An ode to summer

I love summer and it never seems to disappoint. Here are a look at the past few summers we have enjoyed together:

2006:

Tony and I met and began dating in the fall of 2005. In the summer of 2006, I drove out with Tony to Portland for my first visit there. It was my first time in Oregon and I loved it! I stayed with Tony's sister Amy for a few days, and with my friend and roommate Rosie for a bit in McMinnville. We took a trip to Salem and the coast, and celebrated the fourth of July with fireworks in front of Amy's house in Portland.

2007:
The summer of 2007 was my family's last summer in Texas before they moved to Michigan. I love San Antonio and couldn't miss an opportunity to show Tony my hometown. We had a great time (although Tony was very HOT the whole trip) seeing the sights of downtown and spending his birthday at Six Flags Fiesta Texas.

At the end of the summer I flew out to Portland for another trip there. I had a great time with Tony and we went back to Cannon beach for a day. At the end of the trip we drove back to Utah together.

2008:
For Tony's birthday in 2008, we had a BBQ at his place in Provo. With Tony's birthday on June 1st we are always able to have great parties.
I spent the summer of 2008 traveling quite a bit. I went to Southern California to be with one of my best friends, Mindy. We had a BBQ on the beach, did plenty of shopping, and just soaked up the sun.
The best travels of 2008 had to be my family vacation to Venice, Italy. It was the best trip I've ever been on. We cruised out of Venice to Croatia, Turkey, and Greece. It was awesome!!

2009:
I kicked off the summer of 2009 with a graduation from BYU! Right after that I had to head to California for a summer internship. Tony helped me drive to California and we had a good little trip.
Tony came back to California to visit for his birthday. We spent the day at Disneyland and had an absolute blast. This is my favorite trip we have ever taken together.
The summer of 2009 ended with a bang! I flew from California to Portland for the 4th of July weekend and Tony proposed!

Here's to a great summer of 2010 and many many more to come :)

Catching up...

I had great intentions of posting honeymoon pictures of our trip to Kaua'i about 2 months ago... but somehow I seem more content reading other blogs than actually keeping ours updated. Oops :) So.. while those are still to come... eventually... here is an update of what is happening in our newlywed lives:

First and foremost, our time in Pullman is rapidly coming to an end. Tony is about to complete his year long internship and we move this Saturday! Needless to say we are quite excited for the next adventure in our life in Portland! Tony will be back in his hometown after 11 years and I know he couldn't be more excited to live close to family and friends. I'm happy to be close to the people we love and am excited for all of the things there are to do in Oregon. So for now we are packing! And in between packing we are watching the World Cup. It has definitely been exciting this year as we cheer on our favorite teams into the next round! Go South Korea and USA!!!!

Next week we head to Provo, UT for the next big thing in our lives.. Tony's dissertation defense! Tony is set to defend his dissertation on July 1st. It's so wonderful for me to see how hard Tony has worked to be able to get to this point. I'm so proud of him!

For the rest of the summer we are looking forward to some relaxing time in Portland, a trip to Michigan to be with my family, and Tony's graduation in August before he begins his postdoc at Reed College at the end of August. And somewhere in between all of that I will try to find a job!

I hope that the beginning of summer is treating everyone well, with nice weather and relaxing times!