Road Trip!

For Spring break this year we headed to California with the Bowcutts. We left bright and early (5:00am) and it was snowing. We were so excited to be going to warmer weather. It was about 75 degrees the whole week. It started to rain on our way home, but other than that...it was great. Patrick served his mission in Los Angeles, California. We were lucky enough to be able to spend a few days in Hermosa Beach with a mother and daughter he taught while on his mission. Ada and Mayra Padilla were so great. They let us stay in their house and taught us how to make some really good food. They live just a few blocks away from the beach, which was wonderful. This is a view from their home. We stayed a few days in Hermosa Beach, on Sunday after church we went and walked around the Los Angeles Temple. It was so beautiful, I wish we would have had more time to be able to go through a session.

It was so great. We got to spend a whole day at the beach, soaking up the sun. I kinda forgot sunscreen for the first little while and I paid for it. Here are some pictures of our adventure. The one of Jared, Emily and me is when we walked over to a pier. It was really cool because there were a ton of fishermen. Many of them actually caught fish...they were tiny, but they still caught them.

Mayra helped us to get a great deal on tickets to Disneyland and California Adventure. We spent the first day at Disneyland. It was so much fun going on all the rides, shopping and watching the shows. They have an awesome fireworks show every night. They played a bunch of different Disney songs and the fireworks went along with the songs. Here's us with Mickey!

The morning that we left we were able to go to a session at the San Diego Temple. It has always been my very favorite temple, and now it is more than ever. If you ever had the chance to go, do it! Make sure you ask for a tour as well. When we came out of the session, they grabbed us to do sealings too. It was an amazing experience. We even ran into another couple from Logan in the temple. We had such a great time in California. P.S. Mayra we didn't get a picture of you...Next time for sure!

Happy Easter!

Easter was great this year. We were able to have my parents come up and have dinner with us. It was my first time cooking a turkey. (Warning for anyone who hasn't ever cooked a turkey...cleaning out the inside is DISGUSTING!!!) It all turned out great though. My mom brought up rolls, whip cream fruit salad(one of my favorites), and she also made a yummy chocolate cheesecake. She also helped to make the rest of the food which was great. I had a really good time with my dad and mom. On Saturday we colored Easter eggs. When I woke up this morning they were hidden around the house for me to find. At church we had great speakers. They talked about the Atonement and how important it is to remember it in our daily lives and especially to remember the feeling that comes with the Atonement. I really enjoyed Kim's talk about remembering the true meaning of Easter and not getting all worked up about the worldly parts. All around, we had a wonderful day. Here is Patrick all ready to start Look at my pretty purple egg Look at the concentration in his face All finished, don't they look great

Happy St Patricks Day!

Waking up to a green breakfast...what more could you ask for? This year for St Patricks Day we didn't wake up early enough for a green breakfast, so we had a green breakfast for dinner. Waffles and scrambled eggs. It was a lot of fun to make them...even though they look a little rotten, at least the eggs, I think this will be a fun thing to start for a tradition. We may even venture out to other green items in the future.

BBQ Accident

I'm a moron. Here's the reason why: I turned on the Grill after a long winter off and let the gas run too long before igniting the flames. If you notice on the picture, the hair on my arm took the brunt of the accident.

Mark! Set! Not Fast Enough!

On February 29th our ward had its second annual Pinewood Derby. Last year we came in third place and this year we were hoping for improvement...with out changing anything to the car we made last year from using only a flathead screwdriver, a hammer, and sandpaper. Let's say we had a good time but didn't fair as well as hoped. :) It was nice to have such an amazing track and to eat wonderfully prepared food from the Elders Quorum...hot dogs and tang! Below is a video of a race we won but there is a disclaimer. I didn't know that the camera had started recording so its really shaky until the race starts and after we win because I was so happy. Don't get sick!

All Bundled Up & Ready To Go

Over Presidents Day weekend the Webb's invited us to go up to their cabin to go snowmobiling. We had a great weekend playing in the snow. Their cabin is up in Soda Springs, ID. We had to snowmobile in to their cabin. Patrick Nicky One night we went to Lava Hot Springs. It was really great because it was so cold that when we got to the springs, there was so much steam all around us. After Lava we went to eat at The Wagon Wheel. All the boys got Cowboy burgers. They were huge. Before: After: One thing that will always be remembered is our late night disney seranade. As we were falling asleep Patrick sang disney songs. It was funny because when he would get to one that someone else really liked, they would join in. Lets just say it was really late.

Happy Valentines Day!

For Valentines day this year we had a really great day. I had to work, but at work we gave out yummy heart shaped sugar cookies and milk to all of our customers...we all were able to take some home as well. Old Grist Mill has the best cookies. Patrick had a great date planned for us. He picked me up from work and we went to eat at Firehouse, one of my favorite places to eat. They gave each girl a flower on their way out. After that we went home for a little while. He had a bouquet of flowers that he made for me out of Hershey's Kisses and Dove hearts. They were amazing. I have never been given flowers like that before, it was great. He also got me the movie No Reservations, which I love. All week he had been working on part of my present. I finally found out what it was. He made me a coupon book with all of my favorite things in it. He even has pictures on each coupon. It is great, I have already used a few of them:) Patrick had another surprise for me. We went ice skating. I have been wanting to go for so long, and we just haven't gotten around to it. It was so much fun. When we got home, we watched my new movie.