Top 20 Highlights From My Salt Lake Trip

I just returned from a week and a half vacation in Utah visiting family and friends. Brock wasn't able to join me but he had a great time hanging out in Bozeman fishing and finishing household projects.

So here's a recap of my trip and some of my favorite HIGHLIGHTS from my trip. ( in no particular order)

* Enjoying all the beautiful scenery on the drive, especially the green popping up everywhere!

* Hanging out with my friend Allyson and baking cookies together.

* Going to a family baby blessing where 3 of my cousins babies were blessed. It was so good to see family and catch up on life.

* Radio options. I spent the entire time flipping through all of my favorite stations, I couldn't get enough.

* Buying 6 loaves of Granny Sycamore bread to bring home. I sure miss that bread here in Montana, nothing even compares.

*Spending the day with Shilo and my niece Kindred in Ogden. She is the sweetest little baby you'll ever meet! She was pulling funny faces for her Aunt Kimmie and I caught some good shots.

*This may sound weird to some of you but it felt really nice to drive in the city. It was a real novelty to have more than two lanes to drive in, it was nice to spread out. ( the extra stop lights were not cool though).

*SCRAPBOOK EXPO!!! Pretty much the main reason why I decided to make a trip down was so that I could go to the this expo. I live and breath for this every spring and fall. I got a ton done and scored a Cricut Cutter for only $88! SCORE!

* Staying with my mom & dad and visiting all 4 of my brothers & their wives. I also got to spend quality time with my sister.

*Shopping with My mother-in-law and 3 of my sister-in-laws. I was really good to see everyone and catch up on life.

* Seeing both of my Grandmas. This picture is of me and Grandma Bennett, she was pretty funny while we visited. ( she told me I had a cheap cell phone....silly Grandma)

* Going to dinner and bowling with my cousin Jason.

* Getting pedicures with my sister-in-law Nicole and my niece Ambree

* Shopping at all of my favorite places and spending too much money.

* Eating at all of my favorite restaurants including, Costa Vida, Panda Express, Chili's and Sizzler. (I gained some weight while I was away...oooops!)

* Spending an afternoon with my really good friend Mikelle. We had a lot of fun hanging out, I loved it.

* Being at mom & dad's. I love being home and spending time with them, we had some good laughs and some yummy food.

* Going with mom to the Family History Library

* I got to see my really good friend Candice. We were roommates at Snow for 2 years and then lived in Cedar City at the same time while our husbands finished school. So we've stayed really close but I haven't seen her for almost 2 years, so it was indeed time to see each other.

*Coming home to see Brock! While I was gone he surprised me and made some really nice shelves in our bedroom, what a hunk!

3 Secret Shames

I thought I would take Tiffany's challenge and write about my 3 "Secret Shames". So here they are!


1. I don't flush the toilet at night. I know that's disturbing but if I get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night I don't flush. I guess the noise of the flushing toilet is too much for me to handle in my sleep. I haven't always been that way, it's something that I've started doing since I've been married. I think I started doing it because I was afraid to wake Brock up in the night because he can be grumpy when he's startled. (don't worry I always flush when I am a guest overnight)



2. I don't eat "ends". I know it's weird but I bite grapes in the middle and throw away the part that came off the vine. I cut off the ends of pickles, cucumbers, bananas and don't eat whole french fries. It just really sicks me out to eat the ends of things, Brock makes fun of me all of the time for it.

3. I watch America's Next Top Model. I am so ashamed of this habit/addiction and am sorely made fun of by Brock. I've watched seasons 2 or 3 times and never get sick of it. If I turn it on to watch, then it's on for hours until the winner is announced. I know what a waste of human time and brain cells, but hey that's me in a nutshell.


So those are some of my "shames" and I am sure there are plenty more but those are the ones that popped up into my head first.

I want to know what your "shames" are : Mikelle, Kirsten, Lacey and Shilo

HAPPY 5th ANNIVERSARY!!!

For our Anniversary we went on a little trip to Gardiner Montana, which is basically the north entrance to Yellowstone.





We had a lot of fun exploring new parts of of Yellowstone we've never seen. While we were there we saw tons of animals inside and outside of the park. I have never seen so many wild animals roaming around before, I felt like I was taking crazy pills.

Hundreds of animals had migrated out of the park and were hanging out with their posies in Gardiner. It was so funny to see Elk walking down the sidewalk and buffalo chillin' at the public park. We also saw many other animals in the park including: Antelope, Bison, Elk, Big Horn Sheep, Coyotes, Bald Eagles and Wolves. I felt like I was on a safari!





We also enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the park and a natural hot spring by mammoth. (There is a hot spring that runs into the Gardiner river and creates hot little pools.) We also went out fishing, cross country skiing, shopping and ate really great meals. It was so nice to get out and enjoy the fresh air!

Mammoth Hot Springs

Bison Hanging Out At The Public Park In Gardiner

Brock Chillin' In The Boiling River

This Elk Was Just Hanging Out In Someones Yard

Cross Country Skiing In The Park

5 Years Together!