Neighborhoods!!

The new blink-182 CD - Neighborhoods - just came out and I have to admit, Emily is pretty jazzed about it. I believe her expression to me was, "This is the pinnacle of my existence... It's all down-hill from here!!"*

While I do share her excitement after 8 years of waiting, I'm not sure I would go that far...

*May or may not be an actual quote

'This Is The Place!'

Hola!

We recently took a very scenic hike through Salt Lake's backyard to Ensign Peak. It is home to a poetic view, spiritual insight, and immense gratitude. It was amazing to get to the top and reflect on the fact that such men as Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Wilford Woodruff, etc. stood right where we were and, though baron at the time, envisioned this as a place of refuge for the early saints.

(do your best to ignore the guy doing his best 'Rocky' impression...)

We've loved Salt Lake so far and are looking forward to future adventures. Here's one more pic of what we saw on the walk home. It's been rough:

I am one lucky girl!

I always thought Sean would be the one keeping this up to date, but he told me a few weeks ago that it was my turn. I'm not great with words like he is, but here it goes. So much has happened since we last posted. We've missed sharing Halloween, Thanksgiving with the Shuman gang, Christmas/New Years in California with the Halls, and Valentine's Day. Unfortunately we didn't take pictures for most of it, so we'll have to be much better about that in the future. We'll have plenty to share soon though. Sean graduates from BYU in just two weeks from today! He has worked so hard over the past few years to make the most of his time at BYU, and I couldn't be more proud of him! It will fun to see where life takes us after this. Sean's family will be here for graduation, and we can't wait to see them! I feel like it's been far too long. Only two days after graduation will be our 1st anniversary. This last year flew by! I was just sitting here at work thinking about how crazy it is that we've been married for almost a year now.

Sean - I don't know how I got so lucky, but I'm so glad that I met you and that you picked me to spend eternity with. I love you more than anything, and I can't wait to go through the fun adventures/challenging times that we will continue to go through in our lives. I feel so blessed to be able to go through it all with you!

A Happy, Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to the Wifey!!

I Love You!!

Good Grief!!

Yes, my friends, family, and loved ones. That is the bitter face of defeat. Cougars lose! :(

So it's been far too long since our last post. We've been busy getting back into the grind of fall: school, work, etc. It's been a busy few weeks, but we're finally starting to get ourselves together.

We've also had the tremendous good fortune of going on a few adventures together, such as a Ward campout not too long ago:

That was the maiden voyage of our tent.

We also were able to take in a game by our beloved Cougars. Too bad they couldn't pull out a victory for us:

(We must've been losing at that point)

It's good to be back in the blogging world. Everyone have a great week, enjoy Conference, and until next time...

Zip-Lines, Canoes, and Park City

Crazy how time flies! I've been meaning to update for quite awhile now, and I finally made the resolution to quit the laziness and get things up-to-speed.

This summer has been so much fun! Emily and I have been insanely busy with vacations, reunions, weddings (not only ours), moving, etc. It's been a blast and we're bummed the summer is coming to an end!

This past weekend we were able to go to the Hall Family Reunion at the girls' camp up by Heber. It was great hangin' with family, canoeing, zip-lining, and - of course - eating. Afterward, we headed up to Park City to check out the town. We were there during the Art Festival and it was amazing to see what people can do. Here's proof of our travels:

It's been so much fun having family here to spend the past few weeks with us. It's been a ball!! And yes, there has been tennis involved.

This weekend we'll be moving into our new place, as well as going through the temple with Brian in preparation for his wedding/sealing in September. We couldn't be happier and more excited for them!


PS. Those who still haven't had the chance to check out Inception, please go now. This very instant.

The Long-Overdue Post

It has been a busy couple of weeks!

After logging in countless miles on separate visits to California, we are now - somewhat unfortunately - back in Provo getting reacquainted with reality.

It all started with a visit to Northern Cal to see our friends Daniel and Ashley get sealed for time and all eternity in the Oakland temple. We were also able to stay and hang out with family, and we couldn't have had more fun! We all went to see the Golden Gate Bridge, and after we went to check out the Muir Woods. We had such an amazing time and are grateful for Mark and Annie's willingness to have us up there for a few days!

The following weekend we took another trip to CA, this time to San Diego. We got there a little ahead of schedule - thanks to a night of zero sleep - and had a ball with our family! I believe there was some tennis involved, fireworks (July 4th), dance recitals, Phase 10, etc., and I'm pretty sure there was a vampire-sighting in there somewhere, too! (ECLIPSE!!). We had such a fun time!!

(Only in San Francisco!!)