I love to Read.

So I don't know if you've heard but there is this lady or I guess you could call her an author ;) Her name is Stephenie Meyer. She made her debut with the book 'TWILIGHT.' For those of you who have yet to read these books about Vampires and Werewolves, (yes....Werewolves) I highly recommend that you get your butt to whichever bookstore, Wal-mart, or Target & buy them! Or I will let you borrow them. Or I'm sure your friend or co-worker will let you read theirs. Anyway I guess you can say I've become a wee bit if a fan of hers. I admirer her writing & the fact that she graduated from BYU. Her books are awesome. She doesn't throw any unwanted stuff for tweens or teens into them. So kudos to her. She really has it made for herself. She's been of the New York Bestseller List 4 times....oh she has only written 4 books. So 4 out of 4 ain't to bad. I have to admit though...it was a bit hard for me to get into the first book. I was just not into it @ first. And EVERYONE was telling me how much I would LOVE it...I guess I don't like to be told what I will or won't like.....but you all have to read them!!! ha! So I had a bit of a hard time with the first one...then, I got hooked. She traps you in with your excitement & wonder about Bella & these glamourous Vampires. And the second & third books...go by in a flash. Oh and they are making a movie. Check it out.

www.stepheniemeyer.com

So anyway what I'm really trying to get at is that I, being the complete nerd I am, went to see Mrs. Meyer @ her book signing for her new book 'THE HOST'.


Which I love more then the whole Twilight series. Yes I do. It's just really, really, good. So Jeanette, Kim & I all got tickets & went to see her. We were amongst many...of ALL ages as well! There were these High School gals sitting in front of us talking of Edward. The one wanted Bella to pick Jacob (the Werewolf) instead of Edward (the Vampire) so Edward would be "available" Jeanette & I looked @ each other as her friend said " you know that Edward is a Fictional character & you couldn't possibly be with him right?" We just laughed. There we "Twilight Moms" there, big ol' groups of people. Mike's cousins even drove down from Evanston, Wyoming to come see her. So we were just a little blrp amongst the canvas of "Twihards."




So Stephenie came in to the pandemonium of screaming girls & a handful of guys & answered a few questions. I just love her sense of humor. She's funny.


But of course when I got up to have her sign my books what do I say.....

me: "thanks for writing such awesome books."
steph: "well thank you for reading them."
me: " well as long as you keep writing them we'll keep reading them."
steph: "thank you"
me: " I hope you hand is going to be ok, you should get a massage...
steph: " yeah...I think they have a masseuse here.
me: "awesome...thank you."

That was it....I couldn't even be myself & say something cool that no one else would have said. Oh well. Stupid me for being star struck. We couldn't even take pictures up close either...I was kinda ticked. I wanted a picture with Stephenie so I could show my children someday. ha! Oh well...at least I have my books.
She really is an awesome person though. Very down to earth, humble & kind. I mean I'm sure she has made millions & she's just as cool as ever. So I hope to be like her when I make my millions! Until that day....

CINCO DE MAYO!!! { a tiny bit late }

So my dear little BFF decided to throw a (girls only) CINCO DE MAYO party at her cute little house in SLC. It was loads of fun with lotsa good food! She makes some of the best darn quesadilla's this side of the boarder! Everyone pitched in some good ol' mexican cuisine. I made some pretty good Pina Coladas too. We all tried to dress as authentic as we possibly could.



We also had a pinata. It was a chili pepper! Apparently it was poorly made cause Jeanette broke it down with her first whack @ the thing!

So we decided to throw it at each other. It worked quite well. Once we got the blasted thing open we got to try the Mexican delicacies. They were different. Not too bad, but different. The suckers were the best.

At least Sindee and I thought so.

All of the senoras....

"Do you even know what a plethora is?"

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY CAP'N JACK!!!

Jack had his first birthday on Saturday the 10th. Cute little guy...

So we took him to Petsmart to let him pick out a toy...He got that Alligator. He's been a really good dog since we've had him & pretty darn smart too. So I thought I'd show y'all his tricks. I'm such a proud mum!

SIT


UP


DANCE



LAY DOWN



HIGH FIVE



SHAKE RIGHT


SHAKE LEFT


We are working on others...but he really is a good, smart dog. He listens really well.






We LOVE him.



{ This is Jack showing that he is '1' }

"Hi I'm May...nice to meet you."

Seriously I woke up the other day to....SNOW! Ahhhh! I was like. "Wait what month is it?" Then I remembered it was my favorite month of them all! MAY! I love May! The flowers, warmth! Not to mention I got married this month! {yes one whole year...yay} Needless to say I'm tired of Utah & it's bipolar weather. Bring on the sunshine!

The GRANDEST of Canyons

We finally made it down to see one of the 7 natural wonders of the world.



The GRAND CANYON in all of it's glory!

It was pretty spectacular! We started off on our journey on Wednesday night....

We had to drop off an oven Mike sold on ebay. After that we found our way to Kanab & stayed the night in Aikens Lodge. We didn't know what to expect. But in the morning we saw Kanab & how cool the little city was.

Then alas...on our way to see our good friends Cam & Bethany! It took us a few hours to get to Mesa, but we made it! Along the way we had the essential snacks for a road trip....Corn Nuts, Funyuns, & lots of yummy candy!

I pretended I was a photographer & took pictures of the interesting things we saw along our way...




Lotsa bugs hit your windshield on roadtrips...I just thought this one had pretty guts.


Finally we made it to Mesa & met up with Cam, Bethany, their cute baby Haylee & Buster...their dog!

We had such a busy day...we got to Mesa & talked with Cam & Bethany, then we had to make it to a wedding!

My beautiful friend Alli got married & I was so happy to be there...even though I didn't get to hug her guts out! :) She looked amazing & happy! Plus I got to see her brother Travis & sister-in-law Rachel that I haven't seen forever! It was super nice to catch up with them! Their family has grown so much & they are all so cute! Plus my friend Anna Page
took Allie's pictures! So we got to chill with them too!
Then after the wedding we went out for SUSHI! Mike's dad was in town so he got to come!



Then we said 'goodbye' to the Comerfords.



I didn't want to leave. Not only because I was scared out of my mind to go camp, but I miss my friends & rarely get to see them. But alas we went our way... & again I took pictures! The cactus were HUGE! & so cool looking....
& after about 4 hours we finally made it! The GRAND CANYON! And the first look of it took my breath away...


Really the pictures don't do it justice! It was so awesome! I could have just sat & looked at it for hours!



Anna & Jonathan met us up there so it was even better!



So again we had to leave our friends & go set up camp. Ok folks...lets talk about camping. As most of you know...I come from California. I grew up with bon fires on the beach & swimming with the fish. We never...& I mean NEVER went camping! I don't even think I knew what it was until I moved up here! So when Mike said "we can camp." I though...I guess I could try that out. I mean I did it with the young women a while back...it wasn't too bad. I slept in a truck. So we decided to camp. Mike LOVES camping. We got a tent for our wedding & he has been dying to use it! So I tried my hardest. We set up camp...


and had a camp fire...it was FREEZING!! It got to be like 25-30 degrees at night! I don't do well with the cold...so when we went to bed I tried my hardest to fall asleep knowing I only had a thin piece of flammable material between me & the wildlife. So through out the night I woke up & woke Mike up cause I "heard something." It was the wind. I tried to fall back asleep & finally put my ipod in fell asleep for like an hour! But I made it!!!

Even if I did only get like 5 hours of sleep. So then Mike & I decided to go on a hike...we went down the Bright Angel Trail. Not even half way down...it was a 7.5 mile hike & they recommend not to go in one day! So we went 3 miles down...down was easy...I could have kept going. But then I remembered that we would have to go all the way back UP!
This was only half way...but we made a friend along the way.

We named him Melvin. He had NO FEAR! Mike was just sitting there eating & Melvin tried to take his chip right out of his hand! It was pretty rad. We had a good 6 mile hike

but man was it a tough one!
I kinda had a melt down the night after the hike...I think it was due to lack of sleep & the 6 mile hike. I could camp another night. So my sweet, sweet husband took me to a hotel. I'm a spoiled brat....
So we said goodbye to the Grand Canyon & went on our way up to Page, AZ. The next morning we hiked to this.

Horseshoe Bend

It was really cool.

Mike thought of jumping after all I put him through :)I love him...he didn't jump. We had a pretty fun trip. Arizona was good to us. I'm pretty sure we'll go back.



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