Keith's Birthday

Saturday was Keith's 24th Birthday. His presents were really easy this year because he got them himself. He needed winter tires for his car and got them for a good deal online. He has been trying out golf lately and found a set of clubs online for a good deal also. And he needed some new jeans for winter, which we also ordered online. I am surprised we ever need to leave our house anymore since everything can be purchased online.

My dad came for a visit this weekend too. He made a sort of golf trip out of it, which Keith was so excited for now that he has his own clubs to try out. (Keith practiced at the golfing range all week to prepare for golfing with my dad). So Keith went golfing on his birthday with my dad, his friend Mike, and cousin Wes. They had a fun time. When they got home Keith's mom and family stopped by for a quick visit, then we went to dinner at Keith's favorite restaurant, Ruby River. Of course! A steakhouse is always appropriate for Keith's Birthday.

After dinner, Keith's brother Reed and sister Stephanie came up from Provo for some cake, ice cream, and games. Overall I think Keith enjoyed the day.

Labor Day Weekend in Yellowstone

We had a really fun trip with Keith's family to Yellowstone this weekend. We camped at a really nice camp site with bathrooms, cabins (we slept in tents and Keith and I had our own tipi tent), grass, picnic tables and really it was as good as I can imagine camping to be. We went swimming in the fire hole (keith said it was called that because it was warm, but it was not warm), which is a natural slide area in a river, and we saw old faithful spray though it has become less faithful on it's eruption time. We saw the hot mud springs which are pretty blue and orange colors, but are stinky from the thermophiles (which we read are microscopic living organisms that can thrive in boiling hot water). Oh and as for wildlife we saw tons of buffalo and two elk with collars on. As Keith's family is from a ranch with these animals living in their backyard, they were very unimpressed and frustrated with the traffic caused by cars of people who have never seen wildlife (like me before marrying Keith) who stopped instantly right in the middle of the one lane road. (Keith's family wanted to see real stuff like bears.) The landscape was very beautiful with so much water and trees though. We really had a fun time and of course ate way too much because Keith's mom makes a lot of good food! And we all know good food is the only requirement for a great vacation. Keith's sister, Deanna, took many more pictures than me, but I'll post some that I took to give you an idea.

Update

BYU Graduation



Keith's brother Reed returned from his mission in Cambodia



Keith took me to the Spaghetti Factory for my Birthday. It was really fun and I hadn't seen him for a week. I had just come back from my San Diego trip, which was so fun, but I did miss him!






And now I have been looking for a job/trying not to spend too much money decorating our new apartment. Keith got this cute table from a store in Idaho that we had credit from and I only have Halloween decorations so far.

Graduated Again!

I made it through horrific summer school and finished my Bachelor's. I graduated on Friday in Exercise Science from the school of Health and Human Performance. Keith's parents and my aunt and uncle came. It was short which we all appreciated and then Keith's parents took us to eat at CPK. We had a great time. Now I really have to get a job! Oh but wait, not yet! I'm going to San Diego for a week to celebrate and visit my family and finally get some summer activities in! I am so excited!

Tonight Keith's brother Reed is getting home from his mission so we will have a fun weekend celebrating with him before I leave! Keith is so happy his brother is getting home that i think that is the only reason he is letting me leave for a whole week.

Yeah for Summer!

Weekend

This weekend we were going to go to Keith's family reunion, but since his parent's car broke down in Salt Lake we drove up there and took the kids to see Harry Potter. I really liked it and so did Keith even though he is hesitant to admit it. It has been so long since I've read all the books and now I am excited to read them again when school gets over in a couple weeks!
After packing all day yesterday, Keith decided he was ready to buy a new tv for our new condo. He really loves electronics and new things. : ) All I know is it is big. It doesn't fit in our apartment now and it blocks half a doorway. We are so excited to move into our new apartment next weekend.

Finally Pics from Jamie's Wedding

Sisters

Weekend Project

We are moving to East Millcreek in South Salt Lake in August to be closer to Keith's work. His office might be moving from Park City to the Brickyard Plaza, which is right across the street from the condo we found. We are very excited! It is new and nice. So before we move all our furniture up three stories we thought we would update my parents dinning room set they let us have when we got married. It was a really light pine and so we decided to stain it a dark red mahogany color. We spent all Friday evening and all day Saturday sanding and staining. It was a lot more work than we thought, but we finished and we think it turned out pretty good! Our basement lighting doesn't do it justice.

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