American Idol & Lake Powell

AMERICAN IDOL
Ok so I know this happened FOREVER ago – but I am just finally putting up pictures. So Dan and I were able to go to the American Idol concert and it was AWESOME! All of the top 10 did such amazing jobs and David Archuleta was unbelievable. He was so overwhelmed with the crowd SCREAMING for him that he even started to cry. It was so cute. Also – not to do with the American Idol Concert but to go along with American Idol…. I TRIED OUT when they were here in Salt Lake City. HAHA. My husband and little brother were hounding me to do it and so I did. I went by myself but I ran into a lot of people that I knew from high school and from other various singing things that I have done over the years. It was so much fun. It was a very very long day but I had a blast!!! I was able to overcome one of my biggest fears of singing in front of people and I am so proud of myself because of that!!!! I obviously didn’t make it – but it was fun to see the people that did (the really good people and the crazy ones haha) so it was fun and a great experience!!!!

LAKE POWELL
Dan and I were able to go to Lake Powell last week (August 2- August 9) with the Koch family. There were a total of 35 of us there. We had 2 houseboats, 2 boats, 2 wave runners, and LOTS of toys (i.e. wakeboards, tubes, skies, etc.). To save on gas, Dan and I rode with my family down there. On the way there our car overheated (smoke coming out of the engine and everything). It was so scary but we were truly being watched over and blessed. Right as soon as we pulled over someone saw us and flipped around to come help. He apparently knows a lot about cars and knew exactly what was wrong – he even had a special glove in has car so he would be able to touch the hot engine without getting burned. The next city (Kamas – where this guy was from) was only 3 min away – so he followed us there and told us where to go to get our car fixed. While he was following us he called a mechanic that he trusted and told him we were on our way- we got there at about 2:45pm and their shop closed at 3:00pm. They didn’t have the parts that we needed to fix the car and it was going to take 2-3 business days to get them in… but we called another distributor in Richmond and they had them… well my aunt and uncle that were also coming that were 3 hours behind us – were right by Richmond – so they were able to stop and get the parts for us! Well that left us with the problem that they wouldn’t be in Kamas until about 9:00pm and so we wouldn’t have anyone to fix it for us… but guess what – the mechanic was way awesome and stayed until my aunt and uncle got there. Needless to say – we were very very very blessed and had a lot of really nice people help us and we were able to get to Lake Powell late Saturday night. Sunday was awesome – we were all there by then and we wanted to “keep that day holy” so we didn’t do any wave running or wake boarding or anything like that – and that night we had a testimony meeting and it was so neat to hear all the testimonies of my cousin’s aunts and uncles. Then Monday the real party started – waking up at 6:30 to ski or wakeboard on the glass water – going hard all day swimming, tubing, wave running, wakeboarding, and then playing games, watching movies at night and sleeping out under the stars on top of the houseboat. It was awesome! We had so much fun! It was a much needed vacation! I got nice and tan too – so that was nice. I came back to work and everyone was telling me how cute I looked now that I’m tan LOL. And it was way fun for Dan because he had never been to Lake Powell before – so I was so glad that we were able to go. The only bad part of the trip is that my phone got dropped the first day there and the screen broke! So I can still receive and make calls – but I can’t see whose calling or read texts. So sad!!! So I am going to go get a new phone soon – but I don’t know if I want to stay with T-mobile or not – so anyone that reads this… who is your cell phone provider? And do you like them and would you recommend them? That’s all from here. OH wait – one more thing – TREVOR COMES HOME ON OCTOBER 1ST FROM HIS MISSION!!! I am so freaking excited! And then October 25th we leave for Florida for a week – so needless to say – I want September to FLY by!!!!

Update

So... I know I haven't updated in a while... we are in Lake Powell right now, but when we get back I will post pictures of the American Idol concert and our Lake Powell trip... so you all have that to look forward to :).

Random Facts

Random Fact #1 – My favorite channel is the Food Network. If I didn’t have anything to do and if I didn’t feel guilty for sitting in front of the TV for long periods of time, I would spend hours and hours watching the Food network. And sometimes when I cook, I pretend that I am the host of my own cooking show and I narrate everything that I’m doing. Not only do I narrate it – but I do it in an accent sometimes. LOL It makes cooking more fun and it makes Dan laugh so I enjoy it!

Random Fact #2 – Dan sings in the shower LOL HAHA but he only sings ONE song – and that is the National Anthem, so needless to say – I get sick of that song.

Random Fact #3 – Most of you probably know this – but my food CANNOT touch on my plate. I will go back 2 or 3 times to get everything I want before I will let anything on my plate touch. Everyone makes fun of me for it and I’m sure it drives people crazy – but that’s the way that I am!

Random Fact #4 – I hate brushing my teeth – yep that’s right – hate it. I gag pretty much every time I do it and I am currently working on a way to have clean and amazing teeth/breath without brushing. When I come up with something I’ll let you all know.

Random Fact #5 – Speaking of coming up with something, about 2 years ago I was talking to Dan and I was telling him about this amazing idea that I had to make a cell phone that had a mirror in it… well guess what – if you haven’t seen it yet, they have one now. So basically someone stole my idea and is making millions off of me. Just think, if I would have been serious about that and done something with it – I could have been a millionaire right now. I know, sad isn’t it?

Random Fact #6 – Dan has found a new passion and love besides me… and that is golf. He loves golf – he breathes it. When he watches TV he watches golf. When he reads, he reads golf books, when he is on the computer, he is looking at golf clubs, and in his spare time he is either on the golf course, at the driving range, putting green, or at a golf store. And I’m not going to lie – I enjoy it as well, but not to the extent he does hahaha.

Random Fact #7 – This is one of the things that I have always loved about Dan, whenever we are watching a movie or TV, and something comes on that has women dressed inappropriately or a sexual scenes come on, Dan will look at me rather than watching or looking at the beautiful women on the screen. How cute is that?!?!?! Now now... don't be jealous girls :)

Random Fact #8 – My favorite store in the whole world and where I love to hang out more than anywhere else is Costco. My mom tells me all the time that I am deranged – but I love going there – I find excuses to go there every week.

In conclusion, my life would be very boring without Costco and the food network. (ha-ha, ok not really, but it’s always fun to pretend.)

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Cant Sleep & 4TH OF JULY!

So if you are looking at the posting time… it is almost 6:00 in the morning, but the problem is, I have been awake since before 5 and I can't sleep. I don't know why either because we partied so much this weekend, we didn't go to bed until 2 on the 4th and we woke up early and partied all day Saturday so you would think I would be exhausted right??? WELL I AM! But I can't sleep! So annoying! But I have been reading all of my friends blogs so that’s been fun - I mean what else am I supposed to do as this time of day when everyone else is sleeping?

I didn't take any pictures over the Holiday weekend. I am so bad at remembering to take my camera places, and when I do remember - I forget to get it out and take pictures. I always kick myself later when I realize I did it again. But the 4th was fun. It started off with a round of golf. It was amazing golf weather.... well it was a little windy... but it was overcast so it wasn't too hot - and thank heavens because I am still recovering from my way bad burn last week!!! After golf we went to Ihop and had brunch and then met my family at the dollar theater and saw Maid of Honor. I really liked it and Dan kept making fun of how excited I was getting towards the end of the movie because it was so cute. :) Then we went back to my parents house and played a hilarious game of pit! Then we ate dinner and headed out to Sandy city hall. For those of you who haven't been there before - they have a parade earlier on in the day and then they have entertainment and booths set up to watch and do until the fireworks go off. My family and I have been going for the last 5 or 6 years. We didn't go last year because Dan and I had just gotten back from our Honeymoon to New York and we were opening all our presents with both families and then we all went to the Bee's game. But anyway - so when we got there we ran into my aunt and uncle and their family. So that was fun because we ended up hanging out with them too and we played pit while we waited for the fireworks to start (as you can see, my family loves that game). I'm sure the people around us were getting very sick of us yelling numbers and ringing the bell... but we had a blast! Then we went back to my parent’s house and watched a movie and FINALLY went home around 2am.

Saturday started with a round of golf as well but my family came with us this time. It was fun. Then we went and had a bbq at my parents, played games, went Costco shopping lol and went and saw Get Smart.

I love the 4th of July. I love fireworks and as cheesy as this is going to sound, I love the "feeling" of the fourth of July. Everyone has so much fun and there just a feeling of pride in our country and where we live and the freedoms that we have. It’s just awesome. The 4th of July is my favorite holiday and it was so much fun this year - I can't wait for it to come around again next year and I can't wait for the 24th!!!

1 Year Anniversary

Last Thursday June 26th was Dan and mine 1 year anniversary. I took the day off of work that day and Dan was able to take half a day off. That morning as we were getting ready for the day we were listening to 97.1 (we always listen to that station) and as they were talking they gave a little “shout out” to Dan and I for our anniversary. That was fun little surprise that Dan set up because he knew I would be listening to that station and instead of just saying happy anniversary, he did it that way so it would be different and fun. He also gave me a bouquet of my favorite flowers… star lilies!!! Once he got off work we had lunch, went shopping, and then went and checked in at the Anniversary Inn. It was amazing. They first asked us what time we wanted breakfast brought to our room and what we would like to drink with our breakfast – we didn’t even know we were going to be getting breakfast haha so that was a nice surprise. Then we went up to the room to drop our luggage off and it was AWESOME! We were staying in the Treasure Island room – so it had a pirate theme. I wish so badly that I would have taken pictures, but it looked like the deck of a ship and there was a huge jetted tub in the middle of the “deck” and they had cheesecake and apple cider waiting for us when we got there. It was just really relaxing and romantic. After we dropped off our luggage we went to dinner at the olive garden and then went to the art festival and spent a few hours there before going back to the hotel. The next Morning we woke up and had breakfast, packed up, and went to Temple Square and took some pictures. My goal ever since we got married is to take a picture on or right around June 26th by the temple to show how our lives progress each year.

So we took some pictures, walked around for a little bit, and then headed to Lagoon. We got to Lagoon at about 12:30 – 1:00 and spent the rest of the day there. Dan’s family was also there because it was his dads work Lagoon Day and that is how we got the tickets so cheap. It was fun to go on rides with them and hang out with them. At the end of the night Dan played the game spill the milk. He won a small prize and I was excited… but then I saw this huge bear hanging from the roof and I asked what it would take to get one of those and the operator told us that you had to win 4 small prizes to get a big prize. Now we were already half way there because Dan had won one and his brother Ryan had also won one and he didn’t want it so he gave it to us. So in order to win you have to knock over all 5 of the heavy metal bottles, but not just knock over, but knock completely off the table. It’s actually really hard. We watched so many people spend so much money trying to do it – but when Dan heard that I wanted the bear he gave the guy another dollar, got another 3 balls and knocked them all off 2 more times and I got the bear!
Luckily we did that at the very end of the night because it is big and I don’t think I would have been able to carry that around all day. Haha. Well a little while ago Dan got me a brand new set of golf clubs so we could go golfing tougher – so on Saturday we went and hit a bucket of balls at River Oaks.
It’s a really nice set of clubs as you can see, and its really cute... the bag even has flowers on it!!! But at first I was kind of bugged that he got them for me because I have never golfed and have never been into it even though I worked at a golf store for 2 and a half years haha but it is actually so much fun! It is nice to be outside in a beautiful environment with Dan and just have fun. Then later on Saturday we went to Liberty Park with the entire Koch family to have a party. It was such a fun weekend and it was so fun on the 26th to remember the feelings that we had one year ago the same day as we were in the Temple getting sealed to each other for time and eternity. I love him so much and love learning more about him every day. Being married is such a blessing and it has been absolutely wonderful and we are so excited to continue our lives together. Thanks for an amazing anniversary honey – I love you!

Our Wedding Slideshow!!!

I am finally putting up wedding pictures (I know... a year later) I'll keep the slideshow at the bottom of the blog for a while - so check it out!!!

Cosmo!

Last Wednesday me and some of my girlfriends from cosmetology got together and had a little reunion. These girls are some of my best friends. We spent countless hours together in hair school and had a great time together! Ever since school got out and we have all gone our separate ways, it has been harder for us to find time to get together but when we do, it’s always a blast!!! We met at the gateway and had dinner and talked for hours. It was so good to catch up with all of them and see what’s going on in everyone’s lives!!! We all made a goal before we left to try and get together once a month to play bunko. None of us have played bunko before, but I have heard that it’s fun, so we will see. Thanks so much girls for taking the time out of your busy lives to come! It was so great seeing all of you!