Briance, You Rock!

Scott is on a vacation with his family in Germany. Lucky!
Due to Scott's time off, I have my little ninja class back for the time being. Yay! Better yet, it's Olympic Week at karate so I was able to do a lot of fun competitions with them. Today we threw bean bags threw hoops, jumped the river and had a high hatchet kick competition. Though the medals given to the winners were small, cheap, plastic medals, every ninja wanted one.
Briance, one of my older ninjas (6 yrs old) earned not one, but two medals! After class was over I witnessed the cutest thing ever! Austin, our smallest ninja was sad he didn't earn a medal. Briance came over and put one of his medals around Austin's neck. Austin's whole face lit up and he gave Briance a big hug. My heart melted at Briance's act of kindness. That moment literally made my day; possibly my week! Briance, you deserve an ovation. *clap clap* YOU ROCK!

RIP Spot

Spot was our green spotted puffer fish we bought back in February. He was purchased at Wal-Mart with four additional tropical fish. Out of all the fish I've ever owned, Spot was definitely my favorite. I know it's weird to say he had personality... I mean he was just a fish, but he really did. He would act bored at times, slowly swimming up and down the tank, and very hyper at other times, happily zipping around. Spot was a very aggressive fish, and enjoyed eating the tails and fins of his tank mates. He ended up killing three of his four buddies. 

Last week, his last tank mate, Thor, passed away from what I'm guessing was an illness. After Thor's death, Spot wasn't the same. He stopped eating and would hang out in a corner at the bottom of his aquarium. This morning, Michael woke up and found him dead. Poor fish. He'll be missed. 

A Call From Mr. Sperry

Today Michael and I did a birthday party with 28 kids! It was chaotic. It was especially crazy because many of them were young. Starting now, we're going to enforce a rule where if the child is under 4, they must have an adult come out with them. Otherwise, they won't be allowed on the floor. 

After the party, we borrowed a couple of bikes from my parents house and went on a long bike ride. We stopped on a bridge and made out; it was as if we were dating all over again. :) I took Michael on the new trail they've been constructing and showed him where I want to have a Halloween party. It's this opening in the trees where we could set up some tables, chairs, jack-o-lanterns and balloons. Maybe we could even borrow the screen and generator from Uncle Mike so we can watch a scary movie. Wouldn't that be awesome!? Now... how am I supposed to contact the owner of the property to ask permission? I'll have to look into that. 

When we got back, I received a phone call from Craig. It was very unexpected. He asked how Michael and I were doing and what we've been up to, he told me about his job in Arizona, we talked about his long distance relationship with his girl, Hannah and we discussed having a party for him when he comes back to Utah. Lately I've been feeling like I'm losing touch with all my high school buddies (Hop and Chloe included), so I was really grateful for his call. Thanks Craig! You're the best. :)

Mason's Eye

This is our cute nephew, Mason...

...who got into a collision with this trailer:

He was driven in an ambulance to Primary Children's Hospital, where they did emergency surgery on his eye. Thanks to amazing doctors, and everyone's prayers on Mason's behalf, they were able to save his eye. He's been home for a few days now, and Jonny and Michelle have seen great improvement of his eye in the past couple days. 

 Today was the first time Michael and I have seen Mason since his accident. We got him a bubble gun for a get well gift. He was very excited when he opened it, and claimed he had always wanted one of those! He had fun shooting people with bubbles for the remainder of the night. 

The Dark Knight Rises

There wasn't any work for me today. I took it off so I could go to Kendra's baby shower. She's going to have a baby boy in September. The shower was fun. It was good to see people from my old ward. Especially Susan; we talked for a long time. 

While I was having fun with the girls, Michael got to run a karate birthday party for Reed Skinner. An older gentleman who watched the party, told Michael he did an excellent job, he was a great leader and that he was a valuable young man. What a compliment! And he was tipped $40. My baby is a pro at b-day parties!

After the shower, Michael took me to the carnival to walk around. I know it wasn't on Mike's list of top things to do, but I really appreciate him taking me to make me happy. I have the best hubby!

 Kimberly and Lance invited us to go see the new Batman movie, Rise of the Dark Knight, with them this afternoon. We bought matching batman shirts for the occasion. (Michael is my new batman buddy because Chloe didn't even make it a priority to see it with me! What the heck!) We went to the Thanksgiving Point theater to go see it. Can I just say that movie is amazing! I loved it. Especially the very ending. Don't worry, I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen it yet... Well maybe just a little. But seriously! go watch it! 

Someone told Michael he looked like Christian Bale.

Cat Woman. My new favorite. I'm glad they fit a love story in there!

Yay for Robin! That's not a cigarette... it's just a lollipop. :)

When the movie was over, we went and got hot dogs at J-Dawgs. Mmmm.

To end the night, Michael and I played some laser tag with Scott and some of his friends at Laser Assault. By that point of the  day, I had a headache. It was still fun, but it probably would have been more enjoyable if my head hadn't been pounding. Scott brought an awesome dub-step playlist to play to. I placed 10th out of about 16 people. Michael took 4th. He's much better than I am. Tonight brought back memories of the first time Michael and I went laser tagging together. It was on my 17th birthday, before we were even dating. The Spanish Fork BLK school played against Orem. I played close to Michael the entire time. There was obviously chemistry there. :) 

Well, it's been a really fun day full of awesome activities, but now I'm definitely ready to turn in for the night. 

Michael's Cool Dream

My original hope for this blog was for Michael to write posts as well. However, he's so busy between school and karate that he doesn't have the time. He spends his limited free time with me, which is what I prefer. Who knows, maybe Michael will write a post sometime and surprise us all. But for now, you get to hear from me for the both of us.

This morning, on our way to the bus stop, Michael told me about the dream he had last night. He dreamed we both had super powers. We had powers like the kids in Chronicle (Not my favorite movie, but Michael really enjoyed it). If you haven't seen the movie, basically we could move things with our minds and we could fly. Oh yeah.
The government wanted us dead, so they sent out their own agents with super powers to kill us. The dream took place in the future, and we had our own spaceship. We had two actually, but one was just a decoy. The people who were after us blew up the decoy ship which was flying behind us. The explosion was so big it caused us to crash. The crash hurt me very bad. I shattered many bones. Michael was able to get me to our secret headquarters (something very similar to the Bat Cave) where some friendly aliens were able to heal me with special medicines.
In the dream, Michael and I had a daughter. She was more powerful than both of us!
Cool dream right?

I Don't Know if I'll EVER be able to Eat Cheerios Again!

This morning, while we were eating cereal, Michael was just about to take a big bite, when he noticed an earwig crawling over the cheerios on his spoon. Of course he had to show me... Ugh! I was sooo grossed out! I wasn't even eating cheerios, and I still didn't feel like finishing my raisin bran!

They Set Off Fireworks for Chloe's Birthday

I hadn't seen my best friend in what seemed like ages! Yesterday was her birthday, and it was the perfect excuse  to spend some time with her. Yesterday was also Independence Day. Yep. Chloe was born on the 4th of July. Cool huh?

We planned to go see the hot air balloons in Provo take off early that morning. Unfortunately, I thought we were supposed to leave my house at 6:30am. Really we were supposed to be there at 6:30! I slept in, and made us extremely late. We got there in time to see them "milking" the air out of some of them, but that's about it. I still feel bad for causing Chloe to miss them.

After our practically pointless trip to Provo, we drove back to my house where we made french toast and smoothies in the new blender from Grandma Nadine. We played a little bit of Mario Kart Double Dash before she went back home.

Later that evening, Michael and I went to the Brooks for a BBQ. Our niece, McKenna, looked adorable in her little 4th of July dress. Lance and Kimberly brought turkey steaks to grill and Mom made homemade ice cream. Dinner was delicious. We all played ladder ball and catch in the backyard.

When it started to get dark, Michael and I met up with Chloe and Hopper to watch the Stadium of Fire fireworks. I have to tell a quick story real fast: 

Chloe had her first kiss Saturday night. CUTE! It was with Hopper of course. Can you believe she waited this long?? My best friend graduated from high school without kissing a boy, and I graduated from high school married! Ha ha

Ok, back to last night. We had planned to hike the Y and watch the fireworks from up there, but we were running late. (what's new?) We drove up there and had to park a mile away because of all the traffic. Instead of hiking it, we went to the base of the mountain and sat in some weeds. It was still an excellent view, but the pokey weeds really made me wish for a blanket to sit on. Hop and Chloe cuddled with each other the entire time. They are so cute! Michael saw them kissing, but I missed it. Dang it! Ha ha.

Aren't they just so stinkin' cute!

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Here we are. I'm so glad I got to spend the fourth with my cute husband and two of my very best friends!

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The fireworks were really neat. Michael took a short video of some of them. For some reason the sound doesn't work. Just sing Firework by Katey Perry and you'll get the same affect. :)

The Amazing Spiderman

We went to see the Amazing Spiderman last night with Doug, Gina, Kimberly and Lance. I really enjoyed it. I like the new Spiderman a lot better.
My favorite part was when Peter was trying to tell Gwen he was Spiderman, but was having a hard time doing it. When Gwen turned to go, Peter webbed and spun her into him and kissed her while her mouth was gaping in wonder. Ha ha. It was the cutest kissing scene ever!!
Michael says that's his favorite part too. Awww. My husband is a romantic. <3

Mrs. Winkler

It was probably hard for our good friend Jessica to watch us get married; the two "kids" she works with. Six months later however, Jess has found someone whom she is ready to spend eternity with. 

Congratulations 

Mr. and Mrs Winkler! 

We are so happy for you!

Kurt and Jessica's reception

Our wedding 6 months ago. 

Utah. Home of the Road Construction

I've heard the claims that the road construction on I-15 is on schedule to end winter this year.

Hallelujah!

But until then... Go ahead and enjoy the following:  

Utah's State Flag

Utah's State Tree

Utah's State Motto

Utah's State Rock

Utah's State Emblem 

Utah's State Animal