Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving we spent it with Kyle's family at his grandma Kunde's house. His parents and sisters were there as well as his Uncle Chris and his family and then for dinner his Uncle Lyden and Aunt Janice joined us. The dinner was very delicious, one thing I love about Kyle's family is that they sure know how to cook! This first picture here is of our dashboard, we had never gotten this low before on  our gas tank and were worried we wouldn't make it to the gas station! but we did and we were very grateful!

Some of the things we did was watched movies, played games and talked. It was nice to relax and enjoy some family time.

Kelsey's Birthday

Last friday was Kelsey's (kyle's little sister) birthday so we took her out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse and then we went and saw the new movie 2012. We sure had a lot of fun and hope that she enjoyed her day!

Go Boise State!

Kyle's dad was nice enough to get us tickets to a Boise State game so last weekend we spend the weekend in Boise and had a lot of fun at the game and they won so that made it even better. Thanks again Greg!

It's always a special treat going to Kyle's parents house because Kyle's dad always seems to cook us up some delicious homemade meals and this time when we got there we found out their oven was broken and I got a little sad that that would somehow prevent some good cooking but there was no need to fear because Kyle's mom had what is called an apple box oven. It is box wrapped in tinfoil and you heat up charcoal and place them in there and there you have an oven! We cooked; biscuits, rolls and cookies in there and it worked great! I was very impressed. A great thing to add to food storage!

Utah Visit

One of Kyle's old mission companions had a reception last weekend so we took the opportunity to go down there so Kyle could go to the reception and so we could visit one of his other companions and my sisters!

Here we are with Brian and Kristen waiting for our pizza.
While Kyle went to the reception with his friend Brian I got to spend some time with my sisters! We went to dinner, visited for a while then got some ice cream and watched a movie. I sure love them and am so grateful to have such wonderful sisters!

On our way back we stopped to visit a good friend of kyle and mine, Jenessa. It was really nice to see and visit with her!

Weekend Cabin Trip

Kyle and I both have weekends off from work so we are trying to go up to the cabin as much as we can and we here are a few pics from out last visit. The weather was perfect and enjoyed being able to spend some time together and relax.
Kyle always likes to get some fishing in!

We don't usually see much more than squirrels up there so we watched this one run from tree to tree for a while.

Another Camping Trip to Birch Creek

Back in August we went camping at Birch Creek with a two other couples from our ward. The weather was great and we played games, ate smores and got some fishing in and this time we not only saw a moose but practically ran into it! Kyle and I were walking around the creek looking for a good place to fish and we came around a patch of big shrubs and right across the creek not 20 feet away a moose stands up and just stares at us! We headed back behind the shrubs and were grateful it didn't come after us!

Weekend Trip to Boise

We took a weekend trip to Boise to visit with Kyle's family. We went to lunch on Friday...

On Saturday we went downtown to the Farmer's Market and saw a lot of cool handmade things and lots of good food to try.

On saturday afternoon while Kyle watched golf with Greg, and while Kelsey was at work, Leslie, Rachel and I went to the Boise Botanical Garden. It was beautiful!

We also went to the top of a mountain called Table Rock.

Rachel and me.

Rachel, Leslie and me. ( it was a little windy up there!)