North Rim CLOSED until May 15th

Just wanted to make sure that you all received the memo which the Putnams and the Rules did not. (I love how I say, "you all," as if people really read this...) But all the same...Spring Break started out for us with an exciting drive down to Mesquite with our good friends the Rule's. The plan was to spend a day by the pool in Mesquite, followed by a day trip to the Grand Canyon, and then one more day by the pool before returning back to the 20 inches of snow which Logan received while we were gone! Strike one: the first day by the pool wasn't by the pool at all due to the fact that there were record winds in the valley. Strike two: (see next picture)

I entered the nearest camping lodge and after being asked, "Hi, what can I do for you?" I responded, "Yeah what can you tell me about this, 'Closed for the Winter,' business?" Apparently the North Rim of the Grand Canyon is closed until May 15th due to the fact that it is under roughly 15 feet of snow throughout the winter months - true story! But don't worry, the Putnams and the Rules - undeterred by this closed crap pressed forward and drove the additional 3 hours to reach the South Rim of the canyon.

After enjoying our time and the more than Grand Canyon (south rim) it was then time to drive the six hours through the Arizona backwoods to return to Mesquite. Strike three: the trip took 7 1/2 hours rather than six and completed our day of 13 1/2 hours in the car.

But you know what - we had a great time! We love our dear friends the Rules and had such a blast throughout all of the change of plans. When it was all said and done it made for great memories and we enjoyed our break more than we ever could have imagined!

Utah State Hey Aggies All the Way...

Well the week before spring break we enjoyed a fun basketball game against Hawaii - the last at home and the WAC regular season title clencher...followed by a great tournament in Reno which we swept as well as a first round NCAA game against Marquette in which the boys played their hearts out. So so proud of those Aggies and want to thank them for a great season. In fact, when we see them on campus, pretty sure we will...

Stick it to the man

So I don't even know what to consider "blog-worthy," but I would say that the 12 hours Alex spent at the, "Determination Station," is definitely worth mentioning. ASUSU had this big glass prism that they put in iPod Touch inside. The contest was this - you had to keep one hand on the prism at all times, and the last person to take their hand off of the prism wins the ipod. No potty breaks, no resting, straight standing. Well Alex, the wonderfully competitive person that he is, heard about it and wanted to join. I knew it was going to start at 10:30 but wasn't sure if he was going to go through with it or not - seeing how he had 4 classes that day that he would have to miss. The text I received at 10:30 said, "it's on."

Started with about 14 people, but 12 hours after this whole thing started it was Alex and 2 others. We were pretty sure that he had it in the bag. What was Whitney doing while Alex was holding on you ask? (See next picture...Happy as a clam...)

But you know what, due to the fact that they weren't exactly planning on people holding on for that long (11 hours), people started getting creative - i.e. rules started getting made up. "Hold your arms in the air," they said, "the first one to drop is out and gets the gag prize." Gag prize? They've stayed for this long and you even have a gag prize???

Well as you can imagine that arm thing got old fast, the other two were allies against Al anyway, and they all called him out. Getting out of there involved a heated discussion with the kid in charge while Whitney's pulling on Alex's arm and saying things like, "nothing to see here folks, nothing to see..." Once they said all that Al won for 12 hours of standing was a case of shaving cream, his response was, "damn shaving cream?" "Yeah, damn shaving cream, I'll even give you two cases," said the boy in charge. Those of you that go to USU are familiar with the shaving cream we're speaking of - it the stuff they hand out by the butt-load for free at the beginning of the year.

Just so you know, we didn't pick up the shaving cream. We're sending 'em a message. Love and support ASUSU...not so happy about the shaving cream incident.

The Big Day

Here's just a quick overview of the big day and events surrounding. Synopsis: Logan Temple, rained all morning, snagged Wendy's afterwards, receptions at Eaglewood Golf Course in Bountiful and Falcon Ridge in Mesquite, Honeymoon in sunny CA, love and appreciate our families, more than we could have ever asked for...

Blogging Debut...

Well as if it hasn't taken us long enough...here we are, Alex and Whitney Putnam, making our big blogging debut! Happy to be married on June 6th, 2008, the first 10 months have been full of surprises, adventures, homework, and fun.