Tayvia's surgery

So my youngest sister Tayvia had her surgery yest and it went very well. She had to have the hole in her heart repaired. They found it earlier this year after she had a random case of Bells Palsy. Anyway, they put an umbrella shaped mesh net thing in her heart and now all is well. She has to take it VERY easy over the next six weeks but she will recover completely. She didn't have to have open heart surgery, they went thru her leg/groin area and traveled up to her heart. Thank god (or Bill gates anyway) for technology these days :) Love you sis, glad you are ok.
















She wasn't in the mood to pose while she is recovering

A Girls Getaway

So this year we finally made it to Becky's cabin for the first "official" girls weekend getaway. It started friday but I didn't make it til saturday and I had apparently missed to most crazy night so next year its all weekend baby!!! This group of girls have been friends for a long time and we always have SO much fun. Thanks again Becky, mark my RSVP for next year and forever!!

see how pretty our fire is (BRIGG!!!)

It was Jenny's 30th b-day that week, and since she never celebrated her 21st cuz she was knocked up, we decided to celebrate it that weekend. Mr. Stud was the man of the night. He was used and abused :)
This is my cute friend Ashlie and she is the youngin and hasn't quite learned to pace herself with us yet. This was at like midnight, we were up til 5!

Happy 21st Jen!!
BFF!!!!!

The annual Birthday BBQ

Since Tyler and Jims birthdays are two weeks apart they are always celebrated at the same time with a big BBQ. For the last 7-8 years this is the tradition. Its always a good time.


If you cant tell by the above photo the gift of the night(and always is) BEER!!!

WHENEVER happy birthday is sung at my parents house this is how it goes :)

My Italian Chicken Recipe

This chicken is so yummy I wanted to share it with you all.

4-6 large chicken breasts(no bone)
Feta Cheese
Sundried Tomatoes(I recommend the ones at Harmons olive bar)
Pepperoni(either packaged or the one you can slice yourself)
Olive oil
Crushed Red Pepper
Paprika
Salt

Pre heat oven to 350
Cut the chicken enough in half so that you can stuff it and fold it back. Layer the chicken with fairly generous amounts of pepperoni, sundried tomatoes and feta. Fold over chicken and use a toothpick to hold together if needed. Drizzle Olive oil all over the top of chickens, sprinkle the paprika and crushed red pepper flakes and a dash of salt on each one. Bake for approx 25-30 min depending on your ovens time to cook chicken. Enjoy :)

The Birthday Surprise

So Tylers b-day was Sept 1st and I wanted to do something fun and different this year, so I planned a surprise trip up to Snowbird for the night and Octoberfest. It turned out perfect, he had no clue. He figured the surprises out as they unfolded and we had so much fun.
Saturday we went up with our neighbors Tyson and Ashley and our good friends Jon and Crystal met us up there. We hung out, drank beer and enjoyed the mountains. Then later that night Shalyse, Derrick, Mike and Kenny came up and we had gotten a room that slept all of us. The room was awesome with an amazing view. Tish, Madison, Jaz and Foote joined us and we partied hard. The next day Sheena, Cody, Taylor, DJ, Kindra, Devan, Trish, Brig, Becky, Tish and her friends, Delynn, Brayden and all of us that stayed the night hung out. We drank alot more, enjoyed the german music and food, went up one of the chair lifts and just had a great time. Thanks to all you who made it. Happy Birthday Babe!!!!

Crystal, Me and Ashley
Tyson, Tyler and Jon













Views from Snowbird

Our Room

Oh Brig..... When you gotta go you gotta go.... even if its on a trail..... where families walk..... and have to turn around cuz this is what they see.... herm de her!!!!

Two Years!!!!

So I have been a slacker with my posting... Our two year anniversar was August 13. I can't believe how fast time goes by. We didn't do too much on our actual anniversary, I was sick with a cold for one and we had to get Tyler a new drivers license which took us THREE hours at the DLD. They need to work out a new system for sure. So that following friday we went out to dinner at Shabu in Park City. It wasn't as good as two years ago but still fun.

Thanks babe for all the wonderful years we have had together. I am so lucky to have a best friend and hubby like you. I love you so much!!!!

This is the view from the house that Tyler is working on across from Main Street. I guess this might make the 3 million dollar price tag worth it :)

Breaking Dawn

Loved this one!!! Its quite different than the others but still awesome. I finished this in about twelve hours spread over four days. These books totally consume me :)