Memorial Weekend

Jake and I had a great memorial weekend.  We went to Beaver Island Beach and got some sun and to Letworth State Park the next day which is only about an hour and a half away from us.  The next day we got together with some friends for a BBQ and some s'mores around their firepit.  Why can't all weekends by like this?

Jake and I at the beginning of the trail ready for an outdoor adventure (finally!).  We were all geared up in our grungy hiking boots and camelpacks only to discover that a lot of the trail we were on was nicely paved, but we still had an awesome time.

Umm...so this is me reading my handy dandy guidebook.  Jake thinks it's funny that I enjoy guidebooks as much as I do.

Me on the bridge...still reading my guidebook.  We were a little confused where to go at the beginning of the trail.

Obviously we figured it out though.  Here is a view of one of the falls.

Jake and I at the top of a big railroad bridge.  I was a little freaked!

The "Grand Canyon of the East"

ZillyCakes

For Christmas Jake gave me a gift certificate to take a cake decorating class from a cute local bakery here called Zillycakes. Well, it took me a white to settle in to Buffalo, so by the time I called to schedule a class they were already over for the season and I had to wait till May to take one! I finally took a class this week on buttercream piping and loved it! Zilly taught us how to cut through a baked cake to layer it and how to frost it and then we got to play around with the piping. I never knew that the only real way to cut through a cake and frost it on a turn table! Now I know! Here is my creation...I was going for a rockstar princess look.

New Apartment!

A little while ago Jake and I moved into a larger apartment in our same apartment building. The move has been wonderful! When we were moving in Jake and I naturally went to our respected areas of the apartment and put our things away. Life really is better without having to share closet space! I wanted to get settled in before posting any pictures of our new place, but here they finally are:

Happenings as of late...

A lot has happened since my last post that I haven't blogged about yet.  Such as: we moved into a new apartment (pictures to come soon once we have the place a little more set up and decent looking) and had our first Easter together as a married couple.

Our celebration involved an already established tradition in our househould, FOOD as you can see.

We also celebrated Jake's birthday, which was another celebration that centered around good food: lasagna and spinach salad.

Last weekend we went to a semi-formal for the dental students.  It was fun to get dressed up, since I spend so  much of the time in sweats these days and enjoy good food (again) and a little dancing ;-).

Oh and here are some pictures of Jake and some dental school students with some of the kids they went to visit as part of the UB Smile Team.  Jake would make such a great Pediadontist!

From what I understand the dental students showed the kids how to put food in that parachute guy's mouth.

And then they put kids into pillowcases that looked like teeth.

Good times!

The Girls With Glasses

So, I came across this in blogworld about a new show coming out sometime soon probably...  I'm not quite sure exactly what it will be about, it it looks like it features pretty, intelligent (hence the glasses) women with cute clothes that talk about stuff.  I guess I can relate to that since I have worn glasses since the 4th grade, although I got LASIK a few years ago (hopefully getting LASIK and no longer needing to wear glasses hasn't done anything to my own intelligence level).  Have any of you heard of this show?

I am a stupid blogger...

So, to all of you that are more advanced bloggers than myself...whenever I am creating a new post I only know how to upload up to five pictures. Anytime I try to add more than five...I just can't. Nothing happens. Does anyone know why I might be having this problem and what I can do about it?

Spring Break

Yay! Jake got a spring break from school, so we went on a little much needed weekend trip to Washington D.C. It was really interesting to visit our nation's capital for the first time. We rode the train into town, walked around some of the monuments, visited some museums and ate some really great food at King Street. If you are planning on visiting Washington D.C sometime be sure to check it out!

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. If we look a little tired, it's because we were!

This was part of the WWII monument. Utah will always have a special place in my heart.