I can't believe it's been two months since I've last blogged. Honestly, I've been waiting for my Mom to send me some pictures from my birthday and our family trip to
Las Vegas (we all know blog posts are kinda boring without pictures) but alas, a few big events have past and I don't want to procrastinate my blogging any longer so I will sacrifice the pictures for now and post them as soon as I receive them. So in April Preston and I celebrated my big 21st birthday! Preston took me shopping. Finally, some new shirts. He also got me new running shoes. Just what I wanted and he couldn't have done better at picking them out. Ever since, I've been running and going to the gym like a crazy woman. My mom also flew into town on my birthday. My Dad and her got me 5 big De Walt TOOLS! They're awesome and I'm anxious to use them at our soon to be home. My sister in-law Amanda threw me a little birthday party with the family and made the most delicious cake. Oh my gosh was it delicious! She also made me this
stinkin' cute
apron with a matching towel. Amanda is so talented and creative. My other Sister in-law, Annie, got me these awesome scrapbook stamps. I can't wait until I actually have room in my home to whip those bad boys out and catch up on some
scrapbooking. Thank you everyone for such a fun and memorable 21st birthday!!
At the beginning of the month, my cousin Craig came home from his mission. I
haven't seen him yet but I'm anxious to and I'm so excited he has returned safely after serving a full time,
honorable mission. I love you Craig!! Welcome Home!
About two weeks ago my brother Evan, Preston and I drove down to Vegas and met up with the rest of my family for mothers day. A short weekend but what a blast we had! Full of swimming, shopping, sun and fun :D.
On May 22
nd, Preston and I celebrated our 1 year Anniversary. We had
planned to keep it simple and used the excuse of buying a house as our 1 year Anniversary celebration. But I guess that didn't slide with Preston. Here's the story...Thursday night (the 21st) Preston and I went over to our friends house for dinner and a movie. We left their place at about 10:30pm. After we had left our friends place, Preston told me he wanted to go for a ride since it was still early in the night. I agreed although hesitated because I really had to use the restroom, I didn't have a sweater and my hair was down and blowing all over the place (I wasn't wearing a helmet because our friends live just down the street). Before I knew it, Preston was getting on the north bound
entrance to the freeway. I asked him if he was
purposely going that
direction. He told me that he thought it would be fun to head up to Salt Lake and do some dancing. I thought it was a crazy idea
because it was already 10:30 at night and we
weren't prepared for the journey on the bike but he knew I couldn't resist a night on the dance floor so we continued on. As we pulled off the exit and headed for the dance hall, I noticed Preston was going straight past the place. I was confused and asked him why he didn't park in the available front parking spot. Preston told me he wanted to park around the corner because we were on the bike. (whatever that means) Well, he started driving pretty far past "the corner". As the excuses continued, I still had no idea what he was up to and I grew a
stronger urge for the bathroom. As we pulled up to the Armstrong Mansion, (the place we stayed the night of our wedding) Preston said, "I thought since we were passing, you could use their restroom". So we walked into the romantic and stunning bed and breakfast in hopes to find a restroom. It wasn't until the woman at the front desk told Preston to "sign here" that I realized what was going on. Wow, I was really thick headed that night. Preston has never pulled a surprise that well before. I usually have my
suspicions. What a fantastic night it was.
Unfortunately, Preston forgot to pack the camera :( so we weren't able to take pictures but I will always hold the memory. Thank you,
schnookers, for the incredible surprise!! I love you and I look forward to the many years to come!
That's big enough if not too big of a post for now. I will post pictures as soon as I
recieve them.
The plumber is updating all the piping this week so Preston, I and all of our loving wonderful helpers get a little break. Preston and I are so grateful for everyones help and patience. We couldn't ask for a sweeter giving family. This difficult task would have taken months if it weren't for you guys. Thank you so much, everyone! 
