I LOVE KAYLEENE!!

So this is Jeff obviously, and i hacked into kayleenes blog so i could let everyone in world(or at least the handful of people who follow her blog) that i love her so much!!! She is the greatest wife ever!!! And everyone should know that so ya. Love ya hun!!

P.S. You can delete this if you want hun!!

Rock Climbing

So April took me Rock climbing this weekend. I have been once and that was five years ago on a little rock but this one was a little more intense. Rock climbing is rated on a scale of 5.1 being the easiest and 5.12 being the hardest and this one that we did is a 5.9. It was a lot of fun but there was no trail leading to the spot so we had to climb up some fallen rocks that was a little rough because sometimes you would step on a rock and it would roll down the hill to the person below you. We finally got to the spot and it was nice because it was in the shade. We got everything hooked up and first Aprils friend went below is a pic of her coming down and then April went. They both do this a lot so they made it to the top pretty quickly with no problems. Then it was my turn and I was kind of nervous. I got a little more then halfway and then came down because I could not get a good grip anywhere and it was taking way to long and I felt bad making them sit on the bottom waiting for me. Then we had to hike down the rocky mountain and that was hardest part because we were already tired and we tried a different way that was full of trees and the rocks. That was rough for sure. Overall it was a lot of fun and I am excited to go again. April and I had a little photo shoot waiting for her friend to get everything set up on the top.

April is intense!

Me, not so much!

There are no pictures of me going up the mountain because they are on aprils camera so this is all you get.

B-day and a New Ride!!

Jeff had a pretty good week, he got a new car and turned 24. Jeff has had his parents old car for a little while and even though we were so grateful for it we were glad to get rid of it. It did not have air conditioning and you had to open the trunk before you got in it or the alarm would go off. Jeff was such a good sport driving it to UVU every other day in 90 degree weather but we knew he could not do it for long. We started looking for new cars on KSL but for some reason we just could not commit to anything. We were nervous about having another payment and we did not want to buy a car that we would have to spend a ton of money fixing up. Well we kind of put the car shopping on hold and forgot about it when we were at Sunday dinner and my brother in law told Jeff that he was getting a new truck and selling his. His is a truck just like Jeff wanted and we knew that it had been taken care of. My brother in law has had it since 1999 and it only has 70,000 miles on it. We were so excited and we knew we could not pass it up so we told him we would take it. The only thing was that it is a manual and Jeff has never driven one before. That made him a little nervous but I encouraged him that he would love it. So we took it and he could not be more excited. I love seeing Jeff happy about something like this. He is like a little kid with a new toy it is so fun.

Jeff also had a birthday this week. It is kind of fun having our birthdays within a week of each other because we get to celebrate for two weeks. I woke up a little early for work on his birthday and made this little banner for him to see when he got up for school. I also bought him a new video game that he has been wanting. I wanted to hide the gift and then when he was done with school I was going to text him to find and open it so he would not be anxious during class to play it but I could not wait till then so I let him open it when he woke up. Here is a pic of him happy with his new game and our baby. Guidos eyes look a little creepy. That night we went to dinner at Ruby River which is Jeffs favorite place and then we went and played miniature golf. It was a lot of fun just hanging just the two of us.

Jeff takes this game pretty serious and of course he always wins.
We both had great birthdays and thank you everyone that made it that much better. We also took family pictures a couple weeks ago that turned out great so I will post those soon.

Fourth of July

Jeff and I decided in June that we wanted to run in the 5k right before the parade. Keep in mind I am not a runner at all. When I get to the gym I do not even look at the treadmills I head straight for the elliptical or the bikes. I hate running with a passion but I just feel that it is something that I should take on because it is so good for you. So about two weeks before the race I started running on the treadmill to see if I could handle it and I found that if I am watching the doctors or Ellen then it is rather easy. A couple nights before the race Jeff, my nephew Devin and my sister in law Nikki all decided to do a practice run of the race just so we would not make fools of ourselves on the day of the race. I thought that I was gonna die and even though I finished that night I just kept thinking to myself this running crap sucks. I really did not want to do the race at all but somehow I talked myself back into it. So Jeff and I get there bright and early and we were running a little late of course so we decided not to pay because that is lame to pay $30 a person just to kill yourself. So I decide that my bra is a safe place to put my money even though Jeff insisted that his pocket was better. So we were running the race and let me tell you while you are in the moment with everyone else it is not as bad as you think. My goal the whole time was to just finish at the 30 minute mark because I did not want to be kicked off for the parade starting and I did not want to miss any of it. So Nikki and I came strolling in at....drum roll please.....29 minutes. For you crazy runners that is weak but for me that is fantastic. I was so excited that I actually finished it and under the time that I wanted. So I go to find Jeff because of course he finished before me with 27 minutes and reach into my bra to get the money and to my surprise there was no money to be found. I looked and looked and still there was no money. I guess that's what I get for thinking I am better then just paying the money. Overall it was fun and I am excited to do more races and build up to the Ragnar next year.Our little family with our matching outfits. Guido was way mad that we made him wear these shorts for the picture but I could not resist they were so cute.Mars family and Jeffs family always sit by each other in the parade so we got a picture together with our festive shirts from American Eagle.This is not the best pic of Jeff and I but please notice my creeper nephew in the background. Can you say Chester the Molester. Ha Ha.

The fourth of July is one of my fave holidays and I am always so sad to see it go but I am excited for next year already.

Swing Batter Batter Swing!!!

A couple weekends ago we went to the batting cages and mini golf with Matt, Britt, Mar and Andy. It was a lot of fun and a little nerve racking for me because I have never been in a cage where balls are flying at you ha ha(keep your jokes to yourselves please) I was really scared but once you do it it is not that bad and I actually hit a couple of them. Here are some pictures of all of us in the cages. Mine and Andys pictures would not turn for some reason so you might just have to break your necks for a minute to look at us.

I think that they were making fun of me in this picture.

All of my swings ended like this and it must of been good luck cause I did hit a few of them.

Matt showing us all how it is done.




I think that Jeff almost broke his arm a couple of times while doing this swing.

This is us just waiting for our turn and I have not idea why but I don't have pictures golfing or of Britt and Matt together. After our games we went and got some Slurpee's from 7-11 (I think the guy there hated us because we as in Jeff were making Slurpee messes). Then we went to Jordan High School and watched the Real Salt Lake fireworks that were pretty lame. It was a good time though but I always have a good time with these guys.

Syracuse Idol

My cute cousin tried out for Syracuse idol and of course she won. She has such a beautiful voice and such great stage presents that I don't know how they could not pick her to win. Jeff, April, Sarah and I decided to drive up to Syracuse to cheer her on and it was a blast. Here are some pictures of our time up there.

GOOD JOB KIERRA YOU ROCKED IT!!!

Cabin Weekend

A couple weekends ago our good friends Amber and Bert invited us to their cabin. It was a lot of fun and there were many first for me that weekend. I learned how to catch and gut a fish, I shot a gun for the first time and ate hobo dinners (which were yummy and mine were made out of basically all food storage products)

My hubby showing everyone how its done.My very first fish ever!!!


The gutting of the fish that was scary to me but I just knew that I would regret not even trying. I could not actually pull the stuff out because I just did not feel strong enough to do it both physically and mentally :)

There it is in a nutshell our great weekend it was so great to just do nothing all weekend that was life related and it was the first weekend in a long time that Jeff and I were able to spend with each without him heading to work. Thanks guys for inviting us.