Update

It's been awhile since I've update, thats partly cuz we haven't done much :) I still don't have a new camera so this is going to be pictureless for now :( Everythings going fine with my work. It's been pretty boring to be honest. Jon's been out of town doing some decorative concrete up north. He's been gone for like 2 weeks now, which sucks but atleast its work. But since he's been gone, that's partly why I have nothing too exciting to post about, haha.

Jon's best friend, Bryce Lindhardt (no relation I promise, but it's pretty ironic that his best friend and wife had the same last name), came home from his mission last week. He served in Montana. We went to his homecoming last sunday, he gave a really great talk. Jon is definitally loving having his best friend home.

This saturday we get to go to the grand opening of the brick oven. My little sister kimi works there and gave us the hook up :) thanks a bunch kimi! I've never eaten there, but Jon absolutely loves it, so I'm pretty excited to go.

Next weekend is the Evertsen family reunion. That'll be pretty exciting. Another weekend of camping. But we'll be in the trailers again so we won't be roughin it or anything.

I just went out the lunch with my girl friends yesterday: Jacy, Tami and Jade, thanks for a great time girls. I love it when we can all get together. We went to 25 and Main, I'd never been there either, and I really liked it. I had the Penne Primevera and it was absolutely wonderful!

Well I think that's about it, not much else going on in the Evertsen household.

Back to real life

I got back from my family vacation on Sunday. It was a lot of fun. We were gone for 10 days, which actually felt like a really long time. My dad had just recently bought some 5th wheels, so we took those and went camping. Heres what we did:

Friday - Sunday: We left for Bryce Canyon. Spent all day saturday there and left sunday morning. This is also the location that I lost my camera :( Go figure I lose it on the first day of the trip. I'm pretty upset about it.
Sunday: We drove to Cherry Hill in Kaysville.
Monday: Cherry Hill waterpark
Tuesday: Hoogle Zoo
Wednesday: Lagoon
Thursday: IKEA (and yes we did practically spend the whole day there) We also drove to our next campsite down in provo.
Friday: 7 Peaks Waterpark
Saturday: Tubing down the provo river and visiting the Meilsoe's. We had some minor difficulities when going down the river. Me, Jon and my dad all made it all the way down the river just fine, but Stacie, Kristel, Eric, Courtney and Mikey had a case of a sunken ship (or I guess raft would be more fitting :) ). They got wrapped around a pole of one of the bridges and were all pushed "overboard". The river was moving pretty fast so Kristel was dragged down river a ways before she was able to get out, and they all lost their shoes. Such a traumatic experience for them all. haha
Sunday: Drove home.

Since I lost my camera, I don't have any pictures to post. But I'm gonna try to get some from my dad. Hopefully I'll be able to buy a new camera sometime soon. HUMPH, the joys of life!

4th of July

We went up north for the 4th of July this year because Berkley was getting blessed on the 5th. It was a nice mini vaca before the next vaca this weekend!

Me and Jon just after Berkelys blessing

Fireworks!

This is a better picture it just didn't have the fireworks in it so I had to put both


This is in Gma & Pa Sheriff's backyard, it's absolutely beautiful (the backyard not the pic of us :) )

The woman of the hour... Berkley Lynn Aston in her blessing dress (she wasn't very happy at the time)

The Aston's (Berkley obviously wasn't enjoying the picture taking)

Grandma and Grandpa Sheriff's backyard. He takes such good care of the yard. I've never seen a yard look so beautiful. Imagine a wedding here, it'd be perfect!

I'm excited for my family's vaca. We switched it to up north instead of Cali. We're going to 7 Peaks, Timpanogos Cave, Cherry Hill, Tubing down the Provo river, the Hoogle Zoo and lots more fun things. Can't wait for the break from work.

Lake Outing

The fam went to the lake a while back. It was nice to relax a little bit although I did get a little burned :/ . Heres a few pics of the outting.

Me and Kristel sitting in the shade. Her hair was a little bit of a disaster so she had to wear the wrap around her head. The next picture is an example as to why she preferred to wear the wrap.

This is no joke either. We didn't touch it before we took this pic. (and Kristel, I could have been really mean and put the fatty pic up, but I'm so nice that I settled with this one :) )

Me and Hanna on the Molecule.

She didn't enjoy it that much. But atleast we got her out there.

Look at how cute Evie is! She was so content with just sitting on the beach in the waves.

This weekend we're going up north for Berkleys baby blessing. Then the following week is the Lindhardt family vacation. I'm excited to get away and not have to worry about working or anything. Oh and later this month, I think the last season of Prison Break is coming out on DVD...I'm SO excited!

Family Pics

I finally got the pics of my family pictures back in April. Some of them are really similar, but it was so windy that we only got a few good shots. I think I decided that I'm going to take more pics of us for our 1 year anniversary tho.

Update

I figured it was time for an actual update. Not much has happened. Jon's been working a lot. Actually I feel like I haven't even had much of a husband this past week. But I guess I can't really complain. I would much rather have him love to work and be gone at work, then out playing all the time.
I've been hanging out with 2 of my sisters a lot lately, Kristel and Stephanie. Both of their husbands work at DRA with Jon. So we're all husbandless at the same time :) But other than that, I've just been reading and dancing. I'm loving going to the dance class. It's great excercise and helps me get out, instead of just lounging around.
Jon's loving living at the ranch. It's a little far out there for me, but he loves it so I'm ok with it for now. I def don't think I could do it forever. All in all things are going good. Nothing too interesting tho :)

Newest Addition

CONGRATULATIONS are in order for my sil Delecta and her husband Daryl. They welcomed their beautiful baby girl, Berkley into the family last night (well technically it was this morning). Mom and baby are both doing great. I didn't take any pics cuz Zeffie had that end covered, but I'll be sure to post some pics when I get them from her.

Congrats Lexy and Daryl!!

K.I.S.S.

Does this make any sense to you?...

Me neither, or at least not yet anyways. I just got the papers for the program my mom used when she was in Denmark learning Danish (K.I.S.S. Kobenhavn's Intensive sprog skole. translation please...Copenhagen's Intensive Language School). This is apparently the best one to use. So, I figured its about time I relearn my first language. I'm SO excited!!

And this is the next book I decided to read. It's actually based on my dad's life. He is Michael Christensen (the main character). Tim Anderson got the idea for this book from my dads job. It's really interesting to read it and have insight into a part of my parents life that I was too young to remember or understand. I'm not in the book, but there is reference to the 5 girls :)
It is a little hard to understand at times since part of it is based in Russia, but still really good.

Mother's Day

Mother's Day came and went. And as you can imagine, it is a rather hard time for my family, it's a rather emotional day. It's been 2 1/2 years since my dear mother passed away and I still have a hard time believing she's no longer here with us. Living without my mom has been very difficult. In fact, I'd say losing her has been the hardest thing I've ever had to go through. She was such an amazing mother, sister, daughter, wife and friend. She wasn't just my mother, but one of my best friends. One of the hardest things for me is not being able to call her and tell her about my day, good or bad. She was always so understanding and had wonderful words of wisdom to give. She was always willing to lend a shoulder to cry on, give you a hug when times were tough, or laugh with you when you needed a friend.

Shortly after she passed away me and my siblings were given this poem. I don't remember who gave it to us, but I'm pretty sure it was one of my relatives. But I keep this up in my house and every time I read it, it gives me such comfort.

We little knew that morning

that God was going to call your name.

In life we loved you dearly.

In death we do the same.

It broke our hearts to lose you.

You did not go alone,

for part of us went with you the day God called you home.

You left us peaceful memories.

Your love is still our guide.

And though we cannot see you,

you are always at our side.

Our family chain is broken

and nothing seems the same,

but as God calls us one by one,

the Chain will link again.

My mother was the perfect example to me. Not only in how to raise my future children, but also in how to be a good wife. My dad was completly spoiled (in a good way). But it's not because he made her do any of the things she did (packed his suitcase before vacations, woke up early to make him his freshly squeezed juice each morning, made sure lunch was ready for him when he came home for a lunch break, made sure he had a never ending supply of washed and folded socks in his sock drawer, the list goes on and on) she did it all because it was her way of showing him she loved him. She wanted to do them. I don't know if I'll ever be as good as a wife/mother as she was (sorry Jon :) ) But I know that her example to me and my siblings has made a world of a difference. I know she's smiling down on me and my family each day. Watching over us and guiding us.

It may have been a car accident that took her away from us, but it was no accident. The Lord needed her on the other side, helping him with his work. I know she's busy doing missionary work. I know she's happy and patiently waiting for us to join her. I feel her love around me every day and know that she's proud of me. Mom, I'll love you forever and miss you for always.

Happy Mothers Day!

Gina Rae Whitaker Lindhardt

August 7, 1963 - October 7, 2006

I LOVE YOU!

The view

We've offically moved out of our house and up to the ranch. Heres the view from our back porch. Jealous?...that's what I thought. It's absolutely beautiful up there.




And this here is Jon's new favorite toy. Ok, well it's not actually his but he's loving getting to use it. Moving this rock was the task on hand yesterday.