Vacation Celebration

Trevor and I had two-weeks of use it or lose it time. With a newly fixed truck, we had no other option than to do a ROAD TRIP!

Our first stop was Arizona!

Michelle and Taeven: In the Summer of 1991, I traveled up to Ricks College (a.k.a BYU-I) to attend cosmetology school. I, of course, needed housing while going to school, so I took advantage of Ricks housing. Ricks housing is a bit different from most universities. The landlords try to pack as many girls into one room to A: cut costs and B: make money. So, needless to say, I was crammed in with 5 girls.

To make a long story short, my roomy - roommate was Michelle Chandler (now Thompson). From the moment we met we have been best-pals! I keep her grounded, and she keeps my life interesting. Here it is almost 20-years later.. We have seen one another through boyfriends, weddings, fights and fun.



For Three days Me, Trevor, Taeven (Michelle's husband) and Michelle ate, chatted, giggled, ate, watched t.v., scrap booked (well, I did), ate, reminisced, hung-out, and laughed, laughed, laughed! .. .. this photo would be eating at In and Out Burger ~ yummm!


We, of course, brought Max. Michelle and Taeven's dog, Winnie, was so excited to have someone to boss around and steal snacks and bones from... as you can see from the picture, she was shameless about it too!


Poor Max....

Kay and Jace: The next stop was to see my cousin Kay and her family. When we got there, Kay, Jace, Trev and I and the two older girls (out of 6 kids) all went to lunch. Wow! How big they've all grown! We then found a Halloween store to go to for Trevor - he was thrilled!!! That evening, Jace, Kay, Trev and I had a double date. We went to dinner and then went to a park afterwards and just talked, and talked, and talked.

The next day, all of my cousins that still live in Arizona all came over for Sunday dinner. We had a HUGE Fiesta!! Every kind of Mexican food you can imagine was there. It was awesome!! It was soooo good to see all my cousins. Some of them, I hadn't seen in like 5 or 6 years.


We were having such a good time, we had to stay an extra day. That morning Kay did my hair and then Trev and I went to the SAS fabric store. It's this amazing warehouse of EVERY KIND of fabric you can imagine, at a SUPER discount. Seriously, they sell it by the pound.. .. Trevor was in heaven! Afterwards, we met Kay at Chino Banditos. Get this, it's actually, Chinese Mexican food. Who would have thought the two would go together, but let me tell you it was crazzzy awesome!

Home Sweet Home: Unfortunately, Trevor had to go back to work. So, with one quick stop in Ut, we grabbed a night out with my sister Christa and her husband Dan. We decided to celebrate our 14th wedding anniversary, Christa's 43rd birthday, and Carter's (her son) 5th birthday. Pizza, conversation and fun.. .. really, does it get any better?

The next day Trevor drove me to the ID/ UT border. We met up with my mother and she took me the rest of the way to Idaho to stay with my mom and dad the remainder of my vacation.

Mom and I started on my Halloween costume~ a witch! And can I just tell you - my mother is an absolute GENIUS!!! She is so smart and brilliant at sewing. She had some difficulties figuring out a certain part of the dress part, but she did it. She made that dress look beautiful!! No pictures ~ yet. Not until Halloween! Lets just say, I'm going to look soooo damn awesome!!

Trev drove up on Friday night and spent the remaining time with us.

All in all, it was a fabulous fabulous vacation!

Our Poor Truck.. Our GREAT Blessings

3-weeks ago Trevor and I were driving down the freeway. After a few click, ticks and clunks, we pulled over to see what the problem was. Well, actually, we knew. The transfer casing had gone south, and our truck could no longer compensate. We ended up in a Big Five parking lot, in the way of traffic, with the engine seized up in gear!

We called my brother-in-law, Dan, who suggested that we rent a U-haul and ship the truck to my brother, Kurt, in Idaho ~ A.S.A.P! So, while Trevor and Dan were off to four different U-hauls to find the right tow-dolly, I was stuck sitting in a truck, stuck in the middle of a mess.. . ... .. then along came a miracle.

A woman, who worked at the Big Five, came out for a smoke, and instead found me and my predicament. With one call to her boyfriend, Troy, our truck was outta gear and outta the way of traffic.

AS IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH!!

Troy then stayed with me until Trevor and Dan showed back up with the tow-doll.

AS IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH!!

My brother, Kurt, drove down to Utah in my mother's car, swapped out the car for the truck, took the truck back to Idaho, and fixed it in two hours. As soon as T and I had a spare moment, we drove up to Idaho and picked up our once ill truck.



The moral of the story: Life happens so that miracles can occur...

9/11

On Friday we will be remembering the tragedy of 9/11. It's difficult to not think back to exactly what you were doing when you heard that the twin towers had been destroyed by Terrorist. The following 8 minute film tenderly brought to heart and mind of how we see that event so many years later.. .. ..make sure to scroll down and shut off the music...