Lyssa and Stanley's Wedding

Lyssa and Stanley were sealed on Friday July 25 in the San Diego Temple. It was really nice and it was awesome to be with the family in the temple. They had two receptions that weekend and the first one was on Thursday at the beach and the other was Saturday at her parents house. We only got a few pictures at the one at the beach. Congrats Lyssa and Stanley!!

Me and Lyssa on the beach. A beautiful Bride!

Jesse and I on the beach at sunset.

Lyssa gave all the girls skirts and coconuts. Don't we look cute!

Amanda and I sporting our sexy grass skirts and coconuts!!

The Sunset at the beach! Jesse got some good shots he was proud of!

4th of July & Family Reunion

For the past few weeks we have been traveling all around for Jesse's job and in between work we have had some fun-filled family events. For the fourth of July we went to Monterey, CA. We did some shopping and the boys played some golf. But no trip would be complete with out a stop at Ghirardelli.

Ella showing her American pride and her "DOG!" (That is the only word she can really say and when she sees a dog she gets so excited. Its to cute.) Classic picture of Katelynn. Lets just say she really likes her ice cream!

After the 4th of July it was back to work for Jesse which include a trip to Minnesota and Bakersfield. After two weeks of hard work we were off to the family reunion in BearLake. It was a fun trip. We got to fly there and bring along Lyssa and her future (now) husband Stanley. It was Stanley's first time in a small airplane so Jesse let him take controls for awhile and since he didn't kill us, we're excited to have him part of the family. :) The Reunion was spent with days at the lake getting sun burned for me and games in the evening. The first game was a Hula hoop contest.

Jermey and I didn't do so hot, but we sure did get the greatest picture of him trying! :)

Stanley and Andrew make a great team together. To bad our family frowns on CHEATERS!!!

Barb brought the coolest game to play. You to hit your partner with the flour and lets just say in this case the parents beat the children. Literally.. :) Way to go Barb and Doug!

On our way home we were able to fly low to see and take a picture of the Salt Lake Temple. It was a good way to end the trip. Now were off to our next adventure. Stanley and Lyssa's wedding!!!

Grandpa Davis

Saturday I got a phone call from my mother letting me know that my Great-Grandpa Davis has passed on. Grandpa Davis had lived a wonderful life and died at the age of 92. My mom's side of the family has a reputation for living long lives. I wanted to pay tribute to him and thank my Heavenly Father for the opportunity to have him in my life the past 21 years. It isn't everyday you get to see your great grandchild get married and it was a blessing to have them there. He is in a better place now watching over all of us and his beautiful wife. We love you Grandpa.

Work Work Work

Lately Jesse has been working a lot and now since it is over 100 degrees here in Las Vegas no one seems to want to come and work here. So he is off to travel the summer away and I am going to try to keep up with him. He spent the last weekend in Indianapolis for a convention and came back to Vegas today for about 30 min and then left to Sacramento. Now when he is coming home we are not sure his schedule changes daily and just trying to keep up with it is to much work. So I am off to Visalia tomorrow to his parents house hoping that our passes might cross and we get to spend sometime together but if not that’s ok. Before we got married he asked me if I would be ok with this lifestyle and I said yes. I am just grateful I have the summer off so I can try to keep up with him. So I am looking forward to the next several adventures to come the next few weeks and I will try to keep you updated but for know I’m off to see my husband.

By the way I just changed the layout of our blog if it happens to change back to a solid color it just means Jesse has seen in and thinks it to girly. Lets hope the airplane will pass. Cross your fingers because I think they are cute and explain how are life is." Always in the air."

Zion - Orderville Hike

Here are a few shots from the Orderville hike we did in Zion National Park. It was a good trip, we hiked about 15 miles, rapelled 3 times, had to swim about 5 in FREEZING cold snow run-off, and were just about dead by the time we were done. We are still feeling sore, and could barely walk for a day or two. At least I have an excuse because I am so old and fat :)

I liked these with the reflections, but a lot of the pictures were pretty hard because the canyons were dark and the sunlight was really bright. Maybe I should learn how to use a camera :)

Notice the people in the bottom on the picture with the sky washed-out - thems some big canyons!

Here are a few people pictures. The ones with Sarah you had to shimmy between the rocks far enough out to drop straight down into the water - Sarah's face tells you about how cold it was! Some more cool ones. The one on the right was another swim, from the little waterfall in the background to the foreground where you can see it shallow. Had to be a good swimmer holding the backpacks above our heads!

for such a long post! The smiling frog is for Lyssa. Almost done Notice the big rock wedged between the walls. The second was underneath a big log jam we had to climb down, the sun and water going through it were really cool! The third with another suspended rock we had to rapell where the log is propped agains the rock. Wish I had someone stand there to show the scale, but the drop is over 20 feet! This is the same log from the picture with me and Sarah standing in the water to give you an idea. The last is the end of the hike when I took my shoes off to get on the tram bus. We were too tired to get the rocks out, so that is what I ended up with.

Here are a few shots from my recent trip to Denver. It was a nice day, smooth ride until I started down passed the rockies. Then it got pretty bumpy, but made it there in time to catch the bus to take me to my flight back home to drive to Zion park and hike the next day. It was a busy day. I always like flying over lake powell, and was surprised there is still so much snow up in the mountains. I flew over Leadville, the highest airport in the states - pretty cool.

Trip To California

Here are some videos from our trip home from opening Andrew's mission call. Sarah liked the oxygen masks and flying passed Red Rock park near Vegas, so here you go. It was a little bumpy that morning so the quality isn't the greatest, but you get the idea. We found out she gets a little hypoxic if we fly a little on the higher side (sorry honey :), so we look like Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head. So far all of my flying posts have been pretty lame because I dont like to take the camera when I have clients, which is usually when I go to the fun places, but maybe I can get some better ones on here soon.

Elder Andrew Owen

Last Night Andrew received his mission call so we made a quick trip to CA. And here is how it went.

Congrats Andrew!!!

Idaho Trip

I know I have been bad with blogging lately, but nothing really exciting has been going on till last week. Andrew, Jesse's brother, was attending BYU-Idaho the past two semesters and was planning to attend summer session until he needed an unexpected surgery. So last week we went up to good old Rexburger to pick up his stuff and since he is on strict restrictions on how much weight he can lift Jesse, Barb, and me did all the grunt work. :) But it was a lot of fun - we did a lot of driving at least three to four hours a day, some nine to ten. But along the way we got to spend a few days with Grandpa Haddock and even got him set up in the world of blogging. We also got to spend some time with one of Jesse's mission companions. Jesse also fell in love with an old car. He has a great uncle who as collected cars and was willing to sell him one and we were on the verge of buying it, but the car is a beast and we couldn't find a place in Salt Lake that had a trailer big enough to bring it home. We go back up that directions in July so who knows we might have a 1959 Electra parked in our garage. *Jesse adds: Watch out for Sarah to hit you where it doesn't hurt, to cut the beans, and hold the napkins laughing while you wear andrew's exploding rootbeer for 15 minutes.*

The beginnings of being stuck in the truck for many, many hours.

The storm we hit as we were driving up to Idaho. Yes there is still snow on the mountains and on the ground when its a 100 degrees here in Vegas. Did I mention we traveled to Paris too. Well Paris Idaho, its only two minutes away from Grandpa Haddocks house.

Logan Temple it was so pretty with the tulips in bloom.

I just love tulips and Jesse likes taking pictures.

Andrew not following doctors orders and is holding more the 15 pounds, but he does it so effortlessly.

Jesse cutting the wood for the fire at Grandpa's house.

Roasting Marshmellows and making smores.

Jesse's new idea, marshmellows and vanilla waffers. There not too bad you should give them a try.

You have to use your imagination for this picture. It might just look like a hunk of metal but Jesse has high hopes for this car.