Bear Lake!

It is always so sad when summer comes to an end. Even though our lives won't change too much since Kory went to school in the summer too it still seems sad to have the season drawing to a close. We had one last trip to finish our summer out with a big bang. A trip to the beautiful Bear Lake with the Call family. It was so much fun! Because of school and work schedules we were only able to go up Friday and come home Saturday night, however, that was enough time to have a wonderful time and wish we could stay up there for a few more days. We arrived and played at the lake for a little while and then we went on an adventure on banana bikes. These were fun! The steering was completely done with the hips and body. We had a few races and got a good workout.

The next day we hiked around some mountains to a really pretty lake. Yes, that is snow in the background if that gives you any idea of how cold the water is. There was a huge tree with a long rope tied to it that people swing on out into the lake. Kory and I each took our turn. It was a lot of fun and quite a shock when you hit the water. Don't miss the great video!

This was such a fun camping trip. Kory and I have decided we are going to make Bear Lake a regular vacation spot every year!

The Amazing Adventures of Kory and Charisse

Okay! It has been awhile, we have received a lot of grief from everyone around us so we thought it was time to dazzle everyone with yet another blog. Our problem is there just isn't too much going on in our lives except work and sleep, but alas, we have scrounged for some ideas and bring you some happenings from the amazing life of Kory and Charisse.
Our first adventure we are going to share with you is our amazing day of babysitting! (I know, you are thinking, "Are they really going to blog about BABYSITTING!?" and my answer is yes, actually, we are.) Back in the day when Heather and Brian were having all of their buying a house troubles and the house that was supposed to work fell through, we were called to come to the rescue. Luckily, Kory had that day off of work. When Heather warned it would be an all day adventure we really started worrying. We can only play Barbies and tag so long before we are about to go crazy so we started thinking of some fun things we could do with them all day. Our lack of creative minds led us to think of...the park. We knew we were doomed! Then Heather called with some wonderful ideas and the adventure began!
Meg and Adin arrived and immediately began playing tag and hide and seek around the house. Within an hour Kory was extremely worn out so we made a fabulous lunch of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese!!! We had to bribe Meg with promises of a movie and telling her twice to eat ten BIG girl bites, and of course the macaroni was not good enough for Adin so he ended up eating a peach yogurt. After eating lunch we strapped the kids into the car (that alone took a half hour out of our day!) and headed to the dollar theater to watch Horton Hears a Who. The movie was very bright and exciting and lucky for us it also played during Adins nap time so he slept the entire movie long. After half the popcorn was in Meg's stomach and the other half on the floor we headed out of the movie for more wonderful adventures. After changing into swimsuits and running a few errands Kory and I had to get done we headed to the Gateway Mall to play in the spraying sidewalks. Both Meg and Adin were very apprehensive about playing on a sidewalk that sporatically sprayed them. After seeing them spray a few times and with Kory out running through them Meg was all gun-ho about the idea. Adin, on the other hand, felt the need to explore by putting his face right up to one of the circles on the sidewalk until he was sprayed right in the face. Needless to say, it took awhile to get him out there again and would eventually only go if Kory went with him. This was sadly the end of our adventures for the day. Heather and Brian were able to find a house and get back earlier than planned. Our all day adventure ended up only being about 7 hours, but for two "newlyweds" that suddenly inherited two kids for a day it was enough to wear us out!

We also took a trip to Idaho to see Kory's sister Kami's new house and although we brought the camera we only remembered to take one picture! Since it is so cute I could not resist putting it on! We had a great time in Idaho and came back just a tad better at guitar hero then we were before! (If you can bring yourself to believe that!)

Okay, okay, hopefully Kory and I are back in the blogging world. Ever since we moved into our apartment, being the cheapskates that we are, we have been getting our internet off of a business in one corner of our apartment. Then suddenly a few weeks ago the internet stopped working!! It was disastrous! However, now, after much persuasion, we have received the password for the internet from a neighbor.

Another high point in our lives right now is the purchase of a new camera. As you all know our camera broke at Disneyland-not a good time for a camera to eat the dust! Finally after weeks of reading about cameras and going to oh so many stores with cameras in them Kory decided he felt secure enough to buy one we had been looking at. So now you can all look at pictures from our lives too.

One last exciting thing in our lives right now is...our new scooter! We actually purchased it in April but I have been banned to write anything about it until Kory got up the nerve to tell his mother. We were trying to survive on one car but with both of us working in entirely different directions we decided we needed something. We looked at junky cars forever but once again, with our stingy ways we did not want to pay the insurance on another car (especially with Kory's history with tickets). Kory really wanted a motorcycle but I envisioned him strewn across the freeway so we compromised and got something cheaper that wouldn't reach the speeds to go on super fast roads. And yes to our mothers whom I know are wondering-he always, always wears a helmet.

This investment has been great on gas prices with our 80 miles to the gallon we rarely have to fill up and when we do it has been very cheap although Kory was very upset yesterday when it cost him $5 to fill up. This has been fun for both of us to go for rides on. Now our only concern is what to do in the winter...Well that is about it in our lives right now. Now that we have internet again we will have to do more exciting things so we actually have something to blog about! I hope everybody has a most fabulous week!

We promised we would write as soon as possible about our trip to Disneyland so here we go! It was so much fun to go! I had hard time convincing Kory that we needed to go but when we found out Heather and Brian were going I told them I wanted to go with them and with their persuasive powers there was no way Kory could refuse! We made the long trip down there on Sunday with a stop in St. George to see the temple. We both agree this is one of the prettiest temples. We went to Disneyland 4 days and to the beach, farmers market, and Hollywood our other day. Disneyland was a blast! Kory was very pessimistic about going to a place "just for kids" but I think we may have converted him to the true ways. On our way home he asked me when I thought we should go again.

Take a look at the smile on Kory's face as he prepares to slam into me from behind.

Since we were with Heather and Brian we were able to use parent swaps and fast passes so we were able to basically walk on all of the rides that we would have normally had to wait a long time for.

We had a competition of who could win the kis over more by the end and I think Meg is now my new best friend, but Kory definitely won over Adin!

He claims it is just because Meg is turning 4 and 4 year olds hate him but I beg to differ, I may just be the cooler person!
Kory was most blown away by how things worked. I kept telling him to just relax and enjoy it rather than think about how it worked the whole time but that is just how Kory is. He was especially amazed at Pirates of the Caribbean and the Fantasmic show they put on on weekend nights. Over all I would say our favorite rides were for Kory: Hollywood Tower of Terror, California Screamin', and Splash Mountain. For me it would have to be Pirates of the Caribbean, Space Mountain, and Splash Mountain.
Our day at the beach was a lot of fun as well. First, we went to the Farmers Market which is always cool to see all of different cultures in one place. We also visited the coolest bathroom there, the lady would open the door for you, clean the toilet as soon as you left the stall, and she had perfume and lotions out for you to use after washing your hands. I guess the guys was the same because Kory came out and said that was the most ridiculous bathroom he had ever been in. Then we drove to Hollywood to get our pictures with Doris Day's and Rock Hudsons hand prints but of course there was a movie premier going on and they dared to lay the red carpet right over my precious block of cement.

This really neat limo pulled up though and Kory thought it was so cool we had to get a bunch of pictures.
The beach was of course fun as always. It was quite cold but enjoyable all the same. Kory decided to bury me from the knees down. It was Heathers idea so we could see if Kory still felt attracted to me that much shorter. Of course he did! It was kind of fun to be that much closer to Megs height as well. We tried to walk down the boardwalk but after I got so nauseous from the smells of drugs Kory and I had to head back to the car.
Our days at Disneyland was of course the highlight of the trip and we definitely want to go again. To anyone reading this that hasn't gone GO!!!! And when you do invite me and Kory to come!!!!

Oh my goodness! We have a lot to write about!! It has been a busy few weeks. First and foremost Kory would like me to demonstrate a new skill he has picked up:

Hairdressing!! He is quite creative in
doing my hair and i must say that I don't mind because I love when people play with my hair.




A couple weeks ago we went home to Kory's house, it is always a lot of fun to go up there, and it is extremely relaxing to get away. The most exciting part of the trip s Kory taught me how to drive a motorcycle. He took me out for an hour and just told me to follow him. I feel a lot more comfortable on it now and only fell off once!!! To top off the experience I was even given a battle scar! The only sad part is this isn't even proof of my fall but something I got when trying to start the bike. I know, I know, I am a warrior.

As you can see our lives are truly riveting. As far as recently Charisse has finally finished her externship and will start getting paid this week!!!! YEAH!!! Kory just got a new boss at work that was working out really well for 2 weeks and then they just transferred a different boss in so now he gets to meet a new one tomorrow and hopefully this one will be just as good.

As most of you know Kory and I went to Disneyland this week but our camera broke halfway through and we have to wait just a couple days to get all of our pictures so when we do we will give you an amazing update of our glorious trip!!! Everybody please have a wonderful week and vote for David Archuletta!!!!!!

The Quiz!!!

Due to our extremely uneventful lives right now I have been trying to think of what to write about on our blog. I found this cute little survey on some other peoples blogs and decided to use it today on ours. However, on most peoples only one person answers the questions and I thought it would be kind of fun to compare our two answers. I sent Kory to a corner of the room and had him answer all the questions and then I answered the questions without looking at his so now we will see how much we are on the same page. I will put my answers in red and Kory's will be in blue.

1. What is his/her name? Charisse Call
Kory Richard Call

2. How long did you date? Well nine months including our engagement.
Officially we dated from April 15, 2007 until we got married on the 21^st. That is 7 months. However, we only dated each other from February on and got engaged at the end of August. Whoo!!!

3. How old is he/she? 22
22

4. How old are you? 22
22

5. Who eats more sweets? Definitely Charisse
Definitely me. I cannot get enough chocolate!

6. Who said 'I love you' first? I did she beat it out of me eventually I loved her. I was just terrified to tell her.
He did. But just for the record he told me on Friday and before he had said it I had decided if he didn’t tell me by Sunday I was going to say it even though it was against all my beliefs for the girl to say it first!!

7. Who is taller? Kory
Kory

8. Who can sing better? Charisse
We both can't sing, really at all.

9. Who is smarter? Definitely Charisse
Hmmm….okay I’ll say for sure Kory is.

10. Who does the laundry? Both of us I wash and she folds
Normally Kory

11. Who does the dishes? I am supposed to because she cooks but allot of times she will do them
Kory does them and then I move them around in the dishwasher and reput them away after he does
12. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do
I do (apparently we are somehow sleeping on the
same side of the bed)

13. Who mows the lawn? Nobody we don’t have one but when we do I am sure I will
If we had a lawn…

14. Who cooks dinner? It is always Charisse she loves to cook and most of the time I burn it
I do.

15. Who is more stubborn? Charisse is more stubborn.
Totally depends on the subject but for the majority probably me. Kory is a
sweetheart.

16.Who kissed who first? I kissed her first after her friend asked me why I hadn't kissed her yet.
He did. After my friend told him he better get on it.
17. Who asked who out first? I did.
He did.

18. Who proposed? I did.
He did.

19. Who has more siblings? We have the same
Equal amounts.

20. Who wears the pants? Depends on the subject.
It depends, probably him.

21. What is your favorite thing about her? There are so many I really enjoy how fun she is and she is never boring it is always exciting with Charisse.
His gorgeous eyes and his very goofy personality, I am never ever bored with him.

Wow! We actually seemed pretty similar on many of the answers! That is positive. Well, our lives are going great. I get to switch from my OB/GYN clinic to an allergy clinic tomorrow. We both finished our classes and I must say we both did really well. I am especially proud of Kory in his math class. He was the highest scorer on most of his tests!!! Well we will write again soon. Everyone have a wonderful day.

My, oh my...

This has been a big week for us in school. We figured we should update everyone on what we are doing right now with work and school and where we are planning on eventually getting with it. Charisse is graduating with her Medical Assistant certificate on April 10th but will be going back to school in August to get her associates. Yes, she is 22 and just barely getting an Associates. She started her externship this week. Oh, what a joy. She is working at a Womens Center. Basically, she deals with pregnant women, or upset women who are in for their annuals or STD's. It's rather exciting to be working in a doctors office because I have always wanted to be working there. At this particular externship She does a lot of urine samples, finger sticks, vital signs, and assisting in minor surgeries. She is currently looking at different externships that she can split with this one because she would like to learn more skills and gynecology isn't really her thing.

Kory has just a few more classes at LDSBC and will then probably transfer to the University of Utah to finish his bachelors in Business Management. He would eventually like to go back and farm in Idaho. This was the best picture he has that looks even remotely farmish at the moment.

Right now he works full time at Wells Fargo as a banker. To those of you who don't know the difference (because I sure didn't) that means he opens accounts and does loans for people. He enjoys it, but is getting tired of sitting at a desk all day really fast. He definitely misses farming and being outdoors.

Another very depressing part of our week is we went to the dentist. Kory's Mouth-oo la la
It was a terrible experience and we came out of it with a total of 8 cavities. We won't tell you who had what.We hope everyone is doing great and just want to remind you all that we would love to see blogs and updated blogs from EVERYONE!!! Have a wonderful week!