Peach Pie

So my boss at work came back from the weekend saying how she canned some peaches and made a pie and what not. She has 2 little ones too a 3 year old and a 5 month old. I felt really inspired from her. She brought a box of peaches to work on Tuesday and told us to take some because she had so much extra. She then kept saying how good her peach pie was and what not. So then I got on the Internet and found a recipe. I showed my boss and she was so funny...she is my little cheerleader! She was like "You can do it I know you can!!!" I came home that night and Brent went out golfing and I was bound and determined to make this peach pie. Let alone I really like to cook...its kind of my time to relax and take time to myself. So I had to take pictures of the wonderful pie that I baked.

Here is a picture of the peach pie before I put it in the oven. This is the 3rd pie I have ever made. So I was really glad that my dough and everything turned out so good.
Here is the final result!! Boy was it worth it. We had a hard time cutting the pie because it looked so perfect!

Bear Lake

We had the opportunity to go to Bear Lake over Labor Day weekend. We went with my mom, Steve and Sammy! We were really excited to go because neither one of us has been before. So we had this trip planned like a year in advance so I got Friday off so we could have an extra day of play. We met up with Sammy in Logan and then we went up. As we were driving down into the valley we couldn't believe how blue and clear the water was. It was so beautiful!!

Here is a picture that I took of the water...so pretty!
The night before we left my mom called us and asked if we wanted to go golfing....HELLO DO WE WANT TO GO GOLFING...so they had tee times set up for us when we arrived. So we ate lunch really fast and then we went golfing. It was super fun. We ended up going twice. We all did better the second time. Thanks to Sammy...she gave us a bunch of helpful hints!!
Here is mom and Steve!! Whoot whoot!!
Okay check out the cool sand castle we built...okay not really but we would like to claim it. Once we got done golfing we went to the beach. Me and Brent started to build a castle but man its hard work and I started to loose my patience! We played Frisbee and volleyball on the beach. That was super fun. Let alone it was a great place to people watch. I couldn't believe how many sea shells there were too!!!
Oh yes and you can't forget about the kit flying! Me and Brent flew a kite. That was fun...I haven't done that since I was a little kid. The wind was kind of blowing but once we were done of course the wind picks up. But still that was really fun!

Here we are all in a line, mom, me, Brent and our sis Sammy!!!

Brent got bored as we were sitting there watching a storm move in so he wanted to bury my foot. It reminded me of a cartoon like when someone gets their foot stepped on or ran over...it was like huge after the fact.

Once all said and done he found some cute sea shells to make me some pretty toe nails! Haha

Here is a group photo of us on our last day. It was so sad to leave everyone but we had such a great time! Thanks so much Mom and Steve for inviting us. It was nice to have one more vacation right before we started back into school!!!

Oh yes...that is snow that you are seeing. We were on our way back home and it was snowing as we were driving through the mountains. How crazy huh...only in Utah/Idaho does that happen! I always heard crazy stories that it snows in the summer time...but I never really believed it until I saw it!!!!

Italian Soda anyone?

Our new favorite thing right now are Italian Sodas. We used to go to Star Bucks and get them all the time until we realized that we can make them ourselves. So we found the sparkling soda with flavoring at the Boise Co-Op. My favorite is Raspberry topped off with whipped cream! Come to our house for Italian Sodas!!!

My Accomplishments on my 1st day off...

Okay, so I always like to make sure that my apt is always clean. But you know how once in a while you have to clean your drawers and rearrange things and what not. Well today was the day. I have the week off from work so this was the first thing I wanted to get done on my list. I cleaned base boards, windows, blinds...you get the idea. I was so proud of my work that I did that I had to show everyone!

Here is our bedroom...
The bathroom... the rest of the bathroom...
Our laundry closet...wow pretty sparkle huh!!
Here is our dinning room...
Last but not least...our living room! I still have a few things to do like go through our clothes and our junk drawers but I don't want to do it all in one day right? Its nice because I can actually fix dinner. Brent's sister went home last weekend and she brought us back some fresh potatoes and corn. I'm in the process of making potatoes, corn and chicken topped off with Raspberry Italian Sodas. Whoa huh...Brent's never going to want me to go back to work! Haha we will keep ya posted on our other adventures for the week. Brent is taking Thursday and Friday off and we are going to head to Rupert/Burley! Thought we would take a few days off right before school starts on Monday Aug. 25th. Fun fun...

Bridal Shower

On of the girls that I work with at Home Federal got married on 8-16-08 so we had a surprise bridal shower for her. It was super fun. We did it before we opened the bank so we had 3 rolls of T.P. and we made her a dress...well it turned out to be a 80's dress. It still looked super cute on her!! Hurray to Jodell and good luck starting out her new life with her new hubby!

Here pictured from left to right is Donnelle, Jodell, Jessica and Me! We are missing Jamie it was her late day, Brigett was helping out over at another branch and Melissa was taking the picture!! I'm so lucky to have such a great team to work with!!!

Picnic to Rock Creek

After spending a few days with my family, we went over to Brent's house and spent a few days there. (Brent and I decided to take a few extra days off from work so we had like a 5 day weekend!) Monday we decided to go to Rock Creek for a picnic. I used to go up there for girls camp quite a bit.

Here we are getting ready to eat our lunch!
Here is Brent waving as I'm taking a picture of him!
After our picnic we got in the car and kept on driving. It was a beautiful drive. Lots of flowers and what not.
Okay in this picture....I know you can't see it very well but in the top right corner you see a dot of white...well that is snow. Yes in July there is still snow in the mountains. Imagine that!
Here is a picture of Brent's parents! Here is me and Brent! We really had a great 4th of July. To end the great Vacation we had a chance to go on a private tour of the Twin Falls Temple! It made the trip complete. It is such a beautiful temple. I recommend all go to go sometime and check it out! Thanks family for such a great Holiday!!!

4th of July

Brent and I had the opportunity to go home for the 4th. My brother and his family from Washington come down also. We really a had a great time. My mom bought some fireworks and we set them off on the 3rd. But we had extras to do on the 4th also. We went to the parade in Rupert and then we just hung out and had a BBQ and went boating the rest of the day. It was really fun.

Here is a picture of my nephew and nieces Brogan, Ava and Vy. These kids make me laugh so hard. Brogan and Ava are 3 and a half and they are also just a few weeks apart and Vy is 6. In this picture they are patiently waiting for the "Little kids fireworks"
Here is a picture of the boat. We were a little hesitant to take it out on the 4th because it is so busy. We decided to go for a ride. We all go loaded and we started to leak oil like crazy...come to find out we didn't have the oil filter on correctly. We got it fixed and added more oil to the boat and we were on our merry way. We were out and about looking at some new houses and luckily we were going slower and we glazed over a sand bar. It didn't do anything to the boat but it defiantly slowed the boat down! Haha good thing that the kids were wearing life jackets and that Aunt Joni was on the look out to grab one kid from flying out!
Here are the "little kids fireworks" going off on the putting green at my mom's house.
Here is a back picture of Ava and Vy. Ava had her arm around Vy. I thought it was just darling! Ava doesn't get to see her cousins Vy and Bo bo very often...but you can tell that she misses them very much!

Here is a picture that I took of me and Brent. He went and helped his dad move water on his farm during the day on the 4th. Boy was I excited to see him return! We had a great night by building a fire and roasting marshmallows and watching the neighbors fireworks show and telling funny stories with my family about when we were kids!