Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Thanksgiving Weekend

This last weekend for Thanksgiving we went to Utah.  We had Thanksgiving dinner with the Olpin side of the family at Grandma and Grandpa Olpin's house in Heber.  It was fun to see all the kiddos and my cousins and even their kiddos!  We hung out with my family as well as with the Barlow side of the family.  We had fun shopping with Kate and Melinda and going to dinner with them and Garrett and Leanne and the boys.  We also went shopping with my mom and Aunt Kathy and tried a great restaurant called Blue Lemon, man it was yummy!  We got some great deals and completed most of our Christmas shopping.  It really was a great weekend, lots of fun with friends and family.

I have so much to be grateful for.  I am married to the man of my dreams.  I never imagined that I would actually find a guy that met everything I always dreamed for, but I did.  I have an absolutely awesome family that always has my back.  I married in to a great family that has made me feel so welcome as the newest addition to their family.  I am blessed to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints.  I am grateful for education and work.  I am grateful for the beauty of nature and the peace and serenity that can be found there.  I am grateful for life!!

This was a find at the new outlets at Traverse Mountain.
Yes.  This is a mother's room.
It's huge.

Bring on the Christmas Decorations!

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Idaho

Well, we have now lived in Idaho for 7 1/2 months.  I randomly take pictures on my phone of things I see while I'm driving or doing this and that.  So tonight, as I pulled pictures off my phone, I figured I would share some of Idaho with you.  Here it is!

 A gajillion bug guts on the car windshield.

 This is almost a daily occurrence to be slowed by 
tractors on the road.
One day, I even saw a caravan of tractors.  On the highway.
Only in Idaho.

 Cheapest. Potatoes. Ever.
Or so I thought.  They are now 15 lbs for this
price.  If you need some, let me know!

Now for some pretty pictures.  Idaho is absolutely beautiful and I have been lucky enough to snap a few great shots, not as many as I wish, but a few.

 Idaho falls Temple, by the falls

 The view as you walk out of the Rexburg
temple just after rain on the new crops

Grand Tetons

Taken in Saint Anthony while Brock was "Diggin' spuds"
for Spud Harvest
 Also taken in Saint Anthony

The Rexburg Temple after a snowstorm.

Monday, November 12, 2012

BYU Football

This is just a reminder that I love BYU football.  It hasn't been the most exciting lately, but I love them anyways.  We were given tickets while in Utah to go to the game this last weekend.  It was freezing cold and we left part way through the 2nd quarter because we were up by 35 points.  But I love going to the football games and being on the campus!

 Ready to face the cold for a bit!

I got a little emotional when they brought this
out for the national anthem.
It was very emotional after the election that
earlier in the week.

Monday, November 5, 2012

Visitors!!

This last weekend we had some visitors!  My parents came in to town on Friday night.  We mostly just sat around and chatted.  We tried to convince them that they needed a new TV with a blu-ray player.  I don't know if we convinced them, but it was fun.

Saturday morning me and my parents got up early before Brock and made breakfast for him since it was his birthday!  We made pancakes, eggs, bacon, orange juice, syrup, the works.  It was fun to just hang out with them and to have them in on the surprise.

I had to work for a few hours that day, but when I got off of work, we went to Big Jud's.  It's a grease pit.  A delicious grease pit.  You know the kind with the pounder challenge?  Eat the whole one pound hamburger, one pound of fries, don't throw up and you get all for free.  Ya, that place.  I am not too embarrassed to admit that we love that place.  Best fries ever.  Seriously.  (Even though you can feel your arteries clogging just by looking at them.)  So we introduced my parents to it.  It was a great meal.  Then we went to the Rexburg Air Museum.  I bet you didn't know Rexburg had one of those.  I am learning that lots of small town's have air museums, and they are pretty cool!

Brock gave my parents the tour of the town while I was at work.  Mom and Dad brought their old grill up so Dad and Brock worked on cleaning that, you know, a good manly task.  So we now have a grill of our own and we got a great chance to show Mom and Dad our apartment and where we live.  We love having visitors!!

 Check out the size on that puppy.

We decided to tease Travis with this picture
(He was supposed to do yoga at home that
night and didn't)
They are all attempting a yoga pose.