Day Three Hundred and Ten-Spinning, Zumba, and Yoga

Today my good friend Kylie went through the temple for the first time today. I'm so glad I was able to be there for her. I love going to the temple when there are people who have never been before because it reminds me of my first time and how special it was to me.

Tonight at the Orem Rec Center they had a Girls Night and did 30 min classes. I took Jessica and her friend Annette. First we did Spinning(bad idead), then Zumba, then Yoga. Spinning was the worst. The whole time it hurt to sit down. Zumba was fun, but there was just SO many people there it was hard to follow along. Yoga was nice and relaxing. At the end of the night they had food and a drawings. Jessica won a shirt and a water bottle. It was an overall fun night out with the girls.

Day Three Hundred and Nine

Rachel is in town for Womans conference this weekend, so tonight she came over to spend some time with me. Julie also came over and we looked at lots of wedding dresses online. It reminded me of last year when I was in Julie's shoes, boy am I glad I don't have to plan a wedding until I have girls that get married. It was nice spending time with boy Julie and Rachel tonight.

Day Three Hundred and Eight- Couponers

Tonight I went to the Savvy Shopper couponing class with Jilian and Aubrey. It is the same class I went to last November with Mari. Now we are getting Jilian and Aubrey all pumped up to coupon. I'm excited I have more couponing buddies. It was nice for me to go again because it pumped me up to really coupon and try to save a lot of money this summer.

Day Three Hundred and Seven- Getting ready for Summer

This is Doug's bike...

He decided to bring it back to Utah so he could ride to work and back during the summer. So tonight we put the wheels back on the bike and tried it out. He hasn't used it since way before his mission, so the bike looks kinda tiny for him, but it will work.

Tonight I also started running. I ran with Aubrey and Megan (Jilian couldn't make it). We want to do a 5K this summer and get in shape. So we decided to be running buddies. I know I'm going to feel the pain tomorrow when I wake up.

Wish me luck trying to run and wish Doug luck riding his bike to work and back in the heat during the summer.

Day Three Hundred and Six- Visiting with the Fitts

 
Tonight Doug and I drove up to North Salt Lake after work to see the Fitts. Cody and Kylie have the cutest house with a beautiful view. Kylie just had her baby a few weeks ago and so we got to meet little Ezra. Kylie's mom was visiting and so it was nice to meet her. Doug has always been really close to Kylie and her mom and so Doug was excited to spend some time with them. Kylie looks like a rock star after giving birth. She doesn't even look like she just had the little guy. Don't even get me started on Ezra...he is adorable! I just loved holding him. Ezra looks just like his dad. You can definitely tell Cody is his dad. Kylie and her mom made us a yummy dinner and then we had ice cream with them. We will definitely be back up there soon, I told Kylie I might just need come up to hold little Ezra for her.

Day Three Hundred and Five- Driving Back...

We left Camarillo at 5am this morning and headed right to Rolling Pins for some breakfast. I slept all the way to the Nevada State line. We stopped in Las Vegas for a few hours and visited with my grandparents, Aunt Linda, and my cousins Tanner, Jared, and Colton.





It was nice to see all of them. Grandma fed Doug and I some Turkey dinner from the night before. It so good. She also sent us home with some of her delicious cinnamon rolls. It was a great visit and so worth us getting home a little later. I love my Clark family!

Day Three Hundred and Four- Hoppy Easter

Today as we were getting ready for church, Doug told me he had forgotten his pants at his parents house. So what do I do? I go tell my dad...My dad is a size 32 waist so I knew there was going to be no way Doug could fit in his pants. My dad said he had some old Tux pants that were too big on him. Doug tried them on and they didn't fit. Next option...Don Wilson. Don lives behind us and him and Lisa have been like second parents to me since I was little. Don's pants were a big, but we made them work. Doug likes that he can now say he has been in Don's pants and my dad's pants. Gotta love that boy.
Doug and I before church

After church we all headed over to the Bell's house for Easter dinner. It was a test run of food that could be served at Julie and Jared's reception. Boy was it good. My mom had made a cake for dessert, that was amazing too.

After we ate we had an Easter egg hunt. Brooklyn and Easton got to go first and the adults followed. To entice all the adults to find eggs, Mom and Dad Bell hid money in some of the eggs. There was two 5 dollar bills and two 10 dollar bills hidden. There was also two bunny shaped eggs, if you got those you were given the chance to pick an egg from someone else. Man of man was the hunt intense. I was not cut out for this. Everyone was so competitive. Doug kept telling me to "hurry up" and "step it up". When I was little, there was no competition with three little girls. Overall it was a lot of fun. Doug got a five dollar bill and all I got was candy.

Day Three Hundred and Three- The New Mr. and Mrs. Lance Malan

Lance and Leeya got married today in the Los Angeles Temple. It was so nice to hear the words of the sealing and the advice given to them. Every time we go to the LA temple it reminds me our wedding. Leeya looked beautiful even though she had the stomach flu. She was a trooper and pushed through the day. Congrats Lance and Leeya!

Day Three Hundred and Two- "What's my name?....Dug"

Today we hung out at the Bell's house for the day. I was so nice to see all of them and play with Easton and Brooklyn. Here are some adorable pictures and videos of the kids....
Doug told me could get Easton to say his name by the end of the trip...2 min later we have this


Easton says Bball in reference to basketball...here he is watching basketball with Doug.





This picture is my favorite of these two


Papa telling Brooklyn about the nest
Isn't she a cutie?

That night Lori got asked to Prom twice with in 45 min. The first guy called and asked and so Lori said yes. Lindsey, Lori, and I went out for some frozen yogurt and when we got back this is what we found out side...(Poor guy was only 45 min too late)

Getting frozen yogurt

Day Three Hundred and One-Santa Barbara

To start off this post I have to tell you that Doug is allergic to anything with down feathers in it. The couch at my house is all down. So while Doug and I stay at my house my parents bring in a chair from the living room for Doug to sit on. This morning when we went down stairs my dad had the chair out for Doug and even put a sign on it for him...

My mom wanted to have fresh strawberries with our breakfast so we went to the farmers market in down town Oxnard and got some strawberries that were picked that morning. They were the best strawberries I've had. Nothing compares to Oxnard strawberries. For breakfast my mom made us chorizo and eggs, my favorite. My mom had also my some really spicy salsa for me. I'm the only one that really eats it. I like to drench my food in salsa. My dad likes to say I put salsa on my salsa.



Today we headed up to Santa Barbara for the day. Our first stop was Dad Bell's Nursery. It was nice to finally see where he works. The flowers he grows are all so beautiful. There is a lot more work that goes into growing plants than I thought. I have a lot more respect for what he does now. Here are a few pictures from the nursery...


Look at his cute nest with an egg in it. Dad Bell said he was going to take it home for Brooklyn


After the nursery we went to State Street in Santa Barbara to walk around. My parents bought us some delicious Thrifty's ice cream, I got chocolate malted crunch of course. My mom bought me a few new things at Forever 21 and now I have some cute new outfits, Thanks mom. A trip to California would not be complete with out going to the beach, so we headed to the beach to touch some sand and walk on the pier. It was a beautiful day out, not to hot and not to cold. We couldn't have asked for a better day in Santa Barbara.
Doug wasn't all too thrilled to be taking pictures
Beautiful California

My cute parents



When we got home my mom made us some carnitas for dinner. I was in absolute heaven once again. Mexican food+Salsa= A happy Ashley