Late Labor Day News

I wasn't going to post our Labor Day Weekend pics because it was a pretty "regular" weekend here for us. I changed my mind because I decided that blogs don't always have to be a report of something shocking or incredibly exciting!

We had BIG plans for our long weekend which was somewhat dampened by poor weather. Friday night we went to one of our favorite restaurants, Old Chicago and gorged ourselves with yummy food.

Saturday we headed up one of our favorite canyons here, Hyalite Canyon, for some fly fishing. It was beautiful fishing weather and the scenery was great. Brock caught 7 fishies and I caught 0, needless to say I was bummed.
Later that night I hosted a Bridal Shower for my friend Etosha and Brock went on a gnarly mountain bike ride with the boys.

Monday we were going to go on a long hike with our friends but it was cold and rainy so we hung out downtown with them instead. While we were out we hit up an Ashley Furniture close out sell and scored some new tables!

Nothing too exciting but it was relaxing to stay around the area and spend time with our great friends!


Hyalite Creek



Boog and Brock fished on the rock together. Boog jumped into the river due to curiosity of the swift moving water, luckily he was hooked to a leash and Brock towed him back in. I don't think he'll do that again any time soon.




Kim, Carla & Etosha at Etosha's Bridal Shower



I was too excited about my tables, so I had to post them. We got three table for $90 at the close out sell and I thought it was a "Steal of a Deal". We got the one for the entry and two night stands. One night stand is in the hall and the other is in our room.

Looking back on our summer fun!

Three

Three Things Tag

I thought this was a fun tag, so thanks Tiff for tagging me!

What are the last three things you purchased?
-Groceries
-Redbox movie
-Body Shop products

What were the last three places you visited?
- Pocetello, ID
- Island Park, ID
- Yellowstone, WY


What are your three favorite movies?
*Ya gotta love these*
- Zoolander
- Burbs
- Just Like Heaven

What are your three favorite possessions?
-My plant our friends Adam & Mikelle gave us in Ephraim after our miscarriage.
-My photo albums (they aren't replaceable).
-My wedding ring

What three things can you not live without?
-Brocko
-Sundays
-Lotion

What would be your three wishes?
-We lived closer to family and friends and still live in Bozeman!!!!
-A paid off home
-A FREE trip to Hawaii

What are three things you haven't done yet?
-Learned how to sew well
-Gone on a cruise
- Mastered my curly hair

What are your three favorite dishes?
-Homemade Pizza
-Dad's Lasagna and his Italian potatoes (separate dishes)
-Grandma W's pot roast and homemade rolls

What three celebrities do you want to hang out with most?
-Probably some of the Days crew. Alison Sweeney & Kirsten Alfonso
-Reese witherspoon-she seems sweet
-Deron Williams or Boozer- Jazz stars

Name three things that creep you out.
-Feeling trapped under the covers-Brock knows this and teases me by trapping me on purpose.
-Germs, any germs.
-When Brock pinches my vein on my wrist. ( I know, I'm a FREAK)!!!

If you could describe yourself in three words, what would they be?
-Pushover
-Happy
-Sarcastic

Name three unusual things you are good at:
-Strategically packing a vehicle ( this is due to growing up going to powell and having to fit everything into the car and then into the boat when we got to the lake).
-Paying attention to and living by unimportant details.
-Remembering random dates and things about people. ( I remember friends birthdays from my second grade class)

What are three things you are currently coveting?
- Grass for our backyard
- All of the new Lia Sophia line
-A console table for our entry

I tag my Snow College Pals:

Brittney N.
Brooke A.
Laurie B.
Mikelle S.

Our new Puppy addition

Okay, yes we have a new little puppy and we just love him!

We had a really random weekend including our surprise purchase of a puppy. My mom called me on Friday the 14th to tell me that her neighbor had Miniture Dachshunds for sell and asked if we wanted one. Since our family reunion in July, we've been thinking about getting a mini dachshund because we fell in love with my brother's mini dachshund, Gabby.

Friday night we went back and forth whether or not to do it. While we were thinking about it, we went up the canyon for a ward camp out. (It was fun until we decide to pack up our stuff and leave at 2AM because we hadn't slept a wink due to loud people in the neighboring campsite, non-related to our ward).

Saturday I needed to let my mom know what we had decided about the puppy. Brock and I told her that we weren't going to do it and she called the neighbor and told her we weren't going to buy the dog. About 10 minutes after that, Brock came in from outside and said "Pack your stuff and we're going to go get a dog". I called my mom back and she went and got the dog for us.

We made plans to meet in Idaho to pick up our new puppy. We spent our entire Saturday on the road but it was well worth it!

Thanks mom and dad for being good sports and doing us a HUGE favor, you're the best!!!

Our meeting spot was a the Flying J truck stop outside Pocatello, we also ate a "fancy" dinner there at the restaurant.

Pretty RANDOM..huh?

Mom & Dad just loved having the puppy for a couple hours, they were really sad to turn him over to us.
This is him.....so sweet!

He's a different kind of mini dachshund, he's called a "Silver Dapple" duchshund. Notice his different markings and his coat, it's absolutely adorable.

His parents were really tiny and so he will probably be 6-8lbs full grown.

He already loves to lay on our couch pillows. I don't know what it is about those darn pillows, KaiKai loved them too.
He has the sweetest personality and is really quite mellow. He gets a short burst of energy but I think with his stubby little legs he doesn't last very long playing. He gets a little overwhelmed in our lawn because it's as tall as him (yes, it needs to be mowed). He's pretty much potty trained so we're really happy about that!

Work Party with WFF

Weekend fun with the Wells Fargo group.

Last weekend Brock and I joined the entire Wells Fargo District for a day at the Lake. We had a yummy BBQ and then played on the lake. The manager from Helena brought his new boat to share with us and the DM rented another boat and tubes for us to play on.

We had a great time socializing and enjoying some time on the lake. We've been wanting to got to Canyon Ferry for since we moved here, so it was a really fun opportunity for us. Canyon Ferry is about 1 1/2 hr. from our home and is another gorgeous Montana Lake. We live in such a beautiful place, I can't get over all the GREEN mountains!

Bennett Family Reunion

YES....we enjoyed another Family Reunion! This time it was with the Bennett side of the family and we spent 4 days in Island Park, ID. Brock and I were in charge of the whole thing and I think it went really smoothly.

We stayed in a campground right next to Island Park Reservoir and soaked up the beauty of the mountains and the lake. My brother Mike brought his boat and my Dad and my brother Marlon brought their wheelers to help us explore our surroundings.

This was the first real "BIG" thing that I've ever planned on my own and it was surprisingly easy and not real stressful! We all had a good time playing with each other, relaxing and enjoying the outdoors!

My Family

Heather, Jon, Nick, Jake, Christy, Marlon, Mike, Damion, Nikki, Kim, Brock

Lynette, Dad, Mom

Kaitlyn, Brinlee, Ambree, Bransen, Nate & Zac

(my brother Bob and his family weren't able to make it, hopefully they will next year)!

Brock, Nick & Jake chillin' at camp

Brock's mad surfin' skills

Bathing beauties

Ambree & Kaitlyn

My sweet nephews

Damion, Nick & Jake

This is no Lake Powell water......Burrr.....

Kim & Nick

Our riding group

Taking a beverage break

Our reunion ended on Thursday the 31st and some of our group went home and the rest of us decided to go into Yellowstone and camp. We spent two nights camping in Yellowstone and touring the main sights. It was fun because some of our family had never been through the park.

Old Faithful
Us at Yellowstone Lake

My Dad and Mom at Norris Falls
The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

After Yellowstone my family followed Brock and I home and spent a night in Bozeman. They parked their Rv's out in front of our house. I'm sure our neighbors were worried how long they were going to stay.

What a wonderful week!

Another new niece for us...

We have another new niece in the family! Andree was born earlier this week and we are so excited that she's here. Talon and Kaleb are really excited to have a little sister and I'm sure they we be awesome BIG brothers. We can't wait to meet the new addition!

(sorry people....we have THE cutest nephews and nieces out there)!

Have You Ever....

Have You Ever.....

Had someone do something nice for you, for no reason at all?

When our friends Conor & Etosha came over to help us dig fence holes, Etosha randomly brought me these pretty flowers. Who does that? They came over to labor in our dusty& hot yard and she brings me a gift? I was in shock at her super nice gesture and really grateful for their friendship.

When people do things like this for me, it makes me want to be that kind of person for other people. I'm so thankful I've been surrounded by a lot of really great people throughout my life!

Have You Ever.....

Had a horrible haircut where you have to pay double or triple the original price to get it fixed?

It's so hard to move to a new place and not have a stylist or a specific place that you trust to cut your hair. I've been bouncing around to find the right person and along the way I got really screwed!

I've been trying to grow my hair out and have been TRIMMING it ever 5-6 weeks to keep it healthy. Well, I went into get my "TRIM" and left with short chunky layers on the top of my head and a long skinny rat tail in the back. To top it all off the guy had the nerve to say "see I left your length". Are you kidding me? I should have known at the beginning when he didn't even wet down my hair after I specifically told him I have naturally curly hair, what a loser.

I had to sport my new Manson Family Mullet for over a week while I waited to get into the salon I wanted to fix it. Yes, I ended up chopping my hair really short and spending double the original price to fix it.

You know it's bad when your husband tells you that your new look makes you look like white trash.

Our Weekend In Idaho

Belnap Family Reunion

Brock and I spent this last weekend in Idaho with the Belnap side at the yearly reunion. We had a good time hanging out with the extended family. Brock was able to see Aunts, Uncles and Cousins that he hasn't seen in years and enjoyed catching up on life. I had fun meeting some more of the Belnap clan and I hear I haven't even scratched the surface. (Brock has something like 50+ cousins on the Belnap side...nuts) We enjoyed ourselves and are so glad that we made it to the party!!!!

Us with Brock's parents and Grandma & Grandpa Belnap

Brock & a FEW of his cousins

We stopped on our way home and took pictures of the new Rexburg Temple in Idaho.

4th of July Celebrations

We had a very fun and random 4th of July weekend! We left Thursday night after Brock got off work and headed to Cliff & Wade Lakes, which is about 1 hour from our home. We got there at 10:00pm and all three campgrounds were packed with random humans. We had no choice but to find somewhere else to camp for the weekend.

Quake lake was just down the road about 15 miles so we headed there to set up camp in the dark. We had no idea of what our campground or surroundings looked like and were pleasantly surprised to wake up to beautiful mountains.

Our campground was right next to the lake so we decided to go fish for a couple hours. The walk to the lake was beautiful and the lake was pretty in an Eerie way. Quake lake was created by and earthquake in 1959, so the trees sticking out of the lake from where the forest used to be is kinda creepy. We caught no fish our first day.

Earthquake Lake

This is the landslide from the earthquake, which created the natural dam for the river making Quake Lake. Pretty crazy!

Fishing Quake
More fishing=lots of fish!


We went out the 2nd day and fished and caught a bunch. They were pretty fat rainbows and of course I caught the biggest but Brock caught more.

We caught 11 total fish, that's hot fishing for us.
No, I don't like to touch the fish.





Hebgen Lake

Quake Lake is right next to Hebgen Lake, so the afternoon of the 4th we went and hung out on the beach for the day. It was really warm so the cool water was refreshing but too cold to get all the way in so we put our chairs in the lake and chilled.

Madison River Bike Ride

After our Hebgen Lake trip we went for a long bike ride to the Madison river where we fished and roasted hot dogs. I was nervous about bears the whole time and couldn't really relax.

West Yellowstone

After our bike ride we went into west to wander through the shops, to get some ice cream and picked out our spot to watch fireworks. They put on a really good firework show, I think we are going to make it a yearly spot for us to watch fireworks! Yes....I bought us these really cheesy 4th of July Old Navy Tee's. It was funny though, we liked it a lot.



Wade Lake

Even though we didn't get to camp at Wade Lake we decide to go and play there for the day anyway. Well, when we got there all the canoes were rented and it was rainy. So we just hung out on the beach during the rain breaks. Pretty scenery but kind of a lame experience, we'll try again soon.


I was trying to get a picture of us and Brock was still mad about a spat we had and this is how our picture turned out. Men are so emotional....hahaha. I thought this was funny and I had to post it.


Our whole weekend was really random and un-planned, that's how we like it. "Flying by the seat of our pants" as my mom always puts it! Hey, it's an advantage of not having kids.