Susan Branch.

I should just say that this blog is all about Me "Melissa" since I am the only one who blogs on here. Because Bret is most definitely not obsessed with Susan Branch like I am. She has the most beautiful books ever! It is my goal to collect every single one. Why do I love her stuff? Because I feel like she is writing them just for me. She hand writes and paints all of them. They remind me of my grandma Davis with the country feel through out them. I always thought I would never like the country type decor and that I was more modern but I am slowly turning into my mother/aunts/grandmother.

Here are the 4 books that I have so far...

Baby Love, Girlfriends Forever, Vineyard Seasons, Autumn.

Here is one of her prints that I want to put in my guest bathroom one day! ;)

I was given Girlfriends Forever by a friend in high school and fell in love with it!

Busy Bees!

My new years resolution is to Blog more! Now that Bret is done with school for a little while I will have more time to blog, wink wink. Anyways a lot has happened since I last was on here. Bret always says that a blog is just to brag about what you have bought or done. So it's my goal to not dwell too much on material items and concentrate more on what is happening in our lives and hopefully some thoughtful insights too. But I can't help myself when something exciting happens and I need to tell someone! Ha Ha!

We are still living in our cute little townhome in WeJo "West Jordan". I love our little house. Right now it is decorated for Christmas and it is so fun.

I am at a new salon called Studio Salons where I have my own studio to work in. It is a little bit more money but totally worth it. I don't have to hear all the gossiping women and the negative nellies. I love being able to do whatever I want in my room. I am really going for more of a "spa" type feel.

Bret just finished another semester at SLCC and is deciding what to do next. Hopefully we can get through the college adventure.

Sophie and Stella are getting so Big and so Cute! I love those little stinkers.

Bret's sister Stephanie is living in New Zealand with her fiance and we can't wait to go see them one day. It is so pretty there!

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

2010

Me now...

Me then...

My life is running away from me! Ahhh! Come back! I can't believe that it is already January 28th 2010! Before I know it I will be an old lady!

Anyways...What has been going on? I am still working my life away at the salon. I feel really blessed that I like my job about 80% of the time. It makes me feel a little guilty since Bret feels the opposite about his. Bret is taking 1 class at SLCC, you heard me 1 class! Oh well I guess it's good to give him a break because this summer its Math time mister!

We are waiting to see if some trips this year are going to happen? Such as, Alaska Cruise and New Zealand.

OH OH! I finally got to my goal size 8! Wahoo! Now lets just see if I can stay there. We had family pictures taken this summer and that is the day I started the diet plan so I like to look at them to give me motivation. haha! I will have to get some new pictures of us up on here soon.

What's goin' on?

Well I haven't posted anything in a long time so I figured I might as well give a little update.

Bret has started school at Salt Lake Community College. He is taking 5 online classes which include;

1. Technical Writing (which is actually quite challenging)
2. Environmental Ethics (I am really enjoying this class, but it is a lot of work)
3. Lifetime Fitness (what a joke)
4. History since 1862 (boring)
5. Family Marriage (way easy to just b.s. your way through, so we like it :-)

He will be done with this semester Dec. 10th! Yay! It is hard to get back into the swing of things especially since he has had a 5 year break. But we are working hard. Next semester he will attempt his math class-ahhh-scary!

Lets see what else...Oh Bret just got his bright red cast off! He broke a joint in his thumb and had to wear a cast for 4 weeks. He got it off tuesday. But it sucks because he doesn't have full mobility of his hand now! Which means he can't palm a basketball:-) Hopefully all his gaming will loosen it up!

Now on to me. I am just working and helping Bretly with his school work. The main thing that I have been doing is... I lost 26 lbs! Crazy, I know! Well one of my clients came in to get her hair done and I noticed she had lost a lot of weight. So she told me that her aunt is a nutritionist in California and started her on the HCG diet. She was injecting her self daily. There was no way I was going to do that! But she told me that her dad was doing the same diet but with a Vitamin B-12 drops that had homeopathic HCG in it. So I decided to try it. I was sick of being overweight. So I started @ around 178 and now I am 152. I went from almost a size 18 to a loose size 10. I have 2 days to go til I am on the maintenance part, I can eat whatever really except no sugar and starch for 3 weeks. But I can have light cheese! YAY! Then I am going to do some classes at the rec. center such as YOGA (which I love and would recommend to everyone), pilates, step, water aerobics. I will let you know how it turns out. My goal is 140 and a size 8, but we will see. I just want to be healthy so whatever my body decides.

Anyways. Sorry so long! haha! Oh and we painted our bedroom, so this weekend we are going to get fabric for new curtains and for a homemade headboard! I will take pictures. Luv you all!

Bret and Missy

5 Year Anniversary!

Bret and I had our 5 year anniversary July 16th! Bret told me to try and get the day off, so I did. I thought we would just maybe go see a movie and relax at home? Boy was I wrong! He went all out!

First we went to Kirkhams and got me a new "squirt" pocket knife- way cool. Then we went to Pancake House and had Pineapple Pancakes and a California Omelet, so yummy! We then drove up to Park City and went on the Alpine Slide and then the most awesome ride ever... The ALPINE COASTER! You go so fast and you get to control the speed! I recommend everyone that is here in the summer to go on it! We then went shopping on Main Street.

Which brings us to where we spent the night... Stein Eriksen Lodge! It was the first 5 star hotel and restaurant in Utah. We stayed in a room(understatement) that had almost as much square feet as our whole house! Bret reserved a certain room that was on the corner of the hotel but they said that they had given the room away and that there was no way Bret could have specified which room he wanted over the phone. But Bret had specifically asked the reservationist if that was possible and she said "yes"! Bret was so mad you could just see it in his face. So they gave us the same room but in the middle. Right when we walked into out room we got a phone call. "Mr. Foust? We feel terrible and would like to give you an upgraded room?" Heck yes we will take it! This room was even bigger! Way over the top!Anyways we had alot of fun! We even had a hot tub on our balcony.

Later that night we went to the Glitretind Restaurant. It was there 5 star restaurant at the Lodge. Bret got filet something? And I got Halibut and Lobster. Also we had shrimp gazpacho and romaine salad for appetizers. Our desserts were awesome! Bret- blueberry crepe, Missy-12 layer chocolate cake. My cake had the monogram on the lodge in chocolate on top! Crazy!

Bret also surprised me with diamond earrings! He is such a stinker since I didn't really get him anything. Well he got a new gun and we were going to say thats what it was for. And my pocket knife was my gift. I did make Bret a slideshow of us for something small and so he could put it on his new I-Phone. The diamonds are gorgeous! Of course Bret has to get the best- no complaints here:) ha ha

So I guess I am in charge next year. Any ideas would be appreciated?

Hand Gun

We went to the gun show today and got Bret an awesome gun! He has done tons of research on what type of hand gun he wanted. And now he finally got it. It is a springfield XDM 9mm two tone. Lauras husband Bill has sent Bret tons of of stuff for it like a gun cleaning kit and ammo. I geuss it's hard to get ammo right now so if you can get it get while you can.