Austin's Baby Blessing

So I almost lost my camera this week and have been putting off blogging until I found it! Luckily I did!!! So here is my blog about last Tuesday where little baby Austin was blessed in our house! We had the whole Forsberg and Gailey Clan over as well as some other friends of Toren and Audrey's!

This is the happy family!

I was able to keep myself busy with this little girl named Brooklynn! She is the daughter of friend of the family's and she is ADORABLE! Watching her look at Baby Austin was so funny because she totally thought of him s a tiny little baby, not realizing they are about the same age!
This is the Forsberg family minus the Barnett side!

Forsberg and Gailey clan together. It was nice that the Gaileys were here instead of Half way around the world!

It was a fun evening. After the blessing we all enjoyed a nice BBQ together where I ate roughly a million calories, but it was totally worth it! It was a great blessing and I m so happy that I have a family who understand the importance of these blessings!

Utah Carter Family Reunion

This weekend (beginning on Thursday) I got the opportunity to go back to Utah to attend the Carter Family reunion!!! This is my Grandmother Evan's Family. Some of the siblings (including my Grandma Nola Jean) are past away so the others thought it would be a good idea for everyone to meet up before it was to late. So we did!

I still had to work on Thursday, so I worked a full day and then at 4:00 Brent took me to the airport. I love eating airport food, probably because it is so convenient and what else is there to do when you are trapped?! Don't worry, ( I know you were) I was true to my goal and walked around all the airport discourses with my ipod instead. It was incredibly relaxing! Once I arrived in Utah I pretty much went straight to bed because I was so so so excited about working out at MY OWN GYM!!!

The next morning I woke up at 6 am and took of for the Orem Recreation Center which is MY GYM! It is perfect for me and it is probably one of the most missed things here in Utah. After a great 30 minutes (hey I am still on vacation) I got showered and changed and stopped by to see some of the old office friends. I stayed FOREVER at the Provo office because they didn't have to much going on so we were joking around quite a bit. I did most of the things I normally did including washing cars with Paul. That sounds weird for vacation but that last month and a half of employment there washing cars and laughing hysterically in the wash bay is what kept me sane! it had been a long time since we talked and I don't think Paul knew I was coming but once I walked in it was like I hadn't left. He immediately started talking and didn't really slow down until I left! I also let Dave boss me around for old time sakes. Although he admits missing me, I think he misses me even more than he lets on. It was really fun because it felt like no time had past! I miss being the office mom for sure! I also stopped by my other office but they were much busier so I only stayed for ten minutes.

The Reunion that night was a lot of fun. A lot of the Evans side were able to make. All of the aunts and Uncles and a few kids from every family were able to attend. One thing I learned that night is that my Carter Great Grandparents were funny. They would keep money secrets from each other and when they were discovered it was something to laugh about not get angry about! Another thing I learned is that I am WAY more Evans than Carter! Carter's laugh and sing all these silly songs and all the Evans kids just kept looking around to see who had started the joke, but no one had, they seriously just sing silly songs. Evans also have a profound use and admiration for sarcasm, where Carter's are a little more straight forward in their conversations! I met a lot of people I hadn't met before and it was really nice getting to see all my cousins who I hadn't seen before. I am really glad my Mom had a good time catching up with all her Aunts that she hadn't been able to visit with in a long time.

Saturday was a mixture of driving and shopping. It was a long day. That evening My mom, Kalen, Aunt Patty and I went to go see "The Karate Kid". It was not very good. The story took a long time to develop and it dragged forever BUT it did have one redeeming factor... It was shot on location in China. This was exciting because it made me realize how excited I am to get out and see the world! I know I won't be hitting up Asia on this trip but right now the idea of leaving everyone behind to go see some of the greatest monuments of human and divine creation is way more appealing than just about anything here! I am super grateful I have a husband who shares this desire and work so hard in Law School to make this opportunity available to us! Right now I am pumped but I am sure I will have a couple homesick blogs... If I don't we may end up in Europe forever!

It is now Sunday Morning and I am sitting at my Aunt Patty (who I adore) and Uncle Bob's (Who I adore slightly less ;) Just kidding!!) house waiting to go to the airport. I have missed Brent A TON since coming here but overall it was nice to catch up with family and fun to see how easily I fit back into this place! I will miss everyone here but I am ready to be back at home with my Husband!

Saturday Day Date!

Brent and I realized since we have been in Oregon we really haven't spent much time together alone! So Brent planned a fun day date for us! Before we got to the date though I woke up early and cleaned the cars we have at the house! It took nearly and hour because of all the little tree things that stuck to the roof and hood of the car! Then I went to the gym and did a half session.

When I got home Brent had already packed our lunch and we were on our way! We drove up the Gorge and went on three hikes... they were super short. We estimated that we walked about a mile and a half total!

Here is the first trail that we went to Latourell Falls!

This was the most crowded of all three falls! we barely had any room to get pictures. It was the most crowded it did have the most cool places to walk around and get pictures!

Brent really enjoyed framing things with tree branches!

Here is us by the bridge that lead over the falls!

This is from the road! Look at how massive that is!

The second Falls was Shepherds Dell. We almost missed the trail because the stairs we hidden next to the highway. We thought the trail was originally to Brent's left but it turned out to be to the right behind the big rock!

This is on the way down. Since it is a Scenic Highway there we cool bridges everywhere! Brent wanted to get a lot more pictures but this was the best view we had everyday!

This took three different tries! But I think Brent looks really good in this one, I just wish he were lighter!

There was no one here when we got to this small falls! This looks really little but there are three more drops farther down, we just couldn't get down there to get some better pictures! I like that my shirt looks like a mu mu!

Here is the little part again!

This is the final falls, and the longest! Why are so many Water falls called Bridal Veil!

At the top there was a banister and so I had to make our mark! "B's" are really hard!

How Pretty right? I think the Bridal Veil in Utah is actually a little prettier but this one is surrounded but a lot more green so It was fun!

plus there was a another Little Mermaid Rock! Yeah!

Overall it was a REALLY REALLY fun day with Brent!

It has been a long time since I have felt to accomplished! Brent and I had a great time exploring the different trails and finding new ways to break the barriers of the trails!

Huntley Beach Trip

So I am going out of order (Meaning I am going to Blog about the Barnett Visit and Fourth of July Later!), and this is a really long post but I just got home and I wanted to blog while it is fresh in my mind! So This weekend (before Blake and Maren even left) we took off for Pacific City to met up with the Huntley Clan!

With in an hour of getting there Brent was already soaked while learning to skim boarding!

He actually got really good! I was impressed. I have no balance so I didn't even bother to try although now I wish I would have!
Brent teaching our niece Tyler how to Boogie Board. Last summer Brent tried to learn himself and it wasn't pretty but Tyler did a really great job learning how hit the waves at the right time!

Later that day we headed down to the beach! Picture moment!

This is where we are at! The rock is haystack rock, and we decided to hike the bluff (which is on the far right of the screen). To climb it there is about 100 feet of straight up hill sand, and then a few sheer cliffs, no biggie!

I was super impressed that Huntley and Tyler (as well as some of the other kids) joined us! Just us girls chatting away!

View of Haystack rock from the top

This is the "Little Mermaid" Rock we found at the top of the bluff!

Brent is owning the world!

It was super windy and my bangs were not being very helpful at all! I now feel like the little Mermaid!

There were two bluff areas and the girls and I were done on the second bluff so we headed back! I got a ton of pictures of the girls! I think they were sick of it but they will appreciate it when they are older!

Tyler was nice enough to take this wonderful picture of Huntley and I!

This is the view from the bottom! Those earlier pictures were taken on top of the cliff where the sun is!

This is a cool little cove that Christina and I found and couldn't help getting a picture! I already look a little burned!

or two! Isn't Christina adorable!

Gorgeous Panoramic of the ocean from our back porch!!!

On the second morning, I was going to get up and go for a jog on the beach, but Brent woke up so we decided to go on a bike ride to the tide pools! The tide was out so far it was amazing! Look at all those gorgeous starfish!

Look at all these wonderful muscles around! I love the secret little tunnels!

Because we were at the beach sand was EVERYWHERE! Here is Micheal (5 years old), who was busy trying to sweep it all up from the carpet.

On the Second Day, Mike bought a kite and it was super fun to learn how to fly them! Brent working hard to make the cheapy kite fly.

Here is me flying the nice kite! It was really fun and I wish I had more time to really master it! Brent and I decided it would be a great investment for any beach trip!

Overall this was a really really fun trip! It was just two days of biking, hiking, climbing, swimming, flying kites, eating (WAY WAY WAY TOO MUCH GOOD FOOD) and shopping a little bit (2 pair of nice jeans for $25?!?! I love you Old Navy Jeans!) It was a super fun weekend and I could really use more of them often! Any other fun vacation plans for anyone else?

Hardest Job in the World

So I am constantly changing jobs (mainly since Brent makes us move so often). So this summer I thought I would show you how I have the hardest job ever! First, I have a uniform that I have to wear! This uniform is simply miserable to wear. The T-shirts that I have to wear for our Friday field Trips was just Gray but I thought it would be more fun tie-dye it, cut the sides and the tie them in knots! Pretty fun right!?!

Then I have to spend all day with little kids who simply adore me! This is mainly because I am not the one who has to enforce any rules or discipline in any way possible.

Then I dragged all over various parts of Oregon. This was at Ski-Bowl up on Mt Hood. We were suppose to go on the alpine slides but it was raining so I we just went to this play park. This was the trampoline but there was also Rock Climbing, go karts and a ton of other fun activities!

Here is me doing a Back Flip. I wasn't very good at it but that is okay because it was super fun. The harness was to big so the waist strap was around my chest not to long after I started. It was short lived but the kids loved it!

Yes, my job is incredibly hard! I am sure everyone feels bad that I have to go out every Friday and have these really fun experiences! Obviously I am joking. I have it pretty easy. Even this field trip, that felt like it went all wrong was still really fun! I am hoping that all the field trips will continue to be as much fun!

WE DO HAVE FRIENDS!!!!!

Since we have been in Oregon it has been a very difficult time since we have been friendless here! Well here is the proof that WE DO HAVE FRIENDS!!!!

And here they are! We picked them up on Tuesday but because of work didn't really get to spend time with him until Friday! We took them to the local Auction. You see that huge cabinet to the right of Spencer? Yeah I bought it for $10.00! Talk about impulse buy!

On Saturday we went to the beach but I was SICK AS A DOG! I did pretty good but eventually I was just done. Luckily we were down to the beach by that time...

Before the Beach we went to the Pig n' Pancake! It was okay but we were so starving by this time that nothing really lived up to our expectations. It is kinda sad that we waited so long to eat. Brent had the huge Breakfast vs Burger Debate. He decided on the Burger but almost immediately regretted it!

Erica is hiding behind her menu to show us what their menu looks like it!

While walking around the Pier in Seaside, we found these. Chocolate covered.... EVERYTHING!!! We also found Deep-fried EVERYTHING! I was really tempted to get a chocolate covered Twinkies but not feeling well won out so I settled for ice cream.

Down at the beach we had the Boogie Boards. Erica and I decided to not go out into the waves but Brent and Spencer had a heck of a time!

There are the boys! Brent looks freezing! His motto was "You just keep running until you aren't cold anymore!" Oh hypothermia you are a deceitful little friend!

Notice how I am not in my swim suit?!? Yup, as soon as we got on the beach I laid down, covered my eyes and fell asleep. I was really having a hard day. As the result I got sunburned in all the wrong places! From my ankles down, the front of my right arm and the back side of my left arm (since it was covering my eyes!) and I had a white strip across my face from my arm!

All in all it was a fun trip but I did not bring my A game to my friendship! Erica and Spencer I am sincerely sorry and will fix that next time you come out! It was super fun and I always have a great time when they come out! We should really never live more than 10 minutes apart!

Love you guys!