Little Vacations.

Once upon a time Robert and I were expecting a little baby Davis, set to make his/her big debut on March 7th....and then at 14 weeks we weren't anymore. Life was pretty stinky for a few weeks, and so on Saturday Robert and I decided to take a little vacation in our own backyard and headed over to Yellowstone.

I love that Fall has finally arrived, making it was one of the most beautiful drives I have ever been on. Natalie and Mark suggested we go through the South entrance, driving through Grand Teton National Park (which I HIGHLY recommend). Our National Parks pass got put to awesome use (since we can no longer use it until the Government decides to reopen).  It snowed that morning, so we got the best of both Fall and Winter!

Three cheers for beautiful country, open National Parks, and the best husband in the world.

Labor Day in The Great Basin

Over the Labor Day weekend, Robert and I met my family down in Great Basin National Park (Nevada's only National Park) for a little camping weekend. Natalie and Mark moved back up to Rexburg so we made the drive together. 4 adults + a baby and carseat + camping gear made for a packed little Corolla, but we made the almost 8 hour drive and Emerson was actually really good and highly entertaining.

My oldest sister frequently says that Emerson's smile looks like a fluffy bunny and a vampire made a baby.

We arrived at our campground Friday night and the rest of the crew slowly rolled in. Collette and Justin were the only ones who couldn't make it; we missed them but it was fun to be with the whole family.

The weekend was spent playing a lot of games under the canopy (it rained. a lot.), hiking, dutch oven cooking, and camp fire bonding. We also celebrated Ernie's 11th birthday! I still remember the day he was born so vividly (which is surprising because Nat my dad and I drove up to Rexburg at about 3 in the morning) and I can hardly believe he has grown up so much!

I hope everyone had a very happy Labor Day!
Also- these pictures were stolen from my wonderful sister Natalie....if you couldn't tell from the large amount of pictures of her son. :)

The Best Two Years

Two years ago, on a beautiful August afternoon, I married that handsome lad. 

Over the past few days I have been thinking a lot about marriage, and especially my marriage. It's rather funny how you spend a lot of your younger years day dreaming about how you are going to meet your spouse, if you are going to get married, how perfect that man will be, what his hair, eyes, build, and personality are going to be like and then all of the sudden you meet him and everything seems right; there he is. You date for 6 months, he asks you to marry him, and then all of the sudden you are married to the man you had dreamed about for so many years. It wasn't until the night before I got married that I remembered all of the little girl fantasies, and I recognized that Robert was even better than anything I could have dreamed about.

Before I met Robert I was in a good relationship, and then I saw him and always found myself wondering if I could have something just a little bit better. After we started dating I quickly recognized that I have the best thing out there and two years has only made that realization even more true.

So here is to the best two years of my life, and the man that has enjoyed them with me. You are off the heezy Mr. Robert Davis.