We're Still ALIVE!

So I know I haven't posted since like November.. So this is going to be quite the post.. If you continue reading you will find odds and ends of what we have been up to.... I haven't been taking any pictures lately so this is what you get!

Thomas has been super busy. He got a new job at EIMCO, which is a place that designs water treatment plant. He is loving it. He is doing what he is earning his degree in so he is really enjoying it. We are so blessed for him to be able to find a good job, and we are so grateful!

Thomas has also been working really hard on this wonderful piece.. which they call a Moonbuggy. It's his senior design project, and it consumes most... well I should say ALL of his free time. Him and his group are going to Alabama in April to compete, and hopefully they will win.

Ali got married. I am so happy for her! It was also so much fun seeing all of my friends!

Thomas turned 24! I got him an ice cream cake with an ice fisherman on it... totally up his alley!

~GIRLS WEEKEND~

In the middle of October Belinda, Shelli, and I went to the Lion King in Las Vegas. I LOVED IT! It was seriously so good! I highly recommend it to everyone! The costumes were so amazing, the music was awesome, our seats were great, we were right on the end of an aisle, and the cast came right down beside us. It was TOTALLY COOL!

Here we are waiting for the show to start!

We went to the new mall in Vegas and did some shopping. And then we ate at the CPK! LOVE IT!

I know this isn't the best picture, but I don't know if it was my camera or the guy taking the picture.. either way here we are right outside the theater!

This picture is for Shelli, her favorite Aunt is named Ann so we thought that this was totally appropriate!

~THE MIGHTY DUCK HUNTERS~

The duck hunt opened the first weekend in October, so Thomas has been spending his time shooting a LOT of ducks. The opening weekend he goes will all his cousins to Strawberry. Lately he has been hunting in Idaho on my dad's property. I don't even really see him when we go there cause he leaves around 6:30 or 7:00 and then comes home for a few hours and sleeps, and then goes back out until dark. One weekend his friend Brandon and his cousin Ty came up with us. Lets just say they shot a LOT of ducks. Luckily my dads hired help really likes duck meat, so they don't go to waste. I went on one drive with them, I will NEVER go again. It makes me to sad to see the ducks flying around just living their life and then BANG their dead.

This was one night when they came home and all of them looked liked a boy on Christmas morning. Their eyes were big when they came in the house and asked me to take the picture... There's just a little over their limit I think!

Thomas actually has made something that he calls "The Vortex" I don't have any pictures of it, but what it is, is a pull that has one duck on each end, that is ran by a motor and then the ducks look like they are flying. So then it brings the ducks in so they can shoot them. It's TOTALLY COOL!

Brad Paisley

Thomas and I went to Brad Paisley with some of our friends Max and Jenni!

It was SOOOOOOO much fun! I love all his music, and not to mention Dierks Bentley was with him! It was at USANA and we lucked out. If any of you have been to a concert at USANA then you know that the line usually raps all around the parking lot to get in. But Jenni and I thought it we would be slick and slide right up in the front of the line as they opened the gates! So we got some good seats on the lawn. What a good night it was!

Holly Homemaker....

Okay so I know you all might fall off your chair for a couple of reasons

1. I'm updating our blog... FINALLY

2. I canned these pears!

Yes I know if you know me at all this is going to be very shocking. I for one have never done anything like this, I have always just got things like this giving to me from my mom, sisters, and Thomas's mom! This year however, I learned how to can pears... I know please pull your chin off the floor! It was fun and it honestly didn't take long at all. Thomas's mom was nice enough to teach me how to do this! Thanks Belinda!

Messing around with my camera...

This was only about half of what we did that day!

Here's Belinda waiting for the next batch to be done! What a fun day!

~Our 1st Anniversary~

Thomas and I celebrated our one year anniversary on August 1st. I can't believe it has already been a year. It just seems like yesterday we were busting our butts laying 3 acres of sod trying to get my parents yard ready for the big day! Our first year has been a lot of fun! People always say "if you can make it through the first year you will be fine..." I must say this first year has been really easy...(knock on wood) To celebrate this year we went to Park City to do some shopping at the outlets, which neither of us bought one thing. Then Thomas had gotten us a room at the Little America down town, we ate at Ruby River, and went to a movie... Over all it was a good day! Here are a few pic's of our wedding day and one of our engagement picture.

I know I haven't posted anything for a long time so... Here is what we did in July.....

We went to Fish Lake with Thomas's family, it was a lot of fun.

Fish Lake

July 24, 2009

Here is everyone around the campfire. We had a great time!

Ryan and Shelli. Ryan brought his guitar and was playing some music, until Thomas took it over....

Thomas taking his turn on the guitar... he sang a song called "Lucky in the Layton" if you don't know what the Layton, it's our camp trailer.. He pretty much had everyone peeing their pants!

Ryan and Thomas thought it was cool that they found this rotted out log filled with ants... I'm not kidding you this thing probably had over 1,000 ants in it, and they decided to burn it... needless to say there were ants everywhere..... Nice pants Ry!

Grandma Belinda helping Addilyn with something!

Addilyn showing me how dirty her hands were!

Shelli, Girls and Clay enjoying the fire!

Ryan and Thomas roasting some mallows!