this and that

My mom and sisters have been in town, so we've been treated to fun things like visits to the Hogle Zoo and Lagoon. Plus we've had a few get togethers with family. Here's a little look at what we've been doing the past few days.

Saturday

A Lewis (my mom's side) family party at my grandparents, homemade rootbeer included.

Sunday

Jared's mom and brother came over for a birthday dinner and key lime pie.


Monday

We got up early and headed to the Zoo!







Monday night Jared and I went out for some yummy sushi at Happy Sumo... SO good!


Tuesday

Off to Lagoon!











Friday we are off to New Mexico for some more time with my family and a little camping thrown in. Hopefully I'll get a little blogging done while I'm there, but if not, see ya when we get back!

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY!!!

To my devastatingly handsome and superbly kind husband,

Happy 30th Birthday, dearest! I know it's hard to believe you actually have a 3 to start your age now, but you still look 25! I guess that's why you had to marry someone 5.5 years younger than you! And while we're on the subject, I will take this opportunity to wish myself a Happy Half Birthday! Six more months of 24! But getting back to you, I'm so happy that we are together for your 30th birthday! And I'm so happy that it was one year ago today that we spoke for the first time. And even happier that we've spoken everyday since then. What a year it has been!

Remember our first kiss (and all subsequent ones)? I really like kissing you.


Remember all the fabulous meals you've cooked me? Yum!


Remember when you came to New Mexico for Thanksgiving and gave me this and this? Thanks for that. :-)


Remember when we drove across the country together? That was long!


Remember when we moved all your many books into our new apartment? You have a lot of books!

And remember when we painted your house? I'm excited for the time when we paint a house we actually live in.



Remember Thursday night TV watching Smallville and Grey's Anatomy? I'm glad I got you to like Grey's nearly as much as me. Sorry I will never like Smallville as much as you do.

And remember when we got all dressed up and became man and wife? What a beautiful day that was!


Remember all the fun lunches we had while I worked at the Dental School? I'm so glad I got to see you during the day.

Remember flying to Utah together to spend the summer here with the kiddies? It has been quite the adventure so far.


Thank you for these and many, many more memories over the past year! It makes me so happy that we can make each other the happiest we've ever been. I'm excited for the next year and the next 50 and forever after that. I love who I am with you and who we are becoming together. I love every day and every minute we are together.

Thank you for your patience and kindness and loving service. Thank you for cooking yummy meals and doing dishes. Thank you for your hugs and your kisses and your compliments. Thank you for taking care of me. Thank you for changing my life.

I love you more, Jared.

Happy Birthday!

your love,

Katrina

finally!

I now have Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in my hand!!! I'm only a week behind the rest of the world. Here's to a night with little sleep! Luckily my mom brought two copies with her so Jared and I won't have to fight over the book. Long live Harry!

P.S.... We saw the 5th movie today too... quite good!

pioneer day!

Here in Utah, July 24th is, to some, a bigger deal than the 4th of July. July 24th is the day we celebrate the pioneers arrival into Utah back in 1847. Salt Lake City has a big parade and a rodeo. There are even fireworks. But we just celebrated with a little hike near one of the parks up Provo Canyon. And then we got a little crazy with some sparklers. Here are a few photos. If you would like to see more click here.

First let me set the scene:

Not too shabby, huh? Utah mountains really are gorgeous.

And here is one of my little "pioneers":

And here is another one:

Aren't those braids adorable?

Here they are together looking really happy:

And here's our other little pioneer, except not so dressed up and holding a stranger's puppy:

Flower pickin' fools:

Another scenic shot:

Enjoying the great outdoors.

It rained on the walk back... here we are a bit wet.


Back at the cinder-block palace... we had some good ole fashioned fun with sparklers.

And I'm spent.

i sure like this girl

Last night Grace asked me, "Do you have any kids?"

And thinking she was being sort of silly, because of course if I did she would know by now, I answered, "No."

"Yes, you do! We're your kids! You do have kids!"

I smiled and hugged her and said, "Oh yes of course! You are my kids!"

I was touched.

Then we talked about how many more I should have, which fluctuated somewhere between 2 and 100. I'm thinking it will be closer to 2.