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We have FINALLY started to paint the outside of our house!  First up, the doors. They were recently white, and now Observatory Blue. I absolutely love it. We also changed the red trim around the doors to white. Next up, Deserted Island for the rest of the house. I am super excited for when that happens... sometime soon I hope :) Here is a small sampling of our new windows. I will post more on them when they are finished and the house is painted. **** Chris and I love to "get away" but doesn't everyone? You're crazy if you don't ;0) The first part of June I had a convention for work up in Midway. We stayed at the Zermatt Resort and I had so much fun (even with co-workers) I knew Chris and I needed to go back soon, so we did! Craig and Stefanie joined us and made it that much more fun. Our rooms came with robes, so we had a "robe party." Okay, we really just wore them down to the pool. Next morning we ate at the little Swiss  pastry shop located in the res...

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I hope all of you dad's out there had a wonderful father's day!  Story Time. While doing singing time with junior primary I had each of the kids come up and tell what they loved about their dads. I also asked their dads name. One boy came up and I asked his dads name and he said "Juan". I thought to myself "his dad isn't Mexican". So I asked again and he said "JUAN"! I looked at his mom for help but she was laughing so hard. I could hardly understand her but she finally said " Ron" . Oh man, it was great. I didn't realize he had a speech impediment. Take a guess at what I got my dad...  2 puzzles. Big surprise. In case you are wondering, this is what the puzzles look like. We finished the first puzzle in like 45 minutes. We have a  lot of practice. Sorry Brad. This was the best picture I had of you. I do think you look awesome though. We were sad you didn't get to spend Father's day with us and not because you weren't ...

First off let me tell you all how much I love my job... most of the time that is. I love that I help give the gift of sight, especially to people I love! I helped little miss McKinley Jo pick out her first glasses. I am so excited for her.  Here are some of the glasses she tried on. She kept pulling the silliest faces. Last but not least, the frames she picked out. Super cute!  **** Memorial day morning is always spent with the Barber's. They cook the best breakfast. Ethan kept giving me the same crusty face, it was making us laugh so hard! and then there was this face... which also made us laugh. **** Now to the topic of this post. Chris and I have always wanted a dog, but Chris is allergic to them. We have tried getting one before with no success (darn you allergies!) So we tried again. Here is Daisy Bell. A ten year old wire fox terrier who is blind in one eye, nearly blind in the other, and her original owners had her voice box removed. So sad. We brought her home, had Shari cu...

And the winner is... I am honestly so happy that Kris won! I did predict from the beginning that Adam would win (so close!) But I think any of the top 4 had a chance and I would have been happy with ANY of them . Such a good season. I know I never posted anything about Dancing with the Stars, but I LOVE that Shawn won! I totally thought Gilles had it in the bag, but what a surprise! By the way, I am SUPER excited for So you think you can dance! Any one else? This is my favorite TV show ever.

First off, let me apologize for not posting anything for a while. It's not that I have been busy, just lazy I guess.  I celebrated my 25th birthday last week. Chris and I had gone shopping the Saturday before to get me some new clothes, just so you know I was happy and content with what I had received. On my birthday Chris had mention something about another present. I thought he was serious and he knows I hate surprises. I brought it up later that day and he said he was just joking and he hadn't gotten me anything else. Now that made me a little upset because he lead me to believe he got me something else! Men. I had to work late so he stopped by and brought me a present. That made me mad again. But he made of for it because he got me a new digital camera! Booya! I have been waiting pretty much my whole life to get an SLR and the time has now come. Thanks Chris for the greatest surprise. The next part of the post is a small sampling of my b-day party, mothers day, and Garrett...