Well, since it is my spring break and I have absolutely nothing better to do I thought I would write a little post... As I sit here in my 1970's retro style apartment with wood paneling for the walls and brand new burbur carpet, a huge selling point, I think to myself of the essence of blogging. Why do people blog? I know it is to keep connected, but what is the real reason? Have you ever received one of those Christmas cards that tell you everything from the promotion the dad received to the eagle the son got in scouts? Is that what blogs are? Except not just at Christmas but all year long?
For instance most people know that I was a Junior Jazz all-star in the high school ranks. Fact is that I didn't make first cuts in the ninth grade and after coping with the defeat I relished the role of the lesser league. There are times still to this day I think of what might have been. I put on my Jimmer shirt and think of the possibilities if I had only made it to the next cut. But, so is life and reality sets in... I couldn't make a shot outside of 2 feet.
Which brings me to my next point as I think about how I sat freezing in my apartment in the middle of the winter, again in our retro apartment, because the heating coils in the ceiling took an hour to warm and in that hour charged Summer and I 50 bucks. So instead of paying the 50 we lived in a temp around 50. I know we live a luxurious life with the nicest things and the best of everything, just check my blog and you will see them. In real life though we are average Joes trying to get by like everyone else. And the next point is.... I love to hear what is new in the lives of my friends and family, but have to take it with a grain of salt sometimes. Is it all true? Or is it a bit better than the true reality? I'm leaning a little to the latter...
One last little tid-bit for you about me and Summer, if you didn't know already. We never get in fights and we always do what we are supposed to. I am the biggest sweetheart she could ever wish for. Every time she comes home from a long day of work I have everything ready so she doesn't have to do single thing but put her feet up and relax. In fact I think I might be getting an award from Pres Obama because I am the best example of a husband ever... If everyone lived more like me there would be fewer problems in the world....
And reality sets in and we all realize that I am lucky that Summer stays with me because although I am not the worst person in the world, hopefully, I am in no way perfect. Ask Summer, she will tell you. We get by and we love each other, but she is very patient with me….
So I ask people of the blogging world be straight with me. I love to see pictures of you and your kids and here what is happening, but you did not climb Everest, weren't the player of the year in your dodge ball tournament, or the star quarterback of your football team...
Thanks for letting me be straight with you…
Love you lots!
Jake
P.S. This was inspired by a conversation I had with some good people over Thanksgiving. I dedicate it to them. Sorry it took so long to be blogged about.
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!!!
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!
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! 
Monday afternoon we took off for The Big Apple. We met up with my dad at his hotel it was so great to see him!! He took us to delicious restaurants and ordered enough food for a party of seven we made ourselves sick every night but I loved it because we always finished with an amazing dessert! New York has such great restaurants and we loved trying the new food! Tuesday we all went to the Manhattan Temple.
We found a corner bakery and stopped for a snack and I had to take a picture because it was hilarious how crowded all the tables were and how close we were to each other. After dinner we met up with my dad’s uncle for an amazing French dinner (again with all the courses and way too much food!) 
Wednesday Jake and I went to the Natural History Museum. I don’t love museums but luckily we only had a couple of hours so we were only able to see the interesting parts. We both really enjoyed the dinosaur exhibit and could have stayed there the whole time. After that we shopped on Time Square. We ate at Planet Hollywood and Ashley Tisdale was there to promote her new movie I was so excited! 
After that we went to the play Mamma Mia. It was amazing I never wanted it to end! Thursday we all went to Ground Zero and walked around Wall Street.
We also went to Battery Park where we tracked down the guys who sell fake purses and watches. They were so dramatic and made us meet them around the block because there were too many cops- it was all a big show I felt. But luckily I was a good bargainer and got my watch for 50 bucks cheaper than they wanted! 
While we walked down Canal Street we were offered all sorts of crazy things but the weirdest was when some guy tried to give Jake weed! I told him he needs to change his image if he looks like the type that would buy weed on Canal Street! Just kidding. Thursday night we headed to the Bronx for a Yankee’s game. It was a great game the Yankee's won with a walk off homerun in the tenth inning. Jake was so excited for the “free baseball!” 
Friday morning was all devoted to shopping and I loved every minute of it! The week went by way too fast but it was so much fun to be able to hang out with my dad and Jake in New York I hope we make it a new tradition ha! 
Friday we headed down to DC to meet Jake's sister Kylie and her family. We thought we had time to kill so we spent the morning shopping at the outlets and taking our time. Unfortunately we got stuck in REALLY bad traffic and our 4 hour car ride turned into over 8 hours!! We were DYING! But luckily we finally made it and it was so much fun to see everyone! We spent Saturday at the different museums because it was raining so hard. We attempted to go outside to see the Washington Monument and the World War II Memorial and got soaked! But it was really neat Jake was able to find his grandpa in the data base from World War II so that was really interesting. We had a fun time seeing the different exhibits and eating yummy food in China Town. I loved being able to hang out with Jackson and Ali they always make me laugh! 
I had to pose next to Apollo Ono's skates from the Utah Olympics because I was his biggest fan!! 
