Turning 30 BLOWS!!!

30 Reasons why I love you Brent     

  1. Your wonderful smile

  2. You are always such a gentlemen

  3. You are caring

  4. You are hard working

  5. You can always make me laugh

  6. Always fun to be around

  7. You are an AMAZING cook

  8. Your sweet kisses

  9. Your goals and dreams

10. You spoil me like crazy 

(but I'd still love you even if you didn't)

11. You are always willing to help those around you

12. Your love of the gospel

13. You always make me feel beautiful

14. You are extremely good looking!

15. You love to travel and experience new things

16. You are a big kid

17. You are so talented

18. You are mindful of others

19. You do everything possible for our family

20. You are spontaneous

21. Because you make my life wonderful

22. Because you will be an amazing father some day

23. You are always thinking positive and help me think positive too

24. Your personality and sense of humor

25. You love me for who I am

26. You are romantic

27. Your testimony

28. You make home a wonderful place to be

29. You are an amazing husband

30! Because you are my world, my everything!!!

 My wonderful hubby just celebrated his 30th birthday! I can't believe how fast time has flown. I am seriously the luckiest girl in the world to be able to spend this life with him!

I had a lot of fun planning his party this year. I had the fun theme of  "Turning 30 BLOWS" and had a million balloons, bubbles, candles, and anything that fit. We had a delicious ice cream pizza from Maggie Moos and had friends over to celebrate.

I was also able to surprise Brent with a trip up to see his family and have a small party with them and bowling. It was fun having everyone come celebrate his birthday and I know it meant so much to him. 

Thank you everyone that came and helped make this a memorable birthday for him! Love you Brent!!

The Little Mermaid

For my birthday Brent bought me tickets to see Disney's The Little Mermaid at the Tuachan. Ever since I was a little girl I have LOVED the Little Mermaid so this was such a fun thing to do. I definitely felt like a kid again waiting anxiously for the day to come. When the day finally came I was so excited I could hardly wait to go. Brent took me out to eat at Iggy's Grill. Their bread is to die for but I hate their service. We got to the play and I was shocked to see we had amazing seats (considering the show has been sold out almost every night) and that we were on the 8th row and dead center. Brent even bought me a great collectors program with lots of pictures from the play.

The play started by actually flooding the stage with water. It was so neat to see all of the special effects they did. They had a wall of water come down that they did light effects on it to make it seem like you were actually under the water. They also did a lot with black lights, wires & pulleys, and with costumes. Ursula's costume was the best. Her tentacles looked like the rolled across the stage with her! And her eels Flotsam and Jetsam had light on their costumes to make them electric eels. Every "fish" had on skates to seem more like they were swimming. My favorite scenes were the music number of "Under the sea", the fight between Sebastian and Chef Louis, and the dance numbers with the eels and Ursula.

I loved every minute of the play and spending the evening with Brent! I loved it so much I seriously was ready to watch it again! I bet Brent loved seeing me so giddy just as much if not more than the play itself. Thank you so much Brent for the wonderful evening and a great birthday! I love you!

Birthday

This year for Megan's birthday I kept it simple, but fun.  I got her a couple of CD's that she has been wanting.  I also got her The Hunger Games trilogy.  We have been reading it through a cousin's Nook account.  Thanks, Joey!!

We went to the bowling alley and played a couple of games.  We aren't very good, but we had a lot of fun playing and just spending some quality time together.

Megan's favorite Disney movie of all-time is The Little Mermaid.  It happens to be playing at the Tuacahn Amphitheater in Ivins, Utah.  I got eighth row seats for August 22nd.  I hope she will enjoy it

It has been a wonderful time together, Megan.  I count myself very lucky to be the man in your life.  I love you so much!  I hope we have many more wonderful years ahead.  :)

2 Birthdays in a row and Conference

My little sister Paige decided she wanted to come down during her spring break and to celebrate hers and Brent's birthdays. My parents and her came down saturday. I made Paige's favorite dinner (mexican pizzas) and just had a quiet family party for her. Paige stayed the whole week with us. It was so wonderful having her here! Happy Birthday Paige. We love you but hate that you are growing up so fast!

Brent's birthday was on Wednesday. I woke him up early, well earlier than normal, and gave him a "Top Secret" letter for Special Agent Brently. It described to him that he was to go on a mission, if he chose to accept it, to find his presents. I hid 35 (the number only reflects how much fun I had making them and couldn't stop) clues all over leading him to his gifts. It was so fun watching him running everywhere and trying to decode my hints. I had so much fun creating this little hunt for him and I hoped he enjoyed it. We invited some over our friends over for dinner, ice cream and two types of cakes. We then took off that friday to travel 5.5 hrs to the Grand Canyon! Even though it was a forever long drive, it was totally worth it and we loved having Paige there to enjoy it with us. The Grand Canyon is such an amazing place and so full of history! We had such a fun time and took lots of pictures. On the way home we took a different route through Zions so Paige could say she had been there. Even though it was really dark she could still tell what an amazing place it was. The tunnels were especially neat to travel though.

We had such a fun week enjoying Glee and just having lots of fun. Conference started on Saturday and we enjoyed all the talks we heard. After Conference ended on Saturday we drove up to take Paige home and to be with my family. I was even able to see my best friend Jenessa and her new boyfriend Jason! I have missed seeing her so much! I love listening to Conference. There is such a strong spirit knowing that we have a Prophet to guide us and getting a confirmation that I belong to the one and only true church of Jesus Christ. There were so many amazing talks! I think my favorite so far had to be Elder Scott's. It was such an amazing week and weekend. We drove over 1000 miles in 2 days and enjoyed every one!

Gemma Bean

Since Gemma is practically our kid, I decided it would be fun to throw her a little birthday party. She turned 2 this month. It was really fun to spoil her and to have family and friends come have fun with us. We went up the canyon a little ways to a place called 3 Peaks to eat. We brought hot dogs ... which we had some trouble cooking. It was really windy and a fire took a while to start. Then we forgot to bring skewers to cook them on. After scouring the area we finally found some sticks. It was really yummy and so much fun to have everyone and their dogs there. Thanks to everyone for coming and for the gifts ... Gemma loved them all!

My birthday

My birthday was so wonderful this year! My friend Shanae schemed with Brent the day before to get a birthday cake for me... it was very yummy. Thanks you guys. Its great to have such good friends!

Brent planned a surprise day for me... and trust me it was all a total surprise! Brent arranged for both me and him to have my birthday off. He woke me up at 5:45 AM and told me that I had 30 minutes to get ready. He then lead me to the car and told me to put a blindfold on. He drove us to McDonalds for breakfast, which we ate at the park, and then we continued on our journey. 2 hrs later (and a nice nap) I was told I could take off my blindfold. To my surprise Brent told me where we were going.... the Grand Canyon!! I couldn't believe it!! It was so amazing to see one of the world's greatest wonders. It was truly breathtaking! It was a perfect day with my wonderful hubby! Thanks for making it such a great birthday!

Birthdays!

This has been a month of adventure and birthdays! Paige had her 13th! I can't believe how old she is - she is officially a teenager! She is such a funny girl and we love her so much! Hope you had a good birthday!

Brent also had a birthday. I don't know if I should post how old he is but it is safe to say "old". This year I planned a little surprise party for him. I wrote a awesome (if I do say so myself) ransom note telling him that I kidnapped his birthday and that he wouldn't get it back unless he cooperated. My sister helped so much getting everything ready and set up. We picked up Brent from his work, blindfolded and handcuffed him, and drove around town making sure he was really lost, all the while with Paige holding a nerf gun telling him not to try anything funny. I dropped him off at our friends house so they could take a turn confusing him while I went and set up the secret location. Paige watched their kids which was such a big help. Thanks again! Finally Brent was led to the secret place, which was a very very yummy Thai restaurant called "Sweet Basil". The food was SO delicious! After dinner we all came back to our place and watched "The Blindside". Shanae & Paige helped me make Brent's favorite lemon cake and get all the other desserts ready. They really were such a big help. It was so fun and I think Brent was really surprised. Thanks Kevin and Shanae for all your help and for coming with us. It was a birthday to remember!

Happy Birthday to...

CAMERON!!!

Happy Birhday little brother! I can't believe you are 18! You are so old! Hope you have a fantastic day! We love you and we are so glad to have you in our family.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

MY WONDERFUL HUBBY - BRENT!!!

Brent had his 27th Birthday yesterday!

Brent asked for the lemon cake his mom used to make. I tried so hard to scourer the web for a recipe that sounded close. It turned out really good and I think he liked it. Brent told me that I couldn't put candles on his cake this year.. unless it was the number 9. I laughed so hard but ultimately decided that it would work because 2+7 =9. I bought Brent a really fun game for the PS3 called "Little Big Planet". I am so excited to learn how to play and play together.

Sunday night we had my cousins Ryan & Melanie Sorensen and their cute kids over for dinner and cake. We had so much fun watching them play on the wii fit. I totally wish I would have recorded Ryan and his son Taylor hoola-hooping. It was so funny. I really love getting together with them and growing our relationship. They will actually be moving to Page, Arizona soon. I am really excited for them but will miss them terribly!

On his birthday we celebrated with our friends Kim & Anna -who's Birthday was the day before, so we had a double party. We had really yummy food. Everyone really liked the cake I made! We played games and talked for the rest of the night. I am so glad to gain a good friendship with Kim and Anna. They are really awesome people!

Below are a few pictures (sorry I didn't get more) - enjoy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

PAIGE!!

My little sister turned 12 today! Holy Crap she is getting so old! Hope you had a great day sis! We love you so much and we are so glad to have you in our family! You are seriously the funniest little sister ever! You can always make me laugh no matter what my mood is. Can't wait to see you soon!

Megan's Birthday

Happy Birthday to Megan.
On August 10th I had my 22nd Birthday. Brent spoiled me by pampering me, and buying lots of presents including Rock Band, a couple Cd's & the first series of my favorite TV show. On the day before we were able to go to St. George. We went to the temple and out to eat at the Olive Garden. My family surprised me by coming down that day also. It was so good to have them here. Mom and Dad cooked me mouth-watering steak and bought me a yummy ice-cream cake. We had fun playing the whole day. On my b-day my friends threw a party for me. They cooked me dinner and we spent the night playing wii and watching a movie. All in all it was a really good birthday.