Job, Graduation & Wedding

Steve was in Stanley a few weekends ago, skiing Mount Heyburn in the Sawtooths. He went to North Shore, where we will be getting married in 37 days. This is the picture he took, after busting through snow drifts to get to the beach...


Does that make any of you excited to come to the wedding!?
Personally this picture gets me itching to jump in and swim for my triathlon!

I graduate this Saturday!! My parents are on their way to Boise... and I cant wait to get that diploma in my hand and walk away from Boise State.... for now.

This semester I have completed 300 internship hours... I guess it paid off. Today I start with Physio Therapy working as a PT Assistant. Part time until after the wedding, but I couldn't be happier about it all!

Graduation pictures soon to come! :)

Engagement Pictures

It's been a little hectic lately... with less than 3 weeks until graduation and 54 days until the wedding! It's crunch time, baby!!

Steve and I went to Bend, OR (as posted about a while ago) to get our engagement pictures taken from my good friend Katy and also my fellow Boise State track mate... she's the best.

Here is a sampling of pictures, I do have one disclaimer though... We had been camping for 2 nights and I got ready in a camp ground for these pictures. Ok, two disclaimers... we also went skiing the day before and our whole faces minus our foreheads got burnt. Gotta love the ultimate fixer of problems; makeup!

We have our wedding blog up and running with details about the wedding and more photos if you'd like to check it out: stevenshay.blogspot.com







It's taking a long time to upload the pictures, so I only have patience to post three. :(

Happy Easter

This is for you Shanah!
We had so much fun dying easter eggs the other day!
Shan made an egg that said "it's a boy" & "it's a girl"... Today she gets to find out which one she can eat!! I cant wait!

Proud creators!

Our creations!

I sure will miss my Shanners!
Ps. The BSU one had my graduation date on it... May 16th!!! Yay!

Bend Oregon

Steve and I really really love Bend!
Our photographer and good friend Katy lives in Albany so we met her in Bend for Engagement photo's this past weekend. I dont have any to post yet, but stay tuned.











Here are some pics of Steve & I's day at Smith Rock, camping in the shell (way too cold), and skiing at Mount Bachelor... it was a fun trip and the weather turned out just beautiful!

California!

Over spring break I decided that before Landon & Lina move to DC, I wanted to visit them in San Jose...

We spent most our time in beautiful Santa Cruz doing some:

picnicing on the beach, followed by throwing the disc.


We did some quick and cold swimming in the ocean,


some hiking in a Buddhist Meditation Forest,

some greenbelt biking,

some JJ's Blues listening,


and some awesome mnt biking in the Soquel Demo Forest!

I had a such a fun time getting to spend time with my Bro and Lina, two of my best friends!

Track Days

Steve Connor, a Boise local photographer, always went to Boise State athletic events and took pictures.... Today he sent me the link to track and field pictures from 2004, one of the years when I was jumping for Boise State. It was fun to look back, and thought I'd share the memories.





This picture of me high jumping is still hanging in the BSU Student Union building on a plaque... i want to go tear it down.







Any way, fun to look back in the day... Spring break is next week!! I'm heading to San Fransisco!!

Happy Blogging!

Looks like I've been too busy for blogging... This week I finished 7 of my 16 credits this semester.... big sigh of relief!

Eight more weeks until graduation! One hundred days until our wedding!

I haven't been in the picture taking mood, so I am posting the best of the worse!
We were able to ski 4 or 5 times in the last couple weeks, Brundage and Bogus both got some good snow... here are a couple pics from our recent ski trips.



Tired after a big ski day.



Brundage parking lot after a great day of powder!

Hope everyone is doing well! Spring is just around the corner!!

Braaaaap, Braaaaap!!

Steve's new toy!!



Steve's been on the hunt for a while to find a Yamaha TW 200 for us to ride in the foothills and commute to work with... this weekend he finally found the perfect deal!!
And we're excited!!



I've never blogged about our cat, so i thought Kirby deserved some blog time...
He gets to go get neutered tonight! I just broke the news to him before i took this picture, it's obvious he's very excited!

Winter Activities

I had a fantastic holiday season... no blogging... but the same ol' traditions were done... family was visited with a Christmas celebration... and i worked a lot.



Here are a few activities i have been up to... Steve and I spent a few days in McCall skiing, watching hockey, and playing shuffle board.



Then a beautiful sunny day up at Bogus skate skiing.





5 more days until my last semester of school starts and Obama is president!!!



Happy, happy, happy days!

Our Christmas Tree Hunt

To get in the Christmas spirit, Steve & I decided to go in the mountains above Idaho City Sunday, to hunt for OUR FIRST Christmas tree.



Steve spots the Christmas Tree, pulls his gun out and SHOOTS...



After reminding him that hunting a Christmas tree doesn't involve using guns, he runs to capture our "uniquely, perfect, bizarre, BONZAI" Christmas tree.




I begin the cutting down of our tree... although after a few tiring seconds, my tough mountain man finishes...



And single handedly DRAGS the tree down the mountain. This was the funniest thing to witness... Steve RUNNING down the steep mountain with this horribly shaped Christmas tree behind him. I was dying of laughter!



But he successfully made it down to the road! Triumphantly!



I'm not sure how we got this beast shoved into the truck, but we should have realized then that it was going to be WAY TOO big for the house.



OUR TREE! After cutting 2 feet off the truck and a struggle getting the tree upright, here it is!
Just like we pictured... UNIQUE!



We spent another hour or MORE shaping this tree into our o-so-perfect Bonzai Christmas Tree. Why go with the traditional shape?



Proud and exhausted Steve. Lights are on, it's looking better!



So here it is... The Steve & Shay Family Bonzai Christmas Tree!!
Although i have to say the more we decorated it, the uglier it got. Maybe this one looked best in the mountains. But the experience was memorable!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Home Sweet Home

Here's a preview of how much fun i had in Bancroft over the holidays!



Us "kids" out playing kickball, dodge ball, jumping on the trampoline, and running around enjoying the beautiful Thanksgiving Day weather!



Sweet little Ivy... Just adorable!



Just falling out of the sky, not a big deal...



Steve, kick punching the clouds... As he falls out of the sky!



Me, happy between my future husband and Pa! During our mountain adventure.



Steve & I tearing up the mountains... Braappp, Brrrraaap!



Mom & I making our family famous noodles for Thanksgiving dinner... I was a natural, it's the Swiss in me!

It was great to see everyone... I'm so happy Steve & I could come home for the holidays!