my favorites

rich and red mango.  :)

break time

rich finished finals on friday! wahoo! i'm so proud of him and all his hard work! he has a two week break before he starts summer semester. of course he has a long list of projects that he's really excited about, but instead he spent his first day off helping a friend with some major re-roofing and took a break to help me at cub scout day camp. i love him.

yep, he's pretty happy about being done with finals (and eating burritos)...
i'm happy we can spend our evenings like last night for the next two weeks... every night please!

saturday morning

pictures found here

my saturday mornings have changed over the years. in junior high and high school they were spent dancing, college they were often spent doing long runs for half marathons or yoga if I wasn't training for a race. today i have a whole house to clean, so that's what i'll be doing and i'm good with that. :) every time i see pictures like this i'm blown away by what our bodies can do and the beauty they can create! i'm grateful to have a body that can dance, run and clean. i love that i have a job where i can help people take care of their bodies so they can feel healthy, strong and happy. okay that's all. i was just going to post these pretty pictures, but then i started rambling. have a happy saturday morning!

i like the desert

we have lots of aloe plants in our front yard and they surprised us a few weeks ago with these beautiful orange blossoms. so after a little research, we now know they are actually aloe blue elf plants.

saw a little hummingbird outside our window enjoying the orange blossoms too. i'd like to thank whoever did the landscaping on our home. rocks, turf, aloe plants and palm trees.. turns out i think it looks pretty and is pretty easy to take care of too!

b & w hawaii

hammock time

after a busy day at work and a trip to the grocery store, i came home feeling overwhelmed and worn out. i wondered how i would possibly get everything accomplished that i needed to. luckily i have a husband that's really good at cheering me up. he set up the hammock in our backyard and it felt like we were back in hawaii! 20 minutes of reading and staring at the palm tree above me and i was rejuvenated and ready to attack every item on my to-do list. i always tell my clients to take time for themselves to relax and de-stress, but sometimes i forget to do those things myself. so i've hired rich as my health coach. i'm guessing his advice will usually involve hammocks, icecream and bike rides. i'll take it!

the backyard today...

hawaii a few weeks ago...

p.s. thank you nate and angie for the hammock!! it's our favorite piece of furniture!
UPDATE: rich just read this and said it sounds like he put me in time out in the backyard because i was grumpy. haha! he actually hung out in the hammock with me part of the time until he had to go back to studying. :) i probably did need a time out!

my friends were in this horrible accident last saturday. my heart aches for them and their families.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=14935475

i'm so grateful for the gospel and the knowledge we have of the plan of salvation. i'm thankful that we have the opportunity to receive guidance and comfort this weekend from our inspired church leaders.

cliff jumping

excellent form Nate!

best diving face ever

yes, i plug my nose the second i jumpnext step with this flip is the olympics ;) Waimea Bay.

lists...

i love making lists. i make them often for just about everything. during college i made a list of 100 things i want to do in my life.

#35. kiss the love of my life during sunset at sunset beach in hawaiicheck! i felt pretty lucky to be back at my favorite beach last week with my favorite boy!

also, this guy joined us. :)this goal seemed impossible at the time i set it about 4 years ago. finding the love of my life wasn't working out so well at byu and i had just returned from byu hawaii and only dreamed of going back. here's to hoping some of my other seemingly impossible and silly goals happen someday! #66: do 10 pull ups by myself (i can't even do one at the moment), #24: beat my brother Matthew at Boggle #77 take a yoga class in India

parent's (party) weekend

We had a great weekend with my parents and packed as much of Vegas in as we could! Friday night we ate at the Mirage buffet and then saw Cirque du Soleil's "Love" show... it was amazing! My first circus did not disappoint. Saturday we took off to Red Rock to enjoy the beautiful weather (I'm glad my parent's got to experience a few days of warmth since they've had a nasty winter since November in Idaho). We did the "cake lake" hike that has an awesome view of the city at the top. After the hike we met up for a yummy lunch with Rich's parents. Then we headed all the way to the other side of town to attend the Temple. We ended the night with a stop at the famous Las Vegas sign for a fun little photo shoot with my dad. I should have worn my wedding dress to fit in with all the other couples there taking pictures..haha. It was a fabulous weekend in fabulous Las Vegas! Thanks Mom and Dad!!