Tagged!

Carlye had this tag on her blog and even though she didn't tag me- I'm putting it on mine!

A-Age: 28
B-Bed size: Queen Sleep Number- LOVE it!
C-Chore I love: is there such a thing? I actually really like to vacuum
D-Dogs name: Gauge and Tar aka "the boys"
E-Essential start to my day: it used to be a diet coke- but I'm really trying to cut back!
F-Favorte colors: Pink and Pink :)
G-Gold or Silver: Silver
H-How many times have you been outside the USA: Once to Puerto Vallarta and once on a cruise to the Carribean
I-Instruments I play: The piano... I'm a bit rusty! Oh and the recorder :)
J-Job title: Accountant
K-Kids: 2 furry 4 legged ones- hopefully real children here soon (Russell says 2, I want 4)
L-Living arrangements: In our first house in Salt Lake
M-Most popular dessert at my house: anything chocolate
N-Number of times I have stayed overnight at the hospital: 0
O-Outdoor activity I have never tried, but would like to: rock climbing
P-Pet peeve: stupid drivers, rude people
Q-Quote from a movie: : "Boo you whore"
R-Restaurant I could eat at everyday: Gecko's or Texas Roadhouse
S-Siblings: 4 Sisters 1 Brother
T-Time I wake up: Usually between 7-8 AM- though I should wake up earlier (so sleepy!)
U-Unknown fact about me: I still have a baby tooth on the bottom of my mouth
V-Veggies I dislike: radishes
W-What is my dream vacation: France- the Palace of Versailles
X-Xrays I have had: Neck, chest, ankle and hand
Y-Yummy food I make: Chicken Enchiladas & Calzones
Z-Zoo Favorite: the Elephants

I tag Missy and Amber- and anyone who wants to do it!

I'm back!

It's hard to believe that it has been 2 months since I last posted- wow how the time just flies! And wow I'm terrible at keeping this thing updated! I am going to really try and get things updated and keep on top of things- here's hoping!

So for our anniversary we went 4-wheeling in June to Marysvale, Utah. (our new favorite place) We left on Friday afternoon after I got off work. Once we got there and got unloaded we went riding around until it got dark and then got to bed for some rest for the long day ahead of us. Saturday we started out early (well around 9 ha ha) and rode on a few new trails until we were tired and totally dirty. We were able to see a few deer but nothing more than that. Sunday we decided we were too sore to ride anymore so we just packed up and headed home. It was such a nice little vacation and such fun! We got to take our new 4-wheeler out and it was nice to be able to each have our own machine. Here are some pics from the adventure:

*Our new 4-wheeler - after it was all dirty!*

*Russell by the fake cactus outside our room*

*Linsey in front of our cute cabin*

*We discovered this while riding but the door went to nowhere- makes me wonder what used to be there*

*The opening to an old mine- wish we could have gone in- too bad it had bars covering the opening!*

*Linsey in front of an old mining cabin (don't be jealous of the sexy boots!)*

*So pretty! This is why we love this place!*

Happy Anniversary

Russell and I on our wedding day

Two months ago (on May 16th to be exact) Russell and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary!! (yes I'm a little behind) It has been such a fun 3 years- full of lots of fun and our share of trials- but something I wouldn't trade. Russell is an amazing man and I couldn't think of anyone better to spend eternity with.

We had the opportunity to celebrate our anniversary by attending the wedding of one of my good friends, Becky. She was sealed at the Salt Lake Temple- in the exact room that Russell and I were sealed in. I cried even more than usual because it brought back such wonderful memories of our wedding day. It was also such a great reminder of our sealing and the promises we made to each other. Russell, bless his heart, grabbed me about half the Kleenex box right before the ceremony started- so I was good to go! It was a beautiful day and I couldn't have thought of a better way to spend our anniversary. Congrats to Becky and Preston- such a cute couple!

The beautiful bride- Becky

Amber, Krystal, Becky & Linsey (aka the blonds!)

In between the sealing and the wedding luncheon we hung out around Temple Square and enjoyed some people watching. This was just one of the fun things we saw:

It's hard to see- but those are huge mohawks! They were doing a photo shoot by the fountain- So great!

Our original plan for our anniversary was to go 4-wheeling for the weekend, but we are SO glad they didn't have openings at the hotel because we would have missed the wedding. We did go 4-wheeling though the first week in June and had a blast! Pictures and a post to follow!

Happy Anniversary to my amazing husband!

I'm Obsessed...

My current obsession:

I'm not sure when or how we obtained this game but Carlye and I started playing this game when she was still in high school and I was living at home. (so about 5 years ago) We quickly became obsessed with it even then- playing till all hours of night- even on school nights! We would seriously play until our eyes hurt from staring at the screen! The phrase of the night- 'just one more game, just one more'.

I have been wanting to play this game again so I picked it up from my parents a few weeks ago, and after convincing my sweet husband to hook the PlayStation up in our room (after all- who wants to go all the way downstairs to play) I have fallen in love all over again!! Carlye and I stayed up last Friday night till almost 2 in the morning playing- it was just like old times! I will admit I have played it several times since it was hooked up last week- but I just can't seem to get enough of it! So if anyone wants to come play Tetris- come on over!! (but beware- the house and yard work have been ignored due to game playing- ha ha)

My First Attempt At Blogging

So my wonderful wife usually does this, but she is always telling me that I need to post something on here. She always has time at work to take several breaks a day and surf the net, but we have been punished at my work and can no longer get online.

There have been so many wonderful changes in my life since I've moved to Utah that I just can't post them all on here, so I won't share any with you.....ha ha j/k! I will start with today - I went on a ride-along with a conservation officer/game warden. It was a blast! We started out by going to a business downtown and catching a wild bird that managed to get inside somehow. It turned out to be a kestrel-member of the falcon family. We used a long pole with a fishing net attached to the end to get the little bugger. We only damaged a few things inside the "high end" store...ha ha j/k! Thoughts keep coming to mind of Chris Farley in the movie Beverly Hills Ninja where he's inside the antique place and pretty much destroys it trying to catch the fly :) We then headed up Parley's Canyon and check out a couple fishing places to see if people had their fishing licenses and were using the proper tackle.

Then we headed up Big Cottonwood Canyon and talked to a few people who were fishing on Big Cottonwood Creek. Everyone had their stuff in order so it wasn't fun...I was hoping we would run into people saying they didn't have their license and trying to run off so I could go tackle them :) Anywho, we drove up to the end of the canyon by Silver Lake. We walked around the lake and talked to those people fishing - again everyone had their licenses - losers. We did hear something walking in the bushes nearby and come to find out it was a very large bull moose feeding on some willow bushes. It ended up coming out of the bushes and a ton of people were taking pictures. I then had flashbacks of 2 summers ago up at Grandaddy Lake in the high uintahs when my bro in law Jerome and I were chased by a bull moose - not very fun - seeing my life flash before my eyes.

We then headed home since I can't be out very late since my beautiful body that I have during the day turns back to something not so pretty :)

Oh fun- yard work!!

If you know me- you know how much I love yard work! And if you know Russell- well you know he is even less excited about it than me. I want to have a beautiful yard, but it's just SO much work! I will say it is nice when all is said and done, it's just getting their that sucks. Our poor yard is such a work in progress and after being in our house for 3 years we are finally making some headway :) It's definitely better than how it was when we bought the house. I do think sometimes it would have been easier to start with a clean slate than to fix someone else's stuff- but we have done what we could with what we have.

Last spring when we went to turn on our water main to the sprinklers we discovered we had a leak. It was fine if the water was running but once you shut it off you could hear it leaking. We decided to let it go for the summer but that once fall came and we were ready to shut it off we would then replace the stop & waste valve. Russell was awesome and took the job of digging the 7 feet down into the lawn in order to find the valve. We could not believe how far down it was! So for several days we had a large hole in the front yard.

Of course the hole was smack dab in the middle of the yard. People were funny- they kept asking if were planting a tree or something? Uh yes- right in the middle of the yard people :)

Our neighbor helped Russell replace the valve and then Russell filled the hole back in. We waiting during the winter for the dirt to settle and finally we put some sod down to fill it in. It looks SO much better now that there is grass there! Now we just have to keep it green :)

We also replaced a dead pear tree that was in our back yard. I figured it was dead when it didn't lose it leaves in the fall and still had the same ones come spring. Jill and Jerome got the same kind of tree at the same time that we did and theirs is a dud too- so at least we know we didn't kill it!

The dead tree is on the left and the new tree is waiting to be planted. You can see at the bottom of the dead tree a bunch of starts- but who wants to wait for those to grow? :)

Russell with our new tree- he insists on wearing his hat even at 8 at night! ha ha

Even though the backyard still needs some major help, we have managed (with help from Jill and my mother) to get the front yard looking pretty decent- thanks you guys!!

Our newest project has been building grow boxes for our garden. We decided this was the best choice because the ground in our yard is hard as a rock and therefore digging a garden would be impossible. So we set out to Home Depot with our list and the plan to spend around a $100 total for the wood, seeds and soaker hoses. We rounded up all our supplies and got our wood cut to size and went to check out. Much to our surprise, the wood we had selected (which we thought was only $10 a board) turned out to be $27 a board! And we had four of them! (yes- that's an extra 68 dollars we hadn't planned on) Good thing we already had them cut and couldn't return them. I was dying! Russell and I couldn't believe it. We just kept laughing because we were so mad at ourselves for looking at the wrong price. This is one expensive garden! I will be even more mad now if what we plant doesn't grow.

I didn't have the heart to tell Russell that when I was looking on line a few days after building these I discovered that according to Martha Stewart (the expert on EVERYTHING)- we shouldn't have used pre-treated wood! Now she tells us! Wish us luck :)

New Arrival!

I am still about a month behind on my postings, so bear with me! I LOVE reading other's updates but have a hard time keeping mine updated. Perhaps it's because my life is not super exciting? :)

At the end of April we welcomed little baby Aiden into the world. He wasn't due until May- but he decided to come on his own- and early! This is baby #2 for my sister Jill- and he is absolutely adorable!! I was able to watch Carter while Jill was in the hospital and he was so dang cute. I don't think he had any idea what was going on- all he knew was that mom kept holding some other little kid and not him! As time has progressed I think he understands better that this is his little brother and he is not going anywhere.

*His first day in the world*

*His favorite aunt!*

*Missy juggling 3 kids*

When we visited Jill and Aiden in the hospital we had quite the crowd. Missy and Livvy were there too and Livvy could not get enough of Aiden. She wanted to give him a million kisses, it was super cute. Carter on the otherhand could not sit still and was busy running around the small room and pushing the buttons on Jill's hospital bed. The poor nurse got called a dozen or so times by Carter! Both mom and baby are now home and doing great!

We are so excited for another boy in the family. Congrats Jill and Jerome! We love you and your darling family!