Summer Fun in 2010

Just to bring everyone up to date on what Dave and I have been up to this summer so far, I have a few pictures to share! Some from Hawaii, for those who haven't seen them yet, and some from the Strawberry Days Rodeo. Hope you are all doing well!

My niece, Aubrie, did the Mutton Busting event in the rodeo

This is a waterfall that we found on the last day of our trip. Pretty!

Dave doing his modeling poses for the camera - Good old David. Gotta love him!

We went to a luau that had all you can eat Hawaiian buffet and all sorts of Hawaiian dances - hula, fire dances, etc. It was REALLY cool! Since I took hula lessons in high school, it was really neat to see it done professionally.

Dave had his 25th birthday in Hawaii and we celebrated with a guava cake - yummy! Happy Birthday David.
We went on a snorkeling trip where the ship took us to places just off the coast that had great snorkeling opportunities. We saw all sorts of fish and plant-life. VERY cool! As you can see, we are having fun with the snorkeling gear. In this picture it is (my sisters) Jenny, Melanie, Me, and Dave.

Sea Turtles! We were able to swim with sea turtles at one of the snorkeling locations. What an amazing experience it was to swim within 5 feel of these creatures. I don't have the words to explain. The captain then took us to a location where you couldn't swim, but there were dozens of turtles surfacing for air. So, I was able to get a picture!

This is me and my niece (2 1/2 years old) making sand castles on the beach just a short walk away from our condo. Aubrie is so cute.

Dave and I on the beach - good memories.

This is taken from the balcony of the condo that we stayed at. We were able to see a rainbow over the ocean each morning. Can anyone say 'paradise'?

I all enjoy the pictures. We truly had a great time and I particularly loved being with my family. EVERYONE was able to attend (including my sisters new husband and his son) so there was some great bonding time. Most of all though, I loved that I was able to share it with Dave. We had some great memories and experiences that we will remember for a long time. Families are a blessing and I'm glad to have such a wonderful group of people to associate with.

Brief Update

Sorry for waiting so long to get some updates posted. I'm going to give the summarized version of what we have been up to.

We spray painted Julie's computer




















We won the pumpkin contest at my work with "Homer Simpson"















Box seats at a BYU football game















Got a Christmas Puppy named Bella!























Walking Bella at Mountain View HS


















Walking Bella at Utah Lake

At Barbie's place in Arizona

Dad, Kimball and I at Dad's wedding

Julie and Dad ridding horses at Barbie's

Julie and I at the Grand Canyon

We have moved from Grandma Jensen's house to a condo on center street in Orem. Julie is serving as a compasionate service leader and I am the financial clerk.

Hey everyone, here are a few pictures of what Julie and I have been up to...

We recently went to Moab with Julie's family and did some 4-wheeling and jeeping. Julie's brother Brian brought his old Suburu. It did surprisingly well, despite Brian almost rolling it when he and I tried to go up a really steep sand ledge. We had to get it towed out by one of the 4 wheelers :)

Julie holding a bird... Love the face Julie :) We went to the HeeHaw corn maze before Halloween with Dad, Tori and Austin. That was a lot of fun.

We chased some baby pigs for a while and finally caught one.

I love Austins face in this one. I guess thats about it

A Night in the Country...

Dave and I got together with a young couple in our ward to go to the Alpine Rodeo this weekend. We made a night of it and had the couple, plus another friend and young daughter, over for tacos, and then we headed to the rodeo to meet up with the rest of our group.

It was a very small rodeo and you could tell that it was low budget since the half-time show guest did almost the same routine 3 times during the rodeo... but it was still fun to go. It was a different rodeo than what we have ever been to because all they had were bull riders! Big excitement with every rider. However, it seemed as if some of the bulls were the old 'retired' bulls since some would stop bucking mid-ride, lay down (with the rider on back), or just struggled keeping up the energy that you would normally expect. But again, lots of fun. The rodeo was held right up against the side of the mountain ranges so we had a beautiful view of the valley and it was a beautiful night to be outside.

Once the rodeo had finished, there were fireworks that we went to that night to finish off the night with a 'bang'. Here are a few pictures to share the excitement!

6 months now married... and happier than ever!

Dave and I were talking just yesterday about how we have already been married for 6 months, yet it feels like we have been married for a very long time - we are 'old and experienced' now. Must have something to do with how long we have actually known each other. But, we did it! And are just as happy as we were as when we were first married. Happy 6 months, David!

Things are going pretty good, at least for me, now that I am out of school for the summer and feel as if I have way too much time to try and fill (I have turned to doing some yard work in the mornings to pass the time...). But this sudden freedom will not last long as I will be back in school as soon as Fall semester begins - however I try not to think about that at this point.

Dave, on the other hand, has been struggling with the (swine?) flu over the past few days. Coughing, sneezing, fever, headaches, he has the works - poor guy. I've been trying to keep him comfortable but there is only so much that you can do. Looking on the bright side, I think things are looking up since he is feeling a little better every day. Apart from his illness, he is doing great - happy and full of fun as he always is.

We just got back from an AWESOME rafting trip over the weekend with the family. Here are a few pics to give you an idea of what happened for those who weren't there - lots of fun and lots of cold water!

We hadn't even started our trip and Preston was already armed and ready!

One fun thing about this year is that Lora and Kimball's kids were old enough to man their own raft so we had "The Cool Raft", and then the kids' raft. :)

Me and my cute husband!

Having fun and full of smiles! Dad was a good sport and definitely picked the most water-fights out of anyone in the group.

Austin fulfilled the role of the raft's motor, and Tori's scream would alert all the fishermen/rafts that we were on our way - both are always lots of fun to have along!

Last, but not least, Kimball and Lora in their sweet shades! Unfortunately Kimball's were claimed by the river only moments later...

P.S. Thanks to these two who planed the trip - you guys are awesome and always make things fun and memorable. Thank you, thank you!

Hope you are all doing well. We hope you have a safe 4th of July weekend!

This isn't a very good picture, but Austin and I got into a punching war one night and this is what happened to him! His hand was pretty swollen and his arm looked like he was hit by a tank. Ya that's right, I'm a tank :) He was a good sport though for his first time.

Last month Julie and I took on mowing Mom's lawn. It would take us about an hour and a half, one person mowing, one person edging/weed wacking. It was a lot of fun though. Julie is always up for doing service projects like that. Then Mom showed us some of her little trinkets and McDonald's toys.

This is what I look like with a mustache! I left it on just for church and it was really funny to talk to people and know they were starring at it but didn't want to say anything to me. Julie's mom noticed it first thing when I walked into the chapel and started pointing at her upper lip in digust :) It was fun.

Jorgen and his soon to be Mrs... Go Jorgen :)

Playing football with the boys at a family picnic.

Memorial Day. We were able to find Grandpa Jensen's grave and edged it.

Julie working on her art homework. She usually takes over the kitchen. She has also started teaching art lessons to kids on tuesdays. That has been her goal for a while and it is fun to see it actually start happening.

Julie and I went to Lake Powell for a few days with her family. They brought their boat and we rented two jet ski's. It was a really fun trip.

On our way home from Lake Powell we road a ferry to cut an hour and a half off our drive home and it was well worth it.