Thankful FOR Thanksgiving!

Well, it's that time of year again! Wooohooo! The Holiday Season is sooooo much fun and it all starts with THANKSGIVING!!!! Eric and I spent Thanksgiving with my family and we are going to spend Christmas with his family. This is the first year both of us have been or will be away from our families for either Thanksgiving or Christmas. Eric went through it first. I think he had a hard time being away from his family during Thanksgiving. He still seemed happy though :) I am a little sad about being away from my family for Christmas. It will be hard but I am excited to spend time with my inlaws and get to know them better! Plus as long as I am with Eric everything will be just fine!!!!

The day before Thanksgiving we went to the new Rec Center in Gillette. It is really nice and a lot of fun. We swam around and rode the slides and the lazy river quite a few times. We also sat in the hot tub and relaxed and just enjoyed ourselves! For Thanksgiving we went over to a family friends house. It was nice to meet up with some friends and just have a really relaxed Thanksgiving day. We ate tons of delicious food and then sat around and talked! The day after Thanksgiving Eric and my brother Brandon went and played hunter men. They went up to the Big Horns to look for Mountain Lions and Bob Cats with a good family friend. They were gone ALL DAY! They didn't see anything though because there was not enough snow to track them :( Eric really wanted to see a mountain lion but he still had a good time. The last day we were in Gillette, I got to babysit the cutest little baby ever! Her name is Aspen and she is an absolute doll. After babysitting her, my family, Eric, and I all went to the Rec Center yet again. Dad and Brandon went to the pool while the rest of us played tennis and went rock climbing! It was so much fun. Eric is AMAZING at rock climbing. He scurried up the wall without a problem! Once we came home from our awesome break, we found broken and frozen pipes. Eric and I (but mostly Eric) spent most of Sunday fixing them. Talk about a good time....

I love the Thanksgiving break! It is nice to spend time with family and spend time away from school. It is also a time for me to reflect on how lucky I am and how much I have to be thankful for!!!!

Before Thanksgiving Break Eric and I were Going to Go to the Temple. Plans Got Changed and We Were Unable to Go So We Are Kind of Bummed in This Pic :(

But Since We Weren't Able To Go To The Temple, We Were Able To Go To The Cowboy Open

Eric And I At The Wrestling (He Hates Taking Picures With Me)




My Dad During Thanksgiving Break

My Beautiful Mother

Cute Little Kolter

Eric Holding Aspen!

So Stinking Cute!

My Monkey Man :)

Woohoo! Rock Climbing

After We Got Done Rock Climbing

The Wonderful Frozen Pipes We Came Home To

FiNaLlY LiFe HaS SlOwEd DoWn!!!!!

Before I start writing about how busy our lives have been, I first must vent. This sweet, innocent, fury, cute picture is a picture of my dog aka Roxy. Yes I know she is adorable (even though I have been told that she has a face only a mother could love) but do not let her fool you. She has an addiction. An addiction to destroying my house!!!! She gets bored when Eric is at work and I am at school. To show us how much she hates us leaving her, she chews up our things! Here is a list of all the things she has chewed up in the last 4 1/2 months:

1. My Camera Case
2. Four Hair Bands
3. Eric's Red Devils Blanket
4. Not One but TWO of our remotes
5. Christmas Lights
6. All the Boxes our Wedding Presents are in
7. My Friend's Wedding Present
8. Her Kennel
9. Part of the Wall
10. Candles
11. Socks
12. Two T-shirts
And the biggest thing that I am most upset about that she has chewed up,
13. Our Love Seat

We have tried everything to keep her from chewing on things but nothing has worked so far. I even called my Uncle Richard. He is a vet and he said that she needs to be locked up when no one is home because her breed is the type that will chew up everything you own until the day they die. We hate locking her up :( but we cannot have her keep chewing up our house like this. I try and make my house look nice and I cannot have my sweet little pup tearing it up!

Alright well on to all the things we have been doing since our last post!

First and most importantly, Eric got his first bull elk with his BOW! Yep, he is amazing. I was there to see it all! It was so exciting. I am so proud of him :) Once Eric shot him we waited a while to let him die. After waiting for a bit we started looking for the blood trail. We were able to follow it for a little bit and then the blood just stopped. There was no sign of the elk. I was even on my stomach looking for blood and low and behold NOTHING. I was so nervous because I knew that if we did not find the elk Eric would not be happy. I think I prayed approximately 18 times for us to find Eric's elk. So while I was on my stomach army crawling around the forest looking for blood, Eric was wandering around the forest. After about an hour of searching, Eric found him! There was not even a drop of blood around him!!! Eric then quartered him up (with a little help from me!) and we started hauling him out. It only took us TWO TRIPS!!!!! On the first trip Eric had a pack so we were able to put a lot of meat on his back. I helped by hugging a front quarter to my stomach. I was able to haul it around for quite a while until my stupid shoulders started hurting! Then Eric carried it the rest of the way to the truck. On the second trip, we loaded up the rest of the meat onto Eric's back. That was a bad idea. It had to have weighed at least 80 pounds or more. I felt AWFUL. I didn't have a single thing to carry and we had to stop about every 20 yards so that Eric could rest. All I could do to help was be Eric's cheerleader! We eventually made it to the truck. When we made it home we washed up the meat and set it out on top of our roof. The next day Eric loaded up the meat in the truck. During this process he lost his wedding ring :( It is still currently MIA.

The Elk

BLOOD!

Poor Exhausted Eric :(

The next weekend Eric and I went to the Dierks Bentley and Lynyrd Skynyrd Concert. We somehow scored awesome seats. When I went to buy tickets the guy asked what type of tickets I wanted and I said the cheapest ones. So I got two of the cheapest tickets and then the guy upgraded us to floor seats for free! We were only three rows from the stage!!!!! It was a pretty fun concert. Eric and I had a lot of fun!!!!! Eric was so impressed with Dierks hair that he is even growing his hair out like Dierks now :)

Then the next weekend we went to the Boise v. Wyoming game. Needless to say, we got our butts kicked. We still had a lot of fun though!!!!



Then the next weekend Eric bought me these beautiful Gerber Daisies. He did it just because he wanted to!!!! How sweeeeet is that!!!!!!


After that weekend Eric started his 9 days on and 5 days off!!!! He came home last Tuesday and was able to stay clear until Sunday!!!!!! And on Friday my entire family came up for the Homecoming game. It was a very fun weekend (even though I didn't get a single picture). Minus the fact that one of my brothers ruined our toilet. Both of them feel the need to lean back on the toilet tank when they are taking a #2. One of them leaned back on the toilet on Saturday. Because they did this, our tank started leaking like CRAZY! Who leans back on the toilet? Or as Eric likes to say "It's not a freaking recliner" hahahaha! Well the leak ruined the flooring around the toilet so Eric had to tear that up and he has to replace it during his next break from work. Also Eric and my Dad spent about 4 hours fixing the toilet. I am glad to say that the toilet is fixed, the tank is a little crooked, but fixed all the same. I am so happy and glad that I have a handy man for a husband :)

So between the fun weekends and the crazy amount of homework I have been getting, our life has been very hectic. It has finally started to slow down again though :)

Well, It's That Time Of Year Again

I can't believe it! School has already started again. Where did the summer go? I guess between the wedding and my shoulder surgery summer just flew out the window!!!!

We did manage to get a few things done before school started though. I got a new calling in our church. I am now the 1st Counselor in the Young Women. I really enjoy it so far. The girls are really really quiet so far. I hope they break out of their shell a little bit!

I also got my second shoulder surgery. A few days later my little sister managed to fall out of a tree and break both of her wrists! She is a tough bugger. She didn't even cry until she thought my dad was going to be mad at her. I would have been screaming my head off. Guess that is the difference between her and I.

And finally, Eric and I managed to buy a new truck. He is in love with it!!!! I think if he could, he would sleep in it every night!!!! Okay maybe not, but I'm sure he has thought about it :)

Our Parents Spoiled Us

Accident Prone Sisters

Eric's Baby

YAY! New Truck!!!

The Wedding Story!

So I didn't want to write another post until we got our wedding pictures back, but they are not finished just yet. So I will just have to keep waiting for those. So instead I thought I would write about our wedding and honeymoon and then post pictures of the wedding later!

So, to start it all off, Eric's mom was diagnosed with cancer in march. She had to endure weeks and weeks of radiation and chemo. The radiation gave Suzy horrible burns and the chemo made her really sick. She lost her appetite and in turn lost a lot of weight. One positive thing happened though, she didn't lose a single hair! Everyone was amazed, including her doctors! We are happy to report that she is 95% cured and doing really well!

Next, Eric had been talking about how his right side had been bothering him for a few days. His mom decided that he better go to the hospital. It's a good thing they went when they did! The doctor said that his appendix was about to burst and he needed immediate surgery. 45 minutes after going to the hospital Eric was put to sleep and cut open! He had three little incisions was all so he was able to recover quickly! Oh and did I mention that this happened exactly ONE WEEK before our wedding?!

Then, the night before our wedding my mom got put in the hospital with the usual problem of blocked intestines. Not only could I not sleep because I was so nervous but also because I was worried about my mom! The morning of the wedding my mom still hadn't improved any and everyone thought she wouldn't be able to come to our wedding. But, my mom showed them. She came all drugged up and with the I.V. still in her arm and was in a wheelchair with a puke bucket! It meant so much to me that she would risk leaving the hospital just so she could come to our wedding!!!! After the ceremony we got one picture with her and then it was back to the hospital where she ended up getting surgery soon after. What a tough lady!

Finally to top it all off, I was up visiting my mom before the wedding and it was time to leave so my Aunt Connie and I went out to my car only to realize that I had locked my keys in the car (a very bad habit of mine). My Uncle Rigo called a locksmith who rushed over and broke into my car for me! I was ONLY 20 minutes late ahhhh! How stressful and embarrassing!

But all in all, it was a beautiful wedding. Tons of family came and supported us, the weather was perfect, and Eric looked H-O-T!!!! I have to thank my Aunt Connie and my cousins Brittany and McKenzie. They did my hair, helped me get dressed, and made sure I looked okay for our pictures! After our two amazing receptions Eric and I rushed off to our Honeymoon in beautiful Puerto Rico! We had a great time!!!! Here are some of the honeymoon pictures:

The View Outside Our Hotel Room

On a Balcony at our Resort

On The Tram Heading Down to Our Room

I love the Ocean

King of the Ocean

Eric's Sexy Sun Burnt Bod

Eric Had to Put Patches Around His Incisions Before He Could Swim

Eric Relaxin in the Shade

Pure Heaven









There Were a Million Lizards

Stevie, The Iguana Outside Our Hotel Room

The Start Of Our New Life Together

All 1 posts on this page are selected. Select all 1 posts All 1 posts are selected. Clear selection Well, here we are! Newly weds and new to the blogging world. Before I even get into the fiasco of our wedding let's rewind to me and Eric's very first date. My cousin Thomas knew Eric and set us up on a blind date in October. I was nervous so I spent a good two hours or more getting ready. Finally I was ready to meet my date. I went downstairs and met Eric in the lobby of the dorms. My first instinct was "Oh he is pretty cute, this could be fun!" Little did I know how extremely SHY he was. He hardly talked to me. To avoid those awkward silences, me being the big mouth I am, talked the entire time. I'm sure he was hoping I would just shut up. Finally he decided to take me back home. We said our "goodbyes" and our "nice to meet you's" and went our separate ways. Over the next few days we texted each other here and there and then soon stopped talking altogether. A month or two had passed and we ran into each other on campus. Later that night I decided to text him and ask him out on a second date seeming as how he hadn't yet. So I asked him if he wanted to go out to ice cream. .........No text back........Still no text back........Nothing......... he had ignored me! How embarrassing. I knew right then that he had another girlfriend. I hoped beyond hope that I would never run into him ever again after asking him out even though he had a girlfriend! As the months passed by my bruised ego healed. It healed enough that when he texted me in May I texted him back. We had some casual conversations that soon turned into all-day texting which then turned into conversations over the phone that lasted for hours. Then being the brave idiot I am, I invited him to go camping with my family and some of our friends. I prepared myself for being ignored again, but to my surprise he said yes!! So he drove all the way from Evanston to Gillette to go camping with a bunch of people he didn't even know. The camp trip turned out to be a success. Everyone loved Eric. After we got home and unpacked Eric and I were sitting on my couch watching some t.v. when he started to ask me a question but then stopped. I turned and looked at him and he was completely red!! I kept pestering him to ask me what he was going to ask me (because I knew what he was trying to ask me :) He would start asking and then say oh never mind. HA it was so funny and cute. But finally he spit the words out, "So what would you consider us?" I sheepishly asked, "What do you mean?" and he said "Like are we friends, or boyfriend girlfriend or what?" I made him squirm for a bit before I finally told him "Well I would consider us together!" I think his cute red face smiled for the rest of the night. And that was the start of our relationship!!!!!