Balla !

Well Scott surprised me yesterday afternoon when I came home with this! He put the Michael Jordan logo on the back of my car! I can't tell you how freakin excited I was!!! I had told him I wanted it on my future truck, (but our future might not have that truck in it, oh well..) so he put it on my car right now. I feel like such a balla! haha jk

And yes I am cool in this picture lol
Also, we got this cool package from my mother the other day. She got us some new tennis shoes! Scott hadn't had new tennis shoes in over 6 years and she decided to get us both new shoes. It was not necessary but very sweet of her to do so. We both love our shoes and love to wear them around. Funny story - After we had got our new shoes that day, we took Meli on a walk around our neighborhood cuz we wanted to try out the new shoes. We didn't realize this until we started walking, but we both had white shirts on, with our black Addidas sweat pants, and white Nike tennis shoes. I am sure we just looked so dang cute - this matching couple walking their weenie dog around the block.

My new shoes

Scott's new shoes

Our new shoes together

Ouray, Colorado

For the 4th of July, Scott & I went to Ouray, Colorado to stay with his aunt & uncle at their place. We spent time with in-laws, cousins, and friends and just had a grand time! I had never been to Colorado before and if no one has, it is absolutely gorgeous! I loved every minute there and can't wait to go back.

Here is Meli on the drive up to Colorado. I made her sit in the back because her "spear-like paws" hurt me when she walks all over my legs. Its annoying lol

Before we went to Ouray, we stopped at Telluride. Scott's Aunt Jean & Uncle Bill were there with everyone else and were going to hike down the mountain. Isn't this a gorgeous view? We took the gondola up and we were even allowed to take our dogs. So the weenie dog got quite the exercise when we hiked down the mountain. I think she dropped like 4 pounds hah!Amanda, Callie, Weston, Scott, Meli, Me Telluride from the other side of the mountain

I'm showing you were we are at on the map! Telluride is also a ski resort and it is HUGE! Look at all the different places you can go skiing!

Lupine flowers, they are so pretty and cool

This is the Colorado State Flower. Aunt Jean told me what it was called but I don't remember.

Over in Ouray, we went to the Black Canyon Falls. They were so pretty and amazing!

Scott overlooking the small town of Ouray

Black Canyon Falls

I thought that this might've been a joke, but there really are tons of lil chipmunks just running around. And they are so cute I wanted one!

This is a little stream by Scott's aunt's house. When you follow it you actually come across a beautiful waterfall.

Weenie dog loves water!

We are hiking up to the waterfall

Meli & Scottie after crossing the stream

Soooooo pretty

On the 4th of July, this town has lots of activities going on. They had this tournament between two couples spraying a fire hose at each other and seeing who could last the longest. It was the most funnest thing I have ever seen and I think I should compete next time!

These couples in the blue and yellow were actually girls!!

Billy being a goof

Here's another couple but these are guys

The firework show was incredible! We went down with some of Scott's cousin's friends to the park and watched them. We could see them perfectly because they shot up right between the mountains in plain, perfect view. My camera wasn't that amazing at getting pics, but they are still "hecka" cool - (courtesy of Kirk).

The weenie dog found Cutler Creek and just had to show Casey & Kimber that she is missing them! :) lol

Here is the grand finale of the fireworks. It's pretty neat!

This is the fire hose fight. Sorry about the beginning, the water came over to where we were standing and we got soaked.

The adventerous Meli crossing the humungous river!

Better Days

On June 11th my Grandpa Bryant passed away. He had been suffering from strokes for about a couple of months and the week before he passed, he got pneumonia.

The week before, Scott and I were able to go visit him in St. George, where he lives, on our way back home from Arizona. He was staying in the hospital and since we got there pretty late, my grandma wasn't around and he was actually going to sleep. I went in and said hello and to be honest, I'm not quite sure if he recognized who I was. He was really out of it and towards the end of our visit kept falling asleep. It was so sad to see my grandpa in that state. He had lost a lot of weight, and he didn't even sound or look like the grandpa I knew. I only got to visit with him for 10 minutes and then we left. He was so tired I didn't want to keep him awake. I had the feeling that those would be my last times with him, and so I basically told him I loved him and kissed him on his forehead. I have never experienced anything like that. No one in my family has died yet and so this was really hard for me.

At his funeral though, it was so wonderful to be with my family and to realize that he is not in pain anymore and he is with his own parents right now.

My dad spoke about him and his life and I actually learned a few things that I didn't know about him. For example: My grandma, dad, and aunts have been LDS their whole lives. He always accepted that fact but never accepted the gospel. He was very kind about it but didn't feel the need to join the church. One evening, some other kind of missionaries (not from the LDS church) came up to their house. My grandpa was outside with the dog smoking a cigarette and they asked if he would be interested in their church. He told them that the whole family were mormons so they didn't need their lesson.

Anyways, my uncle spoke more about the spiritual side of things. Towards the last few years of my grandpa's life, he started watching conferences with my grandma. Apparently he loved Pres. Hinckley. He always kept saying, "Now there's a man with common sense." He thought Pres. Hinckley was his best friend but Pres. Hinckley didn't even know it. :) Like my uncle said about my stubborn grandpa, I think all the evidence was just too strong for him, that he couldn't just not join the church. He knew in his heart it was true, and he couldn't stay away from it any longer. He had a very strong testimony, and knew how important it was to be apart of this church. My uncle also spoke on how death is apart of life. We need to experience this so that we can all learn and grow from it. We all knew that this would happen, and we all accepted this fact of life. For some reason it comforted me very much.

It was a sad day when he passed away, yet I didn't find myself crying like I did when I last saw him alive. I think it is because I know I will see him again. This isn't just some fairy tale or something that you just think will happen. I know. I will miss him while he is not on this earth. But I know he will serve where he needs to serve right now, and he is watching over us and our families. It is so important to do all the things we are asked to do so that someday, we all can be with our families and friends once again.

There's No Place Like Home

Here is my last post of our trip to Arizona. I love pictures, so I hope you enjoy all the pics I put on. :)

This is Red Mountain! I know it's not as big as other mountains, but I do think it is rather pretty.

My mom and dad started biking a lot lately. Dad got into it because he is in the Bishopric and was over the Boy Scouts. He had to bike ride with them for 50 miles and my mom liked the idea of it and now bike rides every day. She's so cute with her helmet on! Yes, I shot this big gun, aka AR-15! It got heavy after a lil while of holding it. But it was really cool. Scott & I went out with Cherri and Sam to go shooting one morning. It was really fun shooting all these different sorts of guns and trying to hit the targets that we set up. One of my favorite activities that we did.

And I shot this gallon of water with the AR-15. I was very proud of myself! It got BLASTED!

We also went to the temple one night while we were there and did some family names. It was really great, the Spirit was strong and I loved being with my family.

Blair, me, Cherri

Scott, Sam, Logan

Annalee liked playing on our piano! She is so good already! ;)

The last night while we were there, we went outside to look at the stars. My mother has gotten into stargazing a ton. She has learned a lot about the planets and the galaxy that she teaches me stuff! It wasn't the clearest night so we couldn't find Jupiter, but we looked at the moon and that was AMAZING! I'm so proud of you mom!

We went out to the movies too. We went with my family and Cherri to see the movie 'Up'. I recommend that to anyone who likes the animated films! It was hilarious and soooo adorable! Scott, Tanner, Morgan, and I also went and saw the Terminator movie. It was pretty sweet!

This is on our drive home. Meli loved to stick her head out the window when we would slow down.

Swimmin Time

While we were down in Arizona, we took advantage of swimming every day! I looove swimming (and tanning) haha. I was so white because I hadn't been able to tan for a lil while, therefore I was in desperate need of sunshine. Meli loved swimming more than we did! She jumped in all the time and just swam around.

Here's our (meaning my parent's) pool

My neice Annalee. She is so cute in her lil bathing suit!

Blair, Annalee, and Morgan. Annalee seemed to love Morgan and would always go by her! It was really cute.

Me and my mom :) I love my mom

Here is a video of Meli jumping into the water. She is so funny! Scott had to keep redirecting the weenie dogs in the direction of the steps because they just liked to swim wherever they pleased and constantly drink water while doing so. They were bound to drown themselves! Oh, and ignore my commenting.



I love this video because of Meli. She is so stupid! haha! I loved how she kept swimming even if her front paws weren't in the water.