Surprise Utah!

My brother Andrew returned home after being deployed to Afghanistan. Ty and I decided that surprising our families and flying home to see him would be a good thing:) It was lots of fun to see him and to hang out with the families.
On Friday we went fishing with Ty's parents up to Deer Creek. That was a lot of fun and giggles on the boat, thanks Skipper and Sue:) We caught our limit! Here is a view from the lake looking at timp.

  Ty and the Skipper starting the gut the fish.

 So I have always felt like a nerd just standing there watching, so this time I asked Ty to teach me how to do it. He was very kind and had lots of patience, bless his heart.

 Yep that's me actually gutting a fish. I was afraid I was going to rip off the fish's head, but thankfully that didn't happen or I would have lost it.

The next day we went with my family to a new playground in Saratoga Springs. My family has been raving about it so they took us there. This is the pretty sweet rope pyramid.

 Ty and Ickles at the top. Yep I am a pansy and didn't make it up there. Did I ever mention that heights wasn't my thing?

 Saratoga Springs that day was having some kind of celebration and had a lot of the blow up toys there for the kiddos to play on. The wind that day was INCREDIBLE! Ickles and I were making our way to the jumping toys when we heard screaming and saw a huge one taking flight over the street. Sad thing was two little girls were playing on them and got thrown to the ground. I got to play nurse for a minute to make sure they were okay. But no worries the Life Flight peeps were there showing off the helicopter. So when they showed another big gust of wind came and another huge jumping toy took flight. It was actually funny to watch as people tried to dodge it. That's when we joined forces with others and took another big blow up toy down. Took us a couple minutes to get the air out and roll it up.

One of the blow ups went across a huge field and landed at the high school. Ya we were that cool to follow and try to find it. Don't worry 4 cop cars showed up to assist. That is when we decided to leave:)

That night the Day's got together and went up AF canyon to Mutual Dell for a cook out. Here they all are! We knew when Andrew arrived from the sounds of his BIG truck, even my nieces know the sound of his truck:)

Baby Kennedy

Babies Kalyn and Kenzie

The next day we all gathered for the blessing of Kalyn and Kenzie. Lt to Rt: Bentley, Jordan, Kyley, Kennedy, Ty, Laura, Kaden, Brynlee, Mom, Dad, Kalyn, Jenn, Addie, Kenzie, Logan, Andrew, and Jessica. I am so happy that we got time to spend with Andrew. It was so good to see him again and to hang out with him. One night I went bowling with Andrew and Jessica and that was lots of fun, and no it wasn't just because I won:)  He is such an awesome brother and I love him lots!!!!! So glad I got to spend time with him!!!!!!!

Ty had to get back to work and left Sunday. Since I am jobless this was a perfect opportunity for me to spend more time with my family especially Andrew. My parents and I took the grandkids and watched Madagascar 3. That is where Addie's flip flops fell off because of sweaty feet and she exclaimed "Oh my shoe fell off, slobbery feet"! The next day my mom and I went to 7 Peaks, thanks to the pass of all passes! Lots of fun to hang out with my mom and to people watch:) Thanks mom I love hanging out with you, love you!!!!!

Utah till we meet again. . . . :)

Houston Texas

With Ty's job he gets to travel and visits some students at Texas A&M. He goes out about 4 times a year and sometimes more. McCall, Ty's sister, lives with her family in Cypress about an hour away from the Houston airport. Ty will go early and visit his sister and her family before he goes to work with the students. I was lucky enough to go with him because I don't have a job yet. We left Thursday from the ABQ airport after being delayed three hours due to the high winds, so very fun.  McCall picked us up from the airport around one in the morning, bless her heart. We stayed with McCall's family through Sunday and had a lot of fun!

Our first day in Houston we went to Kemah Boardwalk. This was a fun little place with little rides for kids and different places to eat right next to the ocean.

 Loved these rules especially the second one:)

 Ty's neice Brynlee wanted to ride the train with Ty and I. The train ride wasn't too bad and we got to see a lot of Kemah.

For lunch we ate at the original Joe's Crab Shack. The food was really good and for dessert got this huge Key Lime Pie. With the four of us we couldn't finish it off.

Some pics of us walking around the boardwalk. The weather was pretty warm and there was a warm wind. Pretty much the whole time it was overcast, a true blessing!

The star on Texas is where Kemah is located.

The next day we participated on our very first crawfish boil. McCall's neighbors do this once a year where they get together and have a crawfish boil. So much fun and it was really good too! The nephews taught us how to peel the crawfish and how to eat them. Here is Colton showing off his plate.

 The neighbors sitting around getting ready to start.

 Ty pulling apart his crawfish

 Cayden showing us how to do it.

 When they boiled the crawfish they also put in corn on the cob, sausage, whole potatoes and onions, and some mushrooms. It really was so good!

On our way to church and to Texas A&M we passed this road a couple times. It is by far my favorite of all favorite road signs.

We also went to Brady's soccer game. He is in the blue and middle. Right after this pic he collided with another player and rolled his ankle:( It was still fun to go to his game and watch him play.

The trip to Houston was lots of fun, humid but fun:) It was also great to stay with Ty's sister and her family. I would definently go again if I have the chance!

Gone fishin'

We went fishing to Lake Cochiti and it was FULLY AWESOME! On the lovely drive to get there Ty mentioned how he wanted to catch a fish called a Pike and that maybe it might just happen. Now these fish can get very very big measuring up to 40 inches. We got to the lake and I launched Ty off on the boat. I parked the truck and then met Ty down at the lake.

 When Ty went last month he caught a fish over by the dam so we went back to the same spot in hope of some luck. Ty caught a couple of Big Mouth's and we were able to keep one. Both of our lures kept getting stuck in the rocks and we had both lost some of them. Ty was nice enough to lend me his fishing lure and I started to cast off. After about 15 minutes I thought I got it stuck on a rock or a tree limb. I started yanking and told Ty that I was stuck again. Ty came over to help and that's when my line moved out towards the lake, I CAUGHT A FISH! It took a lot of coaching from Ty to keep my calm and not to lose the fish. Then the fish surfaced. . . holy fire this fish was huge!!! Ty was shocked and then he recognized the fish, a PIKE! That's when I squealed and Ty had to keep my calm. Once the fish was up next to the boat Ty caught him in the fishing net, a nice squeezed fit.

 Ty had me stand on the back of the boat because he didn't want me to get in the way of the nasty teeth. He also gave me direct orders to not get scared when the fish flopped and to not fall in the lake. . . what a nice and caring husband right?:)

 Here are some pics of the nasty teeth on these things. This is way I get nervous swimming in lakes and rivers.

 Here ya go folks. This pike weighed in at 5 pounds and 27 inches. Ty did an awesome job of the filets and the we had a BBQ. This fish was yummy and we hope to catch many many more of them!

The big 30!

Ty's birthday is April 15th and boy was it an exciting day. . . not really. We just got back from the honeymoon and had to get a lot of stuff done before he headed back to work. So the next day while he was at work I was able to run some errands and get things for his day after birthday.

 Ty loves cake donuts so that was his birthday cake. He blew out three candles for his big 30th birthday! Happy happy birthday Ty, I sure do love ya!!!

 This is a fun picture. Ty was shaving off his beard and then came into the room to show me this. . . the 1/2 beard.

Isn't he just handsome?:)

Smokey the Bear

On our way back from our honeymoon in Ruidoso NM, we had to stop by this beauty!

We saw it in one of the books at the hotel and made the decision to go. Anywho, So how Smokey came about. The Government during WWI or WWII, I can't remember which one for sure, wanted to make the people more aware of the fires they were starting. So they decided to make a bear into a spokesman for the forests. After 4 years of advertising this bear, they found a real life mascot to us. There was a wild fire in Capitan NM where a young bear cub was found clinging to a tree. They rescued the poor cub and doctored his burned feet. This is when they named the bear Smokey. Touching story right. They shipped the bear to Washington DC for the Zoo there and even gave him a mate named Goldie. After Smokey passed on from this life, his body was shipped back to Capitan and the grave is appropriately marked.

A Sneak Peek

So the wedding day. . . Can I just say PERFECT!:) It was everything I could have hoped for. Okay I will confess that I was fully prepared for a rainy day and was really excited to have pictures in the rain with umbrellas. But while driving to my hair appt and then to the temple in horizontal snow. . . I got a little nervous. After the ceremony the sealer said that the snow would clear up for our photo's. Bless Brother Pederson!!!!! Once we got outside the snow stopped falling and we were able to get some really good shots. Our photographer Lindsey and also Jana did a great job.

Anywho here are some photo's that Lindsey sent us to keep us occupied while she works on the rest. We hope the others come REAL SOON!