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Monday, November 3, 2008

Halloween Festivities!

Happy Halloween

Indeed it was a Happy Halloween! Some may say that being short is bad and doesn't have it's benefits; however, Wade and I could tell you that it does have it's sweet aspects! Last year Wade and planned to go trick-or-treating, but unfortunately I had a few tests that I had to take. This year we decided that we were definitely going to go no matter what. In the following pictures, you will see that we certainly reaped the benefits of our hard labors.

Look at all that candy baby! There are even full size candy bars... who does that?

I know it looks like I don't need any of that candy... but just being near it still makes me happy!

We needed costumes that would cover our faces as not to expose our identities and actual ages so we ran to Wal-mart and whipped together two really "scary" ghost costumes. This is a picture of me(Katie). Unfortunately, the batteries in the camera died before I could take pictures of Wade's costume. However, our costumes looked pretty much the same except Wade had a black hat on and a red smile instead of a pink one.

This is another picture of me just being scary. When Wade and I started trick-or-treating we really felt out of place, because all of the kids were literally 8yrs. old and younger. What's wrong with kids today?, they turn 9 and they no longer think it's cool to dress up in whatever you want and get a bunch of free candy.... Seriously?!? I love trick-or-treating and it was devastating to me when they discouraged kids over 13 to not go. Obviously, I kept going clear through my senior year... and still today. I really can't wait until we have kids so I can at least have an excuse to go. We almost stopped until we got to the third house and they gave us full size candy bars.... really, who could resist?

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Getting Ready For Halloween

On Tuesday, Wade and I invited Brooke and Kent over to engage in our pumpkin carving traditions. Every year, since last year, we've gotten together to see which couple can carve the best Jack-o-lantern. After we carved our pumpkins we rounded up several guys from our apartment to judge whose was the best, that way it was unbiased and fair. I know this may not be a surprise to some of you but Wade and I won the carving competition! We carved a really scary haunted tree and Brooke and Kent carved a spooky couple, I will admit theirs looked pretty good.

Our pumpkin before the lights were out. I know it looks good but just wait until the lights are out

Even though the picture is a little blurry, doesn't it look so darn good?

This is Brooke and Kent's jack-o lantern, its hard to see with the lights out but it's ok.

I know that everyone who is reading this may be thinking that they should quit their careers in pumpkin carving... but I encourage you to keep trying, please understand that not everyone can be as good as us, We don't mean to brag but we're pretty much experts.




Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Trip to Idaho!


Good Bye... Apartment, Good Bye... West Virgina!


I know it's been a long time since we have updated our blog, but I guess we got carried away in the move back to Idaho and then immediately into school . Leaving to Idaho was really difficult, because that meant saying goodbye to all our friends and family in West Virginia. I really had a great time living back home because I could always be hanging out with someone. However, we had to face the inevitable and leave. Luckily, Mom and Dad followed us half way and joined in our adventures.


Parker eating his nanna at Doug and Sues house.

Parker, Laura, Aunt Sue, and Katie down at the lake
The first day we traveled to Ohio where we stayed with Adam, Sarah, and the boys.Unfortunately, we did not get to spend as much time as we wanted with them.
On day two, we made about a 12 hr. trip to Arkansas to see Todd, Laura and Parker. That was a blast because Parker is getting so big and is talking a bunch. Parker kept telling funny jokes about farmers and saying, "I love you sooo much aunt Katie." That was one phrase I couldn't get tired of. After spending a couple of days in Arkansas, Laura and Parker followed us to Missouri to visit Uncle Doug and Aunt Sue.

Parker in his water glove... what a stud!

Wade tubing, oh so gracefully.


Behold... The less than graceful way to tube. Yes, that is Katie and yes those are her bottoms falling down.


Mom and Dad enjoying the the glassy lake.





The first day with Doug and Sue, we had a picnic and traveled down to the Lake for rides on Uncle Doug's boat and to take a dip in the water. I warned Wade that Uncle Doug doesn't go easy on anybody. However, Wade didn't believe me and tempted him by saying, " I put quarters in rides that were more intense than that." Uncle Doug took that as an invitation, and threw Wade off in a matter of seconds. Let's just say that Wade kept quiet after that ride. The both of us had a great time being thrown off the tube. Though, the next day we both felt like we had been in a car accident with a semi-truck. It took us a couple of days to recover from the boat.

The Titanic Museum in Branson, M.O.. It was such a neat and fun museum.



The day we left Missouri, we took one last detour with everyone to Branson where we went to the Titanic museum. It was a really neat because it was shaped like the ship, and we each got a boarding pass that contained a name of a person who rode the actual ship and why they were one it and where they were going. Mine was a young girl who was engaged to get married, and Wade's was the husband and father of family who was his life. At the end of the trip we got to see a list of those who lived and died. My lady lived, while Wade's died. After "riding" the Titanic and taking a tour, Wade and I said goodbye to everyone and continued west.

We took a real quick trip to Omaha to visit Bob and Chambrae, but then we left before they even woke up the next morning. The last travel day was the worst because it was only suppose to be a 12hr. trip which turned into a 17hr. trip, who knows how that happened?

Finally, around midnight we made it to Utah where we immediately hit the sack, but did a lot of visiting with Wade's family the next day. It was nice to see his family again; however, I guess the brothers couldn't get enough of each other so they planned another family outing to go boating, since we missed the first one. However, that's another andventure I'll write about in my next blog.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Jersey Beach Bums!


This summer Wade and I have gotten the wonderful opportunity to both play and to be bums on the beach. This last week we spent time at Ocean City , N.J. After helping Uncle bob with a few chores and errands on Saturday, we grabbed our suits and headed strait for the beach to play with Mom, Tom, Roxanne, Jadyn, and Kaya. We got plenty of good waves with our boogie boards. Luckily there were no Jellyfish this time! Next, we enjoyed walking on the board walk and indulging ourselves with authentic Jersey pizza, fried oreos, and fudge. Not to mentioned we got to ride the carousel with the girls! We certainly had a blast these last few weeks of our summer break!Jersey Beach Bums!
Katie and Jadyn on the Merry Go Round

I LOVE KATIE!
I LOVE WADE!
Katie acting like shes on babe watch.

Wade, the REAL babe watch!


Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Weekend at Virginia Beach



This last week we went to Virginia Beach, Virginia. Wade had never seen the Atlantic Ocean and when we got there we bought some boogie boards to play on. After the day at the beach we went and spent time with Katie's brother and sister in law Bob, Chambrae and their baby.
The next day we went to Busch Gardens. We had a good time except when two of the rides in a row broke down after we waited in the whole line. We had a great time with Molly and her friend Ashley.