⚡ Match Highlights: Match Update & Schedules

Dec 25, 2007

Dec 9, 2007

So this year I kept talking about how much I wanted a Christmas tree. I couldn't decide if I wanted a real one or fake, but Travis & my mother in law decided for me and got me a 6ft fake one for my birthday! I love it! We put it on a crate and another little box so it is the perfect height for presents underneath. Our friends even helped us put it up at Travis's birthday party. The house feels a lot more Christmasy with an actual tree and not just a decorated palm tree like we had last year. :)

Thanksgiving in Aspen

Can I just say that this vacation was the best vacation I've had in a long time! It was one of those that you really felt like you were away from it all. Especially because we were in the mountains in Aspen Colorado! My Aunt Janet and Uncle Dustin are so generous. They used their time share points to reserve 4 condos at the Grand Hyatt Aspen. See the photos on the Hyatt's website. http://aspen.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp
Anyways, in the 4 condos there were 9 bedrooms in total with 3 full size kitchens, heated tile floors, and gorgeous bathrooms! My family sprawled out in one of the 3 bedrm condos while my aunts, uncles, grandma, and cousins all stayed in the other rooms. Travis and I got our own room for all but 2 nights! It was great!

Everyday was a different event: We all went 4wheeling on our ATV and shooting on Monday; Travis, Joseph and Uncle Mike went fishing while my mom and I went hiking to the base of Maroon Bells and then I took the little girls to the park on Tuesday; Wednesday we all went 4wheeling in the snow and sledding and sledding behind the 4wheeler which was a blast!; Thursday we all rode the gondola up to the top of Aspen Mtn to play and take pics in the snow and of course had a huge Turkey dinner; Friday we went 4wheelin in the snow again and played a whole lot of Ninetendo Wii since it got really cold by the end of the week; and Sat we all headed home. I'd have to say that my 2 favorite things were hiking at Maroon Bells and sledding behind the 4wheeler. It was so much fun! I couldn't have asked for a better time with my family and even extended family! (If you'd like to see more pics, I posted a whole bunch on facebook.)

You and me go fishin in the dark

Fishing in Minersville & Puffer Lake. We took our trip with Travis's dad the second weekend in November up to Beaver Utah to go fishing. Lately I'd been hearing this song a lot and it became our theme song for the trip: "You and me go fishing in the dark, lying on our backs and countin the stars..." I love that song! :) Anyways, the fishing wasn't good at all at Minersville because the water was so merky. We brought the trollin boat and everything, but it didn't help. Joseph came down for a few hours and not even a bite! :( I felt bad. After he left, we decided to go to Puffer Lake and caught a whole bunch of fish there! It was wonderful. Travis's dad gave me all the tips on how to hook them and everything. It was a nice relaxing fishing trip and definitely recommend the fishing at Puffer.

Oct 30, 2007

ELKO

So we went to Elko this last weekend to go check it out, to go chucker hunting, and most importantly to see Chelsea and her fam. And it's BEAUTIFUL there! The Ruby Mtns are gorgeous and the little town they live in, Spring Creek is the cutest ranch-style community! It's like a "West Woods" but everyone lives on 1 to 3 acre lots, hardly an fences, and people can have and do what they please: horses, ATV's, fish, golf, shoot at the range, bike, whatever! It's over the hill from Elko so you are separated from the commercial stuff-the small casinos, the small town blvd, Walmart, Home Depot, etc. There is very little commercial property in spring creek-grocery, gas, hair and nails and that's about it. The Ruby's are filled with hiking trails, back packing trails, and tons of animals. We saw in one weekend, about 40 deer, 100 antelope, 2 mtn goats, 100 sage grouse (big field birds), and of course chucker. Chelsea's kids are so cute! Porter and I had a blast singing the "1 banana, 2 banana..." Sing yourself silly song, for those of you who know what that is :) Their home is beautiful and Alma built it all himself. It's about 4000 sq ft too! You all should check it out when you get the chance!