Pickin' Pumpkins!

Our friends Craig and Teryn came down from Ogden a couple weeks ago and spent the night. Whenever Nate and Craig are around each other they get so crazy! Oh my goodness they turn into 12 year olds...



We went and picked out some pumpkins the next day near our house.



Teryn thought she would just drive this tractor home...

Road Trip!

Over UEA the girls all skipped town and headed to St. George for a nice long weekend in the sun. It was so nice to not have a schedule and to just do whatever we felt like. I loved being able to sleep in until the late morning, getting massages, eating, laying out by the pool, eating, shopping, eating, falling asleep to chick flicks, downing frozen oreos in one night and telling lots of secrets! I love these girls and our weekend was such a blast and so, so needed.



This is me, Tonii, Karlee, Maryann and Sue at the Pizza Factory.



Here we are just doing my favorite part.... nothing!



And our last night out at Texas Roadhouse. Thanks girls for an awesome weekend!

Say It Ain't So!

Tuesday night we went with Nate's mission companion Craig and his wife Teryn and and our friends Cory and Melissa to the Weezer concert. It was Craig's birthday and his wife surprised him with tickets. He had no idea how sneaky his wife was in planning it all and keeping it a secret for so long. Nice job Teryn!



Here we all are at dinner before the concert. I am sitting by Melissa and Cory and Nate is by Craig and Teryn.





Angels and Airwaves opened for Weezer. Before the concert I loved Angels and Airwaves. I was a little disappointed, because they didn't sound the greatest live. They were pretty crude too... F this and F that... oh my goodness, enough already. Weezer puts on a great show. They are so entertaining and nerdy! Not to mention they perform great live. I was so impressed. My favorite part was toward the end of the concert. X96 had a contest for anyone that played an instrument to try out to win a spot to perform with Weezer. About 3o people got up on stage with every instrument you can imagine. Someone had an accordion and there were all sorts of crazy instruments. You'd never believe it, but it didn't sound too bad.



This picture could have turned out good.... except what's with all the crazy lights?

Birthday Hike

On the morning of my birthday we drove up Yellow Fork canyon with our friends Travis and Karlee for a BEAUTIFUL fall hike. I love the leaves in the mountains in the fall time, so pretty!





By the way... this photo was taken right before the trail suddenly changed to a STEEP incline for the next couple of miles. Thanks to Travis we plowed right through it. If we were to have taken an after photo, our faces would be beet red and we would all be dripping in sweat.

ALOHA!

Last Saturday we hosted a Lethal Luau Murder Mystery dinner party. We have never done one or even been to one, so let's just say it was a "learning experience." We had a feast thanks to everybody helping out with the food. Dinner included coconut shrimp, chicken teriyaki
with stir fried vegetables and rice, yummy salad, and grilled pineapple with vanilla bean ice cream and carmel sauce. Everybody looked awesome dressed up to fit their character. There were 3 scenes to the mystery and after the first scene the cd skipped to the end and revealed the murder. The next day we figured out that it was set to shuffle... what a bummer! We thought the night was ruined until someone suggested playing mafia. After the dinner and games our friends Travis and Karlee came over to hang out. For some reason they thought going to a lame BYU game was more important than being a part of our cast. If it was a Utah game then maybe they would have a good excuse.






This is Les Baggs, he is the typical tourist visiting Hawaii... or so he wants you to think.


Nadia Seymour, a super model in Hawaii for some photo shoots.


Cheif Honikawa Wikiwiki and the extremely wealthy Holly Day.

Sweet Escape

Over Labor day weekend Nate and I and the 2 mutts went down to Lake Powell with all of his family for a week of good food, homeade ice cream, soaking up the sun, going big on the new wake board, cutting hard on the ski and being lazy on the inflatable island. By the 2ND day the dogs were more exhausted than I have ever seen them. We could not keep them out of the water. The company was more than you could ask for hanging out with Nate's parents, his 2 sisters and their husbands and our 4 nieces and nephews. Sadly enough the week had to end with high winds and a thunder storm with tons of rain. They say it's monsoon season right now at Powell.

Up to the mountains we go!

A few weeks ago we drove up the canyon and went camping with our friends Matt and Maryann and their 2 adorable kids Max and Carter. We ate hobo dinners and had a delicious apple crumble for dessert. (thanks Maryann!) The next morning we had a hearty mountain man dutch oven breakfast which fueled us up for our hike to Donut Falls!