Murdock Adventures

Happy Birthday Grandma

2010-10-27T10:35:00.005-06:00

It was so fun to get us together for Grandma's 82nd Birthday. Not all were able to join us but those of us who were there had quite a great time.
Thanks everyone for taking time to come celebrate with us!

YUMMMM! GOOD FOOD!

Ramdom....

2010-06-30T15:09:00.013-06:00

I have gotten in this kick of hiking. I just love to be outside and get a little workout rather than in my dirty boring unfinished basement. So I have found a few friends who have found time to hike with me. We usually hike up to Timp Cave and back. WOW I am out of shape!

Every year I LOVE going to rodeo's, Aaron on the other hand....could do without. But he is so good and will go with me almost every year. This is our self portrait at the rodeo.

We took off one Saturday and went up into the Uintah Mountains and found a nice stream for Aaron to fish as I sat in my chair with my book. It was so nice to be out in the mountains again.

With one of my days off, my friend asked me if I wanted to go hiking with her and her three kids....she knows about my hiking kick.
Her kids did a GREAT job....I complained more than those kids. We had a great time and then went swimming to cool off (wash off) after the hike.

I just love little summer adventures! Can't wait for more to come!

U-turn

2010-06-30T14:52:00.005-06:00

The week after I got home from Mexico I got to make a quick trip up to Idaho to be with my niece for her baptism. I just love being with family. I was just sad that Aaron was not able to join me for this trip.

2010-06-13T19:42:00.003-06:00

We are so glad we had the chance to go to Mexico with the family. But very sad that it is over and that is what we had planned for our summer. Now it will just be small things like camping and 4 wheeling. Oh but I could go back there and LIVE!
We are just looking forward to summer actually arriving here in Utah.
This past weekend I was able to go to Boise for my nieces baptism and spend a quick visit with them. I miss those kids so much and need to visit them more so I can spend more time with them.
On my way home Sunday, I made a quick stop to see a good friend of mine. I am so glad she was so understanding of me just stopping for a quick visit and not making me feel bad for not making it longer. Thanks for being such a wonderful friend Amanda.
I hope to make it that direction more this summer. Oh there is so much I want to do! We will see what happens.

Mexico

2010-06-12T13:56:00.016-06:00

What a chance of a live time. We were so thankful for mom and dad and the opportunity they gave us to go to Mexico with them. It was a lot of fun being able to spend time with the family and not have ANYTHING to stress about.
I just wish the whole family could have been there.

--Pictures say enough--

Thank you Dad and Mom for a wonderful vacation!

Still Alive

2010-05-10T21:04:00.003-06:00

I know way back when I said I would update all this and yes, it has not happened yet.

Aaron and I have been doing well. We haven't done anything all that fun and exciting really this year. But believe you me....we have done A LOT of yard work. I have to admite, I hate the push in the spring to get things cleaned up but am so happy when it is done and it looks nice.

I made two quick last minute trips down to Phoenix in February and March. I hope next time I am there it will be a planned trip and a bit longer.

At the beginning of April I did take my sweet 5 yr old neice to a day spa to be pampered. Now that was fun to watch. She is such a little prinsess and just ate it up.
Later in April I did go to Idaho and meet up with an old roommate from my Ricks College days. She and I have always stayed in touch and had to get together for a little reunion. we were quite sad that the other roomies couldn't make it but she and I still had quite a bit of fun.

This past weekend we got to spend mothers day with both mothers. My mom came up and I got to spend lots of time with most of my family. I had a nephew that got baptized. It was a great time and fun to spend time with all of them. Then Aaron's parents came up with his two little neices. So we spent time with them as well. Hard to see everyone but some how we managed to do so this holiday.

In less than two weeks Aaron and I are joining my parents and a few of my siblings in Mexico for a week. I am so excited for some sun, warm weather, reading, relaxation and adventure.
Yes Yes, I will do my best to update the blog when we get home. But really, don't hold your breath....ha ha!

update?

2009-11-30T20:01:00.002-07:00

You think I should update my blog one of these days? Or is the once a year thing working out alright?

Vacation with Grandma

2009-04-30T17:59:00.017-06:00

This past month I had the chance to go on a vacation with my grandmother. And we had quite a bit of fun!
We started off the trip by arriving in Florida. We were there for 3 days. One day we drove down through Miami on the A1A "beach front avenue" (did anyone get that?) Anyhow, and then we went on down the Florida Keys. We stopped off in Key Largo (the first of the keys)and had lunch at a cute little place right on the water.
We then continued on down the keys and went through Islamorada and then Marathon. That is where we turned around and headed back to our hotel cause it was getting late and couldn't see much in the dark.

I would go down there again and I would LOVE to do it on the motorcycles.

We were then able to find a ward to attend for sacrament on Easter Sunday! It's always so different going to church where you are not used to.

Then on Monday we boarded the Carnival Imagination for our 4 day cruise!

First stop....Key West!
Before we got off the ship Tuesday morning, Grandma took a moment to soak up a little bit of the suns rays.

In Key West we went on a little "train" tour of the town. A quick way to see the places you go.

The next day was a fun filled day in Cozumel. We spent our time and went to Talum for a tour of the Mayan Ruins.

The last day was a nice and relaxing day at sea. I have not been on a crises where I have had a day at sea. I spent it out on the deck getting a little bit of color. We had a great time on the cruise.

After getting off the ship we drove up to a Ranch that the Church owns and were able to take a tour there. The next day we were able to go to the Kennedy Space Center and see a small protion of it. It is a huge place and didn't have time to do much of it at all.
We had a great time and it was a lot of fun to be able to spend a week with Grandma! Thank you Grandma!

Drew and Kerri's Wedding

2009-02-02T12:25:00.008-07:00

In December, my brother Drew (who is the one just younger than me, well 7 years younger) got married to Kerri. They were married in the New Port Beach, CA temple. Oh how nice it was to warm up for a few days. It was a quick trip for Aaron and I but we are so glad that we were able to be there.

The night before the wedding Drew and Kerri decided for the "Wedding Lunchon" to have a bonefire on the beach and eat In and Out Burgers. It was so not the traditional wedding lunchon but it was a lot of fun. By the end of the night, my neices and nephews were totally wet from playing in the ocean. It was just fun to be able to have a very relazing "get to know you" party.

Then the wedding, went off without any problems. Everything was so beautiful. From the bride down to the weather. The reception was at Kerri's sisters house and they did an amazing job with the decorations and all.
Congratulations Drew and Kerri!

DisneyWorld

2009-02-02T11:50:00.005-07:00

That is right, back in November we were invited to join a few of Aaron's cousins and their families in Disney World for a week. We decided to join them and had so much fun. We were able to hit most the parks...Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom (our two favorite) MGM, and Epcot. Yes we really did enjoy the Animal Kingdom and everything in there. SOOO much to see.
We tried to watch the space shuttle launch off, we were told you could see it from all over, just how big it was would have been the thing. So we decided to stay at the house and watch it. But right before the launch, it got quite overcast and started raining soooo....We weren't able to see it. We could see a little light though the clouds but really, we didn't see it. Very sad! Not often are you in Florida to see a shuttle launch. Okay well I'm not there often.
But really we had a great time and had great company!
Thanks for the invite Judson's!

Trying....

2009-02-01T22:00:00.002-07:00

Hey everyone, I am trying to update and get back on top of my blog.....
I have the day off tomorrow so MAYBE you will see an update.
Hey at least I have changed my background and added a little bit.
Really let me let the truth be known...in my free time, I have gotten addicted to doing puzzles, I know LAME. But I have enjoyed it.
Well watch for updates....Don't hold your breath!

Twilight

2008-12-07T12:50:00.007-07:00

That is right, even thought I just finished New Moon, I did join a few of my friends for the midnight showing of Twilight!
I have to say, I really enjoyed the movie, even though I have only seen it once. I would love to see it again though.

After staying up til 2:15am the youngers of the group including one adult (Leslie) were up for going to IHOP! It made for a late night, but a fun one! One I won't forget!

--I can see that one someone was not happy with me taking this picture--

Old Friends!

2008-11-23T19:08:00.002-07:00

You know it is always great to get back in contact with old friends. Or see friends taht you talk to often but don't see often.
Last Sunday I had the chance to have two of my old roommates and their families over to my house for a small and quick get together. It was short but WONDERFUL to see them. I am excited to know that Saundra lives close-ish to me and we will just have to make a point of getting together more often.
Being able to see Amanda and Dan was great too. I talk about going to visit them and just never have. You know what, that is a sign of truley good friends. You can get together and pick up right where you left off. It's great to know that you don't have to always be in touch since we all have crazy lives but you can still be friends. Oh I wish I had a photo on my computer of us girls back in the day and then the one that we took last week. Well you will get the one from last week and we will get one from back in the day sometime.
Thank you Amanda and Saundra (and Dan and Wade) for making the trip out to my house to get together. It was a lot of fun!
You are all so WONDERFUL!
LOVE YOU GIRLS!

Blessings

2008-11-23T19:07:00.000-07:00

There are times in your life that make you sit back and realize how wonderful your life is. It may be one of your worst days and you are feeling down in the dumps but then you get to thinking about certin things in your life and realize that you have got it good. The past two weeks or so I have realized that I am very blessed.
My father underwent a few medical procedures within the past few weeks and I am so greatful to say he is now home and healing well. It turned out to be more than we all had expeced, but I am so greatful that everything turned out well and he is doing better. There were a lot of prayers on his behalf and I thank everyone!
I am also greatful for my mother and the time she spent with my father and for being by his side though all of this. My parents also have some wonderful friends who really care about them and were there for both of them.
Thank you to everyone for all that was done on my parents behalf.
I LOVE YOU DAD AND MOM! (I am so lucky and blessed!)

2008-11-23T14:49:00.001-07:00

Clarification

2008-10-16T13:49:00.002-06:00

I guess those of you who know me, know I would not have bought that "motor home".
I guess those of you who know Aaron, know he would have bought that "motor home".
NO we didn't buy it even though, yes Aaron would have loved to have had it but to tell you the truth it isn't for sale to my knowledge. I saw it and took a picture, found it interesting.
Sorry for the confusion! HA HA!

Our New Motor Home

2008-10-01T17:04:00.003-06:00

Aaron and I have been wanting to buy a Motor Home so that when we take the 4wheeler out we have something to camp in instead of always being in the tent. You know it gets a bit cold here in Utah.
Last night Aaron called me all excited and had to have me meet him at the dealership. I saw it and my breath was taken away....I LOVED IT! We went back and forth with them on the cost and finally got it to a reasonable monthly payment for he and I. I can't wait to take it out. We will be going out this weekend with the 4wheeler and playing in the mountains with our new motor home. Can't wait!

Isn't she a beauty!

COLORS!

2008-09-29T19:52:00.001-06:00

So my friend Annie that I meet when we were roomies down in Provo has gotten me to enjoy the music and entertainment of COLORS quite a bit. Now here are these three high school buddies who started a band and have ran with it. Now they have families and have "retired" from the music industry. But they have "come out of retirement" a few times now for a concert. Oh what a great idea! The other week I went with Annie, Christian and Alisha to their latest concert. There are many great parts to a COLORS concert....

As you can see.....

But I think I would have to say that one of the best parts is when Brian does his rap! He takes words that are yelled out from the audience and will make up a rap right there.
I have been trying to attach that video now for two days but can't....SORRY! I will work on it and you will see if it works or not!

Leave it up to the sister-in-laws

2008-09-27T07:00:00.001-06:00

It has been great! Three months ago Aarons sister had her second cute little girl. Her middle name is Marie, but they got their birth certificate and it's Marci. I don't see any need to change it. But I don't always get my way. It's great having them close so that I have a baby to snuggle.

Then just over a week ago Aaron's other sister had her 4th cute little boy. Once again it's great that my basis are being covered by the sister-in-laws in the baby department. They aren't as close to go visit and snuggle but I am sure I will find my way up there to do so.

Oh they are just so cute I want to squeeze them!

St. George Temple

2008-09-27T07:00:00.000-06:00

I had that chance to go down to St. George to be with my friend when she entered the temple for the first time. It had been a long time since I had seen Krystal so it was great to see her and see her in the temple for that matter. What a great expereance to have. I love being in the temple with close friends and family, those who mean a lot to you. Congratulations Krystal! And thank you so much for inviting me. It was great to see you and to see your family!

Hold strong little root...

2008-09-26T17:47:00.005-06:00

While Aaron was gone on his two week motorcycle ride we got a nice wind storm...I had to take proof to show him before I went out to push those trees back up. HA! There was no "pushing" them back up, I would have had to stand out there and hold them. They are upright now. We had to do the whole stake then to poles things. CRAZY WIND we get here in Highland!

Phoenix!

2008-08-26T20:55:00.011-06:00

I just returned from a wonderful trip to Phoenix for my 10 year class reunion. Now I am not saying that the reunion it self was the best but there were many parts of my trip while in Phoenix that I quite enjoyed.
To start it off I decided to hold a party at my parents house so I could see all those that I truly wanted to see which weren't going to the reunion. So we had a big group over and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. It was great being able to see so many of you. It's been quite some time since I have seen some of you.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME AND COMING! (it's always nerve-racking to put on a party and worry about people coming and even having fun)

I have many more photos, not the best but if any of you are interested let me know. I would love to forward them on to you. Thanks again!

On Friday I was able to meet up with two of my friends that we have started a tradition together. So way back when I worked at Life Uniform my manager Connie and I would love to order lunch from Macayo's. So now every time that I come into town we meet at Macsyo's with Sue Lavon and enjoy our lunch. I LOVE the baja sauce from there, that is what I go for. It is always great to see them.

Saturday was the big class reunion. Now a few of you have asked for a complete update on how the night was. Really it was okay. I don't know what I was expecting but I am glad I went and I don't think I will be attending many more of those. We will have to keep up the family get together that we had over at my parents house. That was MUCH more fun to me. Darcy and I went over together and I was able to see a few good friends from high school.

To view the photos and even order photos from the photographer that was there that evening go to www.freezframfoto.com you will then click on reunions and then our high school name and enter the password (it's our school mascot) and enjoy load of fun!

Then on Sunday I had a friend come visit me with her extreamly cute daughter. Jen and I worked together at the Preschool many years ago. It was great to see her and Bella and catch up with them.

Okay how has seen Mamma Mia? Way cute (yes cheesy) movie. I went and saw it on Sautrday with my mom and dad. It was a lot of fun to be able to spend time with them. Had time to relax and visit. I was also able to go with my mom out to my dads office and see where he works and also go to lunch with him. I really enjoyed it. Thank you Mom and Dad.

Happy Birthday to me!

2008-08-17T13:38:00.008-06:00

That time of year has come and gone again and I have gotten another year older. What happened to the times that you looked forward to getting older and having your birthday?
The birthday celebration started off Wednesday night when my friends took me to see Brain Regan. We had a lot of fun and can I tell you that man is so funny. I had the privilege to see him the next night too. Aaron and I had bought tickets before my friends surprised me with tickets to go with them, but like I said, he is so funny it was great to see him twice. So Thursday night Aaron and I went with some friends of ours. I had a lot of fun and had some good laughs.

It continued onto Friday, the real birthday....I didn't have to work Friday and I was able to spend the day how I wanted to. I started off the day by getting a pedicure which is always so relaxing. After that I then met up with my friend Missy and we had lunch.

I then went over and spent sometime with my sister in law and two very cute niece's and did a little shopping with them.
When Aaron got home from work, he took me out to eat at my favorite place....Texas Roadhouse. YUMMY!
Overall it was a great day! Just got to exclude that getting older part. That is tough but we all seem to get over it.
Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes, cards, phone calls....EVERYTHING!
I have great family and friends!
Love you all!

Lake Powell at last....

2008-08-17T12:26:00.022-06:00

You would think that with growing up in Arizona and traveling to Utah through Page, we might have stopped and at least stood on the beach of Lake Powell but that never happened. Now after 28 years of my life I finally made it there.

Aaron and I spent 4 days in Powell with my friend and her husband. (yes she is my coworker too, but she is a friend and that is the most important part.) We had a great time and got quite lucky when I came to weather. We were able to sit on the beach where we camped without any neighbors and watch some amazing lightning storms followed by some beautiful rainbows.

Just sitting on the beach watching the waves, lightning, rainbows come and go....it's just so beautiful and amazing to watch the world work and SOOO RELAXING!!

We did attempt the whole water skiing things but yeah, it didn't work so well for us. We both tried and almost got up but, that is as far as it took us. To bad we are not pros like those that we were with.

That would be Steve...Pro
And that is Janet the Pro
Yep here is the amateur...closest I got to getting up.
and if you look hard through the water, you will see Aaron almost up.

I got to thinking about it and I think the last time that I tried to water ski was in 7th grade when we went to Bartlet Lake for Dusty's Birthday Party. WOW! how the years go by.

As I would wake up every morning I had the most beautiful view out our tent. I would sit there for a good hour plus and watch the sun come up over the mountains and the lake. One morning I finally convinced myself to grab the camera and take some pictures even though I knew it would wake Aaron up. (it's through the mesh so it's not the best but it's still beautiful to me)

We took a day trip and went to Rainbow Bridge. That is such a beautiful and spectacular site.

We had such a fun time and look forward to our next trip back to Lake Powell.
Thank you Janet and Steve!

Braking Dawn Girls Night

2008-08-11T20:39:00.005-06:00

Okay so I am not done reading New Moon but I was invited by a friend in the ward to join her and some of the young woman and leaders in the ward to go to WalMart at 10:00pm on Friday August 1st. Yes, we stood in line with many others to get the new book. Now those of you who know me know that I am a people watcher and dang were there plenty of people to watch. It was quite interesting. At the front of the line stood....okay sat 3 men. Now were they given the choice to either put the kids to bed or go get the book for their wife? Who knows. But it was fun to be with some of the girls from my ward. After they all got their books and we all checked out, the group of 18 of us went over to IHOP for a girls birthday breakfast. YES, breakfast at 1:00am....crazy I know. Just like the old days, but dang I am to old for that now. I have tried to force myself to sit and read more so that I can get to Braking Dawn but you know when you see the weeds and bushes out of control, laundry piling up as well as the dishes in the sink starting to smell, you put the book down. Maybe one day I will get New Moon finished and attempt to read eclipse. Sorry to all of you that I have offended who have read the book more than once, I promise I will get there and THEN and ONLY THEN can you discuss the book with me.

Yes some could not wait til we were out of WalMart to get started.

Others waited but not long, yes they all had their noses in the book while we were at IHOP. But they did stop long enough for a photo.

Family Festivities

2008-08-03T19:07:00.036-06:00

July started out and finished with quite a bit of family fun. We started off the month with my family coming up the second week of the month for a early 80th birthday for my grandmother (my mom's mother). That was a lot of fun to be able to get together with the aunts and uncles and cousin on that side. We used to get together more often but it hasn't been happening as much anymore. We had a day full of fun and a little structure trying to get family photos.

This is grandma and her grandchildren. We are missing 5 of the grandchildren but we had to get a photo with those that were there.
It looks like our engagement photos all over again. Just 2 1/2 years of marriage photos instead.

We even got Grandma to take the first swings at her pinata.

The family then stayed around for that week and we were able to do a lot of fun things.....from going up American Fork Canyon to fish

....family night in the park

Really when was the last time that you got at the top of that hill, laid on your side and rolled down a hill? Yeah it's been quite sometime for me, but let me tell you that was so much fun!
I was unable to join them for the trip to the dinosaur museum but it looks like they had a lot of fun and weigh as much as a dinosaur all put together.

But they did seem to escape the jaws of the shark and get to safety...

We also went to Ragging Waters one day with the family. It's amazing how much fun you can have ALL DAY in the sun.
EVERYONE joined in the fun in the water, yes even Grandma....

By the end of the day everyone is tuckered out....

We ended the week off with a family reunion on my Dad's side. We got quite a few of us there for it being a short but sweet reunion. We went up Provo Canyon and had a nice picnic.
There was plenty of time for lost of visiting and of coarse the family group photos. We had all but three in our family photo, my husband who came and did his part had gone home, Drew had to stay home and work and Elder Scott of coarse was not given permission to leave Veracruz, Mexico for a few hours to come to a family reunion. It's great to see grandpa with his kids, and look he had them all there, all the 6 original.

It is great to know that you have a great family that love and support you. It's also fun getting together for reminiscing and getting a good laugh.

summer activities

2008-06-29T20:45:00.028-06:00

I can not come up with enough words to keep saying..."way past due update/post" Yeah I suck!
Any how here we go again....
You know when you have a file of photos on your computer labeled 2008 unsorted, you are behind in life.

Lets go back to the beginning of June. Aaron's parents came and stayed with us for a night after his mom did a 104 mile bike ride up in Logan. She tried to get me to do it with her but yes I wimped out and didn't. You know riding a mountain bike on the road is much harder and since that is all I have is a mountain bike, I didn't want to make the 104 miles feel like 200 miles. I am not up for that yet!
So that Sunday we went for a drive up to Cascade Springs which is up in the Wasatch Mountains only minutes from us. I LOVE living close to the mountains. I really enjoy going up to Cascade Springs in the fall too. Such a great place to take photos. And just to walk around on a nice day for a little fresh air. That is one thing that we do love to do is go up in the mountains and get away from the city. You will notice we do that quite a bit with his parents. Whether it is just for a drive, to hike, camp, fish, or ride the 4 wheelers, we go out quite a bit. The men fish and the ladies visit or read a book. I am okay with that.

The next weekend his parents were back up for a family reunion. We went to the zoo for the day then back to my house for a BBQ. Turns out it was me with his parents, younger brother and one sister and her 3 boys at the zoo. Aaron was out of town and not home yet, one sister was moving and 8 months pregnant and then one brother and his family live out of state and couldn't come. But we still had a lot of fun. Here is an albino alligator that was at the zoo, kinda cool.

Oh and lets see....biggest news of all, ha ha! Yes I have joined my husband and I am not bowling with him. Back in May he and I joined the couples bowling league. Yeah no worries I am NO good. But I have fun and get better every week. But there is now need to say my average, still not good enough yet. We do have lots of fun though. It's just once a week and it is something that he and I can get out of the house and do together. NO that is not my only form of exercise, you may think it is but I do try to get out a bit more than just bowling cause you don't get that heart rate up that much okay at all, unless you are like me and just worked up cause you are not doing all that well.

Last week Aaron and I took a day off of work and headed down south to go ride the 4 wheeler and do some camping. We meet up with his dad on Friday to ride and then he headed home and Aaron and I found a VERY nice camping spot. We then got up Saturday and rode some more. By the end of Saturday night I was ready for a river to jump in or a shower. So we decided to go to his parents house and clean up and stay there for the night. Nothing like dirt in EVERY area of your body. You can't wash your hair enough after being on the 4 wheeler for 2 days in the dirt. But don't get me wrong, it's way fun! I just can't wait til I get my own.

There is nothing like some of the views and scenery that you get up in the mountains.

Sometimes when Aaron is off fishing I will just wonder around and take photos. Some are of him fishing and others are just of things that I see that I like flowers, waterfalls, animals, the river....just whatever catches my eye.

Well last weekend, Aarons younger sister had her second baby. We were on our way home from camping and I called to see if we could take her oldest so that she could have a few minutes to rest after moving all week. Little to my knowladge she was at the hospital and had the baby. Little behind we are. So we went home and cleaned up and of coarse I was over at the hospital just 6 hours after she was born holding her. Can I tell you how stinking cute she is. I just love holding brand new babies. It was way fun. They have been down at her parents house this week so I haven't gotten to hold her every day like I would have had I had my way.

Then this past Friday night I went out to dinner with the girls from my old singles ward that I used to hang out with and to the Tim McGraw concert. Oh to have a girls night again. That was way fun! And who better to see then Timmy. WOW! He puts on a great show.That is my friend Missy and I. I think she and I enjoyed ourselves the most. The others didn't seem that into it, but it didn't bother she and I, we still had fun. Oh and can I tell you, people watching was great! It's great to have good friends in your life. Some of them are just always there for a good time.

Our New Toy

2008-05-01T09:41:00.007-06:00

So we justified buying this toy but I guess we are a few months late. And watch we won't get the snow next year like with did this year. But yes we have added a 4wheeler to our family. We were able to go down to Monroe and try it out with Aaron's parents. Yes it was a lot of fun but I have a husband who totally knows what he is doing but can still get quite a scare out of me. Boy he was trying everything to get that thing stuck and try out all the bells and whistles on it. No luck getting it to stuck, the thing works to well. And I even got to drive it, yes I was MUCH more timed than Aaron was.

So then this is what

I wake up to this morning......
but as you can tell there wasn't enough for
him to get on that new toy of his and plow....
we will wait til next year. I HOPE!
I am so ready for Spring!

For all you in Phoenix, will you please send Spring our way--PLEASE!

True Friends

2008-04-27T20:36:00.003-06:00

You know it's amazing to go home to Phoenix and to see so many friends and to know that they really do care about you and no matter what has happened between us we can still call each other friends. I went home with my grandmother for my spring brake. It's nice when you have a boss that takes time off when his kids have time off. Yes its a lot of time and the pay check stink, but it's so nice to be able to have sometime to do things you want to do. I was able to have dinner with some girls from high school, lunch with a high school friend and spend a few minutes talking to some other high school friends while I was at a church function. No matter if we had hours to talk or just a minute, it was so good to reconnect with them all and to know that I have friends back home that I love seeing and catching up with. Now that most of us have jumped on this "blogger-wagon" it will be so much easier to feel apart of each of their lives and know what is happening with their lives and growing families. No matter which way our lives take us, I still feel a closeness with all the girls I was able to see and visit with. Thank you all for being such great friends and taking time out of your busy lives to see me and get together with others. I really do cherish the friendships that I have even though we are miles apart. PLEASE feel free to come visit anytime....with your family or just yourself. I love having visitors. I have made some great friends since I have moved up here to Utah but I know that I will always have true friends from back in high school. Is that not amazing, as I look back at my time in high school, we had our rough times and our petty little girl fights but you know what, we have gotten past that and we are still great friends. It's just wonderful to know that we can forgive and forget and move on. I do have to say that I wish I would have taken more photos with the friends that I got to see. Pictures are priceless. Thank you all for being such great friends! I love you all girls!

I was able to spend sometime with my sister and her family on the way to and from Phoenix. It had been about 6 months since I had seen them and I am so happy I got to see them. They are such a fun and cute family. My niece and nephew finally got me to see high school musical which I had never seen. It is a cute movie, the part I saw. We didn't watch it all cause those poor kids were quite tiered. It was fun being able to see them play soccer and see how much they have learned. I love you kids!

Ready to Ride

2008-03-28T12:02:00.005-06:00

That is right, spring is TRYING to begin and I just wish that it would try harder. I am so ready for it. Last weekend I was in Phoenix and it was WONDERFUL! Nice and warm and spring feeling. I guess I will get to experience spring twice this year, once it hits Utah.
But you best believe it we are ready to get out there and enjoy the nice weather.
The motorcycle has had its makeover and we are ready for a nice ride.
Here are the before and after pictures of the bike. Yeah not a huge difference to most but we sure like it.

Yes Phoenix was GREAT! I got to see a lot of friends that I haven't seen in YEARS. I went down for a reunion with friends from the other ward that I hung out with the most. And I didn't take one picture that night. That makes me sad. But I know others did and I have seen them and they are great! Thanks Gary--Party Planner.
I did get to see some friends that I used to work with and we have our ritual every time I come into town. Yes Macayo's is my all time favorite Mexican resterant . I just wish Utah had them.
Well I hope that you all are doing well and are as excited about spring like I am.
Take care!

over due update....

2008-03-17T17:11:00.006-06:00

Life has been full of fun since I have updated, ummm lets see, 7 months ago. NO NO NO there is not an expected baby. You know me, I would have posted that for sure.

First of all we were able to spend a week in Yellowstone with Aaron's family back in June. You know Aaron would live there if he could. Yes we have talked about being park rangers when we get older....not about going on a mission. He just loves the outdoors.

We also went got to spend time with my sister and her family up in Beaver at their condo. Once again Aaron was totally in his element....nothing better than being in the mountains fishing and getting dirty. It's fun to see my niece and nephews love being outside and fishing.

From there we were able to continue over the mountain to his parents house and continue or fishing adventure. Now we have to go hiking first to get where we are going to fish when we go with Aaron's father. Its always an adventure with him.

We have done a few benefit rides for things like Make a Wish Foundation as well as Ride for Life--cancer rides. It is always fun to get out and ride on a nice day. Not all of our rides have been on nice beautiful days. This one was a wonderful day. It was the Ride for Life. It was totally cool. They blocked off State St. in Salt Lake City and the fire truck raised the flag that we all road under on our way out. Then the roads were all blocked off for the first 5 miles or so. Makes you feel important.

We made a trip down to Phoenix in August for Scott's farewell. It was fun to be able to spend time with him and the rest of the family before he left. He is now serving in Veracruz Mexico and is doing very well.

On our way home Aaron and I took our time and saw some places in Southern Utah that he nor I have seen. We went to Goblin Valley and that is a really cool area. A place to go back to NOT in August. It was way hot. They were filming a movie there when we stopped and we ate lunch just down from where they were shooting. It was quite interesting.

Then we--okay I decided that we were going to go up the canyon one night after work and take photos in the fall leaves. I just love the seasons up here and love being so close to the mountains.

Oh but the most updates are not done yet....but I am done for the night, but is my update for a long time of not updating. I hope that I will not let it go this long again.

much needed update....

2007-08-17T15:08:00.000-06:00

You know I had mix feelings about doing this blog thing....mainly cause i just wasn't sure if I would actually keep it updated. And as you can all tell....it was true.

Things here have still been going well, a lot of the same ol' things of every day life. But we do try and get out to do a few fun things. Just this past week we went down to Phoenix for my youngest brothers mission farewell. That was a fun time. It was quite warm but we were able to find that pool quite fast and spent a LOT of time in there.

We took our time going down there and back, well not as much time as I would have liked but it wasn't a straight drive either.

We drove down through Zions and camped just outside of there in the back of the truck--who needs a tent. Then on the way home we went through Tuba City, Monument Valley (in the dark, we will have to go back and see what it's really all about.) also went to Natural Bridges, Goblin Valley and then through San Refael Swell. A lot of country that I have not seen and it's been quite a long time for Aaron. We would have loved to have spent more time and done a few hikes but the time didn't permit--neither did the weather. I just do not do good in the heat.

We are going to be going down to Zions again later this month to do a little hiking, repelling and whatever else comes our way. So I will have to be on top of it this time and get an update done soon after.

Oh and one more thing.....it's been quite a while since this all happened but it was A LOT OF FUN! This is a picture of my friend Missy and I at the Kenny Chesney consert when he came to Salt Lake at the end of June. It was so much fun and we had a great girls night. But I do have to say it's a bit different being a married woman on a girls night....but still so much fun!

Updates

2007-07-13T15:06:00.000-06:00

Well as you all know, I am not the best about keeping in touch and updating people on our life. So I thought I would try what a lot of you are doing and try this blog thing.

So lets see if I can figure out how this thing works.

First off, I am sure that you all know, well I think you all know that Aaron and I got married in Januray of 2006. Yep, it's been a year and a half....long time. We have had a lot of good times since we have been married. One of our biggest excitments and adventures is we were able to sale our old house and buy a new house. Okay our Biggest excitement.....and boy has that been enough. We have been able to repaint to whole inside, recapet the whole house and Aaron retiled the master bathroom. That is one project I stayed out of. I am still working on trying to get the yard looking good and get the house decorated, both coming VERY slowly.

Well I am going to call it quits on this one and see how I post this since I have my professional Blog coach over here and I can get it done.
More updates to come......