six months

today kyle and i have been married for six whole months! it was, surprisingly, an incredibly beautiful day. to celebrate we went to the temple and walked around and held hands... it was very romantic.

then we went to coldstone creamery and got free ice-cream using the gift card that kyle's mom gave us and it was delicious.

as we were sitting outside eating our delicious ice-cream kyle spotted melanie's car pulling into wal-mart and so we jumped in the car and decided to stalk her so we could say hello.  found her, said hello, chatted, said goodbye, came home, played sorry... i lost... decided to make an amazing salad for dinner with three sister's dressing, went to the store, got salad and dressing stuff, came home made salad... it was amazing.  six months of bliss and we couldn't be happier! we love being married and we love where our lives have brought us. happy six months!

summer in a rain jacket

Summer never came to Idaho this year.  There was maybe a month total of summer days… for the most part though, it’s been rainy and chilly… more like fall.  I guess it’s alright though because Kyle and I didn’t have much time for play with him working and me working two jobs and all.  When we did have time off we just wanted to relax at home mostly.  We did however have some fun this last week while we were in Washington visiting family.  Kyle’s mom, Cathy taught me how to make home made jam and can fruit, so we came home with 14 jars of homemade jam, made mostly with fruit from Cathy’s garden, and 12 jars of canned peaches!  Mmmm J

Kyle thinks he's funny...

We also went to visit Robbie and Melanie’s on Saturday for a Labor Day picnic…  which was delectable… so much good food.  Then we had a great day on Haden Lake with Carrie and Brett and their kids on their boat.  Corissa, the only girl of five, was the only one brave enough to go out on the tube with Kyle and I and we had so much fun with her!  In truth I was considering ducking out of riding, but when Corissa said “I’ll go if Lisa’s going”, well, I didn’t have a choice now did I?  But I’m so glad I did because it was a blast!  We did eventually convince Carrie to come out… she was such a wimp ;) but I egged Brett on to go faster and faster and just let her scream… it was great… she probably hates me now lol. 

Ohhh and the sunset was incredible!

On our final day in Washington, we had a cookout with mom and dad, Carrie and Brett and their kids, Andrew, and the missionaries.  And again it was sooo delicious!  I have to say grilled zucchini and squash with parmesan is a new favorite of mine… I could eat that everyday and be perfectly happy.  After everyone left, dad taught Kyle to drive a motorcycle.  He was so excited that I had to be brave enough to let him take me on a ride and it was fun… he was so happy and now really wants to get a motorcycle.

It was a perfect way to end the summer and I’m glad to have such a loving and fun family!  Speaking of family... we finally got the pictures from the reunion... Kyle and I are the cutest by far! :) 

where we eat is new to us

Last week Kyle and I, after long searching, finally found a great little table for the two of us.  It is solid wood and very sturdy and painted black, which we love.  Kyle is very excited and happy to have a table to sit at, but as you can see, we only have one chair, and that is our desk chair, and a storage bin for seats.  We need chairs, but for now we are loving having a table to eat at.  Last night for dinner we had barbeque chicken and mashed potatoes with gravy at a candle lit table...it was very romantic! :)

Also, incase some of you haven't heard, Kyle has a phone of his own now and if you want his number you can call me or e-mail him or whatever.

barf bucket and a paisley gown

This is me in the E.R. on Saturday night, July 31st.

I thought I had appendicitis.  Kyle and I had just had pizza for dinner and gone grocery shopping when we came home and I passed out on the floor!  Really? no. but i did lie down on the floor with a stomach ache.  It kept getting worse and worse so Kyle put me to bed to sleep it off, but that was a joke because I was in so much pain I was in tears and feeling quite nauseated. blah blah blah i called my mom blah blah blah Kyle took me to the E.R. around 9 where they had me wear this very stylish paisley hospital gown and gave me a barf bucket that I almost had to use blah blah blah they gave me an iv, pushed on my stomach a bit, and 4 and a half hours later they told me not to eat and sent me home because they said I was too happy.  I was cracking jokes, but don't they know laughter is the best medicine? I really was in a ton of pain.  The next day went in to get more blood drawn, went in for a CT scan, which was weird and I almost threw up, and spent pretty much all day in the hospital.  The doc finally came in and said I have cysts on my ovaries and one of them most likely ruptured and I don't have appendicitis. My favorite part...besides the paisley gown... was the blankets...the hospital apparently has a blanket warmer, so they bring you these blankets that feel like they just took them out of the dryer mmmmm :)  To celebrate and calm my starving stomach after not eating for 26 hours we had Chinese...probably not the best choice, but it sounded good.  The End.

BANG!

My wonderful sister and her hubby Brody came back to the States after being in Germany for 10 months and Kyle and I took a trip down to Utah for a few days to hang out before they left for Pennsylvania :( Brody's family has a bunch of horses and we went to the arena thing and watched people ride and I got to ride!  It was kinda scary when the horse went fast, but I'm pretty much a natural.

One night that we were there Nancy (Brody's mom) let us finish off her, as we like to call it "Better Than Sex Dessert" and it was delicious, but between the four of us we concluded that it was not better.

They introduced us to a great game called BANG! and we loved it so much that we got it to add to our large library of games, which we purchased at the Game Night store in Salt Lake when we went down to visit with Kyle's sister Amanda, her husband David, and their adorable two kids Isabel and Brigham.  Amanda made delicious burgers that David grilled up...we love bbqs.  After the kids went to bed, we played BANG! with Amanda and David and they loved it, too, of course.  Then we went back up to Ogden to finish our stay with Brody and Brittany.  On our last night Brody took us all on a pony ride!  Let me just say...."Turbo" speed is terrifying, but so much fun!

And while we were outside I got this mosquito bite (among many), this one was special, however, because it swelled up HUGE and stayed that way for a few days.

besides finals...

KC's bridal shower

I got KC Skip-Bo and Scrabble

and Kyle and I had a Bar-B-Que (delicious bbq chicken) and then had s'mores

Fireworks and Sunburns

Happy 4th of July and hello sunburn.  Now that it's short season, it is also sunblock season.  In all the excitement though, it is easy to forget... as I did... ouch.

On Saturday we had our ward BBQ, met some new friends there, and played some kick ball... Kyle, of course was the all-star and I, knowing that any ball I kicked up would be caught, bunted as lightly as I could then ran as fast as my little legs would carry me.  On Sunday, I had my first day of work and then Kyle and I had Josh and Trista over for our own little BBQ and played some Settlers of Catan.  Monday we had the day off from school and went over to Aunt Suzie's and Uncle Mike's for yet another BBQ.  It was sooo good!  There was marinated steak, potato salad, green salad with mini bell peppers and avocado, and fruit salad. Mmmm.  We talked about the Declaration of Independence and then shot off some fun little fireworks.

Unfortunately Kyle and I didn't go to any of the firework shows, but I did dream of fireworks and that was a happy treat.  I had to work on the 4th... my first day.  It went pretty good I think.

Earlier in the week... or not so early... on Friday Kyle took me to the driving range for the first time and tried to teach me how to hit a golf ball.  Now, I won't show you the pictures he took of me, in fact, I deleted them because I looked like a little old woman trying to shoo a rabbit out of her way... it was ridiculous and he never told me how stupid I looked all hunched over like that!  Kyle just can't teach and I'm not being mean, he just isn't very good at teaching me things... like snowboarding and now golf.  It's okay, golf is his thing anyways, but it was so frustrating trying to hit that darn ball when he made it look so easy.

Oh well, it was fun I guess.  I'm just glad to be outside soaking up the sunburn.  :)