The Condo

For the past two years we have lived in a condo in Sandy. It has been a really great situation, and I've always really liked living here. It's really close to shopping, restaurants and work. I had no idea, that when we signed our rental agreement (month to month) that we would end up living here for two years! It's really been the last few months that we realized a lot of things we don't love about living in the condo like taking the elevator ride with arms full of groceries or taking Cooper down four flights of stairs to do his thing or not having any STORAGE (hence the photo of one of the bathtubs filled to the brim with stuff)!

For the past year we have been hunting for a house, we weren't in a huge hurry so we were looking at short-sales. Those things are anything but short! We offered on several houses...but never ended up with the house.

The first week of June we put an offer on a short-sale house that barely came on the market, and we just last week we heard back from the bank and they accepted our offer (well after they countered the offer and we accepted). It's official! We will be closing on November 13th and saying bye to our first home of two years.

Haunted Bus Tours

Friday night we drove up to Ogden and met with our friends Josh and Stephanie to go on a Haunted Bus Tour of Ogden. We had no idea what to expect, and we were a little nervous at first but it ended up being really fun!

We crammed into this school bus with a ton of other people and drove around main street Ogden, while a story -telling tour guide would tell us all of the ghost stories that occurred in each of buildings we drove past.

We ended up at the cemetery where the guide told some really spooky stories.

Frightmares

We went to Lagoon Frightmares last week, apparently along with everyone else and their dog! It was so packed last Saturday! But we had such a fun time...I mean it's what fun is! Amy, Kevin, Cole, Dailey, Amber and Maddie all went too!

Even though it was packed Andy and I still got to ride all of our favorites including Wicked...twice! I love Frightmares, you aren't dying of heat like in mid-summer and usually there are less people (not this time) and there are all these crazy dressed-up employees walking around trying to scare you. Ok, that's not my favorite--this kid dressed as a zombie walked up behind me and scared the crap out of me...I may have turned around and hit the poor thing. I can't help it...it's my natural reaction.

Brazil

Andy and I are going to Brazil in about two weeks!! MonaVie (the company I work for) gave us the opportunity to travel to Brazil with The MORE Project. The MORE Project is a nonprofit orgranization that seeks to change lives and restore families living in poverty in Brazil. We will be spending most of the time in Rio de Janeiro helping families re-build homes and playing soccer with kids after school. I'm so excited...and maybe a little nervous.

The Farmer's Market

Yesterday we went to the Farmer's Market in downtown Salt Lake. I loved it! There was fresh fruit and bread and flowers....it was like we were in Seattle. We bought a bag of apples and pears. There was one little booth that made fresh fruit pies...and they were delicious! It was the perfect Fall outing.

Appendi--what??

Sunday Night during Andy's birth party, he started to get a pain in his side. He actually didn't tell me about it until the morning when he called me on his way home from work at 7:30 AM. He had only been at work for a half-hour when the pain in his stomach got so bad he couldn't do anything.

We went into the InstaCare and they told us to go straight to the Emergency Room. After a few tests and a CT Scan they confirmed it was appendicitis. The poor thing...the day after Andy's birthday he had to get an emergency surgery to get his appendix out!

A few hours later he was in surgery getting his appendix removed! It was a crazy long day! The funny thing is the day before he was talking to his mom about her upcoming shoulder surgery and Andy mentioned how much he wants to get surgery done...I guess that was his birthday wish coming true!

Let the WILD Rumpus Start

Last Sunday we celebrated Andy's 27th Birthday! We really started celebrating on Friday--it was an all weekend event! On Friday we went with the Boyer's to dinner at Red Robin and then to see a movie.

Then Sunday we went to dinner at the Bushes and celebrated some more! We threw Andy a "Where the Wild Things Are" party! This is Andy's favorite book as a kid and he is sooo excited for the movie to come out later this month.

We read the story to the kids and gave them all "Wild Thing" masks to wear, and of course Andy had his crown just like Max. After the story we sang "Happy Birthday" and ate "Wild Thing" cupcakes. Happy Birthday baby...I love you with all my heart!

Priesthood Meeting and Carmel Apples

Last weekend we watched General Conference. I love watching conference and hearing from the leaders of our church. This is one of my favorite weekends! On Saturday night we all met at my parents house and the boys went to the General Priesthood meeting. When they got back we made caramel apples and then the boys gave a re-cap on their meeting.

2 Years Baby!

A couple of weeks ago Andy and I celebrate two years as husband and wife! We took a road trip to St. George and stayed at one of my friend's home in Hurricane--it was beautiful. We drove down on Friday and on Saturday we went down to Vegas and shopped then went to the LOVE Beatles Cirque du Solei show. It was amazing!

Sunday we played all day in the sun and swam in the pool! That night we (as in Andy) BBQ'd it up. It was his first time cooking steaks on the grill and they tasted awesome! Later we watched a movie in the hot tub!

I love Andy Boyer because:

1. he writes me love notes on sticky's that have googley eyes on them.
2. he winks at me from across the room.
3. we have a secret handshake.
4. when we're watching t.v. he pulls me from across the couch to cuddle.
5. he always gets rid of moths that try to attack my eyelashes.
6. he sings Dixie Chicks songs with me at the top of our lungs.
7. he lets me go "Garage Sale'ing" every Saturday...and always gives me an item to look for.
8. he loves the Jazz.
9. he never gets embarrassed...he always tries to get me to yell out things like "D-Will" in crowded places.
10. he has an incredible testimony of the gospel and is a strong priesthood holder.
11. he always is the one to remind us to read the Book of Mormon each night.
12. he puts a smile on my face every day...and always makes me laugh.

I love you baby and I love that we get to spend forever together!