Here's to you

Travis,

I cried myself to sleep last night just thinking about you. You have been on my mind a lot lately and I feel so blessed to have known you for the last 20 years of your life. What an amazing human being you were. The most loyal and honest friend around. I liked coming to you for advice because you were always so brutally honest and would put me in my place when I needed it. I thank you for that!! I will miss our “life chats” because we always ended up laughing at my dumb mistakes. I think the thing that is killing me most right now is that the “Beast” will never walk through the door again. I am having a really hard time swallowing that. Of course I know you are in a better place but that doesn’t change the fact that I want you here! I am so grateful that our siblings fell in love and brought our families together! You have an amazing family who loves you more then you will ever know! The day I received that scary telephone call I ran to the hospital. I stood by your side and held your hand for quite some time. I am so grateful for those last moments I was able to spend with you. I whispered something in your ear and I know you heard me cause my eyes welled up with tears and an overwhelming feeling of calmness filled my heart. I know you got my back on this one!! I feel very comforted in knowing that I will see you again. You be good up there! I love you and will see you later my sweet friend!

4th of July

Tradition will never be broken. Of course we spent our 4th of July in Bear Lake with my family! There is no where else on this earth we would rather be! We watched the most amazing firework show right on the beach! Jeff and I love this place and one day will hopefully have a place of our own up there. Matt thank you for giving Jeff your shorts. They fit me and my two nephews just perfect!! Way to be Mr. Lineman, we sure love you!!

And Another One Bites the Dust

In June we were lucky enough to be a part of a beautiful wedding! Blake Simkins and Michelle Sansom finally tied the knot! We LOVE the Simkins and couldn't be happier for them !The wedding was beautiful and I have never seen a more gorgeous bride! Like I said I am slacking on my photo taking so of course I don't have a picture of them on their wedding day! We are so lucky to have such awesome friends! Our group is definitely getting larger. Now there are only four more to go.......... Love you Simkins!

So This is LOVE....................

Yes it's true.......Jeff finally let me get a dog!! After 3 years of begging, my wish was finally granted. Meet Leonidas (leo-night-us)Snow! He is a Shorkie and a pretty cute one I must say so myself. We have been enjoying the many potty accidents, sleepless nights, and constant biting, oh and did I say SLEEPLESS nights????!!!! He adds a lot of fun to our family and I can't imagine our lives without him! Love you Leo!

While the Husbands are away the Wife’s will SHOP!!!!

While Jeff and Matt were in St. George celebrating a bachelor party Miss Britt and I decided to head to Vegas for some shopping. We had a total blast! We shopped, ate till we were sick, went to bed at 8:00, laid out, ate again, shopped lots more, and last but not least watched Britt get hit on!!! It was the perfect girls weekend! Britt I just love you and don’t know what I would do without you! Thanks for such a fun PTA meeting!!!

Hawaii 2010

In May we were lucky enough to get away and enjoy the Hawaiian sunshine with the Snow clan. Thanks to Greg and Barb it was a fabulous trip from the yummy food, to the beach, to the pool, to our roommates, to our walks on the beach, to the beautiful sunsets, to a first birthday, to the bucket game on the beach at dark (I advise not to do this one, I never knew there were so many crabs out at night.) We have such a fun family and we feel so lucky to all be so close! Can’t wait for our next adventure!! P.S. I have gotten really bad at taking pictures so this trip was not documented very well!

The Search Has Come to an End

We began our house hunting journey back in December. We found a darling home that we immediately fell in love with! It was a short sale and we were in second position. A couple months went by and we learned we were the only offer. Lucky us……and then it foreclosed 2 weeks later! I had been watching the home and saw it hit the market again so I immediately sent our offer to the new agent. Of course I didn’t tell Jeff I resubmitted our offer because I didn’t want his heart to get broken twice. It was so incredibly hard to keep this secret from him! A few days later I found out that the bank had accepted our offer…..YAY!! I called Jeff to tell him to meet me at my office after work because I had a surprise for him. He had no idea what was going on because I drug him out earlier that week to look at some homes so he thought that’s what we would be doing. I didn’t have a blind fold so I made him lay the car seat back and close his eyes! It was the longest 10 minute drive of my life! We got to the home, I unlocked the door then went and grabbed Jeff. Eyes still closed I walked him into the living room. I told him to open his eye. He did and gave me the funniest look! He said “what are we doing here” I said well “we got the home!!” That was followed by several screams a huge hug and a big kiss!! We closed on April Fools Day and have been loving it ever since! I was lucky enough to stop this darling photo of him when I told him the good news!