Wool, Beach, Lagoon

Iceland is known for it's hand-crafted wool items, and we saw no shortage of them- here is a modern and not so modern spindle.

THE wool brand to wear- you'd be amazed at how much wool these people actually wear- but I guess it is cold enough.

The goods and the maker of the goods. Cute little ladies just knitting away all winter.

Dritvik-Djupalonssandur (try and say that) beach. All the beaches are black because they are all lava beaches.

It had orange seaweed- I've never even heard of that before! Very pretty with the black beach though.

This part of the island is one of the most uninhabited- can you tell?

Traditional grass house in the very small fishing village of Sjomannagardur

The Blue Lagoon- probably Icelands biggest attraction, the Blue Lagoon is a geothermic spa that has been made into a kind of resort. The water is attributed with miraculous healing powers. The with silica-based mud is used to treat all kinds of skin ailments. They have buckets of it on the sides of the lagoon to put on your face. It was soooo beautiful and felt wonderful. Definitely worth seeing.

Futbol!

So, it is our last day in Iceland and we are walking in downtown Reykjavik, and we start seeing these orange people. First a few, then a few more, then they were everywhere! We come to find out that it was a World Cup Qualifiying match- Iceland versus Holland! The people were so in to it- check some of the Holland fans out. So Sarah and I got tickets and joined in the fun.

We wondered if their wives made the outfits- that would be an interesting conversation.

We fit right in.

Great game- a dream come true to be at a European soccer match. The crowd was more fun to watch than the teams. It was great.

What a way to end the trip!

"Graduation"

So I say "graduation" because technically I graduated with my Bachelor's in December, and Rick will finish his Master's in June- but we got to go through the pomp and circumstance, and walk across a stage with funny robes.

We did get to walk together, which was pretty awesome. It definitely was symbolic of the last several years where we've been working hard to get each other through school.

Rick's advisor, Dr. Lin, came and hooded Rick (snazzy robes, huh?)

It was a beautiful overcast day, with the flowers in bloom- time for photos!

Rick's Family

My neice, Hannah, was very excited for us- she is 4 and said that she is going to graduate from BYU someday. When I asked her what she wants to study, she said cheerleading :D

Lisa's Family

The proud parents

Rick's cool hood- very dignified...

...until Rick thought he looked like a wizard with it on his head.

Me and my Mom- the two BYU College of Nursing Alumni's

The King and I

Rick and I got to go and see a living legend- B.B. King. He is the King of Blues, has done so much for American music, and is considered by many to be the greatest living guitarist in the world. He was amazing and very hilarious. I can just hope to be like that when I am 83.

Probably the most famous guitar in the world- Lucille.

Easter Times!

We got an unexpected few days off of work and decided to go get some sun in CA for Easter. We had a great time painting eggs and seeeing everyone. Here is our egg dying event. Jaden was very impressed with Rick's abilities.

Grandma Jennie's 91st Easter :)

As we were sitting around, my mom thought went and found her and my grandma's old nursing hats (with one extra for me)- so here is our 3 generations of nurses in the family. Too bad we don't get to wear the hats anymore, huh?

Jaden was a very good little prop child.

We had the traditional easter egg hunt in the backyard. Little Olivia is getting so big!

Jaden was not very keen to share though- he had to find all the eggs himself.

Grandma Bunny

Awww, what a happy little family.

We went with Heidi and Jaden down to Santa Monica to visit Matt. We took a walk down Venice Beach to see all the crazy people- eventually we decided to walk along the ocean though :)