Cabin and Lake

We've been married for over two months! Can you believe it? Neither can we.  We've been wanting to go up to the Wilson's cabin, which is up American Fork canyon, for a while now and we finally found some time to go. It is soooooooo pretty up there,  I just love it. We saw some deer, but unfortunately no moose... one of these times I'm going to see one up there, I just know it! We had lots of fun. Then the next day we went to Fish Lake for the Schramm/Eaves family. I was so glad all the Wilson's could come! We had such a great time. I don't have any pictures from it though... But we went on the lake for a while, got sunburned, ate good food and just enjoyed being together! 

Riley and Andrea's Graduation

It's been a while... but I have some pictures from their graduation. We are so proud of them and excited that they will both be moving down to Provo this fall.  Go BYU!

Graduation didn't seem nearly as long as my older siblings... thank heavens. Of course Argyle gave an inspiring speech... not!

The Manti Miracle Pageant!

Riley and I headed down to the Manti pageant about a week ago and we loved it! We drove through Spanish Fork canyon and saw the destroyed by mud slide town of 'Thistle', which was neat I guess. We saw more sheep than you could ever imagine and slept in a two person backpacking tent with a queen size air mattress. Needless to say, it was pretty awesome!! The campground we stayed at was packed full of youth conferences. But the pageant was awesome! Super cool. Did you guys know that Mormon said a prayer right where the Manti Temple is today? Pretty cool, huh? There is a painting of that in the temple, and they mention it in the pageant. For those of you who don't know, the pageant goes through The restoration, pioneers and parts of the Book of Mormon, what a neat production! The next day we were able to do a session in the temple and that was really cool. It was my first (and hopefully not last) live session.  It was a really fun trip. Here are some fun pictures!

 This temple is really unique, it's like a castle. Look at that cool wall!!

These are the windmills in Spanish fork. I don't think I'd ever seen them so close. They are huge!! The picture doesn't do them justice.

Project antique part two and three!!

Ok, so we suddenly have a lot to blog about. But first we'll start with our pride and joy. This is phase two of the project:

 We painted it blue, which was really pretty but it didn't match anything in our apartment. What a shame. But then we had fun rubbing a glaze all over it. It turned out pretty well we think!! I didn't think it looked great at first... it looks dirty and old, but I got over that pretty quick and now it is one of my favorite feature!

 I'm not sure how to decorate it... the lighting in this picture really isn't very good. So ignore that. But what should I do? I've got some cute stuff. I don't like the purple flowers on it, but I stole those from my mom... so they need replacing anyway. Help?? Mandy, my mom just got done telling me how adorable your new nursery is, maybe you have some ideas! Or Stacy, you're creative... I don't know what to do! Don't worry, I'll be putting a picture in that frame shortly.

Project antique!

So for a few days we've been on the lookout for a cute shelf/storage thing for out front room. Our entertainment stand is chuck full of stuff and it will only get worse once school starts and we have cartloads of books. On our way to a downeast tent sale we saw this huge yard sale in a rite aid parking lot. We stopped because we saw some shelves. We picked up this little gem for $7 :) We thought it would fit in our car, but we couldn't get it to work. Thank goodness Kelli lives so close to where we were at and had the car! We borrowed their truck and ran it home. Oh and by the way, the lady at the yard sale was nuts. Like, seriously insane. But she gave us a deal!
We are planning on doing either a creamy white or a lighter blue to match our curtains and pillows. We want to do an antique look on it, but from the youtube videos it looks pretty complex! But I think we'll give it a shot. Wish us luck! Here is a before picture:

We've got our wedding pictures back!!

So, I've updated the blog background because July is coming! July is easily my favorite month of the year, for multiple reasons. First of all, it's my birthday! Then the 4th of July, which never disappoints. We usually have a family reunion in there and sometimes a family vacation!  It also means I get to take a few days off work and enjoy the wonderful weather we have been having.  Needless to say, I'm excited.

We got our wedding pictures back, so I guess I should put them on. If you want to see all 300+ pictures here is the link.
clicklisa.smugmug.com/Weddings

Thanks again for all who made a sacrifice to come to the wedding, we really appreciated having everyone there! It was a great day.

This is why I love Cactus & Tropicals! Green, light, tan, white, flowers. My favorite!
That tree on the left is a little weird though...