Capital Reef

The last weekend in May, my cousin Devin came homw from his mission, so Quinn and I decided to head down to Richfield to listen to him speak on Sunday. Since we were already driving part way Quinn and I decided to venture a little farther south and pay a visit to Capital Reef National Park. We had driven through many-a-time on our way to Lake Powell, but had never actually stopped and stayed.

We learned a couple valuable lessons on our dirve down to Capital Reef...
1. You will NEVER get on the road until at least 1 hour after you wanted to
2. Never assume that just becuase you believe there will be open camp sites, that it will actually happen (whose stupid idea was it to only have 1 campgound in the whole park anayway!!)
3. When a campground says it is full...it really is (now matter how long you drive around with your parking lights on at 2 a.m., you cannot blind people out of their camp sites)

We ended up sleeping in a R.V. park across from a gas station for $25 a night (they did not have seperate pricing, we paid for elecricity and poop dumping when we only there for a total of 6 hours(including sleep time)!!

That day however, we managed to go on an AMAZING hike that overlooked the entire park.

A cute little arch I found on the way up to the top!

The view from the top, thankfully there was another couple up there to take our picture (we did not see ANYONE the whole 5 miles up and at the very top...there they were!)

Here is a video of the view that we had from the top of the hike...it was amazing!

Kalai Spring BBQ

Quinn and I decided that we wanted to celebrate the spring with a little BBQ party and our house. Leave it to Quinn to book Kalai to play a backyard concert for our humble BBQ. Since Quinn stepped it up with the entertainment, I felt it necessary to step it up with the food. After a few of our infamous planning sessions, our small BBQ turned into a PARTY! We sent out formal invites, cooked 25 pounds of pork for sandwiches, and topped it off with a chocolate fountain! We had a great time and hope to make it an annual event.

What were the Millet's up to in May??

I apologize that I have dropped off the blogging planet the last month. The Millet's have been quite busy and it has left me little time to report on our life's activities! In the early part of May our good friend Bryan Hurd invited us and few other friends (including newly married Tyler and Rachel Buzzwell) to a Real Salt Lake Game. Everyone knows that the probability of actually catching one of the shirts that is blasted out of those high powered guns is very low. Well, it must have been Quinn's lucky day. (This is not the "actual" catch, but a very convincing re-enactment. We recieved some interesting looks from the crowd when Quinn got this excited twice!) Quinn almost fell down the bleachers to catch the shirt, but hey at least HE caught it.

California Adventure Pictures

"Real World" Spring Break

Another reminder that you are no longer in college....NO SPRING BREAK! It was early March, I began to get really bored with everyday life, why sooo bored you ask?? I am used to getting scheduled breaks at random times throughout the year (thanks to our school systems for implementing thanksgiving break, Christmas break, fall break, winter break, spring break and best of all SUMMER!) Now that I live in the "real world", I have to trudge along with everyone else who works 9-5 in a break-less existence. Wait...there is a point to all my ranting. Quinn and I needed a break, a vacation of sorts. Since our birthdays are weeks apart in March and April, we decided to gift ourselves a vacation to California to visit Quinn's sister Katirna, her husband Doug and our nephew Sampson. This was our second annual trip to visit Katrina and Doug and we were excited to experience the outdoor/scenic side of California vs the touristy city stuff (all of which we did last year). We had a great time hiking, sleeping, shopping, and eating. It was a great way to celebrate both our birthdays! Thanks goes out to Doug and Katirna for being amazing hosts...anyone who goes to California should call them, they will show you a good time!

Our Titanic ImpersonationThe biggest piece of birthday cake I have EVER seen

March Madness!

No...not college basketball bracket buster (though Quinn would approve if I blogged about that). I am talking babies!! In March alone Quinn and I became Auntie and Uncle to 3 new nieces and 1 new nephew! Please welcome to the world....

Aubrey Stott

February 26, 2008

8 lbs 2 oz

Proud parents: Marne' and Dave

Thayne Michael Millet

March 2, 2008

7 lbs 6 oz

Proud parents: Floyd and Jo

Reese Phillips

March 15, 2008

6 lbs 8 oz

Proud parents: Kristi and Scott

Chloe Alexis Bates

March 29, 2008

7 lbs 11 oz

Proud parents: Jenn and Cory

A special thanks goes out to all of our siblings. With them reproducing so often...Quinn and I don't need to contribute for at least 4 years!

Culinary Creations

As most of you know I love to cook, especially DESSERT! As of the past 4 months or so, I have really been focusing on presentation. I feel like I can make something taste good, but I was not the best at making it look good. Here are some of my most recent experiments...I think I have made some progress.

A carrot cake I made for Quinn and I one Sunday night.

This is my first effort in making a cake actually look like something. My mom always did this when I was little, my birthday being in April, I got A LOT of bunny cakes. I thought I would try to recreate history for my nephew Tyler at his birthday.

I am proud to say that the bunny cake was quite the hit, particularly with all the kids there. I ALMOST did not want to eat it because it was so cute...however, it tasted as good as it looked!

This last one was a personal creation and quite the experiment. Rob and Elaine threw Quinn and I a little birthday fiesta at their house and I thought to myself, who better to experiment on than the in-laws?? So I created a Black and Blue Berry Cheesecake Trifle. This was made in honor of my in-laws, Millet's do love their trifle.