Davis County fair/rodeo

After our Caribou hunt when we stayed with Joe and Jess they told us to go get Em and come back up the next weekend to the Davis County fair. So... we obeyed! We told Em we were going to go see Joe and Jess and see some Elephants at the fair. She was sold. The whole way up she talked about Elephants and Monkeys (not sure where the monkeys came from) We went up Friday and did a little shopping and went to yummy Mandarin with Joe and Jess for dinner. Saturday we woke up and Jess took me and Em to see where she boards her horse pearl, while the boys ran up a mountain. Emma loved it. She fed her, brushed her, and walked her. Then we went to the Farmers Market in Salt Lake and went to City creek mall for a bit. After we went to the fair. Emma had a blast. The elephant show was kinda lame but yet still awesome just because they were elephants!! Em liked seeing them but I think her favorite thing was the rides and the rodeo. It was her first ride and she was so so excited. I was worried and thought she'd either love it or shed cry and scream the whole time. She absolutely loved it and had the cutest little smile on her face the whole time. The second ride was a little scarier but she never cried, and when she got off she wanted more!!! After the fair we went to the rodeo. It was a really good one. Em loved the cows and horses! We had a great time! It was good to have one last horah before school. About school... we are super excited for it to be done with. 2 years... 2 years... I can do it ;) Emmi has been going to daycare for about 2-3 hours, 3 days a week and she loves it! Wish us luck, I'm afraid we need it!

Caribou hunt in Canada!

WARNING: Super long with lots of pics... :) What an amazing experience it was. Not just the hunt but the whole trip was a great experience for so many reasons! Randan was given the trip by the SFW. They have a wounded warrior project and take WW on hunting/fishing trips. When we moved into our ward we met an amazing family and he happened to be in the SFW and secretly gave Randan one of the trips along with an amazing rifle. That was 2 years ago, I remember cause it was like a week before I had emma. (the pictures prove that) Well with Randans therapy and what not it got pushed back to Aug 2013. In July they called and invited me. I had two extreme emotions. 1. what an amazing opportunity to experience with Randan 2. I can't leave my baby that long!!! haha. So with lots of telling me it will be okay we dropped Em off with her Papas and away we went. we drove to SLC and met Don-the founder of the SFW and drove with him the rest of the way. We met another part of our crew (Gretchen and Jeff-Gold star parents) and Alan (a retired Marine) in Idaho and off we drove to Edmonton Canada. It was a long trip! haha. from Edmonton we flew to Norman Wells Canada, a town that you can only get to by flying. and then from Norman Wells we took a float plane to Northwest territories- in the Mackenzie mountains. I seriously could not believe how beautiful it was! We weren't aloud to hunt the first day, there is a 12 hour wait after flying. So the first day we just set up camp and checked things out! We also met the rest of our crew, a family of 4 who donates a lot of money to the SFW WW project. They were hilarious. It was so great to be around such good, charitable people who really enjoy doing so much for others. Every year he takes 10 "special" (people who he thinks deserves to go- whether it be wounded warriors or whatever) people on a private ranch to hunt mule deer. He invited Randan and I to go. It was inspiring and really made me want to make a butt load of money so I can do the same someday ;) We also met our guides. Ben, Kent, Ryan, and Kevin. In Canada you can't hunt without a guide. These guys were great and a lot of fun! The Second day we woke up and off we went. Me, Randan, Gretchen, Jeff, Alan and 2 guides- Ben and kent went one way and the other went another way. We hiked for about 2 hours (the ground was like walking on a temperpedic mattress) and we spotted a caribou. The guides were amazed that we found it that fast and said it was never that easy haha. They told Randan it was his but he felt bad and said lets draw sticks. He still got it! The guides asked Randan what range he felt comfortable at. He said "I promised myself I wouldn't go farther than 700 yds." They go, "Oh, I was thinking like 100 or 200 yds" Jeff said, "he was a Sniper in the Marine Corps." the guides go "Oh..., well okay then, lets go" So with lots of questions about long range shooting, off we went. The caribou started going pretty fast and were standing about 720 yds away, Randan wanted to shoot it but Kent decided they should get a little closer. So Kent and Randan ditched us and up the hill running they went ;) They got about 400 yds and Randan shot. we could tell he hit it so we started making our way up the hill and then all of a sudden we heard another shot. We were confused cause we saw the Caribou fall. Randan said that he hit it perfect and it fell and slid about 500 feet and then all of a sudden it started to wobble up so he shot it again. It was a perfect shot, the guides were impressed! We tried to take pictures but the lighting was terrible so we drug it (or it drug us) down the hill. It was so beautiful with the mountains and the lake in the background. We hiked around a bit to see if we could see anymore but with no luck we hiked back to camp and cooked up some meat and mac n cheese :) Randan and I went for a canoe ride down the lake to see if we could see the other group but we couldn't so we turned around. Randan was going to the bathroom and could see them so we hopped back in the canoe and went and picked up there packs and caribou. It was fun to exchange stories. Long story short the other group shot theirs after being woken up from a nap by their caribou. He even shot it barefoot ;) pretty crazy... The next morning we woke up and Don said that the family was ready to go (they weren't quite used to the whole roughin it thing) and he got his caribou. Don was wanting to go as well and asked if that was okay or if we wanted to stay. Randan got his caribou so we said that was fine. we got on the float plane to Norman wells and stayed there the night. That morning the hotel chef even cooked up our caribou meat and some eggs for breakfast! Im not a big fan of wild game but that caribou meat was delish! the next morning we flew to Edmonton and said goodbye to the family. It was kind of sad, felt like we were saying goodbye to good friends of years :) From Edmonton we drove a few hours and stayed in Calgery Canada and then drove to Bountiful the next day! What a drive! We stayed with Joe and Jess and then Sunday we got up to come home. Mom said that Emma was missing us, I was so so excited to get back to her. I don't' know if I could've gone another week! It was a trip that Randan and I will never forget!

Let Freedom Ring!

Happy Independence Day! Hope everyone had a great 4th of July! I had some cool pictures of Randans sniper platoon I wanted to put on her but it wouldn't work, so I will just say how grateful I am to those men and the many many more in the service who protect our freedoms. Freedom isn't free, and even having a husband in the service I know I take this for granted too much. What a great country we have to live in! We had a great day today. Went up to Enterprise and just hung out. Em loved playing in the rain! She was missing cousins and is so lucky to have such a fun Grandma to play with her in the rain. It was so nice. Also 5 years ago today Randan asked me to marry him!! It was the best decision I ever made and am so lucky he did! Love him so much!

Family Pictures

I know you've all seen them, but I wanted to have them in my blog. Tiffany D Photography did them, she is the same who has done Emmas newborn and last years family pictures. We sat down to take a family picture and we got all positioned and Emma stood up and took about 3 steps and laid down on her belly, popped her little leg up, and smiled. It was hilarious. Then she turned into a wild woman and just ran away from us the whole time and towards the end she was tired and it showed. I was worried there wouldn't be any good pics but I should've known that Tiffany would pull through. Not sure how she did it though! haha. Sorry for all the pictures :)

Hello....

Seems like the blog stuff is going downhill. Seems like no one updates anymore and I'm afraid I'm soon to follow. I do like looking back at them tho... Just a little update. I got accepted into the Respiratory Therapy Program at Dixie. I am so excited for it. Its going to be a absolute crazy 2 years but I finally see an end. That also means I get the summer off!! YAY!!! Although there is quite a bit of stuff to get ready for the program; shots, take CNA test, get CPR certified etc. I've also done a few projects.I spilt nail polish remover on my kitchen table and it has been driving me crazy!! I finally broke down and refinished it! Randan told me not to that it would be a ton of work. Clear until I was finished I was wishing I would've listened to him. It was a ton of work! But I love it SO much better and am so glad I did it! Randan is working his butt off in school. He really is awesome at school. He has 12 credits this summer and acts like its nothing! Emmi and I have just been playing playing. She absolutely loves to be outside. Wish it wasn't so hot and we would probably just live outside. She is so smart and I get so excited watching her learn new things. She amazes me. :) Well if anyone is reading this, then update your blog!!! haha. Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their summer!

Emma is 2!

My sweet girl is 2! I can't believe it! She is getting too big too fast, but it is so much fun! I love her more every day. We had such a fun party with family and she had a blast. She was in heaven with all her presents. She got 2 pair of high heels, a crown, some jewelry, a purse, a leapster laptop, building blocks, kiddie pool a sprinkler toy, a puzzle, some books, a barn with animals, a minnie mouse toy. She was completely spoiled. She has been loving all her toys. We have a hard time getting her high heels off her. seriously, its bad. haha. On the bright side she has stayed out of my shoes! :) Love you Emmi!

Love this girl!

Just had to post these pictures of this cutie! Seems like she has changed so much lately. She is talking a ton and learning so much lately! Such a fun age, just when I think "Emma is minding so good and being so big", she throws this major tantrum and yells no and pouts. haha, I guess the good comes with the bad. Really though she is such a good girl, and such a sweetheart! *She absolutely LOVES grandmas grandpas cousins and dog dog sadie. She talks about them all everyday, and asks where they are. *I'm considering moving her crib outside. :) haha, this girl loves to be outside and would be all day if she could. *Something cute, daddy made shakes one day so now probably at least once a day she asks for a shake. its so cute! She LOVES them!! *She is such a big helper and loves to help do anything and everything! Especially clean! *She hates having her diaper changed and we are all very excited for the semester to be over so we can get her potty trained! *She has the cutest little forced laugh! *She loves to swim and we look forward to lots of that this summer! *Knows tons of animals and what they say. dog, cat, horse, cow, snake, sheep, monkey(ee ee oo oo), gorilla (pounds her chest, ahhh ahhhh), frog (frog frog), pig, duck, bird, cow-boy (yeee ha) and loves the song wheels on the bus! She is such a blessing in our lives and we have no clue what we would do without her! She brings us so much joy! she is getting so big and it so much fun! Can't believe this girl will be two next week, where did the time go!