Monday, May 18, 2009

Texas & STAR TREK!


So with Jaren's buddy Chase in town we have done a lot this last week. Since his is living in California and only gets out here every couple of months we thoroughly take advantage of his visits. One of the nights we went out to Texas Roadhouse and then went to the new Star Trek movie, which by the way was really good. We had tons of fun...

Mac - Laura - Chase - Jaren - Aubrey



Laura & Aubrey





Cleaning...shooting...and just plain redneckedness...

So two weekends ago Jaren and his buddies decided to do this service project that they have been planning on doing for a long time. The gravel pit where we go shooting has become a dump pit for the lazy people of Tooele County who take junk out there to shoot and then leave it there. There was everything from car windshields, to rubbermaid containers, boxes, pallets, dishwashers, etc. It was awful. So in an effort to keep it from getting closed we decided to give it a little face lift. Now I know this should be the other way, but I have a hard time uploading pictures onto here in the right order.

After




Before



After we did the dirty work we decided to have a little fun and do some shooting. Here are a couple of pictures of Jaren and I shooting his AR-15, his baby. This is Jaren's favorite gun.














After the shooting and everything we ended the day with a big bon-fire to burn a lot of the stuff that was burnable...and to roast marshmallows and such.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

So for those of you who are from Grantsville you know how big Prom is. It is the event of the Spring in Grantsville. And the talk of the high school all spring is who is going with who, who is promenading with who, etc. Well the hunt has started earlier today. Prom 2009 hasn't even been over for a month and the girls of the class of 2011 are already on a man hunt. It's a race to ask somebody so you get somebody good before they're all gone.

So about two weeks ago my little brother Josh got asked to Promenade and he has been harassing me to figure out how to answer her, (because of course you have to do something cutesy) and so today when he was in Salt Lake we finally did it.

So here it is...

Part One: Answer her to say YES he would promenade with her.


Part Two: To kill two birds with one stone, Ask her to Prom as well.

Bag #1 Flowers $20.00 Inside is a "corsage" I made out of fake flowers.
Bag #2 Pictures $30.00 Inside the bag is a disposable camera.


Bag # 3 Hot Wheels $100.00 Inside is a hot wheels car.


Bag #4 The big question!



Inside the last one is a picture of Josh giving two thumbs up with a sign that says "Priceless."
This totally reminded me of being in High School, and oh do I not miss it. :)



Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Well...apparently its still Christmas.

I obviously am not doing too well at this blog stuff. It's still Christmas here on our blog, even though in the real world it is really almost May. Things are still going great with Jaren and I. We have had a great spring. We got to go to Disneyland with the Bracken's for spring break. It is also almost the end of the semester, which is great for me! I am ready for a break! We've gone to Jazz games, played in Mesquite, I've become obsessed with this season of Dancing with the Stars, just lots of exciting (not so much) things in our world!

Friday, December 19, 2008

Me and this blog thing...not great friends...

So I must admit that I am not very good about updating this blog. By the time I get home from work the last thing I want to do is spend more time on the computer. But over the break I am going to try to catch up...

So what's been going on with the Bracken's you might ask...well alot, we've celebrated our first anniversary, been to jazz games, finished another semester of school, sent out missionaries, gone on road trips...so much to talk about and so little time.

One thing we did recently was we went to an autograph session with Kyle Korver after a Jazz game. The deal was you had to bring a child's coat to donate and then you got to get his autograph. So we did. It was tons of fun, the game was good...and we got to see Kyle, which if some of you don't know, he is gorgeous!! Anywho...my loving husband bought the tickets for our anniversary, and sat through the whole thing with me and his sisters. He's such a trooper!!






Isn't he just gorgeous!!!!
Yeah...that's Kyle, signing my shirt!!!


Jaren only wishes he could dunk!!!

Melissa, Leslie & I sporting our true colors!!!



Jaren & I at the game...



Sunday, October 26, 2008

2 Weeks and Counting...

I have been an awful blogger. I don't spend any time doing it, but I keep telling myself I am going to be better. But I just wanted to make a special little note here...in exactly two weeks from today Jaren and I will have been married for 1 year. CRAZY!!! I know. It is hard to believe that a year has already flown by. It has been wonderful...and we look forward to many years to come!!!

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Random Pictures




























Jaren and I have had quite the year. Its crazy to think that it has been one month shy of a year. We have grown together and learned to love each other more and more each day. We have been on tons of adventures. We went to Nevada on vacation for my grandparents missionary farewell, visiting Lake Tahoe, Virginia City, and other interesting sites. This summer we bought season passes to Lagoon, which we thoroughly enjoyed. We "babysat" my little brother while my parents went to Arizona. It has been quite the year. We have made tons of memories and look forward to making even more!!