Phoenix!

Right before Thanksgiving I was able to fly down to Phoenix and spend 3 wonderful days with my sister Courtney and her adorable daughter Summer! It was an amazing trip and so much fun!! Getting there proved to be quite the challenge. I flew out of the Ogden airport so I drove myself down. My flight ended up being delayed 2.5 hours. Luckily there was a Gordman's just a few miles away to kill the time! I finally arrived about 10pm and so by the time we got to Courtney's it was 1130 and Summer was so excited to show me her room and everything, so it was a late night by the time she settled down. The next day we went shopping ALL day! It was so great and just exactly what we love to do. We went to lots of different malls and shopping centers, so it was fun to see some different areas. That night we went to dinner and then to the newest Hunger Games movie! It was so good!! The next day we relaxed in the morning, then went to get Pedicures, did a little of shopping at Charming Charlie's, and then went hot tubing! Later that day we went up to Anthem to see the world's tallest Christmas Tree which was pretty sweet! Then we rented some movies and relaxed the rest of the night. The next day I was going home, so we wanted to make the most of the time left. We went up to the new Phoenix Temple and it was amazing and so wonderful! The Spirit was so strong. After that we did a little bit more shopping while we made our way down to the airport. Saying goodbye was so much harder than I imagined it being. I had a great time visiting and really enjoyed the nice weather too! Phoenix was fun and I can't wait to go back!!!

Ready to hit the road!

I took Summer's picture (above), so she had to take mine lol

Arizona Cardinal's stadium

Being goofy while we waited for the movie to start

World's tallest Christmas Tree

Summer and I are standing by the tree but you can only see our shadows

Phoenix LDS temple

Summer insisted on taking a picture of Court and I

We were having a hard time getting a good picture of us with the temple in the background

The backside. The fountain was off since the temple was closed.

The workers were setting up the nativity scene

At the airport, trying to put off the goodbye

Summer wanted a picture by the window

Summer is really into writing and drawing. Everywhere we went in the car she would ask us questions and then we would have to spell out our answers. Then she drew me all sorts of pictures and this was in my suitcase when I got home.

Fall Activities

For us, fall means FOOTBALL season! I definitely don't love football as much as Kevin does, I'm not sure I ever will, but I do enjoy watching Boise State football and playing some fantasy football. I got third in one of my leagues this year!

I wasn't wearing any BSU attire, so Adam made me wear his hat the whole game lol

These boys are always up to something

 One day at church I accidentally dropped my phone which caused my camera to turn on. The following photos resulted. We think they're pretty hilarious, don't judge us!

This fall I also got into a big crafting/decoration mood and I attempted to be crafty instead of buying everything ha! I made this cute (I think it's cute) hanger for my earrings but I already need a second one!

In October we went to the BSU vs BYU game with Adam and Natalee. It was an awesome game and we had SO MUCH FUN!!! We seriously need to make that a tradition! We enjoyed a quick weekend in Boise which included some shopping of course and eating at an "interesting" restaurant to say the least.. Boise dominated and won the game!!! Go Broncos!

It was starting to get a little chilly towards the end, but for a night game we were really it wasn't colder.

Natalee, Adam, Gretchen and Kevin

Austin and Brody are big BSU fans already, start 'em young!

At work we have team building activities every so often and we decided it would be fun to go to the Haunted Mill! It was fun and just a little bit scary. I really love my job and my MACU family!

Liz, Brenda, Gretchen, Jesse and half of Amy



It was fun getting to know fellow employees are the other branches in the area.

Another thing I got to do for work was hand out candy at our Boo at the Zoo booth which we themed Cinderella's castle. We could pick any Disney character we wanted to be, so I choose Maleficent! It was so much fun! Then we got to dress up for work on Halloween!

Connie the witch, Brenda was Snow White, I was Maleficent and Kasie was a fox. Kasie's husband is a really talented welder and made us the pumpkin in the background and then they painted it! It was a hit with everyone and so much fun!



Our fall was full of some really fun activities and great memories were made!!