A Much Needed Break

Greg and I went on our first "official" date in a while!! Although it was very random and thrown together at the last minute, we had a ton of fun! To start out our date we bought a pizza and ate it at one of the parks here in Provo. Luckily it has been warm lately so we had beautiful warm weather. Afterward we drove to the Nicklecade and had a lot of fun challenging each other to all sorts of games. In the end I won :) But not by much!
We then took a trip to Coldstone for some delicious ice cream! (Greg's favorite thing to eat!) Right after we finally got to watch the new Batman movie! We both loved it. Greg left the movie theater feeling like Batman.
It was such a fun and needed night. Both of us have been stressed with school, especially Greg, and it was nice to have an evening where school did not matter.
I am a fan of date nights!

Volleyball Time

I want to congratulate my amazing sister Katelyn on finishing her senior year of volleyball! Greg and I were able to go watch her play in her last state tournament. She played very well and I could not be more proud! She did a great job at keeping her team together and put all her effort out there. I know the feeling of being in such a stressful situation, but it is such a great experience.
It was fun to listen to Greg try to figure out the rules of volleyball! He came up with his own position names for each of the players so he could understand what was going on! Gotta love him!

Clarissa Jane Carrio

So I am a little late on this post, but it is not any less important! We have a new adorable member of the Pagel family! Clarissa Jane was born on July 18! She is such a cute baby! Because they live in Texas we have not seen her in person yet. :( Every time Greg and I skype with his sister Leslie and Clarissa, we get more and more excited to meet her. Luckily we get to see her during Thanksgiving! :) It has been a lot of fun to receive pictures in the mail and on our phones! She looks beautiful just like her mom!
We cannot wait to see her soon!

Pirate Donuts!

Speaking of pirate treasure....I am not sure what got into us, but Courtney, Jess and I decided that it would be a good idea to dress like pirates and go stand in line at Krispy Kreme on National Talk Like a Pirate Day. If you dressed like a pirate they gave you a free dozen glazed donuts. How could I pass that up? Although we stood in line for over 3 hours....(Ya I know...CRAZY!!) it was definitely worth it! Now I can say that I have stood in line for donuts.

 Court & Jess all dressed up!

 Yes I am a Pirate!

 The line once we got inside...It was about this long outside of the building too!

Pirate Treasure

I have the opportunity every so often to babysit 3 of the cutest kids in the world! The last time I was able to go over, my cousin Jameson decided that he wanted to dress up like a pirate and have a treasure hunt. We got a treasure chest with fake coins in it. We took turns hiding the chest and sending the others to find it! It was a lot of fun! It is always a fun and exciting adventure to hang out with the Jones'. Love them!!

We love Mother Nature!

Over Labor Day weekend we we able to take a trip up North to Yellowstone National Park. It was a great weekend. My only request for my birthday weekend was to get away from the BYU bubble, and my wish came true! I think we picked one of the most popular weekends to be in Yellowstone, but we had an amazing time. Luckily we were smart enough to reserve a campsite about a month before our trip, otherwise we would not have had anywhere to say!
During our trip we had the opportunity to go to the Playmill Theater and watch Annie Get Your Gun! What a fun production! We laughed a lot, and are definitely going to try to go back soon.
The first night was a little rough. We got back to our campsite after the play, and it was pouring rain. Our fire pit was a huge puddle so we didn't get to cook dinner. After a cold and wet night of sleeping on the ground, we woke up to a beautiful sunny morning with a few elk right outside our tent.
We were able to enjoy a second day full of hiking, watching Old Faithful, and just enjoying Mother Nature! Greg decided to hike up a little trail that went up the side of a hill. We climbed up and were graced by a beautiful view of a very colorful hot pool.
That night as the sun was setting we walked down to the river by our campsite and were able to enjoy the moment watching a gorgeous elk and a beautiful sunset.

It was a much needed trip before we both had to focus everything on school. I think both Greg and I agreed that we need to have an annual Yellowstone trip.

Excited to start our adventure

 Waiting for "Annie Get Your Gun" to start

 By one of the geysers at Yellowstone

We had to take our feet picture!! (See previous post for explanation) 

The gorgeous view from our hike up the mountain!! 

I doubted at first, but Greg's idea was definitely a good one! :) 

We left our mark by the waterfall! 

Yum!! Tinfoil dinners! I love camping food!

My Night in Shining Armor

Yesterday I had a horrible morning. I woke up with a really bad pain in my left side. I did not want to get out of bed it hurt so bad. At first Greg was super nervous that my appendix had erupted. Thankfully we remembered that your appendix is on your right side, not left which was a huge relief for me. I tried to see if it would get any better, but it only got worse. At one point I fell to the floor bawling because it hurt so bad. Luckily a few minutes after that the pain started to go away. We are not really sure what was wrong. We think it might have been a kidney stone...whatever it was I am hoping that it never comes back.

Well while I was in bed and on the floor crying, poor Greg was doing everything he could to research my symptoms to see if he could figure out what was wrong. When he got home from work last night he surprised me with flowers.

I am so glad that I have someone who is willing to do anything for me and make sure I am as happy as I can be. I have the greatest husband in the world.