2 year anniversary... 4 months late

Did you know that we've been married for more than 2 years?
Lucky us.

(Peace = 2 years).

Here are some pictures of our 2 year anniversary. We spent it in Idaho Falls.

Donna (Paul's momma) was doing some girls camp prep, and so we went up to their stake property. They have this giant metal slide. You sit on a piece of carpet, and go super fast.

Riding the slide produced some hilarious faces- caught on camera.  

 Mostly Miss Marian's funny faces.

Though her momma and sister's were also funny.  

 Then we had some yum "square" ice cream in Swan Valley, ID.  I recommend the plain-ole'-vanilla.

What? You're totally jealous? Don't worry I found you a link, apparently it's one of Idaho's top road-side attractions.

Also- this is a dragonfly I caught for PB back in Provo. Isn't it pretty? Aeshna multicolor is its name. Pretending like it's dead then flying around our kitchen scaring us to death is its game.

For more of Paul's bug photography, including our own pet- Slim Jim. Check out his blog. Seeing those creatures so up-close and personal makes me appreciate them more, and glad to be married to a smarty-pants entomologist.

Recipes for a delicious fall weekend...

Friday Night Fun
1 Seinfield DVD (thanks Donna)
1 Warm Blanket (thanks Gma Carruth)
1 Pumpkin Shake

Saturday Sweetness
2 Tickets to NYC
1 Highschool friend -Val Larsen (I know- you are jealous.)
3 Tickets to the Natural History Museum
1 Trip to the Shake Shack. Yum!

Smokin' Saturday Night
2 Tickets to a biology award ceremony
40 Floors up NYC view at 7 WTC
1 E.O. Wilson talk
1/2 hour of nice conversation with big-wig biologists
2 train tickets home

Sunday Serenity
1 Extra hour of sleep (after I got up to get ready and Paul told me I could go back to bed! Hurray!)
3 Hours of church
1 1/2 hour nap
1 Colts football game (and hoping AC17 is ok).
An undisclosed amount... (aka +12) of the best pumpkin cookies ever. Seriously- you've got to try these guys. We have extra if you want to come over. :) Please. We can't stop eating them.

It really was a great weekend. I will be posting more about the award ceremony, because the talks were very thought-provoking and made me glad to be married to a biologist.
Sorry no pictures... you can just imagine how good looking we are, and how much fun we are having. :)

And really, you've got to try those cookies!

Person of the Week: Susan "the wonderful" Williams

With a name like Susan... you have the be Susan the "something", right? Well this Susan is just wonderful.

We are PR-classmates, and she was my sanity through late night projects, group work, case studies, etc. Also, she was a great Sudoku pal. After we finished up our BYU education, she headed around the world teaching babies in Taiwan. I hadn't seen her in WAY to long. Good news is, she is a Maryland native, and the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear was on BOTH of our agendas. Moral of the story- in a crowd of 200,000 people, with barely any cell phone service, we found each other- reunited again!

I sure like this lady. More East coast meetings for sure.

(More pics from the Rally... credit to Valerie, who actually brought a camera:)

(Now we are spending our Halloween weekend in PA with these two and their three cute kiddos). 

Poconos Day 2

 The next day we explored the Poconos and some beautiful waterfalls in the area. 

We visited Child's Park and Bushkill Falls... and for some reason these pictures got out of order, but none-the-less, here are some beautiful places we saw. 

 If you aren't thinking Rivendale, then something is wrong with you...haha

 The backwoods were really awesome.

 Some of the boardwalks went over the falls so you could look straight down on them, it was cool.

 Ah yeah... sweatshirt-around-the waist-look, but the trees are worth posting the picture.

 So... we asked this lady to take our picture in front of the falls (pictured above...) and somehow she miss-aimed.

 So we had her try again... and things just got worse... haha.

 So Paul got a solo shot in front of the "Main Falls".

 And then we drove home. And the hills looked like they were on fire. And I couldn't stop coughing. (And that's still going on.)

To sum it up--- the best birthday ever- thanks Paul. I love you.

*I've been blogging up a storm today, so don't miss...
Birthday (day)
Birthday (morning)
Paul's JCrew modeling skills
And one of my favorite little ladies.