Changes are a .... already came!

Changes are coming to the Butler life. Well coming is not the right word, more like came. It has been a crazy couple of weeks, but good ones.

Most importantly, I got a PROMOTION! I am the new Assistant Controller for Property Solutions. Not a whole lot of changes in what exactly I do, just a few new things...things I have done before, just not at PSI. For those of you who know my story of work the past year, this has been a huge blessing! It came right at the time that we needed it, yeah...the Lord definitely knows what what we need!

Secondly we have switched wards! The church recently decided to reduce the amount of married student wards here in Provo. Because we live "so far" from BYU we are no longer in any boundaries for a married student ward and have been moved to a traditional family ward. Scott and I were so excited about this and about the new opportunities this presented to us! We went to our new ward on Sunday and it was AMAZING! Dont get me wrong...we loved our married student ward, but this ward was just so different, and exactly what we need for our life right now. It was so fun to see the deacons pass the sacrament, to talk to the old ladies in Relief Society, etc. We felt so so so welcome and cant wait to get to know the members of our NEW ward a little better! :)

Other things that are happening, Scott's younger brother is getting married on Thursday in the Manti Temple so that will be a crazy but exciting day. And then next week my brother and sister in law, Brett and Lauren are moving to Salt Lake!!! We are so excited to have them closer to us and to get to know Brick and Lexi better! I seriously cant not wait!!!

Scott is still in school, but he just has Spring/Summer and then Fall and then he is done! We are so excited for that day to come! But until then he is just putting his nose to the grindstone!

We already have lots of plans for fun this summer! Trips to St. George to see Mom and Dad, Car Shows, Camping, Parade of Homes etc etc etc! Fun times are for sure to come!

Just a little hobby...

So I have recently picked up the hobby of taking pictures. I am not claiming to be a world renown photographer or anything extreme like that, but it is something that I like to do and have a good time doing it.

I have been able to do a couple of fun "photo shoots" so here are a couple of my favorite pictures...just cause I can! :)

I was able to take my nieces easter pictures (yes I know that it is early...but we were in town together!)

Here are some of my favorites!








I was also able to do a fun "photo shoot" with our good friends the Young's at the Provo Castle. It was super cold, and we had a hard time getting some smiles out of the little one...but there are some real good ones!

Again just some of my favorites!






I hope that I get to keep taking pictures! And I hope that I keep getting better! Well see what the future brings!

A little late...

I know that it is a little late, but last Tuesday Scott and I celebrated our 3 year wedding anniversary. It is crazy to think that it was only three years ago that I married my best friend.

So to celebrate we decided to go up to Logan and go to Anniversary Inn. I didn't think that it would be that much of a difference since it was still just going to be us, but it was super relaxing to just be there and not really worry about anything and just enjoy spending time together.

We left Saturday afternoon and took our time to get up to Logan. Once we got there we went to see Beastly, which I really liked, and that Scott was 1 of 2 guys there (Thanks for indulging me honey :)) After we went to a FABULOUS Italian restaurant. It was a little house that they turned into a fabulous restaurant. I wish we would have taken a picture...but we were too enamored with the food :)

We got breakfast in bed the next morning, slept in, and then just went back home...but not without taking some pictures of all the cool things from our room!

It was really nice to get away with Scott and spend some time talking about life and just spending some quality time together! I love you Scott and cant wait for another million years I get to spend with you!

Labor Day Weekend

So for Labor Day weekend we went down to St. George to see my parents and Kelly and her family came up from Phoenix to spend the weekend as well! I was so excited to see my family again! I just wish that Brett, Lauren, Brick and Mikey could all be there!

I went down early to spend some time with my mom considering I dont have anything else to do...and I took the shuttle down. It wasnt too bad except having to be at the pickup by 7:30am! But it was nice just to spend some time with my parents just me.

Brent and Kelly and the girls came on Friday afternoon and of course we had to do some shopping! Here are the girls saying hello to Annie when they got there!

That night we went to Pizza Factory (a must when Brent comes to Utah...he misses his alfredo tomato and ham pizza! yum!) Scott came down later that night and we all just talked and hung out.

Brent left early Saturday morning up to Provo to go to the first BYU game with his parents and we headed up to Kolob Resevoir. It is much higher so it is not as hot as St. George! It was only 79 degrees up there and it was lovely!

My dad brought his "boat" as the girls called it and Scott was an awesome Uncle and took Hailey and Natalie out on the lake.

Here are some more pictures of our adventure!

On Sunday we all woke up early and went to church. The girls were so excited that they got to be "visitors" because everyone sang the welcome song to them. Brent got home and we had a really good Lasagna that my mom made. It was a white lasagna with chicken sausage, spinich and mushrooms.

After dinner we decided to go for a walk and then ride some bikes. Hailey (my oldest niece) has a bike that Grandpa bought her and Grandpa wanted to see if she remembers how to ride the bike. And of course she did. Kel and Brent also brought Nattie bike to try and get her to ride as well.

Kelly even got on my dad's bike and too it for a ride!

That night we just played some games with the adults, had some nice discussions about politics...and just enjoyed one another.

Monday morning we went out to breakfast at Cracker Barrell that was delicious and then Brent and Kelly and the girls had to head home. We were sad to say goodbye, but hopefully will see them again soon! Scott, me and my parents tried to get my dad an iTouch, but Costco was closed...so instead we just went back home and relaxed. Then for lunch we went to one of our favorite restaurants, Panda Garden. Then we headed home.

We loved the weekend that we got to spend with our family and cant wait until we can spend more time with them! Thanks mom and dad for hosting and Kelly and Brent for coming! We love you guys! And cant wait to have the rest of our family out here as well hopefully some time in the near future!

My Dream Job

So some of you have heard, I was let go from my job yesterday. It was not something that I even remotely saw coming. Just a couple of weeks ago my boss gave me a small bonus and told me that I was doing a great job, so as you can imagine I was floored when I walked into work and was told that they were letting me go. Anyway...whats done is done and there is nothing that I can do about it. However there are some things that I have learned from this, and that is what my dream job is...to be a mother.

When Scott and I first started dating I didn't want to have kids...I wanted to have a career. Scott kept trying to convince me that it was going to be great having kids and I just didn't want that. Slowly job after job I have realized that being a mother is the only thing that I want to do. For those mothers out there who are thinking that I have no idea of how hard it is to be a mom, I do. I see my own mom, my sister, and friends. I understand that it is not going to be the easiest job, and that there are going to be days where you want to pull your hair out, but at the end of the day you have a gift of a human life that loves you. When they hurt themselves, they want their mom, when they are experience something new, they want to tell their mom. How great would that be? To know that you could never be "let go" from being a mom (unless you really are messed up and do something that is super bad) It may not help pay the bills, but what a blessing it is to be a mom.

So until the Lord's timing and our timing are the same and we are blessed with children, I guess I am back on the hunt for a job. I guess we will see what the Lord has in store for us this time! But if any of you know of any jobs that are available in Utah County or in Salt Lake...our course I would appreciate a shout out!

Bless UDOT...

One of the many things that we loved about our apartment when we first moved in was how convienent it was to I-15. And that it was on the west side of town where it was also not nearly as busy. Well that was before we knew there was going to be some serious construction!

This is what we listened to last night as we were going to bed...and this morning when we woke up!

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How lucky are we...

4th of July Weekend

So we had quite a fun 4th of July weekend! On Friday night we went out by Utah Lake with our friends the Youngs and the Whettens to shoot some guns and have a BBQ. Since we don't have a truck/SUV we had to park down at the bottom of the hill and have Russ take all of us and all of our stuff up in his truck. It took a couple of trips but we finally all got to the top!

Day light was burning real fast, so we decided to shoot first and then eat.

Brad and Russ getting the truck all unloaded

Me shooting Scotts 9mm. I love the look on Russ and Brads face! They thought that I was going to drop the gun! I dont do guns...

Buffy just watching everyone shooting, Shelly taking care of Chloe in the car and Russ

Scott watching Brad use Russ's assault rifle

I love Chloe in the picture! At least Shelly was taking care of her daughters ears!

Russ and Buffy Whetten

We did a bring your own meat BBQ and used our newer grill to cook it on! We absolutley love our grill! It is super portable and just like a real grill that you would have in your backyard!

Scott and I tried Brats for the first time ever that night! And they were delicious! If fact we liked them so much we bought more to have this weekend!

Then on Saturday we just did chores...I cleaned the house, as well as the Thursday night before, and finally got our apartment deep cleaned! We then had some friends over to watch Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Lightening Thief!

Sunday was normal, church and then just hanging out at home...

Then on Monday we went to Cracker Barrell for breakfast and it was of course DELICIOUS! Then we went on a lovely drive up the Mt. Nebo Loop that starts at the mouth of Payson Canyon and comes out up Nephi Canyon. It was lovely to spend all day with Scott with no TV, school, work, or anything else to distract us!

Then it was back to work! Not only did I like celebrating the birth of this amazing country we live, but also a nice day off work and time to spend with each other!