Chasing the Sun

Did anyone else in Provo/Orem notice how AWESOME the sun looked tonight??? It was the weirdest color of purple and red, and you could see the entire round shape of it without being blinded!

I'm slightly obsessed with colors and sunsets. I think I'm starting to train Jon to be so as well because now whenever there is a slightly colorful sunset, he notices and points it out to me. I love it. I think that sunset are the most beautiful scenes I could ever come across. Very rarely have I ever come across a sunrise that I love as much as a sunset, and those few exceptions only happened in Rexburg. But I have seen beautiful sunsets everywhere! I love them so much, it has become a habit for Jon and I to take picture of every beautiful sunset we come across. Sometimes we hop in the car and drive as fast as we can to try and find a spot where we can get a decent picture before the colors fade. We call it chasing the sun.

Those are just a small handful of our many sunset pictures. :)

Awaiting the Fruit (and Vegetables)

Our Garden is as big as it's going to get! Now we just have to wait for the fruit and veggies to come. We already have some corn, but it's going to take a little more patience for the others. Still, we're proud!

Now if only the boys in who live in the boarding house on the other side of the fence would aim their basketballs for the basketball hoop instead of our corn stalks....

Our Weekend Getaway

Last weekend we went up to Logan for our friends Jordan and Destiny's wedding. They asked me to be their wedding photographer and I was so happy to do it! I'm sure I've said this before, but I absolutely LOOOOOVE being a photographer! Plus, Jon and I have desperately been in need of a vacation, and this was the perfect excuse for us to take one! We packed up our bags, rented a car, and were off early Friday morning.

The car ride was nice and relaxing and went by really fast. (This is what the car looked like...)

We got to Logan with plenty of time to spare, so we drove around for a while (we even got a little lost) and then found a pretty little park at the mouth of Logan canyon where we stopped to eat our lunch. Then we drove back to town, checked into our hotel, unpacked and got ready to go to the Temple. Jon and I were able to see the ceremony in the temple and it reminded us of our own sealing 7 months ago. It seems like it has been so much longer, though. Time has really flies when you're having fun!!!

Afterwards we went to dinner and then got lost again trying to find the open house in Tremonton. When we finally found it we got to see and talk to our friends Brooke, Zane, Ashley and Darien. Destiny, Brooke, Ashley and I used to be roommates at BYU-Idaho. It was nice to see our friends, and Zane made us all laugh hysterically with his drawings on the open house "sign in" cards. When the open house ended we went back to the hotel and straight to bed. The next day we took a nice peaceful drive through Logan canyon. Its much more narrow than Provo canyon, which meant that we could see nature more up close.

When we got back to the hotel, we decided to take advantage of the indoor swimming pool that was there, especially since there was no one else in it!

The rest of the day was spent taking pictures of the newlywed couple, driving up to Preston, Idaho for the reception, and then eating pizza in our hotel room while we watched movies on tv.

We left the next morning (Sunday). Too bad we can't have a getaway every weekend!

A Little Bit of Summer

Has it really been that long since I last posted? I guess it makes sense. This past month has been CRAZY!!! Work for both of us has been long and hard, and I've been sick a lot. And no, I am not pregnant. For some reason that is always the first conclusion everyone jumps to when they hear I'm not feeling well. And on top of everything else, my poor computer broke and we have no air conditioning in our apartment so we die of heat whenever we are home. Anyway, Jon took the GRE and was pretty happy with his score. He is now finishing up his long and tedious grad school applications in his spare time.

We are both looking forward to our mini vacation next weekend in Logan. One of my former roommates is getting married and she asked me to take her wedding photos. I'm so excited! And Jon and I are grateful for any opportunity to get away. We have both been under a lot of stress lately with work and callings and trying to find time to spend with one another and get other daily chores done. A couple weeks ago we had one evening when we were both off so we packed up the fishing gear and headed to Salem pond where we caught 3 fish! We were quite pleased with our fishing success, and felt that it made up for not having caught any fish at Fish Lake.

On June 30th we celebrated our 6th month anniversity! Jon picked me up from work and we went straight to The Olive Garden, which was delicious! Then Jon took me to the mall and said I could buy any dress I wanted to at my favorite store (I know, he spoils me). After that we drove up to bridal veil falls and watched Tangled on our portable dvd player. It was nice just to be able to spend the evening together.

For the 4th of July Jon had to work, but afterwards we went to my parents house and grilled some nice juicy steaks and had a few fireworks (just little ones--no one wanted to start yet another Utah wildfire this summer).

And last but not least, our garden has grown even more!!

Isn't it wonderful? The corn is getting so tall and the pumpkins, cantaloupe, and cucumber plants are really spreading out their vines. We love it!