My goodness this last month has been so incredibly crazy! First Tommy and Abby got married on August 29th, in the Medford, Oregon Temple, that was amazing. Then we flew to California for Stephen's farewell and Tommy's open house. The weekend after that we drove back out to Oregon to see Michelle and her beautiful family get sealed in the Portland Temple. Then this last Wednesday Stephen went into the MTC. Now that life has finally started to slow down I will post some pictures up of our recent activities. Tonight I have been too busy making a blog for Stephen, www.elderstephenjordan.blogspot.com Hopefully this week I will get the pictures on...
We are leaving for Oregon tomorrow morning, super early. I am excited though that Tommy is getting married on Saturday to Abby! It is super fabulous and exciting for the family. I cannot wait to finally meet my new sister! Wahoo
*No work *Don't have to drive to Salt Lake *Get to sleep in till whenever I want and Greg let's me! I am so lucky! *Relax at the pool *Get to watch some fun TV shows that I wouldn't normally cause I am at work *One more day to catch a matinee showing. I don't know if I will ever pay full price for a movie again *Can always get a quick weekend get a way without having to take time off work *Go to lunch with friends *Get to be with Coco all day long...she is the best little cuddle bug you could ever meet *Have the time to bake, cook, or create whatever my heart desires
I woke up this morning, I was so excited to go to the pool and work on my tan. But to my surprise when I walked out the door it was freezing! I cannot believe it is 66 degrees in Utah in the middle of summer. When it should be like 95 degrees which is a perfect temperature. Global warming yeah right! We need to take back Al Gores Nobel Prize and manhood (that was Greg's idea)for this. Obviously there is NOT a global warming crisis out there!
We made it back from our super fun trip to California for Mike's Homecoming and Hawaii for a relaxing vacation! We had a great time at both places.
On our way down we broke down on the 55 in Orange, I could not believe it! Our transmission went out on manual. I guess the casing got a hole in it so all the fluids leaked out and dirt got in the gears. Luckily our car was still under warranty by 500 miles!
That night we have a fun time eating dinner down at the beach. We made some of the best s'mores ever! Greg thoroughly enjoyed his.
The next day we woke up early and went to the swamp meet. Shortly after we went home to get ready to pick up Mike from the airport, we were all very excited to see him. We sat waiting at the airport for about 45min- 1 hour and finally we see him. At first we weren’t sure if it was Mike, but it was. The moment when a missionary comes home is always surreal; no one really knows what to do.On our way home we drove to In-N-Out for Lunch…anyone surprised? We made it home and we had a couple of hours to relax before we were going to the Newport BeachTemple. We went to the temple that evening; it was such a wonderful experience. On Sunday we got to hear Greg’s Dad and Mike speak, they both did such a wonderful job!
Later that day we had to leave the Ellsworth festivities to catch our flight to Oahu. On Monday on Oahu we got to drive down to North Shore and get breakfast in Haleiwa, which was delicious by they way. We stopped at Matsumotos, great shave ice…Lilikoi is my favorite flavor. Then by the afternoon we went to the PCC to learn more about the Polynesian culture. The Samoa show and Tonga show were our favorites, they were so funny! We got to attend a yummy luau that evening followed by a awesome night show will some really good fire dancers. We had a fun time.
PipeLine
Where we ate Breakfast in Haleiwa
Sharks Cove..This is the first place I went Scuba Diving!
On Tuesday we woke up early and ate breakfast at the Hukilau Café. My chocolate chip pancakes were HUGE and really good. We then went to Pearl Harbor where we went aboard the U.S.S. Missouri. We got to stand where the document was signed that ended WWII. We saw a great video on the U.S.S. Arizona and were able to go to the memorial sight. I felt so honored and grateful for those brave men who sacrificed their lives for our country and for the freedoms we have today.
U.S.S. Missouri
U.S.S. Arizona Memorial
We had to race from Pearl Harbor over to the airport to Maui…so we thought. It is a long story but we sat on the plane 1 ½ hours waited for 1 ½ hours after we deplaned and finally took off. It was miserable and the rest of the day was gone!
In Maui the first day we went to the Iao Needle, which was spectacular and so beautiful. After that we sat on the beach everyday (Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat, Mon)…seriously. I LOVED it!!! We went out to dinner a couple of times to some of our favorites over there but other than that we just hung out. It was very relaxing, enjoyable, I got a great tan and I was able to do absolutely nothing. We had a great 4th of July and a yummy BBQ. We watched fire works on Front St. in Lahaina next to the Hard Rock Café which was cool cause they played fun music during the whole show.
Front St. in Lahaina
The day before we left, we visited the Blow Hole on north Maui…where Scott almost dies 10 years ago…seriously. He almost got sucked down the hole when a huge wave came crashing over him but Ricky and my Dad saved his life.
This is where Scott almost died
A GORGEOUS Sunset the night before we left
Last day on the beach!
Monday, was our last day…it was a sad day cause we had to leave! We stopped at Costco and Kmart to pick up tons of Chocolate Macadamias and Milk Chocolate Toffee Macadamias (the best ones).
Tuesday we arrived at 5:30am and got to Greg’s parents home to get some sleep before we left on our long drive back to Utah. Right before we left we had some great Mexican food at the place Javier’s off El Toro. Then we drove back so I could work on Wednesday.
Me and Coco sleeping
We had such a fabulous time and I am already planning our next vacation for next year…I am hoping its SPAIN!!!
Well more exciting news for our family...Greg's brother Mike is coming back from his mission in South Africa! We are so excited to see him on Sat. He has been a great servant of the Lord and we are so blessed to have him in our family. Mike seems like he has really grown a very strong testimony since he has been gone, I can't wait to hear him speak in church on Sunday. I am also really excited to get to know him better...he has been gone pretty much the whole time we have been married! Hopefully he comes up to Utah...that's what I am pulling for. I wish I had some pictures of him but I don't...I should have some in a couple weeks when we get back. In the mean time Welcome Home!! We missed you and love you very much!
It has been a very exciting month for my family! My younger brother Stephen received his Mission Call. I came home from work early this past Wednesday to find Stephen at my place. Within 5 min of being here he was like..."where's your mail key"...I started laughing. The mission call was sent to our place because we didn't know if Stephen would still be here in Utah when it came. Well he was...and we took a little walk over to the mail box with Coco and the mailman was there finishing up. We opened the mail box and it was there! It came at like3:30 in the afternoon but he made plans to open it up at 7 pm that night...I don't know how he was able to wait. That evening I went over to his place, Ricky & Shelly with their beautiful family were there and a bunch of his friends. Once everyone got there Stephen called up Mom & Dad and began to open his Mission Call... Elder Jordan proceeded to tell us, he will be serving the Lord in the Atlanta Georgia North Mission!!! He reports on September 23rd, 2009 to the MTC. I am so exciting for him he will have just an amazing time serving the Lord and the people of Georgia. I love him so much and I am grateful for the wonderful example he is to me and all those around him. Stephen you are the best...you will be an incredible Missionary!!!
Just dying to open his call...but my Mom isn't picking up the phone!
Opening up the call....where is he going?
"Atlanta Georgia North Mission!" Waahoo!!!!
It got a little crazy after that so I didn't get a good picture of him holding it up...But hopefully I will soon. Congratulations little bro...I love you!!!
Greg and I met in April 2006 and fell in love. We were married February 24th, 2007 in San Diego LDS Temple. We settled down in Salt Lake for a year then moved down to Orem, Utah. Greg graduated from Utah Valley University and I worked full time as a Sales Rep. We had our beautiful daughter Bella Eve on November 16th, 2010. We moved from Utah to Orange County, CA in March 2011. We are expecting another little girl to join out family July 2012.
