Congratulations Scott!

Thank you so much for all of your hard work.

Thank you for seeing the big picture and not losing sight of

the goals you have set for yourself.

I'm so proud of you and I love you so much.

Taking a Hike

This weather has me on the fritz to be outside!

Our schedule at work has changed a little bit so I have Wednesdays off for a few months.

Here is a little glimpse at my recent Hiking adventures.

This is from today, we hiked the Paralta Trail.

We hiked Flat Iron a couple of weeks ago.

This is a picture of the final destination we were hiking to.

You could say I was living life on the edge.

Literally though,,

These are my stubby little legs dangeling off the edge. :

Me and Auntie Em just taking a breather.

Top of Flat Iron with the friends.

Check that view yo!

This was Somewhere along the Salt River. Scott and I just drove out on Bush Highway and spotted some trails to try. It was a tough one though because on the way back we thought we were on the same trail but we ended up mountain manning it through the brush. Plus Scott's strides are Triple what mine are so I was pretty much jogging behind him through the weeds. It probably would have been very funny to see. I'm glad it was just the two of us.

The End!

Lost,

1. This week on Lost, I am so happy to have a major question of mine answered about the "voices". I was shocked because they claimed to answer alot of questions on this last season but seem to only be creating more.

2. WHATTHECUTTHA was Lurking on Libby's front tooth ? Did anyone else catch it? It was just for a brief second when she was talking to Hugo on the beach?

Well in case you missed it......

I love DVR.

Ok, When I was getting married, I thought I would be graduating to an easier last name. You see, Ervien had that i e in there together that I guess threw people off. In fact, some people even felt the need to add a G on the end. Makes sense right?

Not really but...

I never thought that Clouse would be 10 times worse, but it is. Nobody in the history of my marriage has ever spelled it right, (besides family members). It's ok. I've come to accept it. And the jokes about being Shelbie Clause are down right hilarious every single time.

Welp. This is the best one yet. I love it. and it makes me laugh everytime I see it. This is the reciept Scott got home with after going and picking up the pizza at Barro's.

Every Morning on my way to work, I eat a Cup of cereal. Today I had Special K with Red

Berries. Well, after I had been at work for about 2-3 hours, I needed to use the restroom. While glancing around,

This catches my eye:

If you look closely, you will see that it is a whole cornflake thing from my cereal that morning. But the funny thing is, is that my scrub top completely covers that part of my pants. I have no idea how it climbed up there, and stayed.

I got quite the laugh out my little friend all day long. (It doesn't take much to amuse me)

I showed everyone at work. They loved it.

It was stuck on there pretty good so I left it there all day to show Scott when I got home.

Just one whole cornflake. Not a little crumb,

one lonely piece.

Last week my Boss went to Hawaii. Boss leaving town = Me not having to work. So sad I know. Not Really. I love manditory time off work. What made the week even better was that I got to enjoy the rain. It was so nice to get to be at home during the day in my warm Comfy clothes , just doin whatever I wanted. When your at work all day, you don't get to see the rain, or enjoy it. You just have to drive in it, get wet enough to be annoyed, then glance out a window every now and then and wonder if its still raining. I loved the rain. plus,,, Rain here = 10 ft of snow at Sunrise!!! Whoot! Whooot!

I had a very pleasant week.

It consisted of Lots of painting,

multiple trips to Home Depot,

Watching American Idol auditions,

Lots of Begging Scott to help me put the hardware on my hutch,

Lost,

Learning how to use the nailgun,

Spending a whole day decorating cupcakes which was really addicting.

continuing Vampire Diaries and project Runway after driving through a Hurricane,

More begging Scott to help me put hardware on my hutch,

More Lost,

Smashing my pinky under a can at the Cannery and playin it off like it didn't want to throw the can across the room,

Standing there for a full hour trying to decide on what shade of paint to do my kitchen in. (not kidding a full hour. pathetic I know)

Making a very nice dinner 2 of the nights,

Getting Scott to help me put the hardware on my hutch! whoo hoo!!

Painting my kitchen, (no pictures yet)

Finishing my Hutch, (see it Here)

Hanging out with Friends and playing games,

Sleeping in on Sunday before church at 1 :30 which I absolutely Love! you heard me. I love the 1:30 time slot. Plus I had to enjoy my last day off.

For the first time after a long break, I didn't completely dread going back to work. I felt very very rewarded by the week I had. It seemed very long so I am grateful. I feel like I got to accomplish alot and relax. I had a wonderful week. :)

Two weeks ago Scott and I loaded up and went to Utah for a long weekend. We went Snowboarding at Brighton on Friday, then we went to Solitude on Saturday. It was alot of fun. The mountains were so pretty all covered in snow. We stayed with my grandparents in Provo and it was nice to get to visit with them. I enjoyed the really cold weather up there. It felt so Christmas-y there because of all the snow and the Christmas lights. It was a nice little Vacation.

Shooting with the Fam,

Friday after Thanksgiving.

Its December already?!

Well we just finished watching A Christmas Story for the first time this month.

I don't think there's any better way to start off the season.

This is one of my favorite pumpkins I have ever seen. I just think it is so Clever and funny. I wish I could say it is mine.

Happy Halloween!

This has been a fun weekend so far. Friday night Scott and I went and ate at Waldo's. Yes. We did have a skookie.

Then we went and saw "The Invention of Lying" (Lame!) Don't waste your time. The main character is funny but other than that, kinda boring. Scott fell asleep about 20 minutes into it.

This morning, Emily, Jess, Lori, Alyse and I went to the flea market. I'll just say that it Rocked. We havn't gotten together in a while so it was alot of fun. shoulda taken pics! Click here to see what prizes I found there!

Then I came home and started workin on a few little projects. It was a nice Saturday :)

Our Happy 3rd Anniversary!

Dear Scott,

Thank you for being my friend.

Thank you for making me laugh.

Thank you for being so dumb.

Thank you for playing Settlers with me even though you pretend you don't want to.

Thank you for entertaining me every single second we're together.

Thank you for being easily amused, so you can laugh at me.

Thank you for letting me embarrass you in blockbuster Every Single time we're there.

Thank you for having the same sense of humor as me.

Thank you for dancing. I don't know how you move like you do.

Thank you for liking cereal as much as me

Thank you for being so smart.

Thank you for taking care of our little family.

Thank you for working so hard at school.

Thank you for letting me choose Costa Vida every other time we go out to eat.

Thank you for memorizing the Free Credit Report.com Songs with me.

Thank you for laughing with me.

Thank you for putting up with me.

Thank you for loving me.

Thank you for choosing me.

Thank you for the past 3 years.

Thank you for calling me Shelly. (not really, that's annoying)

Thank you for being you.

Thank you for taking me to do fun things.

I love you more than you know.

This is why I love you

(this is a small sample of my card today.. if you can read it)

Scott and I have tried to stay busy. I am still working full time. I finally have started school. I am doing the interior design program at Mcc. I have absolutely Loved my first class which is Drafting. I feel like some of the basic things I have really been wanting to learn, we have touched base on in my class. I'm glad that is the one I started with. I'm also taking an online english class but thats not that intersting. I'm not a fan of online classes. They are way annoying but oh well.

Scott is doing good. Him and his friend Ty have their own landscaping business. It works out really good with his school schedule. He is able to take a full schedule. He is really excited to be getting closer to finishing. He's hoping he will be done in May, so less than a year!

Summertime

Scott had a break from school so we went to the most magical place on earth! we spent 2 full days at Disneyland! We had so much fun. We found a great deal on tickets on craigslist! (There's nothing that man doesn't have on that list of his.) So we drove to Anaheim on Wed. after work and checked in to our hotel. It was right down the road so Thurs. morning we hopped on the bus that took us to the Magical Kingdom. It was perfect weather! We went to a few rides in Disneyland, then went to California Adventure for a few hours which I'd never been to. Let me just say that the Hollywood Hotel- Tower of Terror ROCKS! It was probably my favorite. It was so nice knowing we had another whole day the next day! We never had to rush, we just took our time enjoying every part of the day. We explored every nook and cranny of that park! Did everyone know you can go in the castle?! well i didnt! until then. Scotts friend Ty said there is a hotel room inside of it somewhere. of course there is! Thats the beauty of Disneyland. They can do whatever they want! We stayed there the first day until it closed. The next day we were back! bright and early! Ready for round two! We got so lucky. Since we had fast passes, we never had to wait in line. Or we would go in the single's line and end up getting to sit by each other. We went on almost every single ride, or exhibit they had. Besides It's a small world. We were like 2 little kids runnin around chompin on our churro's, followin our little map, balloons tied to our wrists, micky mouse ears on..... no i'm jk, we didn't get balloons or mouse ears. It was such a fun two days! We were beat though!

I think the funniest part was on the 2nd day. I wanted to watch the parade, so we had a good seat on a bench. I went to get ice cream for us while Scott saved our spot. About 20 minutes later, on my way back I look up to see Scott still on the bench, but smooshed right next to him is this little round indian lady. i'm pretty sure they're arms were touching, they were so close. haha. They looked so cute together. I thought maybe he would have found us a new place to sit or something but nope. I whispered "Awe! who's your friend?" i wish so bad i would have gotten a picture of him sittin there by her. She was a good sport though.
The next day we attempted to go to the beach but it was freezing so we ended up going to an Anaheim Angels game at Angel's Stadium. It was fun! We have so much fun together.

On Friday I didn't have to work so I went hiking. We started at 8:30 and got done at about 1:30. It was perfect weather! We hiked the Bluff Springs loop. I had fun. The first half of the loop was soo pretty. Lots of canyons and little pools of water. The second half felt more like death valley but it was still fun. We saw a desert tortoise! I loved it! I would never expect to ever see a turtle in the wild! haha but he was just taking a stroll along the trail. That was my favorite part of the hike!

On December 15th it was exactly 3 years since our first date!, where we went bowling, to Bahama Bucks then we went and watched Walk the Line, with 2 other couples. So we tried to recreate it, but since Scott was on crutches the bowling didn't work out too well. So we got our usual at Bahama Bucks (1/2 strawberry, 1/2 pina colada with extra cream!) Then we went and saw Four Christmas's. So Our first date was way fun, and or 3rd year first date was a blast as well! I always have fun with Scott though!