Boating @ Jordanelle

JULY 2008

There are two things I can always count on Chris dropping everything to do... a meal at The Cheesecake Factory and Boating. Since a boat is not in our near future, we jump at any invitation extended to us. We have been lucky to have some friends take us out on their boats this summer. Here are just a few fun pics from our water adventures.............


I know Captian Eric looks like he is just enjoying piloting his boat, however that big smile is because he knows he is about to dump all those on the tubes behind him!

Look at those arms! woop-woop!


Thomas, Justin and Kristie enjoying the sun

Chris skiing

And here we are doing a commercial for 7-up!

Cabo Wabo

July 5-12, 2008

Chris and I had the pleasure of accompanying some friends on a world class vacation to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico! Little did we know we were bringing Steven w/ us who loves to cook, he made us dinner practically every night! What a treat. Then in the morning Lucia would show up and have breakfast ready and on the table for us to lazily crawl out of bed to enjoy. We were spoiled beyond belief! We went snorkling, hiking, zip-lining, shopped till we dropped, and spent a day doing spa treatments. It was a memorable time. Thanks to our friends James and Andrea!

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WOW! We made it through the First year!

June 12-15, 2008

It's hard to believe a whole year has gone by. I think we experienced more in our first year as newlyweds, than most. Chris started a new company, (Yeah!) which was later broken into while we were on our delayed "honeymoon", (boo) then we had the unfortuante loss of my cousin, who was more like a sister. On the positive note, we adopted a cute little puppy, who is training us to be good parents one day! We survived! We have only grown stronger as a couple, and learned to lean on one another.
Chris wanted to do something really fun for our 1st Anniversary (which was actually 6-14 I'm a little behind on my posts), so we planned a trip to San Diego for the weekend. As you can see from our pictures, we crammed alot into 4 days. We had a blast, and enjoyed every minute of it!

Thanks sweeetheart for a wonderful time!!!

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Linda "O" Tagged me....

Since Linda is always SOOO patient with me and my lack of BLOG participation, I thought I had better complete this task (being that it was a pretty easy one to do). She tagged me to take pictures of the following items and post them. (KITCHEN SINK, TOILET, LAUNDRY AREA, FRIDGE, KIDS, FAVORITE SHOES, FAVORITE ROOM, CLOSET, SELF PORTRAIT, & DREAM VACATION). I then have to anger 5 of my closet friends and tag them to keep the game going! Sorry JULIE,SHANTEL,GAIL,LONI, and DANA! But have fun on the scavenger hunt. =)

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Lil' Justins All Grown Up...

On Thursday June 5 we were able to celebrate with Chris' nephew Justin as he and Kristie were married in the Salt Lake Temple. We are excited to welcome her to the family!Don't they make an adorable couple. For being the first week in June, you would have expected it to be beautiful weather in the 80's, however up in Millcreek Canyon, we were exposed to 45* weather. BRRRRRR... just a little chilly for an outdoor reception. Thank goodness for the heater lamps, I was stuck to them all night!






Justin & Chris

The GROOM & his stooges,

I mean GROOMSMEN................

Chris & his big sister: Melinda -also know as "the mother of the groom"

Chris and I with his parents at the reception......

We found a nice fence to relax on........








This is Kristie's sister Karoline, and their cousin. Chris and I think she is simply beautiful. One day we hope to be in a position to adopt a child of our own. After seeing her cute face, a little Chinese baby would be fun

Strutt Your Mutt

This weekend, we went with some friends to Sugar House Park and participated in the 1.5 mile doggie walk to benefit no more homeless pets in Utah. As you can see there were hundreds and hundreds of breeds there. What a perfect place to pick out your next pooch.





This is Kava, One of Chris' best friends Dog. He is just as tall as him when standing!

Barkley was the perfect little pooch!

Here's our happy little family!!!

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This past weekend I had a chance to travel to Southern Florida, and hang out with Family and Friends, old co-workers and past roommates. Despite the weather being 100* the whole weekend, we were able to get outside and have some fun! I forgot how humid it is there. I think when you live amongst it, you tend to just adapt.