provo utah bucket list

in honor of our last year here in provo at byu,

and in honor of the first day of fall semester,

i present to you,

the provo utah bucket list

in no particular order:

(red= still to do)

1. go to 7 peaks 8/31/11

2. ride a tandem bike together 3/30/12

3. go snowshoeing 2/3/12

4. hike up to bridal veil falls 8/27/10

5. hike timp? 

6. go to the provo bakery 11/30/11

7. go real camping

8. hike up to the timp caves

9. go swimming in the great salt lake

10. do a temple square saturday 2/4/12

11. hike up to the Y one last time 3/16/12

12. visit the provo printing museum 2/20/12

13. visit park city for a day and do the olympic park activities

14. do a session at the salt lake temple 2/25/12

15. go to the temple lights together 12/4/11

16. get dinner at sammy's 12/2/11

17. go to 1 game of every BYU sport that our all sports pass works for 4/14/12

18. hike stewart falls together 10/4/11

19. go kayaking in the provo lake

20. fly a kite on campus

21. hike to the hot springs in diamond fork canyon together 4/21

22. go thanksgiving point cornbellies halloween thing for the last time 10/29/11

23. feed the ducks at the duck pond 10/11/11

24. go to the utah museum of fine arts

25. go to the museum of cultures and people on 100 east 700 north 4/6/12

26. go to the governor's mansion in salt lake 

27. go to a BYU planetarium show $2 on friday nights 12/2/11

28. go on the heber railroad for halloween and/or christmas
29. walk down both university ave and center street in the fall or spring and go into lots of the shops 3/30/12

if you have any other awesome "must do provo things" i'd love to hear!

we'll be adding on more probably throughout the year!

plus we'll be updating it on what we've accomplished and when!

ps- husband  fell asleep next to me while i wrote this bc he was waiting to get on the computer after me,

he just did the body twitch thing you do when you're almost completely asleep,

giggles :)

happiness

happiness = swimming

happiness = the AZ heat

happiness = in-n-out

happiness = bahama bucks

happiness = family

 

the end.

iowa.

hey remember when we took that forever death drive across the country the other week that took a whole day of lives away?

remember how we stopped in iowa?

we did, for a day actually!

and visited casey's siter and her family.

here's our visit via iPhone:

 

our quick stay consisted of
playing with the 2 cute nephews
playing with dogs
scratching my 18 (yes, i literally counted) bug bites on my legs from the previous day
visiting the chiropractic school where his BIL currently studies
bbq yumminess
lots of tickling the little boys
talking talking and talking
preparing for our long trip ahead!

thanks kerri for letting us stop by!
our visit was too short but glad we got to come anyways!

"The Casey Cutler interview"

husband did a little radio interview with the local Green River radio station this last week!

 in their words:
"Casey Cutler is Green River's all time yards and touchdowns leader. He chatted with Nick Andrews this past Thursday."

they talk a little high school football and BYU football

click here for the sound bite

love you sweets!

 

ps- we are back in PROVO!!!!!
we feel home.
but the whole part about the renters staying in our place for the summer and not moving out until Saturday night does not make us feel home :(
cue temper tantrum: "i want my home and all my stuff back!!!"
cue large alligator tears
cue bitterness that we rented our place out for the summer

packing and driving = worst part of summer

packing=shoot me.

i never can beleive all the stuff we fit in that car.

poor husband has the toughest tetris game of his life.

see the top right pic? yeah i think i brought out at least another half that much.

but we fit it all in!!!

hallelujiah!!!

i've become much more efficient at this whole packyoursummerlifeintoonelittlecar gig.

aka i put my shoes in his shoes and rolled his ties into my shoes.

go me.

and while husband was busy tetrising it all into the car,

jaden was on the sidewalk pulling out all the shoes and putting them on his feet!

what a big help.

and then onto the driving.
the confoundit driving!
5 hours to iowa and then another 23 hours to AZ with NO STOPPING!
except for a) potty breaks b) gas c) treats d) all the above
i don't know how we did it.
starbursts helped much (thanks kerri!)
and so did a little penny surfing.
kansas did not help.
kansas was as boring as a white sheet of paper, and it took FOREVER!

see the dumb cowboy hat behind me?
yeah that fell forward and hit our heads about 51038320 times.
and to make it worse, we didn't even go to a rodeo this summer so i didn't wear it!
how LAMO is that?!
the drive took forever.
luckily i have nearly perfected my sleepinreallyuncomfortablepositions skills and slept for at least 11 hours of the drive.
i'm a rockstar like that.
once we saw the AZ cacti though, i was a happy camper.

 

ps- see the bottom right pic of the blue mirror?
can you guess why our mirror was blue with a hint of red?
yes, we indeed had not 1 but 2 visits by the friendly policeman on our journey.
i was stopped first in whocares, kansas.
results: warning for a broken brake light, WAY TO DANG GO KIMBER!
casey was then stopped aobut 2 hours later in whocares, oklahoma.
results: warning for a broken brake light and going to 46 in a 40.
YAY FOR WARNINGS AND NO TICKETS!
this is our first official summer with no tickets
knock on wood, we still have 10 hours left to provo! yikes!

we made it

we said goodbye to indiana.

we made a pit stop in iowa.

and after 23 hours of constant driving,

we made it to the valley of the sun.

we're feeling good.

now if you'll excuse us,

we're going to sleep our saturday away!

jaden.

we are trying to soak up our time here with jaden.

soak it up as much as possible!

casey made pancakes one morning and jaden joined in on the cookin.
yes that is a mickey mouse pancake with sprinkles.
only way to make it.
well, jaden loved being in the action and he ate about 5 of them and made a mess.
bottom right: have i shown you the "mater" chair.
we love cars around here, love it.
jaden is obsessed with cars around here, obsessed.
casey found this chair at goodwill outlet for maybe a $1 (who knows, we buy it all buy the pound),
but jaden loves it. it's kind of adorable.

 

we love this child.
he's kind of hilarious.
i am ber ber, strictly ber ber.
casey is saysee, strictly saysee.

as another last hurrah of the summer, we did a mini photo shoot of cody, camille, and jaden,
here's some of my faves :)

the calls.

a few last things of indiana!

remember that family we love and went swimming with all summer?

and love their kids?

 and adore their parents?

like i said, luckily they're moving away the same time we are, bc that would be terrible if only one of us is moving away.

but one last time, we love them:
boo for a blurry group picture:( mmeh

and casey, the baby whisperer

since before i left to az, casey began growing out his beard!
his caveman/mountainmann beard!
the pictures don't do his blondish beard justice, but it was thick and there, promise.



looking at him now, i feel like i'm married to a little baby face husband!!
as much fun as it was having it around, it's fun to see his smooth face again :)