Thursday, February 19, 2009

Logan


I have been whining and complaining about living in Logan for the past few months. I am sure it is because I can almost taste graduation and with Josh starting to find out what law schools he has gotten into, I am extremely stir crazy! All of my complaining aside, we are really lucky to live in a such a great place. It is BEAUTIFUL here and I always feel safe. I am going to try really hard to have a good attitude these last few months we have here. Josh took this picture right outside our front door. What a view!

Monday, February 16, 2009

Hardware Ranch


Horrible picture, but on the way home there was this mini-goat that would not get out of the road. We were laughing pretty hard because it was a midget goat and is definitely not something you would see everyday!

Josh enjoying his "elk experience"

Aubree Lyn- pretty much one of the cutest things that exists in this world

Josh and I on the horse drawn sleigh

Some of the horses that pull the sleighs through the elk

Me, Aubree, Karter and my mom in the visitors center

My parents, my brother Ryan and his wife Mandi and their two awesome kids came up today to go with us to the Hardware Ranch. My nephew Karter is absolutely in love with anything/all things cowboy, so he loved every second of it! It was so neat to be that close to the elk without having them run away. We were in this sled-type thing pulled by some huge horses, and the elk just sat there and ate and stared at us. After the elk we went to good ol' Sizzler and got some tasty food! Thanks for coming up to hang out with us guys!

Harlem Globe Trotters


Josh enjoying his tasty ice cream treat

There were HILARIOUS blow up men that kept us all entertained

Enjoying the game!

I begged one of the ball boys to throw me a wrist band... and he did! Don't worry, it was dry and hardly used!

Last Monday we got to go to the Harlem Globetrotters. We went along with our friends Brandon and Syd, and it was also Josh's brother Tyson's 15th birthday, so the whole Ostler family also came. We had so much fun! We got really good seats right by the tunnel, so we were able to give high fives to all of the players and also got really close to some of the Jazz players who came to watch. We were laughing hysterically at the little blow up things that came out during half time and time outs!

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Park City Date

Our good friends, Brandon and Sydney Elwood, invited us to go up to Park City to see the Freestyle Aerial Skiing Championships. I have never been to anything like this before and it was a blast! Even though I was completely decked out in all of my snow gear, it was still FREEZING. We love just hanging out with Brandon and Syd... they are such great "couple friends" :)

Fun little road trip!

We had to walk up a huge hill to get to the event and I pretty much thought I was going to have a heart attack because I had so many layers on I could barely move. Josh referred to me as the "little boy from Christmas Story" :)

We didn't get to see anyone ski down the moguls, but they looked awesome

Our good friends Brandon and Sydney

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Temptation...

Well one of my New Year's Resolutions was to avoid this delicious, enticing beverage...



Just to reassure myself on how well I am doing, I just wanted to let everyone know that I haven't caved in yet. I have been tempted by this "nectar of the gods" at every turn, but I have overcome the urge. I will succeed!

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

2009! Can you believe it?




I am sitting here just thinking about how FAST 2008 went by! It is crazy to think that a whole year has gone by and number 1- I didn't even come close to keeping my New Year's Resolutions from last year :( and number 2- I can hardly remember everything that happened! We have been SO extremely blessed this past year and we are definitely excited for the changes this next year will bring!

Exciting changes that will be happening in 2009:

1. We both graduate from Utah State in May!
2. Moving to WHO KNOWS WHERE for Josh to start law school! It is frustrating how LONG it takes for law schools to notify you of admission...Don't they know I need to plan out our lives? :)
3. Me (hopefully) getting a Speech Technician job, but if not, at least a job that I enjoy and will pay the bills!
4. Possibly a trip to Europe!
5. Maybe a baby? I have been baby hungry for a long time, but we'll see if I can hold out another year!

We just wanted to wish you all a very Happy New Year!!!

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Gotta Love the 90's

Alright... This has nothing to do with Christmas, but I will post about the goodness of that day soon. I just found this and I thought it was hilarious because this pretty much describes my whole childhood and adolescence :)

"You know you're a kid from the 90's if...."

--You remember the original cast of All That, and watched Kenan and Kel
--Clarissa explains it all. enough said.
--You remember the beloved popsicle stick, Stick Stickly, and Gumby.
--You know that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House"
--You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"
--You get really excited because you know all the words to these songs if you ever hear them nowadays: Lenny Kravitz "Fly away," Eve 6's "oblivion," Aqua's "barbie girl," Swirl 360's "hey now now," Coolio's "gangster paradise," Reel 2 real's "move it," Outhere brothers "Boom, boom, boom," Tag team's "whoomp there it is"
--You remember Captain Planet and the song.
--You remember getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons, and you appreciate "old school nickelodeon" including rocko's modern life, hey arnold, doug, rugrats (pre "all grown up" days)
--You remember "lambchop" and the "song that never ends"
--You remember the show "recess"

--You remember Bill Nye the Science Guy.
--You remember Legends of the Hidden Temple, Fraggle Rock, Garfield, Eureka's Castle, Smurfs, and Ghost Writer (but you didn't know what a ghost writer was).
--You got really excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
--You remember reading the "Goosebumps" series, and they freaked you out.
--You remember the Magic School Bus, and always wished your school bus could go on cool adventures.
--You remember the introduction and then the banning of slap bracelets.
--You used to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not...
--You're clever comeback for almost everything was "I know you are but what am I," or "I'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you."
--You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
--You were obsessed with the Spice Girls/Backstreet Boys/N'sync/Britney Spears
--You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates
--You have gotten injured on a Slip 'n' Slide
--You remember boom boxes and cd players
--You had a walkman
--You had a tamagachi
--You had a furbie and you got frustrated when it just wouldn't shut up
--You either owned silly putty or playdough or both
--You owned many, many barbies (or action figures)
--You remember curly shoe laces!
--You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell"
--You remember shows like salute your shorts, ahhh! real monsters, full house, the ren and stimpy show, boy meets world, TGIF
--You remember weird game shows nickelodeon had like Figure it Out, Guts, slimetime live
--You played and collected POGS
--You used to pretend to be a MIGHTY MORPHIN Power Ranger
--You owned a Skip It
--You had at least one GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere
--You watched the original Care Bears, and Ninja Turtles
--You remember the real Willy Wonka movie with Gene Wilder. (even though it wasnt made in the 90s)
--You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"
--You watched Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers
--You thought it would be so cool to be Alex Mack.
--You know the Macarena by heart.
--"Talk to the hand" ... enough said
--You thought Brain would finally take over the world
--You were a beanie baby collector.
--You owned a pair of light up sneakers.
--You had the original nintendo 64 or Sega genesis
--Admit it. You were addicted to playing "Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?" and you remember the little cartoon clues that would come up when you travelled to a different country.
--You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"
--You responded to everything with "whatever" and made a "w" sign with your fingers
--Your mom or dad had a beeper/pager that probably weighed 10 pounds, but it was the coolest thing and the "latest technology"
--You remember watching Rocket Power and repeated lines such as "WIPE OUT!"
--Opposite day occured whenever you wanted it to