A day off from work? Yes please, Lets play!

This weekend was the first weekend where both Taron and I had a night and the next morning off! So my co-worker Shanna and I wasted no time planning a camping trip for the weekend to take full advantage of our precious time away from that boring office.

got to use our new tent for the very first time! We wanted to zip our sleeping bags together so we could snuggle the night away but Taron's sleeping bag was not compatible with mine so we had to be content with being separated for the night. It was weird being so close to Taron yet so far away with layers of sleeping bags between us. Don't worry, this didn't stop us! We still fell asleep holding hands out of the tops of our sleeping bags and reminiscing about the summer that we met and first fell in love. =)

It was also fun to play with Shanna! We tried several times to get a good scared face for the "Sasquatch" behind us before we finally got it right! lol!

Next Stop, The Dunes! Saturday after we slept in, ate breakfast, played a few games and packed up camp we headed home to freshen up and then took off for our next adventures!





The sand was extremely hot so we didn't stay super long and we didn't hesitate to head off to our next adventure to cool off, Egin lakes!

Ari's Baby Shower

My co-worker, Shanna, and I threw a baby shower for our other co-worker Ari who is due in August and I just wanted to show off our awesome decorations! =) We were pretty proud of ourselves.


We had a clothes line with diapers, onesies, and bibs. And of course streamers and balloons.

The table was my favorite part! Look how fancy! (I made the diaper cake and real cake among bringing other stuff)


This was Ari's cake I made. It was a disaster! I thought it was a super cute idea but it was way too hot in our apartment, really hot weather plus our oven was on baking cupcakes. The icing was impossible! SOOO melted and runny! So the end result really didn't look all that great.

Shanna, Ari and I

All in all the baby shower turned out pretty well. Ari had a lot of friends and family who came for her special day and brought gifts. We really didn't play any games (we only planned a few) because everyone was so social. Congratulations Ari! =)

Blog Post Part 2: War of the Worlds

End of last week there was a HUGE fire that burned something like 109 thousand acres. And this is the result Rexburg got. It was really weird because we didn't smell any smoke at all. The air was just very thick with dust (it was also extremely windy that day) and then there was this huge ominous cloud over Rexburg and we were sure it was the end of the world. (We didn't know there was a fire yet.)

I don't know if you can tell in this pic but this was how drab and dusty it was. The whole world turned brown and gross.

It felt a little too much like that scene in War of the Worlds when the storm first comes and everyone runs out to the backyard to watch and take pictures. Everyone in Lexington was outside gawking, pointing and taking pictures of the sky. It was weird.

What a week for visitors! =)

This past week and a bit Matt came to Rexburg for Kevin's baby blessing and stayed with us for a few days. It was lots of fun to actually have some time with Matt to myself for a little bit and play! We even played a game of tennis. Its been a long time since I've played an actual game of tennis. Matt won, but I held my own! It was so much fun I could have played all day! We also went to the ropes course and climbed the tower. I am terrified of heights but every time I climb I get a little less scared. My goal is that by the end of the summer I won't be afraid at all anymore!






We had a few days after Matt left then last Friday I walked out of work and what did I see!


Hahaha at first I thought it was just a random person decided to decorate a random car since Taron and I have been married for 10 months. But then I realized that the Salt Lake Express is pretty out of the way to just decide to decorate on random and I started thinking about all the suspicious texts I've been getting from Vanessa earlier today that didn't seem quite so suspicious before. I was so excited all the way home thinking "please be vanessa! Please BE Vanessa! Please be VANESSA! PLEASE BE VANESSA!"

And sure enough...It was Vanessa! =)

I was confused by all the decorations at first. I didn't' make the connection to my car till Vanessa exclaimed it's for your bridal shower! =) Haha ten months late...but I was so surprised! Thanks Vanessa for surprising me and for the wonderful wonderful weekend! Your the BEST! =D

Taron hates all the balloons in our house. I insisted on keeping them because they are so fun! We only popped them yesterday because Bishop was coming over and there wasn't room for him to come walk in and sit! Plus Taron really wanted to get rid of them by then!

Wingers to celebrate my "engagement!"


Then we went to the drive in and a storm passed right over us. There was lightning all around us in all directions! It was really cool and it was hard to watch the movie while we were surrounded with bright flashes.


Then on Saturday Vanessa took me to my very first professional massage! It was wonderful! But I did not like it when she massaged my feet. And I was a little bit nervous to be naked in front of a stranger that wasn't a doctor....

Bike Ride!


Institute Party.


It was really fun to have some people here to play with and it was fun to have my first real official guests who stayed longer than 24 hours at my house. I wish all my favorite people could all live in the same place as me so I would have them always to play with and have adventures! =)