First Time Ice Skating

I thought that being from St. George not skiing that often was acceptable, but Chase had NEVER been ice skating before! That was a little shocking to me. So I thought it was my duty to make sure this winter he got on some skates. There is a park right around the corner from out house and for the first time in six year they made a ice skating rink at the park! It was so cool. They light it up at night, and it looked so fun! The only bad part is that they don't rent skates?! So all last week I was on a mad search for a couple pairs. We went to a so many different stores, but no where rents skates or they sold their last pairs yesterday!... So we had to resort to the indoor rink. It was still so much fun to go. We skated for a little while and as the time went by I am sad to say that Chase can actually "hockey stop" better than me! (That's right Chase I admit it! But there is still plenty of other things I can beat you at.) Anyway, we had a really fun time and want to go again soon! Hopefully we can go at the park soon.

Happy New Years!!

Chase and I wanted to do something to ring in the new year. We had heard about the Bull Wars in Ogden, so we decided to make a little road trip down and watch the Bull riding. When we got there we were standing in line to buy tickets and a lady came out of the doors and gave us her two extra tickets!! How nice! We enjoyed a nice hot dog for dinner and a churro for dessert. Here is a preview of the bulls...


After the rider had fallen off the bull kept spinning and go so dizzy that it actually fell over and couldn't walk!! The show started off with the very first rider getting knocked out and had to be carried out of the ring. After Bull Wars we came home to watch the count down and had a cup of sparkling cider. We hope that everyone has a good safe year!!

Denver

"WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE!"- Kenny

We had such a fun time in Denver! We started off going to the Broncos vs. Bills games. It was a really fun game, but FREEZING! We made sure to have plenty of blankets and hot Chocolate! Unfortunately the broncos lost, but it was a mile stone for both Chase and Tehmi it was their first NFL game.

The next adventure we had was getting a Christmas tree. When we pulled up to the lot we saw the tree that we wanted! It was laying on the ground so Hailey and I tried to stand it up. We didn't realize how heavy it was and almost fell over! We loaded it up on Dad's car and on the way home had to pull over a couple times to make sure the rope was still tight! The tree made Marsh history as the biggest of all time! We think it topped out between 16-18'!!
We spent the rest of the break hanging out with the family and the girls went shopping. Each morning we went and worked out, Chase and Dad played basketball, and Hailey and I played racquetball! We really got pretty good! I am proud to say that I beat Chase 2 out of 3 times which he was not very happy about!!

The whole week we were busy being with the family and having a good time! Christmas break was so much fun and we are really happy that we could be with family!

CHRISTMAS!!!

We are officially done with this semester, and too many more to go! This semester actually flew by we can't believe it. Since we both got done with school, we decided to celebrate and go skiing at The Canyons. It was a good day to get back into the grove, but don't worry Chase still can't beat me down the hill! There was only a couple runs open, but that was fine with us we had a great time. Since we are going out of town for Christmas we decided to get a fake tree. (This is my first fake tree) I do have to say though, I really like it. The DI always comes through for you. This little tree does fit the house nice! We can't wait to go to Denver for Christmas and hang out with the Fam and see more Christmas lights!

Thanksgiving Week!

DISNEYLAND

Where do we even start?! Thanksgiving break was so much fun, and definitely time we needed off from school! To start the break off going to Disneyland with the whole family was so fun! We can't believe that the drive from St. George to California is almost shorter than Logan to St. George! At Disneyland we couldn't get enough of the little kids loving/hating the rides! You would think that two solid days would be enough at the magic kingdom to get most everything done, but in those two days we only touched the tip of the iceberg! We were so busy the whole time, but when we were leaving we thought of so many more things we could have done! Harry and Kathy are the best for putting the whole trip together and making it a trip that we will never forget!!
Chase and I wanted to make the kids shirts for Disneyland, and when we got there it turned out to be really cool because we could spot them in a crowd of people!

The kids loved the parade! (and so did we) They would wave to all the characters that passed by and get extra excited if they waved back!


We already miss Disneyland and want to return soon! It really is the only place you can go and forget all your worries and have a great time! During thanksgiving week it was so fun to just relax and hang out with everyone! We were happy that Justin made it into town to join us!! Thanksgiving Dinner was amazing and we really didn't get sick of left overs it was so good!


We had so much fun hanging out with the Marsh/Tolberts as well! Who else would spend over four hours shooting! For the record I still have a bruise on my arm from shooting for so long! The next day was also fun going golfing with Trev, Tehmi, Micall, and TJ. I don't think we lost too many balls!
We can't wait to see everyone again soon!! And hope you have a Merry Christmas!!


Thank you so much Harry and Kathy for making this Thanksgiving break so much fun!! I hope that we didn't cause too much trouble while we were down there! We really appreciate all that you guys do for us! Love you!

Football and Carving

This last weekend Chase and I went to the USU vs. Fresno football game. The weather was so nice and Chase even got a tan during the game. Unfortunately the team lost in the last 2 seconds of the game from a 58 yard field goal! The Aggies played well though and it was definitely a fun game to go to!

We also had a really fun time with Swede and Shayla carving pumpkins! They turned out great and we are hoping that some brave trick-or-treater will come down our drive way on halloween to see them all lite up! We can not believe how fast this month has gone and that it will be November in less than one week!!.............. Sorry Swede and Shayla but we like our pumpkins the best!! (jk)

Chase is starting his own tradition because for the last two years he has only carved "Jack" and from now on he said that will be his signature carving. (even though we have never seen the movie Nightmare before Christmas!)

HUGE Pumpkins & SNOW!!

We can't believe it but its true, it has been snowing all weekend! We love it, but it feels like fall was only a week long. We hope that it keeps snowing so we can go skiing soon! We definitely had to get our winter clothes out and wear wool sock this weekend, but its nice and cozy in the cabin!

We were on our way to Salt Lake when we saw the biggest pumpkins of our lives!! We HAD to stop and get some blog worthy pictures! These suckers were over 1000lbs!! We couldn't believe it, and had to get proof of the monsters!

This seems like an annual event so maybe we will have to make a special trip back next year! We did have a couple questions... how are they going to carve those things? and how many batches of pumpkin seed could they make?! We had a fun day in Salt lake and can't wait for Chase to try out his new Skis!!!