2012 Recap

 Spring break in Boulder Colorado with Brandon's brother Jayson! We had so much fun visiting him we just might make it an annual visit.

 Over Memorial day my older sister Brooke blessed her baby girl Sadie Grace in Provo. It was a special day and fun to get together with the entire family.

 

Holy Moley - I turned 26 years old. I got to spend my special day in Lake Powell with all of my sisters and parents. It was a wonderful day and relaxing week. 

 At the end of July Brandon, my mom, sisters, and nieces and nephews went to Park City and rode the Alpine slide. I got to go down with Avery who was not scared at all and let me go as fast as we could. What a BLAST!

 In August my cousin Ashley got married in the Provo temple (same temple my sugar and I were married in). The reception was outside at Riverside Golf course in Provo (same place Brandon & I had our reception). It was a beautiful day and wedding. Congrats Ash!

Riverside Country Club- Our 7th year of marriage!

 In September Brandon turned 30! I wanted it to be special so I threw together a BYU themed surprise party for him.

 At the end of September I went to Boston with my mom, dad and younger sister Becky! None of us had really been there and seen all the sights before. It was a short 3 day weekend trip so we made every minute count!

 One of Boston's beautiful downtown public parks. I was so impressed with the nice people, scenery, food, and entertainment New England had to offer. I can't wait to go back and revisit this fun and historical part of our country.

 Friday night Boston Red Sox game against the Oriels. Fenway Park lived up to all the hype of being one of the most amazing places to watch a baseball game. It is the oldest in the country and we were lucky enough to be have awesome seats right behind home base.

We decided to take a day trip to Road Island and see some of the amazing touristy places there. It was worth the drive! I took this picture while we were walking around the trendy downtown of Newport waiting to have dinner.

 Mansion Cliff Walk- Newport RI. Couldn't have asked for better weather.

We waited for a long time to eat at this very busy restaurant but I have to say it was worth the wait.

Thanksgiving & Halloween

Friday after Thanksgiving a large group of us got together at Happy Sumo for half off Sushi. It was fun to get a big group together and not have any dishes to do afterward!

We split into 2 tables for Thanksgiving dinner. 8 people at this table.

12 people at this table.

My Mom made tons of delicious food and there was a lot of left overs.

Thanksgiving! This is my first Thanksgiving in Utah for 4 years. I had an amazing time spending it with friends and family.

This is the view out my kitchen window. Don't you think they should put in a ski resort there? To me it looks like a bunny hill is already groomed.

Last weekend it snowed. This is one of the views from my house.

I got to go to another fun BYU game this season. It is nice to live close so I can come down for the games.

This year some friends of ours got together for a Halloween party. Brandon & I showed up right when it was over because we were at our ward Halloween party.

Quick Update

Football season is here!
Brandon met & got Johnny Harline's autograph on his new childrens book. Johnny Harline caught & scored an amazing touchdown with no time left on the clock against UT for the win. Brandon was at the game at Rice Eccels Stadium in Salt Lake and was really excited to meet him.

My 2 younger sister and our nephew Lincoln wen to the BYU vs. Utah State football game. BYU just one in the last few minutes of the game. It was a great night and even better because they WON.

The final score of the game.

That same trip was my cousin Ashley's 22 birthday. Some of my cousins and sisters went to celebrate with some frozen yogurt.

Me, Danielle, Ashley, Heather, Brenna

My parents came to visit one short weekend and we headed to Jackson Hole to get a BILLY'S BURGER! It has to be the BEST hamburger I have ever had. My dad ordered Billy's Giant Bacon Cheeseburger & added Pastrami.

When the food runner brought it out he asked "Who order the heart attack?"
We have been taking walks and enjoying the BEAUTIFUL fall colors and weather!

This is the view from out my bedroom door leading outside.

The day I put up all my Halloween decorations it SNOWED. I felt like taking it down and putting up my Christmas tree & drinking Hot Chocolate. Luckily it has mostly melted now. Whew... I was worried it was here to stay.

Last year in his 20's

Happy 29th Birthday Brandon!

I hope you had a great day, even though we ended up having to speak in church on your big day.

Birthday Breakfast included, French toast, eggs, sausage, & fruit smoothie.

The athletic director asked Brandon if he would officiate at the Jr. High School football games. I had to swing by on his first day and get some pictures!

The people here really take football seriously. I told Brandon "What goes around, comes around". All those years of you yelling at the referees it going to come back to haunt you.

It is also my nephew Lincolns 5th Birthday! He had a STAR WARS BOWLING party. I wish I could have been there. Brittany rented a FOG machine and had it running as well as a STAR WARS soundtrack when Darth Vader and the Storm trooper showed up.

Onion Days - Labor Day

A LABOR DAY family tradition has been to go to Payson and celebrate at the "Onion Days" Parade & Carnival. Grandma Grace loves it and I guess the little kids enjoy it too.

Watching the Parade which has actually has turned into a big commercial. Everyone put a big poster of what their business is, on the back of their BIG RED TRUCK.

After the parade Grandma always hosts a nice BBQ on her patio. Since I had been living in Southern California it has been years since I have been able to be apart of it.
Lots of Yummy BBQ food!

Grandma bought this huge, heavy hula hoop years ago. It was one of those work out schemes that if you do this for 15 minutes a day you can burn an outrageous number of calories. I don't know about that but it was entertaining while we waited for lunch to be ready.

Who says you can't have fun livin' in a small town?

There are so many hikes right around where we live. We are having fun exploring them when Brandon gets home from work.

Its amazing how beautiful it is if you just venture off the main road a mile or two.

Seafood in Wyoming? I thought the same thing. Apparently the owner goes to Washington every weekend and buys fresh fish for his restaurant. Not that you really need fresh fish for fish n' chips but you could tell it was quality fish.

After dinner we decided to go bowling. We were the only people there. We had the lady working turn up the music and we had a great time dancing and cosmic bowling.

Eli couldn't resit getting a late night Bahama Mama hot dog from Maverik. ewww.... I thought he was doing it as a joke but apparently he really likes them.
On Saturday we went to a car show in Alpine, WY. The weather was perfect so we enjoyed walking around and seeing all the cool old cars.
Brenna standing in front of one of the cars she liked the best.

Brandon & Eli standing in front of a low rider mat black car.

They don't make cars that look cool like this anymore. I am glad people have restored them back to there original condition so we can see what stylish cars look like.

Saturday night we went to the Bar J Wrangler's. Eli said it best it is like a COWBOY'S LUAU.

They serve you a Chuckwagon dinner which includes, beef, baked potatoe, baked beans & applesauce.

After dinner they put on a show with comedy, and music. It is something fun to go to in Jackson Hole every couple of years.

While we waited for dinner we walked around because they have a lot of fun things to look at.