Thanksgiving Point $2 Tuesdays

For the month of August, Thanksgiving Point had a promotion for $2 Tuesdays! It was a great deal. I have always wanted to go to the Thanksgiving point gardens and dinosaur museum but didn't feel like paying the full cost ($10 per person) but for $2 bucks...it's a steal!!

We took A LOT of pictures! I LOVE pictures!! SO here are a few pics from our "cheap date!"

THE GARDENS


THE DINOSAUR MUSEUM

Lake Powell

WARNING: PICTURE OVERLOAD!!!


We LOVE Lake Powell!!! Oh the joy of sitting around with no time constraints or worries. All you have to do is enjoy! We had a full out family party as always. My entire family was there plus my Uncle Robert's family a few cousins thrown into the mix and some friends! There was almost 50 of us total but we loved it!!

We had a beach where we set up a GIANT slipin-slide, they got it all set up the first night and so all the boys went down first to make sure it was safe. Spencer was loving it!
We found out that you slide down faster with dish soap and garbage bags! Hence these next two pictures.

Our days usually consisted of eating lots of delicious food, wake boarding at least once everyday, lounging around and enjoying the sun and any other things we could think of! It was AMAZING!

Spencer and I doing nothing!

Spencer Wake boarding


Wake boarding some more...
So I'm not a big fan of crazy adventures or things that are somewhat dangerous. I don't like cliff jumping and really jumping off anything higher than like a foot is too extreme for me. However, Spencer really wanted me to jump off the back of the house boat and he said if I did he wouldn't bother me about it every again! I thought that was a fair trade. This is me getting ready for the big jump!
I really didn't want to do it, so my sister Kara agreed to jump with me but before we both agreed to go we made Chantel my youngest sister jump first. Spencer "recorded" me jumping but...he forgot he was recording and so when I jumped he left the camera on the same spot. You never really see me jump! LOL it was pretty funny!

Then one day we went to the famous "Sand hill!" It's this mountainous sand hill that we used to climb every year but because the water has been so low in the past we haven't climbed it in a while. It was so fun to go again, it brought back a lot of memories!
The HUGE Sand hill
Spencer and I climbing to the top!

The group at the top!! It was a workout but totally worth it!
At the bottom of the hill enjoying the beautiful water!!

We also love doing what we call "Tube Wars!" My dad hooks 3 tubes to the back of his boat and we simply try to stay on while everyone else is trying to get you off. It's insane and probably not very legal....but so fun!
The three tubes!!
Spencer enjoying the victory....
Spencer jumping from the Jetski to the moving tubes! Insane I know but we love it! :)

Another adventure was watching a spider in action. Overnight a spider had spun a web in the front of our houseboat. Spencer wanted to see if the spider would do anything if we put a bug in his web. I was certain that nothing would happen, but Spencer was excited to try. He found an ant and threw it on the spider web. To my surprise the spider came down wrapped it all up and took it up to the top of his web for safe keeping! It was seriously amazing! We did a few more times for pictures and what not but it was really amazing to be that close to a spider enjoying his prey.

Another great part was having my little nephew Ashton there with us. He is the first and only grand baby right now, so he's spoiled and loved! He loves to be in charge and do his own thing. This is him telling everyone what they should be doing.
We have a bucket in the front of our houseboat that we wash the sand off our feet with. Ashton thought it should be his tub!


The beauty of Lake Powell


Our last night there, my Cousin Steve (who is an amazing singer and original songwriter) along with his older brother Scott and my little brother Dal put on a concert for us! It was pretty intense! We had glow sticks, fireworks and everything!
WE LOVE LAKE POWELL!!!

Chan's Mission Call...

Well my little sister Chantel is going on a mission!! She got her call a few weeks ago and it was a very exciting night!

There's that infamous white envelope that holds the next 18 months of her life! She doesn't even look nervous!
I was a little excited about the whole thing!!

Beginning to open the letter...

Starting to read that she will be serving in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SANTO DOMINGO WEST MISSION going into the MTC on Nov 4th!!


And the JOY we all felt!

A proud Dad!

A happy mom

and an emotional sister


Now where will my little brother Branden go?!? Still waiting for the call!

Our One Year Anniversary

Well we made it, we have officially been married for one whole year! It's crazy to think back on all of the things we have done this past year but we have loved every minute of it! Being married is wonderful and I would highly recommend it to everyone, especially if you find a husband as good as mine!

Our anniversary fell on a Saturday and Spencer is currently taking a GMAT course that is on Saturday from 8-12. It worked out perfectly for me though. The traditional gift for the first year is paper, plastic or a clock. So after doing a little googling I put a few ideas together and decided to come up with 365 reason why I love Spencer, write it on post it notes and make an "I Love you" sign on our bedroom wall! I have to admit, it did take a lot of time but it turned out great!! Spencer came home from his class and was WAY surprised! It was perfect!


Then I opened my gift which was a CHI straightener! I have been wanting one forever but could never bring myself to buy it, so Spencer being the sweetheart that he is, got it for me and I Love it! It has an earth facade, so Spencer tied it into our one year anniversary by saying it takes the earth 365 days to go around the sun! It was perfect!

We then pulled out the top of our weeding cake, which has been in our freezer for past year. I am a very traditional girl and I wasn't going to go without at least pulling it out and taking a bite! :) The frosting looked awful and we didn't even try to eat that, but we did cut the cake and take a few bites of it. It wasn't horrible but after a year in the freezer I think it had seen better days.


Then it was off to Park City, we spent the rest of the day shopping at the outlet stores which was a lot of fun. Spencer and I both found some great deals and we were excited about them. We later checked into our hotel room and then headed off to dinner. We walked down Park City Main street and ended up eating at Main street noodle and Pizza which was REALLY good! They have freshly made pizza and it was delicious! We had such a great time and look forward to another wonderful year of marriage!