Christmas 2010

All year long, Tel and I didn’t think we would be able to make it home for Christmas because I had already used up all my vacation for the year. But because of the timing of my move to Denver, I was given the week of Christmas to move. So we spent a week in Idaho! We had our 2nd annual “Ugly Christmas Sweater” Contest on Christmas Eve. Mom made the best prime rib and we played “Signs” and musical chairs. The grandkids played boxing on the Wii, tore up the house with their marshmallow guns, and tracked Santa on the computer. It was a fun night. Jeb and Aaron’s families were both there for the party.

Christmas day was full of too many presents! Tel and I got spoiled!

The day after Christmas, Tel and I went to visit Tel’s Grandma Myers in Idaho Falls, Lisa and Sasha came to. The drive home from IF, I was introduced to the YouTube, “Boys will be girls”! So basically Sasha and I spent the rest of Christmas break quoting that video, FAT, Hun Cal Fro Yo!


On Monday Tel and I went snow mobiling with Drew and Makayla. We went to Trail Canyon to unload. Right out the gate, Tel and I somehow lost track of Drew and Makayla. After looking for them for about 20 minutes on our snow machine, we came upon them to find the newly engaged couple! Drew and pulled off onto a hillside and had popped the question. So exciting!

On Tuesday, I of course had to get in my Peggy visit to get my hair did. Afterward, I met up with Noel and Jackie to have lunch at Arctic. It was so good to see the two of them. Then I headed to Nammer’s to learn to knit! When Tel got through snow machining, he too came over to Nammer’s and attempted to learn to knit, just to see if he could do it better than me, and I’ll admit it, he did learn quicker than I did. That night Alex got into town, so we all went Lava to go to the hot pots.


On Wednesday, I woke with a fever and a cold. But we had plans to ski the Beav. Sasha, Ivan, Alex, Tel, Aaron, Jenny, Hope, Jonathan, Drew, Jeff Harris, Quinton were all at Beaver. We dumped so much powder all day long. It was a great day, minus the 45 minutes I had to go into the lodge to take a nap.

On Thursday- Sasha, Tel and I went to Grace to watch the Soda girl's basketball team.


On Friday night (New Year’s Eve) we first spent the early part of the night playing games with my parents, Nammer, Sasha, and Ivan. Ivan and Sasha taught us how to play the game Telephone Charades. It was quite the blast. Mom taught us all how to play a game from “Who’s line is it anyways”. We had such a blast. Afterwards we went over to Tel’s house and hung out with his parents and Ivan, Sasha, Colton, Colter Skinner, and Quiz came over too. We all reminisced until far past the New Year. Good times.


Then Friday came way too quickly and we were on our way back to Denver to start another year.

Snow Shoeing at NEDERLAND!

January 8th

These are just a few pics from our snow showing adventure past Nederland. Lisa came up for the day and we all got to use our new snow shoes! WHOOT WHOOT! We did a total of 3 miles. The first mile and a half I swear was uphill. So we felt like we got a workout. 

National Western Stock Show

January 21, 2011

Tonight we went to the Denver Stock Show with Rich and Rachael. The only rodeo Tel or I have ever been to that we remember is the Caribou County Rodeo. So...this was way bigger and flashier..I guess because it was a Pro Rodeo. But it was way cool. They had a light show where the horses and riders were lit up with red, white, and blue. The lights were all out except for the riders, they put on an awesome show! The Clydesdale horses also came out for a show! And don't forget, we also had to see all the animals before the rodeo! :)

This is the HAIRIEST cow I have ever seen! 

 Pretty Clydesdale...

To kick off the stock show in Denver, there was a stock show parade downtown. So during my lunch hour at work I walked out the front of my building, and this is what I saw!

Oh how I love Reading...!

Water for Elephants is my most recent read. Tel has been in New Mexico working this last week, so this was my entertainment. It wasn't the best book and i'm not ranting about it, it was an ok book. I have decided that I need to list or blog every book that I read, for some reason I can't remember any of the books I've read. I was looking at some Nicholas Spark books and the book store and couldn't remember which ones I had read.

"Memoirs of a Geisha"

My  most recent read. Memoirs of a Geisha was so interesting. I had no idea what a Geisha even was before reading this book. I was so intrigued. I want to go to Japan so bad now. I recommend this book. I can't wait to see the movie!

Our new found LOVE!

A cute couple, Rick and Rachael from our new ward introduced us to our new love, $1.75 ice cream from Little Man Ice Cream! After having yummy homemade chili and corn bread at Rick and Rachael's we enjoyed some yummy Gelato from Little Man Ice Cream. Tel and I loved it so much we had to take Spencer and Lisa there. So we went there twice in one week. We have already laid down the rules that we can't make this a habit. :)

Our new HOME!

So we have officially live in our new Denver home for one full week now! We absolutely love it. We are being way too spoiled for our first few months here. Once we have to find a new place in April, we are going to go from one extreme to the other. No more Friday house cleaning, valet parking, and beautiful furnishings. Oh well, we're living it up while we can! haha we try to act like we're high rollers! Anyways, my first week of work went well. I'm already busy as a bee, with more work piling on. Which is the way I like it. Tel and I have been working out this week at the Denver Athletic Club in the mornings. It's so nice to get your work out in before work. Since I don't have to work until 8am opposed to 6 or 7am in NM.

On Saturday, Lisa came up and we all went snow showing. We went up to a town called Nederland and did a trail called Eldora. It was a very good uphill trail. We were all tired kids afterwards.

Saturday night my friend Spencer from my Huntsman Scholars program was in town. So we got to chill with him. All of us hanging out from Utah had to of course go to Cafe Rio for dinner. He is now living in DC, so he's as deprived of Rio as we were. But it was so good to have someone visit the town you are living in. It was everyday in Carlsbad that a friend just happened to be in town.