Swimming

Wow, I am so behind on posts. This is when we went swimming last week. It really was a lot of fun, Sesaly and Jaq even went down the slide. Thad (Lauryn's Dad) went with Sesaly and Blake went with Jaq. Jaq loved it! He just kept going... but Sesaly was done after one time. Whitney was there too, and Michael... there just aren't any pictures of them.

Hogle Zoo!

We recently (back in June) went the the zoo with all the kids. It was a blast!! Although I remember the zoo being so much bigger! I guess I haven't been in a few years. :) P.S. The turtle picture is for Paul.

Michael (Lauryn's brother... just off his mission) came with us to the zoo. The kids LOVED him! :) Here he is pushing Jaq, with his little friend Sesaly close by.





















Then a few moments later he had another friend Sophie right there with him. He obviously is a magnet for children! So, if any single girls read this... he IS available! :)

June!

Ok, it has been FOREVER since I posted anything... so here goes a month re-cap. First of all, these lovely pictures are compliments of my very talented sister-in-law Emily. Let me just say that neither Stuart or I are photogenic.... in fact, Stuart looks angry in about 90% of pictures. But, look at all of these great shots!! There are tons more too. I LOVE pictures, so I'm in 7th heaven over these!!!
On June 5th we celebrated our 7 year anniversary! Holy cow!! 7 years?!?! We are so old! :) We went to Lagoon with Stuart's cousin and fiance. We had a TON of fun! We even splurged and went on the huge swing. It's the one where they strap 3 of you together on you bellies, then haul you way up high, and then you have to pull the cord to let yourselves go. Then you drop 60+ feet (going over 60 mph) before you swing forward. So much fun!!! We also went on a 4-wheeler ride up Mount Logan - really very scary. Stuart had to do some parts for me. It was beautiful though!
Other than that I am LOVING summer! We finally got to take the top off the jeep... now that it stopped raining and we are gearing up for a week of fun at Bear Lake with Stuart's family. Yeah for summer!
Oh, and just a quick brag from me... I tried on some capris that I haven't been able to wear in about 5 years, and they FIT! Yes!!! They are a little snug, but I am thrilled!!! I thought I would never wear a size 2 again!

Roughing it...

So, we went camping to Yellowstone over Memorial Day. It was a TON of fun!

It was rough being without all of our "comforts of home"... oh wait.... maybe we brought them! Does it count as camping if you can get internet and electricity in your tent?

We also had an electric blanket on our air mattress. It was so tough being away from home! :) Although, if this is camping... I'm all for it!

Look at that... a decent picture of both of us!

We went to Big Springs one day and the water was so clear! It was beautiful!

This cute little critter was just swimming his little heart out trying to get to the food people were throwing for the fish. I think he's a muskrat (?)

We also went on a little path that went up to an old cabin... who would have thought that there would be snow?!? It's the end of May!!! Needless to say, I wasn't prepared ... and my toes got a bit chilly over the snowy patches!

4-Wheelin'

Here we all are 4-wheeling (except Justin). We had a BLAST! We found some awesome trails and even got stuck in the snow (Stuart).

GOLFING!

We went golfing last Saturday with Nicole and Jeremy. We had a blast - even though we were both going on about 4 hours of sleep. We had stayed up late the night before and played WOW with a bunch of guys at Stuart's work. That's right... I'm confessing that I am a Wow-er. I love World of Warcraft! Anyways, we had so much fun golfing!

Stuart thought this picture was pretty funny.... it was my 2nd hit of the day - and yes, I started from those little yellow markers behind. :) I DID get better though!




I LOVE driving golf-carts! I just don't see the point of golfing if you are going to walk!?!

Nicole and Jeremy waiting patiently while either me or Stuart are looking for our ball.

Nicole and Jeremy! We had such a great time with them. Nicole is due in July, and she still got some awesome shots! And Jeremy put us all to shame. Thanks guys!

Here's everyone golfing... we had TONS of fun!

Happy Mother's Day!

For Mother's day this year, a bunch of us kids went in on a book for Mom. It was tons of fun to celebrate with Mom! I know she'll hate this picture because of the band-aide on her face. But, I for one, am glad she went and FINALLY got some skin-cancer removed. I LOVE YOU MOM!

Happy Birthday Whit!

Here's a bunch of us celebrating Whit's b-day at Angies! It was lots of fun and WE LOVE WHITNEY! :)

Boo on Insurance

That's right... boo on insurance. I recently went to the U of U to see a fertility doctor, and found out I need to have an MRI and some blood-work done. So, I called my my lovely insurance (that I PAY for every month). Not only were they rude to me, they wouldn't give me any straight answers. They kept asking if I was infertile. Now, my insurance won't cover any infertility treatments but they will cover anything that is diagnostic. I kept explaining to this woman that niether the MRI or the blood-work would get me pregnant. So, it didn't really matter why I was having them, they were not to treat infertility. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Needless to say, I am anxiously awaiting a call back from Natalie. Boo on insurance.

Sushi

Ok, so I found out today that I am NOT a sushi person. Blah. I went to lunch with Stuart and a few guys from his work, to this great place in Logan. The beef was delicious, the salad dressing was devine, but I don't like sushi. I thought I was so brave to try it (since I HATE fish), and I almost lost it all right there. First I tried some roll with tuna on top. It tasted fine, but the texture was enough to kill me, then I tried california rolls - which by the way, have no raw fish in them - and they were the worst! They tasted just like fish. Blah. I guess I have to say that I did like the "Anger Management" rolls, although I don't think they really count... they had cooked, fried shrimp inside. I do like shrimp, so they were actually fairly good.

Road Show Idol!

Here is the video of our ward's road show. Stuart did an awesome job being "Ryan Seacrest". The video is about 10 min, so don't feel obligated to watch it all. Plus, I recorded it on my camera, so there was no zoom or anything I could do. The girls yelling, "We love you Ryan" are Annaka and Heidi. It was by far the best Road Show of the stake. Good job, Honey!

It's HERE!

YES! My furniture arrived yesterday! Merry Christmas to ME! We were up so late last night putting things together! This is my beautiful kitchen table! I am absolutely in LOVE with it!Just a few before and after pictures...

I also got a bedroom set!!! I am so excited, I FINALLY have a post bed and I LOVE it. I need to take some pictures of it after it was all assembled, but I'm waiting until I get my nightstand and dresser set up also!No, these weren't extra pieces, but there were a LOT of screws!

This is Stuart's cousin Matt and his fiance Marie. They were so sweet and brought us doughnuts out and helped us set everything up!

EASTER!

For Easter this year, we had an Easter egg hunt in Whitney's backyard. It was great fun and we all got tons of candy. Although, next year we either need more kids or less eggs! :) HAPPY EASTER!

Easter Eggs

Yesterday, all of us girls (local ones anyways) got together and dyed easter eggs! Stuart and my eggs.

Jaq LOVED dying easter eggs... he just wanted to keep dipping them in (not gently either). Here are Lauryn and me trying desperately to release his little death-grip on his poor egg.

Whitney was busy in the kitchen...

3 cute girls! Annaka, Sesaly, and Heidi!

Suprisingly, we didn't have any disasters with the egg dye!

WINNER!

So, it's official! STUART WON THE CONTEST! He did such a great job and got his body fat percentage down to 7.5%!! WAY TO GO HONEY!! Now it's just hard to decide what to spend that money on! :)