September... Oh My It's Gone!?

I can't believe how fast September went by. Summer was suddenly over :( I did a lot of traveling between Pleasant Grove and Alamosa figuring out what I was going to do exactly. Well I still hadn't found a job by the end of September so it came to a point where I had to decide if I could stay out in Utah or time to move home with the parents to get things going again. It really was a hard decision but I ended up moving back home! You know how it is The Valley just calls you home... only a matter of time before you can't ignore the call anymore ;)

Now that I finished my degree at BYU I have decided to go and get my nursing degree... I think I'm just going to keep going to school for the rest of my life. Well Adam's State (soon to be a University by the way) has a pretty good BSN program and so I have decided to go there and get this nursing thing on the go. So I've been home and it's been pretty nice hanging out with the family, catching up with old friends (total blasts from the past like you wouldn't believe) and helping a little bit on the ranch too.

Brittany and I were sitting here talking about how we both noticed how cool the trees have been looking, well we didn't have anything specifically planned for the next day so we decided to take a drive up into the mountains and get a good look before it was too late and we'd miss it. I thought these pics turned out pretty cool:



Proof we were there too ;)



So as you can probably tell the drive up in the mountains was a huge success (specially since the pics are never as good as it actually looks).

July and August Flew right by

THE BRAZOS!!!

The two cabins!

Andria and I went with the boys down to the Brazos.... they worked on the fence and we were "the cooks." Well our job only came when it was time to eat so we had a lot of fun just enjoying being in the mountains and having a good time getting away from all the hustle and bustle. Jackie, Jessie, Katie and Rachel joined us a few days later and we all had a good time hangin out at night at the cabin.

Alexis was truly enjoying running around on the deck... not the safest game to play...but we had fun.

Lynn went down to chop wood....


Then he gave me my official lesson on how to avoid chopping your leg open in the process ;)
Then Andria gave it a shot as well


Back at the cabin for the evening!
Jessie took out her braids and was a little concerned with the poof..lol
Check out Jess drinkin her juice... what a good little toad ;)


Alexis was loving being outside, lookin for fish, hoppers and all sorts of creatures.

Oh the trip was coming to an end...sad but definitely excited for a nice hot shower!
Lynn our trusty chauffeur navigator/dj


Stopped for a little lunch..... yummy ;)

LAKE NAVAJO!!!!!

Ahh the yearly trip to Lake Navajo! It's a week-long trip of camping out, playin in the water, and baking in the sun. Andria and I only got to go for two days but we made the best of what we had. Nights filled with card games, hot chocolate and TONS of giggly girls.

Britt and Lynn look awfully suspicious....
Jessie, Ryan and I chillin on the other side of the "card table"
The Captain Morgan Crew coming in to dock ;)
All Jammin to the music... Lynn of course rockin the boat!
Andria and Alexis playin in the water
The parents all went for a boat ride...
Floatin out in the middle of the lake
Alexis found some buddies....

STAMPEDE & PIONEER DAYS!!!

Once again they had Stampede and Pioneer Day Celebrations on the same weekend. Makes for a pretty crazy weekend but kind of nice if you're coming from out of town. Thursday Tom and I drove down from Provo with Ryan's new car... we met up with everyone in Monte just in time to book it over to the Rodney Atkins concert! Andria and I fell right back into our old concert jammin' selves. Pretty sure that was the first concert that our little brothers were there with us. We tend to get a little excited and really let loose, if you could have seen how our brothers were suddenly not so sure they wanted to claim us as family ;) What can I say though, we really know how to enjoy a concert!

Rodney Atkins and more importantly the hot guitar player in the back ;)

Look at that look from Lynn... yikes!
Andria and I helped embarrass Jessie a little too... teachin her our ways ;)
Rachel, Jess, and Katie...group pic?

On Friday and Saturday we all went down to Manassa for the parade and the excitement down there... yes that's right both Friday and Saturday, you just can't stick to one day you must make it for both.


Patiently waiting for the parade:


After the parade we all sit under the famous tree... same place every year!

Craig found Jessie to make a good pillow and Briana found Craig also makes a good pillow...just a little chain business going on.
Aunt Lucy helping Alexis out there... Jess chillin on the side ;)
Alexis and I had to drink together... any time I wasn't paying attention she would remind me that she was taking and drink and therefore I should also be doing so.
Cute... mom and daughter on the merry go round

Pioneer days wouldn't be complete without a journey out into the fields... whether it's a horse ride or out shooting guns...it just has to be done ;) Horses were the chosen activity this year. Definitely one of Alexis' favorite activities.

I don't have any pictures of August... probably because all these pictures weren't actually mine... the credit goes to Andria for being ready with the camera. So in August I moved to Pleasant Grove, UT. Yes that's right good ol' PG. Katy Tindall found this AMAZING apt for us to live in and well we had an absolute bast there. While I was there I finally finished all the testing for my CNA and passed on the first try!!! I was really excited about that. We lived with the Schrievers, and awesome family who took us in and treated us just like family.

June Birthdays

So right before and right after the cruise there were some Birthday celebrations to be had. Pretty sure Brittany will agree June is a very important month ;)

Mine had a cowboy theme...



Britt did an awesome job of pulling this one off...she got a lot of participation...everyone dressed up and everything!

Next it was Brittany's turn to age a little... So the day started off with a game of laser tag, then we went to the mall for some fudge, you'd be surprised how much fun that can be.
eating our spoils...

Then it was off to Red Lobster where Brittany and Jessie both enjoyed some LARGE drinks....we had just been on a cruise so it was a hard habit to break ;)


We then went back to the house for the best cheesecake....that's right Claim Jumpers Cheesecake! it was huge...I don't have any pics so you'll just have to take my word on this one, seriously insane!

Then while Lynn and Jessie were off picking up the movie for the night Brittany, Ryan and I attempted the tent making... oh it was quite the tent to start out ;)
The three of us barely fit so it was a no go when the other two came back.... but it was a fun little pass-time
Once we had a group effort going we made much better progress and successfully made a tent just like we used to back in the good ol' days ;) I have to say it was pretty cool.

We all slept a little light that night wondering if Lynn would still be alive in the morning. The exercise machine (that was holding up some of the tent) wasn't the most stable thing. It had fallen earlier when the cats decided to play on the tent. Lynn seemed to be in the danger zone, so we were all thrilled to see he survived!!