Ashley & Kessler

Friday Cooper & I drove up to Randolf to watch Ashley preform during half time of the homecoming football game and just to watch her cheer. It was funny sitting there watch a high school foot ball game again. It reminded me how much fun we used to have. Rich High is a much smaller school but it was still fun. Ashley's Cheer squad and the drill team preformed a version of Thriller in some of the old cheer outfits and old football jerseys that they made look worn and bloodied! I know it doesn't sound so good but it was so cute!

After spending the night at my parents house. Cooper & I packed up and headed for Logan! I was excited to drive down the canyon and check out all the beautiful leaves. Also my brother in law Kessler was going to be preforming with his high school's marching band in the annual comp. they have up at Utah State. So since I was driving through we stopped and watch Bingham take first place in their class! It was fun to be back in the Aggie football stadium where so many fun memories took place. I also drove past my old college apt. I miss some of those fun friends and memories! After they preformed I dragged Kris's family too Anige's! My favorite place to eat in Logan. They have AWESOME cinnamon rolls! So the next time you are in Logan you must eat at Angies!
Here is a pic of Kessler!

Hunting & Bunko

So this last weekend we went up to Bear Lake. Saturday morning before the rooster crowed Kris & my dad were up getting all the things loaded for an early morning hunt. My dad was lucky enough to get a call the week before letting him know that someone had passed up a Bull Elk tag and it was his if he wanted it. DUH!! Anyone who knows anything about my dad is fall=hunting! Kris was excited to go out with him again this year because the Ranger was fully enclosed this time around. Last year it didn't have a wind shield or doors; so they basically froze! Unfortunately they saw one Elk but didn't get it.
By the time they got back we ladies and Cooper were up and ready to go. But we were trying to get appitizers ready for our "Couples Bunko" night. My mom really wanted to do it since Thursday was her birhtday. There were supposed to be 6 couples but one bailed out at the last minute so we had to have one ghost table. I had never played Bunko before but it is fun! Especially when you have a good group of people and a Keg of beer!! Randy likes to call that combo "Drunko" instead of Bunko. Which was true for most people. Especially him! He would get really excited and shout Bunko really loud and throw his arms up and I swear he was doing "spirit fingers". I had to be responsible so I only drank a little not so much that I was sober by the time we dragged mom & dad out! It was so much fun I am sure we will be doing it again in the future.

Happy Birthday Mom, G-ma, & Friend

Today is my mothers birthday! There are so many things about my mom that make her so amazing! She is always understanding, kind, thoughtful, tender-hearted, smart, strong, and most of all Loving. I wish that I could be half the person she is. She may not realize it but I strive to be like her in so many ways.
I love you mom! You really are the Cool mom all the kids wanted.

1st Cookie

Thanks to Kris's sister Amber; Cooper had his first animal cracker yesterday. It was love at first taste. He wouldn't stop eating them! So today I just had to get some pictures of the distruction. I hope everyone enjoys them as much as I do.

Camping

Ever since our friend Nick had told us he wanted to go camping a month ago I had been making a list of pros and cons. Finally we just decided to give it a shot. I thought for sure it just wouldn't be any fun.
Oh how I was WRONG! Its been 2 years since Kris & I went camping last. Way to long for my taste. So I pulled out all of our camping gear on Wed and was cleaning the dust off and airing everything out. I had packed up the car and when Kris got off work a little early on Friday we were off to the Uinta's. I would have to say the best thing about our friends camping spot is its not far from the city. An hour max and it is GORGEOUS! This camping spot is in the "Upper Setting" just below Mirror Lake. A short hike to the mountain side and its one of the most beautiful views. But I am not about to share this awesome spot with the world so that's as close as you get! It was so nice to get away from the city. I really like roughing too. I am not the type of girl who has to be clean while camping. Its not camping unless your hands are dirty! When we arrived we set up camp and started a fire for dinner. When we finally were done it was dark and Cooper had fallen asleep. By the way Cooper is the cutest thing in 2 layers of fleece jammies and 2 fleece blankets with a fleece beanie on! That is the definition of a "burrito baby"! Anyway nothing too exciting the first night just trying to stay warm next to the fire until we were tired enough to put it out.
Saturday we up before the rooster! Cooper usually wakes up around 6 a.m. takes a bottle and then will sleep for another couple of hours. Yeah not while camping!! He was up and chatting before the sun was! It was cute but we really could have used another hour of sleep. After breakfast and a little closer to noon we decided to go for a hike/walk to try and get Coop to take a nap. So I put him in the snugglie and hauled him around for a half hour or so. It was a nice walk on a dirt road. We were also trying to kill time until a couple of Kris's friends showed up. But once they arrived the fun started! There was alot of drinking, playing bean bag toss, washu's, "hunting" for wood, and just good conversation.

The rest is boring. Packing up camp and heading home.