4 wheeling

Monday after the 4th of July we went 4 wheeling. First time this year! It was so much fun. We went on a new trail this time and it was so pretty. I loved seeing all the wild flowers and butterflies. We had a good little lunch on the mountain and Ernie was nice enough to invite a bee over to eat with me. :) Haha. Let's just say I haven't moved that fast in a long time. After getting rid of the bee and finishing eating Jace and Ernie threw rocks in the stream trying to hit the dam of rocks and twiggs. It was fun to watch them. We road across the mountain after that and stopped to see our tree. We both carved on 2010 in our tree too. It was good to see our tree again. The mountain was so beautiful. We saw a couple dear and snake too! I liked the dear, not the snake. I love riding through the water too. It is my favorite for sure! I took lots of pictures and I can't wait to go again so get ready Ernie and Momma T! :)

Ernie and Momma T on their steal horse. :)

So cute. :)

Throwin rocks in the stream

I LOVE THESE THINGS!
It's as big as my head!

Making a wish!

Yeah! Fillmorites. . . You can blame me for any of these
GIANT dandelion things in your mountains.

You can see the outline of our goggles!

Watcha doing Ernie?

Like Father Like Son

All of us with our newly carved in trees.

My Favorite part

We look like dirt monster!

Newest Member of Our Family

Jace and I talk in sacrament meeting today and Ernie and Gail were able to come down and support us and hear our talks. It was so great to have them here. I love when they come to visit. We did great on our talks and are so happy to be done with them.
Ernie and Gail came down on saturday and they suprised us with our 1 year anniversary gift since next saturday marks our first year. They gave us something I have been wanting since I saw Gails. It is a little green and I love it! I can't wait to find a stain to use it on.

My Next Try at a Green Thumb

Well my last attempt at growing a plant was not in favor of the poor plant so, I decided to try a plant that was already grown. This was under the "easy to grow" section at Lowe's so I figured I could do it. I will try to keep it watered and in the sun so it won't die but I already explained him (the plant) that I don't have a green thumb and that he will have to be patient and help me out. I think he understood cuz he perked right up after we gave him some water. He was a little water deprived at Lowe's but I still thought he was cute. We were going to do a small garden but decided against that since it is so late in the year for it and the fact that I can't seem to grow anything. So, wish this poor plant luck.

Best Birthday Yet

My birthday this year was awesome! I know I'm a slacker at posting this when it was actually my birthday, but oh well. Better late than never. When I woke up on my birthday Jace had me open my presents before I got ready or anything. He was so excited. I had been giving him crap about not wrapping my "birthday shirt" we ahd bought a week or so earlier all day before my birthday and as far as I knew it was still hanging in our closet so I had no idea what was wrapped so pretty. He used one of my blank cards for my birthday card and had to make the card part. He did awesome. I opened up a pair of new shorts, and my shirt i swear was still in the closet. He had just put a shirt I already had that looked similar to the new one in its place and I didn't notice. I learned not to assume anything anymore. haha. He also gave me a new duck. Our flashing duck he got on his mission is dying and I was so sad so he found one on ebay for me. I loved it. We ahd dinner at Texas and had a fun night with friends. It was a great birthday. But little did I know that it wasn't over. . .

My Gifts form Hubby! He even wrapped them. :)

My New DuckThis is NOT my birthday shirt. He tricked me.

Yeah! A new outfit. To bad it was raining so I couldn't wear the shorts.

A sweet surprise from hubby. Balloons, Dr. Pepper, and a Kite. :)

Ernie and Gail came down on friday to celebrate and take me to lunch for my birthday. We went to Cafe Rio and had some very yummy food and enjoyed catching up. On our way back to the apartment Ernie asked me to hand him his had that was in the back window behind my head. I was a little lost as to why he would want his hat. He had been talking about my hat all day too I had no idea what was his deal with hats. I gave him his hat from the back window and then he told me I forgot something in the window. I looked back and it was an iPod touch! Ernie had picked up the iPod up north for Jace the week before and they brought it down for him. I was shocked. Jace and I have been trying to find one for ever and the little stinker didn't tell me he already had one so we had been searching clear up til this moment. I am so happy and I love my iPod touch. It is the best thing ever.

Surpise!!!!!

Jace's Graduation Yeah!!!

Jace graduated this friday with his Associates Degree. Well, he actually got his degree in December but graduation is in May so he got to walk and get his degree case. I am so proud of him. He has worked very hard and even graduated with Honors! He is just amazing and very smart. I love him lots. Only one more year and he will have his bachelors Degree. :0 Yeah for My Bug! Thanks for all the support he had and to those that were able to make it. We love you all.

Walking to the Ceremony with all the other graduates

Walking through the D

He is in the center looking back at us. :)

Finally found our graduate

So Proud

Had to get a picture of the truck too.

BBQ

I finally faced my fear of the BBQ and grilled up some yummy hamburgers for dinner the other day. It was such a nice day outside so we cleaned up the patio and closet and our neighbors were grilling burgers that smelled great so I just had to run to the store to show them how it's done. :) Grilling was not as scary as I thought it would be, but the flames coming up and covering the burgers made me a little nervous. I survived though and we had a great dinner. I can't wait to grill some more.

Cheese! Look - even shorts already. :)

The scary flames comin for me.

Easter Egg Plant

So Jace and I went to Lowes a week or so ago to get a outside broom to clean off the patio and the outside storage closet. When we were checking out I saw these colored eggs and look at them. They were called "Egg Plants". Turns out they were a ceramic egg filled with soil and seeds to grow flowers in them. They were so cute. The next day we went back and bought me one and one to send to Tailee and Chacen for Easter. I decided to see how this "egg plant" thing worked so I opened the packaging to see what to do and the dumb instruction inside the plastic wrap said to crack the egg with the plastic wrap on. How the heck would I know that if the instructions are in the plastic! Honestly. Needless to say I lost some of the soil in cracking my egg since the plastic wrap wasn't on it but it worked out ok. Hopefully it grows and my knack for killing plants will not over come and my green thumb will emerge. :)

The Egg Plant. It's suppose to be puple

Trying to crack the egg without losing the insides

The egg plant trying to grow