Spring Flowers

A friend of mine, Rachel, gave me some tulips that she got from her work that they had removed from their landscaping. I wasn't quite sure what kind I was planting since it was just a bulb, but something was better than nothing in our empty yard, right? This is my favorite tulip that has come up so far. It has been fun to see new surprises popping out of the ground!

Disneyland!!

Jim and I decided to take a little trip to celebrate both of us being college graduates, and just a good excuse to get away just the two of us.

We left on Thursday morning and flew to the airport near Disneyland. We spent two exhausting days at Disneyland and flew back home on Sunday.

One of my favorite things to do on vacation is to turn off all computers and cell phones. I love technology but when I am on vacation I like it to leave me alone. No phones ringing, no facebooking, no e-mail checking, no Internet surfing, no news reading...nothing, just each other. (Hurricane Katrina hit while we were on our honeymoon and we had no idea until we got back in town) I told Jim he could check his phone messages in the evenings, in case work called, but other than that it had to stay in the hotel room in his bag. I was just excited to get away from everything!

Well, our first day in the park we went up to the information booth and asked about restaurant reservations. The nice gentleman said "you can find any pay phone and push the "restaurant" button OR it is easier if you have a cell phone you can just call this number. " Jim quickly looked at me and said in a funny voice "we don't have our cell phones on us, do we..." I couldn't help but laugh out loud. Literally the first thing we do we need our cell phones! I just kept telling Jim that people years ago survived without them, we could too.

We ended up successfully going 3 days with out any other "hiccups" and we had an absolute blast!!

Yeah we are in Disneyland!!

The fireworks at night were awesome!

I am a giant!

Jim is cute, we went to California adventure for a few hours and then he turned to me and said, "can we go back over to Disneyland, it is so much more magical over there? California adventure is just like another amusement park".

We walked so much!! Jim got huge blisters on his feet the first day.

As a young buck Jim was sure he could pull the sword from the stone. So, as an adult he HAD to try again, still no luck... I love the little boy that is looking at him like he is AMAZING!

In Tarzan's tree house.

Enjoying a famous Monte Cristo sandwich for lunch at the New Orleans cafe. Super yummy!!

This ship took us on a ride down the river. It was fun:)

This is the only charater that would pause for a picture with us...

Dessert at the Blue Bayou. The food was phenomenal and the dessert was a fun cookie cut in the shape of a boat with ice cream, caramel, and fudge on top with a sail stabbed in the top.

Does anyone see Cindy? Oh, there she is behind Jim's arms... When Jim and I saw this we could not stop laughing!! The poor girls that were in the boat with us turned to each other and said, "I guess we will just have to go again to get a good picture." I still laugh so hard when I see it, I am glad you had a blast Jimmy, I did too, you just can't see it!

This ride I look like I am about to have a heart attack and Jim looks like he is having a blast. We both really enjoyed the ride!

Although the trip was short, we had so much fun being together and acting like kids again at Disneyland!

Gotta love the smell of a new car!

I have wanted a new car for quite some time and I have been trying to save all my little pennies to get one. Well that day has finally come!!

It is a 2008 Subaru Legacy Spec B and I love it!! (it has a turbo too!!)

(I think Jim LOVES it too because everytime we ride in it he asks me "do you really love it, because if not I will gladly drive it for you!" Don't worry Jimmy, I will share with you! :))

Happy Graduation to me!!

On May 1st I graduated from UVU with a major in Community Health. I am SOOO glad to be done and it feels great to finally be a college graduate!

It's official! I have the "diploma" in hand!

Jim and me after the ceremony.

Some of my family that attended the ceremony. My brother David also graduated with me.

Do you think anyone will hire us now?! I think we are ready...

Dreaming of Disneyland...

Peace out friends! Jim and I are on our way to Disneyland today!! YIPEE:)

Jim's Birthday Bash, the big 3-0!

A couple of weeks ago I through a huge suprise birthday bash for Jim's 30's birthday. I rented a room at Noah's in Lindon and partied hard all night long. The room had a big theater screen that we played Rock Band on, a pool table, music, and a little kitchen for the food and cake.

I highly suggest it, totally awesome for parties!!This is Jim with his "new guitar". He came home from work maybe thinking there was going to be a surprise party waiting for him, but there was nothing but this dumb blow-up guitar.

(don't worry it was just a lead into his present)After we arrived, Jim and I had said hi to eveyone and then I walked him over to his real present. He was still carrying the blow-up guitar I had given him at home. When we walked over to the guitar I asked him if I could trade him guitars. I would take the blow-up and he could take this new one that I bought yesterday. He obviously quickly traded me and played us some sweet tunes. Can I tell you it was love at first site for him and the guitar!!

Tom, Andrew, Cam

Rachel and Jim

The real guitar with the cake guitar. Isn't the comparision amazing!!

The neck and head of the guitar cake

The body of the guitar cake. Look at that detail!! It took the cake lady 8 hours to decorate!

John and Rachel chillin at the party

Sean and Angela rockin out

Kerri and Rick hangin out

Lauren and Brett. Brett had the nastiest mullet hat!

Brenda and Bill enjoying the atmosphere

Jim with his mom showing off his new "MOM" tatoo for the party. Yes, that is Lora Beth!!

Jim, Jason, Rachel and Brad enjoying the party

Some of the guys playing pool.

The room was so cool and perfect for all the planned activities.

The whole clan!

The room was packed! (over fire code limit, but whose counting, right?) The night was a huge success and Jim had a blast partying with his friends and family. Happy 30th Birthday sweetie!!

It's good to have the house back to normal!

Our house is finally put back to normal. It was in disarray for about a month, very frustrating and expensive to deal with, BUT it is done!! One fun thing we changed is the color in the office. It used to be a dark blue and we painted it a tan color. We love it!!

Here are some pictures of the final stages.

Finishing the final mudding and paint process.

All the plastic is down and it is DONE!!

Finished putting the french doors on and put some furniture put back in.

Sheet rock is back up and walls are painted. The wall with the light switch on it was completely taken down. It had the most water damage in it from the leak.

We picked out a little bit nicer tile for the front entry way. We really like it!