Gobble Gobble

My husband has had the last few weeks off before he graduates and so he has been having lots of fun. Last year he decided that he wanted to pick up the fun hobby of turkey hunting. His family has a cabin in Southern Utah and so he put in to get a tag. He was lucky and drew out a turkey tag. He planned two different times to go hunting, one at the beginning and one at the end of the hunt. So for the last few weeks he has been getting ready. He has been studying turkeys, practicing his turkey calling, cleaning his gun, and shopping at Cabela's for camo. He really didn't think that he would get one this first week because he was just going to scout them out and practice his calling. We headed down to his cabin Sunday so we could be there for the opening day. Monday morning he got up at 5:20 and headed out. At noon on Monday he still hadn't come back so I didn't know if that was good news or bad. Soon after that he came back and had great news.

He had a great morning! He absolutely loved it. He saw lots of turkeys and had fun watching them react to his calls. He couldn't resist taking the perfect shot, so he came back with a big wild turkey! I was so proud of him! His first time turkey hunting and the first morning out he got a big one! He was very excited and wanted me to take lots of pictures. He spent the rest of the afternoon doing the not so fun part of cleaning and de-feathering it.

We have had a great time at the cabin, enjoying the good weather, going for walks, riding the four-wheeler and Isabelle going pretend turkey hunting! She thought it was so cool when her dad brought home that big turkey but didn't want to touch it. The next day she was following Todd around and said,
" Dad, remember when I got that turkey?"
" No, I don't remember."
"Ya, I called it in!"
"Oh, cool!"
"It was pink!"

We had a great time and can't wait for next years hunt!!!


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Isabelle has been tagged!

Isabelle is a very fun and interesting little girl, here are some fun things about her.

- Isabelle is a very good eater. She loves macaroni and cheese, broccoli, lasagna, fruit and any kind of sweets. She doesn't really like things that are cold like ice cream, yogurt, or pudding. She also likes to eat at Cafe Rio, and can spot one a mile away. Just like her parents:)
- Isabelle loves her baby Jenny. She has many dolls but her baby Jenny is her favorite. She loves to push her around in her stroller and buckle her in her car seat. She always makes sure that she is taken care of and that she never gets left behind. She reads her books, wraps her in her blanket, does her hair, tucks her in her bed and makes sure that we aren't too noisy so we that we won't wake her up.
- Isabelle loves playing with others. She has lots of cousins to play with always has fun with them whatever they are doing. She loves going to play group and asks every week who's house we are going to. She loves to go and visit her grandparents and always demands all of their attention. She loves puzzles, tea party or hide and seek with anyone who will play.
-Isabelle loves preschool. She is always interested in what we are doing and is learning a lot. She loves to sing songs, color, paint, cut with scissors or glue. She can sign every color, is recognizing letters, learning the sounds of the alphabet, and is learning how to spell her name (which is kind of long for a three year old). She is always thinking and asking lots of questions.
- Isabelle loves her mom. She has always been a momma's girl and is connected to me at the hip. She loves to be doing whatever I am doing. Lately at night when it is time for her to get into bed she says, "Mom, you forgot to rock me!" So of course I give in. I figure they are only little once:) She also loves to spend time with her dad. She loves it when dad takes just her to Cabela's or just her and dad have a dance party. She loves to go on bike rides and four wheeler rides with her dad too.
- Isabelle loves to read books. She can sit in her room on her bed for hours and just look at all of her books. She loves to be read too and loves to read to her babies.
-Isabelle doesn't like to get wet. She is not a big fan of swimming and really does not like it when she gets water on her face. She hates washing her hair and throws a huge fit every time she takes a bath. She likes to play in the bath just doesn't want to get her hair or face wet.
-Isabelle loves to talk and never stops. She is always asking questions or making up her own song or just talking to herself.

We love our Isabelle!

We tag Addy Eyre and Caleb Wright.

ABC

ABC TAG--- You all know how to play this game..Enjoy!

A - Attached or Single: Attached and married for almost 5 years.
B - Best Friend: Todd
C - Cake or Pie: Fresh strawberry pie or better than sex cake:)
D- Day of Choice: Sunday, that is when I get a good nap
E - Essential Item: Sonic strawberry limaide, Arctic Circle Sunday
F - Favorite Color: Yellow and Red
G - Gummy Bears or Worms: Worms
H- Hometown: Taylorsville
I- Indulgence(s): Sonic
J - January or July: Definitely July- lots of fun holidays!
K - Kids: 1, Belle is 3
L - Life is incomplete without: All of my family
M - Marriage Date: June 26, 2003
N - Number of Siblings: 2 older sisters and 2 older brothers
O- Oranges or Apples: depends on the day
P- Phobias or Fears: Cockroaches-thanks to living in Las Vegas, something happening to me and my family
Q- Quote: " Love is a many splendid thing, all you need is love!"
R - Ring size: 4
S - Season: I love different things about all of the seasons, but right now I am looking forward to summer
T - Tag 3 Friends: Katie, Britta, Traci
U - Unknown fact about Me: I have been to the Presidential Inauguration
V - Very favorite stores: Old Navy, Target, Ross
W - Worst Habit: squeezing the toothpaste tube in the middle:)
X- X-ray or Ultrasound:Ultrasound- they are so fun!
Y - Your Favorite Food: I have many but I will say Von's Baked Potato Soup- I am so sad we don't have Von's in Utah...it is the best soup ever!
Z - Zodiac: Gemini

Easter Weekend!

We had a fun filled busy weekend. With my brother and his family here from out of town we tried to have as much fun as possible. We tried to color eggs at the park and have a picnic but it was too cold and windy for that. We ended up moving our picnic to the church gym. The kids had a blast coloring eggs and then we had a egg hunt. We went swimming and then out to dinner. Then the next day we went to the " I am a Child of God" exhibit downtown. With 25 of us and 15 kids under 11we were quite the crowd. It doesn't matter what we do we always have so much fun together. We were sad to see the Anderson family go but had lots of fun with them.


Easter Sunday was a great day! Todd had to work so me and Belle woke up to find that the Easter Bunny had left a basket filled with goodies. We also went on another egg hunt through the house. That Bunny is pretty tricky:) I had the opportunity to teach in Relief Society on how we have so many reasons to rejoice. We are so lucky that we have the gospel in our lives and what a great gift our Savior gave us that through the Atonement we can live with him again! I usually complain that I have to teach but this month I felt so lucky. Preparing this lesson really strengthen my own testimony and I really enjoyed giving it. Through out all of our meetings the spirit was strong and it set a great mood for the rest of the day.



When Todd got off work we planned to go out and have a dutch oven Easter dinner. My parents went with us and we had a great meal. Todd is quite the dutch oven chef. It was a such a beautiful and relaxing day. I love this time of year, when it is starting to get warm, flowers are starting to bloom, and it feels like a new beginning. We had a great weekend and I hope everyone else did too!

Girl Sleepover!!

Isabelle has a lot of cousins, but most of them are boys. She has 3 other girl cousins but they are all a lot older than her. She does have one girl cousin that is just 8 months younger than her. The hard thing is that she lives out of state. This last week my brother and his family were here to visit. While my brother and their older kids went skiing I brought Rachel home with me. It was so fun to have Rachel play with Belle. They played so good together and it actually made things easier for me as I didn't have to entertain Belle. It was so funny to watch them play. They each had a pretend cell phone and each had a little purse. Then this was their conversation.
Rachel: "Bisabelle, will you come pick me up at 10:30?"
Isabelle: " I will pick you up but I am stuck in traffic!"
Rachel: " Ok I will see you in a minute, bye!"
Isabelle: "Ok bye"
It was so funny to watch them, they have such good imaginations. They played and played and played. At bedtime they wanted to sleep in the same bed but I didn't think that would work very well. We had treats, read stories and said good night. I think they played to hard because the next morning I had to wake both of them up. They had matching outfits that day and they thought it was so cool that they were twins. We got lots of pictures of them being silly. We are so glad that we were able to have a sleep over with cousin Rachel! I hope that they will always be close, even if they live far away from each other.

Answers!

Alright, at the end of my last entry I had a little guessing game about me. Here are the fun answers. Good job to every one who made an educated guess!

1. True. I have been stuck in an elevator. When I was in high school I attended EFY up at Ricks College (now BYU Idaho). When we were going to an activity we were using the elevator and while going down we got stuck. Luckily it was a glass elevator and so people knew right away that we weren't moving. It took about 20 or more minutes to get us out and we had to climb up and out of the ceiling. There were about 20 people in the elevator and one girl passed out because of heat or anxiety or something. What an experience, and how many people can say that they have actually been stuck in an elevator before?
2. False. I am not allergic to an epidural. When I went into labor with Isabelle I was luckily enough to get an epidural early but then the bad thing was that it wore off when I started pushing. Since I was at a small town hospital they didn't have an anesthesiologist there at all times. It took him quite awhile to get back to the hospital and to drug me again. But when I had the epidural it worked great! I don't know how people survive labor with out it!
3. False. I don't like seafood. I am not a big fan of the fishy taste and texture.
4. True. I do want to ride on an elephant someday. My favorite animals are elephants. I have always been amazed at how large they are. This might be a childish dream but I will ride on an elephant someday! I think it would be very fun!
5. False. I have not performed on Broadway. I have been to many Broadway shows and I think it would be the greatest/ funnest thing to do. It looks very challenging and the life style is very different but I think it would be great. Of course you have to have some kind of talent! I guess I will just enjoy from the audience:)

Katie and Crystal you guys got all of them right! Chandi you missed one and Turia you missed two. Great Job! I thought this was a fun tag so anybody feel free to copy!

Another Tag!

I have seen quite a few of these tags going around so I thought I would join in. I think it is so fun to read everyone's entries and find out more about them. I would usually prefer to write about something else besides me but I thought it would be fun to come back in 10 years from now and see what I wrote. So here goes a tag about me, hopefully you find something out that you didn't already know.

10 years ago: In February of 1998, I was enjoying my freshman year Eisenhower Jr. High. I was involved in Student Government and was loving being involved. I had a group of girl friends that we did everything together and had so much fun. I wasn't really into boys before this but I had a huge crush on this boy and all I wanted was to dance with him at the promotion dance at the end of the year. (Wow, weren't our lives complicated and stressful back then?) I also had just tried out for the Sophomore cheer leading team at our high school and made it. Those were awkward times but I had so much fun!

5 years ago: February of 2003, I was in my last semester at Snow College. I had started dating Todd a few months before and things were going well with us. I was on institute council and was very involved with that. I had gone on a 2 week vacation with my parents to Hawaii and had a blast. Me and Todd weren't that serious before I left but being away from each other for two weeks made us both realize some things. When I got home things moved fast and we were engaged a month later. I was busy planning a wedding and trying to do the best that I could in my classes. Lets just say that I got a little distracted and that wasn't my best semester.

5 Things that were on my "to-do" list for today:
1. Mail bills
2. Take back Belle's present to Toys R Us
3. Clean bathrooms
4. Finish craft project that I am in the middle of
5. Call and make doctor appointment for Belle

I Enjoy:
Being a mom- spending time with Belle
Reading
Scrapbooking
Taking pictures
Shopping
Rock Climbing
Coloring-especially with Belle
Chocolate covered strawberries
Skittles
Cafe Rio pork salad
Being around other people
Keeping busy
And more...

What would I do if I suddenly became a MILLIONAIRE?:

Pay off loans, get a house, travel to someplace warm, go on a summer shopping spree, and of course save

5 Jobs that I have had:

1. Mother
2. Receptionist at an Optometrist office
3. College Recruiter
4. Photographer at Kiddie Kandids
5. Smoothie and Sandwhich maker at Mayberries

Things I would like to be better at:
Cooking, Sewing, being self motivated, and snowboarding

A Movie that I could watch over and over: Enchanted, How to Lose a Guy in 10 days, Wedding Planner

Embarrassing moment: At a formal dance in High School, me and my date were waiting in line to get our pictures taken. I had to leave the line for a moment and when I came back I was running and I tripped and fell flat on my face in front of the whole line in my dress! This doesn't sound that bad but imagine being a senior in high school and doing this in front of your date and all of your friends!

True or False- Make a guess and then I will post the answers later

1. I have been stuck in an elevator with more than 20 people for longer than 20 min.
2. When I had Isabelle I found out that I am allergic to the epidural
3. I absolutely love sea food- crab is my favorite
4. I have a dream to ride on an elephant some day
5. I have performed on a Broadway stage before

That is a little about me. Hope some of you will join in on this tag!