Let it begin.

It's here. It's FINALLY here!! Did I just get my tax return? A long awaited package from Amazon? Maybe google fiber is finally getting installed at our house?
Wrong, wrong and wrong again. (Although we are excited for when it's our neighborhoods turn to get google fiber, free interwebs!)

So what am I so excited about?

SuMmEr!!!!!
You know how at Christmas time one of the songs that you hear is "It's the most wonderful time of the year" ... I think that they messed that up by 6 months. In my book, summer time is the most wonderful time of the year!

In a couple hours I'm going to take my LAST final...which really we did the final for that class like 2 weeks ago...we just have to show up today, weird but whatever. That means that SUMMER has begun!! Russ finished his semester a week ago, I can't even begin to tell you how much discipline it took for me to not go into complete summer planning/excitement mode. But somehow I spent the majority of the weekend studying for finals (even I was surprised)  -  so much so that Saturday night I almost passed on this:

 But let's be honest...since when could I resist a soccer game with my love? If you thought that was possible then I must ask: do you even know me enough to be reading this?  ;)

Seriously multiple times I had to stop myself from just writing my summer bucket list instead of my last paper. But now the liberation has occurred and I can bucket list to my hearts content!

We started things out right already. Sunday we went on a gorgeous walk through Murray Park with my mom (she's the best). She was even nice enough to take take our picture in our kissing tree, yup that's the very spot that Mr. Irion kissed me for the first time 3 1/2 years a go . . . awwww (I was so nervous). Cute Russ also took me there the night before our wedding. Gotta love Murray Park!

Summer 2014

Murray Park June 28th 2013

Also last night - after my last real final, we went out to enjoy some good old fashioned american baseball! Seriously there is just something about going to the ball park that I love.

  .  .  . plus, isn't he handsome?

UVU vs BYU

This picture should show you how excited we are about summer:   :)

ULTIMATE SUMMER BUCKET LIST
1. Boating! Lots of it.
2. Learn to cut etc wake-boarding (Russ will be so glad I'm not giving up on this sport haha I'm a beginner and I am not so good and I don't like to not be good at things . . . especially athletic things haha pride alert? anyway, looking to make some progress this summer)
3. Hike Timp
4. Complete a Half Ironman  . . . June 7th here I come
5. Nelson cousin weekend at Midway
6. See a live play  (I love this but haven't been in forever!)
7. Iron Will 100 kilometer Bike Race
8. Painting projects in our house
9. LAKE POWELL
10. Sew pillows for our living room
11. Bikram Yoga (Oh how I miss it!)
12. Run my first marathon
13. Hike squaw peak
14. Hike Mt. Olympus
15. At least one sunrise hike
16. Go to Logan to bike with Brooke
17. Learn to make sushi
18. Play tennis
19. Have a croquet tournament
20. Bonfire up the canyon
21. Salt Lake Bee's game
22. Go to the Manti temple
23. Camping
24. Irion cousin sleepover in Provo
25. Read. Just for funsies, not because I have to.
26. Spend so much time with this handsome man

27. Welcome these two gems home! FINALLY

28. So many barbecues
29. Badminton (have you played that recently? Because it is so fun)
30. Dates with our nieces/nephews - that is a must
31. Mona rope swing
32.  Plenty of Real games
33. Water park is a must
34. Explore EUROPE for 3 weeks!!!
35. Weekend in St. George/Zions
36. Lots of yard work/gardening at our house :)
37. Pool party!
38. Float the Provo river
39. Live music events
40. Whatever else tickles our fancy! (Which will be lots)

Best part is enjoying everyday with this guy :) seriously he is the best and I am the luckiest.

If you want to join us for the party LET US KNOW!!!