Shootin'

My dad loves to go shootin' his guns and was really excited that Carter wanted to go with him. He loves having another boy in the family to do man-ly things with. He was lucky this time that we had Carter with us because it was to cold for the girls. (10 degrees is a little cold to go shooting in; just saying!) Carter and my dad had a blast together!

The syd-miester

My dad's big gun. Magnum. Only Carter could handle this.

Me with the "James Bond" gun

One wonderful year!

This past week marked one year of marriage!

For our anniversary this year we were in snowy Salt Lake City.

We started off the day by going to Tangled in 3D.

Carter calls this picture "The laaaazzzzy eye"

Then we went to Benihana for dinner which is Carter's favorite place in the world to eat.

This is Carter's romantic addition to the night.

It don't get no betta!

A Southern Utah Christmas Story

This year we decided to cut down our own Christmas tree because thats what most of our friends do around here. I always loved when my family would make trips out in the snow to cut down a tree that we got to pick out. Carter's family never did this so I thought it would be a fun adventure for our first Christmas tree.

After getting our permit and a saw, we drove out to Pine Valley to find ourselves a tree. The first trip was not a success. We obviously had the wrong spot. We should have been tipped off by the fact that there were no Christmas trees in the area. Just MUD!

The next Saturday, after Sealant Saturday at school, we drove up again, this time even higher into the mountains. As many of you know St George is a different climate than were we both grew up. The trees that grow are a little different than the ones that others cut for their Christmas trees. It was hard to find one that was tall and not too wide. After walking around in the snow for a couple hours we finally came upon the "best" one. This year is going to be a Charlie Brown Christmas!

Alissa and my smiling to find a tree because our feet were cold and wet!

Carter showing off his muscles (and his bum crack) carrying our tree.

These trees are very prickly. Carter has cuts up and down his arms from putting the lights on.

I love my desert Christmas tree!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Is one week before Halloween to early to decorate pumpkins?

I have been asking Carter all October long if we could carve pumpkins.

I finally got him to agree.

Because Carter is so competitive he had to put a bet on the line

about which of ours would be better.

After making a mess of the living room this was the final product

Lights out

Who's do you think was better?

Carter's

Or

Brittany's

After a long voting process mine was selected as the BEST overall ;)

2nd place!!!

This weekend was the Dixie State College Homecoming Parade. It was the 100th year of Dixie so it was a big deal. I am the head of the special project committee and was in charge of the float. We had so much fun planning it and building it. After hours of planning and hours of building the parade was a success! Our float was way fun. There were prizes for the top floats and so we were aiming high! AND IT ALL WAS WORTH IT 2ND PLACE!!!!

This is our whole group in front of your float

Funny Faces

The costumes for our float

Me as Toothpaste

Best buds :D

Dancing to "Brush your teeth"

What a fun day.

After the parade we went straight to Sealant Saturday

where we do free sealants for the community.

Overall it was a crazy day of running around from 8-5....

Hiking with friend

Recently, we went hiking with a group of friends. None of us had ever been to the narrows in Zion so we decided because we lived so close to it we better do it while we are here. This was a wonderful decision! We all loved it!

When you first start out the walls are high above you and the river is wide. The further up the river you go the narrower the canyon gets and the higher the walls around you go.

Its amazing to think of the beauty we found in deepest parts of this canyon hidden from the world.

After hiking for a while the boys decided it was time for a swim in the freezing cold water!

Me and my two best buddies from the Dental Hygiene program!! We always have so much fun together!

After hiking for 3 hours and the temperature started to drop a little part of our group turned around when we got to the fork in the river. Aly, Race, Carter, and I decided to continue with the hike for a while. We were so happy that we did. As we started up one side of the fork it narrowed a ton making things more interesting. We ended our hike up at this beautiful water fall!

The wheels on the bus....

For our community class at school we get to go out into the community and teach schools all about teeth. First we went to a preschool, it was so fun! We taught some really cute kids.

First we start with a little puppet show.

Then we split up to teach brushing ...

The next week in taught 3 classes at the elementary school. We taught two first grade classes and a forth grade class. It was so fun!

It was fun to be creative and just have fun with little kids instead of the usual stress of school!