Last week we took a much needed trip down to Bryce Canyon for the Nixon family reunion! (That's Brandon's Grandma's family...? -I'm still not quite sure.) It was a reunion to end all reunions! & I mean literally because apparently this is the last year the Nixon's will have a formal reunion, so we had to go out with a bang! After Brandon & I paid our bribe (an apple fritter & a glaze doughnut to the part time manager at the storage units we live/work at) we started our journey with our itouches fully charged and cinnamon rolls on hand...

One viewing of The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1 beef jerky sells man, 2 pit stops and 4 hours & 13 minutes later we had arrived!

& thanks to my new camera took some pretty nice photos of our fun trip!

Well some nice pictures of the scenery at least. Brandon was just not having the photo taking this particular weekend. Hence the goofy face two photos up...

& the angelic look in the restaurant...

Finally I just asked him to just smile for me because he loves me... This photo above is what we got... yeah... this is our love in a nutshell. makes me laugh every time I look at it. :)

Then i threw him in jail for being so blatantly un-photogenic!

So he threw me in jail for being way to concerned about our bloggability (yes, I was guilty).

Brandon & I decided to rent bikes one day and go mountain biking where we found this really cool tree half burnt but saved for the benefit of the wildlife. totally green and earthy, I loved it. Peace and trees baby, peace & trees.*

The bike path led us to this awesome view!

& we saw lots of "cantaloupes" (as my cute nieces & little cousin in laws would call them)

Speaking of cute nieces & cousins...

There's a few of them!

I found these girls hanging on the fence yelling at the top of their lungs trying to scare the "canatloupe" that were eating in the field. Adorable. Those cantaloupe were fearless.

Here's a few more gems from the trip...

cute kiddos!

as you can see things got a little wild! But as the saying goes what happens in Bryce, stays in Bryce... yeah?

& I'm loving the blond hair with brown bangs! it's a look that would make Cruela Di Vil green with envy!

two of my favorite guys!

all in all it was such a fantastic trip. filled with swimming, memorable talent shows, countless mafia games, a capture the flag game that just screams rematch, over priced in room movie rentals, family, diet coke, ice cream and absolutely beautiful scenery.

it just couldn't have been better.

*yes I sometimes do make rediculous comments that seriously so blessed would just love to make fun of.... & i would be honored.

Twenteen?

You know what I'll miss most about being nineteen?.......... All the teenage jokes Brandon and my brother-in-law Tyler used to make, those jokes just never (insert sarcasm here) ceased to be funny. How I'll miss those "remeber when Brittany* used to be a singer?..... oh wait that was before you're time" (which, by the way... it was not!).

yep I'll sure miss those jokes..............

Oh wait, no I won't.** :)


I am officially 20! & it was such a great birthday (more like birthday weekend)!

Complete with,

~a scavanger hunt

~roses

~Brandon calling me twenteen. :)

~Dinner with my favorite-friends-till-we-die girls!***



~Cake & ice cream with Brandon's amazing family!

~& dinner with my fam! plus, a movie with my mom and sister {my FAVORITE!} !

What a GREAT weekend! Thanks everyone for making it AWESOME!

*by Brittany i mean Brittany Spears of course. Last names are so 2007, i can't believe I am even taking the time to explain this. ;)

**by 'won't' I mean 'will say I don't miss said jokes but secretly will miss them more than a little'.

***Yay us for getting together for every birthday this year! & a special thanks to thiaphoon for their delish chocolate volcano- the real reason we all take the time to get together! haha kidding! love you girls!

24!

May 21st was Brandon's 24th birthday!!!

It was a great day! Not only was it his day off from work but he also enjoyed homemade animal shaped pancakes (elephants, lions and seals, oh my!), he got his very own ipod touch, a piano from his wonderful parents, and to top it all off we threw a improptu bowling party!

Why yes, we do party like rockstars. :)

why so sad Brandon? oh well, it's his party and he'll cry if he wants too!

I'll post pictures of the pancakes and piano later! I wish we'd gotten more of the party, I told my mom to bring her camera and she forgot, these were ones she took at the very end with her camera phone... good news though, we got our very own camera (thanks mom and Lena!)! So I'm pretty much a real deal blogger now. :) Soon to be complete with un-pixel-ated (is that even a word?) photos and everything! Can't wait! Now I just need to run to get a memory card! Whoever thought, "hey, let's sell memory cards seperately from cameras..." was a real genius. :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABE! I love you!

12 Reasons why i'm thankful families are forever...

There they are... all 12 of them (plus Emi's guy).

Geez it's been sooo long since I've last posted! We've been super busy, June is always my very favorite month of the year, it's been great so far and we have a great summer ahead of us!

Yesterday was such a fun day, it was one of my absolute favorite cousin's graduation! I can't even believe how much we're all growing up! Seems like just yesterday we were playing lifeguards in the swimming pool and running around the house pretending to be spies! I am so beyond proud of this amazing guy!...

BUD YOU ARE SUCH A STUD!

plus it was Ledah's Birthday so we went to Bonsai for dinner (So delish!) to celebrate and then to my amazing aunt Linda's for cake! It was such a great day!


Love you Ledah & Bud!