Celebrating the Greatest Six-Years of our Life

Since that blessed day in November of 1999 our life has been filled with the greatest adventures and experiences. Along the way the Lord has blessed us with two of his most precious angels. So to celebrate that most solemn day we decided to get away and enjoy each others company.

Not far from our home is Buck Creek State Park which is just outside of Springfield, Ohio. Due to the wintery cold season we are currently in here in Ohio the rates of the cabins were very low and so we found our haven for a few days.

The cabin was fully stocked with bedding, towels, and dishes all we needed to bring was food so we hit the local Kroger and then settled into our cabin.

From playing video games to popping jiffy popcorn, we really enjoyed our selves and most importantly found some time to relax.



While shopping we purchased some fire logs and used the fire ring outside. The weather made our fireside adventure very short lived.



On our first morning Molly decided to make breakfast in bed for Kristy.

Later we even tried to do some skating but the weather made this a very cold endeavor.


Our cabin was very spacey for our little family, it was equipped to sleep 8.

We did take a small hike down by the beautiful lake but the weather made us quickly miss the gas fireplace back in our cozy cabin.


The most fun we had during our anniversary getaway was watching all of our home videos that we have made over the last six years. What an eye opener it was to see before our eyes how our life together has evolved, matured, and become so wonderful.

Turkey and Cake for an Early Thanksgiving

Having so many family members within the area makes for some confusing holidays. In America we commonly surround ourselves with family during the holidays. No matter how busy our lives are our society reroutes everything just so we can enjoy the few holidays we have per year. So for us the question lies in where to actually spend these holidays.

For Thanksgiving it was decided that we would first hold a pre-Thanksgiving gathering at Kristy's parents house. Everyone gathered around the Turkey, even my Dad and Donna were invited. The food was wonderful and spending time with our loved ones was even better. Certainly much to be thankful for.

After we were stuffed with the spoils of our holiday celebrations we also had a little cake to celebrate the passing of my 28th birthday.

Ray's Treasures from Hawaii

Our best friend Ray recently visited the paradise of Hawaii and sent us some treasures he found along the way. During his trip he was very good about sending post cards which was an improvement for him as doing so had never been a part of his vacation practices. He also called to gloat a little when he visited our Temple in Laie, Hawaii. A big thanks out to our friend who, although had the time of his life, did not forget his friends all the way back in Ohio.

Photo obtained from http://www.lds.org/temples/main/0,11204,1912-1-41-1,00.html
Ray hasn't emailed me any of his photos yet.

Birthday in a Cavern

Another year older, and yet still eating like a teenager. Yes that's right, for my 28th birthday we went to one of my favorite all-you-can-eat buffets, BD's Mongolian Barbeque. This is the very same chain restaurant that we stopped into during our vacation in DC. It sure is nice having one in Columbus. To learn more about BD's go to http://www.bdsmongolianbarbeque.com/ So we ate our fill, more so for me than Kristy and the girls, and then we headed to Olentangy Indian Caverns to work off all those consumed calories.


One of the activities offered at Olentangy, besides cavern exploring, is gem mining. Basically you buy this bag of sand and then run it under the water within the mining trough and your gems are revealed. The girls really enjoyed this activity.




The caverns were fun as well, a bit scary for Molly, but fun all the same. Olentangy is not the largest caverns or anything close to it but it was a fun place to spend my birthday with the people that matter most to me. For more info about Olentangy go to http://www.olentangyindiancaverns.com/

Election Day 2005

With the crazy election proceedings from the 2000 elections and the 2004 elections Ohio has finally updated their voting system to electronic digital ballots. We had the pleasure of being some of the first to use these new fangled voting gadgets and it was actually a cool process.

We decided that we would bring our girls with us this year to provide an early example of the importance of taking this very important opportunity only provided in democratic societies. How amazing it is to think that we take voting for granted when there are so many people in the world who will never have the blessing of being able to provide their voice concerning their government. May God Bless America that we may always have these rights and blessings.