Updates Galore

FINALLY got some updates. Well I guess I have had them for quiet a while, but I just now have had the time to actually update. So be ready for alot of random pics. We have had quite the past few months, busily working, but of course some fun and play time. Recently, well I guess it almost a month ago (!) we were able to go to Utah for a conference and had a great time there. I didnt get as many pics as I would have liked but hey, better than nothing.


We were in Utah the weekend right before Halloween, so we went to some fun Halloween parties here in Spokane on Halloween. We pulled out the ole cowboy and indian costumes..it was a fun night!

While we were @ home we carved pumkins with both my family as well as Bodies. They all turned out great! From left to right: Courtneys, Glyns, Mine, Emily's, and Bodies. Pretty cool huh?

From left to right: Mine, Bodies, and Brandee's



Here is the huge group that we brought with us from Spokane! They are SO awesome. We had a blast with them. Alot of them had never been to Utah before, it was fun to show them "our territory" haha

Got lots of recognition, had a blast with my awesome hubby

This is us with our RVP's Trevor and Emily! Their our family up here in Spokane. They take care of me and Bode..haha

This is Bodie with Brian Mayhmen and his wife. We both had actually gone up there but he decided to go up again to accompany Kody since Ash wasnt there...The Mayhmens are so awesome. It was cool to meet them and hear from such great leaders and examples.

These two think their real studs with their belt buckles...

Number 1 baby!!

So on our way to Utah we stayed at Kody's uncles BEAUTIFUL ranch in Montana. There was a HUGE roping arena there, and that has always been one of Bodies biggest dreams, to have our own land, and a big arena just like this one. He was in heaven..It was sure fun living the dream for that one day!

The individual stalls...This is the inside of the main office at the Ranch. It was so awesome. It was originally built in the 1800's in I think Pennsylvania, and then hauled to Montana!

Here is the outside, they re-did the while thing, it was pretty junky when they started. Now its so beautiful and antique.

This is the driveway coming into the ranch...they said its so green in the summer! There are 88,000 acres and a TON of wildlife! We actually up around the property and saw 4 huge moose.

A few weeks back we had "Super Saturday" at the church. I learned quite the crafts. Those of you that know me know that im not crafty at all so I took advantage of a few things to learn.

I've always wanted one of the FHE boards, even though we dont have kids yet, I sanded everything, painted it all, sanded some more, and applied the labels, ribbon, etc... I really like how it turned out! SO easy too!

I have also always really liked these cute magnetic boards. Same process with these ones, I really like the way it turned out.

I also made this one for my good friend Ash for her birthday. It goes great with her "cowboy" themed home decor.

Last but not least, HOMEADE Mint Chocolate Truffles. SO yummy! Also, learned to make these at the Super Saturday. So easy and amazingly delicious.

I snapped of few pics of this tree changing colors, this is outside our balcony. The picture doesnt do justice of course, but was so RED and changed quick. It was pretty!

(after)

(Before)

So that's about it for now! Just enjoying our time here, keeping busy, and missing all of you back at home! Thanksgiving is coming up next week and we are going to be with the Rollins this year. Should be fun!

Slip-n-Slides, Halloween, and Pig out in the Park

Here we are again with another handfull of photo's and fun! So get ready...lots of pictures!

Here we have a GIGANTIC homeade slip n slide. We went on an appt a couple weeks back and this family had such a nice home up in the mountains as well as some great property. They decided to use their resources and created this huge slide. It was so awesome. There was a HUGE pool at the bottom, all made from tarps, and ropes. It looked so much fun. Bodie wanted to go down so bad, but unfortunatly we weren't dressed for the activity! haha...and that probably wouldnt have been too professional ;)

As you can see we are getting pretty excited for Halloween this year. Last year we didnt dress up, for some unknown reason, but not this year! We went into this Halloween store with Kody and Ashley and tried on some funny masks. Here is Kody and Bodie, they dont look too different from their usual selfs...anyone agree??

Last weekend there was the annual "Pig Out in the Park" downtown Spokane. Basically there over 100 food vendors with over 250 menu items. They had quite the selection! Lots of great food. There were lots of booths and lots of people!

Bodie is learning!!! He will be a great dad...haha.

Here are some random statue runners...do I blend in?

Its really cool to see them. Sometimes they are dressed up, and colored with chalk.

My sweet baby :)

They had bands playing on the stage...and some funny people dancin around! Bodie decided to go bust a move with them!

Totally random, For the first time ever, they married a couple on stage. It was cute!

This weekend we decided to create our own slip n slide at Emily and Trevors house. Let me just say...It was INTENSE.

Scoping out the slide...

Bodie's first run!

...and he hurt his toe.

We realized it was a bee sting! Ouch! But he quickly recovered..

Emily and Me. We decided to not go down, for good reason. You'll understand later...

Here we have Kody. His back was TOTALLY jacked up. Big scrapes, and some slight bleeding. But he also recovered quickly. Nothing could stop these boys!!!

Ashley and Payton

Emily and Trevors son Traven, he was pro! He stayed on the slide the whole way, every time!

ACTION PICS...

Not the cleanest activity. But SO MUCH FUN!!!

Changing it up a little..

Payton, along with Emily and I, decided she would rather watch than participate.

Emily and Jada

Doesn't it look so fun!?

Maybe Bodie isn't learning? haha..pickin on Traven.

Oh...thanks for that sweet kiss ;)

Finally Payton decided to take a shot with mom.

Did NOT like it alone though!!

They would slide across the grass like 5 feet!

"Wow...that doesn't look like it hurts AT ALL"

Spectator Sport..?

So happy! (Dont think of the pain!) He had such a blast.

Great day.

Now this was a process. Took them 15 minutes to get all the itchy grass off them. Let me just tell you, it was EVERYWHERE...if you know what I mean.

We are having so much fun here. We are, of course, keeping PLENTY busy, but we definitely still find time for some fun! Making memories, and loving every second of it. Also, me and the girls went downtown yesterday and went to lunch at the Olive Garden. It was a much needed break away from husbands, and kids. We had alot of fun! Good times!!!

Yet another adventure.

WELL. Those of you who know Bodie, and Kody for that matter, KNOW that it wasnt going to be long before we wenting jumping off those same cliffs posted in the previous post. Saturday seemed like a great day to go back to Coeur D'Alene to go cliff jumping. We set out on our adventure. Here we are starting the trail to the cliffs. A moose was there to greet us... Here we have Bodie (grey) and Kody (red) marching their way to the awaited cliffs.

This cliff, according to the boys, was WAY to small, and just wasnt going to do for what they had planned.

Kody decided to take a quick minute jumping along the rocks. It was only about a 15 ft drop. No big deal. I know you will love that Ash.

Bodie took the first jump. I believe the words that came out of his mouth werent really words, more like shreaks due to the coldness of the water.

Here we are with Bodie climbing back up to jump again.

Peeking over the edge down at Kody.

We decided that we could get better pics from underneath, they turned out pretty dang cool. Also, notice the dark clouds accumulating. This is Kody.

The storm was rolling quickly, but they just kept jumping...over and over and over. All the time encouraging me to jump. They assured me that the water wasnt cold...right...after those shreaks? I dont think so. Not to mention the scary storm rolling. This is Bodie.


We decided to take cover for a while under some trees. Smart right? I know. We waited here for about 15 min and the rain was just POURING. It was crazy how much was coming down.

Notice that my hair is absolutely DRENCHED. I didnt not step foot in the lake. This was all rain baby!



Trails that were dry just moments earlier became huge puddles and streams of water.


It was INSANE how much water came down in such a short amount of time. As much as I would have loved the sunshine, I must admit, it was really really fun!

Later that day... got home, got showered up and ready to go out & about again.

Mirabou park, about 4 min away from where we live.

Fun little dock to walk out on.

Kody on the phone trying to figure out flight plans to get back to Cedar. (Ash is currently there visiting) Bodie looking around through the mossy lake...

And what to our surprise?? TURTLES. Lots of them. Kody caught me this one.

He was just a little guy. The other ones we saw there were HUGE. It was awesome. I think we saw a total of 9 there that day. I just wanted to keep it SO bad. But I knew I would get bored of it soon, so I let him go...until next time ;)

The other ones were probably twice this size.

While I wanted to keep it... Bodie, on the otherhand, wanted to eat it. ...While Kody wanted IT to eat HIM.

THE END.

Spokane is simply wonderful. We absolutely love it here. We have been here now one month and feel right at home. We know our way around quite well, but are still learning of great new areas that are so beautiful. We have a list of lakes that we need to attend, but have currently been visiting Liberty Lake, which is about 10 min away. Also running straight through the city is the beautiful Spokane River. It winds around and also has some fun rapids here and there. A couple Saturdays ago we got with some good friends and went floating down the river. It was a complete blast. We ran to a store and grabbed some tubes and were on our way. We ended up floating for just about 3 miles, but it was so ridiculously slow that we ended up quitting way before our expected destination. We had been floating for 3 hours!!! The rapids were way fun though. We met some great people along the way down the river as well. Another thing we did was go up to the South Hill to help a girl we met do some electrical work on her new house. Bodie was so kind to offer a helping hand. When we left we were cruising down the hill and came across a park that had a road that wound clear through it and there were various designated areas with different flowers. I took a few pics of the hundreds of flowers and included them down below. Also, we decided to hop across the border to Idaho and visit Coeur D'Alene. Its about 20 min away from us. We walked around the shops downtown and also around the dock. It was so beautiful..far more beautiful that Spokane, and that's really saying something! I cant wait to get on that lake and do some boating. I would love to have a lake house out at Coeur D'Alene. It's amazing. I also included more of those pictures below. It's been so great up here. We are super busy, busier than we've ever been, but are doing it together and its a complete blast. It's crazy to me to think that we are so young, and have this great opportunity to be our own bosses and build an incredible business together. We get to be together all day everyday, working on the same goals and dreams, and we wouldn't have it any other way. I really hope all is going well with all of you friends and family back home. We love you so so much and miss you! Thanks again, for all your support and love. Until next time...(hopefully sooner than later :))
PICTURES INCLUDED IN THE POST BELOW

I had to add a picture of our favorite little friend, Payton, that we love to play with here in Spokane. She's started trying to say our names. We LOVE LOVE LOVE her.


Welcome to Coeur D'Alene...

The awesome dock that we walked around...

It was fun walking around the whole thing. The weather was absolutely PERFECT. Couldn't have been better.


There were so many boats at the dock. Can't wait to have one of our own.

I tried to get as close as possible but there are people standing on this mountain side jumping off cliffs. It looked like SO much fun! We'll definitely be trying that.

The lake is really really big! It's so pretty and clear. We also found this local burger n shakes place. It was great!

Bodie had been waiting pretty much the whole time we've been here to get a huckleberry shake, those berries are quite popular around here and in order to pick some you have to climb clear up in the mountains. He finally got his hands on one, everytime we have thought to get one the places are closed!, not today though. He LOVED it. I asked him if it was worth the wait, he said, "No...I shouldnt have waited. It's way too good."

Driving into the city of Coeur D'Alene there are these random statue feathers in the middle of the roads. They were pretty cool. This is just a quick drive by shot.

Bodie and I kinda stole this flower secretly to snag a picture. The flowers were SO beautiful! I wanted to pick a bunch and take them home. I really like how this pic turned out.

The flowers were so bright and crisp. I had never seen alot of them. This leaf was HUGE...as you can tell.







There were just isles of flowers. It was so refreshing!

This was really neat to see, all the flowers so orderly. It looked great.

Obviously pics never do justice, but all these rows of rose bushes were all so bright and pretty! It was a great setting for a wedding or something.

Here is Liberty Lake, also a pretty good sized lake. There were lots of fish in there. Also, turtles bigger than my hand, as well as lots of frogs and snakes in the swampy area...

Apartment Pics (Post #3)

For the life of me I cannot figure how to put the posts in order, so if you want to read about our adventure from start to finish, instead of the other way around, it would probably be best. Plus, I tried to write them that way so it makes alot more sense. So scroll down to post #1!!

I have had special requests of our apartment pics and I knew I couldn't not put them so here you go...I know its picture overload but I tried to be as detailed as possible.

and thats it for now because my camera just died...so sorry no bedroom pics. But you go down the hall past the bathroom and our room is straight ahead. As you can notice we have no furniture. We sold all of it. Entertainment center, couches, chairs, kitchen table, dressers for our clothes, ...all of it, So we are sitting on camp chairs. Also our good friends Trevor and Emily let us borrow their really nice big desk for a while until we get our own. We also brought our own washer and dryer but they have them in our apt so we are storing them in our garage that also came with the apt. I hope all the news and pictures help out. We are really excited for all of our family and friends to learn about where we are! Sorry the pics didnt come sooner, life is busy right now! I really am going to try and commit to at least 1 really good blog a month, hopefully more. Definitely when things get a bit more settled. Can't wait to hear from all of you! We miss you lots!!! Thanks again to our family, all our parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins for supporting us in this next step in our lives! We'll keep in touch! Please do the same! WE LOVE YOU ALL!!!

And we LOVE LOVE LOVE Washington!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From Idaho to Montana to Washington!!! (Post #2)

So we finally got to Montana and it was beautiful! There were SO many trees these pictures dont even do it justice. Plus I was driving while taking pictures so some of them have glares. Anyway, we made it to Dillion Montana and decided to stay the night. We were on track, according to our gps, to arrive in WA at like 4:00 am. We really didnt want to arrive there in the dark, so we stayed at a hotel and rested. I was kinda coming down with sore throat too so I definitely needed my rest :) Anyway, Tuesday morning we woke up and got back on the road. It was a beautiful day! I was getting a pretty bad cold, which kinda sucked, but oh well. Anyway, we stopped in the most random town -Anaconda- was the name of it...weird...and I thought we could just jump off the exit and grab some breakfast real quick. Well after getting off the exit it honestly took like 10 minutes just to actually get into the freakin town! I was so hungry that we just kept driving. Finally when we got to the town, we found a local family restuarant and went and had some awesome waffles, and biscuits and gravy. It ended up being a huge mining town and it was so dang small. Right next door was a taxedermy place so of course Bodie had to go check out all the stuffed animals....here's a few pix of what we found...

There was SOOO many different ones in there it was crazy. .They were all so good too, there were zebras and all this cool stuff. After that were back on the road!

It seemed like it was taking SO long to get there. I was trying not to think of the time but it was like the next thing you knew you had been driving three hours! Then the next sign to Couer D'Alene (30 min outside of Spokane) was like 200 miles +!! We again stopped a few times to stretch our legs and get gas, I also had to stop and get some medicine, my throat and stuffy nose were killing me...we just kept driving and driving and driving. I think, well I know, that a big reason that it took us so long to get there was because we had to go about 60 mph the whole way cuz of the trailer. Luckily Montana really was so scenic and beautiful, just like family and friends described. There were just so many trees coving the mountains like a big blanket, and also just like walls on the sides of the roads.
We finally crossed back into the Idaho border and we were feeling really excited to finally be there, and mostly to QUIT DRIVING!!! Northern Idaho was also really pretty. Just so much dang green! I loved it! We finally made it to Couer D'Alene and WOW! What can I say! It really was just like people described. Just such beautiful country! It was amazing. The lake is HUGE and so perfect. I cant wait to go spend some time there out on the lake. The actual town is really pretty there too, I definitely wouldnt mind having a lake house there! Well at this point it was about 4:30pm and we about 20 miles outside of Spokane. We had been in touch with some friends that were already up there so we decided to meet them at the office.
I didnt take any picture of the city, but I will try to describe it. The best way is this: We live in a forest! Well just imagine a city comparable to Provo, but with tons of trees everywhere. Literally. Off the side of the freeway, streets, up street hills, just everywhere. The sun was bright and shining, and the weather felt great. We got to the office and met some of our friends there and then went to look at a couple places. We had been looking at some apts online and had some in mind, so first we went straight to an apt complex we had been eyeing, we ended up not liking it. Then we went to Liberty Lake, which is also a really beautiful lake about 10 minutes away where our friends live. (We stayed with the Kings for the next few days until we were able to find our own place, thanks guys!) The next day we went to hunt out apartments. We looked at a bunch, you would be suprised how many there are. We finally found one that was perfect for us, right in our budget, close to the office, and in a nice area. It took us about three days to get in cuz their credit check/background stuff/referrals etc...over the next couple days while waiting to move in we checked out the town...Probably one of the biggest thing to get used to are one way streets. There are a bunch of them and they start and end very abruptly. It's really easy getting around though. We also took a ride to see the temple right there in Spokane Valley where we're living. It's probably 5 minutes away from us. You cant see it though anywhere, not even on the freeway, its pretty hidden, and also really small...here is a some pic... Notice the EXREMELY blue sky??? Yeah its so been so sunny and hot here! Its funny how some people told us to prepare for rain everyday, and we have had nothing but sun everyday now for 8 days straight. No rain whatsoever.
We went downtown Spokane one day for a little bit and there is a really cool park with booths, and a carnival that's there all the time. I took some great pics of what is looks like right in the middle of downtown Spokane....














Isnt it BEAUTIFUL??? Who wouldnt want to live here, the weather is great and its just so pretty. The people are so nice and so welcoming, everyone is so friendly. There are so many great places to shop and restuarants to eat at...I will get more pics as time goes on of the valley and some other cool things, afterall we've only been here a little over a week and we still have a lot to see!
Pictures of our cozy little apartment on the next post!