Boy does time fly.

Where, oh where did October go?
It's been BUSY!
16 credits of classes plus 15-20 hours of work in a week...gets pretty hectic.
One day I will be an amazing blogger.  That actually updates more than once a month.  Maybe, that is.

Now that I'm done making excuses (again...), here's the good stuff.

Wayyyyy back in August, before the semester started, David and I took a weekend and went on a little getaway.

Arches National Park.

Probably one of the most unique places I have ever been.  And that's saying something.

We camped for a couple of nights and did lots and lots of hiking.
Naturally, I loved it.
Outdoors + camping + my beautiful Chacos + sun + good food + GORGEOUS scenery + David (maybe I should have listed him earlier...?) = a marvelous weekend that made starting school just a little bit more bearable.

If you look really close....you can see me!

Sunset.  Isn't this GORGEOUS?!?!

This was one fantastic trip.  And I am currently anticipating many more like this.  Complete with hiking, camping, and hopefully rock climbing.  If we ever get enough money to get some more equipment, that is.

H o n e y m o o n .

I guess it's time I filled ya'll in about my amazing h o n e y m o o n.

We left a week after we got married, and flew to Cancun, Mexico.

As soon as we got out of the airport and were waiting for our shuttle it started pouring rain. NOT the most exciting welcome.

It continued to be overcast through the next day, but then cleared up considerably.

Here are some pictures of the first evening. It was cloudy and such but there was an amazing rainbow. In fact, it was a d o u b l e rainbow...(although you can't see it in the pictures).



I'll just highlight some of the cool things we did.

We went parasailing. 300 feet above the ocean and pulled by a boat...totally sweet. Oh, and we saw a huge sea turtle from that height.



We went on a Mayan Encounter Adventure. We got to go ziplining and repelling in a cenote and then we got to swim in an u n d e r g r o u n d cenote. Awesome.




Then we went to Coba. And we climbed to the top of the temple. Way fun.




The unfortunate part of the trip occurred next. It was Thursday, and all of the sudden I jammed my foot into the doorway. Holy cow did it h u r t. And then swelled up and was huge, purple, and puffy.

But, the day after that we went snorkeling. However, my camera decided not to work on that day, so I have zero pictures of the coolest stuff ever.

The benefit of destroying my toe (which I found out after I got home was actually b r o k e n) was that I got to ride in a wheelchair through the airports and we skipped all the lines. AND we got upgraded to seats with more legroom. Freaking legit.

So, a special thanks to David's father for paying for our honeymoon and my parents for letting us use a week of their timeshare. :)

Busy weekend....

this weekend the following things happened:

(1) we went to Zion National Park





(2) lyndee and devin got married





(3) my family came into town

Sunshine and Summertime

Wow, it's been a while since I've updated. So, after Oregon I went home and played for what was left of the summer. Here are some pics of my summer.


Gettysburg. Tennessee Memorial.
Plus visiting family. Loved it.





Our massive sunflowers.




The raspberries. I loved these a lot.




My favorite place to read/relax/sleep.




The lake. Boating, tubing, skiing, swimming, etc.



The fair.

I've now completed the first week of school, and am settling into my apartment and such. Soon, hopefully, I'll put up pictures.



Oh, and about that BYU game. We rock. Times 5486279485234 million.

The Beginning of Memorial Day weekend

Crater Lake National Park. It's beautiful. This is where me, Hope, and Becky spent our Saturday. Friday we spent in Kalamath Falls, driving around for hours trying to find the movie theater, which we did eventually find, and we thoroughly enjoyed Night at the Museum 2.



Beautiful reflection. Totally worth the trip.





The snow was freaking crazy. T-shirts and 20 foot snow.






We saw these random snowmen on our lovely walk.






Becky and Hope.









On our drive back we decided to take a detour and check out Bandon. Turns out it was a pretty cute little town, and we're planning to go back. Good choice Becky.