First Adventure On New Four Wheeler

Yesterday Landon and I had the day off together, FINALLY! Our schedules have been opposite this whole month! So, since we only had yesterday to get out and enjoy some time together we thought no better way than to take out the new four wheeler on a ride. We packed up the Escape' (like Dorey says it on Finding Nemo lol) and the trailer and headed out. Since we weren't going to be able to stay over night somewhere we decided to keep it close. We went to a nonexistant town called Delle. I say nonexistant, but it might as well be. I think the only thing it consists of is one gas station. On our way out there we had a little accident. One of the wheel covers on the trailer snapped off and flew on the side of the highway. That was mishap number one. Once we got out there we had a great time. The weather was perfect. It was a little overcast so it wasn't so scorching hot and there were only about 6 other people there. I have never really rode four wheelers on open land like that. I have always grown up riding on 4x4's in the mountains. This was a nice change. There were some fun hills we played on and then we went out to some open ground and raced each other. We wanted to test the four wheeler to see how it matched up to Landon's dirt bike. I tell ya what, it is VERY quick! It stayed pretty close to him. After me winning nearly every race ;-) we headed back to the car to head out. We stopped at a gas station to clean off the bikes then went to visit Landon's dad and step mom since Delle is so close to them. As we were on our way to their house, after washing the bikes off, we had our second mishap. As we were just going into Landon's dad's neighborhood Landon's dirt bike flew off the trailer. We think it was a combination of the wetness from the wash down and some tie downs we had bought from Walmart. The bike was still hanging on by two of our good tie downs by the time we saw it dragging. It was dragging for a total of about 5-10 seconds, so not too long thank goodness. Luckily enough there wasn't anything broken on the dirt bike. It has a few scratches on the plastics, seat and handle bars, but there's no serious damage. Needless to say, we were frightened to make the journey home after that. Landon went and bought some more of the better tie downs we had gotten from Steadman's and triple strapped them both down. The dirt bike was tied down so tight it looked about 2 feet shorter than it normally was. Beside my extreme anxiety, we made it home okay. So, one fun first day of riding with some very interesting turns along the way. We hope that our next riding trip won't consist of any of those intersting turns. We got some fun pics, but I will have to put them up later.

Happy Easter!

Easter was here and gone so fast this year. Landon spent the entire Easter weekend with bronchitus. No fun. He stayed home and slept all through Easter Day while I went to his sister's for dinner. We had some scrumchious ham, salad, funeral potatoes, Deb's famous pretzel salad, rolls, and angel food cake for dessert. Thanks Steve and Heather for hosting! :-)

Just Another Day in Paradise

Have you ever had one of those days that you thought to yourself "wow, I am so blessed". Today was one of those days. Nothing super big or special happened. I just felt overwhelmed with happiness realizing all the blessings that I have in my life.

Landon and I both had the day off today, which in the near future won't be as often on Sundays. We both got to sleep in this morning, wake up to a beautifully sunny day and watch conference together. I couldn't help but feel the spirit during this conference. All those men are so close to our Heavenly Father. They all always have such inspiring things to share with us that I hold in my heart. Still being so new to the Gospel I try to soak in all their knowledge they have to share. It's crazy to think that it's already been almost 4 years since the first time I not only watched conference, but attended a live session at the Conference Center. An even crazier thing to think about is how far I have come since those far away four years that have passed. In the same year that I had made my life altering decision to bring the Gospel in my life, I met the man I would marry the next year to come in the house of the Lord. In between sessions today we watched a special they had on for the dedication of the Draper Temple. It's in fathomable to think of all the time and effort that goes into each of our temples. Each room has such equisite detail. The feeling you have while in the temple is indescribable. There is no beauty as powerful as a Celestial room in our temples.

After watching the 179th General Conference we made a scrumchious dinner. We took advantage of the sunny weather and barbequed some steaks. After eating we watched one of our new fav flicks, Marley and Me. Being parents to our own lab we could relate to a lot of the things they went through. Watching that movie is like seeing us ten years down the road....married (done), buy a house (done), get a puppy (done), have three kids (that's the plan), possibly move around depending on Landon's jobs, and enjoying the family life. For those of you who haven't seen the movie I won't ruin the ending for you. All I will say is that I soiled my pillow with streaming tears. Landon even let a few drop. We have a soft spot when it comes to love for dogs. :-) Mia has been the closest thing to a daughter for us. We don't feel like we are waiting to start a family. With her we feel like we've already started ours. Eventually she'll have to share her territory with some little ones, which I'm sure she'll welcome with lots of slobbery kisses. :-)

Putting an end to our day in paradise we are going to get in some good cuddling, read a little and hit the sack. Guess we better get to it!