a triple adventure

this last weekend we celebrated dallin's birthday, valentine's day, and the anniversary of when dallin proposed. dallin surprised me by taking me to stay in a castle! we stayed at the castle creek inn bed & breakfast. that night we ate dinner at EPIC and it was delicious! and the next morning, we were served an amazing gormet breakfast. it was a very fun weekend to celebrate lots of awesome things!

just some regular adventures

i've been waiting until i had something exciting to post about, but that just isn't happening, so i figured i'd just give a quick update on what is going on with us. school is going really well for dallin, he is working so hard and getting good grades as a result. he is also working everyday in the afternoon and then does homework. he works so hard and it's so nice to have him around.

since i've been working in murray, it has been fun to come home on my lunch break to eat with dallin. it's a nice way to break up the work day and to spend some extra time with my hubby!

we've had a lot of fun the past month doing lots of different things. we've been climbing of course. we hung out with dal's cousin nate and had a great time, and kati came up and spent the night at our house and watched us sing in church the next day.

my mom taught me how to make some adorbable baby blankets. i have lots of friends having baby's so i figured this would be a fun thing to learn and it's turning out really well! i can't wait to start on the next one. it's green with little frogs. i'm all pinked out for now...

we've been watching lots of foreign films thanks to our new source of free movie rentals (the library!) and our favorite so far has been a japanese movie called departures. seriously, everyone should watch it. check your library, netflix it, whatever you need to, this is great.

we've spent time getting to know our neighbors. tyler and casey live just below us and they invited us over for FHE last week, we played some fun games and just had a fun time hanging out. casey is my visiting teacher, and i've really just had a great time getting to know her. she is one of those people that is just really easy to talk to and they are both just fun to be around.

we have a new favorite cookie recipe! dallin found this recipe for white chocolate and cranberry oatmeal cookies. they are SO delicious. we made about 4 dozen this past sunday, we gave about two dozen away, but i'm pretty sure we just ate the rest, they are so good! on the website, the tag line below the recipe is that these are quick and healthy cookies. quick, yes. health, i'm not so sure. i mean, they do have craisins and oats in them, but then they have about 2 cups of sugar and a cup of butter too, so i'm not really sure they are really benefiting our waistlines much :)

so dallin and i bought some new cereal (wait for it, wait for it friends, this story has a point. we aren't desperate enough to start blogging about grocery shopping, yet...) anyway, just check out the picture of this corn flake. no that is not a miniature triscuit, it's just a giant flake! yeah, i can see the shock on your faces now. we are officially the coolest people for capturing the world's largest corn flake in a picture at our own apartment. soak in the beauty. you're jealous, i know. it's okay.

look at my new name tag!

for those of you who don't know, i recently became the store manager for Standard Optical in Murray! it's been a really fun adventure so far!

The things I loved about our trip to Arizona.

It has been a long time since my last post. That is why I'm going to feed our fans some juicy details of our trip to AZ. Warning some of this material is not suitable for children. :)

- Kissing Becki in the airport

- Kissing Becki in the airplane

- Kissing Becki flying over the Grand Canyon

- Kissing Becki when we landed in Phoenix

- The warm wonderful weather of Arizona in the winter time. Yes, it was 70 degrees

everyday.... And yes it was wonderful.... And yes, we wish we could have stayed longer.

- Seeing my brother Ammon and his wife Jes an

d their wonderful little girl Emma. She is so cute!

- Walking around with no jacket or sweater because it was too hot in

January to wear one.

- Going on walks with everyone.

- Hearing the words :"kucky" and "dadu" from Emma every ten seconds.

- Going to the movies with Ammon

- Going to the Phoenix Art Museum

- Hiking part of Camel Back

Mountain

-Going swimming and hot tubbing outside

- Laying on the grass reading a book

- Cooking food for everyone and having food cooked for us. Thanks Jes!

- Becki got to can chicken meat with Jes, some good girl bonding time. Nice!

- Kissing Becki flying home and holding her hand while she rests

- The best part was spending time with my wonderful wife and best friend Becki. I love you babe! Thanks for making this an adventure!

There is nothing in the world like going on an adventure with the people you love. And if you haven't done something lately we would recommend going to Arizona in the winter. Like they say Arizona is for lovers!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the Barkers!

This year has been a busy year for us! But it’s also been the BEST year too!

Dallin and I started off the year by deciding that we wanted to get married! Well, we’d been talking a lot about getting married up to this point, but hadn’t decided when we wanted to. On January 2, we went to a friend’s wedding at the Salt Lake Temple and decided that we wanted to get married on May 1, 2009! We were so happy and Dallin called the Salt Lake Temple the very next day to make the appointment.

The next few months were a blur of school, working, planning a wedding and not sleeping very much! I don’t know what we would have done without all of the help from our parents! We want to thank them especially for all the hard work and planning to make May 1^st such an amazing day. It went off without a hitch. The ceremony was beautiful and the reception was wonderful! It was so awesome to see so many friends and family that day. Thanks to everyone!

After a week in Park City, Dallin and I began settling into married life. We have spent lots of time laughing. It has been such a blessing to be married to my best friend! We are currently renting an apartment in Murray. We love it here! We spent most of the summer working AND playing. We spent several days and nights rock climbing in Sandy and had fun on camping trips in the Unitas and Ogden Canyon. We fished, we hiked Timp, we went to Zion’s National Park, and enjoyed spending lots of time with our families!

I am currently finishing my last class online through BYU and I’m almost done! Dallin transferred to the University of Utah in August and is really enjoying his first semester there! He is taking 16 credits and staying very busy, but he is doing great. We’ve had some fun as I’ve changed jobs and adjusted to new work environments, but decided that every experience we have can be a learning experience so we’re very happy where we are now.

This Holiday Season, we are reminded of all our wonderful friends and family that have given us so much support. We are so grateful for your generosity, your examples, and your kindness. Thank you for making our lives better! Thank you for sharing your love with us. We hope your holidays will be full of love and laughter.

Love Always,

Dallin & Becki Barker

i love christmas time!

It really is my favorite time of year! Here are a few of my favorite things:

Christmas Trees!

(ours is small, but I LOVE it! thanks mom for letting us use your tree and decorations!)

Christmas Lights!

Christmas Music!

But most of all, I love spending time with my family. Christmas without family isn't Christmas at all. Christmas is about spending time with the people that love us most. Christmas is about love and service and giving. Christmas is about worshiping our Savior who lived and died for us so that we can be resurrected and return to our Heavely Father someday. I'm so grateful that we have such a wonderful time to celebrate the birth of our Savior and to celebrate his life!

my husband loves me!

he helps me look for jobs
he wakes me up when i'm having a bad dream and holds me til i fall asleep again
he doesn't complain when dinner is lame
he tells me that he loves me at least a hundred times a day
he pushes me to be a better person

i sure love him!