Michelle's Graduated!!

Crazy, my little sister (well I guess not so little anymore) is graduated from High School and ready to face the world! The day of her graduation was a really pretty, sunny day. Their graduation was out on the Salem Hills High school football field and it was a good graduation :) Michelle graduated with High Honors, Way to go Michelle! Im so proud of you sis and Im glad we could be there to support you on your big day.

 

Texas

This past week we went to Texas, where Kyle served the second part of his mission. One of the people he taught was getting married in the temple and we were invited to go. I thought it was really funny because his fiances name was Michelle Marsh (my little sisters name :) They got married in the Houston temple, it was a small but very beautiful temple. This was Nash's first plane ride at 4 1/2 months old, he was really good and only got a little fussy because he was tired.

We also visited some families that Kyle taught on his mission which was really neat to meet them, they were such nice people. Before coming here I thought I could understand Spanish pretty good. I could understand half of the conversation when Kyle was talking with them, but I couldn't understand anything they were saying when we went to the Spanish ward on Sunday. I guess this means that I need to learn Spanish.

We went to this huge outdoor shopping center which was cool, it was SO big! I guess I found out pretty quick that Texas is a lot bigger than Utah when I saw like 4 or 5 Kroger grocery stores just in Houston. We ate some good Texas Barbeque and also some good Mexican food at the Guytan's house. The Benitez family were really fun to hang out with (that's who we went with to the outdoor shopping place). The mom also fed us TONS of fruit, Kyle was loving it! It was fun to see the people from Kyle's mission and also what the area was like.

St. George

This past week we went to St. George to hang out with Des, T.C and some people from the Czech Republic from his mission. It was a lot of fun, and Casey and Sydney were nice enough to let us stay at their place and we got to hang out with them as well.

On Wednesday we went to Zions. The last time I went was probably when I was a teenager so it had been a while. It's so beautiful there and it's so diverse; you can see the big, beautiful red rock mountains and on the other hand you can also see a lot of greenery. My favorite place for sure was the Emerald Pools. We had a good time with everyone. Poor Kyle was hiking with Nash the whole day without a backpack to carry him so he definitely got a good arm workout. Nash did really good the whole day (besides the fact that his hat kept blowing off of his head because it was too big). That evening we had a barbeque with everyone. Shelby came over with a guy she was dating also and everyone had a good game of silent marco polo. The game got pretty intense, and I have a couple battle wounds from running into the sides of the pool lol I swear I can't play a game without getting hurt. But it was a lot of fun!

Thursday we went shopping and pretty much just relaxed and hung out by the pool during the day. At night Kyle, me, Casey, and Sydney played tennis. Besides the fact that I'm terrible at sports it was pretty fun. Kyle was good at couching me.

Friday we went swimming some more and just soaked up the sun. In the afternoon we went golfing at Red Hills golf course (where Casey works). Thanks to Casey we got the hook ups to get in free! I think out of all the sports, golf is one that I could maybe get good at. Golf is the best! By the end of the day everyone except Kyle was sunburned. Then we went out to eat at Osaka. It had been too long since my last sushi fix and it definitely hit the spot! Kyle is not a fan of sea food, so I was proud of him for trying some of my sushi.

Saturday morning Sydney made us a good breakfast and we hit the road. It was SO nice to get out of the house and have a little get away for a couple days. Thanks to Des and T.C we had an excuse to do it!

Zoo Trip!

I felt like a little kid on Christmas when I found out we were going to the zoo, I know that sounds pretty pathetic but it had probably been 5 years since I'd been last. I tried talking Kyle into going for the past 2 years but he said "Once we have a kid then we can." Yes, I finally have an excuse to go now :) It was so much fun! The elephants were being funny.. one of them kept picking up sticks and throwing them with its trunk and the little baby elephant was running around everywhere. The monkeys were really active and so were the gorillas and the rest of the animals were awake as well. I was a little sad that the tigers were sleeping but overall it was a fun day!

Nash Rolled Over :)

Nash couldn't stand tummy time for the first couple months and now he just started liking it. Today he rolled over at 3 1/2 months old! I missed the first time he did it because I put him on his tummy and a minute later I come over and he was on his back. But just to make sure it was real I put him back on his tummy and he rolled over again :) Yay for Nash!

First Time Skiing!

April 8th 2011

So I can officially call myself a Utahn :) For the first time in my whole life I went skiing.. How is it that Kyle from sunny Arizona grew up skiing while I live in Utah and haven't gone once? So Kyle and I went to the Canyons ski resort (that place is HUGE). I had some pretty good crashes, one of them my ski went straight up in the air and I ended up with my arm pinned behind my back, Kyle had a good time watching me lol But he was a good coach! After a couple good crashes I got the hang of it and it was actually really fun, I would definitely go again.

Kyle's New Toy

Due to Jordan and his salesman skills (and begging Kyle to get one) Kyle now has a dirt bike. They've already gone dirt biking quite a bit and Kyle has had his fair share of crashes. I guess I didn't realize what I was getting into when I agreed to let him get one. Last month while Kyle, Jordan and some other guys were going on some trails near the sand dunes Kyle almost killed himself! He was a ways behind the others and wanted to catch up, so he was going really fast up a hill and didn't realize that a tree was at the top and then forks off to a sharp right. Luckily he stopped right in front of the tree but he ended up flying over the front of the bike and going down the hill. The bike landed on him and he came out of it with maybe just a couple scratches! I know that my prayer right before they left had to help.