Mothers Day

I am so grateful for my mother, she has been one of the greatest examples in my life. She has been by my side through the good and the bad. She has taught me how to be patient, hard working, to follow my dreams, and to enjoy the simple things in life. My mom is the greatest role model I could ever have. She is the most genuine, loving, and happiest mom I could ever ask for. She is the strongest woman I know... raising my 7 siblings is not an easy task, but she did it so diligently. Thanks for all that you do Mom, I love you so much!! 

We had the opportunity to talk to Elder Weitzeil that's serving in the Philippines. He looks and sounds amazing. I am grateful for his willingness to serve the Lord. Tears filled the room when this sweet little brother of mine talked about home... oh how we miss him. He is such a great example to us all. 101 days Elder, keep up the hard work!

Dog Show

On Saturday, we went to our niece, Ella's, baptism in Day Break. As we were leaving, we decided to put Bruno in a dog show in SLC. Right when we got to the competition, Bruno's category was up... talk about no time to prepare! Bruno stole the competition, taking first! Everyone at the show was obsessed with him. What can I say... he's a beautiful dog!

Later that night, my nieces came over to my house for a sleepover. We did gel nails, ate ice cream, talked about boys, played with the dogs, and watched Big Mama.. it was a blast! In the morning I made pancakes, bacon, and eggs for Sarah's 16th birthday. We did makeup and hair tutorials and helped each other pick outfits. It was fun spending time with them, they are so cute.

Super Saturday

This weekend has been one of the best weekends in awhile. It has been such a busy Saturday, we could barely keep up with everything that was going on. Here's what our agenda looked like...

1. Since we camped out in our backyard, I was wide awake at 7 am... but Chad was able to sleep through the sunrise. So I decided to make a gourmet breakfast. Pancakes made from scratch, eggs, and bacon. It was so good, the scents from the kitchen woke up Chad outside :)

2. Now that we have a yard to take care of, we decided it's probably time to do some yard work now that our grass is almost dead. We were dreading buying a lawnmower, so we kept pushing it off. When we were out with Chad's parents last night, they said we could just have theirs, since they have someone come mow their lawn each week... good thing we waited! Anyways, we ran up to his parents and picked up the lawnmower... I was really excited. I love mowing the lawn!

3. We don't have any info about Lucy, our English bulldog. Since she is from Columbia, we don't know what shots she's had, how old she is, if she's had previous litters, etc. We took her and Bruno to the vet to get caught up on shots. Turned out Lucy had a double ear infection, poor dog!

4. Our niece, Chayse, was baptized this morning. She is such a cute girl! After her baptism, we went to Stephen and Sarah's house for a BBQ. We ended up leaving before we ate, so we grabbed a few desserts to-go. 

5. We stopped at Ace Hardware to pick up some oil for the lawnmower and a hose attachment for our dead grass (we still can't figure out our sprinklers, hence why we have dead grass). One hour later, the grass was cut, fertilized, and watered... and we have a great tan :)

6. Chad got a free game of golf at Sleepy Ridge from work. This is my second year playing golf, and this is Chad's 15th year of playing golf... I don't think I need to say more except that he smoked me... it's embarrassing. We both just laugh about how bad I am. Hopefully I'll get better with time :)

7. We went shooting with our friends (the Duffy's, Russell's, Josh, and Jared). I didn't hit a single target, and I'll have a sore shoulder for the next week, but it was definitely worth it. Our friends sure know how to party. 

{if you look closely, all of our eyes are closed... haha!}

8. We ended the night by watching the Warriors vs. Clippers in the playoffs. Sadly, the Warriors lost, so they are out of the playoffs :(

It's been an eventful couple days with great friends, fun family, and my loving, sweet husband. Happy Weekend!

backyard camping

Friday night, we went to dinner with Chad's parents at Cafe Rio for my belated birthday. It was a fun night with his parents, they really are so sweet. I couldn't have asked for better in-laws. 

Since it was such a beautiful night, we thought it would be fun to set up the tent and have a sleepover outside. We have moved 3 times since we've been married, so some of our stuff is still in boxes and  some boxes are still at Chad's parents house from when we used to live there. We frantically searched our house and Chad's parents house... but no tent was found. We were bummed. We made a quick trip to Walmart to possibly buy a tent, but we figured we should find ours before we buy another one. 

As soon as we got home, I instantly knew where to look... I checked the basement storage and there it was! We were both instantly happy again. Needless to say, it was such a fun night camping, even if it was only in our backyard :)