Brett and Lyndsey

Warning- Picture Overload!!!

2012-01-16T16:47:00.000-08:00

Ok, you were warned. I am trying to catch up, and this is the worst time to be doing so because December (as always) was a crazy busy month. We are so lucky to be able to spend so much time with so much family and friends, and we look forward to it all year.

We were able to go to Phoenix to celebrate Shalice's big 30th Birthday. She and Dusty came to San Diego for mine, and she told me 6 months ago that this would be a party not to miss... and it wasn't.

These photos are in no particular order.

Shalice 50+ people there (if you know Shalice you shouldn't be surprised because she is the most social person ever), and Dusty did an Asian theme with dinner. Homemade lettuce wraps, spring rolls, wontons, asian drinks, and of course cake!

Here is the Birthday girl preparing for her big party!

Laura and Nolan on New Years. Can't wait for our Riviera Maya trip with them in May.

Me and Jenny on New Years, they are also going with us in May! Super awesome friends!

We hosted a cocktail/mocktail party at our house with a bunch of friends and it was so much fun. We are lucky to have such great company.

Me and my bestie Crystal

Me and Brett on Christmas

Merry Christmas!

Ahhh, the gift that keeps on giving- I was hoping these would be handy! Oh and they LOVED them!!!! I think? The IPhone 4S doesn't have anything on these babies...

Shalice and her new beach cruiser

Brett and his dad

Stacie and Parley

Jen and Zipper - haha. She is a good sport because she has outfits for EVERYTHING! You should see her on Halloween.

My mom and Freds talent show. It's pretty fun to see how good all the grandkids are doing. And Tate nearly steals the show every year playing the Cello.

Ever the baker, Becky made 9 different types of cookies for the party. Have I ever mentioned she loves to bake? If you're ever looking for some "sweet" catering, give her a call- she is amazing! I don't think I have a pic of all the cookies.

The big Gift exhange at my moms- it even gets a little heated at times... Oh the Holidays!

Happy Birthday to the Birthday girl

My stupid computer won't rotate these for the blog, but this is me with my grandparents. It is always fun to visit with them while we are in AZ. And we were in luck because my granparents have about a dozen orange trees, some pecan trees, and a pomegranate plant or tree (?).

So of course we loaded up!

My grandpa getting us some fresh oranges. Oh, and they were sooo yummy. Big thanks to them for having us over to visit for the afternoon.

Brett and grandpa bagging the goods.

How cute is this? Reece got a new rocking horse, cowboy boots (which she won't take off), and a cool cowboy hat from Santa Clause. So much fun at Christmas with the nieces and nephews.

Us at my work Christmas Party. I am very lucky to have a great job, a great boss, and my co-workers are the best!

I hope everyone had a great holiday, here's to 2012! Can't wait to see what this year brings us!

Christmas at our house

2011-12-03T18:28:00.000-08:00

Well we finally have our Christmas up, well what little we have.

Unfortunately, we have been home nursing a major head cold all day, but at least we caught up on our sleep.

Here is our tree this year, and you can see little Brian's stocking at the bottom. :)

And just for fun, here is my attempt at a Pinterest project. I am not a crafty person AT ALL, but I can occasionally find a cool idea and copy it....

Well here goes another post

2011-11-29T18:01:00.000-08:00

Because my computer has been acting up lately, you must scroll to the bottom of this post if you want any reading material.

Ok, I am determined to blog more. So much has happened the last couple months, I won't post pics of everything. I will just name a few:

-Me, Becky, and Lorrie all survived another 1/2 marathon, this time the Hobblecreek Half. While I can't speak for anybody else, I am done - I almost threw my shoes out the window on the way home (to prove it we didn't even do the Turkey Trot this year!) But I did manage to cut almost 10 min off my time from last year, so that was a positive.

- It was fun to get together for Brett's Grandpa Marx's big birthday party and reunion in August

- Me and Brett's birthdays are close and we always do fun things for that.

- We went on several awesome camping trips, and we went deer hunting this year and had fun- but no deer.

- We've been staying busy going to numerous ropings and barrel races and so far are enduring the cold weather riding.

- I have developed a newfound interest in Pinterest..... mostly because I love new recipes, and I hate to admit this, but I have even attempted a few crafts I've see on there...

- We have been staying busy with lots of friends, some new and some old, and of course our awesome families- who we are so grateful for.

-As for work we are both staying really busy, and for that I am always grateful.

-Oh, and I went on a 9 girl getaway to Cabo in Oct and it was soooo fun. May as well post a few pics of that trip. If you haven't ever been to Cabo, you should- it was so awesome. The weather was so nice, the water perfect, the company better, and our resorts were spectacular. I say resorts because we stayed an extra day due to an overbooking at the airline, and they put us at the Barcelo there, which was incredible. I just wish they would have overbooked us a few more days......

These next few weeks are going to be busy for us, so stay tuned.....

Where to start.... I suppose Lake Powell

2011-11-02T12:27:00.000-07:00

Well I really need to catch up on blogging, so here goes.

I was going to just go one big post for everything, but then decided Lake Powell deserved its own post.

I LOVE LAKE POWELL! I pretty much grew up in the summers on Lake Powell, and know it like the back of my hand (Wahweap anyway). I spent nearly every birthday there, but last year opted for San Diego with Shalice and Dusty instead.

It was nice to spend my Birthday there again (my 31st) with my family and husband.

Movie night in the houseboat

The blue lights in the wake of the boat

Awesome birthday sunset

the sink hole

It really was their idea... to just be dragged by the boat.

Lacy did awesome!

Ah, Spyglass! The best home away from home!

foxtographybylc.blogspot.com

2011-09-08T21:03:00.001-07:00

Ok, there you have it- foxtographybylc.blogspot.com

Although I have not perfected my blog or my website, I decided to start posting because I am getting a little behind. While in the next few days and weeks my blog will be changing, please check it out now and let me know what you think. I will be adding more pics steadily in the next few days. Thanks in advance for taking a look.

Coming Up!

2011-09-05T18:15:00.001-07:00

Went to Lake Powell and was able to do some family pictures while there, and had a great time. Stay tuned for these families...

Brent and Tracy Fox family

and Jake and Becky Hansen family

Just a few

2011-08-30T22:19:00.000-07:00

I did some photos for some friends that we have and it was way fun. I am still working on this session, but I thought I would share a few. I am also still working on my website, so until then I will post some pics of my sessions. Hopefully soon I can get my website going and keep my blog more just me and Brett stuff.

BTW I now have a FACEBOOK page, FOXTOGRAPHY BY LC.... so if ya can, help a girl out and "Like" my page. :)

2011-08-18T21:03:00.000-07:00

Brett's Maui Adventure

2011-08-12T18:29:00.001-07:00

Brett just got back from working in Maui for a week (I know right?). He pretty muched worked sun-up to sun-down, but on the last day was able to do a little exploring. We got married on Maui, then went to Kauai for our- not leaving much time for exploring while in Maui.

I sent my camera with Brett and got it all ready for his photos... and to my amazement he actually used it- and took 130 pics. So here are a few...

View from His condo

He did an office complex in Kihei (spelling?)

A before pic

And after, perfectly matching the sample... just what they pay him to do!

The office he worked on

And now the fun pics begin... his only day of fun!

We went parasailing here the morning of our wedding

This is his rental car.... he said it was the best thing ever... and took SEVERAL pics of it... hahaha.

In Lahaina

He found the "blow hole" and said it was the coolest part of the trip.

And of course any good husband will go to the beach you got married on.... :)

Can't wait to go back!

We got married here

On this beach

On June 12, 2007

Ironwood Beach

Kapalua, Maui

My BEAUTIFUL niece!

2011-08-03T19:50:00.000-07:00

I just finished her pics, but promised not to show them until after the wedding.... well at least I'm not showing her dress- and I don't think Chris even knows I have a blog.

So happy for you guys!

I have had lots of people ask if I have a website for my photos, and I am excited to say there is one in the works and should be up in the next few weeks. I have some fun photo things coming up, and I can't wait.

2011-07-26T21:38:00.001-07:00

How pretty is she?

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I love full moons!

And summer riding nights

2011-07-14T09:16:00.000-07:00

Lorrie and Brian came down and spent the night and we went golfing at Gladstan. The Gladstan Back 9 is one of my favorite places to golf. If you've never been you definitely should.

Brian got this Fox club cover for Lorrie for her birthday (even though her BDay isn't until Sept 18th), so she got to use it that day and then it was going into hiding. :) So of course most my pics include that cute little guy.

2011-07-14T08:41:00.000-07:00

My computer is having a slight blog overload, I'm a little behind.

Oh well. My grandma has a sign at her house that says "I'm so far behind I thought I was first" That's how I feel sometimes, and I have absolutely no excuse.

We went to Arizona over the 4th of July to visit Shalice and Dusty and we had a ton of fun. However, it was SOOO hot. Lucky for us we relaxed and floated the Salt River to keep cool. Since I didn't dare take my camera, this is about the only pic I got of it.

Shalice making our yummy lunch to take with us on our tubes

If you know Shalice and Dusty they are HUGE into food. So we went to all local places to eat during our stay and it was all so yummy. They have tons of magazines with local reviews, etc. and they try them all out. Off the top of my head I can't remember them all, but some places were Sakana sushi and Grill, Liberty Market, Four Peaks Brewery, and Smash Burger. YUM!

We were able to visit my grandparents while there. We don't get to see them very much and we had a great time catching up.

THE BEST SUSHI ANYWHERE!

We hosted a Father's Day dinner for all of Brett's family and it was really fun to have everyone come. Happy (late) Father's Day to all dads, we think Clay and Fred happen to be the best!

Grandpa Marx opening presents

Celebrating Stacie and Candice's Birthday in June

My niece Teryn just started Cheerleading and they had a fundraiser at Texas Roadhouse. It was a little (or a lot) chaotic having 5th graders serve you, but it was really fun! Good job Teryn

On the south side of Genola there is this structure on the mountain. I have wondered all my life what it is, and I still have no idea. But we rode the four-wheelers down and decided to check it out. I have been looking on the internet and still have no clue... so if anyone knows, please fill me in.

Signs of Summer

2011-07-13T20:32:00.001-07:00

Ok, so I follow a RIDICULOUS amount of photography blogs/websites. And a few have challenges/assignments that are daily/monthly etc. to find random things to take pics of.

Well I "loosely" follow their instructions.... meaning that I don't have the time.

But... I have been training, once again, for a half marathon... hello Hobblecreek half.. (well not really), and I have been more interested of what I find on my runs than my actual training...

I may sound hillbilly, but I love the small town I live in. The other day I was going for my "long run", and some older local fellow passed me a few times in his truck while he was watering ... and then finally stopped and said, "Mam, I don't know where you live, but you've been running a long time and I can give you a ride if you need one". When I said no, he offered at least a soda... It was so tempting......

All these pics are along my "training route"

Oh, how did HE get on my blog.....

Maybe because he is the coolest dog in the world!

As you can see, you shouldn't disturb the pollination process- these things are everywhere, and I stay away!

I love fresh hay. Even more when it's not in shortage and $8/bale.

I have TONS of pics I have not posted... so stay tuned!

HOT, HOT, HOT!

2011-07-04T17:33:00.001-07:00

We just got back from several days in Arizona visiting family (with temps ABOVE 115). I will post pics of the whole trip soon, as well as other "happenings".

If you follow my blog (which I doubt many do...), you know I am obsessed with photography, and love learning and trying new things. I got my new lens recently for many reasons, and one is to be able to do more "night" photography.

We were at Shalice and Dusty's house and the monsoon storms were there and the sky was so awesome! I had to experiment... and this was not edited- the sky looked just like this! I wish we were somewhere to capture the whole skyline, but oh well, maybe next time!

Thanks for having us Shalice and Dusty!

Random

2011-06-22T09:17:00.000-07:00

So far we are loving every minute of summer, staying busy with all sorts of stuff.

These pics are totally random, but all with my new lens. I am so in love with it I don't think I will ever take it off my camera! So get used to LOTS of photos

YARD WORK!

Got Rocks?

So do we, and LOTS of them!

Here is our front "Courtyard" so far. Some day it will have grasses, plants, etc.

Where we live

2011-06-17T16:15:00.000-07:00

This is the full moon rising the other night from our back deck.

Yes, that is a tractor on Main Street :)

BRING ON SUMMER!

Happy Anniversary... To US!

2011-06-12T17:43:00.001-07:00

Ok, so it is our 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY! As some may know, I look forward to this like Christmas, as many should. While it is only our fourth, we are still proud. Our marriage is not perfect, but is perfect for us.... (at least I think, and hope lol) I truly believe our marriage is like a fine wine... only getting better with time. :)

I was thinking of many things to do with our anniversary, and I have been thinking for months. Moab, Park City, Sun Valley, Jackson.... and guess what won??? You guessed it.... YARDWORK!!! Oh well, I can honestly say I am truly grateful for that. We seem to spend so much time away during the week working, that we sometimes call our home our "Weekend house". We like to go to the grocery store and stock up and just lay low on the weekends. What a life. We love it here, although we have given up a lot to be here, but we wouldn't change a thing. :)

I never put this much text, but as I've said before, it's my blog.... But anyway I FINALLY GOT MY NEW LENS. for my camera that is. I put this baby on order a few months ago... and then the waiting began (I've heard because of the earthquake in Japan things were delayed with Nikon). I was starting to get frustrated... but it finally showed up! And of course the playing started. Apprently this IS THE ONE for great portrait shots. There are no great shots for our anniversary (at least not yet and the evening is fastly approaching), so all these shots are from my new lens of somewhat random things. I need some practice as it is new to me... so if anyone wants me to take pics, just let me know. :)

This bad boy has sure gotten a lot of use lately....

I LOVE reading on the back deck!

Happenings on our Anniversary weekend... (BTW, I am SHOCKED to see him wearing this hat )
But the yardwork is endless

I think I caught B Ry sleeping while relaxing in the weeds, that right.... we have lots of weeds

I think he thinks he may have found something.... a rodent that is..

Recent Stuff

2011-06-01T12:41:00.000-07:00

We've been staying busy with lots of stuff.

Brett's sister Jennifer graduated from Hygiene school in May and we are super excited for her. She has started working and so far enjoying it.

The whole family. Kelly (on the end) is actually Jen's boyfriend- not Stacie's, as it may look in this picture.

Of course in May there was Mother's Day, and I happen to think I have the best mom ever.

We went camping over Memorial Day weekend with some friends and had a great time, besides the bad WIND! It was fun catching up with some friends we don't get to see much.

The wind was awful, but we still can't wait to go again- WE LOVE LONG WEEKENDS!

We had to put tables up in order to cook our food- stupid wind.

The kids had fun catching toads and lizards all weekend.

Little Lainey LOVED all the dogs. We haven't been able to see Lainey since she was a baby, and she is sooo cute.

We spent A LOT of time eating in the trailers

Our camp from our view while playing softball.

Brett pitching during softball. Brett is actually a good player.

How cute is little Ryder fishing?

More of Whit and Chris

2011-05-18T14:51:00.000-07:00

Whitney and Chris

2011-05-14T18:10:00.000-07:00

We did Whitney and Chris's engagements today and it was so fun. I think I took enough photos it may take me a year to edit them. :)

It was so much fun, and as promised, here are a few so far.

Chris is an awesome guy and I can't wait until he is officially a part of our (somewhat crazy) family. He has been warned, and now the pics are done there is no backing out now. :)

Tyson and his Truck- Pics

2011-05-11T15:39:00.000-07:00

I have been waiting for this for a long time- and I really didn't want to screw it up. My nephew Tyson, who is 16, fully restored a '48 Chevy truck and it is so awesome!

For anyone who knows Tyson, this was definitely out of his comfort zone (the photoshoot), but he was so cooperative and was up for anything.

I LOVE THIS TRUCK!- Oh, and Tyson too. :)

Yay for Yard Work

2011-05-01T18:45:00.001-07:00

This post has been a long time in the making. We FINALLY started our yard, and man are we in for it!

We have been slaving away for days, and have most of our pipe for our sprinklers laid.

While I have envisioned a phenominal yard, like the ones you see on Yard Crashers (DIY channel of course), complete with full flagstone, pergolas, water features, etc. Brett assures me ours will probably not look like theirs. But I have not lost hope for my dream yard, so we will see what happens.

Wow, that is some good looking pipe :)

Bryan caught (and killed) a Vole in our trenches, and ever since he has been stalking the trenches looking for more. This is a picture of him digging at "Vole Holes"

Brett's friend Taylor helped us today and he couldn't believe how many pics of bryan I took- he said we needed a kid. lol

On the prowl

Green River Pics

2011-04-28T08:46:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we went on our first camping trip of the year, to Green River. It was fun to have the whole family together. Here are some pics of the several days we were there. We had Awesome weather and a great time.

Lacy at the guyser. My stupid computer or blogger won't realign my sideways pics, does anyone know why? My last computer didn't do this, and Im very frustrated. They are right until I add them to blogger, then it chages it again. Oh well, I had to add this cute picture

This picture is located where the Life Flight incident happened last fall. Luckily we didn't have to go through that again.

My official 1 motorcycle ride per year- and I didn't crash and actually put it in 3rd gear this year. :)

The future newlyweds

MY FAMILY

2011-04-19T19:49:00.000-07:00

This is a post that took a while.....

This is my whole immediate family- in one place at the same time!

While our family is close, we don't all live close. We recently went for our first camping trip of the year (to Green River of course), and it was so awesome to have EVERYONE there. I can't remember when the last time that happened- we are always missing like one or two people. I can't even tell you how awesome it was. Hopefully it will happen again.... very soon.

Oh, and this is as formal as it gets in the Fox Family

Funny how the older you get the more you LOVE being around your family and that they mean the world to you. Thanks to all my family (close or far, immediate or distant relative) for everything you all do for us!

Oh, and notice how well trained Bryan (the dog- don't be confused by my brother... or brother-in-law) is. If you look closely, you can see he is even smiling ( a little). What a good boy :)

More Pictures

2011-04-07T19:09:00.000-07:00

I have some very fun photo things coming up soon, so I have been practicing with my editing of older pics I have. You may have seen some of these, but they all have changed some. I know I put a lot of pics on here, but hey it's my blog and I'll do what I want.

My Photos

2011-04-02T13:20:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the blog overload today... but I have been busy.

My latest Photography class just ended and I learned so much. A lot of our assignments were things I have never done before, but I loved them. The great thing about photography is that there is always something to learn. I have also been studying up on my Photoshop skills, and I have been learning lots. If any of you have tried Photoshop, it can be overwhelming- but day by day I am learning how to use it more effectively.

This picture is one assignment that I took while in St. George a few weeks ago. It has the temple and of course baseball fields (lots of tournaments the weekend we were there). I haven't taken many night landscape pics before, but now I love them and can't wait to do it more.

This was taken within walking distance from our home in Genola. I love it here.

Brett (and Bryan) are such good sports -and I think he is a very handsome model :)

St. George 10K

2011-04-02T10:20:00.000-07:00

Last year me, Becky, and Lorrie ran the Spectrom 10K race in St. George and had fun. Bryan and Daniele bought a house down there last year also and it was Whitney's idea to run it again. So we got a group of girls all signed up and ready to go- and then Whitney bailed on us!

To be fair, Whitney is going to BYU and has been super busy finishing up her teaching degree. Oh, and she may be a little behind in her school work because of her new FIANCE!!!!! That's right, my niece is engaged and is getting married. Am I really getting that old? I couldn't be happier for her and Chris, I think they are very cute together and make a great couple. I'm also a little stoked because once again we will have the same last name- she is marrying Chris Christensen (who happens to have the same name as Brett's grandpa. funny huh?)

Anyway, there were 7 of us total, and we crashed at Bryan and Daniele's. Funny story- Tracy stopped and bought new running shoes before going to St. George. Once she got down there the store called her to tell her they accidentally had two different size shoes in her box- one 7 and one 8. Since she wears an 8 the shoes wouldn't work for the race- luckily she had her old running shoes with her. So we are sitting around Friday around 10 at night and we start talking about running shoes. Becky goes to pull her shoes out of her bag and realizes she forgot her running shoes at home. Oops. Becky wears a 6.5 and Tracy offers her the mismatched shoes to wear. So she wears them and finishes the race with a new personal fastest time- 55 min!!

At the start of the race at Snow Canyon. Daniele didn't run but cheered us on at the bottom

Lorrie decided she wanted to carry my camera and take pics along the route. It was funny looking at all her pics

As you can tell, we aren't the fastest runners there. Holy cow do people take their running seriously!

This picture cracks me up. Her face is a little redder towards the end. lol

Is she interested in buying this home?

Lorrie also had a new personal best time. That's great- my time was about the same as last years. :(

My cousin Niesha and her daugther Kiegan ran it with us also. I was super jealous because after the race they headed to San Felipe for a week of relaxation.

At the end

I was bummed because I didn't get many other pictures, or even a picture with everyone in it.

Hello Spring!

2011-04-02T09:59:00.000-07:00

We have been staying busy enjoying ourselves.... and Spring- well we hope Spring is finally here.

He's Back! This horse has spent the last year in Oklahoma, he is now back and ready to go. We will see how it goes tomorrow at our first barrel race.

Must be Spring- Brett's getting the truck all ready to go..... Nevermind, since it looks so good it will now just sit in the garage. lol Guys are so funny.

Bryan loves being outside, and this is the year for landscaping!

In March our office went to the UDA conference, which is always a few days of fun, lectures, dental products, etc. Brett's sister Jennifer is just finishing up school to be a dental hygienist also, and presented her table clinic at UDA. She did great and she is studying away for her board exams. Yuck, I remember those days and would never want to go through that again!

Good Luck Jen!

Getting together with some friends

Our office at UDA. I pretty much work at the best place on Earth- I love everyone I work with and couldn't imagine working anywhere else. Crosspointe Dental Rocks!

And at the end of the day Brett and Bryan get a little tired. :)

Yummy!

2011-03-13T14:30:00.000-07:00

We hosted a "Dinner Party" with some friends this weekend. I have been stressing over it for quite a while now. But it turned out great, and I have to send big THANK YOU to my sister Becky for the ideas on dessert.

For those of you who don't know Becky.... You should. She is a "Baker Extraordinaire". She follows countless blogs, websites, etc., and has the best ideas (and food) ever! I think she needs to open her own bakery, catering service, etc.

She helped me come up with my idea on dessert...

And here it is.

It tasted as good as it looked. We had a chocolate bowl, chocolate cake, caramel, sweetened condensed milk, whip cream, and heath bars... with more caramel. ALL HOMEMADE!

I didn't take any other pics, but I promised one of the dessert for Becky.

Thanks Becky!

Baby Levi

2011-03-05T12:00:00.001-08:00

Our neighbors and friends just had a baby- and it's been super exciting because he has 3 older sisters. Angie asked me to take a few pictures of her kids. I was really nervous because I have never done any baby pictures- and I certainly need more practice. I'm way excited for my new photography class that starts next week.

Here are a few pictures

Baby Levi was not very happy about having his picture taken. We will need to try again when he isn't hungry and is asleep.

2011-02-23T15:32:00.000-08:00

Within walking distance from our hotel was a Mexican Zoo. I had heard on the internet that it was a must-see if we were there, so we ventured over. We had a great time- and if you ever get the chance to visit a mexican zoo, you should.

Things are very different at this zoo vs. Hogle Zoo in Utah. You can buy food to feed the animals, and can pretty much feed anything (if you dare). You can also pay a little extra and hold/play with baby tigers and jaguars, and play with Monkeys. It seems cheesy, but the zoo was one of my favorite things we did down there.

Bryan and Lorrie got to hold and play with Monkeys. The rest of us opted for the tigers

Feeding the animals

We had the giraffe eating off our heads- I know, we are a little silly.

3 month old baby bengal tiger that we got to play with. He was a little feisty and we had to watch ourselves.

This little tiger was mellow and fun to play with

Playing with the feisty tiger- they are very strong, even at 3 months.

PV Pics

2011-02-22T21:18:00.000-08:00

My Puerto Vallarta post may be a few posts. I tried for 2 hrs to upload photos tonight, but I think my computer (and blogger) had an Overload. I took about 600 photos, so I obviously need to pick and choose. What an awesome trip.

So Here we start. I love taking pictures- and am always trying to get models to practice on. I am very excited for a Photography class I am taking in March, so I will post pics if anything is any good.

Lorrie's husband Bryan is into photography also. I conned him into taking a few of me and Brett (which Brett just LOVED lol)- which is what I finished and is now on our blog above, and I took a few of them. Here are a few that I have done so far.

MATC

2011-02-02T16:28:00.000-08:00

Brett's Dad Clay is the President of the MATC (Mountainland Applied Technology College) and recently they opened their new, $19.8 Million 18.2 Acre Thanksgiving Point Campus. We were lucky to be invited to the ribbon cutting ceremony.

Clay had been working on getting funding for this campus for several years... and finally got it and construction began. It is truly an amazing building. The Culinary Art area is so fantastic I want to take classes myself.

Here are a few pics from the ceremony. We are so proud to have Clay in our family and can't wait for him and the students to enjoy their new facility

Clay speaking at the Ceremony

Clay and Fred

Brett didn't get any of his dad's height :)

Brett's parents

Mom and Fred

Leuitenant Governor (don't remember his name)

Clay speaking

Mom and Fred Support the MATC :)

Picture Overload

2011-01-22T08:56:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Holiday Season. We are very blessed to have such good family and friends.

The pictures of our holidays are in no particular order. Sorry there are lots of pictures, oh well, It's MY blog.

We went to Vegas for the NFR and were able to spend time with both our parents while there.

We took Lorrie, Brian, and Shalice (Dusty was still in AZ) to Cucina Toscana for dinner before Christmas. If you haven't tried it you should. Absolutely WONDERFUL! For more details on our dinner you will have to stalk Shalice's blog- lots of info there. :)

Jessica was due with her first child, a boy, on Wed, like 4 days ago. As of last night, still no baby.

WHERE IS HE?????

Brett LOVES Divinity (can't you tell?). And he thinks I'm crazy because I have never heard of it or tried it until this year.

Finally Finished..... Well Almost

2011-01-03T18:19:00.000-08:00

I had some time off work, so I thought I would tackle a project.... Boy was I out of my league. What I thought would take a day or so.... turned into many more, and with lots of headaches. BUT I finished, except for a little caulking and some "outlet plugs" to replace, but I will leave that to the Professionals - no need to electrocute myself.

My new Backsplash in the Kitchen

And who could leave out our little Brian- with his old chew toy that has holes and no longer squeaks. But its the only thing he wants to play with.

Christmas Pictures

2010-12-28T19:48:00.000-08:00

For Christmas this year we decided to take some updated pictures of Brett and his sisters Jennifer and Stacie and give them to his parents. We did these back in November, but had to keep it a secret because it was a surprise.

This is the one that was made into a big canvas.

Here area few others that didn't make the cut.... Me and Brett had a few differences in which was the best.... but since it was his parents, he won.

Individuals that we framed for them

My handsome husband :)

We had a great Christmas and have lots of pictures to post. I will as soon as I find the time.

SNOW SNOW SNOW!!!

2010-12-23T11:20:00.001-08:00

We got quite the storm the other night, and found ourselves digging out!

This is all from one night!

The water for the horses

Brett's truck

So much for our trees that we have babied for two years :(

A bale of hay

But the good news...... It's getting closer...

Looking Like Christmas

2010-12-05T07:59:00.000-08:00

Our decorations are up- well we only have a few. And so far Brian hasn't tore anything apart.

I got a new computer and it has a built in camera, so Shalice talked me into doing Skype- and now I'm addicted. So who cares if Shalice is the only one I know with it. Well now Lorrie has it, just no camera. Maybe we won't get a phone line after all. So if any of you have Skype let me know.

I was at Lorrie's and we Skyped with Shalice in AZ.

And since it is officially Winter, the countdown to our vacation can officially begin.

10 weeks (minus one day) and we will be at this resort enjoying some much awaited SUN!!!!

Thanksgiving

2010-12-03T16:47:00.001-08:00

Although I hate the cold, I love this time of year- always so busy and so much fun.

Thanksgiving this year was great, a good way to start the holiday season.

Lorrie "conned" us all into doing a 5k on Thanksgiving. Me, Lorrie, and Becky did one last year- and I thought LAST year was cold- wow it was cold this year.

I wanted to bail out, they Lorrie and Whitney made me feel guilty.

It was -2 when I left my house in the morning. It was MAYBE 5-7 during the race.

Tracy, Whitney, Me, Brittany, and Lorrie are the only ones who braved the cold. Oh, and Brent- who took all the pictures, parked along the route to cheer us on, and waited at the end.

Brett stayed home to rope in the "Genola Thanksgiving Roping". haha, I love Genola.

We ate at Brett's grandparents and had a great time.

Brett with his Grandpa Marx and his mom.

Brett and Grandma Marx

Us at my mom and Fred's for seconds on the Dessert :)

Me and Brett have been gradually painting/"sprucing up" Mom and Fred's house. So far, so good. There are a lot of walls so we may be on the 6 month remodel program. lol

Brett and Fred working their magic.

Bryan and Brett on Thanksgiving on an already finished wall.

It was Clay's (Brett's dad) Birthday and we celebrated at Dinner with the family.

Funny Story

2010-11-06T07:58:00.001-07:00

We have two riding lawnmowers- one works (thanks Brent and Tracy for the good ol John Deere), and the other doesn't (that's a whole other story itself). We need room in our garage so the non-running lawnmower had to go. Hello KSL Classifieds- we are KSL junkies!

After a few days and a few phone calls, one older gentleman was willing to come from Woods Cross to pick it up.

Brett was home alone to meet him (I was at my mom's doing some painting). Well talking led to more talking between the two.......

And instead of getting cold hard cash for our lawnmower, Brett accepted a trade for 40 DAYPLANNERS!!!! What????

But don't worry, the MSRP claims they are $49.99, so if we sell all 40 of them, we are actually ahead, right? What an investment.

I can assure you nobody would pay $49.99 for these, so since Christmas is coming up, don't be surprised if you end up with one. LOL.

Brett was so excited, and he said at the very least he has dayplanners for the next 40 years.

They even have a cell phone carrier

And a calculator.... and a ruler- AWESOME!

Makes me laugh..... Gotta love husbands and all the funny things they do. So If anyone needs a dayplanner, I will give you a smoking good deal.

Deer Hunting

2010-10-30T16:41:00.001-07:00

Last weekend we went on the deer hunt for 5 days. While it was a lot of fun, it was also VERY cold. We got wind, rain, hail, and snow. Not my type of camping, but we had fun anyway. We went to an area west of Delta in the middle of nowhere. It was such a fun and unique place to camp and had tons of ATV trails. We will definitely be going back there camping.

Oh, and Brett got a deer, but it was a small one. We didn't see many bucks, but we were glad to have some meat for the winter :)

Us before the storms started coming in... cold, but tolerable.

View from our campsite looking up to some very unique rocks. Apparently people from all over come and rock climb here

It was fun to see some leaves before they all fall off. It was so pretty.

There was a lot of mining in this area, and there are a ton of old mines/buildings everywhere. It was fun to do some exploring.

View looking West into Nevada as a storm was coming in

Our trailer during the hail storm, it was crazy- of course we were taking cover

Good thing I brought 2 pair of gloves

Brett showing off his master cooking skills

When we got our trailer 2 yrs ago Brett was just SURE we needed a new TV for it. Well about 1.5 yrs ago we bought one...... and have never used it until this trip..... because of the crappy weather. It was very nice to get the heater going, take a nice hot shower, and watch a movie before bed. Good thing the TV works

At an old abandoned building

The frost and snow stuck to the trees and it was so pretty with the sun hitting them.... but also very cold

On top of the mountain looking west into Nevada

Just thought I would throw a picture of our little Brian on our way camping- he loves to go camping!

Last week was really sad because Brett's family had to put down B's mom because of health concerns. JJ was part of the family and we will really miss her.

A few weeks ago we FINALLY got internet at our house. Yep that's right we finally joined the technology revolution and it has been nice. No phone yet, maybe some time. Truth is we sorta like not having to talk much on the phone while we are home.

Makes me smile

2010-10-21T22:29:00.000-07:00

I was saving pictures to the hard drive and I came across some that are pretty old, but always make me smile.

With a toy spider that he tore apart.

Always my favorite post

2010-10-19T14:45:00.000-07:00

We just got back from Green River Camping!

We go every Spring Break and UEA camping at the White Wash Sand Dunes by Green River and Moab and it is the BEST place to go. It's by far the best kept secret in Utah if you like to ATV.

Before we get to that I will show you the third backsplash I have done (not sure if I posted the second). This is in our 1/2 bath. I had a slight addiction to the "Do it yourself" network (DirecTv 230), and it was taking quite a hit to our budget. I stopped cold turkey and just pass it by on the remote when looking for something to watch. But..... I hope to do another project next month- so stay tuned :)

Ok- on to camping. I went camping with my family to Green River last weekend. Brett went scouting deer for this weekends deer hunt, so me and little Brian went alone and met my family there. Super fun time.

My cousin Jake and his wife Josie came for the first time and brought their little girl Cadence and she had all the attention and she is so dang cute. It's always fun having a little baby around.... and to get some "nudges" from my family that it's time for more little babies :)

Tyson FINALLY held Cadence, and between you and me I think he secretly liked it :)

Maycee and Lacy enjoying mom's famous hot chocolate in the morning

by the fire

Daniele and Cadence

Bryan taking in the scenery..... and probably looking for leftovers thrown over the edge. I think we eat better camping than we do at home.

Mom and Fred doing breakfast

When trying to find helmets for all the kids, Brady came across his "Evil Knievel" helmet, and wore it the rest of the day. Helloooooo 1980

Lacy

Maycee caught a cute little Lizard

Brent got the Rzr stuck in the sand

Ok here's the story..... While on a ride on Saturday with about 10-12 of us in a pretty remote and challenging area we came across a nice man who was hurt and needed life flight. He had an accident on his motorcycle and thought he had broken his pelvis- he was in extreme pain. Of course we had to stop and help and waited a while for him to get help. It was probably and hour or so and life flight finally came.

Here's the interesting part. If you have never been around a helicopter landing, you have no idea what force and wind it creates- I swear it was like a tornado, with lots of sand and rock.

All of the sudden we realized they were landing the helicopter RIGHT next us and we all ran for cover. While doing so, Rebecca (in our group) was knocked off the ledge we were standing on, twisted her ankle, got several deep cuts on her face/nose, and had a motocycle land on her.

After she went to the hospital it was revealed she broke her ankle and her nose, and had huge cuts all across her face (which luckily didn't need stitches). By Sunday she had two huge black swollen shut eyes! Rebecca happens to be one of the nicest people ever, so we wish her a speedy recovery.... and hope she will join us again!

What a freak accident! All by the helicopter! Helping someone else out! So Weird!

This is us by Jeff, the man who was hurt right when we got there. I may be a little insensitive because I take pics of Everything!

Life flight finally coming

After Rebecca's accident, she is on the ground getting attention.

Everyone helping Jeff to the helicopter

Helicopter shot

Jeff was flown to Grand Junction where he was evaluated. We heard he had "broken his ball joint" from members of his camp and was to be flown to the U of U on Sunday for Surgery- hopefully he will have a speedy recovery. And of course Rebecca.

How cute is Cadence???? Super Cute

These pics make me want Winter to hurry and get here so we can get it over with and go back to Green River camping

Looking forward the the rest of fall, it has been super fun and great weather. We booked our winter trip in Feb to Puerto Vallarta!!! Yay, the countdown begins.....

Becky's Pictures

2010-10-12T12:54:00.000-07:00

I took some pictures of Becky and Jake's family and here are a few of my favorites.

Whit's Pics

2010-10-01T12:20:00.001-07:00

Recently I took some pictures of my niece Whitney and her roommates at BYU. It was really fun- here are a few of my favorites.

Catching Up- Post #3

2010-09-16T12:01:00.000-07:00

We recently went to San Diego for Labor Day weekend. Shalice and Dusty came and met us there. I have never really spent any time in San Diego, and we had a ton of fun. Here are a bunch of random pics.

At Del Mar Race Track

At the USS Midway

Gas Lamp District- Super fun places and restaurants

Me and Brett recently both had birthdays. For his he chose to go to Texas Roadhouse, same as last year. This is us on his 27th Birthday.

Catching Up- Post #2

2010-09-14T12:19:00.000-07:00

Recently we went to San Diego for my Birthday and Shalice and Dusty came and met us for a few days. I took their pictures while we were there on the beach in Del Mar. Super fun time.

Here are a few of my favorites

Catching Up- Post #1

2010-09-13T12:23:00.001-07:00

Ok- I am playing catch up with my blog. It may take a few days, but better late than never.

Almost a year ago I set out with a goal to run a 1/2 marathon, not knowing what to expect or if I could actually do it. Well- Less than 1 year later me and my sisters (who participated in this with me) have done a 5K, 10K, 1/2 marathon, and a marathon relay! All Together!

And while it has been fun.... I have learned I don't love to run and it is still very hard for me. I don't think I will be signing up for any races anytime soon. There is another 1/2 marathon in Scottsdale in Jan. we have been considering- we'll see.

Last weekend Me, Becky, Lorrie, Whitney, and Whitney's friend Stephanie did a marathon relay- the only way I will ever do a marathon- we all do 5.2 miles :)

It was super cold in the morning, but then it warmed up.

Whit and Daniele

I love to watch "The Biggest Loser", and starting next week is a new season. There is a lady from Eagle Mountain competing- the Purple Team. She was there with her trainers running together. We got to meet and talk with her, she was very nice- so we need to all cheer her on. The show had already taped and she couldn't tell us what happened or how far she went, only the season Finale is in Dec.

We weren't allowed to pose for pictures with her, but we could take pics of her from afar

She is on the left, her trainer on the right

But I did get a picture with her trainer, who was also very nice.

This is our team after the race. We didn't win (or come close), but we all did good. Thanks to Brittany and Brian for making our sign and cheering us on.

Mission: Accomplished

2010-08-09T12:16:00.000-07:00

WE DID IT!!!!!

Me, Becky, and Lorrie ran the Provo River 1/2 marathon and we did great if I may say so myself. It was very hard and I can still barely walk.

There were a few things/goals I wanted to do when doing the 1/2 marathon

1- Finish

2- Finish ahead of the sweepers

3- Not be the last one across the line

4- Finish in under 3 hrs

And I accomplished all of them! Yay for me!

My sisters were all faster than me, but I guess the good thing about that is I have more people at the bottom cheering me on.

Us at 5:00 a.m. getting on the buses to the start

Brett was so wonderful to come and watch me finish, It really meant a lot to me- then he took me out for a huge yummy lunch :)

Us after the race

Rodeos, Rodeos, Rodeos- that's what we have been doing a lot this summer. It's been fun to watch Brett rope

I love summer sunsets

Brian chilling in the shade with some flowers. Not our house, hope its ok if he messes up the yard a little

My new addiction is watchin the DIY network (Do it yourself). They make everything look so easy so I thought I would tackle a backsplash (started in the laundry room in case I really messed up). It actually was very easy and turned out great. I am going to do all my bathrooms next, and save the kitchen for last when Im a pro because we want to do a big, awesome one there!

That's it for now!

Family Pictures

2010-08-02T12:23:00.001-07:00

Recently at Grandma Luella's funeral we finally had everyone in the family together and thought it would be a great time for family pictures since we have people living all over and we never are in the same place at the same time (between the Fox's and Finlinson's).

I like to "Dabble" a little in photography, but need much more practice since Im still learning. So if anyone wants their pictures done, Im very cheap- lol- like basically free.

I took some pictures and it was really fun to do. I'm not good with kids or getting their attention, so some of the larger pics are the best I could do :)

It was pretty fun because we did the pictures in Luella's backyard and it is so pretty there- Love you Grandma Luella, and miss you lots.

Fox's

Fox/Finlinson group shot - yup there really is that many kids between my mom and Fred

Laurie and Blaine

Lorrie and Brian

All us Girls :)

Bryan and Daniele

Brent and Tracy- maybe Brent's rubbed off on Brady because neither is smiling in the picture :(

Ok, now I have to figure out what is going on with my blog- I am having technical difficulties!!!!

More Summer Fun

2010-07-20T12:34:00.000-07:00

We went to Flaming Gorge last weekend and fished, boated, and rafted the Green River. We had a lot of fun. I have lots of pics and will post them later- I am running out of time

Us floating the river

Brett and Bryan swimming

On our way up there we went to the best restaurant, the Taggart Grill. It is by Morgan and you would never know its there. I would definitely recommend it. Its in the middle of nowhere, and we were there on a weeknight and the parking lot was full- we had to wait a long time for a table.

We recently went golfing for the first time this year, and look what happened.

Summer things

2010-07-06T12:15:00.000-07:00

It has been a very busy summer for us, and summer is our favorite time of year. I am trying to be patient with my computer because it has recently been taking forever to upload pictures, making me blog less frequently. I think I need a new Mac :)

Us on the Fourth of July. Brett has been going to a lot of rodeos lately. This is us in Salina for the fireworks (and they were really great fireworks, except for a few mishaps that almost had the hill on fire)

We went camping by Fish Lake and it was a lot of fun. Here is Brett and Brett going for a ride

Recently my grandma Luella died. She was just 3 months shy of her 99th Birthday. I love her very much and she is already missed.

She never missed an event, party, or anything else. Here she is at my hygiene graduation a few years ago and again at my wedding in Hawaii.

Well that's it for now. I have lots of pictures, but not the time to wait for them to upload, lol

Happy Anniversary.... To Us!

2010-06-15T12:28:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we celebrated our third anniversary...... Crazy it has been 3 years. We went down to Bryce Canyon and stayed at the Stone Canyon Inn- I would definitely recommend it! We had our own cabin that had a BBQ and a hot tub- which was nice because the weather sucked!

This was the Main house/lodge in Tropic

This is the cabin we stayed in

Our deck with the hot tub.

We spent some time at Bryce Canyon, a place neither of us had really been to, and it was really fun (except the weather).

So Pretty down there. I took so many pictures

I love Anniversaries, I look forward to them almost as much as Christmas. I think everyone should celebrate anniversaries and go all out and celebrate somehow. I am already thinking about the next one, and the next one....

I love my husband Brett so much and want to thank him for a great 3 years!

Car Show

2010-05-27T12:31:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we went to the Thanksgiving Point car show to see my brother Bryan's truck. He has an old Ford he restored and it is very cool. My nephew Tyson just got a new (well Old) truck to restore at some point.

We had never been to see his truck at a car show, and It was really fun. There were over 600 cars/trucks there, and his won for the best paint job for a truck- way cool.

Here are some pictures I took

Brett did my cousin Austin's cabinets recently, and I finally got a picture, they look really good.

Recent Stuff

2010-05-03T12:10:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of our recent happenings. Since my blogging is getting so random and few and far between, I have to throw a little of everything in.

My work snapped this pic of me "on the job". Thought I would throw it in there to show everyone what my day consists of.

Brett's sister Stacie graduated last week with her Bachelor's in Accounting. So excited for her, she is going to finish her graduate school and get her CPA.

Our cute little Brian enjoying the weeds and sunshine

We live by the orchards and have really liked going for horse rides on the mountain. We love our new town we live in, and its so convenient to ride horses.

I promised some Mexico pictures from our trip in March.

This is the vew from my Aunt Jeanine's place, very awesome

On the Beach

Race Day

Me and Steph in San Felipe

Recently we had our "Family Pictures" done. I would do them all the time, but Brett says no. Here are a few.

And that's it for now!

Camping

2010-04-22T12:24:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we did our annual camping trip to Green River (which happens to be the coolest place ever to go camping). We all had so much fun, and the best part is nobody got hurt! All the trailers and machines worked good also.

Fun, Fun, Fun

Since Mom and Fred didn't come, someone had to hand out the Cookie Dough. It was Maycee. If you know my mom, she ALWAYS has cookie dough on hand :)

Reece

Hannah and Lacy

Brent and Bryan, and Fred all got the new Rzr S's, and they were a lot of fun. We are now saving for a Rzr, but probably not the 'S'. Hopefully next time we go we'll have our own. :)

Brent got a little stuck in the sand

The Boys sitting on the rock

Daniele and Whit

Tyson

Group picture at the end of one of our rides

Becky and Jake and kids

Bryan and Daniele

Lorrie and Bryan

Me and Brett

Brady

I keep meaning to post pictures of our Mexico trip last month, so hopefully soon I will.

St George

2010-03-23T12:04:00.001-07:00

Last weekend me, Lorrie, and Becky went to St. George to run a 10K race at Snow Canyon. Many of you know I have been training for a 1/2 marathon to run sometime this year (Im chicken and haven't put a date on it yet:)

My "training" for my 1/2 marathon has slowed down a little because I got burned out running on a treadmill with the weather and I started doing other things. I have also found out that running isn't my "thing" and is very hard for me. After the 10K I found a lot of blisters and my feet hurt the worst- I bought a pair of "nice" running shoes recently, they they aren't working for me.

It was fun to have a girls trip, even though it wasn't a long one.

There is nothing like eating Taco Bell at midnight at the hotel the night before the race!

This is us before the race

Ugggh, the crappy rollaway bed I slept on- I think my back still hurts. It's funny how the older you are the pickier you are with your sleeping accommodations.

A couple weeks ago my Grandma Fox passed away. Because of our Mexico trip we weren't able to make it to the funeral. I am happy for her because after 88 years I think she was ready for a reunion on the other side. Love you Grandma.

Mexico was AWESOME!!!!! My computer is getting so slow at posting pictures that I'm getting lazy at adding them. I will post some pics of Mexico soon.

Apparently while we were down there there was a lot of violence in the border towns and people were getting killed. ??? After we got back I heard all these warnings about traveling to Mexico but we had no problems!

February Things

2010-03-03T09:26:00.000-08:00

February came and went very fast for us. We have been staying very busy and enjoying ourselves, as always.

At the first of Feb we went down and stayed at Brett's grandparents place in St George and we had a great time. It rained and rained the entire time. We did a lot of driving around and even went to Zion's (where it snowed on us). Our golf clubs we brought didn't get used at all.

Fire Danger? I think not

At Zions

Even though it was raining, we went on a fun hike in Zions. I must admit it was the perfect time to go there because we were about the only ones there.

At the end of our hike overlooking all of Zions

We stayed in St George and watched the Super Bowl. We love it down there and would someday love to live there.

Valentine's Day cookies are the best. Lacy and Macy are doing a great job making them

My wonderful husband got me some very nice roses.

UDA conference is in Feb. My office stayed in SLC for a few days to attend all the lectures, etc. It was fun to get to catch up with old friends- some I used to work with, school buddies, and current coworkers.

Brandy, Mandy, Tayor, Me, and Stef

Hygiene friends at Dinner

My office at Lunch.

I am very excited to have Feb behind us, we are looking forward to Spring and all its fun activities. March will be very busy for us. I am going to Mexico, St George (for a 10 K race), barrel races and ropings, and then camping at the first of April.

We are doing very well and feel very fortunate in our lives and look forward to what this year will bring us.

Miracles do happen

2010-02-03T10:09:00.000-08:00

BRETT FINALLY WENT SNOWBOARDING WITH ME!!!!

Brett has been promising me since we first started dating that he would go skiing/snowboarding with me every winter, and he always finds a way to weasel out of going.

Lucky for him I just went ahead and planned the trip and told him there was no "out" this year!

AND WOULD YOU GUESS THAT HE ACTUALLY HAD A GREAT TIME?

Brett before we started thinking this must be the worst day of his life....

Me and Crystal (she joined us for her first time). I am very sad because Crystal is moving to Colorado soon :( Me and Crystal have been great friends for a long time and I will miss her so much.

Brett giving two thumbs up! We had so much fun and now he can't wait to go back-

Crystal needed help from my nephews getting strapped in her snowboard. I have only been snowboarding once before (last year with Shalice) and it was the first time for everyone else (except for my nephews who of course are really good and ditched us... lol)

Me, Brett, and Crystal

Becky and Jake

This is the year we are going to get a land line at our house. Brett gets so mad because talking on the phone at our house is nearly impossible. You literally have to find a spot and not move in order to talk to someone- which I must admit is a little nice...

At my Mom and Fred's for Dinner

Tyson and Brady- the great snowboarders

Bryan and little Reece- she is so dang cute.

Brett's dad Clay does awesome work with leather, horse hair, braiding, etc. and has been featured in several magazines, newspapers, etc.

We are lucky enough to start collecting some of his items- he is always working on cool stuff.

This is a stingray headstall. He also just gave us one with ostrich leg that is awesome!

Thanks Clay, we love you!

That's it for now, we are trying to survive the winter! Can't wait for our little weekend getaway to St. George, where hopefully it will be warmer!

Cancun Trip

2010-01-06T10:26:00.000-08:00

Ok, where to begin...

We had a wonderful trip to Cancun and had a hard time coming back to reality.

Of course I took several hundred photos and tried to narrow it down to a few.... well this post is much longer than I thought.

De-icing in Denver on the way there.... brrrr.

There were plenty of Santa sightings

On the beach Christmas Eve

The beach at our hotel

Me with Santa Christmas Eve

Laying around Christmas Day. I was so homesick Christmas. We want to go again next year (somewhere else warm), but will definitely be going right AFTER Christmas.

(Notice our "King Size" Bed- what a ripoff)

Beach at Tulum

We went to the Mayan Ruins (Tulum) and it was so much fun, but very crowded. It was so pretty there.

These things were everywhere, we kept seeing them

Tulum

Beach at Tulum

Sunset at Cozumel

Cozumel

On our plane going home- view of Cancun

Merry Christmas

2009-12-21T12:00:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas to Everyone!

We have been very busy this holiday season, spending fun times with family and friends. We consider ourselves very lucky this time of year.

I haven't taken many pictures this month- so here are the few I have taken.

My Christmas tree (it has a few more ornaments than last years.... :) ) oh, and in case your wondering, we have almost got our new blinds hung (obviously not the ones by the tree.)

My Christmas village- I am so thankful Brian hasn't tore it to shreds.

We are leaving Wed morning for CANCUN!!!! Yay- anyway we celebrated Christmas yesterday with our families.
Here is a picture of Brett with his two sisters, Jennifer and Stacie.

Brett's parents christmas tree- I love real trees (but mine is fake)

Brett's sisters always give the best gifts..... even to Brian. Here he is with his new bed.

We love to go to Salem Pond to see the lights- they do such a good job. Coincidentally we were there at the right time to catch the parade that they do, it was so much fun to see.

Here is the last part with Santa.

Ok- now to the 1/2 marathon news..... I have still been "trying" to train (dec is the worst). I finally hit my 6 miles!!!!! Yay, but to think Im not even half way there yet is a bit daunting- (not to mention the treadmill stops after 60 min- restarting it to keep going is the WORST!!!!! ). I have been very terrible eating this month (Dental offices are terrible and we have had a lot of treats), so here's to a healthier January and 2010.

MERRY CHISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE- BE SAFE!!!!!

Randomness

2009-12-03T11:37:00.001-08:00

We have been staying pretty busy lately with all sorts of random stuff.

Brett always thinks he needs a new gun and is constantly looking. He has wanted a new 223 for a while now, and found one on KSL that was perfect, and for a good price. We have been shooting a few times since then. He is getting quite the collection of guns, and I am really enjoying shooting with him. We want to get our concealed weapons permit, so hopefully soon we will.

Me with his new 223 and my 22 pistol.

For Thanksgiving we were at my Mom and Fred's first (with loads of people), then went to Brett's Parents where it was pretty quiet. I love Thanksgiving, the food is sooo good, everyone goes all out with the cooking, and everything is made from "scratch". Who wouldn't love that?

We got together with a few friends from hygiene school that we don't see often (living farther away puts a damper on our social life). We had a great time and its fun to see them- I miss them all the time.

These are all the crazy girls I went to school with.

Me, Steph, Taylor, Amanda (aka "Dr Gallegos"), Heather.

On to the 1/2 marathon news....

Becky, Lorrie, and I ran a 5K on Thanksgiving morning in Draper. I was very nervous because I left my house in 16 degree weather and was ready to back out. I didn't, and I finished the race.

I have been working out like crazy (every single day at the gym) and seem to be getting in better shape. 1/2 marathons are 13 miles (a LONG way for me), and the farthest so far I can run at one time is 5 miles (before I feel like I will die). So I guess its coming along, but kinda slow. I got brand new really nice running shoes, which really makes it easier.

I'm aiming for a spring 1/2 marathon, and we've heard of some in San Diego, Vegas, and there's one in Malibu in March (that sounds the funnest). Hopefully my sisters will do it with me!

Greatest Gift Ever

2009-11-19T11:34:00.000-08:00

I usually don't get too hung up on telling everyone how great and how much I love my husband on our blog.... but today is an exception.

Me and Brett aren't into buying lots of stuff for each other, but rather do fun things together. For our anniversary this year (it was in June) Brett didn't have a present but said he was having something made for me- a jewelry box (and he really stressed it was no ordinary jewelry box).

Well months turned into months and every now and again he would promise me someday I would have my present. To be honest I had actually kindof forgotten about it until he came home last weekend with it- AND IT WAS WELL WORTH THE WAIT!

Brett talked a guy who has only made a few of these to make me one (he said it took months of coaxing because it takes a long time and he didn't want to build it). It took him over 60 hours and has over 72 pieces involved. It took Brett over 7 hours to finish it. It is the best gift anyone has ever given me by far and will definitely be something we hand down to our kids.

It is wormy maple and Brett did a clear finish with a little tint. Its almost two feet tall and is very heavy. My pictures don't do it justice, you have to see it to appreciate it.

This is with all the parts open. The top opens, the middle opens and is for my necklaces, and the bottom opens also

Just the top part open

All the detail

Thanks to Brett, I love him so much and feel very lucky to be with someone so awesome.

My New Thing...

2009-11-14T18:38:00.000-08:00

For Anyone who knows me, I'm always thinking of new things to do, learn, read, etc. I feel like I always have to have a project or I'll go crazy. I'm currently taking a photography and advanced photoshop class (in hopes of someday being a professional photographer), finally finished my latest book (it took me about 2 months), started/came up with a really promising company/venture (but kinda gave it up after seeing the time involved and my job changed) earlier this year. It sometimes feels that Im always go, go, do, go (definitely comes from my family).

I have also been reading that some of my friends have been doing 1/2 marathons.... and now I want to do one also. I used to love working out and used to be in way good shape.... then came Brett. As my love did for him.... so did my waistline- and it hasn't stopped. Well that's (hopefully) over. I am learning the hardest thing about getting in shape is the DECISION to actually do it. I have been at the gym everyday for several weeks and am getting in better shape and my goal for 2010 is a 1/2 marathon (No date in particular, but hopefully somewhere in the spring?) I will keep you posted (hopefully that I've put that out there it will come true and I won't give up).

Anyway, another new goal is to try a new recipe each week. We both love to cook, but get limited with choices. My sister Becky is a great cook so I get a lot of recipes from her (so I will cheat because some of "MY" recipes are some that I actually get from her- but she never updates her blogs sooo....at least I will give her credit). I will post blogs from time to time on the good ones. And you must know if they are good they must be easy to make (cause that's how I roll...)

So to begin.... I have the BEST recipe for chili- and its actually somewhat healthy (this came from Becky).

HEARTY GROUND TURKEY CHILI

2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1 large white onion, finely diced

1 lb ground turkey

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

1/4 fresh ground pepper

1/4 teaspoon Lawry's garlic salt with parsely

4 cloves fresh garlic, minced

1 14 oz can chicken broth

2 cans diced tomatoes

1 small can tomato paste

3 cans beans of choice drained (I use chili beans, black beans, and pinto beans)

1 teaspoon tabasco hot sauce

3 tablespoons chili powder

2 tablespoons ground cumin

Heat oil into a large skillet or dutch oven over medium heat. Saute onion until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in turkey, salt, pepper and garlic salt; cook until browned and no longer pink. Add chicken broth, tomatoes, tomato paste, beans, hot sauce, chili powder and cumin. Reduce heat to low and simmer until ready to serve.

Serve with cornbread muffins (or whatever).

UMMMM, this is a big hit at our house, and takes no time to cook.

Halloween party

2009-10-29T11:50:00.000-07:00

Mom had her annual Halloween/Pumpkin party and it was a lot of fun.

Reece is a bumble bee

Lorrie, Brian, and Brittany

Teryn

Maycee (she insisted that she NOT smile for the pictures because witches don't smile)

Becky and Reece

Boring us, we didn't dress up.

OH BROTHER!!!!!- It looks like Oreo might be staying a while. Brett made him a little shelter for the winter. He was only supposed to be at our house a little while to eat our weeds......

Green River

2009-10-22T11:48:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was our final camping trip of the year and of course we went down by Green River (the BEST place to go). Brett had to stay home and take care of sick horses, so I went with my family and stayed with Bryan and Daniele (thanks guys). We had SOOO much fun. I was bummed because I had to work and didn't get there until Friday, so I missed a lot of the fun- oh well, there's always next year.

Little Reece

Me, Reece, Becky, Mom, and Teryn. This was Becky and the girls' first trip to Green River and I think they really liked it. Becky took their Ranger and did really good driving (considering some of the places we go)

Yep, like this place- among others

Waiting to get up a tricky spot

This is such a pretty place to go, there are sand dunes and slick rock- a little of everything!

Becky did great driving down the hill

All the Fox girls that were there.

Sunset from our camp

Dinner and roasting marshmallows Friday night.

Can't wait until next spring to start camping again, we have had a blast this year!

Random Pictures

2009-09-29T11:48:00.000-07:00

It has been nice to slow down a bit this month.... Brett has been watching a lot of football and loving it! We have some fun things coming up in the next little bit and will post a lot of pictures.

Wanna travel????? ME TOO! I just barely got my passport and I am so excited.... now I wish I had lots of money to go somewhere!

We are going to Cancun for Christmas (actually leaving on the 23rd)- we are so excited! I have never spent Christmas away from home, and have never been to Cancun, so we're looking forward to it.

I have been off work quite a bit this month (Dr's been hunting), and have seen a few Rachael Ray's shows- she had this really yummy looking French Onion Soup I just had to try and make. Well.... 2.5 hrs later it didn't quite taste like Im sure hers did. (maybe I didn't "carmelize" my onions correctly (not even sure what that means!!!)

We have been golfing at Gladstan in Payson a few times and it is so pretty up there- I love it. This is looking north as a storm was coming in

Us at the Golf course

I recently joined some friends for Indian food (Bombay House) for the first time. I was very nervous I wasn't going to find something I would like, but I found a really great dish and loved it. Brett said he was certain I shouldn't bring home leftovers, but I did and he liked it too. We will definitely be going back.

Heather, Taylor, and Steph

Me, Amanda, and Brandy

Me and Brett's Birthdays are pretty close and Brett's parents got us a joint present... PATIO FURNITURE!!! Because it looks so good and it is starting to get colder outside we just set it up inside are are really LOVING it!!! It matches our floor perfectly- Thanks to the Christensen family, they are the best!

We recently went 4-wheeling around Genola in the mountains, here is the view of Genola from the top! We are really loving it here.

Well, that's about it.... for now anyway!

Camping again

2009-09-15T12:17:00.000-07:00

We went camping again last weekend down by Manti and Sterling. Brett has been fishing a lot this year so that's been fun for him. I'm not much of a 'fisher', so I just usually hang out.

My perfect family

Brett and Brett with some of their fish they caught.

We went to three different places to fish, but only one of the places had a lot of fish.

Us at Ferron reservoir they day it rained very hard.

Brett fishing

We are starting to wind down and hopefully will be spending more time at home- it seems like we're always gone doing something.

I have updated our blog a little with Lake Powell pics.

Labor Day Lake Powell trip

2009-09-15T11:54:00.000-07:00

We went to Lake Powell for Labor Day with my family for the last trip of the year. It was really fun and there is another post after this of our hike.

Me and Lorrie

Brett and Bryan fishing in their new "fishing" boat

Brett with his only fish he caught.

Us in the paddle boat

Lake Powell is the best

Brett went scuba diving to find "Big Red". (the jet ski that sunk last trip)

Brett getting ropes ready

Me and Lacy

Look at my next post for pics of the hike at Lake Powell.

The Hike

2009-09-15T11:28:00.001-07:00

At Lake Powell we went on a really cool hike. We go up a slot canyon, swim to the end, and then hike to the top. It is very tight quarters and everyone helps each other because some spots are very hard. It was very fun and we had a blast.

My hot husband

Brett helping Ty on the hike

Most people turn around here, but not our family.... Bryan, Brent, and Brett all tried to climb the rock to make it over the top rock- Bryan finally made it and then got us all up with the rope.

Me and Brett (as always Brett is SO EXCITED to have his picture taken)

Our family at the end of the hike. We found another boat at the bottom and they also joined us- about 20 people in all.

along the way

Brett getting lifted down at the end of the hike

After

Hiking Timp

2009-08-31T11:46:00.000-07:00

My family decided to hike Timp and we signed up to go. We couldn't figure out why we had to start at 4:00 a.m. and we almost bailed out. On our way down the mountain 8 hrs later I figured out why we left so early- good idea. The hike was great, and VERY long. We had 10 in our group and everyone was very sore after.

Brett celebrated his 26th Birthday recently- Happy Bithday Brett!

Me and Brett at 4:00 a.m. before starting to hike

Hiking on the trail (the right trail). We started out on the wrong trail to begin with (it was dark and nobody knew where to start). After 45 min on the wrong trail we started on the right one.

View from the top looking over Lehi and Saratoga, etc.

Starting out the hike

Sunrise

View from the top

Lorrie and Bryan

Mountain Goat- there were TONS of these. We also saw two huge Moose

Us at the top- I can't believe I was still smiling, that hike was hard!

At the summit

On the trail (before Brett left me, he's quite the hiker- I'm a little slower)

After the exhausting hike we decided to float the Provo River with Shalice, Dusty and Austin. It was so much fun but because I didn't have a disposable camera this is the only shot I got.

Wow, what a busy weekend- we can barely walk. Good news is tonight is the annual golf tournament.... can't wait for that!

Bryce Canyon and such

2009-08-17T12:02:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went camping by Bryce Canyon and had a lot of fun. Brett joined us on Saturday night (barely in time for the Rodeo in Panguitch) and we had so much fun. We fished a lot at Tropic Reservoir.

Brett jumped in the water (which was VERY cold)- he later lost his glasses in the water and never found them

Jenny, Me, and Laura

Everyone's muscles

Me pretending I know what to do with a fishing pole

Me and Brett a few weeks ago at my friend Jen's wedding

We got the horses down to our house finally and have been riding around the hills and orchards. Bryan likes to get in the canal and swim- its pretty funny.

Brett's parents came down to Fairview to watch him at the rodeo, It was fun to have them come.

BC Finishing

2009-08-17T11:21:00.001-07:00

It has been a while since I posted anything about Brett's business. He has been very busy and doing a lot of jobs out of town. He started the summer doing some work in Oakland for a big business building, and has spent most of the summer (well his worker Johnny has spent all his summer) doing a big resort by Page and Lake Powell. Last week he was in staying with Shalice and Dusty while working on the Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts - I think that's what it is called (basically an opera house). Bretts not that good at taking pictures (he usually leaves the camera home- which is what he did in Scottsdale). We are hoping to go to AZ this fall and get good pictures once it is all finished.

And now we are hearing he may be headed to St. George later this fall and work on the Sand Hollow resort. Brett LOVES St. George and would love to go down for a while and work- but I have to stay home and work :(

As for work around here he has also been staying very busy and is just starting a big huge home in Hobblecreek canyon.

I have found myself griping a little (ok, maybe a lot) because he has been so busy and he's been gone a lot- and then I remind myself that it could be worse and that I need to stop whining.

Thanks Brett for all you do for me, I love you and appreciate all the hard work you put in for us and your business!

River Rafting Trip

2009-07-23T11:58:00.000-07:00

I finally found my pictures from the disposable camera from our trip last weekend. I am so upset because the picture quality is horrible- but what do you expect from a $5 camera!

Brett fishing in a pond

Fishing on the River

Me and Brett (notice I'M the one using the paddle-everyone kept complaining because I was using it wrong)

Us by the Flaming Gorge dam

Jenny at one of our many spots we stopped to fish

Us before the trip with the raft hooked on the truck

Brett and Brett

We had so much fun we want to do it all again

Flaming Gorge

2009-07-22T11:58:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went to a few rodeos (something we haven't been doing much of this or last year) and went to Flaming Gorge for the remainder of the weekend. We had never been and it was really fun. We can't wait to go back.... but with a boat this time.

We also rafted down the Green River but my battery died on my camera so I bought a waterproof one and can't find the pictures on my computer- stupid thing.

Me and Jenny

Brett and Brett swimming in the COLD water

Us at the Rodeo

Flaming Gorge.... well only a small part of it

Brett and his horses

Salt River Trip

2009-07-08T08:12:00.001-07:00

When I was in AZ last week to visit Shalice and Dusty we decided to float down the Salt River- apparently a popular thing to do down there when the weather reaches 110! It was so hot down there I couldn't even breathe! I bought a $5 disposable camera for this trip..... wasn't sure if my new camera would be ok.

We rented tubes for the 4 hr float down the river.

Dusty tying our tubes together

Shalice and Dusty chillin

4 hours later we had to drag ourselves out of the river

Bus ride back

Thanks to Shalice and Dusty for letting me come and spend a few days with them. Me and Brett want to go back down before the river closes and do it again.