Remember when.....

So the week Austin and I got home from our honeymoon my brother-in-law Steve decided to go sky diving with his dad and brother while his brother was home from serving in the army. Some of my family had decided to go and watch and since Austin was golfing with Jarrett that afternoon I decided to join them. As long as I can remember my cute mom has always said she'd like to go sky diving which is weird and super our of character for her. As we were all hanging out waiting for Steve, Allan and Brian I told my mom if she wanted to go I would go with her....really not expecting her to say yes. The picture below explains her answer.

We had to hurry and get ready since it was getting late. They wanted to hurry and get us up in time before the sun went down. Not really thinking too much about it I asked my little sister Kelsee to call Austin and tell him I was going sky diving with my mom and Steve's mom. Austin was beating Jarrett until he received the phone call from Kelsee on the ninth tee box, Jarrett won. He finished up golfing and made it out to the airport in time.....but I could tell he wasn't too happy. Apparently going sky diving a week and a half into your marriage should be something you talk about and not send a message through the new sister-in-law. I guess it was the first big decision we really faced.....and we definitely didn't talk about it before hand. However I have made sure to talk to him about all other major decisions since.

plane ride was actually longer than I expected. I can't believe how high we were.

Getting ready to exit the plane. Mom is in the background behind me. Steve's mom went right before me.

Back flipping out of the plane.

These had to be added because they were so flattering.

This picture was cool because we were coming down through the clouds and you can see the valley in the background.

Here's a picture of the sun setting and the Airport where Austin cheerfully awaited our arrival.

Landing back at the Airport.

Glad to be back on the ground......I think Austin felt the same way.

Such a fun experience and I was way glad I did it with my mom.....but I don't think I'd ever do it again.

Olympics

My family has always loved the Olympics. Austin and I are super excited to watch them this year. We went over to Ken and Mari's house last night to watch the opening ceremonies. I am so excited to watch them. I think they're super motivating and inspirational.

Discovery Gateway Childrens Museum

From August 2009 to December 2009 I worked at the Discovery Gateway Childrens Museum.

It was so much fun. I had a lot of fun visitors as well. Grandma and Grandpa Tanner bought some family passes and came down to visit several times. This day she brought down some of the Tanner kids while Mari took Megan down to BYU. It was fun, they played at the museum and then Grandma took us all to lunch.

Left to right (Shaw, Maddie, Jake, Me)

Grandma Tanner also took this picture another day they came down. They brought Sheralin, Rowan, and Austin (little cousin) down with them. You can see Austin sitting in the bottom right hand corner working on his puppet we made that day.

(Me & Grandpa)
They rode the train down to Salt Lake, so I was able to ride home with them.

During my last week working there Jordie and Deacon came down to have lunch with me and play at the museum for a little bit. The pictures are kind of bad because I took them with my phone.

For the Halloween Spooktacular event we made haunted gingerbread houses. This was the sample I made.

Both these costumes were pretty cool. I had to take them to show Austin. The iron man costume was all super lit up and everything.....it looked just like the one in the show.

This costume was made from scratch....everything except from the helmet.

This was my classroom.....the Curiosity Shop.

Austin could never come visit me at work without stopping to play or try something out. Without fail he always found something new he didn't know was there.
My desk before I was ready to leave.....and trying to get everything organized.
My desk after I had cleaned out the drawers and boxed all my stuff.

It was such a fun place to work and I worked with such great people. The staff there is awesome. I really learned so much and had a really great experience there.

The Greatest Show on Earth......

Through working at the children's museum I was able to get a deal on circus tickets. We called up some friends to see if anyone would be interested in going to the circus with us. Matt & Jen Jenkins and Lared and Laurie Lattin met us at the Gateway for dinner and the circus.

Riding a bike across a high wire....no big deal.

Would it really be a circus if no one was shot out of a cannon?

With all the bad luck I was having with my camera that night I was impressed and excited to get this shot of the girl just as she was leaving the cannon.

As if one girl being shot out of a cannon wasn't enough now there are two girls about to be shot out of a double barrel cannon.

Right before they blew both girls out of the cannon.

It was actually more fun than I expected. Thanks Jen, Matt, Jared & Laurie for going with us. I wish I had a picture of everyone.....oh well, next time.

I have a fabulous husband.....

A couple of weeks ago I was having a really bad day. As I was sitting at home feeling crappy I saw someone pass the windows. I didn't know who it was, but was not in the mood to talk to anyone. I knew our doorbell didn't work and just wanted to pretend no one was home. However curiosity got the best of me and I couldn't not see who was there....so I quietly walked over to the door to peek out the peep hole....I wanted to see who it was at least. Right as I got to the door the person knocked. I looked out and there was a lady with flowers. I opened the door to find this beautiful bouquet with a note from Austin saying, "Just to brighten your day. I love you and hope you have a good day."

I was really glad I decided to peek out and see who was there.

I have a super sweet husband and am so grateful for him!

Best Buds

Austin and Matt have been best buds pretty much forever, especially since their birthdays are a week apart. They pretty much did everything together from playing peewee football and soccer to hitting cop cars with water balloons. Yesterday Matt sent Austin this picture. Austin laughed pretty hard and then started reminiscing. He talks about Matt all the time and things they used to do together growing up. I know that he truly loves Matt like a brother.

Plus the picture was too cute not to put up.