Holy Moly...

Okay, this is going to be a long post. A lot of things have happened, and it's all been in the past few weeks. First, we went to Disneyland over Labor Day weekend with my fam... so much fun! Then, Brian's birthday was on the 10th. His birthday present was a new doggy! Her name is Asha and she is a yorkie, miniature schnauzer mix... a schnorkie! Then, on his actual birthday, both me and Brian got job offers! He is now a pharmacy tech at Target, right up the street, and I am a category supervisor at Victoria's Secret, right up the street! A lot of changes going on and here are the pics...

Disneyland:

We drove in a motor home with my fam, and while I enjoyed every minute of the chaos and wrestling, I'm pretty sure Brian was glad to get home to our quiet dungeon of a basement. We spent 4 days in Disneyland and one day on the beach. We layed out by the pool a lot and had a fun and relaxing vacation!

The fam minus my dad... we have no idea where he wandered off to for this picture

Sicily's birthday was on the 3rd so she got a special birthday pin...

And all of us got special celebrating pins!

Heck yes I am rockin those light-up ears! And no, Brian didn't want any :)

We even went to a "rave" and had a dance party!

Ahh the infamous churros... Brian spent a good 60% of his souvenir money on churros :) Oh, and yes, he is rockin' the Buzz shirt! I was pushing his buttons all day and he would say, "Buzz, Buzz, Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!" Then my little brothers started doing it... Brian just wore the shirt once :)

Before tower of terror...

And during tower of terror!

Me and Brian were packaged up, ready to be sold...

And Sicily became besties with Woody!

Yes, my sister is sexually harassing frozone... is that his name?

Brian got to play in the trivia thing... and won... a high five...

Don't worry Byan, I'll get you out of here!

Brian works with the tools...

While I cook dinner... yeah right!

And Sicily will just admire herself :)

At the beach I watched everyone build a sand castle... yes, watched :)

This is an exact sculpture of Raym's muscles!

Poor Randal go washed away before we could draw anything

Ha ha my dad looks so worked in this picture. He was a tired guy :) Thanks dad, for the great trip!

Brian Birthday:

For Brian's birthday, he got some clothes to go with his doggy. Then we both had to work... super lame. Then his dad took us to Magleby's which was absolutely amazing, and then we had a softball game, which we almost won... kinda :) Then we had friends over for his surprise poker ice cream cake, which by the way was delicious. Happy 25th birthday babe!

Meet Asha:

Here is our newest baby Asha. We got her the Wednesday before Brian's birthday, and didn't quite realize where Clarkston was, but let me just tell you we drove to almost Idaho! She's worth it though :) She was born on July 15th, and so far, she loves to play with her older sister Zoe and inhale her food without chewing it :)

Zoe is adjusting, she loved her at first, then got a little annoyed when she realized that Asha was staying overnight. Slowly she is getting used to her, but she still gets a little sad look on her face when Brian or I cuddle with her, and she isn't quite sure how to play with her yet... one swipe and Asha's down.

I think Asha looks just like Zoe did when she was a puppy!

Above: Zoe Below: Asha

So there is our update... and I'm out.

Byan Gots a Job!!!

Halle-freakin-lujah!!! My Brian will be starting on Monday at his new job as a pharmacy technician for MedSource Rx! I am so proud of him. He's been studying his little buns off and now he's gonna be working his little buns off too! Way to go babe!

10k at 10k

Oh my man, kill me now! Today I ran the 10k at 10k with my dad and stepmom. This race was up in Fairview Canyon, it was a 10k at 10,000 feet elevation. I just ran a freaking marathon so naturally I thought running a little over 6 miles would be piece of cake... WRONG. The first 2 miles are straight up hill, I'm not exaggerating. No flat or downhill road for freaking 2 miles. Not to mention the altitude kicked my trash and I could not breathe one bit. Yuck. I was light headed and my quads were burning the entire race.

Right before the race... look how happy I am

Michelle is freaking wonder woman and had no problem with this stupid race. Look how energetic she is

And here I come... definitely about to die

And the after picture... Blegh

For some reason I'm excited to do it next year. Maybe it's the fact that the stupid 10k beat me, I don't know. But next year, I WILL conquer that race.

Goodbye, Charlotte

Thursday will be bitter sweet. It's my last day at the Russe and I am going to miss it like crazy. I received a job offer with Vanity and couldn't pass up the chance to have my own store again. What I'm going to miss most is working with these girls. We've had so many long nights and crazy times!

Top Row: Tesche, Nancy, Jessi, Christina, Kandace, Claire, Crystal, Sam, Nikki

Bottom Row: Jessica, Jana, Bre, Andrea

Happy 4th of July Weekend!!!

What a weekend! Of course Utah doesn't completely celebrate the 4th on Sunday so instead we got a whole weekend of fun!

Friday Night: Drive-In with Cody and Krista... saw Knight and Day and somehow managed to convince the guys to see Eclipse too!

Saturday Night: Brian barbecued then we met up with Cody, Krista, Brett, and Hope for the Pleasant Grove fireworks and then some of our own!

Sunday: Amazing day at church, played games with Brian's family then dinner, a movie, and fireworks at my family's house!

I am so grateful to live in this country and I am proud to be an American!!!

Our little family at the PG fireworks

Brett, Cody, and Brian... don't give either of these guys a roman candle or a bottle rocket!!!

Hope, Bre, and Krista

Zoe and Scout weren't so sure about those fireworks

How many Bennett's does it take to light a firework? :)

Of course we took Zoe with us everywhere so she was beat at the end of every night. Here she is trying to look at me but she can't quite keep her eyes open :)

Runnin' With My Daddy!!!

I did it! I completed my second marathon... only 5 hours and 12 minutes! Ha ha not the greatest but I beat my last time by 18 minutes so I'll take it :) Brian told me he would give me $1000 if I kept up with my dad the whole time so I did... but all I got was breakfast. Don't worry, I won't forget about that next time I want to buy something :) It was fun running with my daddy until about mile 14 when I started to slow down and he was just like, "Get up here, you're lagging behind!" I was so tired but didn't get any sympathy from him, it was a great bonding experience though! Thanks to everyone who came to support, it was so fun having everyone there at the finish line!!!





Ha ha this picture pretty much sums up our personalities ;)