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!

Look At Our Garden Grow!!!

I just wanted to take a moment to show off our garden. The corn is getting so much taller! And all of the other plants are growing wonderfully--sorry...I'm just so excited about it!

Fish Lake 2012

This past Thursday we headed down to Fish Lake with Jon's family for their annual fishing trip. Last summer when Jon and I were dating I was invited to go with the Baxters on their fish lake trip for the first time. It was really neat and I got to know Jon's family really well during that trip.



This year we are married so his parents didn't have to put us in separate rooms again (ha ha!)! We stayed for 2 nights and even though it was windy and chilly, it was so much fun!



The first night we just hung out, sitting on the porch of our motel, enjoying the scenery, exchanging stories and jokes. Scott, Michelle, Jon and I all decided to go for a little scenic drive to a nearby reservoir where we were attacked by swarms of gnats!!



But it sure was beautiful!








When we got back, Jon kept going into the other motel room and jumping onto the bed while his mom was sitting on it. So later that night, she came into our room and jumped onto our bed to get him back! But what was even funnier was that the rest of the family had followed her so soon Jon's dad, Michelle and Scott were all on the bed too! Jon of course had to jump on the very top to complete the Baxter dog pile. I was able to snap this quick shot before Jon's mom told everyone to get off so she could breathe. Jon calls this the "bums" picture:




Friday morning we got up early so we could go fishing. We were only out on the water for three hours before the wind started blowing so hard that the boat was rocking all over the place and we were freezing so we decided to stop for a few hours until the wind died down.





On our way back to the motel, Jon and I saw a little snake slithering through the grass. I picked it up and Jon's family thought I was so brave, which made me laugh. :)





Later on, Michelle, Jon, and I decided to go for a scenic drive, and I'm so glad we did! The mountains were beautiful and it was so peaceful and quiet.



We never did go back out on the lake because the waves just got worse and worse and we could see other boats out there rocking around like crazy! But even though we didn't catch any fish, we still had fun during the time that we were out on the water. We spent the rest of the evening going to the little restaurant at Bowery Haven (the resort where we stayed) and then wandering around fish lake taking random pictures...





Just before the sun set, Jon and I decided to take a little hike up the mountain just behind our motel. I took several pictures of the view from the top and used photoshop to combine them into a little panorama, which I am quite proud of:


(if you click on it, you can see a bigger version)

Jon fell asleep shortly after 11 pm but I stayed up until midnight reading. Before I went to sleep, I got up and peeked out the window to see if I could see the moon shining on the lake. This is what I saw instead:



I woke up Jon right away and we opened the door to try and get a better picture, but of course, that made half of the deer scatter. But we thought it was neat that we got to see so many deer so close up!

The next morning we traveled back home again. It was a short vacation, but much needed and we are so glad we were able to get time off of work to go! We can't wait to go again next year!