Kelly Clarkson Concert!

Random...I get a email from Robert while at work asking me if I wanted to go to Kelly Clarkson's concert that night, so of course I said, "Sure." I didn't even know she was in town. I love Kelly Clarkson. Well it turns out she was in town, literally. Her concert was right across the street from our house at the Utah Valley University's baseball stadium for Orem City's Summer fest. I was so excited Robert found out that her concert was that night, and luckily for us there were plenty of lawn seat tickets available. For lawn seats it only cost us $15 each. I couldn't believe how cheap they were selling them for!

This is us waiting for her to come out! We had to get there early to get good seats since it was general admission, and boy did we get good seats! We were only about 125 feet away from her. I still can't believe we only paid $15!

I was nervous though because it had been raining everyday since June began, and of course this day was not unlike any other. At 4 pm it started raining hard, so I sat at work starring at the window in disappointment thinking our fun evening outside would be ruined. However, just on my drive home from work it stopped! It finally let up just in time for us to go to the ball park to reserve our seats. Nonetheless, we still went to the concert prepared for the worse. We had our tarp, blankets, and rain ponchos.

Happy that the rain appears to be holding off!

Well it did rain on us a little but nothing too bad, so we were feeling pretty lucky.

And lucky we were after the rain dispersed. It left the most beautiful rainbow that arched right over the stage! You could not ask for a more perfect backdrop to an outdoor concert!

In the end, the concert was awesome! She sang all of her biggest hits, so I had fun dancing and singing along all night!

5 years ago today...

I was falling in love.

Today marks our five year anniversary of Robert and I being together! This is a picture from the first week we met. We were swimming together in one of the pools on the cruise boat. Got to love summer love!

I am so thankful to have met and married such a wonderful man. He is everything I could have asked for and more! Tomorrow we will celebrate our one year wedding anniversary! It has been one of the best years of my life.

I love you Robert! Thank you for being my companion and best friend! You mean the world to me!

Memorial Day Weekend Part 2

After we decorated the graves, we decided to head up to Lava Hot Springs in Idaho. We wanted to take my grandpa back to the town where he grew up, so he could visit his brother.

This was Robert's first trip to Idaho!

The scenery on the drive up was absolutely breathtaking. It made for a fun road trip.

Once we arrived in Lava Hot Springs, we stopped in to visit with my grandpa's brother Wallace. I think he really had a good time. My mom, Robert, and I left him to chat and catch up with his brother while we went out to have a little bit of fun.

We started with a ride down the river. Although it was not one of the warmest days to float the river, we could not pass it up! I'm not going to lie, the river was freezing! However, we were glad we did it! Here we come!

The river was actually pretty rough for most of the way. We were just happy we didn't fall off our raft! We saw many others who did not have as an enjoyable experience. :)

Well it was time to come back in and we were freezing! I was glad Robert braved it and jumped in to push us ashore. Otherwise I think we would have kept floating on down the river. After getting out of the cold river, we decided to warm up by sitting in the natural hot springs with my mom and spent the rest of the afternoon soaking up some sun while relaxing in a natural warm pool.

We did it!

When we were finished relaxing in the hot pools, we came back to their house to get changed and cleaned up so we could go out to dinner. We took them to a little hamburger and shake place downtown. We all had a good time visiting and spending the weekend together. After dinner, we made the long drive back home and had to come back to work.

Memorial Day

Memorial Day, a day to remember those who have died serving our country. In my family and for many others, it is also a day to remember family members who have passed on. It is a tradition my mom upholds of decorating and cleaning those graves. I have had the opportunity to do this every year since living here in Utah for the past five years. This will probably be one of the last opportunities I have for a while since we will be moving in August. I was worried I would not get the chance to put flowers out this year because it was looking like it was going to rain all weekend. We lucked out though, the sun came out just in time!

This is the Dutch wooden shoe and flower arrangement I put together for my Grandpa Tolsma who was born and raised in Holland.

My cousin Mikell's grave. I bought her the most beautiful flowers! I bought these pink azelas and put a "Pink Ladies" sign in the pot to remember our favorite movie that we watched an endless amount of times.

My Grandpa and mom.

Robert was a big help. He made sure every plant was firmly grounded.

Mom working hard to clean it up.

This was the beautiful arrangement that my mom bought for her mom (my grandmother). I love it! It completely reminds me of her.

My Grandma Whitehead's grave up in Wellsville, Utah.

My Grandpa's parents in Logan, Utah.

Oh the pretty flowers! Isn't my new camera awesome? I love it!

I love this picture! As you can see, we had fun spending time together!

The Start of Memorial Day Weekend...Began with a visit to the Salt Lake City Hogle Zoo

This past Saturday, Robert and I went to visit Salt Lake's Hogle Zoo with some of my good friends from Georgia.

We loved seeing all of the animals. Robert and I still act like kids. We had a great time, especially since it was FREE to get in. You can't beat that.

Giraffes fascinate me. What an incredible creature.

Nice black bear...

Angry black bears.

Ahhh...
Jason you might remember this lion. There is a photo of you as a kid drinking from the same fountain.

Robert's favorite animal, the penguin.

Jean and Kamie. Thanks girls for inviting us to go to the zoo with you!

We made a decision!!!!

For those who have been anxiously waiting since November to know where we will be heading this fall for law school, the day has come. We have finally made our decision! Drum roll....

Robert will be attending Stetson University College of Law located in Gulfport, Florida just outside of Tampa. We are extremely excited to begin this new chapter in our lives. It will definitely be a new adventure for both of us. We just made this decision at the end of last week after Robert returned back home from Florida. While he was there, he looked for a place for us to live. Below is a picture of the building we will most likely be living in. We are in the paper work process as we speak.

We will be living on the 15th floor of this 16 story building located in South Pasadena. Below is the view from our balcony. We got a great deal on it, and we are super excited! It has 2 bedrooms and 2 baths, so everyone is welcome to come and visit! Once we move in, I will post more pictures of what the inside looks like.

High School Reunion - 5 years!

Due to wonderful timing, I was able to attend my 5 year high school reunion on Saturday, May 16th, the day Robert and I got off our cruise. Right as we got off the ship his family dropped me off at the airport. I decided to make a pit stop in Georgia on my way back home to Utah. Robert did not go with me because we decided he should stay in Florida for a couple more days to look for housing in St. Petersburg in case we were going to go to Stetson for school. It was a wonderful trip! My brother picked me up from the airport, and I was able to stay at his house for the night. I arranged my flight home on Sunday to depart later in the day, so I could spend some time with them. We had a lot of fun together. We played with their new kittens, played Mario Kart and Mario Party, watched Mamma Mia, and I helped Lori, my sister in law, set up a blog for her family!

Below are some of the highlights from my reunion:

Some of my best friends from High School from right to left: Jenny Shular, Caty Szczepanski, and Brittany Edmondson. It was so great to see my girls again!

We had our reunion at an Atlanta Braves game, and we tailgated beforehand. It was great to see old friends, eat some southern BBQ, and get to go to a Braves game! I could not think of a better way to kick off the start of summer. Luckily, the weather ended up cooperating because it was going to rain all night, but it held off.

Some of the girls

Some of the guys

One of my good friends from back in the day, Adam Bashakes.

The view of the whole group sitting and watching the game.


You know you are in Atlanta when...you see life size cows doing the chop!

Brittany, our class president, did an awesome job planning the reunion. Thanks Brittany!

Here is everyone from the Starr's Mill High School class of 2004 that showed up. We had a pretty good turn out, 100 out of 400 is not too bad. I can't believe it has been five years.