Beck's Birthday!

On Sunday the 5th it was Beck's birthday, her favorite day of the year. Her birthday is her favorite holiday, which I find kinda funny just because I guess I never considered birthdays as holidays. It was a great day though because we had Scott and Michelle and the kids in town for the 4th. I planned a little cake and ice cream and presents for her after church. The cake was a cookie dough ice cream cake because Beck doesn't like cake, just ice cream and frosting. Its hilarious, whenever we have cake she just eats the ice cream and the frosting along the outside and in between each layer and leaves the cake part of the cake. Anyway, Beck got a really nice Backpack for backpacking, from my parents which she was stoked about, and Scott and Michelle got her some way cute earrings and some perfume. She also got the nike + things for running and a tennis racket so we can play and try and get good. That's our goal at least, to get good enough to where we could actually play mixed doubles in a tournament or something, who knows, we have a long way to go that's for sure.

We then all went to the coast. We went to Neskowin and had a blast. It was a cloudy and a little cold, but what can you expect from Oregon beaches? We made a fire on the beach and had S'mores and hot dogs and of course that wasn't enough, so we went to this little restaurant in Neskowin and got some clam chowder to go so we ate chowder around the fire. It was way fun.

4th of July

This is a day to catch up so I (not Beck) am doing this post as well. The 4th of July weekend was a fun one. I love the 4th because its a great day to HOPEFULLY enjoy sunny weather, and this year we were blessed. Its also so cool to see the American flag everywhere and know that there are so many people that feel the same way about this wonderful country as I do. This is also one of the few 4ths that I didn't have to work, so that was great. The Scott and Michelle Kelly family made their way to Oregon for the weekend. Holidays are always better with little kids around because they have so much fun doing all the little things. We went to the stake pancake breakfast and flag raising in the morning and the new stake center that was just finished just a couple of blocks from the parents house. Of course everyone but my dad missed the flag raising because we were all late, while he was there early helping set up. Reagan had a good time getting her face painted and having my dad pull her and Kyler around in a wagon for the little miniature kiddy parade.

Me, Beck, Scott, Michelle and Reagan then went down to the waterfront park in Salem where they had a little carnival and Reagan rode the rides. It was fun to just walk around the river in the sun. We then had a great BBQ at my parents with Don, Kathy, Craig, one of Craig's friends and my Grandpa Bob Ralstin. The food was amazing my parents had pineapple, shrimp and tri-tip that my dad marinated in some Thai sauce and put on the grill. They also whipped up some Kelly Brown and Kathy and Don made some Strawberry ice cream, homemade ice cream is the best.

At night Scott, Michelle, Reagan, Beck and I went to Independence for Fireworks, it was nuts, there were so many people. Scott wanted to go to Independence to reminisce about the good ol' days when he was in High School.

Brody and Cara's wedding in Utah

It has been a long time since we posted anything on our blog and Beck thinks that I need to do it because she has done it all thus far, so I get to update you all on what has been going on in our lives.

On June 19th our good friends Brody and Cara were sealed in the Salt Lake City temple and we were lucky enough to have a week or so off between spring term and summer term so we made the trip down to Utah. It was a great experience to go to the sealing and to just basically hang out with Brody, Ladd, Meg, Todd, Ali, and Lexi while we stayed at their house. It was also good to see some of the other friends that we hadn't seen for a while. Us, Gary and Jess Wilkinson, Chris Medina and his girl friend Amy went out to dinner after the reception to some pizza place in Ogden that Funky Co' loves. But really the whole day was great. I was one of the grooms men, which was an honor of course. Cara looked beautiful and everything was a blast. We were also able to see Beck's good friend Kim, who just had a baby boy. So we stopped by to see Kim and the new addition.

After spending a few days in the Salt Lake, Fruit Heights and the Ogden area, we went down and spent a couple of days at my bros house. It was so fun to see Kyler up and walking, and it seemed like it had only been just a little while since we had seen him last. He's a stud, and Reagan is still the cutest little girl, and a Diva at that. So other than the all night drives to Utah and back, it was a great trip.

Spring Break 2009

It's been a while since I have blogged. Things are very busy here in Oregon. But, we were able to slip away in March to Utah for an awesome spring break. We spent some time in Salt Lake and some time in St. George. We were able to go mountain biking, thanks to Tom and Tracy, and we went 4-wheeling, thanks to Scott and Michelle! We had an amazing time with our friends and family and we were able to see everyone! It was such a fun trip and we can't wait to get back to Utah.
So things are very busy for us. We are both finishing up our Bachelor's this next fall, yay! It's been a long time coming, that's for sure. I am currently studying for my GRE, which I will take this summer for admissions to Barry University's P.A. program. I am also applying to University of Utah's P.A. program. I am very exicted about doing this. Sam is going to work on finishing up his pre-reqs for dental school.

Chloe Nichole Arbon

My good friend Lindsay had her baby 2 weeks ago! Sam and I went down to visit her 2 days after Chloe was born. It was so fun to see her and to be able to hold such a tiny little girl. She is so sweet and so cute! This is Lindsay's second, her daughter Eden was born 3 weeks before my wedding and Lindsay still managed to make it out to Utah for it! Love ya Linds and congratulations on your beautiful little girl!

Snowshoeing!

Tom took Sam and I on a great snowshoeing trip. We had such a blast getting out and about, especially since we had been inside for so long with all this snow! It was so incredible to be out in the Oregon beauty and to get a great workout! Thanks Tom for always taking us on great adventures!!

Christmas 2008

So, I've been a slacker with this whole blogging thing. But what do you expect? I am going to school full-time, well 22 credits to be exact and still working. Needless to say the blog has been neglected. Now that I am in the swing of things for this term, hopefully it will settle down a bit. Here is our wonderful 2008 Christmas pictures that have been sitting on the computer for months now. We had a wonderful, yet unexpected Christmas at the Kelly's this year. We were supposed to be in Utah for Christmas, again this year, and the unexpected "Arctic Blast" kept us in Oregon. So we improvised. And, I got called into work on Christmas Eve after I told my boss that our trip was cancelled. It was a sad thing but I had to do it. Tom, Tracy, Steve and Sam had the traditional Tracy Kelly Christmas Eve dinner and I went to work. Once I got off work, I went back to the Kelly's and we all had yummy lemon ice and read the Christmas story. Sam and I stayed the night at the Kelly's and we woke up on Christmas morning and enjoyed a yummy breakfast together. We opened our gifts and enjoyed Christmas morning together. Sam and I then tried to venture to Hood River for the day, but the snow started coming down like crazy in Portland so we were detoured to the Jensen's for Christmas dinner. We had a wonderful time at their house with Tom and Lisa, Megan, Craig, Kathy and Don, Tom and Tracy and Steve. It was a great Christmas holiday and it was nice to spend it in Oregon this year.