August

Summer has flown by. I have anxiety every day thinking how before we know it, we will be shoveling sidewalks, wearing coats and staying inside.

Literally everyday.

I think I have some sort of complex.

I cringe at the thought of Fall.... and Winter..... and Spring.

Luckily we have 3 great trips coming up this Fall to look forward to.

We are still hard at work at remodeling down in Provo.

Sometimes I feel like it's never going to end. BUT look at this before and after! Not the best picture but you can definitely notice a difference!

That right there is hours of cutting, grouting and measuring tile. Days of sanding and staining. Countless trips to Home Depot and Lowes. Hundreds[maybe thousands] of dollars. Plenty of late nights.

On the off chance we haven't been remodeling, we have been catching dinner at La Caille[work thing- we aren't that swanky], watching BiP going to weddings and hosting showers and visiting the Kamas Kabin of course.

Kimi's bachelorette shower- love that we have a great backyard for get togethers.

 ^^^Our fishing hole... no luck this time :(

 Isn't a trip to the cabin without visiting the medicine store!

For now I will just hold onto as much summer as I can!

Keepin us on our toes

This last week has been crazy... between having Xanni come home, remodeling, chauffeuring my grandparents, delivering dinners and planning a spur of the moment Europe trip, life is keeping us on our toes.

HOME
Xanni is home from her mission in Boston.
I am so proud of her. Out of all our friends, she is the only one of us girls that served a mission.

I am so proud of her.

Loved seeing her at the airport and at her homecoming. 

Can't wait to see more of her soon!

EUROPE

All I can say is that I work for great people! 

Aaron and I are going to Germany, Austria and Hungary the first week of October. 

Lotsa scrambling getting my passport changed to my married name right now. 

Also lotsa shopping for fall[traveling] outfits right now....

REMODEL

Going really [slow]good. 

The kitchen is looking better and better, and I can't wait to finish so we[mostly Aaron] have more free time. 

FAMILY

My grandma had surgery last Friday. 

I drove her and my grandpa to the hospital. 

She is such an inspiration, acted like it was no big deal and totally calm. 

Grandpa and I ate pizza and ice cream and drank Diet Coke while we waited.

Hospital cafeteria's aren't too shabby.

FISHING

Poor Aaron hasn't been fishing in a while due to the remodel.

His little raft and new net have been pretty lonely. 

Lucky thing we have a cabin trip planned for the weekend. 

Solid Weekend

We are back to the grind on remodeling after a quick break this weekend.

Remodeling takes a lot longer than you actually plan for.

We are thinking of hiring more people to help....

Saturday nights and Sundays are our days off.

We went and saw the new Mission Impossible on the IMAX.

Ate at our new favorite/cheapest/closest sushi place.

Had shakes from Article Circle.

Dinner at gma's.

Bach in Paradise.


Pretty solid weekend.

REmodel

I got a selfie stick!

Thanks to Jake and Mary. SO far it's working pretty well.

In other news..... we are remodeling our other house down in Provo.

Remodeling is draining me. Basically every day is the same and so so tiring.

Wake up go to work... Come home and change... Drive down to Utah County in slooooow rush hour traffic... Check in with our handyman Geoff... Spend 2 hours at Home Depot... Get back to the house and realize we forgot some supplies... Drive back to Home Depot... Yard work//sanding//staining//tiling... Round 3 at Home Depot... Clean up... Get back to SLC around midnight... Wake up and do it all over again...

It's not glamorous. It's not always fun. Aaaand everyday I am so glad Aaron is a hard worker and determined, cause sometimes I'm not.

Praying it will pay off.

Birthday Kiddo's

Aaron and I's birthday's are only one day apart.

His is July 26th, and mine is July 28th..... Basically it gives us 3 days of celebration right?

Aaron and his brothers and dad have been planning a backpacking trip to the Uintah's for a long time coming, and the weekend finally came.

I don't know how they do it.... those backpacks are tooo heavy. Aaaand maybe I'm a wuss.

They packed on up and before I knew it they sped out of there sooo fast. 

So I was husbandless for 3 1/2 days. And they had no service up in the mountains.

It felt so strange, I think it was the longest time we have gone without speaking to each other. I go on business trips every month, but we always get to Facetime or call, so it was very different.

But luckily sweet Aaron left me $200 to spend over the weekend and Mary close by with jam packed weekend  ahead of us.

We didn't waste any time, and headed straight over to get pedicures.

 We went to the movies.

We went swimming.

I got sunburned.

We ate at Cafe Rio.

We drank Fizz two days in a row..... and didn't get any crap from the boys :)

Mary's family had a suite at the Bee's game the night of the 24th. So we ate plenty of food, watched ball, and enjoyed the amazing fireworks. Thank you Olson family for letting me take Jake's place!

I remembered another reason why it's good to have Aaron around, he keeps me in check from eating out too often!

Cause we sure went at it!

Hello waffle monster. We <3 Bruge's!

In line for the Cannibal, and definitely worth the wait!

Aar was out backpacking over his bday. He forgot it his birthday until halfway through the day, haha!

Mary took the long trek up to the Uintah's to pick them up since Lee and Sean left early due to the very high altitude. 

Mary was so sweet, brought them full big gulps and pizza when she picked themup, I'm sure they devoured it!!

I was so excited for them to come home and start celebrating Aaron's birthday! 

He was pretty stoked about his new raft for fishing. 

We ate more pizza, Market Street key lime pie and watched the Bach finale.

Then woke up and did it all over again for my birthday.

Loved eating at The Garden for dinner. Nothing beats the view up there!

He was also excited it wasn't as expensive as The Roof ;)

I can't believe I was only 22, and he was 24 when we first met! 

Goodbyes

This week we said goodbye to two sets of friends going to medical school.

My best high school friends and I met up at good ol' Rio.

We talked about old times when we jumped the fence late at night to skinny dip in the Riverton pool, babies [I'm still not in the market for children just yet], and our futures.

It was so good to catch up.

We don't get together all too often, but when we do, we pick back up where we left off.

Mandy is one of the sweetest people I know. She always asks what is going on and is sincerely interested. We will miss you!

We also said goodbye to Logan and Anna who are headed out to Virginia. 

I swear our friends are dropping like flies. 

We have 4 sets of friends currently in med school right now. 

I think we're in for a healthy future. 

We were a little late to help them move, but it gave us more time to hang out and chat. 

Hope the East Coast treats them right!

Besides goodbyes, it's been a busy week. 

Traveling to Denver while sleep deprived. 

Headaches.

More Instacare visits. 

Busy workdays. 

And Swig.

I went a little crazy and at the other half of the cookie I got for Aar.... not a good idea. 

Wayyy too much sugar. 

It'll be a while til I have another cookie again. 

Kamas Kabin July 2K15 Edition

Aaron is A-B-S-O-L-U-T-E-L-Y obsessed with my family's cabin in the Uintah's.

I'm pretty sure he looks forward to it more than a big trip to Florida, Football, or Christmas. But that's what makes him HIM.

Once we walked into the cabin, he did this little jump/twirl thing, he was so pumped, it was the cutest.

 These boys LOVE fishing. The first thing they did was race to the fishing hole. The fishing hole sure treated them good. They caught way too many for their own good.

I also caught my first few fish, I can sort of understand the fishing bug... bust just a little bit.

They had to measure all the fish.

Aaron kept calling people to tell them the good news of the huge fish. Aaaand that is was their most successful day in their decorated fishing careers :)

I didn't mind the scenery.

And I caught even more fish at Mill Hollow heyoooo.

I just don't like to put the worms on the hook, or touch the fish, or clean them out... so pretty much I don't have a very promising fishing career.

Aaron knows my love of ice cream too well. We stopped by the "medicine" store on the way into the cabin, twice.

Right: First trip in Friday night.

Left: Post Instacare visit in Park City[UTI's are yucky], I thought I deserved it.

Then I spent the next 2 hours on the toilet after.... not such a good idea.

Until next month, see you later Kamas Kabin!