White Christmas

We're actually getting some snow today which is nice, but our dogs couldn't risk us being disappointed by not having a white Christmas. That's why they brought the 'snow' to us.

We recently picked up a big shark stuffed animal at Ikea and well, the dogs enjoyed ripping the cotton out of it, as you can see. I took a picture too early, the floor is now COVERED in cotton. I know it'll clog the vacuum instantly, so there's no point in even trying that. Instead, we've resorted to scooping it up and covering the dogs in cotton.

Until next time...

Christmas Candy

Getting a new stove has been a great addition. It has led to lots of new goodies being conjured up. Last week it was butterscotch cookies, this week it's cake balls and peppermint bark. Next week...who knows.



Until next time...

Mexico...

 Finally pictures from Mexico. Sorry I don't have many of people, we didn't take many pictures this trip.

Me, as we are walking out on the pier.

The Hotel we stayed at! Just beautiful!

Trent as we walk out to the pier. 

One night at the hotel was Western Night! They had a mechanical bull and it was so funny to see people get thrown off! Above is Brandon slapping away at the bull with his hat! 

Brandon promptly falling off the bull. 

Jeff holding on for deal life... 

Jeff promptly falling off the bull.

Trent riding the bull... sadly I missed catching him falling off :(

Don't you just love taking pictures of beautiful sun sets! My problem is whenever I take a pictures of sun sets that look like the picture above... they always turn out like the pictures below! A secret to capturing the sun set how you see it... use your sun glasses as a filter!  The only difference between the two pictures is one is taking with sun glasses and one is not. Amazing!

Okay so the last two days we were there they started tearing up the beach. Apparently they have been losing their beach to the ocean so they had to redo it... interesting. But I was able to get a good picture of a tractor on the beach. (Getting a good tractor picture has been an assignment from a college photo class... wasn't able to find a unique picture of one until now! Assignment finally completed!)

On our last day in Mexico, we decided to go on a walk. This was the beautiful sun rise that welcomed us. 

Not only did we get a beautiful sun rise, we got to witness one of the great miracles of life. We were able to see baby sea turtles making their first journey into the ocean! It was absolutely amazing!

 

At first glance the picture below just looks like a picture taken by accident. But little do you know, this is the baby sea turtle's nest. Not only is it hard to see in the picture, it was hard to find. If it weren't for the little tracks we would never have found it. 

As we were watching the turtles make their trek for the ocean, a security guard came over and started digging in the hole. He started to pop out these little turtles that were packed in the sand like fossils. He pulled out about 20 of them then suck them back in the hole and buried them. We were shocked but latter found out that the ones he pulled out just weren't ready for the journey yet. They wouldn't have the strength to make it to the ocean before the sun would be too hot and burn them up. He said that they would make their way out of the sand on their own when they could make it to the ocean. 

Its hard to see, but this is my attempt at being artistic at capturing the baby's on their way to the ocean. 

So our hotel had some other fun animals around. They had 3 Bengal tigers. 

And a bunch of parrots. It was funny, these birds were soaking wet! Their care taker was giving them a shower with the hose and man, they loved it! It was so fun to watch!

We had a great time in Mexico and can't wait to go back one day! 

Until Next Time...

Fall Creativity

So tonight, Suzanne was bored and feeling a little creative, so she went to the store, bought a pumpkin and some flowers and came up with this fancy arrangement.

Hopefully we can write about our Mexico trip soon.

Until Next Time...

Aunt Cindy's Wedding 09/18/2010

This weekend we had the pleasure of attending my favorite aunts wedding! She picked a beautiful place and man.. it was BEAUTIFUL!!! She got the perfect Idaho Saturday, and those of you who know Idaho knows that doesn't happen very often. But here are a few pictures from the wedding. 

We were able to get a few family pictures as well. 

 And her are a few pictures of my cute nephews!

We also had a chance to visit with Trent's sister Heather who lives in Rigby as well. Here is a picture with her and her kids! Look at the size of this dog!!! He was HUGE but so cute. We just about took him home with us!

 Until Next Time...

Happy Birthday Trent

Tomorrow is Mr. Trent's birthday. He will be the big 25!!! He has always had a passion for aquariums and has had them in the past. I wanted to surprise him this year with an aquarium but was struggling to find the alone time needed to put it together. Finally I caved and told him of my plan. So for the past week we have been setting up the aquarium below:






Today we were able to bring our first fishies to their new home. We got three Glofish (orange, green, and red) and a gold fish looking algae eating fish. We don't have names for them yet but I am sure they will come in time.






So it is hard getting a non-blurry picture of fish that never hold still but this picture does have all our new family members in it. The algae eating fish is the one behind the hut a little bit to the left of the center of the roof. (Assuming you all care enough to look that hard.)

I will try to sneak a picture of Trent sleeping on the couch as I am sure he will fall asleep watching the fish tonight.


Until next time...

Girls Gamp Out

So this weekend a few girls and I went up and camped at Diamond Fork Hot Springs. We got up there Friday after work and enjoyed some great tin-foil dinners! After dinner I tested a new cake recipe but due to the dutch-oven not cooling down, it didn't turn out exactly how it was suppose to, but it was still delicious! 

After dinner we decided to go on a midnight hike up a trail head a few minutes from our camp site. The great thing about this place is it is very dog friendly. Holly and Tabitha brought their dogs and they were a great addition to your trip. Holly's dog Goose is still a puppy and learning new things every day. That night Goose learned not to run ahead of the flash light in the dark. Unfortunatly that lesson came the hard way. As we were walking we heard the sound of something slidding then a few loud thumps. As we were all freaking out as there was no noise following the thumps, Holly just about learned the same lesson as Goose. Luckly Holly stopped before she went off the cliff Goose so kindly found for us. We think Goose got the air knocked out of him as he didn't move for about 30 seconds after his fall. Thank goodness he is a very durable dog and did not injure himself in his fall.  It was probably a good thing it was dark and we couldn't exactly see how far Goose fell, but he was fine and didn't seem fazed by the fall. 

We had a safe nights 'rest' with the dogs making sure no intruders came within a 20 feet radius of our tent.  Unfortunatly that equals barking at any unfamilar noises, but we all knew we were safe. We also had the wonderful opturnitily to wake up bright and early to the sound of a heard of cows mooing. What they were mooing at we don't know but they sure can be loud. 

After a breakfast of simores, roasted Starburst, stuffed french toast, and a wonderful egg and potato cassarole we headed up to the hot springs. Sadly some of the girls had to get home early so the 4 of us went on to the hike. It was about 2.5 miles up and the hike was just BEAUTIFUL!!!! 

Below are some pictures of everyone in the tent and the hike. I would recommend this hike to anyone and their family! So fun and could be easily done as a day trip.

Until Next Time...

Twilight Saga: Eclipse

The evening of June 29 was the big Twilight party! Lots of great people combined with some fun snack food while watching a silly chick flick equals a great party! I don't have any pictures of the food yet (I managed to forget to take any, but my wonderful sister got some... I will post those later) but a few of the things we had were blood rimmed glasses, test tubes full of 'blood', kibble, dog treats, and cake balls. I will post pictures as soon as I can.

The pictures I do have is of everyone posing with their favorite team... aka Team Jacob or Team Edward. I have only posted one of everyone but have a few different posses per person so let me know if you want a copy of all your pictures. They are pretty cute, I just love the cardboard cutouts. If it wasn't for the glare they would be perfect!

This was such a fun night! For those of you who were not able to make it, there will be repeat of the evening when the first Breaking Dawn coming out in November 2011. I will send out emails once it is closer so make sure you let me know if you want to go!

Thank you to all of you who came, this really was a fun night!