Snowboarding at Mt High

Saturday we went up to Mt High thinking it would be packed seeing that it was the day after Christmas, but it wasn't near as full as we thought it would be.

Kyle, Cheryl & Cody

Cheryl & Kyle

Christmas

Our first Christmas as a married couple.

We slept in and opened our gifts to each other.



Christmas Eve we spent with my family opening gifts and this is what my brother's dog was fixated on all night.

Opening gifts from my family.

Richie & Erin, the world travelers, opening their gifts.

Christmas Day we spent with Kyle's family.

Mission Inn

Each Christmas Season the Mission Inn goes all out with lights and Christmas decorations. Seeing that my favorite restaurant, Las Campanas, is at the Mission Inn, and that I had a gift card from one of my good friends and old roommates, Teresa, we had to go with some friends and we had a great time and even better food.

Thanks Teresa!!!!

Devil's Punchbowl

Just got back from hiking Devil's Punchbowl with some people from my boot camp. The unique rock formations were formed when two tectonic plates pushed into each other during an earthquake.

Most of the group out at the Devil's Chair where you get a great view.

A nice 7 mile hike

Motorcycles on Ice

Saturday 12 Dec 2009 Kyle and I went with his brother to the ICE Championship, which is quads and motorcycles racing on ice.

In the Unlimited Pro series they are allowed to use 400 studs in their tires in any configuration that they want. They also had amatuer races which consisted of local people wanting to get in on the action and they were limited to only 100 studs, which didn't give them as much traction and hook.

Santa

Saturday night we had our Ward Christmas party and Santa came, so of course we had to get a picture with him.

Dumont Dunes

Saturday thru Wednesday we camped out and rode quads at Dumont Dunes.

The whole family at Dumont
Kyle with his nephew

My mom came up for a day and we even got her to ride.

Camping at Carpinteria Beach

Kyle and I have been wanting to go camping for the past couple of months, so we got reservations at Carpinteria Beach near Santa Barbara, packed up the truck and headed out for a three day weekend.
Our little campsite, and I mean little. These ones available for tent camping are very small and very close. But we had fun.Our first night there we were woken up at 3:30 am by the sound of something scavenging through our food. With flashlight in hand Kyle unzipped our tent to find about 6 raccoons in our ice chest and Tupperware bins where we were storing our food. We chased them off, got rid of the crumbs and wrappers they left behind so they wouldn't come back and waited for their return so that we could throw stuff at them. These were pesky and persistent little suckers and we quickly learned to lock up all of our food in the truck.

You can see their grubby little hand prints on the edge of the cooler.

Enjoying the nice sun and warmth down at the beach. We took lots of naps and just relaxed this whole trip.

We drove the 12 miles to Santa Barbara for a half day where we walked the pier, Paseo Nuevo mall district and had dinner at a Thai restaurant.

Mt Baldy

The owners of the Boot Camp that I go to every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning have started a hiking club and our first hike was this past Saturday. We hiked Mt Baldy using the Ski Hut trail and it was a good one.View from the top
Me and my mom at the summit of 10,064 feet altitude.

Some of the group passing over what is known as Devil's Backbone.

BYU 38 vs SDSU 28

So Friday after work Kyle and I headed down to San Diego where we spent the night at the Courtyard Marriott in Old Town. Saturday morning we headed up the I-5 to the place where we were married and sealed for time and all eternity- San Diego Temple.
We then headed over to La Jolla where we had brunch at a yummy cottage restaurant and then walked around the La Jolla Cove area.

We then headed over to the Qualcomm Stadium where BYU kicked SDSU butt 38-28.

HELP....

As you can see I have attempted to change my background, but not everything switched over and I cannot for the life of me get rid of the green on this page. I have tried on the layout page to change the colors but when I view blog it is still green.

What do I do?

Our New Callings

Well, yesterday in our new ward we were sustained to our new callings...

Kyle- Sunday School teacher to the 14 & 15 year old. He had 18 students in his class and already figured out who he will have to separate next week.

Cheryl- Activities Committee, a calling I have not yet had.

I'm just glad it is not Primary, and Kyle is glad his is not Elders Quorum.

How To- Etch Glass

Materials:

Armor Etch etching cream (not cheap)
Contact Paper
X-acto Knife
gloves
Q-tips


1. Cut contact paper to 8x11 size to fit in printer

2. On Word Document, use font and size you want and type up last name

3. Print document so that the ink is on the paper side of the contact paper

4. With X-acto knife, cut out last name (or whatever you choose to etch) to create a stencil. I found that doing this from the plastic side is MUCH easier than slicing from the paper side

5. Peel off paper and attach contact paper to bottom side of clean glass (name will appear backwards)

6. With gloves on, use a Q-tip to spread ethcing cream on stencil

7. Let stand for 10 minutes, then rinse off with warm water

Etching Craft Project

This past week I have busy etching my new last name into all of my glass casserole, pie and salad bowls that I received from the wedding. This way I will always (hopefully) get them back after a ward function or when I take food to a family in the ward.

Being Married Means.....

Being married means........

upgrading from a full sized bed to....

a California King!

Being married means........

doing one load of laundry a week to........

doing 2-3 loads of laundry a week:(

Being married means......

not just cooking a little bit of food but......

cooking a whole lot more.

Idaho Family Reunion

Kauai Honeymoon