Old School

This is simply a preview of mine and brennen's christmas present to every one. So, if you have more pictures you would like added, be sure to get them to me and I'll do my best to add them. Also, if a picture is mislabeled please tell me (there are some baby pictures that i'm not sure who they are). Of course, if you don't want a picture to be shown, tell me, and I'll take it out. i had to divide it in to two slide shows, because the limit is 300 pictures....and I had more than that.

Summer to Remember

Since I'm getting a little better at my blog posts....I thought I would improve my "hawaii" post. I wasn't happy with how my pictures turned out. So, here are pictures to remember our trip to hawaii that we took just last year.......I think it's time we go back; right Joanna, Rich, Garrett, Morgan, Leah, Gabes, Laurie, Chris, Chelsea, Mel, Roy, ...and by the way, I think Miristi, Christina and Shelby should come this time. We should include them this time:) Oh and I guess Jessica and Eric and Joe too....right ;) And I promise, I'll remember my camera, and I'll take more pictures of everyone.

Morocco

I want to share with you all the crazy and wild days of my life before I met Brennen. Well, actually they are just my pictures from Morocco. I've been trying to figure out what to do with them, so I hope you will indulge me...I just want Seren to think her mom is cool....and not too boring :) Morocco was one of the funnest things I've ever done. I hope to get back some day. I went on a 10 day trip for my plant genetics job that I had when I worked at BYU. We were trying to incorporate quinoa into the lives of the Moroccan natives. Quinoa is a high protein grain that could help improve the diet and the lives of malnourished individuals in countries like Morocco.

Weather or Whether

We were able to go on a nice trip to Seattle Washington (thanks to a grant we received from the Rich Foundation). We stayed in this beautiful house and all that we had to do was clean up before we left.....
It was sunny and warm and beautiful in Seattle, which seems to be the case every time we are lucky enough to go there. It was actually the weekend of our 2 year anniversary (May 24th). I am pleased say that Brennen and I are still happily married, (if Brennen has told anyone differently, just know that what is said on the blog is binding and eternal, and what is said on the blog is truth, and cannot be contradicted .... and whatever is said on the blog will forever stand as scripture!) and we are especially glad to have our beautiful Seren added to our family. We love her so much. Here's a quick video of our family history.

I think this house that we stayed at had the coolest driveway I've ever seen. I wonder who they contracted to do it?



Could it be that we scared the wet Seattle weather into Utah? It seems so this summer. We recently had a river next to our house, and our own personal lake in the back yard....complete with a flooding basement window. Luckily we got that under control quickly. Brennen worked hard diverting the various streams of wood bark, while Seren and I watched to make sure Brennen's deluxe umbrella didn't attract any lightning.









Here are just some cute pictures of Seren that we took while it was raining so much outside. Seren has officially started crawling. She started crawling at 8 months of age, and we can hardly keep track of her.

We went to eat a birthday lunch in Provo at Scenic View for Ryan's Birthday on the 28th of May. We had delicious tacos and strawberry ice cream sundays. It was a good menu choice, if I do say so myself.

Happy Birthday Uncle Ryan

What's One More?!!!!!

It's true, another wedding. This one was in Idaho, and so Brennen and Seren and I took our first road trip since we came back from Texas. Seren did really well on the drive up and back. She slept most of the way.
We were so excited to visit with the "Idaho" cousins, since the last time we'd seen many of them was when Brennen and I were still dating. Many hadn't seen Seren, and she wanted to meet her second cousins :)
It was great to catch up and see Brinton (who was the reason why we went) and see Caleb and Joan's new house and German Shepherd dog, and Kira, who looked almost just like Seren. A man at the temple thought Kira and Seren were twins. It was good to see Emily and Dave, and Monica, and Seren and I got to meet Jason and Jacob for the first time.
Congratulations to Brinton and Casidy on their wedding, and we hope to visit Idaho again some time soon.