HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

On the tenth day of the tenth month, a miracle was born.
My Dad!
I love you so much!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Miller Speedway

Our friend, Matt, had a birthday last week so we took him to our new favorite destination. Miller Speedway! It is one of the largest tracks in the world and is located right here in Utah, in Tooele. Go Karts, unlike any other, are available to test drive. They get up to speeds of 45 mhp and handle like little mini Porsches. Sport bikes, Rubicon Jeeps and Formula 1 cars are also available for rent. I might say it is a miniature Heaven on Earth :D

My Best Friend

This is my Best Friend...

I have been so blessed to have found Preston
and I am so lucky that he chose me.

I still don't quite understand why some people say
that the first year of marriage is so rough
because as far as I'm concerned, this has been the best year
of my life and each day is better then the last.

Preston keeps the amazing communication
going in our relationship.

He always has a smile on his face and
when I'm down, he cheers me up.

Preston and I love to stay up late and watch
movies together, play games together and/or
work on house projects together, despite the
fact that we have to get up at the crack.

Time is the most precious of gifts that
we can give to one another and boy do
we both give a lot of it.

Preston sacrifices so much for me
and I am eternally grateful for that,

I am eternally grateful for him.

Preston is responsible, mature, intelligent,
strong willed, spiritual, witty, goofy, loving,
kind, giving, patient, humble,
talented, physically strong, gentle,
motivated, creative, honest, trusting,
passionate about the things he believes in,
family oriented, great with kids,
and FUN

He makes me a better person everyday.

I am so blessed that I get to spend all eternity with him.

Thank You.
I'll love you forever and always.

(CHEEZY, I KNOW. BUT IT'S TRUE!)

September Is Almost Over...

I can't believe how quickly September has passed us by. I figured I needed to make at least one September post before the month is over.

It has been a pretty exciting month. My teacher that is from Ireland who taught my English class at Sacred Heart came to visit! Her name is Patricia Scroope. Mrs. Scroope was my absolutely most FAVORITE teacher I have ever had and ever will have, hands down. She has been the only person I've ever given The Book of Mormon to and she tells me that if I ever go visit her in Ireland, which will hopefully be next summer, I will see it sitting on her coffee table in her cottage. Her son, Gareth, came along as well. Mrs. Scroope and Gareth are very interested in the gospel so Preston I showed them around Salt Lake for two days. We answered many of their questions and when they return to Ireland, we are sending the missionaries over to their cottage. Yay for missionary work! I look forward to being at their baptisms :)

While we were in Salt Lake we also visited the Miller Speedway and Saltair. One word, FREAKING AWESOME! ... oh wait, that's two.

Preston and I also finished tiling Dukes room/ future laundry room. It looks great! I look forward to getting the walls re-textured (hurray for Muddy Boys) and painted. I know I still haven't posted pictures of the bathroom... ooops. They're coming soon.

The month isn't over yet. There is more fun to be had next week. I'll be sure to keep the blog updated.

Poor Mrs. Scoope's face got really burnt :(

A Couple of Pictures...

These two pictures are of Preston and Evan. I took them over the past week and really liked them so I decided to share with everyone :)

For some reason the color of my pictures are dull when I upload them to the blog. I've read up on how I can fix this but nothing seems to work. All of my pictures are so nice in their rich colors on my computer, I wish I could share :(.

Our Little Bundle of Joy

Preston and I got a puppy!!
We named him Duke and he is just the cutest little guy ever.

Duke is a rottweiler and 8 weeks old.

We think he was born potty trained, freak of nature.
Dukers loves to play with his tug rope and my right green flip flop.

"Sasquatch!"

Guess what! My husband surprised me with an early Christmas present, the only “short term want item”, as we like to put it, that I’ve been wanting. I still can’t believe I finally have one, especially five months before Christmas! Do you want to know what it is?? Preston got me my first professional camera!! It’s a little guy but I’m absolutely in love with it and look forward to all the many fun pictures I’ll be taking with it. I have to give big thanks to my brother and sister in law, Coby and Annie, because if it weren’t for them I wouldn’t have gotten my camera so soon. Thanks, you guys!!

Preston gave me my new camera in perfect time for our family bike trip. We just got back last weekend. What a big trip it was. We took the back roads up threw Wyoming and Montana and visited Jackson Hole, Yellow Stone, The Grand Tetons and Glacier then came back down through Idaho. It was so much fun, even the “Iron Butt” days. “Iron Butt” days are the days we ride all day. We had two of them this trip, one 12 hour day and another 13 hour day but it was well worth it. We were able to see lots of breath taking scenery and I, of course, had the opportunity to take some amazing pictures. We also came across a man who saw Sasquatch and was able to get a picture of it. What an exciting day that was! Earl couldn't stop talking about it the rest of the trip and I must say myself, I've never seen a more realistic picture or heard a story quite like this mans. Pretty convincing stuff. But I think my most favorite part of the trip was visiting the old jail in Deer Lodge, Montana. It was awesome and I've been wanting to touring a jail for a long time. What a dark and mysterious place. Fascinating but very creepy.

It was so great to be with the family on the road for a week and I’m so grateful we returned back safely. I hope Preston and I get the opportunity to go on another trip at least one more time before life gives us more responsibility, if you know what I’m saying ;)

It was pretty stinkin' difficult to pick out pictures for this post. I must have at least 900 photos that I want to show everyone so I compromised a little. Although the pictures don't look as good cropped and little, I've put some of them into clusters and just a couple in full size. I hope you enjoy!