EXPO TIME....AGAIN!

It's that wonderful time of year again.....Scrapbooking Expo Time!

Last weekend was the scrapbooking expo in SLC, so I made a trip down to scrapbook with my mom and my sisters. We partied from 7am-1am and were all spent by the time we got home.

I got tons of awesome deals on supplies, paper, BAGS, and tools. I took in an empty bag in the morning just so I would have something to haul all of my stuff out later that night! ( I will have to take a picture of all my new toys and post it so you can understand my excitement more fully).

Oh....so much fun, I can't wait for next time!

p.s. Don't worry....Brock had his fun too, he spent the weekend on the Salmon River in Idaho with his friend Casey.

This is the side of the Expo that we were on.

(The vendors are lined up along the outside walls and down the middle).

These are our shopping bags with all of our "LOOT", it's so much better than Christmas!

Me and Nette around 9pm, 12hrs into scrapbooking, totally Killn' It!

(don't we look as happy as can be)?

Now if you are reading this and thinking I'm nuts....you obviously have never participated in such an event so DON'T JUDGE ME!

Day Trip to Mammoth

Once again, we had a super random weekend here in Monataner. (last weekend, the 7th) Brock and I decided we were sick and tired of LAME weekends, so we decided that we needed to do something outside. Early Saturday morning we decided to make a day trip into Yellowstone to Cross Country Ski. We got all our "crap" together and picked up our friend Conor on the way out of town and headed for a day of skiing around the park.

Sounds good, right?.......Well, if you know my husband at all you know that he doesn't plan very well and "flies by the seat of his pants". (that's what my mom always says about the way we do things...hahah) Anyway, we get to Gardiner, (which is the town right outside the park), to rent our gear and the shop was closed for the day. Brock was shock and annoyed but I wasn't too shocked because after all.... it is kinda the off season for the town.

So we realized that there would be NO skiing around the park, but we figured we had made the drive and to make the most of it. So, we headed into the park and walked some trails around Mammoth and drove around in search for animals. Of course we saw lots of Buffalo, Elk, and Coyotes. It was fun and nice to get out but it was a lot of driving for one day.

I guess it wasn't completely lame, but a little lamish that we couldn't ski.

Mammoth Hot SpringsConorOkay, so this might sound really weird but one of my MOST favorite things to look at in Yellowstone is the bacterias that grow in the geysers and springs. They look so neat! Brock teases me and made me take a picture by them, so yeah that's what I'm doing.

(Thanks Ally, for making me my hat, it kept me really warm all day)

Here's a close up on what I was looking at, maybe you can appreciate it too? I thought it was neat that some of it was frozen.

Doesn't this look like something you'd see in a horror film....just imagine it dark and you hear footsteps behind you on the boardwalk. Ohhhh...how spooky, I'm freaking myself out!

That's all

Good Thoughts

Explosion in Downtown Bozeman

We had an explosion here in Downtown Bozeman this morning at a local restaurant/bar (Boodles). People that I know who work nearby said that they felt the force of the explosion at their workplaces. Many surrounding buildings and parked vehicles had their windows blown out by the force.

They think the explosion was caused by a gas leak. Which after the explosions cause a few fires in neighboring business. They say 5 business and a complete block of downtown Bozeman has been destroyed.

I'm unsure if there was any injuries or deaths, they haven't been able to get into the building or go through the ruble due to the fires. I think they've said 1 person is missing, I guess we'll find out more soon.

It's such a sad thing to have happen but it's kinda a blessing that it happened early in the morning before many business were open. (less traffic and less people around)

I posted some pictures but you can check out these news links to get a better description of what happened if you want to. http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2009/03/05/news/00downtownexplosion.txt
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,505163,00.html

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Here's a picture of the explosion area from January 09'

Boodles is the greenish building on the far left where the explosion started.

These pictures were taken after the explosion at Boodles.