Summer Fun

.....enough said

Roadtrip!

 As most of you know, Scott got laid off from is job in the Gulf of Mexico in September. While we were looking for other jobs for him, we were still hoping that they would call him back (they said they would when they had openings). Well fortunately just 4 months later they called back! YAY!!! When Scott originally got hired he had to drive a car down there, then when he got laid off he had to drive it back. He said it was awful! It takes 3 days to get down there, so he had to drive for 6 days by himself!! This time when they called him back we decided that I would go with him. It was a way for us to have a little vacation. My parents came and stayed with Dane while we were gone!

This picture is actually when we were leaving Utah. The Utah drive was really pretty because we had to drive through Bear Lake.

Wyoming! Wow, I thought this was a pretty boring drive, but I was wrong! The next day was really hard to get through!

I thought this was a cool picture. Looks "old west"ish.

Colorado was really cool. We ended up staying in Fort Collins. That is where we fell in love 10 years ago! We ate at the same Applebees that we did in 2001. It was so much fun!

Denver skyline! It was weird to drive through Denver. I use to live there on my mission. So did my mom. (I served in Colorado for 3 months before I went to Venezuela)

Oh Kansas. There wasn't much to look at in this state. But it was cool to set foot in a state that I have never been in before. We stopped at a rest stop that had an antique mall. It was HUGE!! We stayed for an hour looking around, we agreed that we could have spent a lot of money there. Also, Scott found me some cool hanging crystals to add to my collection. He is the best!

This is basically what we looked at for 10 hours.

I just thought that was weird!

We stopped in Dodge City to eat and look around. It was cool to see the old stomping grounds of Wyatt Earp.

Oklahoma was my least favorite state, not because it is a lame state, but because of the hotel that we stayed in and the weather while we were there. We got to our hotel in Oklahoma City at about midnight, we were SO sleepy. When we got our room we realized it was a smoking room! That wasn't really the worst part. It was in the basement and it felt like a dirty dorm room. The carpet was just laying on top of the cement and it need to be vacuumed. The toilet needed a plunger, so it had one sitting there, a gross one, and the once you started the shower it whistled loudly forever, even when you got out!! Then when we left the next day we missed a turn. I freaked out because I was the navigator and I like to follow the exact directions from Google maps. I wanted to turn around and back track. Scott is good with maps, (as everyone should be), and just kept on going in the wrong direction, (but net really), until we found the right road. Did I mention I cried!! Oh yeah, and there was lots of snow and ice! That's right! Oklahoma doesn't usually get snow. It was obvious that they didn't know how to handle it. The roads were not plowed and they were pure ice. We counted about 50 slide offs from Oklahoma City to Texas. It was crazy! We were going about 40 MPH the whole way! ARGH! It was still cool to be in a new state though.

Texas! Yes that is snow! So much snow everywhere!

Louisiana! Another new state for me!!

I took a picture of the freeway because it was so different then I thought it would be. The roads were lined with these really thick forests!

A swamp! I kept looking for alligators. Scott said they out number the people 2-to-1. I never saw one.

A pretty sunset. That night we stayed in a REALLY nice hotel. I wanted to try some Cajun food, so we went to a local restaurant and I had some craw-fish and etouffee. It was really good!! The next morning I flew home!!

Three Zero

 I am 30! YAY! I am excited for this new decade! Scott threw me a really great party with a whole bunch of family. It was the perfect day. I felt special!! This is Dane playin with all the balloons.

 My sister (in-law, but whatev!) made the most beautiful stuff! Not to mention, kick-you-in-the-head tasty! Those chocolate cupcakes are straight from heaven!

 Fondue!! Who doesn't love fondue?! I also learned that there is no need to peel a kiwi! The skin is perfectly edible! Like an apple! Yummy!

 Just a small glimpse of all the yumminess!

 The chef and her cute baby Huge! (Luke)

 The party people!! Thanks for coming!!

 Popping the balloons a few days later...so fun.

A good shot of the fun!

Christmas

This year Christmas was a lot of fun. It is the first year that Dane understood Santa Claus.
On Christmas Eve we tried to get him all excited about Santa coming in the night. Dane said that he didn't want Santa to come because he is scary. It probably didn't help that a few days earlier Dane wouldn't clean up a mess that he had made and Scott told him that if he didn't Santa was going to bite his toes while he was sleeping! Needless to say, Dane cleaned up his mess, but now is terrified of Santa. Thanks to dad! Kids believe everything.
We tried to wake him up early, but he didn't want to wake up. We tried for about 5 minutes, but it wasn't until we opened his bedroom door and said "Look at all the toys!!!" that he got up. He was excited. He got just what he wanted! Isn't Santa smart!

Winter Fun

One thing that we weren't looking forward to about moving back to Cache Valley were the winters. We had two warm winters in St. George and then Hawaii. We were getting used to the heat. But we have actually been having a GREAT winter! It has been snowing so much and there is nothing more beautiful than a valley covered in snow, and nothing more fun than a bouncy 3 year old that wants to experience it. Having kids is so much fun, it makes us boring adults act like kids again, something I think is so important for our well being.

Last night for family home evening we did something that I have never done in my life. Ice skating!! I was terrified. I have been roller skating, but that was years ago, and only once. We didn't get any pictures, but we are going to go again, so stay tuned.
I am married to a multi-talented man. He can't even help it. He put on those ice skates and turned into Scott Hamilton! WHA.....?! Hi zipped around the rink like he had done it a million times before!
How did I do you ask? Well, I am happy to say that I didn't fall!! It took me about 15 years to go around one time. Scott would come by and hold my hand and I could go a little faster, but not for long! I would start to get scared.
We got Dane some skates that were absolutely adorable, but he couldn't stand up in them. We decided to let him walk around on the ice with his shoes. He had a great time.

We also went sledding. It was a lot of fun! We tried to take Dane last year, but he was too scared. This year he all for it!! He looks so dane (cute, I know!) in all his winter gear!
Yes, those are socks on his hands!

What to say....?

I don't even know what to say about this picture.

Farewell 2010

One of my new years goals is to update my blog more often then I did last year. It won't be hard. I didn't want to blog anymore in 2010, because at some point I was too bitter about how the year turned out and didn't trust myself to blog, I didn't want to vent.



Alas, it is a New Year and Scott and I couldn't be more pleased. New opportunities, attitudes, and motivation came with the new year. We are determined to have a GREAT year. So far, so good.
However, I must admit that with all trails come great blessings. I will give 2010 credit for humbling our little family into a mess that is grateful to be alive, to have each other, and to learn how much we are loved by others, while weeding out a few, well, weeds! We are so blessed to be closer to our families in the place that we love more than any other place on earth. It is good to be home, even if it isn't forever.

Stay tuned for all the new adventures that we are going to have this year....The year of the Jorgensens!!

An Italian and a Turtle

One of the other pilots that Scott works with is Luca. He is Italian, love that accent!!
We went to his house to see some sea turtles that live in behind his house.

Pictures:
#1&2 This is Luca's backyard!! WHAT!?! Beautiful right? WOW!

#3&4- The turtles! There were 2! They were really cool! I guess if we were to go a little later in the day there would have been a lot more. We will go back!

#5- A Hawaiian grapefriut!! HUGE! They were everywhere in Lucas yard! Of course Dane loved them! "Big yellow balls!"

#6-Really cool spider web!

#7-Dane running down the street!

#8-Dane. Cute.

#9-The famous Hawaiian flower, The bird of paradise!


#10-This is Luca. He caught a bird to show the kids. That is his wife in the picture with their son Eli.

#11 & 12- More of the view.

#13-Dane playin!