Uh. . . Randomness

Well. . . I'm terrible at blogging. . . but here are a few random pictures of some of the stuff that has been going on lately.

This was John's first day going out on his internship with the Utah Department of Fish and Game.  He was SOOOOO excited, and that is putting it mildly.  He had to be ready for the guy to pick him up at noon, so the night before he had told me that he was going to get up at about 9 or 10.  He woke up at 7 and was ready at 8 then was pacing around the house until noon.  It was the funniest thing, it reminded me of a little boy on his first day of school.  John got so antsy, that he cleaned the whole house.  It was great hahahaha!!!

I love a man in uniform ;)

This is what I woke up to at 5 am on the opening day of the bow hunt.  .  . quite the sight!!!  John didn't get an elk this year like he wanted, but he did get a nice two point that is going to feed us for a long time.  I am so proud of my man!!!

The loverly two point.

Is it so pathetic that I am so proud of myself for making stew for my hubby hahahahaha.  (And yes, that is deer meat in that stew)

Dumplings make everything better.  After eating a few bites and telling me it was really good. . . John told me it was "kinda peppery" baahahahahaha, I honestly don't remember putting a lot of pepper in the stew, but John decided we would call it "Pepper Stew" : )

I told John I wouldn't put this picture on facebook. . . so here it is on the blog, I couldn't resist.  I dropped him off at school one day and this is what he wore.  Oh how I love him!!!  I remember when we first were dating, I was always so curious to see what he would be wearing every time he picked me up for a date or something.  He definitely has a style of his own, and I LOVE IT!!!!

Other news in our lives, I got a job at a daycare working part time.  It is a lot of fun.  And I'm pretty sure it is the reason I have had an awful cough/cold and the flu all in the past 3 weeks.  Those little children are disease brewers!!!  But they are so much fun to work with and take care of.  I've been spending a lot of time with my family/by myself because John is always gone for his internship on the weekends.  It makes me appreciate the time that we are together so much more and I'm really loving spending time with the familia.  That is all for now. . . I will try to get better at this : )

Latest Project

Well. . . Here is my attempt at being somewhat artistic and crafty.  My dear friend Shannon put it perfectly when she called me a "Wanna-be crafter", she knows me well : )
I got these wooden letters at The Wood Connection down in Murray.  It is my new favorite store, me and my mom spent almost 2 hours there.  I am loving having my own place to decorate, and am excited to keep crafting!!!

Step 1: Sand the Blocks

Step 2: Paint the blocks

Step 3: Trace paper, glue paper to blocks, and mod podge blocks

Step 4: Find something to do with the blocks : )
I got this shelf at Ross for $12 and the frame at the book table for $12.  I think I did good on this one. . . I only ended up spending about $50 dollars for this whole thing.  That might be a lot to others. . . but considering the cost of  my husbands hobby (hunting) THIS IS A BARGAIN!!!!!!!!

Old Ephraims Grave, Hiking / Camping

If you haven't figured it out yet, John is quite the mountain man and is turning me into quite the mountain woman! We love being outdoors!  For the 24th of July we decided to do a short camping trip.  We drove up to Old Ephraim's Grave in Logan Canyon and then hiked about a mile past it until we reached a small grove of aspens that we set up camp in.  The hike was a good work out for both of us, mostly for me, I have been known to be quite the wimp in the past when it comes to hiking.  John was pretty proud of me when I made it the whole way LOL!!!  We have been camping before, but it was always in the "domesticated" campgrounds (not John's favorite)  We were out in the middle of nowhere, free to do WHATEVER we wanted!!! It was soooo nice.  The bugs were quite terrible, so we practically bathed in bug spray.  We got to do a little exploring and had some yummy tin foil dinners that we made before we started on our journey.  It was a good trip for us!  John had a lot of fun "being free" in the mountains, and he got to take the jeep up in the mountains for the first time.  We both feel so happy and peaceful up in the mountains, we are so grateful for God's beautiful creations : )

Logan Canyon is BEAUTIFUL!!!!

What a stud!!!  He packed in our chairs and an air mattress so that I would be comfortable : )

Weird beetle skin. . .

John loves fire. . . it's a guy thing for sure.

These were very yummy!

Cooking our eggs for breakfast over the fire. . .

and toast. . .

Yummy breakfast

I was LOVING the wild flowers!!!

WE LOVE THE MOUNTAINS : )

Aaaahhhh. . . . Lake Powell : )

If anyone were to ask me where my favorite place in the world was... I would have to say Lake Powell ( I haven't been to too many places in the world so....) We have vacationed there since I was 9 years old on a house boat, and it has always been the perfect definition of vacation for me.  Being lazy, swimming, laying out getting some sun, eating good food, hiking, sleeping, eating some more, boating, getting some more sun, eating some more food, more boating.... I think you get the idea....
Any who, this year our house boat sank : ( but we still got to go.  My parents rented a really nice house in Page, Arizona.  It wasn't the same, but it was so relaxing and it was a lot of fun to share that experience with John (it was the first time he had been to Lake Powell)
Here are a few pics from the trip.  My camera kind of sucks so. . . they are kinda blurry : /

I love the sunsets

Rainbow Bridge

The whole gang

I love this picture.  This thing was a lot of fun. . . unless you fall off and get knee'd in the back by your husband. . .

John caught this little guy, and his tail came off : ( Unfortunately I sat on this cool hat and ruined it forever : ( John is pretty sad about it. . .

This old boat had a pizza parlor in it.  Yummy pizza and cool environment.

Glen Canyon Dam.  I felt like a little ant looking down at this thing.

John wake boarding. . . like an old man with back problems

Just me

Couple of goooooofs!!!

This picture doesn't look as cool as it did in real life. . . dumb camera

Another good one : )

Our New Baby : )

We would like to welcome to our family this awesome 1998 Jeep Cherokee Sport!!!  John has been looking for a jeep for about 6 months now and we were finally able to get this sweet deal this week!!!  He sold his favorite truck last year to buy my ring and has been driving my little Toyota Corolla (Merv) from high school ever since, so I know he is very excited to finally have this vehicle that will be able to take him into the mountains : ) 

John also got a promotion at work this week!!!  I am so proud of him, I've always known that he is a very hard worker and I am so glad that his bosses saw that in him too!!!  Heavenly Father is blessing us so much and we are sooooo grateful.  We get to go to Lake Powell for the next week!!!  So, hopefully I stay on top of things and we'll have some updates from Lake Powell up here soon.
Yay for vacation!!!!!

The Fishy Town Pictures

 John. . . deep in thought

 As you can see. . . I don't get all dolled up for the fishies

 This train was forever long, and we all agreed that the engineer on the train probably loves when he gets to go through that part of the canyon cause it was soooo pretty

 Tyler, John's buddy from work.  Such a nice kid!!!  He's available too ladies hehehe

 eeeeh they are sooo weird lookin!

 The only fish we kept

Fishing. . . another test of patience. . .

Yup, we went fishing AGAIN.  I am learning to LOVE it!!!  I've always loved fishing really, I remember goin with my dad when I was a little girl and he always got my pole ready for me and I just loved it.  Now I'm a big girl and I learned how to tie a cool knot on the hook so it doesn't fall off, and as gross as it sounds, I really enjoy putting the worm on the hook hehehehe!!!  

This trip was up at Cuttler Reservoir.  We went with one of John's buddy's, Tyler.  He has a small fishing boat that we got to use.  It was a good time.  We didn't have a ton of success as far as size goes, but John did manage to beat us both and catch at least 10 little mud cats (they were really making us mad by the end of the day, they should be called worm stillers) He also caught 3 or 4 real cat fish, one that we kept.  

If I've learned anything about fishing it has been that it is such a test of your patience!  You've gotta really want that fish and really want to wait for it.  Every time I cast I say a very childish prayer in my heart "Please Heavenly Father, I really want to catch a fish so that my Hubby will think I am the coolest little fisher woman EVER!!!" and. . . I don't usually catch many, but when I do, John gets sooooo excited for me!!!  I've also gotten to see how patient John is.  Just when I think he's gonna get annoyed or upset about me losing my line or getting stuck on his. . . he just fixes it and goes on with life. He is an amazing husband and I can't wait for the many, many, MANY fishing trips that we will have together!!!!  

YAY FOR FISHING!!! Families that FISH together, stay together : )