The Pace Visit

Well Boyd and I have had a very Eventful month. So I thought I would start at the beginning. Early this month we had the Pace clan come and visit!! It was so much fun. My mom and dad caravan-ed with my brother and his family from southern California. We started off the family weekend by going to an apple picking orchard by Zion National park. (Photos courtesy of Annie, thanks!!)

I love this little family! Tom, Annie, Darcy & Kayla.
My mom and dad.
My Nieces were so good about helping me fill my bag up with apples!
Boyd and I currently live across the street from the Sand Hollow Reservoir. It is such a fun place to go swimming and play in the sand.

We also went to the Dinosaur Museum, I have been wanting to go ever since Boyd and I moved to St. George. The girls were a little disappointed that there were not actual dinosaurs, but it was still pretty interesting.
We also drove through Zion National Park. Earlier that day, I got bit by what I now believe to be a black widow spider, yes a black widow. My leg swelled up and bruised, but of course I was not going to go to the doctor. I would take some Benadryl and press forward through the day. Unfortunatly, the medicine made me sleepy, and I slept most of the way through Zion. But from what I saw from the pictures it was beautiful!

As some of you might know, I am the youngest in my family. My siblings aren't that much older than me, but growing up we were always in different stages in life. I have always had a very close bond with my family, But I am grateful for this time in our lives where life has evened out our age differences. It is no longer a "my older sibling" type of relationship, but a real and sincere loving friendship. Love you Paces, hope to see you very soon.

Real Salt Lake

I think I have mentioned in previous posts that Boyd and I love sports. We have made it a goal to see at least one game (in person) of every professional sport. So far we have crossed off the list: football, baseball, basketball.. and most recently soccer! we went up to Salt Lake to see their professional soccer team. Our friends Robby and Jessica came with us and we had so much fun! The stadium and the crowd were amazing. Unfortunately, Salt Lake tied.. but an exciting game it was.

Stadium Arcadium...



These guys played the drums throughout the entire game. They had fog machines, confetti and drums... perfect recipe for an awesome cheering section.
We also had the opportunity to visit Boyd's grandma and grandpa. We love them so much.

Next up: Hockey!

Guadalajara, Mexico 2010

This last week Boyd and I went to Guadalajara Mexico with my family! My dad teaches at a Univeristy in mexico for the summer. This is the second time Boyd, me and my mom were able to visit him and this time, my lovely sister was able to go. We were there for 8 days and had an absolute blast. We spent the vacation eating, relaxing, enjoying the beautiful weather and sight seeing.

Boyd me and Kim at this awesome restaurant, Adobe. It was a giant furniture store and a restaurant.

It is amazing how beautiful it is there. The trees are so mature and everything was so green! partly because it was rainy season.

We went to the movie theatre, and the only movie playing in English was Toy Story 3 in the VIP theatre. Turns out, the VIP theater was a little more expensive, but... we sat in lazy boy chairs and had waiters! They had Delicious chocolate cake.

Talaquepaque..

This is the Glorita, On sundays everyone comes here and brings puppies, crafts, and food and walk around this little park.
Famous painting by Orosco. (not sure about the spelling).


It would all of the sudden start to pour, then it would clear up. My mom didnt have an umbrella, so she was struggling with this pancho.

After Mass, the catholic church would sell these divine churros. They cost like 20 cents, 20 cents of heaven.

We went to this orphanage that houses about 200 children. My dad's students put on a party for all these sweet children. They brought three different pinatas, one was a life sized clown. While I was freaked out by it, the children seemed to rather enjoy it.
These two ones are brother and sister, my sister almost took them home.
This little guy is Bruno. He is one year old, and the most adorable child. Turns out, he didn't fit into my purse. Oh don't think I didn't try! All the kids wore red shorts and white shirts. They didnt have shorts to fit the little ones, so they would just waddle around in giant pants.



They had a music program, so the kids played us a couple tunes.

We ate at a lot of different delicious restaurants. One of my favs, La O.

We ate on a porch of a mansion.
The gang. . .
Universidad de Iteso.



Iteso..



Thanks everyone, we had a blast. . . . Love you!!!

July 4, 2010

Signs of a successful Fourth of July Weekend:

• Trash bags full of used paper goods.
• A Throbbing headache from all the sugar and soda.
  
• More hot dogs than you know what to do with.
• A Wicked Sun burn
• Eye damage from standing way too close to your husband setting off his own fireworks.

By those standards, Boyd and I had a VERY successful Fourth of July! Hope you did too.

The "haps"

The month of May was quite exciting! To name a couple things, I had my 23rd birthday! Which was awesome thanks to boyd's stellar birthday planning abilities. A couple days after my birthday, I offically graduated! I actually graduated in december, but I walked in the ceremony in May. In my book, it isn't official until you toss your hat. My wonderful parents came up to see me graduate. It was a really special day. Thanks Boyd, Mom and Dad!

(I did not photo shop this photo at all. My husbands eyes are just that beautiful! I have coped with the fact that he out-shines me in every photo with those baby blues)

The parental units, me and Boyd.

The next exciting thing, we moved! We moved into a house at the Golf course we work at. The house belongs to a wonderful family, and they are so kind to let us live in their basement. We absolutlely love it out here. It is so beautiful, and there are so many fun things to do. We have more space than we need in this place, and we are just having so much fun. We are absolutely being spoiled, and cant imagine we will ever live in another place that is as nice as this one.

(Boyd, me and some friends on the golf course. The house we moved in to is the one in the background).
We love southern Utah, and are so grateful to be here.

The Basement has a full kitchen, two bathrooms, a couple bedrooms and.... washer dryer hookups!! Its the best. The ceilings are freakishly tall. I would post more pictures but it will reveal that I am not the best house keeper :)
Again, thanks Brackens! I hope you know we are staying forever.

An occasion worth celebrating.

This month, Boyd has been cancer free for 6 years. Congratulations Boyd, I love you!


Take that cancer.

Spring Break/Easter

For Spring break, Boyd and I headed to San Diego for a couple days. We had so much fun visiting with family and friends and visiting all our old favorite spots. One afternoon, we went to the newly renovated Mormon Battalion with my family. If you haven't been yet, I highly suggest that you do! It was awesome.

They Had a panning for gold station at the battalion.



My sweet niece Darcy found Gold!

My darling niece, Kayla, was finding "black Gold." Aka: pebbles. Here is my dad, Kayla, darcy, and my Brother Tom.

Easter! We had a wonderful and relaxing Easter. On Saturday, we dyed Easter eggs and watched conference. Boyd is super talented when it comes to Easter egg Dying.
Boyd's First Egg. Mine is the lame pink one.

On Easter Sunday we had so many fun visitors. Our friends, Ty and Lindsey, came over to watch conference and have dinner. Instead of making the tradition Easter Ham, We made tasty quesadillas and had a Mexican feast!
My brother and his family also stopped in for a visit. They happen to be passing through our little town and were able to stop in for a quick hello. We feel so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends that we see so often. Love you Paces, hope to see you soon!

What a beautiful time of year!