Happy 4th

Possibly my favorite national holiday! I mean who doesn't like the red, white and blue.

Kyle and I began I guess what would be our second 4th (but our first one married) with a wet dog jumping on our bed. We are dog sitting Lucy the cutest and most hyper french-bulldog you have ever seen I love her.
I heard her up and running around. What I didn't know was that she had been playing in the water hose, so I called her. Sure enough she came running and jumped up on our bed. I was laughing...Kyle disgusted. You can wash bedding no big.

Well we tried to get patrioltic with our clothing choices and went off to our ward breadfast. My cute little primary kids were adorable. One boy had his bike decked out seriously. He had streamer and balloons and get this he had one of those headband things with springs on it...and flags on the springs. So cute.

Amazing breakfast thanks to alot of hard work and we headed up to the East Millcreek parade. It wasn't a normal parade. No beauty queens but a lot of kids, bikes, dogs and homemade floats. One float which was a few wagons thrown together was a tribute to President Hinckley. They were all dressed up like bees. I really liked it and so did lucy. While we were walking to the parade lucy would try to eat everything rocks, branches, me she is nuts.

Kyle and I took stinky to the Murry celebration had a lil fun there and I went off to work and left him with my crazy family. But he got the good end of the deal. My dad made him lunch while I ate an old sloppy joe at the station because I left my juicy watermelon at home;(

It's where FUN is

Well I guess I would have to say the slogan lurred us in...or we were just in a dire need of some real fun.

I wanted to go swimming, but when we realized that Raging waters would cost us about 45 bucks we decided we wanted season passes. And thats where trouble comes in. It might not be trouble if we use them...but we did we bought season passes to Lagoon.

We get the rides and the water park. Only 10 times we need to use them and we feel that it will all be worth it.

So yesterday we went for the first time. Kyle hasn't been there since he was like 12 (the new cool ride was the Jet Star 2 my personal fave).

We both came to decide that we love the Spider, hate the bat and like Rattle Snake rapids when its hot.

But just to let all of you know...when I amanda get scared I do this awful little cry/whine/laughy thing I hate it---but I do admit I did it a few times on the coasters. I don't know why. Guess I am growing into my motion-sick-mother. Bluckk.

So when you get Stake Lagoon Passes. Invite us.

I love to see the Temple...

Kyle and I got to go up to the Salt Lake Temple to see my sweetest friend go through! We loved it!

Worry-Wart

So sometimes Kyle puts off telling me things because I am what some people call a “Nervous Nelly” when it comes to him ,or anything to do with him, or anything he touches.
Well this is how he started out his story two days ago:
“Umm…now don’t freak out… I’m fine. But just to let you know my wrist really hurts”
Really, really hurts! Next thing you know I was googling everything. I just knew he had carpotunnel syndrome and needed an operation!
Good thing his work sent him to get it checked out (after they did a drug test haha) because he doesn’t listen to me.
SO it wasn’t carpotunnel…but it was bad. He sprained his wrist. They gave him a brace and told him not to even use his right hand to lift a coke. Unfortunately that is the hand that I hold. So ky about broke his wrist…and I am handless!

Kyles day off

I just want to let the whole world know what my husband does while I am at work:

Hits the carnival

Slides around
Chats with girls
Shoots hoops

charms snakes

And drives really fast cars…

Good thing I wasn’t around to nag…slow down, you’ll poke your eye out and his favorite… ah your going to die!

Working late

So here I am at work... wishing I was at home playing settlers with Ky. (for 2 reasons. 1 - i really love being with my handsome man 2- because we are currently tied and I would love to beat him at just one thing)
love my job... but they keep telling me to come in at different times. Guess when you are new, you are the covers all girl.
I also am totally messed up on what day of the week it is. Always. Because I work weekends, or sometimes 7 days a week I can't keep things straight.
but thank heavens for fruit snacks and cell phones so I can at least talk to Ky.
But babe I miss you!

The case of the Dog accident

Memorial day… a day to remember those who have passed on… and the dumb dog that put a HUGE dent in the side of my car.

Most people don’t get hit by a dog, it’s usually visa-versa. But in this case I swear, it hit me.

Sunday afternoon, I was driving in my own neighborhood, around 10 miles an hour listening to fm 100’s awesome Sunday sounds. A woman is walking with a dog. Next thing I know I hear a bash on the drivers side of my car. Of course I slam on the breaks, and scream simultaneously. The dog kept on walking like it was fine.

I get out of the car to make sure he is ok. He could care less. Now there is a mongo dent in the side of my door and this runaway dog and his owner don’t give a woof!

Camper World

We had a great weekend Camping with our friends in Coalville. It was a much needed vacation. Kyle and I put all of our stuff in one small duffle, and then we took enough camping stuff to fill a truck.

Here are all of the couples ready and loaded!

Each couple took turns making meals. Kyle and I had dinner the first night. We figured that we would get there late and wouldn't want to hastle with dutchovens, so we did tin-foil dinners, or more commonly known hobo dinners.

Don't worry I cut and peeled 10 pounds of potatoes so we had plenty. After putting them in the fire, the only problem was turning them and getting them out. The boys made this into a game and used 2x4s as "chopsticks" to retrieve our dinners from the flames.



After a lot of fire and loud laughing we hit the sacks (by the way Amanda's was no where to be found. I am sure that it flew out of the truck. No one believes me)



Ky and I slept quite well. Although we did wake up at 6. After some great breakfast we played this fun game, forgot what it was called C--- something. Well the point of the game is to knock over the opponents blocks with dowels that are thrown, without hitting the middle pin "the KING PIN"

So fun. We finally started getting the hang of it, but never won. Kyle made fun of me for cheering the other team on.


Now we camped at Camper World. They had a pool and we HAD to take advantage of it. Doesn't ky look great!?!? I took this while he was explaing to the others that I was making him wait until his sunscreen dried before he could get into the pool.




Oh, sad the end of our trip, us by the waterfall.

Pregnagnt Linds

Ky and I were so excited to be able to visit with our Friends Tiki and Ry. Their house was so cute! And I wanted their baby room. Don't need one though.

When we arrived we got a surprise. Our other friends Barb and Curtis were there. I had a great time with the girls doing nothing more than a little needed girl talk time and the boys somehow entertainied themselves with the xbox.

Love seeing our friends. Reminds me of how great they are.



Here we are! Can't believe that people think us three girls look like triplets.

Big house, fun job

Kyle and I got called up by another family to watch their children. This family was so kind to us even though they were loaded!

Big house. 11 bed 8 bath, and i'm not going to lie... I got lost in the basement! They had a sports court and a rock climbing wall!






Enough about the house. As cool as that was the boys were 10 x's cooler. We had so much fun playing a 4 hour game of risk, many many games of settlers, serious basketball, climbing, follow the judge and making a boat to send down the river in their back yard.


One of the boys, me and our recyclable unsinkable ship!



Ky and I waiting in the freezing cold river.... we had to catch it!


We all jumped on the neighbors ground level trampoline. Mitch and I left to make our ship... and these clowns broke the tramp to rescue a dumb bird that can fly and didn't need rescuing. These boys needed help. after taking off all of the springs it still bent. I went over stepped on it and it was fixed!

This is the creepy talking alarm. If any door in the house opens it tells you! Creepy!

I tried to show ky up but unfortunately i could barely do this!

We actually fell in love with this family Hope that they liked us. The boys didn't want us to leave!

The beginning of our Modeling Career

One day my cute aunt Cindy had a birthday party. We went and so did some of her friends, it was a normal gathering. Later we were told by Cindy that whenever she talks about us to her friends, or if they talk about us they refer to us as the MODEL COUPLE



So we decided to prove them right by modeling. Last night we modeled for a photographer that works for a really big company. She took more pictures of kyle and I, than my dad took when I was in the school play. Really. I hope that they turn out good. It rained a little and then the wind went nuts so my hair was what someone named Leslie would call "beach hair" (salt water, wind and sunscreen... you get the idea) but it worked.... I hope. So if we become models one day, we have aunt cindy's birthday friends to thank.







Here is a photo of the Ky and I down at temple square. The color is wacky. But so are his wind blown red eyes!

Lets see

There is so much to talk about. We have just been having the BEST life ever. But to start it all off we have some exciting news. And no we are not expecting. My wonderful, intelligent Husband just was added to the U's Dean list. Unfortunately he, at first, didn't know what the Dean's list was. After I explained that it was similar to the high honor roll, he was very pleased.

He had a really tough load if you ask me and he did well (even with my distractions and nagging)

Also I, Amanda just got hired on at ABC 4 I am so so so excited to join an award winning team of talented journalists and quality people. (My mispelled blog with incorrect grammer is not a reflection of my writing skills. only a reflection of the universal dislike of laptop computer keyboards and my distractive and hilarious husband)

Although we are not expecting ourselves, we can say that 2 of kyles 3 brothers are and we are so excited to have a little niece and nephew. I better start quilting, or buying diapers.

We might live in the worlds most crowded room right now, but we are working toward eternity!

Babysitting SAGA

We had a hard time getting the boys to want to do anything.

Finally, a brilliant idea! we made a fire and had smores. But alas after about 5 minutes they were bored again!

But Kyle had fun with Griffy

Kyle made spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. It was great to have dinner made for me.

He REALLY LIKED it

Babysitting

Here we go agian another baby sitting job. It's not so bad. And we make ok money. but everytime we babysit I do something dumb that costs us more than we made. No only that, we house dog, cat, lizard and fish sat last weeked this time the parents will be gone for 2 weekends.

The boys not only have school that we pick up and drop them off for they have scouts (not a bad thing) young mens, personal training, tennis lessons, physical therapy. We have to watch 3 cats that like to puke and pee and poo when the mom is gone, the lizard who needs fresh crickets about every 3 days (yuck) and the coolest dog in the world Griffin.

He goes by Griffy and he loves kyle. Although he should like me. I give him treats, sneak him people food beneath the table and let him inside. This kiesh hound is adorable but huge.

Oh and I almost forgot to mention the 35k dollar fish tank that in the past has been known to over flow underheat and cause me stress.

The boys are so cute and the parents love us. We make sure their homework gets done, feed them and don't have any hospital visits, except the scheduled ones. If anyone needs baby, house dog or other exotic pet sitters you know who to call!

Oma's Birthday

78 and still looks great!

Getting together with family has to be one of our favorite things. The Wooden side doesn't get together as much as we should, but everytime we do it is a blast.

Ky and I got to reminisce about our wedding because Omas party was in the same back yard as our reception (although a little decorating really did spice it up! Oh yeah and there was not a volley ball net at our reception, wish)

Everyone was so excited to see us and the girls loved my big red necklace, but bad news my shirt buttons didn't like to do what they were supposed to do, and stay buttoned. Good thing I always wear undershirts.

Some random girls came over to cut cousin Andrews hair. He wants to look like the office guy.

Opa tried to convince Kyle to move in with my Aunts parents. Basically to be their farm hand. I say he would be the arm.

Helping Grandma, gone bad

Grandma calls Kyle "Muscles".

When ever she needs anything done like pulling, down the blinds, opening stubborn jars, or pulling out bushes MUSCLES is there.

Well the other day Grandma asked kyle and I to help her pull out her ugly old roses that were not producing, so basically these nasty thorn bushes. I tried to help, but I was mostly in the way so i just picked up branches and started the digging around the bushes--- while ky literally hacked at these poor bushes and their roots. For some odd reason I felt sorry for these pokey sticks. I made the mistake of telling Ky that I felt as if he were killing them. He said that is exactly what he was doing.
We pushed and pulled and wriggled those dang things out of the ground. We kept score. Amanda 1, Kyle 5 bushes 20. But we really didnt know what to do when the shovel decided that it wanted to play.


After a few dings and dangs the shovel went kapute and that was the end of that... until we found a shovel in the garage made out of metal.

buses 20, shovel -1, summers 21

Blessed

I just have to say that we are probably the most blessed people in the world. We are so excited to have the sunshine, so fortunate to have the gospel, and blessed to have love.

Sometimes I find myself being suprized at the ammount of love my heart can hold. I think that my heart is full, and then Kyle smiles at me and I find my heart growing. He teaches me so much everyday. To appreciate the places that we have have been and to prepare for where we are going. Although sometimes it feels like we don't know what road to take, it is always nice to know that our Heavenly Father has a plan for us, a plan of Happiness.

The New Do

It all started a few weeks ago when my custest friend Elba was coloring my hair. We were at her house in little ole Mendon, Utah, where their isn't any inversion, or anything to do. Kyle was playing with her little dog mooch and the little boys that Elbs Nannys.

After a while, the dog was bored and the boys left to go sledding. Poor Kyle. So Elbs and Doll got this great idea to color Kyles hair as well...

But to the dismay of all, it didn't work. A couple of weeks later we decided to try it again... We messed up........

Don't Worry it looked great after we cut it!

A different Christmas

Christmas at The Wouden home consists of carols, a christmas dinner including ham potatoes and christmas punch...the holidays at the Summers home is quite different, although still Christmas.

After almost dying on drive up (totally spun across the weed filled median, and played frogger with south bound traffic.... all without a bruise.

Well after our christmas movie (so wierd who goes to a movie, there are pies and songs and family) We went home to some potatoes and chilli, obviously not a usual Christmas dinner.

Luckily we stopped in to see Kyles grandparents who had a tree, train and cookies it felt a little more like the season.

We spent a fun filled night, well half a night, on a deflating air matress. The other half found the two of us on a twin bed, Which really isn't ment for twins..

We woke up to find that Santa came, but kyles brother didn't so we had to wait until 4 to open our gifts. I cheated and gave the Ky a suprise stocking in the morning.

A beautiful and filling Christmas breakfast

started off the morning of no presents, and some of the boys missing their stockings.


But I got just what I asked for, or joked about-- laundry detergent. We are now loaded since I bought a BIG thing from costco the week before

The Perfect Day

When I woke up Friday morning I asked Kyle if we could have the PERFECT DAY. And I guess that for some reason we can live up to our expectations.

We woke to the most beautiful snow fall and I schemed up the idea of a day at home, in our pjs, sipping cocco by the fire... but my "lets get it done personality" kicked in.

Cute kyle grabbed the shovel and went to work... both to help grandma get out of the driveway, and to help the dogs make it outside without getting high centered (they need to be on a diet). While he was outside I cleaned the bathroom and made him the best ham and eggs breakfast!

After making our bed, some prayer and fun, we headed out the door to the worst part about christmas... trying to buy things for hard-to-buy-for-people! We really spent most of the day in and out of stores, internet shopping and browsing at the perfect gift that we just couldn't afford.

The only thing that kept us going was the promise of a Christmas party later that evening. No joke at Costco, people thought that we were just trying out the office chairs and sofas, but no our feet just really hurt

Milk

I have never really liked the white stuff... but my husband drinks it like there is no tomorrow! I just had to share this funny picture of his huge mug. (I really think that it holds like a quart of liquid!)

Not sure if he needs all of the milk to wash down my cooking or if he really just likes it.

Christmas

What a time of year!
Feelings running all over. Excitement, love, joy, stress, pull-your hair out what am I going to buy my mother-in law all in the same day.

Luckily Kyle and I got his Parents something on Black Friday. If they don't like it at least they will appreciate the thought we put into sitting outside in the freezing cold for hours!

I was so excited to buy Kyle presents. I know that one can't buy love (not that I need to) but there are just so many things that I know he would enjoy. Sometimes I wish I didn't give us a budget for gifts.

But this all isn't really what Christmas is about...

This season is wounderful. A time to think about changing ones life, helping others and becoming more Christlike, the things that we are hopefully thinking about all year long. The decorations are like no other time, the food divine and the post office bustling with action.

We are so blessed to be able to share our first christmas together. I am excited to create our own new little family traditions and to celebrate the season with those we love!