Friday, December 11, 2009

I'm back!

Wilson-our new dog. confused???so am I...keep reading.

Okay, it's late and this blogging thing is irritating me because it's different on a pc than a mac, which was what I was used to doing it on. So, enjoy my random, not finished post. Hopefully you will get the drift. :)


It's so nice to have the internet again! Now there is so much to catch up on. I think I'll spare everyone, well all two people who read my blog, the headache of reading through three months worth of our life and just post some pictures here and there.





5th Anniversary: So Jesse has been itching to have another dog ever since Chewy died last summer. After we moved back to his parents, he kept bugging me to look online for hounds for sale. I looked and looked, but never found the right one. I decided I would have my sister get one from Utah and surprise him for our anniversary. Well...he wasn't too excited when she brought him. He wanted to pick it out himself. Anyway, we had him (Copper) for a couple of months and during that time, his legs got all crippled. The vet said there was a 50/50 chance that they would straighten out, but he was in a lot of pain and could barely walk, so we had to send him to live with Chewy. So...Jesse now has a 1 year old blue tick (gross, huh?) hound named Wilson. He is a good dog so far, very timid and calm.

Copper




Round-Up: Kloe had to experience the joys of Round-Up this year, cowgirl hat and all. She lasted about a half hour into the rodeo and fell asleep. However, she did enjoy some of the other festivities-parades, the carousel, and pony rides. That's about all I could handle.

Halloween: We went to my cousin, Jenni's in Twin Falls for Halloween. All of my siblings were there so it was a ton of fun. Jake proposed to his girlfriend, McKenzie while we were out trick-or-treating. We didn't have very good luck; only one or two people opened their doors. :( It's a good thing the kids are still young and don't know what is a "satisfying" amount of candy! Kloe dressed up as Tinker Bell, Jake was Peter Pan, Nif was Rufio and McKenzie was Wendy.

New House: Jesse and I decided not too long after he got a job at the hospital in Burley that we wanted to buy a house. We have been living in small apartments/houses for the past 4 years and were anxious to get a place of our own, so we started looking in the area and found some that we liked. We fell in love with one in particular, but it was a little out of our price range. But, I still wanted it and to make a long story short, the sellers accepted our offer and we ended up getting an awesome deal on the perfect place for us. It's a 4 bedroom, 1.5 bath with 0.7 acres completely fenced in, a 1 car garage, and last but not least, a woodstove. :) We have been so blessed to get this house. I really believe it is one of those promises of paying a full tithe. We closed on Dec. 3rd, and have gotten mostly everything moved in and put away. My piano is still waiting. I haven't taken any pictures yet, but will hopefully soon.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Pumpkin Patch

I know this is a little late, but since we don't have the internet, I am limited...to say the least. Hopefully I will be able to update more in a couple of weeks when we get into our new house. :)
We went to the pumpkin patch with some of Jesse's family. Kloe mostly wanted to pick them up and throw them back on the ground. In the end, she picked one of those tiny 50 centers.






Tuesday, October 27, 2009

5 Years!

October 30, 2004
Happy anniversary, Jesse! 


Friday, August 28, 2009

Yellowstone

So, I'm being lazy and don't have a ton of time to blog (we're moving TODAY!) but I won't have the internet for who knows how long, so I thought I would throw some pictures on from our last-minute 3 day trip to Yellowstone/Big Springs/Grand Targhee National Forest/Jackson Hole. You might want to start from the bottom of the blog because it's posted backwards. Enjoy your virtual tour of Yellowstone!

Jenny Lake (just outside of Jackson Hole)








Fishing Bridge...


This man came up to us and told us how he used to fish here before it was banned. He got shoulder to shoulder with me and said that was how close the fishermen stood. (See above pictures)




These bucks were right on the side of the road!








Coyote on the rocks

The "Big, bad wolf" (black dot)
















I thought this sign was hilarious!







So we thought we were going on a 1 mile hike to Fairy Falls, but it ended up being 5.2 miles. Ugh.



But the wild raspberries made the hike worth it.

A pika. I guess back in the day they were trapped for their fur. A very friendly animal.




A woodpecker doing its thing.




Some sweet spider webs!



mmm...I love me a bacteria mat.







Left the next morning EARLY...got in the park around 6:30 AM. The fog was thick, making it hard to see anything for a few hours.



Then "camped" a few miles outside of West Yellowstone IN OUR CRV. Not very comfy, but free.


So, this post is backwards...we left Monday evening and stopped at Big Springs to see some trout.




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