In Loving Memory

Rick Meldon Poole

July 10, 1964 - July 4, 2008

My Uncle Rick unexpectedly passed away on the morning of July 4th. He had been battling cancer since January. We are all very sad to see him go but we know he is not in pain anymore and that he is in a better place. Rick was such a great example to everyone in my family. He was a very humble man and had great faith and a strong testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He loved his family more than anything. His funeral was very peaceful. We were all able to mourn and also celebrate his life. Family came in from all over the country and it was nice to all be together. Elder John C. Dalton , Area Seventy, spoke on the plan of happiness and eternal families. It is so comforting to know that Rick is sealed to his family for time and all eternity. What a great blessing it is to know this. I am so thankful for my temple sealing.

Saturday most of us were able to attend the Newport Beach temple. It was such a wonderful experience to be in the Celestial room with my family.

My first 5k!

On the 4th of July Jeremy, Erin, Becky and I ran the Anaheim Hills firecracker 5k. This was my first race. My goal was to try and stick with Erin, or run it under 30 minutes, and I did. I think my time was somewhere around 28 minutes. I don't usually run for fun. It is something I do to work out because I have to. But this race was actually fun! Maybe because it was the 4th of July and everyone was in a patriotic spirit. When we finished the race they had towels, water, orange slices, banannas, yogurt, etc. That was my favorite part.

Jeremy and I at the finish line. We made it!

Erin, Becky, me and Jeremy. Erin has a 3 month old baby (Eva) and Becky who has two little boys placed 2nd in our age group. They worked it and are my inspiration.

This little seven year old gave Jeremy a run for his money. When they were close to the finish line she could hear Jeremy catching up to her. She then decided to kick it into gear. She said, "I'm not gonna let you beat me!" She and Jeremy raced to the finish line and yes, she beat Jeremy by a step! The crowd was definitely on her side. (Please note she started before Jeremy so he still got a better time than she did.)

Happy 1st Birthday Travis!!

Our Nephew Travis turned 1 on June 9th. Mary and Scott had a nice little party for him at the park here in Fullerton. I can't believe how big he has gotten. We love Travis so much and are so happy we live so close and get to see him a lot.

Look how tiny he used to be. So sweet.

Rockin' R Ranch

I know I have been slacking big time on blogging and I'm sorry. Where has June gone? Anyways, the first weekend in June Jeremy and I went to Rockin' R Ranch for the Murdock Family reunion. Sheri (Jeremy's mom) found this dude ranch in Antimony, Utah and planned the whole thing! It was so much fun!!! Antimony is a very small town of 160 people but it is an incredibly beautiful place. We were able to do tons of things we would never do as the city dwellers we are. My two favorite parts of the trip were the long trail rides on horseback and riding the quads up into the mountains, crossing creeks, and Jeremy almost rolling us both on the 2 seater quad going over a tree log going down a steep hillside! We got to have an adventure every day we were there. I took some pics of the beautiful view.

Down in those trees is where Jeremy almost rolled the quad!

The fam on the hay ride around Antimony.

My hot husband ow!

The beautiful ranch we stayed at.

We were also able to go canoeing, learned how to rope a cow, learned how to shoot a bow and arrow, and had a camp fire. It was definitely an experience I will never forget and I would recommend it to everyone to experience sometime in their life!

Viva Mexico!!!

Jeremy finished his finals on Friday and on Sunday we left on our 7 day cruise to Mexico!!! This was our first cruise so we were both very excited, plus we were able to go with our friends Tyler and Blair (Jeremy was companions with Tyler in the MTC and they both served in Paraguay). They were a blast to vacation with and we'll have to do something again with them!(*THANKS guys for such a great trip!*) The ship made three stops: in Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta. The weather was nice and hot the whole time with exception of a few cold/windy days at sea. Here we are leaving the ship to go to Cabo.

Cabo's beaches were so beautiful! We took a glass bottom water taxi around the coast to look at all the rock formations. The picture above is Los Arcos.

There wasn't much to do in Mazatlan so we just walked along the beach and found a really nice resort to eat lunch at and use their sweet pool. After lunch we toured the city and Jeremy got to use his spanish quite a bit.

Puerta Vallarta was by far our favorite stop. It was beautiful!! Unfortunately we were not able to get any pics because the excursion we went on did not allow cameras. Bummer. Our excursion was an adventure tour in the jungle. We started out by taking a boat out to a private beach. Then we all piled in the back of a truck and took a ride up into the mountains. This ride seriously reminded me of the Indiana Jones ride. It was so rough (but it lasted way longer than the ride at Dland). Anyway, then we all get out and were each given a mule we had to ride up a steep, narrow trail that took about 40 mins to get up to the top. Finally when we got to the top of the trail we got off the donkeys and hiked up a super steep trail. This was fun but I was glad I had been working out or I might not have made it. Luckily there was gatorade at the top for us to take a quick gulp. Then it was time for zip lining! We did about 15 different ziplines on this excursion. We were about 200 feet above the jungle and were able to look out at the mountains. some were ziplines that landed into pools from the river. It was so beautiful! I wasn't scared at all. We also went repelling down a couple waterfalls and other cliffs. There were a couple of times we had to do a free fall jump off the side of the mountain. It was so much fun I can't even explain it. It was such a thrill, they just tell us to jump off the edge and trust the ropes and so we would freefall before being slowed down for the landing... At the end of the excursion we had to cross some bridges made of roap which of course the guys had a fun time trying to shake us off. Then we hiked back down to the camp. It was so beautiful hiking through the jungle. We didn't get any pics because they were charging $17 for one pic!!!! I hate that. At least we will have the memories. I reccommend this excursion to everyone. It is definintely worth every penny!

Then of course there was dinner. It was so much fun to get dressed up and eat all the foods we could never afford, or want to try before.

Enjoying the sunset before dinner.


We had so much fun with our friends Tyler and Blair. This is us leaving the ship and going back to reality.

cèfiore

Jeremy knows how much I love Ice Cream/Frozen yougert, so he found an add for a new frozen yogurt place in Fullerton. It's called Cèfiore Italian Frozen yogurt. This past weekend he took me to down town Fullerton for dessert. It was soooooo good! It's not bitter at all like some frozen yogurts are. For all you frozen yogurt lovers out their it is a MUST-TRY!! It's off of Harbor and Commonwealth if you want to try it out. I got the original yogurt with strawberries, kiwi, and blackberries! mmm....