The Hardings

Zac Brown Band Concert

2012-02-13T19:46:00.000-08:00

For Christmas Kyle and I spent it with his family. We had a nice family dinner at his sisters house and had some way good food. After dinner we went to the cemetary to light some candles at his dad's grave. It was a really nice evening. For Christmas we didn't get eachother anything cuz we have been very spoiled this year. We got a new house, new barbeque grill, and cell phones. We have been very blessed.

Now for the fun part of this entry. In January Kyle and I went to Las Vegas (again) to see Zac Brown Band in concert. It was so awesome. Once again we stayed at Hooters Casino cuz it was cheap and our concert was at Mandalay Bay. So we were able to walk over to the concert. It was on a Friday night and we had dinner at our favorite place Buffalo Wild Wings Grill and then went to Mandalay Bay Casino. We took the tram over cuz I refuse to drive in Vegas when we can walk everywhere. It is so much easier and faster.

Us waiting for the tram. Not the best picture but it was the best out of all the attempts. =)

THE CONCERT!

The were 2 opening bands but in my opinion they were horrible. BUT Zac Brown Band was AWESOME!!!! They had a cool set up for their band. I loved how they had different band members sing the songs and the background was cool and it was just amazing. I LOVED all their songs and it seemed like the concert kept going and going and I didn't want it to stop. We had good seats too and that always helps.

I loved the background for this song. I wish I could remember which song it was. I wanna say Free which I love that song alot. I would recommend going to these guys in the future.

Of course we made the trip to the famous Pawn store from the show Pawn Stars. We had tried going friday but the line was too long so we got up early Saturday morning and headed over there. It was a good thing cuz when we left the line was super long. One of the workers there said the guys on the show are always there at the store they just sit in the back in the office until someone has something good to sell. The filming crew is there Monday thru Friday.

BELLAGIO!

I just can't ever make a trip to Vegas and not stop at the Bellagio Casino. It really is my favorite. We went to the Conservatory and the next few pictures are from that. It was obviously the celebration of the Chinese New Year.

The ceiling at the Bellagio by the front desk. It is a bunch of glass umbrellas.

Then we made the trip over to the MGM Grand Casino to see the Lion exhibit. I wanted to see it before they shut it down. It was free and sometime soon they are shutting it down cuz of cost. It was always fun to see the Lions out there playing.

Then later Saturday night we saw the show Zumanity. It is a Cirque Du Solei show. It was amazing and very different. I do have to say that Mystere is still my favorite but I'm glad we saw it.

We definately had a great time in Vegas. We went to the Hard Rock Casino and walked around and looked at all the memorbilia in there and ate at the Hard Rock Cafe. We also went to the Flamingo Casino and saw the fish and flamigos there. I was able to check off a bunch of things on my list of things to do and see in Vegas. Our next trip to Vegas if it isn't for NASCAR will be for Nickelback and I can't wait for that!!!!!

House

2011-12-26T17:42:00.000-08:00

It has been pretty eventful this past month with our house. A week or so ago Kyle woke up early to smelling smoke and running around the house trying to find where it was coming from. He woke me up and we finally found that the plug in our laundry room had been burning/smoldering all night long. The scary thing is we actually smelt the smoke before we went to bed and figured it was the washer so we unplugged it. To our surprise we almost lost our house. We were very lucky that the only damage was to the plug. We still don't know for sure what really happened and hope it doesn't happen again.

On a much better note we have been painting our house. We choose a darker brown than our last house and did an accent wall in each room. My parents are coming down for Christmas to see our house so we worked hard to get the room finished. The only thing we have left are the base boards, closet door, and the door into the room. That will be in the future when we have all the other rooms painted. I think the room turned out awesome! I LOVE the red wall. I have wanted a red wall forever and Kyle was dragging his feet and once it was done he loved the color too. The bedroom set helps finish the room as well. I can't wait to finish all the other rooms.

The other side of the room. I wanted to show the dresser. I love the blinds as well.

Our laundry room. Kyle put in the cupboards which are so nice to have. We really want to put in a different sink as well, but that will be in the future when we save up enough money.

The walls have paint =)

After Kyle finished the laundry room he started the bathroom. It is amazing how paint changes a room. It looks so nice. We even got our other bathroom finished but its not worth putting a picture of it on here.

It has been alot of fun watching our house change and see our vision happen. I can't wait for summer to come and work on our yard. I just wish we had alot of money so we could get it all done now. I'm very thankful that Kyle is so good at painting and handy work.

Christmas

2011-12-26T16:56:00.000-08:00

Our first Christmas at our new house. It go too cold so we didn't get the lights on our house so we went with just the deer in the front yard and lights around the front door. We were surprised that no one in our neighborhood put up lights.

Our Christmas tree

For Christmas this year we must have been pretty good cuz we got alot of things for Christmas. We got a new house, Kyle got an air compressor and a barbeque grill, I got a kitchen aide and my piano tuned, and the dogs got some greenies. (Their breath needed some major help).

New House

2011-11-27T18:55:00.000-08:00

In September Kyle and I got a wild hair to go look at a house for sale. It was pretty nice and got the ball rolling in the decision we wanted to sell our house to get a bigger house. A month after we made the decision a nice couple bought our house. We couldn't believe that we were able to sell our house so quick. So a house hunting we went.

Our old house

We looked at 10 or so houses and kept going back to this one house. Kyle had picked this house as the one he wanted. Our realtor Amy was so much fun and awesome. She would point out the flaws in the house and also the good things. The house I wanted looked awesome in the picture but I didn't even want to step into the house. It was trashed and nasty from animals being in there. So we put an offer on the house and they took it!

New house!

We LOVE this house! It is just over 3,000 square feet where our old one was just over 1,100 square feet. We have an unfinished basement, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, and a HUGE kitchen. I LOVE MY KITCHEN! We also have a laundry room, a dining room, living room and a HUGE garage. Kyle loves the garage. We can fit all of our vehicles and our razor. Our house is also on a half acre. It has everything we wanted in a house.

Part of our living room

My awesome kitchen

Kitchen and dining room

We are so excited about our house. We were able to sell and buy our house at the same time and was able to move right into our house before we became homeless. Plus we had awesome weather. We were able to move in two days. We were truly lucky to have everything go so well. We can't wait for spring to come so we can finish our back yard and plant some trees.

O

2011-10-23T18:56:00.000-07:00

For my birthday present this year Kyle got me tickets to see O at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. I have always wanted to see this show and I was so EXCITED to finally see it. We went down Saturday morning and went to the truck races at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It was so HOT!!! I thought it was going to be alittle chilly and was glad I changed from pants to capris. We did have fun and the people watching is always a good time. After the race was over we went to check into our hotel. We definately splurged cuz our room was AWESOME! We stayed at the VDara Hotel. It is one of my new favorites now. The rooms are all suites and there is no casino.

The water show at the Bellagio from our room.

Yes I'm obsessed with the Bellagio. It has always been my favorite place in Vegas.

Water show.

I was so impressed with the water show this time. They had fog in all the shows and it was so cool. They played the titanic song and with the fog it looked like lightening.

The view from our room.

When we got back from the races and was able to cool off we went over to the Bellagio and had dinner. Then we got ready for the show. I couldn't wait. I had been waiting 10 years for this. I LOVED every second of it. The people are so talented. It was so cool to see them dive into a huge tank of water. My favorite parts were they would be on these swings and diving into the water and at one point there was a ship that came out that had parallel bars and they were way above the water and did flips and such. I could go on and on but I won't. You just need to see the show or yourself. IT IS AMAZING!!!

Thank you Kyle for taking me to Vegas to see O!!!

Turning 30

2011-10-09T15:50:00.000-07:00

This year I turned 30. Yup I did and so far I'm ok with it. I loved my 20's and I'm hoping my 30's are just as good. For my birthday I didn't have to work so I cooked all day long. I loved it! I made everything for Cafe Rio salads. I made the cilantro rice, black beans, salsa, tomatillo ranch, and shredded beef. I also made homemade icecream and apple crisp with apples from my friends tree. I also made apple streusal cheescake bar to take to work the next day. I love to cook. If I have an idea of what to make I love it, but if I don't then I'm not a fan of cooking. My birthday was very relaxing and I got to do what I wanted. Of course I slept in too. Kyle got me tickets to O at the Bellagio in Vegas and I can't wait to go see it. I've always wanted to go to that show.

This is what I saw when I went to work the next day. It made me laugh so hard! My friends Angie, Tom, and Leslee decorated the lounge with confetti that said 30!, black streamers, and cobwebs. Angie even stuffed a ton of confetti in my shoes! It actually took me acouple hours to figure out she had done that!

My awesome cake!

The whole day was awesome! If turning 30 was this easy and fun I can't wait for other birthdays to happen.

Taylor Swift Concert

2011-10-09T15:36:00.000-07:00

For my nieces Rylee and Holly their moms got them tickets to see Taylor Swift. Tracy also invited me to go and I'm so glad she did. Taylor Swift puts on the most amazing concert I've ever been too. Plus she had one of my most favorite bands NEEDTOBREATHE opening for her.

I rode of with Carrie and Holly and we met Tracy and Rylee at the hotel. We then walked over to the mall and got us something to eat and headed over to the Energy Solutions Arena for the concert. Tracy went with me to get a NEEDTOBREATHE T-shirt but the line was forever long. I was hoping that the T-shirts would be split away from Taylor Swifts but they weren't. As we were standing in line the first opening band started. I thought it was NEEDTOBREATHE and was totally bummed that I was missing the band I was looking forward too. Well Tracy was AWESOME and worked her way to the front and asked a person to buy me my T-shirt. They agreed and I was SUPER EXCITED! Tracy you ROCKED!!! So after I got my T-shirt we got back to our seats and found out it was a different band starting and they were really good. I don't know the name tho. Then the time finally came and I got to see NEEDTOBREATHE play.

None of these pictures are very good and I don't know why but I atleast got some. This is the stage NEEDTOBREATHE started on. I wish they had sang longer.

Rylee and Holly.

There were screens on both sides of the stage and if you sent your picture they put it up. So I tried to be the cool aunt and get the picture up on the screen but we ran out of time and didn't get it up there =(

Taylor Swifts stage.

I loved how she changed outfits and some of the scenery of the stage. I was amazed how fast they did it too. She sang every song but one from her Speak Now album and probably around 5 to 7 songs from her other albums. It was awesome!

Taylor Swift sang Back to December.

She had her white piano come up from the floor for this number. I was amazed how talented she really is. She can sing, play the guitar, piano, ukulele, and dances with her dancers.

Taylor Swift had this tree from down from the ceiling and she sat there and played her guitar and ukulele. It was cool that she even played a song by a band from Provo that she really liked. She even took the time to walk from the stage to this tree and hug fans.

More stage changing. These trees came from the ceiling.

Taylor Swift sang Love Story as her closing song and she got in this carriage and it went over the crowd.

Taylor Swift over by us during the last song.

There were so many neat things about this concert. The dancers were amazing and very talented. The dressing changes were fast and amazing and her band was so talented. I was surprised by how young the crowd was. There were parents taking their kids home before the concert was even over. It was fun seeing how surprised Taylor Swift was at how the crowd responded to her. I can't wait for her to put out another album and go to her concert again.

Catch Up

2011-10-09T14:58:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile since I've updated my blog and we have been up to alot of things. Back in September we finally made it up the mountain for acouple camping trips. The first weekend the weather was so hot but really nice. We went on some great razor rides and the dogs loved it! We had such a great time we went back to the same spot the next weekend. Boy did mother nature have a different plan for that weekend. It rained on the way up the mountain and it even hailed. The rest of the weekend was pretty cold and we figured every day we would wake up to snow but thankgoodness we never did. We still had a great time tho. I can't believe it took us all summer to finally go camping up the mountain.

The view from our trailer. It was so pretty up there. We had camped here before but only once. I would love to go there again. It was less crowded and I still had cellphone service so I could still play on my phone. (hahaha that made Kyle very mad but he had his satellite TV so I figured I could use my phone too).

I planted this bush a year or so ago and it acted like it wasn't doing very well. Then all of a sudden this beautiful flower appeared. I wish it had lasted alot longer tho. It is Rose of Sharon. I hope next year I get more flowers on it.

Once again Keeta couldn't help herself from chasing a bee again and got stung. This time only half her face was swollen but she acted very differently. Yes I am one of those pet owners who called their Vet at their house to get some ideas to help her. I would have taken her in and paid the emergency fee too if the Vet had told me to take her in, but he told me what to do and the next day I went in to get more pills for her for when this happens again cuz she just won't learn!!! Anyways, pictures never to it justice but she looked pretty sad. =)

Speed Boat adventure

2011-08-25T10:22:00.000-07:00

Sunday morning had finally came and we were sad. We had such a great time in San Diego that I was ready to move there. Our last adventure was to go on a speed boat tour of the harbor in front of our hotel. Kyle was excided to drive the boat and we were both excited to see the things we had already seen on land but was now able to see it on the water. I can't remember our first stop was called but the government ran it. We could only go so close before we would get introuble. But over there were the sea lions and seagulls.

Us in the boat.

The sealions. There were so many and some of them were in the water right next to us but I couldn't get a good picture in time.

Seagulls and sealions.

We rode over to the Coronado Bridge and turned towards downtown San Diego.

This is Seaport Village that we went to on Friday night.

The USS Midway. It was a huge ship and I still couldn't get the whole thing in the picture. We drove the boat right under the front of it. It was so weird to be that close to a boat. Then we went over by the Maritime museum and saw the other boats we had gone on. That was the last part of the tour and we drove back to our hotel. The tour was short but it was really neat to see everything from the water. I would recommend this tour to anyone.

Then it was time to head for Vegas. We got about 30 minutes out of San Diego and gassed up the car and all of a sudden it wasn't driving right. We drove around trying to find an auto shop that we could hook a computer up to it to see if we could still drive to Vegas. Well we found a shop that could do that and after we got the codes the car died. It wouldn't turn on. So we were stuck at the mechanic shop waiting for a mechanic to look at it and fix it. 6pm came and we were told we needed some parts that only come from the dealership and of course they were closed on a Sunday and so we called my uncle and aunt again and they rescued us. We stayed with them that night and they showed us around the place they live. What a beautiful place. In the morning we got went to the dealership and got the parts and went back to the car so Kyle could fix it. After we got it to run we decided we better go back to the dealership and get extra parts incase it breaks down again. Well on the way to the dealership the car started to die again! We get the parts, fix it, and it runs so we decided to run for home before the car could think of dieing again. We drove all the way home Monday and made it. We were so glad to see our house and our dogs! Man were the dogs super excited to see us. I think they thought we had left them for good. We were very thankful for my uncle and aunt who took such great care of us and came to our rescue. I don't know what we would have done without them!

Overall we had a great time in San Diego. The ride there and back wasn't our favorite but we hope to go back there again someday. Maybe we will fly next time =)

Museum Day

2011-08-25T09:58:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we went to the USS Midway Museum.The USS Midway was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class, and the first to be commissioned after the end of World War II. Active in the Vietnam War and in Operation Desert Storm. Also this ship was the largest in her class in 1945. The ship was huge! Plus it had alot of planes, jets, and helicopters on it. The ship became a museum June 2004. There is alot of cool history about this ship and if you wanna know it either go there or google it =).

This is one of the planes inside the museum. Sorry the picture isn't the best.

The back end of the USS Midway.

The top of the USS Midway

After we went to the USS Midway we went down the street to Maritime Museum of San Diego. There were a bunch of ships that looked like pirate ships and acouple submarines. We went on the ship Star of India. It is the oldest ship in the world that still maintains a regular sailing schedule. The picture above is the HMS Surprise. This ship was used in the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. It is a replica of a late 18th century Royal Navy frigate.

Kyle at the wheel.

This is of the B-39 Soviet attack submarine. That is one of the "doorways" inside the submarine. I have no idea how people can be on these. There isn't any room and you have to crawl through the openings and you needed to be short to stand up in there. It was cool to go inside but I got very claustrophobic. We also went on the Berkeley, Medea and the USS Dolphin submarine. The USS Dolphin recorded a depth record for operating submarines that still stands and that was in 1968.

After we had been to these museums we called my uncle Russell and aunt Connie and went out to dinner with them in Old Town San Diego. It was amazing mexican food. Right next to the restuarant there was some shopping. All the pots and jewlery were handmade by these people from South America. The things were so neat. After all that they drove us around showing us some beautiful parts of San Diego. They took us to where most of the surfers go. It was BEAUTIFUL. The picture below is of that place.

This is the pier by South Mission Beach.

Us at the end of the pier.

We went back to the hotel to get some sleep cuz we were going on a speed boat ride in the morning and then heading back to Vegas to stay at the Hard Rock Hotel and then home on Monday.

Seaport Village

2011-08-20T14:19:00.000-07:00

After being at SeaWorld we just wanted to relax. We hung out by the pool and when we had had enough we headed down to Seaport village which was downtown San Diego and it was so cute. Tons of little shops and good places to eat. We ate at a place that made gyros and it was SO GOOD! I could eat there every day. We walked around looking at the shops and then at 10 they had fireworks. Every night during the summer they have fireworks over by the Coronado bridge.

We found a shop that sold hats and were trying them on. It was fun trying on goofy hats.

As we were going back to our car they had horse and carriage rides. I wanted to go on one so we did. They guy was so nice and he actually lived in Ogden Utah for awhile. We can into people who had connections to Utah all over the place. It was a short tour of the area by Seaport Village. We did go by the bar that they filmed the bar scene in Top Gun and that was cool. After the tour we headed back to the hotel to sleep cuz we had another big day of things to see.

SeaWorld

2011-08-20T14:05:00.000-07:00

Get ready for picture over load! The next day of our trip we went to SeaWorld. Both Kyle and I had been to SeaWorld but it was years ago. For the most part it was the same as we remembered but there were some new shows, rides, and the turtle reef was new. Every show was awesome but we were disappointed in the dolphin show. They had more people in it than dolphins. I didn't really care to see them do cool dives and such. I was there to see the animals, but it was still a cool show. It was hard deciding what pictures to put on here cuz there was so much to see. The pictures explain themselves. We can't wait to go again!

We were worn out by the end of the day cuz of all the things to see. We wanted to go on the rollercoaster there but the line wait was an hour! So we went back to our hotel.

California

2011-08-20T13:23:00.000-07:00

Our wedding anniversary was Aug 4th and we had planned a trip to San Diego. With all our bad luck we were hesitant to leave especially leave Keeta with all her problems but we had paid for the trip and I felt we deserved to get out of town while we could so we went. We left Wednesday afternoon when Kyle got off work and we took my car. We got to the middle of the gorge and the radiator blew up in my car. Thank goodness Kyle was driving cuz I don't know if I would have realized the problem and gotten off the road in time. So my bad luck followed us =( Some how though we had cell service which we never had before. Kyle was able to call our insurance and get a tow truck to come and get us. Boy it was SUPER HOT sitting there waiting for the tow truck. We didn't know if the truck was coming from St. George or Mesquite. We didn't know what we were going to do. There was no way we could afford to take the truck to California and I had called every car rental place in St. George, Mesquite, and Las Vegas and nobody had a car to rent that night. We had reservations at Buffalo Bills Hotel and didn't want to give up the reservation. The tow truck came and took us back to St. George. Kyle called our friend Brandon to come and get us. While we were waiting the tow truck service took us to Zion Motors repair shop and they actually checked my car out to see if there was major damage to the engine. These guys were so nice to us. They even let us leave our car there in their parking lot while we went to California. Brandon showed up and he and his wife were going to let us take their car for our trip. They are the nicest people ever! We pick up their car and and get our stuff out of my car and head on our way to Primm. This time we left at 8:30 that night (we had left at 3:30 earlier) and made it to Primm that night. Boy I was so happy to see that place. I was worried we weren't going to make it to California.

We finally arrived in California that Thursday and we were pleasantly surprised to see how nice our hotel was. We stayed at the Sheraton on the marina. The picture below is the view from our balcony. The room was huge and nice and it was fun to watch all the boats come and go. We wish we had been on the other side of the hotel cuz the view was Coronado and the ships.

Our Room

View from the other side of the hotel. Coronado Bridge and Downtown San Diego.

Views from our balcony

Once we were settled in we left for the beach. We went to Mission Bay Beach and it was so much fun. The weather was perfect and the sand felt good. The water on the other had was super cold but once you were in there it wasn't too bad. We played there for a few hours until the waves decided to take me down and I had drank enough salt water. =)

We weren't able to go on the famous ride at Buffalo Bills so we were lucky enough to find the amusement park there by the beach. They had some cool rides. The picture below is our favorite ride. I wish I could remember the name of it tho. You would sit on this wheel thingy and had control of the seats to either go in a circle forwards or backwards. It was awesome.

The rollercoaster. This thing was so old that it almost killed you. It was so rough!

After we had played at the amusement park we went back to our hotel and got ready to go out to dinner for our anniversary. We went down to the Gaslamp District. There were tons of places to eat there. We found this nice Italian restruant where we spent way too much money for ok food. I guess you have to live and learn =) The cesear salad was super good tho.

A few years ago we went to Tombstone Arizona where the Earp family ran the town. Wyatt Earp went to California and we found the place he made and went inside to look around. We didn't find anything good on the menu so we didn't eat there. But it sure smelled out and was cool.

Me looking at the menu thinking I could only afford the water! =)

Overall we had a great 4 year anniversary and finally a good start to our vacation.

Kyle got me flowers the morning on our anniversary. I wish they had survived the trip tho. They were so pretty!

Bad Luck

2011-08-12T11:08:00.000-07:00

So far this month has not been very good to us. 2 weeks ago I was home and Kyle was up on the mountain and I wanted to cook me something for lunch. So I got the oven preheating. Well I'm watching TV and all of a sudden I hear this noise that sounded like someone turned on the garbage disposal and then hissing. I got up and ran into the kitchen to see smoking coming out of my oven. It was alot of smoke but enough to scare me. I texted a friend asking her what should I do and she said to let it sit. There was never any fire and I left the oven alone. I had a friend come and look at it cuz I was worried I was going to burn the house down but he said it was fine. The heating element broke. So when Kyle came home we went looking at ovens. Since I love to bake we needed to get one soon. So we got a new one and LOVE IT!!!!

The next day I came home from work early to find my poor Keeta not looking like herself at all!!! It really freaked me out. A couple weeks ago she had a really bad tummy ache and was drooling really bad (which pugs do not drool) and she wouldn't let me touch her face. So I was worried she ate something and was going to die. This first picture is what she looks like normally. It isn't the best but you can see her face is suppose to be thin.

This is what I came home too. Both her cheeks were swollen and the wrinkle above her nose was swollen. Of course Jaxsen made in the picture cuz he LOVES his picture taken. I called Kyle crying and he said to wait it out. Maybe she got stung or something. So I waited cuz also the Vet was at lunch. (of course! Whenever my dogs have problems it is always at lunch time!)

Jaxsen looking very guilty when he noticed me crying. =)

Another pic of Keeta. It was really sad. After awhile the swelling got worse and I took her into the vet. He thought she got stung so he gave her a shot and gave me some pills to give her if the swelling didn't go down by that night. Thank goodness the swelling went down and she looked 100% better by the next morning. (Can you see Jaxsen in the background? I told you he loves his picture taken.)
Well the next day I came home from work to Keeta having a reaction to the shot or the bee sting and she had hives all over herself. So off to the Vet once again. Now I'm sure you are all thinking I'm crazy but I love my dogs and also the very next day Kyle and I were going to San Diego for our 4th anniversary so I was worried to leave my babies home alone. The vet said of course she was fine we just needed to give her a pill every day. So thank goodness Kyles mom was willing to stop by our house every day and give Keeta her pill. I'm happy to say she is just fine and hopefully won't try to eat flies, bees, or wasps anymore. =)

July In Review

2011-07-31T13:41:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that July is over. For the fourth of July weekend Kyle and I went to Gold Springs. We have been out there a million times but this time we wanted to find the road that went from Gold Springs over to Hamlin Valley. We did find the road and drove the razor down to the big building that is connected to an old mine there in Hamlin Valley and walked through it. I wish I had the pictures and maybe I will add more later when we get them from the camera. It is really neat to walk through buildings from back in the 40's or so and see how it was back then.

The weekend after the fourth was my family reunion. It was also Brian and Jason's birthdays too. It was so nice up Hunington canyon. The weather was almost perfect. It did rain on us a couple times but not enough to put a damper on things. We played lots of card games, ate good treats and wonderful food, went fishing, and found "snake grass" and made whistles. I love being able to see my family and go camping with them. We always have a great time. We just need to do it more cuz we don't get together enough. Below is our yearly family reunion picture. We need to start taking the picture the first day we are there cuz as you can see it was the last day and we are looking so spiffy!

Kyle and I went to Lagoon for the 24th of July. We got up there friday afternoon and stayed until monday. I have to say being there for 2 days is perfect. We stayed at the camp ground and we love it there. All the trees and grass makes it very nice. We spent the first day riding the rides but taking it easy so we didn't hurt Kyle's back too bad. We even went on the Skycoaster ride and I have never screamed that loud or long before! I was so scared when they were pulling us up in the air and when Kyle let the rip cord go. It was alot of fun and I'm not quite sure if I would ever go on it again. I remember it being very scary but not that much but then again I was alot younger when I had been on that ride. The second day we went to Lagoona Beach and had a blast!!! You have to rent a tube cuz it is the only way to have fun there. We can't wait to go again soon!

Us at Pioneer Village

Motley Crue '11

2011-06-26T12:17:00.000-07:00

After Poison was done Motley Crue was there to close the show. Kyle was so excited. He is a die hard Motley Crue fan. They worked the stage like no body's business. The first picture is of Nikki Sixx. He was on our side of the stage and we got tons of pictures of him. I was surprised to find out that these guys were in their 50's and 60's. They sure didn't act their age. It was fun watching Nikki Sixx play guitar until he would take a big drink of water and then spit on the crowd. Maybe back in the 80's that was cool but not so much anymore. But the crowd loved it! I was super glad he never did that to our side of the stage. But overall they put on a great show.

This is a bad picture but it shows the roller coaster that Tommy Lee's drum set was on. For his drum solo he played while the drum set went around the roller coaster. It was SO COOL!!!! He is a fantastic drummer. He even picked a fan out of the crowd and strapped him to his seat and went around the rollercoaster. We were so jealous. That is a once in a lifetime opportunity!

Vince Neil. He was all over the stage. He came to our side so many times it was awesome!

Nikki Sixx

Vince Neil on our side of the stage. They put on a great show. We were so close to the speakers that I had a hard time hearing them but then I didn't know their songs very well either. Kyle was in heaven tho. We both had a great time and got to see our favorite bands. It was worth every penny!

Poison Concert '11

2011-06-26T12:08:00.000-07:00

After the New York Dolls performed the real concert began. Poison was next! I was super excited! They put on a great show.

Kim and I getting our pic with Bret Michaels. We were bummed that he didn't come to our side of the stage very much. But we had great seats!!!

Bret and C.C.

C.C. Devile came to our side of the stage alot. It surprised me how short these guys were. But they sure did put on an excellent show. I wished they had played more songs. They were so good to the crowd. Telling them thanks for coming and they just seemed like they loved playing.

Rikki Rockett playing the drums. He did a great drum solo but Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) was so much better.

Bret Michaels playing Every Rose Has Its Thorn with his guitar. It was SO GOOD! I love that song.

Bret Michaels over by us. He even looked at me and pointed. It was amazing! He is such a good singer. I would pay money to see them again. I had a great time at the concert.

New York Dolls '11

2011-06-25T15:39:00.000-07:00

We went to the New York Dolls, Poison, and Motley Crue concert and this is just to show where our seats were. We stood right up against the fence. We had perfect seats!!! This picture shows the New York Dolls. My personal opnion they weren't that good but then again I stood in line the whole time they sang to buy T-shirts for Kyle and I. I thought I spent my time well since everyone else said they weren't that good. =)

Viva Elvis and Hoover dam

2011-06-25T14:41:00.000-07:00

We had an exciting trip planned for Vegas this past weekend and it was more than what I expected. We got off to a late start but when I finally got off of work Kyle and I jetted down to Vegas.

We needed to get to Vegas atleast by 9 so we could make it for the Viva Elvis show at the Aria. We were meeting up with our friends Shawn and Kim and April and Merrill. Luckly we made it in time. The show was awesome. I love Elvis music and they picked some good songs to put in the show. I loved watching videos from the past. It made the whole show so real. Watching these Cirque du Soliel shows makes me wanna be a dancer but then when the show is over I come back to reality.

Kyle and I at the Viva Elvis show

Saturday we finally made it to the Hoover Dam. I had been to the Hoover dam before but I hadn't been there since they built the new bridge over it. The picture above is the bridge they built to help vehicles bypass driving over the Hoover Dam.

Lake Mead.

Us after we walked back to our car. It was neat to go see the Hoover Dam and be able to look down. It made me very nervous being that far up from the ground. We were able to check off another place on our list of places to see.

The Little Mermaid

2011-06-25T14:10:00.000-07:00

Acouple weeks ago I got the chance to go to The Little Mermaid at Tuacahn with my mom, my aunt Faye, my sister and her two girls, my sister-in-law and her 2 girls and my other sister-in-law. We had a blast! It was fun to watch the younger girls watch and be totally mesmerized! It was amazing to watch the water scenes and how creative they were. I loved everything about the whole show. It was fun after the show to watch the girls meet some of the characters. Savanah wanted to meet Ariel so bad and when she finally did she was so shy. They all loved Flounder.
We stayed the night in a very nice condo and spent the morning swimming. It was such a perfect day. Then off course you can't go to St. George without doing some shopping! I was really sad when everyone had to go. We had such a great time I didn't want it to end. Until next time girls!!!

Lehmans Cave

2011-06-09T20:14:00.000-07:00

We started our summer off by going to Baker NV to see Lehmans Cave over Memorial weekend. We both had been there when we were little kids. I remembered going but Kyle didn't have any memory of going when he was a kid. So I thought it would be fun to go out there and see it. Thank goodness we were able to leave early cuz it took us awhile to find a camping spot. We didn't really want to pay for a spot so we went on a search for a nice "free" area. A doctor that I work with told me a few places and he also told me we should be careful cuz it usually snows there too that weekend. So far we had perfect weather. We found a spot that someone had put alot of time into making. It was perfect! There was a stream right by it that was way full and there were places we could take our Razor out and ride around. The drive out there wasn't too bad either. It is very pretty out there but definitely nothing but the caves out there.

This first picture is us in front of Wheeler Peak. There is a scenic drive by the caves that takes you all the way up to Wheeler Peak campground. At the very top there was still a ton of snow and you couldn't camp up there. The drive is really nice.

The next few pictures are obviously Lehmans Cave. We went on the 90 min tour and it was worth it. This place was way cool! We were in the back of the group so we got alittle bit behind everyone but was able to take some way cool pictures and take our time enjoying the cave. The group was really small too. There were 20 people.

A person in the group was kind enough to take our picture for us. Too bad you can't see the background. This is the part of the cave they sealed off the rest of the tour too for research. I can't remember the name. I wanna say the grand ballroom but I know that is wrong.

The picture above is the last part of the tour. The guide said since the place was around 50 degrees year round they use to have parties down there back in the day. Alot of the stalagmites and such are broken off because of the parties and people wanting to take home souvenirs.

The long walk out of the cave.

Of course we took the dogs with us. They love camping. They also like sitting on me.

This is the scene we saw the morning we woke up to go home. I had been warned by Dr. Crouch but I didn't believe him. We were shocked it snowed on us. The night before we went for a razor ride up one of the canyons and it started raining but we didn't think it would turn into snow. We packed everything up and dropped the trailer off in Baker and headed up to Ely NV. It was a cute town. Alot bigger than I thought it would be. We drove around there for alittle bit. We even went to the town of Ruth where they do alot of mining.

Overall we had a great time and would love to go back. There are a lot of roads we didn't get to go explore and see where they went. On the way home we stopped at Frisco UT an old mining town and looked at all the ruins. It would have been really cool to see what these places looked like when they were booming.

We had to cut our trip short because our new jacuzzi was arriving on monday. It is so NICE!!! We up graded our old one for this one cuz we wanted to have speakers in the tub. It is very nice to go out there and relax and listen to music.

As you can see it has 2 water fountians and the lights are super cool. We LOVE this jacuzzi. I didn't want to cut our trip short but after getting in this I didn't mind it one bit =)

Texas

2011-06-05T20:26:00.000-07:00

Acouple weeks ago Kyle got to go to San Antonio Texas for work. The company he works for bought a company that makes private jets. So he was asked to go down and help take apart some of the equipment so it could be shipped back here. I wasn't excited for him to be gone 10 days but it went by fast for me and really slow for him. This first picture has one of the private jets that isn't completed.

This picture is of a private jet the company built called the DeJa Vu. Kyle got to go for a ride in this jet. He said it was awesome and it is crazy how fast you go compaired to regular planes.

This is Kyle and one of the wives of the guys who didn't end up going on the ride. The jets are alittle small but alot better than going commercial. There is a model jet at the place Kyle works and I got to go see it. I wish we had 8 million dollars sitting around cuz I would buy one of these in a heart beat!

He was able to go see some sights but I can't get the pictures to down load. He went on the river walk and saw some museums. He also got to eat at some good places. I was totally jealous that he has been there twice cuz I would love to go, but he did work his butt off in the heat. I'm glad he is home cuz that was the longest we have ever been apart and I did not like it at all!

Vegas Again

2011-04-17T13:59:00.000-07:00

Acouple weeks ago Kyle and I went to Vegas again for the Drag Strip races. We had never been to them before and figured we would give them a try. We down Saturday morning and watched them all day. It was pretty cool. Of course we liked the cars that were super loud better than the rest. Also the people watching is awesome. I thought NASCAR had the best people watching but it doesn't even compair to the drags. There were more shirtless old men in daisy duke shorts, women dressed like hookers, and women who were in their 50's dressing up like they were teenagers. Since it was alot warmer than it was during the NASCAR races everyone was showing way more skin than necessary. But it made the day fun. We had pretty good seats too.

The picture below is a stage coach on steriods! It was for the company Jelly Belly's and it could go fast. It was the "half time" show. Since the races were all day it was nice to have something to watch while they cleaned the roads off.

I try to go to the Bellagio Conservatory every time I'm in Vegas to see what they have done. It was really pretty to see in the night time with all the colored lights.

And of course how could I not go to my favorite place. The water show at the Bellagio. Bad picture but you get the idea.

We had a really good time down there. We stayed at the Palace Station and played on the strip for a little bit. We left on Sunday but before we could leave we rode the rollercoasters. We rode the New York New York 4 times and the NASCAR one at the Sahara twice. We had to go to the Sahara cuz they are shutting it down in May so we got our final hoorah! I think we might try to go every year to the drag races but next time we will take sunblock and maybe leave during the afternoon and go back at night time. It was a very long day sitting there.

Grandma Bleazard

2011-03-20T18:41:00.000-07:00

Another year has gone by and Grandma Bleazard celebrated her 101 birthday. We are so lucky to have her in our lives. It is also nice to have a really good excuse to bring everyone together again. It just doesn't happen enough. Alot of people say they wouldn't want to live to be 100 let alone 101 but honestly I think we would be blessed to make it that long. Grandma has seen so many neat things in her lifetime. She grew up walking or riding horses to get where she wanted, to riding in cars, to flying in airplanes, to microwaves, and then the internet. I can only imagine what we will see in the next 100 years! I'm also lucky to still have my Grandma who I grew up next door to. I LOVED having my Grandma next door. Not many people get to see theirs on a daily basis and I did. Whenever my parents needed a babysitter we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house or if you wanted yummy treats we would sneak over there before dinner. Grandma always had yummy cookies or cheetos or M&M's for us to eat. There were endless things to do at Grandma's house. From playing in the spare bedroom or basement to building huts in the sage brush. My love for the I love lucy show came from her. I would eat chicken noodle soup and chicken in a biscuit crackers and watch TV with her in the afternoon after I had been to kindergarten. I am very blessed to still have my Grandma in my life and I wouldn't change a thing! She is still the same ol Grandma. She even looked better this year than she did last year and I truly think we will be celebrating more birthdays with her.

Me and Grandma

My sister Carrie, Grandma, and I. (Grandma still giving the stink eye cuz she hates her picture taken hahaha)

NASCAR Las Vegas

2011-03-09T17:34:00.000-08:00

This year Kyle and I were able to go to NASCAR in Vegas. Our friend Kendell got us and our friends Brandon and Dylan free tickets and off we went Sunday morning to Las Vegas. Kendell and his family went down as well. We had a blast. We watched the redbull helicopter and airplane do tricks. They were way cool cuz they both did flips. The weather was no nice down there. I was so glad that I had sunscreen on cuz there were people who looked like lobsters. We thought our tickets weren't going to be good cuz they were in the bleachers but really they were pretty nice. Plus where our seats were made it really easy to get to our truck and get home by 7. We were worried that we would be stuck in traffic for hours but we got out in 10 mins.

The cars lined up getting ready to start. This is turn 3 and thats where our seats were (for those of you who are NASCAR fans).

Gotta love our photos of ourselves.

Carl Edwards was the drive who won and this is his car on his victory lap. Edwards is one of Kyles favorite drivers. It was a pretty close race and not many wrecks.

Dumont Sand Dunes Presidents Day Weekend

2011-02-21T19:18:00.000-08:00

This past weekend Kyle and I went to the sand dunes. We took off thursday hoping to find some warm weather and good friends. Well we did find some good friends. The weather on the other hand wasn't great but we did have some warm moments. Dumont sand dunes are over by the border of California and Nevada. It was a long drive but I think most of it is the anticipation of getting there. Kyle's friend Kendell and his nephew Derek came with us and it was nice to have some good company for the ride. We also took both our dogs and they had a great time. There were 6 dogs total at the camp and thankgoodness they all got along. This first picture is of the sand dunes and it is maybe 1/8 of the sand dunes. There is just tons of dunes there. I think this is part of the back side, but I'm not sure.

This picture is of competition hill and we are on the very top of it looking down. Usually this place is packed with people wanting to prove their bike is better but this year there was hardly any people there. It was acutally nice cuz the dunes weren't crowded and you can ride where ever you want.

Me of course sitting in the razor. It it too hard to get buckled up and unbuckled that I usually just sit in the razor while Kyle gets out to stretch his legs.

This is a picture of the sand dunes from our camp. You can see all the tracks since it rained the night before and made the sand more like dirt.

We had a great time this past weekend. There weren't very many people in our camp since there were alot of people sick and stayed home but we had a great time. The food was awesome except the night we cooked together the wind picked up and dusted our food with sand. Oh well you get use to it. We were just glad the rain only happened at night and not during the day except when we were packing everything up to go home. I can't wait to go again. I love going for rides in the razor on the dunes and I miss my friends Delrae and Vicky. They are so much fun and I miss them. Until next time.....

Valentines Day

2011-02-21T18:56:00.000-08:00

This year for Valentines Kyle surprised me totally. I was hoping we would go out to dinner and was dropping hints that flowers would be nice. On Saturday he asked me what I wanted to do for Valentines and I told him I was hoping he would take me out to dinner but if he didn't have reservations made we weren't going out cuz it would be too busy. So he had me thinking we were going to Wendy's cuz he didn't have any reservations made. Also, he was complaining about how this holiday is only for girls and he thought he should be getting gifts. go figure. Well I decided this year I was going to get him something. So I got a bag and filled it with all his favorite candy. I also made him a card with my cricut. It actually looked pretty good. So the day comes and I'm thinking of what to cook all day long while I was at work and when Kyle gets home from work he has 3 roses in his hand and tells me I need to get ready for dinner cuz we were going out. We went to Milt's which is where we went 5 years ago on our 2nd date. It was perfect. We had some good food and no need to impress eachother. =) He even ate the green onions like he had 5 years ago. I was really surprised he had made the reservations 2 weeks before for dinner. I sure am a lucky girl to have such a great guy!

Valentine Crafts

2011-02-12T09:42:00.000-08:00

I have finally got off my butt and made some crafts. This first one I made from a styrofoam heart and fabric. I cut the fabric into 2 inch squares and then poked them into the heart. This was one of the easiest crafts I have done. As always pictures don't do it justice but I sure think it is cute.

These next pictures are of the table cloths I made last weekend with my mom. I had a blast with her. These are so easy too! I can't wait to make more. I love how my valentines one turned out. My favorite part are the heart buttons.

Last but not least the one I made for my piano. My piano was looking so loney over there with no decorations and this table cloth makes it look so much better.

I had a great time with my mom and I'm so glad she taught me how to make these table cloths. Now to make an easter one!!!

Mesquite

2011-01-19T18:59:00.000-08:00

I finally got my trip to Mesquite! I've wanted a massage for awhile and Kyle finally took me. It also helped that there was a car show going on the same weekend. Friday night we got there kinda late so we didn't get to see any cars. We did walk around the casinos tho but decided we should go to bed early since our massages were early Saturday morning. This first picture is of me friday night. Kyle was messing around with the camera and took some funny ones of himself but I'm sure he would kill me if they made it on the blog. So you ahve to settle for my pics.

These next pictures are of some of the cars there. I have no clue what they are but they were cool looking.

The picture below is a car that has cowboy boots are the interior. They lined the door and the back of the seats and yes that is toilet seat for the seat. The gear shift was a shotgun too. It was a pretty cool looking car.

We took the trailer and stayed in their RV park. It was pretty nice. It was really nice to be able to bring the dogs too. As you can tell the picture below is me and the dogs. The weather was perfect! We took the dogs for a walk atleast 5 times a day. They loved it! I would totally go down and stay in the RV park again. It did help to have the car show there so we had something to do during the day since the pools were closed.

Kyle at the burn out competition.

This is the car that won the burn out competition. It was the kids dads car.

Overall the weekend was awesome! The massages were awesome and we were able to sit in the pool and sauna and have a nice relaxing morning. The car show was alot of fun. It was the best show I've ever been too. The cars filled up the parking lot at the Casablanca and the Oasis. Thank you Kyle for taking me to Mesquite!!!!

PB Cups

2011-01-17T18:19:00.000-08:00

Now I know this picture does not do the justice these homemade peanut butter cups deserve but I had to put them on here. I LOVE peanut butter cups and when I found a recipe in the Taste of Home magazine I was stoked! I have to admit they weren't as great as I was hoping but they still were good. I'm going to make them again and use a different recipe. They are pretty easy and super yummy!

Closet Project

2011-01-17T18:14:00.000-08:00

My closet has always been a mess especially since I buy shoes, hats, and scarves that I don't need. Kyle was tired of my stuff tumbling on to his side. So he built me some shelves to put my shoes on, shelves in the nook to put my sweatshirts and other stuff in, and a place to put my scarves. So the first picture is how my closet looked before.

All my winter shoes. My flip flops are in the shoe boxes.

The after picture!

I LOVE my closet now. My shoes are organized and I finally have a shelf to put my suitcase and everything on. It still looks like a mess but it really is so much better! THANK YOU KYLE!!!

Christmas

2011-01-05T18:06:00.000-08:00

This year for Christmas Kyle and I went home to my parents place. We loaded up the dogs and braved the weather. It was foggy the whole way but we finally made it. Only my brother Jason and his family were goin to be there for Christmas this year. My younger brother Brian and his family went to his in-laws and my sister wasn't coming home until later that week. Needless to say we had a great time. We had our fabulous shrimp dinner that I look forward to every Christmas and then on Saturday my sister-in-law made a turkey that was so yummy! Christmas has to be my favorite holiday for the fact that you are surrounded by family and awesome food!

A tradition we have at our house is to make sugar cookies. My mom and I made the cookies and then my nieces and nephew came over and helped decorate them. It is always a good time. We sure did miss our other half of cousins.

Kyle always surprises me with a gift and I never have anything for him. So this year we told ourselves like every other year we weren't going to get eachother anything. But I didn't listen. I was so excited that I was getting Kyle a gift. I got him a spot light since the one he had didn't work anymore. So I had my sister pick up the gift and give it to my parents and they wrapped the gift. Kyle had no clue.

Here he is after opening the gift. He was surprised that he had a gift to open and that it was a spotlight. He also got a toy motorcycle cuz he has been looking at them on KSL and wanting one really bad. I thought it was funny.

Here are my brothers kids opening all their gifts. It was so fun to watch how surprised they were with all the gifts. They sure were spoiled.

Cameron was so fun to watch. He loved everything he got. It sure made me want to have kids.

Here is Kaden opening his last gift that he had no clue as to what it was. It was a tiny tiny box that took him forever to open. When he finally opened it his face was priceless. It was a key to something. We all chased after him as he was looking for the present that went with the key. He finally darted down stairs and found his......

Motorcycle. Boy was he surprised! We all were. Those kids had an awesome Christmas!

Rylee and my mom. I had a great time hanging out with these two. It sure was hard to leave to come back home. All of us kids went in on a gift for my parents and bought them a GPS. This is my mom holding it up. She wouldn't even wait for my dad to show up to open it. She can't wait for anything! It was fun watching her open the gift tho. I guess my brother Jason had talked her out of buying one earlier since we decided to get them one.

My grandma and me. I love my grandma. On saturday she came and hung out with the family. She had a couple of boxes that had letters and pictures in them and it was fun to go through them with her and hear some stories. She is a neat lady and I'm so thankful for the chances I get to see her.

Temple Lights

2010-12-19T18:43:00.000-08:00

This past weekend Kyle and I went to Salt Lake City to meet my family and go see the Temple Lights. My brother Brian and Becca weren't able to make it, but everyone else did. We all met up to eat at Chuck-a-rama which was crazy busy. Then we headed off to where my sister was staying to be able to get on the Trax system and ride for free =) When we were all together it was funny cuz us girls all had our coats on that my parents bought us from their Alaska cruise. So we had to get a picture together of us in our awesome coats!

We went up to the Joseph Smith Building to the top and looked down on the Temple and the lights.

Obviously this is Kyle and I in front of the lights. It was so pretty there. It was amazing all the trees with the lights on them. My sister-in-law said she read in an article that they start putting the lights on the trees in October. I'm not sure when they start taking them down but it takes them till March to finish it. I can't imagine putting them up. The colors were so pretty! My favorite ones were the red ones.

Thank you family for being able to drive out to SLC just to see the lights with us. We had so much fun hanging out with you all and it was even more special since it was Tracy's birthday! Thanks again for going!!!!

Living Aquarium

2010-12-19T18:28:00.000-08:00

After visiting the Temple Lights Kyle and I decided we would go to the Living Aquarium on Saturday. It was pretty cool. I liked it alot more than the one in Vegas. We went over to the Pengiun area first. They were so much fun to watch. There were acouple pengiuns that were so interactive with the crowd. The one would dive into the water and swim around like he had a ton of caffiene in his system. He would swim fast in the water and then jump out of the water onto the land. He got to the point were he would almost run into the wall cuz he was going so fast in and out of the water.

This is the one that was going crazy in the water. He would stop infront of us and hang out for alittle bit and then go back to swimming like crazy. If we ever go back I think we will do the pengiun experience and get to see the penguins upclose.

This picture shows an eel and they had it hooked up to this christmas tree. When it was stunning it's prey the electricity in the water would light up the christmas tree. It was pretty cool to watch.

This aligator was just sitting there staring at all the people going by. It was kinda creepy.

This tortoise was HUGE! It also had a bag glued to its backside. They said she had been attacked by a shark and then hit by a boat so they glued a bag that has weights in it to keep her from floating to the top.

They had acouple areas of jellyfish. One of them were these jellyfish that were upside down. Their tenticles were floating to the top. The other one looked like the ones we see on TV all the time. Just floating around. The picture of these jellyfish are clear and they had a light hooked up that changed them from blue to red to purple and back to blue. They were neat to look at it.

We got to watch them feed this octapus. They put a plastic treasure chest in the water with food in it and the octapus grabbed it and tried to get the food out.

The seahorses were fun to watch too. They had a bunch of tanks with these guys in them. The first one had the biggest ones in it which is the first picture. I didn't realized they have a fin on their back that moves them around and then they use their tail to hold onto the grass and hang out. The last picture is of the tank that had the tiniest seahorses ever! They were so cute! They had to be the size of a dime or smaller.

It was really amazing all the animals, fish, and whatnots that were there. They had a bunch of fish, frongs, and other things that are native to Utah too. For the price it is a neat place! I recommend it!

ALIENS

2010-12-01T13:33:00.000-08:00

The day after thanksgiving most people go shopping. Well since we didn't have anything we needed to go shopping for we decided to take a road trip. We went out west to find the town of Rachel NV. We had been out this way before but hadn't gone all the way to Rachel. So we packed up the dogs and took some hot chocolate and went to find us some aliens. The town of Rachel is right on the northern border of Area 51. Their claim to fame is they have spotted aliens in the sky. Now we really did know we wouldn't find any aliens so when we got there and there weren't any we weren't that disappointed. But when we looked the town up on google earth it showed an entire city block with the picure of the KFC guy on it, we were disappointed to find out it wasn't there still. Oh well it got us out of the house seeing new sites. =)

This is the sign outside of the Little A'Le'Inn. It is the only store in the town. Kinda sad they had to attach the space ship to a tow truck in order for it to fly. =) I was surprised by how many people lived there.

These 2 pictures are of the signs on the border of Area 51. They have security camera's on the mountains and people with trucks waiting to catch you going over the line. The first offensive is $600!!! Don't worry we didn't find out by experience. We got a map back in Rachel that said that. The whole place made me nervous and I really had to talk Kyle into not going over the line =)

After we visited the border of Area 51 we went on a search for old gold mines. We found 2. We only made it to one and it was HUGE! You could probably drive your truck or car into them. They went on for miles but I was cold and alittle scared so we didn't go too far in. We did make it to a the elevator in one of them. Kyle said he could see to the bottom cuz of the water in the bottom and it looked like it was about 50 stories to the bottom. It also went way up high too. We just might have to go back there and check it all out. They had electricy set up for them but we didn't dare turn it on.

After we had played around those gold mines we took off for Delamare. We have been to this place numerous times and walked in all of the gold mines there. This is a picture of one of the buildings still up. There are alot of buildings still there but this is the most complete one. We only stayed here for a few minutes cuz we were running out of gas. After we got gas in Caliente we took off for Delamue Ranch to see some deer. We had been told they congregated here and really didn't expect to see very many but we were surprised! There were tons! We saw a good looking buck and tons of other people checking out the deer. We got there pretty late so we couldn't take any pictures and couldn't see the deer very well. We will have to take another trip out there.

Over all we had a pretty good Thanksgiving. We got to spend it with Kyles family this year. We had dinner on thursday and on saturday we ate with Kyle's step dad's family. The food was good and the company was great.

Vegas Attractions

2010-11-04T19:51:00.000-07:00

This is outside our hotel window. We were ready to go home by this point. It had been a very long and exciting weekend.

I've always wanted to have my picture taken by the Las Vegas sign. Kyle finally made this come true. We got so many things done on my list to do's in Vegas. I'll be sad when I have everything checked off. (Ok I will never let that list stop cuz there is so much to do there!!)

MGM lions. They had 3 lion cubs out playing. I've never seen so many there before.

SHARK REEF at MANDALAY BAY CASINO

I've always wanted to go to the Shark Reef and we got to this weekend. Which was cool cuz that is also how we found out we could buy tickets to the preconcert for Nickelback. This place was really neat. I do have to say it is over priced but I am glad we went. It is worth it to go atleast once. They have a huge tank filled with sharks and in one place there is a see thru tube you walk through and the sharks are swimming over and under you and next to you. It was fun to see all the wierd fish that are out there in the oceans. I loved the octupus. It was all about climbing all over the place. The sting rays were cool to touch too. Made my hand stink but they felt cool. I loved the jelly fish. They were hard to get a picture of but we finally got a few good ones. They had tons of different kinds of fish. They had one tank that had pirahna's and there was one that had these huge fish in there. I couldn't believe they got that big! The first thing you come across is an alligator. It is crazy how big they are too!

On sunday before we came home we decided to go over to the New York New York casino and ride their rollercoaster. We bought the all day scream pass. We rode the coaster 5 times in a row!!! We would have kept riding it but we both got bumped around pretty good on the last ride and figured it was time to stop. We rode in the very front, the very back, the middle and everywhere in between. We both love rollercoasters and recommend this one to everyone! It is one of my favorite coasters. Even going 5 times in a row it still made me scared when it would go straight down. Yes I'm just like my mother and scream my lungs out =)

Over all we had the best weekend ever in Vegas. Had we made it to the pool that would have made it even better. Hooters Casino has a pretty fun pool. Plus it is so close to the strip and cheap. Thank you Kyle for an AWESOME WEEKEND!!!!

NICKELBACK

2010-11-04T19:23:00.000-07:00

WARNING LOTS OF NICKELBACK PICTURES!!!!!!!

Nickelback Preconert!

So Kyle and I went to Vegas over Halloween weekend to see Nickelback in concert. I saw on facebook that they would be doing a preconcert at Mandalay Beach. We went over and got tickets and got to see them up close! The first picture is of the entire band. The second is to show you what the place looked like. Kyle and I were standing in the water just a few feet away from the band. It was so cool! Then third picture is of Chad the lead singer of Nickelback and the fourth is over the drummer. Now I know you are wondering why a picture of these guys cuz the lead singer really isn't good looking {but the drummer is =) }. Kyle took the picture of the lead singer looking in our direction and the drummer is amazing! The 5th pic is the guitar player who is the half brother to the lead singer. In the 6th pic it has the head cut off of the lead singer but the guy in the background is the guy who named the band. He also sings along with the lead singer and so does the drummer. They sang 3 songs. They sang Rock Star, Friend in low places by Garth Brook, and This Afternoon. It would have been cool had they sang more songs but honestly it was awesome to be so close hanging out at the pool. One thing I do love about Nickelback is they do sing other bands songs and it makes it fun. Plus the concert lasts longer which I wish it would last longer. I was so sad this was their last concert until they put out another album. =(

This shows what the stage looked like and where our seats were. We were pretty close but I wish we were closer. Next time I'm spending the money for better tickets.

This pic is of the Nickelback symbol that is on their new album Dark Horse.

This is Nickelback on stage. The platform the drummer is on actually moves. When the band takes a break the platform moves and he plays an awesome drum solo and the platform also rises. It was so COOL!!!

Nickelback moved out onto the smaller stage and sang a bunch of songs. This is when they really interacted with the crowd. I love it! It was cool when they went to this stage cuz as they were walking out to it the drummers drums came up from under the stage.

Another awesome part of the concert besides the awesome music was Nickelback always has tons of fireworks and fire throughout the concert. As you can tell these last 2 pics are of the fire. There was blue, green, red, and yellow fire used. I don't know if you could feel the heat from every seat but you sure could feel it where we were.

Behind the band was a huge screen that they played the music video to their songs or showed them singing or playing their guitar or drums. I hope these pictures are as awesome as the concert was. It was hard to pick which picture to put on here. We took SO MANY!! Even if you aren't a Nickelback fan which is hard to imagine they put on an awesome concert. There were so many things going on.

This isn't the best picture but it is the lead singer of Hinder and Chad talking before they sang. They had the lead singer of Hinder come out and sing the song by AC/DC Highway to Hell. I don't know if he did that at every concert but I think he only showed up for this one in Vegas. I do know he didn't show up for the concert in SLC.

Also the comedian (who is very creepy looking I think) Carrot Top show up and come out. The lead singer tried to talk him into shaving his hair into a mohawk but he declined.
THANK YOU Kyle for being wiling to go to this concert with me. I fell in love with Nickelback when I heard their song How you remind me. (Thanks to my brother Brian for burning me a cd with that song on it). I can't wait for the next concert!!!!

Buckcherry & Three Days Grace

2010-11-04T18:28:00.000-07:00

I know these pictures aren't the greatest but I wanted to show how good our seats were. They weren't as good as the ones we had last year at the Nickelback concert but compaired to the other crappy seats in the arena these were pretty good. The concert started with the band Buckcherry. I was way excited for them since I loved their 15 album. I was alittle disappointed since they sang more songs from their last 2 albums and I didn't know them very well. They did put on a way good concert though. I love it when the bands interact with the crowd instead of just singing their songs and leaving. Listening to them made me more excited for Nickelback!

I have to admit Three Days Grace was awesome! I loved every song they sang. I didin't realize I knew all their songs. The lead singer wanted everyone in the arena to stand up and he saw some people not standing up so he went out into the crowd singing a song getting people to stand up. It was cool. It just shows they care about their fans and want them to have a great time. So far this concert is AWESOME!!

Bellagio Conservatory

2010-11-01T19:36:00.000-07:00

This first pic is of us in the elevator at Hooters Casino where we stayed. As you can tell we were excited to be in Vegas!

These next pics are of the conservatory at the Bellagio. I love going there. Everything is made out of living plants or atleast use to be alive =) I thought the scarecrow looked pretty cool and the picture doesn't do it any justice. They had a purple light on it that made it look even better. The pic below is awesome. I don't know what or who it was suppose to be but at first it was kinda creepy but after you got looking at it closer it was pretty cool. We went to this saturday morning after we had been to the shark reef at the Mandalay Bay.

This last pic is the top of a tree. It is made out of vines that are twisted on itself. I thought it was pretty neat. Throughtout the conservatory they had huge pumpkins. One of the pumpkins weighted over 1,000 pounds. They also had red chili peppers planted. This place is really neat. My favorite time to visit is around Christmas time. So hopefully we will get to see it this year =)

Bellagio Water Show

2010-10-31T21:03:00.000-07:00

I LOVE THE BELLAGIO WATER SHOW!!!! Ever since I saw this for the first time years ago, I fell in LOVE with Vegas. I try to go and see the water show everytime I go to Vegas. I love the music because it usually is classical or my fav Frank Sinatra. Plus the best part of this show is it is FREE!!! and kids can enjoy it. The Bellagio Casino is so classy! It is my favorite casino to go to. We went over to see the water show friday night before we went to freemont street.

I could watch the water show over and over and over.

Vegas - Freemont Street

2010-10-31T20:45:00.000-07:00

Well I will start our AWESOME weekend with a lame pic from freemont street. =) We went to Las Vegas for the Nickelback concert and it happened to land on Halloween weekend. We got to Vegas late friday night and decided to head down to freemont street after wandering the strip looking for people dressed up. It was pretty fun. The overhead show had music from the doors and also the monster mash. It was a pretty good show compaired to when we were there in June. They also had a few stages with shows on it and they were ok. There was a magic show that had a few good tricks. It was just fun to see all the people dressed up. We were going to dress up but didn't as you can tell. Now I promise the next posts will get better and show what an awesome weekend we really did have!

Firehouse

2010-09-18T16:12:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Kyle and I went to the Firehouse concert. I had a blast. Kyle did not =( We didn't know what to expect but we did know it was outside. We wished we had taken camping chairs cuz we could have sat front row for the concert. Instead we sat on the cement block seats on the side of the arena and Kyle was miserable the whole time, but we did enjoy the music. Firehouse had a few good songs. Most of them we hadn't heard before but for being as old as there are they still sound great. I also got to see two of my good friends who I haven't seen in like 8 years. Lorey and Christy. They looked great! I do tho think that Lorey could eat a few boxes of twinkies and still look great. =)
Needless to say Kyle and I had a good time watching all the wierd people and the ones who are still stuck in the 80s. I was quite surprised to see the fashion trend of tight short shorts and knee high boots. I always figured you wore pants with boots but I was proved wrong. (or maybe they were wrong?? actually there were a few too many who were WAY TOO WRONG) Another fashion trend that I don't agree with is mullets. I wish I had taken my camera cuz there were some good mullets out there. I mean bad ones. I don't think a mullet ever looks good. =) There were older people (now when I say older I mean like the 40 and 50ish. they were the ones sporting the mullets and other band T-shirts) who got out there lighters for the slow songs and the way younger generation (in there teens) who had they cell phone lights on swaying to the songs. Also one couple got escorted out for being too rowdy. So atleast with all that to watch we had a good time. Thank you honey for going to the concert with me!!!!!

Projects!

2010-08-29T19:01:00.000-07:00

This year I told myself I was going to make crafts since I've always been the person to go out and buy the cute things cuz I'm too lazy to make them myself. So the past couple months I have made some things and it is about time I posted them. First is a baby puff quilt. This quilt has been in the process for about 4 years. It was meant for a friends granddaughter but I got frustrated with my sewing machine so I didn't get it made in time. Then it was meant for acouple friends but they have now all had their babies so now it is for me if I ever decide I want to have kids. ha ha ha. The quilt isn't quite done since I still need to tie it but that might take acouple more years. I do need to thank my mom, my sister Carrie, and my nieces Holly and Savanah. If they hadn't help me put this quilt together it would still be in pieces. THANK YOU GUYS!!!!!

Next acouple months ago I finally used my cricut and made some words to put on these containers that are on my counter. I'm a very organized person so I need to have labels on everything. Kyle was just glad that I finally used the cricut. I have so many plans for it but I just don't take the time to do anything.

Last year I decided I would put a cookbook together consisting of recipes from my mom, sister Carrie, sister in laws Tracy and Becca, and me of course. I bugged them all year and finally got it finished and sent to them. I'm so excited to use my cookbook. THANK YOU everyone for be so good at getting me the recipes. I hope you enjoy the cookbook!!!

This last picture is a wreath obviously and I made it with fabric that I ripped into strips. This was the easiest project I've done. I actually got it done in one day. The picture doesn't do it any justice cuz I think it is quite cute. I've already bought fabric for a fall and Christmas wreaths. I need to make a Halloween one before the holiday passes.

I've had alot of fun making crafts and if anyone has any cute ideas for me I would love it!

3 YEARS!!!!

2010-08-08T17:00:00.000-07:00

Kyle and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary. Time sure flies when you are having fun!! We decided that we wanted to go to Bryce Canyon National Park and thought that our anniversary was a good time. The weather wasn't too bad and we had a great time. We took the trailer so that we could take the dogs with us. I'm sure they had a good time but then again stayin in the trailer for two days can't be too much fun right? Bryce has some beautiful scenery. The second picture posted is of Bryce Canyon. I do have to admit once you have seen it every picture starts to look the same. We spent two days there in Bryce and then we went back to the Red Desert to go camping with our friends Brandon and Lindsey and their kids. It rained on us both days but when you have good company it doesn't matter.

Thank you Kyle for putting up with me for 3 years! I LOVE YOU!!!!

Family Reunion

2010-08-08T16:44:00.000-07:00

We had our family reunion this year and it was so much fun. Brian and Becca were incharge and we went to the same place as last year up in Huntington Canyon. As always we had way good food and played lots of card games. This year Kyle and I were glad that we didn't have any tire problems like last year. I didn't get any pictures except of a buck that was pretty brave. He hung around our camp all weekend. Thank you everyone for a great weekend and we can't wait to do it again next year!

Tarzan

2010-07-19T16:34:00.000-07:00

My sister and I got our mom tickets for Mother's Day to go see Tarzan. So acouple weekends ago we finally went to see it. It was amazing! We totally loved it. I would recommend everyone who loves musicals to go and see it. The monkeys were so fun to watch. The people there are so talented. We also went shopping the next day. It was so nice to have a relaxing weekend with the girls. Thank you Mom and Carrie for the amazing weekend! I can't wait to do it again.

Moab

2010-07-18T16:07:00.000-07:00

For the 4th of July Kyle and I decided to go to Moab. I don't know why we chose to go there but it was fun! We were shocked by how much there is to do over there. Moab is an outdoors person's dream! We stayed in a RV campground and I probably wouldn't stay there again. it was kinda scary. There was a trailer park that was part of the campground and you didn't want to be any where near that place at night =) But it was cheap and we were able to bring our dogs with us which was really nice.
Our first adventure was to go hiking in the National Arches Park. I didn't even know this place existed! It was awesome. We went to the Delicate Arch first which is the arch that is on the Utah license plate. I always hated that license plate but now that I have been there I wish I had that license plate. This first picture is of the Delicate Arch and Kyle and I are standing infront of it. I couldn't believe how big it was. It was such a long hike and it was so hot that when we finally saw the arch we were so excited. It is crazy cuz you are just hiking and come around a corner and there it is.

The second picture is what they called Sheep Rock. We were just looking at it and I read the map and as soon as I said Sheep Rock Kyle was all There it is!! It is kinda crazy how it really looks like a sheep.

The second day of our vacation we went back in the National Arch Park cuz we weren't able to do all the hiking we wanted the first day. We wanted to see the arch that had fallen and the landscape arch. So we got up early so we wouldn't get stuck in the heat and headed up to what they call Devils Garden. The map said it was a 7 mile hike round trip. (P.S. they lied!!!) We saw acouple arches before we came to the one we wanted to see. The Landscape Arch which is pictured below.

We decided to keep going on the hike and see all the arches in the park. Man we about killed ourselves. The first couple hours wasn't too bad. We saw the arch that had fallen back in 2008 and the hike past there wasn't too bad. I really hate heights which might come to a surprise to some cuz I LOVE roller coasters and all. But I feel I'm pretty safe in those with my little seat belt and all. But hiking on cliffs and rocks where the wind could blow me over the edge or just one wrong step could end my life I really hate that. But we were there and Kyle really wanted to keep hiking so we did. There were a ton of other arches in the park that were so cool. Everyone should go there. Then it came to decision time. Do we go back the way we came or take the primitive loop and see some other arches that most people don't get to see. Well we took the primitive loop. By the way it says on the sign difficult hike. They totally under estimated that. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. We got to see 2 more arches like the Private Arch. Then the hike really started. It took us hours to finish the hike. We were contemplating about sitting under a tree and waiting for someone to come by and send them for help. It was so HOT!!! We were glad that we had packed each water. If we hadn't we would have been in trouble. When we came to the end of the hike we felt like there should have been a welcoming commitee saying "YOU DID IT!! You survived!" But there really wasn't except these two people who said nice job for finishing. We were pretty proud of our selves for hiking all that we did.

The picture of Kyle and I is at Dead Horse Point. You can barely see the Colorado River in the back ground. It looked awesome. You could see for miles! Just below where we were is the place they filmed Thelma and Louise driving their car off the cliff. We also went to a museum that showed all the movies that had been filmed there in Moab. There were tons!! Plus the celebrities love to visit there. We can't wait to go back. Next time we are going to go on the fourwheeler trails and go down the Colorado River.

We ended our trip by watching the fireworks there in Moab. They had some way cool fireworks. I had never seen some of them before. We took the dogs with us and the fireworks didn't even bother them. I would recommend Moab to everyone whether you are an outdoors person or not. There are some cool things to do there!

Vegas Baby!

2010-07-11T16:28:00.000-07:00

Wow the month of June was so busy! Kyle and I went to Vegas 3 times that month. We went down for the day to meet up with our friends Brandon and Lindsey. It was nice to hang out by the pool and the weather was perfect! We also ate at one of the buffets at the Rio Casino and it was amazing! I can't remember the name it, it was sumthing like Carnival World. I would totally go back and most of the buffets in Vegas are gross. Then we went down again to our friends Jeff and Del Rae's house and celebrated their daughter Kaylie's graduation. It was alot of fun to see all the people we hang out with when we go to the sand dunes. It had been over a year since we have seen all those guys. Congrats Kaylie!!
Then our recent adventure to Vegas was to hang out with my cousin Sandy and her hubby Keith. We had a BLAST!!! We stayed at the Casino Hooters which I am embarrassed to say I stayed there but it was pretty cool. The pool there was so much fun. We hung out by the pool all day Saturday. Then that night we went to Freemont Street since Kyle hasn't been there since they covered it. We walked around alot and ended up at the Golden Nugget. They have an awesome pool there. They have an aquarium with sharks in it! This picture of Kyle and I has the sharks in the back ground. The best part about it is there is a slide that goes thru the aquarium too.

The last picture is of me and Sandy down on Freemont Street. I'm so glad that we finally got to hang out again. It had been since high school or longer that we have hung out. I can't wait until the next time we get together. Her husband is a way cool guy. Thanks Sandy and Keith for putting this together! Can't wait till next time!

Kyle's projects

2010-06-06T18:03:00.000-07:00

The past couple months Kyle has been working on my Grandma Bleazard's kitchen table. I've always wanted a wooden table and we finally got it. Also there was a rocking chair at my grandma's house that was sitting under the carport so I took it. =) The table had so many coats of paint. The first was pink since my Grandma likes pink but there was also 70's green, white, and some light blue. He worked so hard to peel all the paint off and sand the pieces down to make them look good. Once Kyle got all the paint off there was a burn mark on the table. It is the shape of the bottom of a coffee cup. Hmm I wonder if Grandpa Bleazard had anything to do with it =) We were going to paint it black and then sand the edges but the wood was in such great condition we decided to just stain it. I wish Grandma Bleazard could see it!!

BEFORE

AFTER

I really wish we had gotten a picture of the rocking chair before Kyle took it apart and sanded it down. The rockers were so wore out that he had to make brand new ones. The seat was made out of some kind of mesh and he cut boards to make the seat. Then he painted the chair black. It looks great. Nice job Kyle and Thank you so much for all the time you put into this!!!! Love ya!!

Awesome Weekend

2010-05-16T20:24:00.000-07:00

These past few days have been awesome. It first started on Thursday when Kyle and I went to see the comedian Brian Regan. We went out to dinner to the Texas Roadhouse and that place is SOOO GOOD! Then we went and saw Brian Regan. He was so funny! I couldn't stop laughing all night long. Even the guy who opened for him was funny. It was nice to be out on a date with Kyle. It had been a long time!
Then I got to go hang out with my mom and sister at my sister's house. I miss my family! I always love going to my sisters house and seeing my neices and nephew.
Saturday night I went with Kyle and his friend Brandon and his family to the monster truck race. I have to admit it was LAME!!! But the company was fun. We had a good time laughing at the people racing their fourwheelers. Which was really wierd they had fourwheelers racing when we were there to see Monster Trucks. Oh well. But we did get to go out and eat at Olive Garden. So there was a plus side to the whole night.
Then today Kyle and I planted the flowers and shrubs that I had ordered. I'm so excited to see them grow. I can't wait until my pink lilac bush grows. That will be my favorite to watch grow. I'm also excited for my house to not look like a bachelor pad. I will post pictures of my flowers as soon as they start to grow.
Thank you Kyle for some awesome days!! I had a great time! Love you!!!

Camping Season!

2010-05-12T13:56:00.000-07:00

Well it is finally camping season!! I love getting out of town and going up the mountian or just about anywhere. This weekend we went with Kyle's sister and her family out to Gold Springs. I'm so glad we did cuz the weather was PERFECT out there. On Saturday it had to of been atleast high 70's. I got so sunburned!! It was nice to just relax and enjoy the company. We ate hobo dinners, hot dogs, and some awesome chicken and potatoe salad! We went for a ride around the gold mines and got to show Karolee and her family all the cool places we go when we come out here. I wish I had thought to grab my camera when we were out driving but I do have pictures on other posts of the places we have seen. All the buildings have been demolished which would have cool if they were still standing up. You see LOTS of tin cans that they would throw in a pile when they were done eating. We had a great time with Kyle's sister and her family and can't wait to camp with them again!!

It was also my puppy's first time going camping. I think she loved it cuz she found herself a new boyfriend. She would not leave Karolee's dog alone!! It is official that I will get her spayed! The last two pics show how tired my dogs were on the way home. Camping always tires them out and I love it.

Relaxing Weekend

2010-04-29T12:57:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I was tired of the wind and snow so my AWESOME friend Sunny let Kyle and I use her timeshare down in Mesquite. It was SO nice down there. The weather was awesome. I just wanted to lay out by the pool all day but I couldn't find my suncreen. We had massages on saturday. I totally miss having a massage. I use to do it once a month with my friends and I want to start doing that again. You just feel so relaxed the rest of the day. It was also Mesquite Days that weekend and so it was so busy down there. Lots of things to do. We even did the cosmic bowling which Kyle kicked my butt at. (I'm usually pretty good but for some reason I couldn't bowl.)
When we came back we decided to try out the new rack that Kyle made for the back of the razor to put the dogs in. I didn't get great pics of the rack but it looks so good. Kyle is pretty good at everything he does. You can also tell the dogs LOVED it! Jaxsen is a huge fan of being able to put his head out the window so he was in heaven and Keeta just laid down and enjoyed the ride. I love it cuz I don't have to hold them anymore. That was the best part of the whole ride. Thank you Sunny for the room in Mesquite and Thank you Kyle for going with me to Mesquite and making it alot of fun!!!!

Easter Weekend

2010-04-04T15:00:00.000-07:00

This weekend Kyle and I went with his sister and family to the Sand Hollow Sand Dunes. We were hoping to find the sun down there. It was warm but you still had to wear a jacket which was better than a coat! We drove around the back side that I had never been to. It was pretty fun and I wish I would have gotten some pictures cuz the scenery was beautiful. We stopped to have lunch and of course someone always has to break down on their fourwheeler and Kyle always gets to fix it. This time tho it was a stranger and Kyle got his bike fixed in no time. We spent acouple hours there and I didn't want to leave the warm weather but I knew that Keeta was probably cursing me since we left her in her cage.

Also this weekend I have been working on some crafts. It was a busy week and I didn't get to make anything until this weekend. These first pictures are of a candle that I put stamped tissue paper on. For my first try it turned out pretty dang good. If you get too close tho you can tell there is tissue paper. But oh well. I saw the idea on the blog The Idea Room which is on my blog craft list. Just type in embossed candles and you will find it if you want to make some of your own.

Then as you can tell I made some more carrots that I posted earlier. I really like how they look. I'm sure they look like a kindergartner did them but I don't really care. I am just starting to craft so I'm for sure not a pro. I'm just glad that I have a while before another holiday hits. I have so many ideas but just not enough time. Plus most of them are for valentines day too.

Mining

2010-04-04T14:49:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Kyle and I went for a drive out west. Our destination was Stateline Mining District. I don't know if anyone remembers but somewhere in this area is where an elderly couple was stuck in the snow for awhile last year. Kyle said they were living on cat food which is way gross. We had never been there before and did alot of searching on the internet on how to get there. In reality it was way easy. The first thing you come upon is just a chimney from an old house. I wish I would have gotten a picture but I'm pretty sure you have an image in your mind of a stone chimney.
Then the next thing you come upon is this big building that has no front or roof on it anymore. It is a huge building and people have brought couches in there and other stuff. We didn't dare go inside which surprises most of you cuz Kyle and I are pretty daring when it comes to going inside gold mines. I don't know much of the history of this place though. The internet doesn't provide much.

This next picture is of the mill on a mountain side. This is a very close up picture. We didn't climb up to it since there was alot of snow and mudd on the ground. But when it warms up we will go up there. We couldn't believe how huge it was and intact. I'm sure you can't go inside but it would be so cool if you could.

After we went to this little town we decided to keep heading north and see if we can find anything else. We tried to find a gold mind but nothing is marked out there like it is in Desert Springs. There really isn't much but a few people do live out there. Which I coudn't imagine living hundreds of miles away from civilization. It was a fun drive out there and we can't wait to go back once the snow is all gone.

Finally!!!

2010-03-20T13:17:00.000-07:00

Well I have been saying it for awhile but I've finally took the plunge. I have told myself I would find a hobby to keep myself busy when Kyle isn't home. I have been following some blogs that have way cute ideas for crafts and I've finally started some. They are for sure not the best looking but they were fun. I made some carrots from styrofoam and fabric and they were the easiest thing I've tried so far. I found them Oopsey-Daisy Blog http://oopsey-daisy.blogspot.com. They were pretty easy to make.

These next pictures I saw on the blog http://becauseicancrafts.blogspot.com. I first made the Valentine ones and then moved onto the Easter Egg. I figured I would try to get some more holiday crafts since I only have ones for Halloween and Christmas. These crafts were pretty cheap since most of the stuff I got from the dollar store and our Roberts Crafts is closing so everything is way cheap. I do have to admit these were not the easiest things to make cuz of the moss. I'm just glad I finished them but storing them won't be much fun either.

I've had fun and it's been nice to have something to do. I am in the process of making a puff quilt and I hope I will finish it in the next few months. I've been working on it for about 5 years on and off. It has been a long time since I've made one and I've had a hard time putting it together. Oh well it will look way cute when I'm finished.

CELEBRATION!!!!

2010-03-14T19:30:00.000-07:00

This weekend we had alot going on. First we celebrated my Grandma Bleazard's 100th birthday!!! She is such an amazing woman. She seemed really with it and in good spirits. We had a huge turn out and there were people there that weren't able to make it last year. Tons of pictures were taken and good food was served. My mom had made a poster of how many grand children, great grand children and even great great grand children but do you think I can even remember the numbers?? I will have to look up my sisters blog cuz I'm sure she will know all the numbers. I got to see my cousin Sandy who I haven't seen in 10 or so years. I'm so glad that my grandma was able to live to 100 years to bring us all together. I love you Grandma!!!

This picture is of my family with my Grandma Bleazard.We are such a good looking group!!

My siblings. I don't know what I would do without them. I am a lucky person to have the brothers and sister that I have. Thanks guys for always putting up with my crap!!!

My cousin Sandy. Growing up I didn't have many cousins my age that were girls but there was always Sandy. We always had a good time whenever we were together. Sandy I'm so glad you haven't changed. Your husband seems way cool. I can't wait for us to get together and cause some more trouble!!! Vegas here we come!

My new niece Claire. Brian and Becca are the proud parents of red head Claire. She is a doll. She fits in this family well with the red hair and really looks like Savanah's twin. Brian blessed her this sunday and did a great job. Claire never made a peep either.
This weekend was a great weekend. I got to see lots of Aunts and Uncles, cousins and past friends. This was the first time since Claire was born that all my family was able to get together. I have missed my family so much and this weekend was perfect. I LOVE my family!!!

Alice In Wonderland

2010-03-12T07:46:00.000-08:00

This past weekend Kyle and I went to see Alice in Wonderland. I had been looking forward to it ever since I saw the previews and because I really do like Johnny Depp. He is good in everything he does! Also I have never seen a movie in 3-D so that sounded like fun. It was a pretty cool movie. The plot was alittle dark but over all I loved it! The acting was pretty good and the animation was awesome! I don't have a favorite character but I thought Alice was good and so was the Mad Hatter. I would totally go see this again in the theaters and I will definately buy this movie. Thank you Kyle for taking me to the movie!!!

Kyle was nice enought to let me take a picture of us in our way cool 3-D glasses!!

Girls day

2010-02-16T09:11:00.000-08:00

This past weekend I got to have a girls day with my family. It was awesome!!! There was Carrie, Tracy, Becca, my Mom and I. Brian also came but wasn't aloud to hang out. =) Sorry Brian but thanks for driving Becca out. We all drove up to Provo and ate at the Old Spaghetti Factory which was way good. I had never been there and the food is awesome. We got to see baby Claire. (Which I hope I spelled her name right.) She is so CUTE!!! I think she is a good mix of both Becca and Brian. After lunch we got to do some shopping. Man I forgot how crazy Orem and Provo people are!!! It was a mad house! Then to finish off the day we went to Costco. I thought it was bad down here but that place is busier than Vegas!!

To the girls- Thank you so much for coming. I needed this trip cuz I missed you guys. I had alot of fun and I can't wait for the next one! Maybe we should go somewhere exotic!!! Also thank you to the guys for letting their wives come out and for babysitting. THANKS EVERYONE!!!!

Keeta again

2010-02-16T09:00:00.000-08:00

I know another blog about Keeta but I have great news about her. We have her potty trained! It is so nice that she runs to the door instead of leaving wonderful surprises!! HA HA HA Also she has decided that everything Jaxsen has she has to have and he can't. She has taken over his bed even tho we have caught the two of them in Jaxsen's bed together. So I decided she needed her own bed and her own blanket to chew on. She LOVES her bed. Which is good so now maybe she will leave Jaxsens stuff alone.

She is getting so big! I can't believe how fast she is growing. I swear when we first got her she barely fit in my hand and now she is a huge handful! I always thought Jaxsen was alittle hyper cuz he would run around the house for no reason, but Keeta does it now and it is pretty funny to watch. She has such long legs that she sticks out in front of her. I'm pretty sure most dogs bend their front legs but she sticks them out there like sticks.

Keeta in her bed the night I brought it home.

Winter Fun

2010-02-16T08:48:00.000-08:00

Acouple weekends ago Kyle and I went out for our first razor ride of the year. It was also the first time we had gone in the snow with the razor and the first time Kyle has been in it since his back surgery. We didn't know what to expect. We had so much fun. The day before we went out to the same place with the Sameri which sort of got stuck and then the big diesel truck. The truck we got stuck in. We had to call one of Kyle's friends to come and pull us out. It was pretty funny. It took acouple tries to get us out of the snow and once we were free his friend decided that we should go fourwheeling with the trucks. I was worried we would get stuck again but atleast we weren't there alone. These first two pictures are of where we got stuck. You aren't suppose to be able to see dirt cuz there was ALOT of snow on the ground.

These last pics are of us riding around on the razor. I didn't think would be much fun on the snow but I was surprised. I can't wait for it to snow again so we can go back out. Don't get me wrong I'm glad we are having nice warm weather but now that we can have fun in the snow I won't mind it if is snows again.

Introducing...........KEETA!!!

2010-01-13T14:38:00.000-08:00

Well I never thought I would say it but We got another puppy!!! We have always talked about getting another dog since Max but never did we really mean it =) But a week and a half ago we were looking on KSL and spotted her and her owner said his wife was forcing him to get rid of her. She was so cute and here in town. We went back and forth and Kyle said it was up to me. I would get all excited and then I would tell myself we don't need another dog. But here she is. I couldn't help myself. She is so much fun!!! We have had her for a week and the potty training is actually going pretty well. She weighs about 2 pounds and she is 2 and a half months old.

Here she is doing what she does best. She wants to bite everything. I'm having a hard time getting her to only chew her toys.

This is pretty much the other thing she does best. SLEEP!!! This is when we like her best =) She sleeps in the weirdest positions. She likes her head lower than her body and she has to be near your face. Which sometimes isn't the best cuz she latches onto your lip.

This is Keeta in the tub having her first bath. She HATED it. She kept shivering for about 30 mins after I took her out of the tub. But she slept for a long time. Which was way nice.

Jaxsen has a blanket that he has had since I got him and he loves this thing. But this picture shows how much Keeta likes it too. Anything he has she has to have. So you can pretty much tell he isn't her biggest fan. =) They are getting better. I should have gotten a puppy when Jaxsen was younger. He is 5 1/2 years old and so he doesn't have the same energy that Keeta has. I'm way excited for her to grow up and these two can be friends.

Christmas 09

2009-12-28T19:42:00.000-08:00

This Christmas Kyle and I decided we wouldn't over do it, but he never listens to me. Back in October Kyle talked me into letting him get a bullet reloading system and he would consider that Christmas. Well as you can see he won. It has been nice though cuz he was able to get up after surgery and spend some time reloading bullets and I think that helped motivate him in getting better. He also humored me on Christmas day by letting me take a picture of him with it. =)
I got an awesome ipod docking stereo system. My regular stereo broke and so Kyle surprised me with a new one. It is AWESOME!!! Then as you can see my friend Becca got me a pug calendar which only makes me want another pug! and my friend Sunny got me a mug that has my favorite pictures of Jaxsen on it. This was a good Christmas =) We also recieved a cool book that my mom put together of pictures from our last family reunion. It was way neat to look at the pictures. I never would have thought to put them in a book. Thank you Mom!!!

Well this next picture is of Jaxsen and his present. He has a soccor ball that he just loves but he ends up ruining it after awhile so I got him a new ball that I'm pretty sure he can't ruin. It is pretty fun to watch him play with it cuz he can't see where he is going when it is in his mouth =)
We had a great Christmas with Kyle's family. We had some yummy food at his sister's house and his mother's house. We saw lots of family we don't see very often. I wasn't in much of a Christmas mood but being around family sure helped out alot.

It's Christmas Season!

2009-11-29T16:22:00.000-08:00

It is officially Christmas Season!!!! I'm so excited! I love this time of year. I love the music, the decorations, snow and wearing cute warm sweaters! I got my christmas tree up and did it totally different than I have ever done. I put stars, snowflakes and rafia bows. I think it looks ok. It is a nice change from having a red n white tree. I'm sad that we won't be putting up lights outside this year. I just wish the kids would leave our house alone. It really ruins the christmas spirit when kids come and mess with the lighted deer. Oh well. This year we will be spending Christmas with Kyle's family and I'm so excited. His mom and sister always cook some yummy food! I can't wait for Christmas!!!!

Thanksgiving

2009-11-29T16:18:00.000-08:00

This year Kyle, Jaxsen and I went home to Duchesne for Thanksgiving. Everyone was there except Brian and Becca. We had a great time. The food was fabulous! and so was the company. Friday we got to go see Grandma. She looks so good. I just wish her memory was better. Atleast she remembered me so I was thankful for that.

I was so thankful that Kyle was able to handle the ride home. It just wouldn't have been thanksgiving without him. I'm so thankful that his surgery went so well and that he is feeling better. I'm thankful for all my family and friends. I"m thankful that I do have a job and for most of the people I work with =) Just kidding. I do love all the people I work with.

I love this season cuz once thanksgiving is over Christmas is so much closer! I love Christmas!! I'm looking forward to spending Christmas with Kyle's family. Thanks again to everyone who prayed for Kyle to recover quickly from his surgery.

Kyle's Surgery Part 2

2009-10-24T16:49:00.000-07:00

WE ARE HOME!!!! Man this was such a long week. I finally got a picture of Kyle. I think he must have had a pain pill on board cuz there is no way he would let me take a picture any other way. =) Friday he finally felt good enough to walk. It was so awesome to be there to see him walk. I know it sounds stupid but what he went through to get that far was amazing. He first walked to the nurses station and little farther which was about 30 feet. (I could be off a few feet.) Then the physical therapist came acouple hours later and he walked a long ways. He was so tired when she was done with him. His last attempt was to the elevator and it was all I could do to keep him from getting on and leaving! Most of the nurses were good to him but he had 2 that were horrible! It sure ruins the experience when one nurse decides to ignore his requests. Oh well now I'm the one that he gets to bug about his pain medications. (Wish me luck! I'm sure he will want to divorce me cuz I'm going to follow the rules). I want to thank everyone for your prayers. He did great and I have my husband back. I was just nervous something horrible would happen but nothing like that did. Thank you again!!!

Kyle's Surgery

2009-10-22T13:02:00.000-07:00

Well Kyle went to Las Vegas to have surgery this past tuesday. He had an anterior/posterior back fusion. They went thru his belly and put a plate on L4-5 and L5-S1. Then they flipped him over and put a plate and rod on the same vertebreas thru the back. Dr. Kabins did the surgery and he said it went perfect. Kyle is doing good but he is in alot of pain as expected. Today he has gotten up 5 times and this last time he moved so much faster. I think he is making great progress. I went to take a picture of him but my batteries were dead. I will have to stop at the gift shop at the hotel and buy some. He is staying at UMC and I'm at Palace Station Casino. Both places are nice. The people at UMC are so nice except Kyle's nurse today. He seems to think that Kyle doesn't need any pain meds. I think Kyle has thought about killing him but I won't let it happen. I will keep you posted and hopefully be able to get a picture. Maybe I'll ask him when he has had a few pain meds on board. He pretty much does whatever I ask then. I got him to walk to the door which was huge for him.

They Say It's Your Birthday!!

2009-10-06T15:41:00.000-07:00

This past weekend Jaxsen and I celebrated our birthdays. I just wanted to post some pictures of us. We had a great weekend. We went and picked up pine nuts with Kyle's sister and brother in law, went to St. George to do some shopping and watched movies. It was a nice relaxing weekend.

This picture is of Jaxsen when I first got him. He is 2 months old. He was so cute. Mostly eyeballs and ears!

I was driving home one weekend and had Jaxsen in the front seat with me. I looked over and he had his face between my cd case and the seat. I thought it was so cute!

Truck Racing

2009-09-27T15:12:00.000-07:00

This weekend Kyle and I went with some friends to Las Vegas to the Truck Racing which is just like NASCAR but with trucks. It was so much fun. The weather was so hot it was around 107 but as soon as the sun went down it was perfect and around 81 degrees. The race was pretty quick too but I do have to admit I didn't watch much of the race. We had a couple in front of us that were fighting the whole time. It was pretty distracting but entertaining. It is funny what alcohol does to a person. They had a few drinks in their system. The last picture is really there to show off the pretty sunset. The colors were amazing! We had a great time and wouldn't mind going again. The tickets were free so you can pass that up! (Except never eat at the Saraha Casino Buffet. It was GROSS!!!)

Fall

2009-09-27T15:07:00.001-07:00

Last weekend I wanted to go up the mountain to take pictures of the red leaves and hopefully get some of us. Thank goodness Kyle is a good husband and didn't mind taking me up the mountain. The leaves on the trees were just begining to change and there were mostly red leaves. It was so beautiful. I have decided that Fall is my favorite time of year. As you could tell Jaxsen didn't coperate very well with the camera. He usually does but there was just too much going on for him to stare at the camera.

NICKELBACK!!!

2009-08-30T18:31:00.000-07:00

This was the coolest concert I have ever been to. All the bands were AMAZING!!! The first band was Saving Abel. They are new and didn't have too many songs to sing but they still did a good job. Papa Roach was the 2nd band and I was so surprised at how many songs of theirs I knew. They aren't my favorite band but they put on a very good concert. This first picture is of Papa Roach. This also shows how great our tickets were. We were so close.

The 3rd band was Hinder. We had seen them before and they did a great job but this time was different. This time the lead singer jumped off stage and went thru the crowd singing the song. This next picture is of the singer as he was right in front of us. There wasn't anyone in the row infront of us for some reason and he darted in and stood on the chair. We were so shocked that we weren't able to get the camera out soon enough to get a good picture, but you could tell how close he was. It was so awesome!

Nickelback came out when it was pretty dark so we weren't able to get any good pictures of them but they were awesome. Actually words can't describe how much fun we had and good they were. I absolutely love their songs and they sang all the best ones. They had fireworks going, flames, cool light show and great interaction with the crowd. We sang songs by garth brooks and ac/dc. They sang for 3 hours straight. The drummer did the coolest drum solo. He has some serious talent. The AC/DC song was sung by the lead singer from Hinder. He did a great job.

This concert was so good that we are actually thinking of going to the one in Vegas. I can't wait for them to put out a new album! Thank you Kyle for taking me to the Nickelback concert for our anniversary!

2 Years!!!

2009-08-06T13:56:00.000-07:00

This past tuesday Kyle and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary! We couldn't believe how fast time as gone. We went out to dinner with Kyle's family and had a great time. When I came home from work I had flowers waiting for me on the counter. They are so pretty!

I'm so glad that Kyle and I have eachother. I love him so much! I can't imagine my life without him. He is my bestfriend. He is always there when I have bad days and helps remind me of the things we have to be thankful for. I can't wait to have many more anniversary's!!!

I LOVE YOU KYLE!!!

Girls Weekend!

2009-08-06T13:30:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I went to Las Vegas with a few of my co-workers to have a girls weekend. I'm so glad I went. It was nice to hang out with my friends outside of work. We went to dinner at Dick's Last Resort. That is what the first picture is. The servers there are very rude to you but that is the whole point of the place. They throw your napkins and forks at you and then once they get to know you alittle better they start to write funny things on paper hats and give them to you. Some of them were very mean so I won't repeat what any of them said. =) The rule in Vegas is what happens here stays here so i'm only putting up the group picture at dinner up and my picture with my hat. After dinner we went to a country night club called Stoney's. They have a mechanical bull there and alot of the girls rode the bull. It was so funny to watch them try to stay on. I was too tired to ride. We finally went home around 4 in the morning!! I haven't stayed up that late in forever! Saturday we did some major shopping and hung out by the pool. Then I went home with some of the girls that night while the rest of them stayed till Sunday. We had a great time and I can't wait to go again.

North Carolina Trip

2009-08-06T12:46:00.000-07:00

Over July 24th Weekend Kyle and I went to North Carolina. A co-worker of Kyle's won a trip there and wasn't able to go so we got to go instead. We had a blast! I would move there is a heart beat. I wish I had taken pictures of the place. It was amazing. The East coast is so green! There were so many trees that you couldn't see the towns from the freeway. So the whole point of the trip was Super Car Sensation. It is a company that owns luxury cars like Lamborghini, Porsche, Aston Martin, Nissan GTR, Mercedes, Ferrari, BMW. You can choose from different plans and we got to go on the 4 hour road tour of Charlotte. We got to drive all the cars but the Ferrari (someone wrecked it acouple weeks before we got there), BMW, and the Mercedes. You go on your ride and every now and then we would pull over and change out drivers. Kyle got to drive all 4 cars and I drove 2 of the cars. I have to admit I was too scared to drive the Lamborghini. It was so wide and the roads are very narrow I knew I would crash it. We had such a good time. We decided out of all the cars we would totally buy the Nissian GTR. I got the car going 115 miles per hour. It was awesome. We drove on the back roads and every now and then you would slam the gas pedel down and get it going as fast as you could and then slow down to the speed limit. I would totally recommend this experience. We stayed in Charlotte for 3 days. We have a chaffeur the whole time. We rode around in Lincoln's the whole time. It was really nice to not have to worry about directions or anything. I've posted some pictures of us on our road trip. This first picture is of the Nissian GTR. The second and third is of the attention getter Lamborghini. Then the last picture is of the other cars we got to drive as well as the BMW. Our tour guide drove that car the whole time. He said he prefers the BMW over any of the cars they have there.

Swimming at the Lake

2009-06-28T20:13:00.000-07:00

Yes I am going to bore you with pictures of my dog. This weekend Kyle surprised me by taking me and Jaxsen to Sand Hollow. First thing it was HOT!!!! I think it got to the upper 90's if not in the 100's. Don't worry though I took the sunblock! So we got there Saturday and we immediately decided to get in the water. It felt so good. Jaxsen has only been to the lake 2 times before. The first time he loved the water and kinda figured out how to swim. The 2nd time we had Max and he pretty much tried to drown Jaxsen as much as possible. So this time Jaxsen was all by himself and loved it. He caught onto swimming so fast. The only reason I'm talking about this is cuz Jaxsen is not meant to swim. His paws aren't webbed and he pretty much is too fat to float. He eventually got to the point where he would just take off swimming. I was so proud.

Even Kyle got in the water. It took us both awhile before we would go too far into the water but eventually the cold water won over the hot sand. We went for a ride on the sand dunes on our razor. I have to admit the Razor was a very good purchase. I'm not a fan of fourwheelers but this is so much fun. I can just go along for the ride and not have to worry about driving. It was a pretty fun weekend. It wore all of us out but I thought this picture of Jaxsen pretty much explained how hard we all played this weekend.

Awesome Weekend

2009-06-28T19:56:00.000-07:00

This weekend I got the chance to go with my sister and her two daughters to Manti and see the Manti Pageant. I have seen it once before but I couldn't remember much about it. I was so excited to have a girls weekend with my sister. I got a call from work saying that I didn't need to go into work on friday and so I left early friday to hang out with my nieces. I always plan to hang out with my sister but I never get a chance since my nieces can always talk me into playing dolls and whatever else they want to do. =) So the time finally came and we took off. Wow is pretty much all I can say about the pageant. I had so many emotions. I cried alot mostly. It was so powerful! I'm glad that Carrie invited me to go. I probably wouldn't ever go becuase I never think about it. THANK YOU CARRIE and GIRLS!!!!

Then on sunday Kyle wanted to take me for a ride up the mountain. There is a cabin up there that a sheep herder made himself to protect himself from bears. After a long and very bumpy road Kyle finally remembered where it was. This cabin is neat! Everything inside he made. I guess the guy who made it doesn't live in it anymore but whoever owns the land takes very good care of the cabin. Looking at the cabin was pretty fun but the thought of bears being around pretty much scared me and so we didn't spend too much time there.

LAS VEGAS

2009-05-31T11:06:00.000-07:00

Well I have survived my week in Las Vegas and I'm sad to say I'm back in Cedar City. We had such a great time. I learned so much. I don't have any pictures to show because what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas and pics can be used against ya! HA HA There really wasn't anything great to take a picture of anyways. But I will tell ya all about it. So we get there Tuesday and Leslee and I have a suture workshop to go to and we got to Vegas kinda late. We headed over to Ceasars Palace and could not find parking at all! We had to use valet which I have never used before and come to find out the President of the United States was speaking at the Ceasars Palace at the same time as our class. Man that would have been so cool but he made our lives miserable trying to find parking and then it took us 1hour 45 minutes to find our car becuase they shut down the valet place we used earlier!!! It was so frustrating. But it would have been so cool to have seen him. I guess I can always say I was pretty dang close to seeing him in person. Our suture class was cool. We learned some other ways of closing patients skin and we also learned how to tie knots. Now I know all you boy scouts or girl scouts out there think that was a waste of time but these knots were so hard! Then that night we went to the Broadway show Lion King. That was so awesome!! They did a great job and I would recommend everyone going. The rest of the week was filled with meetings and dinner. We hardly ate breakfast or lunch so that we could spend all our money on dinner. That is pretty much all we did. We went and saw some of the sights. We had to go see the water show at the Bellagio casino. It is my favorite. I could stand there all day but thank goodness we didn't because it was so HOT!!! We sat at the pool for an hour and I got burned. I even had sunblock on. If I ever have the chance to go again I would love to. I was blown away by how many scrub techs there are and by the age difference.

Memorial Day Weekend

2009-05-25T15:14:00.000-07:00

We decided to go camping this warm Memorial day weekend by going to Gold Springs UT or NV (it just depends on which side of the state line you camp on). We got there friday night and were surprised by how many people were there camping. We have been out there many times and never seen anyone camping there before. We always camp in the same spot and were pretty worried by all the people we saw that our spot would be gone. Thankgoodness it wasn't!

I love going here in the spring time becuase of all the wild flowers. It reminds me of all the flowers back home we use to find on the mountain behind our house. I don't know the true name of these flowers but I grew up calling them Indian Paint Brushes. So this picture is for you mom becuase for some reason I remember you saying that you loved these flowers. I don't know if that is true or not.

These next 2 pictures are of the "Charlie Rose" mine. This guy and pretty much every other guy there built their homes right next to their mine. I don't think that I could handle living next to a huge deep whole in the ground and not be worried that I would fall down it in the middle of the night!

There is stuff like this all over the place. I have a hard time imagining people working so hard for a living and then all of a sudden picking up and moving somewhere else and leaving all their equiptment there.

This is a picture of the only house left standing in the town of Fay. You can see lots of remains of house foundations here.

This place is pretty neat though. I never thought of it as a ghost town until I tried to google it. I guess up until 5 years ago alot of the buildings were still standing. A mining company came in and pushed alot of the buildings over so no one would get hurt by going in them. There is atleast one mine there still open. The Nevada mining company is still working on what is called "The Snowflake" mine. You can't go very far into many of the mines. Most of them have collapsed in. We have wandered through a few of them. This trip we actually found 3 new mines that we had no idea were even there. We didn't have any flashlights so we didn't go in but next time we are for sure going in. We found one that still had alot of the tracks coming out of the mine for the railroad carts. I can't wait to explore the mines next time. I will for sure write all about it. I wish I had taken pictures of the openings. One of them is big enough that I can walk into it for quite a ways.

Tutu's Part 2

2009-05-02T18:24:00.000-07:00

Well I have finally finished the tutu's for my nieces. I have to admit that the smaller ones turned out so much better but these are still cute. I just hope the older girls like them. I guess if they don't they can put them on teddy bears or up in the closet. These two new tutu's look much better in person. The camera just doesn't do them justice. The one for Holly is way cute. It has purple, green and yellow in it. You can't see all the colors in the picture. Rylee's was suppose to be my favorite because it is blue. But I should have just done the dark blue and white. I'm not sure if the light blue looks good in it or not. But it is the coolest cuz it has Duchesne colors!!!

Tutu's

2009-04-26T14:34:00.001-07:00

This weekend I thought that I would try to make the no sew tutu's for my nieces. So I googled it on the internet to find out how to do it. The video seemed so easy I figured I could do it. Well it is easy but oh my gosh it takes forever to get the first one done. I almost didn't even attempt the second one, but as you can see I did. These two are for Savanah and Avery. I'm just glad I started with the little ones. I hope they like them too. If not I figured they can put them on a stuff animal. I almost put one of them on Jaxsen for him to model it for everyone to see but I figured I would get animal control called on me =) I'm hoping to get the other two made this week.

JAXSEN!!!

2009-04-17T15:59:00.000-07:00

The day has finally come that Jaxsen is making his debut on the internet! I was going to earlier but thought no one wanted to see him. But friends at work couldn't believe that I didn't have him on my blog since he is pretty much all I talk about. So I've had him ever since he was 2 months old and only 5 pounds. He was so cute and tiny!!! Now he is 4 1/2 months old and I think about 25 pounds. He is now a chunk! I need to get better at taking him for a walk everyday. When I got him I had no clue as to what to call him. So I tried out a few names and Jaxsen was the only one he responded to. He has so much personality. Hopefully these pictures show ya how fun he is. He humors me by letting me dress him up and take his picture. I really think he likes it but as soon as he is out in public he hates to have clothes on. His favorite thing is to go for rides on the fourwheeler and razor. His first experience on a fourwheeler you couldn't get him off. Kyle took off and he chased him down until Kyle picked him up and took him. Now we drive the razor and if we leave it out in the backyard we usually catch him sleeping in it. He is so spoiled but he is my child and I will spoil him all I want!

Scrub Tech Convention

2009-04-10T15:52:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited. In May me and two other people from my work are going to the Surgical Technologists National Conference in Las Vegas. 1 I'm excited to go to Vegas since Kyle doesn't let me go as much as I use to when I was single and 2 I get to rub shoulders with people in my profession and hopefully help me to be better at my job. There are so many cool speakers and presentations scheduled. I just can't wait. My good friends Leslee and Peg get to go with me. We have so many fun things planned. We are there for a week and one of the nights we are going to see the Broadway show The Lion King. Our tickets came in the mail yesterday. I've heard so many good things about this production. We also talked about going to see Phatom of the Opera. I don't know if we will or not. We might just wait to see if we can get cheap tickets there. Plus we will be doing tons of shopping. I swear Peg knows all the good places to go. She has such great fashion sense. I'm hoping to talk atleast one of them into going on the big shot at the Stratosphere. That is my favorite ride in Vegas. Well when it finally comes and goes I will for sure tell you all about our awesome time. Who knows maybe I will find me a better job!!!!!

Elmers Glue

2009-03-17T14:11:00.000-07:00

Okay so I'm going to give you a long history to why I'm excited for elmers glue right now. So I'm a huge reality tv junkie! I love any show that is about real people. If you knew all the shows I watched you probably laugh. But today it has paid off. So I watched this past season's The Bachelor. Ya I was bummed that he didn't pick Melissa but oh well. That is life. So I heard that she was going to be on Ellen's show. So I recorded it cuz ya know I actually had to work that day. =)(it's been very slow at work and I have had plenty of time to catch up on my reality shows and find new ones. Let me tell ya Kyle just loves it! HA HA no he doesn't). Anyways, after Melissa said what she wanted to say they had a beauty expert on and she had some beauty secrets. So of course I watched it and she mentioned the biore strips that take blackheads off your nose and chin. She said instead of wasting your money on that product you should buy some elmers glue. She said all you need to do it put a thin layer on your nose and chin and let it dry and then peel it off. Your blackheads will peel off with the glue. So I thought that sounds cool. So today I went and bought some glue and tried it. OH MY GOSH!!! It really worked. I didn't think it would. With the strips it pulls them out but you have to do it acouple times and for the price you paid you don't want to waste them. Glue is cheap and it doesn't even hurt peeling it off. So go and try it. I promise you will be amazed!!!

NICKELBACK!!!!!!!!!

2009-03-13T14:14:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited!! I just bought Kyle and I tickets to see Nickelback! I'm a huge fan of them. We saw them in Vegas 3 years ago and they were amazing! They had Hinder, Hoobastank, and another band but I can't remember who. I know that is bad that I can't remember who else performed but I really only cared about Nickelback. Hinder was pretty good too. I'm excited so far Hinder will be touring with them again along with Saving Abel who I'm a big fan of now. Also Papa Roach. I don't know Papa Roach as well as I know the other bands but it will be fun no matter what. We are going to the concert for our 2nd wedding anniversary instead of going on another long road trip like last year I figured the concert would be better and cheaper. =) I will write all about it when it actually happens. It doesn't happen for another 5 1/2 months but that is how excited I am for it. I can't wait!!!!

99 and counting!

2009-03-09T13:11:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was Grandma Bleazard's 99th Birthday party. I can't believe she is 99!!! There was a party held for her and so many people showed up! I was amazed by how many family members were able to go. It was so good to see everyone. Grandma looked so good too! I'm sure we will be having a 100 year Birthday party for her. When we took this picture she told me she had to look at it and approve of it. I pretty much told her she didn't get to decide but showed her anyway and she liked the picture.

Nascar!

2009-03-09T13:04:00.000-07:00

Well Nascar came and went again. It was down in Las Vegas. We had a great time except Kyle's driver didn't do to well. His engine blew up in the first few laps and so it made the race a very long race for us to watch. But we still enjoyed being there. It was nice to see the sun and enjoy it but it still got pretty cold at night. I can't wait for warm weather!!! This year we took Jaxsen with us and the poor guy had to hang out in the trailer while we were gone but everyone there loved him and so I'm pretty sure he had a good time. He sure wasn't starving! Everyone there was trying to get him into their trailers by feeding him and I'm pretty sure they regreted it by the end of the week cuz he was in their trailers begging for food. =)

Amargosa Sand Dunes

2009-02-22T17:31:00.000-08:00

It was our annual President's Day sand dune trip and this year instead of going to Dumont we went to some sand dunes right out side of Las Vegas. Now I know you are thinking since we went to Las Vegas it is going to be pretty hot. Well you and I were both wrong. It was so cold. I think our warmest day was 53 degrees. As you can tell Jaxsen is pretty spoiled and a mama's boy and he spent most of his time in my coat trying to get warm. We went right when that cold front hit California and Neveda. But we still had a blast. You can't tell from the pictures how big the dunes were but they were pretty big and alot of sand. We had a great time and look forward to going to the sand dunes again for Halloween.

Snowboarding.... Enough Said

2009-02-10T19:15:00.000-08:00

Well this past saturday I went to Brian Head Ski Resort with my friend Sunny and snowboarded for the first time in 9 years! We had a blast! We had the coolest instructor cuz neither of us could remember how to snowboard and didn't want to kill ourselves. It brought back so many memory's of when I went snowboarding with Valerie. That was such a great time too. I'm pretty sure I looked the same back then too.

As you can tell I spent most of my time on my butt. I fell so many times! I still can't sit down without hurting. Plus my arms hurt so bad from trying to pull myself up. This was so much harder than I remember.

We got the hang of it and would love to go back. We atleast had a smile on our faces when we left. I want to go back again before I forget everything I just learned.

Maximus

2009-02-01T10:20:00.000-08:00

Well I finally have let Max go to a better home. My boss and her kids have fallen in love with him and he will now live with them. I have mixed feelings cuz I loved Max but I just never spent the time with him that he needed. I know that my little pug will miss him. They were honestly best friends but Jaxsen will get over it. Now he will have all the attention. =) So Max I hope you are doing great and please behave. Good Luck with your new family!!!! LOVE YA MAX!!

Arizona trip 2008

2009-01-12T13:52:00.000-08:00

We celebrated our first year of marriage by going to Arizona. Let me tell you this place is BEAUTIFUL!!! Our first stop on our trip was the Grand Canyon. This is the Northern part. It was amazing. I can't believe that I have lived in Utah all my life and never visited this place. It was neat. Plus this was a great start to our trip.

Sedona

2009-01-12T13:33:00.000-08:00

After going to the Grand Canyon we went to Sedona. This place is beautiful and definately a rich man's play ground. The first two pics are of Slick Rock. This place was pretty cool. It was made by nature and you can go and play in the water, but it is very slick. You need to wear shoes! It is so hot down there and the water is pretty cool it just feels perfect. It's gotta be nice to have a swimming pool in the middle of the mountains!

The second two pics are of Montezuma's castle. This was a way neat place. As you can see it is high up on a mountain so that no one can get to it. Plus it is still intact. There were so many neat places to see in Sedona. You could spend days there seeing everything. When I retire I want to live there cuz it is just beautiful!!!

Jerome

2009-01-12T13:25:00.000-08:00

Another stop on our journey was Jerome. This was a neat little town. It was built high up on a hill and it was a mining town. The top building was a hospital back in the day and now they have made it into a hotel. This is where we stayed. It is supposedly huanted and I failed to mention it to Kyle until we checked in. =) He wasn't too happy to hear the ghost storys. I love scarey movies so this was my favorite part of the trip. The roads are tiny in this place! We took our toy hauler trailer with us on this road trip and they people told me we could park up at the hotel. Well they failed to mention to me that the roads are ment for tiny cars one at a time. At the time it wasn't funny but after we got everything figured out it was pretty funny that we dragged out trailer thru it all.

Tombstone

2009-01-12T13:09:00.001-08:00

The last stop on our trip was Tombstone Arizona. This is the only reason I could get Kyle to go to Arizona. He loves the history and the story about the Earp brothers. The first pic is us in our hard hats getting ready to go into the underground mine that is under the town of Tombstone. You can only go so far but it was pretty neat. The second pic is of Kyle at the bar in the Birdcage. This place was the coolest shop in the whole town. I think it is the only original place too. Everything there was so neat. You could see the bullet holes from fights in the walls and they had all the original furniture and everything. The third pic is of Kyle standing next to the hurse that carried the people to the grave yard.

American Idol

2009-01-12T12:58:00.001-08:00

Well as most of you know I tried out last July for American Idol. I didn't make it very far. I only got to sing a song for the producers and they didn't like it. But I'm proud of myself for even doing it. Singing in front of people scares the crap right out of me! I did very well I think. I wasn't nervous or anything, but then again singing for strangers is easy cuz I don't care what they think. I want to thank everyone who encouraged me to do it! Thanks!

Wedding

2009-01-12T11:16:00.000-08:00

Well I'm finally putting together a blog and I figured I would start me marrying the man of my dreams. Kyle and I were married August 4 2007. It was awesome! Family and friends were all there and we did miss you guys who weren't able to make it. We were married in Cedar City at Kyle's Mothers house in her back yard. Ken Adams married us and he is married to Kyle's mom. I have to give all the credit to my friends for making the place to beautiful. I only got to see alittle of it that morning but when I walked down the aisle it looked amazing. Also thank you to my parents for being there to help too.