Belle Marie - Born June 9th

Congratulations Steele & Sarah! Here's a picture of their new baby girl, Belle Marie. She is the 5th child in the family. We weren't able to see her until we came back from Idaho on the 22nd, but I'm glad we could stop in for a while to say hi and see their new baby!

A beautiful baby for a beautiful family!!

Belle Marie

Jon & Jenn's Wedding - June 28th

Last Saturday we had the opportunity to be at Jon and Jenn's wedding. It was BEAUTIFUL!! They had the reception Friday night, wedding in the St. George temple Saturday morning, luncheon that afternoon, and left for their honeymoon to Boston that night. I'm glad we could be there! At the luncheon, Jonny's dad even asked Jesse and I if we would share the story of setting them up on a blind date (which I was happy to do... Jesse says "There's way too much credit for you floating around this family!"). Congrats and good luck Jon & Jenn!

Right out of the temple

They look so good together!

Jon & Jesse... friends since they were kids

Jenn & Mindy... friends from nursing classes

Weekend at Palisades Reservoir in Idaho June 20th - 21st

This last weekend, Jesse and I met up with a couple of my high school friends and their husbands at a cabin in south-eastern Idaho near Palisades Reservoir. Emily and her husband, Christian, and Susan and her husband Andrew, and Jesse and I all went four-wheeling, white water rafting (a first for Jesse), set off fireworks, cooked tin-foil dinners, went to the square ice cream shop in Swan Valley, and played games. Thanks Susan and Emily for inviting us and helping us have a great time!

Mindy and Jesse in front of the campfire roasting marshmallows

Jesse and Mindy riding on a four-wheeler

Jesse was a little crazy taking me off jumps... look closely at my face...

[Top right corner]: Emily (dark blue jacket) and Christian on the left and Susan (pink jacket) and Andrew on the right

We tried finding our white water rafting pictures on the professional companies' websites... but it looks like they skipped us and didn't take our pictures. So, the best we have is this video of some kayakers going down the Snake River "Lunch Counter" rapid.

Triathlon - June 14th, 2008

My first completed Olympic distance triathlon:

The results:

I had a really good time! It was harder than I thought it would be, but not hard enough to scare me away from doing others. I am excited for my next one... You can see pictures of Natalie, Audrey, and myself above - Natalie's time: 2:48 - awesome job, Natalie! Audrey's bike had problems so she wasn't able to finish, but she finished the swim and bike. The timing company had problems with their timing wires so they just combined my transition times into one (6:44) but I had a hard time with my wet suit so over 5 minutes of that time was spent before I even got on my bike. But I finished! I got 3rd place in my age group (4 total - one didn't finish). :) Next triathlon I will train more in a wetsuit (especially the getting out of part) and train for the run. Thanks for the support to those that came!

My time: 3:45:01

Jonny & Jennifer

They are getting married! Congratulations! One of Jesse's friends from high school and one of my friends from nursing classes- they make a really cute couple. They are getting married on June 28th here in the St. George temple. Their photographer is new, but amazing. Her name is Denise Hoogland and you have to check out some of their engagement pictures & bridal pictures. I would post them here but I don't want to get into trouble with copyright or something... enjoy!