Brandon's Surprise Birthday PARTY!!


After 3 weeks of preparation and stressing Nov
14th finally came. I decided to throw Brandon
a surprise birthday party for his 28th birthday.
I didn't realize how hard it would be. Keeping
everything under wraps and in the meantime
still going around like crazy trying to prepare.
Brandon started getting frustrated with me when
I kept telling him he couldn't do what he wanted
to on his birthday with no explanation. It was worth
it though. Everyone started arriving around 5 and I put
them all to work with doing the last minute things.
Then about 15 minutes before I was expecting
Brandon to arrive home I got a phone call from
him saying he had just gotten rear-ended
and our jeep - that we just bought - was totaled. So needless
to say I was really concerned what was going to happen.
But he was completely surprised, and the night was a blast.
Nearly 30 people came and showed their support for him.
He was so greatful and said it was one of the
best birthdays he has ever had.









His niece Ella and Cousins Kourtneigh and Allison


Cousins Erin and her hubby Dave, Ashley and her roomate


Curtis and Cambo

Mike, Brandon, Logan, and Sammy

MarKey and Jon

Cousin Keldon and friend Sam

Cousins - Kaitlan, Kacie, Kourtniegh Eppich

Blowin out his candles

His brother saw this hat and the first person

he thought of was Brandon.

His parents Tami and Mike, and his brother

Ryan, sis-in-law Holly and their kids Isaac and Ella stayed

the night with us. We were up till 1:00 in the morning

playing Wii it was a ton of fun. Thank you so much to everyone

who helped with getting the party ready, drove through the bad

weather to get here, and everyone who came

and supported Brandon in his birthday.

Halloween 5k Run

Brandon and I ran a Halloween 5k
run with the dogs last weekend. It was
so much fun. American Fork puts it on and
they set it up so you have to run through the
cemetary and its at night. It was a blast and the
dogs had an awesome time.


Brutus only stopped twice. His favorite trick
is to just kill over mid run and refuse to go any further.
But we just gave him a little boost on the
shocker, nothing painful, just a little boost and he
was back up and running again. My My has her
perfect pace that she keeps the entire run.


Can I just say how hot my hubby looks in a beenie.



I ended up wearing My-My's crown and Brandon
wore Brutus's ears for the run because the kept
trying to take them off mid-stride. It was a blast.

VeGaS BaBy!!

I recently ran the Vegas Ragar Relay Race. It was
so much fun!!! Its a 24 hour no sleep adreneline rush.
There are 12 runners in the race and the 12 are broken
up into two vans with 6 in each. This is my team. They
were soo much fun to run with.
This picture is right before my first leg, which was
5.8 miles with a hill that I nicknamed "Splash Mountain"
because on the drive in we went down the hill and it
looked like we were going to drop off into the abyss,
and I got to have the pleasure of running up it.

Me, Gina, Rinda, Kevin, Ryan, Mark

Gina's sister Rinda, in the black shorts and white hat,

got to run the first night leg. We got to wear these

sexy reflector vests. And as you can tell she's so excited.


Me, Gina, and Rinda showering at the IHOP

we ate breakfast at before our last legs.

We made it!!!! Kevin, the guy with orange shorts

next to me, has a stress fracture and ran like no other,

Gina has Planters Fasciitis in her feet and still

kicked butt, and Ryan was way sick for weeks

before the race, had one of the hardest runs and

did awesome!! Mark, ran all of his times at a 6:40 a

min mile, need I say amazing!!

I was injury free, but was early on all my expected

times so I was happy with that.

So much fun!!! Thanks Tami and Mike for letting

us stay with you after the race, and Ryan and Kevin

for inviting me to run with your team!!

My Lastest Project

So I decided to get crafty and redo

my dining room table and chairs. I really

like it until I put the clear coat on and now

I think it looks kinda funny, but still better than

they were.

There is a total of 6 chairs and a leaf the extend

the table. Funny thing, I forgot there was a leaf,

got everything painted started sanding, and realized

there was one. Then I couldn't find where I put the

leaf for a good two hours. I haven't decided what

type of seats that I want to do. Like stripes or some

sort of plad print. Any ideas?

HUGE, HUGE NEWS!!!

No I'm not pregnant, everyone breath.
But I am now licensed with Progressive to
write insurance. I have filled out the paperwork
and am just waiting for the final go ahead to start
writing business, but I wanted to get the word out
that I can now write with Progressive, who has awesome
rates, a user friendly website, and now a local agent
to call when ya need me. If anyone wants a quote
email me at mlc_insurance@yahoo.com. THANKS!!!!!

Derby Time!!

Last weekend we went to the Wasatch
Derby. It was so much fun to watch. I
don't know how they do it, some of the
cars were close enough and you could
see when they got hit how the drivers head
would just whip forwards and backwards so
hard. I'd hate to be them the next day, more so
the next few weeks.

Our New Purchase!!!



Brandon sold his truck a few months ago and we
have been looking for a cheaper, non diesel vehicle
to buy. I love jeeps, they can pull stuff like the boat
or our camper but they aren't this huge monsterous
vehicles that I hate driving.