The Manti Pageant



Todd and I had the opportunity to go to Manti the other day for the Miracle Pageant. I have an old college roommate who lives there now and we have been wanting to go for years! It was really a nice pageant, there really probably isn't anything much like it anywhere else. It starts at 9:30 PM so it was nice to have a place to sleep instead of driving the 2 1/2 hours home after it was over!

The characters are all running around before it starts and Zarahemla was nice enough to pose for a snapshot for me!

It was also really nice to visit with my roommate, Wendy, and see their new house they are building. They were really great to hang out with and visit with and let us stay with them. Thanks guys!

If you haven't ever seen the pageant you should really try to go someday. Like I said, there really isn't anything much like it anywhere else.

My Husband Won the Gold Medal in Arm Wrestling!

And the Bronze! Todd won the Gold medal in his weight division. He competed in 2 events: the Novice division which wasn't separated into weight divisions and the Open division which was separated into weight divisions. He won a Bronze medal in the Novice division. Everyone had a really good time and Todd did exceptionally well, especially for his first time!




Todd and Colton are scoping out the competition! And yes, just in case you were thinking it, Todd does look quite huge!

This was for the Gold!

This guy was really strong and Todd was really excited about beating him.

USU Girls

The fourth weekend in May Jenny went up to see her USU girlfriends. It was a blast to get together for a girls weekend. Todd's parents came the same weekend for a Gold Wing Rally Cedar was having, but unfortunately it turned out to be a big disappointment, so no pictures! But everyone had a good time!

We have a customize timer setting on our camera and so the girls took 10 pictures in a row! This one is the first one! Pretty lovely, don't you think!

Then of course there had to be a kissy face one! It just wouldn't be an 8 girl get-together without a kissy face one!


Then there was the random cry to strangle your neighbor! I think that was Kat's idea!

And yes, believe it or not, this is the "Try to Look Sexy" one. Yes, yes it is. And while we are much older and more mature than we were in college, we still don't what it means to look sexy! Some of us look confused while others look just plain scared - as we never really did figure out what sexy is supposed to look like!

We went to dinner at a really yummy pizza/pasta place, California Kate's Pizza - or something. There was so much to look at for me, being in the BIG city and all I wasn't able to pay attention to everything!


And then after it was all over Erin and Jenny really tried hard to tally the money and figure out the check - I mean Jenny is an Accounting college grad and Erin graduated top in her class, they should be able to figure it out - right?!

These are most all of the girls who really made my college experience so much fun. I look back on college with fond memories, mostly of them - Thanks guys!

Camping in the Kaibab

We went to the Kaibab forest the second weekend in May. For those of you who don't know the Kaibab is right next to the Grand Canyon North Rim. Jenny's family goes there every year for the Annual Carter Family Campout in the Kaibab - pretty creative name eh!


Todd had fun making breakfast with Kate while Jenny was out providing meat for the family!

We also got to use our favorite tent that Todd's siblings gave us for our wedding!

And when Jenny finally did get a turkey her nephew, Carter was able to sneak up on it and shoot it with his bow!

Todd also took his bike along for the trip and had a blast riding it up and down the hills!

Off To The Races


So we went to Vegas the first weekend in May for the first annual Diesel Hot Rod Assoc Championships! It was really fun and then turned out to be pretty expensive. Todd did the sledpull with his truck and, although he went pretty far compared to other trucks, it did end up costing us our brand new clutch with just over the allotted warranty miles on it! But nonetheless it was pretty cool to see so much fast diesel power!

There was also a burnout contest, which was so cool. There was some serious rubber smell in the air during that! There were also some pretty cool trucks on the runway!

We were invited by Todd's mechanic, who actually paid for our room in Mesquite, which only really made Jenny wonder just how much time Todd spends down there at the mechanic shop! The mechanic had a truck racing(the red and gray one) so it was also fun to have someone specific to cheer for! All and all it was fun to be in Vegas sniffing all that wasted fuel all day!

I Saw A Bear

Do you remember the campfire song - I saw a bear, oh way up there... Well yes, the title is fitting for one of the pictures above! Jenny went with her Dad to New Mexico and Colorado the other week and the funnest part was seeing a bear with 2 cubs. Thought we'd share that with all of you! And the duplex is coming right along. It is looking so cute! We have already had a few people interested in it and we are excited about it getting done! It also has a cute little fenced backyard! The outside should be finished this week and Todd will probably start painting the inside next week. Then trim, flooring, kitchen, and some clean up with the basement and done!! Yeah right - we all know how that goes!!

Some Demolition Easter

We went out to the cabin once again and had a great Easter. We didn't get a lot of photos, but we did have a fun time. Todd's duplex is coming right along with some beautiful siding, it's going to look great.

Spring Activities

We've been keeping really busy this time of year. If you haven't noticed our posts have gone to almost nonexistent. But these past couple weekends have produced some fun times. We went Out West to Jenny's parents cabin and Todd got to play trucks. He probably had the most fun of anyone! Jenny went turkey hunting this past weekend and got a great bird, while Todd went to Twin to visit his folks.
Todd has also been working on a duplex we bought. He has completely redone the roof and is working on all the windows and getting ready for new siding. We are keeping pretty busy, but find ourselves daydreaming about this summer and boating!! Everyone should put a week on their calendar and come down to go camping and boating. For boating - trust us, we are available the day you are!

Fuchsia!



Hey we got a new flower and it really is very exciting. Although we do have about a foot of snow, the flowers are blooming like crazy!

Spring Has Sprung




I lost a plant this past move and although it was hard I picked myself up and planted a few seeds I had been carrying around for years. As it turns out they love our south facing window and have a beautiful blossom. I would like to invite anyone who wants to, to come on over and see. Now I know for some of you it will be quite a drive, but I promise it is more magnificent in person! There are already 7 buds on it ready to bloom. I love that plant, it helps put a little spring in my heart, if you know what I mean!

Relaxation


Rest assured at this point in time Chinko is the ONLY one relaxing!! You can see the peebles on his shell and on his feet that the goldfish have sucked up and dropped on him because he has been there so long!

Mexico!





We just got back from Mexico and are currently running around franctically trying to catch up! It was a lot of fun in the sun! Jenny took a day and went to Chichen Itza and they got a Mormon guide who told them a lot about the Lamanite history. It was facinating. Todd tried all the extreme sports - as usual!! He kind of got Wind Surfing, but it really tuckered him out!! Hobie Cats, on the other hand, were a breeze and everyone enjoyed them! Sailing in the open seas - not more than 100 yards off shore!