Nesting

A couple Sundays ago we were in our living room and I could hear a bird just outside our front door. It was so loud that I thought it was in our house at one point. We opened the door. Looked around didn't find anything. After a couple times Scott looked behind him on the door an noticed a nest that had been made in the wreath I had put on the front door.

I was kinda grossed out cause I didn't want a dirty bird touching my wreath ... even more I didn't want to have to touch it to get it out of my wreath. It wasn't until a couple days later that we actually looked at it closely and found 5 eggs inside of the nest. I'll admit it's actually pretty cool seeing the innovation of animals, but why did they have to do it on my front porch? Doesn't the bird know that I have a history of accidentally killing animals?

Now we are trying to figure out what to do next. I am thinking of just moving the entire wreath until they all hatch and fly away and then destroy the nest. 

2nd Anniversary

We celebrated our second anniversary last month. I can't believe we have been married for two years. Time is flying. I love every minute that I get to spend with Scott. He's my best friend and my biggest support. He helps make my bad days good, even my really bad days, and my good days even better. I can only hope to be as good to him as he is to me. Can't wait to see what the next years have in store for us!

For our anniversary we got tickets to the comedian Brian Regan. I was excited to see him in person. I had seen some sketches on You Tube but other than that I didn't know what to expect. It was so funny. My cheeks hurt after from laughing so hard.

Valentine's Day

Since Valentine's Day is so close to our Anniversary, we have decided to keep all Valentine's Days low key. Last year we stayed in, but this year we thought we would venture out. Scotty got reservations at one of the restaurants up at Sundance. I've decided that I kinda love that place. I feel like I am back in Washington. It was fun to get dressed up and get out of our normal Friday evening.

 Scotty had a bouquet delivered to work. Made my day! 

I Heart Weekends

Our weekend was pretty uneventful. I have decided that I kinda like uneventful. I get a lot done with uneventful. It is also very relaxing.

I decorated for Valentine's Day the first time ever. I mean this isn't much, but it's a start. I printed these free printables at Walmart and after the worst experience there, it is quite the accomplishment that they actually made it up. 

We are couch-less right now. We sold our old couches and the new ones will be delivered this week. Scotty wanted to watch the basketball game in HD so we improvised by bringing our extra mattress downstairs and created a makeshift couch. It is pretty comfy if I do say so myself.

Now it's Monday. Woof.

But, seriously.

Christmas Lights

Last night we met up with Stephanie and one of my cousin's family's to walk around downtown Salt Lake City and look at the lights on temple square. It was so fun. Something we need to do every year!

 I just love my family.

Festival of Trees

Last year I made Scotty promise me that he would take me to the Festival of Trees. I have always wanted to go. It made it easy to go when my parents came into town and wanted to go with everyone. It was so fun walking around and gawking at the hundreds of beautiful Christmas Trees. It is for such a good cause too. It especially was special to me now that I know a child personally that benefits from Primary Children's Hospital.

Courtney wasn't so sure of Santa.

Oh and we found the perfect tree! 

Alternate Family Reunion

Like I said before instead of a family reunion in Glacier we just wanted to spend time together, especially with Courtney. We spent a lot of time at the hospital and the park when we could. Those are moments I will never forget. It really is the people in your life that make it what it is!

We also were able to get family pictures taken. I am so glad we made it a priority that week, even though it was a little rough getting there. Here are a couple of my favorites from behind the scenes.

 Uncle Scottie and baby Tommy.

 Love my hubby.

I wanted a picture with Savannah and she decided it was a good idea to knock me over with a bear hug. #favoriteaunt

Everyone trying to get a smile out of the kids.

5 Things

1. Celine Dion

In August I went on a "girls trip" to see Celine Dion. Andrea recently moved to Ohio and ended up not being able to come. So Scott came in her place. It was such a fun trip. We layed by the pool pretty much all day. And lest I forget, Celine was awesome! For some reason I can only find a couple pictures of the night. Before Celine and that of  me devouring the drinking chocolate from Max Brenner. Can we say delish? For a hot chocolate lover like myself, it was life changing.

2. Scotty's Birthday

Birthdays seem to just sneak up on me lately. I failed and didn't plan too much for Scotty. We did end up going to Texas Roadhouse with the McKells and Stephie for his Birthday dinner. We even made him get on the saddle while they sang to him. (Hehe. I'm such a mean wife).

3. Projects

I've been getting the itch to make something and to decorate my house. What would we do without pinterest? I was pretty excited about this project I made the other day. It literally took me 20 minutes to make. Idea found here.

4. My birthday

For my Birthday Scotty and I decided to go to Cheesecake Factory for dinner. My parents seem to be in town a lot lately (which I don't mind) so they came with us. It was so much fun!

5. Family Time

We've been spending a ton of time with both family's lately. I love it. I wish work and other responsibilities didn't get in the way so much so we could just spend all of our time together.

Sweaty or Not

This past weekend I finished running my third Ragnar Relay. Team Sweaty or Not took on the Wasatch Back and did surprisingly well in the 198 miles we ran from Logan to Park City, Utah.

So much happens in those 30 + hours running, driving, not eating or sleeping that it is hard to summarize.

Highlights:
+ The beautiful views! Seriously it is breathtaking! We saw two sunrises and a sunset. I even ran under the summer solstice moon on my second leg (which was miserable by the way).
+ Running into my dad who was one of our volunteers at 4 a.m. We weren't supposed to see him at all, so it was fun having him pound on our windows and scaring us half to death.
+ Blasting music and making victory tunnels for runners while stuck in traffic.
+ My sister Stephanie yelling out the window to my other sister Lindsey, "KILL DOROTHY!" ... For those of you who aren't familiar with the Ragnar Lingo a "kill" means you passed the person.
+ Being piggy-backed across the finish line. That was a first.
+ Van 1 being fast enough on our first leg to get out before they shut down the road for 2 hours due to a fire.
+ Spending time with my family and Stephie's (now my) friends.
+ The entertaining team names and van decorations. Those are always a treat.
+ Prancercising behind runners while supporting our runners.
+ Watching people on our team run farther than they have ever run. ... and killing it too!

Lowlights:
+ The dust on my first leg. I think I inhaled the entire state of Utah in dust in 6 short miles.
+ My second leg. Period. It was 8.2 miles of misery ... well actually only about 4 miles of it was miserable. I was not prepared for that steep of an incline. Plus my hip was tight and was killing me.
+ Being passed by multiple 13-year-olds.
+ Having to have our car jumped because we were charging all our phones while the car was off.

 Sunrise number one.

The scenery.

 Isn't it a BEAUTIFUL course???

 Our van.

My first leg. It was super dusty! Luckily it was downhill. 

You can also see a little smoke from the fire that delayed some teams by 2 hours!

 Scott was in Van 2 so I didn't see him too much, but from what I hear he did awesome!

Tunnels for the runners. We were stuck in traffic so we had a little fun while we waited.

During the 30 seconds we saw my dad.

 My brother barely had time to train, but he did awesome!!! He was also a trooper being the only guy in our van. We nicknamed him Scottie Pimpin'. Ha.

Got the "kill."

My sister Stephanie wanted extra miles so she ran my last 2 miles with me. 

Clearly we are exhausted excited to only have 1 mile left!

After Van 1 was done, we indulged in Kneaders. Tasted sooooo good!

 The whole gang.

Official Team Sweaty or Not photo. 

We're Done!!!