St. Jeezy

This weekend Daniel and I took a trip down south to St. George. His good friend and old mission buddy lives down there so that was the main reason of the trip (to visit him and his wife). The weather was blissful and the hosts were great. It was nice to get away and not have to worry about anything. Daniel was especially thrilled to get away from Provo. It was our first road trip together (just us two) as married folks and of course Calvin's first. He did pretty well for getting his shots the day before which caused a minor fever, being in a new environment and being stuck in a car for 4 hours blowing out his diaper 3 times good thing i brought lots of extra clothes lol.

When we got there we headed to the temple because Daniel has never been there before. We had fun taking pictures. The weather was beautiful and the scenery was gorgeous and man did it feel great to get out of that car and walk around. 

Here's Calvin taking a turn at the wheel

We hiked up to Dixie Rock and saw the ocean.... no one believes me but if you lay on your back on top of dixie rock and look up towards the sky it looks like the ocean.

 Our friends the Blands

It's fun when daddy comes home

Daddy has been home a lot lately and we have been loving it. For Family Home Evening we went on a camp out. Tin Foil Dinners, kettle corn popcorn, building our very own tent and instead of star gazing we watched a show. Calvin loved our man made tent as you can see in the picture below.

 There was quite a bit of a static force going on under there... or should I say rock n rollin

 Dad and Calvin in our tent

On Tuesday we went to the Legend's Building at BYU. We were trying to find a place to take pictures of Calvin by a Y. Daniel was like let's go in this building I'm sure they'll have something (neither one of us had ever been inside before). but little did we know that we would be getting a 30 minute tour of the place. It was actually quite fascinating to hear and see all the trophies and the record breaking things BYU athletes have performed. And of course to see how pampered they get. haha. Our tour guide and his wife have been doing this for years and are avid BYU fans... gone to 850+ games (trying to reach 1000 before they die). what loyal die heart fans. 

The next day we got to have a lovely picnic together. We have sure been loving this warm weather lately and it's just getting warmer this weekend as we head down to St. Jeezy.. (st. george). This trip has been planned for about a year and we are finally heading down yander. 

Me= Ecstatic. 

We also got the pleasure of seeing both Grandparents on Daniels side and having the company of Kelsi and Jason for a Sunday evening. 

The four generation photo

Discipline vs Regret

Almost every morning I get up and drop Daniel off at school and then afterwards Calvin and I go running around in circles on the indoor track at BYU. (now I wish I would have gotten a running stroller instead)
On Friday as I finished up my run I stopped to stretch in the track/hallway area right after the courts and pinned to a locker door was a quote that I absolutely loved and is the main reason why I am even posting right now.

"We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs Tons."
-John Rohn

This applies very well to athletes because of the physical and even mental pain they put themselves through. If they don't discipline themselves by giving all they've got, then they will come out short in the end and the pain of regret will fill their entire soul.
 I also think it applies to each one of us as well.
It caused me to reflect on my life and how I have disciplined myself and when I have not, and I'm not only talking about punishment, but instead how I control my thoughts, actions, words, and how much effort I am willing to put in accomplishing my goals and dreams. The pain of regret does indeed weigh much heavier on the whole body, so why can't we choose the lesser pain that will help enable success and happiness? And as we become more disciplined, we will be able to endure much more  which will help generate and create accomplishments and knowing that we can and will conquer the unimaginable.
I hope this causes you to pause and reflect on your own life, what will you do to make your life a little more disciplined so there won't be regrets weighing you down.


 And of course my bundle of joy... I can't post without posting about my Calvin.
still rocking the newborn shirt but sadly it's time to say goodbye.