duck, duck....

I forgot I had taken this picture. We have the cutest pair of ducks that wonder our neighborhood. We will see them sitting in little puddles or crossing the street. They were in our front yard one day and we opened the front door and sat on the porch for a minute and feed these two. They were so cute and I instantly chided Loren for duck hunting, I just can't think about it. In my mind they catch them, pet them and let them fly away, it's better that I am delusional about this one.

breath of fresh air...

I was walking out of work for a lunch break yesterday and had to stop for a minute because the air smelled so nice. The peonies (one of my favorite flowers) had just opened and one of the rose bushes had just bloomed, everything was green and the temperature was perfect and I felt totally content with the world. I love those moments, and it seems like I get more of them in the summer :)

I know you've all been holding your breath...

I'm finally coming back from my blogging hiatus.  We've been to St. George twice since I last posted and it's now Spring instead of Winter.  Maybe that's what I needed, some sunshine.

Our first stop to sunny St. George was with our friends Tad and Emily and Brad and Courtney.  We had the chance to have a FREE hot air balloon ride...how could we resist.

filling up our balloon


getting ready for take off






these cows were pretty confused by us

Our second trip down was with our friends the Hacketts. We hiked around for most of a day in Zion National Park and enjoyed the sun by the pool. I was a perfect weekend spent relaxing with good friends!




scenery on the way to the Emerald Pools


Kim, Van, Zack, and Loren




Van checking out the water

The beach and a book...

I could use some of this right about now

New Year, new post

I'm going through a "blogging feels like a chore" phase.  However, I have been busy since my last post. 

We went up to Idaho for Thanksgiving and stayed for four and a half days (longer than our usual weekend).

Christmastime at Busath is pretty crazy, it was nice to be so busy, but also nice to have a break afterwards.  

We survived the holidays, I had most of our Christmas shopping done by November (that has never happened).  Loren made it through 2 surgeries in one week at the beginning of December (they were both planned, nothing life threatening), and has been recovering for the last month.  He just started physical therapy for his shoulder surgery last week and is antsy to get working again.  Neither of us are really homebodies, so it has been a little rough for him not being busy.  He has also been studying to take the last portion of the test to get his Contractors License at the end of the week.  

We spent a lot of time with Loren's family while his brother Parker and his wife Amorette were in town for Christmas.  This last week brought a lot of time with friends and members of my family staying with us for four nights.  

My brother Justin just got engaged and will be getting married in May.

Needless to say, we have been truly blessed this year and continue to count our blessings, like my Grandpa used to say, "we're worse than some, but better than most."  We are so lucky to have such great family and friends and hope you all have a great New Year!!

Sneak Peek

Here are a couple of pictures we had taken today.
One of the advantages of working at Busath Photography is being surrounded with awesome photography talent. A good friend and photographer at the studo, Miyo, took these for us today and I am loving them.
Thanks Miyo!!!

Fill 'er up

I never thought I would see this happen again, below $2!! I know it won't last, but I will enjoy it while I can. (The day after I took this it had gone down another 2 cents)