Playing Catch up!

JACKSON HOLE:

We went to Jackson Hole for our annual ski trip in February. We only skied one day so the rest of the days were for quality relaxing time. It was so nice! We had won this ski trip at a Boy Scout auction earlier in the year. It came with two nights at the hotel we stayed at for our honeymoon, dinner for two at Bubba's restaurant, and two lift tickets to Snow King Ski Resort (it was a lot like Nordic Ski Resort, so not the best, but still really fun). Our favorite part about going to Jackson Hole is the animals. We love going on the elk refuge back roads because you see tons of animals. We saw a coyote, buffalo, lots of elk, and lots of mountain goats.

This is a truck that just sat there and let the goats lick the salt off their car forever! It's almost all clean :)

I didn't get enough speed and stopped on the top of the rail and sat on it. It was so embarrasing!

We ate at Billy's Burgers everyday! If you ever go to Jackson, Billy's is a must!!! They sit and cook the hamburgers right in front of you and they are by far the best hamburgers I've ever had!

I don't know what kind of animals these are but we saw them on our way home.

The Athey's:

Kevin and Kathy were living in Ruston, LA when I was there. They were attending the Louisiana Blind school. For one of Kathy's assignments at school she had to cook and prepare a meal for 50 people. She invited all of the missionaries and most the ward to come eat. It is so amazing that they can do so much with out their sight. They also get dropped off 10 miles from school and have to find their way home!!! She was baptized and married Kevin while I was there in Ruston.

They came to SLC for a weekend to visit and we took them to dinner. It was so fun catching up. They now have three children and Kevin is graduating soon from college. They showed us their laptop. It was NuTs! It was just a key board because the blind don't need a screen! When you typed it would push up the brail on a little line so that they could read what they just wrote or if they are looking on a website it would pop up so they could read it.

JAZZ YOUNG WOMEN ACTIVITY:

A girl in our ward works for the communication department for the Jazz. She offered to take the Young Women and us on a tour of the Energy Solutions building. We first met in the media room where all the reporters sit and watch the game and keep stats. She said for every game it's loaded with food and drinks for all of the media staff.

She said for her job she sets up all of the press conferences for the team, is there with the players when they get interviewers, and gets to travel with the team for away games. She said they ride on a private jet and you can order whatever food you want and don't even have to wear a set belt :).

She took us into the locker room. This was my favorite part because I couldn't get over how big their shoes are! They are HUGE! I walked in and grabbed a pair and said, "Oh My Gosh, these are huge!" and she hurried and grabbed me and told me to put it down. She thought I was one of the girls and we both laughed and laughed because she had just got done telling the girls to not touch anything and I walked in and didn't hear her say that and the first thing I did was pick them up!

HARMONY AND DEREK'S ROCK STAR PARTY:

Harmony said that she always wanted to do a rock star party so decided to do one for her birthday. It was so much fun. I love getting into costumes, even though I don't know if this one even looked like a rock star...I think I just looked like a hooker. Anyway, it was a BlAsT! We played a dance game on the wii and I loved it so much I borrowed Ryan's phone and bought it while we were still at the party. We went to Walmart afterward to buy groceries for dinner the next day and Ryan took his wig off so it didn't look like he was in a costume so I just looked like his "Escort" it was so embarrasing. People were staring and judging me :(

FINALLY, BABY RUBY:

Bj and Treasure called us around 11:00 Sunday night and said Ruby was coming! I threw the phone down and started running to the bedroom yelling, "Ryan, she's in labor"! We hurried and packed our over night bag and were on our way. It was like we were the ones having the baby! We had our bag, speeding like crazy, and just so excited. The kids were so excited to see their new sister!