A Fun Weekend

On Friday Travis and I played in a Golf Tournament together at Bountiful Ridge Golf Course. It was really early, but lots of fun. Trav won the Closest to the Pin contest which he was really excited about. He is even more excited to spend his gift card at Uinta Golf!

We left that night for Wyoming to go see Travis' family for the weekend. It was Flaming Gorge Days so we got to go to the big parade on Saturday and play at the park afterwards. It was fun to see our nephews and enjoy just being lazy. I enjoyed the nice weather and sitting in the sun.


On Saturday night Trav took me to the big bridge over where the trains sort. It was really cool to see how the whole thing works and to see them up close. I never realized how much work went into putting together one train.

We had a great weekend, and were really tired when we got back. Hopefully we will make it back up there in a couple of months.

Howard

We came home after dinner on Friday night to find a duckling that had fallen down the grate at the end of our driveway. We called animal control to see if they would come out and get him, but they said they don't come out for domesticated animals. I felt bad that this little duck was wet and cold and crying for his mom. So Travis took the grate off and climbed in and got him out. We put him in a box with newspaper to keep him warm and gave him some water and grass in hopes that his mom would come back soon to get him. Unfortunately she didn't come back, so Howard (of course we named him) spent the weekend with us. He loved running around the backyard and swimming in Hudson's water bowl. Sadly though, Howard couldn't make it without his mom and died on Memorial Day. I was really sad, but felt good that he at least died warm and well fed then in the cold wet ditch. I think Hudson is secretly excited to have him go, he was getting a little jealous!

An Update

Yesterday Travis informed me that I have been slacking in the blog area and that I haven't posted anything since Easter. So even though nothing exciting has been going on, I thought I would give you an update on what we have been doing.

Arts and Crafts:
I thought it would be a great idea to paint a chair for our friends baby, Alayna, who is turning one. It sounded really easy and kinda fun when I began however I forgot that I'm really not an arts and crafts kinda person and a project that would take most just a few hours took me a couple of days. It didn't turn out amazing and definitely had some flaws but Alayna liked it, so I guess that's all that matters!


Backyard Makeover:
Since we moved into our house we have been wanting to re-do the backyard. We have big plans of a new patio, a nice flower garden and a new tuff-shed. When we began the project I don't think I realized how much work it was going to be. Trav and I put in a new retaining wall for the flower garden and I am going to plant my flowers this weekend but the worst part so far has been tearing up the existing patio...wow, that's a lot of work. Here is a picture of stage one of the makeover. I'll post more as we go along, but this will give you an idea of how we have been spending our evenings! Wish us luck.


Golf:
Yea, there has been none of this, because we have been spending all our time in the backyard, but hopefully we will have everything finished soon so Trav can get some time in on the golf course! Hopefully something really exciting happens, like we win a million dollars, so I can have something fun to post. But until then, I guess I'll just keep giving you an update on our backyard, as fun as that is!

Easter

We had a great Easter yesterday. The Easter Bunny brought us lots of fun stuff in our buckets! Even Hudson got treats and a new toy in his, which he was really excited about.

We went and listened to my family speak in church, which they did an amazing job. It was also fun to see all the people from my parents neighborhood. After church, we had my family over for dinner. I cooked my 2nd turkey ever and I think it was better then the first, so at least I'm improving. It was a nice evening and fun to have my family over.

HAPPY EASTER!

Las Vegas

This past weekend, Travis and I went to Las Vegas to celebrate my birthday and to just get away. We stayed at the new Wynn hotel, Encore, I can't even describe how gorgeous it was. We were definitely spoiled and loved everything about that hotel. We did a lot of walking up and down the strip checking out all the hotels and the shopping malls. On Friday night we went to the Cirque Du Soleil Show, KA at the MGM. It was amazing. The performers are so talented and it was very entertaining. We had a great time and of course it went by way too fast! We didn't win millions of dollars gambling but that's okay, there is always next time!

Green Dinner

It is a tradition in our family to eat only green food on St. Patrick's Day. My mom did this every year for us when we were growing up which made us the cool kids in school with our green lunches. I have decided to continue on with this tradition..mostly cause I think its fun to dye things green and then see the reaction from others. Since we don't have any kids, Trav gets all the green food to himself, so for breakfast I made him green cinnamon rolls , for lunch he had a green sandwich, yes the mayo was dyed green, green chips, drink and candy and then for dinner we had green chicken and potatoes (It tastes better than it looks) broccoli, green rolls, green jello (we are in Utah) and for dessert we had mint chocolate chip ice cream, which neither of us really love but had to eat cause it was green. I love our green dinner and look forward to it all year long. Thanks Mom for a fun tradition.

Our Weekend in Wyoming

This last weekend we headed up to Green River for our nephew Keegans 2nd birthday! We had a great time hanging out with our nephews, flying kites, camping out in the basement and watching lots and lots of cartoons.

On Saturday Keegan had a birthday party with a few friends and family. It was fun to see how excited he got over just the little things. He got some great gifts and had a good time playing with all of them.

We took Hudson with us on his real first road trip. He did great, even though he had no clue where we were or what we were doing. He was busy all weekend following the boys everywhere. He slept the whole 2 hours home and then collapsed on the floor when we walked in the door.

It was nice to get away for just a couple of days, even if it is was to somewhere even colder!