Big news, little news, basically a catching up :)

Hello blogging friends! I must apologize for my lack of bloggering... I'm an inefficient slacker. :) But I do have news!

I have officially given my two weeks notice to Brick Oven - my last day is August 6th!! I know, this comes as a shocker to many people. I loved Brick Oven, but it was time to move on. I have a new job at University Communications at BYU - its gonna be GREAT! I'm a student assistant and I get to work with a bunch of important people at BYU. I'm so excited! And, the fact that I don't have to work nights or weekends, and will never smell like pizza again are all definate pluses. :) So, if you've been wanting to visit me at the BO, or wanted a discount when you're there to eat with me, you've got just over a week. See you there!

Last week was a sister play week! Teece was gone to Lake Powell with his fam all week, so I commandeered my sisters to keep me company. :) We had so fun! Jane spent most of the week with me. We went to lunch lots, saw Harry Potter 6 (Good and bad, the end was horrible), and the Proposal (HILARIOUS!!!) went to the Sweet Tooth Fairy (Amazing cupcake shop! Thanks for pointing it out Marianne!), and shopped. :) A LOT. Saturday we had our traditional sister luncheon at Olive Garden - Thanks Kat! YUM! Thanks sisters, you rock!!

Kat looooooves the Olive Garden breadsticks! :)

So do me and Jane! And the salad, and the soup, and the fried lasagne we got.... :)

School is officially starting in a month! Ah!! I swear, this summer has flown by. But I'm really really excited for school to start. It'll be great to be back in class, have homework (yes, I really did just say that :) ), and be learning again. I have some pretty fun classes, and of course, Teece is moving to Provo in the fall, so that just makes it all the better. :)

Speaking of Teece, my posts this summer have all mentioned him somehow. So I dare not be remiss in this post. :) Did you know my man plays piano? Ya, and he's GOOD. He will heartily deny it, but its true. I know it. :) So here's a pic of my handsome incredible man playing the piano for me. He's great :) :)

I think this was a "Ab, why did you get out the camera?" look. :)

He's incredible. Really really.

Happy summer my friends! Live up the last month!!!!

Love you all!!!

Goin' a boatin'!

This past Saturday, Teece's parents were great enough to let us take out their boat with a bunch of our friends (Teece, me, Jeff Bean, Jay Baker, Mike Meyers, Adam Shumway, Dallin Garner, and Adri Schneider). It was an over cast and windy day, but we still had a blast! (A little bit of bad weather's not gonna keep us on the shore!)

My man and Jay - it took so much persuasion to get him (Jay) on the boat!

Just, you know, using the necessary :)

:) He's a dang good driver

Teece skied first, then I had a go at it (two skiis I'm good at - I've only ever done sloalm [spelling?] once, so it took me a few tries). Then lighting came up so we had to get back in the boat. After the lightning calmed down, everyone had a go at wakeboarding. Props to Shum, Dal, and Jay - all who tried it for the first time!

I saved many a life with my orange flag that day :)

My man showing off his skills at the wakeboard :)

Dal - attempting to put the wakeboard on

When the water got a bit too rough, we brought out the tube!! Let me just say this - Teece is a TERRIFYING driver when you're on the tube. And FYI: being a terrifying driver for tubers is basically like being the BEST ever!!! The more terrifying the better! And we had some awesome crashes!

Teece and Dal - great day for boatin!

Aid showing off her stuff

CHEESE!!! :)

:) Hiding from the rain - basically, Teece makes me smile constantly :)

After our first big crash - can you tell how red Jeff's back is?!

We lost Jay!

All in all, it was a great day. Gotta love the boatin'!!

Ya, that's Teece hanging off the side. I think this is the one where he lost his shorts

LOVE YOU ALL!!!

Basically.... the best weekend ever :) :) :)

Bad picture of me - but its us together, so it makes it great :)

Wow, its been a LONG time since last I blogged - sorry friends! I keep meaning to, but I'm dating this incredible man and I seem to spend every spare moment with him. :) Which I love. :) This past weekend he and I traveled down to St. George to visit my familia!! It was the BEST!! I'm still waiting to get pics from my sister (cuz I only took two pics - I always forget I have my camera on me!!), but I wanted to blog first. :)

Well, Thursday night Teece's best guy friend Jeff Bean got home from his mission (Welcome Home Jeff!) so we played with all our friends that night at Jeff's home. Good times! I stayed in AF that night at my grandparents (Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!) and Teece and I got an early start Friday morning (Thanks to Clark - Teece's dad - for letting us borrow his car!). We were delayed a bit cuz the bank wasn't open, (silly bank) but we got on our way and headed out! The four hour drive went by SO fast - probably cuz Teece and I were talking and singing the whole way down. :)

My handsome man :) Driving us down to St. George

Once we hit St. George we visited my sister Kat at hair school (Teece's first impression of her was "She talks so fast!" Hahhahahah! Love you sister!!). We then headed home to my Papadre and chatted with him for a bit. Then we were sent grocery shopping for our BBQ the next day! We ate a pasta lunch with my Daddio, and then watched some Carol Burnett Show with him and my sister (Ah, that show makes me smile!).

Then my Mum, Jaynie and Squirt got back from Bear Lake, so we chatted for a bit. It gets a little crazy when we're all together, Teece can vouch for this. :)

That night Teece and I headed out with my parents to see if we could watch the flash floods come out of Zion's - but sadly, it didn't reach the bridge. :( So we headed to Las Lupita's for some delicious Mexican food with my parents. YUM! After coming home, we wound down the night by watching some Knight's Tale - GOOD movie!!

The next morning we played some Risk with Squirt while eating orange rolls (Squirt ended the game early, but I was well on my way to at least being able to fight TC for world domination - usually he kicks my trash instantly. :) ) We waited for Walks to get home from EFY, then he, my sisters, Teece and I headed out to Sand Hollow for some swimming and cliff jumping! SOOOO much fun! The water was perfect, the cliffs were fun (though it hurt to jump off them!) and there were lots of waves from the boats. :) Good times. :) :)

The Incredible Flying TC Taylor!!

Jane snuck a pic of us sleeping after Sand Hollow... :)

After swimming, Teece and I went to see if the used bookstore was open - which of course it wasn't. But Baskin Robbins was! So we got some yummy shakes. Then we had a big BBQ at home with my fam, my aunt and uncle Debi and Rich and their fam, Kat and her Man-possee, and Jane and two of her friends. It was great!! My burger was WAY too big, but everything was delicious. :) Thanks Mum and Dad!!

After dinner, my dad, Uncle Rich, Teece and I headed out to do some skeet shooting. It was awesome!! Teece will tell you I outshot him, but its not true. Once he got the hang of it again (he hadn't been in forever), he was outshooting me. :) Go Teece!! And thanks Daddy :)

After shooting, we came back to do some fireworks with my fam. Kat was in charge (as always) and it was a great show. Great, great, great night. :) :)

The next day Teece and I headed out early again, to make it back to AF for Jeff's Homecoming. Again, the drive went by real quick. :) Jeff's talk was amazing (Teece told him if he mentioned his name he'd buy him a donut - which Jeff did. Hahah!) and we had some good times at Jeff's house after playing Catch Phrase and chatting. Then we went back to Teece's house for popcorn and visiting with his fam. All in all, a great ending day for a GREAT weekend.

Well friends, hope this LONG blog makes up for my lack lately. I'll add more pics when my sister gets them to me tonight.

LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!