Memorial Day

Happy Spring! It seemed like such a long winter. Every day we would look out the window to another 3 feet of snow, at least that is how it felt, anyway. I love flowers, I am glad it is finally time for them. This last weekend was Memorial Day weekend. We started it off right by having a birthday party for Kory, Cate's husband. 
This is the gorgeous cake Cate made. It was such a temptation all through dinner. If you look close there are little finger marks where someone must have swiped some frosting. Happy Birthday KORY. :) 
Memorial Day was always a holiday I didn't really understand. I found it a little strange to go hang out at people's graves and give them flowers. However, this year I found more meaning in it, and really enjoyed it. 
The only cemetery I went to was the one my grandpa is buried in. It still is hard to think that he isn't here with us anymore, and all of us get a little teary eyed when we see his beautiful headstone.  It is a very unique headstone and shows a little bit about him and how he and my grandma were married in the Logan temple, and how he worked for the FBI. What an amazing man. I miss him a lot. 
The Diet Coke was not litter. We like to bring his favorite things. Last year Anne brought a 2 liter bottle of Dr. Pepper. 
The memorial grounds were hosting the Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall, and it was so busy there with so many visitors coming to pay respect to their families buried in the cemetery as well as pay tribute to those who fell in the war. The cemetery provided a shuttle to and from the wall, which all of the cousins just got on and wouldn't get off, a free activity all day long. 

This is the moving wall. I have honestly never felt so touched and deeply humbled as I looked at this wall. It only shows half of all the people who died in Vietnam, and it was so long. I have never felt so proud to be American. What a great country we have. There are so many people who are willing to die to protect the freedoms we have here. Very, very touching experience. 
In Ogden, right near the mountains. What a beautiful place to live and to honor those that have passed on. What a beautiful day. 

Lava Hot Springs, part 2

I love having Iphoto, and being able to see the pictures we have taken, and actually see when they were. I know I already posted a few pictures from our trip to lava, but I didn't include the gems. It was a really fun weekend that we spent out of town for Caleb's birthday. The big 22. What an old fart. 

In case you haven't been, Lava Hot Springs has the very best pizza place out there. It is not unusual for me to crave the pizza from the Royal Inn Pizza place (I think thats what its called). So we went there twice in the 3 days we were there. While we were waiting for our pizza we saw a little kid sitting at the bar with his mug of milk. It looked so solemn, as if he had just experienced the hardest day at work. We had to take his picture. 
When it is just the two of you, your pictures tend to turn out just like the one of us above. We like pictures though, and this is proof that we were there. It was November, and it was REALLY cold. Perfect for soaking in the hot pots. 
I am always very aware when people spell words wrong, although I occasionally am guilty, however, when companies display writing in their windows with the wrong spelling I just die. What exactly is a Photograp?
Fat Jacks Burgers. 
We had a really scary hotel room. The manager said that we got one of the remodeled ones, and he gave us a special deal. When we walked in and saw the scariest bedspread on the bed, and the stained carpet, we were positive he had lied to us. 

Caleb loved this blanket, so much, that he quickly removed it from the bed and put it in the closet. 

This is sort of random, but it was a picture of my ring that we took while in the Pizza place waiting for our pizza. I hadn't had a good picture of my ring for people to see, so here it is. It's beautiful, I love it. 

Last but not least, a sign specifying that the staff keep the door closed and locked at all times, opened all the way, and clearly not locked. Oh the things you see on vacation. Gotta love Lava Hot Springs. 

This one time, We got Engaged. May 17, 2008

I love LOVE, I love being in love. I don't care what it does to me.

On May 17, 2009 Caleb picked me up to go on a date. I was very excited because hanging out with Caleb is fun no matter what. I didn't know what was in store for that date. 

He took me to Thanksgiving Point to walk around the gardens. It was a beautiful day with perfect weather. As we were walking and talking I noticed something further up the path that looked out of place. Tied to the arm of a bench was a blue paper blowing in the breeze. 

I wandered over and looked at the paper. It was a note that Caleb had written when we went on our first date. It was a journal entry of our date, and how he instantly liked me. I felt exactly the same way. It was so adorable. I still was puzzled. Was he asking me to a school dance? We graduated awhile ago, so that couldn't have been it... 

(This is not us... We thought it was a cute picture, so we were going to pretend like it was us.)

We continued walking through the gardens. I was so immersed in the treasure hunt, that I almost didn't stop to really look at how beautiful the scenery was. 

So, Caleb and Courtney had come to the gardens a few days before to map out the setting and to get a feel for where they were going to place the notes. Then the morning of our date, Caleb drove to Ogden to ask my mom if he could marry me knowing full well that she couldn't keep it from me if he asked her any earlier. 

While he was asking, Courtney and her friend Dave placed all of the notes around the park. 

At some point we lost one. I think someone must have taken them down, regardless, I got the point. We made a full circle and came back to an amazing waterfall (apparently largest man made in all of N. America). As we walked  I was looking all around for a blue piece of paper. I finally spotted one, and when I picked it up it had that days date on it, but it was empty. 

Caleb then grabbed a rose from the flowers that had a beautiful ring attached to it, and got down on one knee and asked if I would marry him. 

And my response? "Shut up! Shut up!?"

He finally had to ask, "So, is that a yes?"

Absolutely it was a yes. 

Spring Break, 2009

Spring Break was so anticipated for both of us. It was nice to get away from work and school and leave the cold and go to the happiest place on Earth. We have been a few times this year, but haven't really taken any pictures to show for it. We took off Wednesday, after Caleb got done with work, and met Rachel and Aaron and Johnny in Provo and took off from there.  The car ride is definitely not my favorite part, it takes 9 hours, but it is worth it. We have so much fun every time we go. 

We had to get our classic, In front of the castle picture. So, here it is, proof that we were at disneyland. 

Background for this picture. Some how awhile back, Caleb said he was hungry. We were sitting in our apartment and I turned to him and asked him if he was a "Hungy Bear." So whenever either of us are hungry, it ends up coming out as being a hungy bear. 

When we were on the train at disneyland we passed the HUNGRY bear restaurant and decided that we HAD to eat there. 

At some point we all went our separate ways, and Caleb and I rode the Indiana Jones ride by ourselves. Later when everyone got together they wanted to go on that ride, and we were more than happy to take Julia's baby, Jacob. I hadn't been on any of the rides in Fantasy Land at all yet, so we decided to take the baby and go on some rides with the baby. We picked Snow White and he was so good the whole time. I didn't realize how scary of a ride that one is, and he looked so nervous! It was so funny. 

Checkers was the hit of the trip. Whenever we were stuck in a line, Caleb would pull out his phone, and they would play checkers on it, wherever they were. It was so captivating for them. 
Johnny, me, and Caleb all rode together on Mr. Toads Wild Ride. I think we were the biggest people that ever tried to cram three people into one little cart. It was pretty squishy. 
Overall we had a wonderful time. DisneyLand has become one of my very favorite places to vacation.  What a fun Spring Break we had. It was great to see Julia and Steven and baby Jacob, and to be able to play at the beach house and hang out in the warm sun.

Happy New Year!

I've come to realize that posting blogs with mostly all pictures gives a much better representation of what has been going on. I can't possibly explain any better then my pictures can...

All of these photos are from December 29, 2008 at the Bodell Christmas party. The Bodell's are Calebs family and its a big family.  
This was from the Chicken Dance... Yes, the chicken dance, like the one you do in Elementary school and stuff. It was fun. 
This was the Chipmunk dance, or squirrel dance.. I never can remember. But I wanted Aaron do to this dance at my wedding reception so bad. 
Aaron got volunteered to teach me the dance.. This is how excited he was about it. 
James and Maydene Bodell. 
Cute Bodell cousins. They were so cute, all night. Sweet little girls. 
Caleb's fierce look. I love this picture.. His eyes look so blue. 
This is Dylan. He was so funny.  He was in the corner for something, and was so sad. I kept trying to get a picture of him being sad, but every time I was about to take a picture, he looked up and smiled. 

These aren't in the right order, but this is Christmas Eve. Everyone got BYU pajama pants, and the baby was in BYU apparel too. 
This is the baby. This is Jacob Douglas Davis. He's Julia and Steve's baby. Mine and Caleb's first nephew.  Very exciting, and we couldn't ask for a cuter little baby. 

Anyway, I should be caught up now. We start school on Monday, and we are pretty excited to be getting closer to the end. I have 3 semesters and Caleb has four. So the end is in near! Wish us luck!!

Christmas Eve Sledding

This was my first Christmas away from my family, so it was interesting, but Caleb's family was really great, and we had a blast. On Christmas eve after we got back from our drive, we all searched the house and found any warm clothing we could.. While we waited for everyone to get ready we took pictures in front with the snowman that was built a few days before. 

Caleb and I kept finding interesting places for the pipe to go...

Can't take a normal picture.. 

This sled was pretty scary.. It was like a bike thing, and it went super fast. The snow there was also pure ice. 

This is Julia, and this picture is pretty cool. She was going so dang fast. 

Our first Christmas Eve. Very cute. :)

Last, but not least, the triple chin picture. It was getting dark and our camera wasn't working, so the picture of us going down together didn't turn out, so Caleb and I posed to make it look like we were going down. Obviously it just looks creepy and weird.