"Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride." - John F. Kennedy.

This is Emily. She is one of my besties. We met a year or so ago at church and I knew from the start I wanted her to be my friend. We have a TON in common and our hubbies get along great. Yay! Joe and I convinced Emily and her husband Scott to move into our apartment complex. We like them THAT MUCH.

Emily, Scott, Joe, and I are now a bike gang. We go on bike rides with our awesome helmets. Emily and I have matchy-matchy helmets . . . totally and completely on accident. Told you we have a lot in common. We are still trying to think up a name for our gang. Any suggestions?

Emily is someone I know I can always call on when I need some girl time or if the Hunk and I want to go out with friends. One thing I love about Emily is she sees the good in everyone.

Conversation at Relief Society Enrichment Activity 

(Emily and I have just been moved to a new ward so we knew exactly ONE person there before we came.)

Meg: Emily is quite the quilter. She makes the most beautiful quilts!

Emily: Bashful smile. Thanks. It's just something I like to do.

Allie (a cool girl in our ward that we met): I love to scrapbook. I make tons of cards!

Emily & Meg: Cool!

Allie: So what are your talents, Meg?

Meg: Um, well, I'm not creative, or artsy, or musical, or athletic. Hmm, I can read. Yeah. I read.

Allie and Emily: Laugh politely

Emily: Meg is an organizer. If you need anything done or organized, she's your girl.

Meg: Aw, thanks! Feels so GRATEFUL Emily is her friend!

Isn't Emily just awesome? Love that girl!

So, if you see four people in their late twenties riding around the Provo/Orem area on bikes--just smile and wave or join us if you want!

A Lot...

...has been happening lately! It's been hard for me to keep up. I guess I'll start with the beach trip since that happened the longest ago, and I am OCD and like to keep things in chronological order.

For Amanda's birthday (which was conference weekend...yes that long ago!), a bunch of us girls celebrated by going to the beach! We rented a splendid hotel room and had a wonderful time away from work, family, and responsibility. We got there pretty late Friday night and practically crashed as soon as we got there. Well, I crashed. I'm pretty sure the other girls stayed up giggling the whole night. I awoke and had a LOVELY run on the beach. Running on sand is a bit challenging, but the views and the sound of the waves makes it all worth it. Later that day, between conference sessions, we perused the local town. Cannon Beach is a BEAUTIFUL beach town and I loved just walking around it. We ate a wonderful lunch, saw glass blowers, visited the best candy shop EVER, ate the best caramel apple I have ever had, bought shells, window shopped, and laughed the whole time. It was fabulous. We then headed to Indian Beach I'm sure you've seen it before, either in the movies GOONIES or TWILIGHT. It is SO beautiful. We got there right in time to watch the sunset. It was simply breathe taking. We finished the day with an AWESOME dinner and a restaurant fit for a lumberjack. All in all, it was an amazing trip. I love the Oregon coast. I can't get enough of it.