Happy Anniversary

Happy 2 Year Anniversary Jimmy! 10 things I love about Jimmy you may not know about:

1- Did you know Jimmy LOVES baseball? We've played on co-ed teams since we've been married and he plays in all-men's leagues and tournaments. Wondering about the pants? He won't play with out 'em. Oh and his favorite team: The Yankees. C'mon--could it get any better marrying a girl from Yankee-ville?

2. I love that I have only cleaned the bathroom 3 times since we've been married. Wondering if we have a dirty bathroom? Nope! Jimmy cleans it (including mopping and scrubbing the tub and shower curtain) every week. Love him!

3. He loves to talk. In fact, one of our favorite things to do is grocery shop together and take long car rides because we both love to talk and laugh and share stories.

4. You may not know this but Jimmy was invited to "go pro" in wakeboarding before his mission. So glad he chose the mission instead. He can do the most amazing tricks and is a very good teacher.

5. I love that he'll do things that I like to do even though he doesn't like it. Like dancing. We went salsa dancing every week for the first 10 months of our marriage. Here us at our DR reception.

6. Jimmy loves to cook! Especially BBQ. Any BBQ skills I have I've learned from him. He also doesn't like to cook simple dishes that involve simple clean-up.

7. He loves to workout (I chose this picture because you could see his muscles.) Going to the gym for Jimmy is like reading a book for me. It's his escape. When I'm there--I'm counting down the minutes until I've reached an hour. I'm grateful that he gets me there 4-5x a week! Something you may not know: random people on the street or at the gym will come up to him and ask him how he got his calves so toned. Answer? Genetics. (Also--this is the classic Jimmy squint. He has SUPER sensitive eyes).

8. Jimmy loves Chemistry. You may be wondering why I'd find that so attractive--but I guess it's nice to know he actually has some passion for the stuff he is studying. He loves anatomy, biology, accounting, economics, and just learning in general. In fact--Jimmy is a fact lover. If you ask him anything about US history, science, church history, etc--he'll give you names, dates, and more info than you wanted to know. It's great having a smarty pants husband! He even remembers all the dates of the first time we met, first kiss, first date, first I love you, engagement, etc.

9. One of our common loves is the water. Here he is the night that Daniel proposed. While I was setting everything up, he was out boarding.

10. Lastly--He loves animals, kids, my family, going on date-night, traveling with me, the outdoors, our adventures, my friends, California, cuddling, socializing, playing games, our Dominicans, and serves me every day. Love you babe!

Trav's mission call

Travis got his mission call! I am so stoked that we'll all know spanish! To find out where he is going and watch the video of him opening his call, go to www.ElderTravy.blogspot.com

Roxy

So we changed her name to Roxy. And no this isn't an April Fool's joke. (However it was a funny coincidence that I posted originally on April 1!)

She really likes electronics--she was trying to sniff my camera
She loves Jimmy!

Look at her smile!

Do I need a little baby or what?

Puppy

Yup--We got a puppy! Ahhhh! For those of you reading this that REALLY know me, you are saying "Wait--I thought Katie hated dogs." My reply -said in a really high pitched, girly, eye-lashes fluttering tone-- "But I love this dog." C'mon, how cute is she?

So Jimmy and I felt like we've been living this monotonous, scheduled, day-2-day lifestyle for a while now. We wanted something to make a small change and add some zip. Many suggested we have a baby. This is our pre-cursor to the baby thing. (stop rolling your eyes).

Bella is the 3rd from the left.

She's the tiniest of the litter (3rd from the left)

Her mom is 5lbs and her dad is 3.5 lbs, so she's looking to be about 4lbs. I am a little nervous that I'm going to turn into that dog lady. You know the one I'm talking about. The one who brings her dog in the car and into the store with her. The one who takes it to activities and treats it like a baby. I have to admit, I already bought her a pink collar, 2 bows, and a bright pink leash that Jimmy just loves (he never reads the blog so he'll have no comment on that).

Anyway--for all you who had no hope for me, please welcome me into your new doggie lover club.

Yosemite

Fact: I don't like to camp. This statement usually surprises everyone I tell since I love the outdoors, nature, and being active. So, is it that brisk air you smell in the morning while you're cuddled in your sleeping bag that I hate? No. Is it the chatter around the campfire? No. What it is really is that I don't like to be dirty (under my finger nails, in the tent, in my hair), I don't like the effort camp-cooking requires just to get a meal that doesn't even taste that good, and I don't really know how to do it. So--given these attributes, taking a trip to Yosemite seemed daunting.

I've wanted to take a trip to Yosemite ever since we moved here. Given the above information I only semi-looked forward to it. Well this weekend was the perfect Yosemite day trip. 1-a couple in the ward who knows the area and the best hikes invited us. 2- we got to eat normal food like pizza and burgers. 3- We didn't have to camp. In the words of Michael Scott this is a "Win-Win-Win".

Look at that view. Breathtaking!

Jimmy and I at one of the waterfalls
Our last stop before going home

Mirror Lake (hence the amazing reflection)

I threw this picture in here because I was mid-sneeze and you can see Jimmy slightly grimacing.

The whole gang

Half Dome. We didn't climb it and I actually don't have the desire to. But I've heard it's intense and totally amazing!

One of the falls

We saw tons of deer just 15 feet away from us. They definitely weren't scared around humans.

The first water fall we stopped at (I can't remember the name).

This is one of our most fun day trips we've been on. Yosemite is SOOOO GORGEOUS! The air is fresh, the sun was out, it wasn't dirty (the trails were paved for the most part!), and there was wildlife everywhere.

Another Blog

Yes folks...I am managing another blog for my brother who is going on a mission! Can you believe it? So if you know Travis, feel free to visit the blog and leave a guess for where you think he's headed to on the mission!

http://eldertravy.blogspot.com/

Few more pics

I couldn't resist--Daniel just sent me some more of these pictures he took of us and I just had to post them. If these pictures don't convince you to take a trip to Lake Tahoe--I don't know what will.