Anniversary

Today is our 3rd Anniversary!!! I am so grateful to have spent 3 years with Isaac and am glad there are so many more to come! I can't imagine life any other way. I love you Isaac!

Tagged

Brittney tagged me for 6 un-spectacular quirks

1. Every night, without fail, I check the sheets as I climb into bed to make sure there are no spiders in them. This is because one time while sleeping in a sleeping bag a spider crawled up and down my leg multiple times before I realized what it was.

2. I am not the biggest fan of animated movies. This sometimes makes Isaac and Kason sad.

3. I like to pick up the house before I go to bed for the night. (although this doesn't always happen)

4. I think I stress out really easily

5. I have a hard time making decisions. Whenever I have one that is really hard for me to make I write out the pros and cons for each, but they always turn out equal.

6. I prefer back massages to back scratches

I tag:

1. Megan

2.Katie

3. Liz

4. Sarah

5. Elly

We Are HERE!

Well we have made the big move to Oregon! We did the drive in two days. Isaac's family helped us move and we definitely owe them a big thank you! I feel really far away though!We are all unpacked and have hung pictures and are just trying to get settled. I am glad the unpacking part is over, I am not a fan of packing or unpacking! We like our apartment, although it is very small. But, we managed to fit for the time being. We live right by a big playground so that will be really nice for Kason. He already cries at the door to go outside to it. And my favorite thing is that we have a big (for an apartment) fenced in patio out our back door. And I am very happy to say that it has not rained a drop since we have been here. In fact, it has been very sunny and nice. Yay!

I have never lived in a city this big and that is going to take some getting used to. There are tons of trees here. And while it is very pretty, sometimes I just want them to be pushed down so I can SEE. There are also alot of one way roads. I don't get them at all. What is the advantage of one way streets?! They just seem to add confusion and stress to driving!

We went to the campus and looked around. We didn't realize what we had at BYU-I!! Just the atmosphere and the way it is kept up is really good there. It seems a little older here. But, we got to see where Isaac will have his office and classrooms.

So we are starting to adjust. It kinda seems like we have just been on vacation here, it doesn't feel like home.

We got to go do some fun things while Isaac's family was here. They have beautiful parks with tons of trees and it is just green everywhere. We also went to the coast. I have decided to call it the coast instead of the beach, it is just more fitting. The water was a little chilly and it got foggy while we were there, but it was nice and fun. It was cool to see the ocean and then the forest right next to each other. It is its own kind of beautiful. Although, I miss the warm brown mountains. Here are some pictures:

At the coast

The forest and the ocean

A famous lighthouse we hiked to

Tagged

I have never been tagged before so here goes, I can never think of these kinds of things when I need t
4 Things You May Not Know About Me:
1. I love to watch football
2. I don't like having to talk in front of a big group of people
3. I reallylike having a clean house and being organized, though neither of these always happen
4. I like to write lists

4 Places I Go Over And Over:
1. Wal-Mart
2. Grandma's right now

3. To the 4 wheelers
4. Outside

4 People That E-Mail Me:
1. Mom
2. Stephanie
3. Dad
4. That's about it, I don't email that much. It's mostly on the phone, blogging, and web cam

4 Of My Favorite Foods:
1. Burritos!
2. Strawberries

3. Ice cream
4. cookies

4 Places I'd Love To Be:
1. Mapleton/Provo Utah
2. Bear Lake does sound good
3. Montana
4. I agree Megan, Hawaii would be nice.

4 Movies I Watch Over And Over:
1. Pirates of the Carribbean
2. Phantom of the Opera
3. I guess I don't watch that many movies but I really like the TV shows:
4. Fear Factor, What Not to Wear, and definitely Survivor

JOYS

1. Getting into bed for the first time after you just washed the sheets
2. Laughing and seeing other people laugh
3. Playing games

4. Being with Isaac and Kason

FEARS

1. Tornado's

2. Spiders

3. Losing someone I love

4. Sometimes I think I am afraid of the unknown

GOALS

1. To be a good wife and mom

2. To teach my kid(s) well

3. To get in shape

4. To be closer to the spirit

CURRENT OBSESSIONS

1. 24

2. Twilight

3. Lately I have been working on finishing up alot of craft projects that I am making for our new apartment

4. Blogging I guess!

SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT ME

1. I did gymnastics for years into high school and I still love it

2. I was homeschooled/private schooled

3. I don't like to drink the milk i n my cereal bowl after the cereal is gone

4. I don't like touching eyes and I can't touch my own. I could never wear contacts!

4 people I tag

1. Dulcie

2. Anyone else who hasn't done it!

And here are just a few pictures I wanted to post of our night in the mountains. Kason said, "hot hot" all night long to the fire. It was really pretty up there.

Changes...

We have been busy lately getting ready to move. We move to Oregon one week from today. I have mixed emotions about it. We have known that Isaac will be starting grad school and we will be moving for a long time, so I am kinda ready to just have it happen and stop thinking about it. But, at the same time it is a little scary with moving to a new place and not knowing anybody or anything about it. We have really enjoyed being close to family and have been really blessed and a little spoiled to live in Montana. It has been a great help with Kason. It is not super far away and could have been alot further, but it is still aways from family. But, we hear it is beautiful there and are excited to be near the coast and see what fun things they have to do. We are going early to get things set up and get to know the area. Most of our things have never been unpacked and I am excited I do not have to pack everything again! I do not like packing! We just have to pack our room and Kason's and load everything on a trailer. We are excited and ready!



We did have a TouGH time finding a place to live in Oregon. Stressful! But, we have finally found a place and we are very grateful for that. It is close to campus which is a big plus. But, it looks extremely small. I am nervous we are not going to fit! We are hoping to just live there for a short time until we can get into some of these other places we like better that we are on waiting lists for. So, anybody have any tips on saving space and organizing?!



We have had to fix both our cars, which was a bit unexpected, and we are going to sell one, finish up projects, find lost cell phones, and get everything set. It seems like there is always a ton to do when you get ready to move. But, we are excited.

I am so grateful for this little guy. He makes me laugh. I think he looks so much like Isaac in this picture! He has just learned how to drink from a straw and LOVES to drink the chocolate milk boxes. Everytime someone has one he says. "peas peas". He is changing and growing up and learning to say so much more. He says, "u go (let's go) and puts his arm in the air, peas (please) is one of his favorite words right now, nana(banana), he clicks at the horses to come to him whenever he sees one, and whenever he is stinky he says "stinky" and plugs his nose . I love his smile and laugh.

Catch Up!

Well we have been keeping busy lately. So here are a bunch of pictures of some of the things we have been doing. We had a family reunion in Park City towards the end of June and
this is a pic of Isaac and I riding a zip line down the mountain at Park City Mountain Resort

And we rode a gondola up the mountain. Kason loved seeing the other gondolas go by us. I love the MounTainS. I think they are so pretty!

Then we came back to Montana and soon after had another family reunion. Payton, Kason, and Kade all got a ride together on the 4 wheeler with their Grandpa and they LoVed it! It was so cute to see them all hanging onto each other. We were pretty hot a few days and we had an afternoon at the pool. Kason was a little cautious at first, but by the end was loving it.
I love the FouRTh of July! I love the hot weather, picnics, parade, fireworks, and patriotic songs. All of the Swensen family was actually in the parade this year. I walked the last half with Kason in the stroller. It must have worn Kason out because he crashed towards the end.
Nothing like an ice cream cone on a hot afternoon!

And what do we do for some fun entertainment in Montana? We go hit carp with baseball bats and try to catch them with our hands! We all went down to the streams and lake by the Swensen's and there were HUGE fish! The guys were hitting them and trying to catch them. It sounds random, but it was pretty funny to watch.

I am so grateful for family! I am also so glad because we have high speed internet here now so I can get on alot more now! Isaac is back to work and we are trying to get some things done and enjoy our time here before we move to Oregon in less than a month. aahh!

UTaH FUN!

We have been in Utah visiting my parents for about a week and a half now. We have a family reunion coming up this week. We have been having alot of fun and keeping pretty busy. The weather has been so nice and warm and it has been Great to be here!

I got to go to a good friend's reception and wedding

Kason has discovered a love for a new game- Ping Pong. He gets quite excited and intent on getting the ball. He has his own stool to stand on so he can reach.

We went to the town park one day and Kason loved it. He loves to play with the tennis racquet.

This is really random, but the park has this thing I had never seen before. You hang on bars that kind of dip up and down and swing around. I did it with my dad and Isaac and it was really fun. I couldn't reach the ground on the high part and it seemed to just swing you right out. Random, but it was actually pretty fun.

Kason loves to swing

SuRviVoR -Ok, this might be really boring for some of you, but it is something I like and maybe you other survivor fans will like it too. Springville had Art City Days and they had a Survivor Challenge. So, they had 5 people from Survivor China come. We got to meet them and talk with them. It was so fun to see these people we had watched on TV. So this pic is of me, Eric, Jamie, Todd, Courtney, Frosti, and my sister Jenna.

There also was a parade and carnival that we went to Saturday. Kason loved taking it all in.

Kason got his first merry-go-round ride with Isaac

He also got a ball thrown from the parade and he was a happy boy.

Also, HaPPy FaTHeR's DaY to Isaac and Dad's. I am grateful for the wonderful Dad Isaac is to Kason. He is patient when I am not, he is happy and makes Kason laugh, and is a great example to him. Love you Isaac!