Bear Lake is a really fun place

and we have been there A LOT this summer.


With friends, dogs, and a canoe


These 2 pictures are not at bear lake, we were testing out the canoe before we took it to the lake. Just as expected, it was fun.

Ben and Angella with their little Curie
Random man asleep on the beach?.... He literally slept the whole time his group was there. Is it creepy that I took a picture of him? He just looked so.....dead.
Dana, Jesse, and their pup Fritz
Fritz Fisher



With family

Mud wars!
Sandcastles!

And you always need someone to bury.

We will probably go again next week, and do a sandcastle day. Literally just go and build a sandcastle all day. Sounds great doesn't it? We will let you know how it turns out.

2 roommates and friends, 2 beautiful brides, 2 amazing weddings

This week we went to two beautiful weddings. Both of them were roommates from my first year at Utah State.

Dana and Jesse got married at Wadley Farms in Lindon on Wed May 19. It was a gorgeous day and the farm was astounding. Jesse's bishop conducted the ceremony and his advice was so good. I loved how he told them that there is a lot of turmoil and instability in the world, but it does not have to exist in your marriage and your home. We loved that. We always want to keep our home as a place of comfort and peace. Congratulations to this happy couple!!










Not to mention a gorgeous dress.




































Angella and Ben married on Sat May 22 at Thanksgiving Point. She has spent so much time planning this wedding and wow it paid off! So beautiful! Angella was my roommate the first year as well. Ben is one of Mark's engineering buddies and he also lived on the same floor as me, Mark, Angella, and Dana. So fun! Ben's brother was the ring bearer and he dropped the rings twice as he came running in. It was adorable. :) The pastor that married them told them that you do not marry one person, you marry three: the person you think they are, the person they really are, and the person they will become through being married to you. We thought that was cute.

I loved her dress as well and her jewelry was incredible. Her sister MADE her necklace and earrings! Incredible. Congratulations to Ben and Angella!














These are my old roommates. (Jesse in the corner, haha) then Rhiannon, Shanae, Dana. Fun that weddings bring us together again.

Updates

This last semester was a VERY successful for the both of us. We both finished with above a 3.5! It's nice to win one :)

We have spent the last two weeks hanging with this little guy. He has been so freakin adorable. My favorite is when we come out of a room to see him patiently sitting and waiting for us, or how he farts in Mark's face, or his Bad A cage fitting with Jasper (Walker dog), or how his name fits perfectly in everything, in every song, saying, etc. We love the little guy and have had fun with him. Matt and Carla get home from Spain on Sat.


Sunday is Justin's farewell talk! He is serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. WOW I can't believe this time has come. I am so stinkin proud of him and SO excited for him! It will be fun to write a missionary in a few weeks. He enters the MTC on June 9th and is going to San Franando CA! Congrats and good luck to him! We will be in Star Valley that day.

We are just roaming free this summer, sorta. Mark has had the opportunity to do a couple jobs here in Salt Lake and I am doing some work for my Logan job from home. Things are going well. We have started a blog for Mark "portfolio," (click here to see it!) hopefully this will help keep him busy with jobs this summer. The blog is still a work in progress. He has already got 3 or 4 other jobs lined up, so we will be jumping from SV to Salt Lake, to Logan quite a bit this summer. So far its been great.

Ya for friends! I have seen Kyli and Hannah a few times while being down here. We have had so much fun! Chase and Brooklyn are growing fast and man they are adorable! I stole this pic from Hannah's blog because I love it! Chase is "a bit" bigger than Brooklyn. I love it! They are both so cute! Thanks Hannah and Kyli!

Glades Go West

Road trip! Spring break is coming up and we decided we would love to see Washington, and maybe the Redwoods, and drive the coast. You know, the ultimate road trip. Luckily, we were talking with our new found friends in our ward, Jeremy and Kelsie Frint, and we found out that they had the exact same trip in mind. Woah! So we did as any poor couple would do, and we asked to tag along. Luckily they had the same idea in mind, tis cheaper that way, and they have relatives we can stay with. Sweet!
We have been spending a lot of time with these new friends, and we are finding that they are perfect for us; great church buddies, great game buddies, and most definitely going to be great road trip buddies, and we are all are super excited.
The plan as of right now? Seattle, a cute little bed and breakfast, the fish market, ferries, tidepools, cheap cabins, Forks Washington (too bad none of us are huge twilight fans, but we will bring something back for those of you that are), gorgeous coast, camping in cold rain, and some of the worlds largest trees. We only wish that we had more than a week!