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Friday, May 29, 2009
Lake Powell - Lizard Combat
The family and friends we spent the weekend with came up with Lizard Combat as the title of our awesome weekend. The kids catching and endless supply of lizards combined with water combat equals the perfect title to our trip.
I have never been to Lake Powell and I couldn’t have had a better first experience. Lori and her family were so much fun and I had to pinch myself several times during the weekend because I couldn’t believe the experience I was having. It started with a wonderful boat ride with red sheer rocks towering over us on each side of the boat with the perfect amount of over cast. The house boat was like a parade of home on water. We had our private room which included a plasma TV and all the movies we could ever dream of.
We had a wonderful dinner with the family and Lori has the tradition of asking a question every evening for conversation. Our first question was “what do you like best and dislike most about being a guy/girl?” and “would you want to meet your great great grandparents or your great grandchildren?” – my answers were… best thing about being a girl is being able to have children (even though I have yet to experience it) and the worst is being underestimated (which Jake laughed at lol). For the last question I would want to meet my great great Grandparents because of the history and stories and advice they would be able to give me. We then finished off the evening with the movie Mall Cop and went to bed on the incredible house boat.
The next morning it was raining and I was so sad that I couldn’t layout and take in some sun. We made breakfast and lounged around for a while. I had a chance to get to know everyone a little better and Jake was put to work doing a few massages. That is actually why we were invited on the house boat was for Jake to do massages while we were there. I’m so proud of him and how good he is at what he does. Everyone just loves him not just for his talent of massage but his personality that is so loving and uplifting and always welcoming.
The weather finally changed from a steady pour to more of a light drizzle and Lori took us out on the speed boat for some surfing. I actually for the very first time had fun doing water sports. Granted I didn’t stay up for long but I did get up and had fun for a moment before losing balance and diving into the lake. The group made it fun and an overall good time even when my lack of talent shone through. Jake of course did a wonderful job at it and looked like a pro in a matter of minutes…okay maybe not a pro but following my act makes anyone look great.
We then came back to the house boat to have a delicious dinner. Lori and her husband Scott have theme nights and that night was going to be African night! Everything down to the costumes we got to wear and the napkin holders in the shape of Zebras, Lions and giraffes, it was perfect. Lori introduced us to another tradition of going around the table and saying things that you are thankful for. Jake of course was thankful for the delicious steak in front of him and Lori and her husband who invited us to have this wonderful experience. I was thankful for flight benefits and not just for the superficial reasons of traveling the world but for bringing our families closer to each other so we can visit them more often. Later that evening I learned a new card game called Nertz and it was a blast. Here is the link to the directions...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nertz I lost but it was still a great time.
The next day was PERFECT!!! Jake went out for a nice swim in the rain and I watched Mamamia in our room before everyone woke up. Sara & Terry who became such a great friends while I was there and was so much fun took me out on some wave runners and we had so much fun catching the waves and me screaming like a dork. I had my water proof camera so I got some fun shots. Then Bronco Mendenhall and his family came to the boat and they were so nice. Bronco grew up training horses for his dad and just a down to earth person. Some of you might not know that he is the BYU football couch so you can only imagine how excited Jake was to meet him. Jake even had a chance to work on Bronco and he really thought Jake was a great therapist tat BYU would love to have.
We went out on the boat again with him and his family and his little boy were so much fun… Cutter, Raider and Breaker were the ideal kids. They encouraged one another and the littlest was so fearless and was first to try to wake board. He was so cute and Bronco once he got up on the surf board he did such a great job and his boys were so excited for him.
We then went back to the house boat and went off the cool slide from the second story. Here were these little kids having no problem going off the slide and then their was me freaking out at the top trying to encourage myself to go LOL!
Then to finish it all off we went Lizard hunting and of course Jake took time away from giving massages to be sure to help with the intense lizard catching.
Our theme for dinner that night was Hawaiian Luau with Hawaiian hay stacks and luau music in the back ground. Sea shells and candle light made it a perfect ending to our evening. We then had to say goodbye and head back to reality.
Weekend part 2:
We tried to stay up with Jakes Dad and watched a little of Band of Brothers. He had to go back to Idaho on Sunday so it was sad not to be able to spend some more time with him. Then we just slept and slept. I’m not sure if it was all the swimming or the sun vs. rain but we were so tired the next day and had several hours of sleep. We went to see Terminator and it was okay… really wish they would have taken the movie a different direction but it was action packed.
The next day we joined Philip and Debbie in Kolob with their family and had a great time hiking around. Hera was a trooper through it all and is now dead asleep next to me while I write this
We are truly blessed for all the people who have come into our lives. For Lori and her family who each welcomed me this weekend and not only showed us so much fun and excitement but friendship and kindness. You really can feel the spirit with them and they are an example to everyone around them. Also, Philip and his family who are so kind in every way and always wanting to do the right thing. Congratulations to him for being called as the bishop in his ward.
We love you all and appreciate what you bring to our lives.
I have never been to Lake Powell and I couldn’t have had a better first experience. Lori and her family were so much fun and I had to pinch myself several times during the weekend because I couldn’t believe the experience I was having. It started with a wonderful boat ride with red sheer rocks towering over us on each side of the boat with the perfect amount of over cast. The house boat was like a parade of home on water. We had our private room which included a plasma TV and all the movies we could ever dream of.
We had a wonderful dinner with the family and Lori has the tradition of asking a question every evening for conversation. Our first question was “what do you like best and dislike most about being a guy/girl?” and “would you want to meet your great great grandparents or your great grandchildren?” – my answers were… best thing about being a girl is being able to have children (even though I have yet to experience it) and the worst is being underestimated (which Jake laughed at lol). For the last question I would want to meet my great great Grandparents because of the history and stories and advice they would be able to give me. We then finished off the evening with the movie Mall Cop and went to bed on the incredible house boat.
The next morning it was raining and I was so sad that I couldn’t layout and take in some sun. We made breakfast and lounged around for a while. I had a chance to get to know everyone a little better and Jake was put to work doing a few massages. That is actually why we were invited on the house boat was for Jake to do massages while we were there. I’m so proud of him and how good he is at what he does. Everyone just loves him not just for his talent of massage but his personality that is so loving and uplifting and always welcoming.
The weather finally changed from a steady pour to more of a light drizzle and Lori took us out on the speed boat for some surfing. I actually for the very first time had fun doing water sports. Granted I didn’t stay up for long but I did get up and had fun for a moment before losing balance and diving into the lake. The group made it fun and an overall good time even when my lack of talent shone through. Jake of course did a wonderful job at it and looked like a pro in a matter of minutes…okay maybe not a pro but following my act makes anyone look great.
We then came back to the house boat to have a delicious dinner. Lori and her husband Scott have theme nights and that night was going to be African night! Everything down to the costumes we got to wear and the napkin holders in the shape of Zebras, Lions and giraffes, it was perfect. Lori introduced us to another tradition of going around the table and saying things that you are thankful for. Jake of course was thankful for the delicious steak in front of him and Lori and her husband who invited us to have this wonderful experience. I was thankful for flight benefits and not just for the superficial reasons of traveling the world but for bringing our families closer to each other so we can visit them more often. Later that evening I learned a new card game called Nertz and it was a blast. Here is the link to the directions...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nertz I lost but it was still a great time.
The next day was PERFECT!!! Jake went out for a nice swim in the rain and I watched Mamamia in our room before everyone woke up. Sara & Terry who became such a great friends while I was there and was so much fun took me out on some wave runners and we had so much fun catching the waves and me screaming like a dork. I had my water proof camera so I got some fun shots. Then Bronco Mendenhall and his family came to the boat and they were so nice. Bronco grew up training horses for his dad and just a down to earth person. Some of you might not know that he is the BYU football couch so you can only imagine how excited Jake was to meet him. Jake even had a chance to work on Bronco and he really thought Jake was a great therapist tat BYU would love to have.
We went out on the boat again with him and his family and his little boy were so much fun… Cutter, Raider and Breaker were the ideal kids. They encouraged one another and the littlest was so fearless and was first to try to wake board. He was so cute and Bronco once he got up on the surf board he did such a great job and his boys were so excited for him.
We then went back to the house boat and went off the cool slide from the second story. Here were these little kids having no problem going off the slide and then their was me freaking out at the top trying to encourage myself to go LOL!
Then to finish it all off we went Lizard hunting and of course Jake took time away from giving massages to be sure to help with the intense lizard catching.
Our theme for dinner that night was Hawaiian Luau with Hawaiian hay stacks and luau music in the back ground. Sea shells and candle light made it a perfect ending to our evening. We then had to say goodbye and head back to reality.
Weekend part 2:
We tried to stay up with Jakes Dad and watched a little of Band of Brothers. He had to go back to Idaho on Sunday so it was sad not to be able to spend some more time with him. Then we just slept and slept. I’m not sure if it was all the swimming or the sun vs. rain but we were so tired the next day and had several hours of sleep. We went to see Terminator and it was okay… really wish they would have taken the movie a different direction but it was action packed.
The next day we joined Philip and Debbie in Kolob with their family and had a great time hiking around. Hera was a trooper through it all and is now dead asleep next to me while I write this
We are truly blessed for all the people who have come into our lives. For Lori and her family who each welcomed me this weekend and not only showed us so much fun and excitement but friendship and kindness. You really can feel the spirit with them and they are an example to everyone around them. Also, Philip and his family who are so kind in every way and always wanting to do the right thing. Congratulations to him for being called as the bishop in his ward.
We love you all and appreciate what you bring to our lives.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Kansas City, MO & Long Layover in SLC
Who’s in for a trip around the US? I guess Jake and I were for this last weekend. We were trying to get to Kansas City to go to a Royals game and it just didn’t want to fall into place for us. Austin came to the rescue with an idea of flying to LAX then taking a Midwest flight to Kansas City. We had a wonderful breakfast at Chilis in the LAX Airport and just had a nice relaxing time before our flight. The crazy plan Austin came up with worked and talk about a fun airline to fly on. They make you fresh baked cookies and you get all the drinks you want, not to mention the first class seating.
We rented our car and threw in a GPS for major needed assistants, because I didn’t have a chance to MapQuest anything for our trip. Talk about a blessing in disguise! I couldn’t figure out what direction we were going or how to get there and not a mountain in sight to help me feel my directions out. Even Jake was getting confused and next thing we knew that ladies GPS voice became our new BFF on our adventure.
We went to the Royals game and I will be honest with you…the last time I went to a baseball game it was the Atlanta Braves and I fell asleep!!! Yessss I know sad, but they really can get so boring. This game however was NOT boring! I have never had so much fun at a game. They were showing funny movie clips on the big screen, playing fun up beat music every time a new player came out to hit and flashing his stats for everyone to view. They would start off a cheer over the loud speaker and all the hard core fans would go nuts screaming and cheering on. The energy was amazing and the seats were perfect right behind the pitchers mound. We had about 5 foul balls come back towards us and Jake went running to try and catch them… I was usually either covering my head like a girl or wanting to run the other direction. I didn’t want to turn out like Drew Barymore in that one show where she got knocked out or Sandra Bullock in Two Weeks Notice messing up a catch and all the fans ready to kill me.
We then went out to dinner after the game to a fun BBQ place that our little BFF recommended on the GPS unit ;) It turned out delicious and I’m fairly sure Jake ordered almost half the menu which we enjoyed the rest of our trip home.
Yes Jake took his BBQ leftover through TSA security and surprising enough they didn’t even question us about it. We counted how many times we had to go through the screening process on this crazy trip and it was 5 times! 5 Times of taking your shoes off and taking your liquids out and removing your belt and putting it somehow all back together in a few seconds before the person behind you runs you over.LOL!
Overall we really liked Kansas City and if Jake gets that job with the Chiefs I think it will be a good place for him and I will love coming out all the time and visiting.
We then experienced a miracle coming home with being bumped on our Denver flight and then making a direct flight into Salt Lake with a flight that was asking for volunteers to stay behind and -4 seats open… WE MADE IT as the last two on the plane! During our 4 hour layover in Salt Lake we decided to go see the conference center and go on a tour. Jake had never seen it so it was a great time to relax and visit. Here are some of the art works that we had a chance to see. I forget how big that place is and as we went up and up on the escalator I watched Jake get more and more nervous LOL The guy is scared of heights so he had a tough time with the wide open space structure of the building and riding the escalators but he loved it all.
President Hinkleys portrait made me cry because our wonderful guide pointed out the little smudge on his name plate where people seemed to always tap it. She giggled and thought how perfect and how appropriate it would be to just give him a little tap on his name plate as you walked by him and then I looked at his face and how happy he looked and had to agree.
We rented our car and threw in a GPS for major needed assistants, because I didn’t have a chance to MapQuest anything for our trip. Talk about a blessing in disguise! I couldn’t figure out what direction we were going or how to get there and not a mountain in sight to help me feel my directions out. Even Jake was getting confused and next thing we knew that ladies GPS voice became our new BFF on our adventure.
We went to the Royals game and I will be honest with you…the last time I went to a baseball game it was the Atlanta Braves and I fell asleep!!! Yessss I know sad, but they really can get so boring. This game however was NOT boring! I have never had so much fun at a game. They were showing funny movie clips on the big screen, playing fun up beat music every time a new player came out to hit and flashing his stats for everyone to view. They would start off a cheer over the loud speaker and all the hard core fans would go nuts screaming and cheering on. The energy was amazing and the seats were perfect right behind the pitchers mound. We had about 5 foul balls come back towards us and Jake went running to try and catch them… I was usually either covering my head like a girl or wanting to run the other direction. I didn’t want to turn out like Drew Barymore in that one show where she got knocked out or Sandra Bullock in Two Weeks Notice messing up a catch and all the fans ready to kill me.
We then went out to dinner after the game to a fun BBQ place that our little BFF recommended on the GPS unit ;) It turned out delicious and I’m fairly sure Jake ordered almost half the menu which we enjoyed the rest of our trip home.
Yes Jake took his BBQ leftover through TSA security and surprising enough they didn’t even question us about it. We counted how many times we had to go through the screening process on this crazy trip and it was 5 times! 5 Times of taking your shoes off and taking your liquids out and removing your belt and putting it somehow all back together in a few seconds before the person behind you runs you over.LOL!
Overall we really liked Kansas City and if Jake gets that job with the Chiefs I think it will be a good place for him and I will love coming out all the time and visiting.
We then experienced a miracle coming home with being bumped on our Denver flight and then making a direct flight into Salt Lake with a flight that was asking for volunteers to stay behind and -4 seats open… WE MADE IT as the last two on the plane! During our 4 hour layover in Salt Lake we decided to go see the conference center and go on a tour. Jake had never seen it so it was a great time to relax and visit. Here are some of the art works that we had a chance to see. I forget how big that place is and as we went up and up on the escalator I watched Jake get more and more nervous LOL The guy is scared of heights so he had a tough time with the wide open space structure of the building and riding the escalators but he loved it all.
President Hinkleys portrait made me cry because our wonderful guide pointed out the little smudge on his name plate where people seemed to always tap it. She giggled and thought how perfect and how appropriate it would be to just give him a little tap on his name plate as you walked by him and then I looked at his face and how happy he looked and had to agree.
Monday, May 11, 2009
He finally arrived...our new Colt and don't miss the two new posts below...
We were in Twin Falls this weekend celebrating mother’s day with my parents when we received a phone call Sunday morning. Jakes first comment was “its Phillip telling us we have a new colt” and I thought “that would just be our luck” lol. Sure enough he was right! Knubbins brought a wonderful healthy colt into the world bright and early Sunday morning. She is doing great and had no complications other than delivering a massive baby horse. Our friend Chase is studying to be a vet and asked if he could go out and check on him (which was very nice of him). As he was inspecting the colt and administering an enema he was talking to Jake on the phone. He said “this is the best looking horse I have seen all season…he’s healthy and strong ugh…” mid sentence he gets kicked and that ended that praise. So he’s a feisty little guy and mother is VERY protective of him. She flips her body around and kicks and any horse or person who gets just a little too close.
A few of our friends came out yesterday evening to say hi to the new little one. Austin, Skyler, Will, Phillip and his whole family were all out saying hi to the little one. We hung out until it got dark just running around with the dogs and having a great’ol time. I will keep you posted of what we decide on with his name and how he is doing.
Mothers Day
We had a wonderful Mothers Day! I flew to Boise and drove with Kim to Twin and we didn’t expect Jake until Saturday mid day but he caught a flight that evening and arrived 10pm in Twin. We stayed up until 3am just talking and having so much fun catching up. We watched The Burbs (funny movie) on my Moms new DVD player – yes she got that from us for Mothers Day. We had the grand tour of the house and all the fun remodeling and furniture. It looks absolutely fabulous and it most defiantly feels like home.
The next day Jake and Dad spent the morning working on Dads new electric car. He designed, put together, and created this awesome new fully electric car and it runs. We took it out for a test drive and after working out a few minor problems it is running really well. So for 20 cents he can drive something like 50-100 miles. Its really exciting to see him having so much fun and Jake had a blast helping him out with it all.
We then went on a fun picnic in the park. My Mom was so excited about the new BBQ they purchased and the China man who designed it forgot to include the proper screws and didn’t mention that entire assembly was required. So Dad got working on assembling the BBQ and Jake got working on cleaning and cooking the provided park BBQ. We had a blast and got to fish a little afterwards and mostly had a great time talking with Kim and hanging with the family.
We then had a wonderful Brazilian dinner. If you have ever had my moms Brazilian cooking you understand how big of a deal this is!!!! It was so good but way too much food in one day lol.
Kim then had to leave us to go back to her puppies in Boise and it was sad to see her go. You never get enough time in a weekend to do and say everything you want to and it’s just been too long since I had a chance to hang with Kimmie. I can’t wait for our next visit.
The family then headed over to Grandma’s and Grandpa’s for ice cream and cake (yes more food) and to celebrate my cousin Marthas birthday. Jake had a chance to work on Grandpa’s back and it really helped him. Grandpa couldn’t even stand up straight but after Jake worked on him and showed him some good stretches he was up and dancing (yes really dancing around – showing off how good he felt lol) we sure love him!
Sunday morning went too fast with church and then a wonderful drive to Thousand Springs which we have to go back to. I wanted to explore and take some extra time there but dinner was ready at Aunt Donna’s house and we had to hurry. We had a great dinner with Cousins and Aunt Donna and Grandma and Grandpa and Mom and Dad… lots of food and lots of love at the table. Grandma gave me this beautiful necklace that she made out of beads and in this cute jewelry box. I also got some delicious cookies and Kimmie gave me a hat and scarf that she knitted herself and are adorable and two movies and the best thing of all, that brought tears to my eyes was a little jewelry box just big enough for my wedding ring. It belonged to her mother and she has one just like the one she gave me. It was perfect with a little fairy sitting on top of the box all in silver. I LOVE it and I’m going to put my wedding ring in it every night! Thank you Kim and the family for making our stay in Twin so special… we really love all of you.
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