Ken and Mal

The rest of Zions

2011-12-12T18:27:00.000-08:00

While we were in Zion we also had a beach day. It was SO FUN. We rented a boat and jet skis and just relaxed the day away.

Berit and I were in charge of taking out the skis. The other night we were looking at these pictures and I said I like this one because we look like twins. Then Berit says something along the lines of, "it my dream, Mary-Kate and Ashley on jet skis!" It was so funny!

And away we go...
Next step, getting everyone off the boat and the tube set up.
Look how adorable Merms is... I think I am in love with this girl. (for those who dont know, her real name is not merms. Its Marie, but when Axel was little he couldnt say Marie, he said mermie, and it just evolved)
Then we all went tubing. Ella had never gone before and she loved it. I think she stayed out the whole time while everyone switched off. I only went 2 times due to the massive reck in which Ella and Kendall landed on top of me and I got a knee to the nose. Oh the joys of tubing! Shalaine was ripping it up out there as well. We found out that weekend that tubing is in her top 3 talents.
Cutie Axel and Jordy
Little ones playing in the sand.
Marie again, I cant get over how cute she is.
Marie and Alan (papa) on the jet ski. Marie loved going fast on it. I took out axel and he said we were going too fast the whole time (I wasnt even pressing on the gas).

The next day we decided to go on another hike. We decided to do part of the narrows.

Here we are. This is the part just before you have to start hiking through the water.
It was somewhat sketchy, so Shalaine had some extra supports. We wouldnt want baby Coco to fall into that freezing cold water. It was like ice. Luckily we didnt get much farther than this. The water level was a bit too deep, so we headed back.
While we were in Zion we ate at some amazing places. Here we are outside this Mexican place we went to. The whole family.

Funny yet inspiring words to live by...

2011-12-10T22:25:00.000-08:00

Alan's Big Birthday

2011-12-06T07:52:00.000-08:00

In October (I know, I am still behind), Kendall's dad, Alan, had his 60th birthday. So, Kendall's mom put together a huge surprise weekend for him down in Zions. Alan thought they were just going down to use his new mountain bike (which he got for his birthday) and have a romantic weekend, but it turns out that all the kids were there! It involved a lot of sneaking around and for awhile we all thought he knew. Anyway, it was really fun. One of Alan's big goal was to hike angel's landing. Im sure you all know that I am NOT a hiker, so I was really nervous about this hike. I read online that it is an extremely stenuous uphill hike, and that 6 people had died doing it. Well it turns out I loved it. The best part is toward the end when you climb up the side of a cliff and hold on to these safety chains. I would definitely recommend this hike to anyone going to Zions, even though it may seem scary. The view was amazing and it was so much fun.

Here we are at the start of the hike, as you can see I dont look that tired yet.

Next came a series of steep switch backs, I am not in this one because I was tired at this point. So, i was resting behind the last corner.
Another series of switch backs, everyone rounding the corner.
At the top, before the cliff with the chains, we saw this sweet falcon? on top of a tree.
This is where Shalaine and Cort decided to stop, due to to the fact that Shalaine carried Coco up the whole way!! I cant believe what a trooper she is. Anyway, it was too dangerous to keep going.
We took couple pictures at the top, so here are Alan and Berit.
Jordan and Patrick..
Kendall and I.
And the group.

This picture was taken on the cliff looking back down
And on the hike back down ...
We were super sweaty on the way back down, so Kendall and Cort took a little dip in the river.

Still Catching up

2011-12-02T10:20:00.000-08:00

Way back in October (i think) Landon was in town visiting, so we all headed up to Park City. We looked around a few fancy hotels. Then we decided to head up to the Alpine slides. I have to say it was SO MUCH FUN! I was really surprised how much I loved it. It is a little pricey so I wasnt all that into doing it but turns out it is totally worth it! First you get to ride the lift, which is fun in itself. Then you get to go on this thrilling ride down the mountain.

Here is Lex and Landon and Ken waiting for the lift.

Once you get to the top you wait in line for your turn. Lex and I were pretty excited at this point.

Here we are before our turn. I was kind of scared because the operator was telling us that you have to control your speed and if you go too fast you can fall off the tracks.

Lex and Landi

Since Lexie and I went first I had time to run back and get some shots of Landon and Ken racing.

Next time you are in Park City, go check out the slides...

Since we last spoke...

2011-12-02T09:59:00.000-08:00

Oh hi! Long time no see. I guess i may have forgotten about you a little bit. But dont worry because since I last posted not a lot has happened, maybe that is why I havent been motivated to blog much. Lets see, September was the last post so lets talk about October. It was Halloween, we didnt do anything except spend some quality time with Berit and Malcom. So, lets move on to November. Kendall worked, I went to school, oh and we had a wonderful Thanksgiving at the Lawrence Welk resort in CA! Every other year we spend Thanksgiving with Kendall's family, and Kendall's AMAZING grandma, Barbra has booked condos at the resort so that her whole family can get together. It is the most fun place, there is swimming, hot tubs, tennis, golf, family, food and fun!! Our trip was short this year, but we love spending time with Kendall's whole family, plus all his aunts, uncles and cousins! This year we had about 75 people! Anyway...that is what we have been up to in a nut shell. I hate posts with out pictures, so I included some pictures of camping trips/ hang outs that happened way back in September...enjoy.

Lexie, Ken and Quinn chilling by the campfire...

I wanted to be in one too...

It started to rain a little, so we (Kendall and Quinn) created this lean-to using the car and a tarp. It worked out fairly well.

Another view of the lean-to. Lexie and I sat in the car while this was being created.

The next morning Lexie was brushing her teeth and Ken snuck up on her...

We camped at this place called forest lake. Kendall and I had been there before and we carved our initials in a tree, so the next morning we went looking for them. We didnt find it, but this looks kind of like it. (you can see the M and K behind us)

Pretty view on the way back home

A sailor without a boat

2011-09-27T11:48:00.000-07:00

Kendall made a very hard decision this weekend... he sold his precious sailboat. Kendall is definitely a sailor at heart, but has only gone sailing once this year. Now that we live in Salt Lake we dont have a place to store the boat and it just makes it more inconvenient to go sailing. It was very hard to see the hobie go. We had so many great times on the boat, and Kendall was such a great captain! He sold it to a group of three guys and it was fun but hard to see him teaching them how to rig it up, it was like he was passing it on to the next generation! So to ease his pain he told me that he was going to buy himself a skateboard. That night he went skateboarding with Burke and loved getting back to his High school days when he was a skater. He practiced his tricks all night and Burke got some sweet shots. That night Kendall came home so happy!

Speed Racer

2011-09-02T11:06:00.000-07:00

Some of you may know that more than anything Kendall wants to be a race car driver, not the NASCAR kind but the off road kind as in the Dakar Rally. Anyway on our way home from San Fran he made us stop at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Its just this huge area of land where the ground is just pure salt. Its really weird to see. Anyway, basically anyone can go out there and drive their car at incredible speeds. Kendall was so excited to get the GTI out there to see how fast he could go. He ended up reaching 120 mph. Let me tell you, it was terrifying and the whole time I was yelling for him to stop. He enjoyed it though and hopefully it will satisfy his speedy driving needs for awhile.

Here he is posing with the sign.

And here I am posing like a real dork.

I think this is a cool picture because you look out and all you can see is blue sky and white salt. Weird

Last day

2011-09-01T16:57:00.000-07:00

Another day in San Francisco we went to Nob hill to check out the cable car museum and do a little exploring. The cable car museum was pretty amazing. You can see all the cables and they teach you how the cars work...its kind of sketchy really.

Here I am modeling on the cable car.

We also went inside this cathedral. It was beautiful inside.

The stain glass windows were really cool, but surprising because they were very modern looking.

Another San Francisco Day

2011-08-31T08:07:00.000-07:00

One day we met Jordan in the city and did a little bit of exploring. We went to Golden Gate Park and walked around a little. We went to the Japanese Tea Gardens (although we didnt pay to go inside) and took some pictures at the entrance.

Here we are just inside the entrance...

We also enjoyed the rose gardens. Jordan and Kendall were smelling all the roses.

Kendall also started an amateur modeling career in the gardens. This is his pensive gaze.

Next we headed up to the Coit tower to enjoy a view of the city.

Here we are looking out over the city.

Hiking

2011-08-24T10:22:00.000-07:00

On Saturday morning we decided to go on a hike in the woods. Jordan and Patrick take Birdie (their dog) here for walks a lot. It was a fun hike even though it was a little bit muddy. And along the way everyone loved seeing birdie. She is a great dane and very large, but she is very gentle and sweet.

Here is Kendall in the woods...

Here is birdie...

Here is a picture with Jordan and Birdie so you can see her size. I am pretty sure she ways more than jord

We found a little tent of sticks in the woods.

Jordan and Patrick. Patrick is posing like a rock star.

Lombard Street

2011-08-19T10:17:00.000-07:00

On our first day in San Francisco we decided we wanted to drive down lombard street. The problem was for some reason we thought it was called Nob Hill. When we figured it out, we had to drive back through the city. It was actually fun driving around and seeing everything. We drove through China Town and got some cool pictures. I love the lanterns hanging across the street.

Then we finally made it to Lombard street. We parked at the top and walked down to get some good pictures. All the websites say to take pictures from the bottom. It was so pretty with all the flowers in bloom.

At the bottom of the street there is also a really cool view of Alcatraz island. Kendall likes this picture because I caught a racing sailboat in it.

We eventually hiked back up the street and actually drove down. It was fun. Kendall wanted to go as fast as possible, but that was hard because there is literally a line of cars waiting to go down. Here are some pictures I snapped along the way...

I like this one with the sweet view.
All the flowers on the street were so pretty and the buildings along the side were pretty cool.

We had a great first day sight seeing in the city.

Anniversary

2011-08-17T11:36:00.000-07:00

I know this is late but on August 2nd Kendall and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary. I cant believe we have been married this long! Kendall is the best husband any girl could ask for. I love him with all my heart! To celebrate we went to San Francisco to see Jordan and Patrick, who actually also just celebrated their 2 year anniversary on the 15th. The actual night of our anniversary we went to dinner at Tucci's. It was delicioso. Here is a picture of us at dinner. Photos from our trip to come...

A scheme

2011-08-10T10:12:00.001-07:00

When Kendall and I moved, he came up with another one of his schemes...to build a couch. Some how he talked me into it, and we came up with a design.

So, we started out with this bad Larry that someone was giving away on KSL

We cut it all apart in order to harvest the foam.

Next, we laid everything out and started to assemble a frame. Burke and Chels came by to check out our project.

Here we are cutting the wood for the frame.

Eventually we got to this point, the frame was pretty much done.

So, we then laid out all the cushions on the frame and glued everything in place.

Next, we laid out some more padding on the top

Then glued some batting and muslin on top to keep everything in place.

Finally, we made a back rest. We also bought some fabric and sewed a slip cover for the top and stapled it in place.

The end result was this bad dad that did not turn out as great as we wanted, big surprise. It ended up being a much more extensive project then originally thought. Luckily, we have Laurel who made our place look way better!

New apartment

2011-08-10T09:22:00.000-07:00

Well, its been awhile since I last posted, but there have been a few big developments in our lives! About a month ago we moved into a new apartment in Salt Lake City! It is really nice to be so close to school and for Kendall to have a shorter commute. We also really like being in the big city! Whats even better about our new apartment is that Kendall's mom redecorated the place for us!!! She did it while we were out of town so it was amazing to come home to a beautiful new place! Here are a few before and afters....

Before desk area

before living area...
And after living area... (isn't it just a thousand times better!?! The crazy thing is its like Laurel just read my mind. I didn't even know what I would want, but if I could have figured it out, this would have been it! She is just amazing!)

Some details

I want to give a HUGE thanks to Laurel. She is the best mother-in-law in the world. Also a big thanks to Alan because I know he helped a lot! They spent an entire weekend working on this and it was just one of the nicest thing anyone has done for us.

You too

2011-06-22T08:26:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago Kendall and I went to the U2 concert on a whim. Kendall really enjoys them, and I can get behind a few songs, but I wasnt excited out of my mind. Well, it turns out the concert was amazing and super entertaining.

They had this amazing weird stage. There were about 20 trucks outside (literally) that had been setting up the stage for about 2 weeks. Crazy.

Kendall and I were sitting in the ultimate nose bleeds. It didnt matter through because we had this incredible view, and we could actually see the stage really well.

There was a huge circular screen around the top of the stage so everyone could see what was going on. They also had those cool bridges that went to an outer stage and spun around. It was so cool.

Pretty sunset

With the changing lights the stage looked even more majestic.

This is when the screen started expanding. It came all the way down to the stage floor
It was really neat.

Last song. Go bono! (I dont know if that is how you spell his name)

Roses

2011-06-20T17:05:00.000-07:00

Kendall bought me roses the other day. He is such a good husband. I took some pictures of them because they were so pretty. I just thought I would share.

This is my favorite one. I have it as my computer background. I have to say I think its a pretty cool picture.

Weekend Photos

2011-06-20T13:26:00.000-07:00

This was one of the best weekends! I was so happy to see Britty again. She is the same as ever and it was like no time had past. I cant wait until she moves back up here!

Bestie

2011-06-15T12:20:00.000-07:00

My bestie is back! Ladies and gentleman after 1.5 long years I am finally going to reunite with my best friend little Britt! She has been serving in the Mississippi, Jackson Mission but now she is home. I am driving down to St. George this weekend to spend some time with her. This is probably the longest we have been apart for the past 20 years. I just love this girl...what a great day. Pictures to come

The Derby

2011-05-12T11:29:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday was the Kentucky Derby! Every year my whole family picks a horse and the winner gets bragging rights. This year I choose Dialed In...I didnt win. I didnt even get close. Oh well, Chelsea, Burke, Kendall and I still had a great time watching. I made mint juleps for us all to enjoy. They were delicious!

Chelsea and I also made hats this year. We decided to go with fascinators in honor of the royal wedding. Here is Kendall and me with my hat and our mint juleps!

And Chelsea and me modeling out hats! it was so much fun. Cant wait for the derby next year!

Update

2011-05-10T11:23:00.000-07:00

Well, it was a busy end to the semester..so I havent been great about blogging. I am on a short break between Spring and Summer semesters however, so I have some time to give everyone an update.

Spring semester finished with a bang. It was a good semester but I am excited to get some new clients and classes. At the end of the semester the whole CSD (communication sciences and disorders) program had a BBQ. It was fun to see all my friends outside of clinic and as a great surprise I got a scholarship! It was exciting and I am very happy to have some money!

Here is Ashley and I at the BBQ. She is my best study buddy/ carpool buddy. We spend so much time together that its weird not to see her on break. Anyway, she got the same scholarship as me. What great study buddies!

Here is Ash and Me with Meg and Ellen, some of our other great grad friends. I need to get some more photos of all my grad friends. We spend SO much time together that its weird that I dont have any pics.

In other great news...I also found out that I got an externship at the University of Utah Hospital. It is a great facility and I am so excited to get an externship in a medical setting! I will also be trying to get one in a school.

Kendall has had an eventful couple of months also. He went to Moab with his friend quinn and they had a great time...that is until the drive home. They were in the middle of nowhere when all the sudden the trailer they were towing fell off the car. It rolled down the freeway and totaled their motorcycles and the trailer. They ended up having to leave the bikes on the side of the road all night. Kendall and I had to drive back down the next morning to go pick them up with his cousins trailer. Luckily Kendall got some money back from the insurance so he has been motorcycle shopping non-stop.

Ken has also had some developments with his job. Long story short he is being hired on full time with the company (at first he was hired through a temp agency) and we are waiting to see what he will be getting paid. Everyone pray he gets a massive raise!

Other than these exciting things our lives have been pretty much same old same old. Other than our new obsession with frozen yogurt. The best place opened up in Highland called Orange Leaf. Here is a picture of use at frogurt...definitely not as good. Anyway, Ill try to update more often!

Disney

2011-03-29T14:42:00.000-07:00

Well, since Chelsea posted about Disney, I figured I should too. We had a great time this past week hanging there with Burke and Chelsea! It was so fun to have a break from school to go to the happiest place on earth. Well, we all know Burke took all the pictures for the trip, so the only ones I have are the ones that were taken on Ken's phone. Here is what I have...

Chelsea and I on Dumbo...

Here we are with Mickey

And of course the World of Color Show

Burke and Chelsea have a lot more video and pictures that I need to see still, but this will suffice for now. As a side note, the best quote of the trip was on the way to Disney, in the car, Chelsea says, "ok, here is what I want to do... everything".

Birthday Weekend!

2011-03-01T13:55:00.000-08:00

This weekend was birthday weekend! Kendall's was Saturday, Max's and Laurel's was on Sunday, and mine was yesterday! We had a great weekend celebrating. Friday night we went to cheese cake factory. I had a fabulous BBQ salmon over corn salad and finished it with white chocolate blueberry cheesecake, so good. Then Saturday night we went out to dinner with the sibs at CPK. Delicious as ever. Here we are enjoying our complimentary sundaes.

Then on sunday we had and Oscar party for Ken's mom. We made so many appetizers. I made Jalapeno poppers...to die for!
We also had potato leek pizza which was so good. (Both recipes courtesy of Pioneer Woman)
Then Berit and Matt made a cake!
What a great weekend!

Valentines

2011-02-28T12:19:00.001-08:00

For Valentines Day Kendall and I went to the new restaurant in the river woods, La Jolla Groves. It was so delicious! This is my meal, shrimp, tomatoes and spinach over angel hair pasta in an orange sauce...it was heavenly.

Here we are enjoying out evening. Luckily Kendall's parents just happened to go there for Valentines also. They were at a different table...but were able to take a picture on their was in.

That time of year

2011-02-12T08:49:00.000-08:00

Well folks, it was once again time for the car show. We definitely had to go because Kendall told me it is the only winter activity he looks forward to. We had fun and sat in some nice cars. Enjoy!

Here I am in a Nissan 370 convertible. Apparently my dad wants the 350...

And Here is Kendall in the car he wants...An Audi S6, very schnazy.

January 30

2011-02-09T08:31:00.000-08:00

January 30 is Lexie's Birthday! She turned 20 this year, so Chelsea and I decided we should probably hang out with her. Chelsea did a great job of decorating and was in charge of the cake. Kendall and I made Lexie her favorite meal: fried chicken and mashed potatoes. Everything was delicious.

Happy Birthday Lexie! Hope this year brings you joy.

The rest

2011-02-09T08:26:00.000-08:00

The rest of christmas involved a lot of food...

Pedicures for the ladies

Kinect Dancing

Sledding attempts

And more food
We had a great time with Kendall's family! Cant wait till next christmas.

Christmas Morn

2011-02-08T18:46:00.000-08:00

This kid loved Christmas...He go a lot of great stuff too.

This little one got a stuffed bunny, you can tell how much she loved it.
This one is about to cry because she is so happy that she got a new computer.
See!

I found some

2011-02-07T09:28:00.001-08:00

I found some Christmas picutres, well, I actually stole them off of Berit's camera, but I dont think she will mind. Here is what we did on Christmas eve....

Ate a delicious meal of Prime Rib. I was sick so I didnt actually eat anything, but it looked delicious.

Then Santa came to visit!! He brought everyone a Christmas eve surprise...

All the girls got these amazing stripped pajamas...sexy right?

It wouldnt be Christmas eve (at least at the Lee household) without chimes! The Green's havent played these in years, but it was a ton of fun.

After chimes we had our traditional slide show of the year, and kendall's parents gave us all the first part of these beautiful nativity sets. We all get a little baby Jesus figurine. Kendall was more excited about the wrapping.

I know this is way late, but I want to have it on here for memory purposes. More christmas to come!!!

Life

2011-02-06T18:58:00.001-08:00

Clearly it has been way to long since I have blogged, basically I just got lazy. I know its not really an excuse but, there it is. So here is what has been going on around here lately.

Berit returned from France. She had a blast in Paris, but I think she was glad to be home. All her friends there to greet her.

Beau made us a fabulous thai dinner for us, on multiple occasions actually. But now he is living in California... we miss him.

My sweet graduated!!!! I am so proud of him. He was in school for so long and I am happy that he made such a great accomplishment. AND, he got a job! He starts tomorrow at a place called Fetzer. They do architectural woodworking and he will be doing stuff with LEED for them. We are pretty excited that this job worked out, but he may have some other exciting stuff coming down the pipe, I will keep you posted.
Classic photo.

Lexie, Chelsea, Berit and I went to see David Archuletta and the Mo-tab. We had tons of fun at the show and Kendall was even nice enough to be our driver for the evening. Here is the sisters...

Very fuzzy of the motab and David.

The ladies after the show.

This happened...it was a weird day, Kendall wrapped me up like a burrito.

Sadly pictures of puzzles are the only Christmas pictures I took. Kendall's whole family came out and we had so much fun hanging out around here just playing and being together. We got some great gifts this year too...Kendall got a xbox, which he liked but returned for a new phone. He also got some new snowboard boots, motorcycle stuff, and sperrys. I got the best present ever, from the best husband ever, A new Macbook Air!! I love this thing and have used it so much. I also got a Kindle, its really cool, but I wish i had more time to use it. Also some clothes and stuff. I am going to try and round up some more pictures...

Kendall and I also got a rice cooker from Berit, we have been making tons of sushi... yum.
That is what we have been up to lately. I know I missed some big events but I hope this will suffice for now!

Peppermint Shakes

2010-12-14T08:14:00.000-08:00

Lately we have been obsessed with these little gems. Our inspiration was the AMAZING peppermint shake from Chick-a-fil. It was introduced to me by Lexie, and Kendall and I decided to recreate them at home. They were absolutely delicious...just needed a little chocolate. Kendall even hand made the whipped cream...

Ignore how ugly I look in this picture please...just focus on the joy of the shake.

These things are perfect for the holidays...YUM!

Kathleeny

2010-12-12T11:22:00.000-08:00

Little Kathleeny is getting hitched in just a few short weeks. So, last weekend we (Chels, Lex and I) went to celebrate the nuptials at her Bridal Shower. Her friends Jovi and Alana hosted and it was so much fun! Here is Kathleen and me...

We played a game where we had to split into teams and make toilet paper dresses. Chelsea was our team's manikin and we won! As you can see Kathleen loved the dress...why wouldn't she?

Here we are after the gift opening. Hope you liked your presents Kathleen! Love you and we are soo happy for you!! Wish we could be in Hawaii with you to celebrate on the actual day.

Christmas cards

2010-12-11T13:13:00.000-08:00

This year I am really wanting to make a Christmas Card for Kendall and I to send to all our loved ones. For those of you who dont know, Shutterfly makes the CUTEST cards. You can upload your pictures and choose from tons of backgrounds and designs. It is really easy and they turn out perfect every time. Here are some of my favorite ones that I am thinking about using for our Christmas card picture. Check out this one, this one, oh and this one too!

Shutterfly also has really cute photo books that are easy to make. My sister makes one for her husband on their anniversary every year, I think I need to start that tradition. Check out the books here. Not to mention the calendars. Last year I got a family one and it is so nice to see pictures of the family every month! You should really just check out the shutterfly website. They have great holiday gift ideas and they are so fun and easy to use. Lets face it, we all have tons of pictures that we don't see because they are stored on our computer in a file somewhere. Well this is the perfect opportunity to use them!

*NOTE

2010-12-07T14:51:00.000-08:00

Just so everyone knows, all my pictures are courtesy of Burke Alder. So, Chelsea has all the same pictures. We inadvertently posted about the same event today. Sorry Chels! You should all check out her blog, her posts are typically more entertaining then mine anyway.

Twinkle Twinkle

2010-12-07T14:29:00.000-08:00

While my family was here we also went to Temple Square to look at the beautiful lights. My dad wasnt with us, because he was too sick to go, which is particularly upsetting because if he had gone, we could have avoided the freezing family photo shoot. Anyway, the lights were amazing, as they are every year.

Im not sure what we are looking at here, but I think its a cute picture.

Mom and I enjoying the lights.

Of course we had to get a family shot with the Temple behind us, it was so pretty.

Burke and Chels, had to include this one so you know Burke was there, he is typically behind the camera.

After the lights we went into the conference center to warm up and enjoy the book of Mormon Paintings. If you haven't seen the lights this year go check 'em out!

Snow Bunnies

2010-12-06T13:40:00.001-08:00

The day after Thanksgiving, we went up to Brighton to teach Max and Colette to snowboard and ski... They did a great job and we had so much fun!!

Colette and Me on the slopes. Burke taught her to ski, she did a great job and only had to be on the rope for a few runs.

Max spent the majority of the first couple runs in this position, but after he got the hang of it, he was cruising like a pro!

Here is everyone at the top

We had a ton of fun! Max even wanted to go again the next day.

Family Photo shoot

2010-12-05T18:47:00.000-08:00

While my family was here we had to take the Christmas card picture, of course. So we headed up the canyon to get a snowy wonderland shot. Here we are doing a bit of prep work and getting situated...

We got a great little beaut, but my mom may not want it shown yet...so I will leave it for you to see when you receive your Christmas card

We also tried a couple on the bridge...

And a wilderness shot...as you can see Max was getting sick of it at this point...

So we decided to take a few couple shots

And a few Lee girl's signature "fierce in the eyes" photos

We also got a few of the original Lee Family shots, sans Kendall and Burke

Dont we look like we had so much fun?!

Happy Thanksgiving

2010-12-05T18:31:00.000-08:00

For thanksgiving this year my family came to town! Kendall and I were very excited because we didnt have to spend a ton of money, but we still got to see them. We spent the week at Burke and Chelsea's beautiful new casa. Wednesday night is when my family flew in, but before they got there my mom assigned us lots of food prep.
Kendall decided to help me chop pecans.

We also made some pie...
And Kendall was in charge of cranberry sauce

Once my mom got there she pretty much took over on the pies until we got everything done for our feast the next day...

Thanksgiving morning Colette and I

Last minute preparations and Turkey carving

Chelsea and I got to do the wishbone...I won.

Ken and I ready for the feast

A few hours after dinner we of course gorged ourselves on pie...yum! What a great Thanksgiving!

Sorry..

2010-11-10T11:03:00.000-08:00

that i stink at blogging lately. Honestly, our lives have just been a bit too busy to take pictures of "fun" things we do. I am loosely defining the word "fun" these days considering that if we get the chance to spend time together and not have anything else that needs to get done right away, its fun. Here is quick update on both of us:

Mallory: Spending almost all of my free time studying, driving an hour to or from school, studying more. When I am not in class I have a huge test, a quiz, or big project to attend to. I spend most of my time with my study buddy Ashley. Luckily we are friends as well as study buddies, and we both live in Highland/Alpine so we can carpool to school together. I am doing pretty well in school, mostly due to the huge amount of effort I put in. I am pretty proud that I have gotten 100% on 3/4 grad school tests so far though! I am just looking forward to Thanksgiving break. All i have is a huge project, 2 tests, and a 15 page research paper to write in the mean time!

Kendall: Also busy with school. He is taking 20 credits right now, so he is cramming it all in the his last semester. He is also looking for a full time job! He graduates in December, which is very exciting, but also scary. If you have any job hook-ups in the construction management field (or other), let us know! During his free time he has been building some built in shelves/cabinets for his mother. It was a big project, but he is almost done and it looks beautiful.

Together: Usually when we get free time we are pretty exhausted, or hungry, so we have just been going out to eat a lot and watching movies. That was until 2 days ago when we decided to start p90x. Lets just say it is definitely as hard as it looks. Both of us are having issues moving because we are so sore.... Luckily the instructor guy is ALL ABOUT making modifications if you cant do what they are doing. I modify EVERY move. Hopefully I will get a little better/stronger as time goes on. I guess we will have to see how long p90x lasts.

Things we are excited for: Thanksgiving break, Christmas break, having our own place again, not being sore, and right now lunch!

Ill try to be better about blogging. Talk to you later!

Cascade

2010-10-22T11:39:00.000-07:00

A few weekends ago, Kendall and I went mini golfing at cascade. It was a lot more fun than we were expected. It is started to get cold, so take you chance and go now!

A lovely drive

2010-10-21T09:20:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago Kendall and I went up American Fork canyon for a picnic. We drove up a long way to look out over the canyon and the leaves beginning to change
The sun was in a terrible place so this isnt the best picture, but still kind of cool

Here we are checking out the view

My favorite part was finding this HUGE dandelion. It was as big as my fist!! My least favorite part was when I spilled coke all over myself due to panic from a bee flying into the car. Lame.

Heehaw

2010-10-20T10:39:00.001-07:00

This past weekend Kendall and I went to Heehaw farms with Burke and Chelsea, Tina and John, Garrett and Leanne, and all the kidlets. It is really close to our casa, I cant believe we have never gone before. We had a great time, although we probably wont go back until we have kids of our own. We started out the experience with some pictures. How could we not when they had this whole palate of HUGE pumpkins!
Here is Kendall and me with the pumpkins. Kendall is doing a model pose...just ignore it.

Burke and Chelsea with the pumpkins, we had to retake this a couple times because they both thought they looked fat...I think they look good. As always.

Tina and Maddi with the pumpkins as well.

Then Chelsea and I saw these things and wanted to get a picture. We thought it was strange how they had that face cut out just floating in the sky, then we realized that these things were for kids to throw bean bags through, not take pictures in. oops!

Next we headed over to look at the animals. This was Kendall's favorite pig because he was black and white, plus he was running around like crazy in the pen. Later they had a pig chase were they released a pig in the big circle of everyone standing around, and then let little kids chase it. It was kind of crazy and the pig was screaming!

We also looked at the goats. I paid 25 cents to feed them, but maddi was to scared. She just held Chelsea's hand. Kendall liked to try to grab the goats by their horns.

Kendall also tried wrangling while we were there, he was pretty good. He got the fake bull every time.

Next we checked out the corn maze. At first we thought it was so simple, but we actually got a little turned around coming out. Here is a cute picture of the Barlows in the corn.

We saw this little gem and had to get a shot of all the girls..

Kendall also got a shot with this giant pig. It was right before we headed over to the pumpkin patch.

Unfortunately it was the last ride of the night, so we didnt actually get to stop at the pumpkin patch, but we did get the hay ride experience. Here is a picture of Chels and Cam enjoying the ride.

Day 3

2010-09-23T11:04:00.000-07:00

On our last day in San Fran we went to church with Jordan and Patrick. There church is on the same lot as the Oakland Temple. It is so pretty
After we went on a drive over the Golden Gate Bridge.

We went to Sausalido to check out the house boat community, then headed up to Muir woods to look at the redwoods. They were huge, and very pretty.

That night we went to this place called Fenton's. Apparently they are Famous. We got this delicious brownie sundae. As you can see its huge! This was for 4 of us
Dont worry, we were able to finish the whole thing...
Here we are enjoying Fenton's.
We had a great trip to San Francisco. I would love to go back anytime!

Day 2

2010-09-21T11:29:00.000-07:00

Day 2 in San Fran started with a family photo. We had a couple of attempts and until we got a good picture. Here is attempt number 1...
For some reason it got washed out, but it looks kind of cool still

While I was resetting up the picture Kendall and Berit did a little dance...

Finally we got a good one. Then we went to this delicious place for lunch. I forgot the name, it was like Betty's bake shop or something. But we had delicious chicken sandwiches. Then we headed into town to see the painted ladies. You may recognize these houses from the great TV show "Full House".
Next we headed out to the coast.

We were all standing around checking out the seals. Yes my eyes are closed and Patrick is making a weird face, oh well.

The best part of the day was going to Sam's. They had to most amazing food ever.

This is what I got. It was named the best lobster roll by NBC or something. I loved it!! Look how good it looks...
Another great day in San Fran

My Favorite Part

2010-09-17T10:03:00.000-07:00

A couple of days before we left for San Fran I saw that Wicked was playing at the Orpheum Theater there. I have been wanting to see it for a long time. I proceeded to look up tickets, but it was all sold out except for a couple of $200 seats. I did however see that there is something called the ticket lottery. This is how it works: You show up 2 hours before the show and put your name in a raffle. If you get called you can buy 2 tickets then and there, with cash, for $25. Well, these tickets were less than any of the others, and my last hope. So, I convinced everyone to walk down to the theater and put our names in the raffle. I was hoping and praying that one of us would get drawn so I could go see the show. Turns out there was about 200 people entering and only 10 or so get called. Overall, our chances weren't that great. When they started calling names I was praying someone would get called. When they got through 6 or so names, I had basically given up hope. I figured it was a good experience, and at least we tried. Next thing I know, I hear MALLORY GREEN called out. I started screaming at the top of my lungs! I was SOO excited! It was definitely a miracle that not only someone from our group got called, but it was me!
Although we were slightly under dressed for the performance Kendall and I enjoyed front row tickets! We were slightly off to the side, so at times our view was limited, but the show was amazing. The costumes, actors, everything was incredible. Kendall even liked it.

My favorite song was "For Good", and "popular". Kendall's favorite part was when they held up the green rubber baby.

Berit was going to go to the show with me, but since she had already seen it twice Ken got to go.

They even gave me this great pin to wear. Everyone who saw it was so jealous! It was so much fun to go to the show, and even sweeter because I won the tickets! I will never forget it.

Chowder and Chocolate

2010-09-14T11:30:00.000-07:00

Over labor day weekend Kendall and I drove out to San Francisco with his family. We went to visit Jordan and Patrick who recently moved there. They live in this great studio space with a sleeping loft. It has high ceilings and plenty of floor space, so we all had a slumber party there. It was so much fun to visit the sights. Here is some of what we did on Friday (Day 1)
First we went to a DELICIOUS lunch at Boudin. Everyone got a sour dough bread bowl with clam chowder. It was so good.

Here we are after eating out lunch. Enjoying the beautiful weather.

Next we walked down a little ways to snap some photos.

Of course we got a good one in front of the sailboats for Kendall

Next we popped over to Ghirardelli square. I was very excited, but slightly let down when we got there. Honestly there isnt much to see, just a couple of shops. We did stop and get some delicious Ghirardelli chocolate sundaes though. Totally worth it.

Here is the sign above Ghirardelli square. I got it when we went down to the docks to look at this..

A large sea worthy vessel.

Next we went on a trolley ride down to Union square for a little shopping. The wait very long, but it was fun to ride the trolley.

After the ride the driver let us pose for a family photo on the trolley. I think we should be in a TV show about a family who lives in San Fran...dont you? After our shopping came my favorite part of the trip. Check again for the details...

Nuggets

2010-09-10T10:14:00.000-07:00

My sweet mother brought little Lexie back out to Provo a couple of weeks ago. We had a great time hanging out, going shopping, setting up Lexie's apartment, going to PC, etc. Unfortunately, I only took a couple of pictures, and none have my mother in them. Here are the few I did get in Park City though...
These two little nuggets are now back in my life...luckily.

I mean just look at that face, what more could you want.

Here we are in PC, I just like this picture of Ken and Me. To view more picture from my mother's visit check out Chelsea's Blog.

Timpanogos Caves

2010-09-09T08:28:00.000-07:00

Kendall and I hiked the Timp caves a few weeks ago. It was a pretty hike, even though it was straight up hill, but the caves at the end were totally worth it.
Here we are in the caves. They take you on about an hour long tour. It was about 43 degrees in there though, hence my Mexican blanket wrap
We had to go through some narrow passages, here is Kendall getting freaked out in the cave.
Some weird stuff behind me

Here I am on the hike up. It was obviously a blast! I would recommend the caves if you havent done it yet. It was pretty cool.

And We're Back

2010-09-08T08:16:00.000-07:00

Who can guess what the first thing Kendall wanted to do when we got home was? For those of you who guessed sailing, you are right. So we took the hobie out to the lake for a day of fun. Unfortunately the wind was a bit strong.
Kendall was rather upset because we couldnt hoist the sails with such a strong wind.
So the boat sat on the beach like this for about an hour, just waiting.
Dont worry, he finally made it out...

Moving on

2010-09-08T08:02:00.000-07:00

Ok, I have got to get this blog rolling. We have been back from Hawaii for a month now and I am stuck on snorkeling. Here is one last post of pictures from Hawaii and then I promise, we are moving on.
A cute picture of Kendall and Evalyn playing at the beach.

A cute picture of Kathleen and me playing on the beach.

We went Kayaking..I was nervous
But once we got going...

I did great!

Snorkeling

2010-08-25T08:13:00.001-07:00

We had a lot of fun snorkeling while we were in Hawaii. Our favorite place is called 3 tables. It has these 3 big flat rocks out in the water that look like tables (go figure). It was definitely the best place we went. The water was so clear and there were lots of fish. Here is a picture of all the fist. Its kind of hard to see because the camera wasnt great, but if you look close you can see them.

Here is Ken hanging out on the bottom. This one was taken at Hanauma Bay
We saw this sweet turtle at 3 tables. We followed him around and took lots of good ones of him.

Here is Kendall chilling with all the bottom again. This time at 3 tables.

And me, swimming around. Notice the peace sign.

Here is Kendall with a turtle at Hanauma Bay. As you can see, the visibility was not great.

Homeward Bound

2010-08-08T01:40:00.000-07:00

Today was our last real day in Hawaii. We leave tomorrow night at 10:50 and fly home through the night. We had a great time here, and will definitely miss family, weather, and beaches most. I still have a couple Hawaii posts to do, but they will probably come from home. Today we had a great day; we sold our car to Ryan's friend Ian, which took a lot of stress off of us, and headed to the beach. Everyone came and we went to three tables. The best part of the day was when this dog came up to us and Kendall decided to pet it. (He usually doesnt touch dogs, especially dogs he doesnt know, but he made an exception because he was already dirty and sandy at the beach). Well, the dog liked it a little too much. He decided to mark Kendall as his territory, lifted his leg, and peed right on Kendall. We all thought it was really funny, except for Kendall and the dog's owner who looked thoroughly embarrassed. Not to worry we rinsed off Kendall and his towel in the ocean. It turned out to be an interesting end to our trip in Hawaii. Hope you all enjoy that anecdote as much as we enjoyed seeing it.

Everyone we will miss (minus Sondy and Wendell, we will miss them too)

Although we will definitely miss Hawaii, we are excited to get back to Utah and our normal routine. I am starting grad school the 23rd and Kendall will start his last semester (woo hoo!!) at UVU on the 25th. We have a lot to do before we get back to things, but we are excited to be home. Sorry this post is not filled with fun pictures, but I thought you would all like an update.

Exploring

2010-08-06T12:30:00.001-07:00

A while back when we went up to Laie we stopped on our way to explore an old Hawaiian temple. I currently cant remember what its called, but it was really cool. All these rocks laid out that were carried up from the beach, and a beautiful sunset view.
Reading about the temple
Heading off down the path
Waimea behind us
2 great explorers, and great friends

Ward Camp

2010-08-05T13:43:00.000-07:00

This past week we went to ward camp. Basically it is a week long hang out at Bellows Air Force Base. We have been hearing about it since we got here, everyone at church gets really excited about it. It is quite the ordeal. Everyone basically just moves outside for a week. It was really fun. Here are a few highlights...Beautiful beach

Very pretty views
Guitar time
Paint ball for the boys. They had a lot of fun, and it was really fun to watch.
Matthew even let me hold his gun. It was heavier than I expected.
A lot of late night games, this one is pirate dice, but we also played a lot of cards. Our table is one of the cots we slept on.
Evalyn discovering just how much she loves chips. As you can see she was hording the cheetos.

Aoki's

2010-08-04T19:52:00.001-07:00

Kendall and I went to get shave ice in Haleiwa the other day. It was delicious as always and worth the long line. Also, I just want to say that who ever invented the holder is a genious.

Happy Anniversary

2010-08-04T14:58:00.000-07:00

Kendall and I were lucky enough to spend out 2 year anniversary in Hawaii. We had a great day exploring the island. Here is what we did.
We went on a drive down to Hanauma Bay, but the lot was full, so we continued our scenic island drive. We came across the blow hole, where we stopped to take pictures.
We also hiked up to the light house. It was a beautiful easy hike, but since we were both in slippers, we ended up with some bad blisters. Kendall is trying to be a light house in this one.
Here is the view from the top once we made it. On our way back we stopped at Hanauma Bay. It was beautiful. We went snorkeling and saw some really cool fish and a sea turtle. We have pictures, but they are all on the underwater camera. After the beach we spent the night in Waikiki, and had dinner at the Cheesecake factory.
We split this delicious red velvet cheesecake for desert! Happy anniversary Kendall, you are the best husband, and I feel so lucky to be sealed to you for time and all eternity. I love you!

Padre

2010-07-23T13:54:00.000-07:00

Luckily my padre came to Hawaii on business again, so I was able to see him since we both happen to be here. Most nights we just hung out and ate ice cream, but one night we went to see the Arizona Memorial...kind of. We got there 15 minutes before it closed, so we mostly just saw it from afar. I got some good pics though.

Me and Dad with the memorial behind us.

Kendall, me, USS Arizona anchor

Kendall and me impersonating a rainbow

Dad and Kenny with a giant ship behind them

A sweet 3D island map

We had fun at the memorial. Dad told us some great stories about Grandpa Carl in the War and his Uncle Eddy. Kendall had a few good ones to share about his Grandpa Kendall too! I was glad we went and that I was able to see my padre!

Sweet 16

2010-07-22T00:35:00.000-07:00

Today is my little sister Colette's sweet 16. She stole the day from my Grandma Bonnye. Happy Birthday to both of these lovely ladies. I love you guys a ton! Since it is Colette's sweet sixteen, I wanted to do something I knew she would really love. So, as a special tribute to Colette, I would like to pay my respects to Merrill Streep with this picture display. Colette has a very strange obsession with her, so I hope she will enjoy this.

Ha! Breath of Life

2010-07-13T14:14:00.000-07:00

Last Wednesday was Mormon Night at the PCC, so Kendall and I headed up there to enjoy the festivities. The 'mormon night' package included dinner at the gateway and then tickets to the night show. Let me just say, the dinner was a HUGE let down. Picture the old cannon center at BYU with worse food. The show however was pretty cool. Kendall and I were entertained and we loved saying Ha! to each other every few minutes. We didnt get to see the villages or anything on this trip. Maybe next time.

Here is Kendall eating at the Gateway. That yellow thing on his plate is not pineapple, its lemon chicken! Although this thing was yellow like a lemon, it tasted like nothing but dry nasty chicken.

Getting ready for the night show.

On our way in. This is the official Ha! Breath of life poster. These things are ALL OVER Hawaii. Let me just say the real actors are not as attractive as these two.

Presenting the little baby with the breath of life.

The fire show at the end was the most exciting part of the whole thing!

BOOM

2010-07-08T13:24:00.000-07:00

Our 4th of July was pretty tame. We went to church, had a nice dinner of short ribs thanks to aunty sondy, and relaxed. We finally decided to do some fireworks that night, but had to go to the McArthur's. We are watching their house and their dog, Sadie. Turns out she HATES fireworks and freaks out, so we had to stay with her. Plus it doesnt help that the neighbors were shooting off huge illegal fireworks. It was so loud, but pretty cool. We ended up having fun though, and I caught Sondra doing a great dance on video. Maybe ill post it some day.

The ladies with sparklers

Kathleen was all ready to light up the night

Kendall and I being crazy

Sondra just lit this bad boy, I think it was called Jade flower

My favorite firework....The Devil Dog!

Eclipse

2010-07-08T13:15:00.000-07:00

So, of course the ladies and I had to go see eclipse. Kathleen, Kelly, Sondra, and I enjoyed a lovely Thursday evening full of Vampires. We all thought it was the best of the 3 movies so far. I had just reread the book, which I am not sure was a good idea because I was analyzing the differences the whole time. I still think if you had never read the books you would be confused as to why anything was happening in the movie. Overall, it was entertaining and we had fun!

I look like a vampire in this picture due to the flash...also I am just not that tan.

Surf

2010-07-08T13:01:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago Kathleen and I went to work with Wendell. We laid out at the pool and enjoyed the sun until Kendall came to join us after work. Then we went surfing. Kendall has been wanting to teach me for some time now. It was really scary at first, then kind of fun, then really scary again. I am not a huge fan of waves, considering how powerful they are, but Kendall convinced me to get in. He said I would be ok because the board I was using was basically the size of a boat. I actually managed to catch a couple of waves and stand up, breifly. That was the fun part. Then things started to go downhill. My boat/board is a little hard to turn quickly, so I got caught in a few waves and pushed under. I wacked Kendall in the back of the head in the process to. Turns out I had a slight panic attack and wanted to head in. It was a good experience, but not likely to happen again soon.

Kathleeny at Wendell's hotel. I didnt manage to get any surfing pictures.

Kathleen's leg and my foot. We both got surf injuries on the reef. Sorry the picture is bad. My foot got cut up, and her knee (is full of hydrogen peroxide).

After the surfing we watched to fireworks on the beach then drove around for about 45 minutes trying to find restaurant that was only a few blocks away. Luckily we found it because its one of my favorites and Kendall has been wanting to try it. Buffalo Wild Wings! Everyone loved it.

Fireworks

BWW

Update

2010-06-24T13:16:00.001-07:00

If any of you want to know what I did this past weekend please check out my Aunt Sondra's blog. Here is a hint:

Great News

2010-06-15T13:46:00.000-07:00

Well, I have managed to keep a big secret from all of you....Drum Roll...... Kendall and I have a 10 month old child! Luckily I never showed while I was pregnant, and we have been able to keep her hidden since then. However, we finally feel that now is the time to reveal her. Here is our little family outside of the visitors center in Laie. Isnt she just a doll?

Tricked ya! Its Evalyn, Matt and Kat's baby. We do really like her though, and she is cute.

Turtle Bay

2010-06-14T17:00:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago Ryan took Ken and I to turtle bay. Kendall surfed while Ryan and I relaxed in the hammocks. It was a very relaxing afternoon.

Kendall paddling out
My hammock and I relaxing

A wind blown picture

The beautiful view

So Good right now

2010-06-10T15:20:00.000-07:00

I miss smash burger...yum

Waikiki

2010-06-08T13:53:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we decided to go to Waikiki. It was a lot of fun, although we had a hard time finding parking and there were people everywhere. It was fun though.

Kendall did a little surfing, he wasnt very happy about this picture being taken though.

Here we are just relaxing on the beach. We found a nice little spot and set up all our stuff so I could read while Ken surfed.

Here I am enjoying the agua.

Later that night we changed our clothes and took a walk downtown. Someone was nice enough to take a sunset shot for us.

We stopped at this place called Cheeseburger in Paradise for dinner. It was really good, I would recommend it.

We also saw tons of street performers. My favorite were these two little kids. I am sure their parents were hanging around waiting to collect the loot.

We also stumbled upon a Donovan Frankenreiter concert. That was really fun. Overall we had a great time in Waikiki

Happy Birthday

2010-06-04T15:16:00.001-07:00

SONDRA!!!!

Books

2010-06-01T14:36:00.000-07:00

Well, I havent found a job. But I have been reading a lot of books in my spare time. I thought I would share what I have read and my thoughts, and you all can share some good books that I should read.

1. Hunger Games: amazing, loved it. Just like everyone else

2. Catching Fire: also very good. Not as good as the first, but I cant complain. I am excited for the 3rd to come out

3. The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder: Very good. It was definitely a tear jerker, but I loved the story and I would highly recommend it.

4. Glass Castles: Also a great story. It made me mad at times, but I enjoyed the read.

5. Half-Broke Horses: A follow up to glass castles, kind of. It is about the grandmother's life. It was ok. A little slow and boring

6. Percy Jackson and The Olympians (Lightning Thief, Sea of Monsters, Titans Curse, Battle of the Labrynth): I know these books are for children, but I have loved them all. I am averaging a book a day and now that I have finished the first four, I just need to get my hands on the last one. Sort of reminded me of Harry Potter. Really good books.

7. Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands: Still half way through. I don't know if I can finish. Doctor Laura makes some good points, but other times I want to strangle her.

Thats all for now. PLEASE recommend books. This is the summer of reading apparently.

Sweet Sondra

2010-05-31T22:27:00.001-07:00

For those of you who dont know I am living with my Aunt Sondra for the summer. Since I sit at home all day, i volunteered to attend work with her and help with shredding/filing. The filing was a snap, but the shredder didnt really like me. It kept overheating and in the end just crapped out. Oh well. Luckily I brought a book. I also spent a good portion of the day talking to my mother. The best part of the day by far however was lunch! We decided to eat the cafeteria food so I could get the "full experience". Just my luck, it was chicken sticks day! So, here we are enjoying our sticks. We each had about a million, so there was left overs, but dont worry, Sondra had them for lunch the next day. :)

Here is sondra, enjoying her chocolate milk.
And us at the desk, saluting the chicken sticks.

Haleiwa

2010-05-31T22:24:00.001-07:00

The other night Kendall and I went to Haleiwa for dinner. We went to this burger place down there. It is apparently famous, but I cant remember the name now. After that we went and walked on the beach and looked at the sailboats. It was a romantic evening for 2.

A rainbow that we say. It was touching on both sides, but I just had to take 2 pictures

Ko Olina

2010-05-31T22:13:00.001-07:00

Kendall and I spent last weekend at Uncle Ken's house here. It is on the resort at Ko Olina and he was kind enough to let us stay for the weekend. We had tons of fun hanging out and going to the pool. It was beautiful.

Here is Kendall enjoying his dinner on the back deck. The house sits on the golf course, hence all the green grass behind him.

A picture of us in the back yard that didnt turn out too great.

This is a picture of the downstairs. Sorry it got turned the other way.

And the beautiful master bedroom. I LOVED that huge king bed. So comfy.

While we were there we went to dinner at Genki sushi. It is this fun little place where all the sushi comes around on a conveyor belt and you can just pick what you want. It was delicious too!

Adventuring

2010-05-18T12:49:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we had an adventure day. We went on this really cool hike (dont be too shocked to see me type that). It was called maunawili (m- on- a- willy) and takes you up through the jungle to this really cool waterfall. Kathleen was our tour guide. The hike up was really pretty, and even though the water was cold, it felt so good once we got up there. We swam across the little pool and up the rocks to the waterfall. Kendall and Kathleen made it up fine, but I slipped on some moss and slid about halfway back down. I banged up my elbow pretty bad, but I was ok. We watched people jump from WAY high up and then we jumped too, from much lower. Kathleen had to talk me into it for about 10 minutes while all these people were watching. I am not really one for jumping off stuff. It was fun though. The hike was over on the east side of the Island, which is BEAUTIFUL. It is what you picture when you think of Hawaii. Wish you all could be with us!
Kendall and I in the jungle.
Now Kathleeny and I
Another jungle shot. Kendall was over pictures at this point, but he was being a good sport.
Here is the waterfall. We didnt get any photos of us on it, but as you can see its a popular spot.

Waimea

2010-05-17T12:18:00.000-07:00

This is where we spent our Friday afternoon. Aren't we lucky?! On our way up to the beach we had to stop and get the car to pass a safety check. Kendall had already tried to pass it twice. Luckily this time we passed because, as you can see, a cop followed us basically the whole way to the beach! No worries though, we didn't end up getting pulled over.

I saw this tree on our way and I thought it was cool. All the branches grow back down into the ground. I believe it is called a banyan tree. This is a small one though.
Once we parked, this was our view of Waimea bay. Kendall LOVES when they sailboats are there and he always comments on how happy the people in them are. He says that they couldnt be happier, there is nothing about their situation that would upset them. He really wishes he had his sailboat here. It is warm and sunny and WINDY everyday, sort of like torture for him.
Here is another view of the bay. I love how blue the water is.
Here is Kendall (and you can sort of see Kathleen behind him) on the walk down from where we parked.
While we were there we did a little snorkling. Please ignore the faces. It was way fun! I was nervous to go out so far and thought I would get tired, but I loved it. If you look back a few picutres you can see all the rocks were we were swimming around. The fish were cool. We saw the Hawaii state fish and Kathleen told me the name is Humuhumunukunukuapua`a. Quite a long name for not so big of a fish.

Transportation

2010-05-15T20:15:00.000-07:00

Well, anyone who knows Kendall knows he has a weird obsession with cars. So, when we found ourselves in Hawaii with only the bus as an option he was a bit perturbed. I cant quite blame him though. Planning a 2 hour bus ride to go less than 25 miles didnt seem that fun. Luckily we purchased this little beaut for $700. It may be ugly, but it gets us around the island. Whatever works right? Kendall is convinced that he can fix it up and sell it for double. I hope he is right. He has already made improvements to the driver's side window (which now rolls up and down) and bought new paneling for the doors, which was missing. (Still needs to be painted however). Hope you all enjoy the beauty of yet ANOTHER vehicle. She is a VW Jetta and every time we ride in it Kendall comments on the "German luxury".

Happy Mother's Day!

2010-05-09T13:07:00.001-07:00

Dear Mom,

Happy mother's day. You are wonderful and I love you very much. I wish I could be there with you celebrating.

Love,

Mallory

We made it

2010-05-06T15:26:00.000-07:00

Tuesday afternoon was our first day in Hawaii. We are really excited to be here. On Tuesday we just relaxed after a long flight and went up to the North Shore to visit Matt and Kat. Kendall and I were up for a total of 22 hours that day. Then on Wednesday we finally went to the beach. It was beautiful and I went farther into the ocean than I ever have...to be honest it wasnt that far. The weather was beautiful though, and even though I knew I was getting sunburned I loved it. Today is Kendall's first day at work. So far I have unpacked and read, and now I am blogging. I should be looking for a job...but I am secretly hoping one will find me. Thats all for now. Aloha.

Here we are after just stepping off the plane. We were already enjoying the weather.
On our way to the beach we stopped to see some sea turtles. This one was tanning all day.

Here we are enjoying the turtles.

Festivities

2010-04-26T08:55:00.001-07:00

Here are a few pictures from the festivities on Thursday. We all went to the commencement ceremony and then out to dinner. It was a lot of fun and I was so glad my parents and sisters could be there!

Unofficially Official

2010-04-25T22:57:00.000-07:00

I have unofficially graduated from BYU. I have 6 remaining credits to take this summer...but other than that I am done!!! Congrats to me! More details later, for now just enjoy these sweet pics.
Kendall my love and I before the ceremonies began.
Me in my ALUM shirt!! woot woot!

Hello Happiness

2010-04-12T21:21:00.000-07:00

If you need me for the next few months, you can find me here.

Kendall got an internship in Hawaii for the summer! We are so excited! Big thanks to Aunt Sondra for having connections for the Lee family! Love.

Now to figure out all the details...

Help

2010-04-08T21:34:00.000-07:00

Dear Friends,

I am looking for a dress for graduation. I need suggestions, ideas, places to look, etc. I have had my eye out for months with no success. Any ideas, send me a comment! Love you all.

Thanks, Mallory

p.s. keep my limited budget in mind

Berit

2010-04-01T12:07:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday was little Berit's birthday. It was also her last choir concert for the year. So, on Friday we all went to Macaroni grill to celebrate and then to the concert. Here we are at the restaurant.
You can see Berit on the top row the second in. Sorry its a little blurry, it was taken sneakily during the show...oops.
This is right after the concert. Its Berit and Jessica, her cousin. This was Jessica's last show ever since she is graduating. Arent they beautiful?!
Here is the whole family after the show. Berit, I know we always complain about going to your shows, but we are very proud of you and you did a beautiful job! Love you so much!

Blonde

2010-04-01T11:59:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday Chels, Lex, and I went to see Legally Blonde! Chelsea got the tickets for lexie and I for our birthday. It was so much fun! I loved the show, it was hilarious. We also got really pumped to go see more shows like Les Miserable and Lion King. One of my favorite characters in the show was bruiser. He was trained so well and Paulette's dog was too. All the singing and dancing was great and the sorority girls. I highly recommend the show to anyone!

The backdrop before the show.
Lexie with her flirty top and program
Us at the show. There was no poster for us to take a photo with so this corner had to do.
The beautiful ceiling inside capitol theater

in

2010-03-25T16:18:00.000-07:00

For those of you who dont already know...I have been accepted the the University of Utah's graduate program for communication sciences and disorders. It is a two year program and when I am done, I can finally do something with my education! I am about 95% sure that I will be going. Wish me luck!

p.s. not to worry...I am still going to be a true blue cougar at heart.

Mumzy

2010-03-12T16:06:00.001-08:00

Happy Birthday to my sweet mumzy!! Today is the day of my mother's birth. She is turning 35! I love you tons and I hope you have the best day ever today. You are the best mom and you are so sweet and fun and nice! I cant wait to see you in April! I love you tons and Kendall loves you too!!

Bears

2010-03-08T09:04:00.001-08:00

For those of you who dont know this weekend was quite the adventure. Trev, Lex, Kendall and I went on a voyage to find Bears. Lexie's biology teacher apparently does this every year. They drive up into the mountains to find the bear's den. Then, they tranquilize the bear and observe it. Well, Kendall of course could not pass up the opportunity to touch a wild bear, so we decided to go. We headed down to Green River Friday night around 11 pm. We found a great little place to camp along the river and spent the night. Needless to say it was freezing, but thanks to the Sasquatch (our 2 man sleeping bag) I wasnt too cold. I cant speak for everyone else. The next morning we woke up and drove down to the meeting place. Luckily we barely made the convoy and headed up into the mountains another hour or so to the meeting point.
Here is the convoy we were following. You can only see 2 cars but there was about 30. It was a bigger group then we originally anticipated. Once we got there we still had to hike up the mountain to the cave. Here is lex and trev hiking away. As you can see the hike was more like a line. There was about 200 people waiting to see the bears.
Here is Ken and I. Can you tell how high we were?
After standing on the mountain for about an hour and a half we finally got our chance to see the bears. This was my first glance. The little yearling. There were 2 babies and the mother bear.
Here Lexie is touching the mother (her eyes were covered to protect them from dirt)
Lexie and I also got to pet the cub. We wanted to hold it but it wasnt allowed.
Kendall and Trev also with the baby.
Here I am checking out the mother. She was not as big as I expected, but her breathing was really loud and heavy so that made it kind of scary.
Here is Kendall saying goodbye to the cubs. After waiting so long we only got to spend about 2 minutes with the bears because there was still 50 people behind us. Kind of a bummer, but totally worth it.
On the way back we went the trail we came in on was really muddy. We had to stop and get gas so I took a picture of the muddiness.
After a long day we finally made it back home. It was totally worth the haul to see the bears, although I wish the group had been smaller.

Birthdays were the worst days, now we sip champagne when we're thirsty

2010-03-04T11:58:00.000-08:00

Last weekend was birthday weekend. We had a ton of fun. Friday was Kendall's big day. He is 27 now!! Happy Birthday love! For his birthday he decided to go snowmobiling with his friends while I was at school. When he got home we went out to dinner with his family. We ended up going to tepanyaki. It was really fun and Kendall had never been there before.
On Saturday we celebrated my birthday. We went out to eat at CPK with all our friends, which basically means family, quinn, and a few others. Chelsea, Lex and Kathleen all got me gifts. Chelsea's gift was awesome, we are going to see Legally Blonde on broadway. I am so excited. Lexie got me candy and a necklace and from Kathleen some new lotion. Overall the evening was really fun. Afterward we went for ice cream at sub zero. Great times.
Some of you may not know that Saturday is also Max (my little brother) and Laurie (my mother in law) 's birthdays! So on Sunday we made dinner for Kendall's mom. Usually she makes Sunday dinner, so this was a little change. We made fried chicken, mashed potatoes, salad, and bacon corn. Yum. Kendall's parents gave him a new tool box and I got a gift card to the mall.
Thanks so much for the gifts everyone! It was a great birthday.

Clutch

2010-02-23T16:16:00.000-08:00

Kendall spent most of last weekend in this position:
His car was ready for a clutch replacement and luckily Kenny is handy because it is NOT cheap to have a mechanic do that. On thursday night he rented that orange thing, also known as a transmission jack, and got to work. Marshall was nice enough to let Kendall use his shop. He started at about 8:30 pm. I stopped by around 10 to bring him some treats then he brought me home around 11:30. He still wasnt even close to done. He ended up coming home around 5 am after working all night. Then Friday night we went back for more. 5 hours later Kendall's car has a brand new transmission and we are only out $200 dollars for parts and rentals! Thank goodness Kenny is so handy!! You are the best babe!

I was getting bored while Kendall was working, I am only needed every so often to hand over tools, so I started taking a few photos. Please enjoy what I call "beauty of a metal shop"

I know...I am totally artistic.

Family Valentines

2010-02-19T15:23:00.000-08:00

I mentioned Kendall was gone last weekend right? Well, we didnt really get a chance to celebrate V-day. Sunday was... well, Sunday and Monday we both worked. Not to worry though, I spend a lovely valentines evening with Burke and Chelsea on Saturday night. Burke took us out to Pizza Pie Cafe. It was so romantic! Chelsea even let me share the gift that Burke got her: a gum ball dispenser full of M&Ms. Luckily for them I spent Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night on their couch. We painted our nails and watched a lot of TV. Thanks for having me over you guys! You are the best!

Here we are celebrating our love at PPC.
Burke told me he would be pissed if i posted this picture. I am not too worried though because I dont think he really keeps up on my blog too much. Plus, I think they both look stunning.

1000 Paper Cranes

2010-02-19T15:14:00.000-08:00

This past weekend Kendall was out of town at a construction management competition thing. He was gone from Tuesday night to Saturday night. It may not seem that long to some, but I was quite lonely. Luckily I have some great sisters that took me in over the weekend. Saturday Lexie was gracious enough to spend $6 to see a play with me. The play was 1000 paper cranes about a girl who discovers she has radiation sickness 10 years after the a-bomb in Hiroshima. Some of you may have read the book. I had to go see the play for one of my classes and let me just say it was the weirdest thing ever. It was trying to be a weird modern interpretation of the story. The only saving grace was that the entire production was only 40 min long. After Lex and I went to look at the art exibit they had to go along with the play. It was actually really cool. They had 103,000 paper cranes hanging on these long strings. It was sweet. Here is a picture of me and then lex with the cranes. (we didnt want to ask anyone to take one of both of us)

Sweet Trev

2010-02-18T18:28:00.000-08:00

Sweet Darling Trevor got his mission call this past week. He has decided to go Vancouver Canada. It is going to be...COLD. I bet he will be a great missionary though! Congrats Trevor

Chelsea and MBS waiting for the announcement.

Lexie and Trev directly before
Connecting with the mothers.

Happy Birthday Burke!

2010-02-18T18:17:00.000-08:00

I know its late but it was Burke's birthday on the 4th! He turned 15 so he wanted to spend his birthday at Pirate Island Pizza...again! It was a huge blow out, so much fun! Here are some pictures of the occasion.

LeAnn, Garrett and Bradley were there. Kendall and I decided to take a family picture with baby Bradley. Look how cute we are.

Us girls sang "what a girl wants" It was amazing. I think a lot of people were inspired.
Here is Burke doing a solo. I know that the picture is blurry but I think it really captured the essence of his performance. There was a lot of movement.

Lexie, Library, Losers

2010-02-18T10:21:00.001-08:00

Lexie and I are bored and at the BYU library. We were eating at the cougar eat but had to vacate due to losers. So, we have just arrived and Lexie has already made fun of my current post twice. So here is a new one for her. xoxox, Mal

Love

2010-02-02T09:53:00.001-08:00

Kendall and I have been married for exactly a year and a half today. I love you so much babe! Thanks for being the best husband ever!!!

LEXIE!!

2010-02-02T09:42:00.000-08:00

Saturday was Lexie's 19th birthday! What she wanted to do was go to Pirate Island Pizza for karioki night. We had tons of fun watching all the singers and we even got into it. Lexie especially. Then on Saturday we went to lunch and had cake and ice cream. Happy Birthday Lexie! I hope you had a great day!!
Burke and Trev sang "summer girls" by LFO. Classic.
Lexie and MIBS really got into some country song they were singing. I loved their coordinated dance moves.
All the girls sang party in the USA. Lexie was REALLY into it.
Kendall and I with the pirates out front.Here we all are with the 2 cakes. see chelsea's blog for more detail.

Park City

2010-01-29T13:12:00.000-08:00

Last weekend Kendall and I went up to Park City for a night. It was tons of fun to get away from home and be in the nice weather. It was so warm and sunny there we were shocked!! We went on a nice walk, went out to dinner at this little mexican place and just enjoyed the scenery. We also spent a lot of time watching couples figure skating. That wasnt Kendall's favorite part, but with limited channel selection it was the best we had.

Here we are on the front porch, you can see a great view of the slopes behind us.
This is a great picture of the American flag on the porch with the sun coming through. It was such a nice day!
This is were we had dinner at the base of the resort.
A better view off the front porch
This is the sign for the stairway that grandma's house is off of.

Miller Motor Sports

2010-01-19T15:03:00.000-08:00

Ever since Kendall was a boy he has loved race cars. He even told me his dream job is being a race car driver. I think the idea is somewhat tacky, but whatever floats your boat right. Well, on the way home from GA Kendall bought himself a magazine with an article about Miller Motor Sports park here in Tooele (pronounced to-ill-a). He has been pretty excited about heading up there ever since, and really wants to take the racecar training class. Thats not going to happen, its 4,000 bucks. Anyway, he thought I would be pretty excited about it too because the article interviewed Patrick Demsey about how great he thinks it is. Even though I dont really care what Patrick does in his free time I did agree to go there with Kendall on friday and see a race.

Here is all the cars lined up. It was a race that anyone could enter so it wasnt too great. And it was too icy for any of the cars to really even go fast.
This was my favorite car, the old Corvette. I like it cause it looks like a barbie car. It kind of sucked though, got stuck before it even got out of the gate.
Here we are in the freezing cold watching.
As you can see we were the only spectators. And then I got cold and when to sit in the car so it was down to just Ken
This is a great car that we saw on the way out.

Needless to say it wasnt really worth going, it was about an hour drive and we only stayed for about 30 minutes. Maybe we will try again this summer.

To Clarify

2010-01-15T14:56:00.000-08:00

For those of you who are not familiar with the term "the dirty south" my last post was referring to a shortened version of that phrase "the dirty" in the last line. I hope that doesn't offend anyone, it is not supposed to be offensive in any way. Its just supposed to be funny, as in getting down and dirty. Love you all.

Little Britt

2010-01-14T16:19:00.000-08:00

My sweet darling little Britt has decided to leave me to go and serve the Lord. At first I was not excited about it...at all. In fact I tried for many weeks to talk her out of it. I went so far as to threaten death of a family member so that she wouldn't leave me. None of it worked, which is probably for the better actually. When we dropped her off at the MTC it was so sad, there were tears, but to see the look on her face of how happy she was to be there. I know it was the right thing for her to do. I will miss her a lot, but I am so proud of her! Keep her in your prayers and may the dirty love little Britt as much as I do!

Churro

2010-01-12T10:59:00.000-08:00

Saturday night Kendall invited my sisters and there significant others over for a Churro party. (just a side note, we have discovered that when we hang out with Burke and Chelsea most of the planning takes place between Kendall and Chelsea. Its a weird combo) Anyway, Kendall had the idea of making churros for a couple of days so we decided to go for it. They turned out surprisingly well. Burke said he didn't want any at first, but then he ate one and proceeded to continue eating until they were gone. I think the party was quite a success. Here are some photos to prove it.

WARNING: Ahead are some lady and the tramp like pictures. If you dont think you can handle the cheesiness of them then please stop reading this post now.

Dinner

2010-01-10T20:49:00.000-08:00

Orem has an In and Out these days. So, friday night we went. We met Burke and Chelsea there and even though it has been opened for months now, it was still PACKED. Everyone just hangs around like vultures waiting for a seat. Amazingly we managed to find some seats next to each other. Here we are enjoying the ambiance.

Kendall doesnt look happy to be there...but he was.
We had fun and the food was amazing. Burke had 3 burgers, thats how amazing.