My dirty little secret...

I have a dirty little secret....i love to go and watch monster trucks. Kenyon, has never been to a monster truck show, and so when I received an email letting me know that the monster trucks were coming to Phoenix, I was so excited! And of course I emailed all of Kenyon's family inviting them to come along with us to the show.

the only problem is that I did not read the email all the way, which said the monster trucks were going to be in Albequerque, and the Gravity Slashers exhibition would be in Phoenix. UGH! It was my first motorcross exhibition, and it was cool, but I really wanted to see the monster trucks. Next time, they come in to town, we are totally going.

These guys are NUTS! They flip and jump without holding on to their bikes. SO CRAZY! One of them had a snow mobile, that he tricked out specifically for making jumps and flipping upside down.

On the way home, after riding the rail for thie first time, we were driving separetly in our cars home, and AV had his head stuck out of the window. So of course the responsible, mature uncles, and aunt that we are started yelling GRAVITY SLASHERS out our window. Kenyon decided to do some tricks. Including driving with one leg sticking out the window....and my personal favorite.....driving with no hands, and one arm out the window. (Please don't try these tricks while driving).

Even though we didn't get to see stuff being run over or actual monster trucks, we still had a fun time together.

Congratulations Shiu and Michelle

On February 12 we drove to San Diego to be with Shiu and Michelle for their sealing. Shiu is being deployed soon to Afghanistan, and will be gone for a 7 month tour. I'm so proud of Shiu and Michelle for making the decision to be sealed in the temple with their family.

When we got in to San Diego we stayed in La Mesa, I love La Mesa. That's where I was living when Kenyon and I first met. We stayed in the Holiday Inn Express about a block away from my old apartment.

Later that evening we caught up with Nick, Titi, and Reggie, they were at the zoo and met us so we could eat at El Azteca. It's still one of the best little hole in the wall taco shops! I think it's awesome that Nick and his little famly flew in from Hawaii for the occassion too.

The next day we of course were late for the session, but didn't know they were waiting for us. Instead we met up with Dinesh and Ben and their family while the session was in progress.

Dinesh and Ben waited outside with all the kids and Kenyon and I were able to join up with the group for the sealing. A sealing is always wonderful and easily reminds me of our marriage. And of course someone has to bring up how Kenyon was very emotional that day until the sealer reminded us we should multiply and replenish the earth. At that moment, Kenyon broke in to a huge grin, which made the sealer and most other people in the room start to chuckle.

Once Shiu and Michelle were sealed, Raoh, Novalynn, and baby Shiu were also brought in to the room. It was beautiful.

It's so nice to get together with everyone, but it's too bad it's so rushed and over so quickly. On Sunday Kenyon and I drove home...I was able to drive the entire trip and get us home in 6 hours. Kenyon had to work in Bagdad the next day and I was worried about him getting enough rest.

Sedona

We have been getting more and more listings in Cornville, Cottonwood and Sedona. We figured that as long as we are paying the fees to be a part of the Board of Realtors there we may as well make it worth our time. Yesterday, Kenyon and I went for a day trip to look at most of the listings in this area and to check out a new listing in Sedona.

The new listing is on Wing Drive and sold for over $900,000 in 2005, according to an old listing sheet, so naturally I was really excited about this listing. This is what it looked like then:

When Kenyon and I pulled up in to the driveway this is what we saw

WHAT IN THE WORLD?!!! No stucco, no interior walls, no appliances, no pool, no fencing....nothing! At first when I saw the house, I was sure we pulled up to the wrong house, and I backed up and went down the street to make sure that we hadn't made a wrong turn or something. Unfortunately, the previous owners were in the process of remodeling....I think?

Once I got over my initial shock and disbelief and we finished photgraphing the property we went to inspect the rest of the properties in the area. We were gone for most of the day, but we had a nice time on our day trip.

Kenyon, Kenyon, Kenyon

Kenyon hates cooking in our house. He tries, but I don't know where he comes up with his ideas. Lately, he has not been working as much because the dental office he is with right now has not been scheduling him with patients. So this week, he had to cook because he was home all day. Let's just say it didn't go over to well the first night. However, the second night he did a great job! and he even went grocery shopping. It's so nice to have a little extra help during the week. Not that he doesn't help me out a lot, but the extra help has been nice.

However, I'm so happy he starts his new job next Monday, well...I'm not happy about the Monday start date, but I am happy he is excited about his new job.