As of Lately...

A couple of weekends ago we CELEBRATED Ashley's 21st birthday by trying out our luck in Wendover!

Long story short... There was no luck to be had.
This picture was taken right outside of a "Rest Stop" 30 miles from Wendover. I have always been led to believe that these stops are a breeding ground for creepo truck men looking for their next prey...Josh on the other hand enjoys and often prefers stopping at these "Rest Stops"


The birthday flame!

While we were in San Francisco last fall, my mom was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Fortunately, they got her right in for operation which was followed by six weeks of radiation. We are so grateful that she caught it early and felt so blessed to run/walk together at the Race for the Cure. It was amazing to see how many people were there all for the same cause!

Woke up early and waiting for the Trax train's arrival

The girls (minus Tayler who had to work... we missed you Tay)

Sidenote: While we were taking this picture, Josh was waiting in line for the porta-potty for 30 minutes! ha ha

Running and probably listening to Katy Perry E.T. on his pod. Don't judge.

We made it 30:38!

Race Accomplished!

Go Team Davenport!

We also celebrated my Dad's birthday all day after the race! Zupas for lunch and El Rancho Grande for dinner... a family favorite! Heaven forbid we keep off any calories we burned while running. Topped off with some cake and ice cream for dessert!

Blue and tan cargo short matchy twins!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

We made my mom a delicious sunday brunch full of belgian waffles and choc chip, blackberry, strawberry, whip cream, and powdered sugar toppings!!!

Abbie always gets so excited when there are birthdays and decided to sing along this year.

Note: This was a reenactment, hence the creepy Opera singing voices. We noticed that Abbie would sing more if we sang five octaves higher!

Easter Weekend

We have been waiting for Spring to spring... and finally it has at Thanksgiving Point!!

Tulips, tulips, and more tulips!

These flowers remind me of the talking flowers on Alice and Wonderland!

When we walked through the gardens, it felt like we were in a fairytale!

When you buy your ticket you have the choice of walking, riding a golf cart, or a segway.
We decided to walk and work on our fitness but found an abandoned cart halfway through the gardens that we decided to try out!

My honey bunny!

What the Niagra Falls in Thanksgiving Point gardens... Where did these come from??
Bunny Bread: A new Easter tradition

Happy Easter!

Fanny Attack!

Not THIS kind of Fanny Attack!!!

(Josh is still trying to convince me that fanny packs are coming back in style)

We are stepping up our fitness this month as we embark on a one month challenge full of strenuous exercise! .... A Fanny Attack!!!

I am doing a 100 miles of exercise in one month challenge.

If you do the calculations (100 / 31 days= 3.22 miles per day).... I will obviously want to take a break on Sundays so this comes out to be about 4 miles, six days a week!

Can it be done....

So far:

Monday: 3 mile run, 1 mile eliptical

Tuesday: 3 mile run, 1 mile eliptical

Wednesday: 3 mile run, 1 mile eliptical

Thursday: 4 mile run

I think I can, I think I can

Three

It feels like yesterday that we were boarding the plane with my wedding dress in one hand and my bag in the other... Wow has time flown!

We have been married 3 years on 3.13.....

Marrying my best friend was the best decision I have ever made!

I love you Josh!!

As the Job World Turns....

When planning to leave for California, EVERYTHING seemed to be working out in our favor!

1.) When we found out we would be leaving in two weeks for our internship, we needed a renter for our condo while we were gone. The next day a lady pulls up in her car while I was outside cleaning out my trunk and asked me if I knew of any condos that were being rented... She was heaven sent! I informed her that ours was being rented out and to come in and take a look at it. She LOVED it and signed a lease the next day

2.) I had to give my job a 1 week notice and I was so nervous that they were going to be mad. My boss was so great about it and was excited for our adventure!

3.) We were able to get ALL of our stuff moved out of our condo very quick with TONS of help from our wonderful families, neighbors, ward members, friends.

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When we came home in January, we were prepared for the reality that we would not have jobs and our condo was still being rented out. I guess you could say we are... Homeless and jobless!

But not really the homeless part because we are living with my cute parents in their basement.

We have been home for almost two months and we are still without jobs. It seems as though our luck has changed a bit ... I spend most of my day everyday applying for jobs and getting my resume out there. Whenever I talk to someone from Human Resources about a particular position they inform me that I am running against 300 other people for the same position.

I went to an interview for a Legal Assistant position and the man interviewing me said that there are people with their masters and even attorneys applying for this position.

I will admit it has been very frustrating, especially since I got my Bachelor's to prevent this sort of situation from happening. All we can do now is to stay positive and have faith that everything will work out in its own time.... Its not always my time or the way I want it to be.

Life is full of ups and downs and you have to go through the hard times to appreciate when things come easier! We have so much to be happy and thankful for. We have amazing parents and sisters. We are blessed with,who we consider, the world's bestest friends!

As the job world turns...

Hopefull it starts turning our way!! :)

Homeward Bound

Well we have been home for a month and a half and I never posted about our journey home!

In total, we covered 1,076 miles of land!!

Our last night in San Francisco was so sad!
We had grown to love this city and everything about it.

I of course took the trolley down to Union Square for one last time...

There is so much magic in this city!

We met a man names Mitch who we grew to become great pals with!

He is an entertainer on the pier and has promised our first born child an amazing birthday party on Pier 39 when they turn 3 years old.

We will definatley take you up on that offer Mitch!

We miss you buddy and see you soon!


On our way home to Salt Lake, we stopped in Solvang where we had spent our summer!

We met up with all of our friends, Sandi, Jon, Timmeri, Mary, and had breakfast at The Longhorn!

Mary, our adopted grandmother, surprised us with a luxurious room at the Chumash Casino!

We have been surrounded by the most amazing people on our journey!

While living in Solvang, we never took our picture next to the infamous windmill.

So we first stopped at The Fudge Kitchen for the world's best Pretzel and then took our picture together.

We love you and Miss you Solvang!!! We will be seeing you soon!

Our next stop was Universal Studios and Disneyland!

The christmas lights were still lit up in Disneyland!!

As our last night in California came to a close, our little eyes filled up with tears while watching the fireworks show.... even Josh's filled up a bit!

We LOVED living here for 8 months and found it soooo hard to leave!

We know that this moment would be so bitter-sweet as we left the place we loved but going home to family and friends!

We are now residing back home in snowy Salt Lake City...

Oh how we miss Sunny California!!

Leaving our HEARTS in San Francisco!

Our journey here is coming to an end and we are so grateful that we were able to have this oppurtunity! We have been in California since May and have truly loved every minute of it. Josh and I have grown so much and it has been such a great experience to leave the stresses of life and just focus on eachother for a few months. This is definately a part of my life that we will always look back on and wish we had it back! We are excited for all of our new adventures in life that await us... Goodbye City by the bay, you have stolen our hearts!

I think Amber said it best when she said that Tony says it best..

We LEAVE OUR HEARTS in San Francisco

High on a hill, they call to us.

To be where LITTLE CABLE CARSClimb halfway to the stars!

The morning fog may chill the air,

I DON'T CARE OUR LOVE GREW there in San Francisco
Above the blue and windy sea

When we COME HOME to you, San Francisco,

YOUR GOLDEN SUN WILL SHINE FOR US!

San Francisco will always be considered a home to us,

for it is where it was just us two,

So until NEXT TIME San Francisco,

WE WILL BE MISSING YOU!!