Saturday was Troy's 24th birthday. We got to spend the entire day together and we had a ton of fun. Breakfast in bed, movies until 2, Cabelas for 3.5 hours, dinner at Magelbees, and then pumpkin carving and dessert with friends. I really am so grateful for this wonderful man. He truly makes me the happiest girl in the world.

Ten things I love about Troy:

10. He is not afraid to watch a good chick flick
9. He is an incredibly hard worker
8. He loves to be active and try new things
7. He is quick to forgive and forget
6. He is a mans man with a soft heart
5. He plays the stupid games with me that I make up
4. He is a worthy priesthood holder and fulfills his callings in the church
3. He has the greatest laugh. You can't not laugh with him
2. He makes me laugh really really hard
1. He is the most thoughtful and caring person you will ever meet

I love you Troy Happy Birthday!!

We went to go visit Troy's family in Albuquerque two weekends ago. We were really excited because it just so happened that it was also the last weekend of the Balloon Fiesta, which is a really neat event. They have hundreds of hot air balloons in different colors and shapes that they blow up and fly. It is really pretty! You have to allow yourself plenty of time to get there because it is quite the event in the city and there is a lot of traffic. So we all woke up at 4:30 am, got ourselves ready, and headed down to a ward breakfast that started at 6:00 am. The breakfast was in a parking lot close to the balloon park so we could just walk down there. Right as we had stuffed our bellies and were on our way to the park, the radio announced that it was canceled because it was too windy. Total disappointment. So we got back into the car and headed back to the house, and literally drowned our sorrows in the Brown's amazing 90 degree pool and hot tub. It really is quite luxurious. We had a lot of fun that weekend with lots and lots of good food, a visit to the dinosaur museum, more swimming, good laughs and great company. The only pictures that we got are of Troy holding a snake at the museum. Our little nephew Austin's face is priceless in the second picture.

A couple of weekends ago Troy and I decided at the LAST minute to go visit my sister Stacey and her little family in California. My other sister Stephanie called us at the beginning of the week to inform us that they were going down for the weekend, and try to persuade us to come. This was not too difficult to do considering our special love for California, and family of course. We took off Thursday afternoon and got there Thursday night. Friday we hit up the beach and the boys went boogie boarding in the freezing water (they are die hards). Us girls sat on the beach and watched and had our precious girl time. We had so much fun that weekend with another trip to the beach (just the boys), lunch at the park, and even a night out on the town while the kiddies had a babysitter. We really miss having both the Conley's and the Bakers so close, we really have the greatest time with them both. Thanks Stacey, Jon, and Hayley for letting us come and stay with you and feeding us too well. I stole some they pictures from
Stacey's blog because my camera died. We love you guys.

The triple threat back in action!