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So on Friday I went down to Mesquite to go to the Launch Your World Event hosted by elan woman magazine. So I listened to some great speakers, got to know some really great women, and enjoyed some music sang to all of us ladies by Eric Dodge.

Mindy, Amy, Laurie, & I

Loren Slocum was my favorite speaker from the event... she was awesome, said a lot of things that I needed to hear and just put a lot of things into a different perspective. Here is one of the books she has written....I have already read it - really great! I highly recommend reading it(especially if you need a quick "pick me up")...quick, easy, read that keeps you intrigued throughout!

2 YEARS!

08-09-08

So Kyle and I have been married for 2 years! Hard to believe that it has come and gone like that...we have truly loved every minute! I am so grateful to have Kyle in my life - I love him so so very much!

We have been wanting to go and see the show "O" in Vegas for a bit and so we decided this would be the perfect time to go and celebrate for our anniversary. We went down to Las Vegas on Friday after work hurried and ate at CPK and went to the 7:30 show since we probably would not have been able to stay awake for the late show at 10! haha

The show was absolutely AMAZING!! I highly recommend anyone to go. It is incredible - the things they did and how everything worked! AWESOME! I vote it the best show in Vegas! We both really enjoyed it to say the least! ;)

We thought that since we were in town we may as well just stay and enjoy it instead of making a quick trip down and back. So we had a nice room at the Mirage....had a beautiful view of the whole strip! Way cool....

This was the only picture I got of us....everyone is always going 100mph there so I didn't stop and ask anyone to take a quick snap of us....so instead we got a really close up of us! :)

The last 2 years we have had so much fun! WE ARE SO BLESSED - We have been able to do some really fun things, Kyle is still in school, we have the cutest dog in the world, we are blessed with such great family and friends, but most of all I am married to my best friend and the love of my life! Kyle is so good to me and would do anything for me! I just love him to pieces!

Pumpkin had her pups!

Lil Miss Pumpkin (Hailey's lil princess) had 6 puppies this last Saturday (July 31)! She had 4 lil girlies and 2 lil fellas! They are all so cute and all healthy! All of them ended up being the white with fawn just like Pumpkin and the daddy....so cute! So glad that Pumpkin is doing good and being a good mommy to her pups! Now I just can't wait to see them already! :) They will all be about Kruzer's size when I get to see them I'm sure!

Pumpkin and her pups

the 4 lil girlies - aren't they so precious?!
the 2 lil fellas - love their markings!

McCall - can't get enough of this place!

So last week Kyle and I were able to head on up to Idaho and go see my family and head to McCall for the week! (I just wish the drive wasn't as long as it is) McCall is one of my most favorite places. Lots of really great memories there. I seriously can't get enough of it whether it is summer or winter - it is pure AWESOMENESS!!!

My sister Carli rode up there with us and my other sister Hailey got to go as well....Steve missed out :( Hopefully he can make it next year! Dad even got to come up for a little bit, and of course mom was there too ;)...the whole vacation was just really great.....the weather was amazing....great company...great food....lots of lake time....great sun tans...overall GREAT TIME! (This kind of means....lots of photos)

Kyle & I

This first night out we decided to eat out at one of our favorites in town "Chapala's." It is really really great Mexican food....So Mom, Hay, Car, Ky and I went out....Kyle and the ladies. :)

Kruz loves McCall too...so glad pumpkin got to be there too!

Me & Car
Me and Mamasita
Captain Mark

Gosh I Love these 2!! (what a beautiful sunset too!)

Having one of our many campfires during the week

Dad took us all out to dinner at the Mill....it was yummy! I had some really great crab legs! The Noble Clan - Love love My Family

So kind of a really funny story about this lynx...yes it is on a leash and Hailey was out running and was on this road and looks over and sees this lynx there. She thought it was going to attack so she took off...so she comes back and tells us all about it. Of course we have to go and see what she is talking about so we take a lil drive, and sure enough it is a LYNX! Someone has this huge cat as a pet....no they don't just keep it outside only because while we were looking at it, the owner called to it to go inside the house!! How bizarre huh?! We couldn't believe it....so here it is the Lynx.

Sisters = my besties :)

Hailey and prego Pumpkin :)

I just love wake boarding

me, hay and car...trying to survive the cold water

Kruzer boy exploring

Kyle wakeboarding

Kyle and I before we went out to din for a date night

I was the boat captain most the week - it was great

ahhh...love this guy!

oh and I love this guy too and car :)

my boys were pretty tired on the way home....this is what I got to look at while driving...can you say utter torture?

It is always so nice to get to go home and spend some time with the family. ( I just wish the drive was a lot closer) It was also great to get out of the heat for a bit and be in hoody weather!!

good time

I think it is always so fun to meet Kyle's friends that I haven't ever met, but always heard so much about..ya know like finally being able to put names and faces together - I love it! The other night one of Kyle's good friends from high school was in town visiting from MO with her hubby and I was finally able to meet her and her hubster! Mckenzi you are so great and it was so great to finally meet- just wanted to give a shout out to you and your family! We had so much fun over at the McAllister's home just hanging out and having a good time with all of them! Sadly, I didn't get any photos. :(

SWIM TIME!!

This last weekend Kyle and I decided to get Kruz a lil life vest since he is so afraid of the water since his near drowning experience when he was a puppy....and because this next week we will me in MCCALL being in and out of the water so much...so I want him to like the water....which now I think he does! :) It is so cute....

Kruz gettin his swim on...

Phoenix!!

So we got to make a family trip out to see Sara, Rhett, and the twins(Cozette & Klara)! It was so much fun to get to finally see them....they are about 6 weeks old now. We came out to go to their blessing that was on Sunday July 11, 2010, which happens to also be Sara's birthday! So it was great that we got to go and be there for both very special occasions! Thanks for all the fun!!



On Saturday we all (there were a bunch of us) went to Wet N Wild, the water slide park - it was a lot of fun....even for all of us adults! It was super super hot there so it was nice to be able to be in and out of the water....I can't believe how much hotter it felt there comparing it to here in STG! WOW!

Aiden at Wet N Wild

Kyle & I

Sara, Me, & Aiden (he LOVES his picture taken so that he can see himself on the digital screen right after it is taken....so funny)

Kyle takin' a break

After we were at the water park for most of the day all of us(the Hansen's and the Frei's) got together for dinner too at Buca di Bepo's! It is a yummy Italian place there. We ate some really great food and celebrated Sara's birthday! :)"HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARA!!"

The "Birthday" girl, Sara

Grandpa and Klara

Kyle & Klara ( this is kind of funny....Kyle will say that Klara is partially named after him because if you put Kyle and Sara together, that is how they came up with Klara, however it is a false statement. Sara and Rhett didn't come up with Klara because of that....Sorry babe).

The 2 new members of the family - Klara & Cozette

What a beautiful new family! Congrats Rhett & Sara!

The Hansen Family

The Frei Family
Me & Cozette
Gosh I could hold those little girls forever....they are so tiny and so sweet! I just love them...sure wish that they lived closer! Now I can't wait to see them again :) They are simply adorable and their Aunty Kylee loves them very much!


So driving to Phoenix and on the way back home we drove through the Hoover Dam and they have the ongoing building of the new bridge! Holy cow is it incredible! I can't beleive it really.....that is why I had to take a picture of it! Absolutely amazing that they can build something like this...and it will be safe to drive across!! Seriously, this picture does not do it justice at all...all I can say is it is GINORMOUS and AMAZING!

Hoover Dam (the new bridge)