Hailey's Wedding

I got to spend some time up in Idaho this year.  It wasn’t till I was sitting in the shop and Tammy said, when was the last time you got your hair done, that we realized it had been basically 2 years since I had been up there.

Just as soon as I landed and got into town I was taken horseback riding with Papsy (Kyle-Hailey’s dad) and Jeff. We went up just a little ways from the house and got to enjoy some beautiful weather.  The craziest part about the whole thing was how late the sun stayed out.  We were out riding and it was basically 9:30pm at night, but it seemed like 6pm!  We came off some pretty steep hills and it was a lot of fun.  Granted, I really wish I would have worn cowboy boots- I love my toms but they just are not the best when it comes to taking a horse down off a mountain.  Let’s just say the pedicure I got the next day was close to torture cause of all the bruises I got from the ride on my shins.  I also loved how slow Papsy and Jeff talked, it was kind of funny because I never knew if they were done with a story or not, cause they would pause for like 2 minutes in between finishing another sentence!

Jeff and Papsy

 If you look closely you can see a little white speck, its a cross.  I asked Papsy if he knew what happened and then he told me how this guy pushed his wife over the edge for insurance money.

 The next day all the girls headed to the nail salon and we got our nails done.  I hadn’t had a pedicure in more than 2 years-cause the last time I got one was before Ashley’s wedding even!  After our nails were done, we just worked on wedding stuff.  We picked up doors in Emitt, got last minute stuff at the dollar store, I had to get Hailey’s bachelorette party gift. 

 I begged my man to take me on a romantic sunset scooter ride. It was freezing!

The last time I was up in Idaho, Jamie wanted to get a spray tanning machine.  Well in the course of 2 years she got one and now spray tans people all the time!   Of course I wanted to try it out to see if I wanted to buy one but I was a little scared.  I was worried that it would be super orange, be all greasy and gross and smell…but guess what- it was amazing. All the girls got spray tanned in the garage and were standing half naked in the kitchen eating and kept having to yell at the boys to stay out!

Starting the game that changed our life

 I really thought the bachelorette party was going to be pretty normal, but it turned out crazy as usual, and now that I think about it maybe the craziest…def one of the most eventful parts of the trip.  We opened gifts and I had a few games to play. I really thought they would be no big deal, but they turned into stories I will never forget in my whole life.  One involved drawing a face on a paper bag, putting it over your head and then during each round you take something off your body.  It could be jewelry, shoes, things out of your pockets etc.  Really, the first thing you can take off is the bag on your head-but if you’re like me you think the bag has to stay on and start taking your clothes off.   I def went the farthest when I was playing at a different party, by almost taking my pants off, but no one I think can ever beat Hailey’s missionary companion.  After the game was over, we ended up having a few guys come and dance-grossley…one being her brother Jake who had some sick moves.  One of the best parts was how dark Hailey looked and how we kept telling her she was going to look like an Indian bride for her wedding. 

 Friday was the big day.  The morning involved getting ready and then we all met at Costa Vida for lunch before we drove out to Twin Falls for the wedding.  Theres nothing better then getting to eat great food with friends-we def should have taken a pictures cause it’s the sorta thing I miss with all my roomies that we don’t get to do very often since we all live so far away.  

They did it!

  I drove with Matt and Jamie on the way to the temple.  Once we got there me and Shelby had a few of the little kids outside.  We took them on a walk and actually it didn’t seem like a horribly long time.  It was a little hot, but not super hot  and way better than when it was like below freezing for Ashley’s wedding.  We took some pictures and then we were off to the little place where we had the dinner.  Dinner was really good and it was good to sit with all my friends and just talk.

 How do we do it? Sick poses everytime

 I actually ended up driving home with them since I felt like I hadn’t spent very much time with them.  By the time we got home it was pretty late, but not too late to watch the Bachelorette together.  Ashley and I had already seen it but again, so much more fun when watching it with friends.  By the time we finished watching the show and chatting it was close to 2am!  I was kind of freezing and they were making fun of me and said it was probably warmer outside.  Well we go to take Jessica home and the top was down in the jeep and let’s just say we were all FREEZING to death! Besides the freezing it was so fun.  I stayed over at Gooch’s for the night and didn’t go to bed till after 4am! 

 We are awesome at these pictures

 Just a little out of focus

Papsy mowing the yard-for the 7th time

Jamie hanging up the burlap curtains

Thankfully we got to sleep in a little bit.  Then we headed over to Haileys to help set up for the wedding. 

The C's raspberry bushes, which have made paying for raspberrys in AZ so annoying!

I got my friends to walk over to a garage sale, we didn’t get anything, but it was fun to sneak out of working. When we got back we had to run to the store for something else, and of course a diet coke for Jamie.

 It was the best to see Uncle Val and Aunt Lisa…they are my favorite of Hailey’s family!  Uncle Val did all of the center pieces for the tables, can you believe it?!? It was fun to sit and talk with them in the shop while they were doing flowers.  Turns out Aunt Lisa went to high school with like all the people in the Relief Society General Presidency.  If only should could have gone to school with Sister Parkin! 

7pm came quick and people started coming to the reception that was in Hailey’s backyard and Papsy’s new barn.  It could have been a tad bit cooler since we were dancing out of control, but other than that it was a great night, I just wish we could have danced longer. 

The C's Tammy and Kyle

Same Goof Face

My new Kardashian sister

My candy boyfriend

The reason I love this new husband: he is super fun!

Cutting the cake

My Favs- Uncle Val and Aunt Lisa

I NEVER get the bouqet

After the wedding we ended up at Winco and then headed over to Ashley’s.  We talked for a little bit and then it was time for them to take me home.  This time we drove with Parka’s so we would be warm.  Turns out when you’re on eagle road in the middle of the night, you get these ideas to do crazy things…and because its so late at night you end up doing them!!!J  It was so freakin awesome, def our happiest moment of the day!  I loved driving that jeep and literally have thought about buying one for real. 

Sunday is when we all left L  Everyone from Utah went to church early so they could start their drive back.  Thankfully Hailey lives next to the church so they just walked over to say goodbye.  Shelby Jake Brig and I all went to the late singles ward.  And it’s nice to know that singles wards are just the same as anywhere else, there are weirdos everywhere.  Before Jake left Papsy went down the road to the nursey home and asked if they would like some centerpieces, which meant we loaded all the mason jar flowers into the truck and went to deliver them.  Then Jake left and finally Papsy and Tammy drove me to the airport. 

The trip was awesome and what sucked more than anything was calling Jamie a day or two after I got back home to ask her about the tanning machine and realizing she wasn’t just right down the street, but hundreds of miles away.  It would be so awesome for us to live closer together, but it does make the time that we do get to spend together that much more special-plus I love calling Eagle my second home.  We all agreed though that our roommate reunions are a lot better when there isent a wedding involved and not in eagle.  Thus we have been thinking of a cruise soon!!!

BFFS

Entertainment Center

So a long while back I became obsessed with pallets.  I found a listing on craigslist and picked up as many as I could in hopes of building an entertainment center.  All the entertainment centers I had seen I didn’t like and I certainly didn’t like their price.  I kind of had in mind how I wanted mine to look.  So one Saturday I started to work on it.  Turns out pallet wood is not that great and I ended up spending 35 dollars at home depot on some, what I like to call- foundational lumber.  I also had bought some particle wood at the Ikea as is section. 

The hardest part about this project was def the hinges.  In my mind I wanted the pallets to pop up and stay up, that way I could get in and out of the storage no problem.  But turns out to get a hinge like device like that requires a ton of money, more money than I wanted to pay for the whole thing.  So I settled on some cheaper “spring loaded” hinges but to be honest I could have used regular hinges and it would have been exactly the same and probably easier to install!

 I initially had gotten the red color for the top of my kitchen table, but used it for this project and then went over it with some walnut stain. 

It didn’t turn out exactly the way that I wanted it, but it is working as intended for now.  It is one of those projects that I’m glad I did, but probably will never do again!

 I def could have used some muscles bringing it into my house, it was quite the feat trying to move it all by myself-it weighs way more than you think!

4th Year Hike

This was my 5^th time taking the 4^th years on their overnight hike/campout.  Once we were up in the woods we had a great time.  I was worried when it took us a little over an hour to get down the switchbacks and we still had miles to go, but the girls picked up the pace and we actually finished hiking 8.5 miles in just about 2 hours and 20 mins.  I think the reason that it took us so long to get down initially was because the girls were picking flowers and taking 400 pictures every 5 feet! They were a great group and it was a ton of fun. 

It took us a while to leave town-apparently when I was at the gas station they jacked my phone

Start of the hike

 My favorite spot on the hike

And we finished!

Cart full of Clearance

I don’t know when my addiction to clearance started; I just know that my addiction got out of control last weekend. I had a coupon for some cleaning products that I love and decided to run to target on my lunch. I walked out of target with a cart full of clearance and a receipt for 100 dollars! My biggest mistake was stopping at two targets on the way home from work. The next day I remembered that Goodwill was having a 50 percent off sale. So clearly I had to scope out the store, to see if there was anything I really wanted, and would know exactly where to go. I didn’t find anything too amazing that night except sandpaper, that I just felt like I really really needed. But sure enough the next day, I walked out with a 40 dollar receipt.

I didn’t need either one of these, but I just loved the canvas color-and the vase is different, which I like

Ok, so I might have gone a little out of control-I bought 4 shower curtains in one day…but have already taken one back and am possibly taking the striped one back too.

2 pillows @ target for 6 dollars each

Laptop lap desk I’ve been looking for for a long time! and rotary tool from harbor freight

Nails/washer and some sand paper (sandpaper not pictured-but it was a huge thing of it, and with all the sanding Im going to have to do with my entertainment center-I'll need it)

Heater that oscillates and some kind of power tool that I wanted

DVD Player 3 dollars, VHS player 1.50 and movies for 50 cents. Urban cowboy-never seen, October sky-I know it’s a good movie, but its been forever since I’ve seen it. A League of their Own. Drop Dead Fred, a favorite from my childhood. Baby Einstein Bach-no scratches on dvd

Boys Sunday shirt and shoes, catcher’s mitt, a pair of swim trunks s and some kind of cool wrap. .

 I don’t really need a crock pot, but I had a 7qt and decided to get this one which is only about 4qt, maybe smaller will be better, plus I liked it. And how can you pass up an ice cream maker in a bowl?

Lamps are expensive so when these 54 dollar lamps were only 16 dollars each, I had to get them

Toothbrush holder that I’ve been trying to find, select bulk food from Winco, double binding from Joanne’s, new toothpaste and gum with xylitol from sprouts and cleaning supplies

Conference Expo Weekend

Conference weekend went by way too fast, it’s like the one weekend that is semi relaxing. Saturday we met at Brandon's house for crepes, but I don’t really like crepes so I just ate cookies instead. After the morning session a few of us went to the AZ Outdoor Expo at Ben Avery. I have been wanting custom ear plugs since I saw them there 3 years ago. The first year I thought they were way too expensive and was sure I could find them online or a coupon or something-but they were like 100 bucks. The second year they had gone down in price, but I didn’t have a job and so I knew I shouldn’t spend money I didn’t have. And then this year, they weren’t in their normal booth and I freaked out. I did find them and they were only 55 dollars! We watched a little of the mounted shooting, which was cool since this year they had these machines that automatically blew the balloons up. I kind of wanted to go shoot a Baretta shotgun and it was only suppose to be like 3 bucks to try them out. Well we walk over and underneath the Remington sign it said Free shooting. Needless to say we went over to Remington and had a ‘blast’!

Oppression-Revolution!

Just incase you havent gotten this message from me on facebook.....

I have a friend (Shelly Rowlan-you may know her-she is basically famous) who is working on a project about abortion and we are starting a grassroots campaign to overturn Roe v. Wade. She just launched a website that not only is informative , but allows everyone to track the spread of this movement to end abortion. Please help out by following these steps:

1. Go to the website http://oppression-revolution.com/ and watch the videos (they are awesome and let you know more about how this effort is so different and unique)

2. Go to the "Join the Revolution" section on the website and register- you will need my tag id (it only takes seconds)
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3-Spread the message through email or facebook to at least 100 of your friends or family. Be sure to put YOUR TagID so they register under YOUR name.

The most important step is the last one--We have to spread the message, because I know if we can, we really can change the world!!!
Thanks so much for your support!!!
If you have any questions, please let me know
Bree

ps-You can track the progress of the campaign under "Tracking Data". (These are kind of cool so check them out on the website).
Track the Spread -shows the number of people from each state who have heard the message and joined the revolution.
Lineage of Influence will give YOU the people who have joined because of your influence. You can see the impact you are having on the cause every day. Try to get as many as possible in your Lineage.

Meet my newest Godbrother

My Godbrothers all seem to be born about the same time Wicked is in town. When Carter was born I was coming back from the temple on a Saturday night after having lost the Wicked lottery 2 years ago. I would say Hudson made me lucky cause I won tickets, but technically I didn’t really win the tickets, but he is def more of a lucky charm…its probably his red hair that makes him a leprechaun and more lucky. I wanted Julia to have a dark baby, but if red hair means Wicked tickets then I guess I am ok with that. I def think he looks more like a Houston but hopefully one day I’ll be able to call him Hudson, but I’m just not feeling it yet.