~*Summer Splashes & Splendor*~ Part 1

So we've been pretty busy this summer. We've had loads of fun doing lots of different activities. All of these will have their own posts since there is so much! I probably won't get it all done today but here's a start!

Utah Day Trip
We had a lot of fun hanging out with Court, Krin, & Elsie down in the big city. We went to a water park but we thought it was just a pool so we forgot our suits (bummer). Later we went to an exhibition baseball game including a homerun derby which was pretty exciting.

It was fun to play with Elsie; Grandma Cathie was especially having a great time with her!







Arne & Cathie

4th of July Weekend

This is way late and I don't have any pictures unfortunately! I really need to work on using that camera of ours. Anyways, we had a lot of fun hanging out with our families and participating/watching all the activities.

On the 3rd, all of Rocky's family was able to be here. When Court, Krin, & Elsie got here, we were able to go swimming at the pool for a little bit. There I found out about my high school Alumni game scheduled for that night so after swimming and a snack, I went down to play in the game. Highlight of the game: I hit a homerun over the fence!!! That is still one of the best feelings ever! Court also took a shot at the homerun derby and hit 2 out! It was crazy because the fence he hit it over was extremely far back there!!! When we got back to the house, Court grilled steaks and we lit off bottle-rockets! The steaks were great and lighting off the bottle-rockets was tons of fun!

Now for what we did on the 4th: we started out watching the parade in M-town. It seemed extremely long. Rocky rode along with one of his buddies in the parade on a golf cart for 3/4 of the parade. He had fun with that. Elsie was super cute! She started out wearing her sunglasses upside-down because that was more comfortable to her. She got loads of candy too!

After the parade, we lounged around for a bit then headed down to the Welling Reunion/4th of July Celebration. It was awesome to see everyone and to chit-chat about upcoming events! The bbq lunch was also very tasty!

After eating, it was time for us to head out to SnoTown for the parade and dinner out there! Unfortunately we didn't have time to play volleyball. Hopefully next year. Anyways, the parade was small but great as usual! Varcy & Mom were in the parade riding the 4-wheeler! They had their little puppy Buddy riding with them too! They were so cute!

After the parade, we hung out at the house for a little bit then came back down for dinner and chatted with some old friends. It was a lot of fun and dinner was really good too!
When it was almost dark, we headed back over to M-town to watch the fireworks with Beef (Brady) and his wife Kara. The fireworks were good but I think I had more fun lighting off bottle-rockets the night before! :)

Overall, it was a great weekend and we had a lot of fun hanging out with everybody!

Happy Late Father's Day to all the Daddies!

Sorry that this is late! I meant to do this yesterday but I got super sick and have been sleeping basically since 3:30 yesterday! Yikes! Anyways, I wanted to do this real quick and wish all the Dads a Happy Father's Day! I hope you all had a great day!


Thank You!!!

Thanks to both our Dads for all that they do for us! (Sorry I don't have any pictures of Rocky and his dad, he probably wouldn't want me posting them anyway. There's always next year! Hehe!)

Happy Trails!

In Need of a Smile...

So not a whole lot has been going on... We're still in limbo land in the case of jobs and what we're going to do. I'm excited to learn how to crochet soon and make baby blankets and other fun stuff to keep me busy along with catching up with my reading projects. :) We're both trying to figure out what to do for work. I still get an occasional shift at my retail job but who knows where the next few weeks are going to take us.

Heads Up

I wanted everyone to know that we're going to be getting a new blog address... one that's a little less insightful to our identities to keep from going private. It won't be for a little bit but just wanted to give a notice.

Here's a SMILE! :)

Just because I needed a laugh in all the madness and I figured others could use one too, here's a couple pictures of me many years ago that I think are funny. When I get my hands on some of the hub's baby pics, I'll do the same thing!


EnjoY!!!!

Updates: More Pictures to Come

Sorry to all for not keeping up on this the last little while. It's been pretty crazy and rough. I'd thought I'd give just a few updates that will probably have their own posts when I get pictures.

So first off and most important, both Rocky and I graduated on May 9. Rocky got an Associate degree in Applied Science for Instrumentation and Controls (Electronics of Energy) and my degree was a Bachelor of Science in Health Education. We are both way excited to be done with school. It worked out really nice for us to be able to graduate at the same time! Now we're just waiting to hear back from job places for Rocky.

Another massive achievement, well in my opinion :), I finally finished up my eligibility to play college softball! I didn't think I'd make it, especially this last year but with a LOT of help from Rocky, our families, friends, and Heavenly Father, I was able to make it through. This experience hopefully has prepared me for the trials that will come because after making it through that controversial subject, I should be able to take on anything, with help of course! :)

Just a few quick highlights from Senior softball day:

• I was able to play both defense and offense for both games that day.


• I got to play right field and first base.


• I hit a 3-run homerun to tie the last game, 6-6.


• Most of my family was able to be there including my grandparents, aunt and best friends.


• We won both games against the team I'd played for my first year of college, UVU.


• My Dad got my homerun ball!


• I finished!!!!

Thanks to everyone that supported me (us) throughout school and softball. Rocky worked really hard in school and finished at the top of his class. Softball was really hard on both of us and we're happy to move on to another chapter in life.

*~Halfway Anniversary~* :)

Today is our 6-month anniversary! :) I know it's not a milestone or anything but it's just flying by so fast, our 1 year will be here before I know it! I'm so thankful for Rock; he's a great strength for me and he keeps me from getting too stressed out!! We are both so thankful for each other and for our families and friends for helping us in our journey! :)

~California Trip~

In March, I had a softball tournament in California. It was near where Rocky served his mission so he came to watch the games and after we were able to go visit a couple families and see some of the sites, specifically....

Burney Falls

The trees were huge!!!!

Rocky in front of the falls.

Look at the falls all the way across!

Needless to say, this was really hard for me!

It was pretty easy for Rocky to reach though! :)

The bridge at the end of the trail.