Thursday, October 25, 2007

Christmas in Australia

My mom and dad just recently returned from their missionary service in Australia. My dad was the Mission President in Brisbane. My mom was able to come home for our wedding, but when we went for Christmas this past December was the first time my dad got to meet Camille. Kind of a weird experience. Luckily, my dad and I are very much alike and they got along very well. I thought I would share some pics of our adventures, there were a ton of pics, so i had to pick and choose.
We ate a lot of Kababs over there, man were they good. This is at the mall outside of Brisbane with my sister Carli. This is my dad, sis Carli, and a statue of Ned Kelly, their national hero who wore a tin can over his head so as to not get shot in the head.



Just a couple of random pictures that show just how vegitated Australia is...I mean in contrast to Wyoming, which is desert. Plus, I think Camille looks real good in the bridge picture...kind of like America's next top model.





We went to the Zoo and had a blast petting the Kangaroo and holding the Koala. Actually Camille was deathly afraid of the Roos and Koala, so I took over. Surprisingly enough, Koala bears stink!!

The last few days we were there we went out to the Great Barrier Reef. It was an amazing, once in a life time experience. However, it was an hour and a half boat ride out, and the waves were extremely tall. Essentially, it was like a two hour roller-coaster ride. Camille and my mom were puking all the way out. My dad and I, being the men of steel we are, did not throw up. It was an amazing day...excluding the blowing of chunks.

Wedding Day




These pictures are somewhat dated now, and although they have "COPYRIGHT" printed all over them, Camille thought it would be nice to give a glimpse of our wedding. It was absolutley stunning and a wonderful day. Seems like it was just yesterday, but it was over 2 years ago. Camille looked beautiful that day...I was just lucky to be in the picture. Oh, the final pic is our reception; although, not the greatest picture, you can see how well done it was.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Battle Lines Are Drawn




My entire life I have been a Blue-Blooded BYU Cougar fan. I plan my fall Saturdays around when BYU will be playing, and I even wore my very bold BYU sweatshirt to the Wyo v. BYU games when I lived in Laramie. When I got married I always thought my wife would love BYU as much as I do. However, I was and am dead wrong. Camille loves the Pokes as much as I love the Cougs. It has caused some contention in our marriage, and even funnier is that after BYU beat Wyoming in '05, Camille wouldn't even talk to me for the rest of the day. Heck, she wouldn't even sit by me. I was forced to sit with the BYU fans while she went and sat with her old roommates. We are now looking at getting some tickets for this years game and we don't know where we will be sitting. I get the feeling I will be decked out in BYU apperal sitting by the BYU fans and Camille will be in game day gold sitting with druken Cowboys fans. Oh the diversity of marriage!!!

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Our Early Years



This is an experiment of how to post pics...so bare with me.....
This is a pic of Me and Camille when we first started dating. Camille hates this pic because she thinks I look like I am 10 years old and that she has a fat, red face. I think it looks fine.

Virgin voyage

Testing, Testing,

Camille and I have finally decided that after years of looking at others' blogs, we will throw our collective hat into the ring. We don't have much to blog about, but we will do what we can.