My Favorite Missionary (move on over Adam!)

JORDAN HAS FINALLY FINISHED HIS MISSION PAPERS! After this Wednesday evening Jordan will have completed all the paperwork and interviews required to serve the Lord. We're very sad to see him go, but happy because that means Adam's almost home! We'll keep you posted on the call, but until then take your pick of the listed options and we'll see how you do. All those who pick the winning answer (the one that matches his call) will receive a dinner on me to the MELTING POT accompanied by Jordan and myself (there can be MULTIPLE winners!) After you vote, please leave a comment telling me where you picked (the poll doesn't show who voted for what). Also, if you pick other, pick a place and tell us. Good Luck!

My Favorite Cougar!

BYU lost in a heartbreaker tonight! It was the semi-finals for the National Championship in Men's Lacrosse and BYU lost to Chapman 10-9 in overtime! It was a great game to watch, close from the 2nd quarter until the end. Although he did not play in this game, Jordan was spotted on TV two times. After the game, Clark texted our condolences and said, "but you looked good on TV." Jordan's response: "I always do!" A fun side note, after Tuesday night's game when BYU beat Oregon, Jordan said he saw "a miniature Cory Jenson" (friends from California who now live in Denver.) Someone called his name and he looked up and saw Ken Jenson and some of his family. They had come to watch the game and came over to say hello. He was excited to talk to them. He was glad to be able to talk to them again tonight. We have had a fun time following BYU Lacrosse this year and no matter the outcome...win, lose or tie...Jordan will always be our favorite Cougar!!

Sweet Treats!

This week I had a baby shower for a friend. It is her first baby after many, many years of waiting and I wanted to something a little different. We have had a couple of bridal showers in our ward recently, so I was trying to decide on dessert. We ended up with cupcakes! They seem to be pretty popular, but at $3.50 and up I knew I would have to make them. I found some recipes online and from Cheryl and this is what we ended up with...carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, white with raspberry filling, strawberry with strawberry frosting and chocolate with one of three frostings: chocolate, strawberry or white. This was one of those things that I wanted to do, but wondered if it was too big of a project. I just decided to do it so I made 3 kinds of cupcakes on Sunday and 2 more on Monday morning. Cheryl came over Monday afternoon and helped me frost them. Thank heavens for her wicked decorating skills! It really went pretty fast! In the end, I totally enjoyed the whole process and it really did turn out the way I pictured it!!

Here Are Some Pictures

When we first saw the beach in Cayman I thought, "It looks just like the pictures in the travel magazines!" The water is as blue and the sand is as white as it looks in the pictures. Since a picture is worth 1,000 words, I will use lots of pictures and just a few extra words to show you what we did! Some of you have asked to see pictures...

The view from our room the first evening...every sunset was equally spectacular!

One day we just played in the water...there were jet skis, kayaks,
a banana tube ride behind a boat etc. We also rode jet skis to
different snorkel spots one day, very fun!

Went to church on Sunday...great branch!

The resident iguana by the pool!

The view from my chair!

Swimming with stingrays!

Up close!

We went to town to shop...

We visited "Hell" on Cayman Island!

We played with the turtles at the turtle farm...

One last look at the beach! I would definitely like to go back here!

Anyone want to come with me???