Good things come to those that wait

The old wives tail of "Good things come to those that wait" is true. I have been waiting for a 1 1/2 years to get an entertainment center for the TV Stu got and I have finally found one. Stu was kind enough to let me re-do our living room, and I am LOVING the new look. With the help of IKEA, we got some new additions for quite a great price.

Take a look at the before and after:

Before: I hated the 2 TV look, it looked so ghetto

Before: This spot is above our couch. I wanted to add shelves so I could put up pictures and other nic knacks

After: I am loving all the shelves. Now I have places to put all my pictures, and we even added a plant (or two)

After: Note only 1 TV and look at all the shelves, more places to put stuff

After: This was a totally new addition. We wanted to get rid of all the many DVD shelves we had so we got this book shelf. Man, I didn't realize just how many DVD's we had until I had to put them all in one spot.

Thanks to Stu for putting it all together and for finally letting me make my perfect living room.
I LOVE IT!!!

Eclipse

The 3rd installment of Twilight hit the theatres and even though I didn't go to the midnight showing (like the other 2) I still saw it opening night. It opened 6/30 and we went to the 6:30PM showing--pretty cool huh?
Of course I loved it. I love the books and the movie was great. The one thing I loved the most about this was the humor. I found myself laughing at all the one liners and realized that is what was missing in the other 2.
The company was great. My sister was with me (she has come to all 3 of them with me) and I only got a picture of her and me this time.
If you are a fan of the books, you will love this one for what it is. Stu even liked it

Leah and Sarah

Clouds

Clouds have always intrigued me. I love to lie in the grass and watch them go by. Or to find funny shapes in them. The other day a storm was blowing into Park City and we could see it from our condo (30 mins away). The below picture does not do it justice, but please note the house tops and note they are big, so the cloud above it...HUGE.
For some reason it reminded me of the movie "Independence Day" with Will Smith and the aliens, don't ask me why.

Stu is a pilot!

Stu has always wanted to be a pilot so for Christmas I gave him a Discovery Flight where he would get to go up in a plane and actually fly. So Stu took the controls and flew us to Park City. He did it all besides take off and landing. He had a great time and was a natural!

View of temple square

My pilot!

View from the airplane

Just before we took off

Graduation

My little sister and Stu's little brother both graduated from Woods Cross High School on Friday night. It was nice to hit 2 graduations at the same time since they seem to last FOREVER. It was a delight to see them both walk and we are so proud of them both.

Stu and Trevor

My family (minus Coleman) after graduation

Me with my Leah

Another year older (Fact) Wiser?? (humm)

Well another year came by and another birthday hit. Today I celebrated another birthday. As they say "another year older and wiser"- I actually don't feel so wise, I feel like I am loosing it more now then ever before, I hope it is a phase and I am not actually getting dumber.

The day started out with a wonderful birthday breakfast made by my husband. I woke up to rain that quickly turned into snow. It has never in my knowledge snowed on my birthday, I guess there is always a first for everything. As much as I didn't want it to-the snow was putting me in a bad mood. That mood quickly evaporated when Stu surprised me with a lunch date complete with a cake he baked earlier that day that was waiting for me when we got back from lunch. All the managers and my boss sang happy birthday to me. The birthday surprise continued when I found out that Stu arranged for me to leave work early and he took me to the spa for a massage, facial and pedicure. He topped it off with a birthday dinner with friends.

What a great guy Stu is and I love him so much for remembering all the beautiful things I love and would enjoy.

See all the snow coming down?

Stu and I after my spa day, look how relaxed I look-thanks honey!

Dinner at Mukito's

East Coast Bound

Many of you know (and some of you may not) that I have a family on the East Coast. I was "adopted" into the Rodger Family about 6 years ago and Stu and I have been so lucky to go visit them once a year. Well our year mark came up and we just got back. The trip was AWESOME. So relaxing and just perfect. We ate, laid by the pool, Stu went golfing, we took road trips to Monticello and Poplar Forest, it was just perfect.

This was taken Mother's Day. There is Stu and I with Lana, Ron and Nancy

This is Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson and also on the back of a nickel. Stu waited about 20 minutes to get this picture, he wanted to get the picture with nobody around, that was hard to do since 6 school groups where there, but he did it.

Stu and I at Poplar Forest. This was Thomas Jefferson's 'other' house in Lynchburg. It was as a smaller Monticello house with similar architecture seen at Monticello.

Stu with the 'other women'. This is Lola-Lana's dog. She LOVES men and would snuggle up to Stu every time he sat down. I am pretty sure I can take her