Girls Camp

Just got called into Young Womens....

...two weeks later headed up to Girl's Camp

Love these girls!

April showing off her mad Napoleon Dynamite talents....

I feel like I am one of them... Seriously... when did I become old enough to be a leader?

July... The best part of my summer so far

 

Just has been a busy month with working and teaching and trying to stay above water....

Literally...

No it wasn't that bad. We woke up one morning to a smelly basement and felt a moist/damp carpet. Turns out our basement had flooded due to Liz and Jason's basement flooding that took place days before ours. Luckily, we caught it in time and only have to rip up half of a room. 

On a better note, Scot and I had the chance to go to the annual Deer Valley concert series and watch the Utah Smphony rock it out to Michael Jackson. This was definitely a highlight of my summer since it brought back so many memories of the time we went right before Scot left for his mission. I loved every second of it. 

This wasn't at Deer Valley but I got a little sentimental for a moment and thought I would share a picture of us back in the days of high school... gosh I love this boy!

Gone Fishing?

 A few weeks ago, Scot and I had the chance to go to the Green River with our families and fish with the best guide in the world- Mikey. I love Mikey- he is so patient with me and always so positive. It was epic- I got to catch brown trouts and rainbow fish on a fly rod! 

A fly rod people! 

This is huge! It was a proud moment for Scot

 Above, in the bottom left and right corner you can see my cute little fish.

 Here are our brown trouts we caught!

Such a great time! Thank you so much for an awesome trip!

Why I Struggle to Return Your Calls...

Life has been a whirlwind ever since... well since May really. 

Why you may ask? 

Because I got another job!

I am officially a Harp Therapist for Hearts for Hospice.

A lot of people ask me what Harp Therapists do.  In a nutshell, I play at the bedside of patients who are on Hospice and provide therapy through the harp. I either help with relaxation, stress management, pain relief, breathing control, social interaction, or even just putting them to sleep. Whatever the patient needs at that moment, the harp provides it.
It sounds a little weird... I know... I do it. But after witnessing how much it helps the patients- I can not deny the power that music has on people.
It is incredible.
Some stories are so unbelievable, I barely believe them myself. 

For more information on Harp Therapy, click here

 

For more information on Hearts for Hospice, click here.

For more information on Heart Strings for Hospice, click here.

I love this new job and am so grateful I get the chance to work here. Yes, my life is still my wonderful students and teaching, but it is awesome to have this as a part of my life as well.
Thanks to mom and dad for giving me that little harp years ago. Who would have thought it would have turned into this?! 

Happy Fourth of July!

 
Happy Birthday America!

Can you Find these pictures above?

1. Paul holding onto Chester's tail in the pool

2. Kipling falling into the water and James and Styles helping him out... bless him

3. My cute nieces on the diving board

4. James and Chester, then James and the Dog

5. Neff's at the BBQ
6. Mom with all of the dogs

It was an incredible Fourth of July! Scot and I are so blessed to have such wonderful families and live in this beautiful country...
Let Freedom Ring!

June

Here is catch up of our lives in June. Enjoy!

Josey on point at the poor bird. This is seriously a daily occurrence for us- telling her not to do what she is bred to do...

I have officially graduated!

Harp Camp 2012

Kate, Mallory, Carolyn and Me at Dr. McLaughlin's Concert

Oh how I love love love these girls!

Some of my students at Harp Camp

Love these Girls!

Janae going through the temple!

I also chopped my hair

Scary fires! This one was Alpine. I was heading home from work when I saw this!

    And last but not least, I have a wonderful, extremely bear grylls of a husband who just happens to leave things like this on the table at breakfast time... seriously!? 

That's about it for the update! Thanks for reading and thank you for the love and support! We love you!

Catch Up... May

 So I am playing catch up... Above is the only picture my husband took with the camera of my graduating. I have to say, it was a little anti-climatic since I said my goodbyes and walked down those music building stairs for the LAST time on March 8th. But, I guess it was a good thing to walk across the stage in a robe I didn't earn (they gave me a doctoral robe instead of a masters... I wish!) and smile as a piece of cardboard was given to me without my official degree in hand. To top it off, family was out of town and my sweet husband and parent in laws were the only ones who were able to come. Like I said- a little anti-climatic.

 On a happy note, Ben had a birthday and an awesome cake to celebrate it with!

the whole clan

The best thing about May? OUR ANNIVERSARY! We celebrated by heading to Tiburon- a fancy shmancy restaurant that made us cleanse our pallet before the big meal. It was epic and awesome and fun to celebrate the most incredible day of my life. I can't believe I get to be with this guy for eternity. He is the best. Love you sweetie!

Last, but not least... getting ready for my summer. Yeah, life has sort of taken a turn. I gained a lot of wonderful, incredible and fabulous students. Here is our annual ice cream practice-a-thon. A little motivation for the students to practice over the summer. Obviously this picture was taken right before my summer semester began. Picture at the end of the summer to see their ice cream scoops full! Love these girls. I seriously have the best job ever and they get to put up with me and my crazy incentives.

Anybody want an ice cream scoop? Better get practicing!