Visit my new blog @ exploringthe.us . My husband and I are traveling and having loads of fun.

Summer

Its kind of crazy how fast time flies. Seems summer has gone by in the blink of an eye. Its already mid August. Seems like we've been all kinds of busy. We are looking for houses still can't seem to find one that we feel good about. But we have narrowed down the area. In the Draper area. We are are heading out to California tomorrow. I'm so excited! We get to get away from work and be able to enjoy the nice warm weather. I wish that summer would last longer I love the warm weather. We bought some tennis rackets and have been trying to teach ourselves how to play. Aaron is doing better than I am. I am in very poor shape I don't have any stamina I'm done in about 20 minutes. haha. So I've invested in some running shoes and a cute outfit to match and we started running on Saturday. I was pretty tired but felt pretty good afterwords. And even had enough energy to play some tennis after. Not too bad haha. Can I just tell you life is so amazing being married knowing that you have a great man to be with all the time is the best in the whole world. Yay!!

Pictures

Here are some pictures from our Jackson Hole trip.
Enjoy

Jackson and Potter Mania haha

Aaron and I had a blast over the Fourth of July weekend. We went to Jackson whole with his family and his Aunt Shelly (what a cutie) and Grandma Hansen. His Grandma rented an apartment up at Teton village for us to stay with her, so nice. I loved it up there everything was so green and beautiful. We started out on Thursday afternoon and got to Jackson around 5pm then went swimming and ate some hot dogs by the pool. The next day we woke early and went looking for wildlife in the Tetons national park. We saw a few elk moose and some kind of varmint :). Then we went hiking around Jenny Lake took all kinds of pictures. I was dieing though so out of shape its crazy I was way behind everyone else, thankfully Aaron stayed with me such a sweetie. then after we were done hiking the had a boat ride to take you back to the other side of the lake. As we neared the boat more and more mosquitoes were attacking us, I mean there were millions it was crazy. We went to downtown Jackson and rode the Alpine slide, I've only been on one of those before and it was the one at Snowbird and its kind of short and this one was really big. I was a little scared, but I did it anyway and it was fun. We went and looked around all the shops and didn't see anything we just absolutely had to have. It was fun to see all the different shops there was quite a few that had taxidermied animals in them. One shop had a taxidermied wolf in it that was the one that freaked me out it looked so real. I am afraid of dogs so that was scary. The sad part though was when I checked my camera to see how much memory I used I accidentally formatted it and lost all my pictures I was so mad. Rediculas! I will never check my memory on my camera agian, so sad :(. For dinner we headed for the Bar J ranch. Its a dinner theater that entertains you while you are eating. They sing old cowboy songs they were really funny too. The next day (4th of July) we just kind of took it easy played tennis went swimming then Aaron and I went into downtown Jackson again and ate a pizza place it was really good. The crust was all crunchy and the sauce was tasty. Good stuff. Then we all went on a gondola ride up the mountain, it was amazing to be on the top of the mountain and see the whole intire valley. Beautiful! Then we headed back and went swimming again and ate some dinner, played some card games. Now it was time for fireworks, and let me tell you those fireworks were unbelievable non stop for a half hour and the grand finale, by the end of it you couldn't see it was so bright. Awesome! Sunday we were out of there packing up and on the road on our way home we stopped by one the local chuches and went to church. Aaron and I got home and just relaxed. It was such a fun vacation. He makes vacationing so amazing. OKAY now on to the Harry Potter movie, it was really really good. I was surprised I mean all the others were just mediocre except for the Prisoner of Azkaban that one is still my favorite one. But anyway it was really good they did the end of the book (you all know the part I mean :( ) really well. So I would definitley recomend this movie to you. Aaron and I went with my fam, I'm always so happy to be with them. They liked it too. :)

Lagoon

Friday was Anthony's birthday. Me Aaron and my fam all went up to Lagoon on Friday. Lagoon is a lot of fun. But I must say that Disneyland is far better because it has a magical feel to it. Lagoon feels like a carnival, not much atmosphere to it. But it was lots of fun nun the less. Got to hang with the fam, I love being with them. We went on the Wicked (me, Aaron, Dad and Dani). Dani and I were freaking out while being strapped in to the ride. Aaron was just lauphing at us and said its to late now :). Haha. It was a lot of fun. We also went on the Rocket that ride is the scariest thing ever, but one of the funnest. I get off that ride and my legs are wobbly and I can barely stand super scary :) but lots of fun. Then the rain came and lots of it, it was like a sheet was coming down. We then decided to call it quits and head back to my parents house to give Anthony his presents and eat some cake. My Mom makes the best hot water cake mmm....mm.... good. then saturday my Dad and Dani and I went to the movies and Aaron went golfing with our wards Elders quorum. We went and saw The Land of the Lost. Let me tell you that was such a lame show lots of naughty stuff and it wasn't even close to funny, ill timing. Just dumb, don't go see this movie I felt dummer just watching it. Then after Aaron and I went to a bbq with the Elders quarum and there families. Not too much to eat, but I guess i shouldn't have expected anything since men where planning it :) haha jk. It was good food hamburgers and hot dogs. Met some new people so that was fun. Sunday went to church and gave a lesson. I not sure how good a teacher I am I always feel as if the kids are really bored. Oh well if I'm not good now this is a learning experiance and hopefully I will get better. Hopefully :). Then we went to my parents house to visit and eat dinner. I love going to see my family I love them so much. We had some tasty chicken and fried rice and some biskets good stuff. We played Clue after dinner thats a fun game I won the first just by a good guess Nicci won the second and Aaron won the third. All around good times. Life is so amazing, I love Aaron so much and everyday that gets stronger and stronger. I am so very thankful for all the many blessings I have Aaron, my family, my new family, my friends, our house, our cars, Aarons job and so many more things. I love spending all my time with my love Aaron he is my all. <3

Up

Over the weekend Aaron and I went and saw the movie Up. I really liked the movie I thought it would be this cute happy show, but holy cow I cried at least twice during the movie. I know I know kind a lame to cry at an animated show but it was just so sad. Now I won't ruin it for those who have not seen it yet. But let me tell you it is a movie with a lot of emotions sad, happy, funny, and sweet. I loved the show and would highly recommend you go see if you have not yet. On Friday we also saw another movie it was New in Town, not the best movie but better than you would have thought it could be. We spent a lot of time over the weekend with Aaron's family, it was a lot of fun I enjoy being with them. Its pretty cool how all of a sudden you have a larger family and love them all in an instant. Its fun.

Rain :)

Tuesday night all was right, we went for a ride in the rain. We then arrived at a parking garage, parked and walked in the rain. We also passed the train, we ran until we could run no more. We reached the Assembly Hall in Temple square where there was a band playing. Aaron got a flyer informing us of some free concerts in the park. But since it was poring the concert was held inside at the Assembly Hall in Temple Square. It was fun band, it played jazz and swing. It was so fun to go and listen to the band play. It made me want to swing dance. Aaron and I are going to take some swing dance lessons, I am so excited. I love to dance. The rain was fun the concert was fun and being with Aaron made it perfect :)