May and June Update

Gavin and I have been on vacation... well a vacation down the street. We have been house sitting and dog sitting for the cutest family ever. So while they are in Hawaii, we get our own big house. The dogs name is Brandi and she is obsessed with Gavin. She follows him everywhere he goes! She is kind of a bigger dog and shed everywhere. Gavin and I were going down to salt lake for sunday dinner and didnt want to leave her home alone. So we jumped in the three seater truck and headed out. She played so hard with the other dogs she fell asleep on Gav's lap on the way home.

The house is beautiful! It's basically up hidden in the mountain so we are surrounded by forest.

May is my birthday month so the day before we had my birthday dinner with the Linsley's. I requested chinese food, and Jill went all out.. of course. She always makes everything so amazing.

It was so much fun to spend time with the family together. I got so many cute gifts I loved all of them... except for maybe one. When Gav gave me his gift to open, he was so giddy and laughing it made me not want to open it. When I did i was SO embarrassed!!! Since I turned 21, he got me this huge can of beer. GROSS! My face went way red and all I could do was laugh. He is such a bum. He also got me this way sweet couch slip cover for our hand-me-down couch that we love. It used to be chocolate cordoroy, now its tan suede, its like a whole new couch! Then he took me shopping all day long, which is a WAY good present from him because he has a hard time shopping with me.

The next day on my birthday I woke up at 4:00 a.m. and then every 20 min after that and was so sick. I knew it couldn't have been food poisoning from Jill's amazing meal. Ends up I have the 24 hr. flu and just had to wait it out. I had to miss work and layed in bed all day... DARN! What is worse.. laying in bed on your b-day or going to work? I still cant decide. Anyway, on Gavin's lunch break he brought me these way cute flowers!

When I got to work the next day... my office got me these cute flowers and the most random card ever.

This is my favorite part of this whole post. My lucky cousins adpoted the cutest baby EVER last week!! She is half black half white and I want to keep her. We went to their house last night and I held her for hours, plus fed, changed and put her pajamas on her. I am so excited to be a mom one day... until then, I have baby Jada.

Spectacular?

This past Sunday, my little sis Graduated from Seminary! I am so proud of her, its such a great program for youth.

Gavin and I have been called to help out with the "Spectacular". If you remember the day of celebration they did in salt lake, its like that but with the Ogden Stakes. Our first big practice was this past Saturday on Weber High Schools football field, and it was freezing cold... not to Spectacular. It was so cold it started Hailing! The balls were so big it was painful when they hit you!

Even though the weather was horrible, the youth still had fun in it and practiced through it. It was a fun weekend, and I cant wait until next weekend.... its My Birthday!

Yesterday we had the honor to attend the sealing and luncheon for one of Gavin's good guy friends, and of course one of my good friends now. They were so adorable in the temple and all day we are so happy for them. Gavin and i got to hang out all day and i loved it. i swear my fairytale life would to be with Gav everyday. Anyway there is nothing we want more for our friends than to be sealed together in the temple. we know how important and life changing it is, and want our friends to understand it as well.

Their lunch was at the Joseph Smith Memorial building. It has always been one of my favorite places in down town. the detail is so beautiful. We got there a little early so i had some time to sit and ponder about Joseph Smith and his life. It was such a good experience for me! sometimes i get caught in the.. my life is so hard... sometimes. and to think about the faith and hardships that Joseph Smith went through made me realize how blessed i am. anyway i heart joseph smith and all he has done for me and the church.

A few of Gavin's friends hadnt been through the Conference Center yet so we took a tour. the hall of the prophets is my favorite, but my ultimate favorite statue is the one of Joseph in the grove.

I know i have a lot of favorites, but i love this wall up on the roof. and to know my little missionary helped for two years to prove this saying to be true. Love him, and all missionaries!

a Painful Gift

As you all know my birthday is coming up! My father in law got my gift a little early and couldnt wait any long to give it to me. It was a new set of pedals and clips for my sister in laws old road bike i have been riding. I was really excited but a little apprehensive about using them. But after all it was a gift so we went outside and put them on. I used them on my first ride last week. Gavin and i went on a ride and we were going up a big hill. Gavin has a hard time waiting for me sometimes so i arrived at the top of the hill alone. as my bike was coming to a slow stop i tried clicking out one side... couldnt get it... tried the other side.. not coming out!! by that time my bike came to a hault and over i went, right into a pile of glass. Gavin rushed to my side and luckily i only got scraped a little bit. but i wasnt about to give up.

So last night Gavin and I went on a ride with his parents and their friends. We all rode down to this round about, and at that point the boys would keep going and the girls would turn around. we got the seperating point, i gracefully clicked out with my righ foot to lean against the curb... and crashed over my left side. I was so frustrated! i could feel the tears coming when gavin was helping me up but i held them in since there were 20 cars and 10 people watching me eat gravel! and that my friends is how i got that beautiful mark on my elbow, you should see my stomach and my knee. anyway, after i was up and going we went our seperate ways. the whole way home was uphill and i was pushing hard, not cause i am a good rider, but because i wanted to get home!i didnt realize how far ahead i was from my mother in law Jill, so at the top of the hill i was going to wait for them to catch up. so i tried clicking out of my right, got it out, went to pedal one more time, clicked back in... tried clicking out again and noticed i was headed for the curb! I looked up, and hit my face on a huge branch! i just knew i shouldnt have gone on this ride. anyway we went 10 miles mostly uphill and i did it!! thats all that matters, and i made gavin proud.

Weddings and Races

This has been a crazy week, full of weddings and work and lots of driving. First one of my best friends got married last monday. I was lucky enough to be invited to the sealing and luncheon. It was such a great experience, there is nothing want more for my friends than to get sealed in the temple. This one of the gifts I made her for her wedding. I was so nervous she wouldnt like it but she ended up loving it.


Last Friday we had another wedding that Gavin was in this time. It was down at the Timpanogos temple. It was fun to hang out with Gav all day and the temple grounds were beautiful!



Right after the wedding on friday, we headed up to bear lake for Gavins bike race. It was a long drive, but I loved just chatting with my best friend the whole way there. We almost hit about 7 deer, but lucky we didnt. Once we arrived at the beach house we were staying at it was around 1:30 so we went right to bed because the race started pretty early. I woke up around 11:30 and opened the curtains in our room to the most beautiful view of bear lake i have ever seen. little did i know we were staying in the most amazing house! It is decorated perfectly to the T! with seven rooms a big deck and huge windows facing the lake. after his race we headed for lunch at Cafe Sabor which was delicious. we had such a fun weekend together!

MaY

Happy Cinco de Mayo! I'll be sure to eat a ton of mexican food!!

23 DAYS

Til My 21st Birthday!! I can't WAIT!

Congrats Gav!!

Gavin applied for a scholarship a few months ago at Weber State in the Technical Sales department. We should have found out if he got it or not last week! It was killing us inside to know, especially because it would be so nice to get summer semester paid for. All of his classmates were awarded scholarship money, and we were bummed since we hadn't heard we figured we didn't win. But to our surprise, Gavin was looking in the wrong spot and he had won! $2,200.00!!! Haha we feel rich! Then come to find out our brother in law Kamron was awarded a scholarship too! And Shyanne got one last month. Our family is having good luck, so hopefully it stays that way for a while. Well I was so proud of Gavin I decided to make him a pizza candle light dinner. Homemade and all! It was delicious and fun to hang out together.

This is a Tomatoe, Zuchini, Spinach Pizza, mmmmm it was delicious

Ham and Pineapple, my ultimate favorite, I use the Dough recipe that is in the "World Wide Ward Cookbook" if you dont have that book, its a very good investment!