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ETA: February 27, 2008

And just a little FYI, Baby's First Boat Ride at 7 Weeks- Doing Great!! Although realize by now I am almost 10 weeks along!

Michigan in July


We went to Michigan the other week. It was really fun to visit Robb and Amanda and Cole. We went to a baseball game. That was so fun as it was a beautiful day and the food was so good! It was a great time sitting outside watching the game and enjoying the day.

We also went on the lake fishing and watersking. Robb got up immediately and decided he had been missing out for a while now! Cole is pretty fun out on the lake as he was cheering everyone on!

Todd, of course, gets really excited when we start sking and just can't contain himself! All in all it was such a fun trip to visit and hang out with Robb and Amanda.

The Fourth of July

Well it might be a little late to post July 4th pics, but here there are anyway. I went to the parade with a few of the grandkids and Mom and Jana. Then we went back to Mom's with everyone and had lunch and played in the water.

It wasn't until we put the water on the tramp that Todd couldn't take it anymore and decided to play in the water for the rest of the afternoon. It was a real blast and as always the kids really enjoyed an adult playing with them! Todd is quickly taking status as the favorite uncle, and they often compare things they see like this: "As tall as Todd, or maybe even taller!"

Todd also decided that babies just ruin the fun and we quickly diverted that one for him!

You can tell from Kate's stance that she is trying to plead her case and get Todd to stop the jumping so she can get on. She does have that way about her that makes Todd give in pretty quick!

The the fun moved to a game involving Todd catching the kids and dunking them with his eyes closed. Again Todd becoming the favorite uncle!



Kate was so unbelievably cute I couldn't help but take a picture! No worries that the goggles were just for running through the water!

Washington for a Week


For those of you who might not know I went to Washington for about a week. Both of my grandmas live there and my mom and I went to do some cleaning out, yard saleing (setting up that is), and a birthday party.

Then Dad joined us and we also went to the Space Needle in Seattle and the Farmers Market. It was fun to see Seattle again, but really it just put a little bit of reality in me and just made me want to come home!

The Market was full of fun stuff though. All kinds of things like: fresh fish, fresh donuts, fresh flowers, and just about everything else you can think of!

There were some big bolts at the bottom of the Space Needle. We all decided that they were only decorations to make people feel better about going up! After seeing the picture and explaining what they looked like Todd decided that he thinks they are real, but we just aren't sure!

This is my Aunt Winnie and my Uncle Lee at the Yard Sale. They are about 84, have been married about 56 years and are 2 of the healthiest people I have ever met. It was nice to visit with them as my mother is very close to them and has been her whole life!

This is my Grandma Barbara. It was her Birthday that we went to and I was able to spend the night at her house before I flew home. It was nice to visit one on one and get to know her a little better.

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.