Happy Birthday my Mia!

EAT Mia EAT!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MIA!!!!!!!
I hope you have a great 1st birthday!!!
You are such a beautiful, wonderful niece!!
I LOVE YOU!

New Flooring for the Kitchen

The Old tiled cream and tan floor....

The new better looking tile flooring with tan and grey!!
We were really excited just to not have all the big gashes in the floor
anymore. New carpet is coming soon also....so much to get
excited about. Love you all!!

1. I love Brett.
2. I get to go to Spain in August!
3. It's a gorgeous day!
4. I'm going to go swimming today.

Something New For the Office

The Office Before....clutter and duck tape fill the walls...

Getting down and dirty with a paint job on our porch...after successfully picking
out sheet metal from the local metal shop full of scary foreigners....

The successful magnetic board put in place...still a lil wet by the way
so it's a little shiny at the moment...

The result!! A cleaner, cuter office area!!!

An Outing at the Nutty Putty Caves

Well, last Saturday some friends of ours invited us to go with them to explore Nutty Putty Cave in Santaquin. I had heard about them from my family so we were excited to go. We drove out, just 5 of us, to Santaquin, and then some side streets, gravel drives, and dirt roads out to rolling hills by Utah Lake. We drove up a rather large hill and got out to find the cave. We finally found it on a hill. It is just a hole in the ground as you can see. Steve and Rachel went in first to unlock it from inside. The cave is currently closed to the public but if you get on a seperate sign up sheet you can go at a selected time with the password to get in. Brett went in after and then I went down into the hole and to my sad surprise the hole to crawl in through was smaller than I dreaded. It was an extremely small hole with a puddle of water on the ground. I couldn't see anyone in the cave but I could hear them. I finally made my way in army crawling and got through. It was so SCARY!! Once I got in the cave I could stand and was feeling alot better. We crawled and climbed around in the cave for a couple of hours. The cave goes a little over 300 feet down into the earth. There are steep slopes, ropes for grip, and ladders for climbing all through the cave. It was awesome!! We did make it out alive, although very, very wet!

1. The Sunshine!
2. I worked today!
3. Yesterday was a great Fathers Day. We love our dads!

The Scottish Festival.

For more joy reading this post, please read with a Scottish accent.

As it turns out...everyone is Scottish!! On Friday Brett's friend Jon gave Brett 2 tickets to the Scottish festival for free. Brett and I had never heard of the Scottish Festival at Thanksgiving Point but it was free so we decided to check it out. We made our way up there and finally got in after about 3 false openings to the outdoor festival. Once we got in we watched the family contest of who can throw the keg the farthest...a riveting sport. We followed a path and along the way there were different tents with "Clans" that had their family history. We found a tent with books on all the family names that were Scottish...we found both Mellor and Dustin!! Who knew?! We also found a tent filled with old time fighting weapons. This was one of the stops that Brett really enjoyed. At the "Ross Clan" tent, Brett convinced an old man to read me a poem about how his love for me was deeper than the reddest rose. Brett kept taking pictures and I tried my hardest not to laugh. By the end of the festival I was tired and Brett was very lost...needless to say that next years 38th annual Scottish festival we probably won't be joining, kind of a one time deal.

1. it's not burning hot yet!
2. my sleeping husband in the other room.
3. I was able to see my beautiful, loving sister for a month!! :)

Oh Brettie...

I just wanted to tell you how much I love you!! Thank you for being such an amazing husband and best friend to me. I know I have been sick this week and kind of a pain, but thanks for putting up with me and making me so incredibly happy!! You're everything plus way more of what I ever dreamed and I can't believe you're mine. I have never been this happy in my life and I'm so, so happy I have you forever! Even though you're
crazy,
silly,
sometimes you make the bathroom smell funny,
snore,
and are a little on the sillier side,

I LOVE YOU because you are
extremely handsome,
kind,
love me,
are amazing
and all of the above!

I can't wait for you to get home. Thanks for loving me and always being there for me. :)

Fantastic Design and a Sore Throat...

Last Thursday the fabulous Jessica Bennett of Alice Lane Interiors gave an early showing of a home in the parade of homes to my mom, sister and me.

It was spectacular.

She completely designed the interior of the home. With whit, charm, and elegance she showed us the home she decorated for the Utah Valley Parade of Homes. The colors, finishes, fabrics, walls, ceilings, views, doors, paintings, bedding....everything was....absolutely exquisite!

I worked for Jessica for almost a year and she is so amazing. Just going through the home reminded me of my love for design. I am committing myself to a lifetime of architecture and design study. I LOVE IT!!

Sadly enough this week I am under the weather. Last night I woke every hour as if I had an alarm in my head sounding me awake to each hour. I was probably snoring like a monkey and Brett couldn't have been sweeter to me. Thank you darling! Today I excitingly enough sound like a man and can't wait to start feeling better. Nothing sounds good to eat except a roast and carrots so I'm going to go pop it in the oven.

I need a new book to read...any ideas?

The Iron Horse...and a sore neck!

Well, it's safe to say that we are back in Provo and I am thankfully alive!! On Friday, my dad, younger brothers, Brett and me traveled down to Durango, Colorado for something road bikers refer to as "The Iron Horse Bicycle Race". For those that don't know what this race is it is a 50 mile race that travels up 6,600 vertical feet. It has flat ground, downhills, and 3 rather large hills to climb. When we got there we spent some time with some of my relatives that live there. We went down main street and looked through the shops and of course, went to the Mountain Bike Specialists store for some needed gear. It was a pretty rainy day but luckily wasn't snowing. My Uncle Robert is some sort of an expert on the race so he prepped us for what we were getting ourselves into. Josh, my dad and I did the race. This year was tricky because the race completely filled up before the race so we weren't able to be registered racers. So, we woke up at 5 a.m. and left my uncles home at 6 a.m., while the rest of the riders started at 8 a.m. Brett drove my dads car and my uncle in his car. We started the race and Brett and Robert would make stops every couple miles or so just in case we needed more water or food. The race was going great until we hit a hill called Colebank. It is an uphill that is 7 miles long with one little area that is flatter than the rest. My dad stayed with me and Josh raced ahead to get a new PR for the race. Josh and my dad had done it before so my dad was just staying with me which helped me alot! I never thought that we would get up Colebank but we finally did. We had some downhill after that before we hit the next big hill called Molass. When we first saw Molass I had to pull over and get a good cry in. I was so tired and was so sick of biking. Although it looked bad Molass wasn't as bad as Colebank and amazingly enough we make it up to the top. The downhill was again very welcome as we came down the mountain. It felt so good to see the small town of Silverton as we came down those mountain passes. Well, we made it to Silverton!! It felt so, so amazing to finish that race! Robert, Brett, Trevor and Josh were there waiting as we got in. I honestly couldn't believe I had finished. I don't think I will ever do it again, but....we'll see. Thanks dad for staying with me the whole time and cheering me on like you did!! I love you so much.

1. I'm alive.
2. My dad is amazing.

3. Today is Memorial Day! No school or work.

Timpanogos Cave

The Explorers

At the top!!

Brett was very interested :)

Yesterday Brett and I took decided we would do some things that have been on our "to do" list for a while. We set out at noon and went to the Timpanogos Caves. Neither of us could remember the last time we were there so we wanted to hike it again. We got our tickets and hike the mile and half up to the caves. It was perfect weather and so fun to have a Saturday out. We arrived at the top and shortly after got to go inside the cave for our designated tour time. It was interesting. It was our tour guides second day on the job and he was surprisingly very knowledgable about the caves. We were both surprised as to the size and length of the caves. Thankfully we made it out alive and got safely back down to the base. We got in the car rather tired from our four hour excursion and went down to Cabelas. We pass it every time we go home and have always wondered what it was like inside. Well, it's huge and definitely a hunters paradise. We didn't stay long cause we were exchausted. On the way home we stopped and got Five Guys Hamburgers because of all the "raving" we hear about it. It was really good and we were impressed. So, the day was successful. We definitely were excited to see the caves, the store, and try out Five Guys. Other than that we are just working, Brett's in school, and my sister Holly and her family comes in today for the week. Yeah!!