My First Swim Suit

I sewed my first swim suit. I am pretty excited about it. I made a lining mock-up to check the fit and do some last minute alterations so it's a good fit. Yeah! I am starting my second suit now. It will be done in two weeks because I am pretty busy making my tailored coat.

My Identical Twin????

So Michele found this picture on a Utah Bride blog. I promise I don't know anyone in this photo and I was never at this wedding... but does the girl on the very right look like me? Freaky!

DISNEYLAND

Eric and I had a blast at Disneyland. We also went to the beach. We didn't get too many pictures because we were too busy running from ride to ride. When we go to Disneyland, we don't stop for anything.... even the kids keep up with us. Anyways, it was a nice break between winter and spring semester. Thanks mom and dad for the AWESOME family trip!!!!

Happy Mother's Day!!! Part 2

Eric is 23 so we are going to tell you 23 reasons why you are the greatest mom/mother-in-law!!!

(from jillian)
1. When you laugh really hard you get Asian eyes and cry!
2. You are a top-notch seminary teacher.
3. You always have FHE and teach us about the scriptures.
4. You let us live in the basement last summer and fed us amazing meals!
5. You took care of Eric when he was a tired, exhausted, dehydrated, bug boy.
6. You had Eric, so that someday he could be my best friend and husband.
7. You go on walks with me and talk to me about anything I need help with.
8. You cook the most amazing meals.
9. You sew amazing quilts, like the one that hangs over our couch.
10. You are fun to play card games with, even if I lose every time.
11. You are very thoughtful and get us gifts on our birthdays and holidays.
12. You take us to Lake Powell and Pickleville Playhouse, so we can be closer as a family.

(from eric)
12. You make Eric smoothies.
13. Thanks for potty training me.
14. Thanks for taking me to the doctor when I broke my leg.... even if it was a month late.
15. You are good at telling us the stories of Les Mis and Phantom while we were on car trips.
16. Thanks for taking us to Lion King.
17. You make my favorite oatmeal cookies.
18. You are good at forgiving me when I scared you and made you cry when you were having a bad day.
19. Thanks for still being my mom when I came home from school with my chop slips.
20. You bought me my first guitar.
21. You supported me by coming to all my volleyball games.
22. You are the only one I can count on to laugh at my dumbest jokes.
23. You helped me prepare to be a good missionary.

Happy Mother's Day!!! Part 1

Thank you for the wonderful influence you are to me. Hope you had a wonderful mothers day!
I am 22 years old so here is 22 things I am grateful for!

1. Thanks for teaching me the gospel.
2. Thanks for always knowing what is best for me.
3. Thanks for taking me on mother-daughter outings... just you and me.
4. Thanks for teaching me the importance of education.
5. Thanks for teaching me how to clean and work hard.
6. Thanks for introducing me to my favorite hobby... sewing!
7. Thanks for all the Blueberry Hill breakfast outings... even the ones before early morning seminary. (Thanks for waking me up every day for seminary.)
8. Thanks for having one other girl so I could at least have one sister!!!!
9. Thanks for picking out my husband, before I even knew I would love and marry him someday.
10. Thanks for picking me out clothes better than I can pick them out for myself.
11. Thanks for supporting me in all my sports and dance... but mostly sports!!!!
12. Thanks for being the best example of fulfilling church callings.
13. Thanks for curling my hair with your curlers whenever I asked.
14. Thanks for helping me when I was sick.
15. Thanks for teaching me to have good habits, like being early and keeping commitments.
16. Thanks for planning my wedding and helping me get my wedding dress.
17. Thanks for making me my favorite meals growing up.
18. Thanks for supporting me with my schooling at BYU.
19. Thanks for doing my laundry growing up.
20. Thanks for helping me organize my apartment.
21. Thanks for my favorite portrait of Christ... It's hanging up in our living room.
22. Thanks for being the greatest mom anyone could ever ask for!!!!!

Fly Fishing The Green River

Fishing the Green River was where my dad gave me my first fly fishing lessons. I figured I had to give it a try since it is Eric's new favorite hobby.... In fact, he's pretty much obsessed with it after taking a fly fishing class this last semester. I learned it's not so easy!

Zach and Eric had a fish on at the same time!

We floated down in our blue raft, but this is a picture of when we stopped the raft to fish in a good spot for a while. Nice catch Eric!

I quit fishing by the end because I am not that good at it. Instead, I put myself in charge of netting all Eric's fish, taking the hook out, and attempting to get a picture with his fish. This is the only shot he got of this fish because I am not good at holding them up... They are so slippery! I dropped this one back in the water.

This fish was caught on a dry fly, but I can't tell what kind because it's a fly fisherman's secret that I can't give away.
My dad designated Eric as the target to be the blame for the person that forgot our ice chest of food. My mom packed us lunches and snacks for us to eat, but Eric forgot to put it in the raft so we had to float down the river all day without food. This was my favorite part of that day. I was starving!!!