Catch Up

Well it's been a couple months and it's time for a catch up. Derek and I went to the Timpanogoes Caves in August in Utah before I went on a trip to Oregon for my cousin Cameron's wedding.

The hike up to the caves was about 1.5 miles uphill. There were so many switchbacks!

Once we got inside the cave it was a lot cooler. It was a really fun trip

Inside the caves we got to see all the stalagmites. I would recommend the adventure :)

Lincoln, me and Tiffany. Lincoln in 16, Tiffany is 20 and yes I am the shortest. But don't we look like siblings?!

We kind of have fun together :)

Cousins and siblings :)

In Oregon in August we had an 80th birthday party for my Grammy (my mom's mom). It was such a fun time!

The daughters and granddaughters dressed up in her clothes for a fashion show!! Here is Tiffany in Grammy's cheerleading outfit from POCATELLO high school! And my cousin Erica in her wedding dress (corset and all!).

I wore Grammy's outfit she left her wedding in. Such a cute jacket and skirt. Grammy was like a size 0 so that skirt was definately not zipped all the way :)

The whole bunch of us in Grammy's clothes throughout the years. It was a wonderful fashion show. Moomoos, dresses, cheerleading outfits, weddings dress. Grammy was so surprised and happy to go down memory lane.

Grammy blowing out her candles - luckily it wasn't 80 of them. We had DeLiShIoUs cupcakes!!

Cameron and Kristen got married on August 28th in the Portland Oregon temple. Such a beautiful couple! Cameron is one month younger than me and we are really close. It was so great to be a part of his wedding and get to know his wonderful bride.

Olivia, Lincoln and Cole - I love my siblings and cousins!!!

Mia, Lexus and Bentley

The groom, bride and I. They were such a fun couple to spoil. I love them!!

Papa, Grammy and I

At the reception they had Grammy's and Grammy's mother's wedding dress on display. It was really beautiful.

Here is the whole family (minus Derek) at Cameron's wedding. We are a good looking bunch - but could we have worn brighter colors?! :)

My birthday was on the 9th. I'm officially 23! Derek's parents came over and we had a yummy dinner and presents. I got a cover for my phone from Derek and a watch and a scrub top. I got lots of beautiful jewelry from my family and an adorable spider candy dish from Tiffany!

Dental Hygiene was in the homecoming parade. We dressed up as tigers. Here is my friend Hollie and I. Derek was there to cheer us on. Our float got first place out of all the club's floats!

We officially sold Derek's scooter. We have been trying to for about a year and we finally parted with it. We will miss you dear friend

When I was in Oregon I picked 30 pounds of blueberries with mom. Cameron and Kristen stayed the night with us a week after their wedding to pick up things in Rexburg and brought me my 15 pounds of frozen blueberries. Yup they were frozen :)

Grandma Moss gave me these flowers from her garden for my birthday

This last weekend our dental hygiene class went to Boise for the Idaho Dental Hygiene Association Annual Session. We all did research projects. My friends (from left) SaraJoy, me, Hollie and Kristi were in a group together and did research on oral cancer. The prognosis and diagnosis hasn't changed in over 50 years so we talked about how we were "stuck in the past" and wore the hats they used to wear in the 60s. It was a hit.

Turns out we won 1st place out of 14 booths ans got a cash price! We were really happy!

Our garden exploded and this is our latest harvest of tomatoes - crazy!!! We've been making tomato puree to use for spaghetti sauce and tomato sauce throughout the winter and lots and lots of salsa. Not bad for our first garden ever :)

Hagerman Fish Hatcheries

Derek and I went to Hagerman, Idaho. They have a lot of fish hatcheries there where they raise TONS of little fishes to repopulate what was lost in the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho when making dams. We also went to the National Fossil Park with the famous Hagerman Horse. Millions of years ago there was a Lake Idaho and it attracted lots of animals. Throughout the years they either became extinct (the mastadon), adapted, or migrated (horses). They have recovered over 30 complete horse fossils which prove that there were horses in North America before the Spaniards brought horses over in the 1500s. We didn't get any pictures but I thought it was pretty cool.


Here we are inside a fish hatchery where there are millions of little fishes in each of these tanks. We hit them at feeding time.

Here is a sturgeon. Very LARGE fish. I should have taken a picture to show you the scale but there were about four feet long probably.

Here you can see Derek pointing at a sturgeon - a little better for scale.

A pond that had an underwater viewing area.

This is at a scenic picnic area outside a fish research facility. Very pretty place

This is where they keep the larger fish

Saying goodbye to the hatcheries. Just another fun weekend trip. I love the trips Derek and I are able to go on. What a wonderful fun summer! This weekend we head to Burley again for a family reunion. The weekend after that Derek's brother Jarrad is blessing his baby in Utah. Then that next week I am going to Oregon for my cousin Cameron's wedding and my Grammy's 80th birthday celebration. Then on August 23rd school starts. Man this summer has flew by!

Jumping off the dock

These boys - they are so silly :) We had an impromtu visit to Derek's parents house last weekend and it was pretty warm. After we played soccer Derek and Travis decided to jump in the river - in their shorts. I figured out how to take multiple pictures at once and got some pretty cool shots of them :)

Tiffany and Michael

My sister Tiffany and her boyfriend Michael came to visit us for the weekend. We had such a fun time - food, games, fun, service, hair cuts, color coding and lots of catching up. We were so happy to meet Michael and look forward to seeing him more. Unfortunately we only got one picture - at least they are cute :)

Phew!

We found new tenants! They move in August and we're really excited to have a new couple in our ward and maybe new friends :)

Wave Runners and Derek's Early Birthday

We have spent the last two weekends at Derek's parents house. We have been to two parades (4th of July and Declo Days) and made smores, had lots of BBQs and lots of fun in the water. Daralyn and Steven's neighbor is using their home as a vacation home and has left their wave runners. They allowed us to use them. It has been a blast!





Derek and Travis are quite the funny guys when they get together. They made a make-shift waterboard and were trying to pull one another. Fun...until Travis got hurt.





Julie and Justin (Daralyn's neice and nephew) were there one weekend. They are lots of fun.

Derek and Travis next decided to pull the kayak. That proved a lot mroe successful :)

Derek's birthday is on the 20th so we had an early birthday party for him.

This cake was made by Grandma Moss - it is a July birthday cake if I ever saw one. Complete with sparklers. It practically burned the cake when we lit the candles!

We really enjoy spending time with Derek's family