Uncle John Gets Hitched

Yesterday Brett's uncle John got married to his beautiful bride, Kelsi. The wedding took place at John's incredible home in Lehi and was absolutely gorgeous!!! Below are photos from the wedding, courtesy of Laura Mellor. {Thanks Laura!!}

1. Claire & Bob come home Thursday!!!

2. Sundays

3. A wonderful weekend!

{foam friends}

Last night Brett and I decided to finally make a gift that Brett bought for me for Christmas, Foam Friends. I made the pig, Brett made the alligator and we both together made the mouse. Best family night ever!

1. The movie UP

2. Life!

3. Miracles

Happenings

Yes, we are boring and no, we really haven't done much of anything lately. This summer has been full, so far, of cold rainy days, work, and school. Brett is busy as a bee working on his dissertation and doing experiments for his research. He is so adorable. He has been learning to fend for himself for dinner since I never seem to get home until about 10pm. I am going to school, trying to please my ridiculous teachers and working a lot at Solase. So, yeah we are kind of boring busy bees, but we have lots to look forward to, such as:

-Claire and Bob get home in 2 weeks!

-Lake Powell in August!

-The Finals game tonight! (Yes, we are both way into it!)

-Father's day on sunday!

-I get to eat dinner tonight with Brett! :)

In case you can't tell I am pretty excited for all of them. Life is wonderful and so full of surprises. Have a wonderful Father's Day weekend :)

1. Brett

2. Brett

3. Brett

:)

Close Call

Last Sunday a freak rain/snow storm hit the Wasatch Front. Sadly, it coincided exactly with the same night we picked up Brett's moms Lexus from his home in Kaysville. After a long, rainy drive home, we made it to Provo and parked for the night.

In the morning, this is what was found.

When Brett walked out to drive to school, our neighbor said to him, "Dude, did you see the tree that fell? Your car is alright, but someones Lexus got hammered." The Lexus he was talking about was unfortunately Claire's Lexus.

Upon inspection of the crime scene the large branch had fallen from about 30 feet up and missed the car by about 6 inches, although several smaller branches hit the windshield. Luckily, no damage was done to the car.

1. I gave a talk in sacrament today and it's over!!

2. Got to spend today with Brett, it seems like I haven't seen him in so long!

3. Josh's graduation this Friday.

St. George Weekend

This last weekend Brett and I joined Matt and Laura down in St. George for a wonderful weekend.

We went rock climbing, mountain biking, swimming, ate wonderful food, and just had an amazing time!!!

Yea! I made it to the top!

Matt and Laura...master climbers!

1. Great weekend

2. Holly is here

3. I kinda got a tan...

"I Spy"

On one of our first dates, Brett and I hiked to the Y and played "I Spy". Today I went up there for a morning walk and it was well worth it. I thought of how much our life has changed since our dating days. I took a pic and highlighted some differences and old memories. I Spy:

1. Our grocery store.

2. The double church that I couldn't find the time we went up there.

3. The tree we hung out in on our first date.

4. Brett's second home, the Clyde Building.

5. My second home, work.

6. The BYU stadium where we spent many hours this last year.

7. Our church.

8. Our home!!!

1. Watching the Truman Show while Brett is at his class.

2. Lunch with my aunt today.

3. School.

A Little Man in a Big World

Trevor, my ten-year-old brother, is just a little man in a big world.

He is so funny. I thought I would post about him today.

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Trev and I email back and forth with each other probably 3 or 4 times a week and each email I get from him is so funny and so cute. One of our previous emails was this:

Me: Trev, how's everything going? How was the Klondike?

Trev: whit the klondike was fun. whit the snow was way deep. in some spots i had to dig myself out. it's true. we are now on the third disc of season 5 in lost. everything is fine up here. whit i am now on a baseball comp team. it's an 11u team.

love ya

-trev

Another email:

Me: Have you seen cloudy with a chance of meatballs? Is it good? What is your favorite baseball team to be on so far? Do you like to pitch or does it make you nervous?

Trev: no i haven't seen that. i heard princess and the frog is good but i'm afraid it is a girl movie. i like to pitch on one of my teams but so far on my rec team i have pitched every game and haven't let a single run get in. well have a good day. love you whit.

-Trev

It is so fun to have so many adults and then Trevor in the mix. At family dinners he always has something to say.

This picture is from last year at our cabin. Trev is in the middle and yes, he is closer to his nieces in age than his own siblings.

(Which is wonderful because the girls love him so much! "Uncle Trevor! Uncle Trevor! Wait for me!")

Trevor sometimes asks if I ever put pictures of him on our blog so I thought I would.

He is so awesome.

I love that he is so far apart in age from the rest of us. I want one like that someday.

A little one at the end to keep Brett and me young.

1. Trev

2. School on Wed!

3. Just got another email from Trev :)

{springtime with us}

I love springtime in Provo. It is so gorgeous!!!!

{Yes, this is taken from my car....}

I love it when Brett plays the piano :)

1. Spring

2. New job.

3. Brett is done with classes for the summer!

Primary

I'm back in the primary as the primary chorister. Couldn't be more excited!!

1. Finally no more snow!

2. Getting some sun today.

3. No work tonight, get to hang out with Brettie :).