Finals are over! Gavin and I are headed to Washington D.C. in 1 week! We are looking forward to fun adventures, new opportunities, and a great externship experience for Gavin. I'm especially excited because my parents are buying my little brother plane tickets to D.C. as a graduation gift and we are going to have a blast seeing as many sights as we can pack in to a week.

This weekend Gavin and I took a quick camping trip to Elk River. We found a great little campsite, had a fire and s'mores, and enjoyed using our tent we got for Christmas. It was a beautiful place and it was so nice to get out of town for a little bit and enjoy nature! We hiked to Elk River Falls, saw some deer, snails, weasels, possibly a chukar?, and some rednecks. :) Being married is so much fun--it's so great having someone with me who's up for any adventure at any time.


A scripture that we read earlier this week has been on my mind every day and especially this weekend:


Alma 30:44

But Alma said unto him: Thou hast had signs enough; will ye tempt your God? Will ye say, Show unto me a sign, when ye have the testimony of all these thy brethren, and also all the holy prophets? The scriptures are laid before thee, yea, and all things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator.

Our tent! We love it and kept finding awesome things to say about it clear down to the convenient piece of velcro on the rainfly...yes...we were very excited about our tent! :)

Gavin making breakfast. Sausage, egg, and potatoes. It was delicious! We were also very excited about the new camp stove we got last summer and just now had the chance to break it in.

Family...you all should understand the great significance of this picture. :) Cool snail huh?!

Craziest mushrooms I've ever seen with my own eyes.


Elk river reservoir. It was beautiful!

April came and went so fast, it's hard to believe it is already May! April was full of fun--we enjoyed a visit from Gavin's parents: John and Mary Lou where we had fun with a little bbq out in the wind (there was a little bit of sunshine!) and a hike around Kamiak Butte, took a quick trip to the driving range, and enjoyed listening to hand bell concert put on by one of the local Methodist congregations here. It was a quick trip but we were glad they came to see us!

Gavin celebrated his 27th birthday on April 29th. Thanks to our friends Jenny and Melissa he had a fun little pizza party to celebrate. Gavin's parents bought him a guitar case and guitar tuner and I bought him a Japanese book ,"The Narrow Road to Oku."

We have weeds taking over the outside "yard" area in the front of our apartment. I decided to utilize some sunshine we had last weekend and start cleaning it up!

I found all sorts of fun things amidst the grass and weeds: 3 foreign coins, all from different countries, and a snake! Gavin caught it:I didn't want to get too close. :)