How about an update?!

Our summer has been very busy and super rewarding at the same time so far. Which technically summer hasn't actually started yet!

Jake is insane and is taking a summer semester as well as working full time at his internship. Being a proud wife I have to brag that Jake has really impressed the company. He really works hard but then always makes sure he makes time for his girls at home.

Most of my time is spent outside playing and on several long walks a day with Evelyn, which have really kept me in shape along with other stuff I have been doing. It's been great and I love seeing this little girl grow and expand. She has become quite the little talker lately and will have several conversations with herself which I think is the cutest thing ever. She puts a smile on anyones face who sees her whether it's at the grocery store, out on a walk, or at church (which by the way 2 months till nursery!!)

Here are a couple of pictures of our summer (very hot spring?) thus far.

^^Our little fish out of water. This girl loves water and will try to get in it any way possible. Even if it's a duck pond!^^

^^ Jake and I got away for a little sunshine for our 3rd year anniversary which was so fun for us!^^

^^Peek-a-boo^^

^^ Evelyn and aunt Megan having out with Cosmo the Cougar^^

Hope the summer has treated you all well! We sure have been enjoying it!

Summer life

Photos of our summer this far

Trooper

For the past couple of weeks, Jake has been working 50+ hour weeks to make up for the time we are going to be gone! I will never complain if I have to work a long day again. My hubby is such a trooper. It was burning him out until he got his paycheck....then he thought, I can do this for a couple more days! Yesterday was his last long day and we celebrated. Now we will have more time to play out in the sun, and who doesn't want that? Thank you June for bringing us some summer.

 Jake and I very much appreciate it. 

6 more days! I can't wait.

Green

Jake and I are both going green this summer; and by green I mean we are both going to ride our bikes to work. After Jake got his bike stolen (I don't like to mention it because it makes us both a little peeved), we were at a lost for bike rides since I didn't have a bike either. I had mentioned to him a couple of weeks ago that we should just look for some bikes on KSL. We are so close to the Provo Canyon and I love biking through there. We both should have a bike. Time went by, and I kind of forgot about it. Well he went on his own, found two bikes and surprised me with them! 

Seriously I have the best husband.

 Now since we both work not too far from home, we thought why not bike to work? Sometimes I wish Utah was a little more closer together so we could ride our bikes everywhere! Heck I would even bike to the grocery store and do some shopping if I had a little basket. 

Except I don't think that would work when going to Costco. 

Officially

I am now officially Mrs Wright. I know weird right? It's going to take some getting used to. To sum things up, the wedding went about as perfect as one could be. The reception was fabulous. Lots and lots of pictures were taken. Thanks again to all who came! It was so fun to see your smiling faces. Jake and I had a blast in California and are now home trying to get our lives in order. We arrived home to a living room FULL of wedding presents. It was like Christmas!

Times 5.

Seriously it was so much fun opening the gifts and throwing the wrapping paper everywhere and I've never been so excited to receive a vacuum cleaner! Now it's time get our place looking like a home. The kitchen is finally taken care of. Things are put away. Took forever! I'm just dying to put up decorations. I got these fabulous pillows for our couch. Seriously LOVE them.On a last note....I really wish it would stop raining. However....the greenery is very nice looking.

Farewell

Sadly, this summer is coming to an end very quickly. It's been an odd summer with weird weather, but it's also been a great one. I'm ready for some change though. This next semester comes to me with mixed feelings. I'm really excited for the semester to start because I like being in a routine, sometimes I actually like school, getting to meet more people is always great, and this will probably be the easiest semester I have ever had, which I definitely need. I'm not looking forward to this semester because I like going to seven peaks every day. I like being able to sleep in and not have to worry about anything. I enjoy being able to hang out with my friends. I usually become a hermit during the school semester so don't expect to see much of me. I am also not looking forward to my 7 am class. I am sooo not a morning person.

It's weird to think this is my third year of college. Wow!

Shooting

Tuesday, my friends dad took us shooting on the other side of Utah Lake.

So. Much. FUN!
We went shooting with each other about two years ago and had a lot of fun, so it was good to finally get together again and give it another go. For being girls with not a lot of gun experience, I'd say we were pretty good and almost never missed our targets! My favorite part was just grabbing a bunch of junk that was lying around, a car trunk, big pieces of wood, and a bunch of other random stuff, putting that together and blowing it up with tannerite. I think last time we went shooting, we found this old washer that had been shot to death with bullets, and we thought it would be fun to blow it up. Well we put some tannerite beneath it, shot it, and watched it explode and fly into the air! It was awesome. Who knew shooting pieces of junk could be so much fun!

Bike ride numba duex

Penny and I have been quite the avid bike riders. I hope to go on many more. This time we met at Provo canyon, got on out bikes, and headed down the trail to Bridal Veil Falls. It rained a little bit before we got together so the ride was a little humid; BUT it was cool humid! The weather was perfect and the canyon smelt amazing. Very fresh and somewhere along the trail we passed some type of lilac bush or something because it smelled very very good! This trail is very deceiving though. It looks flat. It's not. Biking up to the falls was hard! I was so confused on why I had to stand up a couple of times and do some hard pedaling when we were on a flat trail. We finally made it up to the falls, stopped and took a couple of pictures as it started to rain, and found a place to eat our snacks.
The ride down was a little chilly because we were flying downhill. I think I reached 20 mph going down one hill. At least that's what it said on my little device on my bike. We both had to pull out our sweaters. We passed these two guys on a skateboard and I only bring this up because we passed them about three times! Haha the first time I had to stop and take a picture, so while taking that they passed us. Penny and I headed out and passed them again. Then we went to check out this park with these really nice pavilions. As we headed up to the pavilions I saw the two guys pass us again.
"Dang...we are going to pass them again!"
I felt really stupid as I passed them again and waved with an awkward smile.
As we reached near the end, we started to slow down just a tad and take our sweet time because we thought no one was around. Well Penny and I start riding across the bridge when we hear this "bbbrrring bbriiinngg!" behind us.
This old man on a bike came out of no where and apparently was impatient with us. The sound of his little bike bell sounded annoyed. We quickly moved out of his way and let him pass.
"We just got belled at."
"haha yes we did, by an old man."


Next time I want to bike to Vivian Park!

X marks the spot

So at the start of the summer I semi bragged that I hadn't been bitten by a mosquito in a very very long time. Probably three years at least. I guess my blood just isn't very sweet anymore?
Well I was outside in my grandparents backyard for maybe two minutes when I felt something on my elbow. I was too slow. It had already partaken of my blood stupid insect. So now I have a mosquito bite on my blasted elbow which is a retarded place to have one anyway. Later that day I started itching my knee. Crap! One there too! Oh and don't worry, I now have one on each ankle! Worst of all places to have one.

So now I have a constant X on my elbow, knee and both ankles. I need to invest in some mosquito repellent asap!

Lonely

Who is the girl who just sits at home, reads Harry Potter and watches Battlestar Galactica?

Oh that would be me.

Well I haven't written since finals because first I have been sick...and still am...and second...I really don't have anything to report. It's been so nice not to have to deal with school right now. I love it. But this week has been lame. I have been at my apartment all by myself this whole entire week! The first day alone was actually pretty nice. It was quiet and I was able to read for hours! How I have missed that. But the second day, and the third day, and the fourth day was not. I think I have had trix every night for dinner because I just don't feel like cooking for just me. I definitely like to be around people. I've decided that if I don't ever get married for some reason that I would have to get a pet. Hopefully one day I will get a pet and it will be because I want to...not because I'm not married and need the company. Anyways I've pretty much just been working and reading. It's been a nice change from the crazy study sessions for hours! My brain is fully enjoying this time.
Well I am planning on moving to Provo probably in the beginning of June. Exciting! I can't wait to see where my life will be in the next couple of years. So many things could change. I really think this move will be good for me though and I can't wait!

I will miss the roommies.

We have become like sisters this past year. You can tell we are more than comfortable with each other if you spent the day with us! But I do have plans with them during the summer so I am really looking forward to that. Weather is fantastic. I went to run stairs around campus today, only lasted twenty minutes because of my blasted cold but man was the weather nice! After I was done I just layed in the grass for who knows how long. It. Felt. Great. As soon as it started to get a little dark I decided to sprint to Mater so I wouldn't get kidnapped or something silly like that. Ogden is a scary place. Sometimes.

Update

First let me just get this off my chest...Summer semester is over!!! Feels so liberating to say that! I didn't know if I would survive this last week but I did. Just a little update on what I have done:

• Went boating with my Packard aunts, uncles, and cousins




• Got the book Breaking Dawn 5 days before it even came out!! (funny story actually...read below)




• Went to the Breaking Dawn Party and Borders where I saw my dear friend! (Also read below)




• Wrote a bunch of missionary letters




• Forgot to mail bunch of missionary letters




• Found a new place to live!




• Went swimming and got burned




• Finished Breaking Dawn in 2 days!




• Had my room all packed up and ready to move




• Slammed my finger in a door...1st timer on that one!




• Went to the Dental office to have them drill a hole in my finger to drain the blood




• Bought 4 new pairs of shoes!

Breaking Dawn: Well last Monday, (July 28th) I was grocery shopping at Smiths. Now wherever I am shopping I usually find myself in the book section just to see if anything interests me. Well I was in the book section at Smiths when I spotted three copies of Breaking Dawn. Now I'm thinking to myself..."ha nice prank whoever did that!" I know the book isn't supposed to come out until August 2nd. Then I actually grab the book and start flipping through the pages and come to realize that...oh my heck! It's the real thing! So I grab a copy and put it in with the rest of my groceries! How awesome is that?!? All though, I had to have pinktights hide it has soon as I got home because I had finals all that week; but as soon as I was done with my last final on Thursday, I rushed home and told pinktights that I am now allowed to read it.

Breaking Dawn Party: Now I really didn't want to go because I already had the book...but it was kinda fun to see what kinds of crazy people would show up! I was actually impressed with the party that Borders threw. They had a band outside playing music, a place where you could do face paint and make bracelets, they had the "ugliest bridesmaid dress" contest, as well as the "more creative t-shirt" contest; But my favorite thing they had there was a blood bank! Yes you heard me correct! You could give you precious blood until 11:00! If I could give blood, then I totally would've done it

Llama Grooming

Who can say that they have been to the Llama festival held at the Krishna temple in Spanish Fork? Twice now I have been! This time we, (my family and another family) went before the festival to help groom the llamas. My little sister quickly became comfortable with the llama, grabbed the lead and started grooming. My brother on the other hand...squealed when one started coming towards him. Okay maybe a couple started to come towards him but still! I got to groom a couple, but mostly I was the picture taker, capturing pictures of the timid youngsters, and the brave ones. While taking some pictures, a black llama come close to me and started to nibble on my hair. YUCK! So I quickly moved away and kept my eye on him. But he just kept following me around the pen. I would move to one end, and he would slyly move to the other end as well. There was a llama that must have had allergies or something, because it kept sneezing. Needless to say, no one really groomed that llama, unless they wanted to be covered with llama snot.

Looking out a window
Llama grooming service how may I help you?

This one kept making faces at us

Picturesque

Mom and neighbor grooming

Grooming a baby llama

My new friend

The surplus amount of llama hair

Life during the Summer

So I have officially met all my roommates and now know all their names! The first couple of weeks are always a little awkward just because you don't really know what to say to them, what their likes/dislikes are....etc. Chopsticks has been home from her mission just about 2 years or so from Hong Kong China, which is pretty awesome! She really likes Wasabi sauce which I just tried for myself yesterday and didn't quite understand why she liked it so much. At first I didn't taste anything, then....THEN...I felt like someone just ate the spiciest thing on earth and gave me a snorkel. If you don't know what a snorkel is, then go to girls camp :) Cheerio is going into the nursing field as well as Chopsticks, Betty Boop, and Tights. So we have a full house of medical people! Betty Boop I actually knew last semester and we got together and decided we wanted to live together this summer. She has a twin sister and they look nothing a like. Tights has the best personality and is just cute. She has a lot of energy which is sometimes needed at this house. But so far life has been pretty crazy. Doing summer semester and working full time has not been my cup of tea. Hopefully I will be able to get my head in gear and finish this summer well. As of right now it's been nothing but stress.