Baby Blessing Weekend

This weekend was our newest niece's baby blessing. It was a fun weekend, even though it was super busy and we got very little sleep. Our new niece is so tiny and so adorable. She looked so precious in her blessing dress. Isn't that the sweetest picture? What a beautiful baby girl.

We basically hung out at my sisters house all weekend (after we got in our 18 holes of golf of course). We played wii with my sister's kids, made homemade ice cream, helped clean up the house and tried to win over our 18 month old niece, Ashley, who doesn't like people. She is so funny. She doesn't throw a fit when you pick her up she just gives you looks like she is not sure why you think you should be privileged enough to hold her. I did get a few smiles out of her, and of course Scott did manage to win her over as well. It just takes a little time. She is just so adorable you want her to like you. It's such a challenge.

This is the best picture I could get of us.This is Britney & Ashley (Britney is the older sister, who I also adore):Scott & Ashley waiting for church to start, just after she had wandered off, and we went to find her:Malachi just before church, he is just so cute...And of course, Darrin looked super cute on Sunday too, so here he is in his super sharp looking suite. I need to get one for Scott.

I somehow didn't manage to get a good picture of my niece, Chrystal. Sorry Chrystal!

Hole in 1

Scott and I played 18 holes of golf while we were in Rexburg this past weekend and he got a hole in 1! We were on hole #4, a par 3. Scott hit his shot and I thought it was going in the hole. My brother in law said he thought it had hit the flag stick and I was just amazed with how close to the hole it landed. When my brother in law was getting ready to tee off, Scott and I looked over and saw that his ball had disappeared. It had dropped in the hole. It was awesome. Scott has gotten two double eagles before, which are actually more rare, but this was his first hole in one and I was glad I was able to witness this one. I just happened to have my camera, so here are a few pictures...
This is Hole #4. Scott's ball is actually already in the hole at this point.

I'm a Wimp

I am seriously a huge wimp when it comes to spending time away from my hubby. This last week, he ran a route at work, which meant he had to get up between 1 and 2 in the morning, so he went to bed around 5. Last week I only got to see Scott Monday for a few minutes, Tuesday all evening (he had Wed off), and about a half hour on Friday when I went home before going to my work Lagoon day. Of course I was still able to text him, but not being able to see him really sucked. And it was hard for me to sleep at night. It is amazing to me what a wimp I am because that was life when we first got married. He used to be on a route all the time and I would only see him Tuesday nights, Saturday all day, and Sunday till he went to bed. I am just not used to it anymore and it's really hard to not be around him. Luckily, this week did end up being Bunco week and Lagoon day at work, so I did have some stuff to keep me busy besides my online class. That was good, but I still missed seeing my best friend... :(

New Baby

My sister Tiffany welcomed a new addition to her family on the 11th. She is so adorable. She was 5 lbs, 11 ounces. Tiny! And not even a premy. I can't wait to go see her at the end of the month when she is blessed. What a beautiful baby! There will be more pictures once I get to meet her. I'm just glad it's my sister who just had her fifth and not me!!

Weekend Rundown

Does it seem like the weekends are a lot busier in the summer than the rest of the year? I definitely think so. Friday, we went up to Salt Lake and dropped off my laptop at PC Laptops in West Jordan(I emailed corporate about my horrible experience and the West Jordan manager agreed to get all of my pictures off the laptop for free). Then we headed to the Joel McHale show at Abravanel Hall. It was pretty funny. If you don't know, he does The Soup on E, and he makes fun of celebrities. At his comedy show, the making fun of celebrities was the least funny. Still once he got away from that, he was pretty good.
Saturday, we had a lot to do, so I didn't plan a run (and then woke up at 9 am, so I could have gone at 7 and made it back, but apparently I needed the sleep). We ran a few errands in the morning, and then went and picked up my commercial refrigerator from my parents house. We have been in our house for a little over year and we just barely went and got it. I am glad to have it at my house now for when I do wedding flowers. It will be nice. We also picked up my bicycle while were were at it, and I am excited to be able to ride that. They both could use a good cleaning, but that can be taken care of. Following that little adventure, we went and got a few groceries, some stuff to clean out the garage, and a hand vacuum (easier for the vacuuming the stairs).
Then, we headed up to pick up my sister and Dad for the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House. The temple was beautiful. It had this amazing star chandelier in the sealing rooms and celestial room. So gorgeous, but aren't they all?
Following the temple open house, we headed up the canyon for a reception. That was pretty interesting since we were dressed up from the open house and the reception was casual. And I mean casual. The bride and groom were wearing t-shirts and shorts. The T-shirts said "The Bride" and the "The Groom" on them. We were slightly overdressed.
After the reception we picked up some Brick Oven pizza and had a little picnic. Then we headed back over to my parents house to pick up my sister and go to Summerfest, but the minute we got there it started storming AGAIN, so we turned around and went back to my parents house. It was a super long day, but it was fun. Always lots to do!

Expensive, bad customer service

I will never go to PC Laptops again. They charge A LOT just for a diagnosis. They have horrible customer service, and they lied on the diagnostic sheet and said they told me something they actually didn't. First of all, they told me 48 to 72 hours, and it took 5 days for anyone to even give me a heads up on what was going on. The guy called and told me he was starting on my computer, and then told me anything he does to it is going to take him into the second hour. Um, really? Starting means you are an hour into it? That is weird. They acted as though I was a bother when I went to go pick it up. And, they took out the CD I accidentally left in the drive, which happened to be our wedding pictures and didn't even put it in a sleeve, they just closed it in the computer! Hello! Do you give a shit about other people's stuff? Do you know CD's scratch? I am paying you how much to ruin my WEDDING pictures? What jerks. Never, never again.

Blessings

I just wanted to say how blessed I have been feeling recently. Over the past week Scott and I have been hit with a few unexpected expenses. And a few expected expenses that we were putting off and can't anymore. However, we have been blessed to have money come in to cover those expenses so we could pay for the things we needed to without having to put them on a credit card. I know times are tough for a lot of people, and money is a little tighter for us than it used to be, but I feel very blessed that we are able to cover the needs that we have as well as be able to spend a little extra here and there. I mentioned to Scott that the money came in right when we needed it, and he said we better keep paying our tithing. I can't help but agree.

Am I behind?

Ok, while in my last post I did say I am going to start saying I am from Utah, I do have to ask on question...Why do so many people around here look so young and have 3 or 4 kids? I see people that seriously look my age (and I hope the aren't) that have 3 kids at the grocery store. Most of my friends have at least one kid of their own, which is probably pretty normal for my age, but 3? Good heck. Maybe I am just too selfish. We still aren't even thinking about kids any time soon. People have started asking since well we have been married a year and a half so protocol says I should be pregnant right? I am just not ready for the life altering change of having a child and how much sacrifice it takes. I like that Scott and I can go wherever, whenever and not worry about all the baggage that comes along with a child. And I don't mean that in a negative way. I actually love kids (as I have mentioned before on a case by case basis). I am shocked by those like my sister who have five at the age of 30. I won't ever have five and certainly not by 30. Maybe it's me? Maybe it's the culture in Utah? Don't know, don't really care, just kind of spouting my thoughts...

The Rest of Vacation

Well, the west of our vacation was pretty fun. We golfed Thursday and the course was super pretty, but I haven't had a chance to download the pictures and I don't have my cord at work, so that is that. We went back to the hotel after golf and took a nap and then went over to my brother's that night and had dinner, played with the kids on the trampoline, and roasted marshmallows. I think one of my favorite parts of the trip was spending time with our niece and nephew. They are some really funny kids. Anyway, Friday, we didn't do a whole lot. Kind of just drove around Portland and had lunch at Hooter's (Scott's choice), then we went back over to my brothers and ended up playing rock band for a little bit. Scott and I sucked really bad considering we had never played before. We flew home that night after an hour delay and didn't get home till about midnight. And it seems like we have been super busy ever since. We had saved a portion of our tax return for our vacation and we managed to have about half of it still left when we got home. Plus we got a check in the mail from our mortgage company because we had overpaid our escrow accounts in our first year. So... we went and got much needed new tires on our truck and went to Lowe's and bought some things for our bedroom and a grill. That night I painted our room and seriously didn't get done until midnight. Scott decided to break in our grill and cooked steaks for dinner. I can't even tell you when the last time I had a steak was. They were SUPER tasty. He did a good job. Sunday of course was church and stuff, and sadly we had to put our bedroom back together that night. But I like the color. I still need some pictures that match the decor and stuff to be done with my room, but it is a little bit closer. It's really hard to come back from vacation and get back into the swing of things. We golfed Monday night and I had class last night. Tonight we are probably going back over to the driving range. Good times.
I know this is sort of off topic, but I learned something while we were up in Washington/Oregon. Vancouver is no longer my home town. I think I am officially a Utahn. I lived in Washington 13 years and Utah 12, but I realized that everything is different than it was when I was a kid and I seriously felt like a tourist. Both of the houses I lived in up there were completely different. My elementary school had a stop light and a turning lane in front of it (used to be a two lane road). My junior high wasn't even there. It was remodeled and is basically a brand new school. I didn't feel at home. It was actually kind of sad. It was still just a beautiful as ever, but that was the only part I was familiar with. Vancouver is now the place I spent the first half of my life, and I am anticipating that I will spend a much larger portion of my life in Utah... oh well, life changes and we move on, I guess it's time to start saying I am from Utah.