Campfire

Rick, me and my friends from work, Katie, Danica, Brittany, Collin, Sam (Katie's Boyfriend) and I all went up Provo Canyon for a campfire over the weekend a few weeks ago. Rick and I were in charge of the fire because I am the biggest pyro you will ever meet. So lets just say the fire was pretty big. It was so nice to just get away and spend time with our friends. We roasted hot dogs and marshmellow and then just sat around the fire while Collin played his guitar. It was so much fun. I am so glad that the cold weather is finally gone and we can go outside and have fires and play without having to worry about getting cold.

Shooting our new .22 Rifle

Rick got a new .22 Rifle for graduation and we love shooting it together. I like it because I can actually hold it up right and it isn't so heavy I can't aim. And I also like it because it doesn't have a lot of kick. So this is my new favorite toy that Rick got for himself. :) We have a lot of fun shooting together, even though my kitchen gets filled with juice bottles and milk jugs that we use for targets. It is a lot for fun to go shooting together and get all our frustration out on a milk jug filled with water after a stressful day of work or to just go for fun.

Rick's Trophy

Rick has Fridays off because he works four 10 hour days so he spends his Fraidays fishing while I am at work. This is one of his trophies that he caught the beginning of June. It is a 30 inch Tiger Muskie. These are his favorite fish to catch so he was pretty excited since they are so difficult to catch.

Memorial Day Weekend

We spend Memorial Day weekend at my parent's house. We went mudding in my sister's new truck, we went fishing and shooting, and we rode on thier new dirt bike. It was a lot of fun!

Camping Trip

The beginning of May Rick and I were so worn out because school and work had taken a lot out of us over the past few months. So we decided to go on a camping/fishing trip up to Pineview up by Ogden. We fished for most of the day and then we camped from evening until the next morning. It was so nice to get away for a little while and just relax. Rick even caught his first Tiger muskie of the year that week.

Rick's Graduation

Ok, so it has been a while since I last wrote and lots of things have happened. I will have to be better so that ya'll don't think we have fallen off the face of the earth. :) So Rick graduated in April from BYU in City Planning. He is currently working for Saratoga Springs, Utah as their Planner I. It is so nice to have him out of school and working a job that he doesn't have to bring home with him! It is nice to have a husband again, if you know what I mean. Rick's sister Kathy came up from Arizona with her three little boys, his parents came out from Pennsylvania and my parents came down from Logan so they all could attend the graduation. It was so much fun to have everyone together again. We haven't seen Rick's family since our wedding so it was good to have them visit!

A Break at Last

Life has calmed down a lot since my surgery. Rick is coming to the end of his time at BYU. He will be graduating in two weeks!!! We both can't believe it is already here. He received a position with the City of Saratoga Springs here in Utah. It is only about 30 minutes away from where we live now. They actually wanted him to start working before he graduates, so this week is his first week in the post-college work force. It is a huge change for him but he loves having a real job where he is actually helping to better a community. (And where he doesn't have to worry about homework.) He has already had the chance to review projects that are in progess in the city and set some guidelines that need to be followed in order for them to be approved. He is excited about putting everything that he has learned in school to use in a real world setting, not just for class assignments.

It is nice to be out of the time of uncertainty. We finally feel like things have settled into a pretty set course and are beginning to move forward. We are going to stay in Provo until about August, then we will probably be looking into moving to Lehi or American Fork so that Rick can be closer to his job but so that I can still work at my job down in Provo.

The past month and few weeks has really had its downs but it has also had its ups that are far out weighing the downs. It is hard to see the blessings when you are going through challenges but we can definatley see how blessed we have been the past two months. Thank you for your prayers and support! We love you all!