HaRtsOck HAppEniNgS

V DAY

2012-02-20T07:08:00.012-07:00

This year for Valentines Day Nate and I decided that we would give each other gifts that didn't cost. So I began thinking about what I wanted to do and of course searching pinterst for ideas. I found a few things I liked and went with it. I ended up spending about $5. I just got a few of his favorite candies and made some little saying with them and then stuffed them in a jar that I decorated. I thought they were all pretty cute even though he wasn't super excited about them.

Then I made him the cards below with 52 reasons why I love him on them. Although it was pretty simple it took a lot of time. I think that I like them more than he does but what can I really expect from a man.... Anyways these are the things I made for him (sorry about the quality of the pictures, I had some bad lighting or something).

This is what Nate gave me...He was home sick all day on Valentines Day and he spent part of the day putting this together for me. If you can't exactly tell what this creation is he got 2 flowers, sticks and put donut holes on the end of them (since we weren't suppose to spend much many he figured donut holes were much cheaper than flowers). Then on each of the donut hole's sticks there were coupons for things he would do for me or take me to do. Some of them said "good for 1 free foot message" "good for one free breakfast or your choice" "take you out to lunch." I loved his idea and thought it was so cute and creative. Since Nate was sick we stayed home Valentines night and I made him homemade chicken noodle soup. It was simple but fun. I have an amazing husband and am grateful that I was able to show him how much I love him.

It's the most wonderful time of the year

2012-01-16T17:02:00.013-07:00

I'm a little late in posting our Christmas vacation happenings but her it is anyways. This year for Christmas we got to go to Idaho to spend it with my family. We got 2 whole weeks off from school and loved every minute of our break. We headed to Idaho and relaxed there for a few days before leaving for Utah. While in Utah we got to watch 2 of Noah's games, shop, hang out with family and friends, and eat some good food of course. Our friends Jan and Spencer were kind enough to let us stay with them. My parents came with us to watch Noah. They had a blast and a little quote from Nan about the games were, "man these games are so much funner live." Her and my dad have become big BYU fans since Noah went to play there and have been very diligent about watching as many games on TV as they can so it was a special treat to have front row seats for the games.

J.D., Nan, & Noah

Kendalyn & I

Noah & Greg Wrubell (Greg is my sister Trish's love!! This ones for you Trish.

Back in Idaho for Christmas....we decided to spend Christmas Eve and morning at my sister Trish's. We thought it would be a little more exciting with kids around Christmas morning. Christmas Eve we went to the movie "Aruthur's Christmas" and afterward went to Cafe Rio. Yum!! Afterward we drove around looking at Christmas lights. I love to look at Christmas lights and there are some great ones in Idaho Falls. After that we headed back to the Chatterton's and opened a Christmas Eve present (a little tradition we have). We hung out with everyone for awhile then the kids went to bed. We woke up Christmas morning at 7 am; opened stocking and presents from Santa then headed to church.

The tree with all the goods.

Checking out my stocking

Nate checking out his stocking

Sticky buns bustin' at the seams!

Lookin a little tired Christmas morning

Hayden was SHOCKED to get an Ipad

Devin; loving every minute of it!!

The best surprise of the day was Jessie's present. The doorbell rang and Trish

told Jessie to get it. When she opened it up, there her dream car sat in the

driveway with a big bow on it. She was ecstatic!!

Jessie loving her Jeep

This present was the best: A Chi straightener. It is amazing!!

The kids in my family went in on an Ipad for my dad for Christmas. He calls it a MaGiC bOx and loves it. It is so funny to watch him work it because he knows nothing about technology.

Londyn and Nate being their dorky selves. Hhmmmyellow!!

The 2 weeks that we had off for Christmas FLEW by! We had blast and Nate spoiled me once again. He is such a thoughtful gift giver and listens the whole year for things that I want. I need to be more like him in that area. I was grateful to celebrate the birth of the Savior and think of his life throughout the Christmas Holidays. The ultimate gift that he has given us is really what the season is all about. It was so much fun to be around family for 2 weeks as well. We miss them very much and love spending time with them.

Thanksgiving in Chi-Town

2011-12-13T19:56:00.021-07:00

The Hartsock's headed to CHICAGO for Thanksgiving this year. Noah had a tournament there so everyone decided that was the place to be. Ben and Lindsy live there and they were the most amazing host's!! It was a tight squeeze with everyone there, but we loved every minute of it. We watched 2 BYU games, ate Chicago deep dish pizza, hung out down-town, had a wonderful Thanksgiving meal, went to the museum and enjoying time with family. Thanks again for letting us stay with you Ben and Linds. It was a blast and a Thanksgiving we will never forget.

Willis Tower (formerly know as Sears Tower)

Girodanos it's a good thing you are thousands of miles away or we would have a situation.

Love, love, love this pizza!

Holidays on State Street

Ice skating in Millennium Park

The Bean at Millennium Park

Ben, Linds, Carter, Avery & Emilia

Downtown at the lighting of the Christmas tree

The next few pictures are at the Museum of Science and Industry. This museum is incredible. I went there the last time I was in Chicago and was there for like 3 hours. This time we were there about the same amount of time and saw totally new and different things. I love this museum!!

Nate and Avery

This is an actual submarine from WWII. They actually built this part of the museum around the submarine. It was awesome to see this part of the museum and pretty touching.

Wow!! What an amazing tree

Thanksgiving Day.......

Linds and Leslie working hard

Working on the 80 rolls I made

Carter and Jo

This is the most amazing turkey I've ever seen. Lindsy did an

amazing job on the whole meal but the turkey was off the charts!!

The Fam after Noah's game

Carter and Nate

Melis, Emilia, Nate and Avery

Jabari Parker. Coach K says he's the next Kobe. Top high school player right now. Check him out on youtube. He is amazing. BYU is recruiting him along with every other D1 school in the nation. Guess we will wait and see where he goes....

What a suprise!!

2011-10-15T18:38:00.013-06:00

Life since volleyball stared in August has been stressful to say the least! I have a young team and we have had to work through a lot of kinks. I think about volleyball a whole lot and I talk about it a lot as well. Nate listened for the first few weeks but as the season has gone on he listens less and less. So I had to turn to someone who cared and knew what I was talking about- my sister Trish. She has felt my pain, worry, excitement, anger, and frustrations of being a coach. She knows well what I've been going through having coached for 12 years herself. Well the other day I was sitting in the gym at a junior high volleyball game keeping score and my amazing sister shows up right in front of the scores table with 2 of her kids Jessie and Devin. SUPRISE!! SUPRISE!! I was completely shocked. They drove 9 hours to come visit us. She knew I needed some professional help with my team and she made the trip up to do it. We won both of our games while she was here and she helped me out immensely. They came on Thursday and stayed until Sunday. It was homecoming week so Friday was just a fun day at school and Jessie and Devin got to hang out with the kids at school. We visited Devils Tower on Saturday and went to the football game and then to our volleyball game. Thank you for the visit. It was so fun. I have the best sister in the world!!

Summer in the Sun

2011-09-11T20:51:00.002-06:00

What a great summer we had!! It was all about sun and fun!! I think that I was so busy playing that I just didn't have any time to blog. We got a great start to our summer by going to LAKE POWELL. We went with the Chatterton Family, my parents and cousin Jaclyn. We rented a houseboat and spent our days eating, boating, tubing, wakeboarding, knee boarding, laughing, playing games, tanning, fishing, and swimming. It was the best vacation I've been on in awhile. Thanks for the invite Trish and Chris. We had a blast!! There are many picture to follow; lets remember I didn't post anything all summer.

Carson playing in the sand

The view from our houseboat

Nate spent most of his time fishing

Nate's first tubbing experience. Let's just say he was terrifyed!

Rainbow Bridge

Houseboat

Me and Trish

Nate gettting ready for his first wakeboarding experience

Our last night on the Lake

After we left Lake Powell we spent a few days in Utah with Nates brothers and then headed to Idaho where we lived for most of the summer. My parents we so gracious to let us stay with them for the summer. We had a great time in Idaho with family.

Melis and Kels

Nate working away doing cement at the Hawks home

Date Night with Trish and Chris: Blue Hashi and the Bronco=AMAZING!

Our next vacation took us to Oklahoma to see the Hartsock's. We flew with Noah and Kendalyn. Lindsy, Ben and the kids came from Chicago. They also brought Nate's cousin Zach along with them. Dan came from Stillwater and Jake and Jo were already there. The only brother that wasn't able to make it was Jeremiah; whose wife Allison was getting ready to have a baby. (We missed them). It was over 100 degrees the whole time we were there so we spent most of our time in the pool.

The first night that we were there we headed to the kiddy park with the kiddies... and then to the Vaclaw's for some amazing fireworks. Happy 4th of July!!

Avery and Emilia riding the horses

Carter is pretty thrilled about this boat ride (he wasn't feeling well)
I thought this picture was hilarious of Nate trying to crawl into the back seat of the car
Nate playing with Emilia

Me and Lindsy
The whole fam at Mazzios

Noah, Leslie, and Nate and the OK City Temple

Loving the pool in the backyard

Back to Idaho........

Riding the four wheeler with Marley and Londyn
Kimmi and I decided to run the 10K 24th of July Freedom Run. It was my first race and I didn't reallly train for it. I'm pretty sure that I will train next time. I did end up winning the grand prize from the raffle and got a $100 gift certificate for new running shoes. I was super excited!!!
Aspen, Nan and J.D. 24th of July parade

Hanging with the nieces at the parade
Marley and Londyn loading up on candy

In August my entire family was togther for the first time in years. One of the days we went boating with everyone and had an amazing time. We also had a family reunion with all of my mom's family.

Wow did we laugh hard. My abs were so sore the next day from laughing. It was a blast.

We were sad when our summer had to come to an end and we had to come home to Wyoming, but so grateful for family and jobs that allow us to spend the summers with them. Now we are back to teaching and regular life, so maybe I will be better about blogging, but no gurantees.

ARIZONA

2011-05-05T09:46:00.016-06:00

We were so blessed to be able to go to Arizona for 5 days in April and visit our favorite friends Tim and Shelbie Claybaugh. Shelbie is a sister that I served with in the Visitors Center and we became great friends on the mission and even better friends after. Luckily our husbands have become good friends as well!! Tim and Shelbie moved about a year ago and although we were sad to see them leave Utah we knew that them living in AZ would give us a great excuse to go there. Mesa is where I served my mission. I loved having the opportunity to visit the areas where I served and being able to show the visitors center to Nate.

I didn't take a whole lot of pictures. I think that we were too busy enjoying the nice weather and playing. We left cold and snowy Wyoming and headed to 80 degree weather! Each day was filled with fun, laughter, food, shopping and sun!! We went to the pool everyday to catch a few rays. We went to the Vistors Center on Sunday afternoon. (Pics to follow of that) We got to do a session in the temple and that was a treat for me. I absolutely love the Mesa temple; it will always be one of my favorite temples. We went to the Easter Pageant which is such an amazing production. I'm really mad that I didn't take pictures becaues if you've never been to it, its hard to imagine how awesome it is. We drove through my areas I reminissed and told Nate about things that happened in certain places. We also visited a few of the families that I taught. I miss them and I loved being able to see them and speak Spanish with them.

Gotta love the cactus of Arizona!!

Alma Lizarraga...One of my favorites from the mission. I was able to be

her escort when she went through the temple for the first time.

Shelbie and I in front of the Cristus

We are listening to a short narration of the Cristus that is played. As I listened to this presentations I was hard not to get a little choked up. It brought back many memories of my time in the Visitors Center.

Here we are going through 'God's Plan for His Family' This is one of my favorite presentations at the Visotors Center. I can't count how many times I showed this presentation but going through it this time with Nate was extra special. The focus of this presentation is on families and how Jesus Christ has prepared a way for us to be eternally together.

I love this temple!! This is the view that I got to see for many months as I looked out the windows of the Visitors Center.

What can I say, I love Arizona and could live there the rest of my life. Shelbie and I had a great time shopping and talking. Maybe the 2 things that we do best. We are sad that the Claybaugh's live so far away but are grateful they live in a warm place where we can escape the long Wyoming winters and enjoy some heat. Thanks for letting us come and visit you and introducing us to Orange Leaf (most amazing yogurt place) we hope to come back soon!!

NCAA Tourney-Courtside

2011-04-03T13:18:00.010-06:00

As selection Sunday was nearing we were praying for one things.....that BYU would play their first few game in Denver. As they announced where and who they would be playing we were thrilled it was in Denver. We sat on the 2nd and 3rd rows for the Wofford and Gonzaga games. The Gonzaga game was amazing. It was by far the best game I've ever been to. Although the cougars had control for most of the game it felt like a 2 point game the entire time. It was INTENSE!! Noah played amazing and was 5 for 5 from the field. He sat out most of the first half with 2 fouls but when he was in he tore it up!! We are so proud of the cougars and their amazing season!!

Ready for the game to start

JIMMER.....need we say more

After the Wofford game with Noah

Melissa & Kendalyn

Jimmer and Jackson

The starting 5 at the very end of the Gonzaga game

Hartsock Pride

CHICAGO!!

2011-02-19T16:19:00.015-07:00

I had the opportunity to go to Chicago for 10 days to babysit my twin nieces Emilia and Avery and my nephew Carter. My brother and sister-in-law went on a cruise so I got to go take care of their kids while they were gone. Kelsi got to come with me and I was so grateful that she was there. I definately couldn't have done it without her. We got to get out and do a lot of fun things and have some awesome adventures. Here are some pictures of the good times we had together. The first place that we visited was The Willis Tower (which was previously known as the Sears Tower). We went up 103 floors to the skydeck. It was crazy!!

A view from the top

This is the skydeck. There are little glass squares that you can step out onto and look straight down. It was a little scary at first but it was pretty awesome.

Carter and Melissa on the skydeck

Me and Kelsi

Our next adventure took us to the Museum of Science and Industry. I loved this museum. It was huge with so many amazing things to see.

Kelsi and Carter on the big John Deere

We watched some baby chicks being born. I hadn't ever seen baby chicks being born and I thought it was pretty cool to see.

My favorite part of the museum was the trains. They had life sized cabooses and a huge room filled with minature cities and train running through them. Carter loved the trains and didn't want to leave that room.

Kelsi and I had our Birthday on February 8th while we were in Chicago so Lindsy got a babysitter for the kids so we could go downtown to hang out for our Birthday. We rode the train downtown, which was an intersting experience. As we got off the train and headed down the street we stopped to go down a street and saw a million cop cars and a guy told us that someone had just gotten shot on that street. SCARY!! Anyways we shopped, went to Memorial Park and walked around the streets of Chicago.

Chicago stuffed pizza. One of the best things that I've ever eaten!!

The day before we went home we headed to the Brookfield Zoo. It's one of the biggest zoo's in the world. The monkeys were by far the best part of the zoo.

CHRISTMAS VAC-A

2011-01-17T11:59:00.016-07:00

We had a wonderful holiday season and we were so blessed to be able to spend time with family. We went to Nate's parents in Oklahoma for the majority of the Holiday season. We were also lucky enough to drive down to Texas for four days to visit Britt and her family. My parents were even there for a few days. It was great to see them since we haven't seen them since they left for their mission in April.

Christmas started a little early for us. Nate and I decided to open our presents from one another before we left for Oklahoma. Nate totally spoiled me as usual and gave me some amazing gifts. Just to name a few: cricket cartridges, clothes, boots and movies. Thanks babe!!

Christmas morning at the Hartsocks. Man are we looking fabulous. Don't ya think?

New ornaments from Leslie....love them!!

Leslie sporting a beautiful snowflake necklace she gave all the sister-in-laws

Pretty snappy shirt Dan!!

Jake will be fighting off the chicks smelling great with his new cologne

Jo with her new "black boy" earings

A few days before Christmas we started mass producing cupcakes. We made them for a dinner to be served on Christmas day to less fortunate families. We made about 350 chocolate and vanilla cupcakes. We had a great time making and decorating them together.

On Christmas day we headed to the Church of Christ to serve dinner to the less fortunate. It was a special experience and helped us to think of others and remember our Savior. It was awesome to see how grateful the people were as we served them dinner. This is what Christmas is all about and I'm so glad that Leslie signed us up to help do this.

Serving dinner on Christmas Day

Then it was off to Texas to visit Britt and Rod and their four beautiful children and my parents.

The kids got a tramp for Christmas. They had a blast jumping on it with us and wanted to play out on it for hours.

Sisters

Marley

Azzy

The Twins: Zareya and Z

Hanging with my girls

Me and Azzy

Nate and his buddy Z

I love these babies. They are so fun!!

We had so much fun in Texas and I was sad to leave my little nieces and nephew. We had a blast playing with them and wished that we lived closer to them. I admire my sister and all the hard work that you does. It is a lot of work taking care of 4 little kids. Thanks for letting us visit Britt and Rod!!

I had one last visit to make in Texas. My trainer Dory now lives about an hour from my sisters house with her husband and baby boy Alexander. I hadn't seen her in 5 years so it was great to catch up and finally see one another.

As you can see we had a busy but wonderful Christmas vacation. We had an amazing time going home to Oklahoma. Nate loves to go home and doesn't get to do it very often. Thank you for making our stay so fun David and Leslie and for flying us home for Christmas. We love you!!

Winter is HERE!!

2010-11-22T17:35:00.005-07:00

This is November 9. It took me a little while to get this post up. This is in our backyard and all the snow that you see here came in one day. It started snowing at about 6 am and didn't stop until 9 pm. It snowed about 15 inches in just that one day. It was crazy. School was let out early so we decided to play in the snow. We had a lot of fun.

We aren't really sure what this little creature was suppose to be but we had fun making it.

Birthday Follow Up

2010-10-10T20:31:00.008-06:00

I decided to post some pictures from Nate's Birthday. I think that he had a fun busy day......
Here is what all went down.

I had a few volleyball girls help me to decorate Nate's classroom as a suprise for his Birthday.

These may just be our 2 favorite people in Hulett. They are Mya and Ashlynn. They really love Nate and had to make him a cake for his Birthday. They call him Mr. Hartsocker. It is so cute.

Hope you had an amazing day Nate!!

Birthday Boy

2010-10-04T08:22:00.005-06:00

It is Nate's birthday today. Big 28!! I thought that I would write a little ode to him since he is such a great guy and husband. Happy Birthday babe!! You are the best.

50 REASONS WHY NATE IS SO GREAT

1. He loves me regardless of what I do or look like

2. He is happy all the time

3. He has the most beautiful blue eyes I've ever seen

4. Everyone loves him

5. He may be 28 but we all know he is just a kid

6. He is a great teacher and loves doing it

7. He loves and accepts everyone

8. He hates camping (so do I)

9. He is always positive

10. He tells me he loves me everyday

11. He has a great family that we have so much fun with

12. He loves the Lord

13. He makes me laugh when I want to cry

14. He loves to play games

15. Simple things make him happy

16. He loves sports

17. He like to say mmmm hhyellow to everyone and it cracks me up!!

18. He likes to eat

19. He is a great cook (better than me)

20. He loves my family

21. He cares more about my happiness than his own

22. He is serious about 20% of the time, the other 80% he joking

23. He is a great basketball player

24. He looks amazing in a pair of sweats or basketball shorts (which is a good things because its what you will find him wearing most of the time)

25. He would do anything for me

26. He plays games with Nan by candlelight

27. He is sooo tickleish

28. He can make anyone laugh, and loves to do it

29. He is smart

30. He speaks Spanish

31. He served a mission

32. He supports me in whatever I do

33. He cooks dinner most of the time

34. He took me to the temple to be married for time and all eternity

35. He lives life to the fullest

36. He is perfect for me

37. There is never a dull moment when he's around

38. He does things that I want to do, even when he doesn't want to

39. He trys to be a handyman

40. He adores me

41. He is always himself, what you see is what you get

42. He works hard

43. My family loves him

44. We have fun together even we aren't doing anything

45. He helps me see the sun on cloudy days

46. I get him forever

47. He makes me want to be a better person and wife

48. He lets me take naps

49. He loves the sun and the ocean

50. He has sweet kisses

Love,

Melissa

2 Year Anniversary

2010-08-29T15:51:00.010-06:00

Today Nate and I have been married 2 years. We celebrated it yesterday by going to a little town in South Dakota called Deadwood. We went to an old car show and went to a buffet with crab legs. (Our favorite) We had a wonderful day together. It seems crazy to think that 2 years has already come and gone in our marriage, but at the same time I feel like I've known Nate forever. I have an amazing husband that makes me laugh and smile everyday. I'm so grateful that Heavenly Father blessed me to find him. Thanks for being the perfect husband for me Nate.

I love these beautiful flowers Nate suprised me with

On our way to Deadwood

Love that crooked smile

This was one of my favorite cars we saw as we walked around

Just finishing up our crab legs. Yum!!!

The streets of Deadwood. There were chairs lined up for miles

in anticipation for a concert.

Mount Rushmore

2010-08-22T14:23:00.009-06:00

We took a little adventure to Mount Rushmore yesterday. It is about 2 and a half hours from our house. We went with our friends Jennilee and Jared Hardman. It was awesome to go to the memorial and see how the monument was made. It took over 14 years to carve the mountain. Gutzon Borglum was the engineer and designer of the monument. He built it on a small scale and then transformed it into the grand scale of carving into the mountain. We had a great time and enjoyed some good laughs.

Summer Days

2010-08-11T14:20:00.025-06:00

This summer has been great!! We were fortunate enough to get to spend the last 2 months in Idaho. We house sat for my parents while they are on their mission. We were super busy with weddings and I took online classes so I will blame my lack of blogging on the 15 credit I took in June and July. We also got to spend 2 weeks in Utah with Nates family for Noah and Jeremiah's weddings. These are some of the picure that we took over the last 2 months. It was so fun to get to spend time with friends and family. We miss them so much!! Sorry for the million photos to follow. I guess that's what happens when you never blog...

Wedding #1: Noah and Kendalyn
Noah and Kendalyn!! They were super cute and it was a super fun day!!

Nate and I at the Draper Temple.

Looking good boys!!

Harsock Family

This was the view from the house we stayed at for Kendalyn and Noah's wedding. Nate, all his brothers and dad played a round of golf while there for the week. They had a great time.

Wedding #2: Jeremiah and Allison

Coming out of the Mount Timpanogos Temple.

Miah and Allison's Reception

Three super cute boys

Nate and Carter

Lunch at Rodizio Grill. It was delicious but we definately ate too much!!

Happy 4th of July. Don't I have a hot husband??

Can't beat the Idaho Falls fireworks!!

We went to Bear Lake for a weekend with Chelsea and Brock Brower. We stayed at Brocks parents house and had a weekend full of fun.... Tennis, boating, tubing, wakeboarding, food, volleyball, games and lots of laughs. Thanks for the great weekend Brock and Chuck!!

I'm not sure why Carp was the only one who knew the picture was being taken but at least she looks good.

One of the best treats of the summer was to get to see my favorite companion Sister Kinghorn. Oh how I have missed you. We had some amazing times together. It was so fun to get together and remeniss about the good old days in the heat of Arizona!!! I love you girl!!

Here we are with Pablo, Rachel me, and Nate and her three adorable kids James, Joanna and Heidi.

I Dream of Cupcakes

2010-04-22T18:55:00.005-06:00

I have a great job and really my only compaint about it is that I have to drive 35 miles to get there. While at work I usually have a little down time everyday. Most of the time during my "down time" I think about how hungry I am and all the things that I wish I could eat. Well one day I got thinking about the Cocoa Bean's cupcakes. They are heaven sent!! My favorite one they make is a cocout lime cupcake. I decided that I was going to attempt to recreate them so I began searching for recipes. I found one that I thought sounded similar so I went for it. I went to a small grocery store in the town I work in to search for the items. I needed coco lopez (cream of coconut) or coconut extract. They had neither. So I went to the "Corner Market" in the town I live in and once again; neither item to be found. So I told Natalie about my situation. She suggested I go to the bar (which we have 2 of in a town of 400) to search for coco lopez (which they might use to make pina colodas). Strike 3. Needless to say I went to my neighbor and thankfully found coconut extract. I apparently was really determined to make these cupcakes and needless to say they were worth every minues of it!! They were amazing and could be in competition with the Cocoa Bean's. If you haven't visited the Cocoa Bean in Rexburg you definatley should give it a go. If not for yourself at least for me.

Right now you might be asking yourself if this is a whisky bottle?? Nope just coconut extract from the 1970's. And yes it is what I used to make the cupcakes. I guess extracts last forever.

The finished product. Definately not as pretty as the Cocoa Bean, but just as good.

Heres Nate licking some of the lucious frosting off the cupcake.

Vegas Vacation

2010-03-28T16:21:00.017-06:00

We went to Vegas to watch Nate's brother Noah play in the Mountain West Conference Tournamnet. We were there for 4 days and stayed in Trish's time share that was super nice. It was so nice to get away from the Wyoming weather into the sun and heat of Las Vegas. Nate's brother Jeremiah came down Provo as well and was our chauffer. Even though BYU didn't end up winning the tourney it was well worth the trip.

Here we are the the BYU game with a giant head of
Noah. The games were so much fun and a few
the UNLV fans wanted to "take it outside" with
Nate. Of course he was loving egging them on!!

Many of you may not know this about Nate but is a crab crackin king. He can crack crab faster than anyone I've ever seen. He gets in this mode and just goes at it. Here he is at our favotrite buffet in Vegas Green Valley Ranch focused as ever crackin that crab.

Here is a plate full of crab. All cracked by the crab crackin king himself. Heaven on a plate.

At the new city center on some stairs we thought were cool

Kendalyn (Noah's fiance) stopping for a quick picture on the strip

Jerermiah, Ashton (Kendalyn's sister), Kendalyn & Nate are all making wishes as they toss their pennies into the fountain outside the Bellagio.

You know you all love Pawn Stars as much as we do. It was so fun to go there and see where they actually film and try to look for all the people we see on the show.

A look at the inside of the pawn shop. TV always makes things look bigger and better than they really are. That definately goes for the pawn shop. It was suprisingly really ghetto looking inside.

Here Nate is with the Old Man; looking like he might be taking his last breaths. But Nate didn't even care, he was just so excited he got to take a picture with him.

We took a picture in front of this green guy because you see it on the show so much.

Thanksgiving 2009

2009-12-13T19:09:00.006-07:00

We went to Idaho for Thanksgiving to my parents house. Most of my family was there except Nat and Britt. We looked forward to it for weeks because we really don't lead that exciting of a life here in Wyoming. The thing that I was most excited for was my moms homeade dressing (or stuffing as many call it). She makes the best dressing on earth and if I had that and only that on Thanksgiving I would still be satisfied. All of my sisters and brother feel the same way. I do love pie as well; and Trisha brought a raspberry cream pie from Babe's Bakery that was eaten in about 5 minutes. After the food wore off some of the boys decided to have a wrestling match. By the time they were done Nate and Kegan were dripping with sweat hence the wetness in the picture. We had a great time and hated to leave when the fun weekend was over.

My welcome

2009-10-20T16:01:00.001-06:00

These are my friend Brittney Wood's kids; Calyn and Rylan. Britt helped me make my blog and she has the cutest kids.