Hole-in-the-Rock

One evening Rick and I headed over to Papago Park in plans to meet up with Karen and Holly. Rick and I got there ahead of schedule and decided to climb on top and look down through the smaller hole. I always love to take people to Hole-in-the-Rock who haven’t spent much time in the desert or have never been to Arizona. I think this was Rick and Karen’s first time.

I remember going up here all of the time when we were little. It brings back memories of spending time with the Mineer’s.

It was a great night to take some desert photography and just enjoy the scenery.

Famous Person Siting

So we're sitting in sacrament meeting listening to the same ol' sacrament talks minding our own sacrament business. When the meeting gets over, there's a little fuss from the ladies sitting in front of us who had done a musical number earlier in the meeting. So I look around to see what they're talking about and I see this dude, on the other side of the room who looks a lot like David Archuleta...the real winner of American Idol, so I take a second gander and ask Julie: "is that David Archuleta?" So she looks up and says "yep"...a confirmation of the famous person siting.

Apparently the top 10 finalists have to go on tour or something and they started here in Glendale, AZ. So he and his dad were in our sacrament meeting. All the girls tried to attack him afterwards (even the bishop's wife) but he slipped out the back pretty quick. So anyway...we're pretty much famous too.
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Missouri/Ohio Trip

As some of you may know, Julie and I took a little trip out to Ohio to go to a wedding of one of Julie's friends. On our way there we stopped in St. Louis to visit Dave and Patrice and their little family. Patrice and the girls picked us up from the airport and we headed straight for the arch.

Let me tell you something, I don't think all of you quite know how funny little Meghan can be, but she is hilarious.

She is very shy and quiet when she's around a big group, but man can she talk...and she made us laugh so much! We had a great time at their house, which is very nice, Patrice has done a great job renovating.



While we were in Missouri we went to Carthage and Nauvoo. It was humbling to be in such holy places and see where Joseph and other saints went through so much.

After that we headed to Ohio. We stayed with one of Julie's old roomates and her husband, Ciera and Dan Dickson. They were kind enough to show us around a bit and even take us to the official home of the Ohio State Buckeyes. Which also happens to be where Elliott & Ashley met.

Elliott and Ashley's wedding was held in a beautiful cathedral

and the ceremony was beautiful as well.

And it was fun for Julie to see some old high school friends.

After the wedding and a visit with the Dickson's we went to Kirtland. Again it was awe inspiring to stand in two places where it is known that Christ appeared to Joseph.

It was a good time and very educational. We were very glad to have made the trip and hope that if you haven't had the chance to see those historical sites, that someday you will...it's awesome.
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Our Honeymoon

Yes, we've been married for a month and a half and have yet to tell you all what our honeymoon was like, but better late than never right? First off let me tell you it was awesome. We went to Maui (my first visit to Hawaii, but Julie's fifth...second to Maui) and we were there for five days.

We spent a lot of time at the beach.

We actually got to see white sand, red sand, gray sand, and black

sand beaches while we were on the island.

And we saw lots of cool trees.

And we did mucho snorkeling.

We even took a special snorkeling tour to a sunken crator

called Molokini where we saw really big, creepy looking eels.

And we did the...













road to...

Hana!...B.E.A. utiful

We saw lots of waterfalls and beautiful scenery on the road to Hana. We also hiked through a bamboo forest and stopped at the black, red, and gray sand beaches mentioned. The tree that looks like it is spray painted green and orange is from the "Painted Forest" along the Road to Hana. We really thought those trees were amazing! Mother Nature is one colorful lady!

All in all a spectacular trip. We had a wonderful time and were so glad to have gone. It was a great start to a great marriage.
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Get off our backs already

So we did it...we gave into your peer pressure. And now you're going to regret us starting a blog because:

1. your's are going to look like crap compared to ours and
2. most likely you'll all become addicted and lose your jobs/families because of this unhealthy obsession.

Our apologies, but all we're doing is giving you what you asked for.
We say good day!