Dear Life ...

Remember that wonderful weekend we went to Logan for Grandpa Gerber's funeral? How amazing it was and how it made me reaffirm to live a better life? Ah that was a great weekend. Family pictures, bear lake, eating, bear lake, visiting family, bear lake, swimming ... oh did I mention Bear Lake? It really was a perfect weekend.

that is ...

until I realized I could not find my purse. Of course the entire family search high and low. Of course I filled a out a police report - because hey, why not right?

Still, I'm purse-less and feel really dumb. Funny how I will laugh about this in a year or so, but for right now, I'm just super sad. Not freaking out though. I owe that to lots of prayers for comfort.

So life it's been pretty crazy since we got back. Good appointments, bad appointments. Getting so car sick that I stayed out in the car while Tyson did a KT.

So life keep coming. We are so blessed and we will continue to be blessed. Thanks for all the ups and downs and little lessons you teach us.

Love,

Martha

To Utah Again We Go

Wow, it seems like the last month we have had tons of Utah visit and now we will be headed down there for the 2nd time in three weeks.

Grandpa Gerber passed away Tuesday 8/10. It was a sad day for the entire Gerber generation. This man was amazing, I mean AMAZING. We are headed down tonight for the viewing tomorrow and funeral on Saturday.

As with every trip I try to make the conditions perfect. The house will be spotless when we leave the state. I will have meals ready so when we get home Monday, we won't be tempted to go out and eat. We are all packed, Tyson is getting his oil changed and we are excited to see Chenille and Straton.

Tyson and I spent a good long time talking in bed Tuesday night. It was dark, quite and the spirit testified of eternal families. I'm so grateful for eternal families.

At the end of the day, month, year ... heck life! The only thing that will really matter is the example, love and belief you left with people. Grandpa Gerber always told us to live below your means, save, don't have debt. Now Tyson and I are living exactly what he has been preaching and although we feel this is the way we will live F.O.R.E.V.E.R - it's just temporary. We won't always be like this. We will reach financial independance and continue the great Gerber name.

Whats in the name...

We hit the temple yesterday - a warm summer day, temple grounds, and lots of sunlight. It was great. We decided to have dinner at the temple cafeteria.

We got there at 7pm and quickly smelled the food. After asking a million questions on how to pay, what to eat, how to order - you would think it would not be that hard?

We decided to share a steak sandwich. It was really good. Two funny things happened:

1. The cafeteria worker came and asked if we wanted some free food - a benefit of having a husband that looks like he is on the verge of anorexia. Wife is nice and plump and they probably think I starve him. Anyway, moving on.

2. After we finished we stood to tell the worker thank you and found out her husband is from Logan. He came to the front and he confirmed he knew the Gerber name. In fact, he knew Tyson's dad! We talked about Gaylan growing up and so forth.

The coolest part was when he asked "so does Gaylan own all of Logan right now". It was a joke that I always say that Gaylan owns half of Logan. The point is that the Gerber name has a lot of assumptions, such as success. Grandpa Gerber, Gaylan Gerber ...they all reached great success through hard work, dedication and determination. Tyson has a lot to follow. I felt really proud to be a Gerber and also a huge sense of need to carry on the name with such respect.

We also got the chance to hang out with Nyla this week. She and Dave were in town doing a church youth project. They retired and ever since they have spent most of the year doing service - Habitat for Humanity, New Orleans, church groups. They are an amazing example to us. We hit Quadoba for lunch and the Cheesecake Factory for Dinner. They were so generous. Thank you Nyla!

Utah Trip

My super quick trip to Utah was fantastic. Maybe it was the spontaneity of it all, but I felt tons more at home this time than last time when we went back for the May big event. Melissa and I left around 11 am, arrived at 8 pm. Julio took me out to dinner and Martin took my mom out. It was so sweet. We talked alot about dating, girls, the right way and wrong way to do things. I have to admit I came down on Martin pretty harshly. I feel like when I can pin him down that I need to input as much Gospel advice as I can.

After dinner at the Training Table, mom took us out to ice-cream at Artic Circle. We walked in the warm summer night and talked about how we were all really "grown up" but at the same time, still the same as we were 10 years ago.

Julio and I stayed up past midnight talking girls, Gospel, futures, being good with money ... you name it. I see Julio grow in so many areas. I'm so pleased!

I woke up at 8 am, got ready and met Melissa at 10 am. We were on the road. We got to Denver at 6 pm.

16 hours of driving in one 24 period. Yeah we are crazy. The funniest part was when I needed to go the potty and we stopped at a rest stop. Well the rest stop were NOT regular toilets. They were holes. I refused to go in holes. Literally I ran out of the bathroom into bushes. Melissa said I was freak. I don't blame her.

I came home and was so happy to just be with Ty. Tomorrow I head to girls camp. I'm excited for the experience and for it to be done :)

Our 3yr Anniversary

Three Years Ago Today...

I woke up early.

I felt like a pricess because I got my hair done.

I was surrounded by all my favorite people.

I felt pure.

I stayed at the Grand America.

I took so many fun pictures.

I acomplished a lifelong goal.

I arrived 30 minutes late to the temple.

I cried when I saw my grandma in the sealing room.

I almost grabbed the wrong veil out of the temple.

I ate amazing food.

I danced and danced and danced.

I walked down a cool isle.

I heard Chenille sing a gorgeous remix of "in my daughters eyes".

I had a row of sparklers lead me to our car.

I made a promised.

I married my best friend.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY LOVE. TODAY LIFE IS SO MUCH SWEETER BECAUSE I SHARE IT WITH YOU.

Grilling Stories

We want a grill. Really bad.

After a missed opportunity to get a grill last weekend, Tyson has been obsessed with finding a free one. This afternoon he was looking at Craiglist and saw that was free and would be left in on the front of the house. Tyson jumped at the chance. We hoped in the car and drove and hour to Littleton.

The sad news is that it was taken by someone else just minutes before we got there! Boo!

The search continues. The entire hour ride back we were kicking ourselves for not getting a grill last weekend when we had the chance. oh well you live and learn.

This weekend I had really bad cramps. So bad in fact, that I came home after sacrament. I never do that, but man this time I was out of the count. Tyson still won't let me take pain pills because he really thinks I will get addicted. So i'm suffering the pain all natural . He better not do this whenever we do end up getting prego.

This next weekend I am driving to Utah for quick trip with Melissa. My goal is to actually see my family, although it will be quick.

Debbie & Gaylan

Debbie & Gaylan made a surprise visit to us this past weekend. It. Was. Awesome!

I will post specifics later but the cool outting included:

Pear Street
16th Street Mall
Dave & Busters
Battle of the Bases
Lots of prairie dog watching
BBQ with cute summer lights
Lunch and tour of Google
Lots of chatting

It was so fun to have them here. Tyson dropped them off at the airport this morning at 5 am and were deppresed the entire day missing them :)

Boating

July 10th we hit Chatfield Lake with the Scottorn Baseshop. We had a competition the month before and lost :( This meant we had to clean and cook the food. We got there right at 9 am and had to wait for last minute things - still we were able to ride in the boat for a good hour and half before we had to cook.

The menu included hamburgers hot dogs, salads, chips, frog eye salad, home made rolls and drinks. It was delish!






The weirdest was the freak 20 minute storm that hit the lake around 2 pm. We all huddled around the tree and tried to cover the food. The scariest part was when Jon tried to dock the boat and the wind was SO bad that it actually started carrying the boat back up to the lake. Tyson and Melissa ran straight to the beach and Tyson stayed with Jon in the boat until the storm passed.






Tyson and I stayed until 4 pm and then headed home for an appointment. We got home and immediately crashed! We took a two hour nap - and we were still exhausted.



Overall we really did have a blast though. Nothing beats a good day at the lake :)

Car Accident

Tyson pushed me out of a moving vehicle. Accidentally of course, but he did push me out of a moving vehicle.

After work I got this massive need to make sure both of our cars were really clean. Maybe it was the fact that I cleaned my car six months ago or that Ty's parents are coming to visit us this weekend. Probably both. I used the sites handy dandy Golf Cart to bring the shop vac over to our apartment and clean my cars. After all the work was done we loaded the stuff back into the cart front seat and I took the back seat with the garbage.

Then Tyson proclaims that outside forces took over because he "swears" that he just slightly stepped on the gas and BAM - the cart accelerated forward at lightning speed and I was thrown off and landed on the pavement.

Yes you heard right - Tyson stepped on the gas and I flew off the cart.

He felt horrible. Good. I was embarrassed and just plain pissed. Did he really just do that? We laughed/talked/argued about it for the next 20 minutes. I guess it will just be part of the crazy adventures of being married to Tyson.

oh yea, my elbow hurts. It got all bruised - when it battled the freaking pavement.