Alumni Fun

Friday, my friend Laura and I planned a Fiesta party for about 30 BYU-Idaho alumni and their families. The evening started out with tamales and other various dishes and ended with get to know you games. We had an enjoyable night and look forward to many more similar gatherings.

Task completed

Seth and I have been married seven years and just today he completed a task I have been asking him 6 years to do. You may think it was a hard task, but no it was simply closing a credit card account that we never used and didnt even have a card for. I would have done it, but of course it was under his name so I couldnt. Ahh well. Just one of the joys of being married to Seth I guess. At least he got it done........six years later.

7 years

Tomorrow it will have been seven years together. Seth and I have come along way since we were first married. Theres been the good and bad but through it all Seth has been a constant husband and father. I appreciate the hard work he does at his job to provide for us and also for the help he gives me in the home. Friday night the Chases (whom we will be forever grateful to) watched our children and we took off to celebrate our Anniversary at the Majestic Theatre were we enjoyed the musical Wicked. The actors were truly talented and Seth and both really enjoyed it.

House Hunt

We have started the slow process of looking for a home. I hope we find the right one before next year. We are pretty specific on our requirements. The include location, West Stake, schools, and size so hopefully we will be able to find one sooner rather than later. Wish us luck.

Camping at Inks Lake

After almost 2 years of living in Texas last weekend we finally went on our first camping trip. We went with 2 other couples the Smiths and the Becks. Friday night we arrived pretty late set up Camp and the had some very good chicken kabobs that Laura made. After that our family was to tired to play games so we just went to sleep...or did we. About 2 am we were woken up multiple times by a bug that got caught under the ten and kept trying to get out. Talk about annoying.

Saturday Seth and I were in charge of breakfast so we kept it simple with muffins, eggs, and orange juice. We then packed up most of our camp site and then headed down to the lake where we rented 2 canoes for 4 hours and bought some bait for fishing. We went over to what was called the bowl, a nice smooth perfect rock formation perfect for swimming in. There was also cliffs perfect for cliff diving. The water was nice and Kenzi got in for a little while but go right out when she heard there was a snake in the water. The swimming area was a little to popular so we decided to go find a more secluded spot and do some fishing. We paddled out and found a nice smooth rock not to far from shore, grounded our boat and proceeded to do some fishing.

We had lots of luck and I say within about an 1 1/2 we had caught and released at least 10 fish. Poor Seth however spent a lot of time helping the kids with their bait and taking the caught fish off the hooks. He only caught one fish and it wasn't any bigger than his finger. It was actually kind of funny. After the Lake we came back to Camp had some great hamburgers, packed up, and then headed to Long Horn Caverns.

The caves themselves were the perfect hike for the day since they are always cool and it was in the 90s outside. Plus it was only about a mile hike and the kids loved it. There were some neat formations, including a ghost. Even though our tourguide was a big grump we still enjoyed the cave. I think he hated kids. Kade was always asking him questions and I know he was getting annoyed.