WHAT A DAY!

Okay, so it was the craziest day in the world yesterday. We woke up, Brad had a meeting at 10:30, so we drove from Layton to Pleasant Grove, I waited for an hour for him at the meeting, then we went to IHOP for his birthday brunch. We enjoyed a nice meal, and tried to decide what to do next. We went to Provo to Mark's (Brad's brother) house real quick to take the dogs out (thankfully). It was about 2:00 by now. Then we jumped in the car and decided to just drive till we figure out what to do. We went to Platos Closet to look for some jeans for Brad and I. Then we were going to go to the dinosaur museum, but decided to go to Cabellas to do some fake shooting with their fake rifles. It was about 44 degrees when we left Platos in Orem. About 60 seconds before we hit the exit for Cabellas (At Thanksgiving Point/ Point of the Mountain) we all the sudden were engulfed in this most amazing blizzard I have ever been in. We could hardly see any cars in front of us, and the windows were all iced over from blowing snow. We decided to hang out at Cabellas for a while. We were there for about an hour and a half and decided to go somewhere else like a movie theater or mall to wait out the storm. We only got as far as the first road out before we realized there is no way we are going anywhere. It was almost four by now. SO... we went back. We waited at Cabellas until about 7:30. I thought, "WOW, I'm stranded at a Cabellas! Great for Brad, horrible for me!" For those of you who don't know Cabella's, it is the ultimate man store with outdoor/hunting/gun stuff and a nice cafe thankfully. Anyway, so 7:30, It was dark by now and the storm seemed to let up a little bit, so we thought we could get home. We got one road farther and realized just how crazy it was. Mark didn't bring a coat, he had a short sleeved shirt on, and Brad did not have gloves. The boys got out and helped a lady who was spinning out at an intersection by pushing her car through. Then we got in the car and they realized she won't make it up the hill, so they got back up and we towed her home. Then Brad got into survival crisis mode, and we decided that while we go wherever we can get to (extreme pandemonium). We then towed out about 7 people who were stuck. This is all on SR 92 (Alpine highway). We left at 7:30, and we were on that road for over 3 hours. There was a lady that gave birth in her car! And four other very pregnant ladies within a mile that the cops were worried were going to go into labor (its Utah, huh). So we saw a car that was off the road, we went to help, they had been there for 5 hours in the cold, out of gas, slid off the road, and the only person that stopped was a cop who told them to wait. So... they jumped into the car with us. Another lady about 50 feet away also jumped into the car with us and we helped tow two other people while they were in the car, one being a TOW TRUCK! That broke our rope. We had to stop at a gas station because I drank too much hot chocolate at Cabellas and the store was almost only standing room, people all stranded. It was about 10:00 pm, and there were kids in their school uniforms still! The reason for the delay on Alpine Highway apparently is there was a school bus full of kids stuck in the snow from school getting out 6 hours earlier. Kids peed their pants in the bus! So we finally got the nice stranded people home, Brad went to Walmart to restock a tow rope, some gloves, and a flashlight and went back to help (it was about 10:45-11:00 pm). The police by then had closed the road and wouldn't let him by, saying they got it all taken care of, they are taking all the people to the church off that road and they are all taken care of. So it was a useless trip to Walmart. Anyway, so while I'm waiting, I hear about another lady (heard this on the radio) that gave birth in her car right off the freeway. There were 8 foot snow drifts in Lehi. Eagle Mountain was shut off from being able to go there. Redwood Road and SR 73 (Lehi Main and further) was closed. People were staying the night at the local Smiths Grocery Store and Youth Family Dental! The girls preschool is right in that block and they cancelled it this morning. So... for Brad's birthday, he got to go to IHOP, Cabellas, and spent most of the day helping people, towing their cars, and getting frostbite on his poor hands, he was so cold! Here are some pictures I got off KSL.com that barely display what happened last night. If I showed you an accurate picture, all you would see is white. The craziest snow storm I have EVER been in my ENTIRE life, ALL 27 years!!! I forgot to mention, we got home at 1:00 am this morning. Storm started at 3:00 pm. It was CRAZY!

Through the 7 Years...

Photobucket Album

Happy Birthday to MY SOULMATE!

Brad's birthday is on Wednesday. Just so everyone knows. If you want to send him an ecard, his email is investin@mac.com If you'd like to send him a card via snailmail, our shipping address is: 212 East State Rd. 73 PMB 116 Lehi, UT 84043. Since we are way up in Layton, I didn't plan any birthday parties, but I'm sure he'd love to hear from his friends. He's turning 28 this year!

Wedding Video for Andi

Well, almost everyone that knows me knows my sister, Andi. Brad and I redid their wedding video for Christmas, I haven't given it to her yet, so here it is, and I'll be sending you a copy Andi very soon once I can find some DVDs to burn it to :)

Its all the groundhog's fault

As most of you know, the Groundhog saw its shadow, which means that there are 6 more weeks of winter. I say who in the world made up this stupid thing. If the groundhog sees its shadow, that means its sunny, so why in the world would that mean more winter? I'd like to stick the ground hog under all this snow and ask him how it feels, tell him that I'm ready for some warm weather and tell him to stop being lazy and sleeping in his comfy little cave and come out and do something for this world, at least give us some warm weather!!!!!!!!!! My criminey. Okay, so I got that out. Now I can show you the pictures that Brad took of me today. I needed to share this with all of you to show you how extreme the winter has been this year. When you look at these pictures, PLEASE know that there is nothing under that snow except pavement at the bottom. The entire mountain is ALL SNOW, no dirt, no earth, no nothing, just SNOW! So as I stood in front of this huge mountain of JUST SNOW I realized that I am just ready for the summer. And for Andi (and Mom who doesn't read this) who all like snow, its better here than Washington ;p

The GREATEST Valentine's Gift EVER!

So I repeatedly try to out-do myself on thoughtful gifts and have had a blast trying to find something better than the last. You have to understand that these gifts are more for myself than they are for Brad because frankly, I'm a girl, and I get into that sentimental sweet gushy love thing way more than he does. So I wanted to share this gift idea with you with enough time that you too can take advantage of this amazing idea. Brad and I had lots of time to write eachother letters while he was on his mission, so I got a few of the letters he wrote me (I don't have the ones I wrote him with me, they are in storage) and took little parts out of them and added some pics of us and made a blanket out of it. Microfiber on one side, soft fleece on the other. It should pretty much be the best gift ever! Anyway, here is the website if you'd like: http://www.visionbedding.com If you can actually read anything on here, the image is quite small, this is not my final draft, I found a few errors, so don't bother letting me know, I already took care of it :)

Girls NIGHT!!!

So Brad's working late tonight so I did my hair and makeup as well as the girls and we're having a "Girl's Night." Tori said she doesn't want Dad to come home because it wouldn't be a Girl's Night. Anyway, so that's not the funny thing. We were all indulging in a snack of Doritos. I put a bunch on a plate for all of us to share. Abbie said, "Now can we go watch Princess?" (Princess and the Pauper) I said, after you finish the Doritos, because I didn't want her to get her messy fingers everywhere. She goes, "But, we're going to get fat!"

Here are some pictures from our Beauty Parlor