Summer Adventures

My favorite little beach :) Summer time has come almost to an end. Friends are going back to school, and Jared starts soon too!! He is pretty excited :) I'm happy for him as well, but I won't get to see him as often. With all the people at work who are in school, I work the earlier shifts, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays I'll be teaching dance, and Jared has school late Tuesday and Wednesday. So Goodbye Jared time! I'll see you in December and on the weekends :) As our last summer adventure, I'm taking Jared to see Crazy For You down in St George. It's the weekend before he starts school, but then probably not many vaccations after that. Looking back at our summer-we had some great times. Our lake powell adventure, our Cherry Hills adventure, then our trip to California. It was Jared's first time to play in the water at the beach, and he loved it!! He even let us burry him in the sand :) It was so much fun! Thanks Jared!! I love summer time, and can't wait for it to be full on football season!! GO COLTS!!

*FaMiLy TiMeS*

Warning: This is the only picture I have with Jared's family...so it isn't really appropriate, but it works for the family picture. Also-JR, I'm sorry you're not in the picture, but you had to work... This blog is more of an "I've never" blog... So Jared and his family go to Cherry Hill every year for a family camping trip. This was my first year going-not only to Cherry Hill, but also with the family. I didn't really know what to expect, but I knew it would be fun. It is always fun when you do something with Burnett's :) For you who haven't been to Cherry Hill-it is a small water park, a mini golf course, and a camp ground. Simple and a lot of fun. We don't get to spend a lot of time all together, with everyone, so when we do it is a blast. Jokes are hilarious, and mostly crude...but still hilarious. (Disclaimer-I come from a family of all girls-Jared all boys-jokes and interactions are very different with boys) For example, we {girls} fight sneaky and with vengence; they {boys} fight to well, fight. Which brings out the crude and hilarious jokes. I love his family so much! Dinner was excellent, and mini golf was great-if you haven't been in a while, you should go. The jokes are endless!! Then talking around the cute little lanterns. I've also never done that before. But it was one of the highlights of my day, I love talking and listening and making memories like that. They are what we'll all have years from now :) Another highlight was riding down the Dragon slide. Every water park should have one, not even joking. But the best part, was being with Jared all day. That doesn't happen very often because we are both so busy we usually only get to see each other at night, and on Sunday's. Things to take away from this family trip- ~Cherry Hill is a blast. ~We need to get pictures taken with Jared's family so I have some of them as well. ~I'm even more in love with Jared and his family every day. Mission from this trip-should I choose to accept it-get family pictures taken with the Burnett's. I accept. Kristen, here we come!!

Pictures

Well hello!! I realized that Jared and I don't have very many pictures of us-so while we were at the Real game, I took this one with my phone, and I LOVE it! And that doesn't happen very often :) So I decided to share it with the world. This week was pretty good. Jared and I have always been really good at going to or watching movies. It is a pastime we enjoy together. On the radio I heard a statistic-the average American buys only five movie tickets a year. Let me use that example to tell you just how much we really enjoy movie goings. :) Movies I've seen in theater this year.

• Alice In Wonderland-3
• Despicable Me-1
• Grown Ups-1
• How to Train Your Dragon-1
• Inception-1
• IRONMAN 2-1
• The Last Airbender-1
• Percy Jackson & The Olympians; Lightning Thief-1
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time-1
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice-1
• Toy Story 3-1
• Valentine's Day-1

Movies still to see this year :)

• The A Team
• Dinner for Schmucks
• The Karate Kid
• The Other Guys
• Salt
• Tangled
• TRON Legacy

So...In total-if I see those movies as well, at least once in theaters, that is a total of 21 movie tickets. So I'm a little above average on this one :) But since when is that such a bad thing. Movies are just great!!

Doctor

So my friends-this week...I've been attacked by my own body. That is right, I'm sick. I thought it was strep throat-cough, runny nose, sore and swollen throat-so I decide to go to the doctor. Now if you know me, you know that I tend to stay away from the doctor's as much as possible. So when I decided to go-you know it was bad, or that I really didn't want to argue with everyone until the sickness that has overcome me goes away. Monday at work I start feeling not so great-Monday night, I get super sick, high fever, aches, chills...the whole thing :) Tuesday morning I'm feeling a little better-and by little, I mean, I can barely sit up, and I can't breath. So I call into work sick. Not cool, I hate doing that. I spend the whole day in bed hoping I get better, but not actually getting better, so I decide to go to the doctor Wednesday on my day off. So night comes and I still feel sick-not as sick but sick. I wake up Wednesday and like I decided, go to the doctor. I wait for about twenty minutes alone in the waiting room, then about fifteen in the exam room. They take the strep test, and tell me it's negative...but that I'm going to be sick for about a week-and that all I can do is rest a lot, lots of fluids and take over the counter drugs. Perfect, that is the reason I don't go to the doctor right away. I know that there isn't usually anything they can do but tell me to rest and keep taking the tylenol. So that is my doctor story for the year probably :) Other then being sick, life is pretty much amazing. Jared and I no longer teach primary-we were released on Sunday. I am now on the Relief Society board? I am pretty excited. Jared was called to be a ward missionary. Well that should up date all of you...I think...Oh yeah, I'm not going to school this fall...not enough time/money :( but Jared is!! Well I love my life and can't wait to get over this thing.

LiFe

My how the last year has flown by!! So a year ago, July first-Jared came home from serving in the Nashville Tennessee Mission. And a lot has happened since then, we got engaged, married, and both have jobs that we love. We're living in Murray, and still working. Jared is going back to school and the fall and I'm debating on going back to school in the fall. But I'd rather go back to dance, and school on line if possible. But good news is-I know that I want to be a teacher for sure :) I'm thinking secondary education-health/dance. Which means my major would be either nutrition education with a minor in dance. Or something like unto it. I just really love dancing and teaching. So I figured I'd combine the two and make it something I really love. Now I just have to figure out how to make it happen. Back to teaching dance. I got a job during the school year teaching ballroom and ballet. I am in love with it, but I need to practice and I am down a partner. So I'm in the market-not only for a partner but for a teacher as well. So I'll keep you posted on my search :) Other then that, not much has changed in our lives. We're just living and loving life!! Fun fact for you-the average American only buys five movie tickets a year...I buy about15...so I'm above average? Just something to think about :)

SuMmEr FuN

The first full week of June, Jared and I went to Lake Powell and The Grand Canyon with my family. It was quite the week :) I learned my skin has an intolerance to the heat and sun, that Jared is an even more amazing guy then I remember, and that Oompa Loompa's do exist :) We got to Powell on a Sunday at about 6:00pm, and it was a nice 96 degrees outside, and that is when the fun began! It was our first day on the lake, and Jared was helping bring in the tube, and the wind was blowing and the waves were crashing, and one thing led to another, and Jared fell in and was attacked by the prop!! His foot got a super cool bruise, as did his arm, but it looked broken. (I should have gotten a picture of Jared's poor foot!!) We spent the next four days on the lake, hiding from the sun in my case, and having a blast!! On the fifth day, we were tired, and the weather was not as happy as it had been, so we drove out the the south rim of the Grand Canyon. It is definitely a site to see. It was nice to have a day off of the lake, but the weather was not getting much better. So after a wedding (my cousin and her man got married Friday night, and it started pouring rain right as the wedding was supposed to start...) and night in the rain, Jared and Megg's and I decided to take another day off of the lake, and take a Dam Tour. This is when we discovered the Oompa Loompa's...or in our case...the Dampa Doompa's. If only I had taken a stalker picture of our tour guide!! Drats! Next time :) The tour was pretty cool, a lot shorter-no pun intended-then I remembered, but still good! We asked our tour guide how the dam would do in an earthquake, and don't worry-our wonderful lake isn't going anywhere if there is an earthquake!! Thank goodness :) Well...over all our vacation to Powell was awesome, and I can't wait to go back next year!!

I have started so many different blogs about the trip that we took to the zoo about a month ago, but I didn't have any pictures. Now I do :) I learned how to put them on this here computer, and I'm learning now how to put them on the before mentioned blog!! So about a month ago, we decided to go to the zoo. It was a lot of fun! I haven't been to the zoo in about four years, when I took Kaitlynn and her friends. It is a lot more fun in the morning when there aren't so many people. There was also a very cute little baby elephant. I love elephants, and this one was adorable! Very cute and playful, she made me want to play with an elephant. Too bad I can't!! I also took a very cute video of her and her mom :) While at the zoo, we also got to experience the train ride that lasts about two and a half minutes. No joke. After the train ride, we wandered down to discovery land, where Jared and Alan found themselves in a new life style... Aren't they cute? Over all, our outing to the zoo was a lot of fun, and I can't wait to make another trip later in the year, and maybe even with more people!!