Our Weekend...

It is SOOOOOOO time to update. It's been forever. Our lives just haven't been all that eventful , but things are starting to pick up again...so here we go...

On Friday afternoon we set out to drive to Idaho to go to Scot's cousin Jonathon's wedding in Rexburg. It was so nice of my in laws to let us drive over with them. The trip over went really smoothly until we got over the Jackson Pass and in to Idaho. It was almost midnight and we had just changed drivers in Pinedale so Scot was driving and I was on deer watch. We were in between the towns of Driggs and Victor, ID and it had gotten pretty quiet in the car because we were all exhausted. I was trying SO hard to stay awake and do my job as deer watcher but I finally subconsciously gave in to my eye lids and closed them. Just as I drifted off I heard Scot yell "MOOSE!" My eyes flew open and all I saw was the brown, hairy torso of a moose running in front of our car. Scot slammed on the brakes and swerved to the side and just as the moose crossed to the other side of the road a car going in the other direction hit the moose square on. We heard the impact and pulled off to the side. We all just kind of looked at each other like "did that really just happen?" and then we all opened our car doors and got out. Scot and my father in law ran up the road to the car that hit the moose and my mother in law started walking up the road as well. I turned around to see what was around me and all I saw was BLACK and I thought "OH NO, I'm outta here." So I turned off the car, locked the doors and ran up beside my mother in law. The details of what we saw aren't important nor are they appetizing but it did have an enormous impact on me and how close Heavenly Father truly is. How he protects us and loves us. It reminded me that I need to keep him close and in my life at all times and to always go to him for protection and guidance. We are so happy to say that the people in the other car are going to be OK. The passenger was hurt pretty badly but the EMT said that he would be OK. It could have been a lot worse and we are glad that it wasn't. We wish only good things for them and hope they are able to continue with their lives as normal. We were all very blessed that night. After this experience my advice to anyone reading this is to not drive long distances at night. We have been doing that a lot lately going back and forth to weddings and we are so glad that we have been able to attend these events but we think from now on we will drive as far as we can in the daylight and then stay somewhere over night and then drive the rest of the way the next day. It may take longer but it is so much safer!!!

On to happier things...On Saturday morning we went to Jonathan's wedding at the Rexburg Temple. It was a beautiful ceremony and the weather was perfect...

Here are the happy newlyweds...

Scot and me at the temple with Rexburg in the background...ahh we miss this place!

After the wedding we had a little bit of time before the luncheon so Scot and I decided to walk down to campus to go to the bookstore. We made a little stop in the gardens...oo la la...
(You can barely see us on Patsy's porch swing.) The stinkin' bookstore wasn't open so we walked through the library for old times sake and then walked down to Porters my favorite craft store EVER. It was just like old times. We decided it's no wonder we were skinny when we lived there because we walked everywhere. Now that we sit at desks all day and eat snacks and we're too tired to do anything when we get home that's all gone to pot!!

The reception was in Bethany's beautiful backyard garden. When we got there we did a little bit of exploring and my cute sister in law Katie caught a frog in their little pond. Scot didn't think she would do it but he was impressed when she caught the little bugger...Rock on lady!
Got him!
Congratulations you guys!

Our Weekend in a nut shell...

We just got home from a very long weekend in Rexburg and I figured I better hurry up and blog it all now before I forget all of the things that happened!

On Friday afternoon at about 12pm we set out on yet another journey across Wyoming for a wedding. Well actually they were already married but we couldn't be there so went up to Rexburg for their reception. All was well. The weather was wonderful and cooperating and we were having great conversations in the car. It's amazing the things you come up to talk about when traveling through Wyoming. Anywho...we pulled in to Rexburg around 11:30pm, met up with my parents and then headed off to bed.

On Saturday morning we got up and had breakfast at Frontier Pies with my uncle, cousin and parents. If any of you have ever been to Rexburg you know all about Frontier Pies. It's not the best food in the world but let's face it you are in Rexburg so you take what you can get, but all in all it's a good place, with good people and country atmosphere. So we are all chatting and laughing and having a good old time when none other than Glenn Beck from CNN comes waltzing through and sits at the table next to us with his ontorage (sp?).

OK so Scot and I so are not inconspicuous as we proceed to tell everyone that Glenn Beck from CNN is sitting at the table next to us. I mean really who gets excited about some radio talk show host who is now on CNN? We do!!! Who would have ever thought that Glenn Beck would be in Rexburg at Frontier Pies? That's some good stuff!!

After breakfast my mom and I insisted on hitting some of our favorite Rexburg hot spots. We always have to go to the bookstore to get some memorobilia then we had to go to Porters, our favorite craft store. They always have such great things that I have never seen before. Love that! Once we had shopped we absolutely had to go up to the temple. We so wanted to be there for the open house but just never made it. Rexburg also holds a special place in my mom's heart because she grew up in the area.

You can barely tell but my dad, me and my mom are standing up there...
Rexburg has changed so much in the last three years since I was there. It's insane! The cold NEVER changes but they have a beautiful temple for one, a Walgreens, an Applebee's, 2 Subways, a new steakhouse (which is really gross by the way), and a ton of strip malls. It's just crazy!

After doing all of that running around we went out to Lewisville to visit more family and go to lunch at Chuck-a-rama. It's a big buffet out in Idaho Falls. Such a classic. Next we ran back to Rexburg to go to dinner with Scot's friend Randy, his wife Jessica and their cute daughter Aiden. We went to the aforementioned steakhouse which was rather disappointing for everyone involved but we had a great time catching up and laughing about old times. After dinner we all headed over to the open house of Scot's friend Jared. Jared and his new wife Jenni were married in the Oakland Temple last week. We weren't able to be there so we were so happy that we were able to go to their open house and see them. They are so happy and such a cute couple!

After the open house we stopped by Browlims to get some fry sauce. We always mean to do that but we always forget! We also forgot about how insane the grocery store can be on a Saturday night in Rexburg. Holy college kids Batman. They were everywhere!! Scot and I were talking about it on the way up and we were talking about how much fun it would be to live there again because it's a place that holds such a special place in our hearts but after about 2 hours of being there we decided it would not be so pleasant. Fun to visit no fun to live!

We started to head back to home after breakfast on Sunday morning. Again all was well, converstaion was good, roads were OK, just a couple of questionable areas like the ones pictured below at the top of the Teton Pass before driving in to Jackson Hole...

What?

Well after getting down off of that all was well again and we were on our merry little way. So we get to Rock Springs and one of those big old electronic signs says I-80 closed at Rawlins. The roads were just wet at this point so we thought that they would probably open it back up before we got there. So we were calling the Wyoming Roads Report number and it kept saying closed. Well sure enough as we pulled in to Rawlins and the further away from town we drove the less and less people we were seeing on the road until finally we drove up to the turning around point to go back to Rawlins. We couldn't believe it!!! So we turned around and got back on the freeway back toward Rawlins. We decided to go and walk around Alco (It's a Kmart type store) and use the bathroom and just kill some time before heading back down the highway. Well we were in Alco about 15 minutes and then came out and it was snowing like the dickens. So we went across the street to fill up the car and then we were going to go back down and wait at the gate with everyone else and watch a movie and freeze our hinies off until the road opened. Well as we thought about it and as the snow was falling we decided it might be a good idea to see if we could reserve a room JUST IN CASE we needed it. So we go ahold of my WONDERFUL sister in law Jennifer who helped us out with getting phone numbers, and road reports and she even booked our room for us on line which we did end up needing! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! So we went back down to the gate because at this point we are still holding out hope that we might be able to get home but when Scot talked to the cop that was at the gate and told him where we were heading he told us to head back to town and get a room before they were all taken. So we went back to town and there were trucks and cars that had slid off the road and that's when we really decided to just give up and go check in to our room and stay warm!!! You know it's funny, we always talked about how cool it would be to get snowed in. You always picture it as some warm and comfy cabin up in the mountains, with a fire and big shaggy rugs and plush couches but OF COURSE when it happens to us we are stuck in Rawlins, WY where there's an Alco, McDonalds and Pizza Hut. Great. How romantic. Well just to end my story they opened I-80 about 8:30 this morning and we were on our way.
We rolled in about 1:30 this afternoon and freshened up and headed in to work since we were supposed to be there today. I lasted a couple hours, just long enough to catch up my work and then I was out. Poor Scot is still there but we are so so happy to be home. All in all it was a fun weekend and so nice to see my mom and dad. We miss you guys already!!

Utah Our Friend..

We were in Utah again this weekend for another wedding! It has been so much fun to have the opportunity to go to so many weddings lately. It's so much fun to see family and friends even if it is only for a short time.

My place of employment doesn't exactly like to offer their employees a whole lot of vacation time so we left as soon as I got off work on Friday and headed out to Salt Lake. We only stopped a couple of times once while getting pulled over by the one cop in the entire town of Rock Springs, WY (we didn't get a ticket just some friendly directions to a bathroom) and another time to eat at a shady looking McDonalds. Oh ya and don't worry the GINORMOUS rabbit that lives between Rock Springs and Evanston is still alive because of the awesome driving skills of my husband.

So we got to Salt Lake about 2:30AM on Saturday morning and went straight to bed. We were so exhausted. We got up the next morning and visited with family and then went to get ready for Dirk and Heidi's wedding (Scot's uncle). So we are ready to walk out the door and Scot is looking for his shoes to wear with his suit and low and behold he only has these:

So we had to make a mad dash for Shopco to get him some church shoes. We made it to the temple in plenty of time for the wedding luckily. The wedding was beautiful and we were so happy we were able to be there. So after a full day of celebrating we got up early at 6am on Sunday morning and got to get in the car to drive all the way back to Colorado less than 48 hours later. Woo hoo. Here are some pictures from our trip:

Here we are at the temple...Notice Scot's new shoes, mucho bettero...

Heidi and Dirk...Just Married

Jay and Leeann...

Jennifer and the kiddos...

Katie and Travis and their kiddo Teagan...

Leeann and Jenny...

Bouncy Gwenie and Merilee...

What a fun weekend we had. We miss you all already!!!

Leeann and Jay's Wedding

I just have to put a post out here for Jay and Leeann! My sister in law Leeann got married last weekend and we are so happy for the both of them! It was a beautiful ceremony and we are so glad we were able to be there. We love you guys!

Here they are on their special day...

It was a great day. Congratulations Jay and Leeann!!!