Finshed Project

Remember the side table we were re-doing? We were finally able to take it down to my dad's shop to Spray it burn-out black. We took a lot of pictures when we doing it but for some reason I got them all messed up so we just have a picture of it finished. It was a lot of fun and we learned some new things about woodwork. Burke made a great find!! Thanks Dad for helping us finish it!

What I Love

I love when Burke gets excited about things. I am not sure what kind of tree it is but it has these certain leaves on them that Burke calls "Helicopter leaves. " The wind was slightly blowing when I came home from work... Burke went to go get the mail and ran into get me to show me all the "Helicopter leaves" flying everywhere. It felt like some kind of movie....kind of like the movie "Twister" when all of those metal things flew out of the truck. Anywho, that is just one of God's little toys that Burke has pointed out to me since we have been married.

I love that the weather is warming up in Provo. It has been in the high eighties lately and we have totally taken advantage. Saturday was a blast. We both didn't have work of school work to do so we loaded the whole day of things together! We figured that we should start getting in shape for our trek so we hiked the "Y" ( you don't really live in Provo until you have done it)... and realized that we have some work to do :)!
After hiking we decided that it would be a great day to paint this door that we are turning into a picture frame. It was fun to pick out the color and finally get it finished...i will have to post it again when we get it all finished (with pictures inside). This was Burke's idea and I just love it!!!
Also, I am a little short for our apartment and can never reach the top shelfs. Burke was so thoughtful to pick out this stool for me so I don't have to climb up on our counter tops when he isn't home...it works perfectly.For the end of the night Burke surprised me with movie tickets to the movie "Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian!" It was really really good. I would recommend it to anyone...I even liked it more than the first one!! We had a great day and only wish that we could have more like this with out school and work....Burke's uncle reminded us that days like this are important (never forget to take time to spend together) because "life is the moment that you're in."

Summer Projects

Now that we are finished with Winter Semester, we have a little more time on our hands. Burke is always thinking of creative things that we could make or do with old furniture...so we have a few projects to work on this summer. The one we are working on right now is a side-table. Burke went to DI one day and found this table for a great price so he bought is. I was a little skeptical because I didn't get to see it until he brought it home, but I loved it and we started on it right away.
We didn't like the current color so we stripped it and sanded it (yup right outside our little apartment...I am sure our neighbors are so sick of us). Now we are ready to paint as soon as we can decide on a color. The current handles are going to be replaced as well. We are having a lot of fun working on this together and it will be fun to see the finished project!!

Ma and Pa

We recently got called to be a Ma and Pa for the Stake Youth Conference Trek in July. Burke has been on one trek and I have never been so we are really excited to be able to serve and be with the youth. We are going up to Martin's Cove which will make it even more significant since that is where everything really did happen. We definitely need to brush up on our Pioneer history and learn about all the details before we go. I didn't realize what we were really getting ourselves into until we went to our first meeting. We are going right in the middle of rattle snake season (they did not inform us of that when we accepted haha)!!! We are looking forward to this experience and very happy that we get to do it together. It does feel crazy that we are going as leaders because we are only a few years older than some of the youth and one of the youngest couples going. However, I know it is going to be a great experience and I hope that we will be able to teach the youth as much as I am sure we will learn from them!!

We Can Hardly Wait

School is finally coming to an end. By tomorrow morning we will both be finished with finals and definitely ready for a break. I have to start school again next Tuesday and Burke will be starting a new job...so until then we are heading to St. George on Friday to enjoy time with our families and the warm weather! We can hardly wait!!

"Livin' the Dream"

When someone asks Burke "How he is doing," He sarcastically responds with, "oh ya know, just livin' the dream!" Well last week we actually did "live the dream!" However, the dream did not actually come until we reached Culebra (the island where we were going to camp). Going to Puerto Rice was quite the experience with a 9 1/2 hour layover in the Atlanta Georgia airport in the middle of the night. We were so excited to finally make it to San Juan to meet the rest of the family. After everyone was together we found out that the high winds was causing the ferry to be down for awhile. We were kind of disappointed to find out the ferry was not running and had to make alternate plans for the night....long story....but we finally all pitched in and decided to take a flight to Culebra from San Juan the next morning. The flight turned out to be a great time and something that won't be forgotten. It was a really tiny plane that only fit the eight of us and the flight was a little rocky but we finally made it. The adventure was not quite over yet. Because it was so early in the morning, the taxis were not running yet....so we started to walk to the beach. It wasn't long before a van stopped and picked up a few of us and all the luggage. Once we got to the camp site, we set up our tents and got right in our swimming suits to enjoy the wonderful view of the Caribbean.We snorkeled a lot while we were there and we got huge sunburns on the back of our legs...Burke even got stung by a jelly fish!We all got together and made a snake (Culebra means snake). It was a blast. Burke also found huge shells. We did not have room to bring them home, but I kind of wish we figured out a way! He is also very creative and made a mat out of palm tree leaves, a necklace for me, and a couple of bracelets.
The trip was a blast and even though we had to come back to school and work it was well worth it and the memories with family will last longer than our grades :).

Sad to say but we are back

We just got back a few days ago from our trip to Puerto Rico. I have been dying to get some pictures up and post about the fun times we had but coming back to a hectic life of work and school (not to mention finals) has not permitted me to do so. My computer is also slowly crashing so I have to wait until Burke's computer is free....I should be able to get to it Sometime this week! On the bright side, the trip was amazing and something I would definitely do again. Waking up to the sounds of the ocean and the gorgeous view is something everyone should experience sometime in their life. So keep in touch and pictures are soon to come!
For now...to give you an idea of how amazing it was...here is the beach where we camped at for a week!