September 2012

September each year always have a lot of events for us and it is TONS of fun! This year was no exception. We went to the Greek Festival, the State Fair, and Oktoberfest! The Greek Festival was yummy as always. We were able to eat tasty food and watch some Greek dancers. It was fun! At the State Fair this year Shaun's mom, Michelle, entered a couple of quilts so we were able to go see them being displayed, which we fun. Then we just walked around a checked out all the booths and a bunch of the different entertainment options. One of my favorite things to do is check out the animals, especially the baby pigs! SO CUTE!! Oktoberfest was also a lot of fun. It was nice to get out of the valley for a little bit and to be up in the mountains! I LOVE the mountains and haven't been able to spend much time in them this year so it was great! It was a nice day weather wise and the food and entertainment was great! I am glad we got to go to all of these events!

Also during September, Shaun started a new day job working for a company downtown called Experticity. Shaun started right before the summer party so we were able to go. It was A LOT of fun. The party was up at Jordanelle, so they had boats and other water related activities. Shaun was able to try wakeboarding for the very first time and did a pretty good job. He didn't make it up all the way but he got pretty close. It was fun watching him try. They also had a cotton candy machine, snow cone machine, and a couple big inflatables. Meier's catering came up and provided dinner. It was really a fun event! They sure do know how to throw a party!

Greek Dancers

Us at the Greek Festival

Michelle's first quilt

Michelle's second quilt

Baby Pigs! So cute!

This year Butter Cows

Getting ready for a boat ride

Shaun trying to wakeboard

Shaun after his wake boarding fun

Shaun and I at Oktoberfest

I love being in the mountains!

Greek Festival & Utah State Fair

Okay! I am almost up-to-date here! YAY!! I just have to blog about things that we have done thus far this month!

It started out with a trip to the 36th Annual Greek Festival! It is one of my favorite things to go to each year. I always look forward to the yummy food and this year it was no different. The food was so tasty. We tried something new this year and it was AMAZING!! It is called a Spanakopita. It is a spinach and feta cheese wrapped in phyllo dough! My mouth is watering just talking about it! SO GOOD!!! I love trying new things and this is definitely something I don't regret trying! I can't wait until next year!

Now on to the Utah State Fair! It was a lot of fun this year. I ended up winning ticket to see Big and Rich in concert (Gretchen Wilson was supposed to be there too, but she had a death in the family so was unable to be there) on KBULL 93.  We went early enough in the day that we could check things out at the fair and then go to the concert. We ended up spending seven and a half hours at the fair, but it was a weekday (definitely the time to go to the fair) so it wasn't very crowded. We check out the butter cow, all the different animals, all the art exhibits, all the different vendor and the Utah's Own booth. The Utah's Own booth was a lot of fun because there samples from tons of different companies from Utah. We got introduced to some fun products.

The concert was fun. Big and Rich definitely know how to put on a show. We had seventh row seats, but ended up moving closer to the back (luckily it wasn't completely full), because it was so loud up the close! We enjoyed the show much more from the back.

After the concert was over we head back out to the fair to try some deep fried Oreos and a deep fried twinkie. They were both definitely different. I am not sure if I would try them again, but I might try one of the other fun things they had.

Here are some pictures from our fun day at the fair

Giant talking robot

The Royal Wedding party

Baby pig! SO CUTE!!

a geese herder...

It's not everyday you see a kangaroo in Utah

My creation

Shaun creation

Waiting for the concert to start

During the concert

Big and Rich

Cowboy Troy (sorry not a very good picture)

Deep Fried Oreo and Twinkies

Shaun checking out the Twinkies

Me checking out the Oreo

The Rest of August and The Month of September

Wow! This past month and a half has been CRAZY (as you will see!) and blogging just didn't happen! So this will be one big post to help me get caught up in my blogging efforts. I hope you enjoy.

August 23rd- This was a very special day for our friends Aaron and Betsy (and Lydia too!). This is the day that they finalized the adoption for their precious little Lydia! I am so very happy for all of them! Lydia is so very lucky to have Aaron and Betsy for parents! To help them celebrate this special day, we were all invited to a Gotcha Day party! Congrats Aaron and Betsy!

August 27th- Our Ward camp-out was held up American Fork canyon! It was raining that day and so Shaun and I just opted to go up for dinner. It was a lot of fun getting to spend time with our ward members! We really did belong to an awesome ward!

August 28th- Every year my Aunt Brenda does a Niece's Night out and they are always a lot of fun! This year went to my Cousin Angie's house and scrapbooked. It was a lot of fun!

September 1st- I started a new blog, which has also suffered from my lack of blogging... Anyhow.. The name of my new blog is Daily Dose of Gratitude. My hope for this blog is to write about one thing that I am grateful for everyday. I did pretty good for the first half of the month and then moving happened and I didn't take the time to write each day. I am going to get back on the bandwagon though and start writing again.

September 2nd- Megan and Jason got married! They had the ceremony at the White Chapel, which is located across from the Capitol Building. It was a beautiful ceremony. For the reception we headed over to the Joseph Smith Memorial building, where we had dinner and were entertained by a Barbershop quartet and a comedian. It was a very enjoyable evening! Congrats Megan and Jason! May you share a lifetime of happiness together!

September 3rd- Shaun and I went to Swiss Days up in Midway! It has been a family tradition for a long time to go and I am glad that Shaun is willing to helping with this tradition. It is always fun to go up and look at all the booths and eat some yummy food! After we were done up at Swiss Days, we went and spent the evening with Christie and Matt. We went swimming and then played games! It was a GREAT day!

September 4th- We celebrated Shaun's Grandpa's 90th birthday! It was fun getting to spend time with family and to meet a few more people that I haven't met yet.

September 5th- We were able to spend the evening with Tammy and Andy and their new foreign exchange student Ricki. We had a delicious dinner and played games. We played the LONGEST game of Uno ever! It took use over an hour to play one round... It was  crazy! We don't get to spend much time with Tammy and Andy, so it was great to be able to see them!

September 6th- We had breakfast with Shaun's parents. This is the third year in a row that we have done breakfast with them. It is pretty good food and always enjoyable to spend time with them.

September 10th-We headed to the Greek Festival with Aaron, Betsy, and Lydia. It was a lot of fun! The food is always SO good! The Greek Festival is another little tradition we have!

September 11th- We went to the State Fair. Never again will I go on a Saturday! There were SO many people! We tried going to the Rodeo, but by the time we got there all the seat were either taken by people or blankets that people had left while they went and explored the fair.

September 16th- I help Jackson (Megan and Jason's son) celebrate his first birthday at Wheeler Farm! I can't believe that he is already one! This past year has gone by so quickly! It was fun being able to spend time with friends!

September 18th- I had a Girls Night out at Color Me Mine! It was TONS of fun! I am so glad we went. In attendance was Betsy, Jen, Christie, Brook and I. We each picked something different to make and it was a lot of fun to just talk and be creative. We will DEFINTELY be doing this again! Thanks girls for coming and helping me have a GREAT night out!

September 25th- This was the biggest thing that happened the last month... WE MOVED!!! We now live in South Salt Lake and we really like it thus far. We had started to bring car loads of stuff over through out the week, but our big move was on the 25th. It was nice having so many people from both our old and new ward as well as friends and family come help us. Thanks again! We REALLY did appreciate the help! I will definitely post more about a new place once we get everything all cleaned up and organized. 

WOW! What month! Sorry the post was so long! A lot of stuff did happen this month and you can see!

Here are a few pictures:

 Big Fire at the Ward Campout

 The Happy Couple: Megan and Jason

 

The whole gang at Color Me Mine

 Jackson eating his birthday cake! So cute!

September Thus Far!

Well it's been over a month again since I have updated this thing. I keep telling myself that I am going to get on here and post about things that we have done, but it doesn't happen because we just stay so busy. But at least I am here now updating you!

Since I last updated here are the major things we have done or have happened in our lives.

+ I went part time at work. It has been really nice! The paychecks scary me, but I know that we will be okay. The reason I went part time is I am back in school. There is so much to remember, but hopefully I will get it all.

+ Our ward this year, instead of having a ward camp out, had I ward carnival. For this Shaun and I made two cakes. One for the dinner we had Friday night and one for the cake walk the next day. Here's how they turned out.

This is the cake we made for the dinner. Nothing too fancy, but still cute

This is the cake I made for the Cake Walk.

+ The Saturday of Labor day weekend Shaun and I went up to Swiss Days. It was sprinkling on our way up there, but by the time we parked it has stopped. While there we ate their yummy BBQ dinner and just walked around. There was a lot of cute stuff (including fun baby stuff!!), but I didn't have the need to buy any of it. We had taken Provo Canyon up there and so on the way back down we stopped at Bridal Veil Falls. It was really pretty.

 

+ It was my Grandma Nina's 85th birthday this year. So on Labor Day we had a little family get together for her birthday. It was fun to get to see family, especially those we don't get to see very often. I decided that I wanted to make my Grandma her very own giant cup cake! I needed to have spent more time on it, but I still think it turned out okay.

We were trying to hide it from my Grandma so she wouldn't see it... That's why there is such a great background.

+We went to the State Fair opening night with Shaun's parents, Kim and Michelle. It was fun. We walked around and looked at all the different things the fair has to offer. It was a lot of fun. When Kim and Michelle decide it was time for them to go, Shaun and I decided to catch the last of the rodeo! We didn't see much of it, but when we did see was fun!

The sheep were trying to chew their way out of the pens

The cute baby pigs 

+ I love Greek food and every year I go to the Greek Festival. This year Shaun and I went. The food was REALLY tasty! It was also a nice little getaway for the two of us.

+ We have season tickets to Hale Centre Theatre. It has been a lot of fun for us. They latest musical we have seen is Scarlett Pimpernel. It is SO funny! This was Shaun first time seeing it and I think my fourth time. So very enjoyable! I would definitely recommend you see it.

+ This last weekend I had I little time away with my Mom, my mother in law and two of my aunts. We went to Logan for Time Out for Women. It was a REALLY enjoyable experience. We stay at the Sherwood Hills Resort for the night! It was so pretty there!

This is the view outside our room!

+ Saturday after TOFW was done we headed home so that Shaun and I could go to the Brad Paisley concert. That was a lot of fun! It started to sprinkle though, so we decided it was time to head home early! What we did see was great!

+ It was our ward's Primary program on Sunday.  I was amazed at how well our little Sunbeams did! Even Logan!! (Well mostly because he was hiding most of it...)

+ Last night we went spent some time with my friend Nan and her husband Gene. We had sat around a fire making smores and talking. It was great to spend time with them! 

Well I think that about updates you on our lives! I hope everything is going great for all of you out there!