Happy Two Years To Kim And Curtis!

Two years!!  I can't believe it's already been two years.  :)  So...Curtis is not the best planner or surpriser...but he sure did a FANTASTIC job with our two year anniversary.  He had to work down in St. George that week so he wanted me to go down with him since I didn't have any classes.  I thought..oh cool...St. George will be a fun place to spend our anniversary...somewhere different than good ol' Provo.  So we got down there on the 11th and just went to dinner and hung out with my cousin Desiree and Zeek.  The next day Curtis went to work and I just hung out in the hotel and got ready.  When he got back at about 3:oopm he told me to pack our bags because we were leaving.  (Surprise #1) We drove down to Las Vegas!!  He had planned to stay the night at the Planet Hollywood.  (Surprise #2)  When we got there the lady at the front desk upgraded our room and extra $400 to the Roger Clemens panorama room.  Can you say AMAZING!?!  1200 sq ft and an amazing view!!   He made reservations a few weeks ago at the restaurant on top of the Stratosphere.  (Surprise #3)  One time when we were dating we went to Vegas and really wanted to go to that restaurant but we didn't know you had to make reservations that far in advance...so it was perfect for our anniversary.  The food was extremely expensive and not the best, but the view was perfect.  :)  We probably won't ever go back, but it was still a fun experience.  The next day we drove to San Diego to go on a cruise to Cabo San Lucas!!!!  Just one more surprise Curtis pulled off!!  :)  (Surprise #4)

This is what I woke up to at the hotel on our anniversary!!  Curtis put them in front of the door, knocked and ran.  Haha...  I thought the maid left them there. 

My favorite part of the room!...well the tub and the view :)  

The room was absolutely amazing!!  It was filled with Roger Clemens memorabilia.  (Mitch...you would have loved it!) 

Here's us "On Top Of The World" (that's the name of the restaurant)

It was kinda windy up there :) 

Amazing view from our room!!!!

On our way to San Diego we stopped at the state line and road the roller coaster!  :)  We have never been on a roller coaster together.  Curtis is kind of scared of heights...oh my gosh...it was HILARIOUS!!  He was holding onto my arm so tight and I marks from his wristband when we got off.  He was screaming like a little girl the entire two and a half minutes.  The teenage girls in front of us kept looking back and laughing.  It was SO funny!!  I wish I had a video camera.

I Got An A!

My Human Anatomy class is FINALLY over!  I have never worked so hard in one class in my entire life!  This class is broken up into a lecture and a lab portion.  You have quizzes, a midterm, and a final in each part.  These are my note cards for my lecture final...hahaha...  I think I get more out of making the note cards than actually studying them.  I accidentally left these note cards in my classroom the night before the final.  So Curtis and I went to UVU campus at 11:00pm and everything was locked.  We had to search for security to let us in and open up my classroom door just to get these freakin' note cards so I could study a little longer :)  Everything worked out though because I got an A in the class!!  I was so excited to see that my work had paid off.   

Floatin' Down The River!

Curtis, Kim, Juli, and Zac getting ready to float down the Provo river!!  

K...No one told me the river was going to be ABSOLUTELY FREEZING!!!  It was colder than refrigerator water!!  My feet were frozen for hours haha...  It was a lot of fun though  :)  Great friends...tons of laughs...floating in inner tubes...has to be fun!  The only BAD thing that happened was Curtis lost his wedding ring in the river.  He fell out of his tube and when he got back in his ring was gone.  :(  So sad!  I think the freezing water made his fingers skinny and it fell off.  :( 

Here is Zac falling out of his tube for the 7th time :)  

Bowling!

Curtis, Kim, Marissa, & Spencer...going bowling! 

Kim & Marissa before putting on those sick bowling shoes.  We forgot socks so we wrapped our feet in paper towels haha...

I swear that scooter thing helped him bowl better :)

Look at that pro bowler...yea right! 

Kim & Marissa!

Poor Curtis!

Curtis finally had surgery on his ankle last week!!  He injured it his senior year of football and it's been killing him ever since!  During the season he would just shoot it up with this numbing stuff so he would be able to play.  He never had the time to be off his feet for four weeks...and not run for three months...so he just waited and waited.  His ankle used to hurt a lot after working out or running...but now it was to the point where it would just throb out of nowhere.  The doctor took an MRI and said he had a bone spur and some cartilage damage...but when he actually got in there he said it was worse case scenario.  Inside his ankle the cartilage was completely shredded.  A huge 2x2 cm chunk completely fell off his tibia.  No wonder he was in so much pain...he had no cartilage padding his ankle joint.  The doctor cleaned in all up, shaved down his bone spur, and drilled holes up into his tibia.  I guess if you let the bone bleed out a little, the blood can nourish the ankle joint and hopefully cushion it.  He said that in 10-15 years there is a 99% chance Curtis will have major arthritis problems and they will probably have to fuse his ankle joint.  Hopefully he's in that 1% where things turn out great and normal.  I'm so glad he won't be in pain now...at least for the next 10 years!  

Curtis right after surgery...
Curtis had to keep this splint on for a week...and then stay off his foot for four weeks...
Shredded cartilage...
Drilling holes into his tibia...
That huge 2x2 cm chunk of cartilage that just fell off the bone...

All cleaned up...

This is what Curtis wheels around in so he stays off his foot.  SO much better than crutches!  I think the best thing about the surgery is that he gets to have a handicap pass in his car  :)  jk  

Weddings, Weddings, Weddings!

Okay...we have been to wedding after wedding this summer...all in California.  :)  I thought I'd post a few pictures of them all...

WEDDING #3 - Kayla & Chris

Oakland, CA

Kayla & Chris...they looked so cute together!!  Kayla looked absolutely beautiful!!! 

Olivia & Anna outside the temple...waiting for Kayla & Chris to come out... 

Drew stole the show on the dance floor later that night at the reception!  Cutest kid ever! 

Drew dancing...so freakin' cute! 

Curtis was in New York again training for his new job...so Kelsie was my date to the reception!  :)  We had a blast!  

Britta and I...friends since we were born...  :)

WEDDING #2 - Joe & Ashley

San Diego, CA

This picture was taken at Joe & Ashley's rehearsal dinner...

Curtis & James...so cute! 

Curtis & Joe...best buds!  They played football in high school together and then played against each other in college.  Joe went to SDSU so they were in the same conference.  

Since Curtis and Eric (Mary's fiance) were both groomsmen...Mary and I were dates to the wedding ceremony...  She's an awesome girl! 

Ashley & Joe

The groomsmen...

and the bridesmaids...

Curtis & I at the reception...

WEDDING # 1 - Eric & Jada

Palmdale, CA

Curtis and Eric also played football together in high school and played against each other in college.   Eric played for UNLV, so they were in the same conference.  

4th Of July!

Our 4th of July was a perfect day.  Curtis and I went to the mall in the morning and bought some new shorts for the summer.  Zumiez has really cute long shorts if anyone is looking  :) Then we went over to my Aunt Chari's house for a BBQ/birthday party for Kaiden.  It was fun seeing everyone.  I forgot my camera, so I don't have any pictures from there.  Later we met up with Zac Erekson and rode motorcycles to the Stadium of Fire.  We didn't actually go in, we just parked nearby to watch the fireworks.  A motorcycle is the only way to go to the Stadium of Fire because traffic is so bad afterwards, but we just drove through the middle and got out quick.  When we got home, we saw tons of smoke down the street from our house.  It totally smelt like fire as soon as we pulled up.  There were big chunks of ashes flying in the air.  I thought there were town homes or apartments on fire, but when we drove closer it was just trees and brush.  The flames were huge though, about as tall as me.  That's why you play with fireworks in the street! 

These firework pictures were taken from my phone, so they aren't the best.

These are pictures of the nearby fire.  Kinda scary!