I love my BFF Ashley! We have SOO much fun together! She's so beautiful and true. I got so lucky when I met her! She makes me a better person and gives me strength. I know she'd never abandon me or leave my side as I will never leave hers!
Carlie got a gingerbread house kit for Christmas and since my dad loves stuff like that he and Carlie worked on putting it together.
This year we went to my mom & dad's for Christmas. Carlie LOVES going to Grandma and Grandpa's house. She's always been infatuated with their giant nutcracker. What a cutie!
Here is our cute little tree! Typically I get a big giant huge one but my practical side kicked in and I decided it was just silly to pay $100 for a giant fire hazard!
I've turned into quite the globetrotter. No not, really. But I have gotten to travel some for work. I got to go to Chicago for a training. I haven't ever been to Chicago before so I was excited. However, I got strep throat and spent a good portion of the trip in my hotel room. I did get to ride in a limosine for the very first time though! And I discovered that you can use your coffee pot in your hotel room to heat up soup! Woo hoo!
Ashley texted me and said, "Your boyfriend is gonna be at Walmart." I grabbed Carlie and off we went. Sure enough, there he was in all his beautiful glory. The heaven's parted and the angels sang! Carlos Boozer...*sigh*
I LOVE the fair!!! Not the Utah fair. My "hometown fair". The Southeastern Idaho State Fair in Blackfoot. It's so nostalgic for me. The smells, the dirt, the animals, the same guy selling no stick cookware and who can forget the carnies (though we skipped that).
This cow was freakin' HUGE! This pic doesn't do it justice but it's head was gigantic. Plus it was kind of a sweet pic don't you think? 
Every year right before school starts I take Carlie to Lagoon. Kind of a last hurrah for the summer. She's getting so big! She can go on the "big kid" rides now but she always loves the carousel.
On Aug 16 I went to the Ogden Ampitheater and watched a really cool band. The Sun Dogs. It was great just lying on the grass, relaxing, and listening to some great music!
So the most random thing happened (some of you will label it as divine intervention). I have been wanting/needing a bike and voila! a bike appeared in front of my house!! Yes, it's probably stolen (this IS Ogden after all) but it's been sitting in front of my house for 2 days now and my motto is "finders keepers" - especially if it saves me $400! RANDOM!
I finally got around to planting some flowers. The Spring kind of escaped me. We went from snowballs to heat wave in a span of about a week so I never had the opportunity to plant my beautiful flowers like I normally do. I finally got some spare time and here is the end result.
Fresh back from my trip to Alabama I was feeling a little sassy - no not really. MarketStar had a Battle of the Rockbands competition in which employees put bands together and played the video game Rockband. We staged it just like a real rock concert complete with t-shirts, tour dates, tattoos, bandanas and body guards. 
Here's R-Squared all decked out and READY TO ROCK!!
Um.....yeah, that's her real hair!
I was sent to Huntsville, AL for LG. I'd never been there before so I was excited....kind of. There's such a - stigma - that comes with the South. Plus with my recent encounter with the the hillbilly clan I was a little nervous. But you know...I had a great time! It was beautiful!! The climate was almost exactly like Utah (which I'm told is rare). I gained a lot of valuable information and felt like it was a very productive business trip. We went out to dinner twice. The first night we went to a very fancy schmancy restaurant - Dolce. The second night we went to Grille 29. Steak and seafood galore! (there goes the diet!) There was a beautiful fountain outside Grille 29 and I couldn't resist a snapshot.
I went to Mackay, ID (aka middle of nowhere) to my parent's cabin. I so love it there!! It's so quiet and peaceful and of course beautiful! There is no cell phone reception up there and I love it!!
My dad really likes to watch all the birds there. He has feeders and houses all over the place. This is a Tree Swallow I believe. He likes them because they eat mostly mosquitoes. There is a big pine tree on the side of the cabin that houses an owl of some kind. You can tell because there are little weird bone/fur balls at the bottom of the tree that the owl spits out. How gross!
No....I did not fish.
I went to Sun Valley. I decided to brave the Trail Creek pass. It's been known for chewing through tires. The rocks along the pass are really sharp shale. This pic was taken at the peak. Breathtaking!
While we were in Sun Valley we went to this little local bar, Lefty's. They have absolutely THE BEST fries ever! And those of you that know me know that I HATE fries.
We took the girls to Blacksmith Fork Canyon for a little camping trip. True camping...smores, campfires, bad hair, no showers; the works. We had a really great spot with a creek that ran by it and plenty of shade.
The creek
This beautiful field of flowers just cropped up in the middle of the rocks!
