Playing Catch Up

A lot has been going on these past few weeks and it's time to blog about it. Johnny and I were in the Institute's production of Rob Gardner's Joseph Smith, The Prophet. It was a really good experience. Johnny played the part of John Taylor and had two major solos. I think most who read my blog already know how amazing Johnny's voice is, but if you don't, you definitely need to listen to this video. He was incredible and had so many compliments on it. I was so proud of him. A really cool thing was that Rob Gardner came and directed us. He's only 30 years old and blew me away with his talent. It was such an awesome experience and one that I will never forget.
(The sound isn't that great on this recording and you can't really see Johnny, just his heavenly glow.)



On June 17th my sister Sherstine and her family came to town. They live in Kentucky where my brother-in-law Wayne is in his last year of dental school. This is my nephew Gavin. He's almost five months old and is SO cute, as you can plainly see.
This is my niece Livia. She is such a little corker and so sassy! In this picture she is wearing her super Livi shirt that has a pink cape. She loves to jump on the trampoline at grandma and grampas.
Gavin is ready to go see Uncle Jake's softball game.
Go uncle Jake!
Livi loves her little brother so much,(sometimes too much). She loves to grabs his face and squeeze him tight. It's pretty cute.

I made this cute clock with help from my best friend Val. She had all the stuff for it and I just came over and made it. Her husband Perry is Johnny's 1st counselor in the Elders Quorum Presidency and they do visits every Wednesday , so I go over there and play with Ruby and do fun stuff like this. Thanks Val!Johnny's brother Nate and his family came in town for a few days and we got to spend time with them. They are lots of fun to be around.
Nate and his cute wife Melissa.
Johnny's dad and Nate's son Ephrem.
We like to call Corbin Johnny's clone. What do you think?
I think this picture of Johnny's parents is so cute! They are such great people and are so generous and caring. A bit of exciting news we just found out yesterday, Wenden has been called as the new Boise, Idaho Temple President, with Laura as temple matron. They will be awesome. What an exciting new endeavor! Wenden has been serving as 1st counselor in the Temple presidency for the past 3 years.

Whew! That was alot of blogging! Our summer is starting out great and we are excited for things to come. We're headed to the Oregon Coast in 2 weeks!

I'm a Princess!!

You Are Jasmine!

Independent and adventurous. You don't want much; just to break out of the guilded cage society has put you in and experience life to the fullest. Following orders isn't really one of your strong points, and you would rather live a life of poverty than being forced into something that you hate.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Anniversary Re-cap

These are the flowers that Johnny got me for our anniversary. He knows that I love gerbera daisies. They were so pretty.
This is picture of Johnny in our room at the Anniversary Inn.We were in the Swiss Family Robinson room. Silly me, I didn't take more pictures of it. I will say this, we slept in a tree. I made a miniature wedding cake with a big 2 on top. Johnny liked it.


On Friday, we went to the Zoo and then had a picnic in the park. I don't really know what kind of ears Johnny has on, but I am in a birds nest.

After the zoo we went downtown to Edwards and watched the new Indiana Jones movie. It was awesome! When we were done there we walked around down town and went to a couple art exhibits.
For dinner we went to the Cotton Wood Grille. It's pretty fancy. It was fun to get all dressed up. The food was delicious. The restaurant sits right on the greenbelt so after dinner we went for a walk and had a little photo-shoot. We're silly.
Johnny looks like a cute little 5 year old.
Us on the bridge.
Me putting out the vibes.
Smoochy, smoochy.

We had such a blast on our anniversary. I'm so grateful for a wonderful husband who treats me like queen and makes being married so much fun. I can't wait to see what awaits us in years to come!

HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY JAKE!

My little bro turned 19 yesterday. This is him after getting his tonsils out during Christmas break last year. Looks like bull dog.
My mom, Jake, and Grandma Spjute. I was pretty impressed with myself for getting a picture of grandma with her eyes open.
Happy about his giant cupcake. I think he was happier about the two t-bone steaks Johnny and I gave him.
These are Jake's girlfriends, who brought him this ten pound chocolate cake and took him out to dinner with a bunch of his friends.

This video is pretty much Jake in a nutshell. CCCRRRAAAZZZYYY! (and awesome) Happy Birthday Beastie!

p.s. I know I still need to post about our anniversary, I will do so soon...

2 Years! Happy Anniversary to us!!

Yesterday was Johnny and mines 2 year anniversary. In some ways I can't believe it's been that long and in other ways I can't believe it's only been that long. Either way it's been a blast. Being married to Johnny has been so easy and fun. We didn't plan on celebrating yesterday because we have a night at the Anniversary Inn on Thursday and then we both took work off on Friday. This year it's my turn to do the planning and Johnny only knows about Anniversary Inn. He has no idea what's planned for Friday. I'll post later about all the suprises.

So, since we'd planned to celebrate later this week, last night we decided to go to the temple and out to dinner (since Tuesday is date night). Johnny had a little suprise for me though. When I got off work I cam home and there were probably 2 dozen gerbera daisies waiting for me. They are beautiful, and my favorite! We had gerberas at our wedding too. After the temple and dinner we rented a movie and had a sleepover (pulled the mattress out) in the living room. It was fun, but I can't wait until Friday, I have the whole day planned. Stay tuned for details!

I LOVE YOU JOHNNY!

This Will Make Your Day

Hail The Conquering Graduate!

Yeah! Last Saturday May 17th Johnny graduated from BSU! He's worked really hard and I am very proud of him.
Our friend Michael Price was graduating too. His wife is Kim and she's having a baby in August.

Johnny parents. I think his mom was glowing all day, as you can tell from this picture.
Not all my family could make it because of Lindsey's passing, but I was grateful that dad, Jake & Heidi could make it and I know Johnny was too.

After graduation we went to my parents house for a barbecue with about 20 friends and family. Of coarse I didn't think to take a picture until most of them had left, but oh well. It was lots of fun. Thanks to my in-laws for bringing most the food and thanks to dad for manning the barbecue, the food was great!