Fun at Temple Square...

My sister Jennie and her fam came down for the weekend so they could go to Lagoon :) Although we probably weren't the "highlight" of the trip we had fun with them at Temple Square. I don't think the kids had been to Temple Square before so it was fun seeing their faces light up as they looked at the Pretty "Castle" (as Makayla put it). And it was night time so everything was lit up & it looked Soo Beautiful! We had a lot of fun taking pics and the kids even enjoyed riding Trax. I think overall they would agree it was much better than going to Lagoon...wink...wink ;) Here are some pics we took!

You will probably have to turn the volume ALL the way up to hear Makenna's wish (& turn the music down) as she tossed the penny into the wishing pond. I think her wish went something like "I Wish...I Wish Alot of Stuff...I can have Fun Everyday!" I thought it was cute & Benna I hope your wish comes true!

A Wonderful Blessing...

Mike & I were very fortunate to get to attend the sealing of Baby Cianna to her parents, Brandon & Kim (I hope you don't mind me posting this, Kim). Brandon & Kim are some of the strongest people I know. They definately endured a lot before welcoming Cianna into their family. She definately was sent to them for a reason & It was such a neat experience for us to be there to see that final confirmation take place! We have never attended a sealing before with a child and when they brought Cianna into the Sealing Room she truly looked like an Angel. Everyone had tears in their eyes.

Brandon & Kim I am soo happy for you & I can't thank you enough for letting Mike & I be apart of that special day!

Left - Poor Cianna had allergies & even with the booger hanging out her little nose I still found this picture too cute not to post!! Right - Just a cute pic of Kim admiring her baby girl :)

American Idol Tour...

Last Tuesday my old roomy Allison & I went to the American Idol Tour Concert in Salt Lake. Yes I am an American Idol Freak!! Well, our seats weren't considered half bad - we were lined right up with the stage but we were up a little high in the section but we could still see everyone really good. Well...I convinced Allison that we needed to work our Mojo and get down lower in the section because the stage had a pop out that went out right by the lower section. Well, at intermission we made our move & Victory was ours!!! Yes we were THIS close (the pic is of Brooke White) we were soo close that our zoom was a little Too much to focus on our Idols!! It was AWESOME! We were soo close that Kristi Lee Cook (the one that sings country) GRABBED my left hand. Not just touched but GRABBED!! I have to admit I had a wee bit of a moment w/ her...haha!!!! Mike still teases me about how I excited I got over a GIRL grabbing my hand. But just so you know the two David's got pretty close as well but other girls seemed to get in the way. Below are some fun pics of the concert & of course some live footage. They ALL sounded Soo good!!! Definately better Live then on TV :) Well, I hope I made some of you jealous & if you don't like American Idol feel free to think I'm a dork but just know that deep down inside you still are a little bit envious :)!!!

And this is a pic of the let's call him "Concert Cheerleader" he's the one that gets all the fans screaming and hollering at the beginning & Intermission of the concert. Well I may not know anything about him, BUT he posed for me for a pic durring Intermission so that made me feel special. Soo special in fact I am posting it now :) (Still not Jealous???)

Here is some of the Live Footage I got. Both David's are tied for Favorite so I thought I would post one of each. I have others as well but this post is already getting pretty long...

David Cook was Killer!!!

But of course I love my HomeBoy Archy (Aka David Archileto sp?) Sorry this video is sideways but he sounded soo good on it and I can't seem to get it to flip around but o'well it's still fun to watch

I took a TON OF PICS but here are just a few of my Favorites :)

A Great Saturday...

I had a really good Saturday this last weekend :) First, it began w/ my sweet husband! Yes I am going to brag for a moment!! Well, we have started the tradition of celebrating 1/2 birthdays since there are way to many holidays wrapped around our birthdays then nothing happens forever, so we thought celebrating our 1/2 birthday was much needed (ok so I thought it was but he went along with it) Well...this year I totally forgot his!! I felt so bad cause I didn't remember it until it was a Week past his. He said it was fine so I definately wasn't expecting anything. Well, of course my hubby likes to make me feel even worse & he has a better memory than I (yes - it's true...I am more likely to forget an anniversary than he would) So Saturday after already being upset with him for being really late for our lunch date w/ some friends...he came home with a bouqette of flowers, a sweet card, and a movie for me. It was Soo Sweet!! I totally forgot it was even my 1/2 birthday! What a sweet Hubby :) I Love You Sooo Much!!! And...I tried not to be mad anymore.

Then...I got to go to lunch w/ an old Roomy - Michelle from my 2nd year at BYU-Idaho!! We really clicked from the beginning - which was mostly due to the fact that we both liked boys and we really liked hanging out with boys (not that the other roomys didn't like boys, they were just more of the "home body" type if you know what I mean). It was soo great seeing her. She has two little boys now which are super cute & definately full of a lot of energy! Thanks Michelle for lunch & thanks for coming Becca!! Hmm...Do we look like we have aged at all??

Next I attended a Lual (sp?) themed Bridal Shower for my friend Angie Rosenburg, to help her get "Leid" (sp?) which was thrown by my friend Brittany Gerard. Brittany definately knows how to throw a party. I won't go into all the details as to what games were played but it was definately a party for friends and not soo much the grandma's and ma's...if you know what I mean. But we sure did laugh alot & have alot of fun!!! Below are some fun pics of the party! In the pics are Me, Brittany Gerard, Rachelle Jarimello (Olsen), Angie Rosenburg(soon to be DeGraw, Victoria Driscoll (Ogden), Wendy Blackburn (can't remember her new last name) & the little girl in the pic is Victoria's baby, Nykelle. She was so cute!! She ate like 5 bananas & who knows how many cupcakes. So the pic of her is her with cupcake frosting all over her face. It was too cute not to post (yes I have a tendancy of posting pics of other people's kids until I get some of my own). Also Brittany gave Angie the ULTIMATE KILLER Bridal gift. She gave her a chest (really it was a chest) filled with everything you could possible need to help start off a "fun" marriage & then a whole bunch more to help keep things Hott!! Britt way to go on the gift!! Angie, you better tell us what are "Must Haves" & "Must Don'ts)

Victoria's husband & my husband went golfing while we were at the shower. So...when it was done they met up with us & since we NEVER see Rachelle we went out to dinner afterwards. (well...mostly for the boys cause they didn't have the yummy Hawaiian Haystacks at the party). Anyways, Nykelle was having so much fun playing w/ Mike so I had to take a pic :) And here is one of us girls as well.

So a good Saturday Indeed!!

4th of July in Idaho...

Finally after like 6 years I got to go back to Idaho for the 4th of July!! I have been looking forward to this day for like 6 years now :) I am such a sucker for fireworks & Idaho Fall's fireworks will always be instilled in my heart as "The Best of the West of the Mississippi"!! I have shared this belief with Mike for 4 years now & he finally got to enjoy them with me, but besides just the fireworks we had a really great time in Idaho this weekend.

First, it started with lunch w/ my dear friend Nicole Stucki & her sis Lindsey. It was so great seeing you again Nicole!! If I had a blog when we lived together it would have been filled with lots of random things & lots of stories of all the FREE stuff we got. We definately had a great summer together :) Then we headed off to the Menan parade. And let me tell ya Mike & Josh (Amber's husband) were extremely impressed! Ok, so maybe they totally laughed at it but it was so fun being there & the carnival afterwards brought so many memories back...well mostly because I ran into so many great friends that I hadn't seen in way too long. I totally goofed and didn't take pictures with anyone but I did get a pic of me w/ the Jones! I love that I can still talk to them like we had never been apart! They are such a great family :) Below is a little scrap page of some of the fun pics we took there (the baby in the pic is my adorable niece, Paige - they were too cute not to post & the cowboy is a great representation of what you will find in Menan - haha - ok he was in the parade but by looking at him you had no way of knowing what he was suppose to be sponsoring):

Then of course it was time for the fireworks! We got there at like 5 so there was plently of time to take the boys for a walk around the Greenbelt (I wanted Mike to experience EVERYTHING)! Again saw some good friends & then it was time to experience the infamous fireworks!! Of course they were awesome & Mike even admited they were pretty darn good, except he said that it wasn't the fireworks that stole the show, it was just the whole atomosphere which I would totally have to agree with. Although we took lots of pics of the fireworks below is a scrap page of pics w/ the fam since we got to spend a lot of time with the family this weekend. The only people missing were my parents & Steve & his family - hopefully we'll all be together next year!

Saturday we started off the day golfing. I, of course, just drove the cart but it was fun watching Mike, Josh & Amber play! And Mike won - Go Mike!! Then we had a long needed nap before we headed off to the Snell's for dinner. We can always rely on the Snell's for some good ol' cookin'!! (For those that don't know they Snell's they are long time family friends of ours that will never get rid of us) Afterwards we just played around & then a fun little football game developed & below are some pics of that fun!! In the pics w/ us are Nate & Becca Stander (Snell)

Then we made our journey back home on Sunday. It was a great trip!! Hopefully Mike will let us go back for the 4th many more years to come :) Sorry for such the long post w/ all the pics and pretty much an itinerary of our weekend but I wanted you to get a feel of what a great time we had!! also if you want to see more pics and explanations of pretty much the same thing you can visit my sister's blog (Amber Hammond)! She's much better than me at putting up cute posts quickly!! Thanks Amber, Josh & of course Paige for coming with us & Jennie for letting us stay with you!! I hope you all had a wonderful 4th as well!!! I LOVE our Freedom!!!

A Beautiful Idaho Sunset

In Laws Versus In Laws...

Ok maybe it wasn't so much like that, but the other weekend we got the privilege of hanging out with both our parents :) This doesn't happen very often since Mike's family lives in Logan & my parents are in St. George but my family was coming to town for some golf tournaments & Mike's parents were coming down for the REAL soccer game & before you knew it we were all going to the game together. We had a really good time. We met up for dinner then rode Trax to the game. I even think my family enjoyed the game. For those of you that don't know my family they are Golf Fanatics & soccer is low on their radar but I think by the end of the game they were understanding what was happening and we even Won! Go REAL!! Here are some of the highlights of the day :)

Here we all are at the game - Left to Right: Mike's parents-us-Tyson-My Parents

Go REAL!!

Mike enjoying a yummy pretzel while Tyson cools off w/ a slushy (it sure was warm)

Tyson & I showing off some of his cool Tom Cruise look-a-like sunglasses he got that day at the Gateway!

We had a great weekend and we always love when family comes to visit!! My family was actually here for 5 days! Which is a record since we always tease them that we are just a pit stop from one golf course to the next :) We Love Ya!! Come back and visit again Real Soon!!

Watch Out Disneyland Here We Come...

I was so fortunate to get to take a Girl's weekend with my sweet Girlfriends to the place where ALL your dreams come true...Disneyland!!! My dearest friend Brittany Gerard decided a few months ago that it would be fun to go to Disneyland for her 25th Birthday. Well, I couldn't commit then but I was grateful that they still let me come. So Brittany, Janae, Cassie & I set off on a marvelous adventure! We were seriously like little kids running around Disneyland and California Adventure Land. I think we have about 300 pictures to prove how much fun we had :) But our fun definately had its price. Our feet suffered every step of the way!! Between Brittany and I we probably had like 15 bandaids on our feet and tape wrapped around to keep them on. It was not a pretty site - haha!!
We meet some pretty interesting people but I think Collin will always stand out in my mind. It was a 2 hour wait to go on Indiana Jones, so in that line we meet 7 yr old Collin. He talked non stop for probably an hour straight and we learned a little bit about everything. He even did a dance for us which he named the "ChaDaDa" He was so cute & definately helped the line go by much faster.


Then because it was Brittany's birthday we were determined to find her a guy or 2 (Cassie, Janae & I are all married so we thought we would do our sisterly duty and find her a guy). Well, the park really wasn't swarming with single attractive guys our age but we did end up in line next to a couple of 21 yr olds which turned out to be really nice guys. Except for the fact that when we all first saw eachother we thought they were much older and they thought we were fresh out of High School - man times never seem to change no matter how old I get. Anyways we got them to sing Happy Birthday to Brittany and the whole crowd cheered for her. It was really funny and I think deep down she Loved it even though she swore that we would never be forgiven.

The rest of the trip was just filled with a lot of screaming, laughing, and groaning (due to our painful feet) but all in all I am so glad I went on this trip! Well, I'm especially glad that Mike let me go. He is such a great husband!!! So if you ever get the chance to take a girl's weekend you MUST, you will be forever sad that you didn't!! Here's a slide show of about an 18th of the pics we took! but hopefully you can get a feel of how much fun we had!!

Happy Father's Day...

Happy Father's Day Dad & Dad!! You truly bring a light into our lives :) And we are happy to call you our Dad! Thanks for everything!!!

A Visit from Friends...

Brittany and I met at Massage Therapy school and quickly became real close :) We were both dating guys we totally knew we would marry (which we did) and were just enjoying the life. Well 4 years later, I'm glad to say that we have still stayed close even though they have lived in California for last three years. They have the cutest little boy Carson & it was soo much fun seeing them. And since 99.9% of our friends have kids, Mike & I always find ourselves doing more "family" like activies when we hang with friends & this time was no different. We went to the Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point so Carson could be awed at all the neat Dinosour skeletons, but I would have to admit we were the real kids there. Here are some pics of the Highlights (or atleast some of the pics we took before my camera died)

This was too cute!! Mylo's not use to having someone to play with his own size :)

I just thought this was cool

Mike begged me to take a picture w/ him in the cave! Ok, the truth is I pulled him in but look at how cute he looks :)

Brittany & I made this 2 headed 2 tailed dinosour - We called it "PurLowe" (I think Carson was pretty impressed)

Brittany, Carson, Chad (sorry I had no pics of you chad) Thanks for visiting!!

Come back Real Soon!!

One Word Tag...

1. Where is your cell phone?..........Table
2. Your significant other?...............Lucky (that I have him)
3. Your hair color?...........................Blonde
4. Your mother?..............................Loving
5. Your father?................................Funny
6. Your favorite thing?...................Laughter
7. Your dream last night?..............Weird
8. Your favorite drink?..................Sprite (w/ lime)
9. Your dream/goal?......................Mom (To be)
10. The room you're in?.................Cluttered
11. Your hobby?..............................Cards
12. Your fear?..................................Losing
13. Where do you want to be in six years?...........Home
14. Where were you last night?..............................Cuddling
15. What you're not?........................Patient
16. Muffins?.......................................Blueberry
17. One of your wish list items?......Children
18. Where you grew up?...................Rigby
19. The last thing you did?................Dinner
20. What are you wearing?...............Comfy
21. Your tv?.........................................Noisy
22. Your pets?.....................................Playing
23. Your computer?............................Working
24. Your life?........................................Busy
25. Your mood?....................................Sleepy
26. Missing someone?..........................Family
27. Your car?.........................................Mine - just pd it off :)
28. Something your not wearing?.......Shoes
29. Favorite store?................................Crafty
30. Your summer?................................Beginning
31. Like someone? ................................Mike
32. Your favorite color?........................Depends
33. When was the last time you laughed?...........Moments
34. Last time you cried?......................Seconds (just watched the music video on Liza's blog - it is definately a tear jerker)
35. Who will do this?..............................You!

I tag Amber, Becca, Jennie & Kim (and whoever else would like to do it :)