Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Meet Carson

This is Carson Dennis Flake (and me of course).

Ever since we were set up by Ryan (Carson's brother) and Jess a few months ago, we have been spending quite a lot of time together. 

At the Jelly Belly Factory in Fairfield, California.

At his sister Elaine's wedding. 

Some fun facts about Carson...

...he is 24
...he was born in Idaho but his family currently lives in Springville
...he loves pizookies
(he made this one all by himself...which is why it overflowed haha)

...he loves sports...especially football
...he is the biggest BYU football fan I know
...he hates mustard
...his favorite dessert is lemon meringue pie
...he loves lasagna (and most things I make for him)
...there are eight kids in his family...he is number seven
...he works harder than anyone I know with two jobs that keep him busy Mon-Fri from 6-9
...he has a great testimony
...he loves his macbook
...he is super organized and more of a neat freak than I am
...he is majoring in manufacturing engineering
...he loves teasing his nieces and nephews
...he loves snowboarding
...he doesn't like most fruit
...his birthday is exactly two weeks after mine (May 30)
...he listens really well
...and he is super fun to be around! 

I'm a lucky girl to be able to spend so much with him.

Life Lately

I promise I'm not dead...and I haven't suffered a severe injury that keeps me from blogging. For some reason the time just gets away from me in the summer. Maybe it's the whole not-having-a-routine-thing. Maybe it's the sunshine and the unlimited time I have to spend with friends. Either way...I'm back with summer updates.

When I'm not on vacation this summer I'm living in my little college town. I've started taking a microbiology class online through BYU independent study. I'm also working on my PA school application, spending time at the pool and Seven Peaks, training for my September marathon, eating lunch with Carson when he is on break from his impossibly long work days, and cooking a lot. I love the time I have to do what I want to do, but I'm getting ready to go back to school (remind me I said that in a few months).   I'm excited to have some structure back into my life and to knock out these last two semesters of college. Until then...I'm sitting back and enjoying the summer because, living in Utah, I know it's not going to last much longer.

Jamaica

For my brother's senior trip he decide to take the family down to Jamaica. We stayed at the Beaches family resort just outside of Ocho Rios. It is an all inclusive resort with a huge pool (that included a swim-up bar much to Matt's delight), waterslides, and tons of activities. The weather was mostly cooperative, the food was excellent, the island was beautiful, and we all had a blast. 

This was the view out the front door of our rooms. The beach was right in front of us and we had a huge porch to lay out on. Lovely. 

Daily activities included...

snorkeling...

scuba diving...

late night shuffleboard...

lawn chess (I would lose to anyone but Matthew)...

sailboat rides...

unlimited pina coladas...

water slides...

playing with sting rays...

dolphin rides (yes in the second picture there are two dolphins under my feet pushing me up - amazing)...

and kissing dolphins!

Thanks family for making this trip fantastic and thanks to Drew for choosing such an amazing place to spend a week.

Hobble Creek Canyon Date

A few weeks ago Carson took me on a great date up Hobble Creek Canyon.  We met up with Jess and Ryan, Collin (Carson's other brother) and his fiance Jess, and her cousin and his wife at their Uncle's house.  Here we rode horses, played around on the huge rope swing, cooked hot dogs and smores, and had a really great time.

Horseback riding...crossing the creek was a lot of fun and the colts were so cute!

Carson was much better at it than I was...but he has a lot more experience. 


Seriously...check out this rope swing. I thought I was going to die the first time i jumped on. It was so fun though. After I got past the initial scariness of getting on the stupid thing, I had a blast!

An evening outside isn't complete without a campfire meal.

Thanks Carson (and Uncle Lawrence) for a great night!