Pictures of What We've Been "UP TO"..

Collin and I went on a "mini" vacation to the Washington Coast Beach a little while ago. (Don't ask me when, because I honestly do not remember...) When we were up there we tried to go on a hiking trail that goes around part of the peninsula that we were on. Needless to say, it was swamped.... so Collin and I try to press on and get to the other side. This is where Collin decided to take a few pictures of me, and as the whole world can see now... I am NOT an "outdoorsy" person. It was horrible! My feet were soaked, there were mosquitos everywhere, and then once we finally go to the other side.... there was more swampy parts! So we had to go back through it again! Ugh...

Other parts of the beach were amazing. We flew a kite (after we broke 3 of them... that's another story). We drove on the beach for miles and we played in the ocean just a tiny bit. That water is darn cold! Then after it was all said and done... we came home... to relax from our vacation!

Hopefully you guys enjoys these photos... I will try to post more as more fun pictures of us come up! We love you guys!

Joy and Collin

Life

Ok, to all those who are even interested in the life of the Winks Family. I am finally doing another post. I hope to someday do this with some regularity. But until our lives are regular... I don't think that that is possible right now.

Collin and I graduated in April from BYU-I. Well... technically I graduated and Collin still has an internship to do. So that's what we've been waiting around to do. Boys Scout Camp starts around June 1st. Until then Collin and I have been in the Tri-Cities with our families. We've been trying to be productive, but I must say... It's a lot harder when you don't have a place of your own and a list of things to do. (In many ways I've been going CRAZY!)

We stayed with Collin's family first and now we are staying with my family. Isn't it so interesting how night and day families can be? I sometimes have a hard time with Collin's family, but he feels the same way about mine too. We both love each other's families, but it's hard to be living with them for extended periods of time. We love what they are doing for us, and are so grateful that they can be here for us in our lives, but we truly miss having our "own" space.

Other than all this -exciting- stuff... it's been kinda slow. I am going to post pictures later of some things that we've done, but they are all on the IPhone and Collin has it... so I promise to post them later. You guys can see how "beautiful" we've both become.

We love you guys... or whoever is reading this.

Happy Birthday Joshua!

We just wanted to wish our little boy a Happy 1 year Birthday. And we want to say thanks to all those people who thought of us on this day. We miss our little one, but we know he is in a better place. I wanted to include some pictures so you guys could see what we did. But we had an amazing friend (Lacey Asher) bake us a cake. She was such a sweetie to offer to do so, and when she brought it we were absolutely amazed. So we wanted to share it all with you guys!

The statue on the cake is what we wanted to do for every year type of thing. That way the future kids will know that it's Joshua's birthday. Our parents sent us those lovely flowers that we'll be enjoying for a few days now. We just are so thankful for the people who thought of us on this day. Thank you!

We love you guys! 

Jackson Hole and Teton National Park

Collin and I went to Jackson Hole and National Park on August 1st 2009. It was kind of a spur of the moment thing, but at the same time not. If that makes sense?

I finally was able to get some pictures on here of that trip. I hope you guys enjoy seeing us make fools of ourselves. But the trip in total was beautiful. 

I forgot, there is also a giant spud on a truck on the way there. So I included those pictures as well, because we thought it was unique we just had to get a picture of it. 

The picture of us in front of the elk antlers is in Jackson Hole.

Our First Blog

Ok, due to peer pressure from friends, Collin and I now have blog. This is my first BLOG!! AHHH... anywho.. since I have absolutely no idea what it is that i'm doing... the page looks pretty blank right now. Don't worry... i'll fix it soon... We love you guys!!

Can't wait to hear from you all!

Collin and Joy