Coming to a close...

This is not the most exciting post, but I haven't updated it in so long and felt like I needed to put something up! Anyway, my summer is officially over tomorrow! Here a few things Brad and I have been up to in the last couple months...

We had a family renioun with Brad's mom's family in Beaver, Utah... always a good time! Hangin out with Uncle Vernon... You can't see it, but his belt buckle says "Vern"

We had a birthday part for Coop, but for some reason this is the only picture I could find from it:)

Took the kids to Lagoon, or as Cooper says "thegoon"

Bailey CRIED when the guy took her out of the car... she loved it!

Played in the crazy rain storms we've had this whole summer... (in a lightning storm, probably not the smartest thing to do)

Went on a date to the best place EVA!!! (If you notice, I'm eating maccaroni and cheese and if you've never had it at California Pizza Kitchen, I HIGHLY recommend it... and if you know me, you know that you can trust my expertise in that area). Love you babe, thanks for the fun night!

That's it for now... I'm sad summer is over, but I'm so excited for the fall and everything our future holds!

Memorial Day in Lake Powell... What could be better?

Another beautiful vacation in Powell! We went just for the memorial day weekend, and the weather was PERFECT! We also had my cousin Kenzee come with us, which was a bonus!Sittin back in the sun with the waves crashing at our feet... it doens't get better than this!Needless to say, the water was a little cold=) Thanks for the pictures Kenz!Mandy's awesome backroll that she LANDED! Love you Mand!Brad riding upside down, as usual...and DanCute cute cute picture!!um, yeah...
Dan's the best surfer!

and Brad... isn't=) He was trying to do a 360.

This is what happens when you forget to out the buoying when you start going. Kenzee, Danny, and I got SOAKED! and it was at night, with freezing cold water!

Thank goodness for the heaters! My backside got more wet than the front of me!

It was such an amazing trip! I love these kinds of pictures, where you just get to soak in this beautiful planet we live on and realize how blessed we are to enjoy so many of the Lord's creations! Thanks Merrill's, I love you!

Louisville and Graduation!

About a month ago I had the opportunity to go to DECA Nationals and represent Granite School District. There were about 2,100 students there. This was the opening session in an Energy Solutions type arena. It was so fun to just be there and watch!

We had nine students from the district and a couple even placed in the top ten! Well, while the kids were competing, the advisor from Cottonwood and I were able to do a little sight seeing...

First, we went to the Louisville Slugger museum. This was my favorite place! This is the tallest bat in the world, and it weighs 68,000 pounds!
Here's me standing at the bottom of it
I got to hold one of Babe Ruth, and Mickey Mantle's bats
Chruchill downs was my second favorite. It was the week before the Kentucky Derby so we go to watch a few preliminary races.
The grounds are BEAUTIFUL there!
We spent quite a bit of our time in Downtown Louisville as well, it was such a fun place to walk around!
We also went to a Louisville Bats game! Pretty similar to a Bee's game, but the weather was rainy and cold!!!
This is the steam boat we rode down the Ohio river on.
Lady Antebellum did an exclusive concert just for DECA! It was so fun to see them live!
Our last day there, we asked the Hotel to suggest a good Kentcuky restaraunt and they said go to "Lynn's Paradise Cafe." It was the CUTEST little place tucked away back in a gorgeous green neighborhood and had some GOOD Kentucky eatin'
What a fun trip! I was so lucky to have this experience!


Two weeks ago, we celebrated BRAD'S GRADUATION!!
Danny and Brad graduated with the same degree so we all got to watch Brad and Danny walk. Two of my FAVORITE boys right here=)What's a trip to Provo without going to the brick oven!?!Then we went outside to take pictures... It was freezing!
We had both of Brad's grandparents here, (Grandma and Grandpa Harris drove from California to be here!) and our whole family minus Tim, Travis, and Scott and Heidi. What an amazing support group! I dont' know what we'd do without family. I''m SO proud of my little graduate=) He worked so hard to get to where he is and we couldn't be happier! I love you ALL!

Just one of those days...

I had quite the week last week! Just really busy and stressful and what not... ya know, just one of those weeks. First of all, thank goodness for husbands! Brad brought me the most gorgeous bouquet of flowers because he knew I was having a bad day=) Second of all, thank goodness for friends! Brad's friend Nate came over so they could study for their info systmes class, but they accidentally forgot to study. We got talking about Mario kart and Nate had never palyed on the wii, so of course we had to introduce him... Then we decided to make cookies, and somehow that evolved into ording pizza (mind you, this was about 9:30 at night). After the pizza got there, we decided we had enough Mario kart, only to plug in Sherlock Holmes (thanks to Danny for a fabuolous birthday present to Brad). That lasted for about 15 minutes (if you know me, you know I can't stay awake much longer than that during a movie). Here's our night... One large BBQ chicken, one large pepperoni and pineapple.

Oh, and how could I forget the dew! There was also some "nector of the Gods."

So all in all, it was a very unproductive, JUST WHAT I NEEDED night! Eating pizza at 10:00pm wasn't ideal, but it was worth it!!! Thanks guys=)

Girls night!

We get together once a month with our girlfriends for dinner and last night it was at Holly's. We had yummy navajo taco's and played a mean game of speed scrabble! I had dessert so I made peanut butter bars at my mom's house just before I left, so of course I was in a huge hurry. My mom wasn't home, so I asked my dad to help... If you know my dad, this won't surprise you at all... "Dad, I need a 9 x 13 pan" Here are the results:

Yes, that is a measuring tape=) Then, I couldn't spread the batter (if you've ever made these, you know it's extremely thick), so he took over yet again; spread perfectly!
When they came out of the oven, I asked my mom to help frost them... She was a great help too=)I was a little late, but it was still so much fun! and here's the best part of the night: I got my camera out and I went to take a picture of Brandi and she just HAPPENED to be standing in the exact perfect spot... we had a fun little photo shoot after that. We were just missing Charla, but these girls friendship's mean the world to me and I'm so grateful to have such amazing friends and family! Thanks for a great laugh!