Stewart Falls

Jared and I have been wanting to hike Stewart Falls for a while now. The hike rated "easy" according to some website which is right up my alley. It's a beautiful hike and you end up at a waterfall. I'm glad we did it and we now want to look for other fun hikes in Utah.

Anniversary

Jared and I planned to celebrate our anniversary down in Las Vegas. It turned out that we weren't able to book our hotel until the middle of August so I figured we would just celebrate our special day late. Well Jared had other plans. He surprised me and booked a night up in Park City. I forgot how gorgeous that place is. We left Provo after church on Sunday and made our way up to Park City so we could spend the afternoon and evening up there. Here is our anniversary in pictures:

The trip started off with me waking up to some gorgeous roses and peanut M&M's.

Our hotel had an awesome jet tub...Mama Tate you would have LOVED it..

 

We walked up main street and got us some yummy pizza

 On the day of our actual anniversary we went on the alpine slide...so fun! I beat Jared down the slide and he also ran over a rat while on the slide.

And throughout the weekend we took awesome pictures of ourselves...

I can't believe it's already been one year that I've been married to this stud muffin....

He's the best thing that has ever happened to me. He's so hot. And I'm still going to think so even when we're old and wrinkly....here's to one year down and an eternity left to go!

Mexico

About a month ago, Jared and I went to Rocky Point with his whole family. Talk about a blast...Lots of lounging in my swim suit, swimming, beach, banana boat, wave runners, and shopping downtown.

The boys had an obsession with mustaches so Daddy Tate got us all some. It's crazy how real Dallas's looks. It was such a fun trip and a much needed vacation. I'm already excited for next year!

Today I Learned...

I read my friend, Carlie's blog the other day and she did a post about the things she learned one day. I was really inspired by it so I'm copying it. Copying is a sign of admiration...take it as a compliment Carlie.

Today I learned...

• That I really hate the song "Skyscraper" by Demi Lovato and I am so sick of hearing "Call me Maybe" on the radio, Pandora, and in my head.
• Use sunscreen on your face. Otherwise your nose, forehead, and cheeks will peel for literally a week straight from a bad sunburn in Mexico.
• After doing 60 buildings in AutoCad in one day at work, I never want to look at another map again.
• A lot of people have a different work ethic than I do. I'm not saying mine is worse or any better...just different.
• It is completely possible to be genuinely giddy and happy because of someone else's happiness.
• There is a reason I procrastinated taking my American Heritage class for 4 years...It is horrifically boring. I couldn't get past the second page of the book.
• The only people I text or receive texts from are my co-workers, family, or primary presidency...I'm cool.
• Love is the center of everything. There is no point to life if you can't love

Moustache

I MOUSTACHE YOU A QUESTION...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUT I'M SHAVING IT FOR LATER... 

 

 

 

Summer Travels

Big time plans for this Summer...Very Excited!

Mexico: June 15-19
Anniversary: July 2 (not sure what we're doing on the actual day)
July 14: Family Reunion
July 27-29: Funky Bell Reunion
Aug 3: Arizona for friends wedding
Aug 10-12: Vegas to celebrate 1 year anniversary

Talk about a busy summer and lots and lots of pictures!

The Joys of Sunbeams

As many of you know I got called to be the new primary president in my ward about a month ago. It has been a very stressful, challenging, exhausting, but totally rewarding experience. I have learned so much the past few weeks. I feel like each Sunday in Primary, it gets better and better. The first Sunday the kids were EXTREMELY rowdy. So, the second week we taught them about reverence and I began to pick up on the little quirks that some of the kids have...some of them being good quirks and some of them not so good. So the third week, being this past Sunday, went really well. They were much quieter but those little quirks shined through even more. Just to give a little example...our sweet sunbeams who I have come to love because I was their teacher, try so hard to be reverent. Some of them do a great job and others, not so much. One girl in particular who is probably the cutest of the bunch just has a hard time sitting still, staying quiet, or in fact just staying in her chair. She loves to get up and stand by the teacher, loves to sit on the ground, loves to lay on the ground, loves to talk. She will be anything but reverent. Every week I have stuck to my guns and have always made her go back to her chair. As the weeks go on, it is less frequent that she gets out of her chair. However, yesterday she was doing the same thing. She kept looking at me every time she started to slide out of her chair just to see what I would do. My counselors and I did what we always do and told her to sit back down. This apparently hurt her feelings and she wanted us to know it. That little girl's parents better watch out. She's good. The poor girl made herself cry. No, not because she was actually really sad. But she stared at the ceiling light for minutes on end, tried not to blink until she got one solitary tear that started to drop down her face. As soon as that tear fell, she looked directly at my counselors and I to try and show us how much we hurt her feelings. I couldn't help it anymore and busted up laughing. Who knew 3 year old's could be so dang smart. I am really learning to love my calling and I'm starting to realize that it is all about loving the kids. And I have to admit that I am somewhat grateful for the little rowdy kids. Primary would be extremely boring if every child was completely reverent.