Can you believe it? 2 posts within 2 weeks! I amaze even myself! Oh, and the last post where I typed "my brother's wide" wasn't a subtle hint at her weight, it was an innocent typo. Actually, my brother recently made the "romantic" comment about her, "You barely weigh more then a bag of concrete." That will be my new work out goal- to reduce to my weight to that of bag of concrete.
Last weekend, Brad and I cruised down to Klamath Falls to spend some time with his family. On Saturday, we rafted the Rogue River near Medford and, holy cow, we had fun. It was around 100 degrees outside which made the freezing water actually bearable! I got an early birthday present from Brad's side of the family- an AMAZING fishing pole! We did catch and release all the way down the Rogue (average fish size was about 4 inches, but still lots of fun) using lures and I got to try out m new pole. Next post I will add of picture of it and me.
Unbelievably, Brad and I took zero pictures of the trip! However, I did want to add a few pictures of my cute sister-in-law Jessi and her boyfriend Richard of a few months. They were coming home from BYU-Idaho- that was one of the major reasons we went down for the weekend. This first picture shows the beauty of Klamath Falls from Brad's parents' property.
Such a good lookin' couple! Anyone see the resemblance between Jessi and Brad?
My in-laws from left to right: Travis (16 year-old bro-in-law), Lynn (father-in-law), Anne (moth-in-law), Jessi and Richard.
After the rafting trip, we saw the play Music Man put on by K Falls locals. They did great! It was a quick yet mega fun weekend.
A few weeks ago, Brad officially began his 2nd year of dental school and got his 'white coat'. I'm not sure why they give dental students their coats so early (he has only worked on a handful of patients) but the ceremony was very enjoyable. Brads class of 74 has 16 LDS students- crazy, eh? Many of them are married and we wives have a great time getting together for book club, girls nights, and, in this case, wearing our husbands white coats.
We got a pic of a handful of the LDS dental students in their newly received coats.
Brad receiving his coat. The guy who announced his name and shook Brad's hand here is in the bishopric of our ward.
My folks came down to see the ceremony and enjoy the weekend with us. I'm glad this pic doesn't show the sweat trickling down our faces- it was pretty close to melting point.
I love this one of Brad. I'm going to enter it into the Mr. OHSU competition next fall. :)
Once a year, Portland imports 450 tons of sand to downtown and has a sand castle competition that I mentioned in my last post. Here are a few of my favorites.
Hungry, Hungry Hippos (this entry was called Family Game Night)
So cute- big doggie bath. The quote written in the sand next to this one said, "Anyone who doesn't know what soap tastes like has never washed a dog".
Have you seen Disney's "Up"? Super cute movie. Brad and I saw with my marmey in 3D which was fun. Here is the Up on on Paradise Falls. You can see Kevin's relief at the bottom of this castle.
Here's a camping pic. Brad and I have really become addicted to camping. Ty and Alan have lent us their amazing North Face tent that has kept us dry even in a downpour- we really appreciate that! Pops Mortenson lent us that gas stove you see there- makes camping even better!
Lastly, for my family members, since Brad and I don't have chillens of our own yet, we out up cute pix of our nephews and neices up in or house. Here they are.
Have a fab week!
White coat, sand in the city, and more summer fun
Finally- A New Post!
Hey there friends and family! No, we didn't die, get sick, or secretly move to Indonesia. I did, however, have hip surgery in late March which slowed me down for a while. Please forgive the missing posts! We are happy to have you back and reading up on how we are doing. As you can imagine, much has happened in the past few months. A quick recap with pictures outta do it.
In June, I finished my first year teaching. Thanks for your suggestions on how to make math fun. The semester was tricky and sometimes very frustrating, but I had a great time and really loved my students. Here are a few of my kiddos on the last day of school:
When school ended, I busted a move to Klamath Falls, OR to hang out with my in-laws. We basically played with my little 8 month old nephew Logan, sewed purses, and watched "24". Tons and TONS of fun!
The last weekend in June we got together with Brad's side of the family at an AWESOME lake house near Florence, OR. Josh, our brother-in-law, ran the 10K in Eugene, OR at Nationals so we all went down to watch and made a weekend out of it. The boyz went surf perch fishing and here are some of the best of Brad, Josh, Dad and Alan:
Brad had a week off of school between his first and second year so months ago I planned a trip to California to enjoy his time off.
We hit up Hermosa Beach near LA (where Brad got in a fight with the boogie board and lost terribly. Battle wounds on his stomach and shoulder- poor guy), then 2 days at Universal Studios, then 2 more days at SeaWorld. As you can see, we met a few celebrities:
Troy, Nancee and Erica (my brother, his wide and 22 month old ADORABLE and highly quotable daughter) met up with us for a few days. We LOVED thier company!! :)
The Kruger family (my sister-in-law Julie's sister) were very generous and let us stay with them half our time in LA. Here we are with the fun kids, Janina, Iman, Andre, Nigel and Israel. We had a great time with them playing Go Fish and telling stories from our childhood.
Brad and I went fishing and camping at Lost Lake last weekend and caught lots o' trout (which I think are the cutest little fish) then Josh came up to join Brad and I headed off the Cannon Beach for the big church youth activity.
Lastly, this weekend my parents came down from Seattle. We had a great time going to downtown Portland to look at professionally made sand castles (yes, you heard that right. They ship 450 TONS of sand to downtown and proferssional teams build sculptures and compete for the top prize....actually, I have no idea if there was a top prize:). We also spent a day at Cannon Beach. Pictures to follow in the next post which I PROMISE will be soon!
Thanks for checking in on us! Keep a'comin! Here's a funny pic of a donut shop in LA to leave you wanting more!
Molly' First Teaching Gig
I just finished student teaching chemistry at Westview HS in Beaverton, about 20 minutes west of Portland. I really enjoyed my experience. The school seemed to enjoy me also because they offered me a part-time teaching position for second semester. So, this last week I began teaching algebra to freshmen. I can already tell it will be much more challenging then teaching chem: the students are younger, more bouncy and less focused generally. Also, I havent figured out how to make math fun. Any suggestions?
It will be sweet to get a paycheck- my student teaching lasted much longer than what BYU requires so I volunteered a ton of additional hours to the school. It will feel nice to now get paid for all the work I have out in. I am officially lisenced in both Utah and Oregon. Woo hoo! It just feels so good to be done!
One QUICK Christmas!
Holy cow- Brad and I had a most excellent Christmas break! We spent it with his side of the family at Depoe Bay, OR (jusy north of Newport Bay) on a sweet condo not 30 yards from the ocean crashing up against rocks. Perfect! We played lots of heck (or "nertz"), swam , hot tubbed, wacthed movies, hit up the outlet malls, the works. We loved spending time with our family and passing around cute little Logan (our new little nephew that hardly ever touched the crib).
One of the beaches we went to was pretty wild- the turbulnce of the salt water caused all this crazy foam to scatter all over the shore.
Addtional pics:
The ocean....
Too cute sea lions....
Brad and I at the top of a hike we took (and, yes, we know we look awesome so you dont need to comment on that :)....
After a wonderfully fast week at the coast, we drove down to Klamath Falls, OR (south central, just miles from California) where we sledded, snowboarded, sewed a TON with my awesome mother-in-law, super cute sis-in-law, and dear grandmother, and played surprising amounts of the game Boggle.
Last but not least, we had our one year wedding anniversary! So much has happened in the last year and its impossible to beleive we've been married so long. Wow, time just keep going quick. We have absolutely loved our time so far as a family. Cant wait for more!
Now we are back to the grind. I just graduated in December from BYU in Physical Science Education (WOO-HOO!) and will start working my firt real career job teaching freshman algebra and Brad began his second semester of dental school. We are busy, happy, and ever so in love.
Back on Board!
Hello friends and family! It has been far too long since we last blogged! I have so much fun reading other people's blogs that I feel bad for not catching people up on whats happening in our lives! My wonderful cousin-in-law Julie took the time to set this good-lookin' blog up for us as a wedding present and its my early new years resolution to keep up on it, dang it!
Brad and I are in Portland, Oregon and loving it! He is attending the OHSU dental school and I am finishing my degree student teaching high school chemistry. We both really love what we do. Once I graduate officially next week (yay!) I will teach high school algebra and actually get paid. Hard to imagine.
Here are a few pics of our recent blizzrad in the land of Port:
I have grown up on the west side of the Cascade mountains my whole life and NEVER has school been canceled for more than 2 days in a row: tomorrow the Beaverton school district (where I teach) is going on day 5 of straight cancellation! Crazy, eh? Its been fun for me to start my Christmas break early this year!
Me in front of our house:
Christmas this year will be spent at the Oregon coast with Brad's side of the family. We will have a great time and hope not to gain more than a few pounds. Happy Christmas!
The Duck Pond
Down in Springville are several ponds with lots of ducks. One of Brad's friends showed it to him last year. Brad was ecstatic because the ducks came so close to him that he was able to catch two or three of them--don't worry, he let them go after petting them and encouraging them to be good little quackers.
Despite her smile, Molly was hesitant to believe Brad that the goose wasn't going to attack her like the feathered fowls she had seen on an Alfred Hitchcock movie.
Welcome to our wedding website!
Thank you for visiting, we hope that you'll find all the information you need about our wedding here.
We have been so busy planning the wedding, the time has just flown by. But we've been having a lot of fun with it, and thought we would set up this site to start celebrating a little early!
If you want to learn a bit about how we met and came to be the fabulous couple you know and love, please visit "Our Story".We can't wait to see all of you on our Big Day!
Lots and lots of love,
Molly and Brad
