Jon's Birthday Week!

This past week was a crazy one. First, my family came into town to take my younger brother, Roger, to the MTC. I went out to dinner with them at Texas Roadhouse Tuesday night before Rog went into the MTC the next day. Wednesday was pretty crazy because it was Rog's big day and Jon's 25th birthday! Sandra came down to take her sister into the MTC also, and I met with them along with Sarah to eat breakfast at IHOP. Then I hurried to the MTC to say goodbye to my brother for two years. Jon's brother, Derek, came to keep him company, while I was off with my family and friends. They went to breakfast at Einstein's and then went shooting. So sad that his brother forgot it was his birthday though! Haha. Oh well... I made Jon and Derek dinner. Then Jon and I celebrated his birthday with yummy cake and ice cream!

Here's a few pictures from Jon's birthday:




On Thursday, Jon wanted to go fishing. So I went with him to read my book, Marley and Me, and take a few pictures. I love this little town and the pond! I tried to stay out of the sun because I knew I would get sunburned. However, at one point I had to stand out in the sun (there was no shade nearby) at the top of a hill, while I directed Jon to the fish I could see in the pond. No luck though! I guess those ones are protected, and Jon would have had to throw them back anyways. Oh well.

Here's the pictures from the pond:

I loved the little duckies.






















My parents stayed with us that evening because they were going to my older brother, Scott's, graduation. My Mother took Jon and I out to dinner at the Spaghetti Factory. It was delicious! We said our goodbyes the next morning.

Oh, Jon also got a call on his birthday from a lady he had called a while back about doing some yard work for. She had posted a listing in the classifieds in the BYU newspaper. We didn't think we'd hear back from her though because that was several weeks before. Anyways, so he went to help her with her garden Thursday night, and he's going to be helping her a bit more and her Father's home in Pleasant Grove this summer. Hopefully, it'll be going on all summer long, but we'll see... So Jon has a second job now that he enjoys! Yay!