Daniel- I love you

I believe that Daniel and I meeting was something more than random chance. We were actually made for each other and got a lot of help finding each other.
It was the middle of July 2004 and I was back home for the summer after a year away at Dixie. I was working and planning on going back to Dixie for one more year of a full ride scholarship. I had registered for classes, paid a deposit on an apartment and was mentally gearing up for another year of hell. I had just had the worst year of my life and even though I really liked St. George and even the college, it wasn't worth the drama I had experienced with roommates. I changed my mind one Sunday evening and went to snow. I just barely had enough time to apply for that next year and was able to still find an open apartment- where Jill had lived three years earlier.
I met Daniel almost right away, although that was the extent of it. My roommates had been friends with his roommates the year before.
It was almost two months later that we realized that Daniel had actually known my sister when he had been to Snow before his mission. That was the connection we needed to become friends. From there, there was watching conference and driving over the mountain with friends, going through Tyson and Daniels mission things, and having our FHE groups together. Our friendship quickly progressed into love and here we are today. I don't believe there was anyone else out there that could fill the gap that Daniel has filled in my life. Three years ago today we tied the knot that started our little family.

He's mobile

Look at my baby- he is getting so big. He's not quite crawling, but he gets where he wants to go with a worm crawl maneuver. And whats this ugly piece of ground on my blog? That's right we finally got our garden planted or let me say my great husband did it while I had relief society responsibilities. I know you can't hardly see our plants- we're like a month behind everyone else in planting, but they are finally up. Fresh tomatoes are one of my favorite things about the summer and I can't wait!

I used to love running. I ran all through high school, at college, and when I found time while I have been married. I still love the feeling of running whenever I do go, but I have not been for a long time. The last time I tried to run was a month after I had Chase and I could NOT propel my body off the ground. I could barley pick my legs up enough to run a mile compared to my usually starting length of 2. So why would I do something as stupid as signing up for a 5K run in less than a month?

As if I didn't have enough to do right now!

I married a farm boy.

I felt a little like the pioneer woman this weekend, but couldn't pass up the chance to catch on film what I imagine Daniels childhood was filled with. (Even though I created more work for Daniel and got Preston out of some chores :)
This is Daniel dreaming on a riding lawn mower, something his dad bought when all the help left the house. Here they are doing ...something .... to these cows that you don't want to know about, but they didn't even hurt the cows. They just sat calmly on the ground after Daniel wrestled them down.That is my birthday cake. It is supposed to be the shape of a palm tree, not a troll's head.

And this is my poor sick little baby. We didn't go down to Lyman as early as we planned on because I was throwing up all morning on Friday, and by Sunday Chase had caught the bug. He was throwing up, running a fever, sneezing, and the runniest nose that is now bright red and so sore. He couldn't sleep last night, but is having so much fun this morning that if I couldn't hear his stuffy nose every breath I might not know he was sick.

Bath time

I promise, we do believe in bibs and he actually had one on, but I thought he was done so I took it off. Needless to say, he wanted more. Then it was straight to the bath tub.


This is the first real bath Chase has had. He has finally outgrown the little baby tub that we have been using previously. Last night we filled the whole tub up a couple inches and just let him go for it. He played in the tub for 1/2 hour just splashing and sliding around. He looked like a little fish in there.
Keep scrolling down if you want to see some old catch up posts.

Corona arch

We always love going home, whether that means Lyman or Moab. It's been a while, but here is our most recent trip to Moab.This was on the hike to Corona arch. I asked my mom to take this picture of us and it turned out just like I wanted. (The head turning was actually Ellen's idea).
This is corona arch.

More hiking in Moab

To continue on our hiking weekend we hiked, no,.... ran ...to delicate arch. We were trying to catch the sunset that was falling fast. We barely caught it, but my sunset pictures didn't turn out to be anything great.


The next day we hiked out to mesa arch in Canyonlands National Park. Looks innocent right? Well... take a look through the arch.
And finally it was off to some Indian ruins for Daniel. This is the closest he has been to real Indian ruins. (These ones weren't too impressive)