Happy Birthday Michelle!

Today is Michelle's birthday! Michelle is one of my favorite people. We work together at Nike and she makes work so much better! Without her I am not sure I would last the week! We went to lunch today at a new place (new to us) called Mingo's. We should have known not to go since it was new to us but we went anyway. It was a cool enviroment but the food and service was bad! I felt bad because it was her birthday and you wish things would be perfect for her. I guess we tried, right? I forgot to have the waiter take a picture of us but I was side tracked by his smugness so I am posting a picture of my team at work at another lunch we had a little while ago. The ladies that I work with are too beautiful not to post a picture of! Happy Birthday Michelle! I hope Rick planned something great for tonight!

The Monson's and Cafe Rio!

We were fortunate to get able to meet up with the Monson's over the 4th. They live in Tucson, AZ and we haven't seen them in over 2 years. They are truly some of our most favorite people! We met at my favorite restaurant in UT - Cafe Rio. Baja Fresh in Portland just doesn't compare. Later we went to a park to let their daughter, Thais, play. Although, I think Tyler played more then Thais. They have the cutest daughter ever and a little baby boy on the way! Monson's we love you guys and are so happy we were able to meet up! It needs to be for a longer duration next time.

Jordan, Danielle, and Thias

Us at the park in Ogden.

Us at Cafe Rio after I just devoured a delectable pork burrito!

4th of July in Utah

Ty and I took a very quick trip to UT for the 4th of July - 2.5 days actually in UT and 2 days in the car - UGH! We haven't driven it since we moved to Portland becuase flying has usually been cheaper. Although, this time airline tickets were $400 per person!! Since I am the cheapest person a live I refused to pay $800 for a quick trip. So we decided to drive, which was considerable cheaper but by no means cheap. Oh well we had a great time. The car ride was pretty long. I'm not sure when we will be driving it again. Hopefully the airline tickets will come down in price. At anyrate, we were able to meet up with some good friends of ours and spead some much needed time with family.

We Just Celebrated 5 years!!

This isn't a good picture but Ty took me to Portland City Grill for our 5th year anniversary. This is one of my favorite restaurants. It's on the 30th floor of the USB tower and it over looks downtown Portland. We have also booked a trip to Hawaii for next month! We can't wait!!
I am so blessed to be able to have married my best friend. Ty is the sweetest, kindest person I know and probably the only one that can handle my craziness every single day! I love you Ty and I am honored to be your wife.

Pen and Julie

I must say that I have the best in-laws ever! Pen and Julie took my parents and I up to their builiding site for their new house in Eden, UT and then to lunch. Tyler's family lives all over the country so Pen and Julie are building a house that we can all stay together during family get togethers. We cant' wait for it to be finished so we can meet all together again. We love you guys!

Lunch with Karlin, Averee, and Weston!

I also met up with Karlin for lunch and her 2 cute kids! It was really good to see Karlin again. We were good friends in high school and even moved to Provo together and lived in the same apartment complex. It as been about 7-8 years since I last saw her. She is doing great and is a super mom.
We took a quick shopping trip after lunch and I was trying entertain Averee by taking her picture. She is such a sweet adorablt girl!

Lunch with Krista!

While I was in Utah I was able to meet up with my very good friend Krista and her adorable girls Anna and Sara. We once worked together and became good friends. We ate at Pizza Factory and I forgot how much I missed the yummy bread sticks!