March Madness

This is going to be the mother of all posts. We are taking what easily could have been three posts and combining all of it into one.

Our adventures started at the first of March. March 6th was my birthday. My wife decided to surprise me with an activity. Little did I know that this activity consisted of jumping out of a perfectly good airplane at 13,000 feet.

After we got ready in our awesome jump suits, we got a little training and before we knew it we were walking to the airplane. After a plane ride to 13,000 feet, the door opened. It is a feeling that we both cant even describe. All I can say is that skydiving should be on everyone's bucket list. We intentionally and successfully jumped from an aircraft while in flight thousands of feet above the Earth thus joining the elite group of humans who actually do the things they have always wanted to do instead of just talking about them while sitting on the couch watching TV.


To add to our adventures, over spring break we decided to hike Angel's Landing In Zion National Park. If you don't know about this hike, all I can say is it isn't for those who are terrified of heights. The ridge below is the ridge you hike to get to the top.

The beauty of success!

After taking our lives in our hands, we decided to take a easy hike to the Grotto. It was a chain of beautiful waterfalls. It was a nice relaxing hike compared to Angel's Landing. All I have to say is that Angels need to rethink their landing.

Ms. Frances Susan Williams

To top off the month of March, we had the opportunity to meet France Susan Williams.

Rich, Julie and the girls were back in Utah for a week. We were able to go up to Logan for France's baby blessing. It was nice to see them all. I couldn't believe how cute France is and how much little Ruby has grown!

Needless to say, March has been an awesome month!

Happy Birthday Mom!

There are a few days throughout the year that have some bitter sweet moments connected to them. A year and a half ago March 1st became one of these days. It is a remarkable day because one of the most charismatic women I know was born. She is the true meaning of a "woman". She also served her purpose as the perfect definitions for a loving mother, wife, friend, sister, and teacher. The day in my mind now has a shadow cast long and dark over it. The bitter side is that I cant share this big day with one of the most influential women in my life. I truly miss her, but I celebrate her life today. Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday Dad!

My dad came down for the weekend and Chelsea and I had the opportunity to take my dad out for his birthday.



We started our morning off by hitting up Zion National Park. The weather was beautiful and the scenery was even more spectacular.

Being the slower season in the park, we were able to take our own car up in and take our time. We stopped at every little pull off and enjoyed the views. We also did a few little hikes.

After the park we headed to St. George and shopped a little (Chelsea's Idea).

We then went to eat at Texas Road House (Dad's and Micah's Idea).

We ended our day with a some Olympics and birthday cake. It was an awesome day. We are glad we could be with my dad throughout his big day! Once again...Happy Birthday Dad! We Love You!

Halloween Fun!

The night before halloween Micah and I carved pumpkins!

Micah says his pumkin was better than mine.

I dressed up for the hospital as a go go hippie so Micah dressed up as a hippie to. Good thing he has long hair and a scruffly beard to make the outfit complete.

We decided to go bowling with Lacee and Deven! Micah was on fire. He bowled 5 STRIKES in a row! Luckily enough I came back and won the second game. Looks like we tied tonight! We had a way fun Halloween!

Life

We officially are the worse bloggers ever! Between school, work, school, work, and the occasional date nights…we find ourselves wondering why there isn’t more time in a day. Currently we are both stuck between books and homework. I recently went through a quarter life crisis after completing my Associates Degree. So I decided instead of being done in less than two years with on Communications Degree…I thought I would shoot myself in the foot and tack on another six possible years of school. I recently changed my major to Biology; I figure I can hack it because it is in my blood. That will roughly take me two years. After I get my degree I am currently looking into Optometry Schools. That is another four years. That makes me roughly 30 years-old when I finally finish. Chelsea on the other hand has an awesome career at her finger tips. She will be graduating in 7 months as a Radiologist Technician. She is fighting the thought of specializing, or working for awhile. The moral of the story is that we are alive! We are trying to make something of ourselves. I just find myself wondering if there is even light in this tunnel. I am grateful to have a wife that is living poof that there is light at the end of the tunnel. I just have to realize that I might be in a long friggin’ tunnel. I guess all I can do is keep on truckin’! That’s what life is about.

The Happiest Place on Earth!

At the end of May, Chelsea and me had the opportunity to road trip it to California with Chelsea's family. Most of our time was spent at the happiest place on earth...Disneyland. We also spent a lot of our time exploring California Adventure.

Some rides we road just so we could say we did them and check them off our list...

...others we were anxious to ride.

I don't know if it is because I am just a kid at heart, or if I am just weird. Most the rides I found still have the classic feeling that I remember from when I was young.

We even got to meet the man himself. He is a lot shorter than I remember.

Of course we didn't go to California without hitting the beach. We enjoyed the day at Newport Beach; where we practically had our own little slice of heaven to ourselves. The weather was perfect for sand volleyball, swimming...even though the water was a little cold, and catching some sun.

All in all the trip was awesome! I found out real quick that you don't have to be a kid to enjoy these kind of things...even though Chelsea would debate that I am a kid trapped in a 6'4'' body. It was nice to be with Chelsea's family and just be away from school and work for a week. Sadly enough, reality set in the Monday when we were back into the swing of things at work.

Finals Finally Finished!

Well, finals week is officially over for both of us! Micah had to do his "after finals dance," which included flapping his arms and dancing around the house. Of course he had to yell "Finals is over!" He was pretty excited. His excitement will last longer than mine because summer semester starts next week for me.

We are looking forward to this weekend and our trip to see Micah's family in Heber. Since we have been married, we haven't been good about taking pictures...so we will see if we can do better to post you on our weekend.

CSIS 1000

This semester is coming to and end...finally. It has been a long one. One of the classes I am taking is a computer class. This week we were fortunate enough to learn more about blogs...I needed this introduction being that I never know what I am doing with our blog. One of the objectives is to post videos from YouTube. Of course, I had to pick sports because I love them. Enjoy the dunks from the side video bar. Hopefully this is enough to get a passing grade on the assignment.

Inactive Blogger

We have become inactive at blogging. I'm sorry it has been so long. Being that the time has flown by, I figured I would update everyone on our lives. Chelsea has been up north for the past few days with schooling. She is enrolled in the Radiology Tech program through Weber State. It gets kind of confusing because she does her clinicals down here in Cedar but has to travel up there every month or so for her classes. It has been kind of crapy with her gone, but luckily my dad came down for a few days and kept me company.

The main reason my dad came down is because I drew a pretty good tag for hunting turkeys down here. It has been a rough hunt with the weather and all. I think I have seen over 1000 deer in the last few days and 1 turkey. Hopefully the weather gets more like spring and I can pull this hunt out...not that anyone cares but me. I guess I am a little redneck in some ways. I will keep you all posted.

Home for the Weekend

Chelsea and I had the opportunity to head home for the weekend. We planned ahead and made sure that we didn't have to work, and that our homework was for the most part done. Rich, Jules, and Ruby were here from the big NY. My dad, Whitney, Steve, and lets not forget Addi and Haida have the biggest blessing of all...living in Heber! Every time Chels and I go to Heber, there is one thing we have to do without fail...that is hit up the Holiday Lanes. If I remember right, my dad came out victorious beating all of us is a game of bowling. Ruby had the time of her life, stealing the spot light often. Hopped up on sugar and the night life, she ran around waiting for her turn to bowl. Of course she bowled a strike with her pink ball.

We had the opportunity to see my dad...wait Elder Williams get set apart as a part time missionary. It was an awesome experience. We all felt like this calling is perfect for our dad. This is the best family picture we have. It looks like we need to invest in a little tripod...the important thing is that we are all there!

The girls of course had to pamper themselves by getting pedicures. The boys had their moment at the gun range taking no prisoners on innocent cardboard boxes. Nobody asked me to get a foot massage! Maybe next time I will be invited.

All in all it was an awesome trip! Of course it flew by way to quick, but it was worth it. We packed a week full of fun into a weekend.

As we are in the shadow of our two month anniversary, we thought it would be appropriate to post some pictures on our blog of our wedding finally. Some of you might be thinking,”Are they really celebrating their two month anniversary?” Of course we are! It’s 1/6th of the year…why wouldn’t we? We still love being married. I don’t know if we are still in the honeymoon stage or not…but we love it!

Blogs?

Well, it is going on two months that Chelsea and I got married. Being that we both don't have anytime, because of school and work, I don't know how this blogging stuff will work out. It will probably end up being my responsibility when I need a distraction from homework in the library. Anyways...we're throwing our hats into the ring. Blogging...here we come!