Summer 2012

Disclaimer:  this is a long post....it has to be though, it covers all of summer and I haven't blogged since May!

This summer was number 1 on the charts for the best summer!  Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that I only worked 10 days in 5 weeks!  Or that we vacationed with friends and family until our heart was almost content....

June we celebrated our 3rd Anniversary, three years already?!  Hard to believe, I feel like we're still newly weds...

In between Landon's rotations this summer we were able to go to Bear Lake for a long weekend with the whole Daly family.  The water was SUPER cold.  Landon wake boarded, but I didn't even dare get in.  Instead we went over to the pool. Landon took his go pro and the kids had fun jumping off the diving board with it or going down the slide.  The water wasn't a whole lot warmer, but we still had a fun time!

July was when the fun began.  We went to San Francisco for a week.

The men did the driving and we rocked it in the back, treats more treats a little napping and everything else you do on a LONG car drive.

China Town
We went to China Town on the first day there.  It wasn't what I had expected...it's packed with people and the grocery marts are gross.  I found a nice knock off D&G purse, so I guess it was a success.

The A's game was a blast. Landon caught a ball in batting practice and they swept the Yankees. 

 It was a bitter sweet time for Mo!  I about fried to death.  A nice lady in front of us offered me sunscreen.  Who knew baseball games could be so long...especially when it goes into extra innings.

Landon Skim Boarding

We spent one day in Santa Cruz. It was fun walking on the beach, looking at all the surf shops and the carnival feel.  This was a sad day...as I was looking over the board walk at the sea lions my new Oakley sunglasses fell right off my head and we watched them slowly sink.  Landon was sweet and bought me new sunglasses while we were in Santa Cruz.

We spent the first of the next at Pier 39 and seeing Down Town San Francisco.  We enjoyed some fish and chips, which were pretty good.  Mo and Cari had some Calamari so I tried it..not a fan!  We wanted to see Alcatraz, but all the tours were sold out. Apparently July is a very busy tourist time so you have to purchase tickets 6 weeks in advance.  Maybe next time....Landon says we'll be going back.

This was the event Landon had been waiting for.  I had a tiny jacket and when the sun goes down it's cold!  I wanted a hot chocolate, but it was July...so to satisfy us both Landon bought a Giants jacket and I wore mine and his! :)  We had a fun night and they won so we couldn't have asked for more.

Look at the size of that tree!

We spent one day going to Muir Woods, it was beautiful!  Then the  drive home took us by the famous Golden Gate Bridge and we had to see Lombard Street.  We walked up that thing...probably the most stairs I have ever done at one time.

We also went to Six Flags and had a fun time going on rides and watching the dolphin show!  Thanks to Aunt Carol for letting us stay at her house, not only did we have a free place to stay, but she made us dinner and we enjoyed the pool.  It was such a fun vacation...thanks Mo and Cari for going with us, it made it that much better!

The next vacation was Bear Lake. It was our family, Jim and Candace and Greg and Lyndi's family.  We enjoyed boating everyday, even some golfing and a show at pickleville playhouse. 

This is what I got when I asked him to show me what he got for his birthday! Mr. Cheese

Landon's favorite cake is Angel food cake with out anything on it....it's pretty easy to make him happy!  Can't believe you're 24....still seems so young, but so much older than the first birthday I celebrated with you!  Happy Birthday Babe, so glad we were able to celebrate for a whole week at the Lake!


The next little getaway was weekend camping with my family! Here are some pictures to sum it up...

The kids had pop rocks for the first time for Talon's party favor. I had to put this picture on here because Payton's face was so funny.... he did not like them!

  We celebrated Talon's 2nd birthday and enjoyed the dirt, camp fire, and my mom's delicious cooking.

Our last vacation was Lake Powell for a week! Oh how I love Lake Powell....living in a swimming suite, jumping in the water whenever, washing my hair in the lake and relaxing in the sun. This year did not disappoint.  We did have a few memorable experiences...it poured at night and was super super windy.  Landon and I slept in a little fort made out of a tarp...I thought it was fun and all of his family nick named it the Love Shack! haha

We came home from vacation on Thursday and Landon started school on Friday!  It was a fun way to finish out our summer, but was rough getting back to real life! 

OuR LiTtLe FaRm

Landon and I had talked about getting chickens for quite awhile...I wanted them because chicks are so cute and Landon wanted them for the eggs.  About 5 weeks ago my dad (the experienced chicken raiser) Travis and Talon came with us to buy the chicks and all the things we needed for them to live in the garage.

A little side note...baby ducks are stinkin' adorable and if they weren't so messy and we had some type of pond we would have brought home some of them too.  Our 8 little chicks came home in what looked like a happy meal box.  My dad let us use his heat lamp and metal basin to make a temporary home in the garage.

Here they are, so tiny! I loved getting home from work and leaving the garage door to the house open so I could hear them chirp as I cleaned or made dinner.

Here's a close up to see just how small and cute they were. I love the black one!

This is not the case anymore though....our garage stinks! They have quadrupled in size and we have to keep their cage covered because they can jump out.  A couple of weeks ago we started feeding them some bread and lettuce.  The first time we gave them bread Kayson was over here and wanted to feed them.  He climbed in the basin and was breaking pieces of the bread and holding it in his hands.  The chicks were still a little small and didn't come right over to eat it...My parents and Jer were here so Landon was explaining his plans for the nesting boxes. We turned around and Kayson was picking the bread up from in the coop and saying "Look chickies like this" and he would take a bite.  It was absolutely adorable, but gross.

Landon has been working on their coop since the day after we bought them.  It's close to being done.  Only one more week and then they're moving outside. They have grown up so quick...but they still look too little to be out in the coop.

I still think they're cute, but Landon says we're blinded by love!  

BiRtHdAy WeEKeNd!

When you grow up, your birthday is almost like every other day. I turned twenty-two on Tuesday. My actual birthday consisted of me going to work and when you work 10 hours a day there isn't a lot of time after work to celebrate. Thanks to my coworkers I enjoyed a birthday card and ice cream sandwiches. Landon was supposed to work until 10, but he came home a little early because he was sick.

I spent Friday cleaning our house and doing laundry. My day off was much needed because before friday I had worked 80 hours in the last 9 days. The only day I had off was Sunday. There was a lot to keep me busy while Landon was at the pharmacy all day. Friday night we went to the Jazz game because we scored some free ticket.

Saturday was going to be the day we celebrated and did something fun, our plans were dinner and Real game. However, this is not how the day went. We slept in, until 9 which was so nice! Then put our work clothes on with the intentions of only wearing them for a couple of hours. Landon was going to help Jeremy and Greg with their yards for a little bit so I thought I'd be productive and work on ours.

Hours went by and we were still working on the yard, we took a little break to go buy a lawn mower, flag pole, fertilizer and peas. Landon and Greg went and got a trailer full of mulch,which is all we needed to be able to finish the yard.

Thanks Kevin and Greg for helping us stand our tree back up so it doesn't grow into the neighbors house! Our yard is now weed free, flower beds full of dark beautiful mulch, and we started our garden! Can't wait to enjoy some peas!

Our night ended helping Chris clean out his storage unit and enjoying some pizza! It was a long day and we finally got inside to have a shower at 10....we wore our yard work clothes longer than we anticipated, but it's so nice to have our yard looking great! We're ready for the good weather.

We had a fun day spending time together in the yard laughing and talking!

Is there Anything WORSE?

Seriously....repairs, they're lame. Why can't everything work like it should? Not something I really wanna spend my money on, even if it's not a lot and I'm still hoping its not a lot. Growing up can sometimes be rough. Good thing we can survive livin' on love.

ThE AlMoSt VaCaTIoN...

Yesterday Landon got home from golfing and he had a nice little sunburn on his arms and face...it made me want to be out in the sun.

We started looking at package deals for one night stay and golfing in Mesquite or St. George. Well everything was a little more than we wanted to spend so instead we scheduled a couples massage for 9pm tonight. Then I get to thinking...well, that won't work Landon is supposed to be at work.

Good thing we weren't already on the road to Mesquite when our fun little getaway was grounded by the reminder that someone had to get to work by 5 the next day.

We rescheduled our massages for 2 o'clock today. It was fabulous. I made sure to say I wanted a light massage so that I didn't experience the same soreness the next day that I had last time...so far so good.

It has been fun spending the last two days with my hubby! Too bad his spring break ends tomorrow and it's back to the usual routine.

Hopefully there will be a weekend getaway in the near future

LaMe. LaMe. NiGhT

It's windy, quiet, late and I'm missing my Husband. You can only check your email, facebook and pinterest so many times in one night. I'm too exhausted to do anything worth while, but I would really like to stay awake long enough to see Landon's face at least once before this day ends.

On my way home from work I went shopping with my mom then went to my sister-in-laws to barrow some cute clothes and waste a little time with the nephew. Good thing Landon sent me a text that he's on his way home, now I only need to keep myself awake for another 30 minutes. I sure wish I could get caught up in a good book, but reading puts me to sleep... I'd probably have better luck turning into a night owl rather than keeping my eyes open long enough to finish one page.

Here's to a REALLY long get ready for bed routine tonight!

BuSy LiFe Of A PhArMaCiSt In TrAinInG!

Is it normal for me to be literally more excited for Landon to be done with school than I was for myself to finish! Yes, of course it is. He's. SO. Busy. I can't wait for us to have more time to spend together not to mention sleep normal hours again.

We're both a little opposite. I like to go to bed at a decent time lets say 10:30 and get up at 6. As soon as we get in bed I want to sleep. Landon likes to get in bed and Talk, Talk, Talk. This results in us staying awake until 11:30 or 12. Landon enjoys staying up late, but really likes to sleep in.
Even though we have more than one shower in our house we still coordinate our wake up times with each other. I get up at 5:35 so that I'm out of the shower and getting ready when he needs to get showered at 5:55. His best sleep I'm sure is during those twenty minutes.

Every night I beg to go to sleep and every morning he wishes we would have... 6 hours is just not enough sleep for either of us.

Seriously though, as busy as Landon is, he rocks the pharmacy school thing. He has passed Every. Single test so far on the first try. Never had to re-asses and still works 10 hours a week. To some people 10 hours might not seem like much, but to work at all while in an accelerated doctorate program is awesome.

Every other week he tests on Friday. If it's a test week he works until 10 on Monday and Tuesday and then Wednesday and Thursday gets home from school between 9:30 and 10:30. You know this kid is busy and dedicated when it's Feb. 10 and he still hasn't gone skiing once.

It's these busy tests weeks when I'm grateful we still live in Utah. I get visit my mom on my way home from work or watch my nephew on my day off and Landon's gone all day. Mostly though I try to fill my time with all the wife things...clean the house, do the laundry, look at pinterest and dream of how I want to decorate my house. (shhh I really should be cooking dinner more often.) That way when Landon is home we both get to relax.

I'm so proud of Landon and right now I can't wait to enjoy his six weeks of summer with him! By then it'll be a great glimpse of how life will be in two years! How soon is too soon to start counting down?

OuR PrImArY ClAsS

Landon and I teach the ctr 4 class. They are all so stinkin' cute and really do behave well. Our primary is so EXTREMELY huge that junior primary is only sunbeams, ctr4 and ctr5 classes. We also have the luxury of teaching in the kitchen.

When we told our class we would be in the kitchen every week they thought it was great. It's a bit more of a challenge to keep everyone quiet though. The kitchen echoes and the chairs tip from side to side because of the tile.

There is a cute little girl in our class that reminds us both of our cute little niece Karaia. She's well behaved, knows all the answers and is just a sweet little girl. She said the prayer on week and asked that her baby would sleep through the night because her mom is really tired and needs good sleep. How cute and caring is that!

It's so nice to have a home and a ward that you know you'll be in for more than a year. We still don't know all of our neighbors. Surprisingly, there are a lot of people along our street that don't go to church. Thanks to the mailman for giving us their mail I was able to meet two neighbors.

Speaking of neighbors....everyone on our street that has children has all girls. The other day as we're sitting on the couch the door bell rings and we don't get visitors that often so we're wondering who it is. I answer it and our cute neighbor girls came to ask if they could play in our big snow pile we had because they want to make a fort. For the next couple of hours our yard had a lot of high pitched squeels!

I can't wait for the nice weather. Maybe all the yard work and being outside will give us the chance to meet a few more of our neighbors.

GrAdUaTeD!

I graduated with my BSN in December...seriously so nice to be done! The ceremony started at 1:00 and I have awesome in-laws that look everyone to lunch before. Right after I walked we all left because we had a wedding luncheon to get to in West Jordan.

It's great to be graduated, but someday I want to go back. It's kind of a dream of mine to be a pediatric NP. However, I think this is a far into the future dream maybe 10-15 years.

My dad took most of the pictures on his camera at my graduation, but here is one of Kim and Me.

This lady is amazing! She started the ADN program at the same time as me and then we both went on to get our Bachelors. She has three kids and just got accepted to nurse anesthesia school.

I had a lot of people tell me that once I graduate I won't have as much free time as I think. It's true. Somehow, all that time I spent on homework has been filled up already.