Idaho in the Winter

We went with Eric's family to Idaho about 2 weeks ago for his brother's graduation from BYU. It was so cold up there! We were there for four days and it never got above 23 degrees and it snowed from morning to night everyday we were there. I have to say though that I miss the snow this time of year and I was very happy to expereince it for those couple of days. Here are a couple of random pictures to show how much snow there was...

On Sunday before we all went to church we decided to go up on BYU's campus and take some family pictures. What a great background for picture the snow is.

Here are is our niece & nephews trying to cooperate for a picture...

Chirstmas Trees

Every year we go up to Pine Valley, UT with Eric's family to cut down Christmas trees and this year we went on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Eric and I were the last ones to find our tree, I guess we are a little picky, but we finally found one that was about 12ft tall. It looks great in the house all decorated and there are already a few presents under it.

My Alter Ego(s)

I saw this on someone else's blog today and thought it was pretty hilarious and thought that I would try it, here is what I came up with...

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME:(first pet & current car) Tika Avalon

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME:(fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) Heath Bar M&M

3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME:(first initial of first name, first three letters ofyour last name) J. Urr

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME:(favorite color, favorite animal) Purple Dog

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME:(middle name, city where you were born) Kathleen Evanston

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME:(the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) Urrjo

7. SUPERHERO NAME:(”The” + your 2nd favorite color, your favorite drink) The Blue Limeade

8. NASCAR NAME:(the first names of your grandfathers) Ken Joseph

9. STRIPPER NAME:(the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent,favorite candy) Very Sexy Skittles

10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME:(mother’s & father’s middle names ) Lee Brian

11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter) Gardner Greensville

12. SPY NAME/BOND GIRL: (your favorite season/holiday, flower) Fall Lilac

13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”) Rasberry Flip-Flopy

14. HIPPIE NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree) Muffin Willow

15. YOUR ROCK STAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”) The Traveling Rain Tour

Camping Trip

Last weekend Eric and I went camping with some friends of our from Utah and the two dogs. We went up to Kolob Reservoir which is near Zion. The temp. was a little chilly with nights being around 30 and during the day it was around 65. The scenery was beautiful being right by the water and we had a great time, in fact we are already planning our next trip! Here are some pics (there are a lot so just bare with me)...

Here is our tent, that was big enough for the two of us and the two dogs...

The first campfire of the weekend, good thing we had two boyscouts with us!

Here is Eric so happy to be cooking Dutch Oven...it was our turn to make breakfast (biscuits & gravy!!)

I think the dogs had the most fun out of all us, but we weren't crazy enough to go in the water like they were! They did dry off pretty fast though which is good.

Good look out dogs!

We needed fire wood...good thing we weren't freezing because it was taking me a while to chop! Maybe Brianna can do it??

The men did a good job at cooking! Breakfast burritos by Skyler...yummy!!

Dutch oven cobbler from Eric!

I do miss sitting by the fire to keep warm and to roast marshmellows, hopefully we will be able to use our fireplace at home soon, but it is not the same.