Lake Powell

And just when you thought all the fun was over! The week we got back from St. Thomas we jumped in the car and went to Lake Powell. If I told you I had never been to Lake Powell would you believe me? What if I told you neither Trent nor myself had ever been to Lake Powell…turns out we haven’t! Well, that we can remember at least. A trip at the age of1 doesn’t count. Anyways… we joined a bunch of our friends for a tip down south! It was so much fun to be with everyone for a few days and relax. With hardly any cell service we really had the chance to bond in a new way! We had great fun tubing, skiing, wake boarding, relaxing, eating, exploring, and more!You can count on many more trips to Lake Powell next year now that we know what all the fuss is about. Anyone is welcome to come!

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SHARK!!!!! RUN!!!!

Trent has always wanted a shark and we happened to be at the fish store where they had a decent size shark that wasn’t CRAZY expensive. So… after a few hours of thinking about it we went back to the store and got him. He is an Iridescent Shark which is a breed of catfish.

After having him home for a few hours we started doing some research (yes, after bring him home). At this point we found out that he will (given the room) get up to 4 feet long and needs more room than the standard fish. So our little 39 gallon tank was not going to work even for his current size of 8 inches. Why does he need more room you ask… well the nick name of these guys is ‘tank breakers’. They are a very skiddish fish and spook easily. When they are scarred they swim fast and need room to settle down. If they are in too small of a tank they swim so fast and hit the sides of the tank. As they grow and gain strength, they hit the sides of the tank SO hard they 1) hurt themselves and/or 2) break the tank. There have been many that have cracked and shattered their tanks. So, after reading this we quickly started our search for a new tank! Thanks to KSL we found a HUDGE tank for really cheap!

Once in the house we realized our living room was not big enough for our new massive fish tank and our TV. So… the TV got booted downstairs. Yes, we are crazy, yes we didn’t think this through, and yes we are happy! I have always been a pet person so having 4 fish tanks in our living room was wonderful!

Growing up with the ticking of clocks all over our house, the sound of filters doing their job was music to my ears! We are now down to two tanks but it won’t be the last! As our family grows and our interests broaden I will never say no to a pet. (I will however struggle when one of our kids asks for a tarantula.) One day when I am confident our dogs won’t kill a pet bird, we will have one, or maybe two squeaky friends!

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St. Thomas, VI

St. Thomas. Man, was this a fun trip. We had a great time weaving through the narrow roads of the VI and spending some quality time with the sun! It was quite rainy while we were there but we still got plenty of beach time in each day. Probably one of our favorite activities was playing in the pool. It was an amazing infinity pool overlooking the ocean with a small kiddy slide at the other end. So what do you think we did? Sit in the pool, sipping drinks and chilling out? No… we played on that silly slide for hours each night! I have never had so much fun in a pool in my life! I usually hate swimming but man, this was great! I think there was only one night we didn’t play on the slide and it was because the island had a curfew of 7pm due to weather. Later the curfew was lifted but we were already inside trying to figuring out which one of us murdered Tom Dooley. Turns our Sunnie was the copycat twin who snuck into our room and murdered Tom Dooley. We had a great time playing a murder mystery game and Trent won the award for best acting. He did a great job! Thanks honey!

Here are some pictures from the trip.

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Holly's Wedding

September started out with Holly’s wedding. She had a beautiful out door wedding up the canyon and my sister and I had the pleasure of doing her wedding flowers. Holly picked a beautiful Hawaiian flower, Plumeria as her main flower. Since is a flower you can only find in Hawaii it was a challenge finding a supplier for these. We had them specially shipped in from Hawaii and they turned out great! Just look how amazing they are turned how! Before holly got engaged Liz and I had decided to stop doing the flower thing but made one last exception for Holly! We love her so much and it was great to go out with a bang! What an amazing last wedding to do.

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