.summer time.

.my trip so far has been . . . amazing.

.got off the plane, walked through the airport to find Scottie standing waiting for me with roses. on the drive home i saw on one of the overpasses, I Love tash. as i turned to exclaim that some other girl in utah had the same name as me, i saw the smile on scottie's face. when he had told me the night before he was at "wal-mart" he was...but for red cups to do the overpass.

.i have spent days of ring shopping. trying on many rings. finding one that just makes my heart sink. loving the sight of it, its beautiful. wedding dress shopping with andrew, heather, and debbie, and my sister. trying on many dresses, from size 2 to 6. and finding my perfect dress and spending maybe a little TOO much on it. however, i was informed by debbie that it was perfect, and that it was my dress, as she handed over her credit card....FOR NOW PEOPLE> she isn't buying the dress...she is giving me a loan.

.i have spent 12 hours in the car. LONG car ride.... i guess only getting 4 hours of sleep before you have to drive 12 is a bad idea. with the cold air blasting, and singing many songs. scottie and i kept each other up.

.arriving in arizona to my smiling nieces. i love being here. i love interacting with them. i love hearing them say "thank you tasha" and asking me

to "paint their nails" and sitting outside watching the lightening show together.

.boating. wow, how i miss this. we were able to go out friday. it

was only 115 degrees and the water was 85 degrees. i learned this new sport how to "wave surf" (videos posted below). its VERY addicting. and LOTS of fun. when suddenly the clouds turned very dark, and started pouring down rain. it is monsoon season, and we got to experience one. with rain pouring, dark clouds, thunder, lightening, it was amazing. we had to pull out of the river early...but no worries.

.we played rock band (first time i have done that) and than finally got to bed around 12:30...and got up at 4:10am to leave by 4:30am and get on the lake again at 5am th

is morning to boat more :) not only did we wake surf, but we got to tube :) scottie and i caught a wave and was thrown 5 feet in the air...and this is what we were told, we just knew we were up on the air, and above the water, holding onto nothing. i ended up landing on scottie....who was on the tube, which meant.... WE LANDED IT :) It was AMAZING.

.came home, wedding shopped, excited for the looks of the recep

tion. finally decided on colors. and came home, watched a movie, and than watched a lightening show with my niece and scottie :)

.my vacation is going great.

This is what was written on an overpass... over a pretty busy highway

(i was giving him the whatever look)

(beautiful mykial miller watching the lightening)

My Niece MyKial (Mia) & I out watching Lightening Show.

Video of me trying to wake surf...FIRST TIME EVER!!!

This is my sister wake surfing... what it is suppose to look like without a rope.