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| Rufio |
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| hard hat |
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pinterest recipe....wasn't good at all :(
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| A butt dumpling |
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pineapple curry rice
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| Caleb saw it on his way home from school |
Sunday, September 30, 2012
1..2..3..Cheese!
Monday, September 24, 2012
Caleb’s Special Day
Hey
Everyone,
So Saturday was Caleb's birthday, we started off the day by making breakfast together. Sorry I don't have any pictures of the breakfast, but we made hashbrowns and scrambled eggs with cheese and mushrooms. It was so good! The night before I wrapped his gift while he was asleep and so he was so surprised to see it on our dining table this morning. He opened it right away:
He then began reading right away...
we then had to run some errands, but afterwards we visited with one of our family friends and got vietnamese pho at the Pho Noodle House on state street. We were both in heaven. There aren't very many places around here that have vietnamese noodles, so this was a special treat for both of us. Thank you Maisie for taking us out! This is what our pho looked like:
Afterwards we got ready for Caleb's little birthday party, we called it "Caleb"s Toyota Tailgate Party." We decided to have a fun gathering in our parking lot at the back of Caleb's truck. Our place is way too small to have a party, but our parking lot was perfect for such a gathering. We celebrated with ice cream floats and mini-fireworks. It was quite the show. I don't have pictures of the fireworks, but here are our group photos from the party:
The pumpkin was made by Ben, Caleb's brother. He also gave him some lovely chapsticks ("it's the gift that keeps on giving."-Ben) and some chocolate facial masks. Thank you Ben!
Overall, it was a perfect Saturday. I'm so glad Caleb had a memorable birthday. We are so blessed to have good family and friends.
Monday, September 17, 2012
I love my Life I love my Wife
We had a really busy and fun last couple of days. Friday night we went to lagoon for Jessica's work party and rode some roller coasters. Saturday we rafted down the Provo river with my physics research group, had stake conference, and then watched the BYU Utah game at Ben's apartment (sad ending, but fun night). Today we had the second half of stake conference and a birthday celebration hot pot for Ammon Lau. It was really fun to get to do so many different things with my beautiful wife. It doesn't matter where we go, she's always the prettiest girl there. School has been going well, work has been going well, and life is just flat out being good to me. Mostly it comes down to Jessica. I am so blessed to have her with me. I love my wife and I love my life!
This is Jessica now. We didn't take too many pictures, but here are some from the weekend. Sorry they are poor quality, my phone is not the best camera.
This is Jessica now. We didn't take too many pictures, but here are some from the weekend. Sorry they are poor quality, my phone is not the best camera.
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| Our mission buddy Ammon at his birthday celebration |
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| Clara, Ammon's newborn niece, we are both friends with her parents |
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| Caleb holding Clara |
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Our Labor Day Adventures = EPIC
Hello everyone. I'm still recuperating from our Labor Day holiday. It seems to me that every time you plan a fun-filled vacation, you always need a vacation from your vacation!
Anyway, our labor day was nuts! So sunday night, we were at a Floyd cousin get together (Caleb's relatives). We drove with Ben (Caleb's brother) and Erica (Caleb's cousin). Later that night we found out Ben and Erica were planning to hike Mt. Timpanogas for their labor day festivities. Coincidentally, Caleb and I were planning on doing the same thing. We originally were planning a sunrise hike, but since we had our cousin reunion party, we thought it would be smarter to get a full night's rest before the big hike.
We're smart people, but not smart enough to resist spontaneity.
After the cousin party, we go back to Ben's place to look up directions and confirm the time of when to meet together. After getting all excited about this amazing hike, we decided out of spontaneity to meet back at Ben's place in an hour. It was 11pm. And so it was decided, we were going to do our sunrise hike.
Mt. Timpanogas has several trails on it. But for the most part, it takes 5-7 hours just to get to the top. At 11:30pm I invited my cousin Scott just because I thought he would have a good time. It's amazing how the spirit of spontaneity spreads, he got his things ready and was over in 30 minutes.
I won't go into to much detail, but for the first hour and a half, we decided to do a 7 mile warm-up. Meaning we got lost. When we realized we had gotten on the wrong trail, we were 3.5 miles in and had to back track. We jogged back. I was just grateful that physically I was able to somewhat keep up. After our nice little warm-up, now we were ready for the real hike. And it was awesome. (this is Caleb putting in my two cents: it was awesome, but for some stretches of trail awesome needs to be interpreted very liberally. Kind of like when we told some hikers we past on our way down who still have about 4 hours left to hike they were close, as long as you interpret 'close' liberally enough. It was awesome in an every step feels like it should sprain an ankle because there is no way to get level footing on loose 5 inch mini-boulders/mega-gravel kind of way. Awesome in the my back is sweating and my hands are freezing and my heart is pounding and I can't even see where I'm stepping because we don't have enough flashlights kind of way. Awesome in the one false move and my wife is a widow sort of way. Of course, it was also awesome in the hiking behind the most beautiful girl in the world (great view)-surrounded by stunning scenery (almost as good of a view)-together with family-accomplishing what most wimps only dream about-pushing my body hard-makes nuts and dried fruit taste like steak dinner on a cruise-sleep like a rock for 14 hours when you're done kind of way. Sorry, I just thought 'awesome' could use a little enumeration. Like, great overall interspersed with bits of elation and agonizing. Now back to Jessica)
We were so exhausted. Scott, Caleb, and I slept in the parking lot while waiting for Ben and Erica to come down. They had gone all the way to the very top of the summit. The rest of us opted for the saddle (which is almost the summit, minus a scary looking trail that takes you the extra bit to the top). The sun was rising by then.
Anyway, our labor day was nuts! So sunday night, we were at a Floyd cousin get together (Caleb's relatives). We drove with Ben (Caleb's brother) and Erica (Caleb's cousin). Later that night we found out Ben and Erica were planning to hike Mt. Timpanogas for their labor day festivities. Coincidentally, Caleb and I were planning on doing the same thing. We originally were planning a sunrise hike, but since we had our cousin reunion party, we thought it would be smarter to get a full night's rest before the big hike.
We're smart people, but not smart enough to resist spontaneity.
After the cousin party, we go back to Ben's place to look up directions and confirm the time of when to meet together. After getting all excited about this amazing hike, we decided out of spontaneity to meet back at Ben's place in an hour. It was 11pm. And so it was decided, we were going to do our sunrise hike.
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| at the trailhead before we begin L to R: Scott, me, Caleb, Erica, Ben |
I won't go into to much detail, but for the first hour and a half, we decided to do a 7 mile warm-up. Meaning we got lost. When we realized we had gotten on the wrong trail, we were 3.5 miles in and had to back track. We jogged back. I was just grateful that physically I was able to somewhat keep up. After our nice little warm-up, now we were ready for the real hike. And it was awesome. (this is Caleb putting in my two cents: it was awesome, but for some stretches of trail awesome needs to be interpreted very liberally. Kind of like when we told some hikers we past on our way down who still have about 4 hours left to hike they were close, as long as you interpret 'close' liberally enough. It was awesome in an every step feels like it should sprain an ankle because there is no way to get level footing on loose 5 inch mini-boulders/mega-gravel kind of way. Awesome in the my back is sweating and my hands are freezing and my heart is pounding and I can't even see where I'm stepping because we don't have enough flashlights kind of way. Awesome in the one false move and my wife is a widow sort of way. Of course, it was also awesome in the hiking behind the most beautiful girl in the world (great view)-surrounded by stunning scenery (almost as good of a view)-together with family-accomplishing what most wimps only dream about-pushing my body hard-makes nuts and dried fruit taste like steak dinner on a cruise-sleep like a rock for 14 hours when you're done kind of way. Sorry, I just thought 'awesome' could use a little enumeration. Like, great overall interspersed with bits of elation and agonizing. Now back to Jessica)
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| the sun hadn't risen yet |
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| Scott and I both take a little nap right after seeing the sunrise (it was only like ten minutes) |
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| mountain goats? We saw these on the way back down. |
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| More napping. Waiting for Ben and Erica to come down. |
Not only were we exhausted, but also super hungry. Scott, Caleb, and I went out for all you can eat sushi at Wild Ginger on University Avenue. I don't think the amount of sushi we ate even made up for all the calories we burned, but we sure stuffed ourselves. It was super good.
We hiked the Aspen Grove trail which was a total of 13.8 miles (almost a mile elevation gain), plus our lovely 7 mile warm-up, gives us a grand total of 20.8 miles. Good job guys. Now I'm going to take a nap and hopefully my body will be nice to me after I wake up. Hope you all enjoyed reading about this adventure. It was fun, but I don't think we'll be doing it again any time soon. We're not as young as we used to be :)
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