MOVING DAY

I got some pictures I haven't blogged yet!

Two weeks ago,

we had our Ephraim Coed Tournament.

It was fun and we played well,

but we didn't win it :(

Here is Mack being a professional coin tosser!

My catching skills

My momma got a few action shots!

MOVING DAY

Ugh I hate moving.

It is such a pain in the butt.

We have been putting it off all week,

but finally on Wednesday night we just

buckled down and got everything moved over.

We owe Richard and Chels dinner

cuz they helped us out so much!
Kenzie and Rich are so strong!

They would just throw the heavy stuff

around like it was nothing!

My mom was shocked when Richard just picked up the

couch by himself and started moving it!

Now we are living in God's country again,

and I am so happy to be back in Moroni.

We just sit on our back patio and watch

Hemi run around 100000000 miles an hour!

I think this is just such an awesome little community

and I feel more welcome here than I ever did in Nephi.

It is nice to have so many good friends

and to have people to visit with everywhere we go.

We love our new place,

and especially our new 1/2 acre yard!

Kenz is like obsessed with the watering of the lawn.

And Hemi just loves running as fast as she can all over.

And I just like sitting in my chair and watching

the sun set and my cute little family playin in the yard.

We are SO happy to be moving

on to this exciting part of our lives.

And now, we start the remodel .....................

Good Stuff

Can you believe we are more than

halfway through July?

This year is just flying by!

One of my favorite weekends has come and gone...

Ute Stampede / Lamb Days.

I started my weekend by going to the

new Harry Potter movie with my mama on Friday after work.

I pretty much had to bribe her to go with me

cuz NO ONE wanted to go see it with me!

But I am a dork

and I love Harry Potter.

And I thought it was awesome!

After the movie,

me and Case went to Lamb Days

to watch the boys play softball.
The tournament was on

Friday night and Saturday morning.

But I had to work at the AC

for a few hours on Saturday,

So I only got to watch Friday.

Kenzie's team ended up taking 3rd.
And they had a few extra shirts so I got one...

Bonus!

On Saturday night,

we went to the Stampede with

Joe and Brittany.

It was fun!

Britt was the first Sanpete girl

I met when I graduated

and started spending ALL my time in Moroni.

We got in the same apartment at Snow

and we had some good times!

But we had to grow up and get busy

and we kinda went our separate ways for a couple years.

So I am very happy that she is now engaged to

one of our best friends

and our new house is just up the block from her and Joe!

We have some good times ahead!

On Sunday

we had a chill day at the house

and went and played some tennis

in the evening...

I won 2 out of the 3 games

(Thank you very much :))

Poor girl had to stay in her kennel for a while....

Lol this picture just proves that tennis

really can be a workout!

Last week Kenz got the opportunity to start doing

four tens at work.... Graveyards!

It sounds miserable,

but it is actually pretty nice because now he is

home every day, evening, and weekend.

He just works from 11pm-9am

Sunday thru Wednesday nights.

Of course now that his schedule is so open

he already went and got another job

at Lighthouse Academy!

I told him to just enjoy some free time for a while,

but he saw the chance to double his paycheck

and couldn't resist!

I guess I won't complain....

I can't say I mind extra spending money!

I have to say,

it is hard to get out of bed right after he

comes home from work and crawls under the covers

and gets the bed all cozy at 7am!

I had to take this picture of him this morning...

There is something about a sleeping man

that is just irresistible!

Here's me....

Ready for another glorious week of work!

* On the bright side.... It is the hometown dates on

the Bachelorette tonight!

Life is good!

I am a pretty happy girl right now.

I just feel so content and happy

with my life lately.

It is very refreshing!

Some of the things that I know are giving me

this positive attitude are:

#1 - OUR NEW HOUSE :]

Yes, it looks light yellow.

It also has carpet in the kitchen

and a baby purple bathroom.

OBVIOUSLY,

we will be doing some remodeling.

Which makes me absolutely more

excited than ever!

I am so excited to make this place our own

and to finally OWN our own house!

We are getting the keys on Wednesday.

I spend a great majority of my days

at work looking at decorating and remodeling blogs.

I am stoked!

It feels so great to be taking this

big step in our lives.

I am so proud of the things

we have accomplished so far in our marriage.

And I am so happy that we will

own a house and have both of our

vehicles paid off before we even

START our family.

#2 - Do Terra Essential Oils

and my little version of integrative medicine!

I have this amazing friend from California

named Cynthia.

She is a member of the Self Realization Fellowship church

which is based on beliefs from a guru in India.

SO interesting!

She has inspired me to be more open

to a lot of things in my life.

She's way into herbs and essential oils.

So when our friend Richard told us he was starting

to sell Do Terra Oils,

I was super excited!

We went to a meeting at his house last night

to learn all about them.

They are awesome,

and I LOVE using them.

She also meditates.

Random, I know.

But she encouraged me to try it,

not necessarily for religious purposes,

but for self relaxation.

I thought it was a little off the wall,

but when my monthly COSMO magazine

had an article about meditating,

I decided to give it a try.

So I found myself a Pandora radio station

that plays calm meditation music

and I have been spending about 15 minutes

every morning just sitting in my quiet

bedroom listening to it

and trying to clear my mind.

You would be surprised at how good

this makes you feel!

I am hooked on my new essential oils

and my little morning, stress relieving ritual!

#3 - Our new friends, Richard and Chels.

We have lots of friends,

and we love them.

But we have had so much fun with

Richard and Chels lately.

It is SO nice to have married friends,

who want to do the same things as us.

We will just call each other and say

Hey let's go hiking!
And we will all just drop everything and go.

I have been pretty baby hungry lately.

But having friends who will go do

crazy fun stuff with us at a moments notice

has cured me.

I could NOT do these things if I had a baby.

I am SO looking forward to when we will have one.

But I don't think we are quite ready

to give up all our fun nights and weekends!

Which brings me to number 4.....

#4 - Our cruise!

Next time we get paid we are booking

our 4 night October cruise to Mexico

with Richard and Chels!

Needless to say,

we are pumped for this.

#5 - Having health insurance!

We got our insurance cards...

I can finally go in and get my eyes

checked and get new glasses and contacts.

This is huge for me.

My eyes cause me so much trouble!

It will be so nice to know that if

we get hurt we can go to the doctor!

#6 - Having my Momma with me...

I am such a momma's girl.

We are always busy and if I don't

see my mom for a couple days in a row

I get so sad!

Kenzie makes fun of me so bad

cuz I see her more than most people

get to see their moms and I still get all upset

when a few days go by and I don't see her.

It has been like a dream come true to have

my mom with me everyday.

#7 - Being Married to my very bestie :]

Gosh I just love Mackenzie.

I can't even tell ya.

He is such a sweetheart.

The other day we were thinking back on

how different our first year of marriage

was from our second year.

We spent the first year of marriage fighting!

Haha, like always.

But the last 8 months or so have been

absolutely awesome.
I think we have just matured a lot

and we now realize how to talk out problems

without trying to kill each other!

I can't even believe we are a couple

weeks away from our 2 year anniversary.

The time is going by TOO FAST!

{ SO ANYWAY }

There is my spill.

As I was driving to work today,

I just realized how happy and content

I feel with my life right now,

and it is such a good feeling!

Happy Monday :]

A Little Taste of Everything

We switched things up this year for the 4th!

We usually go out to Grantsville,

and it is always a blast.

But this year we decided to spend the weekend

with our good friends,

Richard and Chelsea~

On Saturday morning,

me and Chels hit up all the yard sales in

Ephraim and Manti.

We are dorks,

and love to get old furniture and refinish it.

Then we went and got our boys

and went to Palisades.

We jumped off these big rocks into the lake.

It was super fun!

When we left,

we went to the AC and swam some more

since we were already soaked!

Later,

we went over to Mike and Amy's

for a barbecue with the crew.

We had TOO MUCH fun

and the food was amazing!!

The kids lit some fireworks and it was

just a really fun evening.

The next morning,

we woke up and headed up to Provo with Rich and Chels.

We went hiking up Sundance

and it was AMAZING!!!!

It was a workout!

There was still quite a bit of snow in some areas.

There was one part where we were walking

on the snow and we saw a hole in the snow....

And when we looked through it there was

SO MUCH water running down the mountain

and FAST!

It was super scary....

It we would've fell through the snow we would've died.

After that we stayed closer to the trail!

This first picture is our friend

sitting up on a snow bank....

Look at that waterfall!!!

Tracy and Nate

After our viscous hike,

we hit up Olive Garden

then went back into Provo to save our seats

for the parade the next morning.

Apparently in Provo

people camp out all night to save spots

for the parade.

So we set up a couple of those

gazebo tent things

and a table and chairs....

and we brought a little tv

with the nintendo and movies,

games, good food, and lots

of pillows and blankets

and sat there all night!

It was fun

and there were people

ALL OVER THE STREETS!

Me and Chels convinced our hubbys

to give us a foot massage :]

The parade was fun...

But we decided it wasn't worth all the effort

everyone put into it!

Our parades down here in the sticks

are just as good!!!

By Monday after the parade,

we were ready to be home!

We had fun,

but I am a family girl.

And I missed my mama and my in-laws!

So we came home.

I had to work at the AC for a couple hours.

Then we hit up the

Moroni Fireworks.

It was really nice to be with family

and back home in our little small town.

I could NEVER be a city girl.

I love having the whole town

sitting out on the baseball field...

A local band playing some tunes...

Watching the little ones run around....

and everyone just wandering around and visiting.

So, needless to say,

the weekend was AMAZING!

We got some friend time,

some family time,

some alone time,

time in the mountains,

time on the lake,

time on the baseball field,

It was perfect.