A weekend of weddings!

Well, this past weekend was full of good ole weddings, and we will keep celebrating through this next week with a trip to Gilbert, Arizona.

Dy's sister was married on Friday, May 2, in the Jordan River Temple. After Michelle graduated with her Master's on Thursday, she decided to celebrate by getting married. Not a bad celebration. Since Dy's brother flew in and needed to do some shopping for the close that didn't quite make the flight, we ended up giving them a ride to Orem and spent the night there. Michelle was determined to have the reception in her parents back yard, regardless of temperature. It was a little cool but the sun came out (Brett's head can attest to that) and it really turned out great. By the time the reception was done we were exhausted and didn't even bother driving back to our home, even if that meant spending night #2 sleeping in the bunk beds.
That wasn't the end of our weekend of weddings. On Saturday we traveled up to Logan with Nettie and Aubrey for A. Lawlor's wedding (Dy's old roomate). We had some time to kill between the ceremony and the luncheon so we decided to visit Gosner's Foods. After we each ate a pound of the sample cheeses, we sat at a bench and enjoyed some ice cream, cheese curds, and root beer milk (and yes, it actually is milk).

We enjoyed attending two temple wedding ceremonies on back to back days, the first since we were married. It was great to reflect on those special promises and covenants we made just over five months ago. It was a busy, but great, weekend.

Our intentions were to get some pictures from Andrew and Michelle's wedding day, but we haven't been able to track any down. For those reading this with some pics you promised to send us, we are still waiting...and waiting.

We are still here!

One month to the day of the last post, we figured we should let you know that we are still alive and kicking.

Time for the excuses...April has just been a pretty busy month and we still try to make a post only when there are some fun pictures to put on there. Dy has been working double time the past month (which is nice as we try to get a down payment for eventually purchasing a house) and Brett has been working late most nights with a name change and a few other big projects at the credit union.

We will work on being better and maybe even getting a regular post time each week. Don't give up on us yet, Nettie. Until then, chow!

Ode to Spring!

There are many reasons why I love this time of year. The green grass and trees are beautiful, the days get longer, the Easter Bunny brings me treats (thanks dear), March Madness is in full force, golf courses open, and most importantly the Red Sox are taking swings that matter.

I really do love this time of year...my favorite!

With the Red Sox playing two games in Japan starting earlier this morning, baseball season is finally here. An extra inning win made getting up at 4:00 in the morning worth it. I had better get to bed since game two is in less than 5 hours away.



This isn't Dy's favorite picture, but with us both at Fenway it is a must.




Perhaps this one is better.

Jazz vs. Lakers

For Valentine's Day we were treated with lower-bowl tickets to a Jazz game and enjoyed the night thoroughly, even if the Jazz couldn't set the franchise home mark for most consecutive wins by losing to the Lakers.


We weren't quite this close, but did enjoy the lower bowl.



Posing on the first row behind the basket.





Kyle warming up. This one if for you, Pierce!




I think it is primarily a Martin disease where you must take pictures of yourself whenever a camera is present....or maybe just Nettie's thing that rubs off on the others.

Slippers...My Newfound Love

This is a blog dedicated to why I love slippers. I wear them to the store, to work meetings in the morning, around the house, and walks outside. This fascination started when I noticed Brett wearing his slippers everywhere.. From my observation slippers have requirements.

1. Slippers must have a hard sole on bottom for all environments.
2. Slippers must be comfortable.
3. The best slippers are those that are Blue. But if a Red Soxs Symbol is placed upon the slippers they are the best slippers ever.

I was shopping after Christmas at Old Navy and my eyes beheld a pair of Blue slippers. The slippers were comfortable, and had a hard sole. The best thing about these slippers the PRICE..... 3$. I bought them and every day since have fallen in love with these slippers. So I apologize if you think its inconsiderate to wear slippers other than around the house. I just LOVE my slippers. I'm already in need for another pair....maybe all find a Red Soxs pair for the up coming baseball season!

Snowshoeing...Successful This Time

Between forgetting snowshoes and canyons being closed, we haven't had the most successful winter of snowshoeing. Well, we had a good adventure on President's Day.

We went up to Donut Falls in Big Cottonwood. Since it was so popular, most of the trail was pretty packed, but it is a pretty hike and the fall were fun.


Dy playing between a couple of pools of water. It was really pretty cool. That skinny crossing through the rock wall the almost caused both of us to get wetter than we planned on.





















This narrow was pretty cool!





















Resting after scaling the mountain above the falls.

















Taking the quicker way down.

Making a Mess...er...Cookies

These are the closest thing we have to kids...besides nieces and nephews. As we live in a basement apartment, these are the kids from the family upstairs. Dy enjoyed an afternoon of making sugar cookies around Valentine's Day. They are fun and love having some people living in their basement. Every once in a while we would come home to some candy wrappers on the floor and the door to the main house mysteriously open. Now there is a child proof lock on the door. They are fun to have around.


Little Savanah is the one who likes to sneak downstairs for candy.




















Miles





















Lilly

President Hinckley Tribute

I know a lot of these have been going around recently, but here are a few links to some nice tributes to President Hinckley that I found very touching and were a great way to celebrate his life. He was a great man and the prophet during so many influential years in my life. I am glad that he his happy and united with his wife. What an amazing man.

Tribute 1

Tribute 2

Tribute 3

Tribute 4

While I treasure those great memories from President Hinckley's life and tenure as prophet, I look forward to the leadership of President Monson. I had the opportunity to live in President Monson's stake for over 4 years and had his home teacher in the bishopric. This provided some incredible opportunities to attend meetings with President Monson and gain some wonderful insight to the amazing person he too is. I am grateful for the leadership of latter-day prophets to guide us the same way Christ instituted in the primitive church. What a comfort to know He is the same yesterday, today and forever!

Sundance Film Festival

Our intentions were to come up for a free main street concert for Ingrid Michaelson. Well, we weren't able to figure out where it was at so after a hour of searching and dragging Park City's main street (on foot), we figured we probably weren't going to find it. It is always fun to people watch in a crowd like that.

As I was writing this blog I figured I would look up to see if I could find any info on it. Turns out that the info is on the Sundance events website with time and address. It started at 2:30, not 12:00. (Thanks, Nettie. We still love ya!)

If you want a nice little laugh, just call out rather vocally for your friends autograph. Heads turn and people begin to mumble trying to figure out who the celebrity is. It was pretty funny. It even happened when we weren't trying to.

We ended up getting a caramel apple from Rocky Mountain Chocolate factory, some stopped by the outlets and got some lunch, and then headed home. Even though we didn't see the concert we intended on going to, it was still a pretty fun afternoon.

Snowshoeing 101

With Dy's new snowshoes for Christmas, we are excited to get out and enjoy the beautiful white stuff that is so plentiful in Utah at this time of the year. I have had snowshoes for a few years, but this is Dy's first pair. To help encourage others to join this great winter activity that is cheap and fun, I thought I would put a few snowshoeing tips on here.

One of the most basic things to remember is keep your stride natural. Don't try to modify or exaggerate your gait. When you maneuver up steep slopes, a good technique involves aggressive use of the front crampons. When you are traveling downhill, avoid leaning backwards onto the tails of the snowshoes whenever possible. When you are traversing slopes, stay upright and lean into the hill with each step.

There is one last tip that is probably the most important tip of them all to ensure an enjoyable time snowshoeing...DON'T FORGET YOUR SNOWSHOES! Sadly enough I am speaking from recent experience. It will, however, help verify just how well snowshoes really do work. A few points if that does happen to you; crawling will work if you follow behind someone who was smarter than you and actually has snowshoes, but using just one snowshoe doesn't work. You will still sink past your knees with every other step (Michelle may try to tell you otherwise).

Besides the inconvenience of being short one pair of snowshoes, it was still an enjoyable time and made for a great story to laugh at. Below are some of the pictures from our New Year's trek. For those wanting to do a little snowshoeing and are in the Salt Lake area, there is a few of us going on Monday, January 21 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day). The more the merrier.