Our Vacation Home!

Toby and I had the chance to fly home for a week to see our family. Home for us is Boise, Idaho, the best... place on earth! We had so much fun! We got to have a campout in my parents backyard, we called it our "Olympic Staycation." We did it just like the olympics, we had an opening ceramony and than we lit the torch, aka campfire. The opening ceramony consisted of us eating an awesome dinner, which I cooked! :), skits performed by each family, my nephew Kyle playing some sweet tunes with his band, us doing some crazy fun cheers that my mom came up with, as well as us singing some campfire songs and of course the lighting of the torch, aka campfire. The next morning we had delicious homemade cinnamon rolls, which I made as well. I was very proud of these cinnamon rolls because the last time I made them they were awful! We also competed in some events, first was "who could take down their tent first." My sister Suzanne won, Toby and I came in dead last. When you see our tent you'll know why, it's huge! After that the kids played in the sand box, looking for candy. Then we made fun crafts. The kids decorated letters of their first name, and the adults made a magnet picture board. We all had so much fun! I love how creative my Mom is, she put all of this together for us. I love you Mom your the best! Here are some pictures;

Toby and his Mom

My nephew Jayden and my Mom doing a skit.

The whole family watching the band and playing during intermission.

These were the posters for the crazy, fun cheers my mom made up.

Kyle, Jayden, Carissa, Alex and Cody digging in the sand for candy.

Kyle and his band (Kyle is in the red shirt). Notice the banner hanging on the house. Go USA!

Tina, Kyle and Alex's skit

Us singing the fun campfire songs

The Family and Toby and I in front of our tents

Other things we did while we went home; Toby and I were able to go to the Twin Falls Temple dedication. Which was so much fun! It was our first temple dedication we had been to. We wish we would of got more sleep the night before so we could of enjoyed it a little more because we had a HARD time staying awake. It was amazing enough to be there though! We also got to spend lots of time with Toby's sisters and their families and Toby's Mom. We had a chance to go wakeboarding and surfing with a friend of ours, Troy, on his awesome, decked out boat. I was so mad because the camera died right before we got up to surf, so we have no pictures of that. It is to bad because it was the coolest thing! We also got to spend time with some of our best friends, Stacey and Josh. We took them for scooter rides on our scooter. Yes, Toby and I have a scooter. I highly suggest getting one if you have ever thought about it. They are the funnest things to drive and they are so cheap! We also spent time with some other good friends, Rachel, Riley and his wife. When Toby left I got to have a girls night with two of my best friends, Stacey and Tracie. We missed you Ashlie! I did get to see Ashlie in Denver on our layover, that was fun! I finally got to meet her husband Chris. I also got to spend lots of time with my family when Toby left. We got to have a pedicure night, my sisters and I, and we were able to go up to the mountains and have a picnic and a nice soak in the natural hot springs along the Payette River in Garden Valley, Idaho.

Our vacation was much needed. We had a hard time leaving family and friends but we are excited to be on the downslope of Toby's school. We are half way through! Thanks everyone for making our vacation one of the best! We love you Family! We miss you!

We also got to visit Toby's Dad's grave

Tracie, Me and Stacey

All my neices and nephews; Alex, Carissa, Hailey, Kyle, Cody and Jayden.

Me and my little bald neice, Hailey. My sister had to shave her head because she kept pulling her hair out.

My nephew Cody playing in the water fountain, he couldn't seem to get enough of it.

That is right, I am painting my nephews toes, a hot pink I might add. He wanted me to, there was no forcing him into this. He likes his pedicures, but he also likes mud!

Here is the finished product from our pedicure night. Tina, Angie, me, Suzanne, Carissa, and Cody

This was on our way up to the hot springs. I had to try to entertain the kids.

Here we are roasting our lunch, Hot dogs! They were yummy!

This is all of us soaking in the hot springs

We are all loading up in the burben for a nice drive home.

I just had to add this photo because I thought it was so darn cute! This is my neice and nephew, they like to give kisses.

What I have been up to:

I finally read my first book!! I know I am 25 years old and have never read a novel! You might say that I am pretty pathetic, well I would have to agree with you! (This is not counting books I have read for school or scriptures from church).
It all started when I went over to Jen's house and saw her huge supply of various books. We got talking about all her books, and I happen to mention how I hate to read. I never find books I can become interested in. Jen then tells me, "if you don't like a book then put it down, you just move on to the next until you find something you like". Jen then suggested reading Can You Keep a Secret


She said this was a great book to start out on. So I decided to take her suggestion, I figured I had nothing to loose. I began reading the book and was instantly hooked! I loved it and couldn't put it down. Toby could not believe that I was so into the book, he often wondered what had happened to his wife. This was the turning point in my life! I am now a READER! Who knew? My next adventure is the Twighlight series. I heard they are the best books! I guess we will see.