I love to see the temple!

I went to the temple this morning. Oh, how I love the temple! I went with a head full of questions. I didn't get every single answer that I wanted, but I definitely gained peace and a calm heart. Now I feel like I can answer those other questions. Seriously, who does not love the temple? I've been boosted for weeks!

mowing the lawn

Well, we are so excited that summer is finally here! Some of you may have noticed that we are slow to catch up to it. Specifically, we need to mow the lawn. First, I would like to thank our neighbors. We have a small patch of grass that we share. Occasionally, or always, we are the second to mow our half of that patch. And you have never complained. Never! Not once! At least not to our faces. And we appreciate it. The only sign you give that you noticed we haven't mowed our half, is to go ahead and mow it for us. Thank you for dealing us a large slice of "get off your butt and mow your lawn" pie. It may sound like I am outraged by this, or that it annoys me. But really, I thank you. Do you think you could do the back?

30 Things About Our Family

Here are 30 things that you may, or may not, need to know about our family.


1. We love to go bird watching.
2. We love our cat, Porkchop.
3. Porkchop has a dog costume. Oh yeah, and a clown wig.
4. We bought our house in August 2005, and we love it!
5. We drive a Passat.
6. But Jake's dream car is a 78 Corvette, black, T-top.
7. I just want a car that is pretty and gets me where I want to go.
8. We don't have kids.
9. But we have enough toys and kids books for three kids. Hmm!
10. I love double stuf OREOS.
11. Jake loves sharks and dinosaurs.
12. We both got new bikes for our birthdays last year.
13. It rained the day we got married, so we took our temple pics the next weekend.
14. I wish we had beautiful gardens all around our house.
15. We don't have the internet.
16. We use Jake's blackberry
17. I call it his blueberry.
18. I am nauseatingly scared of fire and tornadoes.
19. Jake is scared of nothing.
20. We watch the birds out our windows and then look them up in books and read about them.
21. Porkchop wakes me up at around 4 AM every morning for breakfast, he dosn't go away till I do.
22. I wish I could run a marathon, and I wish I was motivated.
23. Jake and I cook most our dinners together.
24. I hate politics.
25. We have a season pass to Yellowstone/Teton Parks.
26. We have a pass to Tautphaus Park zoo,too
27. Jake plays the saxaphone and is learning to play the guitar.
28. I play the piano and violin.
29. Jake love his proffession so much (not his job), he does it at night when he gets home.
30. We are never going to move again.