Week of Ups and Downs...

Some of you may have heard that my alergies got the best of me and I had to give my perfect puppy back to his original owners. The night we got him I started to get watery eyes and a headache but I didn't really think much of it. I was so happy to have him and fell in love with him instantly. The next day was a little worse and I ended up breaking out in hives. By the 3rd night my right eye was almost swollen shut and I had hives all over my neck. I had no idea I would have a pet allergy like that. However I have never had a dog so I woudln't have known. I have been around dogs with no problem but I think it was being around him so much and picking him up and cuddling him next to my face that did it. It's hard to tell in the pictures really because of the glare on my glasses and my hair is in the way but I was pretty miserable. I basically had a headache from the moment we got him and as much as I didn't want to admit it I knew what I had to do. So I talked to Scot and we decided to call the lady who we bought him from to see if we could bring him back. She was very understanding and said that we could. She said that they will probably keep him because he was one of their favorites from the beginning so it makes me happy to know that he wil have a good home and will be happy. He was such a good puppy though so it was really hard for us to give him back. We are pretty devestated but unfortunately sometimes things don't work out the way we want them to!! Scot asked me how we could fall for something we barely knew and honestly I had no idea that it could happen either. It seems so silly but even after our short few days with him he just warmed a place in our hearts and we are really going to miss our Ry-Guy...

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Welcome Home Riley!!

We have a new addition to our family and his name is Riley! He is a pure bred beagle. I know in previous posts I have talked about wanting a dog and Scot finally caved. He is very sweet but a little sad right now since he misses his mom and brothers and sisters but we think he is going to be a great addition to our little family! I have to get to work but there will be more updates to come. For now here are some photos. They aren't very good because he is just too busy to be bothered with pictures!!

Our Weekend...

It is SOOOOOOO time to update. It's been forever. Our lives just haven't been all that eventful , but things are starting to pick up again...so here we go...

On Friday afternoon we set out to drive to Idaho to go to Scot's cousin Jonathon's wedding in Rexburg. It was so nice of my in laws to let us drive over with them. The trip over went really smoothly until we got over the Jackson Pass and in to Idaho. It was almost midnight and we had just changed drivers in Pinedale so Scot was driving and I was on deer watch. We were in between the towns of Driggs and Victor, ID and it had gotten pretty quiet in the car because we were all exhausted. I was trying SO hard to stay awake and do my job as deer watcher but I finally subconsciously gave in to my eye lids and closed them. Just as I drifted off I heard Scot yell "MOOSE!" My eyes flew open and all I saw was the brown, hairy torso of a moose running in front of our car. Scot slammed on the brakes and swerved to the side and just as the moose crossed to the other side of the road a car going in the other direction hit the moose square on. We heard the impact and pulled off to the side. We all just kind of looked at each other like "did that really just happen?" and then we all opened our car doors and got out. Scot and my father in law ran up the road to the car that hit the moose and my mother in law started walking up the road as well. I turned around to see what was around me and all I saw was BLACK and I thought "OH NO, I'm outta here." So I turned off the car, locked the doors and ran up beside my mother in law. The details of what we saw aren't important nor are they appetizing but it did have an enormous impact on me and how close Heavenly Father truly is. How he protects us and loves us. It reminded me that I need to keep him close and in my life at all times and to always go to him for protection and guidance. We are so happy to say that the people in the other car are going to be OK. The passenger was hurt pretty badly but the EMT said that he would be OK. It could have been a lot worse and we are glad that it wasn't. We wish only good things for them and hope they are able to continue with their lives as normal. We were all very blessed that night. After this experience my advice to anyone reading this is to not drive long distances at night. We have been doing that a lot lately going back and forth to weddings and we are so glad that we have been able to attend these events but we think from now on we will drive as far as we can in the daylight and then stay somewhere over night and then drive the rest of the way the next day. It may take longer but it is so much safer!!!

On to happier things...On Saturday morning we went to Jonathan's wedding at the Rexburg Temple. It was a beautiful ceremony and the weather was perfect...

Here are the happy newlyweds...

Scot and me at the temple with Rexburg in the background...ahh we miss this place!

After the wedding we had a little bit of time before the luncheon so Scot and I decided to walk down to campus to go to the bookstore. We made a little stop in the gardens...oo la la...
(You can barely see us on Patsy's porch swing.) The stinkin' bookstore wasn't open so we walked through the library for old times sake and then walked down to Porters my favorite craft store EVER. It was just like old times. We decided it's no wonder we were skinny when we lived there because we walked everywhere. Now that we sit at desks all day and eat snacks and we're too tired to do anything when we get home that's all gone to pot!!

The reception was in Bethany's beautiful backyard garden. When we got there we did a little bit of exploring and my cute sister in law Katie caught a frog in their little pond. Scot didn't think she would do it but he was impressed when she caught the little bugger...Rock on lady!
Got him!
Congratulations you guys!

Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Last night Scot and I went to dinner at Olive Garden before going to the movies. So we are sitting there having an enjoyable dinner with good conversation and we both treated ourselves to a large refreshing Coke since we had been so good and hadn't had one all week. BOTH of our drinks had gotten down to about the 1/3 mark when our waitress comes by, looks directly at Scot and says "would you like another coke?" Scot says "sure" and she walks away. Meanwhile I am sitting there examining both of our cups and sure enough they are in nearly the EXACT same place. Why must this continue to happen? So of course after she walks away Scot just thinks this is hilarious because this happens almost every time we go out to dinner. But finally he is like "I will grab her when she comes by." I'm like "No it's not that I need or even want one yet, I just don't get why she didn't ask me. It's weird, that's all." So he's says to me "Well drink it down a little more and then she will." I told him "I will, I will." So he then he proceeds to grab my cup and start drinking it. She started to walk up behind him and I kept saying "she's coming, she's coming." but of course he got caught putting it back on my side of the table and she stopped and looked at Scot and said "Does she need another drink?" So I said "Yes I would." Is it so hard to talk to ME? I was so confused. So that's our Olive Garden story. Good food, strange little waitress.

Next we went to the brand new movie theatre right by our house. We are so excited to have this theatre so close. We are thinking that once they finish some paths and roads in the area we can start walking to the theatre on warm days which will be fun. Anyway, we saw Prince Caspian and we really liked it. We definitely recommend it if you liked the first one!

Weekend in California...

My wonderful husband surprised me with a plane ticket to California to visit my family for the three day weekend and it couldn't have come at a better time. I have been sort of stressed about my job lately and just needed to get away from all the madness. It was a great time to see my family and get my thoughts back in order. Here are some highlights from my trip...

So there are two things that I MUST do when I go to visit my mom and dad:

#1. Go to Zehnders and get a Medium Cotton Candy shaved ice. Zehnders is a local yogurt shop ran by a family that lives in Elk Grove and I have been going there since Junior High. I get a Cotton Candy shaved ice EVERY time. I remember I had to pass it when I walked home from school so me and my friend would save our lunch money so we could get a shaved ice to walk home with. It's the Best!!

See how happy it makes me? CHEESE!!! (Unatractive picture, I know but you get the idea. HA.)

#2. All I have to say is In-N-Out Burger. I love love love In-N-Out Burger. It so scrumptuous. I always get the cheeseburger meal with no onions and a coke. Their fries are soooo stinking good. They use real potatoes, not processed powder like McDonalds. Scot doesn't get it. He doesn't thinks it's that great...booo. I think it's a must.
Here is something super scary. I just couldn't pass up taking a picture of this. It's shocking! LOOK AT THE GAS PRICES! Holy cow. What is this world coming to? I almost had a heart attack the other day when I filled up my car. It's insane!!
OK back to my weekend, on Saturday my aunt and my cousin came down for breakfast and then we did some shopping. I love going shopping for scrapbook stuff when I am in California because they have some great shops that get really neat stuff that the stores around here don't get so it was fun to spend the day with them.

On Sunday there was a party at my Grandma and Grandpa's house for my cousin who just graduated from high school. No one knew I was in town so it was really fun to surprise everyone! Here are some pictures...

Cousins!! Congratulations Sam!!

Cousins...

Here is Carly pointing out the dead chicken for me in the back field. YUM! Who's hungry?

Sam getting ready to cut his cake... Thanks Scot for a great weekend! I wish you could have come. It just wasn't the same without you!

Happy Birthday Christin...

...Sunday! So I know this is a little early but I won't be around this weekend to do it. I just had to wish a VERY Happy Birthday to one of my dearest friends, Christin. We have been friends forever and ever and ever and now we live far apart and it's hard to keep in touch but she is still a wonderful friend and I feel very lucky to have her in my life! We had some fun times together, we were kind of silly but I couldn't have asked for a better friend to get advice from, laugh with, cry with, eat with, or watch Maury with (HA!). Love you girl, and miss you tons!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I knew a David was going to win!

OK so last night I went in to watching American Idol with the attitude that I really didn't care who won. They both rocked on Tuesday night which made me realize that they are both very talented and it didn't really matter who won because they are both going to go on and do great things, but lets face it when I heard the results I was so happy for David Cook! They both totally deserved it but I was really rooting for David C. More than anything I am just happy to move on with my life. I am ready to move on to So You Think You Can Dance and Bachelorette. I don't have time for American Idol anymore. Jeez...(By they way if you look really closely at the picture above David's little hairy belly is hanging out of his shirt, I wonder if he knew that was happening. Blah. It's OK though you still sing good. Something else funny about this picture is look at Hernandez to the right, he's like "I hate you, that should have been me!!!")

Happy Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband! I can't believe it's been 3 years! I feel so lucky to have such a great husband who does so much for me! I can't imagine my life without him and I am so grateful to have him in my life. It's been 3 wonderful years and I look forward to many many more.

We were going to go to our favorite restaurant ever The Melting Pot for dinner tonight but Scot actually got really really sick and had to stay home from work today so we are going to celebrate officially on Saturday when he is feeling better.

Happy Anniversary! I love you!

Josh Turner and Carrie Underwood

OK so there is ONE good thing about working where I work and that is that sometimes we get the chance to win cool tickets to different events happening around The Springs and that's just what happened on Tuesday. Both me and my Mother in Law won tickets to the Carrie Underwood concert at the World Arena. Josh Turner who we LOVE opened for her. What a great concert! I just love Carrie Underwood. She seems so genuine and down to earth and she doesn't dress trashy which is hard to come by these days. It was a great night and we had a lot of fun!

Josh Turner (all of my pictures of him are pretty bad. I am definitely not a great photographer) This was probably the first concert I have been to that I didn't want to shoot myself after the opening act was done. Ha!

Here is Scot and I waiting for Carrie to come out...
Carrie Underwood...she puts on a fun concert. She's just so darn cute, my husband is totally in love with her. Ha. Oh well as long as I can have my Patrick Dempsey it's alright...

Good concert! If you ever have a chance to see her take it!

No Surprise...

So American Idol was really no big surprise to anyone tonight I don't think. We all knew it was going to be battle of "the David's" and that Syesha would be out, although she is super talented and would have deserved to be in the top two. Now don't get me wrong David Archuletta is super cute and endearing but he is almost too shy for the business he is pursuing When I watch him I feel ackward sometimes. But he is EXTREMELY talented and I really like him, how could you not? Basically I would be happy if either one of them win. I think they are both FANTASTIC but if I had to call it right now I think David Cook will take it, but we will see. And those are my thoughts on American Idol tonight...
(sorry about the teeny tiny picture. I tried to find bigger but it just wasn't happening)