Draper Temple

Sunday afternoon we all decided to get out of the house and go for a drive up to the Draper Temple! We took a little different route on our way there and saw so many gorgeous homes with the most amazing views! Wow, Utah seems to have so many nice homes! I want one!!! Anyways, this temple truly is magnificant! It looks out over the entire Salt Lake Valley and at night the views are spectacular! When we eventually move back to Colorado, I'm going to miss having so many beautiful temples so close! 

Grant helping little Miss Macie and Halli with their umbrellas!

Tyson, Me, and My Parents! 

The "Gilleland Boys" (and Macie!)

Supercross SLC

My family made the long trek to Utah to both attend two very exciting events, this supercross race and to celebrate my graduation.  We were afraid we were going to get rained out, cold and miserable so we all came prepared with our jackets, ponchos, blankets, and umbrellas! However we were not allowed to enter with our umbrellas so we ended up hiding them in some nearby trees and surprisingly enough they were still there when the races were over!

We all agreed this race was by far the best one all year! Reed and Stewart were so close! They were passing one another throughout the entire final race.  In the end, Reed was intentionally slowed down by a teammate of Stewart and Stewart pulled away too far for Reed to ever catch back up! We were all a little sad about that as we were all cheering for Reed.  It was still a very exciting race and we were all on our feet the entire time! Tyson just about fell down the stairs at one point he got so excited!  Nevertheless, we all had a great time freezing in the Utah stadium!

Chad Reed Interviewing before the big race!

Brittany, Durant, and Nic

Chad Reed (#1) getting ready for the big race!

Durant was a trooper! It was pretty cold, but as long as he was getting fed cotton candy, starbursts or any other form of sugar he was happy.  Here grandma just gave him a big piece of cotton candy to suck on.

Stewart came out on top...we were all a little upset about that!

Last Day of School Forever!!!

Who would have thought that the last day of school would be so hard! Of course, we had a huge party including all sorts of delicious food, dancing, laughing, and promises that we will still get together and stay in touch over the summer and over the years! And I hope we do! But the hardest part about moving from one stage of life to another is the good-byes! Every phase of my life has brought so many priceless memories.  My two years at UCDH will definitely hold some of my fondest memories! I was lucky to have a class of 54 girls that all got along! That is pretty amazing in and of itself considering the fact that girls seem to have a bad rep for drama! I was able to get to know most every girl very well as we were assigned seating charts and clinic groups that rotated over the two years.  Each girl had something amazing about them! I am so grateful to have such an amazing class filled with so many wonderful friends! Thanks class of 2009 for beings so fantastic! I will miss you!!!  

Burning of the Blues!

So for the past two years, we have all been going to school day in and day out wearing the same blue scrubs! In many ways it made it easier to get ready in the morning as I didn't have to think about what I was going to wear! But in many ways, wearing the same thing for two years straight can get a little boring to say the least! It was final, the scrubs had to go! Buring of the Blues was organized and one by one we sent the "blues" up in flames!