Disneyland

 One of the many perks of living in South Pasadena is getting to live so close to Disneyland! Trevor and I are big Disneyland fans, so we have been dying to go lately.

We decided to make our first trip (of many) last Saturday! We got talked into getting annual passes, and  it was so nice to be able to just relax and enjoy the day and not feel rushed to ride every single ride. I can't wait to go back for Halloween and Christmas time and get to see all of the cute decorations! It will be so much fun to be able to take little baby J when he is born too!

 We found this cute little shop in downtown Disney and had to snap a shot of this "dentist in training" :)

As you can see, I (and baby) am getting giant! At our appointment last week, we got another routine ultrasound done of the baby, and our doctor looked at us and said.. "Okay.. which one of you was a big baby?" So I pointed at Trevor since he was 9 1/2 lbs and 24 inches long, and she said "Oh, thats why. This is going to be a big baby!" So little baby J is growing great! (a little too great :) and he is definitely taking after his daddy! He is just comfy as can be and looking healthy as ever. His kicks are SO strong now. It is so fun for other people to not only feel, but SEE him move in my tummy. It's almost like he is doing summersaults in there sometimes! It is the funnest thing for Trevor and I when we lay down at night to watch him kick and move my tummy up and down. He is a little entertainer already! 

Trevor is loving dental school, so I am so happy and excited for him! He started working with his hand piece last week for the first time, so I made sure he documented it! I am so proud of him and excited for these next four years! Such exciting times ahead!

P.s. that jar that Trevor is holding is full of extracted teeth that Trevor has been collecting. He had the assignment before school started to collect 300 teeth to work on. Boy am I glad to get those things out of the house!

Kanarra Falls

It was so fun to spend time with Josh and Megan! They get married so soon, I am so excited for them!

Trevor and I went and enjoyed the nice weather at Kanarra Falls this weekend with our friends Josh and Megan! It was such a fun hike and so so pretty! It definitely turned out to be a little longer, and more treacherous than I was expecting, but that made it all the more fun! That little makeshift log ladder gave my heart a little scare. I had no idea that this fun little place existed, but I'm so glad I do now, I would definitely do it again!

Campers Beware!

Trevor and I decided to try again at the whole "camping thing" (click if you want a laugh). So we went camping at Quail Lake over the weekend. Everything went great this time, except that I think we were a little too  prepared this time. We got there at about three o'clock, which in St. George language means 97 degrees. Right when we got out of the car I wanted to start setting up camp, Trevor was trying to be a trooper but I think at least ten times I heard him say, "It's just really hot." So I decided that if I wanted my husband to survive this camping trip we'd better take a pit stop. We stayed at my air-conditioned parents house until Trevor decided it was safe enough to step outside which was about 8:30, and set up our camp. 

There were only a few minor set backs, the heat being one of them, and also I thought a bear was attacking our tent all night. I'm not crazy. After Trevor gave me a geography lesson and reassured me for about an hour that there is no way on earth a bear could live, or even want to live in Quail Lake, everything else went smoothly. 

Another minor set back.. We got a two man tent. Which ended up being a two year old tent, or maybe a dog tent, or maybe it was a sleeping bag we're not really sure.. so we borrowed one from my parents.

*working tent? check.

*remembered firewood? check.

We decided to stay long enough for breakfast this time too.

never going to complain about going to Walmart again!

So here's a funny story..

Last Friday, I had an extra long day at school, and then an extra long day at work, with foresight of an EXTRA long working weekend. Needless to say, not so much of a happy camper here. When I got home from work, all I wanted to do was take a very long nap (and by nap I mean go to bed at 6 pm). So I asked Trevor to come take a nap with me. You probably don't know this about Trevor, but he is the worst nap taker ever. When I say nap, I think he registers it as lay down for 30 seconds and then it's time to get up and do something with our lives. So when I asked him to take a nap, this is exactly what happened. He laid down for 30 seconds and then got up because he decided we absolutely had to go to Walmart. What the heck? Exhausted+Walmart = worst disaster ever. So of course I was refusing to go. My sweet husband sat in the car for probably 30 minutes begging and trying to convince me that it was necessary to go to walmart, this whole time I was trying to imagine why on earth he wouldn't just go shopping by himself. 

So finally I got myself out of bed and went out to the car. The whole car ride I was pulling the silent treatment. When we got to the stop light where you can turn right and go to Walmart, Trevor went straight onto the freeway. As you can imagine, I was very confused. I was so tired and my brain wasn't up for processing things. Trevor had the cutest smile on his face and said, "Surprise! We're going to Zion for the weekend." I looked in the back seat and he had our bags all packed and everything. 

What a sweetheart!

And yes. You better believe I felt like the biggest brat on earth. 

This was just what I needed. We stayed in the Cable Mountain Lodge, and my whole family was there. Aunts/ Uncles and cousins. And we even got to eat at Oscars in the morning! Such a fun trip.

Breakfast. This picture does not do it justice. It actually kind of looks completely disgusting. But in reality, it is disgustingly good! It is gigantic but I could totally eat the whole thing by myself!! If you ever go to Oscar's you need to try out the Horseshoe

We got back from Zion in the early afternoon and decided to hike the Red Hills in St. George. This was one of my favorite things to do growing up, and this was where Trevor proposed to me so I was excited to show Trevor some of the places where we hike up there. 

There is a place on the Red Hills that my family calls "the narrows", who knows if that is really the name, but thats what we refer to it as. This little crack in the mountain is the narrows.

Trevor is brave and decided to try it out with me. This little slit in the Mountain is about 200 yds long and it is so thin it is about 1 foot in width. I hadn't gone through it in a few years, and sad to say I'm a little bigger now than I was then, so it was so hard to squish through there! Talk about claustrophobic! Trevor was afraid he was stuck for a second. It was pretty scary.

If you're ever at the Red Hills, you'll have to try it out!

At the end! Finally able to come out!

I was more scared to stand over it than to wedge my way through it!

Trevor is just the best!

I love St. George!!

Cowboy Trevor

My grandpa Lynn has had horses since my mom was a little girl, so I grew up with horses and the corrals just down the street from my house. Trevor, however, said he has only ridden a horse once in his life. I've been trying to get Trevor to go ride the horses down at my grandpa's ever since we started dating, but we just haven't had the opportunity. So over Christmas break, when my mom's friend asked if she wanted to go riding, I asked if Trevor and I could tag along. 

 He was such a natural! He got the horse all curried, cleaned out the horse's hooves, and even got him all saddled. 

Trevor said he wanted the most "thug" horse in the whole place. His horse's name was Tattoo, how fitting

It was such a fun day!

Mission Accomplished

I have such a happy place when I'm cooking in the kitchen, singing and dancing to music. It seems like the food always turns out better when you're listening to a good song. My usual song of choice is this (best ever, try it out), but now that it's Christmas time Trevor and I busted out Anne Murray and all of the other Christmas goods. So I have been WAY in the cooking mood lately with all of this fun music playing. 

Ever since I first started dating Trevor, I have love loved his mom's chicken noodle soup, and was determined to try making it someday. When we got married I was lucky enough to get the golden Satterthwaite family cook book.. (this may or may not be among some of the reasons I married Trevor).. so now I had my chance. It definitely doesn't compare with Kris and Julie's, but I totally did it!

Trevor was so cute and helped me out the whole time.

Then of course we had to finish it off with a game of rummy. Such a fun night!

Fall Break. AKA honeymoon part 2

On our way!! So excited

San Diego Temple. This was such a fun day. The temple is absolutely gorgeous

So happy that Grandma Satterthwaite and Aunt Robin could come

We're all about Scrabble. We get way competitive. Watch out

DISNEYLAND!!!

All of the Halloween decorations were so awesome

Haunted Mansion: Totally different ride during Halloween, all of the voice automation was different and the decorations were all "Nightmare Before Christmas" themed. Way cool
Splash Mountain: Trev was a little nervous (yes I was on this ride, you just can't see my face)

One of my favorites! ...not so much Trevor's

Pirates of the Caribbean was closed (way bummed) so Trevor had to get his pirate fix

Last ride of the day....... It's a small world!

Best. Food. Ever

I was a little excited

Coronado Beach

Thanks to Grandma Satterthwaite, we got to go on the harbor cruise in seaport village! It was so much fun

This boat was in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean 4

Solana Beach, less than a mile from the resort we stayed at. So pretty

Awards for awkward moments of the trip...

3rd place:

This couple got married at Disneyland. They took their wedding pictures there also. We were right behind them, pretty sure we got in a couple of their pictures.. hopefully they can crop us out

2nd Place:

Trevor's little friend. 

While taking our pictures in front of the harbor, this guy randomly wanted to get his picture taken with Trevor. I felt jipped that he didn't want a picture with me.

1st Place:

Unfortunately we don't have a picture to display of this moment... but to make a long story short we had a little incident at the resort we stayed in. It basically went like this