Winter Adventures

For Valentines Day this year along with some really pretty roses Jake gave me a cute little book that he had made. I just had to share what a cute and creative husband I have. He took a childrens book called Guess How Much I Love You and glued in pieces of paper that replaced the names of these bunnies with our names. The little Bev and big Jake are competing throughout the book to see who loves the other more. I just posted a few of the pages:

Now that the projectile vomitting has eased and I am feeling a little better we have begun taking our little adventures again. Jake and I both had President's Day off of work and it was a nice day outside so we decided to do a little snowshoeing up Mueller Park. It felt so nice to get out after being cooped up in the house all winter and especially nice to be off the couch exercising again. The scenery was beautiful. I love being in the mountains when it has snowed, everything is so white and peaceful. It felt like we were the only people for miles.
We have been wanting to go to a BYU basketball game all season, and finally had the chance yesterday. It ended up being such a great game to go to. They played the U of U and the Mariott Center was intense. Our ears were still ringing after the game and Jake's voice finally has come back. We went to the game with a few of my siblings and my parents. It was a lot of fun! Best of all the mighty cougars triumphed!!

Parasitic Growth

We recently went to the doctor and learned that Bev had a parasitic growth in her abdomen. Scary, I know. Unfortunately this growth also has side affects like: projectile vomit, fatigue, back aches, headaches, etc. The doctor showed us its arms, legs, and head and then explained that this particular growth would be with us for a very long time. We're having a baby and we couldn't be more excited!! Even more exciting, the baby's due date is Bev's birthday, August 12th, what a great birthday present. It took a little longer than planned for this new addition to be on its way but with the help of modern technology and Heavenly Father it finally happened. We're excited about beginning our family and the changes this will bring. Don't forget to check back often for new pictures and info on our growing family.

We decided to take a picture every month on the 12th to catalog the growth of our cute little parasite. Here is Bev at T-minus 6 months.

Merry Christmas!

Three Months in Review

Here we are again, behind in our blogging. Why have we delayed posting an update for so long, you ask? I like to think it's because we've been doing so much we just haven't had the time. Or maybe its the depression of a future controlled by the Democrats. Who knows, but here is an update on the past few months.


We took a weekend trip to Moab with Bev's sister Heather and her family. We spent the time mountain biking, visiting Arches, pushing the stroller up Slickrock (I think the mountain bikers thought we were crazy), catching lizards, and camping in the beautiful southern Utah red rock.

We watched Megan, Bev's sister, run the Top of Utah Marathon. It was her first and she did amazing, finishing in under 4 hrs! Way to go Meg.





We took a short trip to southern California and luckily timed it just right so we missed the first Utah snow storm. We spent some quality time at the beach, and loved the warm weather. We also got to visit and stay with Bev's old roommate Becky and her family. Thanks again Becky for letting us stay with you.



We rescued this dragon fly from a watery death only to later be devoured by seagulls. ( I think the watery death may have been better)


We rented a tandem bike and road it on a path along the beach. We highly recommend tandem bikes, it's the best way to travel along the beach.
We went to LA and saw the Broadway musical Wicked. Neither of us knew much about it before we went, but we loved it. It was fun to get all dressed up and go to a show.

We also spent a day at the happiest place on earth, Disneyland. They were all decked out for Halloween. If you look closely the A's on this sign are candy corns. Neither of us had been to Disneyland in years, and it brought back a lot of fun memories. I think we leave just enough time between projects to forget all of the pain and suffering that come with them. We painted our living room red. It actually turned out better than expected, but of course was also a lot more work than we were planning on. Just in case any of you are planning on painting your walls red expect to put about 6 layers of paint on before it looks like the color on the card.

We'll try our best in the future to be better bloggers. But this Democrat depression could last 4 years.

We Moved!

We know it's been quite a while since we have updated our blog, but this time we actually have a good reason. WE MOVED!! What do you get when you move from a 3 bedroom 3 bath to a 2 bedroom 1 bath apartment??? A lot of nice lawn funiture! It has been quite the process since the place we moved to is quite a bit smaller than our last place. It is amazing how much junk you can collect in just 1 year.
The place we moved to also needed some fixing up before we moved in. One of the bedrooms was painted a bright turquoise blue (including the ceiling) and the other was a light green and grey. The owners told us that they would pay for the paint if we wanted to re-paint the place. Ruth and Dan were so nice to come help us paint. We are also so grateful for everyone else who helped us move. We couldn't have done it without you! We still have a few projects to complete, like putting door knobs back on, and painting the living room, but for the most part we're finally settled in and enjoying our new place.

As if moving wasn't enough we've kept busy this past month with various other activities, some of which are:

We went on a hike up Adams Canyon with our friends Jeff and Michelle. We are sad they just moved to Oklahoma for Jeff to start Law school.


Jakes parents have apricot trees at their house. They were nice enought to let Jake and I pick a few. We got a food dryer for our wedding and thought we would try it out and put the dried apricots in our food storage. Sadly after drying the fruit we brought it to our new place and our wonderful swamp cooler did a great job of rehydrating them!
For a date night a few weeks ago we went to a drive-in movie. Jake borrowed his dad's truck and their ginormous lovesack and put it in the back of the truck. It was the most comfortable movie I have ever watched and we are hoping to do it again soon. The movie we saw was cute but a little boring for the drive-in (we found ourselves watching some of the other movies on the other screens around us).
We celebrated our 1 year anniversary! I can't believe it has been a year already, but at the same time I can hardly remember life without Jake. This last year has had some unexpected trials, but I feel like my love and admiration for Jake has grown so much more through them. I can't believe how lucky I am!
We ran a 5k in memory of our triathlon last year (we're still bitter we didn't get into it this year).
Jake and I have been trying to find ways to save some money, so I attempted giving my first haircut. Jake was brave enough to be my guineapig. Lets just say that Jake won't need another haircut for a couple months! I also gave a trim to one of our plants that had a hard time with our move. Which haircut looks better? You be the judge!

Jake was so sweet for my birthday. This year he made me breakfast before we headed off to work that morning. When I got home after work he had rented a canoe and had it waiting for us to go canoeing! It was such a fun adventure.
Hopefully you will hear from us again soon!