Summer Adventures

This summer, Spencer and I went to Bear Lake, Utah with his folks for a Hess family reunion. It was beautiful and I had a great time meeting all of his Aunts and Uncles.

Spencer, Kristin, Laura, Dad, Mom

Kevin left for Antofagasta, Chile earlier this summer. The week before he left, we had a 'Kevin's Leaving Party'. Here are some of the pictures:

Kevin & Dad

Kristin & Kevin

Mom & Kristin

Nikki, Kevin, Stephen & Mom

Updates ...

Unbeknownst to me, I was a co-presenter at a large educational conference in Vancouver a few months ago (AERA). I found out when I saw this poster outside of my profs door. (I did attend meetings where the idea of presenting at this conference was discussed and planned).

I'm still going to school at CU-Denver. I'm still working on my PhD in math education, and am doing really well (despite my fears). I have about five more courses and my dissertation and then I'll be done.

Spencer is planning on finishing his degree in electrical and mechanical engineering. He has almost finished his associates. Hopefully, by the time he's ready to start at a 4-year college, I'll be done with my course work? And then I can work from home to finish the paper and perhaps we can expand our family?

I guess that's about it. We love being close to our families and very much enjoy getting to see them often. We had Spencer's sister and two of my brothers over for dinner this week and have dinner with our families at least once a month. We love it and love being married.

Welcome to Married Life

Welcome to married life. These are the roses Spencer got me, along with a very sweet note, to welcome me to our new life together (the day we got back from our honey moon).

So I have started to explore our neighborhood, and there is a beautiful pond and a trail that goes around it.

 So I have enjoyed jogging here.

 We also have set up our new apartment, tuned our piano, and unpacked all our boxes. It feels like home.

Lastly, we have been helping out at church with the 2-year-olds. So for two hours, once a week, we play with toys, sing songs, teach short lessons about sharing or smiling, and eat snacks with 5 to 10 two year-olds. Today there were ten. We are exhausted. Kudos to all our friends who successfully parent. It is an exhausting and demanding job. But it is rewarding. They are very sweet and loving. Quick to forgive. But still exhausting. 

Kristin Hess

March 17th Spencer and I were married in the Denver Temple. It was beautiful. It was calm. It was a sacred time for us to make eternal promises to each other and with God. I love Spencer and I love being married!

Here are some highlights of the pictures. I have more on facebook.

Some of our friends:

Amy Gore, Diane VandenBerghe, Alessandra Powell, Carol Atwater, Me, Spencer, Ben Coker, Dan Gore (above).

Alessandra, Amy, Me, Carol, Diane (below)

Almost the entire group who was with us at the temple. We're missing a few.

Dad & Mom Hess, Us, Mom & Dad King

Hess family: Back row: Ben Coker, Laura, Sarah, Scott, Julie, Kelsey, Tara, Rugga

Front row: Dad Hess, Mom Hess, Spencer, Me, Grandma Hess, Grandpa Hess

Ben and Spencer (Ben came from Virginia for our wedding)

King Family:

Back row: Stephen, Nikki, Spencer, me, Mom King, Dad King

front row: David, Kevin, Tyler.

PS - Kevin just got his mission call - Antofagasta, Chile, July 11th.  He is so excited!!!

Our quick break from the line and pictures.

Hess Family

Back row: Scott, Ben, Sarah, Dad, Mom, Baby, Laura, Spencer, Kristin, Tara, Baby, Rugga, Tina, Denise, Grandma, Grandpa

Front Row: Scott's sons ...., Julie, Izzy, Kalee, Kelsey, Elena (Adam's), Adam

Br. Jones (married us) & us

Kings:

back row: Karen and Kevin Paul; Wendy, Kalee, Kody Paul; Kelsey Paul, us, Mom, Dad; Jim and Marsha King; Vicky and Kent Perry

Front Row: Mellanie & Zach Paul; Kalen Paul; David, Tyler, Kevin, Nikki & Stephen

Spencer and the missionaries. They said they came for the free food. They also left us a pass along/business card in the card basket offering some free yard work. Unfortunately, we have no yard. lol

The Greeley Crew. Several people came from Greeley. Some left before the picture.

Back row: David & Jaci Berg, Marissa Hinchcliff, Kelcie Emerick (now Malabasa), Carol Atwater, Sarah Zuniga, Kathryn Wisenes, Nicole King, Br Dennison, Bishop Russon, Diane VandenBerghe, Alessandra Powell.

Front row: Jessica Drake, us, Sister Dennison, Sister Russon.

You can also see Sister Marinos' head on the far left holding Brittany's baby Peter, although she's not from Greeley, just a good friend.

High School friends:

Kristin Gibson, me, Brittany Marinos Johnson (who flew in from Utah for our wedding:)

 

Jackie Arthur Demore and her husband Sean. She was one of my roommates in Boulder

The Gore family! Our neighbors and friends ever since I can remember. Dan and Amy flew in for our wedding!

Some pictures of us

Wedding planning is coming along. Christmas break is quickly coming to an end, but we have more pictures:

Shelly took some more pictures of us: http://iamshelbert.blogspot.com/2012/01/engagements.html

and Matt took some for us

March 17 is quickly approaching, but not fast enough ;)