Happy Birthday Jason 2015!

Happy 27th Birthday Jason! First thing the morning of his birthday, Jason took Austin to Krispy Kreme to pick up donuts to share with Jason's research lab group. Of course Austin got a donut and a cool new hat.

Happy Easter 2015!

I love Easter for several reasons - foremost for the opportunity to focus on our Savior, Jesus Christ and His Atonement and resurrection. I also love that it typically involves family and competitive Easter egg hunts and that it falls near the start of Spring when the flowers and trees begin to bloom and the birds begin to sing. 

Happy Easter 2014!

Happy Easter to everyone! I love having holidays that serve as reminders of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and am grateful to know that he has been resurrected and has made it possible for each of us to be resurrected too. I also love that holidays give us the opportunity to spend time with family. This year our Easter weekend with family was split into two distinct parts.

Happy Birthday Cami!

In the midst of finishing up and finalizing my thesis, my husband and family managed to make my birthday the best one yet! I was able to NOT work on my thesis and instead take it easy, which was super refreshing given that I have been spending 8-12 hours per day working on my thesis, finishing up classwork, and preparing for seminar and conference presentations over the last couple of weeks.

Happy 3rd Anniversary!

Just wanted to throw a shout-out to my amazing husband Jason! Yesterday, January 7, 2014 marked our 3rd wedding anniversary and we are still loving life to the fullest!

Happy 1st Birthday Austin!

This week on June 25th was Austin's first birthday! I really can't believe that he is already a year old. On the other hand I can hardly remember the time before he was born - it seems like he has been with us for so much longer. Moving on from my reminiscing... To celebrate his birthday we had a big pirate-themed party and invited several nearby family members and also friends that have babies around Austin's age. All in all I think we had about 15 adults and 6 babies in attendance.

Happy Birthday Jason!

Today was Jason's 25th birthday. He started the day by opening gifts from my mom first thing in the morning - he seemed to really like the clothing choices and thank goodness almost all of them fit since I helped pick them out. After opening gifts, I went into work and Jason worked on cleaning, but I came home early to spend the rest of the day in order to spend time with him and finish the gift from Austin and I. We got him saddlebags for his motorcycle and after I finished waterproofing them we put them on his bike and he was able to go on a ride.

Welcome Home Izzy-Dog!

It was the morning of General Conference which we listened to on our way down to Cabela's in Lehi. This was where we met the family that had our little 7.5 week old puppy. The family from whom we bought her (for $150) were from Nephi and the parents along with 4 or so kids came along. The kids handled giving her away really well - no one even batted an eye when she left which would have been totally different if they had been my siblings several years ago. When we put Izzy in the car, she was terrified and naturally one of the first things she did in was pee - thank goodness for potty pads.