Family Tree Posters

I just think this is so neat I wanted to blog about it. My sister in law's sister makes these family tree posters that have all the dates for your family for a few generations. if you are looking for a good idea for a gift, you should check it out.
here is her website for them:

http://familytreeposters.blogspot.com/

wrappin' up summer...

So summer is over and we haven't had a lot of time to let ya know how our summer ended but it sure did end in a bang but...

First, Scott got paid to fly out to Waterloo, Wisconsin and demo the new 2009 Trek Mountain Bikes and he loved it!


We also got to go see my family for the 4th of July and celebrate with good food, lots of water skiing and 4 wheeling.




Our last vacation trip was to Flagstaff, Arizona where we had a Berrett family reunion and it was so fun to hang out at the pool, visit slide rock (although we couldn't go in the water cause there was to much bacteria), and spend time with the family. we also updated our family picture which turned out pretty well.



To end the summer with a bang, labor day evening came and we found out that our swamp cooler has been leaking water into the downstairs basement the whole summer! Our downstairs neighbors came home from a summer of sales in Texas to find that not only had it ruined the walls but there was black mold growing! we had to leave right away and were out of our house for almost 3 whole weeks. We were blessed to have gracious neighbors and family that let us stay with them a few nights and Scott's parent's hooked us up at a hotel for a few days (which was very nice since Scott got super sick and was throwing up for the whole 3 days we were there). I had been sick the last two months but never knew why I was getting sick. Its just nice to know that I'm not going crazy. here are some pic's of the mold.

okay so it really wasn't this bad. we forgot to take pictures and this is what i found on the internet.

All in All it was a good summer, one that we'll never forget!

skydiving

So i finally got to go skydiving and it was a lot of fun! as you can see by the video, I got just a little nervous when i got to the door of the plane, it was like my brain shut off and I didn't even realize the guy was grabbing my hand off the plane till we jumped out. I also forgot that I get really bad motion sickness so on the way up I was starting to get nauseous and when I got down on the ground they offered me a hand up and I told them I was pretty sure if I got up, I'd throw up- they immediately backed away. Other than that though- it was amazing! I was so glad Angie and Megan could go with me!

Russia

So today my coworkers were discussing whether or not Russia was considered part of Asia or Europe, some of them argued that because most of the population is closer to Europe that its Europe, while others say most of it territory is closer to Asia. Then there was the debate of what Russians really look like, European or Asian. So, if you have any good insight to this, please, let me know! We are trying to get to the bottom of this!

Califorina Lovin'

I got to go see one of my bff's - Emily just two weeks ago, and i had so much fun! she lives right on Huntington beach, so we spent a lot of time at the beach, and she also introduced me to yogurtland- my new favorite place, ever. We also went to California Adventurese and Disneyland. We visited Balbou Island and tried out choclate dipped frozen bananas. Here are some of my fav. pics.


This at California Adventures


Balbou (sp?) Island- eating Chocolate Dipped frozen bananas


Huntington Beach...Sooo relaxing!


My dream come true- although it took a lot of team work, running, waiting and screaming to fulfill.


One of my favorite rides- ever

Babies! Babies!

Some of our greatest joys for me and Scott is our family. We both got very lucky and have great families. Scott's family seems to be growing quite a bit latly which is great for us cause we love being an Aunt and Uncle. Our neices and nephews are our favorite people in the world, so I thought I'd show off how cute they are!
The picture above is Scott's Sister and her two kids- new baby Tanner and his proud sister Kiersten...below is busy Belle who just turned 4.





Here is a video of Brooklyn- she is going to be having a sibling in December - although I don't think she quite understands it yet. She is pretty funny when you get her going.


Cardon is my brother's son and is always this happy! everyone calls him little chris farley cause he is always making people laugh and always so happy.

Updates

A lot of things have happened since the last time we blogged, so I thought it might be good to just list a few things that we've been up to. We've been really bad at taking pictures so I don't have any to add to here.

This summer is looking pretty good so far. After deciding not to work for Marriott, Scott found a job that he really enjoys in American Fork with a Trek Bike store. He enjoys the job as well as the people at the store, so we are very happy with it. I found a new job as well working for Verizon Wireless as a Rep at the bestbuy in Orem. I love my new bosses and the people I work with. I just need to find better shoes so my feet don't hurt so bad.

We are planning a few fun things this summer. I am going to Cali to visit Emily Hatch- one of my dear friends. She lives right on Huntington Beach, and tickets were so cheap I couldn't pass it up. It'll be a nice to have some girl time vacation. We are also have a family reunion trip for both sides of the family. And I'm hoping to celebrate my birthday by going skydiving...Its turning out to be a pretty good summer.
p.s. Our garden is actually growing!!