We are the Strike!

Jacob and I have a band that we like that started in Provo, they are called, We are the Strike. Last Friday they had a free rooftop concert (which in Provo terms it means a whole ton of people on top of a parking garage making noise).  Concerts are not my very favorite, but this one was incredible! The band was awesome live, they have great energy and stage presence. One of my favorite things in the whole world is to just go places, and be with my favorite Jacob. 

Matt's Professional Tree Climbing Competition

Yes.  This is for real.  Who knew right?!  Well I didn't, that's for sure, until my ultra cool brother in law Matt became an arborist and began competing in these tree climbing competitions.  There are several events that are included in these competitions.  Matt participated in the:  Work Climb, Speed Climb, Foot Lock Climb, throwing, and the Rescue Climb.   This specific competition was held in Provo this year so they came and stayed at our house and I got to go watch Matt compete.  We had a good time hanging out with them and Matt did and awesome job!

Summer Time!

....and the livin' is easy!  We have started the summer activities (that is when we have the time and aren't working).

We had a bonfire with Jacob's cousins and it was a great way to start out the summer.  His cousin had a brilliant idea and we had hot dog wrapped croissants on a stick!  Who would have thought right? But it was really good, and on top of that s'mores of course!

Next, our Garden.  Our upstairs neighbor wanted help building (well technically her) garden.  Since the soil is pretty bad in the back yard we (well technically Jacob) built these raised beds; we bought soil and picked out our plants and spent a great afternoon together planting our first garden.  I thought it was quite symbolic.

YAY!  I am excited for the fruit to come!!

101

Jacob's sweet Great-Grandma turned 101 this month!  She is an incredible lady and it was amazing to meet her and be able to celebrate with her. I love his family so so much!

Celebrating with J-Dawgs and a Walk

I got a job at the Family History Library as the Easter European Research Specialist and we of course had to celebrate.  First stop was J-Dawgs, I love that place, the special sauce and the polish dog couldn't get any better.  We then had a nice walk to the duck pond where there were so many cute baby ducks and turtles.  I love this place, Jacob and I have had so many great walks and times here and I love coming here to be happy and enjoy time together.

WEDDINGS!

It is summertime and it is the season for weddings!  I love seeing my friends find their eternal companions and being so happy.  I also love being able to relive mine and Jacob's wedding. Weddings are just so great.   

 Brenna

Stefanie

                                   Bryan and Shelby

San Diego!

We went to go see Audrey and Ian and we had a great time! 

Car pictures are some of my favorite:

We had a great time surfing, Ian was a great teacher, I have to say though that the boys were way better than I was. But it was good to just be at the beach all day anyway.

Bon Fire on the beach! It was a perfect San Diego night with the fire, Ian and Audrey's friends and S'mores. 

THE ZOO!

 The monkeys were the BEST they played the most and were quite entertaining.

 PANDA!

 Getting his henna tattoo, it's a dragon!

 I love turtles!

This was Jacob's favorite animal...little did we know, it is rainbow!