New School Year -- MUSIC!!!

Bear Lake

Jen and Mike get Married

Just a quick note about Jen and Mike's wedding. They got married on July 18th 2009 in the Draper Temple. We got to be there for the ceremony and it was beautiful. I love being in the temple and being reminded of how it felt when we were married. They had a nice luncheon afterward and a Hawaii reception the next week. I was a bridesmaid and I am so happy for them.

Hiking the Y

We decided that we wanted to go on a date and do something outdoors and active. So a hike was the logical decision. Jake suggested hiking the Y which is kinda ironic since both of us are now graduated and never hiked the Y while we were at BYU. Never to late. We got ready- I insisted on taking 6 water bottles and my camel as well as hats and sunglasses. I remember on our last hiking trip we were under prepared and I got heat stroke.

This is us at the trail head in front of the big Y. The hike was really nice. I was reminded how out-of-shape I am and had to stop often for water but it was great being up high where we could see everything. I felt bad for packing so many water bottles b/c we didn't need more than 2 and Jake ended carrying everything - such a good man.
When we stopped for water we took the opportunity for pictures. This is Jake as the Arrowhead model. I think we should send it in with a proposal that he be their new spokesperson. Below is one of me making a silly
face as usual. On the way down the trail I got my
duck impression going. Thankfully there were no pictures of that one.

We made it to the top of the Y before we knew it. We had sandwiches and enjoyed the view. The Y itself looks like the just whitewashed the mountain side and its not as big as you'd think. Of course by this point I look entirely like a lobster but that's the face I was born with so gotta love it.














Jake has been teaching me how to wink. Of course he is way better at it than I. I love the way he smiles at the same time.




"What? You've never seen a man on a rock before?"

Bridal Shower Luau

Reunion and Cali Trip

Road Trip Pre-quel

Alot's been happening this month. We've been BBQing, swimming, having family over - i love that we can have people over at our new house. Rip is now in Scotsboro, Alabama on his mish, and Roman and Rem drove to Cali for a month to visit Gpa Carl. And, Jake and I are driving down to Cali this weekend right after the reunion to visit Gma Vicki. I am so excited! It will be our first long road trip together and a lot of fun to show him around Bakersfield where I grew up. So, I'll be writing again soon to tell all about it.

First Sunburn of the Season

Ok, so I have a pretty painful sunburn all over. But that's because it was sunny today so I laid by the pool and read my book for about 40 min. Then I was hot so I went swimming and then laid out to dry. Now I look like a candy cane. Oh well it was totally worth it. And I got a haircut. Not too short, just a trim and some layers. I'll post some pictures later. Other than that, I had lunch with Jake again :) and tried to fix my bike and hung shades in our bedroom. Now it's movie time!

Fabulous not so Summer day

Today has been a nice day. This morning I cleaned the car. It needed it SO bad. Now it is vacuumed and shiny and lemony! Then I exchanged a curtain so the ones in our bedroom match and took Cafe Rio to Jakes work and had a picnic with him. It was great. Cafe Rio + Jake + Sunshine = Perfection. Then I rushed off to my blood appointment and I was actually able to give blood. Many times I am anemic. It only took me 5 min. once we got started. All in all it was a fabulous afternoon until I tried to read my book in the hottub and got rained on. The weather here is so bipolar. I am reading the Peaceful Warrior - I highly recommend it and the movie too.

But more good news- we have a new bathroom floor, countertop, new paint and the mirror is coming tommorow. If you didn't hear, our Master bathroom mirror fell off the wall in the middle of the night ( a few weeks ago) and damaged everything. Not to mention scaring us to death.

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...