Last Friday (29th) was my last day of school. I will miss my students but I am ready for the summer and so were they. We started vacationing already. On Saturday we had a BBQ with Brian and Lee. We made the bbq chicken burritos, grilled pineapple, corn on the cob and fruit. Top it off with a bit of swimming and it was a lot of fun. Right after the bbq we got in the car and headed to Park City. We spent the evening with Jake's family up there. We went out for pizza (see slideshow) and headed back to the lodge for more swimming and hot-tubbing. The pool water was so warm and cozy. We had some awesome canonballs and chicken fights (never go against Joe in a chicken fight). Then we dried off for Playdough icecream (lots better than it sounds) and a movie. This morning we hung out at the lodge for a little bit, Jake and I played Yahtzee (he won of course) and then headed back to Provo. We stopped in Provo Canyon to hike up to Bridal Veil Falls where we got engaged 2 yrs ago. It was a beautiful hike and nice to be outdoors. I love the summer time!

Birmingham Alabama Mission

Rip went to the MTC 4 days ago to begin his mission in Birmingham Alabama. His farewell was on Mother's day and both he and Mom spoke in church. I sang a Mother/Daughter song with her and it was a beautiful day. We played games after church and took family pictures. Then we saw him off last Wednesday and now he is in a whole new world. Haven't heard anything yet but i hope he is doing great!

Dinosaur Museum

In December 2008 we went to the Museum of Ancient Life in Thanksgiving Point. I had heard that it was the biggest dinosaur museum in the U.S. and it is definitely bigger than it looks on the outside. We learned about geologic time, saw tons of fossils and animals. Jake showed me trilobite fossils and told me how he used to hunt for fossils when camping with his family. As you can see from the pictures the dinosaur fossils were very impressive. They put many dinosaurs together based on the structure of fossils that had been discovered. The T-rex is huge!
We had a lot of fun! I would recommend it to anyone who hasn't been.

Our Story

We met on a bus in February 2006 on our way to BYU. And got married almost 2 years later! TBC...