Thanksgiving

Here we are at my families get together..  I didn't have my camera so I just stole these pics from my mom:) We started out with watching Maceys Thanksgiving Parade.. Well actually I watched it while Chris ran to the store to get some yams and mapel bars.. yumm..  After that was finished we started mixing, baking and chilling like crazy!  We made candied yams and pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting, deviled eggs, and pumpkin chiffon pie!  I am pretty sure we ate way to much between the 2 dinners that we went to, but both were great!  We are so lucky that we can make it to both families events.  It worked out just perfect.  I am so thankful for my many blessings.  I don't think it is possible to write them all down.  It is unfortunate that we just live day to day rushing around, thinking about work, dwelling on silly things that will work out fine, and then don't realize how great our lives really are!.  Seems like around Thanksgiving and the holidays coming up I am reminded a lot more about how blessed I am.  So Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and we hope you had a great day!  Bring on the Christmas music now...

GO REAL SALT LAKE!!

Here we are at the new Rio Tinto Stadium.  Most of you know that Chris LOVES soccer.  Especially Real.  So of course when he heard that they were building their own stadium he HAD to go.  Here we are at not one....(Nov. 1st)

Not two...(Oct. 18)

But three games...

(believe it or not this was the first game at the stadium and it was the coldest of them all! back on Oct 9th.)

The new stadium is pretty cool.  Chris absolutly loves it.  3 games in about 1 months time might be just a little over board but it was fun.  Also of course Chris is going to the Western Conference Championship here in SLC on Sat.  I won't be going to that one so I wonder if Chris will be well behaved without me there.  He might go off on some ranting about Old Man Mathis, or say some embarrassing comments about the game.  Oh well i won't have to be there to claim him:)

Look at that big grin..  You couldn't wipe it off his face for anything.  

Don't tell Chris but even though I might roll my eyes at his obsession with Real I do think the games are pretty fun and I will admit that i might be getting into it just a little:)

Finally Disneyland Pictures..

Fall Drive

During the conference break on sunday I told Chris we had to go for a drive to see the leaves before they were all gone.  So off we went up the N. Ogden divide then around the valley and up to snow basin.  It was so pretty! 

 I love to get to see all of the leaves, fall is one of my favorite seasons.  I love the cool air and pretty scenery.  

We had lots of fun and enjoyed playing with eachother all day.  It was warm for a bit and then up at Snow Basin it started to hailing!  So we didn't get out much but the view was just as pretty from the car.

FLOWRIDER

Above is Chris, Ben and Bens cute new girl friend Susan.  Ben came hom from Canada the weekend of conference so we got to play with him for a couple of nights.  So the Sat night Chris got to go do the flowrider with him and some friends.  He had a really good time and by the time they were done he and Ben started to get pretty good at it!

They were moving so fast i couldn't get very good pictures!  It was very entertaining to watch and pretty funny to watch them all try to keep their shorts up.  I guess the water was pretty powerful!:)  Next time i will definatly be doing it with them, I had just had a long day at work and wasn't quite ready for that:)

Cali with the Family

Here is what I saw 6 times during September!  Yes I ditched my husband for the 2nd time in September to head out to California with my Family.  We had so much fun!  The weather was perfect and what could be better then running around Disneyland!  It wasn't very busy and I think the longest we waited for something was like 25 min.  Since Aaron and I were only out there for like 3 days we played hard and ate a lot of delicious food!  It was sad to leave Chris, even though both trips were so so much fun it was good to get back to my hubby:)  Pictures coming soon!  The memory card that they are on is in Washington with my mom!

2nd time in Washington

Back from washington again!  It was so fun to get to go play out there so fast after just getting home.  It was kinda a spur of the moment trip and I can't believe we really got it to work!  Since Sean was out of town on a business trip I had Amanda all to myself and we got some good old sister time!  It was a blast!  Love ya Mandy.. Hope to see you soon!

Amanda visiting home, Then out to Washington We go!

Amanda(my sis) got to come home for a bit at the end of Aug. since her hubby Sean was having a work get together in Park City so we got to play with her for a few days.  We always take an advantage of when they are here since they are so far away!  Then the next week Chris and I took off to Washington to stay out there for 5 days!  We had a lot fun and just relaxed out there.  Chris was able to go job shadow his cousin and Sean(my bro) while we were out there so that was great since he will be graduating in the spring!  He needs to find out what he wants to do after that!  It was perfect weather while we were out there.  And it is always good to see my nephew frodo:

And now as of Monday I am out of here to play with Amanda for 5 more days this weekend! Yay!  Except a little sad since Chris has to stay here and work and go to school!  I will miss you honey!

It is bad when...

I was tagged by Steph just because I haven't posted for so long that she thought maybe this would make me. :) I know i am a total slacker! Here we go... 6 facts about me....

1. I love, love, love to travel. I am sure my co-workers think i do way to often but i would take a trip every month if I could afford it!

2. I am stubborn. Chris deals with me very well i think. I can be a very laid back person about most things but when there is something I don't like or don't want to do I will not do it no matter how much someone tries to get me to. It also can take me a long time to admit that I am wrong. Even if I know I am.

3. I enjoy cooking. If I have a day off I love to cook something. I think it is fun to try making new things and I love having Chris be the test taster.

4. Chapstick Addict. I don't know if any of you have seen inside of my purse but there is almost always atleast 10-15 things of chapstick or lipgloss. I know it is sad but there is so many different kinds that i need for so many different times. :)

5. I can be a home-body. Don't get me wrong cause I love to get out with friends and play all night long, but some of my very favorite nights are when Chris and I just spend the night watching a movie and looking like bums.

6. I love animals. I know some people think I am crazy for caring so much about animals but I really am kinda a tree hugger for animals. I don't want a lot of pets, I just think they should be treated nicely. I think hunting is sad and am so grateful I married someone who doesn't do it. But I do eat meat so I am a total hippacrite. It just makes me sad though. I can watch movies and I totally would rather have the people die than the animal.

I tag Amanda, Melissa, Melanie, Lauren C., Cherice, and Heidi

Camping At Tony Grove

A few weekends ago we went to Tony Grove for a couple of nights with my family. It was so nice to get out for a weekend and spend some time in the great outdoors:) Mostly we were just lazy and then cooked huge meals but one of the days Chris and I took our little blow up raft out on the lake and just relaxed, then of course i rowed the raft while Chris did a little fly fishing. :) It is funny how much we really eat while we are camping, seriously we always have the most delicious meals while we are out there.. And you wouldn't think that it would be the most convenient time to cook a whole lot but we always do and I love it! Here is the camping beagle. He love to chase the squirrels and to be outside but when it is time to go home he is very ready, I think it is because he is just so excited the whole time. We took our tent up there which is usually just great but we forgot to take an air mattress this time so we slept on the rocks.. We still slept great but I don't know how many nights i could have done that! Good thing it was only 2 nights! I think that I have Chris convinced that it might not be such a bad thing to get our own tent trailer someday.