Dedication of a new buidling at BYU-I

Brigham Young University Idaho continues to grow every year and they just recently finished a new auditorium that holds 15,000 people! They dedicated that building along with expanded student center on Friday and there were 3 Apostles that attended the dedication so Kyle and I got tickets to attend. It was a really nice dedication service and was truly a blessing to be in the presence of 3 servants of the Lord and to feel their spirit and testimonies of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. They have big hopes for this school as it continues to grow. Kyle and I sure have been blessed to be able to attend this wonderful university.

The new building looks a lot like the LDS Conference Center that is in Salt Lake City, Utah except it isn't at big and doesn't have the beautiful organ.

Our Last Visit for a While

Our last Sunday we were in Idaho Falls Kevin & Becky of course had to have us over for Sunday dinner. We enjoyed our meal with them and had some fun. The boys got out the nerf guns had had a nerf gun war with each other.

Owen armed and ready!
Wes taking cover so he can load up!

Maddy laughing and enjoying the excitement of everyone!

Kevin & Kyle taking each other out!

We have sure been so so blessed being able to visit Kevin & Becky so often and being able to be a part of their kids lives. We are really going to miss seeing them so often and being so involved in their lives. Luckily we only live a little over 2 hours away and will still get over there to visit them! Thanks again though for all you guys did for us!

Rosanne & Rafa's Visit

A couple weeks ago Rosanne & Rafa came up on the weekend to visit. They wanted to get up there before Kyle & I moved. We played some Rock Band, we played a board game called - Ticket To Ride, watched some movies and visited. It was sure fun to see them and hang out with them for a couple days!

Rosanne & me

Company at Our Place

We have been so blessed to have lived so close to Kevin & Becky this last year and they have invited us over to their place countless times for dinner, desert and to just hang out! So before we moved we thought it would be fun to invite them over to our place at least once! So a few weeks ago we had them over, made them dinner and hung out with them.

Below is Wes getting a workout!
Kevin and Kyle of course had to play some video games!

It was pretty fun hosting them for a change!

Thanksgiving!

To start off Thanksgiving- Kevin, Becky, Samuel, my dad and I decided to run in a race for the hungry. Samuel did a 10k and the rest of us did a 5k. It was very very cold but it sure was fun and felt good to contribute to a good cause.

My dad and I stuck by each other for most of the of race and finished together. I was very proud of my dad for participating in the race and for running a lot of the way!
Becky and me enjoying some hot chocolate after the race...man did it taste good!

After the race it was home to get ready for our feast. Kevin & Becky did a great j0b hosting thanksgiving! Becky made all of us place settings with little turkeys.

I helped Becky out with the center pieces that I made at work.

We did a puzzle over the weekend...Laura is our puzzle wizard and helped us to finish the 1000 piece puzzle in 3 days!

On Friday Kyle & I made pizza for everyone and my nephews wanted a small piece of dough so they could flatten it and make their own pizza.

Laura, me & my mom

Some other things we did over the weekend was we went and saw the new Harry Potter movie, watched some football, played guitar hero, ping pong, foosball, and just relaxed. It was really nice to be able to spend time with those that were able to come up. Thanks again Kevin and Becky for hosting such a great Thanksgiving!

Winter Wonderland at the Cabin

A few weeks ago Kyle and I took another couple with us to the cabin. It had just recently snowed so it was SO beautiful!! It snowed another 6-8 inches while we were up there and it was so fun hanging out in the cabin with the fire going and drinking hot chocolate while it snowed.

Halloween Weekend

We had to make a trip to Boise last weekend, Kyles parents got a new TV and were getting a new setup so they needed Kyle there to help them get everything figured out. We had a really nice visit though and enjoyed watching some scary shows on their new TV for Halloween. We decided to try a Mexican restaurant that we had not been to before and it was really good! We all really enjoyed our meal.

Kyle and Greg always enjoy being able to get some golfing in so while they went golfing Leslie and I decided to make a craft together and they both turned out so cute!

Carving Pumpkins!

On Monday Kyle & I went over to Kevin & Becky's and we made them pizza and then carved pumpkins! The kids were so excited, especially wes, he had a great time!

Becky had a bunch of different kits and I helped wes follow the lines and poke his holes. He really didn't need all that much help, he did a pretty good job on his own. Becky certainly did the most, she cut out hers and the boys!

Kyle wanted us to carve BSU stuff in the pumpkin so he gave me the hard part and I had to carve the Bronco! It actually turned out a lot better then I thought it would!

Here is two of the three Becky did

There is my Bronco, Kyle's BSU and the last one Becky did.

Here are all the masterpieces!

Vacation with the Kevin Ward Family

Living only about 2 miles from Kevin & Becky has sure been a lot of fun this summer and we sure enjoy being able to hang out with them a lot. They must enjoy it as well since they let us join them on their vacation this summer or maybe that is was because we invited them to join us at our grandma's Cabin ;-) Anyway we all had a really enjoyable and relaxing time and the weather was perfect!

The boys all got in some fishing and Kyle helped Owen and Wes reel in a fish. (the fishing wasn't that great this time of year so it was actually the same fish! )


We took a drive to Big Springs and the boys enjoyed feeding the fish and the ducks that were there that for the most part got to the food.

Madalyn really wanted to get out of her seat but I think she still enjoyed seeing the ducks.

We enjoyed lots of time on the porch enjoying the great weather and peacefulness of being in the mountains.

Moments like these are what I enjoy the most about being an Aunt.

The boys playing a little baseball.

Wes found this floatation devise and thought it was pretty fun.

We went on a couple nice walks together...

Again more cherished moments!

Wes got pretty tired on the walk and enjoyed a ride on Kyle's shoulders.

We sure appreciate Grandma Kunde letting us take Kevin's family with us to her cabin!

Boise State Game!

Monday night was the first Boise State game for this football season and so we had 3 other couples over to start Kyle's fantasy football team and to watch the game. Kyle decorated the room with our Boise State sweatshirts and blankets.

Kyle also got us shirts. It was a great game...a little too close for comfort but Boise State won and we are super excited for the rest of the season!

Katie's Baby Blessing

On sunday we drove down to Logan so we could be at Katie's baby blessing. It was nice to be there for the blessings and it was fun to see Sam and his family, my parents and my sisters and Rafa.

My sisters managed to get a picture with Katie, somehow I didn't but there is Katie in her blessing outfit.

Afterwords Rosanne & Rafa and Laura came up to Idaho falls so they could go to the fair on monday so we got to spend some time with them Sunday night at Kevins and had an enjoyable evening with them.

Another Cabin Trip

A couple weeks ago Kyle and I went to the cabin with some friends of ours, Luke and Mary and their new little boy, Max. Luke had a .22 and so I shot a gun for the first time! It was pretty fun. We set up a few targets, (water bottles, golf balls tennis balls) and I hit a them once or twice. Kyle thinks I looked pretty good holding this gun.

Kyle shooting

The proud Fishermen