Friday, August 15, 2008

Lake Powell

Friday we got back from a week long boating trip on Lake Powell. We had many adventures, a few close calls, lots of laughs and a bundle of unforgettable memories. We were invited to go by our best buds, Ryan and Becca and the rest of the Jackson bunch. We towed along 2 boats and 2 jet ski's and hauled our luggage and food onto our 3 story houseboat to start a week long of sun and water filled fun. We slept on the top story under the stars every night and every morning we arose with the sun promptly at 6:00 AM to get a few morning runs in on the glassy water. We all tried wake surfing for the first time and it was AWESOME! You had to get up in a awkward looking position (as you can see) but it worked like magic and we were all hanging 10 before we knew it. Besides surfing we caught air on the wakeboards(Brit)(Tris), rocked the jet ski's, dominated the houseboat slide, survived the tube rides, make a home made slip-n-slide, cliff jumped, swam with the fishies, played games, took naps, watched the olympics and looked hotter than ever working on our tans. Tristan got a little boo-boo while testing the waters for the houseboat slide. I guess diving head first off the third story was a good way to figure out the water was too shallow.(You cant really see it in this picture but he had a pretty nasty abrasion on the top of his shoulder. Always likes to make his wife worry.)
We had tons of fun and are so glad we had the opportunity to go. Thanks Jacksons!

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Baby Brady

This post is dedicated to my little brother, Brady, who is serving a mission in the Buenos Aries South Argentina mission. He has been out for just over six months (a quarter of the way done, YES!) and i miss his cute face and crazy personality already. He was going to school here before his mission and even roomed with Tristan for a semester so its a bummer not seeing him all the time like im used to. So this is to you Brady... keep working hard. I love you tons and tons bud! Hope this makes you smile.




One Year Ago...

One year ago today i woke up with a smile on my face knowing i was about to make the best and most important decision of my life. One year ago today i was stressing about my hair and make up. One year ago today my cheeks got the biggest workout of their life and i received more hugs in one day than my life combined. One year ago today Tristan and i danced for the first time as a married couple. One year ago today Tristan drove to the gas station and made me scrub off the white shoe polish writing that covered his car. One year ago today i knelt across the altar and said "Yes" as my honey and i were sealed for eternity.
Now that we have successfully made it through our first year of marriage it is fun to look back at all the memories we have created. I'm so glad to be married to my best friend.
This is the night we got engaged calling our friends...







HURRAY! We made it!
Happy One Year Wedding Anniversary to Us!!

Thank You friends and family for helping us and being there through our first year of marriage.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Mama's Apple Pie

My Grandma and Grandpa Jensen have a big apple tree in their backyard and its in full bloom right now. Last weekend they brought me a HUGE bag full of their mini green apples and I've been eating a few a day but haven't been able to make a dent in the bunch. So today i decided to make an apple pie. After searching through the 10 cookbooks a own i couldn't decide which of the 17 to use so I called the Pie Making Goddess, Kelly (Tristan's Mom), and got her recipe. I waited for Tristan to get home from work so we could make it together. It was pretty hard rolling out the dough and trying to make it big enough to cover the pie dish. I had to cut like 20 apples (because they were mini apples) and I still didn't go though half of the apples my grandparents gave me. These are the apples i cut and how many i have left...
Tristan working on the crust...


This is the final product... with a little bit of patch work...I copied Kelly and did the little cut out design that she typically does. So cute, and yes, i am proud of our pie.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for the yummy apples and thanks Kelly for the delicious recipe.