Conner and I celebrated our first anniversary! I can't believe it has already been a year. It has seriously been the fastest year of my life. I guess we have just been so busy and so happy that things have just flown by!
For starters, we went to the George Straight concert that I had won tickets to. We drove all the way out to Usana...took about an hour and a half! I was starving so we ordered some dinner, found out it was cash only, and together we only had twelve dollars! We ended up having to share a nasty burrito from Chile Verde. The only seats on the grass we could find were next to some drunken fools. They were funny for about two seconds, then it just got annoying. We waited for George to come out, stayed for a few songs, then hit the road. Guess we're not the George fans we thought we were.
We got up to Park City about midnight with Conner nearly falling asleep on the way up. We got to our room and fell fast asleep. The next morning, Conner surprised me with the wedding band that matches my ring. It is so beautiful! Almost as beautiful as me when I wake up in the morning!
We ate at a great barbeque restaurant for dinner. It is called the Three Bandits.
We of course had to ride the Alpine slide...but our highlight of the day ended up being the Alpine coaster. It flies down the mountain! I was screaming the whole way. Forget the Alpine slide, we're doing the coaster from now on!
My mom saved the top of our cake in her freezer for an entire year...It was delicious!
These are the beautiful flowers I came home to before we left. Conner is such a romantic. I really never thought I could be as happy as I am. We're busy, and life is sometimes stressful, but Conner takes such good care of me. I love that he lets me cry when "I just wanna bawl", he lets me put my cold toes in between his legs when we go to bed, he wakes up at 5:30 in the morning to make me breakfast and lunch, and he strengthens my testimony by reading the scriptures with me and explaining things I don't understand. I love knowing that we are sealed for all eternity. I can't think of another person I would rather be with!
Its an annual tradition at the Egbert household to go fishing in Idaho every summer. We listen to 70's music on the drive up, fish the same river, make s'mores (while staying in a hotel), and catch lots of fish!
Pictured here is the frog we caught in the wild. We named him Birch (after the creek on which we were fishing).
The proud fisherman. The fish weren't very big, but we go for quantity more than quality.
Here fishy fishy...
Jon and Jenny came in town and my Dad bought us all tickets to Kenny Chesney (I gave a away the tickets I won). It was a FANTASTIC concert and it was fun to see Jon, Jenny, Rylee, and Bo. My dad was a little bummed we didn't all dress up loke cowboys like he did!
I turned 24 on the 6th of August and I took off work to celebrate. Too bad Conner had to work...Jen kindly offered to take me boating and I was so excited. I brought my Mom and Marissa along. By the time we got out on the lake, there was a storm brewing and we decided to just head home. Thanks to Jen for trying! Marissa and I went swimming when it warmed up a bit and then I cleaned my room at my parents house (just killing time til Conner got home). That night Conner took me to Goodwood-our favorite!
The next day, my Dad took the whole fam to PF Chang's to celebrate. It was delicious!
Grammy was even able to come...what a wonderful day!
I have been to Girl's Camp 7 times as a Young Woman, and this summer I completed my first year as a leader. It was a different experience but excellent, nonetheless. I thought I might regret missing the annual trip to Newport beach with the Nielsen's, or going to Marissa's softball tournament in Waikiki...surprisingly, I am glad I went to Camp instead. This is a picture of me sporting our tye-dye pants that we all made. Look at the concentration!
I really got to know the girls a lot better and we had tons of fun. Pictured here is the Bachmann sisters holding our ward Dragon they named Earl. Everyone else had horses...how boring!
One night we had a competition. The winner would be whichever team could make the most creative suit of armor out of tin foil in ten minutes. The winner was the midget with the true breastplate on the right.
Our camp Daddy showed us how to make blue fire by adding copper and rubber hose to the flames. It was awesome-this picture really doesn't do it justice. 
As you can see, we are the proud parents of some excellent zucchini...it turned out great! All that weeding, watering, and nurturing was worth it. I make zucchini bread almost every week...I'm surprised Conner isn't sick of it yet. It has been hard work, but we have enjoyed working in the garden together. We have eaten a few ears of corn, our tomatoes are delicious, and our jack-be-littles are growing up so fast. We can't wait for the Fall harvest!
The other night I was able to go to dinner with some of my old roommates. We don't get together near as often as we would like to. Everyone is heading so many wonderful directions and it was so fun to catch up. Can't wait for the next one-hope to get everyone there!
Conner and I celebrated our first anniversary! I can't believe it has already been a year. It has seriously been the fastest year of my life. I guess we have just been so busy and so happy that things have just flown by!
