Trick or Treat

Ok I couldn't resist--I normally don't like to express my political views since not everyone agrees with them--however this was one of the funniest comics I've seen. Happy Halloween everyone!

Proposition 8

So this week we went to the call center for Yes on Prop. 8. I'd have to say that my last call of the night was definitely blog worthy. It went something like this:

KT: Have you heard of prop. 8?
Man: Oh there are so many will you brief me?
KT: This is the one that defines marriage between a man and a woman.
Man: Ok...
KT: So do you know how you'll be voting?
Man: I will vote NO.
KT: Oh? Does your spouse feel the same way?
Man: Yes HE does!

HAHA! What are the chances, right? It made our experience fun. Being a CA resident once again has been great, especially to participate in the YES on 8 campaign. I can see this battle of prop. 8 as a sign of the times and hope that Californians vote the same as they did a few years back...YES ON 8!

Jimmy and I Scuba Diving

Having Fun in the Sun

If Jimmy and I have one thing in common it is our love of water sports. Jimmy pretty much grew up on a boat and loves to wakeboard. Me, on the other hand, just picked it up along the way. Here is Jimmy and I on our friend Emily's boat in Park City taking turns wakesurfing. No he's not in the ocean, he's actually about 2 feet away from the edge of the boat surfing on the boat's wake. Jimmy still prefers wakeboarding to wakesurfing, but it is for sure my new love!
You start out holding onto the rope and slowly find your sweet spot in the boat's wake. Then you throw the rope into the boat and carve it up behind the boat. You're only going about 10 mph so if you fall, it doesn't hurt--heck you don't even have to get your hair wet. My favorite part is that you don't have to paddle out against the waves like you do surfing at the beach. The boat does all the work for you and you get to cruise the whole time.

Here is a friend Emily (left) and I attempting to surf at the same time. This is how you start

(off the back of the boat)

This is one of my old companions from the mission, Jade, who always dreamed about going on a boat. So when she got to the U.S. we decided to take her for a ride (and we also made her try wakeboarding of course-haha). She actually got up and rode for a while! It was great.Jimmy looking so buff and ready to surf it up!

Jimmy and I got SCUBA certified for free through my work. It was honestly one of the scariest things I've done because if you make a mistake, you're 60 feet below the surface and if you hold your breath, your lungs explode! You learn techniques for what to do if you run out of air or how to breathe underwater even without a mask. You even learn how to put your mask back on 60 feet underwater. We're planning a trip to Santa Cruz in December when the water is clearest.
Hang loose!Here's Jimmy and I at Santa Cruz after a day at the beach. Jimmy tried to teach me to skim board but after one-too-many falls I decided I was done.
Jimmy skim boarding.

Our Sacramento Apartment

We moved to Sacramento, CA in the middle of August so that Jimmy could double major in accounting and pre-dental. It was an easy move since we had NO FURNITURE and all of our wedding presents were, for the most part, still in boxes. After spending our first night on the floor, luck came our way as my parents told us they'd pay for our bed (my dad was very upset that we didn't get bunk beds).
My Aunt Pam from San Jose just happened to rebuild her house and didn't want her Oak Table! So, she gave it to us (along with tons of lamps and clocks) and the house started to come together.
Our first day after moving in we met a family that was moving out and didn't want this nice "L" couch with a pull-out queen bed. Nor did they want all their tree lamps, IKEA art, TV, Chest of Drawers, etc. So-3 hours after we moved in, all of a sudden our apartment was partially furnished.
We opted to not have cable in our house for the time being. It makes it nice for Jimmy and I to be able to take up hobbies like wakeboarding, tennis, scuba diving, and salsa dancing instead of just sitting in front of the tube.
Here is our cute little kitchen/bar. So now our house has become a home and we love the area we live in. We can't believe that we don't have to put up with another Utah winter, trudging around in the snow and freezing our hands while scraping snow off the car. We love CA!

Our honeymoon

So going back in time a little bit (obviously not to the date on the pictures) Jimmy and I went on our honeymoon. We went to Lake Tahoe for a few days as well as to the Dominican Republic. Las 27 Cascadas, or in english, the 27 waterfalls, is located in Jimmy's mission. Basically you hike and swim through this beautiful, clear water-- waterfall after waterfall. There are cave-like structures that you swim through...
...as well as narrow ravines.
This was part of the river you cross on the way to these waterfalls. The falls are hidden in the mountains and from the main road you'd have no idea that one of nature's wonders was hiding a fifteen minute walk away. The locals drink the minteral water but say that it makes the gringos sick.
After climbing to the top of all the waterfalls, you jump or slide down the rest of them. They range from about 5-35 feet high and the ones you slide down are so smooth.
It was a blast for us to be able to FINALLY get in the water (after not being allowed to as missionaries) and do some of the tourist attractions that all our friends told us about.

Wedding Pictures

Here are some pictures from the wedding that our friends took.

Our Dominican Fiesta

As most of you know Jimmy and I were both called on LDS missions to the same island, the Dominican Republic. I served in the Santo Domingo West mission and he served in the Santiago (north) mission. Although we never got to see each other during our missions, having a common love for the people andculture has really bonded us. Both of us say that although we have finished our missions, nuestros corazones se quedaron alla (our hearts remained in the DR). When we got married we knew we wanted to spend this happy moment with our dominican people--so we did. We had a huge fiesta in the DR, dominican style with beans, rice, chicken, and lots of music and dancing. We rented busses and had about 300 of our old companions, baptisms, and ward members show up. What a party! My mission president's even came.

The "Greenies" to Blogging

Hello Family and Friends!

We did it, we finally started a blog. I thought I could work on it at work in my down time. As most of you know we've recently moved to Sacramento, California. Jimmy is double majoring at Sac State in pre-dental and accounting. He is a member of the dental club and, get this, the salsa club. (No I'm not talking about the food, I'm talking about the dance!). It's true--we go salsa dancing every Wednesday night for a few hours with our cousin Gennie and her husband Sergio. I wonder who influenced him to do that? As for me, I'm working at the Better Business Bureau as the Communications Director. We love being here as Jimmy's ENTIRE family is within an hour of us, the temple is 30 min. away, and my extended family is within 2 hours of us. And of course there is Tahoe, 2 hours away, the best wakeboarding in the country, 30 min away, and the beach, 2 hours away.