Red, Red, & More Red

Last weekend we all head up to Landon's grandma and grandpa Smellie's to take family pictures. Each one of Landon's mom's siblings families had to wear a certain color. We orginally got baby blue, but it was a bit difficult for us all to find something we all liked in light blue. So, we ended up wearing red. Landon and I went up early to go relax at a park. We laid a blanket out, ate some lunch, watched a movie and took a nap. It was so nice to get to do something like that together. We never really have time where we just relax like that. Here are some fun pics to share the family fun!

Two Year Anniversary

Landon and I just had our two year anniversary on Sunday. We are now more in love, more patient, and more knowledgable about each other than we were a year ago.

Two Years Ago

Each year one of us plans something for our anniversary. This year was my turn. Since our actual anniversary was on Sunday this year we decided to make plans to celebrate it on Monday. So on Sunday Landon surprised me by making breakfast in bed and then took me out to Antelope Island. I had never been there before. It was so beautiful! We drove to the historic sight and got to see a lot of what life might have been like for our great grandparents. There were lots of antiques and some history about Antelope Island. As we were sitting out on one of the benches by the old houses a whole swarm of humming birds came up to the feeder hanger about 5 feet in front of us. I had never seen one so close. You could get almost right up to them without them even caring you were there. Then a huge storm came through that had the winds up to 50 mph so we decided to head on home. Our anniversary happens to be Landon's older sister's bday so we went to her house to wish her a happy birthday. We feel bad that we may sometimes over look her bday, it being on our anniversary, so we try our hardest to let her know we are remembering it's her special day too. :-)

This year I had planned for us to go up to Park City to do some shopping and have dinner. So on Monday morning we got up early and took the back way to Park City. It was such beautiful scenery! When we got there we jumped right into shopping. We parked at one end and walked and just kept going until we got to the end. We shopped for about 6 hours and both had good sized bags of clothes. Mission accomplished! :-) You can only imagine how hungry we were from all that shopping, so we went to Baja Cantina, a mexican food restaurant up by the Alpine Slide, and stuffed our faces. The food was delicious! I recommend all of you try it. You can't go up to Park City without getting a carmeled apple, so we stopped at the chocolate shop and grabbed one. Then we headed back home exhausted and with our brand new wardrobes. We had a lot of fun just getting to spend time together. We really don't get to do that as much as we'd like. Our jobs are very demanding and so our free time for "us" is few and far between. We both decided this was a perfect way to spend our anniversary. We got new clothes, good food, and time with each other. Who could ask for more? :-)

Capture The Moment

I have been wanting to pursue my interest in photography for quite some time so Britt and Tom (sis in law/bro in law) told me I could practice with them. I went and picked them up on Saturday after I got off work and we headed to the train station in Ogden. I will admit, I was a little nervous. I think I will feel a lot more confident when I know more about the details of photography and have an advanced camera. Britt and Tom were a lot of fun to photograph. They made it very simple to just point and click. Check out some of the cute shots we got! Thank you for letting me be part of your treasured moments. :-) Smile....Click....Capture

So Much To Do...So Little time

Landon and I both had Monday off so we made a huge list of random things we needed to get done. We even put it all on a time schedule so that we would stay on track to get everything done. We got up early so we could make it to our chiropractor appointment at 9 and it was go, go, go all day after that. We actuallly almost made it through the whole list. We ran out of energy at about 6 and decided to stop and head to the K Town golf course to hit a bucket of balls. Landon really enjoys golfing so I have decided that I want to learn how to play so we can go together. He was a great teacher. He was very patient with me. I don't think I did too bad. Landon said, "You'll probably end up being better than me and entering in the PGA Tour next year." LOL So watch out Tiger Woods! ;-)

All Alone :-(

Landon and his dad went to the sandunes today and won't be back until Friday night. So if any wants to play tomorrow night I am free. :-) I had today off so I decided that I would spend the day doing absolutely nothing. I did just that. I sat here and watched chick flicks all day and did a little laundry. It was really nice to just relax, but now I am super bored and ready for my hubby to come home. :-( I hate being home without him, but even worse I hate sleeping without him next to me. I have to work tomorrow until 7:30 so that will keep me busy for the majority of the day. I am glad he is out having fun with his dad, but I will be glad to have him home.

In The Lord's Hands

We are sending another one of to help in the Lord's work. My cousin Aaron is heading to Chili on his mission on Wednesday. We are all very sad to say good-bye, but also very proud of him. He will be a great missionary. He has such a big heart and a great testimony. Chili is very lucky to have him going there to teach their investigators. Good luck Elder Wright! We love you and will miss you! :-)

Smellie Family Reunion

I am sure that everyone is thinking that the name is pronounced like "smelly", but it's not. It's actually "smay-lee". Every year Landon's mom's side of the family has a big family reunion. Each year a different sibling's family plans the reunion. This year was Landon's mom's turn, which includes all of us. We all through around some ideas until we came to the conclusion that we were going to Cherry Hill then to a park to bbq shishkabobbs and play water games. Brittney was the one who really put it all together. It turned out great! Landon and I didn't get to go to Cherry Hills because we had to work, but we joined in the for evening events. We played a "get to know your family" game that was a lot of fun. We split everyone up into two teams, red and yellow. Then we played tug-a-war, water pass, water balloon toss, and balloon shave. We ate lots of good food and had a blast.