It's been a while since I updated things so here it goes, sorry its a lot and might be boring.
Steve has been working on his fly fishing skills, going whenever he can of course. He even caught a REALLY big fish, a brown trout, check it out!
He's so proud!
Jumping fish :)
Brook Trout
Saturday the 9th I attended a baby shower for Eve in the
morning down in Pleasant Grove, and then one for Stacie at 6pm at
Joann’s house. It was fun to visit w/ everyone. They’re both due in
July, Stacie in the middle
of the month and Eve at the end.
Eve is in the middle w/ the stripes (I know I look further along then her, what can you do? )
On Wednesday the 13th was a
different yet great day at work. My team had done well the month before
so for a reward our manager decided to take us to a SLC Bee’s game.
Since it was in the middle of the day at it was over
90 degrees w/ probably no shade, I decided I’d probably not go. My
manager was fine w/ that so I told Steve to meet me at the Gateway after
his class and we’d go see a movie. He wanted to see the movie “The
Avengers” so this was our chance. Steve had talked
to Dave just after this so he invited him to come as well. The movie
was fun, a little long for me, but I know Dave and Steve loved it. Dave
had to leave a couple minutes early to go to a meeting but he’d seen it
once before so he was ok w/ it. Steve and
I then went to Bath and Body Works and got a couple lotions and soaps it
was their semi-annual sale. We were able to be gone from 12-4, so
after going back we only had 1 hour left; it was awesome! It’s nice to
be paid to see a movie ;)
On Thursday the 14th I hurried
home from work, changed, then headed over to Dave/Joann’s to have dinner
w/ Duane and Wendy Bates (Duane is the PA friend of Dave’s who Steve
shadows here and there). Dave made his yummy
ribs for dinner. I put together a simple, yet really yummy cobbler. I
used peaches and pineapple w/ a yellow cake mix and some butter on top.
It turned out really well; at least everyone seemed to enjoy it ;) It
was fun
On Friday the 15th after work we
headed over to our neighbor’s little boy’s 1st
birthday party. They had invited some friends from the branch and some
of their family to come. It was fun
to visit and also see his excitement with his new toys. Afterwards we
went over and swam w/ our neighbors for an hour or so. It felt good to
cool off a bit.
On Saturday the 16th we cleaned up
a bit, and finished Steve’s project for his retirement plan. Steve has a
project for his online class that involves figuring out how much you
need to save now in order to have enough for
retirement. Since this is what I do at work and its something that
involves both of us, we decided to work on it together. It was really
interesting to see the results. According to our calculations, if we
keep up with our retirement contributions and assuming
we get a decent rate of return between now and then, we are well on our
way to meet our retirement goals. It was great to see that though it
hasn’t been easy, especially living off one income and both of us going
to school, we’re still able to make due. That
night we attended the adult session of Stake Conference. It was good.
Afterwards we went over to our neighbors and had ice cream and
socialized. It was fun!
Sunday the 17th we had Stake
Conference. Steve was called a couple months ago to be apart of the
Stake Choir, so he’s been going to practices for a couple hours on
Sundays. The choir was scheduled to sing a couple hymns
before it started, so we showed up by 9:30am. Stake Conference was
really good. We had Brother Wilson from the Seventy talk to us. Elder
Lakner, the elder from my mission, also had a couple opportunities to
give his testimony and talk about the church in
Slovenia. You could tell everyone was a little shocked when he said we
only have 3 branches in the whole country, about 200 members, and he’s
the 12th missionary to serve from
Slovenia. He’s doing a great job as the zone leader
and you can tell he’s growing in the Gospel and his testimony.
After Stake Conference we went home and I made Steve crepes for
Father’s Day. He said he wanted to sleep in in the morning and would
rather have our “breakfast” after conference. He already got his gift a
couple weeks before, gravel guards for fly fishing.
He said he wanted to try them out to make sure they would work, which
they do ;) I also gave him a card called “Dad to Be.” We then took a
nap, and then got up and I made the dough for a fruit pizza. We then
went over to Dave and Joann’s and gave Dave his
Father’s Day card. We gave him 2 shirts from Hawaii a month ago when we
got back, which we told him would count for Father’s Day and his
birthday. Ironically I found a card w/ a Hawaiian shirt on it which was
perfect! We also called and talked to my dad.
I sent his card up w/ my mom a couple weeks before. My brothers and
sisters all got together and got him a new flat screen TV and blueray
player, which we said would count for his birthday, Father’s Day and
maybe Christmas ;) I then put the fruit pizza together
and let everyone have some. Jeff/Kim were over w/ their kids so they
enjoyed some as well. It was a fun Father’s Day :)
Fruit pizza for Father's Day
On Monday the 18th after work I
made some pasta for dinner while Steve worked on some homework. We then
watched a little TV then went out and swam for an hour. It’s been sooo
hot; the pool feels great! The crib I ordered
arrived earlier that day, so I wanted to get it out and see if we could
put it together. It took us about an hour is all and we had it up. I
looks great! We’re excited to have and be a little more prepared for
Nyles to come.
Nyles' Crib
Tuesday the 19th after work Steve
went and picked up Café Rio for dinner; yumm! Steve had some homework
to work on, then we went swimming for an hour or so…..sooo nice ;)
On Wednesday after work, I hurried over to Devry and picked up my
diploma for my MBA. The actual graduation will be this Saturday the 30th, but at least I have the actual diploma,
which feels great to have it done and official!
My MBA diploma yeah!!!
I then hurried home, changed, and we left to go out to visit Josh and
Burgandie Featherstone. We met Josh at his work, and then followed him
out to their place in Hurricane. We then had dinner together, saw their
place, and just chatted. Steve grew up w/
him so it was good to catch up.
On Thursday the 21st Steve went
and shadowed Duane Bates, a PA, again. He went from 5pm until 1am. I
had RS visits that night so it worked out fine. We went and visited a
new mother and her cute little girl. She was
born a week early but is doing great. We then went and visited a new
family in the branch. They moved from California. He’s a truck driver
and is gone for weeks at a time so she’s home with their 2 sons. The
older son is autistic so it makes it a little
harder, but they’re doing fine. She seems happy we stopped by and
introduced ourselves.
On Friday, the 22nd, after work, Steve met me. We walked over to
the food court here at the Gateway Mall and got a Subway sandwich.
Ironically we ran into one of his mission president’s from his mission.
We grabbed an ice cream cone on our way out,
then went over to the SLC temple and made it just in time for the 7
o’clock session. I wanted to do a session in SLC before it closes for a
while and before the baby comes. The SLC temple is closed now through
August 11th
for extensive cleaning or something. I thought the live session would
be good as well so we would be moving and I could get up every so often
and walk, which was good for my legs. The session went well. There’s
always so much to learn.
On Saturday, June 23rd, Steve and I
slept in a little, then had breakfast and cleaned. At 2pm Rose dropped
off her 4 girls so she could go on a date w/ a guy name Darren. Since
it was sooo hot, we decided to take them
swimming. Steve went and bought 4 new noodles right before they came,
just in case they wanted to use them. Rose has life-jackets for the 3
younger ones, but mainly Sophia and Ali used them. They all had a good
time swimming and using the noodles. We stayed
about an hour, and then went back to our place. I then made them a
slushy and popcorn and started to watch a movie. Rose and Darren came
back shortly after and picked them up; they had gone to get a pedicure.
Steve and I then got ready to go up the canyon. We had invited
some friends from the branch to go w/ us, 4 other couples. We drove up
to Silver Lake then had a hot dog roast. We had everyone bring
something and had a nice yummy meal. We then walked
around the boardwalk along the lake, then came back and went swimming
again. It was a lot of fun and felt sooo much better up there, about 15
degrees cooler than in the valley.
Jon and Jana Brown, Camille and Ryan Millward, Otto/Emily/Eli Shill, Dave and Melissa Thomas, us at Silver Lake
Duckies swimming around
Silver Lake
Steve, Eli and Otto
Sunday the 24th I had branch council in the morning and after
church we had our munch and mingle. I then met with the Elder’s Quorum
and his counselor and my VT Coordinator and went over changes for July
assignments. We have a couple people moving out
and of course some who have moved it this past month so we needed to
update those changes.
After I got home Steve and I took a quick nap, they got dinner
ready for Diane and LuDean. Diane is still recovering but doing
better. Steve decided on the menu. We made them steak, baked potatoes,
corn, cornbread and chocolate chip cookies for dessert.
Everything turned out well and I think we all enjoyed it. Steve did a
great job on the steaks! Diane tried a little of everything as well.
She said it was the most she had eaten since we got home from the
hospital. After we had just cleaned up Mike and
Gloria showed up for a bit and had a cookie, then Dave and Joann showed
up w/ Melanie’s kids. They had been helping to watch them this past
week and had taken them up to the cabin for a few days. Joann was
driving their van w/ 3 of the kids, and Dave had
Chandler in the Tahoe. Joann unfortunately got a migraine as she got
there, so she took a pill to help. Steve and I then got the food out
again and fed the kids and Dave, they all seemed to like it. We then
helped load up the kids. Since Joann wasn’t feeling
very well Steve drove the van w/ the 3 kids and I drove Joann back to
their place. We then helped them unload the Tahoe then load the kids
back up in the van so Dave could take them back to their place (Melanie
and Brandon got back later that evening from
their Europe trip). Joann went inside and laid down to help her
migraine while Steve and I unloaded their groceries back in the fridge.
We then went home and basically got ready for bed.
Monday the 25th we went swimming
for an hour. Our neighbors were there too, it was fun. ;)
Tuesday the 26th Steve made some
spaghetti for dinner. Carrie stopped by just before we had to leave to
go home teaching, so she stayed at our place until we got done. We then
chatted w/ her and watched some TV. I also
made us a slushy to cool off.
Tonight my second counselor Ashley and I went around and stopped by a couple people in the branch. We got to meet a new sister Peggy who recently moved in. When I got back Steve and I went to the pool. Our neighbors were there also so we chatted w/ them, then went to Maverick and got some frozen yogurt together, yumm!
Well that's it for now, sorry it's kinda long and boring. I'll try to do better next time ;)
