What a Weekend

Well I had quite the weekend! It started off by meeting my cousins kids at 5:00 so that I could babysit them! I guess they read the previous post! Well we had quite the time that night at Chuck E' Cheese (I guess I should say now that I had them from Friday until Sunday). I was so mad not only did I forget my camera but I forgot my phone as well so there were no pictures of our adventure to chuck e' cheese. We got home at about 8:50ish then it was time for jammies, and teeth brushing. The kids didn't like me too much cause I made them brush there teeth the funny thing about this is that there mom is a dental hygienist. Go figure! Well they watched t.v. I did homework and then it was time for bed! Well the next day we spent at a soccer game. Earlier in the morning my friend called me and asked if I wanted to go to the General Relief Society Meeting. So I found a baby-sitter for the kids I was baby-sitting and I went. It was AMAZING when the Prophet walked it in was absolutely incredible it makes me really excited for Conference this weekend! After the meeting I went and got the kiddos and then it was off to bed. To only be woken up at 5:00 in the morning by a screaming seven year old because it wasn't feeling well. It was at that moment that realized single parenting is not for me. All in all it was a good time. I finally got Conner back to sleep and myself as well! I also realized that if anyone is wanting kids but doesn't have the resources for it at the moment baby-sit and you will have curbed your craving! Its cheaper than birth-control!

This picture is of me and my friend Brooke on the top of the Conference Center just after the meeting! (if I am being honest I don't really like my hair what do you think. I just got it cut.)

My Newest Job....

A week or so ago my cousin called and asked if I could babysit his two kids while he and my dad went up to the shooting range. I of course said yes because these two are just to cute to pass up! I didn't have a camera handy but I had my trusty cell phone! We started the night out by jumping on the tramp when Jessica got tired of chasing Whitaker around (I had to make sure he didn't fall through the springs I might get fired!). We went inside and "pretended" to ride a horse. Jenna's MRU saddle(really its a trophy because you would think you use a saddle but it just sits in our kitchen but that is for another post!) is on a saw horse type of a deal so we had to pretend that it was a horse. And a good horse it was it didn't buck the kiddos off and it even stayed still long enough for me to take a picture! After that little adventure it was on to watching Cinderella two(Jade is a princess in the making) and making cookies. As you can tell Jade really liked the cookie dough!
After the cookies were done baking it was time to decorate them. Jade asked that we have PINK frosting so we made spider cookies with pink frosting, licorice legs, and chocolate chip eyes!
And here is our finished product! I think that it was successful don't ya think!
Well you can only make so many spider cookies before you need to call the "bug guy" aka the trainer at the gym! So we did the next best thing it was back to the tramp and then we went and started our own marching band and marched up and down my neighborhood playing as many pretend instruments that we could think of! It was a very fun night!

TAG....

I was tagged by Cara so I guess to not be labeled LAME! I will follow the rules! The rules of the game are... To Post the rules at the begging of your tag which is to list 3 JOYS, 3 FEARS, 3 CURRENT OBSESSIONS/COLLECTIONS, & lastly to list 3 FACTS ABOUT YOURSELF. Then TAG 5 people at the end of your post and let them know you tagged them by leaving them a comment on their blog! Have fun.

3 JOYS
1)The Gospel
2)My Family
3)Kyle Korver

3 FEARS
1)That school will never end
2)Not finding that "SPECIAL" Someone
3)SNAKES (totally terrified spot one and I am shaken in my shoes)

3 CURRENT OBSESSIONS
1)Blogging
2)One Tree Hill
3)Kyle Korver (is it bad to have him on here TWICE...)

3 FACTS ABOUT MYSELF
1)I am a return missionary
2)I love my job (I teach pre-school need I say more)
3)I am not a morning person in fact I am not much of a night person either

That wasn't so bad and in return I am tagging Andrea, Mel, Kara F., Brooke, and Stacey

Okay so I forgot something

You are probably all wondering why I have just posted a picture of a dead mouse. Well I forgot to add this to my Labor Day post. In the middle of the night Brooke had gotten hot so she opened the window. It was about 8:00 (or earlier) in the morning they heard this shuffling noise coming from the window Brooke noticed it was a mouse and wanted to show Ashton. They waited for her to wake up and when she did the noise had stopped. Well Brooke was wondering were the mouse had gone when she pulled up the blinds it fell onto her head. I was upstairs in my room which is just above the room they were staying when I heard this screaming(I don't blame her do you?). I guess Brooke had cleared the bed and there was the little mouse sitting on the window sill just shaken! Trev said if it could talk it would have said "Oh my mom warned me about these crazy humans"! Well Trev ran upstairs to get something to catch it and in that process it died. I think it had a heart-attack. I mean its not everyday you fall into a humans head and live to talk about it! Trev threw it outside and I caught Ashton throwing rocks at it! R.I.P. mouse friend it was fun while it lasted. (ok maybe not so much fun for Brooke but it sure makes a good post)

Labor Day... I know I am a little behind!

Well I hope everyone had a great Labor Day! We went up to the cabin and had a LOVELY time. Mom, Jordy, and I drove up Friday afternoon stopping in Evanstan to get some groceries. Brooke, Trev, and the kids joined us later on that evening. When they got there Ashton had to inform us all that her dad hit a bird, a bat(which wrapped itself around the antenna), and he almost hit a deer(the truck went screeeechhhhhhhhh)! Well even later that evening J.D. and his (I say its a girlfriend) friend joined us as well. The next day Rand and Maddie decided to grace us with there presence as well!
Ashton saw that I had my camera on Saturday morning and she just loves to take pictures of EVERYTHING seriously, I edited almost all of them but these were some classic shots that I had to post of my budding photographer! Next Ethan had to have a turn. I think he will be a Picasso of photography. Just look at the pictures he has taken...
Yep he likes to hold the camera upside down to take his pictures, very interesting I know but that is what we love about our E-Man.
On Sunday I was making rolls and Sis just had to help me. She had FLOUR EVERYWHERE! She did a pretty good job at folding the rolls. Brooke had to have pictures of her. It was fairly early in the morning that is why I look so lovely.

Well we were going to go up and hike the caves but it was a 2 1/2 hour wait so we decided to hike to a little pond instead. It was not the hike we were looking for it took us all of three minutes and were there. It was sure pretty though! The Gold Family
Me, Sis, and Jordynn (mom had already gone home and J.D. and Rachael were at church)
Madison and Rand

I love Bear Lake and Labor Day is always a sad time for me because it means the summer days at Bear Lake are over however here come the Winter Days at Bear Lake they are not as sunny but we make them equally as enjoyable.

POLITICS

Ok so to be honest I don't know a thing about Politics. I guess I should start doing some research! I do know however that this was pretty funny! ENJOY

The City that Never Sleeps... seriously I don't think it does!

Well I know that this is the moment that everyone has been waiting for!! I just want to warn you if you have not already I would go to the bathroom, get a drink and if your hungry maybe something to eat cause there is a LOAD of pictures! But I promise it is all worth it.

We left for New York on August 14th the plane was supposed to leave at 4:50 p.m. my dad didn't get home from work until 3:50 p.m.! Ya we were stressed however our plane was late and we ended up not leaving SLC until 6:30 which means we didn't get into NYC until almost 1:00 in the morning. We were all so tired! Dad, Mom, and Me on the airplane!
Jordy, Jenna, and JD.
So on Friday night we had tickets to the Phantom of the Opera. It was really good. However it started to rain as we were walking to the theater. We didn't have umbrellas so we hid under a store front pondering this dilemma. When some man walked by selling umbrellas we bought four and let the boys suffer. However J.D. couldn't take it anymore so he found another man selling umbrellas bought one and we continued on our journey. Well we finally made it to the theater with one wet dad. Mom bought him a sweatshirt from the "gift shop" she was cold so she bought herself one. Well we really looked like tourists because here are parents were walking down Times Square hand in hand with matching Phantom of the Opera sweatshirts on. Oh did I mention that the Phantoms face glows in the dark! Ha Ha

Here we are waiting to get seated at the Hard Rock Cafe in NYC!
TIMES SQUARE!!!
The girls and one of New York's Finest! Jenna asked him to pretend like he was arresting her. But he couldn't do that!
This guy was AMAZING. He was just seating there singing away!
Me, Dad(wearing his Phantom sweatshirt), and Jordy on the subway!

CENTRAL PARK
Here we are in front of something that was in some movie. I just can't remember what it is or what movie it was in!
Look familiar... It should it is the fountain from FRIENDS!
This guy and one of his friends peddled their hearts out as they showed us around Central Park!
Here we are in our Pedi-Taxi's! Yes we really fit three in one! It was CRAZY!


Dad and his girls at the Top of the Rockefeller Center!
Mom and Jake
The view from the Top of the Rock!
This was probably the best Ice Cream I have ever eatin! And to think that we bought from a man selling it outside of a truck!

In front of the American Girl Doll Store!
The Hudson River is our back drop!
The view from our Tour Boat on the Hudson!
This picture says it all. After touring all day long and walking, walking, and doing some more walking we finally caught a bus back to the city. J.D. took this opportunity to take a nap!
Land of the Free.... Home of the Brave

Pictures from inside/outside of the Statue of Liberty Museum
The girls at the top of the Statue of Liberty

Ellis Island
This was probably one of my favorite stops of the trip! It was the World Trade Center Museum. It was a very special place!

Ok so after five days touring the city we headed upstate to visit Church History sites and also go to Niagara Falls. It was a long drive which I had to drive the whole way. But we made it there in one piece and very quickly! At the beginning of the day I never thought we were going to make it there cause dad started to freak out because we had brought to much stuff and couldn't fit in the rental car!
Here we are in the same room that the Angel Moroni came to Joseph Smith! It had an amazing feeling.
The girls in front of the Sacred Grove

Pictures taken in and around the Sacred Grove and the Smith Family Farm
In front of a statue of the First Vision
The Grandin Building. This is where the Book of Mormon was printed for the first time!
The Peter Whitmere Farm
The Family in front of the Whitmere home

The Hill Cumorah
Ok so this picture s really funny. We were trying to take a girls picture but when we looked closely in the background we noticed that the boys popped out of behind the monument to be in the picture as well.
The FALLS!
We had just rode Maid of the Mist. We got soaked!
At the Cave of the Winds

Mom and Dad
Dad doesn't he look goofy!
Jenna and Jordynn conquered the Hurricane deck!
Looks like we survived the Caves!
Here are the cute shoes that we had to where to go and hike the caves!

Well after two hours of putting the post together it is all done! I hope that you all enjoyed reading this post and looking at all of the pictures! Sorry it took so long to get them all posted!