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We are open!!!! FINALLY!! (Breath. Sigh). Cody and I are done with the construction of our retail space and are finally making money instead of spending it daily at Lowes, Sam's Club, Home Depot, Ace Hardware, and Ben E. Keith.

If you can remember, our retail space was black and salmon when we first got it (refer to former post). We've changed around some cabinets and cosmetic walls. We've thrown tiles, love, and sweat into the project and here are the results:











And for the toppings:




Here are unimportant photos. You can see that the bathroom is the same color scheme as before. I like the color scheme, we were OVER the painting project, and so the bathroom is different from the rest of the store:





And for those of you interested - here are the PROCESS photos. They remind me of the mess!!!! that was our shop. The dust from all the wood cutting was unreal to clean. I could sneeze just writing about the dust!

AND I MUST GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO MR. CLINT ORVIN (Cody's brother), and MR. JERE ORVIN (Cody's dad) FOR ALL OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION WISDOM AND HELP!!!!!!!!!! They can be seen in some of these photos working. We could not have done this project ourselves without their help. Also, my friend Peter Baird did the logo. Talk about talented men!

Anyway, the photos:











The most satisfying thing about having our shop completed is getting asked the question, "Is this place a franchise?". I'm sure the question has something to do with our name, but I like to think that it also has something to do with the way the place looks. We pulled off looking professional, a real business, "legit" as they say it. And all of you out there that know me - you know I just love compliments - and this shop has afforded me many so far. YES!

My brother's big fat Mormon wedding....

My youngest brother Tanner got married on May 8th...just a day after his college graduation. Talk about crazy timing, and back-to-back major events, but it totally worked out for Tanner and Margot.

The bride and groom in all their glory.



The ceremony setting - SLC Temple. HELLO - the weather was perfect and the flowers were the nicest I've ever seen them!




The luncheon afterward was at the Lion House. I could not stop drooling over the rolls. I could live off those rolls and be completely happy.



The reception center was very beautiful as well. They had a wonderful garden patio and nice locations for everything: cake, sitting, buffet. Cody's parents and sisters came to the reception and it was fun to have them there.







And here are the bride and groom cutting the cake. I'm (warning: sarcasm) so pleased that I was able to get my flash in this picture. It works so hard for me all the time and never gets any of the glory. Stupid me should have known that the mirror would have poised a problem for my picture. Oh, well.


I really want to include Tanner and Margot's rehearsal dinner in this post, but I don't have time. It was at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in the Jade room and it was beautifully decorated. Here are two pictures for you to enjoy.


OK. One More.

Utah Family and Fun

After Alisal, Cody and I headed up to Utah to spend some time with his family. We love visiting Logan. The Cache Valley is so beautiful and the Orvins know how to have fun: food, games, food, games, food, games, and socializing.

Here are some pictures of us ice skating with Brody and Shaylee. Brody got to spend the night and skip school. He was dying to "DO SOMETHING" on his day playing hooky. So we went ice skating and out to eat.



It freakin' snowed in Logan when we arrived and when we left for SLC. WTF??!!!! We were there in May!!! I love the cold, wearing scarfs and all, but I didn't have any of my winter clothes considering it was like 85 degrees in Arkansas when we left. Thanks to Cody's mom, I had a Old Navy hoodie loaned to me for my entire Utah stay (and accidentally brought it back to AR with me - woops) Cody also sported his dad's flannel.

Cody is the best uncle in the world - to any child under the age of 5. He is a sucker for the toddler years. I pathetically get jealous of how adoring he is to his nieces. I know I'm not allowed to get jealous to the attention, compliments, cuddles, and adoration he showers on them, but do you think I could ever get Cody to indulge me like this? I promise you the answer is - not a chance in hell.


After a great stay, Cody and I headed to SLC for my youngest brother Tanner's graduation from the UofU and his wedding (wedding post to come). Tanner had a great graduation address from Ambassador Huntsman and Cody and I were very entertained with the sign language interpreters. I could go on and on about how hard simple sign language looks, but nobody cares.

During the closing remarks from the university president, Cody and I had the following exchange.

University Pres: "In this room are future leaders who will find cures for diseases, be leaders of nations, discover new planets, ..." (the usual stuff)
Cody: "Disoverers of new planets? In this room? I highly doubt that."
Robin: "I know. Probably not."
Cody: "Maybe at a BYU graduation though."
Robin: "Barf."

Here are some pictures of the graduate.