Weekend Fun!

Last weekend we went to DC to hang out with Megan and her husband Matt. It was one of the best weekends in a long time- probably because the boys allowed Megan and I to shop for as long as wanted! We woke up Saturday and went straight to Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack which is a big deal to me since I haven't been in months! We found some great bargains!

We may have offended some people near us with this picture of Meg pretending to shoot the president... haha awkward!

Then we went to lunch and headed to DC. We were able to tour Ford's Theater. It was so interesting reading facts about all the consipirators and Abraham Lincoln. I usually tuned out in history class so lots of the little facts were new to me! It was a very surreal feeling to be able to sit in the theater where the president was actually shot. We were also able to go on a tour of the house he was carried to and later died in. This of course made us excited to rent the movie "The Conspirators" which is a great movie if you have not seen it yet!! After Ford's Theater we found an H & M and an Anthropologie so again Megan and I were in heaven.Here we are modeling out twinner shirts we got for ten bucks at H & M!

Finally we went to a delicious dinner where they prepared fresh pasta right in front of you any way you like. It was AMAZING!! Definitely my new favorite restaurant! And one of the best parts is when you are leaving they have a bowl of gummy bears you can take a spoonful of! After dinner we went home and played games and Megan made me a delicious birthday cake. The weekend went way too fast I wish we could have stayed longer!!

Weekend Visitors

October has been an exciting month for us! The first weekend Megan and Matt came to stay with us. We had a lot of fun running a race in Maryland and then freezing at the WVU homecoming game!

The second weekend my parents came to visit us and we had so much fun! The leaves were starting to change and so we went on a hike to Cooper's Rock and enjoyed all of the pretty trees. Saturday we had such nice weather for the football game and amazing seats. We ate yummy food the entire weekend and had so much fun hanging out and playing games.

The third weekend Jake's sister Amanda and her husband Chris came to Pittsburgh for the Utah vs. Pitt game. The game was a little bit chilly but the game was awesome and Utah actually won! Friday night we ate dinner at Primanti Brothers... it's been on Man Vs. Food cuz its a crazy sandwich joint with egg, cold slaw, and fries on all their sandwiches.

Then we went to tour the Cathedral of Learning and it turns out it was Pitt's homecoming party so we were totally party crashers and ate their food, played games, and watched a laser show and fire works. It was so much fun!

Finally a true U Fan!

Cooper's Rock

This month has gone SO fast! I can't believe all of our excitement is gone... we are looking for our next visitors... anybody?!

Rachelle and Greg

Last weekend we flew home for Greg and Shelly's wedding. It was a fast packed weekend but it was so great to be there and see everyone! I was so excited because they had their luncheon at my favorite restaurant ever...The Old Spaghetti Factory!! It was delicious! It was such a nice day and everything turned out so pretty! Congratulations you two we are so excited for you!!

This is funny because after Tawni's wedding Jake was so upset that he didn't make it in very many pictures so this time around he was asking for solo shots whenever he could!

The end of the summer...

Well it's a week we look forward to all year long and hate to see it end... Newport Beach. It was so much fun to see all of our family and hang out on the beach. We went to Disneyland on Wednesday and had a blast. I love being at Disneyland because I feel like a little kid again I get excited about everything there! It was such a fun week and we were sad to see it end because now our summer is over and we are back to reality starting school and work next week. At least it went out with a bang!

THANK YOU GRANDMA CAROL!!

Tawni & Andrew

Jake's sister Tawni got married this summer. It was such a beautiful wedding! Jake was excited because he got to sit next to President Packer during the sealing in the temple. Tawni and Andrew are so cute together and we are so excited for them to be married!!

Graduation Trip

This summer my little sister graduated from high school and I graduated with my Master's Degree so my parents took the family to Maui to celebrate. We had such a great time except the only thing that would have made it better would have been if Jake could have come.One of the biggest highlights of the trip was swimming with dolphins at Black Rock. We were swimming out pretty far because we were hunting for turtles and all of a suddenly Shelly points to a TON of fins that looked like they were surrounding us. We thought they were sharks and so Ang yells, "Head for the rocks!" But luckily Ryan swam over and said they were dolphins and so we swam right up to them and followed them around for about thirty minutes. They were totally putting on a show for us doing flips underwater and we even saw a baby dolphin! It was definitely my favorite part of the trip!Another exciting excursion was the bike ride down Haleakala. We had to wake up at 1 am so we could watch the sunrise! It was freezing but really pretty and fun!

We had a lot of fun playing at the blow hole.We hiked to a waterfall on the road to Hana.

Another one of my favorite things was renting paddle boards one day. We had so much fun paddling around the ocean. We ended the trip by para sailing. It was so windy that it made us a little bit sick but it was fun!

It's Finally Summer!

Jake and I finally both finished school this week! We both had Friday off so we celebrated the entire weekend as much as we could. First we finished moving... YAY!! Then we did every summery thing we could think of... go swimming, get ice cream with friends, go to a Pirates baseball game, have a bbq, go to Cooper's Rock and roast hot dogs and starbursts, play bocci ball... and the list goes on. The truth came out last night why Jake planned such a fun weekend was because he wanted us to miss West Virginia when we go home to see our families this summer! I thought that was so funny!! But we will miss West Virginia it is definitely a fun place to hang out when Jake doesn't have to be studying!!

St. George

My grandparents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last weekend by taking my whole family to St. George for the weekend. I was so excited to just lay by the pool and relax. We had a lot of fun playing games, going biking, swimming, playing tennis, and just hanging out. The only thing that would have made it better would be if Jake could have come too! I really didn't take very many pictures but I thought this one was funny! Alexa has grown up so much and she can be so silly I LOVE it!!

New House

We are so excited we found the perfect place to move! In a little over two weeks we will have our own house to live in! I am way excited to be able to use Jake's bbq, have a yard to garden, covered parking, washer and dryer, and not hear people constantly moving above and below us... and of course getting rid of the brown panel walls!!!

Easter Weekend

WOW! April has seriously flown by... perhaps that is because I only went to school three days this month! We have been so lucky to travel and see family and now we have a little over a month until it's the best time of the year... SUMMER! We drove down to Virginia Beach for Easter weekend to spend time with Jake's sister Kylie and her family. We had a lot of fun Friday playing at the park, decorating easter cookies and going to a battleship museum. My favorite part of the musuem was petting sharks, crabs, and sting rays, it was so much fun! This was Jake's highlight of the trip... picking that lady's wedgie! He posed several times behind her so he could get a good picture with her!

And below is my favorite picture from the trip!

Saturday morning we drove to the Outer Banks (which is a beach Jake and I have wanted to visit since we were first married and living in Virginia Beach we heard it was the best). It definitely lived up to our expectations the weather was amazing and the beach was so nice. We wish we would have worn our swimming suits but we all ended up getting wet even without them. We went to see a lighthouse and then played on the beach building sand castles and flying kites. It definitely got me excited for warm weather and it better come fast!

The next week I was able to go with the gifted students to New York City. We were constantly on the go trying to see everything in three days. We were totally exhausted but had a great time. Some of my favorites were seeing Mary Poppins, going to the Top of the Rock, touring NBC, finding the Kardashian's store DASH, the wax museum, and of course shopping!