The 4th of Julio

My 4th of July cake. I need to stop taking the easy cheap way out and use butter cream frosting instead of Better Crocker, and thicker fondant so that it lays smoother on the cake. But by the time I've colored all the fondant and all that, who wants to make butter cream frosting!


And these are the wonderful people I got to spend the 4th with. Dennis' sister in law's family. They rock the house. It really was so much fun watching all the little kids get closer and closer as all the dads showed off their lighter skils. It reminded me of my favorite 4th ever when we lit all of our own fireworks in the street at the Goude's house in Grandview. Those were the days. I just sat there all night feeling like I was living a scene out of the Sandlot. Priceless.

This is Dennis right before he danced in the street for all of us with 6 sparklers between his fingers. Another Wolverine attempt? Probably.

A bit of Bear & Bloomington Lake

I can't believe it's already been over a month since I lasted posted. This month has truly been busy. I now have two jobs. I work in the Chinese Language Flagship Program at BYU AND in a crazy turn of events, I got my old job back as the Administrative Assistant in the Student Athlete Academic Center in BYU Athletics. In addition to working two jobs, I am also going to school full-time. So it has been an insane, yet awesome summer. The following is one of the many highlights of July.

Dennis' roommate Andy invited us to stay at his friends cabin up in Bear Lake, so Dennis' roommates and my roommate Mikell and I all piled into the Trailblazer and headed to Idaho. The cabin was beautiful, the weather was perfect and the company was unbeatable. We had a freaking blast. But we didn't just go to Bear Lake, no that would no suffice, we also went to Bloomington Lake which took an hour or so of us driving on an extremly rocky dirt path, then a 10 minute hike to get there. But as you can see from the pictures, our drive to the glacial lake was well worth it.


Mikell and Andy making a Sand Drip Castle

This was not meant to look this awkward... but because it did, I feel bound by my honor code of hilarium to post it.

The whole crew. At this very moment all of our skin was being crispified like Kentucky Fried Chicken. Aloe vera here we come.

Mikell braving the Rope swing

The cliff from which we jumped. The water looks kind of green in these pics, but really it was a turqouise color. gArgeous.

Yes, that is snow, and yes we swam in it, and yes, it took about 20 minutes to get used to swimming in it without feeling like you were going to hyperventilate and drown.

This is what surrounded the Lake to the east, yellow and blue wildflowers. Unreal.

We were sooooooooooo beat after a weekend in the sun, but it was well worth it.

Reoccurring Theme??

As many of you have probably noticed by now, there seems to be a reoccurring theme with my blog entries. They seem to almost always consist of me taking pictures of Dennis looking ridiculous and then posting them online for all to see. Fear not, for today will not be an exception to that rule. So this coming weekend is the very lovely Jade's 5 year old princess birthday party, for which I will be doing facing painting. I am overly excited about the whole thing to the point that I wanted to practice beforehand. And like the sport that Dennis is, he volunteered to be my palate. The whole apartment was entertained by our proceedings.

And In response to Rachael's comment:
See!!! Totally, NOT serious.

ngóh syū

So at my totally awesome new job, one of my responsibilities is to edited this book...

... which basically means I am getting paid to learn Cantonese. Life = Rad.

Details about Dad

1 - No one can pat my back better than he can when I have a cold... thanks for loosening it up dad
2 - He assured that I always had the best science projects in the class
3 - He never let me be confined by the stereotypes of being a "girl" yet always expected me to be lady like...it's a winning combo.
4 - He can river dance like nobody's business...seriously.
5 - He has an amazing Spanish accent.
6 - I can always count on him to eat everything I cook with a willing heart.
7 - He is absolute most effective person when it comes to waking me up in the morning, (monotone voice) Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, Danielle.... OK I'M AWAKE!!!!
8 - He'll watch chick flicks with me, like Ever After.
9 - He is my walking step by step encyclopedia. Dad, my car is doing this, what's wrong with it? Dad, how do I do my taxes? Dad, can you talk me through lighting my pilot light? Dad, I can't prime the pump, what do I do? etc...
10 - He works harder than anyone I know. He sets the standard.

I love you with my whole heart and soul Dad. Happy Fathers Day!!
Love,
Sis

Random Happenings

So the other day, I came home to this...

An AMAZING full double rainbow...



...and Dennis pretending to be Wolverine. I almost peed my pants.

Deseret Industries, you have done me well.

So we went to the DI a few days ago and had enormous amounts of fun, especially in the glasses section. I think the pictures pretty much speak for themselves.

Grandma Goude?

If this doesn't scream "How to catch a predator" I don't know what does.


Though while there, we not only had fun, but made some great finds as well. the following is the $2 purse that Dennis happened upon, that happens to perfectly match the shoes Kaitlin got me for X-mas, as well as the $5 skirt I got that has the most BEAUTIFUL silk lining. Success was had by all.