Christmas Cheer

We've been super busy the last couple weeks with shopping and parties. The first weekend we enjoyed our ward Christmas party and my work party. This weekend we had Brock's two work parties. We spent the entire day and night of Friday in Helena with all the managers and district manager and Saturday, we hosted Brock's Branch at our house for dinner. It was super busy to say the least!

However, now we have the "calm before the storm", we have nothing until Christmas now! I think we are going to hang out a lot around home this weekend and go see a Christmas play with some friends.

Here's a couple random pics:

Brock copied an email that's been sent around and hung a "dead deer" from our drive way...I don't know how much more "redneck" you can get. I'm sure our neighbors love having us around.....good thing we're in Montana or I think we'd get egg'd.

On a happier, more normal note....we decorated Gingerbread Houses with our friends for FHE last night. It was super fun and I think our house turned out okay considering that neither of us are very artistic.

However, Brock put his lovely twist on it with a pooping reindeer.

ThAnKsGiViNg HiGhLiGhTs

With out a computer it's hard to post pics from Thanksgiving so here are some highlights from the weekend!



Kim's Highlights:

Seeing my Grandma

Spending time with my siblings

Catching up with my cousins

Turkey

Warmer weather (heheh)

Meeting Booger's babies: Tank and Thomas (sooo sweet and small)

Smothering my nephews and nieces with Aunt Kimmie kisses and hugs (even the teenagers...heheh)

Planning Black Friday routes

Adrenline Rush at Target and getting my Dyson!!!

My funny mom

Olive Garden take out and eating it in the hotel with the girls.

Laughing with my sisters, mom and aunt.

Seeing my in-laws.

Smoking Deals!

Gobble Bingo

Cheesecake Factory

Brock's Highlights: (in my words)

Shooting with the boys

4 Wheeling with the boys

Internet time (we don't have a computer right now)

Seeing his parents & sister

Watching the Utes & BYU play

Basketball

Boog's puppies

Vote for Me

Brock entered me into an Outdoor photo contest. It's a picture of me with my BIG fish from Henry's Lake this spring. He didn't tell me about the contest until after the picture was already up and going....so I guess I just have to go with it!

If we win we will win a Camp Chef, which is a big deal for us since we camp a ton! Please go to the link below and vote for me!

Click on the link and then click on the "ready to vote" bar above the pictures, I'm #7.

http://www.jaredscottoutdoors.com/training.html

Thanks a ton!

Our First BIG Storm

It's been snowing since 5am this morning and hasn't stopped! There is a storm watch until 5pm, it's crazy snowy here and I love it!!! My poor little Honda couldn't make it up my driveway this afternoon- I'm going to have to shovel snow out of the way to get my car into the garage.

LOVE IT!!!

$ Computer Update $

Here's the computer update....

I sent out computer in thinking that our problem was just our power source and hoping a new power cord would fix us up but then I got the phone call......

He told us it would be about $300 to fix the problem (which was not the power source at all) and we decided to go ahead and do it because it was still cheaper than having to buy a new computer. The next day I got another call he he told me that he had given me a wrong quote and actually it would be a lot more. So we decided to not have it fixed and the repairman actually agreed and told me it basically wasn't worth saving. So, now we have to buy a new stinkin' computer, which totally irritates me because that computer was only 2 years old. ERRRR!

So I guess that will be our Christmas this year.....humbug!

OUT OF ORDER

Well, our computer is having some personal problems these days and it's been quite frustrating! I honestly can't believe how much I rely on that silly thing and the internet. I've been having to bum internet useage off of friends and work to get things done. I've even had to write checks and buy postage to mail bills....how ancient is that? Hopefully we can get it up and running and feeling good about life before Brock decides to take a shot gun to it.


Not much has been going on here these days! Mostly just work, work, work. Brock did however make a trip down the Salmon with his good friend last week. He caught a bunch of huge fish....which are now sitting in my fridge...yuck. I think it was a great break for him, he's been working really hard lately!

Anyway, hopefully our computer gets better and I can post some fun Halloween pics.

The End

Here's some mind numbing information...

Brock emailed this to me....he thinks this describes me to a "T". Hummmmm.....I don't know......anyhow, I thought it was kinda funny. (thanks for the insight sweetie)


GEMINI - The Chatterbox
 Smart and witty. Outgoing, very chatty.. Lively,
energetic. Adaptable but needs to express themselves.
Argumentative and outspoken. Likes change. Versatile. Busy,
sometimes nervous and tense. Gossips... May seem superficial or
inconsistent. Beautiful physically and mentally.


What do you think?

BoOg AnD gAbBy'S pUpPiEs

Boog is a big Papa now!

Boog married the love of his life, Gabby, back in July and they just had their babies in September! Gabby is my brother's dog, so I guess you could say it was an "arranged marriage". However, Boog has kinda turned out to be a "dead beat dad", I told him about the pups but he didn't seem to care much-he hasn't even written! (I know I'm nerdy)
We're so excited to see the puppies!!!Gabby is a very protective mother, they have to force her to leave the puppies and go potty. She's such a sweetie!Gabby had 3 puppies all boys but one died shortly after he was born. So my niece Kaitlyn has been helping Gabby take care of her babies, Thomas and Tank. (Tank is on the left and Thomas is on the right). Aren't they sweet? Thomas looks like he'll have Boogers coloring!!!!

Hanging with our Buddies

Our friends were up vacationing in Yellowstone so they popped by to hang with us for a couple days. We were so excited to have them here, it was so fun to spend time with people we are completely comfortable with. We've know Adam and Mikelle since before we were married and lived in the same apartment complexes with them while we were going to school. They are definitely some of our best buds, so it was sooooo fun the have them here.

While they were here we took them up to Big Sky and hiked to Ousel Falls, took them to our favorite Restaurant in town, played a nostalgic game of Boom-o, and went fishing at Henry's Lake. It was a short stay and I was super sad to see them go but we are so glad they came.!

Ousel Falls

Henry's Lake

We rented a little beater boat to fish for the day. It was so windy and cold-Mikelle and I thought for sure we were going to capsize.

(Thanks for the pics Mik)

OUR GLACIER TRIP OVER LABOR DAY

Brock and I finally made our trip to Glacier over Labor Day weekend! We took off Friday after work and drove to Flathead Lake to sleep (in the bed of the truck) and drove the rest of the way Saturday morning.

We got an awesome campsite near Lake MacDonald in Glacier and Apgar Village. I've never seen such beautiful scenery, the mountains and lakes were amazing.

We stayed until Tuesday morning and we were able to get out and see a lot. We did a few hikes to lakes and waterfalls and even drove to the Canadian border for dinner one night.

The weather was pretty good for the most part, it was pretty cold the last couple days but we never got cold at night!

I decided to do a slide show rather than posting a bunch of pictures. (if you point on the pics of the slide show it will tell you details about that pic)

SACAJAWEA PEAK

A couple weeks ago, Brock and I hiked Sacajawea Peak in the Bridger mountains near our home. Sacajawea is the highest peak in the Bridgers and a pretty intense hike. It's 4 miles round trip with about 2,000 feet elevation gain. We started early in the morning and hiked alone up the mountain with our doggies. The terrain was pretty rocky and there were many "Jagged" switchbacks on the trail. The views were absolutely amazing and we loved every minute of it. I would do this hike again in a heartbeat!!!

This is the mountain from the road, Sacajawea is the peak on the right.

Brock, Boog & Brutus starting the switchbacks. People were pretty impressed that our little doggies made it the whole way-they love it!

The backside of the bridgers and if you look close you can see the trail & switchbacks at the bottom.

The hippies

The top of Sacajawea looking towards the ridge.

We were so excited that we saw Mountain Goats on our hike, neither of us had ever seen them before!

On the tip top of the peak there were two goats just hanging out. They didn't seem at all bugged with people being around and we were able to get some really good pictures of them. (we were close enough to them that we could have saddled them up and rode them down the mountain while calling them Sally & Harriette)

Our goats

(if you look in the background you can see the switchbacks up the mountain)

This goat came right down to us- I think that she wanted a treat out of our bag.

(Boog went ballistic and freaked them out and they ran to the other side of the peak)

We DiD a LiTtLe Of ThIs.....AnD a LiTtLe Of ThAt....

HERE'S THE SCOOP OF SOME OF THE RANDOM THINGS WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO!

I love my garden this year, it's doing so well for a little bitty garden! The other day I pulled my very 1st carrots out of the ground! (I've never done that in my life-it was sooo fun). I also picked one of our biggest peppers and I am using it in our dinner tonight! I went swimming with my buddies to cool off from the summer heat.

Kirsten, Claire and Me

We bought a new Truck....yes, it's yellow. (I don't know why people keep asking me that- apparently most people are colored blind?)

We took Brock's new Bow our for it's first shoot.

We went on a chill FHE river float on the Maddy with our friends on their boat. ( We BBQ'd hamburgers on the float for dinner)

*Thanks for taking us out you guys!

Me, Claire & Kirsten

Brock & I

(he was being so cheesy, this is the best pic. of him)

The Madison

We also hiked to Pine creek Falls with our dogs.

Of course there was some fishing....

Brock fishing the Yellowstone River

Brock's fish

Brutus & I hiking up the river

LaVa LaKe HiKe

Brock and I hiked to Lava Lake a few weeks ago and we took our puppies with us. It's about a 6 mile round trip hike and our puppies did awesome! (Brutus was only 8 weeks at the time and super tiny, we only had to carry him the last little bit) It was a beautiful hike through the pines and along a stream. When we got to the top we threw in our fishing lines but had not luck . So far it's my favorite hike by our house.

LAVA LAKE

BABY BRUTUS
BROCK AT THE LAKE WITH HIS NEW GUN

BROCK & THE BOYS ON OUR WAY TO THE TOP

MOUNTAIN DOGGIESBRUTUS WAS EXHAUSTED BY THE END OF THE HIKE AND THIS IS HOW HE SLEPT THE LAST 1/2 HR OF THE HIKE.