Tagged

So, I've been tagged a ton of times and have just kind of been ignoring them...ooops ;) I figure it's about time to just get it over with.

This is a cool format from Tiffany's blog.
20 years ago...I was in between kindergarten and first grade. The only thing I'm remembering about first grade right now was celebrating my half birthday at school. I have a summer birthday. So in Mrs. Ehlers class we would celebrate half birthdays to make sure everyone had a turn.
10 years ago...I was going into my junior year of high school and getting my drivers license. I hated high school dances at this point because both my older brothers were in high school too. Any boy who tried to dance with me got the stink eye from them. It was nice to have someone to watch out for me, but protective big brothers didn't help the dance scene.
5 years ago...I was a newly wed of five months. Justin and I were both working and going to school full-time. We spent most of this summer traveling. San Fransisco, Mesa Verde, Great Basin and Yosemite were just a few places we explored.
1 year ago...We had just moved to Grand Junction. We had a crazy spring. We had a baby, graduated law school, I quit working and we moved to a new city all within two months, YIKES! I can't believe it's been a year.
1 month ago...I was excited for summer to arrive. We had weather in the mid 80's. It was nice to get out and shake off the winter blues.
1 week ago...I had my last cub scout den meeting. I'm the den assistant for our ward. We combine wolves and bears which gives us twelve boys. I love the energy the scouts have and love planing activities for them, but I'm really excited to have the summer off.
1 day ago...I had a day at home to hang out with Isaac. There are days when I just crave getting out of the house, but yesterday wasn't one of them. We stayed in and played all day. We made chicken pot pie for diner. 'We' means Isaac and I. He loves to pull all the pots and pans out of the cupboard while I cook. He had an extra thrill yesterday because I spilled a bag of frozen peas and he got some food to cook with too.
1 hour ago...I was excited to see Justin finally come home for the night (8:30 p.m) He had a bar association meeting. Isaac and I are really lucky, Justin NEVER works late or on weekends. We love having Dad home to play with at night.
Tomorrow...I'm going to the doctor for my 24 week check up. I'm a little nervous to see what my weight gain has been. I'm definitely showing!

I won't tag anyone specifically. But, feel free to use this format, it's kind of fun.

Moab

We spent last weekend camping on the shore of the Colorado river outside of Moab (about an hour and a half away). We were with a group of about 10 families. It was a little too hot for Diana and her baby bump in the afternoon ... so while I ran the river, they snuck into Moab for ice cream. We really enjoyed all of the screaming kids and the folk music around the campfire. It was a beautiful weekend in canyon country and fun to meet such a great group of people.

Zions National Park

We spent last weekend (Thurs. - Sunday) with the Sorensons and the Polls in Zions National Park -- the mamas in both families are Justin's cousins. Between the three families, there were 7 kids. That's right, 7 kids, for 4 days, three nights.

We stayed in the group campsites within the park. The kids ran, played in the dirt, and ran some more. We did all of those things that make camping great --we hiked in the park, had a campfire, and made smores.

Here were the highlights of the trip for us:

- watching Brad hike mile after mile on crutches (he sprained his ankle the morning they left)
- watching a rattlesnake and squirrel fight to the death on the Riverwalk trail (guess who won)
- eating ice cream on the lawn in front on the Zion lodge
- guys only hike up to Observation Point
- watching the kids chase wild turkeys
- IJ giggling at 3 a.m.
- Derrick (3 yr. old) pointing to a squirrel and saying "bad kitty"

A Year Already?

It has been a year since we graduated and moved to Colorado. How the time flies! We thought it would be fun to list what we miss and what we don't miss from our time in lawschool.

Missin':

Our friends, Starr Street, walking to school, classes, frisbee golf, jazz in June, small towns, summer/winter vacations, Omaha used book stores, the Joslyn, Ivana Cone, UNL Dairy Store, Valentino's pizza buffet on Wed. night, Sunday BBQ's, bass fishing, eating lunch together in the rose garden, Chamberlains, Helgesons, Wiedrichs(pronounced Why-dricks), Stotts, April Conaway, croquet with our Turkish neighbors, game days when everyone in town wears red, guest speakers, farmer's markets, Des Moines river walk, A Dong, walking to work and school together (in Des Moines), beating Eric in Settlers of Catan, Ethan screaming "RAR" through the family housing vents, and university libraries.

Not missin':

Poverty, black squirrels, working (Diana), traveling 11 hours home, student loans, Prof. Kirst, Sean Conaway, job hunting, humidity, final exams, and running into Ted Kooser around town.

Did we miss anything?