4th Annual Casa de Inferno

This was our 4th Independence Day celebration since we've lived here in our home in Provo which called for a "Casa de Inferno" party during the Stadium of Fire. We invited some of our good friends over for a barbecue and to hang out on the lawn during the show.

These girls are hilarious...

...and could not get enough of Chad.

Happy 4th of July!

Quarter of a Century

Happy Birthday Chaddy!

Last Sunday was Chad's 25th birthday, so what better way to celebrate than to make cake and have friends over to eat it?

Since I'm totally head over heels for this amazing hubby of mine, I wanted to do something really special for his birthday this year. I'm kind of notorious for practical gift giving, so I decided that I would be totally spontaneous and do something totally unlike me. What could be fun/spontanoues/completely impractical? A surprise vacation to Disneyland, of course! That's why these pictures are so delayed... we've were in California last week, living it up. More pictures of our Disney adventure to come.

Happy Birthday Chad!

RODEO

Last week, I attended my first rodeo and I have to say it was quite the experience. We were lucky to go with Kimber & Kenzie and Kaitlin & Danny who happened to be in town.

I think my favorite part was the mutton busting and the cash cow. As the announcer stated, "mutton busting is the only legal form of child abuse in the state of Utah!" I found this to be quite true as three and four year olds with little helmets and nerves of steel, held on for dear life to wild sheep. Hilarious.

The cash cow... money taped to two cows and all the kids set loose to try and take it for their own. Entertainment in its finest.

If you live in Utah, you need to go to a rodeo at least once, its quite the experience. Hee-yah!

7 days of work straight.

I just worked the last 7 days straight and am utterly and completely exhausted. I just wanted to explain the lack of blogging and assure that I will be posting soon. This past Sunday- Wednesday I was up in Montana working and then Thursday- Saturday, working back here in Provo. 7 days in a row of 13-15 hour shifts can get quite long and overwhelming. That's it for now... I will post soon.

DIY: Pincushions

These pincushions were a quick, easy project and look great with all my new sewing supplies! All you need is some kind of cup/mug/dish, a little stuffing, and some fabric scraps. I just made a quick trip to DI and was able to buy some mugs for $.50 and a bag of stuffing for $1. All you have to do is fill the cup with stuffing and then hot glue the fabric over it into the insides of the cup. Easy as that! If you want to, make a couple of extras and give them to your friends!

It must be summer time...

We know its summer here in Utah when we pile into a car and drive ourselves down to Payson with a car full of firearms. Apparently having a gun is a cool thing to do when you live here, which means each of our friends have one too! Between the three couples we had 2 shotguns, a handgun, and a .22 rifle. The day was beautiful and clear- nobody had to wear a sweatshirt. Just blue skies, a box of clay pigeons, and good friends to go shooting with.

Chad's sunburned legs... I think they're cute.

It was a boy bonding moment. Good friends let friends use their shoulder as an anchor.

To end off the evening, we stopped for dinner at Fat Jack's Pizza (they have the best cheese sticks in the state of Utah) and then dessert at Yogurtland. Thank you Brandleys and Saltzmans for a wonderful date night!