Timp cave

We had already made reservations and paid for the Timpinogos Cave hike before we found out that we would not be able to camp. We woke up Saturday morning at drove back up to American Fork canyon to go to the cave. It is a very fun 1.5 mile hike up to the cave. We had a cute old man tour guide ranger starting his 20th season at the cave. He was GREAT!!We had so much fun with our sidekicks Andrew and Clarissa!!

A for effort

...or at least a solid B.

I have wanted to go camping for four weekends now. It has been so cold that most of the camp sites are still closed but this weekend was the first weekend the Timpinogos Cave hike was open and some of the surrounding camps. There were no camps available for reservtations but there were walk ups available so we told Jordan's cousin Andrew and his wife Clarissa to pack a bag and tag along.

Long story short, after 1 hr of sitting in traffic and road construction, trying 3 different camp sites, and calling a dozen or so more, we gave up on camping.
We settled for cooking our tinfoil dinners at a picnicking area. It was starting to drizzle but we stayed and threw baseballs and frisbees. We roasted s'mores and Starbursts. If you haven't done that, it is deish, but be careful because Clarissa's stick broke trying to get it on and she stabbed her hand and I dripped boiling Starburst sugar on my hand and it is blistered!

So I guess it turned out pretty good...all the fun sruff of camping but no port-a-potties and you get to sleep in your own bed!

roomies

I had the best roommates at BYU Idaho. We will forever be best friends. We are spread out now in different states, doing different things, and in different places in our lives. Some are married, some are on missions, some are working, and some are college graduates. The great thing about best friends is we can go long periods of time without talking or seeing each other, but when we do get together, it's like we never left. We are back in apartment 509, staying up all hours of the night, making fun of each other, talking about all our inside jokes, laughing at those we used to date, wishing we could get a soda and penny candy from the gas station.

ANYWAY, my roommate Sydney came down from Idaho for our other roommate, Mikalyn's bridal shower. It was so fun to be together!!Syd, me and Mikey, the beautiful bride to be!!


We played games and there was so much delicious food! We were also the annoying people that sat at the table and talked (read:gossiped) about everyone we know and laughed and laughed. It was so fun and I hope we can all be together soon!!
LOVE these girls!!

Just a heads up...

Both Jordan and I graduate in December. If anyone wanted to give us a graduation present vacation to wherever this picture is from, I would not object. Thanks, love you guys!

Truth

That is solid truth. I love going back to California to my familiar house, friends, church, etc... but home for me is my mom. Most people that are very alike and have similar personality traits butt heads and do not get along. Although we are sooo very alike, we just understand each other and click. When we talk, I can tell her all about a situation and without telling her how I feel about it, she knows. When I am having a bad day and trying to be strong, she knows and lets me talk it out. We even have very similar medical issues like migraines and hypoglycemia (thanks for that by the way).
There is not another person in the world I would rather have as my mom and best friend. I can hardly wait for the end of school everyday to call my mom on the way home. Everyday. 4:30 on the dot.
Just wanted to tell you I love you mom!

And she may or may not be the only person that even reads this soo... haha.

One year of wedded bliss

We celebrated our first wedding anniversary the day before Easter. We went to dinner alone to North Wood's Inn where we went to my birthday dinner with my family last year right after we got engaged. Funny story about that actually...Jordan proposed right before we went to dinner and we decided we would not tell my family who were already waiting for us at the restaurant, but we were just going to wait until they saw my ring. Well, we walked in and I saw my family and I immediately threw my left hand up and squealed, "I'm engaged!"(The egg says 4*23*10, our wedding date)

Well, after begin married to his guy for a year, I still feel the same way! I am so lucky to be with him. He is so way out of my league! Let me brag. He is so handsome (obvi), so smart(3.9GPA holla), such a hard worker (he is in 3 econ related clubs outside of school, 20 hr internship, 25 hrs working on campus...), and he is so kind and level headed (he has never once fought with me. Ever). Seriously, I could go on forever but I know you already skimmed over that so I'll stop.

We decided to stay traditional and get paper gifts. I got Jordan The Economist Magazine he had been talking about for months. Geek. He got my a picture of the necklace he got me. (Mine says m+j) I love it! And birds for the Robbins! So cute!


Thank you for an amazing first year Jordan! I love you.

My new career.

Jordan and I were both born and raised in southern California and neither of us has ever surfed in our lives! McCall's good friend from BYU Idaho, Clare Facer, is a surf instructor so we made her take us surfing! We went to her house in Mission Viejo. She takes us to the garage where there is rack after rack full of surfboards...with more out in a shed! So she picks out boards for us and we load them in her truck. Just as I was thinking we may be cold in the water, she gets us each a wetsuit that fits and we head out. We went to Doheney beach a few minutes from her house. After some practice on the sand, we ventured out with our boards in the water.

Trying to get up on my first wave, my left hand slipped off the board and I slammed my face into the board. I split open my lip and cracked my tooth. So what I'm trying to say is I'm going pro next week. Jordan and McCall did great and it was so fun to watch them get better. Clare was SO good and she could ride anything and just sit down when she was done. We had such a fun day at the beach!! THANK YOU CLARE!!

Need for speed!!

Jordan and I went home to California for a visit at the end of April after BYU’s semester ended. We had tons of fun adventures that I will tell you about!

One day we went to Irvine Lake with Jay, (my father-in-law) Parker and Avery (my b.i.l.s). Jay had some sweet hook-ups and so we spent the day riding jet skis and boats. I haven’t been on a personal watercraft for probably 8 years so it was fun to see how they have changed! One went so fast (we went 65mph on it) and was so smooth because it cut right through the water. Then there were others that were more fun for jumping waves and tight turns. We had so much fun there!

Another day, my dad took us riding with my mom, McCall (sister), Parker, and Conner

(family friend) to the Barstow outlets. We took some dirt bikes, a quad, and a razor 4x4. We had so much fun! I love watching my dad ride. I think seeing someone in their element; doing something they love so much and are so good at is so amazing to me!! My dad is such an amazing rider and it is so fun to watch him. We took some fun trails to the outlets, ate lunch, and rode back. It was such a great day!!

More of the trip to come...

get your hairs did

People in Utah County ask me about school tentatively. I get it. I went to the same hairstylist for 10 years even when I lived 13 hours away. I did not trust anyone with my hair. Friends in the area are trying to get a feel for how good I am and kind of want me to do their hair, but they are scared. I have been in school for 7 months, 6 of which I have been working on real people in the clinic at school. I know that is nothing compared to what I will gain in the next few years, but I really do have a lot of experience. I have confidence and I love it. I know what I'm doing and I am good at doing hair. Sooooo, I'm not saying I want you to leave your favorite stylist to come see me, but if you are looking for someone new, come visit me at school! I promise I won't mess up your hair. Even if I don't know everything, I have to run everything by my teachers so you will have a professional there too! Plus, the prices are super good!
Call 801 374 5111 and ask for Meg 55 for an appointment or just stop by!

I forgot to blog to months...

...and then it seemed to hard to catch up so I kept putting it off for longer, but I am finally up for the challenge but I wish you luck reading it! I think I will break it up a little so it is not so bad. Well, here we go...

For Jordan's birthday I wanted to do something that Jordan would love. He loves trying new things, doing crazy (read: dangerous) things, and he loves adventures. I stick to the things I know and I am very cautious (read: overly anxious and scared) and afraid of heights, so this was a true present for me to go! I took him on a hot air balloon ride!!
There was a 1/2 hour ride before us (where a boy proposed awww) so we got in a van and the driver had a walkie talkie and he was talking to the driver of the balloon about where they were going. So we followed them to a park where they were going to land (I don't think I realized before that there is absolutely zero steering ability besides up and down so you just go where the wind takes you) but they did not get down quick enough so they landed right in the middle of a cul-de-sac (Did you know the plural is culs-de-sac?) and people were looking out their windows and coming out side to see it. How cool would that be to wake up to a hot air balloon landing literally 20 feet from your house??

So we get on and are waiting to take off. I look out and I realize that we are already way up off the ground!! It was so smooth and felt like we were just floating around! It was not scary, even for me!! We had so much fun and would love to do it again someday!!

When were going down to land, the surface winds really started to pick up. When you are trying to land, a 10mph wind is huge!! So we got down to like 5 feet off the ground and we were sailing north! So eventually the driver told us to brace ourselves. Half a second later, we hit the ground and the balloon hopped back up, flew north and then hit down again. Then back up, more north, then back down... you get it. Eventually we stopped for real. haha.
It was so much fun!! Happy birthday Jordan... two months ago!