Trips

Bruce and I got back a few hours ago from a short visit to Yellowstone.

Yep, we went again!

This time we actually camped in the park, at a campground in the vicinity of Yellowstone Lake.  I haven't been camping in a couple years, and it was fun to break in some of our new camping gear.

We spent the majority of the day in Canyon Village, which is where the "Grand Canyon of Yellowstone" is located.  We went on a number of hikes (of varying lengths and difficulties) over the course of the day, and the canyon was gorgeous!  Truthfully, breathtaking.  Big fan of nature.  Big fan...

After the canyon, we went to Norris, where we walked around and saw a number of hot springs and geysers, some of which were super neat.

By the end of it all, we were tired, hungry, and sunburned, and we decided to head for home.

Now all we need to do is go to bed, meet Kelly and Vlad for breakfast in the morning, and write our talks for Sunday (yeah, we got asked to speak about an hour ago...I am less than jazzed).

At least the majority of the day was a success!

Weddings!

So, my bestie is getting married!

That's right folks, Kelly is getting hitched some time in the next 3ish months.

I am so happy and excited for her, and Bruce and I are excited to meet her fiance Vlad (no, not his real name) on Saturday.  Frankly, I think Bruce is more excited to see me give this guy "the talk" than he is about anything else...well, that and the fact that we're meeting over breakfast...he's excited about breakfast too.

But yay!

It's fun that we'll be doing this whole newlywed thing together.

My fingers are crossed that things will go smoothly for them with everything they have to plan and deal with for the next little while!

I don't think I mentioned that my sister-in-law is getting married in October too!  Holy wedding season, Batman!  I am so thrilled for her, she's got herself a great guy, and we're all so excited for them (maybe not for the fact that they will be living in Alaska, but aside from that... much excitement)!

Bruce's favorite poem

Teaching the Ape to Write Poems

James Tate, 1943

They didn't have much trouble teaching the ape to write poems:
first they strapped him into the chair, then tied the pencil around his hand
(the paper had already been nailed down).
Then Dr. Bluespire leaned over his shoulder and whispered into his ear:
"You look like a god sitting there. Why don't you try writing something?"

Cannonballs and the completely uninspired

Hello friends, My names Bruce,
Just checking in again.
Today had some highs and lows.
Today at work I bought 2 model rockets and a launching pad for them both and I was pretty excited for Lisa and I to go launch one off today. However, this did not go well. In fact, it didn't go anywhere. I think I broke the igniters or they didn't make contact with the engine, I don't know. So to be continued there. When we got home from out failed rocket test we made dinner. Lately we have been cooking out of a cookbook written by six sisters who hopefully kept their day job. Cuz thus far the recipes have been disappointing. I thought I would take a moment to post a picture of my wife's comments written next to the recipe.

Brutal that one, yet it shall forever remain as a reminder, just to not and say we did. Lisa is a clever one though, I'd probably forget how blah it was and just cook it again, but not this one, nah.
After dinner we went to the Ammon Pool. We joked around that because it was Monday we would see some FHE's there, oddly enough our old singles ward was having their FHE there this evening. It was good to see some familiar faces. I took this time at the Ammon Pool to do some big cannonballs; as it turns out I suck at diving. Thus, I stick to what I know, which is making a big splash.
And after some froyo, we are back home after having had a fun filled day. So despite the completely uninspired, I'd say we still know how to have fun. That is all.
Note: Lisa may correct some punctuation in here, I love you honey. ;P

Sharing is Caring?

SC is getting so big!

His most recent favorite things are babbling, scooting across the floor, hissing, waving bye-bye, and sharing.

The only problem with the sharing one is that he decided to share his cold with me.

Luckily, I can take drugs for it.

Unluckily, I feel like I'm constantly on the verge of tossing my cookies this morning.

Instructions

I was perusing some recipes today, and I realized that I haven't been quite as adventurous in my cooking endeavors as I have been in the past.

My recent delving into uncharted recipes has proven mundane at best, they left me disenchanted to say the least...making me less than excited to attempt anything outside my repertoire.

But I am determined to prevail!

I want to try more new recipes. Exciting recipes. Recipes with flavor, pizzazz, oomph, substance, color, and wow-factor.

We'll see how this goes...

Halfway

Hey y'all, guess what!

It's July.

Yeah, I know, crazy right?

We are halfway through the year already!

I'd ask where the time went, but since I spent all that time anxiously awaiting my marriage to Bruce, I know exactly where it went.

Here's to all the glorious happenings to come in the remaining six months!