Yippy! Trev and I head out on a mini-vacay on Thursday. We have been looking forward to a quick getaway to the sunshine and sin of the city. We’ll soak up some rays for everyone and throw a few back for you too. 
Pictures and videos to come–have a great rest of the week!
This weekend Trevor and my Dad started building our patio cover. I have to tell you I am so super excited to have one! We started building it Saturday (and by “we” I mean my Dad and Trev) and put up all the beams, posts, and cover. Then today we (and this time I helped) painted the trim, added the Z-metal and the siding to dress up the beam. Now all that is left is to add the shingles tomorrow night and then paint the rest of it over the weekend. Looking forward to enjoying it this summer!
Yippy! The girls and I enjoyed our first of many lunches outdoors on the patio of downtown Boise. Today we hit up the Casbah and enjoyed a spread of Mediterranean food and the lovely sunshine of the patio.
Today we celebrated my little sister’s 26th birthday—horray! But boy do I feel old, 30 is creeping up on me faster than I realized. Although Bridgette’s BD isn’t until Thursday we celebrated early since her and Drake will be headed to see Cody on her actual birthday. We are all so excited that they get to meet up in Dallas and spend some time together.
After dinner we went back to The Rutz household for dessert and presents…my favorite part.
And then at Drake’s urging we went outside and played on the slide and threw the ball for Alexa. Drake’s most FAVORITE thing to do is be outside now, so he is always eager to take advantage of the sunshine and fun when he can.
Happy, happy birthday my dear sister—we love you!
Today was absolutely beautiful—and a perfect day to finally stain our fence. We have been putting it off for some time now, so today we finally bit the bullet and stained away. Talk about a huge task though, good thing Chloe was there to help out.
We forgot to take a final pic, but I am so happy with how it turned out! Our fence looks better then brand new, yay!
To top off the evening we decided to take a bike ride. It started out great, but about 20 mintues into it and all the way down in Eagle my poor front tire decided to be flat..boo. So I ended up walking my bike home as Trev did circles around me on his way cooler bike. Flat tire and all though, we chalked today up to a great day outdoors!
Bridgette and I have had a long time love for Britney Spears. We stuck with her through the awful episodes of 2007-2008 and I am so glad we did. Our girl is back!!
We flew down to SLC Tuesday to catch her Circus Tour. What a killer concert! Before and in between sets there were uber talented circus performers and then the whole production of her show was incredible. We had the time of our lives! Even the opening act of the PCD was super entertaining.
Before the concert we were able to squeeze in dinner at Bambara. It was beyond delicious and our server was excellent. I highly recommend you check this place out if you are in SLC, it is located in The Hotel Monaco.
This Easter was filled with lots of family time and fun. We spent Easter in Ontario, Fruitland, Nampa and Boise and loved every minute of it. We picked up Trevor’s grandparents this morning and took them out to Ontario for church with the Caster clan and then we went to Larissa and Allen’s in Fruitland for a huge brunch. We are still stuffed!
Then it was back to Boise to spend some time with my family at my Grandparent’s house. It was a lot of fun to see my cousins and their little ones too. The kids had a great time hunting eggs while we were there.
We are very blessed to have such wonderful family in our lives. Thank you all for a memorable Easter!
Today is Tanner’s 7th birthday! I cannot believe how big and grown up he is getting. We started the day off with his soccer game. His team won, yay! Then it was off to Payette for pizza and arcade games with his friends and fam.
We all had a blast (adults included) in the arcade. Allen schooled us at pool and Trev ran the air hockey table. I on the other hand only succeeded in beating Trev at hoops (again).
Happy, happy birthday Tanner!
