Year in Review: 2008

We are not the most active bloggers. Also, we've done a lot of fun things that we haven't shared. So, here is our fun memories and adventures of 2008:

January: To continue the romance of a newly married couple, we took a weekend get-away to the Anniversary Inn in Salt Lake City. Photos unavailable.

April: For a make-shift spring break, we took a trip to Arizona! This was Becca's first trip to the desert state. Our highlights were visiting and staying with Greg's brother's and sister's families.


We went bowling

Played some ping pong

and went to the Grand Canyon!!!

To finish off the month, we participated in a MS Walk on behalf of Greg's mom who has perserved the affliction incredibly well.

June: Greg took an internship up in Salt Lake and we moved up there for the summer! We were going to move from our apartment regardless of moving up to Salt Lake or not, so we decided to moved up there for an enjoyable summer.

Our small, cozy place...

Later in the month, for a weekend get-away, we stayed in a small bed and breakfast in Sterling, UT. Ever heard of Sterling?? Niether have we. The closest "big" city was Ephraim. Yeah, big city living.

July: Once again, we had the pleasure of going to Lake Powell with Becca's family and neighbors. What a great vacation to be able to lay around in the sun and water ALL week! Swim, eat, and sleep. Fun trip.

Later that month, we took a trip to Yellowstone National Park. We saw plenty of bison, moose, deer, a coyote, bald eagle, and a baby bear! This was our first camping trip together! It was real cold even though it was the middle of the summer.

Yellowstone is gorgeous!!

We forgot proper cooking utensils to make pancakes. This is our PANCAKE breakfast! Pancake Mush we call it.

Beautiful colors

October: One year anniversary! To celebrate, we took a trip to our nation's capital. Granted, DC is not the most romantic of get-aways, but it was a great learning experience.

Visiting the white house

Eating our wedding cake: one year later

Decemeber: To cap off the year, we spent Christmas in Michigan with some of Greg's family. We went to a Pistons game in Detroit!!! Also, played a lot of fun games, ate a lot of food, and most importantly, had a lot of quality time with family.

Year in Review: 2007

We are not the most active bloggers. Also, we've done a lot of fun things that we haven't shared. So, here is our fun memories and adventures of 2007:

January: On Christmas day 2006, Greg "broke" his ankle playing basketball with new basketball shoes that he got for x-mas. On Jan. 1st, 07 he moved cross country to Utah driving with his one good foot, the left foot.

February: We had our first date this month (that's a different story). We started seeing each other pretty much every day since our first date. Becca lived in apt. #306 and Greg in #307. How cute......




June: Our first real trip together! We spent the week in Lake Powell with Becca's family and neighbors on a house boat. Gorgeous vacation spot.

July: After vacationing with Becca's family, we vacationed with Greg's family in Michigan. Our adventures included: a trip to the Detroit Zoo and Museum, Mackinack Island, and a local lake for the 4th of July Weekend.













October: We got married! That's when the real adventure began! We "honeymooned" for three nights in the Homestead Resort in Midway, UT and the Armstrong Mansion in Salt Lake City.






December: We had a more serious type honeymoon by vacationing to Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Our trip included tickets to see the play 'Wicked' in LA and Disneyland on Christmas day! Great way to end a great year!

New Year

A few things have happened...
1st - New Year's Eve we spent party hopping! We stopped by my parents house to open Christmas presents with them. It was fun to see the fam, and watch Colbert's Christmas with them. Then we hopped up to Salt Lake to spend the rest of the night with Greg's friend Eric Walters and his wife Tina. They are party people, and we like to hang out with them. We played some games, and ate some snacks, and Greg and I kissed as the year changed.

2nd-MLK Jr. Day we both had off. We'd had a pretty lazy weeked, and so we wanted to get out and do something. We decided to see a movie. There were so many that multiple people had told us to see, but since Chandler (our nephew) had most recently recommended Valkyrie, we went to that one. We knew going into it that it probably wouldn't be a feel good movie, but left with a really depressed feeling in our stomaches. So we went home and had lunch, and then decided we needed a happier ending to our day. Off to the movies...again! This time we decided to see Yes Man. Jim Carrey is usually good for a laugh. And we did laugh, *except for this one part*. You know how people are always saying that cliche line, and then you're not sure whether the "one part" in question ruins the movie enough that you don't want to see it? Well, the "one part" in Yes Man does ruin it. Don't see it. That was the closest I've ever been to walking out of a movie. There was a couple behind us in the theatre with their 10 year-old son between them, and while I'm staring at the stairs next to me, I couldn't help but think how horrible you would, well should feel exposing such a young boy to something like that.
One things for sure, I know when we have kids, Greg and I will be more careful about what we let into the house. Not shielding them from everything, but more careful.

3rd & final thing-Greg got an internship at a company he's interested in. It's only for two months and it isn't paid, but we're doing fine so I told him to go for it! I'm hoping that the experience will be good, and will help him decide what he wants to do. He's been really stressed lately with making the decision to either find a job or go to Grad School after he graduates. I'm trying hard to be a supportive wife and friend, but don't want to make the decision for him. I think part of the problem is that either of us would be happy if the other one was happy, but niether of us are happy about making the decision that ultimately will effect the rest of our lives. Ahh! It's stressful. But we take solace in that so many have done it before and turned out as happy as ever. We'll get through.