It's time for....

So I don't want to sound lame, but his week I am thankful for my dog, Ginger! Mike brought her to my house about eight months before we got married and it was love at first sight! :) Seriously, I don't know what I would do without her, she always keeps me company when Mike isn't home. If it weren't for her, I would never be able to sleep at my house by myself. She makes a great guard dog. I also think she is preparing me for when we have little kids running around! I mean, we have to remember to feed her, bath her, play with her, find someone to babysit her when we are going out of town and some nights we even have to wake up in the middle of the night and let her outside! Mike even has to take her to work with him because she kept getting out of her kennel.



She loves rocks, sticks, playing ball, and anything else she can chew on. She will even play catch with the rocks if you will let her! And trust me, once you start, Ginger will not stop. She has more energy than any dog I know. Even though we have to go through all this, I love her to death and I couldn't ask for a better dog.
Now everyone knows way more about my dog than they ever wanted to! Maybe one of these days I can talk my husband into having kids and then I can write about them instead of my dog...........someday, I'm sure.

Road Trip

This past weekend we decided to take a little road trip down to Salt Lake City. My sister and her family came up to Idaho Falls on Saturday for my sister-in-law's baby shower. Then we all turned around and headed south! They were just heading home, but we were going down to support Mike's sister, Cindy. Our niece, Teddy Jo, was admitted to Primary Childrens Hospital last Wednesday. She had a tumor on her adrenal gland that had to be removed. Once the doctor got in there, he found out it was wrapped around one of her kidneys. Her parents were faced with the decision of removing the kidney as well. They decided to go ahead and remove the kidney and also to biopsy one of her lymph nodes.
They planned on keeping Teddy there for about a week, but she was doing so well they let her go home this morning.
She is so stinkin cute and we just love her to death! I'm so glad we got to go down and see them while they were a little closer than usual! I can't even imagine what they are going through, but I want them all to know how much we love them and that we are praying for them every day.

We also had fun while we were Angie's. Or at least Mike did......he really knows how to get in touch with his younger half....
It was so good to see everyone this weekend, but it's always nice to come home. Mike looks excited in this picture doesn't he?

Just the Two of Us

It's official.....Mike and I have pretty boring lives! There has been nothing "post-worthy" going on in our lives for like the past two weeks. I've decided it must be because it's just the two of us. What ever the reason is for our lack of excitement.....I felt the need to update my blog with the little excitement we have had.
Last Friday, Mike had a camp out with the young men, while I was home all alone on a Friday night! :( My cousin, Courtney, had her bridal shower on Saturday afternoon. It was nice to catch up with all the fam!
Mike and his brothers joined a city softball league about a month ago, so on Wednesday I went and watched them get creamed! The only game they've actually won had girls on the team......It's a good thing they just go out there to have fun!
On Thursday, we cleaned out our camp trailer and said our goodbyes....it was actually kind of sad to see it go. Pathetic, I know!
Mike left me again on Friday to go to an antique truck show in Salina, Utah. While he was gone, I made dinner for my parents and we hung up a much needed blind over our sliding door. For the past two months all the neighbors have been able to see right in our living room. On Saturday we loaded up the motorbikes and headed up to Kelly's Canyon for the afternoon. It was such a nice day and we had tons of fun. If any of you actually read this, I'm impressed. Now you know what I mean about boring lives!!

It's Thursday again....

This week I am thankful for my home. We were so fortunate to be able to by a house as soon as we were married. That meant we didn't have to rent an apartment and throw our money away. I am so grateful for that. When we went on the cruise this past January, one of our stops was in Jamaica, and it was so sad to see what some of those people were living in. Some of them were living in caves and used whatever they could find (cardboard, scrap pieces of metal, tree branches) to try and shelter themselves from the elements. Some did have houses, but they were barely staying together. It definently made me realize just how blessed we are! And our house is so much more than just a house, it really is a home where we will be able to raise our family. I'm posting some pictures for Cindy, since she hasn't seen the house since we painted. I haven't painted the whole thing yet, I got a little burned out! :)

Wind, Dust, and more Wind!!!

We've just returned from the annual Labor Day camping trip with the Holst family. (Except for Dennis and Cindy, and we missed them!!) We decided to try a new camping spot this year up by Birch Creek. Mike and I turned off the highway about 7:30 Friday night and we thought we knew where we were going since we camped in the area about a month ago. Well we drove for about half an hour and couldn't see any sign of his parents fifth wheel. Neither of us had cell phone service to call anyone. Finally, we had service and Mike called his dad. Turns out, we were like 15 miles past where they were camped!! So we turned around and drove the half an hour back to where they were! It was quite the adventure!

As you can see there were not too many trees around us, but there was plenty of sagebrush! So that pretty much meant no flip flops or capris for the weekend! After we got camp all set up on Friday night, it was time for bed. On Saturday, the guys got ready to go on a serious ride. (which is much too difficult for us girls)


While they were gone, us girls had a nice chance to relax and the little boys (there were no little girls there) had fun playing in the dirt!

And when the big boys got back from their ride, they looked like they had also been playing in the dirt.....or eating it......?

Anyways, after we had all eaten lunch, it was time for everyone to have a little fun together...so we loaded into two rhinos, a prowler, and a four wheeler. We headed up to Skull Canyon to check out some old mines. On the way back we drove up to a big cave. On Sunday, we all went to check out the charcoal kilns. Most of the adults had been there before, but all the little boys really enjoyed learning how they used to make charcoal. Here are some of the pictures I took.

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This weekend our awning finally kicked the bucket, thanks to the wind. We were inside eating lunch when we heard a loud snap and walked outside to this......


Other than the lack of awning on our trailer now, we had tons of fun this weekend. Can't wait for next year!!!