Sunday, November 7, 2010

Peek- A- Boo

Halloween weekend was fantastic! Lots of candy and doughnuts, woo! We went to our ward activity dressed up, Brad was a Baller, and I was a football player. We carved a lot of pumpkins! The Bishop of our ward brought a TON of pumpkins and gave them all away for free!! So we took four of them to carve. :) We stayed up super late working on them.
Brad's are the one's on the ends, lots of detail and intricate carving! Mine were simple and cute :) We don't have pumpkin knives so we used our kitchen knives, which were bigger than normal this made it a little difficult.
Maegan and Jeff from our ward came over and we made caramel apples, which were DeLiCiOuS!
We also made ghosts with them.
The weekend was so much fun, we played lots of games and got to hang with friends. I also participated in the primary program on Sunday. The primary in our ward has one kid, so they asked the ward to join in the choir. I love primary songs so I was more than willing to join. I also decided that I would buy decorations after the season was over. So I went out this weekend and got a few cute decorations for halloween all half off! Can't wait for next year! :)

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

I Wanna Be a Cowboy Baby

One wonderful Sunday we went out to this Shooting range place that is decorated like an old Western Themed town. I'd been there once before, but wanted to see it again, so we went and explored EVERYTHING! Any door unlocked, any box that would open, anything we could touch was explored. One of the buildings had western dresses in it, I wanted to bust open the window and put on a dress and go play in the town with my cowboy on all the different features of the town. This blog will be heavily populated with pictures because I love them and want to share some of the little details.
The Caboose

The horsey that would actually move about a foot. We wanted to break the chain so the horse could roll down the track!

Brad fulfilling his dream of being Jim Craig, Man From Snowy River


Brad is much more creative than I am

Prison cellar

The post office had fake letters too!!


Inside the Mercantile shop

Two of the buildings and what the scenery looked likeIt was really nice visiting and playing cowboy/cowgirl, but we decided we like the city life better.

Cave Falls

Oh, Beautiful Fall!! Full of orange, yellow, and reds! This fall has been SO warm compared to normal Fall's here in Rexburg, I am so grateful!! It seems like October came and went so fast, but at the same time it seems like October was so long. Were glad it's now November, only 3 weeks till Thanksgiving! and Seven weeks till were home for Christmas!! YAY!
One of my favorite fall meals is Creamy Potato soup in Bread bowls. Broulim's had these cute pumpkin bread bowls when I went, I was so excited! :D They were so cute.
Brad and I went out to Cave Falls. We loved the dirt road drive out there in the truck, loved seeing the fall trees and we ran into some cows! Just minding their own business walking in the middle of the road.

We took a lot of goofy pictures with the little waterfall, threw lots of rocks into the river, and balanced on the log. We're Pro's. haha. It was a nice fall day get away! :)

Monday, October 18, 2010

!Apartamento!

We had Nellie and Noelle over for dinner on Thursday so I finally got the apartment cleaned up to tip top shape! :) In Spanish class we just learned how to say the rooms of the house, so I will say them in spanish para practicar.
La Cocina= Kitchen

El Comedor= Dining room, con las flores de Bradley para nuestros siete meses! :D ay yi yi!!
La Sala= Living room
Minor detail you couldn't see, but I LOVE!With some of my sea shells from Florida!

La Alcoba= Bedroom, this is the most plain room, this and 2 plastic dressers on the floor! :) woo!
El Bano= The BathroomMinor detail: I love W's now! So much prettier to sign my name with a "W" than an "I." Try writing an "I" in cursive, it's almost impossible to try and make it look decent.

Our view in the mornings
The table set:
We are so blessed to have received such wonderful wedding gifts to make such a wonderful apartment! Thank you to all!

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Highs and Lows

Our car must have something against us, we just get so unlucky. Driving down to utah for conference, we had just passed Salt Lake and accidently got in a fender bender. The car in front of us slammed on their brakes, but that didn't give us enough time to stop our car, so boom. We were lucky my cousin Dave stopped to help us tie some things down and we were able to drive it all weekend. We are so blessed that no one was injured, and both cars weren't severely damaged, maybe ours classifies as severe, since it's now in the shop for a week! BUT we got a sweet new ride in the mean time. :)
Yes, I got Bradley a TRUCK!!! They offered us an Impala, but I figured since we hit an Impala we didn't have good luck with them. I have LOVED driving this big thing, and I know Brad has also. :) Conference was a blast, I got to see lots of my extended family, and we had Plaza seats at a session!
This was the closest I had been and it was Awesome!! Loved the whole weekend! After Priesthood session Saturday night, we got together with a bunch of Brad's friends from Arizona!! There was Jordan, Madison, Dallin, Max, Sean, Ben, Joey, Nick, and Mark. We had SO MUCH FUN!! These boys are so HILARIOUS!! We stayed up till about 3 playing games, watching old homemade movies, talking about the ridiculous things they did growing up... laughing, laughing, laughing. It was sad to see everyone depart, but that just gets us more excited for when everyone can meet up again.
At conference on Sunday the cutest boy there (besides Bradley) was this little guy.Haha, he was so stinking cute, he reminded me of the grinch as a baby. He was playing in the fountain splashing anyone close to him, laying his legs on the ledge. He was quiet entertaining. :) Idaho is swell. Our church calling is the Physical Facility Representatives, i.e.- we clean the church. :) This also means we get the key to go play basketball and piano! Hoorah! We only have to clean every 3rd month, so it's not a big deal. Our apartment is almost put away, I just need to clean it to finally take some pictures, so my bad!

Sunday, September 26, 2010

To Infinity and Beyond

Well to catch up now, right before we left Arkansas Brad celebrated his 23rd Birthday!! :D HaPpY bIrTdAy BrAdLeY!! I think he had a good birthday; we celebrated the day before we left since we'd be driving all day, then on his actually birthday we celebrated a little with his sister Nicole, then when we arrived in Colorado and his mom had a little birthday celebration with the entire family. Ain't he lucky!!!Itinerary after leaving Arkansas: September 1st
  1. Wake up at 3:30, to leave
  2. Independence Missouri
  3. Liberty Jail
  4. Far West
  5. Adam-ondi-Ahman
  6. Nebraska by Dinner time w/ Nicole and Jon

September 2nd

  1. Celebrate Brad's birthday
  2. Lazy day hanging out
  3. Nebraska Temple
  4. Winter Quarters
  5. Play with Nic and Olivia
  6. Dinner at Mongolian Grill
September 3rd
  1. Wake up at 2 am to drive to Vail
  2. 12 o'clock arrive at Vail for a Wonderful Wild Wyeth Weekend!! :)

Independence Missouri was our first stop, right when they opened. We had a wonderful tour guide through the visitor center who told us a lot about the pioneers who lived there and in the area. They had this beautiful statue that is different from visitor's centers I've seen, this represents the second coming.Then we went out and across the street to the reformed church that looks like this. Remember we woke up at 3:30, don't judge. We continued our drive for another 1 hour and 1/2, to Liberty Jail. It was so amazing to see the actual jail and hear all the facts. So amazing that they survived there. This shows the upper floor all nice and cozy, and the bottom is where the men were kept.Onward ever Onward to Far West! This place we found so intriguing, we weren't sure what to expect when we got there, but were very surprised with what they had. They have the land for a Temple that will be built someday and four corner stones that will be there. Each one representing a different aspect of the gospel. Brad getting in touch with his feminine side. haha, From here we had another hour to Adam-ondi-Ahman. When we got there it was so Amazing to see all the land, so beautiful and green. (unlike Idaho...) We went to two different views and both were astounding The church sites were such a great experience, I am so glad we were able to see them all, since who knows when we'll be back in the area. More driving and we finally made it to Jon and Nicole's. Whooo! The next day we went to the Nebraska Temple and Winter Quarters.
Brad telling the mannequin a joke. (don't ask) :)Played around inside, then walked around and looked at the graves. That night we went to a delicious Mongolian Grill for Brad's Birthday! :) The next morning we headed to Vail!! it was so great to see the whole family again and actually spend some quality time with everyone. We talked a lot, played a lot of games, saw a little bit of Vail, played with shrink wrap, marshmallow guns, the boys went and played frisbee golf, and the girls went on a hike and went on the bungee tramps.Such a wonderful weekend, we were sad for it to be over, and heading back to school. Monday morning we woke up super early so we could make it to check in to our apartment. After about 10-11 hours of driving we were just passing Pocatello and there was a loud bang right next to my ear and the passenger window exploded. I jumped towards Brad and glass shattered along the side of the seat and my body. SO SCARY!!! We had no idea how it happened, there was no bird, or a bullet hole, nothing. Whatever it was it shattered the whole window. We pulled off at the next exit and busted the rest of the window down. The gas station we stopped at happened to have free vacuums too! How often does that happen, I don't know, but we felt blessed. :)
We tried putting a towel in the door, but that just came out once we picked up speed. Finally reached our apartment complex office only to find that they were closed.... Really?!?! I e-mailed them a week in advance telling them we were coming, and they were closed for the Holiday. Idaho... We found somebody else who was also moving in and had found the number to have someone come unlock the door to the apartment. 20 minutes later, we could start unpacking. That just started a whole new mess, but we were glad to have finally gotten here safely! Later that week we got the window fixed, and started school. I LOVE my classes, Brad is finishing up generals and working lots. Our apartment is starting to come together so I'll take pictures soon. :)