Thoughts & Things

Well, since Kansas lost and destroyed my bracket, I now have time to do some blogging. :) I imagine a lot of people are upset about that loss....and that's the beauty of March Madness...you truly never know.
We just spent a fantastic 24 hours in Wyoming. I went with my Grandma Clark to the 10Virgins parable that was put on at the Freedom Church and it was absolutely wonderful. The women who put it on are from Cokeville/Geneva and surrounding areas and their talent is AMAZING. I had so much fun, you laugh, you cry, and you ponder. If they ever are in your area do not miss the chance to go see it. You certainly won't regret it.
My Grandma Clark is one of a kind. I love her so much and I can't help but smile when I think about her wonderfully grandmother ways and of all the fun I've had with her in my lifetime. She's such a hoot to be around and she's the only 80 year old woman I know that just cooks up an 18 pound Turkey when she has a craving. :)
And the fantastic news that we have all been waiting for....Tre' got engage this weekend to the most beautiful and sweet girl I've ever met, Savannah. I'm so happy for them and wish them well with the wonderful life they have ahead of them together. I'm truly excited to inherit this girl as a sister-in-law. I wish her the best of luck with Tre'! Haha!

MARCH MADNESS

I'm sure there are things to post about that would be more interesting to you. Like St. Patrick's Day. I am wearing my green Converse All-Stars, so I'm sporting it classy today. But I'm going to talk about the important stuff...MARCH MADNESS!
Those of you who aren't excited about this.....get excited. It's kind of a big deal. Last year I was so obsessed I would check the scores on my cell phone while in the shower. Close games cause me some serious anxiety. I just wrote a letter to Kelly from the "March Madness Committe" stating the very stringent rules that are now in place for this years competition. One very important official rule....Kelly is in charge of the sports appropriate snacks. Nacho's, Pizza, Smokeys. Followed by "You WILL cheer as if this is life or death....This IS life or death" Let the games begin! Don't let me down KANSAS!
PS. I had to put USU through to the second round...so all you Aggies out there better be cheering!

Spring Fever

I'm back! Now that we're seeing a lot less inversion these days, and Spring is here I feel like blogging again. Or should I say, feel like doing something worth blogging about. If you're reading this, it means you know me well enough to know that I'm ALWAYS Freezing to death....and I'm a miserable cold person. After what has seemed like ages of hibernation, being couped up in the house, its finally time to make my way outside for the finer things of life. Even yard work sounds like a good idea right now! (Don't worry though, that won't last long. He-he)
We are all geared up to spend some quality time at the nurseries and Home Depot. Spring Fever makes us ambitious, and we are hoping to make the back deck a more comfortable area to enjoy every second possible of the Summer months ahead. Hopefully along with the ambition will come more frequent blogging.

Speeding Permit

Guess who was issued their first speeding permit this weekend? Now, under normal circumstances, a ticket is nothing to blog about. But I swear all I have to do is think about an illegal manuver and a cop poppes up out of nowhere and issues me a big fat citation. Kelly on the other hand seems to slide right by with a verbal warning IF he gets pulled over. So this weekend the officer gave Kelly the information he needed to send his charitable, yet mandatory, $92.00 donation in to the City of Thayne. For some reason he refused my congratulatory high five. :-)

Holidays

The Holidays are always so much fun...(And I'm mad at Ted right now....he just jumped on the computer and messed up the blog! Ahhhhh) Ok as I was saying, we're finally taking a minute to catch up. For Thanksgiving Kelly and I took a week and drove my dad's Harley Davidson to California. It was a blast to say the least.
We took our time and just enjoyed ourselves. That doesn't usually happen on our vacations. We usually end up driving all night to and from to make the most of our few short days. This vacation was much needed. Not to mention California rocks on a motorcycle. We saved ourselves hours of being stuck in traffice by being able to zip between the lanes when traffic was at a stand still. Although I can't lie to you, the first few times we tried it I was reeeeaaaaallly nervous.





























On Sunday we stopped at Peggy Sue's 50s style diner and I think I consumed more food there than I did on Thanksgiving. Riding the bike you don't snack the whole time like I normally would in the car. So I ordered a burger and fries with a bowl of soup for starters and didn't even let the waitress finish her sentence about fried pickles before I said I'd take some of those and a pineapple shake. Seriously, I was starved. :)















California was a blast! We visited the beach with Allen and Bekah, went to the Conan Show (and in the process discovered that I'd lost my wallet somewhere in my travels....fortunately it was discovered 3 days later)
























Christmas Tree hunting is always one of my favorite activities. I love a good Charlie Brown tree like you can only find blazing your own trails. As I said last year, Kelby is the most important thing to bring with you on your hunt. He's such a hard little worker and is more than happy to do the manual labor. The tree with legs happens to be Kelby. Ted was a super wuss in the snow. We had his coat on him and everything but he kept trying to hold one of his legs off the ground as if that would keep all 4 from getting cold and he kept trying to stake out a snow free spot and stay there with his tail between his legs. So naturally he ended up getting carried most of the time




And while we're speaking of Wyoming and Kelby, I have to tell Kelby's quote of the weekend. He makes me laught so hard because he doesn't even realize just how funny he is. We were at lunch and my dad was telling him about some blood hounds that were for sale. He immediately began begging for them. My dad said, "They are $50 or free to a good home" Kelby instantly shouts, "I HAVE FIFTY DOLLARS!!" haha....I couldn't stop laughing.
























And finally, I present to you my Christmas craftiness. I got very ambitious and hand dipped the candles and have actually made 6 wreathes so far....going on 7. I'm loving every minute of it. I can't wait to get Scott and Peggy's tree decorated. (It's a slow work in progress) It's going to be my favorite so far.

I hope everyone is having a most wonderful holiday season!

Need I say more?

I'm sure you'd all agree with this! :)