Tuesday, September 27, 2011

September...


A couple weeks ago, Dad, Tyler, Robert and Uncle Wayne went Goat Hunting in Mantua. Ty and Rob were only able to go for a day so they weren't there when my Uncle shot the goat. Sunday morning, my dad calls Tyler from the top of the mountain because they just shot a goat and are so far from camp, they need his help bringing it down the mountain. So we head to Mantua, little did we know that it was going to be quite the adventure. I asked Ty if we were going to be hiking and he said no, so I didn't think twice about wearing my flip flops because I just thought I would be able to stay on the Razor. Once we get to Mantua, the Razor that is parked for us to take up the mountain has a flat tire. BUT, me and my studly husband put our heads together and found a flat repair kit in the vehicle AND a pump. 30 min later, it's fixed! So we head up the mountain and it was a gorgeous ride! The leaves were just turning and it was such a fun thing to do on a Sunday afternoon. We make it to their camp and they aren't there, so we head higher up the mountain, finally finding their 4-wheelers, but they aren't there. So what do we do? We start HIKING, yep I hiked up a mountain in FLIP FLOPS. Only stubbing my toe once, ouch. Eventually we see some guys in the distance and so Ty hikes over to them and it's my dad and Uncle Wayne. They had walked MILES with their heavy packs and goat meat and head, so they were very relieved to see big Ty coming to save the day. Dad was so exhausted but I was so proud of him for hiking so far! Go DAD! Long story short, we saved Dad and Uncle Wayne from having a heart attack and it was a fun little adventure.




We got a new car! I have been looking for a while now and we finally found a great SUV. As winter has been getting closer, I really wanted to find something because our Mazda sucks in the snow, I mean really sucks, as in, I almost died multiple times last year! Haha. So Ty and I decided to find me an SUV with 4-wheel drive and we found this beauty.2005 GMC Envoy I am in love with it! It drives so well and has really cool features that most people wouldn't care about, but it's cool to me. I love that it has power windows (which the Mazda doesn't), it has a rear windshield wiper (my fav!) and a HUGE trunk. Thanks honey for letting me get a new car and for letting me make it a "little' girly!


Drakester is SO cute! That smiling picture is VERY rare, so consider yourselves lucky for seeing it!




Wednesday last week was Tyler's 23rd birthday! Since I don't a child to throw a party for, I threw one for him and it was a good excuse to finally have our families over for a big dinner. We had Cafe Rio style food which was delicious. The ranch I made tasted EXACTLY like Cafe Rio's, I was pretty proud of myself! Ty got to have his favorite: Pork Burritos and I got to have my favorite: Pork Salad. Thank you to all my family who helped with all the food. We even had little cups for the dressing like they do at Cafe Rio (they were the cups we used for Creme Brule at our wedding!) Ty got some great gifts and loves them! I gave him a Dunder Mifflin paper t-shirt (he LOVES The Office) and Brian Regan tickets (In January). My parents gave him a skill saw (it hadn't gotten there yet, so he got a picture of it! Haha). Ty's parents gave him an awesome grill! Kim gave him the movie 17 Miracles, Linds and Rob gave him shot gun shells and a holster for them that attaches to his shotgunl and then Trev and Ash sent a gift card to the movies! We are so thankful that spoiled Ty! After the party was over, we watched the season premiere of Modern Family and that summed up the night to being a GREAT one! Thanks everyone! 












Monday, September 19, 2011

Getting to be Fall...

A lot has gone on lately! For labor day, we  went to Lava to Ty’s grandparent’s cabin. Hannah and Katelyn didn’t have anything to do so they came with us! It was a blast. The weather was my fav (chilly). We spent our time making super cute bracelets, 4-wheeling, going to the hot pots, and spending time with each other. It was a very relaxing trip. Ty’s mom and dad and Kim came up on Sunday and then my parents came up on Monday for the day. Can I just say that I love camping! It is my favorite fall thing to do! We can’t wait for when we can go back! This past weekend I went to Time Out For Women in Logan with Julie and Kim, Julie got us these tickets and they were way worth it! It was such a great experience and so uplifting. They had some amazing speakers and music. (Laurel Christensen, Dean Hughes, Emily Freeman, Mercy River, etc) My mom was able to come with us on Saturday and it was so much fun spending time with both my moms! I am so lucky! Yesterday was Hannah’s 12th birthday! I can’t believe she is in Young Women’s now! I still remember waking up with her at night to rock her back to sleep when she was fussy! It is crazy how fast time has flown. We had a good ole family dinner and then Hannah had a party. She had a Justin Bieber cake and we gave her the Justin Bieber perfume! Haha. Hannah was surprised with a new bike and a new cell phone! Can you tell that she is the baby of the family?! Haha. We had a great weekend with our families as always. (P.S. We got a new car! I haven’t had time to take pics yet so I will post about it soon! Also more pics to come about our crazy day last Sunday when we “saved” my dad while he was mountain goat hunting!)
Making bracelets! Ty's cousin Tom was so much fun and is always good for a laugh!

 Our awesome bracelets that took FOREVER to make!

 Stir Crazy?

Having Fun Camping 

 Our Four-Wheeler Ride

 Time Out for Women

 The cute tote bags we got!

 Hannah's new bike

B-day Dinner
 The Hooligans at college

The Adventures of Drake (Doing his funny face on bottom left pic)

HAPPY B-DAY HANNAH!