Auntie Ness

This cute little thing made us an aunt and uncle.  Bart has lots of nieces and nephews but Brecken is the first baby on the Craigo side. Of course, I think he is the cutest baby ever and I love, love, love him.

Brecken Wade Myrick

August 7, 2010

7 lbs 13 oz. 20 inches

Cute mom Cambria

Happy dad Kaile

Congrats you two!  I promise sometime I'll have kids so Brecken can have a cousin. xoxoxo

For Sale

We are selling our house! I am hoping that if you know anyone, who knows anyone, who knows anyone (got that?) who is looking to buy a house in our neighborhood that you might send them our way.  We love our house and we love our house projects but it is time to move on.  I attached some pictures because I don't think I have ever posted about the house.  Hope you enjoy.

California, Oregon and Washington

We went on a trip of a lifetime! Granted it was a road trip and we spent way too much time in the car but it was fun and definitely worth it. Bart and I have been saving for this adventure for 2 years and Bart did 90% of the planning-which is the hard part. We invited Adam and Julia along for the ride and surprisingly they said "yes", so the 4 of us started our adventure by driving through western Utah, Nevada and finally into California where we camped.

 Other than getting terribly lost finding the campsite and the 108 degree temperature in Redding California, the first day was uneventful.

 The next day we drove up through the Redwood forest.  Utah really is a dry desert compared to the trees, forests and moss in the Northwest.  Redwood trees are really quite pretty and I think they are my new favorite tree. 

We then drove up through Portland and back over to the coast, where we staid in Long Beach, WA for 3 days. 

While there, we saw some of the many lighthouses, walked on the beaches, visited Fort Clatsop where Lewis and Clark wintered, shopped in Seaside and watched kites fly at Cannon Beach.

 Just before the vacation, Bart finished reading Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose which is a terrific book that follows Lewis and Clark on their journey.  Bart thought it was great to be able to see so many places that he had just read about-it made Lewis and Clark much more real.

  The remainder of our trip was up at Discovery Bay in Northern WA on the sound.  We took a ferry across the sound to Victoria BC to sight see and eat fish and chips. 

This is the Parliament building.

Bart's favorite part of the trip was the ferry ride back to Port Angeles.  The water was really rough with white caps, so Bart decided to embrace the cold and wet by purposely standing where waves could get him... I huddled with the other passengers up top. 

 A scuba diver named Bruce did a sea life exhibit on the dock at Discovery Bay.  He had all sort of creatures-starfish and sunflower starfish and an octopus and crabs and clams.  At the end of his presentation he asked if anyone wanted lunch...I raised my hand so he gave me 2.5 crabs and he even pulled off some blue mussels for our appetizer...they were right off the dock.

Yum, yum, yummy but the crab legs were still twitching when we cleaned them!

 We were also able to meet up with Matt and Joanna (Bart's sister) and their 2 kids.  They took us up into the Olympic National Park and we did a little hike up on Hurricane Ridge. Beautiful scenery and we even saw a black bear.

I'm a shrimp in the Leeflang family. Everyone towers over my 5'6"- I'm on my tippy toes for this picture.

 Along with the sightseeing, eating, driving and sleeping, I also read 3 books. I would call this a successful vacation.

Birthday Boy

Notice the date on the board-07/03/10. I asked Bart what he wanted for his birthday and he replied, "I don't want to have to plan anything or have you ask me what I want." Thus I planned the entire weekend full of fun...or so I thought.

Happy birthday to Bartus, only 1 more year left in the 20's. In an attempt to help Bart not feel SO old I planned an adventure up at Snowbird (perfect temperature for Bart and in the mountains) where we road the alpine slide, the zip line, did a ropes course, jumped on the bungee trampoline (Bart did double back flips and front flips), rode a mechanical bull and slid down some ice fields-also known as GLISSADING. We ended up waiting in lines with lots of kids aged 5-14 which didn't help us feel any younger. Such is life.

If any of you are interested in going to snowbird there is a $10 off coupon for the unlimited pass that I found in the SL Tribune and I just saw more in a mailer that came to our house this week.

I loved riding the Peruvian ski lift-the wind and sound of water and the greenery was beautiful. Bart said that he felt like riding the ski lift up the mountain was cheating-since he grew up hiking to the tops of mountains but ultimately he was glad he didn't have to walk.

This picture is reminiscent of one that we took 7 years ago while dating. Wow, can't believe that I have known Bart for 12 years...we met when I was 15. Bart is fabulous and no one can say that he isn't kind or a hard worker.  I love him dearly and I'm glad I get to spend lots more birthdays with him.

Wedding Festivities

Colin and Katie got married 2 Fridays ago, June 18th, 2010.  The weather was marvelous and everything went according to plan...at least that's what I think. They got married in the SLC temple, had a luncheon at Rodizio, then a lovely garden reception, and finally they were off on their honeymoon on a Mexican Riviera cruise.

This is a picture of a picture..sorry about the poor quality.

The Craigo's. Aunt Kathy, Uncle Reid, Christie and my mom. We waited to take pictures on the stairs at the temple for 45 minutes!

This is the sign that was on the window, which you can't see in the photo below.

Trade imaging make the signs and vinyl lettering.  This was behind the head table.

I love wedding! I love everything about weddings and I've decided that in my next life I will be a wedding planner.  My parents allowed me to plan the wedding luncheon at Rodizio and I had a fabulous time making cake pops, dipping strawberries and creating a dessert buffet, buying black, white and red candy, as well as designing and creating vinyl window coverings, signs, pictures and place cards (which were my most favorite thing!) and gathering and hanging family wedding pictures-some dating back to the 1890's.

I found lots of inspiration from various blogs, magazines and pictures. I am very happy with how the luncheon turned out, the dessert buffet and I'm glad that Colin and Katie Bug liked it.

These are the place card/ guest gift.  I had them made out of clear 1/2 inch acrylic which was laser cut and then fired with a torch to smooth the edges.  Pretty awesome!!!!