Summer is Over

This summer has gone by SO fast. All of a sudden, the leaves are orange and the brisk air is warranting jackets and boots. Here is a quick rewind on our summer. Back in April I finally graduated from BYU! 

My family came out to visit and we really had a blast. We made SEVERAL trips to Provo Beach Resort. And ate our hearts out. We went to La Jolla Groves one night and it was absolutely delicious. When they brought out the food, Jeff was a little taken back by the smaller than average portion size. Once he finished he said "Wow! I feel full but not sick... It's kinda nice!" It was funny to see that he usually associated being full with gorging himself. I am so glad he realized that the right portion sizes are better. In May, we went to Lake Powell with Jeff's Family. It was so fun to spend a long weekend with Jeff's siblings and two of our nieces and nephews. Jeff was so excited to build Legos and swam with this nephew and had a blast. When we got back, my good friend Annie had her beautiful baby girl! It was really fun because it was the first time that I had been really close friends with someone while they were pregnant and had the baby. Jeff and I hung out all night with Tyler and Annie until the Dr came in. 30 minutes later, Miss Halli Ann Anderson was born. She was (and still is) so so perfect and I love her.

After Halli was born, my dad and Hayden came to visit. For Hayden's birthday, he wanted to go to some MLS soccer games and chose to come to Salt Lake to was the Real Game against the LA Galaxy. We had tons of fun. We spent a day in Park City on the Apine Slide, Coaster, Zipline, etc. It was beautiful and great weather. The next day we went to the Real Game where the Galaxy won (Hayden was happy).

After Hayden and my dad left, we headed out to San Francisco for Jeff to donate bone marrow.

We arrived in San Francisco and took BART out to the coast so that we could be touristy and visit pier 39 and eat our hearts out. We walked around Fisherman's Warf and bought souvenirs. 

While we were there, we also visited the aquarium. It was so cool and fun. They had lots of tunnels where the fish would swim all around you.

The next day, Jeff had his surgery. He was in surgery for 3 1/2 hour while I tried to work... The way the surgery works is that the doctors drill four holes on each side of the pelvic bones (if you put your hands on your hips, they drill where your thumbs are). After the surgery, Jeff was really sore. We flew home the following day and Jeff lounged around and recovered.

In July, we went to St George to visit Jeff's family. Jeff's dad was called to be the Bishop of his ward. It was fun to be with family for a weekend. It was the first time that all of Jeff's siblings and their wives and kids had all been together in several years.

We saw Brave with the nieces and nephews (Ashlyn is a little diva)

Grant played with Noah's Ark

Jeff cuddled with the first girl he ever loved...Sadie (he has called me Sadie before)

 My birthday was at the end of July. For my birthday, Jeff got each of us Betta fish. Mine hasn't eaten in 2 months and is miraculously still alive and his is doing great!

Achilles (Jeff's)

Odysseus (Mine)

For my birthday, My girlfriends (Kyria and Courtney) took me to Wendover, NV. I was so excited because I had been practicing my BlackJack skills. If this wasn't an indicator of how the weekend would go, I don't know what would be?

 I found $20 in an empty slot machine so I used that to play some blackjack. 2 hours (and 8 blackjacks) later, I cashed out with $108.50...enough for all of our dinner and breakfast... It was such a fun weekend and I can't wait to go back.


The month of August consisted of me working 80 hrs/week and Jeff golfing 35 hrs/week. He has become quite proficient between me working so much and his golfing class.

In September, we got to go to Virginia! Jeff had a Lunch with some people my Dad works with and I got to spend lots of overdue time with my mom. While we were there, Jeff also got to golf 18 holes (a first for him) with my dad and Hayden. Along with those 18 holes, Jeff got to utilize a Caddy! He was so excited and had fun having someone telling him which clubs to use and someone who ran after his awry balls.

We had a great summer and loved doing so many things. We are so excited for fall and the excitement that it brings.