Raising the Barn

Yesterday I had my first experience of

Barn Raising.
Does anyone know what

Barn raising is?

It's where friends or family

come together to construct

a barn.

It is very intricate and detailed work.
Something that

cannot be done alone.

Yesterday Tyler and I were able

to help his parents

finsih building their barn.

His parents
are such great people and are working
so hard to capture their

dreams.

We felt so grateful to
be invloved in their Lives and in
their vision of
the future.

Mission Call

This past week my little brother Scott got his mission call. He is going to be serving in Tampico, Mexico (yes like the orange juice) and leaves January 13th. We are so excited for him to be able to go on a mission and be able to spread the gospel to the people of mexico. We will miss him so much but are so excited for him to serve. Congrats scottie!

our garden

Our Garden

This summer Tyler and I planted our first garden. It was a lot of work but well worth it! We are still eating our crops today! We planted corn, strawberries, green beans, zuccini, carrots, tomatoes and peppers. It was so fun to watch it grow.

This is our first strawberry we picked



Mr. Gardener




Our corn... Now it is 8 ft tall.. It's HUGE!

Golfing

I already wrote about our day golfing. Here are some pictures from that day! It was so much fun!

Our honeymoon

Our Honeymoon

I finally have a camera cord so I can finally blog again!! Here are some pictures from our honeymoon. It was SO much fun! We went to Mexico and stayed in an all inclusive resort. We played on the beach a lot, saw some ruins, went snorkeling and enjoyed being able to relax with no worries! It was wonderful. Tyler did get sick one day from the food which was no fun but he was better within 24 hours ( we never went to the restraunt again where he got sick)! It was an adventure that we will always remember.

This was just hanging out on the beach after we went catamaraning.

The resort was wonderful but the food was not so good except for at this Mexican restaurant. We ate here everyday for lunch and a couple of nights for dinner. I think we were the only couple who ate lunch at the restraunt but the food wasn't very good at any other lunch places!




This is our AWESOME tour guide Benjamin! He kept us laughing all day long with his jokes. He was also Mayan and knew alot about the Mayan ruins that we visited which made our tour very interesting. He made our trip extra fun.



We almost turned Mexican....

At the Italian restraunt for dinner. The restraunt was so pretty - it overlooked the beach and ocean.

So one day we went on a walk after dinner and found this in the bushes by our hotel. It was so crazy to find it in the middle of no where.



This still makes me laugh! We came back to our hotel room one day and the maids had left his on our bed with extra waterbottles. I guess they really liked us for some odd reason.

The Mayan Ruins




More ruins..

Tyler at the ruins- lookin' good!

Camera Cords!

I can't find my camera cord to put my pictures on the computer.. But don't worry if I don't find it soon we might buy a new one! So I will put my golfing pictures up soon as well as our garden pictures!

Golfing

This past week Tyler took me golfing for my first time!! I was so excited to go. He wanted me to have the "full golf experience" so we ate lunch at the golf house first. The food was SOOO good. We played at a place off of foothill but I don't remember the name of it. We had such a blast that day golfing! It was a blast driving around in the golf cart and playing. Tyler did so good! He got two birdies that day!! It was so fun to go on a date together and do something active together. I am now a big fan of golf! In fact I liked it so much that we went again later that week with my little bro and his girlfriend at eaglewood.

Our experience at eaglewood was a little different than my first time golfing. We didn't start golfing until about 7:00 that night so it was already getting a little dark and a little cold. Then to our surprise the sprinklers turned on right where we were golfing! The whole night we were trying to dodge the sprinklers while we golfed. One time my little brother was about to swing and right as he lifted his club a sprinkle turned on and shot right at him. It was so funny watching him jump so fast!! Tyler did great again and got another birdie! We played best ball and I was on his team so I guess you could say I got my first biride too! Thanks Ty!! We had a blast golfing together! Thanks SCOTT AND SARA for being such great sports and golfing with us!! We love you guys!!