Our House!!

So I'm sure most everyone has already heard, but we are building a house! Yeah! After finding out that we'd be here in Cache Valley for the forseeable future, and with the government throwing money around like they are we just couldn't resist.

Lots of people have asked what it will look like when its done and our best response is usually "a house...a rambler...". So I've scanned in some of our plans and to give everyone a better idea of what exactly we are building.

Here are the view from the front and back.

The floor plan for the main floor and how our house will sit on our lot.

The day before they dug our hole we had our own private ground breaking ceremony, and here is the progress they have made in the past two weeks.

It should be done the first part of October!

My Birthday!! Yay for the big 22!!

Okay, so maybe 22 isn't too great or exciting of a number. I think I'm already to the point where I don't want to get any older. I'm done with birthdays! I want to stay 22 forever! Or go back to 21. Is it bad that I want to be done celebrating, and getting excited to get "one year older and wiser too"? I guess I'm just happy with where I am in life right now, and I don't really want anything to change. Well, for the most part. I do want our house to hurry and be done, but that's another blog. : )

About two weeks or so before my birthday, Bryan had me request the day off, and he did the same. He had some secret plans that I wouldn't find out about until the day came. I honestly was hoping that we would either go to Lagoon or to the Hogle Zoo. And I'm not going to lie, I really, really wanted it to be the Hogle Zoo. But I wasn't going to say anything to him! It was his day to plan and surprise me with!

The morning of my birthday, I awoke to Bryan making me yummy pancakes! Best birthday breakfast ever! I was grateful just for that! After we ate, I got to open my card and present from him. I had no clue what Bry had gotten for me, even after shaking the box. He totally surprised me, especially since "we are poor and we can't buy anything" until we get into our house. My present was a new digital camera with 10x optical, and an additional 6x digital zoom on top of that! Holy crap! It is a freakin sweet camera! My old one started dying a little while ago, and I don't think it has much time left (Which I guess is okay, considering I've had it for like 6 or 7 years now). I really wanted a colored camera (on the outside), so this one is a sweet blue color. I am totally in love with it! My pictures turn out so nice and clear! Ahh, he is so wonderful!

The breakfast and camera were just the mere beginnings of the most wonderful birthday ever! After a little bit of a drive, we pulled up at....

YES! The Hogle Zoo!!!

I don't know what all to say about the zoo, except it was awesome! The weather couldn't have been better, and we got to see most of the animals when they were more active - some we had to go back to later in the day, which was fine - we were in no hurry! Here are a bunch of pictures. I don't think they really need any explaining... but I'll probably say stuff about some of the pictures anyway :)

Super cute little monkeys!!!


The Red Panda

The best for last! The Tiger!

The end of our little visit at the zoo came somewhat as a relief. We had walked for several hours straight, and I was excited to sit down, and drink something cold and yummy! It was my choice for dinner, so of course I chose PF Changs. YUMMY!

With the exception of not getting to see or talk to some of my family, the day went absolutely perfect! And it ended with Snickers ice cream bars for dessert, and then a well-needed night of sleep! : )

Memorial Day Weekend!

So I know it's already like half-way through June...but we're a little behind on our blogging.

For memorial day weekend we went up to Idaho Falls to visit Alyssa (Ali's sister) and her family. It was also Tanner's 3rd birthday, so we had fun celebrating that with them. He has recently become obsessed with trains, especially all things Thomas the Tank Engine. I'm surprised he's still around, I used to watch that when I was like 2 feet tall!

Parker, our youngest nephew is growing up fast (seems like he was just born a couple months ago...), he's already over a year old and just about ready to walk. Even with all my coaching, he just doesn't seem all that interested in walking.

We all went on a picnic on memorial day, which was great. Except for the insanely huge present that a bird (maybe an ostrich?) left on my car window. Ali thought it was just about the funniest thing she had ever seen, she couldn't stop laughing about it all day. Literally, she couldn't stop laughing about it. She is actually still laughing about it as I write this, almost uncontrollably.

Ali was trying to get some action shots when we were throwing the frisbee around, as you can see, she vastly underestimated my insane mad jumping skills! Tanner also got really good at this amazing frisbee throw where he would be throwing it forward and it would end up like 10 feet behind him. Pretty impressive!

Good Times!!

Demolition Derby

Now some people might think it rather redneckish of us, but we love hitting up all the demolition derbys here in Logan. There is just something extremely enjoyable about watching cars smash into each other, catch on fire, etc.

There was something different this time though...a car that was actually in good shape! I don't think there was even a scratch on it. Maybe this was just extra incentive for everyone else to gang up on him. After about 10 seconds he had his back wheel completely ripped off (first picture below). About 10 more seconds and he not only got completely rolled over, but the other car ended up pretty much running over him as well. Good stuff, good stuff indeed!

Amazingly, they were able to pull the driver out and he was fine. That nice car of his sure looked a lot more like it belonged in the derby though! Good times!

All of you out there who think you're too civilized to attend such a barbaric event, I think July 11th is the next one! See you there!

Yay for Graduation & Family!

First, I have to make mention of our sweet baby Skye's lovely mess that she made before my mom came into town. She was very proud of it, and thought that her pile of litter was one of the best toys she had ever had.

My mom flew into Salt Lake on the Thursday before graduation. Sadly, my parent-in-laws & sister-in-law Michelle were sick, and so they met Bryan partway to bring my mom here that night. The original plan was to have to come down Friday morning, when the in-laws came here to help my sister-in-law Janette move out of her apartment. I am glad that my mom was able to come, and spent time with us and our friends Thursday night though. We had a fun end of the school year party, and I made my mom stay out and be social. It was really fun having her there! Friday afternoon, my sister and her four kids made the trip here to come for the weekend. It made for a super crazy weekend, but it was totally worth it! Graduation day went by really fast for me. I think I was more excited about Bryan graduating than he was. : ) We got several pictures, and I pretty much had to put a bunch of them up on here.

I am so proud of my awesome husband! He has worked hard to get his degree, and luckily for me, he is willing to take a break before going back and getting is Master's degree! : ) Yay for finally having Bryan time!


The Proud Parents!


Bryan and my sister's kids, and the "Wright" ladies with Bry & the kids.


Bryan and Big Blue!

After graduation, we had a fun little luncheon at Bryan's grandparents' house. We had lots of yummy food, and enjoyed spending time with our family. Bryan and the kids played Lasso Golf for a while. I'm horrible at it, but love it anyway!

Bryan helping Tanner, and Cole & Livy in the back playing on their own.

I think my sister's next to youngest child, Tanner, has the funniest personality of any kid I've ever known. He was crawling/running on all fours for a while. I really don't know if he was pretending to be an animal or what. It was just kind of random. And I love the other picture - I know it may not be the most flattering of my mom, but I had to post this of Tanner. He is OBSESSED with bugs! We had a ton of ants running around in the crack in the cement, and he was absolutely enthralled with them. That kid seriously is such a crack-up. And he's a doll too - but then again, my sister's kids are all adorable! Cross your fingers for us that some day, when we have kids, they will be at least somewhere close to how cute my sister's kids are! : ) But don't worry, it won't be happening anytime soon...