Snowboarding!

One of our favorite things to do is snowboard. We were able to go to Utah, Mammoth, and Tahoe this year. Here are some of our favorite pictures!

Backpacking Trip!

Ok, so we definately took a backpacking trip in the Sierras. I know, most of you know that I never liked hiking when my parents used to make me go, like, every weekend. But this trip was really cool. We went with our good friends the Bodies' and we were gone for 4 days, i think.
The first day we hiked back in to Emerald Lake. It was beautiful! We set up camp there. Our plan was to hike out the next day up to Pear & Moose Lake, but Ryan got elevation sickness and was barfing all night, so we decided to keep camp at Emerald Lake. It rained on us one night, which I am a big fan of. I love hearing the rain coming down on our tent at night. We played alot of cards, went fishing and swimming in the lake, hiked up to Moose Lake one day. It was amazing. So quiet and peaceful.

Jonah Liv Haack was born on August 10th, 2006. We delivered him at Hoag Hospital, which was amazing since we had an ocean view from our private room! And pair that up with the epideral, everything was smooth sailing! Woo hoo!

Honeymoon!

Costa Rica was awesome! Although I had a bit of an adjustment period to the whole, "married" concept, we had so much fun! We went to the beach every day, drove up to the live volcano, swam in the hot springs, rode ATV's, and searched for monkeys.

Here is one of the resorts where we stayed. It was amazing!

We Got Married!

October 24th, 2004

Our wedding was amazing! We danced all night, then went off to the St. Regis! The next day we were up early to catch our flight to Costa Rica for 8 days. We couldn't have asked for a better wedding!

The Proposal!

Our engagement day was the coolest thing I could have ever asked for. We always went snowboarding every Thursday and this particular Thursday was not really different, other than none of our friends could go with us this day and that when Ryan came to pick me up he gave me a beautiful red rose. Still, I was completely clueless. So we get to the mountain gear up and get in line. I remember two of the park employees cutting us in line and I was thinking, "that's weird, why do they need to cut us? There is no one in line!". So we are on the lift on the way up to the top of the mountain. About halfway up Ryan asks to pray for us. So we pray.
As we reach the top of the mountain I saw some people at the top holding a sign, but couldn't make out what it said. I was thinking that it was something saying "Welcome" and that the mountain was just really excited that it had snowed so much the week before. As our chair lift got closer to the top, I could see that about 20 people were at the top holding a sign that said, "Will you marry me?". I just sat there, and said to myself, "don't do anything stupid, it's for the girl behind you."
As I stood up and rode toward the sign, I could start to make out the people holding the sign were my friends. As I turned to look at Ryan, he had unzipped his jacket to reveal his white shirt and tie, and there were rose petals all over the ground. He pulled out the beautiful ring and asked, "Will you marry me?" and i'm pretty sure he said some other things. I just stood there staring at him until a group of park employees yelled out, "Is that a yes?" I was crying yes, and so happy!
All of our friends crowded around us and hugged and congratulated us, and then we spend the day snowboarding with everyone we loved. It was the best proposal in the whole world.