Update #5 - Boise

Another update... for my sake, and not yours...

In January 2011, we went to Boise, ID to visit Kyle's family. It was a great trip, but unfortunately we did not take a whole lot of pictures.

For the few pictures we did take, here they are.

When we got into town, Kyle's parents had some extra tickets for Grease.

Complete with Eddie Mekka as Vince Fontaine. Remember him from Laverne and Shirley?

We also celebrated our 5 year anniversary by going snowboarding up at Bogus Basin. I can't believe we have been married for 5 years!

While in Idaho, we decided to take a day trip up to Pocatello. My dad had just bought a car dealership there, so we decided to drive over for the day to see it. Both my mom and dad were there. It was great to see them during our Sager visit to Idaho! While we were in Pocatello, we were randomly eating at Texas Roadhouse. I got up to go to the bathroom, and I heard someone yell my name. I looked over and saw the husband of this beautiful girl.

Ash and I lived on the same floor in Deseret Towers at BYU, and we were besties. It was so fun to run into both her and her hubby. It was totally unexpected, but the timing was perfect. We chatted for a while before we had to hit the road back to Boise. It was so great to catch up with her.

Overall, it was a great trip to Idaho. We had a great time hanging out with the Sager Family for a week, and also the Stevens family for a day.

TMI

This post is probably in the "To Much Information" category, but I thought I would share it anyways.

We all love a good, hot shower. At least I do. For the past few days, I have been living off of PTA showers because our stupid water heater wasn't working.

P=Pit

T=Tit

A=another word for bum :)

My dad may have coined this phrase when we were camping as young kids. He said as long as you washed the PTA parts, you would be as clean as a whistle. I beg to differ.

Here's the story:

This past Monday night, I took a nice, hot shower before going to bed...

Tuesday morning was normal.

Tuesday night, I go to turn on the hot water, and it would not heat up. Hmmm.... that's weird.

Wednesday morning, Kyle get's up at the crack of dawn to get ready for work. After his shower, he came into the room, woke me up, and said, "I haven't taken a shower that cold since I was living in Panama," (where he served his mission). I told him I would call the landlady and have her come and figure out what is going on. When I went to work, I had one of my co-workers wash my hair. My body wasn't clean, but at least I could have clean hair. That helped.

Wednesday afternoon, the Landlady came over and we successfully lit the pilot light to our water heater. That was that. We thought the problem was fixed.

Wednesday night, I went to turn on the hot water again, and it was COLD. UGGGGG......

Thursday morning, early, I call my landlady again saying that something was seriously wrong, and it wasn't just the pilot light on the water heater. She needed to get someone over here ASAP.

I was starting to smell real bad.

Thursday afternoon, they finally figure out that some sensor in the water heater wasn't working and it was going to have to be replaced.

Thursday night, the new sensor was put in, and the water heater was beginning to work again. But no hot water, yet. It would take a while to heat up.

Friday Morning. I TOOK A NICE HOT SHOWER. I feel much better now. Not taking a shower from Monday night to Friday Morning was ROUGH.

At least I had my PTA's, right?!?

Update #4 - Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Kyle's favorite thing to do is riding thrill rides so we headed up to Vallejo to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. It's Six Flags and a zoo combined...hence the name, I guess. Being that you "discover" animals, or something. After thinking about it...that's a terrible name.

In front of "The Grizzly," named after the way you shart holes into your pants and rip away the fabric (that cannot be verified...). Stevens Fam: this is not to be confused with the "Growler."

Elephant.

Lion.

Giraff.

Poser.

Going on a Monday, we literally had no lines. Our longest wait time was in the vicinity of 15 minutes after the ride broke. We still waited it out and rode anyway.

Update #3 - Thanksgiving & Christmas 2010

Mom & Dad Stevens and Val made the trek out to celebrate Turkey Day with us. Five people fills up our little place pretty quick (thanks for sharing the bathroom with us). The women made a ridiculous feast that quickly had us all in regret from over-eating.

Regret....

This is Kyle's favorite yam dish.

After Thanksgiving break, we decided to stay in San Jose and enjoy "Christmas by the Bay". We did as much as we could to stay in the Christmas spirit. What better way to get ready for Christmas than going out in the cold and eating frozen yogurt?

I must have said something.... She does not approve.

The teenage Asian boy who took this picture scoffed at our camera when I held it out for him. Apparently we are not cool if our phone does not take all of our pictures.

I must have said something good....

Our little Christmas tree. This tree made the whole place smell great in about 5 minutes. Kyle could not be happier.

Sad to say that between 5 combined educational degrees, the assembly of the tree base literally took about 8 minutes. We are all SMRT (a la Homer Simpson) enough to admit that the tree had bested us.

Our first California Christmas, complete with a real tree.

For Christmas Eve, we went over to the Brett's and Sariah's for a fondue dinner.

Brett refuses to smile for pictures.....

...but Kyle makes up for anyone not smiling.

Santa brought us some La-Z-Boys for Christmas. Pretty nice of him, I say.

Update #2 - BSU Game

Boise State came to San Jose to give San Jose State the pummeling they deserve! Happy to say that the BSU attendance nearly matched that of San Jose State. We were close enough to smell the sweat on those hogs.... (not really, but I imagine it smelling much like Steven Segal).

We were down right next to the action. We could hear Kellen barking out the cadence from the field. BSU scored in about 6 plays and never looked back.

Kyle's Dad spotted an old buddy, Matt Ferguson all the way on the other side of the field who came over to see us.

Coach Pete after the game...

Titus Young giving the BSU fans some love after the game.

We must admit all in this post...and I will divulge that both Melanie and my mom stated that they would "never wash their hands again" after touching Kellen Moore's hand. I will admit that he is a pretty stunning man.

Thanks for making the trip, Mom & Dad! Super fun time.

Update #1 - Summer fun 2010

Sager family reunion in Salt Lake. Everyone went to Temple Square and walked around the rooftop gardens.

Everywhere we go, we promote the blue and orange in one way or another.

In August, we drove to Carmel to play on the beach, take the "17 Mile Drive" and visit Pebble Beach. Although we looked like ragamuffins after leaving the beach, we still dragged sand into the clubhouse and acted like big-shots.

We posed at the 18th green where many a tournament, that no one really watch, ended. I would give some historical recall of a memorable tournament finish here if I knew of any...

Pebble Beach lies within the famous, "17 Mile Drive" where we continued through the beautiful neighborhoods and scenic overlooks of the Monterey and Carmel seascape. We stopped at Pebble Beach's emblematic "Lone Cypress" tree pull-off to take in this incredibly beautiful shot.

The "Lone Cypress."