Summer in Colorado

I need to catch up on our life!! I haven't really had time to blog and our plans have also changed a ton. We still don't really have our plans set in stone yet....so more on that to come! 

We moved to Colorado after getting home from Bali because we thought we were moving to Detroit (yikes I know) in January. I knew that I wouldn't be able to teach for only half a year and Andrew would still be traveling weekly, so we moved to Colorado so I would have my family to be with during the week. It's been a lot of fun living with family, we've probably played atleast 5,000 rounds of Rook since we've been here! We love seeing our nephews everyday too!

Bry's favorite part of the house is the office so he can look out the window all day!

Unfortunately it rained most of July here. Normally everyone is praying for rain to help the drought each summer but this year it poured practically every day, which made it hard to do anything outdoors. We soaked up any nice weather days by being outside hiking and exploring around the beautiful places Colorado has to offer. Seriously never gets old how pretty it is here!

Hiking Red Rock Canyon

In the beginning of July Andrew played with the Cougs (some BYU alumni) in the World Lacrosse tournament. It was fun to watch them all play together again! And of course he still looks just as good while doing it!! He's such a stud. 

We celebrated Andrew's 26th birthday in July as well. Even though it was HIS birthday he had me get the cake that I wanted. He is so sweet to me. I tried to surprise him by buying an Xbox One without him knowing...but of course I'm not the best at hiding things. He saw me texting my brother about it so the surprise was ruined. :( I'm sure one of these birthdays I'll get the surprise down! Can't believe he's closer to 30 than 20 now!! He's even starting to get a few gray hairs here and there haha

The end of July Jordan & Kaci got married in the Denver temple. The rain decided to stop just in time for the wedding and it was SO HOT AND SUNNY! Everyone was trying not to squint in the pictures!! 

We took Ethan and Teigan to Garden of the Gods one day to hike and found out they were afraid of heights haha. People probably thought they were our kids and that we were torturing them. Andrew kept trying to get them to climb or stand on a rock and they would throw a fit. It was hilarious.

 You can tell how scared Ethan was by looking at his face! They were like 2 feet off the ground lol. And I also love how high his shorts are riding up when Andrew picked him up!

 And anytime I drop them off after a date with me, this is how they have to get inside because the keypad is too tall for them to reach on their own. It makes me laugh everytime! I love these boys, they are the best of friends! 

Remember how I said it rained pretty much everyday?! Yep it continued....my sweet husband went to pull up the car closer for me after church one day but also walked in with an umbrella so I didn't get a drop of rain on me. It's okay to brag about how amazing he is if it's on my own blog right?! Cause he definitely deserves the credit! 

This post is getting so long.....but that's what happens when I don't blog forever! Ryan turned ONE on August 29th. It has been so so fun to be here while he's been little. I've loved seeing him crawl, stand, walk, run, start to talk, etc. He is obsessed with Mickey Mouse so of course that was his theme at the party. He is too adorable and we all can't get enough of him. 

Overall we had such a great summer here in Colorado with our family. Sure love this family of mine so much!

BALI--3 year anniversary! {Part 2}

Our next stop in Bali was Nusa Dua. We stayed at The Laguna which was a beatiful hotel right on the ocean again. Thankfully with how much Andrew stays in hotels we lucked out by getting a suite for our entire stay at this hotel too. His traveling days have really made us into quite the snobs always having the best of the best!! I think we might be in trouble when he stops traveling as much... but it'll be worth it to have my husband back though! 

greeted with some fruity drink and cold towels....not too shabby.

In Kuta there were so many things around to do, but in Nusa Dua it was kind of the opposite. The only things close were other hotels because it's meant to be a more luxurious and relaxing destination. We kind of missed having things close around to go do. Because of this most days were spent playing in the pool and ocean, sunbathing, reading, eating good food, playing lots and lots of card games (I'm the screw master champion, of course!), and making so many inside jokes and memories together! 

Kuta was known for beautiful sunsets and Nusa Dua is known for its sunrises. So we woke up early to go lay at the beach and watch the sunrise some mornings.

perfect time to snap the photo with the bird flying am I right?!

Probably my favorite thing we did the whole trip was go to the Uluwatu temple. It's a temple built on the side of a cliff and absolutely UNREAL. The view is incredible overlooking the Indian Ocean. It's definitely a must see if you ever make it to Bali. There were wild monkeys everywhere too so you could see the monkeys there instead of going to the monkey forest. Although I'm glad we did both! The funniest part of the night at Uluwatu was when a group of Chinese people put down their camera bag to take pictures. Of course, a monkey came and snatched it so fast and started heading towards the cliff. I have never heard so much Chinese yelling in my life! My dad speaks Chinese so I've always kind of made fun of how the language sounds but it was even funnier when they were all yelling. The people tried to chase after it and one guy's flip flop fell off so another monkey came and grabbed his flip flop hahah so sad. The other monkey with the camera bag went down the side of the cliff so unfortunately they never got that back but somehow they did end up getting his flip flop back. Hilarious I tell you!

trying to get his flip flop back ha

soooooo pretty

And of course our nights usually ended with some nightly entertainment at our hotel and walks on the beach with my love. 

Overall this trip was such a blast. Wouldn't have wanted to spend 2 weeks in Bali with anyone else besides Andrew! He's the best friend ever and funnest travel companion. I'm so excited to look forward to yearly trips for the rest of my life...Seriously so blessed to have this wonderful life with him! 

P.S. If we had known more about Bali we probably would have booked just 1 week in Bali and 1 week in Australia instead of the 2 weeks in Bali. You definitely could see a lot of the big touristy things in the one week. We obviously didn't do and see everything there is to do there but I felt like we did all the major things. So I definitely recommend that if anyone is planning a trip over there! 

Until next years anniversary trip....possibly Europe!