Sunny San Diego

While Casey was in Florida for his training, he sent me to San Diego so that I could visit my family that I haven't seen since Christmas. I had a great time playing with the kids, swimming every day, and especially spending time with my sisters and brother. I even got a haircut from the best haircutter ever (my sister Joanna) and got to see the cute new Disney movie "Cars." Here are a few of the fun times.

Ryden chillin' in the pool

Smile : )
"Cars" at the Drive-ins. We had to take to different cars to fit everybody, so Janelle and
Garth took different routes to see who would get there first and Starlee and Trevon were telling Janelle to go faster so that they "could beat dad." It was so cute.

Who knew it you had to take so much stuff to go to the beach, but with six kids you have to remember sunscreen, towels, umbrellas, blankets, toys, chairs, food, etc.

The prettiest shell on the beach
The kids splashing in the water (except Starlee who had

Garth hold her so the water wouldn't get her)
Building sand castles

Casey's Training in Florida

As I mentioned before, Casey was flown to Florida for Training. He stayed in a really nice hotel with an awesome pool, went to House of Blues, they opened up Walt DisneyWorld after hours and five of the rides especially for the interns, and KPMG paid for everything. They didn't only have fun though. Casey also had to go to trainings for 12-14 hours a day and take a test on the information that he learned.

In one of the clubs that was shut down at Walt DisneyWorld, there were two piano players having a play-off. Casey said it was pretty cool because they knew just about every song.

Casey took this picture in front of the fountain just for me because I told him that I needed pictures for the blog : ) He thought it was cool since it had fire coming out of it.
This is one of the parts that they opened up just for the interns and then lined with food.

They hired entertainers to come out too.
There was an NBA store that Casey stopped at and took a picture of the statue in front of it.

Casey's First Day of Work

Casey's first day of work was the day after we got to Vancouver. He had to go to an orientation. I was so excited that I had to take a picture. It is hard work, but the company makes up for it by taking them out to lunch and breakfast, etc. All the interns were also flown to Florida for a week for a training. It's a hard job, but somebody has to do it : )

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

On our first Saturday in Vancouver, Nate, Misty, and Adalei took us to OMSI. We had a blast and quickly found out that the things that you liked as a kid are still entertaining. We could have spent a lot more time there, but were eventually kicked out for closing time : ) We would love to go back because there was so much more that we wanted to do.

Casey and I were sitting on two sides of the glass and lights were shining on us that had a cool effect. You can see how half of the image is me and the other half is Casey.

Casey and Nate attempting to build an arch.
My paper airplane flying.
They did it!
Casey and Misty building structures to withstand an "earthquake." They both did really well and only a few of Casey's blocks fell off.
Paddle boat race
This was a game to test your response time. I got 100% with the fastest average time of 0.836 seconds.
Casey at a learning center with Adalei.
Nate, Misty, and Adalei playing at the tornado station.
Painting of Portland.
This is the building and floor that Casey is working at for the summer.
Traffic jam. This accident held us up on the freeway for a little while on our way home. It looked pretty crazy.

Portland, Here We Come!

Well, we're not in Provo anymore. We made the move to Portland on June 14th for Casey's accounting internship with KPMG. We are actually living in Vancouver, WA with Casey's mom (Vancouver is right across the river from Portland) and we are already enjoying being in a new place. These are pictures of our drive up to Portland.

When Casey and I travel, we like to play the music game where you turn to a random radiostation and see who can guess who sings the song first. This is Casey singing along.

Say hello to my little friend : ) We borrowed a carpet cleaner from my parents and since the entire back seat and trunk of the car was filled with our stuff for the move, I had to share the front seat with it until we got to their house.This is a view from the house that my parents are building in Farmington, UT. They can see The Great Salt Lake from their house and Antelope Island.
Say Cheese!
Pictures along the way





Funny story. Casey kind of has bad luck when it comes to bathrooms (for those of you that were there for his Christmas Break incidence you would know), and his luck hasn't gotten any better : ) This happened as soon as we got to Casey's mom's house.

Casey's 24th Birthday

I had the whole day planned out for Casey's birthday and everything didn't go exactly as planned, but it was a great day! He played X-box, opened his presents, had breakfast, played wiffle ball and frisbee with our friends, had dinner at Tucano's, Surprised Casey with a party, then hung out, played games, and watched a movie. Thanks to everyone that called and came to his party : )

Halo on the X-box until 3:30 am. We also played a little Dance, Dance, Revolution : )

I woke Casey up at 7:00 to go get all you can eat french toast at Kneader's, but he opted to sleep in, so we had Cocoa Crunchies.
This was the bag that our friends put Casey's Official Ultimate Frisbee in. I thought the tag was pretty creative : )
Casey opening his new "official" wiffle ball bat and ten brand new balls.

Dinner at Tucano's with the guys
Everyone lying in wait for his Surprise Party
SURPRISE!
Happy Birthday dear Casey...Happy Birthday to you!

German Sweet Chocolate Pie (one of Casey's favorites).
Fun 'n Games
Since we didn't go to breakfast the morning of his birthday, we made up for it the next Saturday. There was also a little bet going that Casey couldn't eat 4 plates of the delicious french toast, and unfortunately, he lost : ( The piece of paper that Casey is holding says his name and "2 and one bite" because that is all he could eat that day. He doesn't like to lose, so I'm sure we'll go back : )

Once we got to Portland, Casey's mom had some more waiting for him, including a book and some of his favorite kinds of shirts, Tommy Hilfiger.