St. George

We were finally able to get some sun last weekend.

I managed to get a picture of Megan so I had to share it!

Climbing around

Jared was trying to get some neat pictures of the flowers with the Temple in the background. He spent a lot of time doing it so I thought I had better post one of them.

This picture makes me want to go swimming again.The two trouble-makers testing the waters of the Virgin River.

ABC TAG,thanks a lot Diana!

abc tag
A. Attached or Single: FULLYAttached! B. Best Friend: J-man C. Cake or Pie: Pie, not a big fan of cake. Day of Choice: The day any vacation starts! E. Essential Item: Chapstick F. Favorite Color: Blues & Greens & White, & Gray & Somtimes Brown G. Gummy worms or bears: Gummy BearsH. Hometown: Paris IdahoI. Indulgences: Cookies & Fruit, but not together. January or July: July K. Kids: Yes, I'll take two.L. Life is incomplete without: Cats! M. Marriage Date: August 20, 2004N. Number of siblings: 2 brothers and 1 siste rO. Oranges or apples: I eat an apple every day but love ripe oranges.P. Phobias or fears: Car wrecks Q. Quote: Anything quoted from FRIENDS! .R. Reason to smile: It's more fun than frowning.S. Season: The end of spring, all of summer, & beginning of fall. Am I picky?T. Tag three: Anyone who wants to.U. What is U?V. Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: I eat meat but I appreciate vegetarians. W. Worst Habit: Jared would say popping my gum, I say I'm a little OCD. X. x-ray or ultrasound: I guess I'd have to say x-ray Y. Your favorite food: Summer picnics. Z. Zebra or Elephant: Zebras were my favorite as a kid & I did a report on them in Mr. Heinzman's 7th (6th?) grade science class.

A Great Conference Weekend!

We couldn't stand the cold weather any longer, & I don't think Jared could stand to be away from Ryan any longer so off to Henderson we went to play with the McGiven's & Hill's

Our first morning we went on a nice run on the long path by their home. Sarah even came pushing the boys which I'm sure wasn't easy. Then we got the pool ready & had fun watching Brady & Easton play!

After Ryan got home from School we went shoe shopping & decided to give "King Putt" a try. We had a good time but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. We would've much rather gone real golfing but it's expensive!

One day the boys, Aria, & I went to the pool but the water was too cold so Aria & I just watched them make fools of themselves.

The guys got great tickets to watch the Las Vegas Wrangler Hockey game, thanks to Geoff, & had a lot of fun while we girls ordered pizza & watched Enchanted. The guys DIDN'T come home right after, hmmmm, I wonder why???? I'll leave it at that.


How can you not have so much fun with these adorable four!
I'm sad we didn't get a picture of all of us together but we were too busy eating all the YUMMY food! Why didn't I take a picture of the food?? Oh yeah, becuase I was too busy eating it! Sarah & Aleena should open their own restaurant. Ryan can cook the breakfast too!
Seriously what a great weekend, we are ready to come back!!
Thanks!!

Baby Wyatt

Here's our newest nephew born March 20.

His feet are anything but small.

Happy Birthday Kami & Donna

Why God Made Friends

God made the world with a heart full of love, then He looked down from Heaven above, And saw that we all need a helping hand, Someone to share with, who'll understand. He made special people to see us through The glad times and the sad times, too; A person on whom we can always depend, someone we can call a friend. God made friends so we'll carry a part of His perfect love in all our hearts.

By: I'm not sure who....

Anyone who knows Kami is very lucky. She is the kindest, most tender hearted person you could ever meet. We have had a lot of fun times together such as herding her dad's cows down sleight's canyon, oops, we ended up in Paris Canyon :) Or playing night games & so much tetris on the nintendo we'd have to get snow to cool off our thumbs. The list goes on. Here are several pictures my mom found of us growing up together! Even her mom Donna whos birthday is also today (March 13).

Nerd day at school. Or just a regular day, it's hard to say.

Her dad's horse, Phantom Cop.

The Paris girls. (Middle School)
Jackson Hole

Seminary Graduation


Happy 23rd Birthday Kami, & Donna 29 right??

Thanks for your friendship throughout the years!

Love ya

Double Training

Jared has started training for the Wasatch Back that is coming up in June & he has a lot of hills he will be running. Luckily our neighborhood is nothing but hills. We also like to take along our friends' dog JO JO. They are renting our basement so it feels like we have a dog of our own. He's still young so we got some treats & have been training him to sit, heal, lay & to not jump on us. It's kind of fun & is easier now with the halter & leash we got him.

I'm not sure why his left ear is bent or why he always tilts his head when he looks at us, but it sure is cute.

Our New Home!!!

Here is the post you have all been waiting patiently for and we thank you for bearing with us through our transition. Enjoy the following pictures.

Posted by Jared

This is our living room.

Kitchen.

Hallway.

Laundry room.

This is where the magic happens, The Master Suite!

Main Bath.

Bedroom 1.

Bedroom 2 and Office.

Family Room

Our new couch inspired by the McGiven's couches.

We are super excited for visitors so free up your schedules and make time to visit us in the lovely town of Santaquin.

Garth

Garth....again

NASHVILLE! sorry it's long

My work trip this year was to Nashville, TN so of course we were able to see a lot of great country singers. I didn't realize who these people were at first until I heard their songs.

Dolly Parton was supposed to be there but she got really sick & had to be flown somewhere I guess. This was all in downtown Nashville at the Wildhorse saloon.

This first girl is Jessica Andrews & you probably know the song Rosemary's Granddaughter.

This guy is Dierks Bently & the only song I know that he sings is "What was I thinkin." It's a pretty funny song.
This scary looking guy is Ronnie Dunn from Brooks & Dunn. He was the last singer & his wife came out afterward with her purse on her arm & a drink in her hand & talked to us for a bit. I think she had a bit too much to drink!

We heard many other singers too but I only put the ones I know on here.

Okay, funny story about my pink skirt in the below picture. Every year we have a formal night & it's always a hassle finding a modest, not dressy but not too casual dress. This year I found a Kimono type dress for $12. I didn't love it but hey, it was $12! The night before I flew out, I went to Provo Towne & while I was there decided to look in this one store for fun. I ended up really liking this skirt & decided to buy it, after MUCH thought, since I really wasn't in love with the $12 dress. I didn't tell Jared though. So I roomed with 4 other girls & one of the girls had my $12 dress. But don't worry, I had my pink skirt that I bought at the last minute!! I found a cute shirt to go with it at the outlet mall by our hotel.

This is the African Children's Choir & they were amazing! All the kids have either lost one or both parents & come from low income families. It's a really neat story! Such cute & talented kids!

Our last night there we went to the Grand Ole Opry & Garth Brooks put on a private concert for us. For some reasons, we got to sit on the very front & center row!

Before the concert we were able to go into a room & meet Garth & get a group picture with him. It's weird because he just feels like some some old country guy that I could've grown up with. He's very friendly & down to earth.

He had us laughing all night & he even sang one of "Ms. Yearwood's" songs and at the end said, "I never thought I would stoop so low to sing someone else's song."

Back Online

We are finally up and running. A guy in our ward came over last night and helped us get our internet working. So I am sure that Heather will start catching up on her posts, she is making me some pancakes as I write this, life can't get any better than that. We are still waiting for visitors to make it this far south, especially those that live in the valley namely Gardners, Clarks, and stoddards. All the rest of you I expect a visit next time you are in town and if we find out you were here and didn't call us then our friendship is over, Ryan McGiven!!!! Can't wait for the party next week, Lindsay call us with the details and where you want to host.

The J-Man

Still nothing

We are still working on getting a new computer so we can use our internet. Our laptop disc thing doesn't open so that's a problem. Our house is getting pictures on the walls & really feeling like home, thanks to my mom & Thai Pan Trading. Don't worry we will be planning a party soon . I believe we have one set for March 7 right Lindsay? That's all for now. I know, boring post!

Update

Heather wanted me to post a brief update so here it goes. The good news is, is that we finished our house, passed our final inspection, received our certificate of occupancy, and moved in this last weekend!!!! Saturday night was our first night at our home and it is great to finally be in a new place after months of hard work. The bad news, we are currently stuck in the in between stage, therefore, we have no internet access, and no way of showing you all of our pictures; evenmore, we are still trying to get settled in so we really don't have the time to post an update. So please be patient with us as I work on getting us back online and getting our house into a "house of order." We sure hope that all of you are doing well and we sure do miss all of you.