Camping in the Fall 2012

Here is a update for any of you that thought we had dropped off the face of the planet :) Sometime in the Fall before October we went camping up at a cabin in the Graham Mountains. But before we could go to the cabin we had to stop at the fair in Thatcher, AZ Cheyanne, Dalton and Seth were brave enough to try the electric bull. Cheyanne did awesome, and the other did.... alright lol. It was super fun to watch! We had a blast and went on a few rides and then headed up the mountain. 

 He did a lot of falling off haha. He's still a stud. And I'm sad that I didn't get any pictures of Dalton! But Dalton did good too :)

 Up on the mountain, there is this gorgeous lake. It was a little cold up there and we didn't really catch a lot of fish. But we had fun just hanging out by the lake. Here's Bridger and Cheyanne fishing.

 Here's part of the lake. I love going up to the mountains, and it was great to spend a weekend away with family

 The whole gang fishing it up!

 One of the days we were up there we decided to take a little hike to a little stream nearby, when I say little, I mean I didn't realize it was going to be long and not on a path, it was quite the adventure and we finally made it to the stream :) Bridger and his brother Seth found a spot that was like a mini waterfall, they didn't use any fishing poles, just fishing line and a hook (like real men haha). They caught a bunch of little fish. It was very fun to watch them continue to catch fish just by using line and a hook, at least I thought it was cool.

 Up by the house, there was a huge pile of wood. So the boys took a little time out of their day to chop it up and make an organized pile of firewood. My husband is such a stud :)

 Dustin was the only one that caught a real fish, I believe. He is a real fisherman :)

 The last day we were there we went to find some ice caves on the side of a mountain. We found a couple, and if we had had rope we could have gone into some of them farther, but we only went in a little bit for safety. This is one that was just a little cave that we found. Me, Dalton and Gracey.

 Going into the cave.

Inside the cave :)

This picture just makes me laugh :) I love my husband so much, he cracks me up everyday.

This is after the boys worked so hard to clean up the wood pile. I wish I had taken a before picture because it looks a million times better!

My amazing hubby and me on the last day. We had a great weekend getaway and loved spending time with the family.

It's Summer :)

It's been a while since our last post, so we thought we should update the blog. We have been busy working, and going to school. Our semester ended yesterday, so I finally have a minute to breath and relax, a perfect time to update :) So we had a carport on the back of our house, that only fit my car. It was built terribly and we wanted to build one that could shade both of our cars and that was more structurally sound. Bridger's dad came down for a weekend and helped Bridger a bunch. We love the carport now! It is super nice to have a place for both of our cars. 

 before...

 I thought that I had a picture of it all done, but I can't find one and it is raining outside so I might post a picture later :)

Another project! There is this little inset in our family room and I have wanted to put some shelves in them for a while. This is what it looked like before. A little cluttered and not my favorite. 

 All cleaned out :)

 Bridger built some amazing shelves for me. I love him!

 Painted black and somewhat organized. But I love them.

We had our two year anniversary in March. Crazy how fast time flies and how much more in love we have fallen in the past two years. We went to San Diego for a long weekend and had so much fun! We watch the food channel all the time and so this restaurant was on one of the food shows, it was delicious, and Bridger was soooo super excited. 

 We went to the beach everyday. Although it wasn't very warm, we still had a blast on the beach and playing in the water.

 We went to the Museum of Natural History and got to draw on this skeleton board.

 Bridger had a blast of course :)

One more project... We set up our pool (yay) :) we are building a deck around it out of pallets to have a little tanning deck and some protection. First off, I am soooo excited we set up our pool. One of my ultimate favorite things to do is float around in it and read a book. :) Second, my husband is the ultimate best at making something out of nothing. He is so creative and I am surprised everyday by all of the things that he can just whip out. So we're still working on this, we haven't quite finished it, but it looks awesome already. 

 Pallets on the ground, before we set it all up.

 Our grass. We have (more Bridger has) worked his butt off to get our property looking nice. Keeping grass healthy, well keeping grass at all in Arizona is a task in itself but we keep pushing our grass back, hoping to have our whole front part of our property grass. It looks awesome. Our baby trees we got last year are starting to grow which is very exciting. Summer is coming :)

 Another sign of summer.... Bridger shaved his head for the first time this year, meaning it is too hot working in the tire shop to keep that huge mop of curly hair on his head. He's a stud no matter what his hair is like, so I don't mind the shaved look in the summer. PLUS it is fun to touch when it's all shaved.

I went on a trip and came home to this surprise from my husband! I was soo excited! I love playing the piano and have missed it, it is great to be able to sit down before we head to bed and play the piano. My fingers have lost some technique but I am working to get it back. It is so wonderful to have our own little piano.

I just had to add this next picture, it is our nephew Case. I love this baby! Bridger's sister lives right down the street so we are able to see and hold this sweet little boy quite often. This is when he was just born, so he is bigger now but I couldn't find a picture of him. I love this little guy! 

Now that our semester is over, I have about 2 and a half weeks left of working at the school this year and then a two month break :) I am very excited to have a little break that I can do some projects and read some books! We are loving living in Arizona and we are excited that we are slowly but surely making our home ours :) I will be working at the school again next year and we are going to continue plugging along at school. As for now, we are excited to continue and finish our projects, have a little break from school and continue loving living our life. We are definitely so blessed and we are so thankful for all of those blessings :)

It's Christmas Time :)

HALLOWEEN :) WE dressed up as nerds. Adorable, right?? Super easy costume to put together. We went to the school carnival, ate hot dogs and burgers and played some games. It was a blast!

....enough said :)
These were our pumpkins! Bridgers is on the left and mine on the right. :) Halloween was so fun, definitely a good holiday.
Close up of the shirts :)
You have to look close in this picture, but all the black dots on the ground are birds getting the worms out of the ground after rain... Kind of cool
This was one of my craft projects. It's a key holder :) I really like how it turned out. We always lost our keys, so now we have a place to organize them. Love it.
This steam engine rolled through town the other day, so the elementary school went on a little field trip and went to see it. It was super cool!
This is the picture of us there, find me :)
This is another craft. I cut out magazines and made a little cityscape. I want to make a bigger one but that will be another day :) This is in our living room.
Ginger loves to climb up in the Christmas tree. Bridger HATES it haha.
We got a pool table from a yard sale and Bridger repainted it. :) We are getting pretty good at pool, it's way fun :)
Bridger won me a bear out of "the claw" thing. This is one of the things that Bridger loves :) He's adorable and finally won this haha.
Maddie had puppies. They are adorable! She had 4 white puppies. 2 boys, 2 girls. :) They are now starting to walk around and play. The dogs really enjoy them and playing around.
Christmas tree is up and presents are under it :) Christmas is so close :) We're excited.
WE GOT A NEW SINK!!!!! It's amazing. My parents were down for Thanksgiving and my dad helped Bridger put it in. :) Our other one's handle was broke and it was a pain. So we got this as kind of an early Christmas present to ourselves :)
We have been really busy working, and school. School is almost done, and work keeps going :) There's a little update on what we've been up to. :)