Fathers Day Weekend

This was a crazy weekend. Not only was it the first weekend that Gavin was out of town for work, but it was the first big "Spectacular" practice at Weber State. There were about 30 Stakes there and over 3,000 youth! we learned he grand finale of the program and it is going to be so great!

Karlee, Brigham, Me, Drew, Kennede and Maddy

After the "Spectacular" practice that went from 7 am to 1 pm, I went home to hurry and get ready for my nephew's birthday. He turned 4 years old and had a Super Mario Bro. party. My sister-in-law had these cute mushroom cupcakes made, arent they adorable. I swear Gavin's sisters always go all out for everything, I hope I will be able to keep up with them when I have kids.

Isn't this the coolest party ever?

The kids had a pinata and broke it open the first round. Tyler wanted to keep hitting it until it was completely distroyed.

We celebrated Father's Day with my family on Saturday. My dad requested Santa Monica Pizza and seeing the movie Karate Kid. So on my way to Salt Lake I picked up Gavin from the airport. It was so much fun to hang out with my family. My little brother Jake rode with me to get Gavin and he is growing up so fast and is becoming such a great kid! We celebrated with Gavin's family on Sunday. We went over to his aunts house and had a picnic dinner with almost the whole fam. All of Gavin's cousins are around our age so it's always fun to sit and hear everyone's stories.

What a Handsome boy, this is my tribute to my future children's daddy, Love you Gav!

My tribute to my Father-in-Law, you crack me up Gaynard!

And my tribute to my dad! Love you Dad, you really are the best dad ever, I cant get over how hard you have always work for us and still do. Thank you for everything! especially for your friendship, I never want it to change! Love you dad. This weekend was fun, busy and went by way to fast!

First Day

Today was Gavin's first day of work. He had to be there at 7:00 a.m. so we both woke up bright and early. I made him a delicious egg and cheese on an english muffin with some milk to keep him going all morning. Today he is going to be going out with one of the reps. They will be going into surgery to show him how to put in the device (Bone/ Spinal Putty). Pray that Gavin will make it through the surgery without getting sick. I am sure he will be just fine, but I told him to just relax and breathe if he starts feeling it. Me? This morning and worked out before work...Pfffff lets see how long it lasts this time!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Have you ever met those people in life that seem to be naturally born winners? They are the kind of people that everything they touch just seems to turn to gold for them? Well... Im like the Polar opposite! I never win anything! Not only do I never win, but anything I want in life it seems like I have to work extra hard for. But after this weekend I feel like my luck has changed. Saturday morning bright and early Gavin and I headed down to Salt Lake for my family reunion. We are just talking as always like best friends do, listening to our good 'ol country and wishing we were in bed. All of a sudden on the radio I hear the dialing they put on when you should call in to win. So.... I called. Gavin asked "What are you calling to win" I had no idea, I just wanted to try winning. The first try calling... busy... the second try... it was ringing! My stomach was churning and I got all nervous, I had to be caller 13. The guy answered and I was so caught off gaurd. He told me that I had won and I was like, What did I win?? I was so embarrassed!! So Gavin and I won tickets to see Lee Brice down in Salt Lake at the Westerner, a Country bar. (Good thing I am 21 now huh?). So we go about our day, chillin with the fam, and on our way home, I hear the dialing again... so I call in. I WON AGAIN!!! It was so weird to hear my voice on the radio, Gavin and I could NOT stop laughing. He makes fun of me when he tells people about it, he says, "You know when people are embarrassed and they do things they usually wouldnt do that are way weird? Well when Tawnya won the tickets again she turned to me with a thumbs up and mouthed "I WON"" Haha I couldnt help myself. Anyway I won 4 tickets for us to take some friends to see Lee Brice at the Westerner. Sweet! But my luck wasnt over. I also found out in the process of being a winner that both times qualified me in a drawing to win a fly away to see him in South Carolina. All I had to do was listen Monday morning at 8:20. Did I think I would win? Maybe. I didnt want to jinx myself so I tried just forgetting about it. Well this morning I made sure I got to work extra late so I could be in my car at 8:20. When the time came I turned my radio up REALLY loud so I made sure I could hear... and they announced "Tawna Linsey you are the winner call us back" all I could think was DANG!! They didnt call me, but then I was like wait a sec... I think they meant Tawnya Linsley! So I called in as fast as my little fingers would go and.... I WON!! I won a fly away to see Lee Brice in concert on the beach in South Carolina. I feel so good inside. I have never known this feeling, and it was nice for all those naturally born winnners out there to share it with me finally. And that is the big story for the weekend. Oh ya and Gavin was lucky this weekend as well. At our family reunion, he was playing horse shoes with all the guys and.. He Got a Ringer!

Isnt he amazing? So all-in-all we had a fun, winning weekend. Hopefully I will be able to keep some luck around for when we go to Vegas!

A New Lucky Outfit

This is Gavin's way nice new outfit. Isnt he Handsome?? You might be thinking... wow Tawnya, do you really have no life that you feel like blogging your husbands new clothes? Little do you know there is a reason he got this new lucky outfit. Gavin has been interviewing with a Medical Device sales company, and today was his 4th interview! HIS FOURTH!! They flew in the Vice President of the company and everything to meet with him today. That is why he needed these new clothes you see.

These pics were taken by the greatest Jen my lovely sister-in-law. I bet you are wondering if he got the job... we to our joy HE DID!! Gavin was the one picked for the job out of many applicants. They interviewed people with10 years of experience and still chose Gavin. I am so proud of him! Also after he is finished training this summer in kaysville, we will be relocated. We aren't quite sure where yet, we could go anywhere from Salt Lake to Montana to Hawaii.... okay maybe not Hawaii, but somewhere fun. I am so proud of Gavin, he is such a hard worker and the best husband. He is such a good best friend and does everything for me. No matter how hard I try, I dont feel like I can do as much for him as he does for me. Maybe one day I can make it up to him. Love ya Gav!

Sunday Fun

I was in desperate need of a weekend last week and when it finally got here, it was so much fun. On Friday, Gavin and I went to two wedding receptions. They were both girls I knew in high school. One of them I played softball with forever and she is so gorgeous! Her wedding was beautiful and I am so happy for her.

Isnt she beautiful! I loved this picture of her and thought it was such a cute idea.

Her cake was amazing! It was completely covered in rolled/ shaved white chocolate.

Saturday morning we had another spectacular practice. This time the weather was much better, lots of sunshine and no clouds. We also had Quinns Baptism on Saturday. It was so much fun to be with all of Gavin's family. The baptism was so nice and the talks were great. I have been so tons of Baptisms, but its always nice to have a reminder about the covenants we make at that time.

Did I mention I finally got my hair done?

Sunday was our last day house sitting... we will miss Brandy! Gav and I didnt have any plans for dinner and neither did Jill and Gaynard, so we decided to go for a drive and have a little picnic. It was such a beautiful day! We went over in the valley and drove all over it. We saw big beautiful houses and a lot of cows... I love animals. We finally stopped up at Snowbird to find some picnic tables to eat at. We walked down a trail to see if we would run into any, and we had no luck. On our way back to the car there was a SNAKE on the trail! I screamed bloody murder! I hate snakes so bad they are disgusting. Haha I made Gavin scream too and his parents could not stop laughing. We finally sat on the grass in front of the lodge and cooked our food. It was delicious and so nice to spend some time together.
Such a fun time with the Linsley Fam!

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!