Oregon

Me, Zach mom, dad, Greg, and Molly (dog) went to Eugene, Oregon for a week to watch Greg play baseball-and to have a nice family vacation! It involved:

Lots of {driving}

Lots of {baseball}

Lots of {trees}

Lots of {eating}

Lots of {hot} weather

Lots of {shopping}

Lots of FUN

One of our many pictures in the car

Molly was tired--80% of the time her tongue is sticking out, no big deal :)

outlet malls..Greg likes to pull retarded faces and Zach was sick of shopping and i'm just a dork :)

But we got these {sweet sneaks}-so he can't complain
{Pretty blues} ((eyes))

Oregon=lots of trees and cool {fog} by the ocean

Many many windmills on the horizon of the Columbia River

We went EVERYWHERE! We drove halfway to Boise the first day and went to a sweet waterpark. Then we drove to Hines and stayed the night. The next day we drove all the way to Eugene OR. Other places we visited were: Salem, and Portland to see cousin Kim :) and we traveled the coast.

Thanks mom and dad we had a wonderful trip!!!

Bear Lake

On Saturday we went to Bear Lake to spend a day on the beach and go boating. I'm so mad that it turned out to be super cold! We still managed to have some fun though!

I knew Zach's hat from Jamaica would come in handy :)

Little Riot enjoying his caprisun

Happy Mamacitas!

(Zach's mom and my mom)

Me and the captain!

Karlie and I are the only ones that would go on the tube in the freezing water. Here is the before picture..

Here is the after picture...my dad asked me if it was cold when we fell off...doesn't my face explain it enough? Karlie wanted to go again of course-she is so fun I love that girl!

Well Zach and I are headin to Oregon this week with my family. Hope you all have a happy 4th!

Balloon to Heaven

I sent a balloon to Heaven today. I watched it float up into the clouds until I could no longer see it. With it I sent a wish..a wish that my brother had a good birthday. Today he would have been 24.

He has the most beautiful headstone I have ever seen. Too bad the stupid birds always poop on it.

Happy Birthday Erik

We love you

10 things

Thanks Raquel and Kaitlin!

Terms of this award: must list 10 things about yourself, thank the person who gave you this award, and pass it on to 10 wonderful bloggers.

1. I sleep with my contacts in every night..I know it's bad. But, I am paranoid that if something happens during the night, I need to see!!

2. Zach and I have been married about 7 months and HE is already baby hungry-it's your fault Karlie! But we will be finishing school and getting jobs before I ever even consider that! (but we do have names picked) haha

3. I can only fall asleep if I'm on my belly, with my hand under my face, with the fan on.

4. Zach and I just got new phones-2 for $50 super sweet! Palm Pre and Palm Pixie

5. I hate blow drying my hair!! I get really hot and when I'm hot I'm very ornery. If only Zach would let me cut my hair short..like to my shoulders.

6. We are so very very happy that LEE DEWYZE won American Idol haha we never missed an episode!

7. I love playing Yahtzee and Phase 10 with Zach. It's one of our favorite things to do when we're bored!

8. We go out to eat and go to movies a little more frequently than we should...mainly Firehouse, Cafe Rio, and Old Grist Mill. Lately we've seen: Date Night, Iron Man 2, and Robin Hood. and..Prince of Persia came out today... woohoo

9. I love DVR and $1 Redbox movies! Oh what would we do without them!

10. Grandma takes me, mom, and my aunt out to a yummy lunch EVERY Friday. Boy do I love Fridays!

I tag: Karlie, Amy, Gentry, Kaylee, Kylie, Amber, and Tia!

really?

How does a cell phone fall out of your pocket and land in a bucket of stain? Well I don't really know but you can ask Zach! Of all places-it falls into a bucket of STAIN? Haha the funny thing is...it still works!? He took it all apart and wiped it down and somehow it still functions just fine. Well.. except for the screen.. it is a little dark and hard to see because it literally got stained. Even though the phone still works...calls just fine, charges just fine, rings...ect.- he still thinks he needs a new one. hmm are you sure it "fell" out of your pocket Zachary? Or are you just wanting a new phone because I'm getting my upgrade soon!
Haha I just thought it was rather amazing that a phone can still work after being submerged in stain. However, I don't suggest you try this at home-you may not be so lucky!

When Will I?

As Memorial Day and your Birthday are getting closer I keep having questions continually flood my mind. I thought I would write them down to get them out of my head for a while.

When will I stop having dreams that you're still alive? So alive that when I wake up, reality overcomes me and leaves me feeling disappointed that you were so close. The dreams are so real-we have conversations; your voice sounds so clear and distinct. Will your voice begin to fade?

When will I have a relationship with Gregory like I did with you? When he gets married? That won't be forever. When he gets over the teenage stage? He may be my "big" brother but he will never be my older brother.

When will I stop feeling bad about all the mean things I ever said and did to you? You know I was just a bratty, teenage, little sister right? I wish I could tell you sorry in person.

When will Mom and Dad truly be happy again? When will that hole be filled? What can I do?

When will all the memories I have of you begin to fade away? When I grow old without you-will I still remember the little things you told me- like when you told me you wanted to name your first little boy Lincoln so you could call him "link"

When will I have kids? Will they have already met their Uncle Erik while they were in Heaven? I hope so. You would have been the best Uncle...

When will I get to see you again? A year and a half has gone by and it feels like it's been forever. I wish I knew the exact date of the Second Coming so I could count down. Will it really be 2012 like some say? That movie freaked me out.

When will I fully understand why all of this has happened?

When will I?

I did it- I got in!!

FINALLY- no more anticipating, no more playing the waiting game, no more being a nervous wreck- because I got accepted into the Radiology Program at Weber State!! I will start this Fall and go to class there a couple times a week and also do 24 clinical hours a week at The Logan Regional Hospital! We don't have to move. YaY! I have been working at this for a long time and now finally something has come of it! I'm very excited to get started. It feels good to know what I'm actually going to do with my life now.