Many Missed Moments

We've had a lot of special moments recently, but we couldn't find the cord that connects our camera to our computer, so we havent been able to upload many pictures. I was asked to teach the photography merit badge at the Spanish Fork PowWow for the third year straight and so I started digging through all my old photography equipment and found the cord. Here are a few of our recent memories:

Katie was endowed in the Salt Lake Temple on December 30, 2008. It was another cold yet beautiful day. It was a marvelous and sacred experience to be able to go with my bride to the house of the Lord and bask in the peace of the Temple. We ate afterword at the Macaroni Grill in Salt Lake. I had never ate there before, but it was really good food.

For our wedding present, Jordan took me (I know, its not fair to Katie) pheasant hunting with some of his relatives. They bought 60 birds! We ended up only getting about half, but it was still a great day.

Cross Country Skiing!!

I've grown up on the slopes. All through high school my friends and I bought season passes to The Canyons and skiied (or snowboarded) every day we could. Every Saturday you could find us racing down Ninety-Nine 90 or stuck in some poweder. However, I had never been cross country skiing. I had always seen cross country skiiers on flat terrain on the way to and from Park City and thought, "poor guys, that must be painful." As it turns out, cross country skiing is actually a very relaxing and enjoyable sport. It's not an adrenaline rush or a competitive feat, but I had fun. It's a sport where you can talk and enjoy the company of others. I don't think it could ever take over a thrilling flash of muscle-straining kamikaze downward motion, but I enjoyed it.

We had an awesome Valentine's day!

Since it was our first Valentine's day together, we both wanted to make it a memorial one. I did the 14 days of Valentine's with a present and a flower for every day of February leading up until the 14th. The vegetable basket was the 5th day. I had a really fun poem all about veggies. It was a five stanza poem, hence the 5th day. Breakfast in bed was another day. When I was little, my dad used to cut out the middle of our toast and fry an egg in the center. I thought it might be fun to do the same for Katie. (I had to throw in a banana to make it healthy!)

We hope you enjoyed the update. Now that we can upload our pictures, we'll try to keep you updated on our many adventures!