Happenings of our lives

We had a great Christmas this year. Jordan and I celebrated Christmas with my family on the 19th. Grandma Linn came from California to spend the week before Christmas before with my family. Every year my family has a gift exchange, this year I had my dad and Jordan had Ashley (again!). I got Dad the second and third pirates movies and Jordan got Ashley some earrings and some clothes ( I made her a skirt and apron and Jordan helped pick out a shirt and undershirt to go with the skirt). Jared and Jordan and got him another xbox controller, so now we have 4. Ashley got me a picture frame.

The next day we left for Orofino. We drove up with Justin and Julie. The drive was long and the roads weren’t very good, but it was still fun. After the 13 hour drive, we got to Orofino. (Now written by Jordan). Still fun? Ha! Well, it really wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Mom and Dad were nice to pay for the gas to get up there so we didn’t have to pay anything.

The week was so much fun. The pictures tell it all. I did most of the cooking during the week. I gained ten pounds. I’m posting a bunch of the recipes online. It was a fun week because we just hung around a lot and it was really relaxed. Emily and I had the bridal suite again. Everyone is jealous but I guess that is what we get for not having any kids yet! Robin and her family came down for a few days as well which added a little more craziness to the motel. There wasn’t many guests at all during the week which was fun because we were able to spend more time with Mom and Dad. Jason unfortunately wasn’t able to come at all because he only had Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off of work.

We had planned on coming home on Sunday; however some parts of the interstate were closed and the roads weren’t very good because of the weather. We left Monday instead and the roads were great. The drive home went much faster than the ride up it seemed.

I’m the worst person ever at updating blogs. This is from the end of July and I’m just now posting about it. Well, after Pioneer day (a holiday in Utah) Jordan and I drove up to Orofino (that’s in the Idaho panhandle) to have a family reunion with Jordan’s family. We actually went to visit Jordan’s sister in Coeur d’Alene (even further north). We drove through Utah, then Idaho, and even went through Montana. That was Thursday, and Friday we went to Silverwood with Robin, Taylor, Benson, and Ashton. Too bad most of the time we spend in the park was in the water park, so we didn’t take very many pictures. Anyway Jordan and I went on some roller coasters, and I got scared because my seatbelt came undone on the first one. It was called Timber Terror. So, after that I didn’t want to go on another roller coaster. Jordan went on on called Aftershock, and it looks really scary. The towers go up to 177ft. He was really brave to do it. After we went on the roller coasters, we went to the water park.We had a ton of fun with everyone on the lazy river, and the wave pools. The supposedly kiddy sprinkler part was the most fun of all. Jordan and even went on some water slides. All in all it was a fun day.
The next day, we went to Jordan’s parents’ hotel. We drove down there with Benson and Taylor and when we got there, Jordan’s extended family was already planning a rafting trip down the river, so we went too. It was a lot of fun.
The next day was Sunday, and we went to church with Jordan’s parents. The funniest thing happened. We finished sacrament meeting 15 minutes early. The bishop even cut the last speaker out of the program and we sang only one verse of the hymn. Everyone was confused, so after the meeting, Jordan’s dad went to talk to the bishop to see why he ended the meeting early. Apparently the clock in the back was about 15 minutes fast. And, he was looking at that clock, oops.


Monday, we floated down the river again because it was SO much fun. My favorite thing we did was go to the dam. We actually have pictures of it too . Here they are. We went kayaking too.



The rest of the time we played lots of games, and took it easy, it was so nice! We stopped at an Arctic Circle because they had $0.49 ice cream cones and $0.85 hamburgers; the ice cream was heavenly in the hot weather. Here’s some pictures from our drive home.