"Our Reception & Wedding Day"

Happy Anniversary Judd!

J  [/DASH/] G O O G S

The J stands for Judd & Googs is my childhood nickname that my Dad gave me when I was just a little gal. Believe it or not I haven't heard him call me Kayla in I don't know how long. I just couldn't take [googs] out. It means too much and it definitely is a unique name.

This is a PRINT I made for my soon to be cousin-in-law [Kiera's] bridal shower, but as you can see that is my husband in the background (shadow)  This week is going to be an ADVENTURE which I'm actually quite nervous about...I have my finals week....yes, who goes to school during the summer when summer is your all time favorite. I still can't figure that one out, but it's almost over and what a HUGE breath of fresh air it will be when it is. And maybe when I look back I will think oh man I am so glad I suffered that one summer with school. NOT! And you are probably thinking why are you blogging when you should be studying. Well after taking 6 tests online this was a way of clearing my head and throwing my thoughts down. You know what just by doing that I already feel better. Try it.  Not only do I have finals, but Judd and I are changing it up... FIND OUT NEXT TIME.... the anticipation is killing you isn't it :) PERFECT! Wish me LUCK!

Isn't it funny how different we all grow up.
 It never really occurred to me until I got married to Judd.

This last weekend we went on an [A D V E N T U R E] backpacking trip with the Rydalch cousins. The way we camped was completely different than how I camped 

(the wopping 5 times) with my family.

How MY family camped:

Of course a trailer had to be provided or on a beach (Bear Lake), & it couldn't be too far away from home, sometimes it was in our home (in the basement) and even then my parents would wait 'til all of us were asleep and then they would sneak into their cozy bed. The sleeping bags we packed included lion king, little mermaid, or 101 dalmations on them. We spoiled ourselves with food, fruit, dutch oven potatoes & chicken, and of course lots and lots of smores. What is better than being together as a family? Nothing! I guess you could say it wasn't our element of expertise, but we did it and we made it fun.

How Judd's family camps:

LEGIT! A hike must be included on the adventure. A large backpack is all you need, which means limitation on clothing, food, and anything else YOU think you need to go camping. Their sleeping bags are either mummified (tight squeeze & can zip all the way up to your head) & can be used in -30 degrees..just in case you want to go camping in the FREEZING cold. Food consists of dried food that only needs water, cliff bars, fruit snacks and anything that is considered light so that in the end the bag isn't too heavy. [Judd made sure we packed extremely light on the food & we almost starved.. just kidding. We enjoyed top ramen which by the way we were both excited for 

(hadn't had it since I was a kid).]

This campout we did with the cousins was kind of a last hoorah! Two of our cousins (the Lewis') are moving to GONZAGA (for law school) in about a week, so we wanted to do something really fun before they left. What better thing to do than be up in the mountains without any distractions. 

We had a blast & it definitely wasn't long enough!

We HIKED/BACKPACKED, set up camp in the dark, started a fire in the dark (finding wood when it's pitch black is quite tricky), each couple slept in their own TENT (p.s. ours was TINY), fished, hammock relaxation, cliff jumped, played games [ I took second- I hate when that happens] , chopped down a dead tree with a small hatchet, took lots of pictures, and of course talked and enjoyed each others company. We are so excited for JD & Kelsey and their new adventure to come, but we will definitely miss them.