Happy Birthday Scotty!

This week is Scott's birthday, and as I am sitting here browsing the internet I came across a friends blog post about choosing moments that matter. It is a Mormon Message that you can see here

As I was thinking about the moments that matter most to me, all of them included my husband. I know that I brag about him all too often on this blog, but I am going to do it again!

There are so many things about Scott that I love. I love that he always gives me a kiss when I walk through the door. I love that he calls during the day just to say hi and check to see how my day is going. I love that when I am mad, he tries to make me laugh, I love that even though he knows he will dry one of my shirts on accident, he still does the laundry. I love that he likes to go to the grocery store with me. I love that he snuggles with me in the morning.

But more than anything, I love that he loves me and will love me no matter what happens. In the last 2 years that we have lived here in Provo we have been dealt our fair share of struggles, and however hard they have been or are, no matter what...I know that he is there for me, for us 110%. When I have my breakdown moments where I wonder why us, why cant something go our way...he always reminds me...at least one thing went your way...you got me!

I dont think I will ever be grateful enough for being able to be his wife! I truly feel like I am the luckiest girl on earth. So here's to you Scott and your birthday! I am so glad that 25 years ago (almost :) ) you came to earth! I love you to the moon and back and then some! Happy Birthday!

Grandpa's Funeral

So as I mentioned in my last post, my Grandpa Bob passed away on May 29, 2011. This was my last living grandparent so it was a sad sweet moment knowing that he was no longer bound by his old elderly body.

They funeral was very nice and had a very sweet spirit about it. The service itself was all abou Grandpas hard work ethic and his love for his family. It was very nice to see the Lovells and Childs that we have not see for many years.


Because Grandpa Bob was served in the military he had a traditional military burial. It was again a very sweet moment.





I am so grateful for loving grandparents, all of them! I am so grateful for all the lessons that Grandpa Bob taught me. One, that mr. goodbars are not found by tickling my side and two, I do not like the taste of beer! I am grateful for all that he did for our family and for raising a great woman that turned out to be the greatest mother ever! We will miss you grandpa!

Memorial Day Weekend

I know this is a little late, but we had a great memorial day weekend down in good ol' St. George. It was so fun just hanging out with my parents! We drove down Friday night and then bright and early Saturday we took dad's new toy out for some fun!


Thats right...my parents have a wave runner! It was awesome! I wish I would have brought my camera to get some good pictures, but I am sure there will be plenty of time in the near future! But there were many a good stories that came out of them! Apparently I lean to the left when I drive and my mom leans to the right...so we were good together but Scott was a little annoyed when I was driving with him! :) Also flags dont float...or at least the one that my parents have! Scott had to do some awesome swan dives to save it, but all in all it was a lot of fun!

Sunday was very relaxing, we just went to church... Side note...I love my parents ward, they are so welcoming all the time. very grateful for that! We got to play lots and lots of games, some select people got mad :) and all in all was a good time!

Monday was a little bittersweet. We got a call late sunday night that Grandpa, my mom's dad, had past away. So we helped planned some of the funeral...or should I say watch my parents help plan the funeral. But we still found time to go to 25 Main for breakfast and had some delicious omelets and play a little pickle ball. Here are some photos of the guys, cause lets be honest my mom and I kinda lost interest and we are not too good with our eye hand coordination!



It was a fabulous weekend spent with family! Cant wait to go again :)

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!