Playing Catch Up

I'm a bit behind on blogging so I'll have a few new posts up here in the next couple days. 

Way back in Sep (or end of Aug possibly?) we had a fun progressive dinner with my family. We started at the Skeen's and had an appetizer- a yummy salad and bread. Then we headed to the Searle's for the main meal- a potato bar. We helped Carol put together some packets for her kindergarten class. Then we headed to my parents for dessert- an Oreo truffle and some beach volleyball. It was so great to see everyone and it was a fun night. 

For Labor day this year we were at the cabin with Brad's family. We went up on sunday and stayed until monday afternoon. We had fun going on 4-wheeler rides, eating yummy food, watching home videos, playing skunk, going on walks and relaxing. The only bummer part was that Brad didn't feel the greatest and didn't feel like doing anything but lay in bed all Monday morning. 

Brad left to go to Peru for an internship for 3 months on September 5th. He is there with another couple, Dani and Derek. I am going down on November 6th to spend the last month with him. He teaches 3 phases of business classes in Spanish and by the end of it they will have a working business pan that will be presented to a board of investors. If the plan is good enough, it is approved and they are given a loan to start their business. The company he works for is called Danper. He has a lot of free time since he only teaches one, or two classes a day starting at about 5pm. (Not what we were expecting and part of the reason I did not go down the whole time) Since they do not have any appliances in their kitchen besides a small fridge, they go out to eat for lunch and dinner everyday. It's only about $2 a meal there so it is worth it! Some fun things they have done are: sandboarding (just like snowboarding but on sand), going to the beach, going to the mall, seeing some ancient Pyramids, and playing soccer. He has been enjoying his days there but is excited for me to get there so he does not have to be the 3rd wheel all of the time! 

(Sorry for the poor quality picture)

We had a sushi night with the Bundy's and I must say, being a non lover for any kind of fish, it wasn't all that bad. It was not my favorite thing ever but I didn't hate it. We all made our own and it was cool to see how they are made. It was tough to make them tight enough to not make them spill out when we cooked them.

We had a cookout up the Canyon one night with my family, Skeen's, Bundy's and Peterson boys. I met up with everyone after work as they were finishing up a scavenger hunt. We had tin foil dinners, and had a fhe lesson.

I helped host a baby shower for my friend, Shelynne with my friend Kristina. Shelynne did not find out what she was having so our theme was pink/blue. We had lunch and played some fun games- pinterest inspired. I'm so excited for her and her new little family (she had a girl)

I went with the Eliason's (who I nanny for now) to the Vivint back-end party. I left work early on Friday and we headed to Park City to our (very nice) hotel. Mindi and Nick had a managers meeting so I stayed and watched the girls. The next day was the Carnival. It was fun to see some friends from last year and the year before. They had a show with motorcycles and razors and then ended the night with fireworks.

I helped the other girl I nanny for take pictures of her darling kids. It was pretty tricky to get them all looking and smiling but we got a couple cute ones. 

Our Halloween carnival for All About Kids was disney themed this year. Each classroom was a different disney movie and we had to bring in a disney pumpkin. We did Monster's Inc in our class and did monster crafts and tatoo's.

We had a fun night at the Bundy's, eating dinner and playing Jenga.

That's all for now folks.. more to come later

Utah

We've done a lot of fun activities since being home. My mom had a little welcome home party for us at her house with the Bundy's, Skeen's and Grandma. We ate dinner, played some games and had s'mores. 

 As soon as the Hess' found out we were home, they wanted us to come over so they could go out to dinner. We played with the kids in the pool and then roasted marshmallows. Charlie and Lucy are such good swimmers! Poor Ruby broke her arm so could not get in the pool, but that didn't bother her!

We went to the Call's house on Sunday for an Olympic party. Some of the activities we did included: jumping off the rock, swim race, paddle boarding, went down the slide (creatively), shotput and did some gymnastics on their tramp. Grandma and Grandpa were the judges. We also had a delicious BBQ. It was a blast, but we mostly enjoyed seeing and hanging out with everyone!

We went to Bear Lake with my family on Monday. We rented a Jet Ski for 3 hours and had so much fun! I went with Jake and Cam on the Jet Ski for the first and last time. Jake, the driver, flipped us all off 6 times and since I was on the very back, I got flipped off a total of 9 times. I would say, "Okay Jake, lets go back!" And his reply would be, "Ok we can go back... back in the water!" What a silly boy.

After Bear Lake, we got in my parents new hot tub! 

We went to the Hess' house for an afternoon with my mom, Bundy's, Skeen's, and Peterson boys. This summed up our 4 days in a row of water activities! 

 And last, but certainly not least... Wicked!!! Man, oh man, was it good! And I have to say it was even better the 3rd time around. I was quite jealous of my mom and Lindsey's 4th row seats however! And I just love that my mom was all decked out in her green and black Elphaba attire.