Belated Father's Day

This is belated but things have been pretty hectic around here... so quick recap of the day. We went to church, I taught RS, came home, went to Candice and Brian's for dinner (THANKS Brian! YUM!), came home, called our dads with well wishes and called it a night! Jeremy got his gift a lil early since I never know the actual date of Father's Day... he got the exclusive membership to......Glenn Beck!! Since we have canceled cable, Jeremy goes without his Glenn fix so I gave in and got him the Insider membership for the year....he is really enjoying it and gets to catch up on all his old episodes, etc. that he has missed the last month or so. :)
In closing- I want to tell everyone how great a dad and hubby this man is to his family! He loves us. He is never too tired to play with Hunter and loves taking him with us to run errands-even is Aubs offers to watch him. He is an incredible provider for our family, making it possible for me to stay home and raise Hunter (yay). He includes me in his plans, and vice versa. We still communicate every day with how each other is and even though the heat of Vegas almost kills him on a daily basis-he still leaves the A/C equipped car with me so I am not stranded at home. :) LOVE YOU HUN!

The Journey Home

After we said goodbye to my parents, we flew to SLC to pick up Hunter from Jeremy's parents. We hung out with Brionna, Adam, Nate and Mags for the evening and then stayed the night at Mags/Nate. We got up the next day and headed to Provo to see my sis Aubs (she really wanted to see Hunter- we were just an added bonus) for a lil while. When we got to St. George, Hunter had decided he had had enough driving...so had Gidget but she was much more passive about the whole thing. We stopped at Cafe Rio to get some early dinner (Shout out to Cafe Rio!) and headed to Tabernacle Park to have a picnic and let Gidget and Hunter get some wiggles out...
The park had a fountain that a lot of kids were playing in.....of course Hunter saw water and was sooooo excited...



That is...until the fountains came on over his head


Poor guy! But sooo funny!!!

And some of my other favorite shots. :)

Part 4

Sorry for the delay... life has been happening whether I get on board or not...between chocolate events (3 in 4 days), camping for Jeremy/scouts, keeping up with Hunter and planning the rest of our summer (which is rapidly filling up!!!-July is pretty much shot!), there hasnt been a lot of time to update the dear blog. But, have no fear, I am back.

I know you are all anxiously awaiting to hear the rest of our cruise story...and here you go!
Aftet Ketchikan and "glacier cruising" we headed south towards Victoria, Canada. I was really excited for this lil stop because it has been YEARS since I have been there and was really excited to get reacquainted with the cool castle, the downtown area, the fun buildings, etc.


Unfortunately, this was all we were able to see of dear Victoria...apparently, the wind was 30 knots (whatever that means) and we couldnt dock for fear we would destroy the dock or
something...I am not really sure but we were very bummed-especially since we felt we missed out on the glaciers the day before! So much for our fearless captain! Sheesh!

So we headed on down to Seattle. The next day we got off the ship and took a tour of Seattle....everytime I have been there it has been beautiful!!! Sunny, warm, perfect! Thats the next place I vote we move to!!! We got to do all the touristy things... the Space Needle, Pike Public Market (the first sanitary open air market-meaning they didnt allow live horses in...but pigs were ok), Chinatown and of course the sports complexes (pics are coming Lukey!).

View from our ship


Look at that-not a cloud in the sky! So rare for Seattle! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!


View of downtown and Mt. Rainier

My fav. place to visit!!! Sooo much yummy food, interesting ppl, and just a great atmosphere! And asparagus is CHEAP!!!

So are the flowers! And they are incredible!

On to the sports complex- this is for my brother-in-law...fav. team is the Seahawks..sorry the pic is so lame...it was through a window on a moving bus...

And one of THE coolest libraries I have ever seen!

Part 3

PS- Click on the pics to see them in better detail :)

(Gotta get these done while Hunter is napping--happy reading)
We spent the next day going to Tracey Arm Fjord to do some scenic cruising and see some amazing glaciers...unfortunately there was an ice field that prevented us from going in more than a mile or two...Jeremy was really
bummed. More than the rest of us. Can you believe how blue that ice looks? It was incredible!!


Then we went to Ketchikan the next day-again, hoping to see some wildlife....got on a last minute tour to try and see anything...bears, whales, moose, etc.

We only got to see eagles...bald eagles (which was cool-but we saw a TON of those)

Again, beautiful scenery-Jeremy and I are discussing the possibility of moving there...I just need to get over the INSANE winters (and lack of sunlight)

We saw many totems and learned all about the different ones...they can make you a totem pole for your yard and it only costs a mere $5,000/foot.....pish....chunk change! Hahahaha


Wouldnt you know it, I was able to see a polar bear! Even get close enough to hug him....too bad he wasnt real! (Or maybe, thank goodness he wasnt real)

Alaska (Part 2)

While in Juneau, we took a tour of the city, saw the governor's mansion, did not get to see Sarah Palin, saw a glacier, a temperate rainforest, no wildlife, and opted to not ride a tram for $27/each. We learned a lot while there and had a great time...back to the ship for journey to our second port:
Skagway (tiny town-800 ppl-ish)
While in Skagway, we took an excursion to Haines, Alaska to ride some 4x4 mules and see amazing coutryside...(by the way...I expected to see a lot of native Alaskans on our tours as our guides...I think we had 1 or 2 who were actually from Alaska...the others were from Virginia, Utah, Seattle, either there for the summer working or moved there recently...huh.) Anyway, on the pictures.

Rained the whole day- we were SOAKED!!!!

Amazing views.....

tons of waterfalls



standin' in the rain

Mom getting ready to do some driving

After our driving in the rain, we got some yummy food and nice hot drinks to thaw us out. :) Sweet!!

Then on to the thriving metropolis of Skagway to do some shopping/sightseeing

Alaksa here we come! (Part 1)

For our 5th anniversary, Jeremy and I went on an Alaska cruise. The first set of parents who volunteered to watch Hunter got to, and the other set got the invite to come along with us. :) Jeremy's parents watched Hunter, my parents came with us. :) It was really fun having them with us and getting to spend time with them...we hadnt seen them since Thanksgiving so I was really glad they could go. We got to Seattle on Friday and caught our ship on Sat. What follows are tons of pictures with a lil explanation. :)

Mt. Rainier (sorry it's soo far away-thats the best my camera can do)


On the way to Juneau- we were looking for wildlife (we spent the entire cruise looking for wildlife...sigh)


Juneau, Alaska


View of Juneau from Alaska's temperate rainforest

High tide from Juneau

Jeremy at the gi-normous waterfall at Mendenhall Glacier

ICEBERGS!!!! Lots of em!

Mendenhall Glacier- the only glacier we were able to see...still very impressive

More icebergs


**Sorry about the order...my computer/blogger site puts them in random order once I get them uploaded...

Annnnnnd Action.....

Welcome back folks! Today on "And Now We Are Three" Laurel is updating the blog from her family's recent travels and updates on the family...let's join her:

Hey guys! Ok, so for those that dont know...we have had a crazy and wonderful past few weeks. We surprised Jeremy's mom in Utah for their 30th anniversary and went to Rodizio Grill in SLC....oh wow!!! One of our new favorite places to eat...Brazillian steakhouse with grilled pineapple and all the meat you can imagine! YUMMY! We got to spend time with Jeremy's side of the family and catch up on everyone's lives..we even got to take some updated family pics! Fun times! And the babies even cooperated for the most part...

After a great weekend, Hunter, Gidget and I went up to Idaho with my in-laws for a week. They were watching our lil ones while Jeremy and I were on cruise so I went up a week early to help with the new place and such...not abandoning him in one swoop. Unfortunately, I have no pictures of SLC or of Idaho but we had fun! I got to go to Rexburg for a day and reminsce about college days with my old roomie Sanka :) (Hey lady!) and visit my sister Rachey and lil nephew Linc....cute kid! We ate at Craigo's and had a great time...boy has Rexburg changed...then back down to SLC to meet up with Jeremy and fly to Seattle for our cruise to Alaska!!!! Tune in tomorrow for the week of fun (including more pictures)....

*This is finally on here...adorable Sunday outfit that Hunter got from Grandma W. :)

And his first time on some swings :) How adorable is he!!!???

New Look

Among all the other things I have to get done before we go on our cruise, choosing a new background for our blog was, apparently, high on the priority list! :) Hahaha. I am not LOVING the new look but needed something different so you all could at least think I am checking this-even if I'm not posting...finally got batteries but since I am packing for everything- they are packed so Hunter can't get to them. :) I promise...eventually we will get back into the swing of things. :)

Wedding video

Woo hooo! :) Let me know what you think?

Update on Hunter: he is now 30 in. long and 21 lbs....lost a lil because he is sooo active now and walking! Thats right- he is walking..not all the time but definitely more than he was a few days ago....CRAZINESS!!!!! He is teething with his canines now as well....oh joy for the sleepless nights (again). Got a few pictures before the camera died (again...lame rechargeable batteries). So those will be in the next post, folks!

Gaaaahhh!!!

I was talking to my mom yesterday (Hi Mom!) and we were talking about the joys of spring...beautiful weather, great days, love it, love it!


Well, tonight while I was on facebook, finding long lost roomies and such....I was reminded of one of the downfalls to spring (and summer even more so in Vegas)...
Creepy crawlers that invade my habitat!!!!
That's right folks...it has begun...time to replace all the roach traps and spray the outside of our condo to put up that invisible shield that tells all bugs: "Enter at Own Risk-Owner Reserves Right to Kill on Sight!" (And I'll do it too....or at least shriek and have Jeremy do it!)

Anyway, I was sooooooo heroic tonight! I killed (Jeremy should be proud-I dont deal well with things that crunch.....or spiders) a spider on my wall and a june bug thing on my floor!!! In the course of 2 minutes....and I didnt even wake up Hunter! POINTS for me!!!

Some of you may ask where my knight in shining armor was instead of protecting me...leaving me poor and defenseless with 1 can of bug spray (not nearly enough since the buggies come out at night) and a wide assortment of shoes to squash the bugs....well- he is in AZ working on his ground truthing stuff...but let it be known that in dire circumstances (aka: husband is out of town), I can rise up and kill a few measly buggies...BUT- if they start hanging out more than a few at a time...I'll lose it!