The Farm!

While we were home for the wedding, we took Gracee and Gregory to the farm for Gracee's school field trip. It was quite an adventure with those two, but we had a lot of fun. Gracee, we learned, is such a poser and loves her picture to be taken! Gregory, you can tell, has been trained by my mom and will smile anytime a camera is pointed at him. It's just hard to get that kid to hold still! Anyway, I finally downloaded the pictures from the farm so I thought I'd put them up so all can see the adorable Gracee and Gregory. Side note, it was REALLY windy that day so if in some of the pictures our hair is all over the place, that is why.






Gregory loved the pigs! I'm pretty sure he wasn't suppose to climb on the fence, but he was happy so what the heck!

Latest Happenings

I know I'm a little behind, but I wanted to post about mine and Tyler's latest adventure. Back in April, we went home for Tiersha's wedding, which was great. Tiersha and Josh both looked so happy and very much IN LOVE. The day after the wedding, Tyler and I flew to Ecuador, which is where Tyler served his mission. We were there for almost 2 full weeks. Ecuador was quite the adventure! It's totally different from the United States in almost every way. People like to stand REALLY close to you in Ecuador, and in the US we believe in something called, "personal space." I was definitely craving personal space the entire time we were there. Also, there is no flushing toilet paper in toilets ANYWHERE. It's so weird, but surprisingly bathrooms didn't smell that bad. However, it was extremely hard to come across a bathroom. You can't just go into a restaurant like you can here, because they don't have any! I don't understand what the women of Ecuador do... Anyway, one of the places we visited that I loved was called Otovalo. It's a really cute, quaint town, and is very touristy so I never felt in danger. It's also beautiful... the scenery is amazing and the weather was great. The best thing about this town though is their shopping. They have a HUGE marketplace where they sell everything you can think of, and its CHEAP. We got real wool blankets and jackets for $10 a piece, and they're really cool looking. We also got plenty of jewelry for $1 a piece, and lots of other cool things. I just went to town! Tyler was great, he didn't try and stop me from buying anything. However, it's hard not to buy everything b.c it's so cheap. One other purchase that I'm really happy about is my leather jacket. We didn't get it in Otovalo, but in another place where they have an entire street that just sells leather. I got a suede leather jacket for $50, I couldn't believe it. It's my first leather jacket and I'm in love. Tyler really sold me on it, and I'm glad I listened! The last place in Ecuador we went was Guayaquil, which is the coast, which is where the temple is. We stayed at the temple hotel and even though there were only buckbeds, for $8 a night, we couldn't have gone wrong. We were able to see Tyler's mission president and a couple of his mission companions. They were all such nice people and it was so cool to see Tyler speak spanish with them. Tyler is so much more animated and dramatic in spanish, I LOVE it! After Ecuador, we flew back to CA and babysat the little munchkins (yes, all 4 of them) for a couple days and then went to Disneyland (one of mine and Tyler's favorite places) on our last day! We then flew home and got back to reality... sad day.

The Associate

Recently Tyler and I finished one of John Grisham's books, "The Associate." In the past I have really enjoyed John Grisham's books and so has Tyler, but this book was quite a disappointment. Don't get me wrong, John did a great job at holding the reader's attention during the book, but when it came to the last 30 pages, the story just kind of ended. It was very anti-climatic. I read the whole book awaiting this great ending, and it NEVER came. I'm willing to give Grisham another chance because right now I'm reading his book, "The Testament." I really hope it's a better book and actually has an ending. I'll let you know soon!

 
 
 
 

Here are some more photos from Picasa that I've edited. These pictures were from October of last year when Tyler and I went up Provo Canyon to get a last taste of fall. You will notice that all the leaves are still beautiful unlike now when all of nature is brown and ugly...

 
 
 
 

I'm starting to use Picasa in my Comp Tech class and we had to edit a few photos so here are a couple of pictures from when me and Tyler took engagements (with Steve in the backyard-not fancy at all). Nothing special, I just wanted to see if Picasa was easy to use.