Busy Bumble Bees

WOW! My last post was 3 months ago? What is going on here... oh I know we have been super extremely out of control busy! So many things have happened I don't even know where to begin... My wonderful Husband finished up another semester at BYU-Idaho with phenomenal grades, We applied to Dental School and took the DAT, we went camping with  family and are now enjoying time being with my brother who just returned from a mission. busy busy bees we have been.

We took my two younger brothers to 6 flags Marine World for the day. It was a lot of fun, 2 things to remember- we wont go on a Saturday again it was way too busy and I will take motion sickness pills for the drive there. I got so carsick I couldn't go on any of the rides. Totally stunk. 

Here we are in front right before the entrance to the park.

Celebrating my other younger brothers 21st birthday! Whooo Hoo happy birthday Kevin!

This is what vacation looks like for Jared and I... hehe

My mom bought this cat to replace one that ran away, We aren't inside pet people but the cat cant be outside till its older otherwise it will be a snack for other animals outside. For some reason the cat just loved Jared. And the funny part is Jared was probably the meanest to the cat haha weird cat.

It was cute and all until I noticed a smell that wouldn't go away and then I saw this and the cat will no longer be cute to me... poop yuck!

We were able to hang out with my wonderful friend Megan ( who is pregnant with twins!YAY) and her husband Ben on his birthday. They took us out on the lake and out to dinner... I thought maybe it was our birthday instead of Ben's. We had so much fun hanging out with them and celebrating Bens 24th! ;)

Jared and I hard away at work for a sign for the garage door for Kevin's welcome home banner.

waiting at the airport for the flight from Uruguay and the arrival of my brother!

HE'S HOME!!

Swimming for the first time home

We went to the younger boys football scrimmage and my mom had this silly  hat that she was gonna wear to keep the sun off, Jared was sporting it for us in such a fashionable manner.I got the worst sunburn on my face with the worst raccoon eyes from those big sunglasses. haha

Jared teaching Kevin how to use his new laptop.

It has been so nice being with family and seeing my brother again. He has changed so much in so many ways and it is so nice to see him with such a strong conviction in the church. 

Right before Jared took his DAT we had some good friends of our Tony and Jamie stay with us for a night with their cute cute cute cute cute kids! I miss not being around these cutie pies.

This is a pic of Britt at Applebees and so cute Ash in the morning right when she woke up. I snapped this awesome picture because of her awesome hair she is so cute you just wanna give her big hugs and kisses all day.

Here is Jared doing some last minute studying in our Hotel the night before the big DAT. 

Here he is leaving to go take the DAT. I felt so bad leaving him he was up all night with food poisoning throwing up and didn't get any sleep for this huge test that our whole life is riding on. HA figures right?

Here are a few snapshots from our camping trip with Jared's family, the last night we were there a very loud long and wet thunderstorm came through for about an hour. I have never felt so close to thunder I was on an air mattress on the ground and I could still feel the earth shake. it was a little frightening at times but pretty darn cool. Here is a pic from our tent in the middle of the storm.

We went to the cheap theater with our pals Ally and Carsten to see Despicable Me in 3D i haven't been to a 3D movie since i was like 11 and I forgot how fun they are. The movie was totally awesome and we couldn't keep from laughing every 5 minutes. And I think these glasses are very fashionable and am considering adding them to my daily wardrobe. What do you think?

We have enjoyed these past few weeks having so much fun with family and friends and we are very excited to start our final semester at BYU-Idaho. We can't wait to leave Rexburg and the cold and to begin our next journey and adventure in life.

Mountain Biking

For Memorial Day  I had the day off and so did Jared, so we wanted to plan something really fun to do together for the day. We have another couple that we do a lot with ( Jay and Leanne) and we all decided to go do some Mountain Biking up at Kelly Canyon. The plan was to leave around 10:30 so Jared and I got up at 9 and went and rented me a Mountain Bike and a helmet and went shopping for some food to have a barbecue later. Well 10:30 comes around an passes, we are with our friends J and L now and we didn't get going till around noon. we stopped for gas and Leannes car wont start... HA it was the perfect thing to happen for this day. So we tried to jump it and nothing was happening. We finally got it to start and we were on our way.  We drove up to Kelly Canyon and behind the ski resort there are dirt trails we went about ten miles down a few dirt trails till we got to our parking site and then we were unloading the bikes and getting ready to go when I accidently lock the keys in the car... which has our helmets, water and food in it. So we couldn't just go and leave.

Here they are chilling in my helmet in the locked car right in the front seat... it took AAA 2 hours before they would come out to unlock it. Thankfully it was for free cause Leanne has coverage from them. And in the mean time our beautiful sunny day has now gone cloudy and is raining.

Here is AAA unlocking the car... we were so happy to finally get going

Here we are at the beginning of the trail, we were doing a ten mile trail "mostly downhill" according to our book we had.

Here we are after  like 5 miles of tough uphill. Jared and Jay go mountain biking a lot so this stuff was easy for them, this was mine and Leannes first time and it was kinda hard.

Once we got to the top and then we started the down hill the rain and cold weather had created a long trail of mud/snow/water and it was dirty and very hard to ride through, but what fun is it if you cant get muddy right?

 

We finally made it to the end with only a few trips and falls nothing too major, at the end of the trail Jared was a little ahead of me and it was really rocky so I had gotten off my bike and I hear Jared yell "there's a bear!" I freak out and go "WHAT!!?"  He says it again, and I am getting adrenaline shot through my system, I noticed he looked too calm he was pointing ahead and I realized he had said "We are there!" telling me we were at the end. HAHA I almost cried mostly due to fear of the bear that wasn't there.

I had a blast on this trip it was so fun to be out with Jared doing something that he loves and enjoying our time together. At the end we were mostly by ourselves and got to enjoy the scenery and beautiful meadows and the quiet. By the time we finished our trail is was 8PM!!!! Yikes out there any longer it would have been dark and that would have been bad. It was so fun, and we will probably go back and do it again once every muscle in my body isnt aching, i think i will be confined to the house today i had trouble sleeping cause i was so sore... well worth it though. Thanks babe for such a fun day.

Family!

The Latest and Greatest in our lives - my friend Rachelle got married last month and here is our roommate dinner that we did the night before. Jared and I were able to visit Washington for a long weekend, Jared had been there all week shadowing dentists and Oral surgeons I came on Thursday and surprised my mother in Law. Then this past weekend we went down to Boise to attend our Nephews Baptism. It was a blast being with lots of family for the weekend. It stinks now that we have to come back to school and work... sometimes I really hate being a grown up but oh well. Here are lots of pictures from our adventures.

This movie theater is where Jared purposed to me. We forgot to get a picture the night of and so here it is two years later!

Jared with our good friends new baby Brittan, I thought he looked pretty cute carrying a car seat so I had to snap a shot.

Here is family singing and playing to Guitar Hero

This duck decided to nest and lay eggs right in the middle of the street where there are a few trees and bushes. Every time we got close it would hiss and the picture below is of Jared doing a hissing noise.

It has been a really fun month for us. We miss being around family it was good to have these few weekend getaways to spend some time with them. We love you all!

Roller Coaster Semester

This semester has seriously been the craziest time in our young married lives. Lets just outline a few of the major happenings that we have experienced in our semester. In the beginning of the semester our great friend Derek Johns passes away in a tragic car accident. Shortly after two employees from my work quit leaving us short handed and everyone doing 12 hour shifts and long weeks at work, Jared has 16 credits and is doing 10 hours a week of tutoring  then studying night and day making it really hard to see each other (especially with my extra long work schedule). Then we hear that Jared's father is heading into the E.R. with several intestinal problems having to undergo surgery, in the mean time Jared has been accused of cheating and is being threatened from the teacher of flunking him out of the course (which would set us back an entire year in our schooling, luckily she saw the honesty and purity of Jared's integrity and its been settled).  Then my uncle has had a tumor in his brain that hemorrhaged sending him into a coma, a week later Jared's dad is back in the hospital with more stomach problems and two days later my uncle has passed away. 

Can you say WOW! I sure can... but let me say that each of these happenings of the semester we have learned from and sure do count our blessings. My testimony of our Heavenly Fathers plan has been strengthened. He has a plan for each one of his children, and no one is taken from this earth before their time. I am so grateful for the knowledge that we have of the gospel and the life hereafter. I am grateful for priesthood blessings that heal and give hope to those suffering and their family members. We feel truly blessed from the Lord for being alive, being together and having these experiences to learn from.

On a lighter note the semester is almost over and the end is near, my dearest Jared has been cramming for finals and I have been helping where I can.  Here are a few of the happenings in the past few weeks.

Jared got his first pedicure ( treated by Mom- Thanks mom!) He was skeptical at first but as you can tell sitting in a massage chair and having his feet massaged, he loved it!

We had Easter Sunday dinner at our place,and once again I got too excited about decorating the table but we had our good friends the Quintons come over and  eat with us and it was a blast, we played Cranium after we ate and we had a hoot playing.

Here is Jared at his best studying and dressing up for presentations for class. Isn't he a cutie?

My old roommate Rachelle is getting married this weekend! YAY!! I got her these awesome nasty 70's style granny panties which she has so fashionably placed on her steering wheel. ;)

And after one year of looking and searching for a bed spread that wasn't too "flowery" or "Boyish" we scored on this awesome arrangement! Sage green with brown and can we just say that we LOVE IT!!!! We love making the bed every morning just to look at it!

And here are the Quintons playing our favorite game with us Settlers of Catan. We are both too poor to buy the expansions so we combine our boards together to make it bigger and it sure is fun!

Well Jared is off to Washington next week for his spring break to shadow some dentists and oral surgeons while I get to stay home and work... poopie... its gonna be a long week. But good news Thursday evening all my old roommates get in town and we are getting ready for Rachelles wedding! YAY!!!

Living away from family has really made me miss family, I am glad that Jared gets to see his family next week. Really family is the most important thing in life and that is something we have definitely come to realize this semester, without the support and love of family there is no purpose to life. We are so thankful for the amazing family members that we have. We Love You!

Life comes at you fast!

Well it has been quite the start to our new year together... time has sure flown by these past two months. We just had our close friend pass away due to a car accident with a Moose. We were able to attend the funeral in Utah which was such a nice experience and a wonderful funeral besides the fact that we are going to miss him the words spoken about him were very nice. That experience has definitely changed our outlook on life. 

Jared turned 24!!!! He thinks he is an old man now ;) little does he know that we can be kids forever, he got a pull up bar, Settlers of Catan and some money to play with. I made him his favorite breakfast-Biscuits and gravy and he wanted hot dogs for dinner so we had hot dogs. It was a fun day.

Jared has been studying  and studying non-stop, he has quite the load this semester, we are trying to find some time to get him studying for his DAT test coming up soon. This is Jay his studying partner who just happens to want to be an Oral Surgeon like Jared so they have taken quite a few classes together.

For Valentines day I came home to a wonderfully lit apartment with candles and flower pedals all over the floor, along with my favorite- a box of chocolates- flowers and a sweet homemade letter... isn't he such a romantic. I felt so special.

On Saturday night we went out to Bajios restaurant and then went mini golfing... It was a really fun night with just the two of us. A nice break from life to enjoy each others company.