HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY CAP'N JACK!!!

Jack had his first birthday on Saturday the 10th. Cute little guy...

So we took him to Petsmart to let him pick out a toy...He got that Alligator. He's been a really good dog since we've had him & pretty darn smart too. So I thought I'd show y'all his tricks. I'm such a proud mum!

SIT


UP


DANCE



LAY DOWN



HIGH FIVE



SHAKE RIGHT


SHAKE LEFT


We are working on others...but he really is a good, smart dog. He listens really well.






We LOVE him.



{ This is Jack showing that he is '1' }

"Hi I'm May...nice to meet you."

Seriously I woke up the other day to....SNOW! Ahhhh! I was like. "Wait what month is it?" Then I remembered it was my favorite month of them all! MAY! I love May! The flowers, warmth! Not to mention I got married this month! {yes one whole year...yay} Needless to say I'm tired of Utah & it's bipolar weather. Bring on the sunshine!

The GRANDEST of Canyons

We finally made it down to see one of the 7 natural wonders of the world.



The GRAND CANYON in all of it's glory!

It was pretty spectacular! We started off on our journey on Wednesday night....

We had to drop off an oven Mike sold on ebay. After that we found our way to Kanab & stayed the night in Aikens Lodge. We didn't know what to expect. But in the morning we saw Kanab & how cool the little city was.

Then alas...on our way to see our good friends Cam & Bethany! It took us a few hours to get to Mesa, but we made it! Along the way we had the essential snacks for a road trip....Corn Nuts, Funyuns, & lots of yummy candy!

I pretended I was a photographer & took pictures of the interesting things we saw along our way...




Lotsa bugs hit your windshield on roadtrips...I just thought this one had pretty guts.


Finally we made it to Mesa & met up with Cam, Bethany, their cute baby Haylee & Buster...their dog!

We had such a busy day...we got to Mesa & talked with Cam & Bethany, then we had to make it to a wedding!

My beautiful friend Alli got married & I was so happy to be there...even though I didn't get to hug her guts out! :) She looked amazing & happy! Plus I got to see her brother Travis & sister-in-law Rachel that I haven't seen forever! It was super nice to catch up with them! Their family has grown so much & they are all so cute! Plus my friend Anna Page
took Allie's pictures! So we got to chill with them too!
Then after the wedding we went out for SUSHI! Mike's dad was in town so he got to come!



Then we said 'goodbye' to the Comerfords.



I didn't want to leave. Not only because I was scared out of my mind to go camp, but I miss my friends & rarely get to see them. But alas we went our way... & again I took pictures! The cactus were HUGE! & so cool looking....
& after about 4 hours we finally made it! The GRAND CANYON! And the first look of it took my breath away...


Really the pictures don't do it justice! It was so awesome! I could have just sat & looked at it for hours!



Anna & Jonathan met us up there so it was even better!



So again we had to leave our friends & go set up camp. Ok folks...lets talk about camping. As most of you know...I come from California. I grew up with bon fires on the beach & swimming with the fish. We never...& I mean NEVER went camping! I don't even think I knew what it was until I moved up here! So when Mike said "we can camp." I though...I guess I could try that out. I mean I did it with the young women a while back...it wasn't too bad. I slept in a truck. So we decided to camp. Mike LOVES camping. We got a tent for our wedding & he has been dying to use it! So I tried my hardest. We set up camp...


and had a camp fire...it was FREEZING!! It got to be like 25-30 degrees at night! I don't do well with the cold...so when we went to bed I tried my hardest to fall asleep knowing I only had a thin piece of flammable material between me & the wildlife. So through out the night I woke up & woke Mike up cause I "heard something." It was the wind. I tried to fall back asleep & finally put my ipod in fell asleep for like an hour! But I made it!!!

Even if I did only get like 5 hours of sleep. So then Mike & I decided to go on a hike...we went down the Bright Angel Trail. Not even half way down...it was a 7.5 mile hike & they recommend not to go in one day! So we went 3 miles down...down was easy...I could have kept going. But then I remembered that we would have to go all the way back UP!
This was only half way...but we made a friend along the way.

We named him Melvin. He had NO FEAR! Mike was just sitting there eating & Melvin tried to take his chip right out of his hand! It was pretty rad. We had a good 6 mile hike

but man was it a tough one!
I kinda had a melt down the night after the hike...I think it was due to lack of sleep & the 6 mile hike. I could camp another night. So my sweet, sweet husband took me to a hotel. I'm a spoiled brat....
So we said goodbye to the Grand Canyon & went on our way up to Page, AZ. The next morning we hiked to this.

Horseshoe Bend

It was really cool.

Mike thought of jumping after all I put him through :)I love him...he didn't jump. We had a pretty fun trip. Arizona was good to us. I'm pretty sure we'll go back.



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4 EYES

So I finally brought myself to get glasses. I guess it was the fact that I had a MAJOR headache that lasted for about 5 days. No joke...I tried everything! 4 Ibuprofen, Chiropractor visits, Excedrin tension headache, I even went to the doctor to see if I had a brain aneurysm { I watch Eli Stone too much, plus I went to WebMD.} No brain aneurysm, possible migraine. After all that I finally made an appointment to get me some seeing eye glasses.

NOTE: have you ever seen the FRIENDS episode where Rachel has to go to the eye doctor & has to put eye drops in her eye?

That's totally me! Ask Mike...he has to pin me down when I have allergies & need eye drops. Man I hate things going into my eye. I can't even see someone touch their eye. So I couldn't even imagine putting some foreign object into my eye {contacts} So it took me a while to find some glasses I liked. But I found some.

Jack is Crazy

I'm a tiny bit obsessed with my dog. We don't have a child yet & so I take pictures of my dog. Probably way too often. But I love the little crapper.





Averi...my friend Kim's daughter...& Jack have a love hate relationship. The other day Averi was over & I was 'play' fighting with Jack, Averi said "Don't hurt him, he's my best friend!" Yet when Jack becomes his protective self he growls @ her. Then they'll play & play too. It's strange. But she'll always tell us that "Jack is crazy." We live just across the 'courtyard' from Averi & so her & Jack will stare @ each other out the windows. But even if Jack isn't staring @ Averi then he's just looking @ nothing. He longs to be outside & I feel bad for the little chap. We don't have a backyard so he is a prisoner in his own home.



But he has toys that he demolishes!


Almost every toy that has stuffing is limp now. And he LOVES a good ball to play with. He really is spoiled.

We love him.