As you know bees are out and about during the summer months and lately that is what Mike and I have felt like (Busy Bees)!!! A few things we have been up to: Mike & I have both joined Softball teams this Summer. This is my 3rd year playing with our SelectHealth Team and we are as good this year as the first year I started playing. We sure do know how to have fun though (Sorry no pics our games are Monday night and that's Mike's graveyard. Lucky for me though:) After much convincing, Mike also join a softball team this year instead of playing baseball like last year. (Which I love only 1 hour games instead of 9 innings) His team is pretty good but mostly they just play for fun and that doesn't work with Mike competitive side. However, Mike got a HOME RUN this week and that was way exciting! (Good Job Babe) Also in the month of June my BABY sister got Married (What a big production for one day. Great Job Mom!) Here are a couple pics from the wedding Well hopefully that's enough pictures, and not to many. I just have to tell you the picture of Miriam standing in front of all the single girls trying to catch the bouquet. I placed her there and told her to catch the flowers. Well, what do you know it came straight to her. I guess it was just meant to be hers! Well, July is another busy month so I hope you look forward to pictures of the Spanish Fork Rodeo, Kenny Chesney Concert, My Birthday and Flaming Gorge. We will keep you posted with our Busy lives until then we hope all is well for each of you.
So much has happened since we last updated.We have been swamped and have literally had no time to update, so here is what’s happening:
Mike started summer school last month. He’s taking 3 physics classes and a medical Spanish class.Between school 6-days/week and work he really doesn’t have any free time.However, he has managed to find an hour every week to play softball with some guys he knows from work-but other than that his nose is buried in the books!He is taking the MCAT in August, so we’re hoping he gets into medical school this fall.
JaNae (thanks to Catherine) has taken up watch making. Beads and watch faces keep her busy at nights, along with rearranging the furniture in our house.She has been reading a lot lately and trying to stay busy. In an attempt to keep her mind fresh and exercise her thinking power, she took on a huge 1000-piece Dowdle puzzle.Just about every piece looked the same, but she finished!It may be a while yet before she undertakes a task like that again. She is also playing softball-for her work team. They (like Mike’s team) enjoy spending most of their game time playing defense.
We somehow managed to break away from the craziness that is our lives to get to Lake Powell with some good family friends.They all went down Thursday, but we were able to join them Friday night.We had a blast and caught up on some much needed R & R!Even though it was only in the 80’s, Lake Powell was really cold courtesy of the wonderfully rainy, unseasonably cool June we’ve had thus far.The water felt more like Flaming Gorge than Lake Powell. Even though it was somewhat overcast, we still somehow seemed to get ourselves sunburned.We had fun though.On our drive home, we (JaNae’s Dad to be more specific) got to change a blown out tire on the boat trailer just outside of Panguitch.It made for an interesting end to our weekend.
Now back to work, school and the business of life…..
So there is a ton going on, and we'll be back to tell you more, but we saw Jon Schmidt on the news last night and he is amazing! Here's his viral vid from Youtube.
Sorry I hope it doesnt cut off too much of the blog!
April has come and gone, It was pretty uneventful though we did have the opportunity to Celebrate a Birthday Dinner with our Niece and Nephew Miriam and Jacob.
After the dinner celebration and opening presents, we were able to attend Beauty and the Beast. (A musical production put on by our stake.) It was absolutely stunning, everyone did such a great job and watching Miriam's facial expressions just made it more enjoyable.
Well, that's about it for April. We just wanted to leave you with "April Showers bring May Flowers." and we are hoping that rings true, however we are starting to wonder since the first two days of May have been showering days. We do have some flowers blooming though to remind us Spring is here and SUMMER Vacations are around the corner. :)
Ok, I know we’re total slackers, and haven’t updated in a while-and we’re sorry….We’ve been so incredibly busy that any free time we have, we just spend it together…or Mike does homework =)
So Valentines came and went and we had a blast!JaNae’s good friend from her UNLV swim team came to town for a visit from Vegas. They were captains of the team when JaNae was a Junior and became really good friends. Mike took her snowboarding in the REAL Utah snow-and totally kicked her butt.They were only up on the hill for a little over half of a day.Let me just tell you (in case you don’t know) #1-Utah really does have the greatest snow on earth….#2-blue runs in other parts of the country are not ANYTHING like they are here.They went on a blue trail and Alison almost didn’t make it down! =)But Mike was a good teacher and taught her some new things—mainly how to get off the hill!
Mike Got JaNae 2 dozen lavender roses for Valentine’s Day-along with PF Changs take out.It was yummy and a ton of fun to share the weekend with JaNae’s friend.The girls did some much-needed shopping while Dave entertained Mike with X-Box.
The next weekend we went to the St. George Parade of Homes.It’s always so neat to see the stuff we can’t afford!The St. George parade is usually the best in Utah, but with the economy-builders aren’t going as extravagant as they usually do…but it was still awesome!We got to see our precious niece and nephew while we were there, and they are getting huge!We miss them a ton and can’t wait to go back down there and visit….Happy Birthday Miriam!!We love you! Here are some pics of our favorite houses:
Mike With Miriam
A cute animal area with Vinyl Lettering
Craft room with sheet metal magnet board- So simple yet such a good idea!
This was a hand-made, painted country-western play area for the kids. Pictures just doesnt do it justice. The "stable" was a hiding closet for toys!
Antiqued cupboards in the Kitchen-they had AMAZING kitchens there!
Mike wants ceilings like this in his office someday
This was on a wall-it is just painted blue with a wood frame that protrudes out...it gave it a ton of character.....
This was a great idea for a craft room. They had a ton of baskets and other knick-knacks at their will, yet, because they were out of the way, they had room to work.
These last 2 were our personal favorite things about the parade:
Mike's golf cart....enough said.
These were shadow boxes built into the living room wall and surrounded with rockwork.
Were really ready for spring, can I just tell you that!It seems to have been a really long winter. We decided that since this August is our 5-year anniversary, were going to do something spectacular…so JaNae suggested a trip to Boston.Mike was unsure until JaNae mentioned the main purpose for our trip would be to SEE THE RED SOX!SOLD! (She would be a great saleswoman) We’re totally stoked and can’t wait!
Well that’s it for now-we’ll try and keep more updates coming.
We've now been married for 7 years! Mike is studying Anesthesia at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. JaNae is staying busy at home taking care Jacoby and our kittens. Life couldn't be better!
