on his big stage up front and the one by us. It was purely amazing!!!!

Happy girls we all had such a great time!!! I would totally go again.

We stayed the night in SLC got to sleep in and drive home in our sweats you can't ask for more than that!

Birthday Breakfast

2011-08-21T22:57:00.000-07:00

I'm laughing at how many times we celebrated Brett's birthday. I love making excuses to spend more time with my cute husband. On the actual day of his birthday we went to breakfast and it was so delicious I'm not sure why we don't do it more! Brett got some golf passes for his birthday and he is becoming quiet the little golfer.

Cream cheese and strawberry crepes yes please!

Brett had cinnamon roll french toast. Holy delicious!

This is how good it was!

Chukars Baseball

2011-08-21T15:51:00.001-07:00

Our friends Curtis and Tymeron took us to a Chukars game on Wednesday which was another little birthday celebration because it was Curtis's b-day on Tuesday and Brett's on Thursday. Brett grew up with Curtis and I went to high school with him so it was a lot of fun getting together as couples. It was such a fun evening and just great to get out and do something different. I love the baseball atmosphere and it was so nice outside. Thanks Smith's for taking us to the game we loved it!

*** We had front row seats right behind home it was great!

**** Curtis with his free Samuel Adams cup that he had so many uses for

****** The night wasn't complete without some greasy fried food and ice cream

p.s. This post is a little slow because I dropped my beloved iphone in the toilet and it is no longer. I'm more devastated then I should be for an electronic device. It has taught me that I relay on my iphone for way too much but I know that isn't going to change. I'm waiting for the new iphone to come out which is rumored to be in a few weeks so I have a pay as you go phone in the meantime. There has been tears over this its been pretty traumatic. I'm holding strong because I hope the wait will be worth it.

The big 24!

2011-08-11T17:43:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to the best husband ever! Today is Bretts actual birthday but we had to celebrate it last Saturday because he is working all week. I can't believe that he is 24! It seems so old because I feel like we should be 20. I'm very proud of him and all he has accomplished at such a young age.

We decided this year we wouldn't do anything extravagant for our birthdays so instead we planned a day of fun. In the morning we took my parents boat out to the reservoir with our friends Scott and Courtney. It was fun as always and Brett did an excellent job handling the boat. I was worried my anxiety would ruin the fun but I wasn't even nervous.

In the evening we were going to watch a movie in the backyard on a big screen with our friends, but the weather didn't turn out so we are going to postpone that part. Instead we went out to dinner and Brett got to enjoy his favorite hot wings that I never let him have ;)

Baby Sloan all ready to go. He was so good on the boat!

Courtney and Sloan

I love watching Brett wake board because he is so happy

I'm a lucky girl to have such a sexy husband

Scott tearing it up on his 2nd time wake boarding

I love you Brett HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

24th of July

2011-08-09T17:56:00.000-07:00

The 3 couples in our neighborhood (aka. bengal view compound people) were put in charge of making our wards 24th of July float this year. I won't lie I grumbled through the whole process but now I realize that it wasn't that bad and it was worth the enjoyment that people got from it. Brett drove the float and the girls rode in the truck. We laughed so hard at how much the ward members on the float were enjoying themselves. It was so fun to hear people commenting on the float. We could hear little kids saying look it's a family tree. It was more rewarding than you can imagine to know people understood our float. We were all a little nervous. The best part is we didn't have to spend hardly any money. There weren't any guilty feelings when we threw it all away.

Emily and I trying to liven our dead "family tree" with tissue paper balls

Proof that the men did help we would have been in trouble without our handy men

I'm not sure why but Emily and I decided to race down the trailer which was on our sloped driveway in the office chairs. We have video of the entertaining race but I will spare you this time!

The theme was "faith of our fathers" so we did "who's in your family tree"

Cali drew us some seriously adorable pictures for our "family tree"

The women who made it all possible. So glad I have such great neighbors I love these girls!

Cousins!

2011-08-07T18:35:00.000-07:00

One thing I love about the summer is we go out on the boat a lot. I always take pictures even though its all the same because I'm grateful for every time we get to go out. I have to take pictures to say we were there and we did and we loved it!

My cousins from Boise came into town so we hit the reservoir. It was one of the best nights I've been out there the water was glass and we were the only ones there.

Bryce and Brett

My awesome dad, uncle Arch and Beki wake boarding

Me and my Aunt Shauna

Bryce and Beki they are so cute can't wait for the wedding!

Seriously look at how smooth that water is

Whoa this tube was ridiculous! So much fun! There was a lot of screaming that took place but most of it probably came from me.

Cute Babies

2011-08-03T21:49:00.000-07:00

Our friends Chase & Janessa that have moved to Nebraska came back into town and we were so excited to meet their little guy Nixon. Isn't he seriously so adorable and snugly. We wish they didn't live so far away and we could see them more often. I couldn't get enough of baby Nixon I didn't want to give him up!

The other cute baby is our abby girl! Sometimes we forget that she is a dog and not a baby or maybe she forgets. We never get tired of her snuggles and coos of content.

Picture Time

2011-07-31T23:07:00.000-07:00

On the last full day in Oregon we went to this awesome beach to take some family pictures. Unfortunately the day we chose it was extremely windy and raining. You would never guess by the pictures. We had to block ourselves from the wind behind the rocks so our hair wasn't going straight up and it took a few takes. We didn't really get the pictures that we wanted because of the we were cold, wet and wind blown, but we were able to snap a few good ones. For those twilight fans this is the "la push" beach they go to in the first movie and we saw surfers there too!

I love my family!

My Cute Parents

My dad's sister Shauna and her husband Arch (love them!)

My cousin Cami's oldest daughter Kiera she is so beautiful

My brother thought he was funny posing with my umbrella

My brother is such a handsome dude

I like taking pictures but what I like even more is making them look all pretty. I wouldn't consider myself a pro at all I have a long ways to go but I hope I get there someday!

Whew I'm finally done blogging about this awesome amazing trip! We really had so much fun and created great memories. I love traveling with family for the sole reason of making great memories and documenting those with photos. WE LOVE OREGON!!!

Astoria, Oregon

2011-07-25T19:49:00.000-07:00

On the fifth day we took a short trip up to Astoria to check out some cool locations. First we stopped at this shipwreck on the beach. Most of the ship in sunk into the sand so you can imagine how large it was. It run off course and ended up getting beached about 60 years ago. It made me feel a little like a pirate :)

Next we stopped at an old military fort that protected the columbia river in world war II. It was really interesting to see and a little creepy. We were the only ones there and it's a huge bunker that you can just get lost in.

After that we went to the place where Lewis and Clark had their winter camp. I'm not a big history person but I still thought it was cool to see. It seems so long ago and more like a story to me than something that actually happened. It was cool to stand in the place that Lewis and Clark lived, who really changed the world, changed our country forever.

We had to go climb the Astoria Column. It's this very tall column in Astoria that was built to commemorate the History. There are so many stairs that it made me very motion sick you just feel like your twirling in circles in a never ended staircase.

We had to take this picture because I have a picture just like this with my cousin bryce from the first time I visited when I was about 8. We are pretty hilarious I know :)

Us on top of the column. It was so crazy windy up there but the view was amazing. The bridge behind us goes to Washington.

We went and walked through this really old mansion. It was owned by a sea captain that would drive boats through the sandbar in the columbia during the 1800's. He was a huge influence in Astoria and pretty much ran the whole town. His house has since been donated to a historical society so we got to go through it. I love old stuff and seeing all their original furniture and belongings and picturing how things would have been. I would absolutely die to live in that house it was so cool.

My hubby is so cute I really love him!

In one of the little girls room they had old dresses that you could try on so I took an old picture of Kayla and Breanna

I've never actually seen Goonies but for those of you that have this is the goonies house. Brett was pretty excited. I'm pretty sure the purple trim is a new addition.

We stopped for a little break to check out this cool old cannery on the water.

Cruzin around town

2011-07-19T19:31:00.000-07:00

The fourth day we went for about a three mile jog on the beach it was awesome. Then we rented a Triple Surrey and cruised up and down the cute streets of Seaside. It was all pretty hilarious. I think we could have pedaled faster if we weren't laughing so hard. There was 10 of us and all so we had to stick Breanna the smallest up front in the basket. Most of the time I ended up stuck in the middle where you don't pedal but I really didn't mind :)

We were all screaming like this about 70% of the time

HAHAHAH! Nothing more needs to be said

After the Surrey adventure we walked through all the shops and loaded up on some salt water taffy. Oh boy let me tell you how obsessed I've become for fresh yummy salt water taffy. I could eat it until I'm sick oh wait I did.

Who cut the cheese??

2011-07-18T16:35:00.000-07:00

The third day in Oregon we took a little road trip down the coast. We stopped in Tillamook for some Tillamook cheese of course. They have a few viewing areas that you can watch them make the cheese it was pretty cool. Then we had to get some Tillamook ice cream they had so many flavors to choose from and definitely was the best ice cream I've had I want another so bad. I also really really love some fresh cheese curds I could take some more of those too.

I look a little scary and blurry but please look at this adorable baby ice cream cone sample

We stopped to see the Cape Meares Lighthouse and the Octopus tree. The drive was amazing totally looked like scenes right out of twilight.

We saw a few deer running through the trees here. So beautiful I can't get over it.

The Octopus Tree

Please see that I have my twilight umbrella in this twilight forest and we even listened to twilight music on the way back.

We then went to Lincoln city to do some shopping at the outlet mall and watch some glass blowing. I've never seen glass blowing it was pretty cool to watch I wish I knew how to do it but it takes tons of patients. Before we headed back we ate at the famous Mo's.

Oregon Coast Vacation

2011-07-17T14:46:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we got home from our amazing vacation in Seaside Oregon. We went with my family and my Aunt and Uncle with three of their granddaughters. I love my family they are the greatest we laughed the whole trip and enjoyed every second. I'm going to miss the laid back days and all the delicious food we ate. We took so many pictures in Oregon because it was so beautiful.

The first day we flew into Portland had lunch and did some damage at H&M I can't tell you how much I love that store. I hear we are getting on in Salt Lake and I can't wait. We made our way to Seaside to enjoy a yummy seafood dinner, do some grocery shopping and get settled in our condo.

The second day my aunt and uncle arrived with three of their grand daughters so we headed to the beach for a day of kite flying, ate a delicious dinner and made a fire on the beach.

First day on the beach he is such a hunk I love him :)

My parents stole my camera and took a self portrait. I love my dad because he always keeps me laughing!

Brett really was struggling getting one of the kites to fly and I thought it was so cute watching him run up and down the beach trying his hardest.

Haha this really just makes me laugh! AJ was running as I was about to fall off and my Dad was chasing us with his kite

Seriously can my little baby brother be big enough to give me a piggyback ride?

My Dads goal was to whip my in the face with his kite tails as much as possible

I couldn't believe how high Brett got his kite you could hardly see it

We made a fire on the beach I absolutely loved it. Although it's simple I've always dreamed of sitting around a fire on the beach. The weather was perfect with a light jacket and there is nothing like laying on the beach at dark listening to the waves crash.

I love my mom it was so fun having her there because we are the same in so many ways we always share a meal, we cuddle together when we are cold and she is the most honest person when shopping.

They are so cute I just love them

I love making s'mores but it was even better in the sand. I didn't have to get dirty and I could lay there while making them or maybe it's just because the beach makes me happy!

4th of July 2011

2011-07-16T22:07:00.000-07:00

On the 4th we went out to American Falls to get some boating in before the evening festivities. It ended up being such a warm nice day.

Daisy and Abby so cute!

I really can't believed that I agreed to ride on the tube with my brother he is a little rough. This was towards the beginning when I was still smiling.

My parents always do a big party with their neighbors and friends so we went over there to BBQ and watch the fireworks

My cute cousin Joanna and her husband Albert and their little boy Tommy

I love this country that I am so blessed to live in. I am ever so grateful for my freedom and know that it doesn't come free. God Bless America!

Summer Porch

2011-07-15T20:51:00.000-07:00

I think this is probably the first crafty project I've done in a long while. I found a branchy wreath that had ugly ivy on it at DI. I pealed off all the hot glued ivy and made some summery fabric flowers. I followed some flower tutorial but now I can't remember where that blog was (it was before my pinterest days :) I'm horrible at keeping flowers alive but decided to brighten up the porch with some anyways. I'm happy to report that after a month 70% of it is still alive we will see how long it can last.

He came home!

2011-07-14T21:31:00.000-07:00

My cousin Bryce came home from his mission in South Africa last month. I was so excited to see him, hear about his mission and see pictures from his African safari. Brett and I spent a couple days in Boise for his homecoming. It was great as always to see all the family

Us two years ago and his farewell. I'm impressed at how close we got the two picture without really remembering what they looked like.

Summer Fun

2011-07-12T09:17:00.000-07:00

We have been blessed with some lovely sunny weather and have taken every opportunity to go out on the boat with my family. I realize that our abby is in every picture but one but she is just so stinkin cute on the boat. She is so good every time we go out we just love her.

Abby stood in the position forever while brett was wake boarding. She loves the wind in her face

Abby isn't a fan of swimming but we think the fact that her life jacket is too small and choking her may add to that.

Sleepy girls

Summer Bunco Party

2011-07-11T18:05:00.000-07:00

It was my turn again to host bunco and since we are all itching for summer we did a summer theme and had a spread of some very delicious summer food. The prizes consisted of an assortment of earrings from fuego and shades from forever 21. It was a blast as always I love these girls.

The winners looking fab!

So EXCITED!!!

2011-07-10T10:01:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited because I'm headed here.... The Oregon Coast

For a lovely week long vacation!! I seriously can't wait for this fun to begin. I've got to get caught up on my blogging so I can share our fun adventures. P.S. free wifi in airports makes me happy :)

Where I've been

2011-07-06T11:48:00.000-07:00

I've been absent from the blogging world because I've been over here Pinterest . Pinterest is a place where people post and collect things they think are interesting. I'm slightly addicted to Pinterest for many reasons. I'm not big on playing games on my phone so when I'm bored I browse Facebook but that is kinda boring to me too and Pinterest is the perfect solution. I'm totally entertained by everyone else's genius ideas and pretty pictures. To some people this probably doesn't sound very entertaining but these are the reasons I love it!

1. I can collect everything I love in one spot

2. I've found many delicious recipes

3. I'm creating my dream house

4. I feel like I'm shopping for clothes without having to buy anything

5. I can create a wish list of things I want for you know when people just feel like buying me stuff :)

6. There are so many crazy innovative ideas I wouldn't have thought of

7. I can create a list of all the DIY projects I've found blogging that I want to do

8. In my blog stocking I always see stuff I love and then can't remember where to find it again now problem solved

9. I get to follow friends and see all the stuff they love

10. I feel like it's an outlet to discover who I am and everything I love. I don't know how to explain my style all the time but I know when I see it!

Here are some of my favorite findings

You write a message each day with a dry erase marker

I'm totally going to make this we don't tell each other enough what we love

This is exactly what my children will wear ;)

There are so many cute nursery and kid room ideas

Loving this rug

I seriously love everything about this little boy room

Some snapshots of my dream house

Delicious s'more cookie bars

Simple but a great idea

Isn't it genius to have the last two stairs be drawers to store shoes. I love!

I love this outfit

If you want to learn more about any of these pictures you can find the link my going to my pinterest page and clicking on the picture.

Memorial Day

2011-06-02T20:39:00.000-07:00

Every year I go to the cemetery with my parents to clean the graves and take flowers. I'm grateful for my parents example and how diligent they are. My mom's mom is buried in Preston and my mom even drove up by herself to take flowers. When my dad cleans the graves he cleans them alright. I know he doesn't have to go to the extent he does, but it's a great example to me.

I never got the chance to know either of my grandmas but I did know my Grandpa Stuart very well and I miss him so dearly. It will be 10 years this year since he passed and it hasn't gotten any easier. I occasionally think about him and it makes me emotional. Being the only child for 12 years of my life it was always just me and my grandpa. When he would babysit me we would go on date nights. He is the kindest man I've ever met and I'm excited for the day I get to reunite with him.

My Grandpa would dress up as Santa Clause and one year my dad had him come over so he could take some pictures of us in the photo studio that was in our house. I screamed like I was being killed when he came because I didn't know it was him. In order to make me cooperate he had to show me it was "Papa Clause" and that he was Santa's helper. This picture is so precious to me. I loved my grandpa so much!

I'm also grateful for those that made the ultimate sacrifice for my freedom. We live in a wonderful country and my heart goes out to all the men, and women that serve in the armed forces.

A WICKED WEEKEND!!!

2011-05-31T19:18:00.000-07:00

When I heard the broadway play Wicked was coming to Boise there was no question I had to go. The shows were right around our anniversary and last year I took brett to the Jazz playoff game so he thought it was only fair to take me to Wicked this year. Our friends the Panniers also wanted to go so we bought tickets together and made a weekend out of it.

We left Friday afternoon and the first stop was Cheesecake factory for an early dinner. I can't believe this but Brett and I had never ate there, and boy were we missing out. It was ridiculously delish!

We did a little shopping at TJ Maxx home and as you can see the boys enjoyed themselves.

Saturday morning we took the boys golfing. Hard to believe but they preferred that to shopping.

While the boys were golfing Emily and I checked out Idaho's Largest Garage Sale. This picture only shows a small portion of all that was there. It was like tons of peoples individual garage sale all put together at one place.

I scored this really cool mirror for $30 and a brand new golf bag still in the plastic for $20

We went back to the hotel for a little snooze and then we went to dinner at another delicious restaurant On the Border. After dinner we went to the mall for a while.

Brett found himself in this ridiculous massaging chair. I'm not sure how it could possibly be massaging one more inch of his body.

Haha what can I say!

After the mall extravaganza we went and for frozen yogurt. We are all fans of frozen yogurt it was so good!

Sunday afternoon we went to P.F. Chang's for lunch. We certainly ate good this trip it's making me crave all this wonderful food.

After lunch we went to the play what we had waited for all weekend. There aren't words to describe how amazing it was. I can't stop singing along to the soundtrack. It is my favorite broadway play by a milestone. Even the boys loved it. The play went by so fast we were all glued to every scene. The boys spoiled us with 2nd row seats right in the middle. We couldn't have had better seats. It is such a funny play and it was so fun to be able to see the actors facial expressions.

Alan, Emily and Baby P

Thanks to my hubby and amazing friends for such an awesome weekend. It was a perfect way to celebrate three wonderful years.

It's a sad day!!

2011-05-26T22:25:00.000-07:00

I feel as though I am in mourning for my dear Oprah Show. I feel like a family member has passed away. I know she is still going to be around but it's not the same lets be honest here. I totally agree I tend to exaggerate, but this post is completely honest. The Oprah show has changed my life in so many ways. I'm a religious watcher; it's part of my week and has been since I was about 16. I want to burst into tears anytime I think about never having that again.

I've cried watching the last week of shows. I felt the lessons and stories deeper than ever before because I knew it was ending. I've watched the last show three times now because I want to soak it in. I think I've been in denial since they announced it would be the last season and I finally let it hit me Wednesday. I want to cry just thinking about it. I'm glad I was watching the show by myself I was super emotional lets just say it was beyond the ugly cry.

The Oprah Show has:

Inspired me to serve others

Taught me how to eat healthy

Taught me the importance of a healthy body

Inspired me to be a dog lover

Taught me about the world

Increased my faith

Inspired me to reach my whole potential

Inspired me to get my bachelors

Gave me empathy

Made me laugh

Made me cry

Taught me how to be a more loving and patient person

Taught me to live life to its fullest

I could go on and on about all the things the Oprah show has taught me. Besides the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints there is no other single things that has influenced me like the Oprah show.

I love being inspired and striving to do better. I know that there are so many other things that can inspire me, but unfortunately it won't be waiting on my DVR every day when I get home from work.

If you didn't see the final show these are a few of my favorite parts

"Don't wait for anybody to fix you, save you, complete you.”

Know what sparks the light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.

Each of you have your own platform… mine is this stage, yours is wherever you are. ….. The power is the same. Not everyone gets paid for it but everyone has the call. Start embracing the life that is calling you and use your life to serve the world.

You are responsible for the energy you create for yourself and you are responsible for the energy you bring to others.

There is a difference between thinking you deserve to be happy and knowing you are worthy of happiness. We block our own blessings because we don’t think we are worthy to live the life we were created for. You are worthy because you were born and because you are here. You alone are enough.

To God be the Glory

3 Years of Marriage

2011-05-26T12:32:00.000-07:00

I really can't believe that I've been married for three years. That seems like a really long time. I know it's not that long, but I feel like I was just married last year. We have had our fair share of ups and downs, but it makes the ups that much better! I think of how far we have come and none of that would have happened without a few fights and life lessons learned. I'm so grateful for Brett and his unconditional love. He is my main man and so much more than I ever dreamed. Our relationship has never been stronger it makes me so excited for the future if we are only at year 3 now.

Brett sent me flowers at work on Friday. For our anniversary and we just laid around the house and then went to dinner. Nothing too exciting but I kinda like that sometimes too. We considered our actual anniversary present our WICKED trip to Boise (more on that to come).

THE HISTORY TO OUR HAPPILY EVER AFTER

Our love was destiny. I'm pretty sure we played kiss tag in preschool

Our first date to Brett's Senior Prom

This picture cracks me up because we didn't really know each other and we look like babies. If I only knew I would marry this stranger next to me.

I love being married it is the greatest. I am so in love with this cute guy!

Baseball Season

2011-05-24T20:43:00.000-07:00

I have tried to make it to all my brothers baseball games this season. I love watching him play, he has gotten to be quite the pitcher. Abby loves to go with me and she just sits on the bleachers wrapped up in my blanket. I'm hoping we will have some games soon without having to be wrapped up in a blanket.

Summer Secrets

2011-05-22T21:38:00.000-07:00

I love working with a bunch of women because I learn about beauty products that change my life! Because I'm so nice I will share because they may just change your life as well.

Victoria's Secret Bronzer (limited-edition) is amazing. Since I'm pretty much albino I've tried lots of bronzers for that summer glow and this one is my fav. Due to the fact it is limited edition a bunch of girls and myself made an online order to stock up before they don't have them anymore and since then I've bought two more. When I received them in the mail Brett was a little worried about what I just bought. I had to assure him they weren't all for me :)

Who doesn't want this summer hair?

This product I am a little obsessed about maybe too obsessed. It's Bain de terre all about curls 2-1 curl refresher and it is seriously magic. I little history about my hair, I can never go all nat-ur-al because my hair is nasty when it air dries. My hair very straight but then the ends flip out in all crazy directions. I've always longed for beachy wavy hair but no egg whites or gel could do it for me. My boss told me I had to try this curl refresher I was extremely skeptical because I had no curl to refresh. I'm telling you I sprits it on my towel dried hair scrunch and I've got wavy/curly hair. It's pretty insane I'm not sure how it does it but it does alright. I love it because depending on the amount I use I can make it loose waves or more defined curls. It's really going to be hard for me to do my hair straight because wavy is so much easier. You may get sick of it or like it better straight but I don't care this summer it's beachy hair!

My mom has the whole setup to do shellac nails and I'm oh so loving it! My nails are difficult because of some skin irritations I have and the shellac smoothes out all the ridges. I'm really hard on my nails because I scratch myself to death in my sleep, so regular polish lasts me a day if that. I love painted nails so this is the perfect solution.

I'm ready for summer where is the SUN SHINE!!!!

SPIDERS!!!

2011-04-20T11:30:00.000-07:00

Last night went something like this. I went to bed while Brett was working on homework and Abby was so tired she gladly came upstairs with me and fell hard asleep at the foot of the bed. I left my scentsy wall burner on so there was a little light coming from it. I was asleep for about 20 minuets when I woke up screaming at the top of my lungs. It was so traumatic for me that I can't even really remember what I was screaming. I know I was yelling help so Brett would get up there. He opens the door to still find Abby hard asleep on the bed like nothing happened. The comforter was stripped of the bed and I was standing by the wall shaking and still screaming. Brett was terrified that something horribly was wrong and kept asking me what? what happened? It was hard for me to tell him because strangely enough I hardly knew myself. All I knew was that there was a very large spider looking like the picture below crawling towards my face. I was very certain of it and persistent that he look everywhere possible in the room. He was eager to finish his homework and get to bed so I really had to convince him he needed to look everywhere. He tried to tell me I probably dreamed it but I wasn't taking any chances so I told him it was real and I saw it his reply was "hunny I'm sure you saw it but it's gone now just go to bed". If you knew how deathly afraid of spiders I am you would understand what a traumatic experience that was.

I'm pretty sure even with the scentsy light on I wouldn't have seen the spider in the dark plus I was sleeping. Haha! Now that I'm awake evaluating the situation I'm thinking it was a dream. I'm so silly even at the age of 23 I wake up screaming in the night and need someone to console me. I'm a bad sleep talker and I have very real dreams about half the time maybe that is why I never feel rested.

After all this I realized how sweet my husband is and instead of making fun of me and telling me to go back to bed it was nothing, he tried to validate what I saw and helped me get back to bed even though he was certain I was dreaming. Poor guy he was probably thinking he had the craziest wife ever. Hopefully I will have no more dreams about spiders it is not helping me get over my phobia!!!

Life is GREAT!!

2011-04-09T23:15:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was such a wonderful spiritual weekend for us. We had the wonderful opportunity of going to Logan to attend the temple with Brett's bother who was taking out his endowments. For those of those that don't know what that means read this:

“The ordinances of the endowment embody certain obligations on the part of the individual, such as covenant and promise to observe the law of strict virtue and chastity, to be charitable, benevolent, tolerant and pure; to devote both talent and material means to the spread of truth and the uplifting of the race; to maintain devotion to the cause of truth; and to seek in every way to contribute to the great preparation that the earth may be made ready to receive her King,—the Lord Jesus Christ. With the taking of each covenant and the assuming of each obligation a promised blessing is pronounced, contingent upon the faithful observance of the conditions.” (The House of the Lord, [Bookcraft, 1962], p. 100.)

To receive the temple endowment is to receive the riches of eternity—the knowledge, the power, the keys to unlock the door to the treasures of heaven. To receive the endowment is to receive a course of instruction together with all the keys, powers, and ordinances ordained and revealed by God to prepare his children for eternal life.

I know with all my heart that the Temple is the House of God and he seeks all to come. It was such a special experience to be there in the temple with my in-laws. I have a testimony of eternal life and the feeling I experience when I'm in the temple with my family is like none other. To me the best part about the temple is the closeness I feel to my Savior Jesus Christ. The spirit I felt that night was so special. I look forward to the day when Erica and Nick can attend the temple with us. I love my in-laws and I'm grateful for them and their testimony.

Andrew took out his endowments in preparation for his mission to Rome, Italy. Just thinking of this makes me tear up again because I know he is going to touch so many lives. The LDS church is building a temple in Rome and is scheduled to be completed while Andrew is serving his mission. When a new temple is built the gospel flourishes in that area. I know Andrew is being called to Rome to prepare the people for such a wonderful blessing in their historic city. Andrew is also fluent in Italian and Brett's dad served his mission in Italy too, so it is something we are all excited about.

The other wonderful part about the weekend was General Conference. We get the opportunity to listen to the general authorities of the church twice a year. Many times I take it for granted but the temple helped prepare me this time to intently listen and pray for answers. We are so blessed to be able to hear this guidance and council from church leaders in a world filled with uncertainty and turmoil. I truly believe that the living prophets today are delivering the word of God. I am eternally grateful for such a knowledge in my life and all the many blessings it brings. I feel a new sense of focus in life and a love for my family that has uplifted my spirit and made me smile!

Grandma Marjorie Higgins Farnes

2011-04-03T11:23:00.000-07:00

Family is so important to me and this post is for my children and my children's children to know where they came from and what an amazing great grandmother they have.

Brett's Grandma passed away on March 9th shortly after her 79th birthday. She was an amazing woman I learned so much from her. Grandma had polio at a young age and consequently suffered from health problems the rest of her life. She was told no many times in her life, but was a stubborn lady and never let that stop her. Despite others opinions she became a registered nurse, had 6 children and accomplished many other things. Since I've known her she has lived with a large amount of pain, but I honestly never heard her complain once. She was so strong and determined I hope I can exemplify those same qualities.

Grandma's funeral was harder that I thought it would be. In her last couple weeks she became very ill and we felt peace at her passing but despite that the funeral was still very emotional. It was hard to say goodbye to such an amazing person that touched so many lives. It was hard for me to see my husband and his family mourn for someone they loved so dearly. I'm grateful of the knowledge of forever families and that we will see her again. Many times Brett has expressed to me how grateful he is that is grandma was able to be in the temple with us when we were sealed. Brett was the first grandchild to be sealed in the temple and I know that was so important to her.

BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH-Our loving mother, grandmother, and sister Marjorie Higgins Farnes was called home in the early morning hours of March 9, 2011 in Brigham City, Utah.

Marjorie was born March 1, 1932 in Pocatello, Idaho to Lester and Emma Briggs Tolman Higgins. As a teenager she overcame significant physical challenges, due to polio. She graduated from Pocatello High School in 1950 and began her nurses’ training at the LDS Hospital in Idaho Falls. Marjorie completed her BS degree in nursing at the University of Utah in 1956. Marjorie worked for over 45 years as an OB/GYN nurse and house supervisor at Bannock Regional Medical Center.

On April 13, 1957, Marjorie was married to Farrell Duane Farnes in Pocatello. Their marriage was later solemnized on November 21, 1957 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. To this union 6 children were born; David, Mark, Ann, Karen, Jenny, and Becky. She enjoyed quilting, playing cards, Chinese checkers, and reading. Ice cream, genealogy, and family gatherings were her very favorites.

Marjorie was an active member of the Church of Jesus of Latter-Day Saints. As a young woman she taught herself to play piano and organ and played for many church services and funerals. She served faithfully in several positions including Relief Society President (twice) and gospel doctrine teacher.

Our mom was a kind, compassionate, and loving lady. She cared deeply for her family, friends, and co-workers never turning away someone in need.

Marjorie is survived by her Sons, David (Candice) Farnes, Brigham City, UT., Mark (Karen) Farnes, Chubbuck, ID., Daughters, Ann (Mike) Bringhurst, Karen (Tom) Wright, Jenny (Randy) Saint-Vincent, all of Pocatello, ID., Becky (Ted) Corrington , Chubbuck, Id., step-daughter Margaret (Bob) Goff, Gardner, MT. Also surviving are her siblings, Barbara Jones, Dale (Darlene) Higgins, Gail (Ed) Reese, Harold (Diana) Higgins, and Nancy (Tom) Huls. She is also survived by 32 grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband Duane and her parents.

Services for Marjorie will be held on Monday, March 14, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at the LDS Alameda 2nd Ward Chapel located at the corner of Jefferson and Walnut. Visitation will be held at Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 South 4th Avenue from 6-8 P.M. Sunday and at the church one hour prior to services. Burial will follow in the Mountain View Cemetery.

Brett had such a special bond with his grandma. Grandma did not like her photo taken and rarely showed her big grin we all candidly saw. We both treasure this picture from our wedding because Brett had a way of making her laugh and this pictures shows the true humorous grandma she was.

Brett and I at the viewing

Grandma had many fun things to inherit and remember her by. The Bringhursts got these two awesome jumpers. My thought is what a fashionable lady.

I got to try on her wedding dress which was so special. I couldn't believe I was wearing something so old that she wore on her wedding day. I thought the dress was so beautiful the picture doesn't do justice. I couldn't believe how modern something so old was.

Brett and I inherited these little beauties. Grandma collected salt and pepper shakers from the time she was married. There are some really cool and unique salt and pepper shakers in her collection is was very cool to go through them.

We also got some tomato shakers that look so cute in our red kitchen

I got this beautiful lace handkerchief. I'm slightly obsessed with vintage lace.

Brett got this monogramed handkerchief that was his grandpas

It's not the things that mean so much to us but the memories behind them. Grandma Farnes was a great example to us all and she will be missed.

My winter love

2011-03-27T20:46:00.000-07:00

I love skiing more than I can explain. I love it because it is something I get to do with my family and I have so many great memories doing it. Some not so good memories like breaking my femur and blowing out my knee but it just makes me even more grateful my body can still do it. The earliest memories I have is probably about five years old when we would go to Sun Valley. My cousin Bryce and I were the best ski buddies we would ski together all day and just bomb it down the hill doing pizza the entire time. I also remember a time at Sun Valley with my cousin Jessica which is 3 years older and she took me down the face of the mountain. That was a little daunting for my edgy wedgey pizza skills so I sat down and cried until my uncle came and found me. He put me on his shoulders and skied down. If you know how dramatic I am I'm sure I thought I would die until my Uncle Lamar showed up and saved the day.

I'm so happy that Brett is gaining the same love for it that I have so we can have little baby ski bunnies some day. I wouldn't love it as much if I didn't get to share it with the best husband ever. This year he decided to try out snowboarding instead of skiing and he LOVES it! I've been surprised how quickly he is picking it up. After only going twice he went to the top of the mountain with me. I'm so happy and proud of him he is such a good sport. Every time we went my parents and I got worn out before 4pm but Brett and AJ kept going until the last run.

My brother AJ has gotten so good at snowboarding I can't believe it. He is way better at his age than I was soon he will be able to out run me.

Skiing at Snowbasin during spring break

Earlier in the year my good friend Cali invited me to go night skiing with her. It was so much fun we cruised down the runs and were able to get like 13 runs in just a couple hours. It was fun watching Cali do the jumps she has legit skills. When I went over the jumps I would just scream and then think why did I do that lol!

Goodbye Skiing see you next year!!

Valentines Day

2011-03-10T18:46:00.000-08:00

For valentines this year the girls got together and planned a fun surprise for the boys including a scavenger hunt dinner, games and ice cream!! It was such a blast I cherish the fun memories we have made with our wonderful friends! It may not have been the boys choice of entertainment but they were good sports about it and went a long with the surprise.

The first clue was to McKees Pet Store

We tied the next clue to the puppy and that took them to Coldstone

Then they went to Foot Locker

Next to Golds Gym

Winco to the gummy bear bin :)

The last stop was Ruby Tuesday. The girls were there waiting and I think the guys were glad to be done with the scavenger hunt

Then we went to Hubbards to play minute to win it!!

The first game was "Hows it Hanging" Where you have to swing the banana to knock two oranges into the hula hoop. I failed at this one but it was pretty hilarious to watch everyone attempt.

We also played "Junk in the Trunk". This one was way too easy because the only balls I could find were a little heavy so Charish took on the challenge to strap a box to the front and back.

We played " The Chocolate Unicorn" and I think I have the perfect forehead to do this type of thing lol! I owned this one despite the non-believers

This game was so hard you had to get the gumball to fall into a designated spot on the racquet. No one was successful but Emily had some pretty impressive skills.

We thought the staircase would be so perfect for a cheesy family photo and well I'm not sure what Clayton is doing haha!

After games we went back to Coldstone for some yummy ice cream. I'm so grateful for my Valentine I hope he knows how much I love and appreciate him.

Thriftiness Part 2

2011-03-07T21:26:00.000-08:00

I love having date nights with my hubby even if it's just watching a movie at home. In our first tiny apartment we would take all the cushions off the couch and make a bed for our movie night. This time we upgraded to our air mattress. To continue our thriftiness we went to red box to get a movie and as Brett was standing in line he saw a guy using a coupon code he used the same one a scored us a free movie. I know it's just a dollar but there is something exhilarating from getting something free.

We took some pictures with my computer and they make me laugh we didn't realize it was taking more than one

And we love our cute baby

Thriftiness

2011-03-05T20:49:00.000-08:00

I wouldn't call myself thrifty but today was a whole different story. When we woke up today Brett and I laid out a new budget to get all our debt paid off. After that we were feeling the pinch but still wanted to go out and do stuff. We dug out all of our gift cards we had and figured out how much was on them. I was surprised but how many gift cards we had. We went to Wal-Mart to get supplies for a craft project I'm working on and of course used a gift card. We then went to JCP to get a few things for Brett and used up one of two JCP cards. We then went to Maurices and I bought some jewelry with a punch card I had filled up. Then we went to Pier 49 for a free meal of an appetizer and pizza from a coupon card. We were going to go to Chilis for free dessert but were too full and tired. I love feeling thrifty I am setting a new goal to spend less and save more!!

Its been a while

2011-03-03T18:11:00.000-08:00

Its been a while I know. Life has been so busy, but a good kind of busy. I'm back to blogging for now with a fresh new look. Brett is cruzing through his 2nd to last semester and I'm still loving my job. It's been a little nuts at work lately because we are doing an overhaul on the restaurant more about that to come. Nothing too exciting beside our normal daily life but we do have some great friends and have done some super fun things that I need to blog about so here I go.

Us friends got together for some Superbowl fun. I love a reason to gather and chat with the girls. You can't have Superbowl without the food so of course we had lots of calorie packed food and it was delicious. The girls didn't watch really any of the game but we had a good time chatting and laughing as always.

Charish, Hawkins, Me, Janessa, Cali and Emily

Clayton, Spencer, Alan, Chase and Brett

Brett loves babies and we usually have to fight over who gets to hold them. He was loving holding cute baby Hawkins.

Is it really 2011?

2011-01-05T22:24:00.000-08:00

I totally can't believe that it is 2011 I remember year 2000 like it was yesterday crazy that it was actually 11 years ago. We had a very fun New Years with our friends the Hubbards and Wards! The Hubbards just bought a "big people house" is what I call it so of course the party was at their house.

I love my husband he makes me smile

Party hats and all

This was suppose to be our "Midnight Kiss" but apparently it was more funny to me than romantic

The Wards

Love these girls

This is how every photo goes with them Clayton acts innocent, Spencer is a gangster and Brett is usually laughing at them. It's classic :)

The cutest momma ever and baby Hawkins!

He is so cute I want to steal him

Wards brought Just Dance 2 for the Wii and it was a blast. Brett and I did a duet to Sway with me and I was a little shocked because my husband can dance he almost beat me and that wouldn't have been ok.

The wards dancing a duet to Hot Stuff haha! I wish I had a picture of the pelvic action that took place

The boys dancing to Tik Tok Priceless!

Hubbard Family minus Charlie

A little bubbly to ring in the new year. We tried to be cool and drink non-alcoholic wine but I don't think I'm a fan.

I'm so excited to see what 2011 holds for the Bringhursts!!

Home for the Holidays

2011-01-03T21:49:00.000-08:00

Work was a little crazy from November to the end of December therefore we didn't do anything too exciting so the blog has been lacking. I'm sad to say I don't even have fun Christmas pictures but the house did get decorated. I love decorating for Christmas it totally puts me in the spirit of giving and thinking about the reason we celebrate it all the birth of my Saviour Jesus Christ. We had a wonderful Christmas it was nice to have finally have almost 24 hours together. We have the best family and feel so incredibly blessed.

This was the first year we actually got to decorate together so Brett did the liberty of placing the tree topper for us

This year we finally got stocking holders

We got new decor for our porch and I'm in love with that little christmas owl

The day after we put it out our neighbor texted us and said your hooters out front are huge hahaha! It made me laugh!

She's a Witch

2010-12-15T21:19:00.000-08:00

I know this is way late but I guess better late than never. Abby was a witch for halloween this year. I never thought I would dress up my dog but she is just too cute and I adore her. I went with my mom and her friend Jackie to a doggy halloween party. Who knew they even had things like this. It was pretty comical there are some crazy dog people out there at least I didn't dress up with my dog.

Abby the Witch, Zoey the Gladiator, and Daisy the Lady Bug

Abby with her prizes because she is so adorable

Abby recently got a hair cut she is basically naked but still really cute I will post pics soon

Little miss photographer

2010-11-24T21:32:00.000-08:00

I recently shocked myself because I got behind a camera. For those of you that don't know my Dad has a photography business and has been taking pictures my whole life. He has had a studio off an on growing up and has always done the high school and other sport pictures. I worked at his studio for almost two years and the photographer that worked for him was so talented. I learned so much from her. I'm very critical of photography and was always to scared to get behind a camera because I just knew I wouldn't like how they turned out basically I was afraid of falling.

My cousin really wanted me to do her senior pictures so I thought ok fine I will try. I'm so glad I did because I realized I actually can take a decent photo. Now please understand that I know I'm not the best photographer nor will I pretend to be but it's a work in progress. I was asked to do another senior and I had a lot of fun shooting it. I hope I will have the opportunity to do more because it's a good creative release for me and the extra money also is a plus.

Ali

Braxton

Bunco Time!!

2010-11-23T18:07:00.000-08:00

It was Bunco time again and I had it at my house this time. It was a week before Halloween so we did halloween treats and prizes. Janessa's family owns Real Deals so she helped me get the cutest halloween decor prizes. It's so fun to get together with these ladies every month.

Krista, Paige, Emily, Charish, Neely, Janessa, Lindsay

Kyrsten, Kambree and Me

High School Memories

2010-11-22T17:59:00.000-08:00

I can't tell you how much I love these girls. We were such good friends in high school and since then haven't seen each other a lot. We all have busy lives but we managed to find an evening for dinner and I'm so glad we did. I hope we will be seeing a lot more of each other in the future.

Kaylee, Me, and Kambree

Did I do that?

2010-11-21T21:56:00.000-08:00

Beware this is what happens when you put a plastic spoon into a spinning blender :)

Heber Trip

2010-11-20T16:33:00.000-08:00

Last month we took a trip to Heber, UT with our friends and stayed that this house that was incredible. Our friends the Panniers have some various generous friends that let us stay at their vacation home. It was fun to get away enjoy some new scenery, good shopping and yummy food. We always have so much fun with our friends and they are still our friends despite our imperfections.

Friday night we ate a delicious dinner and played games. I'm pretty sure we all laughed until we felt sick. I'm definitely in love with this couch.

Cali, Charish, Emily, Janessa, Me

Saturday morning the girls headed out for lots of outlet mall shopping in Park City.

In the afternoon Charish and I went to the Thriller Dance show by Odyssey. It was amazing I'm so glad we went it was even better than the first time I saw them and we had great seats.

While Charish and I were at the show everyone else went to the Alpine Slides

Hubbards, Funks, Bringhursts, Panniers, and Wards

Sunday we lounged around and decided to go take a walk for some exercise. We drove way up into the mountains to Cascade Springs. It was really pretty and the weather was so nice.

Cali, Me, Janessa, Emily, and Charish

The walk was so pretty all the leaves were changing it's definitely my favorite time of year.

Monday morning the guys went golfing and the girls did a little more shopping then we headed home. Park City is one of my favorite places we had such a good time and I enjoyed shopping a little too much :)

My Dream Job

2010-11-18T15:53:00.000-08:00

A couple days before my birthday I heard the best news ever. I got a new job, a permanent one at that. All summer long I looked for a job and had no luck. I was either under qualified or over qualified or it was just a job I didn't really want. I got so frustrated because I worked so hard for my degree to find out there aren't any jobs that apply to marketing available and that I would probably end up making $10 an hour. I had hoped the reason I wasn't finding a job was because the right job hadn't come yet. I had been out of work for a couple of weeks and things we were starting to get financially stressed when I landed my dream job.

I am the new Catering Manager at Holiday Inn. This job fits me in so many ways I know it was meant to be. The Holiday Inn has multiple events everyday in their meeting rooms. Our events can be as large as 300 people for a banquet. Until I had this job I didn't realize how much work it takes behind the scenes to pull off large events like that. My job is to put together all the details for all the events and provide instruction to all the kitchen staff that prepare the food and all the banquet staff that makes the event happen. I'm also in charge of selling the meeting rooms so I do a lot of networking in the community.

Previous to this job I would have said my dream job would be to be in charge of all marketing for a large company but this job has changed my mind. I love everything about the job and there is honestly nothing I don't like therefore I would call this my dream job. Every morning I'm excited to go to work and when 5 rolls around I can't believe the day is already over. Multiple times throughout the day I am thankful for opportunity I have to do this job I will never take it for granted.

One of the best parts about this job is the people I work with. Surprisingly all the management is very young and they are really fun people. It is a very positive environment and everyones job is appreciated and valued.

We all needed new head shots for our website so we went to my dads office one afternoon and while we were there we took a group picture. It really isn't a good picture it doesn't do justice for how beautiful these girls are.

The Sales Girls

Shayna (Sales Manager), Tenae (Director of Sales and Marketing), Me,

Cristie (Sales Manager)

My new mug shot

Extreme Favorites

2010-11-17T21:03:00.000-08:00

I hope you all watched Extreme Makeover Home Edition!!! I thought it was so fun to see Pocatello on TV and I'm so happy for this family. The day after the reveal my dads office was asked to do photos for them and I of course went as an assistant. Jerry did such a great job on the photos he really captured the beauty of the house. Here is a look at my favorite rooms.

I love the simplicity of this room

I thought this concept was really cool. My kind of camping!!

My favorite room I would have loved this room growing up.

Note: My dads office made the headboard

I love all the kids photos lined up on the wall

The navy tiles are to die for

I know this is a weird thing to love but I like the heavy drapes that line the room

While we were taking photos Paulie was jamming for us.

23rd Birthday

2010-11-16T15:19:00.000-08:00

I had the best birthday this year because my wonderful husband got me a wakeboard. We didn't have a lot of money to spend on birthdays this year but he knew I was dying to have my own wakeboard so he got my parents and his parents to pitch in. I was sooo surprised when I got my gift because I had wanted it but didn't say anything because I knew we couldn't afford it. We both had my birthday off and it turned out to be a beautiful day so my family took us out on the water to try it out. I'm so glad we got to out one last time.

My new wakeboard and of course it's pink and sparkly. I can't wait to wakeboard more next year because it's amazing how much easier it is when the board actually fits me.

Abby loves the boat she is always so well behaved and sleeps most of the time. The motion must be soothing to her.

Our friend Spencer came to show us how it's done

After we got home we went out to dinner with the Panniers because the next day was Emily's birthday. It's fun to share birthday's with one of my best friends.

When we got back home we walked into the house and some of our closest friends were there to surprise us. The husbands were very sneaky to invite everyone over and make us dessert. We are so lucky to have such good friends.

It took us a million times for the picture to turn out using self timer so by the time we finally got the shot Chase and Jenessa were making out haha!

I should keep my day job

2010-11-14T20:15:00.000-08:00

One afternoon I received a call from my dad and he said do you look ok today? I laughed and said well I guess I've showered and I'm dressed if that is what your asking. Turns out he wanted me to come help him do a commercial for the Idaho Falls parade of homes which he happened to be shooting at that very moment. It sounds like everyone else had about the same amount of notice. The house was beautiful I dream of having a house like that some day.

Run with the Big (little) Dogs

2010-10-25T20:24:00.000-07:00

My mom signed me up for "Run With The Big Dogs" this fall and it was an experience for sure. My good friend Charish and her dog Charlie came to parade around with Abby and I. I have never seen so many dog at once it was a little crazy. They had about 300 dogs there of all sizes and breeds. I think Abby liked it she seemed a little timid around all those dogs. After the run she was so wiped out I could hardly get her to the car and then she slept all day long.

Before the Run

The doggies were panting so hard after the race it was kinda cute

Charish and Charlie

My mom, Zoey, my 2nd mom Jackie and Daisy

After the race

She is so precious I love her.

Brett caught the two of us napping after the race. I love cuddling with Abby she would have laid on my lap all day if I let her.

Neighborhood BBQ 2010

2010-09-20T23:13:00.000-07:00

I've gone on a little blogging break but I think I'm back. I have a lot to catch up on so I'm going to take it one post at a time. At the end of summer we got together with our neighbors for our 2nd annual BBQ. We don't see some neighbors as often so it's always fun getting together. We feel so lucky to have such a fun and young group of neighbors.

The men grilling for us

All the ladies

Bunco!!!!

2010-09-12T15:18:00.000-07:00

My awesome friend Charish put together a ladies Bunco group and it was so much fun. It seems like such an old lady thing to do but I'm not sure why because it's a blast. Recently our ward was divided so the ladies were either from the 12th ward or 6th ward. It's nice to be able to see my friends that are still in the old ward. I can't wait for next months bunco. I'm usually horrible at games but I did surprisingly well at this one maybe because no skill is required. I won the top prize because I had the most wins and Charish had the cutest prizes.

The winners

Top: Alissa, Paige, Krista, Me, Kasi, Rachel

Bottom: Neeley, Lindsey, Emily, Cali, Charish

Fun at the Fair

2010-09-10T17:31:00.000-07:00

It wouldn't be right to not make a trip up to the Eastern Idaho Fair. I have to go every year to eat the greasy food and see the exhibits. On labor day we packed into my moms SUV again with the Wards and Hubbards for some good ol' fair fun. It probably wasn't the smartest idea going on Labor day because there were so many people, but I guess that is part of the fun it adds to the whole atmosphere.

Brett and I shared a foot long corn dog. To be honest with you it was the most delicious corn dog I've ever had. A small wiener and lots of breading ;) Yumm!

Me, Brett, Clayton, Charish, Cali, and Spencer

When we got back from the fair we decided to get together in the evening for a BBQ and watch the BSU game. I heard the game was a great one, I was too busy chatting with the girls. It was such a good Labor Day filled with great friends and delicious food :)

One Fabulous Night!!!

2010-09-07T20:33:00.000-07:00

Brett and I recently traveled down to SLC for the John Mayer concert with our awesome friends. The Panniers and the Beorchias share the same love for this incredible musician so it was the perfect date night. John Mayer brings so many fun memories for me because when Brett and I started dating he listened to him all the time so when Brett was on his mission I loved listening to JM because it reminded me of him and made me happy.

My mom was kind enough to let us borrow her SUV so we could all travel together. It was cozy but it just made it extra fun.

We went to dinner at P.F. Chang's a first for Brett and I but now we are hooked

Alan and Emily Pannier

Owl City opened for John Mayer and I was really surprised how much I liked them. I don't think I would want to put their CD in my car but it was great live music to groove to.

Dane and Kasi Beorchia

The group

While we were waiting for the concert to start Brett saw one of his mission buddies walk by. He really enjoyed running into him and I'm glad I got the chance to meet him.

My favorite ladies!!!

Once I laid my eyes on cotton candy I was insistent on getting some

The Beorchias and us thought we were funny because we had a lighter app on our phones that we waived oh and Alan had chapstick haha!

The concert was so good he has a ridiculous amount of talent but definitely not the most politically correct person. He probably shouldn't have talked just sang haha! The thing I loved so much about his concert is he changes up his own songs and just jams it's pretty cool.

On our way home we stopped at 7 eleven because we don't have those in Idaho and they have great stuff. A couple of us got hot coco and it was delicious. The Panniers introduced me to the 7 eleven doughnuts and they are amazing!!!

Awesome friends... Delicious dinner... Amazing concert.... It can't get better than that :)

A little Extreme

2010-08-27T17:10:00.000-07:00

I realize that all this extreme makeover home edition stuff may not be as exciting to all of you as it is me, but I have to document for my sake. I haven't been working a lot the last couple weeks so there were many occasions that I was able to help at the house. I hate feeling like I might be missing out on opportunities especially when they are rare like this. My dad was involved with numerous parts of the project and my in-laws know the family so it felt a little more personal. I'm so grateful for the opportunities I was able to volunteer it's something that I will remember forever.

My dad helped plan the pep rally that was held a week prior. Nick, Brett's brother was so excited about all this that he called me to see if I was going and he could tag along. The next day this very flattering picture of me ended up huge on the front page of the newspaper. I didn't really care because I didn't think too many people would pick me out of this picture but I was wrong. A lot of people said something even people who don't really know me.

First day of volunteering 5:30 in the morning baby!!

Demo day! It's so surprising to me this that this tiny house stood where the giant house is now. It's magic!!!

Mr. Ty Pennington and Paulie. When I get this close to famous people I get a little star struck despite my best efforts to remain cool

On demo day Brett and I were there for about 4 hours and hadn't done anything but filming. I was a little disappointed because I was really looking forward to doing something to help the family. We were about to leave because it was incredibly hot outside and we weren't being of use when the director came up to us and asked if we would come with him. We didn't know what we were in for but we followed. He took us in the house and then Ty followed right behind us. My jaw probably dropped open for a few seconds because I couldn't believe I was standing right next to Ty himself. Then they gave us a tool and told us to go in the back bedroom. I'm thinking "oh they just want us to make noise great I don't have to worry about looking stupid on camera" WRONG!! They started filming in the house and then Ty and all the camera crew came in the bedroom where we were. The director told us to go at it. I was so confused about what was going on, where I was suppose to look, and what the heck I was suppose to do with the tool that I about crapped myself. After destructing for a couple seconds Ty popped in the shot and shouted something then he put his hand on Brett's shoulder and said something like "lets take 5 and let the dogs get to work". As Ty and the camera crew were rushing out of the house for the next shoot I realized that Brett's hand was bleeding. He was prying molding off the window and a nail went through his hand. It happened on camera and Brett handled it like a champ he just kept hammering away like it was no big deal. After the cameras stopped rolling the director was like "uhh your bleeding we need to get you to a medic".

I was embarrassed to take this picture being that it was so obvious but I was hoping that he was be too distracted to notice.

This is the hole I made in the wall. And let me tell you it wasn't as easy as it looks. I was banging through plaster and then all these boards. I was trying not to look like a big wimp on camera.

The puncture wound

They made Brett go to an ambulance they had outside of the house to get it cleaned up and wrapped. Lucky for us he works at the hospital and could get a tetanus shot free.

My dad gave us some VIP passes for the week so on Sunday we went down there to get a peak at the progress. We ended up doing this a few times because with the passes we didn't have to fight the crowds and we could park close. I just thought it was fun to watch it all happen

Haha I thought this was a funny face! He still is cute tho :)

When our friends Alan and Emily were helping I went down there to hang with them. We ended up getting to do a lot of stuff which was fun. They had us carrying things into the house fireman assembly line style. We were lucky because we got to be inside the house out of the heat.

Later that night Lindsey and I were lonely because our husbands were gone to Preston so we went to watch what was going on at the house. I guess because it was late they didn't have a lot of volunteers so they ended up using us to carry all the items to their designated rooms and help start decorating. I snagged this picture with my camera phone even though we weren't suppose to opps!!

I wasn't planning on going to the reveal because I didn't feel well that day but my friend Kasi talked me into it. We were in the VIP area so it was close but you couldn't see where the limo was going to be that well but we thought it was pretty cool to be so close. A guy with the production crew came up to us and told us to go around the barricade and follow him. Again we didn't know what we were doing but we followed. He put us smack dab in the middle right in the front. They didn't want the barricade showing and wanted to make it look like there were more people there. It was really cool to be that close but I felt bad because there were people behind us that had been there all day dying in the heat.

Kasi and I

Haha! Kasi got excited because they moved us right in front

I'm a total bachelorette fan so when I saw that Jillian was a designer for this episode I thought forget Ty I want a picture with Jillian. When I set my mind to something I do it!!! I had many opportunities to get a picture with her one time I was even standing on the porch just her and I, but I kept getting too chicken and thought I would get another chance. I was bummed when I went home the night before the reveal because I wasn't planning on going to anything else and I didn't get my photo. Even when I decided to go to the reveal I didn't think I would get the chance but it just happened that Jillian was looking for someone right behind us so she walked right in between Kasi and I. I got the guts and I asked her for a picture so here it is ...

Kylie Minogue was a surprise guest for the reveal so I got to see her and then the next night saw her perform on Americans Got Talent. That girl gets around.

I will never forget being there and seeing the families reaction. It's cool on TV and sometimes I do cry sitting in my living room but it was amplified by 10 being there and hearing the crowd and watching the tears, simply unforgettable!

Right before the "Move that Bus"

This picture doesn't even show how many people were there the hordes of people went clear down the street all the way into peoples yards. Notice Kasi and I :)

The Family waiting to go see their new house

Such a beautiful house I love it!!

The day following the reveal the show asked my Dad's company to take photos of the interior for them. I didn't realize how intensive it would be but they ended up being in the house for like 6 hours. They wanted detail shots of every brand name and then shots of the whole room. I went and helped for the first couple hours. The house is amazing I love so many of the rooms. Although the construction is beautiful it's the stuff inside the house that make it so special. Many items in the house are things money can't buy. I wish I could have an entire team of professional designers decorate my house with all the cool things they have collected from other parts of the country because the result is phenomenal. I really wish I could share pictures of my favorite rooms but due to confidentiality I can't post anything until the show airs. I definitely will be hanging on to those photos for my own decorating inspiration because I love the old restored look to me its clean and classy.

Thank you extreme makeover for coming to Pocatello!!! I've heard the family is just loving their new home and everything that came a long with it. They deserved this miracle and I will cherish the opportunity to be apart of it.

Brett's Birthday!!

2010-08-24T21:48:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to the most amazing man ever my HUSBAND!!! I'm so lucky to have this cute guy in my life. I'm so grateful for every Birthday that we get to celebrate together. This year we were camping for my family's reunion so we weren't sure how the day would end up and what to plan. We ended up coming home in the afternoon so when we got home we went to dinner with my family.

My cousins decorated our tent and the campground with Birthday stuff!!

My adorable cousin Bridget and Brett share the same Birthday

Pancakes with candles

Brett got to have a week long of Birthday because we had to do something with his family and he wanted to get together with the neighbors. His family came over on Sunday and we had Brett's favorite meal, homemade taquitos and his mom baked him a cake.

The neighbors came over for pazookies and they were so good. Incredibly easy but very tasty, a new favorite!!!

A favorite neighborhood game is corn hole so the boys of course had to go play and the wives stayed inside and talked.

Brooks and Brett

Alan and Spencer

Brett thought the new beach chair he got for his birthday was so comfy we should just move it right into the living room.

Love you babe!! I can't wait to share so many more birthdays!!!

Stuart Family Madness

2010-08-18T20:30:00.000-07:00

My dads family does a reunion every year and its always a blast. This year we went camping at a big group side on the south shore of Bear Lake. When my grandpa past away instead of dividing up his inheritance they decided to invest it and use the dividend to pay for reunions. Genius if you ask me!!!! We figured after ten years of his passing every family would be so big that we no longer would want to do family reunions but that hasn't happened yet. We are all so close and love spending time with each other. I consider myself so very blessed to have an amazing family like this. I would have to say the family dynamics work a lot better when everything is free because then no one is left out and we get to do everything together!!! It is so fun to me to watch how much our family changes every year. There are so many great grandchildren now and I adore them. Seeing the great grandchildren play and put on talent shows takes me back to when I was that age doing that at reunions but with my cousins. Family is the most important thing to me and I cherish the time I get to spend with them.

Note to family: The following link has all the pictures I took if you want to download them.

My baby Abby came with us. It was good to socialize her but I kinda felt like I had a kid to take care of a lot of work. This cute face is worth it though.

Abby sleeping on the way to Bear Lake

Every spare second I had a baby in my arms. This is little Carter so CUTE!

Baby Carters mom and dad

The beach gang

Cousin Jessica, Aunt Jamie and Cousins Joanna and Ali

Look at this hot mamma she had her baby

just a couple months ago and was out there wake boarding. I'm impressed!!!

My sister (cousin) Jessica. I love this girl!! She is the closest thing I have to a sister and I'm so lucky because she is amazing and I ADORE her kids!!!

I love having so many kids running around they are too cute!!

Twins Jackson and Hunter. I'm their favorite cousin because I can tell them apart :)

My cute Hubby!! Brett loves my family and is always there to lend a helping hand. He wasn't by my side very much of the trip because he was always off helping someone or holding a baby.

This kid cracks me up he is so cute!!!

Some of the "older" kids

Uncle "Loy" (my dad) building a sand castle with the kids

Check out this cute girl!!! Ali my cousin is a bomb shell we all envy her!!

Like Father like Son. Cooper and Preston

My aunt Shauna is amazing she always plans the most creative activities. She put together a Minute to Win it tournament. We had two teams green and yellow with fabric ties we all accessorized ourselves with. It was so fun hilarious for the adults and fun for the kids too.

My mom treading noodles on to a spaghetti noodle

Ellie lil miss attitude couldn't get them on so she just posed for a picture :)

Uncle Lamar picking up cotton balls by smearing Vaseline on his face YUCK!!

Jennalee and I holding up our donuts on a string

Finding the worm in the pudding

Ali was so good at it! Her worms were so freakin clean haha!

Parker and Lizzy became good buddies

Uncle Lamar brought his snow cone machine it was so yummy and made me reminisce of my teenage years when I worked at his shack.

Jaxson such a stud

Baby Tommy showing us his statue skills

That smile is to die for

Cousin Bridget

Ellie girl and her mama. Ellie face kills me in this picture

Such a cute girl

We all went to the Pickleville Playhouse and it was a blast. We saw a comedy Bandito Rides Again and it was the most hysterical play I've ever seen. I would highly recommend it the little kids were laughing so loud as well as the adults. Perfect family fun.

HAHA! Nice dad

If you go to Pickleville you of course have to eat a pickle!!!

Love you family!!! Thanks for such a fun time :)

A little Soak

2010-08-15T21:36:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago we went to Indian Springs with our friends. A couple days before I got so sunburned my shoulders were blistered so I was a little worried but it wasn't to bad. The water wasn't hot it was just like bath water kinda nice if you ask me. After we played we went back to wards for pizza and some bachelorette finale drama. The funny part is when Spencer turned it on he accidently started the final rose so we caught the tale end of the finale. We thought it was a weird way to start the show with Ali and Roberto being so intimate and then we saw the proposal and all the girls started screaming and freaking out at Spencer haha!!

Bringhurst Family Trip

2010-08-01T23:11:00.000-07:00

Last week we went to Brett's family's cabin in Island Park for some good ole family fun. Brett's family is a very busy one so we don't get to see everyone often. We spent a total of five days up there and had so much fun playing in the water. I love going up to the cabin because its right on the water and they have their own dock. We would tie the boat up and wait for it to get nice and then tear it up :) The cabin has so many memories for us and I know there will be many more to come.

Brett's Brother Nick is such a character he will surely keep you entertained

Erica my sister in-law. It's so fun having a sister. She let me borrow Breaking Dawn and I read a lot while I was there so she would listen to me freaking out.

Brett's high school friend Scott and his wife Courtney came up to the cabin for a couple days. It was a lot of fun to have them up there and Scott brought his nice camera to take some sweet pictures of us.

Brett and Scott taking a little Sunday stroll or should we say paddle

Courtney is 7 months prego and was such a trooper she never complained about anything and just went along for the ride

This is Scott trying to show us some tricks. If only we had shoots of all the times he ate it trying to slalom ski it made for a good laugh

I just thought this was cute of our little Nicholas

This is my father in-law skiing at 50 I think it's pretty awesome

I don't think you can get cuter than this kid

I had so much fun wake boarding definitely the best of the season. Every time I got out there it was just glass and you can't beat that. The water was a little cold but thats what I love about the cabin I can be out in the water and 10 mins later be dry sitting in the cabin reading a book.

I had to include this pic so you could see how smooth it was. When you can see your own reflection its just incredible nothing else like it!

Amazing ride I couldn't get enough!!

When we saw these picture Scott took we laughed so hard because we both had no idea we did this with our tongues as we are being pulled up haha!

My husband kills me he has so many great faces. I don't even think he really knows he is being this animated it's just his silly self and I love it.

How could I not be totally head over heels with that smile. Out on the water is when I see him at his happiest it's priceless.

The Bringhurst's have the funnest kneeboard and I love these shots of brett (nice work Scott)

Sometimes I'm completely fearless hence all my many accidents and broken bones. Someday I will calm it down a little but not for now. I was trying to get as much air as I could on the kneeboard the first day all attempts were successful then there was the crash that left me hurting for days. My neck is still sore from the wreck. Because I took it all in my face right after I surfaced my face muscles started cramping and I couldn't move my face it was pretty hilarious.

It's so funny to me how much these two look a like. If you're wondering what Brett looked like at twelve this is it :)

Scott made us Dutch Oven chocolate carmel cake it was so divine!!

Precious I know

Scotts version looks a lot better than my point and shoot. This was the view from the cabin's docks simply breathtaking! I know this looks like sunrise but it's really the moon pretty cool!

I consider us so lucky to have such great family. We loved spending time with them and creating memories at the cabin. I know it's a place that our kids will love to go as well.

Etsy favs

2010-07-28T10:40:00.000-07:00

When I'm bored I surf Etsy for cute things because I love to see what people are making. I love looking at baby things because I'm getting baby hungry and for some reason I feel it makes it better but I'm pretty sure it makes me want them more.

I think these are so cute for a little girl

I've always wanted girls to dress them cute but I'm finding my favorite things are for boys

I think these little faux uggs for newborns are so cute

Please tell me this is the cutest thing you have ever seen

I love boy stuff like this hat that make them look like little men

So for non-baby items I'm in love with this wreath and the door but I can't have the door so I can dream about the wreath. I'm not sure if I should buy it because it's kind of expensive or I should attempt to make it

Fun in the Sun

2010-07-26T13:45:00.000-07:00

Brett and I were able to get away for a couple days with my family to Wolf Creek. My favorite lake Pine View is there and we took full advantage of the calm water and hot sun. The first day we were there it was 94 degrees. The water was so beautiful it was calm and warm. I got in to just swim because I was hot and the water was nice (that never happens).

The water was so smooth you could see your reflection

BEAUTIFUL!!!

So my mom isn't the best photographer :)

This picture makes me laugh because the little boy on the left was getting so mad because my dad didn't know the controls (a.k.a hand signals) and was going way to fast. The little girl on the right was a maniac and wanted to go faster faster and I was just caught in the middle.

I missed these lovies so much while we were gone. The big dog on my lap is my parents and apparently she thinks she is Abby's size. We had Zoey over at our house until my parents got back and I think Abby enjoyed the company.

A little pampering

2010-07-24T00:35:00.000-07:00

The last couple weeks I have been feeling down so Emily and I decided to take some girl time and get a pedicure. I was joined by some other special ladies in my life and it was a party. It was an interesting pedicure to say the least and the massage chairs were so rough on everyones back that we all got bruises and very sore backs. But my toes look nice :) Thanks to all the women in my life for being their for me when I need some uplifting.

We were also there celebrating my amazing aunt Jamie that just finished her last radiation treatment YEAH!!!! Jamie, Mom, Jackie (2nd mom), and Ashley enjoying their pedis.

Ashley has cute toes so she is the toe model for blogging purposes

Jamie and Mom!! I have such a cute mom and I love that we look nothing alike but our personalities are so much the same.

Two peas in a pod

2010-07-22T13:55:00.000-07:00

I love this girl she loves to cuddle with her mom!!! Look we have matching PJ's

Congrats to Scott and Courtney

2010-07-20T13:58:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago we went down to SLC to attend the sealing of Brett's high school friend Scott and his wife Courtney. I'm so happy for them the temple is such an amazing place and they also have a baby boy on the way!!!

After the sealing Brett and I decided to take a walk up to the roof on the conference center. It was such a beautiful day and super hot.

After the temple we all went out to eat at Red Robin can I say "YUMM"

Firecrackers and Fireworks!!

2010-07-18T23:25:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun on the fourth. My parents always do a big party and invite multiple families in their neighborhood. My parents and a party always = good food. My dad did dutch oven dinner and it was oh so yummy.

My life long dream is to master cupcakes I'm a tad bit obsessed about these yummy treats. This obsession grew from the coco bean in Rexburg they have amazing cupcakes and I hope to make cupcakes just as good. For the fourth I made red velvet cupcakes and experimented with adjusting the recipe for high altitude and look how beautifully domed shape they are. This recipe is my ultimate fav they were so moist and flavorful. My husband was pretty proud of me and we ended up eating one too many of them.

Ashley and Nathan Stokes dressed all festive

The Bringhursts and Bodilys

I didn't mean for this picture to turn out like this but I thought it was kind of cool

Nathan, Brett, and Brooks (notice the firecrackers in his ears haha!)

All of the couples getting burned by the sparklers

Brooks and Lindsey

Me and the Hubster

Pre 4th Fun

2010-07-10T12:40:00.000-07:00

We started the 4th celebrations a day earlier this year. I went out with y parents to American Falls along with some friends. I would have preferred it to be a little warmer but it was still nice to get out in the sun. I just noticed that Abby is in every picture but she is just too cute!!

Look at the cute puppies Abby with her new hair cut and Newsom's dog Daisy

They have matching life jackets SOO CUTE!!

She is such a good girl on the boat

Abby went for a swim with AJ

Abby was so cold when she got out of the water she was shaking so I cuddled her

We tied our boat to Newsom's boat out in the middle of the lake and had a Partay!!!

Bodilys and Wards were out on the lake too so after we got back we got together for a late night roast and fire works. Wards bought this really cool fire pit so we roasted wieners and marshmellows :) After we ate dinner we moved the party to the street and thats when it got crazy. Brooks in helmet and all went out in the middle of the street while Brett and Spencer shot bottle rockets at him. The girls were a little upset and trying to stop this madness but it didn't happen. They probably shot 20 bottle rockets at him until they were down to only one more and hadn't hit him yet. Brooks was bent over and Spencer shot him right in the butt and then it went between his legs. I wish we had it on video it was so freaking funny!! I don't think any parts were harmed in the process :)

I will let the picture speak for itself

The girls sitting in the middle of the street watching the unsafe show the boys were doing for us

Boys and fireworks are a bad combo

SPARKLERS!!

P.S. Panniers we missed you!

New Dog? No just a Hair cut

2010-07-07T14:08:00.000-07:00

Abby got a summer cut because she was getting so hot and dirty

Before

After

Believe it or not but it is the same dog!! I still think she looks so cute but there is something about her now that just makes me laugh! I call her my little lamb :)