Feeling Creative

So lately I have been having alot of fun yard selling with my mom and sisters ( they have been doing it for years, so I get to learn from the best). With all the junk that there is, sometimes there are great finds, and for $3.00 I found the cutest little bench, and with alittle elbow grease I can transform this old bench into a new refurbished bench... I am so excited. I promise I will post the outcome when I am finished haha.Also I thought I would be creative when it came time to sign up for a clock party that my ward was throwing together. I had no idea how much work would go into making this clock but none the less I succeeded (with the help from my sister heather) in making my first vinyl clock, and I thought I would share my creative side.

Halloween

Craig and I had a pretty good Halloween, the weather turned cold, the colors on the leaves were changing, and there was candy everywhere. Now for those of you who know me I love chocolate... I mean I LOVE chocolate, but lately (the last year) I have not craved chocolate like I used to, which is good. Then comes halloween.

Craig and I decided to go to the corn maze this year, because every year craig always says lets go to the corn maze and we never do. So this year we did it, we went with his cousins and ended up getting lost from them when we tried to take some pictures, but we all made it out alive and safe the only problem was it was cold.

For Halloween this year we decided to dress up Craig as the swine flu and me as an old lady looking for her lost dog (which happend to be on my butt). We didnt have a party or anything to go to so we went to my sisters house to see her kids dressed up, and boy were they cute. So that was it, no games, no dancing, just tons and TONS of candy which led to sugar high kids. And no of course I had to restraint when it came to chocolate surrounding me, I ate it thats right I ate it!!

October already!!!

I think I am worse at blogging then I am at writing in my journal, but I need to update it has been a crazy summer!!

We have had a fun time traveling around the state of Utah this summer. We got to spend some time in Moab for July with Craig's family. Other than craig getting sick the day of our 5 hour drive we had fun camping out and then river rafting the colorado river the next day. We were able to paddle in a two man boat alone, it was scary but fun none the less.

Next we were off to Park City for a fun family reunion with the Rushton's. Our sweet Grandma was there and was having such a fun time despite her Alzheimer disease.

Other than traveling we have also been staying close to home, swimming, bbq's, and fun game weekends at the cabin. When the pool was wrecked by Annie we knew the summer was ending.

All summer long we have had our lives turned around while my sweet Grandma suffered from alzheimers. I have been so blessed to be living with my parents during this time, to see my dads love for his mom has been such a blessing. My Grandma passed away in August, no suffering, no more confusion just peace.

And finally after 5 months of training with Geoff for the St. George marathon it finally came. We ran the 5k Swiss days before the race to get prepared, and I was prepared. I ran the marathon with so much excitment I couldnt believe it, I tackled all the hills and won. For the First time in 4 marathons I made it in the time I actually wanted. 4 hours and 30 mins YAY!! so until next year.

Another one bites the dust.

On Friday's I typically get asked by my patients if I have any fun plans for the weekend which usually we dont, but this last weekend I was excited to announce that we have a demke wedding to go to. Of course the reply to this is oh a wedding uh, but my response was oh no this is a good thing I absoultly love demke weddings.

In the last 4 years the demke's have have gone through 9 weddings and these are just not your ordinary weddings I mean the whole weekend is packed with fun activities ranging from bbq/pool party at uncle hal's, then the wedding, then a breakfast get together the next day, I mean when we party we go big haha.

I love these guys I swear they can always put a smile on your face.

Of course Geoff and Niccoles wedding was spectacular it was so much fun from the amazing pasta bar, to the chocolate fountain, and then the best part was the photo booth, I mean this thing was so cool.

The wedding ceremony was so special, not only did I get teary eyed (which is expected) but craig got a little emotional it was so cute. Criag and Geoff are a year apart and they have been the best of friends growing up and we are so happy for both geoff and niccole that they found each other. I swear these two youngsters are ment for each other. So thanks geoff and niccole for getting married so that we could have a chance to party harty.

The top hat was a huge hit (wait a sec is that abe lincoln?) good choice geoff

Rushton Reality Reunion

So every year my family gets together for our grandma and grandpa reunion, it just so happens that when you get married you are automatically in the running to plan a reuinon, and ours was this year WHOO HOO!! We decided the location would be the cabin (check), we decided it would have to be in may since baby 7 comes in june (check), now for a theme... this was the tough part. After much debating Craig and I wanted to split the family into teams and make them do reality tasks (check) now it was time for the reunion.

We divided them up with spouses and cousins on opposite teams so we could really see them go at it. The best part of planning this was that we got to be the judges haha. We had 7 challenges

1- project runway (they had to decorate their own shirts)

2-twister (on a huge twister board)

3-Ipod Idol (which was so funny)

4-Amazing Race (with a puzzel twist)

5-Tug a war (it was over in one second)

6- skits (I cant believe that my dad got into it)

7-apprentice (this was the tie breaker)

Even though the Yellow team, I mean the dominators, won every one got a prize and I think every one had a good time. I have an amazing family and when we all get together we have so much fun!

We got Bison Jams, We got Bear Jams, We got Elk Jams, and We got Huckleberry Jam

Bison Jams

Bear Jams

Elk Jams

Between spring and summer semester Craig and I decided we needed a break, I wanted to go to arizona with the sun, and Craig wanted to go to Yellowstone with the freezing temps. So guess where we went... thats right Yellowstone and it was the most amazing trip. So I thought I would give you a run down of our 5 day adventure.

I cant believe that I am old enough to rent a car, that is crazy!

11 hours in a car is such a long time.
We rented an amazing car that we did not want to give up, drove through wyoming to jackson hole then through the grand teton national park only to discover that the south entrance to yellowstone was closed until may 8 we arrived may 1. With a little back tracking ( a 5 hour back track) and some scary snow storms we finally arrived to west yellowstone.

this was Jackson Lake in front of the Grand Tetons, but with all the clouds its hard to see that they are grand.

Old Faithful Blew whoo hoo
Even though it was a little chilly we had so much fun looking at the view, seeing the wild life, and checking out the geisers. The best story I have to say was when craig got out of the car to stand twenty feet a way from these 4 bison, the only problem was that he started to move his feet and yell at them when they immediatly jumped up and came toward him. So what does my husband do... jumps straight through the window ( I didnt think he could fit through the window) I about peed my pants watching him run from these huge animals.
You would think that with so many people taking pictures of him every day that he could at least trim the beard.

One morning we woke up to 2 inches of snow on our car, but that didnt slow us down we are from southern utah and we plowed through those snowing roads. All in all we had such a good time together, I am so blessed that we were able to go on such a fun trip together... now it is back to the real world