There and Back Again

This is the first weekend we have gotten to stay home in a long time!

Here's a quick review of our travels:

November 7-9

Burley - Turkey killing!

I already blogged a little about it here.

November 21-23

Rexburg - I took my sisters family pictures!

These pictures would not have turned out half as good without my fabulous assistant, Clayson.

He is the best  :)

One day Allison Kay Photography will be alive and thriving!

(There is still a lot of work to do on it)

One day....

We told Bennett if he was good, we would take him to see the Mario wall.

I don't think he was impressed with it as we were.

November 26-30

Rexburg - Thanksgiving!

It was so fun to be with family!

(Again, I already blogged about our craft project here)

Bennett is the master of the block towers!

Too bad Patton is the destroyer of block towers.

We went bowling!

The only down side was that Clayson and I both got sick Sunday, so we quarentined ourselves in the bedroom all day.

December 1-2

Salt Lake - Jazz game!

For Clayson's Christmas present, we went to a Jazz game. 

It was made even better because Carlie & Tyler came with us! We love getting to spend time with them.

The Jazz lost to the Nuggets, but it was a close game.

It got so loud!

After, Clayson and I walked around Temple Square and looked at the lights

This is Clayson's picture with the "sun" (Temple) moon and star.

It's symbolic....

We stayed at a hotel that night. Such a fun get away!

December 5-7

Burley again

December 12-14

Rexburg - Melissa's Endowment

December 19-21

Burley - Nathan & Melissa's wedding!

We had Sydney, Lynzey, and Annalese in our car to and from the temple because we are the fun car!

They wanted to stop at McDonalds. 

I told them that when I was growing up we only got $2 each when we went out to eat. Luckily, Clayson is nicer than I am and got them Happy Meals.
He justified that the dollar was worth more when we were growing up. 

That made me feel old.

Then the girls were blown away when we told them that we didn't have a TV in our car growing up.

 It's a miracle we both turned out ok  :)

I didn't think the "back in my day...." stories would start this soon in life.  

It was a long day of wedding-ness and by the end I may have been losing it a little....

I should have goten a picture with Nathan & Melissa, but alas, I did not. 

So here's a picture of us instead  :)

December 23-25

Burley - Christmas!

They have a recent tradition of having an Nerf war on Christmas day.

Last year was Nerf Guns, this year was Nerf Bow and Arrows.
They whistled as they flew and hurt more than the guns. I'm afraid of what's coming next year.

I was afraid we wouldn't have any snow, but it finally came Christmas day! 

The bad news was that we had to drive home that night and there were some pretty bad drifts. 

It was slow going, but we made it home safe!

This Weekend - Logan!

We are happy to get to enjoy some time at home!
But it won't last long....

Next weekend - Burley again for a baby blessing!

Stay tuned  :)

Roommate Climbing Night!

I have always been bless to have amazing roommates that are also some of my best friends.

My apartment now is no exception.

I seriously love all the girls I am living with.

I am so excited to come home every day!

Last weekend we had a girls night and we all went climbing together!

Carlie & Jana

Abbi

Jana and Abbi were an awesome team!

Abbi climbing

Carlie climbing

Carlie is my competition. 

I was done about three climbs in, but she kept going, and going, and I couldn't let her beat me!

Me climbing!

We were the last people to leave before they closed.

We had so much fun!

This is the parking spot we tried to park in. 

Not the big spot, the one with all the snow covering 2/3 of it.

I have the best roommates  :)

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!

Winner, Winner!

Friday was Dave's birthday, so we had a poker night.

Guess what!? I dominate in poker!

We started with Craps and I am pleased to say that I continue to hold the record for undefeated first place in the tournament! I still don't fully understand what I'm doing, but Dave didn't have to tell me I was doing illegal things as often, so I think I'm progressing at least. (It's all luck)

Satisfied with my win, I was ready to go home and get some sleep along with everyone else who had come that night. I had my coat on, keys out, when somehow I found myself back at the table for a game of Hearts. Everyone else had left and it was just me and the boys. I thought I had played Hearts before, but apparently I was wrong. Add that to the fact that I was super tired and the boys all thought I was the poor girl to be pitied. Yeah right! I showed them all up and took first place! The best part is that, unlike Craps, I actually knew what I was doing and played strategy. I love card games!

I'm ready for Vegas, baby!

(not really)

Chicken Dinner!

Good news! Last week my lesson went really well! 

(yes, I know it is slightly ironic that I go from poker to the gospel. such is life!)

After we were all joking about how I was ready for the big class now! My class currently consists of about 15 people max and I am perfectly happy to keep it that way. Dave told me, "Your style works really well for a small class like this, but I don't think it would work very well in the big class." Thanks Dave  :) 

Thursday night I got a call from Ted, my Sunday School guy who is seriously the best! Apparently with Spring Break this weekend, there were no teachers to teach.... except me! I would be in the big room and it would be all combined into one class. Talk about intimidating! I kept hearing Daves words ringing in my ears. 

The topic was the applying the Atonement in our life, and it was so good for me to study at this time! The lesson went really well and there was a lot of really good discussion. I had several compliments after and one guy even asked for the talk I had referenced.  I made cookies so people would remember them instead of the lesson just incase it didn't go over too well (which, thankfully it did!) They were a big hit.... even with having twice as much oil as was called for. oops!

Now we all know I can teach the big class, so I never have to do it again! Right?  :)

And now it's on to the Chicken Dinner part of the day at Pot Luck! I'm so excited! I better get my cans of fruit ready.

Déjà vu?

Once upon a time I went bowling, and met this kid named Trevor. He is friends with Bryson, who was dating my roommate Brittany at the time (they are now married). And then I never saw or even thought about Trevor again.

The End

Did you enjoy that? 

Oh good, cause there's a sequel  :)

Fast forward about 10 months - I have this friend named Cullen. He is friends with.... Trevor! Yep, the very same.

This is Trevor

Trevor is now going to PT school in Las Vegas, but was visiting Cullen for the week.
I actually recognized him, which is saying something cause I forget everyone. He remembered me after I reminded him.

We rekindled our beautiful friendship and relived the good ol' days.

Trevor & Cullen

We started with a dutch oven dinner with friends that was so good!

part of the hockey group

Next was the USU hockey game against San Diego. We won! 

Troy was there too!

While we were there, Brittany and Bryson came to meet up with Trevor and I was there to surprise them!
It was so fun to see them again! I haven't seen them since they got married about 5 months ago. I just love them.

We also went to the hockey game Friday night. We won this game too!
I have suddenly become quite the hockey fan  :)

us

After the game, Brittany, Bryson, Cullen (who is also friends with Bryson), Trevor and I went bowling! 

I was so stylish

The whole time I felt like I was having deja vu (except we replaced Katelyn with Cullen). 

I even took some of the same pictures in memory of the last time we went bowling.

The A

Brittany, before and now

Me, before and now

Bryson, before and now

Trevor, before and now

Katelyn before and Cullen now

Group shoes, before and now (Trevor was the only one to humor me this time)

Last time, I spent a good portion of the night trying to get a picture with Bryson.

This time, I got it first thing, before he knew what I was trying to do.

what a great picture of us  :)

And a few more pictures for good measure

typical....

such a fun night

Maybe we can rekindle our friendship in another 3 month-ish when Trevor comes to visit Logan again.

Life has a weird way of coming back around.

Much better friends the second time around

Coeur d' Alene Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving I went to Coeur d' Alene with my parents and sister to visit my brother and his cute family. Love them!

One of my favorite parts was the annual gingerbread house competition. We split into two teams and put our creativity to work! I am now going to be lazy and give you an excerpt from my brother's blog:

"And of course, we had our Annual Gingerbread House Contest! This is where you come in. We have two teams. We'll call them "Team A" and "Team B." Please look at both, read the descriptions, and then VOTE by leaving a comment on this blog or on one our our Facebook pages. Really, we have a full year of bragging rights at stake here, so don't take this lightly."

Please vote! I need those bragging rights, people  :)

You can vote on my blog or facebook as well. I'll post the winner in after all the votes have been counted. 

Guys, this is so fun! 

Vote!

ok

Well, I was going to write more about how great Thanksgiving was and post pictures on here, but apparently I am "out of space" again. 

Lame! 

But if you want to see some disgusting pictures of me (I loose all hygiene when I travel) and my cute nieces and nephew, you can just read my brother's blog for that too. He's a better writer than I am anyway.

oh yeah, and one more thing....

Vote!

(All links in this post will lead you to the same place, where you can vote.... or here on my blog. or my facebook)

(In case you didn't know, anything yellow is a link)

(And here's the link again, if you still haven't voted)

Thank you and goodnight.

Thursday Night Bowling

Thursday night, bowling is cheap! So that is our favorite social activity.

The first game was all about the trash-talking. I make up in talk for what I lack in skill. It was basically a competition between Bryson and I. I won the talk, he won the game  :)

The second game was all about the form.

Brittany's form

Trevor's Form (His great form is who inspired the whole form competition)

Katelyn's form

My form

Bryson's form

The whole night was about trying to get a picture with Bryson, who apparently is very camera shy.

First Attempt (Yes, I am fully aware of how horrible I look)

It obviously wasn't working very well, so I had to take matters into my own hands.

Exhibit A (Also, the only picture of Bryson's face from the whole night)

Plus a little PhotoShopping with my "first attempt"

And you get a lovely picture of the two of us!

Too bad he's dating Brittany  :)

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As a side note that doesn't relate to bowling in any way, shape, or form: A guy in our ward drives this truck to church. The picture doesn't even come close to doing it justice. I'm pretty sure he's gotten several tickets for it. Sometimes Brittany and I will drive by and look at it when we get bored. We're hoping to see him getting into it one of these days because we have no clue how he would manage it, especially considering he's only about my height.

Diagnosis: Severe case of LMS
(More commonly known as Little Man Syndrome)