Fun at the Fair

Colbie Calliat

Demo Derby

Suns

17 rows back+
center court=
pretty awesome

Thanks, R & B!

Benihana with Ben

I recently won a 50 dollar VISA gift card.

Ben and I decided to do something we wouldn't normally do.
Benihana it was

Sushi

The tepanyaki grill.

Us.

Cute Bedspread

My cute bed spread.

The light blue and brown striped combo

makes my heart happy...

and there's something about

having a "made" bed that

also makes my heart happy.

My mom used to tell me that

"your day will go better when you make your bed."

{I used to grumble, but now I understand}

and it's true!

My day's just go better when my bed is made.

{Maybe that's why today was such a rough day.

I didn't make my bed...AND

it probably didn't help that my co-workers

woke up on the wrong side of the bed either.}

And to all a good night!

Don't let the bed bugs bite!

Long Weekend

Ryanne and I at her Bridal Shower.

Ryanne, Ashley, and me at Ashley's Engagement Party

I attended the high school football game with Mom and Dad where Bryan was performing.

me and Bry "the tuba guy"

What's a football game without a funnel cake?

Bry and the rest of the band performing the half time field show.

Oh, the memories!

The highlight was watching one of the freshman fall down to the ground!

Ryanne with her bow bouquet and tissue paper veil.

I'm so happy and excited for her!

I can't wait to go back in December for the BIG day!

good, good day

i woke up this morning with the feeling that
today's gonna be a good, good day...
and, lo and behold, it was.
it was an ordinary, yet good day.

i got up with enough time to shower and actually "do" my hair
{not the thrown back "i don't want to do my hair today" look}.
i love days when i actually "get ready for the day"

on my way to work i listened to some tunes.
i looked in my driver's side mirror and saw
an old, white tacoma {like i drove in my high school days}
and thought,
"uh, weird. there's not many of those around anymore."
i looked a little closer
and saw that is was my sis aka mrs. hepworth
on her way to school.
what are the odds running into her?
{no we didn't crash}
i love my sis.

also on the way to work i
received a text:
hey amy. can you please give me a call when u have a chance?
what ensued was a great convo with a friend
who needed my help and reassurances
i love helping peeps.

the office provided bagels and o.j.
i love spontaneous {you guys are awesome}
appreciation from the management team.

today's the 15th.
i love payday.

had lunch with some co-workers.
i love to stuff my face.

for some reason
i feel like
tonight's gonna be a good, good night.

5K

A couple of weeks ago I ran a 5K with my friends Dala and Katie
{in 90 degree weather}
for the Higley High Cross Country Team.

(Sorry it's so blurry! It's the only one I have!}

Road Trip to San Diego

About a month ago my WHOLE fam {plus an aunt, an uncle, and a cous'} met up at a beach house in San Diego for the weekend.

The beautiful Arizona Desert at sunset after a monsoon.

I love to see the temple...

even while it's being remodeled.

My beau and me

All the kiddos.

Sadly it's the only day this whole summer that I spent in the sun!

What a great time...

with great peeps!

Drops from the Sky

I love, love the rain.
I love monsoons!

I love the rainbows that follow a {good} storm.
I love dreaming about what I'd do with the pot of gold...
oh the things I'd do.

I love listening to the rain.
I love looking out the window and seeing my weed garden grow! :)

I love how clean everything looks!
I love the smell of rain!

What can I say?
I just LOVE the rain!

Encounter

I was on my way home from work Friday night.
Just cruisin' along and
excited for the weekend to start.
I stopped at the red light.
Waited for the light to turn green
Started my right turn...
and then I saw
red and blue flashing lights.
Yup, local law enforcement was
pulling me over.
My mind was racing,
Trying to figure out what I did wrong.
I knew I stopped.
I knew I wasn't speeding.
The cop came to my window
and asked the infamous words,
"Do you know why I pulled you over?"
I honestly had NOOOOOOOO idea!
He then proceeded to tell me that I didn't have
any registration...
only the "month" sticker was on.
No date.
I was puzzled.
I knew for sure I had paid for it
and received it in the mail
s.e.v.e.r.a.l. months back.
I was so confused.
Come to find out
I had received the registration
and never put on the up to '10 sticker!
But in the meanwhile someone had taken
the '09 sticker off!
{How rude!}
which made me extra
easy to catch/notice
when I was stopped at the light
without any sticker!
Yup! I felt a little sheepish!
I escaped
without a citation
{What a relief!}

Mom, Emily, and Ben preparing our amazing shrimp taco dinner.

Mom and Emily came to visit a couple of weekends ago.

Emily got to {meet} my house and Ben!

It was so fun to see them and have 'em here...
although we didn't take many pictures.

Gila Valley Temple Open House

I love to see the temple.

I especially love open houses.

Ben and me

The group from my ward in front of the temple.

I can't wait until the Gilbert Temple is built!

Emily and I in Bilbao, Spain

Emily and I in Madrid

Spain is such an awesome place!

(More pics to come)

Ben finally cashed in his birthday present
and we went to the Diamondbacks and Giants game this weekend.


We sat in the outfield.

Enjoying the game.

We had a fun time
even though
D-backs got second place.

Long Holiday Weekend

Ben and I escaped the AZ summer heat over the long 4th of July weekend

and drove up to Provo.

We had a fun road trip

laughing, talking, and singing along with some tunes!

We met up with his parents, his brother and sister-in-law, and his nephew and niece.

Mimi's Cafe taken from the car window.

We may have eaten there times 2

in the same day. Wink! Wink!

It was so fun to meet up with his grandpa and my nana.

Lucky for us some of my sibs were also in town

so Ben got to meet more of my fam.

Steve, Heather, Brandon, Rach, Ben and me

chilling.

Steve and Ben were even completing each others punchlines

even at their first meeting.

BYU Creamery on 9th ice cream

Ben and I after his brother's baby's blessing

Weekend Fun

This weekend Ben and I made homemade pizza
(with the ready made dough ball from Fresh and Easy)

and

the best home made chocolate ice cream.

Serenade

Ben loves to sing and play the guitar...
and I love it!

Summer Begins

Every last day of school growing up my mom would take us to

7-11 for Slurpees.

School is out...

so Ben and I went for Slurpees.

...and a bag of Cheddar Sour Cream Ruffles

for good measure