I haven't blogged in a long time but I've been waiting until I had something fun to write about, or at least some pictures to share.  We have been keeping very busy with work.  I decided it's not a good idea to go full time during the summer.  There are always so many fun things going on, and having to work 40 hours a week makes it hard to do those things.  I am excited to say that we are going to Lake Powell next Thursday and then the end of July we are going to Idaho to celebrate Clark's sister's birthday, and then over Labor Day I'm going to Santa Barbara to visit my sister Melissa, Adam, Merrick and baby girl Marquis.  I'm very excited to see Mr. Merrick and fatten up baby Elle.   

This past weekend we had some fun.  I went to breakfast with my friends Sharli and Jennifer.  We went to Kneaders and I had delicious french toast.  That place is delicious.  Then that afternoon we celebrated my Grandpa Allred's birthday at a BBQ at my uncle Taylor and aunt Sherrie's home.  It was a lot of fun to be with my extended family!  Thanks Grandpa for having a birthday so we could celebrate.  We had yummy burgers and delicious grilled veggies.  I wish I had pictures to share (Curt you will need to send out the pics you took).  I just love that it is BBQ and Lake Powell weather.  Some of my extended family will be coming to Lake Powell with us next week.  I'm so excited, they are fun people!  

This weekend we are going to be in Kaysville again for Art & Music in the Park.  My mother in law Carolyn worked for years to have a park made in Kaysville where the old Clover Club factory used to be.  The park is finished and they are having a fun art & music festival this Saturday from 10-6.  Clark will have a booth there to sell all of his magnet boards, shelves and other items he has made.  He has worked SO MANY hours building all of these items and spraying them fun colors.  I hope he can sell some and make some money for his new company CP Designs (website coming soon).  He has also been working many hours building a bed for his friend and his wife.  It looks great so far and is made out of Cherry which is one of my favorite woods.  I must say my husband is very talented.  So if you are in Kaysville this Saturday stop by and say hi to Clark.  I will be helping my mother in law over in the "kid" area helping them design their own quilt patterns.  So if you have kids send them my way, and you can go open your wallet to CP Designs!  

A few pics of Clark's projects. 

Giant magnet board Clark made for Kaysville City.  They will be using it at the art festival this Saturday.  Kids will have different shaped magnets and they can move them all around to make quilt-like patterns.  I think it sounds like fun! 

Magnet board--I love the green color.  Each magnet board will come with a free magnet!

This is the magnet board Clark made me for my office at work

Shelf for my office

More magnet boards.  This one is made to look more rustic and made from cedar.  

Magnet board with a little shelf.  He also made a few white boards too.  

If you are in the Emmett family you will notice the lovely wall paper from the "yellow bedroom" and the Readers Digest books.  Classic.  

College Graduate

Well I'm officially a College Graduate.  Yes, it took me 6 years to graduate with my Bachelor's degree.  It took me awhile to decide what I wanted to do, but once I decided on Family Consumer Human Development I knew I chose the right major.  I was officially done with classes in December, but walked May 7th 2011.  It was fun because I was able to see some friends from my classes that I hadn't seen since December. 


Enjoy some A lot of pictures of my graduation from Utah State University.....

The Family Life Building where I spent most of my time

We are all graduates of USU in the College of Education and Humanities 

BBQ

Me and Max swinging.  It was my turn to try with no legs!

It was a fun day and I'm so grateful to my family for all of the support!  Now I guess it's time to get my Masters (don't hold your breath)

Wedding part 2

Here are a few more pictures from Angie & Steve's wedding.  These pictures are from the wedding luncheon and the reception.

The Happy couple arriving to the luncheon

The candy bar for the reception

ipad entertainment

The head table flowers

Centerpiece's 

My sister Allison and my Mom came to the reception.  This is Jack, Allison's youngest.  He likes to stare..... 

Or do a goofy smile!  He is still adorable though.  He loves his aunt "La La"

Max enjoying his cotton candy.  He was pleasantly surprised when he thought he was going to a "boring" wedding and saw all the carnival games and yummy goodies.  

Angie & Steve playing the carnival games at the reception.  I believe they are doing the bean bag toss.  

Clark's friends Kenny & Dino and his cousin Ryan playing the ball toss.  

The reception was really fun!  They had a photo booth and carnival games as well as cotton candy and popcorn.  They had Aggie Ice Cream and sugar cookies as well as the candy bar.  It was a fun wedding and A LOT of people came.  So many people LOVE Angie and she has so many friends and acquaintances.  The Pierson family is very friendly and have so many close friends.  I'm sure many of the guests were for Steve & his family as well!  It was fun to spend time with family from out of town (Brad, Jill, Brett, Kim & Jeff).  Thanks for getting married Angie & Steve.    

Happy Birthday Clark

Today is Clark's 26th Birthday!  Happy Birthday Clarky!

Many people have asked Clark if he is 21 yet or they think he is 22 or 23 years old.  He is 26 but has the spirit of a 12 year old.  He is always up for having fun and hanging out with the nieces and nephews or cousins.  He is young at heart and I LOVE that about Clark.  I have a cousin Alex who is 10 years old and he and Clark get along so well.  They love to ski together, kick a soccer ball around, or play with the Nerf guns.  Clark is a friend to everyone he meets.

Clarky Boy (not sure his age, but he is adorable)

Clark in his ski boots!  

Sadly Clark is feeling a little under the weather with a head ache and sore throat.  I have work today so he is just taking it easy and we will go to dinner tonight.  I gave him a birthday sign this morning with a love message of 26 reasons why I love him (don't worry I won't blog it).  But basically Clark is awesome and amazing at most things he does.  And I can't wait to have little babies that look just like him with his big brown eyes and bowl cuts!   

Sickness

Can I just say that I hate being sick.  I'm not sick very often, but when I do get sick it is always at the worse time.  

Two years ago during Spring Break we went to Japan (thankfully the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown wasn't 2 years earlier) and I had a bad cold before we left and it turned into an ear infection and annoying cough/runny nose.  I was sick the whole time we were there.  It really put a damper on our awesome vacation to Japan.    

Last April my Grandpa and Grandma Allred had their 50 wedding anniversary so my family planned a big party for them and we all got to stay in this nice big house in Salt Lake together.  The night before the party I started throwing up and had the flu.  So I had to miss the party and stay in bed.  It was no fun.  

And here we are in present day and I am sick with Bronchitis.  But that's not all, I also passed out twice in the shower on Monday morning.  Let me back up.... I was supposed to be at a training for work this whole week.  Last Friday I started feeling sick and started with a cough.  Saturday I had a headache/body aches with a cough.  Sunday I had all of that but I was also congested.  We were leaving Sunday night at 7pm and staying in the Hotel because the training started at 8:30 in the morning and we didn't want to leave Logan that early. I felt sick, but I thought it was just a cold and that I could handle it.  A couple of hours before we left my Grandma took my temperature and it was at 102 degrees.  I probably shouldn't have gone, but my Step Mom and Grandma ran to Albertson's and got me some Emergence-C and we thought that would help my "cold".  Well Monday morning I wake up at 7am and get in the shower.  I'm almost finished when I get this feeling like I'm going to throw up.  I felt all clammy and I started to get dizzy.  I should have just gotten out of the shower, but I had conditioner in my hair and I thought I could hurry and rinse it out.  I lean up against the wall of the shower for a second and next thing I know I'm on the floor of the tub and my head is right next to the faucet (thankfully I didn't hit my head or neck on anything and hurt myself).  I hear my co-worker knocking on the door and asking me if I'm alright.  Apparently she heard my loud bang and woke right up!  I remember saying "I think I passed out" but I'm not sure how loud I actually said it.  She was asking me if I could get a towel and open the door and she could help me out.  So I stand up and the next thing I now I'm on the floor of the tub AGAIN!  So my coworker is still knocking and yelling my name.  I say again "I think I keep passing out".  I get the water turned off and a towel wrapped around me.  She helps me out and I get dressed then I lay down.  It was so weird because I've never passed out before.   I called Clark and he so lovingly drove down from Logan and picked me up.  While he was driving down he called his Mom and she made me a Doctor's appointment in Kaysville.  That is when I learned I had Bronchitis, caused by a bacterial infection and he thought I passed out because I was dehydrated.  My pulse was fast and my blood pressure was on the high side.  I thought I was drinking SO much water.  I have a 24 oz water bottle that I had at least filled up 3 times on Sunday and this was Monday morning so I obviously didn't drink much during the night.  But apparently when you are sick you need 1 gallon of liquids and 1/3 of them should be something with electrolytes.  So I'm finally starting to feel a little better.  I can't stop coughing which makes me really tired, but other than that I feel a lot better than I did.  Since I missed my training I will have to go back down in April.  Let's hope I don't get sick again!

Angie & Steve's Wedding

I'm celebrating St. Patricks day by watching the Aggie's lose [sad] and Blogging.  Oh and BYU won [also very sad].  On to happier things....

Clark's sister Angie got married! Yay! She and Steve Sieb were married on March 2, 2011 in the Salt Lake City Temple.  It was a wonderful day.  We were excited to be there with them as they were sealed for time and all eternity.  Here are some pics we took from the temple.....

Cute Hali

The Happy Couple

The Sieb's 

Orthodontist Brad performing a quick fix on Jace's braces.  

Father of the Bride

Brad & Jill [They left their cute kids home in Texas]

hmmm... crazy brothers. 

That's better

Clark, Brad, Brett [Brett is in/near Afghanistan right now]

Sisters!

Me (Sister in law), Kim, Angie, Natalie, Jill (sister in law) 

Mother of the bride

Pretty Dress 

I have pictures from the luncheon and the reception/carnival party!  I will blog about those later.  I need to go to bed.  I need my strength and energy to ski all weekend with family!