a cruise thing.

It's about time I put up our CRUISE pictures! Dave and I went on a cruise at the beginning of April and it was so unbelievably fun! The two of us had a blast just running around the islands, eating the most delicious cuisine, meeting the natives and exploring every nook and cranny!

We visited Grand Cayman, Honduras, Belize and Dave's second home...Mexico!

Here are some pictures:

Amazing waves and water!

the smart car convertible.

neat man grove trees.

amazing coral reef!

bluest water we've ever seen

a REAL giant shell that Dave found!

He was quite the underwater explorer.

SCARY snakes we were in the water with

The Coconut Man

Only part of the hugest fish I've ever seen in real life! Probably 5' long.

This awesome crab that was actually really big (you can't tell very well).

We visited Hell in Grand Cayman. Nice people.

beach lovers.

TONS of fish swarming us.

Amazing sunrise over the island!

Dave exploring the ruins in Mexico.

This funny needle nose fish who got scarily close many times.

One of the many barracudas we saw. (just near the surface)

sooo many fish near a sunken ship

mini golf on the boat. Best golf game I've ever played!

We had the time of our lives! Happy birthday, anniversary, other birthday, Cinco de Mayo, Fourth of July and Christmas to us!

spring fever

I think I realized we had a problem last week. We were at Walmart, just purchasing a few essentials (sunscreen, lotion, aloe vera, seeds, shovel) when the cashier made a comment like,"somebody's ready for spring and YOU ARE the winner." I thought about it and... well I guess when you and your husband dress up in your swimsuits and daydream about summer you probably qualify as having "the fever." Here are some things we've been up to:

This wreath I saw at the store was my inspiration for...

this wreath I made.

We are trying to grow tulips in these cute little tin cans. I guess they're late bloomers.

We have a garden in the works and are hoping our seeds will turn into healthy plants!

For a little centerpiece, I planted some grass in a planter and then sawed a branch off our neighbors tree. The plan was to put little birds nests and things in the tree. To my surprise though, the tree started blooming and now it has these adorable little leaves!

Happy Spring!

the Lord's hobby.

I am married to a man who is constantly filling our (already completely furnished) apartment with beautifully antiqued and hand-crafted furniture made of the most beautiful woods and done with such precision and care.

I can hardly get him to come home and even though it makes me so crazy that he thinks about, dreams about, talks about, fantasizes for his birthday gifts about wood and then makes lists during church of all the things he'll build for our home one day, I adore it.

He doesn't read books on it or get a building plan before he starts, he just.. starts... and suddenly, out of nowhere, we have a perfect piece of furniture. He is so good at what he does and somehow, he has developed an incredible attention to detail for these projects.

So whenever I try to say something like I wish he'd think about me more instead of wood or that I'm tired of hanging out in the woodshop, he points out all our beautiful furniture and then sweetly reminds me that, "Jesus Christ was a carpenter you know..."


This was a Valentine's Day gift Dave made me to hang all my aprons on.


A pair of night stands - complete with the tricky dove tails.

new year, new post. finally...

This blog was in serious need of an update! I'm falling out of the blogosphere so here I am to regain my place!

January:

We had so many things going on. The year started with a bang and has yet to slow down.

We went to the hot springs with cousins Ashley & Scott. They are our #1's here! The most fun and so cute!


There was also the very sad passing of wonderful Grandpa James. He left us such a legacy and beautiful memory. We think and talk about him ALL the time. We were able to go down for the funeral and see so much wonderful family and be with all those beautiful people we love so much.

February:

This month started out so crazy and exciting.

I did the "14 Days of Valentine's" for Dave. Everyday I surprised him with something different. Day 1 we got icecream. Day 2 was Spa Night [lucky boy got a back massage and we did facials]. Day 3 went to the planetarium, etc. It was so fun.



Dave did Valentine's Day. I went the whole day thinking he had nothing planned. As I was walking to my last class, I saw my bike [that I have hardly gotten to ride because of all the snow] with a big pink heart on it! Inside the basket was a note [sprayed with his cologne!!!] that had clues for a surprise. After class I rode my bike to the park and found a mound of snow with two roses marking an "x". Buried in the snow was a bottle of sparkling pomegranate and two martini glasses.

Dave road up behind me and we toasted! We rode home where Dave had baked salmon and scallops with mashed potatoes for dinner with an appetizer of a baguette with olive oil dip and raspberry swirl icecream for dessert. He's adorable!



This month we also volunteered at the Special Olympics. They were so fun and such a wonderful experience!

We also threw our Annual Chinese New Year Party! It was the best and we had such fun friends over. Here is the invitation for the party.


This last weekend, we went snowshoeing for the fist time! Ashley & Scott showed us the ropes. We had so much fun! Drinking hot chocolate, rolling down the hills and having little snowball fights...

It was so windy and snowy! We felt like such explorers... especially the boys.



Finally, I am the newest relief society president for the 65th ward! I found out in January so life's been a rollar coaster but so far things have been working out great.

We are just loving life right now!!