Memorial Day Weekend

This Memorial weekend was a good one, I got a new 4wheeler so we went riding on Saturday and then went boating on Monday. I forgot my Camera on Saturday so I just have pics of our boating trip. The weather was nice but the water was a very cold 60 degrees but we were all very brave and got in anyway. After boating we went to my in laws house for a BBQ.

Rebekah, Evan and Preston

Jake getting some serious air

(Check out all the snow that is still on the mountains)

Jake and Preston

Rebekah

Dave and Kathleen have kittens that live in their window well and this is one of them. Preston is looking very cautious.

Europe

Sorry this post is so long I could not decide which pictures to put in and which ones to leave out. Jake and I went to France and Italy the first part of May and we had so much fun. Some of our favorite places we went were Rome, Florence, Pompeii and Paris. Some of our favorite things that we saw was the Colosseum, Vatican City (St. Peter's Basilica), and the ruins of Pompeii. Our Favorite Pizza we ate was in Pompeii, our favorite gelato was coconut gelato in Florence, one of my favorite pastas was in Pisa, and our favorite Crepe was not in Paris but in Rome with butter and sugar. There are so many good memories that I have of the trip and I am so grateful we were able to go over there.

Eiffel Tower


Notre Dame


Louve


Jake and I at the Eiffel Tower

Automatic Toilets in Paris, it even cleans itself! I wish mine did that

Luxembourg Palace

Venice

Venice

St. Mark's Square in Venice

Gondolas

Mosaic tile floor in a house in Pompeii

Ruins in Pompeii

Stadium in Pompeii

Rome

Rome

Vatican City in the background

The pope speaking at the Vatican

Inside the Colosseum

The Colosseum

Trevi Fountain

St. Peter's Basilica

Rome

Getato in Florence is the BEST!

Bridge in Florence

Florence

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Sacre Coeur Paris

I forgot the most important part!

For those of you who wanted to see the trophy Jake received here it is in all its glory. (Matt it puts your trophy with spinners and flames to shame) What will they come up with next?

Mesquite race

Jake had a race in Mesquite this weekend and he did very well to start off the new season. He finished 1st in his class and 4th overall in the amateurs. His bike ran well other than the flat tire he did not know he had. The race was 15 mile loops that were full of sand but unfortunately these pictures are all in the sawdust section that they went through because they were by the pits. Overall it was alot of fun and the weather was perfect, 60 degrees with no snow!

Jake giving the usual update about the course.

Thanks Dave, Kathleen and Bekah for coming down and spending the weekend with us.

Christmas, my Birthday and other stuff

Jake putting together the grill we got for Christmas


I celebrated my Birthday with my mom this year. She made me a cheesecake and Jake bought me a chocolate peanut butter ice cream cake. I loved them both!


Jake and I went to the shooting range with Jake's brother Rob after Christmas. It was my first time shooting indoors so I was a little nervous at first but eventually I got the hang of it.

Handyman Jake Field

I have been complaining for awhile now about the lack of light that we were receiving in our shower, so I had my trusty handyman install a can light in there. Jake needs projects to do on the Saturdays that he is not able to go riding so he asked what I would like done most and sure enough he got right to work.

here is the finished product...

Christmas time

Jake and I at Temple Square.



we bought the best Christmas tree this year. It is 81/2 feet tall and is so full, it also smells good!