Bye Bye Bunion

Well I'm happy to say that I had my right bunion removed last Monday and I'm very happy that the first week is over with. Those of you who didn't know, I had the surgery done through Syriex. It's a research study. They paid for everything, the only gist is, I had to stay at there hospital from Monday-Friday with no visitors. It seems weird, but the reason why is because it's a controlled study. The surgery went really well. When I first woke up I felt completely fine. I didn't feel nauseated from the anesthesia and was able to eat and relax. That night though was really hard. My foot throbbed the entire night and I couldn't sleep. It also didn't help that I couldn't see Steve.
The week went by fast and I became addicted to the Twilight series! I can't get enough of the books. I can't do a whole lot right now with my foot, so I just read and read...

Waiting for the Rodeo

Some Tigers at the state fair


Shannon and Jason
All four of us at the rodeo

Playing games

Steve and I
Grandpa and Grandma Ford
Whit and I
Annual Labor day Ford sleepover

Steve and Hayden (our cousins baby)
My baby sis Kjersti and me
My cute sister Kartier and I
Playing games with family and cousins

Leaving Washington...... this is our view for 4 hrs
This is what we saw for 9hrs......
The night we came home we saw Carson and Jade
Getting onto the houseboat
Steve loves fishing

The last couple weeks....

Steve and I made it home from Washington a couple weeks ago! We have loved being home and catching up with family and friends. Right when we came home we headed out to Lake Powell for a week and spent time with the Ford family on the houseboat. We had so much fun! Steve caught a lot of fish, and I learned how to get up on a slolam ski! :) I still need a lot of practice, but I got up on my first try!

The following week we went to my family's house and had a family get together. It was fun to see all my family again and to catch with everyone. We also went to Grandpa and Grandma Ford's annual Labor day sleepover. It was a lot of fun playing games with all the cousins and we usually sleep outside, but because of all the rain we had to sleep inside this year.

We also were able to go to my foot doctor's appointment (for my bunions) and I actually am going into surgery tomorrow to have them removed! YAY!!! What a blessing!

Steve has started school, and he's liking his classes (so far). He's enjoying it, but knows it's going to be a lot of hard work.

This weekend, Steve and I had a great time on Friday night going to Whit's volleyball games and cheering her on! Yesterday, we were able to spend time with Jason and Shannon. We went and did wedding preparations and then went to the state fair!

So, that's a little sum up of our life the last couple weeks!

Liz Blowing out the candles
Happy Birthday Liz!
Steve and Bryan
The adorable Morrison girls ....and their cute mom Amy!

Our last week in Washington

I can't believe how fast our time here in Washington has gone. The summer is flying by! Tomorrow is our last day here in washington. I'm really excited to come home and see family and friends, but i'm also going to miss it here. Steve and I have had an awesome experience living here! We have loved seeing all the sights, meeting new friends and living by the ocean. Steve and I were also able to spend so much time together, which has been wonderful. We don't start work until 1:30 everyday, so we have been able to go to the ocean, go for a walk, play a game etc. Yesterday, we were able to go to the gym and steve played basketball with all the guys that work with Stone. Steve did so well! I had a great time cheering him and Jason on! It was also my good friend, Liz's birthday. So, we celebrated while we worked and ate cake.

Today, our friends, the Morrison's invited us to have lunch at there house and say our goodbye's along with seeing there sweet new baby girl. We had a great time with them, and we are going to miss them!

Washington has been great and I hope we can come back and visit soon.

Steve was able to get a really good video of them!

On the Ferry to San Juan IslandWelcome to San Juan!





The Odyssey-The boat we road on to see the whales!
Friday Harbor is so pretty
Can't wait to see the Whales!!
Steve and I
It's hard to see, but that's a Seal

San Juan Island and Whale Watching

Steve and I started off the week really well! Yesterday, on our day off we were able to get up early and take a ferry to San Juan Island. The ferry took an hour to get there, and so we enjoyed the view and each other's company.

Once we got to the Island we walked around the little shops and found a cute Orca ornament that says San Juan Island on it. (We have a tradition of collecting ornaments for our christmas tree from places we visit!)

Then we went to San Juan Excursions and bought our tickets to go whale watching!! Steve and I have wanted to this ever since we got to Washington, but were debating on if it would be worth the money. My in-laws were able to go when they visited with us, and they said it was well worth it. So, it being our last monday (day off) we decided to go for it!

We then met up with our friends, the Thompson's. We all walked around the Island and then by 1pm it was time to get on the boat!The experience was awesome! We saw Seals, a bald eagle and lots of Orca's! We even saw a mom and her baby swimming together. It's amazing how graceful they are when they swim.

I recommend this adventure to anyone who has the chance!

Joe the tour guide
Whit and Steve
Steve and I infront of the totem pole
Whit and I at the beach

Bob and Ellen
Steve, Keira and Whit
The City before it burned down
Underground Sidewalk (from below)
The same skylight, but from above

What we did this weekend...

This weekend was a lot of fun! Steve's family was able to come to Washington and visit with us! We had so much fun being able to spend time with them. They met up with us on Saturday night after we worked, and we went to Olive Garden! One of my very favorite places to eat! Then that night Whit was able to sleepover and hang out with us! It was a lot of fun! :) (Thanks for sleeping over whit!) Sunday, we were able to go to church together and then had a nice dinner and played games and then went to the beach. The following morning we met up with them in Seattle and did some site seeing. We were able to take a tour of the Underground City of Seattle that burned down years ago. It was really interesting and a lot of fun!