Congratulations Scott.... Go Knights!

Scott played soccer this semester and this past weekend they won the Soccer Championship game!!!! The playoffs were INTENSE! They Won the first game I think 3 to 0 on Friday and then Saturday they played at noon. The game was tied so they went into two 5 min overtimes and were still tied so they had to go into PK's they started with 5 PK's and were still tied so then its sudden death with the PK's... They went to 16 rounds before they finally won!!!! It was an awesome game!!! The team they were playing had horrible attitudes so we were very pleased to kick them out of the playoffs!

Scott played great and had a great time playing with his team this year! Here are a few shots of his games and the banquet!

There is a fire in IF and major winds today so our sky looks crazy.....

4th of July Weekend!

Last week I was in Carlsbad for work and while I was there I got to enjoy the Del Mar Fair one night.... Lonestar was performing so we got to enjoy their concert and walked through the fair a little.


Friday I flew into Salt Lake where Scott met me to start our 4th of July weekend! My weekend started off with a great reminder of what this weekend was all about... while I was waiting for my ride to pick me up from the airport I was sitting in the baggage claim area playing on my laptop while people watching which is something I enjoy doing in crowded areas.... as always in the Salt Lake City Airport baggage claim area there are families waiting for the missionaries to come home but this time there was a large family of grandparents, parents and children all dressed in red, white, and blue all holding little American flags and holding signs. One of their family members was coming home from serving our country over seas. I got to talk with one of the parents of the man coming home and they said they had just found out that day he would be returning home. He was married to one of the women there and had a few kids. It was so neat to watch him come down the elevator and hear the family cheer and cry. The neatest part was when the rest of the people in the baggage claim realized what was going on everyone in the area started to clap and cheer. It was a very moving and touching experience to watch and to start off my weekend! I am very grateful for all those who have and are fighting for our freedom!

Saturday morning Scott, Scott's sister (Corinne), our friend Kim, and I hiked Mt. Timpanogos to their caves. It was a lot of fun and I highly recommend it!


Saturday night we enjoyed the fireworks in Provo with Corinne and her friends.


Sunday we got together with my moms family for a BBQ and Volleyball! It was a lot of fun to see everyone and catch up!

The Zenger's
The Rogers (minus a few... we missed those who couldn't be there!!!)
The Price Family
We ended the night with a little volleyball under the fireworks!

Monday Scott and I had a little BBQ with Turkey Burgers, Watermelon and Corn... TOTALLY A SUMMER MEAL! We also busted out our Ice Cream Maker with our friends Chris and Linds! We have only used it once which was last Summer so hopefully this Summer we will get a little more use out of it!!!

I hope you had a great 4th of July weekend!!!

Catching up...

It’s been a while since I last posted so I have a little catching up to do!

MARCH:

I turned 25! Scott and our friend Andy put on a surprise party for Ashley (Andy’s wife) and myself. Ashley is one of my favorites and we have realized we have a lot in common… name, birthday, tall, and blond… pretty funny! We had a great time visiting with friends!

(Sorry I realized we didn’t take any pictures)

APRIL:

We enjoyed Easter at home this year. Scott surprised me with a duck and Easter basket… what a cute hubby! I had a little something up my sleeve as well…. “Scotchmallows” I saw these at See’s and they had Scotts name written all over them! (If you don’t know Scott… HE LOVES Marshmallows!

In March we found out we were pregnant but at our first appointment (10 weeks prego) we found out the pregnancy was not developing a baby and we had a miscarriage. Before knowing it was a miscarriage we made a trip to CA to tell both our families as a surprise. They were very excited to hear the good news but a few weeks after we got home we got the bad news and had to take back our announcement. It was not easy news to hear after being so excited but we were very comforted and had a great group of friends and family who were a tremendous support through it all. For those of you who knew… Thanks for the prayers, calls, and messages! I am sure our time to be parents will come soon enough! Here are a few photos of our trip to California... it was a lot of fun being able to hang out with the families….

MAY:

Scottie turned 25! For Scott’s birthday we put on a Cinco De Mayo Party with a few friends, which was a blast! We even got a Piñata, which the kids LOVED!

When the weather started to warm up we made a trip to the duck pond… Scott loves to skate board and so last year he got me a long board which is a little easier to ride on than a skateboard. So we have fun riding them around the park in the summer!

June:

This year we got Season Passes to Bear World! We have made a few trips so far and love it.


Hopefully it won't be another 4 months before I post again! :)

For all you Photographers out there....

This is one of my new favorite sites! It is full of fun craft projects which I wish I had more time for but I have started a binder with printed copies of things I want to make one day when I do have more time! The site is also posting links and having give aways for cute stuff every girl would LOVE!

http://makeitandloveit.blogspot.com/

Today she posted a drawing for a camera strap cover that is SUPER CUTE which are posted on this site:

http://sheyb.bigcartel.com/

Enjoy!

Coupon Shopping Lessons...

So a few people have asked me to teach them how to coupon shop....

A few months ago I was asked if I would present at the BYU-Idaho Home and Family Conference a class on coupon shopping....

So to help me feel comfortable in front of a ton of people I am going to have a girls night on Wednesday (March 10) at 7:00pm at my place for friends to teach what you need to know to start coupon shopping!

If your in Rexburg... come on over! Even if you don't want to learn how to coupon shop it will be a fun girls night, which is always needed!!!

If your interested in the Home and Family Conference here is a link to where you go to get tickets....

BYU-Idaho Home and Family Conference

I have met with a few of the other teachers and they have some great classes prepared!

Who knew $15 could get you this.....

Crazy huh!!!! I got this whole basket of veggies and fruit for only $15!

My friend Jeni told me about this website where you purchase a basket of fruit and veggies on Monday or Tuesday and you pick a place where you want to pick it up and the following Saturday you go get it! You don't know what will be in the basket when you go but we love fruit and veggies at our house so we figured we would give it a shot! This was our first week doing it and we are SOLD! We LOVE it!!!! Tonight had burgers with some of the lettuce and we grilled some of the Zucchini after we marinated it in Teriyaki sauce, it was DELICIOUS!

We went to the store today for other items and I just wanted to get an idea of how much this would has cost us... this is what I found out, at Albertson's this week the prices were:

Asparagus = $3/lb

Strawberries= $4/bx

Blueberries= $5/bx (and I got 2 boxes)

Pears = $1.29/lb

Zucchini= $1.49/lb,

Apples= $1/lb

Oranges= $1/lb

Lettuce= $1.29/each

Cabbage= ?

Cucumbers= ?

Bananas= ? but usually around $5 for how many I ended up with

This goes to show you that this is the best deal I have ever seen!!!!

This company also sales bread in bulk, tortillas, a mexican veggie basket for making salsa, even a granola mix.

I am so excited about it... if you live in ID, AZ, UT, and a few other states this could be something you can try too... check out their site and tell me what you think if you try it....

http://www.bountifulbaskets.org/index.aspx

New Beginnings was a HIT!

This years theme is all about Courage!

(This is what we gave the girls... I was so excited how they turned out!)

We went with one of my favorites and based our New Beginnings night on the Wizard of Oz... "Follow the yellow (virtue) brick road, There's no Place like Home!" The girls put on a skit that I found on Sugar Doodle that turned out AWESOME! They did so good especially since we had to move around a few characters an hour before it was to start! Here are a few pictures of the room and night! It looked awesome... I was very pleased!