Pictures

Well I know that it has been awhile but Tyler and I took pictures back around father's day and I have decided to post some of them here.  We took them at the airport that Tyler flies out of, the airplane is an Agriculture Plane that his bosses uses and the Helicopter is what Tyler uses. It was very hot (as it normally is, people keep telling me I'll get used to it but I just can't seem to), and windy but I was pleased with how they turned out! 

Well El Centro is extremely hot still, an average day for us is 115 or so with humidity, sweating is something that I have unfortunately had to get used to. There are some days when El Centro isn't too bad and other days when I feel like screaming 'Get me out of here!' but nonetheless we're here and its a job that allows Tyler to gain that experience that he needs and from here we'll see where we go, I might even find myself saying take me back to El Centro... but probably not, haha! 

Utah!

      Tyler and I were very lucky to visit Utah this past week, and what a week it was, unfortunately I did not get any pictures.  We left Friday late afternoon and drove to Las Vegas, Saturday was spent with Kelli and her wonderful family, where we went out to eat at two new and different places (Tyler refused to eat at a chain restaurant and Kelli did not disappoint).  We saw Penn & Teller Saturday night, Tyler really enjoyed it, I'm sad to say that I fell asleep during it, not because I didn't enjoy it but rather it started at 9 p.m. which is my bedtime and I was tired.  I kept trying to wake myself up by telling myself that it was a $45 ticket but it didn't work.
       Sunday we continued the drive to Utah and celebrated Tyler's 26th birthday at Mom's and Dad's with the family.  We loved seeing everyone!  Monday Tyler and I did some errands, Tyler left for Logan that night to renew his pilots license and I spent the night at Loni's with a very stubborn Wally who would not sleep, poor guy was sick.  I can say this about my nieces and nephews, I love every single one of them but I am under no illusion as to what your life will be like with kids, but like I said I love them all but Tyler and I will definitely take our time.
      The whole week was fun, we made the journey back home Saturday and missed everyone as soon as we got in the car.  The highlight of the week though was definitely Wednesday at the Zoo where poor Bella is probably scarred for life from that Gorilla.  The most action that I have ever seen at a Zoo and I think it almost gave dad a heart attack.  While standing in front of the window watching the Gorilla he suddenly became threatened by dad and jumped up and hit both of his fists at the window right in front of dad.  So funny!  Tyler was curious if he would do the same to him and sure enough he did.  Bella was so cute and concerned for everyone that she pulled us out of the Gorilla house to the safety of the outside.  All in all it was a very successful and enjoyable vacation.

Girls Trip

Well I kept thinking that for sure someone would have posted about our girls trip and I was using that as an excuse to not post on mine but since no one has yet I suppose that I will be the courageous one tell our tales... And bare with me, in general I am not much of a cameron person but on the trip my cameron had started acting funny, which took Tyler all of 2 seconds to fix, but I do not have many pictures.

It started off meeting in Old Town San Diego, it was my first time driving to San Diego by myself and I am still to this day super proud that I did not have to make any U-turns.  We ate at this delicious Pizza place. Tyler has started refusing to go out for pizza because he says we eat it too much.  But what can I say I am my mothers daughter and could probably live off of pizza.  After eating lunch we went to the Mormon Battalion Museum, which was a lot of fun considering Loni's and mine hesitation.  I had been before and was not thinking it appropriate for a Girls Trip activity, but it was a lot of fun.

After that we drove to Oceanside to check into our hotel, which was right on the beach and very gorgeous, if I lived in that part out California then I might actually consider staying here long term. The next morning mom and I were up at 6 am, unfortunately 6 am is sleeping in to me since I get up at 4:30 for work during the week, so mom and I went and walked on the treadmill for about an hour, came back everyone was still sleeping, walked on the beach for about 45 minutes came back and everyone was still sleeping, grabbed our books and read for about 30 minutes came back and FINALLY they were stirring awake. Poor Kelli got awful news about her babysitters actions, but I will let her tell you about that. That day we went shopping and The Closet where we found some great deals.  I got a jacket for $12 which I love, a purse for $30 (ok not super amazing deal on this one but its cute) and shoes.  We ate lunch and this yummy cafe place, went and got pedicures, and saw The Vow, which was super cute but I think needed more happiness at the end.  Kelli insisted that we eat dinner at this taco place, which for the life of me I can't remember the name, and for those of you who know my sister you do not want her to get hungry... I think this trait runs in the family though.

Unfortunately Sunday everyone, but myself, had received bad news for their travel plans home and ended up having to drive from Cali. back to Utah.  But from what I heard it was a fun road trip to end the vacation. All in all it was a very nice leisurely weekend needed by all.  And of course I got to see the girls in the family that I had missed and was glad for the opportunity to see them.

And lucky for me I get to see them in a week for my sweet nephew Ashton's baptism, I am so happy and proud of his decision.  Plus it gives me an excuse to leave the valley and see the fam!

Christmas

Tyler and I had a very good Christmas. Tyler got a remote control Helicopter (which he has already broken) clothes, shoes, jacket, baseball hats and lots of his favorite goodies.  I got kitchen gadgets, clothes, jewelry - Tyler bought me a beautiful gold ring band, a super cool traveling neck pillow that I have wanted to get for the long drives to Utah, and my favorite goodies as well.  The week before Christmas we did Secret Santa with Lynn and Jan, Tyler's sister Stephanie and her husband Rob drove the long 12 hour drive down Christmas day, sadly I got to hang out with them more than Tyler because he had to work.  They drove back Wednesday and Thursday Tyler's Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Kenny, and Aunt Teresa drove down and we got to spend New Years Eve with them!  It was great seeing family and spending the holidays with them, we loved every minute of it, and when his grandparents and aunt and uncle left Sunday I asked if I could be their stowaway back to Utah.   But my love for Tyler won over my wanting to return to Utah.

Cali Adventures

     Since Tyler and I have moved down here we've acted like tourist and visited the touristy places. We have been the San Diego Temple a couple of times and it is breathtaking.  While here we have also visited a couple of the beaches in San Diego, at Mission Beach we even rode the roller coaster on the pier.  Old Town was fun to walk through all the little shops and learn history about the city of San Diego. One of the more exciting things we did was visited the USS Midway off of the San Diego harbor.  The ship is HUGE and honestly makes me a little claustrophobic walking through the small hallways.  It was interesting to see the planes and helicopters that they use on those ships, Tyler loved listening to the pilots stories.

  On the 4th of July we went to Palm Springs and went to the outlets and the Aerial Tramway, it was super cool.  The tramway slowly spins in 360 degree circles as we climb up the mountain, once there there is a restaurant and several hiking trails.  It was beautiful, later that night we went and watched fire works, although there was no rodeo it was still a pretty good 4th of July. 

     Yuma was a little disappointing, for some reason Tyler and I thought that there would be a lot to do in Yuma but sadly there wasn't.  The main thing that Yuma has is a jail that has been turned into a national park.  It was pretty cool, there was one room that I refused to go into.  This room has only 1 door and no windows, and is completely dark, it is where they put the more rambunctious prisoners.  It gave me a weird feeling.  Tyler went in and all he said was that it was really dark.

Since Tyler works most Saturdays we don't get out of the Valley much but when we do we go all out and make it worth it.

Tyler Working

Tyler has been working a lot, and working hard.  When he is not flying he is called the flag boy, which means that he goes to the airport picks up the truck and drives to the field, once there he makes sure that no one is in the field and then tells his boss, John, that the field is clear to come and spray.  When he does get to fly he loves it, since we have been down here I have only gotten to see him in action once, which I think is a good thing because he gets so close to the power lines it makes me nervous.  We are very grateful for this job, even with its draw backs, he is getting so much experience.