One Scary Monster

This I one Scary Monster!!!

Lagoon 2011

Last weekend my whole family went to Lagoon, for my Dad and Brother's work party. We all had a lot of fun. They had free games for all the families to play, and you could win prizes, like these awesome sun glasses my nephew Aiden is wearing!!!

My niece and nephews LOVED riding the rides with Brandon, which is a good thing, because I don't like to ride the rides so it worked out good. (I think I rode a total of 3 rides)

This pictures just cracks me up. It's hard to see but my niece Mallorie was moving the wing around and smacked Brandon right in the head. She is covering her eyes because she was so embarrassed.

These two pictures also crack me up because my nephew Jackson looks bored out of his mind while the ride is stopped unloading people.

Everyone in line to ride Bombora, except me, my brother, and dad who don't like rides. :)

This is one of the three rides I rode, Odyssey. I know this is a kids ride, but I'm so scared of heights and even on this one I didn't dare to go up high. That's why Brandon's hair looks so funny because he kept getting sprayed by the dolphins.

It so fun when we can get the whole family together to do stuff like this. I know that Brandon and I really enjoy hanging out with everyone. And we had a blast at Lagoon!!!

SoMeOnE's 30!!!!!

Brandon turned 30 on Monday, and so on Friday hoping it would throw him off, and he wouldn't think I had anything planned, I planned a surprise birthday party for him with our friends at Barnes Park for a BBQ!



I always tease Brandon about getting old (I'm sure he will pay me back for this) but I found some fun plates online,and decided to make this the theme of his party.

My good friend Holly made this cake for the party, I think it turned out so good, and tasted delicious!!!

I also found this idea online and couldn't pass this up either.

Thanks to all our friends that could come, we really do have some of the greatest friends!!!

Lindsey & her hubby Kyle

(and no that's not their kid in the corner) :)

Cori with her cute new baby Noah And Cori's husband Zack

Brandon's sister Hailey & her little boy Eli

The newly weds Ali & Blake



Brandon's good friends growing up Aaron & Miranda

Our good friend Andy

Our brother-in-law Cory & Brandon's Dad

HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

What's New With Us

Brandon and I have been in our house now for just over a year. We have really loved being home owners, even though it has been hard at times. Back in February Brandon found out the contract he was working for up on Hill Air Force Base was no longer going to be there, and that they were consolidating all the contracts. He was told that everyone was going to be taken by the other contract taking over. Unfortunately that wasn't the case, and Brandon was laid off back at the end of February. At this time we had just started remodeling our bathroom downstairs, so that had to go at a slower pace, because we no longer had the money to fix it up right away. My Dad has been awesome though and has helped out so much with this bathroom.
Brandon began searching for jobs, and he had interviews but nothing seemed to be working out. A month had gone by and still no luck with finding a job. And then one night when we thought it couldn't get any worse, we came home and noticed that our house had flooded. The line behind our refrigerator had a hole in it, and had been leaking for who knows how long. It ended up leaking through the kitchen floor down to the basement, which is where Brandon noticed it when the wall started bulging out.

This was the last thing we wanted to deal with at a time like this. But Brandon and I just stayed strong, and kept praying that everything would turn out ok. We were very blessed, and our home owners insurance ended up paying for almost all of the new floor upstairs, and the wall in the basement.

Brandon ended up being out of a job for 2 months, which seemed like forever to us, but I know it could have been worse. We ended up looking at all this like a blessing in disguise. We always wanted to replace the floor upstairs but knew we wouldn't be doing that for a while, because it isn't cheap. And with Brandon's job, he loved working on Hill Air Force Base, but felt like he wasn't going any where. He found a job working for a company called Executech, which is an IT outsourcing company that goes into businesses that don't want to hire their own IT people. He has loved everything about this job. They give him a company car to use, (which helps because we don't have to drive his gas guzzling truck around)they gave him a new phone, they pay for his insurance 100%, and he works with a good group of people. It was definitely a hard time for us, but we knew we just had to keep praying, and doing everything we were supposed to, and it would all work out just fine. Brandon and I are both very blessed, and so grateful for everything we have. Going through these hard times just makes our relationship even stronger.

We are now continuing on with our little remodeling projects around the house. We are currently in the process of putting in a patio in the backyard. It's a lot of work, but we enjoy the time we spend together, and seeing the end result in all of this is definitely rewarding.

Here are some pictures of our floor, before, during, and after.

Scottish Festival

Brandon's Grandparents recently started a new tradition every year to set up a booth at the Scottish Festivals here in Utah, and to have as many family members come as possible. They had shirts made this year for everyone with the clan name on them with the clan symbol. They recently got into researching about their ancestors, and have found out some pretty neat things. Brandon LOVES learning about his ancestors especially those from Scotland. He even bought himself a kilt so he could look like a true Scotsman. I was a little worried about seeing him in his kilt, and wasn't really sure what to expect, but I have to admit I think he pulled it off! I have picked out material and Brandon's grandma is making me a kilt for the next Scottish Festival! We had a lot of fun, and it is pretty cool to watch the Scottish games. There was even a world record broken on the Weight Over the Bar game. Here are a few pictures.