Update

So I have to apologize to all y'all out there for being a super slacker! 

FIRST: I'm probably not going to post more Hawaii pics--

I posted a TON on facebook and I'm being lazy

SECOND: It's been over a month since I've posted ANYTHING!  sorry

So here is an update from the Whiting House:

I turned 28 on June 29 (EEK!)

Nick turned 32 a week later on July 6th (double EEK!)

Both of our Birthdays were great, Nick printed and framed pics from our vacations and got my road bike tuned up so I could start riding again

 

I got Nick a new basketball, 18 holes at Sleepy Ridge golf course

AND I baked him a HOMEMADE PECAN PIE- his favorite!

The Fourth of July weekend was (as always) a great celebration with lots and lots of family in town from both sides.  

We went to STADIUM OF FIRE of course I cried when they recognized the military and their families

GOD BLESS OUR SOLDIERS!

loved, LOVED Carrie Underwood!

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

In the 20+ years my family has lived here we have never missed the Provo parade it is a Demke Family tradition, we've even sat in the same spot for years! This year I was scheduled to work during the parade (SAD!) and was going to miss it for the first time.  Sunday night a MIRACLE happened and I got put on call!  So Monday morning we woke up bright and early surprised my family and enjoyed the parade! 

Chrissy and Amy were saving our spot at 3:30 am

My youngest sister, Jamie and our cute cousins

Nick's brother Jason was married July 17 in the Manti Temple.  It was a beautiful day 

and we're super excited to welcome Susie into our family

Unfortunately we left the camera in the car so we have no pics :( 

And finally......

we have a new addition to our family!

We bought a new couch!

We've been looking and saving for over a year we finally found one at Costco 

It was love at first site and the price was right. 

 It's SOOOO comfy we LOVE it!

This was our old couch

It's Nick's grandparents old couch that has been sitting in the basement forever! Not very attractive and VERY uncomfortable but when you're newlywed you'll take what you can get.

We gladly passed this old couch on to Jason and Susie :)

Coming Soon....

So we just returned home from this:

PARADISE !!

aka North Shore Oahu Hawaii

 9 days and 400+ pictures later *whew!* 

Eventually I will blog about our trip 

(as soon as I have a day off)

any suggestions so it's not SUPER FREAKING long??

(I'll probably post pictures on facebook first cause it's faster and easier)

Memorial Day

Ok, so I know it's June and Memorial Day is over BUT this year both Nick and I had to work- SO LAME!  We missed out on all of the festivities and all of the food.  Yesterday was such a beautiful day I decided we would just celebrate it a little late and had a BBQ dinner up Provo Canyon. We're so blessed and spoiled to have an amazingly incredible canyon less than 10 minutes away.

It was great we practically had the entire park to ourselves. 

After some good outdoor cookin' we played some Frisbee

 then took a little stroll over to Bridal Veil Falls

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!

  

Arts & Crafts

My finished project:

Just in time to kick off summer

Thanks to Sarah for her inspiration! 

Summer?!

So.....we've really been enjoying the warm weather lately. We christened our new BBQ (ok- new to us our neighbors gave it to us when they moved). We made Teriyaki Beef Kabobs- sooooo yummy!

May 16 2010

The grill master

My little flower garden- an attempt to make our apartment feel more like a home

This morning I wake up to find this:

May 24 2010

WHAT THE @#&!*%

DEAR WEATHER MAN-

YOU'RE FIRED!

When you Wish Upon a Star....

Dreams really do come true!

Nick Whiting you just finished the semester! What are you going to do next?

WE'RE GOING TO DISNEYLAND!!!!

Friday morning we loaded up the car and drove down to Sunny California! (California here we come right back where I started from. California!) I know no one really reads blogs they just look at the pics so.....I hope you're ready for our longest blog yet with lots and lots o' pics from our SUPER-DE-DUPER va-cay!

Saturday we went sailing on my uncle's boat in Long Beach

Sunday we went to church and visited Mia familia

Monday we went to Universal Studios

Last time Nick was here this ride was being built.

He finally got to ride it after waiting 10+ years!

The next day we went to THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH!!

I may have shed a few tears of joy

Day #1 waiting for the rope to drop

Day # 2

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

He did this one solo....I'm a huge sissy

Every time we even got close to it I would have a total anxiety attack

To give Nick a little break from Disney we took a day off

The LA temple this is where it all started for my family

my ma & pa where married here almost 30 years ago

Zion

Babylon

We drove over to Burbank where my uncle works for NBC.

He got us tickets toThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno

we sat on the front row got to run up and give Jay a high five

at the beginning of the showand even got on TV (for like 2 seconds)

It was so much fun and so cool!

Afterwards my uncle gave us a private tour of the studio.

We walked past Samuel L Jackson's dressing room and

got to meet Jay Leno!

He was really nice and my uncle says he's a good guy to work with.

Day #3

Nick made me go on the giant Mickey Ferris Wheel

Again, I have this crippling fear of heights, not cool

I remember going on this ride when it opened

It's SUPER 80's cheesy but we loved it!

As we where leaving the park I may have again shed tears of joy

When I ask Nick when we can go again he says not until our kids are

old enough to enjoy it......wait we don't have any kids!

I think Nick may have OD on a little too much Disney