Happy Birthday to the Worlds Greatest Husband and Father!!!

 Starting the hike!

Bridge where we stopped for lunch!

 Lexi enjoying freedom from her pack!

Not sure what could be cuter than that face right there!

Mommy and Lexi

All worn out!

We are adjusting to life in Wyoming still, and counting down the days until we can move into our new home(7)! Last Friday was Matt's 24th birthday. He worked for most of the day and then we headed off on our camping adventure. We went just outside of Lander Wy ( about 20 miles) to Sinks Canyon State Park where the river actually "sinks" into a cave in the side of the mountain and disappears, then a half a mile down the road on the other side the river "rises" again. It is really cool. We also camped at the overnight a few miles above there at Worthen Lake. We had a quiet campsite all to ourselves, or we thought. It was beautiful and right on the lake. After a warm and toasty fire we decided to go to bed. We slept great until about 2 in the morning when some drunk guys decided they wanted to park their car down the road from our site and play their music really loud. I think I would have rather heard a bear. Matt and I both were wide awake praying for the best and scared for the worst. After probably and hour of "accidental" horn honking, loud music, and loud talking they finally were quiet, after about another hour I fell asleep. In the morning we awoke to find everything in good condition and they guys were gone! We woke up and had a not so nice breakfast since we forgot the bagels we had club crackers and cream cheese and then packed up camp and headed on our hike. We hiked to Sheep Bridge (about 3 miles in ) and had lunch there. It was beautiful, after that we hiked back out. We had a lot of fun. Lexi loved the hike and made sure to scare off every bear with her chatter. Zoe thought the hike was great. I think she probable hiked 10 miles after running ahead and then coming back to us and running ahead again. Needless to say at the end of the day we were all exhausted and had a lot of fun. To finish off Matt's birthday trip we went home dropped everything off and headed back to town to find a restraunt that would let us watch BSU football. After a few dissapointing stops we went to Pizza Hut, we were in luck! We watched half of the game before Lexi was ready for bed. We came home and put her down and went over to finish the game via radio from Mike and Beckys computer! What a fun weekend. Hopefully Matt enjoyed his birthday weekend, I know I sure did!

LIfes little Adventure!

Matt and Lexi by the bath!

 Our bath. Generously provided by Mike and Becky. This is the septice trench that got irrigated! oops!

matt the lumber jack!!

 I swear Im not a horder. This is clean we just have that much stuff. This is the sleeping half. Lexi sleeps at the foot of our bed. Right out of view to the right is the from door.

 This is the other half. If you look close at the bottom of the picture you can see Lexi's bed. Yep I told you it was small.

Not her best picture but yet she's adorable.

The front of the house.

WOW! Were finally here semi-settled in Wyoming! We moved here last Thursday and have been trying to get things done on the BUNGALO( that's what I call our retreat here on the Dimicks farm). We have done touch up painting and Matt has finished doing the trim and bead board and we both have been caulking, It looks really nice in here! We are so grateful to be together as a family. It's nice to have Matt home every night!
 We are currently in the process of trying to find a house. The housing Market in Riverton has gone crazy in the last 5 months therefore we have not been able to land a home. I think we Are starting to see why. We went to Thermopolis last week to look for homes and there are a lot in our price range. I think that the lord would like us there, I'm just not sure why. It is one of the prettier places we have been looking and people actually have yards! If you have been to Wyoming you would know that is not always the case! Matt will have to comute about 32 miles every day if we live there, but we think it might be our best option.
So I know your all curious about this Bungalo, and since no one will probably every come stay here because its that small I have decided to share the experience with you on this blog. The house is probably  14' by 10' give or take 5' because this is my measurement guestimates.  It has a queen sized bed, coach, fireplace, bathroom sink, a tv and VCR( yes VCR no DVD's here!), kitchen table with 1 chair.  It's darling and at least 100 years old. We are cooking a lot in the electric fry pan, the rice cooker, and the crock pot. We have a mini fridge inside and a nice large fridge outside ( on the side of the house so no one can see that we're really white trash! ). We are in the slow process of getting watcher to our bungalo so for now we have to go to the spiket every few days and fill our billions of water jugs. We or should I say I have to go over to the Dimick's to go to the bathroom, Matt fancies the field behind the house!  
So now for the people in this family. Matt is enjoying work and is finally being set free more which he loves. Mike his boss just bought a four car hauling truck so he will be doing lots with cars in a few weeks when the truck gets here. He may also be doing the county's large bin garbage removal. He is going to be a busy boy and we like that, especially him. Lexi is getting so big I can't believe it. she is loving baby food finally and is rolling all over the floor and she is also starting to push up on the all fours. I really hope she doesn't learn to crawl while we live in the bungalo though because she will be into everything! I'm sure she will though because she likes everything to be an adventure for us. I am learning to love being a stay at home mom. I got a sewing machine and I am really enjoying that. I am doing the books for Matts' work and I also really like that. Lexi and Zoe(the dog) keep me plenty busy! Zoe is really into finding what ever she is not supposed to eat on the farm and eating it. She loves it here. I'm sure the Chickens will be glad when shes gone and can't chase them or eat their food! We are happy and Together which really matters, all the rest are just silly details!! We love you all and miss you greatly!

Summer Fun!

Wow! It's hard to believe that its summer. The weather really hasn't been warm but nonetheless we have been having fun. Our first adventure was over Memorial Day we went with Trent and Vanessa’s family and Tom and Ruth up to Good Enough Canyon to go camping. It was Lexis first trip and she really enjoyed it. Also Matt and I were able to use our new tent that we got for Christmas (Thanks mom and dad!).

Our next adventure was really andventure!! Matt found a bus in the Thrifty Nickel and decided he wanted to buy it and try his hand as recycling medal himself. Well he went down last Monday and bought the bus. After some research and a lot of phone calls Matt realized that he had 72 hours to get the bus to the mill before he had to register it, and he also found out that the driver did not need a CDL. So Monday night Matt, Lexi and I went to Firth to pick up the bus from a foul-mouthed old farmer!! We drove the bus home and parked it in our neighborhood over night and got up early the next morning to take the bus to the mill. I left in the car to go to Bountiful to pick up a sewing machine and then to meet Matt in New Plymouth after he left the bus. Matt’s plan was to make about $5,000 on this adventure given that the bus weighed 9 ton. One my way to pick him up I get the bad news, the bus only weighed 6 ton and they wouldn’t take it with out the battery removed and a hole in the gas tank! So luckily Mike Dimick Matt’s boss was headed to Utah with a load and agreed to drag the “ DANG BUS” into the mill and we broke even! Matt was disappointed, but he learned a lot!

The next adventure included me really wanting a dog! I know you think I’m crazy because I just had a baby, but I wanted to get one now so I could train her well so that my kids could have a great pet. Matt asked me to wait until we moved and I said I would try. Of course I didn’t want just any dog. I wanted an expensive on.  So I got so excited when I found a Labradoodle (cross between a lab and a standard poodle) in Chubbuck. The lady wanted  $600 but I thought I could talk her down. Matt was like I am not paying that for a dog.  So I was sad but Iknew he was right we could not pay that for a dog. So the next day on KSL I found some in Blackfoot for $ 400 and I thought this is it!!! Matt still didn’t like the Idea. Then I looked a little deeper and found a lady in Utah who was selling one for $150. My first thought is what is wrong with this dog. I called the lady and she just said she wanted to get rid of it. So that’s where ZOE comes into our lives. We went to Malad to meet the woman on Wednesday and brought her home.

Our most recent vacation was to Island Park with the Sutton family for our annual cabin trip. We had so much fun. We mad crafts, we went for hikes, we walked by the river, we went to Mesa falls and most of all we spent quality time together. It was such a fun time. Thank you Tom and Ruth and the whole Sutton clan for another awesome vacation.  

2011 A Year of Changes

We are just finishing up many things in Pocatello. Matt is finishing his associates degree in business and I am finishing up my first year of teacher at Highland. We are trying to sell our house and get ready to move to Wyoming. Matt got a job in Riverton Wyoming and will be working with his trainer from the mission Mike Dimick. We are excited for the adventure and for all the wonderful things Matt will be able to learn. We are sad to leave family and I am a little scared to be a stay at home mom and not be CRAZY BUSY. I am also really excited though because I know it is truely a blessing to be able to stay home with Lexi. Right now Lexi gets to spend time with Daddy and Grandma Burna while mom is at work.

Our lasted adventures include driving from Boise to San Diego back to Idaho then to Targhee, the Riverton and back home all in about 8 days. Lexi was a trooper in the car and we were glad to get home at the end of our trip, but we had lots of fun. We first had to go to Boise to attend my Cousin Emmits funeral. Then we went to San Diego to attend Blakely's wedding in the San Diego temple it was amazing. Our next stop was Targhee with the Mickelsen family (minus Keelie and Jordon and their family :(  . We were able to ski for 2 days and it was awesome. We had great powder and The wonderful Granny nanny came and watched Lexi so we could ski all day. Then we were off to Riverton to visit the Dimicks and talk about our future. We had a lot of fun in Riverton looking for houses and spending time with Mike, Becky and Joshua. Finally though we made the long trek home to start back in school and work.

We are planning to move in the middle of June and will be in Riverton a few years. This will be a great business opportunity for Matt. It will also be a great experience for our family. I can't wait to have time to learn new things and to develop my talents. (or find some to develop is more like it).