June 23-28: Colorado

These are pictures of our recent vacation to Colorado with Kelli & Gregg Corley

DAY 1 (Tuesday, June 23): Arrival to Durango, Colorado

This is the plane that Brandon and I flew out on, it's the smallest plane that I've ever been on, there was only 9 rows, and only 2 seats on each side of the aisle. We flew into Durango, Colorado where Kelli & Gregg had been for about a week before we showed up. The Durango airport was so tiny, Brandon kept comparing it to the size of a Walgreens! Until the moment we touched down, it totally looked as though we were landing on a grass field.
This is the first place that Kelli & Gregg showed us, aparantly there's a scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid that was filmed right here!
Kelli & I in the back of the Jeep
It rained every day we were there, this picture it kinda looks as though it is snowing, huh?

DAY 2 (Wednesday, June 24): Durango/Silverton Train

DAY 3 (Thursday, June 25): Jeep Touring


These Llamas were so funny, it almost looks like they were posing for this picture, because when we drove by they all stopped what they were doing and were watching us like they were frozen.
proof that we made it to the top of Cinnamon Pass
How Beautiful!

Poker Alice was DELISH! We highly recommend their pizza! I also sipped on Ghirardelli hot chocolate there!


Proof that we made it to the top of Engineer Pass

DAY 4 (Friday, June 25): River Rafting

Kelli was determined to see a bear in the wild while we were in Colorado, the only one we saw was this guy chillin on the bench outside the chocolate store in Durango.

DAY 5 (Saturday, June 27): Alpine Slides & Moab, Utah

Fun, Fun, Fun! Draining the sewer tank of the motorhome!
on the ski lift
I look rather ghostly on this picture because I tried messing with the color, oh well

Brandon and I thought we were SMOKIN down the Alpine Slides, until these two boys came racing up behind us! The one behind Brandon said "Come on, hurry up Buddy"

Memorial Day Weekend

For Memorial Day Weekend, we all packed up and went to the Showlow/Pinetop/Lakeside area to help Grandpa with his cabin.
Victoria and I found an old mattress to jump onLoading up the trailer to take to the dump Our drive to the dump. We got there literally 7 minutes after they closed, and they refused to let us in. Chase even called and spoke to the guy in the office, we had to take all of the trash back!! Can you believe it?!?
Raking up pine needles
The girls being dog-piled by the boys
me and my mountain man!
I got to scrub the bathtub (I should have taken a "before" picture, it was DISCUSTING!)
Chloe got to scrub the toilet, she did a great job!

Pay It Forward

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Enjoy!!!!This should be fun!

Saguaro Lake

We went to the Saguaro Lake for the first time this year on Saturday. Brandon couldn't go because he had to work :( Even though everything that could go wrong, went wrong (roads were closed, part of our group got lost, boat battery died, tube flew out while driving home), and it was freezing cold and windy, we all had good spirits and had an excellent time!

love ya spence!!!

I live in a model home!

This is my house. FOR REAL! Brandon and his mom spent all day Monday decorating our downstairs, it looks INCREDIBLE, don't you think? Seriously, it was so nice to come home from work, and have the entire lower level of our house completely decorated. I am so blessed! We will definately be having an "Open House" after we get the upstairs done, and the shutters installed. Can you believe we've only lived here since Friday, and it already looks like this!?!?








This isn't even the master bedroom, this is one of the guest bedrooms, isn't it gorgeous?

Girls Night In

February Girls Night Out was at Mandy's house, we watched Baby Momma, ate Barro's pizza & other snacks, and chatted the night away!Picking the videoAdventures in camera self timers
The only people not in this picture is Natalie (taking the picture, the self timers didn't quite work out) and Monica who came later

New Home

We're moving next weekend. We are thrilled to be moving out of Coolidge, and to have a Gilbert address, here are some photos of the amazing new home that we move into in 5 days!!!
View of the Great Room
View from the Living room into the Foyer, Kitchen, then Great Room
Foyer
Kitchen
View of Kitchen from Great Room (notice the dirty carpet)

Same room after having the carpet cleaned, my guy did a great job, let me know if anyone would like a referral! We are EXTREMELY satisfied, and for a great price!

Las Vegas

Brandon and I had the amazing opportunity to enjoy a long weekend with David & Lindsay Bennett in LAS VEGAS. We flew out on Thursday, February 5th, shared a room at the MGM, and enjoyed a weekend of fun! When Lindsay and I went to redeem our tickets for Cirque du Soleil LOVE there was some guy fishing for the change in the fountain, so I had Lindsay stand by the fountain for a picture, but really, it was just an excuse to take a picture of the guy stealing the change. The is the "After" picture of David's birthday cake. No "Before" picture was taken. Brandon putting around with Tiger Woods at Madame Tussaund's Wax Museum Me & Cameron Diaz, just chillin.

This vacation was a lot of fun, I didn't take as many pictures as I usually do (I decided to give Brandon a break). We came back on Sunday, we were planning on flying, but got bumped off our flight, so we rented a car and Brandon drove the whole way home. All on just under 2 hours of sleep. All in all, a very fun and memorable trip with such great friends, Lindsay posed more details on her blog, you can check it out here

Spring Cleaning

My home desk area was a royal disaster, but since I actually had some free time today, I had the opportunity to clean it! I took a before and after picture of that area. I can't even remember the last time I filed my personal bills, there was quite a lot to do!


Dave & Lindsay, you wouldn't even recognize our loft, it is immaculate (if I do say so myself)!

My next project is to get my craft room organized. I already took a "before" picture, but it is much too embarassing to post until I have the "after" all done.

Augustana

Brandon and I had the fortunate opportunity to be invited to a VIP event at the W hotel in Scottsdale on Friday, January 9th. We got to go to the rooftop and listen to the band Augustana play to a small audience. They did an amazing job, and it was so fun to go do something different for a change.

If their name doesn't sound familiar, this song should help. . .