LOL

LOL is Laugh out Loud or an improv comedy club at BYU. They are pretty good because they aren't just funny; they are clean funny so it's nice for the entire family to attend. Since my family was in town for the wedding and my dAd loves to do anything BYU related, we went to the LOL show on campus. Everyone in my family was pretty impressed with the comedy. Even the grumpy teenagers (my siblings) had quite a few laughs...hahahahaha.

The comedians did a great job, but the best part was the small child who sat behind us. He must have been between 18 months and 2 years old and he could hold a beat real well. He was soooo cute because his parents could not get him to sit in a chair or in their laps. He had to be standing in the aisle (of 151 Tanner Bldg.) and dancing his little heart out. He loved to imitate anyone else dancing and held the audience's attention for nearly 5 minutes. Even if their isn't a cute kid at future LOL shows they are definitely worth attending...fairly cheap too! I would recommend this activity for anyone who wants a good laugh.

FaMilY!!

On Friday, June 27th my brother got married! (3rd wedding in a year for the Galeria Family- yikees, but awesome!) It was a wonderful morning for the sealing in the Salt Lake Temple. His wife looked so pretty and the couple radiated happiness. Love is bliss! We are so excited to have another member in our family. She is so sweet and kind. Nice job Robby! After the sealing we took some pictures in front of the temple. Now everyone, there is a very odd looking picture of me because of my nose. I do not know what happened to it, but I came home from Girls Camp the day before the wedding and looked in the mirror to find my surprise. (I will save that story for another post.) Anyways, please look past my nose because it looks horrid:(. The colors were bright orange, yellow and pink. Her bouquet looked gorgeous. It was a very pretty summer wedding! The next day we drove up to Burley, Idaho for the reception. The centerpieces were my little brother Craig's favorite part. He really enjoyed taking pictures of the tiny goldfishies and flowers. Enjoy the slideshow...

Mountain Biking and Smoothies!

Yesterday, I made Brandon wake up semi-early and come on a 7-mile run with me. He rode his bike while I ran. The weather was gorgeous. On our last mile it was getting pretty hot. We were both thinking how wonderful a smoothie sounded. I thought of all the ingredients in our freezer that we could throw into this ultrasmoothfruitdrink to make it mouthwatering. Who ever knew that Popsicles make a great replacement for ice in a smoothie.
Here was our ingredients as follows:
2 large scoops of vanilla ice cream
4-5 Popsicles (whatever flavor you want your smoothie to be)
1/2 cup frozen red raspberries (you can put whatever frozen fruit you want)
2 1/2 cups citrus punch
Doesn't it look divine? Anyways, we both downed our smoothies and then got ready to go mountain biking. It is quite the process to get the bike rack onto the car and then tie down both bikes so nothing wiggles or bounces off. Once we knew everything was secure we headed for Maple Mountain. Thanks Angel for sharing the information. We rode on the trail for about 1 mile and then started heading up the hill. At this point, we started hearing gun shots. Oh crap! Who in the world is shooting guns and where are they?!?! I certainly do not want us to be in the line of their fire. Especially since I am going to assume they are VERY POOR MARKSMEN. I am glad that Brandon is as smart as I am and we decided to turn back and ride a different trail.
So, we loaded up the bikes again and got out the GPS. These things are really handy. We followed the map to Three Forks Trailhead up Spanish Fork Canyon. We had a hard ride all up hill to the hot pots but it was worth it. We got some great pictures and had a really fun time out on the dirt. Mountain biking is hard but we really enjoy it. I won't tell you all how many times I had to get off the bike and walk it up the hill. The worst part is when you have a lot of momentum and you are on your way to the top of the hill until you come across an enormous rock dead center in the trail. The funny thing is my front wheel is just drawn to these big rocks, but that tire can never make it over. That is when you either fall or just get off the bike and walk until it becomes flat again!

Red Rock Country

I love going to Moab. Red rock country is so fun. We took a little weekend trip right after Brandon's school ended and before my school started to go hiking. We would have gone rock climbing and bike riding but my cold kind of ruined the trip. Sorry Brandon. Next time for sure we will be adventurous. We mostly hiked around in Arches National Park. There are some other great places along the Colorado river to explore but we didn't catch any photos of those.

Here is Brandon doing what he loves...jumping and hopping off rocks:
This is us with the beautiful background:Smile big for this picture:Brandon really wanted to take a picture of me being in an arch and then in an arch again. It's an arch in an arch:This is the cool slick rock that you have to hike up:Last but not least, the classic arch picture:

Like Gourmet...

The other night Brandon and I went out on a limb and tried mango salsa salmon. We were very surprised with the way it turned out and it looked oh so gourmet so we thought we would take a picture and enter it into a cookbook or magazine. Just Kidding. Actually, we or rather I just wanted to blog it.

Anyways, Brandon is not much a fan of salmon and I have been trying to come up with clever ways to make the salmon taste yummier so he can enjoy the healthy meal. Well, I thought we should try the mango salsa salmon. So we went to Costco in search of the big tub of mango salsa. We looked and looked and looked around that huge warehouse and had no luck. As usual, when you finally get up the nerve to buy the bulk form of Costco product they don't have it anymore. I had already pulled out the salmon to defrost so there was no turning back now. My sister assured me that homemade mango salsa was not that hard. I still didn't want to go there. I kept up a determined search to find mango salsa. Well, did you know that mango salsa does not exist in the grocery store. After quite a bit of searching and having no luck buying already prepared mango salsa we decided to make our very own homemade. It turned out delicious and guess what, it wasn't even really that hard. Easier than trying to track down the already prepared kind from the store, anyway. Plus, homemade probably tastes a whole lot better. Brandon did enjoy the meal even though it was salmon. So it looks like homemade mango salsa did the trick!

Two Thumbs Up!!

Forever Strong is a must see! Last night, I took the Beehive Class to see the sneak peak at the Scera Theater. The producer is from Utah County and they are really trying to build the publicity for this movie. It will hit theaters in September 2008. (Kind of a bummer that we have to wait that long...it will be worth it though. This film is fabulous.)

Forever Strong is about a troubled teen who loves to play Rugby and has to learn some of life's most valuable lessons the hard way. If you liked Remember the Titans even just a little bit, then you will love this movie. It is inspiring and motivating! I have always loved the inspirational sports films; I really think they are classics:). Anyways, when I first realized what we were watching I was very skeptical. I honestly thought, oh boy, another one of these movies. I was very wrong. Forever Strong is a quality, entertaining, and touching movie. The acting is not cheesy and there are no dumb scenes. Plus, it is family friendly which is always a bonus!

Another interesting thing is that the church is not mentioned at all during the movie, however, you can still kind of get a feel that the characters were members of the church. It is all about an individual's countenance. For more information on this click here. This movie has my two thumbs up!! I recommend it to everyone. Being the cheap person I am, I even recommend watching it in the real theaters and paying the outrageous price. For more information on Forever Strong click here.

My Sweet Husband is soooo CUTE!

I came down with this really nasty sore throat on my birthday. By the next day it was a full blown cold. We went to Moab anyways to celebrate school ending (for Brandon) and my birthday. Red rock country was a blast despite being sick. Since our weekend getaway, I have either worked or had school everyday. Plus, girls camp is around the corner so I have been having to hit that strong as well. Being this on the go hasn't really let me get any better from the nasty cold that still lingers. Last night I went to bed early for work and suddenly woke up at 1AM with a hacking hacking cough. I couldn't get it to stop with anything and it was getting so bad that I almost threw up. Well, my sweet husband rushes to my rescue. He insists on going to the store to buy me some cough medicine and cough drops so I can get through the night. He even suggests that I call in sick to work, however, I informed him that it was too late and I was just gonna have to tough it. So in the middle of the night, my bestest friend in the whole wide world drove to rite aid and bought me some medicine. I took some and slept soundly the rest of the night. The best part is that he even washed out the teaspoon cup and provided me with water to help get the icky taste out of my mouth. The next day I was fairly good at work because every hour I sucked on one of the cough drops he got me. Brandon, you are the greatest and the most handsome nurse by far!