The Braun Family

Friday, June 15

Famous Face

Guess who was spotted in little Mt. Pleasant Utah earlier this week? Go ahead, just try and guess! And in Cavalier Pizza no less!

No guesses? Let me give you a few hints..... Taken, Clash of the Titans/Wrath of the Titans, A-Team, Narnia, Batman Begins, Battleship....just to name a few! What do all of these movies have in common?

Photo via facebook (of course!)

Liam Neeson that's who!!!!

I can't even believe it!! Liam Neeson spending some time in little Mt. Pleasant Utah of all the places in this big big world! Can you say "WHAT"?! I am so unbelievably jealous that I didn't get to meet him because let's be honest, that's probably as close as I'll ever get to him. A mere 30 miles between me and this great actor. There is no justice!!

Cake Boss

My dearest sister-in-law Suzanna invited me to a cake decorating class for "Ladies Night Out" (once a month the VA has a group of military wives get together and do something fun)! We were taught how to make fondant and then got to decorate our cakes with it!

We seriously had so much fun and will for sure be doing more cake decorating in the future!

Close up of my Fire Cake!

Wednesday, June 13

Take me out to the ball game!

Yesterday the Relief Association for Salt Lake City Fire Department provided tickets for us to go to a Bee's game for free! We met up with some friends and grabbed a bite to eat at an interesting pub called "Lucky 13". I wish I wouldn've taken some pictures while we were there but I forgot to. I took a quick one as we were leaving after the game though (it's across the street from the Bee's Stadium)!

Good food, great fries, and excellent fry sauce! If you go there don't forget your ID because they check it at the door! :)

The game ended up being pretty fun and we had a lot of laughs! We always have a great time with these two!

Andrew, Alesha, & us! No Andrew doesn't look like that normally! ;)

Marcel and I ended up leaving at the beginning of the 8th to beat traffic and to get home to Toby since he'd been in his kennel for about 6hrs so I don't even know who ended up winning! Regardless it was a fun night and a good time out with friends!

Monday, June 11

A Day Away

I love the mountains. It is my happy place. So peaceful and refreshing. It always smells good and it's pretty hard to be stressed when you're there. You can think clearer and just relax. I'm lucky to have a husband who shares this love for the mountains! We decided to go for a 4-Wheeler ride yesterday to enjoy our happy place!

Some scouting was done of course!

Me collecting pretty rocks! Marcel LOVES when I do this! ;)

We ended up finding an old mining cave that we ventured into which was terrifying to me but Marcel loved it! I didn't snatch a picture of the cave because I was focused on getting away! Luckily Marcel was brave and took one for me! :)

We had such a good time together out in nature just enjoying the beautiful day and each others company! Can't wait to do it again soon!

Saturday, June 9

3-Alarm Fire

Marcel's station was awoken by the Station Alarm paging them to a fire.

Pic. sent to me by Marcel via text. Kinda scary to wake up to!!

They rotated stations to take care of the fire and had to go back later for mop up. It made for an eventful day!

Pic. via text from Marcel of "clean up"! ;)

The fire made KSL (more pictures there):

"SALT LAKE CITY — A grass fire burned about two acres Saturday morning.

The fire, the cause of which is unknown, started just before 6 a.m. Love Communications was filming in inside bar and music venue, The Garage, at 1199 N. Beck Street in Salt Lake when one of the crew members noticed the fire behind the building. The salvage yard containing old tires and cars, as well as railroad ties had caught fire.

Pics courtesy of KSL

"It got really intense at the end, people were yelling because the heat was so intense and then all of a sudden, it's like it's not worth it anymore," said Preston Wood, who was filming with Love Communications.

The back end of The Garage, where the office is, caught fire, but firefighters quickly extinguished it and removed computer equipment and filing cabinets before they caught fire. The bar is expected to be closed for about two weeks. Saturday night's show will be moved to the Gallivan Center.

The fire, which was called in as a grass fire, turned into a three-alarm fire, and crews were concerned with the blaze spreading to a nearby Tesoro oil refinery. The refinery's private fire department was called in to help with preventative measures.

No injuries were reported as a result of the blaze.
Investigators have yet to determine the cause of the fire, and are looking to the video of the filming crew that reported the fire for possible leads. The Salt Lake City Fire Department was on scene for most of the day monitoring for rekindling."