Another Great Weekend!

We had another great weekend. We had the opportunity to go over to Colorado again to spend the weekend with the Walkers. Devin's parents got tickets to see Wicked, and since I had never seen it we decided it would be fun to go over and see it with them and Britnee and Adam. And I am definitely glad that we did. It was such a GREAT performance! I have always loved the music, but it makes a lot more sense now after seeing the show. We had some great seats and the show was simply AWESOME!

We also had the opportunity to do a little shopping at the outlets, we played lots of games and ate some yummy food!

Devin also got to go four-wheeling with his dad and bro-in-law (something he always looks forward to). I hope Gyle doesn't mind me posting these pictures, but I was lame and didn't take any of my own all weekend...



Thanks again to the Walkers and Harrops for a great weekend! We always enjoy spending time with you guys. Can't wait to see you for Thanksgiving!

Halloween

We had another great Halloween this year. As usual, we went over to my parent's for a sweet party!

We were in charge of bringing the Root Beer. Devin makes some really good homemade Root Beer. :)

I'm not very creative when it comes to dressing up, so I dug through the costume box this year and ended up as a jester. I thought Devin's was pretty good.

We played all of the traditional games this year. The good old "Pass the Eyeball from Spoon to Spoon"...

"Try to Get the Ring on the Skeleton's Finger First" (Devin beat me both times that little turkey!)...

The "Try to Maneuver the Marble Through the Tube" Game...

The "Candy Bar Game"...

And this year we added the "Eat the Donut off the String First" Game...

I got my bum kicked by Kara. But Devin represented for the Walkers!

We also played the game Cootie's but with Skeletons, and the "See Who Can Throw the Most Bones into the Cauldron" game and the "Wrap Your Spouse Up Like a Mummy With Toilet Paper" game. Sorry I didn't get any pictures of those. And don't worry, those are the official names of the games. ;) Ha ha. We are still working on perfecting some of rules of those games, but they were all a bunch of fun to play!

It was another great party! Thanks mom and dad!

MTC

We had the opportunity to take Tyson to the MTC today. He got called to serve in Pocatello Idaho. Because of the new policy at the MTC with the Swine Flu, families do not get to go into the MTC to drop off their missionaries. Instead you pretty much just say goodbye at the curb. So Devin and I took him to Brick Oven for lunch (which is tradition in his family) and then we took him down to the MTC. I was totally lame and did not take many pictures. This is the only one that I got.
Tyson is going to be such a great missionary! We are so proud of him and his decision to serve a mission!

My Birthday

So this last week I celebrated my 22nd birthday. We started out celebrating with my family last weekend. We ate some delicious food and then Nancy made me a great cake! This isn't the one she made but its the same cake...

Recipe found here. Holy cow was it delicious and so rich and yummy!

Devin and I celebrated on my actual birthday by doing the whole "Free Birthday Meal" at Tucano's thing and then going to see Where the Wild Things Are.

It was a great birthday this year and I just wanted to say "thanks" to everyone for the birthday wishes and presents. It means a lot!



And just look at these beautiful flowers! (The ones on the left are from Devin and the ones on the right are from Devin's parents. Thanks!)

High School

I think it's really weird to be back at Waterford mostly because all of the students there seem so young. I went to one of the girls' volleyball games and it made me realize how much I miss volleyball. Volleyball was definitley a big part of high school for me. It's funny becuase I sometimes have dreams that I am a senior and that the coach won't let me play (which is especially weird because it was always my dad and I thought I was at least respectable...).

Anyways... Back to the point of this post. It was a lot of fun to watch the game tonight - the team is really good, but unfortunately they lost. After the game my mom and I talked to my dad (who is still the coach) about the game and the team in general. The conversation actually left me feeling pretty sad. I just felt bad for both the girls and my dad. I'm not sure what has changed over the last 4 years, but volleyball is just not the same as it used to be. It doesn't seem as fun for everyone involved and just talking about that made me feel pretty sad. I remember volleyball always being one of the great things in high school and it was definitely something that I looked forward to every year. So my question for you is is there anything from high school that you really miss? I know that I definitely don't miss a lot of things, but there are a few things that I do miss. High school for the most part was pretty good but I do especially miss volleyball. What do you think?