The Lights of Temple Square

Last weekend, Rusty and I went down to Utah with my brother Mike, Rusty's brother Quin and his family.  I had very good intentions of taking LOTS of pictures.  However, when we got down there and I pulled my camera out I found the the battery was COMPLETELY DEAD!

Thank Heaven for cell phone cameras!! :)

So I did get a few shots of the lights.  Also, my wonderful sister-in-law Annie got a few shots of Rusty and I that are now on some FABULOUS (well, at least I think so!) Christmas cards being sent out to all those who sent me their addresses :)

One of the other cool parts is that we were able to meet up with Dave and Vanessa, who we haven't seen since the blessing of their little girl Savanna, who is now getting so big and is 6 months old!! It was WAY fun to see and hang out with them :)

Here is a picture off of my phone from the top of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building of the Salt Lake Temple! So GORGEOUS!!!

This is a picture of the church building (I don't know what it's called) there on temple square.  I just happened to catch a clear spot in the crowd! Pretty lucky! :)

Here is a picture of the horse and carriage Rusty took me on! How romantic!! Well it would have been had he taken me! he he Those things are WAY too expensive anyway! :)

Here is a picture of my nephew Cooper hangin' out in the backseat of our car with Michael, sportin' Michael's hat and just looking studly in general :)

Here's is one of the pictures of Rusty and I at temple square. This one is my favorite because Rusty is actually SMILING!!!!! (He doesn't like pictures AT ALL, so a smile is rare!)  :)

Here is another picture of us.  This is a typical Rusty picture with the hat and no smile :) I LOVE him anyway! :) You can also see two of Rusty's nephews playing in the background.

All in all it was a FANTASTIC weekend full of shopping, fun, eating, looking at lights, and playing Super Mario Bros. on the wii back at the condo. (Way cool game! Thanks for bringing it Quin and Annie!) We had an absolute BLAST!!!! It was good to getaway and feel the Christmas and Holy Spiirt that dwells especially on Temple Square this time of year.  Can't wait to go again next year! :)

Want Christmas Card? Need Address :)

For the first time in our married life I am sending out Christmas Cards!!! I would LOVE to send all of you one so e-mail me your address and I will send one out to you! I would LOVE to get one from you as well so I will reply to your e-mail with my own address if you want it! Thanks bunches!!

My e-mail: desertchick356@yahoo.com

Thanksgiving in Yuma

So better late than never . . . right?  :) So I'm a little late in my Thanksgiving Posting, but I did manage to get a few shots of my family while we were camping over Thanksgiving so I thought I'd share them with you.  Also, I'm sorry I wasn't able to get together with anyone while I was down there! Like always I overestimated the "down time" I would have.  However, I do have a lot of people's phone numbers now so that will be a good way to keep in touch and let you now if we come down again!! :)

Anyway, without further adu here are the pictures!! :)  Enjoy!

Here is my Dad and Rusty waiting on my brother Chris to load the next clay into the launcher.

Here is Heather a little nervous about shooting the shotgun! I shot it too! I was pretty proud of myself! :) I hit 3 out of 6 clays! Not bad! Heather did better though :) She got 6 or 7 (I don't remember). She's AWESOME!!! Love ya Heather :)

Here is my Dad fixing us a kickin' breakfast of eggs, bacon, and biscuits and gravy! Yummy!!! In my family, the food is the best part of camping! We ALWAYS eat good when we camp!! :)

Here is Rusty and my Mom sitting around the camp fire.  Can you tell who thinks its cold and who is from Idaho? he he  :)

Well, like I said I didn't get many pictures (I'm still learning to remember to take them!), but we had fun! I LOVED spending time with my family and being able to thaw out for a bit before returning to the frigid north!  Other exciting news is that my brother Michael decided to join Rusty and I up here in Idaho so we are glad to have him with us and hope he does well and ejoys Idaho like we do!! :)